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Agency Report A Chinese man was sentenced to death for murdering his ex-wife during her livestream, a court ruled Thursday, in a case that shocked the country and raised nationwide outrage over domestic violence. Amuchu, a 30-year-old Tibetan vlogger known on social media as Lamu, died after being doused in gasoline and set on fire by her former husband Tang Lu in September last year. She died of her injuries in hospital two weeks later. Amuchu divorced Tang -- who had a history of violence towards her, the court said -- in June 2020, only months before she was murdered at her father's home. He was sentenced to death for intentional homicide by a court in Aba Prefecture, a remote rural region of southwest Sichuan province with a large number of ethnic Tibetan residents. His crime "was extremely cruel and the social impact was extremely bad," the court statement said, calling for "severe punishment" in accordance with the law. At the time, her...

Eleven Nigerians were indicted by U.S. Justice Department Wednesday with conspiracy to commit money laundering, conspiracy to commit bank fraud, and aggravated identity theft. Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York and Patrick J. Freaney, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the United States Secret Service announced the unsealing of the indictment. As alleged in the indictment unsealed in Manhattan federal court, some of the 11 Nigerians were identified as Adedayo John, Oluwadamilola Akinpelu, Kazeem Raheem, Morakinyo Gbeyide and Warris Adenuga a.k.a Blue. There were also Smart Agunbiade, Lateef Goloba, Samsondeen Goloba, Olawale Olaniyan, Olawoyin Peter Olanrewaju and Emmanuel Oronsaye-Ajayi. They were all collectively accused of participating in one or both of a money laundering conspiracy and bank fraud conspiracy, which received funds stolen from victims. The charge was in connection with their inv...

The leader of the Islamic State West Africa Province jihadist group, Abu Musab al-Barnawi, is dead, Nigeria’s top military commander said on Thursday. ISWAP has not given any confirmation of al-Barnawi’s death and Nigeria’s army has claimed before to have killed jihadist commanders only for them to reappear. “I can authoritatively confirm to you that al-Barnawi is dead. As simple as that. He is dead and remains dead,” Chief of Defence Staff General Lucky Irabor told reporters. He did not give details on how or when al-Barnawi had died. Under al-Barnawi, ISWAP became the dominant jihadist force in Nigeria’s conflict, striking frequently at troops in an insurgency that has killed more than 40,000 since it begun in 2009. Al-Barnawi’s loss would be blow to ISWAP’s structure just as it was consolidating since the death of rival Boko Haram commander Abubakar Shekau earlier this year during infighting between the factions. But since splitting with Boko Haram in 2016, the gr...

Pop star, Tiwa Savage, who recently revealed that she was being blackmailed over a sex tape of herself and her partner, has shared how it was leaked. She said the video was accidentally posted on Snapchat by her lover who deleted it after he realised his error but it had already been downloaded by a stalker. Speaking in an interview with American OAP, Angie Martinez of Power 105.1, the singer absolved her lover and other people close to her of deliberately leaking the video. She said, “I am not going to call it a sex tape but it’s a tape between me and the person I am dating right now…It is not from someone working closely with me. What happened is that the person did it on Snap and he posted it by accident, but he quickly deleted it. ”However, someone got it before he could delete it. It is a very short video, but it is me. It is going to be out there and I can just imagine the memes. I just found out yesterday. I could not sleep last night.” Savage, 41, revealed tha...

Veteran actor Chiwetalu Agu has been moved to the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja by the Department of State Services (DSS). The move, LIS News learnt, is to intensify investigations for promoting Biafra and allegedly inciting members of the public. The Nation reported that Chiwetalu Agu was first arrested by the Nigerian Army on October 7, 2021, around Upper Iweka in Onitsha, Anambra State, for adorning a Biafra outfit while distributing bread and other items to the poor. The army had accused him of soliciting support for the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra which has been accused of several acts of terrorism. He was subsequently handed over to the DSS for investigation and prosecution. A relation of the actor alleged DSS had been denied access to him. He said attempts to see him in Abuja were rebuffed by the DSS. “We heard that the idea is to move him away from the South-East. We have made efforts to see him, but the DSS has not granted us access. Even the...

No fewer than six persons were feared killed on Tuesday in Ihiala in Anambra State following a gun battle between security operatives and gunmen. Many persons were also injured during the shootout that lasted for over two hours in the local government area The incident, LIS News gathered, occurred at Odata area where the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) went for a campaign rally. A source, who confided in LIS News , said Governor Willie Obiano was among those whose vehicles were trapped in the melee. “The Governor’s convoy was held for about one hour while gunshots were booming everywhere in the area. They did not attack the convoy but security men. “During the gun duel, some security operatives were felled and some gunmen were equally killed. We know those who were killed would be more than six.” When contacted, Anambra police spokesman, Ikenga Tochukwu, confirmed the incident. He said there were no casualties on the part of Police while security operative...

Former Senate President, Ken Nnamani, has appealed to agitators in the South-East to sheathe their swords, warning that war is not child’s play. The All Progressives Congress (APC) said the destruction and killings in the region should not be regarded as a challenge to the federal government only. In a chat with reporters on Tuesday in Lagos, Nnamani noted that it is better for the Igbos to remain and achieve more in Nigeria. “Most of the people who call for war are usually the first to be wiped out. They would not survive the first two weeks. “I witnessed the Biafra war. Many people died, including students in Nsukka; young and bright citizens who were a joy to their parents, families and communities. “If Nigeria is properly organized, Igbos will thrive well. We should continue to develop our talents and businesses. “The Igbos stand to benefit most if there is peace. Without boasting, there is no place you would not find Igbos. “Go to Banana Island and Victoria I...

Persons alleged to be operatives of the Eastern Security Network (ESN), the militant arm of the separatist group, Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), have written to Ukwulu Community in Dunukofia LGA of Anambra State, warning them of plans to attack the community. Indigenes of the community, according to a source, woke up on Sunday morning to a notice pasted on a part of the community, warning them of not adhering to the sit-at-home exercise declared by the group. A notice pasted on a part of the community, by persons alleged to be ESN operatives, read: “Respect yourself Ukwulu about sit-at-home, to avoid crying had I known. We are watching you since, and you people are disobeying us because of dead Nigeria. “From Monday upwards, disobey us again and have yourself (sic) blamed. ESN is coming for you.” Our source said the notice has sent jitters up the spine of residents of the area, but the state police command has also responded by deploying huge security to the commun...

Gunmen suspected to be bandits have attacked St. Albert the Great Institute of Philosophy, a seminary belonging to the Catholic Church. The seminary is situated at Fayit community, Kagoma Chiefdom in the Jama’a Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The attack, according to sources who spoke to our correspondent, led to the abduction of an unspecified number of students. LIS News gathered that the suspected kidnappers in their large number stormed the school premises on Monday evening with sophisticated weapons, surrounded the school, and overpowered the students who had just finished their evening prayers. According to one of the students, who narrowly escaped the bandits, they had just finished evening prayers in the church when the gunmen attacked with sporadic shooting and whisked the victims away. He added, “The other students who left early and were already having their dinner at the dining hall on hearing the gunshots escaped in disarray to different direction...

Operatives of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Police Command have arrested three suspects in connection with the death of a popular Abuja Chef, Mr Vincent Eluagu Chukwuemeka, popularly known as Chef Emeka. LIS News recalls that Eluagu’s body was found in his apartment on August 2, 2021, in the nation’s capital. The FCT Police Command subsequently commenced discreet investigations into the murder to unravel the circumstances surrounding the death. In a statement issued and made available to newsmen on Tuesday in Abuja, the FCT Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, DSP Josephine Adeh said the command has successfully arrested three suspects in connection to the murder. The PPRO stated that the investigation revealed that Mr Vincent Eluagu was gruesomely murdered. According to the statement, the FCT Police Commissioner, Babaji Sunday, while condoling with the family of the victim, said the suspects would be made to face the full wrath of the law. The statement read...

Chidinma Ojukwu, a 300-level Mass Communication student of the University of Lagos, has pleaded not guilty to the murder of Super Tv CEO, Usifo Ataga. Recall that Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, in July said the slain Ataga was said to be drugged before he was killed. The 22-year-old appeared in court on Tuesday before Justice Yetunde Adesanya of the Lagos State High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square. She, alongside one Adedapo Quadri, who are the key suspects in the murder case, pleaded not guilty to eight counts bordering on offences of murder, forgery and stealing. Chidinma’s sister, Egbuchu Chioma, from whom the late Ataga’s iPhone 7 was recovered, was also arraigned. Chioma, however, pleaded not guilty to the 9th count of being in possession of the stolen property. The suspects are being prosecuted by the Director of the Department of Public Prosecution, Mrs Olayinka Adeyemi.

The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday adopted electronic transmission of election results, a position that was contained in the Conference Committee report submitted to the chamber. The electronic transmission of election results which is a proviso in clause 53 of the Electoral amendment act places on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) the right to transmit results without subjecting their discretion to any other organ as was firstly captured that generated controversy. Adoption wasn’t, however, without heated debate which was brought under control by the presiding Senate President. Before the adoption in the Committee of the whole, Senator Adamu Aliero and former governor of Kebbi State in his submission urged Senators to support the amendment in order to strengthen democracy. He said: This is a move that will deepen our democracy and a move that will make the electorate to vote according to their conscience. This will put paid to criminals having their way ...

An Eastern Cape woman was murdered, allegedly by a man she was in a relationship with while her long-distance, German-born husband was in Russia for work. Nokwanda Maguga-Patocka, 44, died of head injuries after she was strangled, punched and bludgeoned with an object by a 49-year-old man identified by the police as her boyfriend. The man's name is known to News24, but he cannot be identified as he has not appeared in court.   The incident happened in Ginsberg, in Qonce, on Monday. Her body was found by police in nearby bushes.   Eastern Cape police spokesperson Colonel Priscila Naidu said a 49-year-old man will appear in the Zwelitsha Regional Court on Wednesday in connection with the murder.   Her husband of 20 years, Michael Patocka, was said to be devastated and was flying in from Russia. He is expected to touch down in South Africa on Wednesday.   Patocka is a Germany-based engineer, who crisscrosses the world for work.   He met Nokwan...

President Muhammadu Buhari will on Thursday this week lay the 2022 appropriation budget before the National Assembly. Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege revealed this during the plenary on Tuesday. Omo-Agege presided over the plenary in the absence of the President of the Senate, Dr. Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan. Reasons for Lawan’s absence were not revealed in the course of legislative activities on Tuesday. The budget presentation was coming early enough due to the January to December fiscal budgetary policy by the 9th National Assembly. It is recalled that President Buhari presented the 2021 N10.8 trillion budget on 8th October 2020 which enabled the parliament to pass the document into law for its take-off implementation in January 2021.

Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) national leader has received additional support for the 2023 presidency. On Monday, his mobilization platform, South-West Agenda (SWAGA) for ‘Bola Tinubu 2023’, secured the endorsement of traditional rulers in Ikeja. Adedayo Adeyeye, the National Chairman noted that zoning of the APC presidential ticket to the South would bring unity among all regions. The former Ekiti South Senator said the group believed that the principle of North-South rotation should be sustained to give every part of Nigeria a sense of belonging. Adeye stressed that each of the three geopolitical zones in the South can produce candidates of their choice. “But we are saying there is someone highly acceptable in all parts of the country. Even though every part will present their candidates, we have put the best foot forward. “We have heard what the traditional rulers said in all the six states in the zone. Now, we want to move to the other geopol...

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has warned Nigerians against consuming frozen poultry products and other food items preserved with formalin. NAFDAC’s spokesman, Dr Abubakar Jimoh, gave the word of advice in an interview with newsmen, NAN reports. Jimoh noted that unscrupulous business owners had been using formalin to preserve poultry products, chicken and turkey, in particular. ”Formalin is capable of preserving such products for weeks before they get to consumers. “NAFDAC is alerting Nigerians to this practice. There are enough poultry products in the country than to resort to frozen chicken smuggled in, despite Federal Government’s ban,” he said. He further warned consumers patronizing business owners who smuggle poultry products into the country, adding that if such patronage continued, indigenous poultry farmers and marketers would not grow.