The Police Command in Ebonyi, says the explosion that claimed the lives of a couple, Mr and Mrs George Onuabuchi in Abakaliki, Ebonyi’s capital was from a gas cylinder and not from an inverter battery.

DSP Joshua Ukandu, spokesman of the Command in the state told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Thursday that the incident occurred on August 25. Ukandu said that a preliminary investigation showed that the couple died from a gas explosion.

“It happened on the waterworks axis in Abakaliki on August 25. The residents living around the scene called the attention of our personnel who visited the place but the couple has already been taken to hospital.

“It’s very unfortunate that both finally died. The wife, Chioma died sometime in August while the husband died this month, September.

“We gathered that the wife was a younger sister to the popular Nigerian Afrobeat singer, Patoranking.

“There are no much details because the victims could not survive to tell the story. So, what killed them was gas and not inverter explosion,” the police spokesman explained.

Also speaking with NAN one of the relatives who refused to mention his name described the incident as bad for the family.

“They were young couple. They had only a child, a three-year-old son.

“Please I have more to say. I cannot say more than this. They have gone,” the relative said.

American rapper and singer Belcalis Marlenis Cephus, known professionally as Cardi B, has welcomed her third child with her partner, Offset.

The Grammy Award winner announced this via a post on her Instagram page on Thursday, stating that she gave birth over the weekend.

The rapper and singer posted photos of her beaming with joy and holding the newborn in a hospital. Cardi also shared a photo of herself breastfeeding her newborn and her family.

“The prettiest lil thing,” she wrote in the post, followed by the date September 7.

Along with their newborn, Cardi B and Offset have two other children together: 6-year-old daughter Kulture and 2-year-old son Wave.

Although the couple has yet to reveal their daughter’s name, the arrival has added joy to a challenging time for their relationship.

The 31-year-old announced she was pregnant last month on the same day she filed for divorce from rapper Offset, who is shown in the photos on social media alongside her and holding the baby.

Last month, she asked the courts for primary custody of her children and sought child support from Offset, 32, who is known for his successful solo career and being a member of the rap group Migos.

The hip-hop couple secretly wed in 2017 in Atlanta.

Ibraheem Abdulhameed, the Islamic singer popularly known as Labaeka, has resigned as special assistant on artiste matters to Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, Kwara governor.

In a letter shared on his Instagram page on Thursday, the singer cited “lack of clear duties and opportunities to perform my responsibilities” as reasons for his resignation.

Labaeka was appointed in January 2023 but said he had been unable to achieve his goals due to unclear schedules and circumstances.

The singer requested that his salary be halted immediately, adding that “as an Islamic cleric, it goes against my beliefs to take a salary for doing nothing”.

“I am writing this letter with all sense of humility and gratitude for giving me the opportunity to serve as the Special Assistant, Artiste, in your cabinet,” the letter reads.

“Having served in this capacity for a period of 1 year and 7 months, I wish to respectfully tender my resignation.

“Your Excellency, as you may recall, I was offered an appointment to serve as your Special Assistant, Artist, on 6th January 2023. I accepted the offer because I saw it as a call to service and an opportunity to showcase my talents.

“Regrettably, I have not been able to achieve any of these things. Aside from the fact that I don’t have a specific schedule of duty, circumstances have not availed me the opportunity to perform my responsibilities maximally.

“Since my appointment is based on public trust, I cannot continue to break that trust by taking a salary, for doing nothing.

“As an Islamic cleric. it is against my beliefs, and I haven’t been at peace with myself. So, I want my salary to be stopped immediately.

“I am grateful for the confidence reposed in me, and I hope that one day, I will be able to fully utilise my talents for the development of our state.”