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The FCT command of the Nigeria Police Force has arrested three students of the University of Abuja over the death of their colleague, Emmanuel Balogun, who drowned in a swimming pool. Balogun, who was 17 years old, was said to have gone to The Dome, a fun spot in Abuja along with friends over the weekend when the incident occurred. It was alleged that after the teenager drowned, his colleagues abandoned him and watched him drown. According to CCTV footage obtained by the police, the suspects took the deceased’s phones and money and returned to school without informing anyone of what had happened. According to a friend of the family, it was a female friend that eventually informed his mother the next day. She said, “A very dear friend’s undergraduate’s 17-year old son got drowned at the Dome hotel pool in Abuja last weekend. He was in the company of his friends. The friends neither reported to the hotel management what happened nor to the deceased’s parents. “They went back to the schoo...

A chief magistrates ’ court in Ebute Meta , Lagos State on Friday remanded a 31 - year- old man , Godspower Johnson , in prison custody for allegedly beating his wife to death during a fight over sex . The presiding Chief Magistrate O . O . Olatunji , ordered that Godspower should be kept at the Ikoyi Prison , for the next 30 days pending when the case file would be sent to the state Director of Public Prosecutions for advice. During the arraignment , the prosecutor, Inspector Oladele Adebayo , told the court that the defendant committed the offence on March 21 , 2019 at 5 .30 pm on Adekoye Street , Igbo- Elerin , Ishashi , where the couple lived. He alleged that Johnson beat his wife , Deborah , aged 31 , to death during a fight . “The defendant wanted to make love to his wife . He inserted his two fingers into her private parts which didn ’ t go down well with the deceased . A fight ensued in the process and the defendant beat up his wife ,” Adebayo said .