Category: Crime/Health

How Britain Infected Thousands With HIV, Hepatitis Blood – Report

ADEOLA YUSUF

“Authorities knowingly exposed victims to blood infection.” Dirty details of the deadliest Blood Scandal believed to have killed an estimated 3,000 people in the UK     British authorities and the country’s public health service knowingly exposed tens of thousands of patients to deadly infections through contaminated blood and blood products, and hid the truth about the disaster for decades, an inquiry into the U.K.’s infected blood scandal found Monday. An estimated 3,000 people in the United Kingdom are believed to have died and many others were left with lifelong…

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Iranian President Killed in Helicopter Crash

ADEOLA YUSUF

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian have been confirmed dead in fatal helicopter crash. Platforms Africa reports that the Iranian state TV, which confirmed this, declared that there is ‘no sign of life’ at the crash site of the helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi. This comes as rescue teams scurrying for the aircraft spotted it from a distance, as per an official who spoke with Iranian state media. The presidential chopper in which the president and others were traveling had been declared missing and was being…

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Four Casualties As Rainstorm Destroys OAU Amphitheatre Roof

ADEOLA YUSUF

It rained ‘everywhere, Nigerians count loses as rainstorm affects more states     Rainstorm has caused the roof of Obafemi Awolowo University’s amphitheatre to collapse during a class session, injuring four students. According to an eyewitness, The Great Ife, who tweets as #IfeCampus, wrote , “There was a whirlwind that collapsed the covering inside Amphi theatre. Four people have been rushed to the hospital as of 8:45am READ ALSO: ‘Rains Are Here,’ 4 Tips On Common Sicknesses And How To Prevent Them N615k To N48k: Govt Slashes Mimimum Wage Proposal,…

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Police Declare Socialite Wanted For Cyber-stalking, Murder

ADEOLA YUSUF

The police have declared a Lagos socialite Dorcas Adeyinka wanted over alleged cyber stalking and murder. In a gazette published on Sunday, the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) urged the public to “arrest and hand over the suspect to the nearest police station or the office of the IGP Monitoring Unit, Force Headquarters, Abuja.” According to the police, the wanted Adeyinka is a blogger from Ekiti State/Ibadan, Oyo State, with tribal marks. READ ALSO Man Who Received First-Ever Modified Pig Kidney Transplant Dies Segun Olatunji: Hero Or Villain?, By Bolanle BOLAWOLE…

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Police Arrest 71-Year-Old Landlord For Impregnating Tenant’s Teenage Daughter

ADEOLA YUSUF

Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a septuagenarian landlord, identified simply as Adesina, for allegedly defiling and impregnating his tenant’s 14-year-old girl (name withheld) at Akegbeyale Street in Ifesowapo Akute, Ifo Local Government Area of the state. It was gathered the septuagenarian suspect was caught on Tuesday while having sexual intercourse with the 14-year-old girl at about 10:15pm in the house bathroom. According to reports, the minor was said to have made her way to the apartment’s bathroom to take a shower and a few seconds later,…

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I Have Done Multiple Operations, Fake Doctor Arrested In Lagos Opens Up

ADEOLA YUSUF

With only WAEC certificate, this is how I forged Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) MBBS, MDCN certificates, practised as Chief Medical Director for years,” suspect sings in Police net   The Zone 2 Police Command, Onikan, Lagos, has arrested a 37-year-old fake medical practitioner with suspected forged certificates. The Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) in charge of the zone, Olatoye Durosinmi, confirmed the arrest on Tuesday while parading the suspect before newsmen in Lagos. Durosinmi said that operatives of the Zonal Anti-Piracy Unit arrested the suspect, who claimed to be the…

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Namibia Is 1st African Nation To End Mother-To-Child HIV Transmission

ADEOLA YUSUF

Namibia has become the first country in Africa – and the first high-burden country in the world – to reach a significant milestone on the path towards eliminating vertical mother-to-child transmission of both HIV and viral hepatitis B. This was disclosed on Monday by the African Region Office of the World Health Organisation. WHO said Eastern and Southern Africa is home to more than half the world’s HIV burden and Africa accounts for two-thirds of new hepatitis B infections globally. It added that Namibia is home to more than 200,000…

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Why First Half Of Your Night Is Not For Reading, Clubing

ADEOLA YUSUF

▪️ Scientists exposed danger not sleeping at the first half of night poses to the human brain   What do you do during the first half of your night? Reading? Gisting? Or clubbing? Scientists have revealed reasons any other thing except sleeping at this period is a potential danger to the brain. A new study in zebrafish by scientists at the University of California delves into the puzzling world of sleep. Their findings, published in Nature, shed light on the brain’s activity during sleep but leave a question mark hanging…

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It’s Not The Best To Rinse Your Teeth After Brushing. Here’s Why

ADEOLA YUSUF

It’s actually more beneficial to leave leftover toothpaste on your teeth.   If you’re still rinsing your teeth with water after brushing them, it may be time to stop. There are actually some benefits to leaving that extra bit of toothpaste on your teeth so that it can be allowed to do its job just a little longer. Here is what an expert said. Dr. Edmond Hewlett, consumer advisor for the American Dental Association and a professor at UCLA School of Dentistry, speaks. Why you should skip rinsing with water…

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‘He Stole N112m,’ FCMB Bank ex-Manager Jailed 121 Years

ADEOLA YUSUF

Justice S. N. Odili of the Anambra State High Court sitting in Onitsha, Anambra State, has convicted and sentenced a former manager with First City Monument Bank (FCMB), Onitsha branch, Nwachukwu Placidus, to a cumulative 121 years imprisonment for diverting fixed deposit funds of a customer to the tune of N112,100,000 ( One Hundred and Twelve Million, One Hundred Thousand Naira only) for his personal use. He was arraigned on Tuesday, March 27, 2018 on 16-count charges bordering on forgery, stealing, obtaining by false pretence and uttering, by the Enugu…

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