REBELS TO WITHDRAW FROM KEY DR CONGO TOWN 'AFTER US REQUEST'. (PHOTO)

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 Rebels to withdraw from key DR Congo town 'after US request' The M23 rebel group has said it would withdraw from the eastern DR Congo town of Uvira at the request of the US administration, which had criticised seizure of the town last week as a threat to mediation efforts. The rebels entered Uvira, on the border with Burundi, less than a week after the presidents of Congo and Rwanda met with US President Donald Trump in Washington and affirmed their commitment to a peace deal known as the Washington Accords. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Saturday that Rwanda's actions in eastern Congo violated the Washington Accords and vowed to "take action to ensure promises made to the President are kept." A report by a United Nations group of experts in July said Rwanda exercised command and control over the rebels. Rwanda denies supporting M23 and has blamed Congolese and Burundian forces for the renewed fighting. Corneille Nangaa, leader of the Congo River Allia...

A UNILAG LECTURER MR ARTHUR JOSEPH,WAS DETAINED RECENTLY FOR FIGHTING PUBLICLY WITH A LADY IN SOMOLU.

               47 year old Mr Arthur Avwokeni Joseph,a lecturer with the University of Lagos,was recently detained at Alade Police Station,Somolu,Lagos state Nigeria,after he allegedly fought a lady at a petrol station and tore her clothes.The lecturer works at the Business Administration Department of the University,went to a filling station along Fola Agoro Road,Somolu to buy fuel when there was an altercation between him and a28 year old lady Adeparusi Yetunde over who should buy the product first.Joseph was alleged to have alighted from his car and told Yetunde that if she were one of his students,he would have dealt with her.After the threat and further exchange of words between them,Joseph allegedly slapped Yetunde and in the ensuing scuffle her clothes were also torn.The lecture Joseph also seized Yetunde's cell phone while Yetunde also seized some of his books.Joseph then quickly went to Alade police station and reported the incident.When asked of the whereabouts of Yetunde,he said he did not know.He was then asked to write a statement and while writing the statement,Yetunde's phone that was with Joseph rang and when the police picked the call and asked if she was the owner,she said yes and she was asked to come to Alade Police station where it was discovered that her clothes were torn.Joseph and Yetunde were both detained after they wrote their statements but were later granted bail.

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