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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Ochuko Akuopha OLEH—RESIDENTS of Owheologbo community, Isoko North Local Government Area, Delta State, were Sunday night, thrown into confusion as one person was reportedly killed and six houses, including a secondary school building, were razed following a row over a girlfriend. Though details of the incident were still sketchy at press time, community sources said the deceased, simply identified as Mr. Dennis, was killed at about 9:30p.m. in his mother’s residence. It was learned that angry youths on getting wind of the incident, mobilised and set fire to houses, cars and other properties of members of the family of those who participated in the killing. A source said the assailants had fled the community to avoid lynching by the mob. Council boss reacts Speaking on the development yesterday, Chairman, Isoko North Local Government Area, Mr. Emmanuel Egbabor, confirmed that the incident was related to issues concerning a woman. He said: “When I was call...

http://ift.tt/2pNMuoA (FILES) This file photo taken on April 20, 2017 shows the center of the village of Gadheim near Wuerzburg, Germany, on April 20, 2017. When Britain's two-year negotiations on leaving the EU end in 2019, Gadheim's 89 inhabitants will find themselves at the geographic centre of the bloc, according to the IGN geographic institute in Paris. / AFP PHOTO / Daniel ROLAND A European Union flag snapping in the wind in the tiny German village of Gadheim is the only hint at why the world’s media are beating a path to this out-of-the-way spot. Its handful of houses are set in the rolling hills of Bavaria’s wine country, clustered around a solitary road wending through fields overlooked by a clutch of wind turbines. When Britain’s two-year negotiations on leaving the EU end in 2019, Gadheim’s 89 inhabitants will find themselves at the geographic centre of the bloc, according to the IGN geographic institute in Paris. Most here first heard the news on the rad...