Category: Crime/Health

10 Reasons Death of Junior Pope Proves Many Nigerians Need Mental Test

ADEOLA YUSUF

‘Instead of an hospital, they took him with a crowd to a herbalist beside the river to perform rituals…,” Christopher Chinedumuije, a Professor of Disaster Management & Humanitarian Studies, writes on ‘How Friends Embalmed Nollywood star while he was still living   1. He drowned following a boat crash while on transit to and fro movie production set… 2. His body was recovered.., 3. Instead of taking him directly to the hospital for emergency care, they were busy snapping photos, making videos and posting online to tell Nigerians he was…

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Death is A Scorned Woman, By Funke Egbemode

ADEOLA YUSUF

Where you can resolve issues, don’t threaten your wife before you are made to learn the hard way. If she could determine to stick by you through thick and thin, she could also re-channel that determination to destroy you.   Kunle was a rich businessman and had made more than enough money to have a new wife three years after his first wife died, leaving him with three children. And so, he married Seyi. From all intents and purposes, people envied Seyi’s good luck at catching such a rich fish.…

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EFCC Arrests Bobrisky Over Alleged Naira Abuse

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested controversial celebrity cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, over currency mutilation and abuse of the Naira. Confirming the arrest, EFCC spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, said Bobrisky was arrested at Pinnock Estate in Lagos State on Wednesday. He also stated that Bobrisky would be charged in court soon. READ ALSO: When Foundation Provided Succour to Ilagbe Villagers, By Folorunso Fatai Adisa BREAKING: Faye Sworn In As Senegal President Low Patronage Forces Indomie Price Slash Amid Rising Inflation NCC Spokesman, Reuben Mouka Wins…

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US Surgeons Transplant Pig Kidney Into Human

ADEOLA YUSUF

A groundbreaking medical procedure took place in Boston, where surgeons successfully transplanted a kidney from a genetically engineered pig into a 62-year-old man who needed a transplant, the New York Times reports. If the breakthrough is successful, it could bring hope to people who are suffering from kidney failure. According to the New York Times report, the indications are encouraging so far. Physicians at Massachusetts General Hospital, known as Mass General, have reported that the patient’s condition is steadily improving since the surgery last weekend. The patient, Mr. Richard ‘Rick’…

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Platforms Africa, HURIWA Demand Release of Journalist Segun Olatunji

ADEOLA YUSUF

‌ “Kidnapped” without even informing his wife or granting him the fair hearing of extending a lawful invitation to any office that he has now being driven to secretly,” full statement Platforms Africa, HURIWA issued on journalist’s alleged abduction by Nigerian Army   Reactions have trailed the alleged abduction of a Nigerian journalist, Segun Olatunji, with rights fora; Platforms Africa and the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), demanding his release and fair hearing. Olatunji, the Editor of FirstNews and a member of Platforms Africa forum was reported to…

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Terrorists Kidnap 87 In Fresh Kaduna Attack

ADEOLA YUSUF

Terrorists again launched a ruthless assault on the Kajuru-Station Community in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, abducting 87 individuals on Sunday night. Harisu Dari, a member of the Kajuru-Station Youths, confirmed the incident, highlighting the terror that struck around 10 pm. According to eyewitness reports, the attackers not only abducted civilians but also pillaged shops, looting food items and other valuables. This marks another grim chapter in the escalating crisis, with this assault following closely on the heels of the abduction of 15 women and a man in…

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Japa: Vice Chancellor Bemoans Shortage Of Medical Personnel

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Vice Chancellor of Enugu State University of Science and Technology, ESUT, Professor Aloysius-Michaels Okolie, on Wednesday, bemoaned the shortage of medical personnel across health facilities in Nigeria. Okolie equally noted that to forestall such ugly trends in the nursing profession, ESUT has started collaborating with the Enugu State Government to increase the admission quota for the Nursing Sciences Department in the university. He made the disclosure when the Town Planners Registration Council of Nigeria, TOPREC, and Architects Registration Council of Nigeria, ARCON, came for accreditation of the Urban and…

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Power Minister Demands Capital Punishment For Vandals

ADEOLA YUSUF

What DisCos must emulate in Ikeja Electric score card, Word-for-word of what Adelabu said during an official visit to IE   The minister of power, Adebayo Adelabu, has bemoaned the rising cases of vandalism of power assets across the country, demanding capital punishment for vandals. Platforms Africa reports that Adelabu, who said this in Lagos during an official visit to Ikeja Electric, labelled vandals of power assets as killers of people and saboteurs of businesses growth. READ ALSO: Revoke Licenses Of Non-Performing DisCos, Power Minister Orders NERC 4 Reasons Ogun,…

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Confusion as EFCC Names ex-Kogi Gov in Amended Fraud Case Before Office

ADEOLA YUSUF

. Ali Bello, Suleman refute EFCC’s allegations in amended charges There was confusion on Thursday at the Federal High Court in Abuja, following amended charges filed against Alli Bello and Daudu Suleiman, including the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, in which the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission claimed they allegedly diverted about N100 billion belonging to the state government in September 2015, months before former Governor Bello assumed office as Governor. Governor Bello was not a defendant in the original suit, and was not in court. However, Ali Bello,…

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Head Teacher, Pupils Kidnapped As Bandits Invade Kaduna School

ADEOLA YUSUF

The climate of insecurity in the country heightened on Thursday as some bandits reportedly invaded the LEA Primary School, Kuriga in the troubled Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, kidnapping scores of pupils. A resident of the community, said no fewer than 100 pupils were taken away by the bandits who stormed the town in large numbers, according to The Punch. It was also gathered that the head teacher of the school as well as other staff were among those abducted by the hoodlums. The ugly development happened on…

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