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LUSAKA PASTOR ABAND0NS HEAVILY PR£GNANT WIFE, MARRI£S SWEETER CHURCH MEMBER
A Pentecostal Papa of Lusaka has aband0ned his h£avily pr£gnant wif£ to marry a sw££ter congregant after only seven months of marriage.
Just last October, Pastor Penias Mbewe of Miracle Pool Bedsider Church stood before a parked and unlulat!ng congregation vowing to be with Josephine Mbewe forever, in good times and in bad times.
Soon after the marriage, Pastor Mbewe quickly got to implementing God’s command of filling this earth to the brim and ensured that his wife was the m0therly way within weeks.
But before the couple’s child could even be born, Pastor Mbewe was back in front of the church exchanging marital v0ws with another w0man, a congregant of his.
Marry!ng twice in the same church in a space of seven months was easy for Pastor Mbewe as his spir!tual father Pastor O’Brian Kandesha who is the overseer of the congregation was at hand to bless both his marr!ages.
Pastor Mbewe waited for the day his w!fe was absent from church to have another marr!age blessing.
Finding his new wife Margret Makondo juicier, the Pastor ran to the Matero Local Court to plead that his marr!age with Josephine be dissolved immediately.
As for the reasons he was div0rcing the w0man who is just two months away from delivering him a child, Pastor Mbewe said he could no longer leave with her j£alous tendencies and lack of trust in him.
In her submission, Josephine said she still l0ved the cl£rgyman and would have loved the marriage to continue.
Josephine told the court thar the first few weeks of her marr!age was blissful but the union became strained when her husband began spending nights out of the matrimonial home and denying her s£x.
She told the court that after an investigation, she discovered that her husband had s£cretly
marr!ed a prayer warrior from her church.
But Pastor Mbewe who was accompanied to court by his sp!ritual father insisted he wanted to have n0thing to do with Josephine.
Handling the case, Magistrate Harriet Mulenga upheld the claim for div0rce and ordered that Pastor Mbewe compensate Josephine with K10,000 starting with K2,000 effective this month end and later k1,000 per month.
She also ordered that he maintains her pr£gnancy with K500 monthly until she delivers.
“What kind of m£n of God are you? What kind of message do you preach at your church? How can you l!e to a woman you marr!ed on your own and on top of that, d.ump her when she is seven months pre£gnant? And you pastor Kandesha, how can you bless a man twice for marr!age despite knowing that he is marr!ed? What you have done to this w0man is not fair,” said Magistrate Mulenga.
Upon hearing the Magistrate’s sentiments, Pastor Kandesha threw his spir!tual s0n und£r the bus claiming that was never aware that he was a marr!ed man when he was blessing his marr!age with the second w0man.
“Conversion to CNG May Have Contributed to Deadly Inferno”
A devastating road accident occurred on [date] at G-Hostel Junction, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, leaving multiple lives lost. An 18-seater bus caught fire, resulting in the tragic loss of passengers.
According to eyewitnesses, the bus driver had recently converted the vehicle’s fuel system from petrol to Compressed Natural Gas (CNG). While the exact cause of the accident is still unknown, concerns are being raised about potential safety risks associated with the CNG conversion.
The accident resulted in the deaths of all passengers on board, with bodies burnt beyond recognition. The incident has sent shockwaves through the community, with many offering condolences to the families of the victims.
Authorities have commenced an investigation into the accident to determine its cause and whether the CNG conversion played a role in the tragedy. The public is urged to remain vigilant and cautious when traveling.
Our thoughts are with the families of the victims during this difficult time. May their souls rest in peace.
The Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Police Command has said it’s operatives were still investigating the alleged murder of Miss Priscilla Ocheme by her boyfriend, Ekosuehi Elvis, also known as Richard at his residence in Lugbe.
The command made the disclosure, while reacting to publications circulating on social media concerning the alleged murder incident and claims that justice may be swept under the carpet.
The Police said: “The suspect was invited for questioning by operatives of the FCT Police on September 24, 2024.
“Preliminary investigations revealed that the suspect, Ekisuehi Elvis, a 30-year-old man from Oredo, Benin in Edo State, met the now deceased Priscilla at Madonna University.
“He lost contact with her when he left the university until 2019 when he came to the FCT for his youth service.
“He was a well-known family friend who frequently visited the deceased at her family home, just as she visited his.
“On September 22, 2024, she had a minor misunderstanding with her mother, which led her to leave her family home in the Karu area and go to Ekosuehi’s residence to cool off.”
“She eventually left his residence later that evening and was on her way home when she was involved in a fatal motorcycle accident at the Amala Moore junction in Pyakasa.
“They rushed her to Pyakasa Health Centre for medical attention, after which she was referred to the Federal Medical Centre, Jabi, accompanied by two police detectives.
“Upon arrival at the medical centre, she was confirmed dead by the doctor on duty.”
The price of a bag (50 kg) local rice rose year-on-year, YoY, by 152.9 percent to N95,738 in September 2024 from N37,853 in September 2023.
According to vanguard news, data from the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, ‘Selected Food Price Watch’ for September 2024 showed that the price of 1 kilogram (Kg) of local rice stood at N1,914.77 during the period.
The report also showed that the price of beans recorded higher growth rate at over 200 percent, YoY.
The NBS report stated: “The average price of 1kg Local rice sold loose went up by 152.92 percent on a year-on-year basis from N757.06 in September 2023 to N1,914.77 in September 2024, while there was an increase of 4.57 percent on a month-on-month basis.
“Also, the average price of 1kg of beef boneless increased by 99.99 percent on a year-on-year basis from N2,816.91 in September 2023 to N5,633.60 in September 2024.
“On a month-on-month basis, it increased by 1.44 percent from N5,553.80 in August 2024. The average price of 1kg beans brown (sold loose) stood at N2,738.59. This indicates a rise of 281.97% in price on a year-on-year basis from N716.97 recorded in September 2023 and a 6.37 percent rise in price on a month-on-month basis from N2,574.63 in August 2024.
“Agric eggs medium size (12 piece) experienced significant price increases year on year by N137.43 percent from N1,047.47 in September of last year (2023) to N2,487.04 in September 2024.
“On a month-on-month basis, the average price of this item rose by 8.64 prices from N 2,289.19 in August 2024. There was also a notable price increase of bread (sliced) by 115.74 percent on a year-on-year basis from N708.36 in September 2023 to N1,528.19 in September 2024.
“On a month-on-month basis, it increased by 4.68 percent from N 1,459.85 in August 2024. The state profile analysis in September 2024 revealed that the highest average price of 1kg of Bean Brown (sold loose) was recorded in Bauchi at N3,450.04 while the lowest was in Adamawa state at N1,800.”
Giving the breakdown of prices across the states, NBS added: “The highest average price of Agric eggs medium size (12 piece) was recorded in Niger State at N3,000.84 while the lowest was in Borno State at N2,075.58.
