DALENA REPORTERS

  The toxicology test carried out to determine the cause of death of late music star, Ilerioluwa Aloba aka Mohbad is ready after it was conducted in the United States. Lagos State counsel, Oluwaseun Akinde, who confirmed this to the coroner’s court sitting in the Ikorodu area of the state in November 2023 said the autopsy into the external body of the deceased was completed while the toxicology test had to do with the internal body. Mohbad died at the age of 27, on September 12, 2023, with circumstances surrounding his death sparking controversies on social media. The Lagos State Police Command had, on September 18, 2023, inaugurated a 13-man special investigation team to probe the singer’s death. Now, according to PUNCH , an official of the Lagos State Government said that the test result was sent to the state DNA and Forensic Centre last week.  The official who spoke on condition of anonymity added that the test result was transmitted to the police earlier this week. “The

  An asylum seeker has been remanded in custody for raping a 15-year-old girl years after kind-hearted flight crew members fought to save him from being deported to his country. Anicet Mayela, 40, from the Republic of Congo, first came to the UK in 2004 but was set to be deported in 2005. However, his flight was blocked by Air France cabin crew after they heard he was being sent back to his home country. Mayela told them his hand had been broken by deportation minders, who handcuffed his wrists and taped his legs together, The Sun reports. An earlier deportation attempt also failed after he alleged he was injured in an isolation cell at Colnbrook Immigration Removal Centre. A month after his flight was blocked, Mayela was granted leave to remain in the UK after lawyers said his deportation would go against his human rights. Police also said they would investigate the injuries he claimed to sustain during his deportation. After being saved from deportation, Mayela was later

  The Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general elections, Atiku Abubakar and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, attended the PDP’s national caucus meeting in Abuja this evening, April 17. The meeting comes ahead of the party's National Executive Committee meeting, scheduled to take place on Thursday, April 18.  This is the first time that the former Rivers state governor will be attending a meeting of the PDP since after the presidential election last year. Wike has been at loggerheads with the PDP leadership and did not support the party’s candidate, Atiku, in the 2023 presidential election. Apart from his opposition to Atiku’s campaign in the election, Wike's decision to serve in the President Bola Tinubu cabinet, had worsened the rift between him and key stakeholders in the part. Critical decisions regarding the leadership of the party and other issues such as Wike's activities in the party wil

  Dozens of French schools have been placed under armed guard after more than 130 schools received Islamist terror threats over a national ban on wearing religious clothing. Fears of violent retaliation over law-enforced school policy come as the Jean-Perrin Lycée in Rezé, near Nantes, was evacuated Thursday, March 28, after students received videos showing beheadings, directed to an online portal for pupils, parents and staff. It followed similar “serious threats” containing “justification of and incitement to terrorism” sent out to 30 schools around Paris last week, and the resignation of a headteacher in the capital after receiving death threats for asking a pupil to remove her Islamic head-covering. Police were ordered to patrol the Maurice-Ravel Lycée in eastern Paris and a 26-year-old man was arrested for making death threats against the headteacher. The resignation sparked indignation in France, where concerns for educators' safety have grown since the murders

  A domestic violence victim has revealed how she reacted when she got news that her abusive husband has died. The woman explained on Facebook that she left the man due to his abusive nature and she did not inform him before leaving. She made him believe she was leaving to see her parents and she never went back. She added that after leaving, she burnt her wedding photo, threw her phone in the river, and discarded everything that had to do with the man. She later got married again and welcomed a daughter with a man she says treats her well. She revealed on Facebook that she just got news that her first husband died and her only reply was “K”. She wrote: “so I replied 'K'. turned around and made love to my husband and told him my ex is dead. he laughed and was like I don't have an ex. he's right I don't . that chapter is closed for life..we moved on to greater things.” See her full post below.

  The Lagos state police command has commenced an investigation after a ten-year-old identified as Israel Ogunleye was allegedly strangled by one Evbota Ezekiel, who is also ten years old, in the Ejigbo area of the state on March 28. According to the police, the father of the deceased reported that his son was playing football with some boys at Oluwole Street, Powerline in Ejigbo where his mother's shop is situated. The bereaved father told the police that the boys had an argument and in the process,  Emmanuel allegedly held his son by the neck and strangled him until he died. Police authorities immediately moved to the scene of the incident where they found the boy's body and immediately moved it to the General Hospital Isolo where doctors confirmed him dead on arrival. The body was then transferred to the mortuary where a post-mortem is expected to be done. Confirming the incident to LIB, the spokesperson of the command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, said the matter is

  The Nigeria Police Force have arrested eight suspects in connection with the gruesome murder of six policemen in the Ohoro Forest in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State on February 23. The deceased officers identified as Inspector Abe Olubunmi (IRT), Inspector Friday Irorere, Sergeant Kuden Elisha, Sergeant Akpan Aniette, Sergeant Ayere Paul, and Sergeant Ejemito Friday, were ambushed while on a rescue mission. Six other officers are currently missing from the same operation. Announcing the arrest in a statement released, the Force spokesman Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said the suspects are currently in custody and are assisting with the ongoing investigation.Adejobi added that the arrest of the suspects followed intensive investigative efforts, adding that five suspects were initially arrested shortly after the incident, with additional three suspects apprehended, at different locations.   “The arrested suspects are currently in custody and are assisting with the