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A notable Philanthropist, Mr. Solomon Chinonso Ucheka also known as PASOLO, has urged the people of Nwangele Local Government Area of Imo State to take the on-going voters registration exercise serious.

Mr. Ucheka who is the founder of Pasolo Foundation and CEO Pasolo Multi-Global Investments Limited, in a recent interview with newsmen, also appealed to community, political and religious leaders as well as the traditional rulers in the LGA to help mobilise registrable adults who were not opportuned to register during the last registration exercise adding that it is the major tool that will help them exercise their franchise.

The young entrepreneur disclosed that the only way they can participate in electing their preferred candidates come 2019 general election is by registering and collecting their Permanent Voters Card (PVC), and urged Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to be transparent and avoid politicizing the exercise to ensure that no registrable adult is left out of the exercise, adding that it is the major tool that would help them exercise their franchise.

Recall that Nwangele-born Solomon Ucheka (Pasolo)  is a notable human capacity builder and has empowered many youths as well as the indigents in Nwangele Local Government Area.

Delta State House of Assembly Speaker, Mr. Monday Igbuya has been impeached this morning during a session of the state House of Assembly session. Mr. Igbuya was immediately replaced with the lawmaker representing Okpe constituency, Sheriff Oborevwori as the new speaker.SaharaReporters learned Igbuya's impeachment was signed by 22 out of the 29 members of the state's legislative assembly.

The Federal University of Technology Minna, Niger State, has been thrown into mourning following the killing of a female postgraduate student in the school, Bolatito Ajuola, by a man suspected to be her fiancee.

It was learnt that Ajuola, a student of Science Education, was allegedly stabbed to death at about 11pm on Monday at her off -campus residence.

Eyewitnesses said the man, Best Origboshe, was a worker in a company owned by the victim’s father in Ondo State, when the duo began a romantic affair.

However, Origboshe was said to have lost his job, resulting in Ajuola asking him to join her in Minna.

It was learnt that on Monday, Origboshe and Ajuola had returned from shopping when the victim prepared dinner and set the table for them to eat.

Northern City News gathered that Origboshe was reluctant to eat the meal, claiming that it was too hot when Ajuola queried him for shunning her food.
An argument was reported to have ensued between them.

A witness, who did not want his name in print, said, “During the argument, the man started beating the girl.

She rushed to the kitchen and emerged with a knife with which she injured her fiance. The man afterwards went to a nearby store, where he bought a brand new knife which he allegedly used to stab her in the breast and in the stomach.”

It was learnt that a professor in the university, who heard the cry from the house, rushed Ajuola and Origboshe to a hospital, where she was confirmed dead.

Her remains have reportedly been deposited in a morgue at the General Hospital, Minna.

Our correspondent gathered that Origboshe was initially being guarded at the hospital by some policemen, before he was later released to the police due to a crowd of students, who had gathered around the hospital.

The parents of the victim were said to have arrived Minna to recover their daughter's corpse and follow up with investigation.

The state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bala Elkana, confirmed the incident, adding that investigations had commenced into the case.

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