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Ex-First Lady, Lesotho To Be Rearrested Over A Murder Charge As Court Gives Order

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Lesotho’s Court of Appeal on Friday ordered the rearrest of former first lady Maesaiah Thabane after revoking her bail on murder charges over the 2017 killing of her husband’s estranged wife. The 42-year-old was charged in February after police quizzed her on the brutal murder of former Prime Minister Thomas Thabane’s wife two days before his inauguration. She spent one night in jail, after which Lesotho’s High Court freed her on a 1,000 maloti ($57) bail.

“The decision… is set aside and the bail petition is remitted back to the High Court to be determined by a different judge,” Court of Appeal president Kananelo Mosito ruled on Friday. Police said Maesaiah Thabane would be arrested and handed over to correctional service officials later on Friday. “As soon as we get the written judgement… we will arrest her,” deputy police commissioner Paseka Mokete told AFP.

Maesaiah Thabane is suspected of orchestrating the shooting of Lipolelo Thabane, who was gunned down outside her home in the capital Maseru. Police have also charged her for the attempted murder of Lipolelo Thabane’s friend Thato Sibolla, who was wounded at the scene.

The former prime minister agreed to step down in January after police linked his mobile number to communication records from the crime scene. He officially resigned this month, bowing to pressure from his rivals who accused him of hampering investigations into Lipolelo’s death. Thabane has denied any involvement in the murder. His wife initially went into hiding after police first called her in to testify in January. She has not yet been allowed to respond to the charges.

GIST: Abia State Govt Warns Over Secretly Reopening Private Schools

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Abia state Government has warned private school owners in the state to
desist from the secret reopening of their schools in the face of the
COVID-19 pandemic.

A statement from the Ministry of Education said it has come to the
knowledge of the Ministry that some proprietors are secretly reopening
and running their private schools despite Government’s directive to
the contrary.

The Ministry warned that COVID-19 is real and as such, no school
proprietor should elevate his or her personal gain above the life and
well-being of the Abia child.

The Ministry noted that the State Government under Governor Dr Okezie
Ikpeazu started Radio/TV Classroom Program to cater for the interest
of all Abia children while they are at home as a result of the
restrictions necessitated by COVID-19 and wondered why private school
owners were hell bent on having the children back to school.

“Everyone is expected to take advantage of this platform and ensure
our children learn conveniently at home in this trying time without
constituting a risk to either themselves or to others instead of
secretly running school activities that completely negate the basic
expectation of protecting the Abia child against the ravaging
coronavirus”

It continued, “Consequently, all those operating any form of physical
school activities for pupils and students are hereby strongly advised
to desist from carrying on with such activities immediately. Anyone
caught in these practice after this announcement will face the full
weight of the consequences of their action even up to closing down
such schools permanently and also blacklisting the Proprietor”.

The Ministry however assured the public that it would announced when
it is right to reopen schools, pointing out that all Schools would
remain closed in the interest of all citizens and residents of the
state.

GIST: Kidnapped NTA Officer Regains Freedom

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The Assistant Manager, News and Current Affairs, Nigeria Television
Authority (NTA), Channel 6, Aba, Abia State; Mrs. Chinyere Okoye who
was kidnapped on Wednesday night has regained her freedom.

She was freed on Friday morning. Although it was reported
that the family agreed to pay the ransom demanded by her captors,
information had it that Mrs. Okoye was released yesterday morning
after operatives of the State Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) and other
police tactical units of Abia State Command stormed the kidnappers’
den.

A source disclosed that the police team acting on information stormed
a compound in Mgboko, Obete in Obingwa Local Government Area of the
state and cordoned off the area.

The source said on raiding the said compound, Mrs. Okoye was rescued
while the owner of the property was promptly arrested.

The operation was reportedly coordinated by the SARS Commander in the
state, Johnbull Obioguru and heads of other police tactical units.

It was gathered that Mrs. Okoye, after her release was taken to the
SARS headquarters in Aba, where she was later joined by her family
members and friends.

GIST: Seyi Shay In Tears As Hacker Takes Over Her Instagram Account

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In the wee hours of the morning today, two nude photos of the singer were posted on her official Instagram page but concerned fans who knew something was wrong reached out to her. Seyi Shay took to her Twitter to inform her fans that her account had been compromised and that the pictures were not posted by her.
According to her, the hacker also sent the pictures to some of her fans and friends on their DMs and asked them to send their email address for more pictures. She later advised her fans to desist from sharing any personal information with the hacker. The Instagram team seems to have been alerted about the issue as her page on Instagram has been taken down.
She wrote: “I cannot tell why/who is doing this, but my IG account has been compromised & my privacy is being violated. Seems to be a deliberate attack as the photos circulating are not from a recent exchange. Please ignore all DMs from my account and do not share any personal info.”

OMG! Orphanage Rejects $200,000 Donations From ’69’ Saying His Money Is Evil

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Share Our Strength, a non-profit organization that runs the campaign for orphans living in the USA said they turned down Tekashi 6ix9ine’s $200,000 donations.

In an interview with The BBC they said:

“We are grateful for Mr Hernandez’s generous offer to donate to No Kid Hungry but we have informed his representatives that we have declined this donation,”

“As a child-focused campaign, it is our policy to decline funding from donors whose activities do not align with our mission and values.”

6ix9ine in a post he later deleted, jabbed the Share Our Strength organization.

He explained that the firm is starving needy children by turning down his offer.

Since his comeback from prison, Tekashi has made over $2M from his ‘Gooba‘ music video and sales of related merchandise.