3 year old girl raped at Adeniji Adele (Photos)

This incident happened yesterday afternoon at Adeniji Adele, Dolphin Estate, Phase 2.

 A little girl ran into a woman's shop crying.

The woman asked her why she was crying, but the little girl couldn't really express herself.

 She just kept pointing at a particular direction, and crying. Then a few minutes later, the shop owner saw a man approaching her shop and calling on the girl to follow him.

The woman asked the man who he was and why he was after the girl. The man probably realized the women wasn't going to release the girl to him, so he tried to run.

The woman raised an alarm immediately shouting ole ole, thinking he was a kidnapper, not knowing he had done something much worse.
Youths in the area thinking the man was a thief descended on him. The man kept saying he wasn't a thief that the little girl was known to him.

They turned to the girl and pressured her to tell them what the guy had done to her; the 3 year old told them that the man had taken her to the last floor of a 3 story building and hurt her. They checked the girl's panties and saw blood all over her private area. The blood had even dropped to her legs but nobody noticed on time.

On hearing this, the youths descended on him once again, this time more brutal. They stripped him naked, and beat him with stick, stones, bottles, etc until someone called the police who then took the man away.






The question that came to mind after reading this was>>>>Where in God's name was this little girl's mother?
Culled:Lindaikeji'sblog

No more connection fees for electricity customers - Commission

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) says that new electricity customers would no longer pay connection fees before being connected to the grid for electricity supply.

Rather, it said that customers would buy the materials required for connection and make such available to officials of the local electricity distribution company for connection to the grid.

Dr. Sam Amadi, Chairman, NERC, made the explanation in a statement issued in Abuja  by the commission’s Assistant General Manager, Media, Maryam Abubakar.

The statement said there would be no direct exchange of monies between the customer and officials of the electricity distribution company for the purpose of connecting the customer.

"Customers would receive the list of materials required for connection from their Distribution Company (DISCO) (formerly known as PHCN) Service Centre.

It said the materials, when purchased, would be evaluated for quality by the DISCO.

It added that customers, who wished to be connected to the grid, must contact licensed electricians nearest to DISCO Service Centre to complete a new service application form.

"The application form would determine the customer’s electricity load based on the quantity and types of appliances (air conditioners, televisions, lighting points, etc.) in the premises.

"It is important for the customer to provide accurate information on appliances for the DISCO to determine the appropriate (single or three-phase) type of meter to be supplied,’’ the statement said.

It stated that the customer must return to the DISCO Service Centre with the purchased materials for quality validation.

It added that the centre would then connect the customer’s premises within 48 hours, in addition to providing a meter and its accessories.

The statement explained that the new regulation was developed by NERC in consultation with electricity distribution companies, civil society groups and electricity consumers.

It explained that the measures were part of the new connection methodology by NERC to prevent corruption in the sector and protect consumers from fraud and extortion committed against them by electricity companies.

"We are determined to plug all holes of fraud and corruption in the system and ensure that the consumer gets the best possible service with electricity that is efficient, safe and affordable,” it said.

The statement emphasised that customers would not pay for meters because the cost was factored into the tariff. It added that NERC was determined to make electricity simple and affordable to the consumers.
Culled:Dailytrustnigeria

Fulanis on the Rampage again, Kill Two in Enugu

Two teenagers, a JSS3 student identified as Thadeus Utazi, 17, and one Okeh Michael, 19, who is in SSS2, recently met untimely death when Fulani herdsmen were alleged to have recently unleashed terror at their Nimbo, community in Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State.

Reports have it that the two had been helping their parents in a farm work when the sad incident occurred.

 According to residents of the community, before now, the Fulani were notorious for robbing, harassing and raping women at farmlands and on Nsukka–Adani Expressway after which they retire to the forest posing as cattle-rearers.

 They operate, armed with sophisticated weapons, sharpened machetes and arrows.

On the fateful day, Fulani herdsmen carried out an unprovoked attack on the teenagers because they had asked them to stop their cattle from destroying their farmlands.

 They residents also alleged that the Fulani men shot and killed the two students.

It was also gathered that after the incident, the community through the town union, petitioned EnuguState Governor, Mr. Sullivan Chime; Chairman Uzo-Uwani Local Government, Mr. Onwubuya Cornel and copied the State Security Services (SSS) over the attack and killings but nothing concrete has come out of it.
Culled:247nigerianewsupdate

ASUU boss brutalised as RSUST VC crisis deepens

LINGERING tussle over who becomes next Vice Chancellor (VC) of the Rivers State University of Science and Technology (RSUST), Port Harcourt has assumed violent dimension  with Dr. Felix Igwe, branch Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) reportedly brutalised.

The ASUU leader who has been leading the union on a collision with the varsity’s management is said to be receiving medical attention at an undisclosed hospital after he was battered by assailants suspected to be security operatives at a congress of the union on the university campus.

The assault on Dr. Igwe comes four days into the ongoing strike by members of the union in resentment of the appointment of immediate past VC of the university, Prof. Barikeme Fakae as Acting VC.

 Condemning the attack, human rights lawyer, Mr. Ken Atsuete, has called for investigation into the circumstances surrounding the assault on the university don.

Mr. Atsueke who described the assault on the ASUU leader as “dastardly and barbaric” assumed that the masterminds of the act may not be “far away from the university authorities.”

Calling on major parties in the leadership crisis rocking the university to shun violence in advancing their interests, Mr. Atsuete concluded that resorting to “violence means that somebody is fighting because he or she is not qualified to be in a certain position he is occupying right now.”

The strike by the branch ASUU demanding Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers to nullify his appointment of Prof. Fakae as Acting VC has paralysed academic activities in the university since Monday.

It would be recalled that the university Public Relations Officer, Mr. Desmond Nwosu had earlier discredited the strike as amounting to dereliction of duty by the lecturers on ground that the school authorities were not pre-informed, a position Dr. Igwe refuted.
Culled:247nigerianewsupdate

Avoid night journeys, FRSC warns motorists

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Katsina State has advised motorists in the state to avoid night journey in order to reduce accidents.

Alhaji Habu Dauda, the Sector Commander of the corps, gave the advice while presenting ‘Road Transport Safety Standardization Scheme’ (RTSSS) certificates to 10 fleet operators in Katsina.

He said the advice has become necessary in view of the increasing night traffic crashes in the state.

The sector commander enjoined motorists to be extra-careful while on the roads and adhere to traffic rules and regulations.

“The FRSC is embarking on massive free check of vehicles and aggressive public enlightenment campaign in the state with effect from Aug. 20.”

He said that motorists with defective vehicles would be given tickets, compelling them to repair their vehicles.

Dauda said the measure was aimed at reducing the rate of accidents by about 50 per cent in the year 2015.
Culled;247nigerianewsupdate

Train crushes danfo bus in Lagos

An accident involving a train and a danfo bus occurred, yesterday, at the Ajayi Farm railway crossing in Ikeja, Lagos, injuring four persons, among them, a pregnant woman.

Unconfirmed report said one person died during the stampede.

The incident happened barely two days after a similar one also involving a commercial bus occurred at the same spot, where several persons reportedly sustained injuries.

An eye-witnesses account said yesterday’s incident occurred about 7a.m. with the train colliding with the vehicle with number-plate XF 899 FGG which was driving towards Ikeja.

The impact of the collision flung the vehicle with its four passengers – a pregnant woman and three men – to the front of The Christian Dominion Ministry building at 26 Adegbola Street, Anifowoshe.

The pregnant woman, according to eye-witnesses, was bleeding as at the time she was taken to the hospital alongside other passengers,where doctors were said to be battling to save their lives.

When newsmen arrived the scene, the affected vehicle which had its windscreen shattered, was dripped with blood stains inside.

It was glaring that the train hit the vehicle from the driver’s side.

The incident caused a stampede as everyone fled for dear life. But the train did not stop. Officials of the Railway Service were sighted at the scene.

Another eyewitness, who gave his name as Mr. Gbenro Bangbe, blamed the drivers of the train and vehicle, saying: “The bus driver was not patient enough to let the train pass while the train driver did not hoot his horn to alert vehicles that might be driving through the railway.”

 A similar incident occurred Monday on same spot, after a train collided with a commercial bus,where several persons reportedly sustained varying degrees of injuries.

“On that day, the bus was dragged all the way to the bridge by the train.

A lot of people sustained injuries and were rushed to the Ikeja general hospital.

It is the same driver that drove the train on Monday that also drove today.

 He does not hoot the horn like other drivers do”, an eye witness said.

Meanwhile, commercial motorcyclists plying the route have called on the state government to device measures aimed at preventing a re-occurrence.
Culled:Vanguardnigeria

Proposed strike: FG, Labour meeting deadlocked

THE meeting between the Federal Government and organized labour yesterday over the deployment of armed soldiers to Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, and unresolved labour issues, which labour has threatened nationwide strike, ahead of the planned privatization of PHCN, ended in deadlock.

Though the seven days ultimatum by Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, to government over the crisis ends tomorrow, report says that both parties agreed to reconvene on Wednesday August 22, since Monday and Tuesday had been declared public holidays by the government .

It was gathered that labour delegation led by the leaders of NLC and Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, insisted that the withdrawal of armed soldiers was a precondition for any negotiation.

Government side led by the Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chief Emeka Wogu, assured that before the next meeting, the issue would be communicated to the parties for appropriate action.

Though the Minister of Power did not attend the meeting, a director from the ministry and some of the minister’s aides were in attendance.

However, it was gathered that the Labour Minister promised to ensure that his Power Ministry counterpart attended the August 22 meeting.

However a communiqué issued by the Labour ministry at end of the meeting read “Issues of obstacles to continued discussions on the Power Sector Reform were discussed.

 The meeting agreed to reconvene on Wednesday, August 22, 2012 to continue the discussions on the issues raised, including the notice to embark on strike by the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC.”

“Meanwhile, the payment of full salary for July to PHCN workers was assured while the presence of security personnel in the offices of PHCN will be subsequently addressed.”
Culled:247nigerianewsupdate

Man United agree Van Persie deal

Manchester United have confirmed they have agreed a deal to sign Robin van Persie from Arsenal.

The announcement comes after an intense period of negotiations and is subject to Dutch striker Van Persie passing a medical test and agreeing personal terms.

“Manchester United is pleased to announce it has reached agreement with Arsenal Football Club for the transfer of Robin Van Persie,” said a club statement.

“The deal is subject to a medical and the agreement of personal terms. A further announcement will be made in due course.”

It is not anticipated there will be any problems with either remaining part of the deal.

And providing it goes through without a hitch, Van Persie could face Everton in United’s opening Premier League game at Goodison Park on Monday.

No fee has been confirmed by United, although it is believed to be around the £20m mark, with further payments to Arsenal depending upon success in the future.

It has been suggested Van Persie will sign a four-year deal.

Culled:247nigerianewsupdate

Queen’s husband, Prince Philip, 91, hospitalized

Prince Philip, the husband of Queen Elizabeth II, has been taken to a Scottish hospital as “a precautionary measure,” Buckingham Palace says.

The 91-year-old Duke of Edinburgh was taken to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary by car, the palace confirmed with NBC News.

According to a palace statement, he has had a recurrence of a bladder infection that led to his hospitalization for five days in June during the jubilee celebrations marking the queen’s 60th year on the throne.

Philip is likely to remain in the hospital for the next few days, according to the palace statement.
The royal couple had been staying at their castle in Balmoral, Scotland, the palace told NBC.
Culled:247nigerianewsupdate

Betty Smithey, longest-serving female prison inmate in Arizona, released

For the past 49 years, Betty Smithey has woken up in a prison cell, the nation's longest serving female inmate.

But on Tuesday, she woke up a free woman.

Smithey, now 69, was granted parole by the Arizona Board of Executive Clemency on Monday.

 She was released from the Arizona State Prison Complex in Perryville, walking with a cane.

"It's wonderful driving down the road and not seeing any barbed wire," Smithey told the Arizona Republic. "I am lucky, so very lucky."

At age 20, Smithey was convicted in the 1963 New Year's Day murder of Sandy Gerberick, a 15-month-old girl she had been babysitting.

Smithey was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole.

 According to Arizona law at the time she was sentenced, only the governor could grant her clemency.

She tried, appealing to then-governors Fyfe Symington and Janet Napolitano, but was denied until Jan Brewer, the current governor, agreed to lower her sentence to 48 years to life.

Smithey will live with her niece in Mesa, Ariz.

Smithey has battled breast cancer and "a myriad of other health issues," said her attorney, Andy Silverman

"She's absolutely not a threat to society. She's almost 70 years old now," Silverman said.

 "She's done a lot of reflection. Forty-nine years in prison, you think a lot about what you've been through."
Culled:Yahoonews

Pastor Alex Impregnates his Daughter Twice After Wife’s Death

Pastor Emmanuel Alex in charge of a new generation church in Egan, on the outskirts of Lagos, has been arrested by the police for allegedly impregnating his 15-year old daughter two times.

His daughter delivered the two babies within two years. This happened after the girl’s mother died.

They were all living in the same apartment at 33, Pastor Olusola Street, Agric, Egan, Lagos, southwest Nigeria.

Reports gathered from the residents that the pastor’s nine children were not allowed to go to school or socialise with their neighbours and when he wanted to go out, he locked them inside his two-bedroom flat.

His arrest followed a sting operation by two non governmental organizations in collaboration with the Lagos State Ministry of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, WAPA, Alausa, Ikeja.

The pastor’s wife died during labour in 2010 after giving birth to nine children.

While in labour to deliver the 10th child, the pastor had no money to take her to hospital and he asked her to deliver in their house and in the process, she died.

Reports further alleged that Alex started sleeping with his first daughter and it resulted in pregnancy.

She delivered the baby in 2011.

While nursing the baby, the pastor impregnated her again and she delivered the second baby recently.

The scandal was exposed during a burial Alex was to be the officiating pastor.

Some of the residents opposed him and told those at the burial that he had impregnated his own daughter two times.

He was subsequently arrested by the police at Igando division.

Police sources have confirmed the incident and told newsman that he has been charged to Ikeja High court where he was remanded in prison custody.

Meanwhile, the Welfare Department of WAPA has taken custody of all his children.
Culled:247nigerianewsupdate/PMnews

Kaduna Bomb Targeted Prominent Islamic Cleric, Sheikh Gumi- PREMIUM TIMES

The bomb blast in Kaduna, Tuesday afternoon, may have been targeted at a renowned Islamic Scholar and medical doctor, Ahmed Gumi, sources in Kaduna say.

A witness who prefer not to be named said “though the explosion may have been accidental, the Sheikh is clearly the target because the incident occurred just when he was about to leave for the daily Tafsir he delivers at Sultan Bello Mosque.”

It is not clear who the bearers of the explosive were. However, the Islamic cleric has been very critical of the Boko Haram sect as well as the Federal Government in his Ramadan sermons this year.

The cleric is one of the few prominent Islamic clerics, based in Northern Nigeria, who publicly condemn the activities of the sect.

Meanwhile, the spokesperson for the Kaduna State Police Command, Abubakar Balteh, while confirming the incident, said only two bodies, believed to be those of the assailants, were found at the scene of the blast.

But some witnesses say three persons were on the motorcycle on which the attackers rode before the explosion.

Mr. Baltzh said, “two persons on a motorcycle were killed from an IED (improvised explosive device) that accidentally exploded on transit.”

Speaking further, Mr. Balteh said “the incident occurred around 3:45pm around Modibo Adama Junction leading to the residence of Sheikh Dr Ahmed Gumi near NNPC Mega station along Ali Akilu way.”

“However, no other casualty is reported and we have already commenced investigation into the explosion,” he said.

Kaduna, the political capital of old Northern Nigeria, has witnessed several attacks by the Boko Haram group.
Culled:Saharareporters/Premiumtimes

Residents decry state of Jabi Park

Abuja residents have decried the poor state of the Jabi Lake and Park, located between Jabi and Kado Districts.

The park offers relaxation facilities for residents. However, the facility is in a poor state as weed and litter have taken over parts of it.

Abdullateef Olajide, a musician who resides in Suleja, Niger State, said that he and his group use the park for their rehearsals because of its serene atmosphere. "We have enough space to do all our rehearsals without disturbing anybody; even the cool breeze and fresh air is inspirational; but the place could be better, if well managed,’’ he said.

Ikechukwu Iyeke, a businessman, said that he visits the park at least twice a month for exercises; and urged city authorities to maintain the facility so that it would continue to serve the purpose for which it was created.

Another resident, Olatoyinbo Hosea, who brought his children to the resort for a birthday party of a colleague’s child, expressed concern over the possibility of snakes and scorpions hiding under the overgrown weeds.

Ndubuisi Okoye, a civil engineer who also visits the park on weekends, said he was uncomfortable with the state of security in the park. "The gates have been vandalised; nobody mans the gate, people come and go the way they like without any query," he said.

"The lighting facilities have all been stolen; you cannot come here at night because you will be robbed.

 Jabi Park can be as good as any park in the world.

The concept is laudable; but as is usually the case of anything in Nigeria, the vision is not sustained."
Culled:Dailytimesnigeria

Dana crash: Victim’s corpse ‘disappears’ in morgue

THE family of retired Assistant Comptroller of Fire Service, Mr. George Moses, a victim of the June 3 Dana air crash, yesterday, raised the alarm over the whereabouts of his corpse.



Describing the alleged disappearance of the body as “insincerity” on the part of the hospital authorities, a member of the late Moses’ family, Mr. Achief Olajide, who spoke to journalists, alleged that in June, the name of the victim was among the 29 identified names pasted at the Lekan Ogunsola Memorial mortuary of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH, Ikeja.

Brandishing documents and photographs, he said: “After the June 3 crash, we came the following day to the mortuary to identify the body. I entered the morgue, saw Moses’ body and it was intact and he was also identified by his ID card which was in his wallet.

”We were asked to wait at the hall for briefing. Professor John Obafuwa brought out the list of identifiable bodies which was up to 29 names. My uncle’s name was number 22 on the list.

“The professor asked us to bring the photograph of the deceased.

 We brought the photograph, but the professor changed his word that the deceased’s body cannot be released again that they were going for DNA testing. After two months, we were called that the result was out.”

According to Olajide, the search for the corpse began on Tuesday August, 7, after announcement of the arrival of the DNA test results from the United Kingdom.

He said the name of the late Moses was not on the list pasted at the mortuary.

Asked if he was aware that the LASUTH authorities said there were 16 bodies yet to be identified either because they were excessively charred or the samples submitted by relatives could not match the bodies during the forensic analysis.

Olajide said: “I understood there were 16 bodies burnt beyond forensic analysis or some families could not show up with reference samples. But our case does not fall into any of these categories. So, where is his body? ”They must give me the corpse because the family cannot tolerate any excuse this time out.
Culled:247nigerianewsupdate

Bomb Explodes, Killing Two Bombers In Kaduna

 A bomb blast just took place in Kaduna.

Eyewitnesses said the blast occurred along Ali Akilu road by Lord Lugard roundabout in the metropolis.

The two bombers on a motorbike who were in possesion of the bomb died instantly.

The location of the blast is also close to Sultan Bello Mosque where Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has recently attacked Boko Haram militants in weekly sermons.
Culled:Saharareporters

Innocent! Banker Yinka Johnson Released – Overwhelming Photo, Video & Eye Witness Evidence Prove She Did Not Run Down LATSMA Official Hammed Balogun

Over the weekend, the news broke that Stanbic IBTC Banker Yinka Johnson had been accused of murdering a LATSMA Official, Hammed Balogun.

Over the last few days, eye witnesses came forward with photo evidence that illustrated that Yinka Johnson did not kill Hammed Balogun.

Yinka has now been released and the murder case will not be pursued.

She will be fined for violating the traffic rules by driving on a one-way road (the reason why the LATSMA officials stopped her car).

Yinka Johnson

According to reports, photographs showing the accused’s undamaged car (the car was impounded by LATSMA), photos showing the accused was on the other side of the road when the deceased was killed and finally, a video showing a green and white MOLUE bus running down the officer and speeding off were amongst vital pieces of evidence that cleared Yinka Johnson.

More details on this case will be updated as they are made public.

We are glad that an innocent accused person has been released and hope that the real culprits are brought to justice. We also hope that the LATSMA officials who falsely accused Yinka Johnson are reprimanded.

We can only imagine how many more innocent people are languishing in detention and jail.

Culled:Bellanaija

Police officer arrested for killing driver in Bayelsa

The Bayelsa State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a police officer attached to MOPOL 30 Squadron in connection with the killing of a driver.

The Bayelsa Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Fidelis Odunna (DSP), confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on telephone.

He said: “it is true that the driver died. The officer concerned has been arrested and is with the state C.I.D. I am very sad.”

NAN gathered that a trigger-happy mobile Policeman shot and killed a driver of a Toyota Hilux van identified as Goddy Umorem at Swali market area of Yenagoa in a traffic jam.

Investigations revealed that Umorem, who was returning to his company’s base at Akaba village, was killed when he had an argument with the policeman.

An eyewitness told NAN that the driver had been passed by a civilian controlling traffic for the construction firm working on the road.

However, the policeman who was also attached to the same construction company ordered the late driver to reverse.

The eyewitness said that appeals by the driver that he could not reverse because there were vehicles behind him and more so when he had been passed by the traffic controller were ignored.

This was said to have angered the policeman who went to the front of the Hilux van and shot him on the head killing him instantly.

The late driver’s employer, Dr Azibapu Eruani, described the incident as unfortunate and asked the police to unravel the circumstances of the death.

The remains of the deceased had been deposited at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) mortuary in Yenagoa.

Culled:NAN

20-Year-Old Caught By Father Trying to Rape His Grandmother

A 20-year-old man attempted to rape his grandmother after complaining to her he could not get a girlfriend.

 Samuel Dye is alleged to have beaten his grandmother with a hammer before launching the sex attack.

He had complained about not being able to find a girlfriend and told her he was going to ‘get some’.

Police said Dye’s assault was stopped by his father after he heard the screams of his 61-year-old mother.

He found his son on top of his mother with his trousers pulled down and hitting her in the head with a hammer.

 The father pulled his son away and detained him until police arrived.

The alleged attack took place after Dye turned up at his grandmother’s home in Chester, South Carolina, at 4am last Thursday.

The woman told police Dye showed up at her home with a hammer in his hand and began complaining about not having a girlfriend.

He said he was going to ‘get some’. The arrest report, seen by the Charlotte Observer, said Dye began attacking her. She pleaded with her grandson to stop and suggested they pray together.

Dye then exposed himself to the woman and tried to rape her before hitting her in the head again and knocking her onto the ground, the report states.
Sheriff Richard Smith said Dye’s father caught him ‘in the act’ of trying to rape his mother. Dye is being held at the Chester County Detention Center having been charged with charged with attempted murder and attempted sexual contact.
Records with the State Law Enforcement Division shows that Dye has no prior criminal history in South Carolina, aside from a seat belt violation that is still pending in court, it was reported by the Charlotte Observer.

Police warn Muslims to stay off Jos praying ground

The Police authority in Plateau State has warned Muslims in Jos, the Plateau state capital, to avoid observing their Eid-el-Fitr (end of Ramadan) prayers at the Rukuba Road praying ground on Sunday.
The state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Emmanuel Ayeni, who made the appeal at a meeting with Muslim and Christian leaders in Plateau on Monday, said the move was aimed at avoiding a repeat of last year’s incident when some members of the Izalla Muslim group clashed with their Christian counterparts at the praying ground.

No fewer than 10 people were killed and several cars burnt in the clash.

The police boss appealed to the Muslims to avoid worshiping at Rukuba Road this Sallah, saying “I am passionately appealing that worshippers should avoid that place for now pending when the controversy surrounding that site is resolved.”

The Commander of the Special Task Force on Jos crisis, Major-General Henry Ayoola, who was at the meeting, also appealed to Muslims for understanding.

Represented by Umaru Miringa, Ayoola state that, “if a place is under litigation, the wise thing is to avoid using the place until it is resolved.

  The state government is already making efforts for alternative place of worship for the Izalla group pending when the issue is resolved.”

Ethno-religious violence has claimed tens of lives in the crisis-prone state since 2001.
Culled:Channelstv

Prophet turns woman sex slave for fake spiritual aid

A self-styled prophet, Dennis Mmadu, 35, is now cooling his heels at Kirikiri Prison, Apapa, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, on the order of an Ejigbo Magistrateís Court where he is facing a four-count charge of obtaining money under false pretence, stealing and threat to life.

Mmadu had allegedly engaged Cynthia Nwanguma, a 24-year old student nurse in a marathon sex for seven days in order to deliver her from barrenness.

 The nurse also lost N21,800 to the con prophet.

Mmadu from Imo State, southeast Nigeria, met Cynthia at Igando, off LASU-Isheri road, Lagos and he took her in his car marked TU 806 AAA to his house at 26, Oseni Street, New Oko-Oba, near Agege.

The victim told newsmen that she was placed on an oath not to disclose her ordeal to anyone or else she would die.

Thereafter, Mmadu had sex with her for seven days; pretending to be anointing her breasts and private part with oil.

 She added that the fake prophet also claimed he was having holy sex with her while he engaged in unprotected sex with her throughout the period.

She said it was there he prophesied to her that she had a strange illness in her stomach that would make her barren throughout her life time.

She said Mmadu told her that she was lucky to have met him and promised to offer her spiritual healing so that she will not have problem looking for the fruit of the womb when she got married.

She said he showed her some women and men as those who have benefited from his spiritual powers.

 But she later discovered they were his accomplices. She said she was still in shock over what happened because she did not know what came over her.

She later discovered that she has been duped.

After her ordeal, she demanded her money from Mmadu. She went to Igando police division and reported what happened when Mmadu ignored her.

Mmadu was later arrested and interrogated. He was charged to court for fraud, stealing and assault.

The offence, the police said is contrary to Sections 36, 44, 312 and 409 of the Criminal code Laws of Lagos State of Nigeria, 2011.

 He pleaded not guilty. The presiding Magistrate, Mrs. M. B. Folami granted him bail in the sum of N50,000 with one surety in like sum.

The matter was adjourned till 16 September, 2012 for mention. He was remanded in prison custody pending when he will meet the bail conditions.
Culled:PMnews

Fresh bloodbath averted in Plateau

Another bloody attack was, yesterday, averted in Kwakwi village of Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State, where similar attacks claimed the lives of two prominent lawmakers and hundreds of other residents in the council last month.

The would-be assailants, eyewitnesses claimed, were armed Fulani herdsmen, who were dressed in black attires.

 The village’s vigilante group, with the help of Police, gave them a hot chase and one of the suspected raiders was apprehended.

State Police Commissioner, Mr. Emmanuel Ayeni, told newsmen that a suspect was arrested in collaboration with vigilante group at 2am, with AK-47 rifle and 28 rounds of ammunition, while attempting to raid the village.

Ayeni said: “A gang of criminals invaded Kwakwi village in Riyom council and the youths mobilised and prevented them from carrying out their devilish act.

“A phone call was made to the Riyom Divisional Police and a patrol team with the youths swung into action and were able to capture the suspect with his AK-47 riffle.”

Ayeni confirmed that no one was killed in the incident and appealed to citizens to remain alert and give credible information to the Police to help fight crime in the state.
Culled:247nigerianewsupdate

Traditional rulers, others crushed to death on Minna-Bida highway

The district and village heads of Bisanti Community in Katcha Local Government Area of Niger State were on Monday crushed to death along the Minna-Kataregi-Bida Highway.

An eyewitness told the News Agency of Nigeria that the accident occurred when a driver of a pickup van from the Bida end lost control of his vehicle and rammed on the victims.

The witness explained that the vehicle swerved to the other lane, crushing the traditional rulers who were on a motorcycle.

According to the witness, the two traditional rulers died on the spot before medical assistance could be given to them.

The witness said that the corpses of the rulers and other victims had been taken to the Bida General Hospital.

A source at the hospital gave the name of the District Head as Jibrin Baban Kaka and the Village Head as Baba Muhammad.

Sources in the village said the late traditional rulers were returning home after a third day (Fidau) prayers of a dead friend in a nearby village, when the accident occurred.

The Public Relations Officer of the Niger State Police Command, Mr. Pius Edobor, confirmed the accident, saying that the police had begun investigation into the incident.
Culled:NAN

Fulani threaten to withdraw cattle from market

Kogi State chapter of Miyette Allahi Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, MACBAN, has threatened to withdraw its animals from the state markets over harassment and arrest of its members by the police.




Chairman of the association, Alhaji Shuabu Idrisa, weekend, after a stakeholders meeting between Fulani Ardos and Miyette Allah cattle breeders on problems affecting them, said the threat to withdraw cattle had become necessary following the way security agents were arresting their youths, women and cows in the event of robbery on the highway.

He added that they were made to pay huge sums of money to secure their release, a development, he said, had made some of its members to move to South-West, where they are not harassed or taunted as Boko Haram.

He said: “If there is any robbery on the highway, security agents will swoop on all Fulani settlements in that area and arrest their people, including cows. But when a bank is robbed in town, people of the town are not arrested.

“Also once they see any Fulani man ridding Okada, they will arrest him, calling him Boko Haram and, in the process, extort him.”

He alleged that people always kill any cattle that mistakenly enters their farmland in the area.
Culled:Vanguardnigeria

Teenage mother abandons baby in church

AN unidentified teenage mother has dumped her new-born baby girl in a church, leaving a note behind in which she pleaded with the priest to assume full custody of the child as well as her upkeep as she would return at “the appropriate time” to claim the baby.

The incident occurred, weekend, in Ibusa, Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State.

An eyewitness told newsmen that parishioners at Saint Augustine’s Catholic Church, Ibusa, were shocked to find the new born baby girl at the front of the church when they went for early morning mass.

The witness, one of the parishioners, who pleaded anonymity, said: “My brother, it was a big shock.

 The mother of the baby even wrote a note to the parish priest, saying that he should name the child Ogechi, and promised to come for her at the appropriate time.”
Culled:Vanguardnigeria

London 2012 Olympic:Team Nigeria Departs Today

Team Nigeria officials, athletes and scores of journalists who were part of the 2012 London Olympic Games will today depart London for Nigeria.

The closing ceremony of the world’s biggest sporting games took place at the Olympic Stadium yesterday at Stratford.




Nigeria’s contingent will leave in two separate aircrafts tonight at 10.30 pm from the Heathrow Airport. Already athletes who competed and had concluded their respective sports had also travelled their respective bases.

Director of press at the National Commission Tony Oheari told newsmen that both the sports minister, Bolaji Abdullahi and his Director General, Patrick Ekeji will fly out to Nigeria today.

 He said most of the technical officials will leave today alongside their athletes.

The minister will fly British Airways while his director general will fly the Lufthansa.

Other Nigerian contingents will jet out through Arik Air.

Nigeria Olympic Committee president, Sani Ndanusa will lead his men at the NOC to fly Arik.
Culled:247nigerianewsupdate

Cologne 0 Arsenal 4: Podolski bags two as wantaway captain gets booed on return

 

Welcome: Olivier Giroud, another summer signing was on show alongside Podolski

Robin van Persie was left in the shadows by new Arsenal striker Lukas Podolski as the Dutchman had his first run-out for the club since he released a controversial statement revealed he planned to leave.
The Gunners were playing in their final pre-season match before the Premier League kicks off on Saturday, and ran out 4-0 winners with two goals from their £11million German striker, and one each from Thomas Vermaelen and Gervinho.

Van Persie was left on the bench until the last 20 minutes, with the majority of the Gunners squad being given vital playing time ahead of him.

He took the captain’s armband from Vermaelen after replacing Podolski and was booed by some Arsenal fans.
Other new signings Olivier Giroud and Santi Cazorla all featured from the start, while Abou Diaby continued his first for fitness with a much-needed appearance.

The Gunners got off to the perfect start in the Rhein Energie Stadion as Cazorla’s corner kick was flicked on at the near post by Per Mertesacker for Vermaelen to power in a header at the back post.
Podolski doubled the lead against his former club from the penalty spot in the 15th minute after Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain was brought down in the area.

The German international then got his second three minutes before half-time after a fine pass from Francis Coquelin found Kieran Gibbs on the left. He got to the byline and cut the ball back for Podolski to apply the finish.
Cologne began the second half better but Arsenal’s inventive attacking play continued to cause the home side problems and they went further behind in the 60th minute as Gervinho cut in from the wing before slotting in at the near post.
Culled:247nigerianewsupdate

Star to auction Olympic medal to help sick kid

Noceti-Klepacka of Poland won the bronze medal in the women’s RS-X at the London Olympics, a windsurfing event that involved a heavy sailboard.

Now she intends to sell it — but for a very worthy cause.

Noceti-Klepacka has a neighbuor named Zuzia, a five-year-old girl with cystic fibrosis.

 She requires constant care, and that care has proven to be a financial challenge to her family. She’s also Noceti-Klepacka’s biggest fan.

So Noceti-Klepacka vowed before the Summer Games that if she won a medal, she would put it up for auction, with the proceeds going to Zuzia and her family.

She placed third in the women’s RS-X final, finishing just three seconds ahead of a rival from Finland and capturing the bronze medal for Zuzia.

No word yet on how and where the medal will be auctioned.

Via Polskie Radio, Noceti-Klepacka said:

“Susan is my neighbour, I’ve known her since birth. I’ve seen that she has had problems, how many times she was in the hospital, she spent so much time there with her mom.
“Everyone here is praying that Susan survives. Not everyone can see it, but cystic fibrosis can be a fatal disease. Before the Games I said I was going to London to try and win a medal for her.”

No word yet on how and where the medal will be auctioned but hopefully it will raise a big sum.
Culled:247nigerianewsupdate

Kidnappers buried victim alive in Delta – Police

Delta State Police Command  says it has in its custody two suspected kidnappers who allegedly buried their victim alive in Ughelli area of the state.

One of the suspects, Emma Fole, 27, surrendered himself to the police and his confession according to the police spokesman, DSP Charles Muka, led to the arrest of Kpoure Lofole, 31.

The yet-to-be identified victim was said to be a native of Uzere in Isoko South local government area and was dressed in white garment church attire when she was abducted on December 31, 2011 in Ughelli.

DSP Muka said Fole who hails from Owahawa in Ughelli South local government area of the state surrendered himself to the police because his soul was troubled as a result of the murder he had committed.

“The suspect confessed burying the victim gruesomely alive in his compound when she became weak,” Muka said, adding that his confession led to the arrest one Kpoure Lofole.

The PPRO said the grave where the victim was allegedly buried had been identified and that the corpse would be exhumed as soon as the command established her kinsmen, urging members of the public whose relations are missing to report to the police area command in Warri.

Culled:Dailytrust

Persecution will not deter us - Deeper Life

Despite the killing of 19 of its member in Okenne, Kogi State, the Deeper Life Bible Church says that it will not be deterred by the enemies of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

  Speaking at the combined Sunday Worship Service of some districts in Lagos held at the International Bible Training Centre, the church secretary, Pastor Jerry Asemota, made this known.

"The church is grieving. The leadership of the church is touched and is grieving too. But what has happened will not deter us," Asemota said.

"A great door of evangelism is opened before us but the adversaries are many. The enemy is doing everything to discourage our pastor but we will pray harder that he will not be discouraged."

The pastor said that "what comes to mind at a time like this was reprisal", but added that the church would not do that.

He said the church "will take up the weapons of Truth which is the word of God and the weapons of prayer that will bring us victory".

He recalled that the Okene massacre was not the first mass murder of members of the church, noting that six of its members in Mubi, Borno, were killed by gunmen in 2011.

Asemota led the church in a series of prayers for the families of the victims of the Okene massacre; the victims still in the hospitals; the Church of Jesus Christ; and the General Superintendent of the Church, Pastor W.F. Kumuyi.
Culled:Dailytimesnigeria

NHRC Probes Assault On LEADERSHIP Photojournalist

National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has begun an inquest into last Thursday’s assault on a LEADERSHIP photojournalist, Benedict Uwalaka by mortuary attendants at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH).

Uwalaka was attacked and seriously wounded by mortuary attendants while covering the release of corpses of victims of the ill-fated Dana Air crash to their relatives.

The decision to investigate the incident was revealed yesterday when the executive secretary of the commission, Prof Ben Angwe, represented by the deputy director and technical assistant to the executive secretary of the commission, Mr. Lambert Oparah, paid a solidarity visit to the management of LEADERSHIP in Abuja.

In the statement signed by Angwe and delivered by Opara, the NHRC boss said, “The attention of the National Human Rights Commission has been drawn to the report of brutalisation of Mr. Benedict Uwalaka, a photojournalist with your newspaper, allegedly by mortuary attendants at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH).




“According to information at our disposal, Uwalaka was assaulted while performing his official duty covering the release of corpses of victims of the ill-fated Dana crash. The assailants, we gathered, inflicted sever bodily injuries on the said Mr. Uwalaka.

“We wish to place it on record that the commission shares in the pains your staff is going through and wishes to solidarise with you by this letter.

“Accordingly, the NHRC has instituted an investigation into this ugly incident and will brief you on our findings as well as measures to be taken in line with the mandate of the commission.”

On why the NHRC’s solidarity visit was important, Oparah said the commission would examine all the sides to the matter. He also said that the NHRC would today dispatch a team to Lagos University Teaching Hospital. He said: “All the necessary people involved will be contacted. As soon as it is completed we will make available all the information.”

A managing editor of LEADERSHIP, Mr. Iyobosa Uwugiaren, and the editor LEADERSHIP, Mr. Suleiman Uba Gaya, while receiving the representative of the NHRC, extolled the commission’s objectivity on human rights abuses in the last few years as well as its rapid response to the abuse of the photojournalist.

Uwugiaren said: “We are not surprised about your visit to our corporate headquarters. Your commission has proved in the last two years that it is committed to fighting human rights violations in our country.

“We want your commission to take the matter very seriously. No matter the perceived offence of our reporter, the attack is uncalled for. The intention of the evil men was to kill him.”

While hailing the commission for being the first organisation to pay a solidarity visit over the incident, Uwugiaren, assured the commission of LEADERSHIP’s support and partnership in ensuring that the rights of Nigerians are protected.


LEADERSHIP writes Fashola
Meanwhhile, LEADERSHIP Group has written a letter to Lagos State governor Babatunde Fashola, asking him to ensure that all those who took part in the brutalisation of its photojournalist, Uwalaka, are identified and prosecuted accordingly.

In the letter dated August 10 and addressed to the governor, the group managing director of the Group, Mr. Azubuike Ishiekwene, noted that the newspaper appreciated the swift response of Fashola to the incident and his public apology, saying that his promise to investigate the matter and to bring the culprits to justice was worthy of note.





The letter reads in part: “If the morgue minders of LASUTH have acquired a morbid mannerism or craving for corpses that does not spare even visitors, we wonder what is left of the management’s commitment to the Hippocratic Oath. And what do we make of the aloofness of the Area F police station which is just a shout away from the scene of the crime?

“We request, therefore, that, pursuant to your promise, you use your good offices to seek justice for Mr Uwalaka. All those who took part in the bestial assault and battery should be identified and charged to court immediately.

“This act of callousness is an affront on your administration’s efforts to instil a culture of law and order in public conduct in Lagos State.”


Police orders LASUTH management to produce culprits

Meanwhile, the Lagos State police command has directed the management of LASUTH to produce the culprits that brutalised Uwalaka and bring them to its command today.

Our correspondent gathered that the police had asked the management of TOS Funerals to produce the two culprits unfailingly today as their identities were still shrouded in secrecy.

But LEADERSHIP has uncovered the identities of two men that brutalised Uwalaka, seizing his camera and phones, as Debayo Ogunsola and Idowu who are workers of the company.



According to police sources, attempts were made since Saturday to arrest the men who assaulted the photojournalist but the police have not been able to arrest the culprits as there are indications that the authorities may be shielding the two offenders.

Speaking on the matter, the Lagos State public relations officer, Ngozi Braide, told one of our correspondents that the command had not been able to arrest the culprits owing to the inability of the victim to identify the suspects properly, but the police in Ikeja have asked the management to produce the suspect today.

She said, “Your man (Benedict) only reported at the station on that day and did not write a statement and, therefore, we were not able to arrest them but he has since done that on Saturday.

But he said he only knew the clothes they wore, a black shirt and another wearing a white shirt. Be that as it may, we have ordered the management to bring the offenders to the station on Monday.”
Culled:247nigerianewsupdate

Lagos State Traffic Offences and Penalties

Morning beautiful peeps,hope you all had a wonderful weekend and ready for the hustle and bustle of another week!

For those of us who are resident in Lasgidi,I am very sure you would have heard about the new Lagos State Traffic offences and Penalties.

Pause and take a look at them so that you dont fall victim of any of Fashola's rules ooooooooo.........

Nice week y'all.

FRSC battles 24-hour gridlock on Lagos-Ibadan expressway

Ogere (Ogun) -The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) is battling to curtail a gridlock of more than 24 hours at the Lagos-Ibadan expressway

The Ogere Unit Commander, Mr Godwin Sangbansa, Friday, said that the gridlock, which stretched to over 350 metres at the J-5 area of the expressway, started at about 6.50 p.m. on Thursday.

According to him, an articulated vehicle with registration number Lagos KJA 545 XA carrying containers, lost two of its tyres and rammed into a Dangote trailer with registration number XA 394 UKM, parked by the roadside.

He said that both trailers fell on the road and blocked the Lagos-Ibadan axis of the road, making movement impossible for motorists heading to Ibadan from Lagos.

Sangbansa said that FRSC officials started diverting motorists to the Iperu axis in order to beat the blocked portion of the road because of the narrowness of that road and the volume of traffic.

He said the FRSC had opened another route around Industrial Tanker Park close to the bridge at Iperu but that movement there was slow.

The unit commander said that at about 8.30 p.m. on Thursday, there was heavy downpour that made movement impossible.

He said that the slow movement continued until about 10.30 a.m. on Friday when the commission’s officials started the process of removing the articulated vehicles from the road.

Sangbansa added that the tedious process of removing the vehicles and the two loaded containers lasted for about five hours, adding that the road was opened to users at about 4.45 p.m.

“Motorists started moving freely without hindrance and were able to achieve 100 km per hour movement. But that came to a halt at about 8 p.m. when articulated vehicles from Lagos got into the road in convoy.

“This is because movement of articulated vehicles in Lagos is restricted until 6 p.m. and that accounted for what we experienced this evening.

“As a result, movement has been slow again but I want to assure you that the sector command in Abeokuta has given us more men to control the traffic in the area.

“As I speak to you, all of us including our rescue team are on ground to ensure free flow of traffic. We are leaving no stone unturned.’’
Culled: NAN

WAEC records mass failure in SSCE

The May/June 2012 West Africa Examination Council results recorded another mass failure, with only 38.81percent of the candidates considered to have passed.

In a press briefing held in Lagos to announce the results on Friday, WAEC's Head of Nigeria National office, Iyi Uwadiae, said that 649,156 candidates representing 38.81percent obtained credits in five subjects and above, including in English Language and Mathematics.




He, however, noted that the results showed an eight percent improvement when compared to last year's May/June results, where 30.91percent of the candidates made the pass benchmark.

Uwadiae also said that a total of 1,695,878 candidates registered for the examination, out of which 1,672,224 candidates, consisting of 923,974 male and 748,250 female candidates, sat for the examination.

He added that the results of 150,874 candidates, representing 8.90 percent, were yet to be released as "a few of their subjects were still being processed".

The examination body also stated that 112,000 candidates' results, representing 6.70 percent, were being withheld in connection with various cases of examination malpractices.

According to Uwadiae, the full results would be available on the examination body's website by weekend.
Culled:Dailytimes

LASUTH apologises over assault on journalist

The Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja, has disclosed that investigations have begun into Thursday's alleged assault on a photo journalist at the hospital.

Addressing journalists on Friday, the Hospital's Chief Medical Director, Prof. David Oke, said the hospital had set up a committee to investigate the incident, alongside an ongoing police investigation into the same matter.




The photo journalist with Leadership Newspaper, Benedict Uwalaka, was brutalised by attendants at the Lekan Ogunsola Memorial Mortuary within LASUTH premises.

Uwalaka was assaulted for allegedly attempting to take pictures during the release of some victims of the Dana Air plane crash to their relatives.

"The hospital is currently investigating the incident by a committee headed by Dr. Rotimi Coker, the Grievance officer of LASUTH," Oke said, adding that the committee was expected to tender its report in two weeks.

"On behalf of LASUTH's management and staff, I tender an unreserved apology to the journalist involved, the Nigerian Union of Journalist (NUJ), and the public."

The CMD, however, described taking of photographs of corpses or patients within hospital premises as "unethical", adding that it could even "lead to litigation against the institution".

Oke claimed that the morgue, though in the hospital's premises, was run by private hands and as such it was difficult to determine the identities of the assailants.

"One thing that is clear from media reports is that a so-called Bayo was involved and it's being investigated by the police," he said.

Following the assault, Uwalaka was said to have sustained head injuries which necessitated his admission at the hospital for treatment.

However, Uwalaka's colleague at Leadership Newspaper, Florence Udoh, told the hospital authorities that the photo journalist had discharged himself from the hospital because he was displeased with the service rendered.

"I was with him, and I was also not impressed because the nurses were very rude.

They did not attend to him and he left in sadness. I understand that the side of his head still bleeds," she said.

Prior to the incident, there have been mild altercations between journalists and staff of the hospital, who tried to prevent them from having access to the relatives of the crash victims.

Therefore, a major point raised by journalists at the briefing was the existing information gap that was allegedly leaving room for speculation in the post-reporting of the June 3, 2012 Dana Air crash.
Oke replied that the ongoing scientific process of identifying the victims and releasing them to their relatives, was "handled by the Lagos State Government and the office of the Chief Medical Examiner".

"So LASUTH is not in the position to give information," he added.
Culled:Dailytimes

Customer baths sex worker with acid

The Enugu Police Command have begun investigation into the bathing of a young woman with acid in the state.

The Command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO),Ebere Amaraizu stated this on Friday.

The victim was bathed with acid on August 7, and, according to the PPRO, she is recuperating at the Orthopaedic Hospital, Enugu.




Amaraizu said the victim, who was identified as a commercial sex worker, was reportedly hanging out around Artisan Market, Independence Layout, Enugu.

He said that the incident occurred along Ozubulu Street, Independence Layout, and was carried out by an unidentified man who used to patronise her.
Culled:Dailytimes

‘Families Not Coming For DANA Crash Victims Bodies’

THE Lagos State government is to keep bodies of most DANA plane crash victims for some weeks, as their families are yet to redeem them.

Contrary to expectation, almost all of the now identifiable 107 bodies have not been retrieved as the processes for collection enter day three today.

While a handful of family members of the victims showed up for the Batch B collection exercise yesterday at the Lekan Ogunsola Memorial Home, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Lagos, many of the families were not ready to take custody of the bodies.

As at press time yesterday, the management of the private morgue could not confirm how many bodies have been released.

LASUTH Chief Medical Director (CMD), Prof. Adewale Oke confirmed that some families have not been coming to collect the bodies, but the state government has decided to keep the victims for a while.

“Some people are not coming to retrieve their bodies. Yesterday we decided to accept that some bodies would be here for one or two weeks, particularly those from abroad. To say how long the bodies will be there, I cannot. But nobody is charging extra to keep the bodies here,” Oke said.

At a press briefing to apologise to journalists over assault on some of them on Thursday by officials of the morgue, Oke said only the private morgue would give information on release of bodies.

He said: “The information is not for LASUTH to give. Inside LASUTH, we have some mini institutions running on Public Private Participatory drive and the TOS mortuary is one of them.

 The mortuary is not LASUTH’s mortuary, but an affiliate of the Ministry of Health.

“They have their own workers who are not under LASUTH. Our primary responsibility is just to oversee and act as a bridge between the facility and the ministry.”
Culled:247nigerianewsupdate

Female banker allegedly crushes LASTMA official

A female banker, Yinka Johnson, on Friday  allegedly crushed an official of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, Mr. Hameed Balogun, while driving against the traffic in the Ajah area of the state.

This came three weeks after another official of the agency, Mustapher Adeleke, was crushed by a bus driver, who was driving against traffic.

The incident was recorded a week after the Governor Babatunde Fashola signed the new traffic law.

According to LASTMA authorities, Johnson, who is an employee of Stanbic IBTC, ran over the traffic official when he accosted her for contravening the law.

The General Manager, LASTMA, Mr. Babatunde Edu, said after hitting the 33-year-old LASTMA official, Johnson ran into Ikota Estate, Ajah, where security guards prevented LASTMA officials from arresting her.

He said, “Balogun was this morning (yesterday) killed by a banker on the Lekki-Ajah Expressway while carrying out his official assignment at his duty post at Mega City, Ajah.

“The driver, whose identity was revealed by the Auto Inspector device as Yinka Johnson, an employee of IBTC, drove in a green LandRover Jeep with registration number CY 276 LSD against traffic from Mega Chicken inward toll plaza two.

“She was intercepted by three officials of LASTMA led by the Head of Operations, Mr. Quayum Asafa, for traffic violation.

 Johnson started driving recklessly in order to escape and in the process ran over the officer.

“The deceased was rushed to Germaine Hospital where he later died as a result of injury sustained from the accident.

The corpse was deposited at the Lagos State Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, for autopsy.

“Realising what she had done, she ran and escaped from the scene of the incident into Ikota Estate, Ajah with the security men shutting the gate.

“The situation became riotous as the security attached to the gate refused all entries to open the gate until the intervention of the Area Commander in charge of Area J, Mr. Felix Uwamli, who called for backup before access could be gained into the Estate.”

Culled:247migerianewsupdate

Mystery illness causes woman to grow fingernails instead of hair

A young woman has been labelled a medical mystery after falling victim to an unidentified illness which causes human nails to grow out of her hair follicles.


Shanyna Isom, 28, suffered an allergic reaction three years ago which caused the debilitating syndrome which has left her struggling to walk and carry out daily chores.

The university student was left covered in hard scabs as ‘nails’ replaced the hair on her body and doctors are still in the dark about how to cure Shanyna’s mysterious illness.

Shanyna Isom lives with her family in Memphis and was in her first year at university when the nightmare began.

In September 2009 she was prescribed steroids after suffering an asthma attack and within hours the law student was ‘itching’ all over her body.

Soon black bumps covered her legs and doctors treated her for everything from eczema to Staphylococcal infection to no avail.

Shanyna became bedridden as the illness took over and doctors tried to determine what was wrong.
In 2011 she began treatment in Baltimore where doctors established that the bumps were in fact human nails slowly covering Shanyna’s body.

She produces 12 times the normal number of skin cells per hair follicle, suffocating her skin.



‘Where hair grows, nails are growing,’ Shanyna told newsmen.

Today doctors have yet to diagnose her but have been able to control her symptoms.

‘I couldn’t sit up and I couldn’t walk, but now I can walk with a cane and sometimes I can walk on my own.’

The criminal justice major describes it as a nightmare she is trying to wake up from.

‘They’ve tested me from A to Z and everything was coming back negative.

‘ Right now, I am the only one in the world with my illness.’

The illness has left Shanyna and her family deep in debt as state-issued insurance does not cover her care at the specialist unit she attends in Baltimore and only covers five of the 17 medications she is prescribed.

The family savings accounts are dry and her outstanding medical bills are currently up to £160,000 ($250,000).

Shanyna has set up the S.A.I Foundation to raise money for her treatment but fears she may not be able to continue.

She relies on family and friends for financial help and they have rallied around her for support.

‘At this point I just do everything I can to get the help that’s needed for her,’ her friend Tolungia Webb said.



Shanyna hopes that the foundation will be able to raise enough money to cover her medical bills and help others in the same situation.

She said: ‘If it means me dealing with this to help someone else, I’m willing to go through it.’
Culled:Channelstv

Nigerian women's 4x100 relay team qualifies for final

Nigeria's women's 4 x 100 metres relay team at the 2012 Olympic Games yersternight  in London qualified for the final of the event, scheduled for this evening.

The team did it by running a season best of 42.74 seconds in the round one of the event at the Olympic Stadium.




It was, however, not an easy feat for the team of Christy Udoh, Gloria Asumnu, Oludamola Osayomi and Blessing Okagbare, running in that order.

The team, running in lane three of heat one, placed fifth behind the U.S, Trinidad and Tobago, the Netherlands and Brazil, but qualified as one of the next two fastest teams.

After the U.S, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Netherlands qualified from the heat automatically, Ukraine, Jamaica and Germany, also joined them from heat two.

With eight teams needed for the final, the next two fastest teams were picked, with the lot falling on Nigeria and Brazil, which had placed fourth ahead of Nigeria in heat one with 42.55.

Osayomi said it was a hectic occasion for her and her teammates.

``With the situation of Team Nigeria not having won any medal so far, there was a lot of tension, expectations and apprehensions.

``When we finished fifth we were disturbed and we were just praying for a miracle in the second heat and God did it for us.

``We will now go into the final to do our best and leave the rest to God,’’ she said
Culled: NAN

Police arrest clergyman for killing hawker

Police officers attached to the Badagry police station have arrested an Anglican Church reverend for allegedly killing a street hawker.

The accused clergyman, identified as Michael Adewale, was said to have hit the deceased, Ifeanyi Alegu, 18, and his brother, Chinedu, with his car along the busy Lagos-Badagry road.

Reports have it that the street hawkers were rushed to a nearby hospital, where Ifeanyi later died.

The State Police spokesperson, Ngozi Braide, confirmed the incident, adding that the case was under investigation at the Badagry police station.
Culled:Dailytimes

Photo journalist brutalised by LASUTH staff

A photojournalist from Leadership Newspapers, Benedict Uwalaka, was on Thursday brutalized by staff of Lagos State University teaching Hospital (LASUTH) mortuary for taking shots of events while the corpses were released.

Mr Uwalaka was at the premises of the hospital with his colleagues from other media house on the invitation of the hospital’s management to cover the release of identified corpses of the Dana Air Crash victims.





Pics:Saharareporters

Mr Uwalaka had moved closer to the vehicle where a corpse was to be placed when an official of the hospital seized his camera and another one hit him on the head with a bottle.


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But some official of LASUTH approached and seized his camera while some others beat him up, tearing his shirt and leaving his face swollen and bloodied.




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The assault on the photo-journalist irked his colleague and they went with him to report at the nearby police station.



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Returning to the hospital to collect his camera, Mr Uwalaka was hit from behind with a bottle on his head by another official of the teaching hospital, leaving him with more wound on his head and bruised face.


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The assault on Mr Uwalaka is coming on the heels of a report that places Nigeria as the second worst nation as regards the safety of journalists in its territory.


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According to the bi-annual ‘Killing the Messenger survey’ of news media causalities produced by the Cardiff School of Journalism for the International News Safety Institute (INSI), the survey claimed that some 70 journalists and support staff were killed while on assignment in the first half of the year 2012 alone.

15 of them were confirmed dead between January and June in Syria where a bloody civil war has raged on, while in Nigeria, seven journalists were said to have been killed in bomb attacks carried out by fundamentalist sect Boko Haram.

Other countries listed after Nigeria are Brazil, Somalia, Indonesia, where five journalists died in a plane crash, and Mexico.

The toll compares with 124 for the whole of 2011 and 56 for the first seven months of last year.

And 70 may be a conservative figure as INSI has recorded the deaths of an additional 30 news people where it was unclear whether the killings were related to their work, the INSI reported.

“Journalists are more than ever in the cross-hairs of the enemies of freedom,” said INSI Director Rodney Pinder.

“Despite some encouraging international political moves to halt the murder, the gun and the bomb remain the favoured method of censorship in far too many countries.

“Each and every killing chokes the free flow of information without which free societies cannot function.”
Culled:Channelstv

Husband dies after star's funeral

The husband of Doctor Who actress Mary Tamm died just hours after giving a eulogy at her funeral, her agent has said.

Marcus Ringrose is believed to have had a heart attack at home in Battersea, south London, after Tuesday's funeral.
Barry Langford said Mr Ringrose had been at his computer replying to well-wishers who wrote to him after his wife's death when he collapsed.


Tamm and hubie,Marcus.


Tamm, 62, who was best known for playing the first incarnation of the Doctor's companion Romana alongside Tom Baker, had been suffering from cancer for 18 months when she died last month.

She had a long career on stage and screen, with roles in films including The Odessa File and The Likely Lads, and a recurring role in soap Brookside as Penny Crosbie.

The couple leave a daughter Lauren and seven-year-old grandson Max.

Bradford-born Tamm's parents were Estonian and she did not learn English until she went to primary school.

Her first professional job was at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre where she worked alongside Sir Derek Jacobi, Joan Sims and Ronnie Barker. From there she moved on to television work and film, her first feature film being Tales That Witness Madness with Kim Novak.

Tamm recently starred in television series Wire In The Blood, Paradise Heights and Jonathan Creek, with stage work including Amanda in Private Lives and Beverley in Abigail's Party.

Her last role was in EastEnders, in which she played Orlenda in 2009. Her autobiography was published the same year.
Culled:Yahoonews

RCCGengages 300 nurses for baby delivery

Over 300 nurses have been engaged to cater for the needs of expectant mothers at the Redemption Camp, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway where the annual convention of the Redeemed Christian Church of God is holding.

The Administrative Officer of the Maternity Clinics, Mrs. Morenikeji Sodiya, said  that the services of the midwives were engaged due to the large number of pregnant women admitted.

She spaid, “Since the beginning of the convention, pregnant women have flooded our maternity wards, but we are prepared for them, so we have taken nurses from different Redeemed Maternity wards all over the nation to cater to them.

“They had to come down here since their respective wards will be closed till after the convention.

“We have a roster that over 300 midwives is arranged; they all know their shifts, which can either be in the morning, afternoon or night.

“No fewer than 35 babies have been delivered since the commencement of the convention.

During the arrival of our correspondent, a father, Mr. Peter Iwajesu, was delighted to have a baby girl in the convention maternity clinic.

He said, “We actually registered for the baby at Redeemed Maternity in Ibadan and when the convention commenced we were told we will be accepted at the camp clinic, now she had given birth, I am so happy.”

He said adequate care had been given to the mother and child before and after the delivery.

Among the women that just had a baby delivered, was a woman who claimed to have been living in the auditorium for over three months.
Culled:247nigerianewsupdate

Witchcraft: Pastor kills father, uncle in Abakaliki

The police in Ebonyi State have arrested a 22-year-old man, Udoka Onwe, for allegedly killing his 60-year-old father, Mr. Peter Onwe, and uncle, Mr. James Elum, 52, in Umuogodo-Akpu Ngbo in Ohaukwu Local Government Area of the state.

Report says that upon interrogation by the police, Onwe , who is the founder and pastor at Christ Rimites Church, confessed to killing his father and uncle on the suspicion that they were wizards who wanted to use occult means to kill him.

The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Mr. Sylvester Igbo, who confirmed the incident, said the alleged murder was carried out on Thursday, around 5am.

Igbo said the matter was reported at Ohaukwu Police Station by a woman, Mrs. Onyemaechi Onwe, from Umuogodo-Akpu Ngbo village in the area.

He said as soon as investigation was completed, the suspect would be charged to court.

“She reported that one Udoka Onwe, male, 22 years, murdered his father and uncle. The suspect has a church called Christ Rimites Church and when he was asked the reason he murdered his father and uncle, he said that they were wizards and that they wanted to kill him.

“He has been arrested and he is still with the police.

The corpses of the deceased have been taken to Ngbo General Hospital mortuary where an autopsy is expected to be carried out on the bodies.”
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Mob kills 4 robbery suspects in Badagry

Angry at the continued menace of armed robbers, some Badagry residents, on Wednesday, mobbed four suspected armed robbers at Mowo area of the town.

According to eyewitnesses, the bandits, who had robbed Dahush Fuel Station, were attempting to make a getaway when they ran in to an ambush by an angry mob at Mowo.

 The mob chased members of the gang into the bush, apprehended them and killed them before the arrival of police officers from Area K Command.

Adeshina Soyemi, an assistant commissioner of police in-charge of Area K Command, Magbon, confirmed the incident, saying: “It is true that a four-member gang robbed Dahush Filling Station at Ipota of some money, after which they were chased and killed by a mob.”

Soyemi said two pistols were recovered from the gang members, and the remains of the dead had been deposited at the morgue of Badagry General Hospital.

It will be recalled that in July, a robbery gang attacked a bullion van at Mowo and killed five people.
Culled:Dailytimes

Two quack doctors arrested in Abuja

The Health and Human Services secretariat of the Federal Capital Territory has arrested two quack doctors who carried out a cesarean session on a pregnant woman in Abuja.

The secretary for the secretariat, Dr. Ademola Onokumaya, who announced this to journalists, said the two quack doctors were operating under Neam Hospital in Kurudu area of the territory.

He said the patients that were operated by the fake doctors had been evacuated to Karshi General Hospital, where they are currently receiving treatment.

Solomon Yehumba, the quack doctor that operated on the pregnant woman and also carried out an ovarian cystectomy on another young girl, when questioned, said: “I did not do it on my own, the owner of the place is the medical director and is the only person that do monitor our work, so we did not do it on our own.”

The other quack, Victor Bakosa, who insisted that he was a medical practitioner, could not give a proper account of how he qualified as a medical doctor.

Dr. Evans Onyekwere, Registrar of the Private Health Establishment, Registration and Monitoring Committee, while narrating how the two quack doctors were discovered, said: “The man that actually did the surgery claimed to be the administrative head of the hospital… by the time we put the fear of God into one of the staff, she opened up and told us the truth.

“They don’t have documents to even show when and where they were trained. The other man who said he was a dental therapist initially claimed to have been trained in Cameroon and couldn’t provide answers when asked of his registration status.”

Dr. Onokumaya advised members of the public to be mindful of where they seek medical attention, while warning quack doctors to stop playing with human lives.

Neam Hospital was registered with the Health and Human Services Secretariat some years ago by Dr. Nyom Tewase, the owner of the hospital.

However, Tewase subsequently employed the two quack doctors to work for him, and he relocated to Nasarawa state.
Culled:247nigerianewsupdate