Panic as Strange Illness Hits Lagos Killing 20 Kids

A strange disease has taken over a Lagos community wrecking irreparable damage on the lives of young children.

 

A mother and her sick child (file photo)

There has been an outbreak of febrile rash illnesses (FRI)  in Otodo Gbame community in Eti-Osa Local Government Area of Lagos State, leaving at least 20 kids dead, The Nation reports.

Thirty-four other cases are currently under examination, Health Commissioner, Jide Idris announced yesterday.

The outbreak was first identified  by the Medical Officer of Health of the LGA on the 9th February, he said. The victims  are said to be within the age range of  eight and 72 months.

Dr.  Idris said his ministry has  already notified the Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) on the situation. It has also constituted a team of Epidemiologists to investigate the outbreak and institute appropriate measures to prevent further spread of the disease.

But he said although the disease causing the outbreak is yet to be confirmed, “the signs and symptoms are suggestive of Febrile Rash Illnesses.”

He added: “Blood samples (and throat swabs) from the patients and water samples from the community have been taken to the Virology Reference Laboratory at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) and Lagos State Drug Quality Control Laboratory (DQCL), LASUTH, Ikeja respectively. The source of the infection is still under investigation.”

Otodo Gbame community, according to Idris is  an expansive, sandy riverine, flood prone and camp-lie settlements with an estimated population of 100,000 people.

“The people are mainly Egun, however there are other tribes in the minority. The community is a slum with waste deposited at different spots. There are many scattered shallow wells in the community.

The water from the wells is found to be used mostly for bathing, washing and cooking. Majority of the citizen claimed it is not used for drinking but a few said they sometimes drink from the well. The community head Chief Hunpe Dansu confirmed the outbreak of the Febrile Rash illnesses.”

The government is said  to be  intensifying efforts to conduct mapping of all slums and blighted areas in the state towards reducing the health hazards associated with such areas.

He enjoined the people to join hands with the government in the identification of slums and in ensuring environmental sanitation at all times. And members of the public and health workers are to report any strange illness to the nearest health facility or call the following lines- 08037170614, 08055281442 and 08023169485.

My Mother Permitted Me to Sell My 15-year-old Sister for N52,000 - Human Trafficker Confesses

A human trafficker whose illegal activities were busted, has made a shocking revelation about how he started.

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The Zone ‘F’ Headquarters of the Nigeria Immigration Services, NIS, in Ibadan, Oyo state capital, has arrested seven human traffickers. 

 

DailyPost reports that the NIS had reportedly launched a search for a certain 15-year-old Togolese girl, identified only as Assana, who was declared missing. Following the 2-year search, the NIS on Friday, said it arrested seven suspected human traffickers, among who was a man, Cossy.

 

Cossy, is the brother of the girl who had since been found and reunited with her family in Togo.

 

The Deputy Comptroller in charge of anti-human trafficking unit of the headquarters, Kola Sofuwa, who spoke on behalf of the Assistant Comptroller-General and Zonal Coordinator of the Zone F Headquarters, Mike Longe, said a letter, which declared Assana missing for the past two years, and which was addressed to the NIS, triggered the search.

 

He paraded the suspect before newsmen at the headquarters in Ibadan, disclosing that the girl was brought to Nigeria from Togo by her brother when she was 13 years old in 2013 without any travelling document and she was made to work and was paid various sums of money that never got to her.

 

He said, “We got the letter in form of a petition and set out looking for Assana. We were able to apprehend the brother who brought her to Nigeria and involved her in a long chain of human trafficking ring.

“He first handed her over to a Togolese trafficking agent called Aishat in Eruwa who also contracted her out to one Alfa Sabe, 55, with an agreement of N60,000 annual wage that never got to the victim.

“One woman simply known as Iya Onigele also paid N72,000 for her services to a Nigerian agent, Iya Nofisat. When she could not endure the hardship, Assana ran away and unfortunately ended up in the hands of another agent, Titi, who is now at large.

“Her final destination was the home of a pastor, Mrs Dorcas Afelumo, who also paid N72,000 for her in exchange for domestic services.

“Even the brother, Cossy, lost track of her before she was rescued at the clergy woman’s house.”

 

Sofuwa condemned the inhuman journey Assana was made to go through in her early life, stating that the girl had since been reunited with her family in Togo while the arrested human traffickers would be handed over to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, for appropriate penalty.

 

“The other two accomplices now at large, would be apprehended soon,” Sofuwa noted.

 

Meanwhile, her brother, Cossy, said he sought the permission of their mother before selling his sister. He told newsmen he got only N52,000 in two instalments and that he did not give his sister any money.

 

He said, “I brought her here when my wife left me so that she could cook for me. When my wife returned, I gave her out to people who could use her for work. I had to collect money from them after some negotiation.

“I told our mother and I got N52,000 from the deal. I bought things for our mother each time I went home from the money. She permitted me to give Assana away. Then Assana got missing and I have since been looking for her.”

A Lagos Council Staff Was Electocuted To Death in Her Office

An officer of a Lagos state local government council was electrocuted to death inside her office.

 

 

It was an absolutely tragic scene on Thursday in Ikorodu Local Government of Lagos State when the revenue officer with the council was found electrocuted.

 

The police spokesperson in Lagos, SP Oladapo Badmos, said in a statement on Friday that the victim, Mrs. Toyin Ogunjebe, was electrocuted in her office at the council secretariat.

”She was taken to Ikorodu General Hospital where she was confirmed dead. Her corpse has been deposited at the hospital’s morgue for autopsy,” the statement said.

 

According to the statement, the police Is investigating the incident.

A Nigerian Student Strangled His Lover To Death For Ignoring Him On Valentines day

A man has meted out the most heinous form of punishment to his lover on Valentine's Day for allegedly turning down his request.

 

 

A student of Psychology Department of University of Jos, Miss Zakariah Nanchin, has been reportedly killed by a man believed to be her lover, for purportedly turning down his Valentine Day’s outing invitation.

 

Nanchin was allegedly strangled to death by her lover, one Badung David Dele on Monday, the day after Valentine at her Angwa Rukuba apartment in Jos.

 

According to The Nation, Dele was said to have reached out to Nanchin apparently to settle their differences and invited her out for Valentine. The deceased reportedly declined the invitation.

 

A source, close to the duo, said they have been in an intimate relationship for quite some time until a misunderstanding set in shortly before the last Valentine day. However, Nanchin allegedly felt that there was no basis for any dating between them having parted for some time.

 

Dele was said to have stormed Nanchin’s apartment the following morning and demanded an explanation why she failed to make the outing. He reportedly grabbed her by the neck and strangled her to death after which he left the apartment and reportedly told a neighbour he met outside that he wanted to go and get some medicine for his ‘ill’ friend.

 

He was said to have given his phone number to the neighbour, a woman, and asked her to call him in case of any emergency.

 

Reports say the woman perceived something fishy had transpired, so she proceeded to Nanchin’s room only to find her lying down on her bed unconscious.

 

The woman, simply identified as Mama Joy, said “I called her name but she did not respond so I moved closer and I discovered that she was dead.

“I ran out, screaming to alert the people around. I was shocked that the boy managed to kill this girl without a gun. There was no blood on her body,” Mama Joy added.

 

Confirming the incident, the state Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, DSP Abu Emmanuel, said Badung was arrested on the same day.

 

“After some interrogation, he confessed to have committed the crime. We are making necessary arrangements to arraign him in court soon.”

 

Emmanuel called out to ladies, cautioning them to be careful who they date.

 

“Some of these boys are criminals and you might ignorantly fall into their hands like this girl,” the PPRO said, adding that the body of the deceased had been transferred from Bingham University Teaching Hospital to the Jos University Teaching Hospital JUTH for autopsy and relevant action.

Woman Who Has Been Barren For 10 Years After Marriage Loses Her First Pregnancy to Police Brutality

A woman who spent the first ten years of her married life without a child has ended up losing her very first pregnancy to police brutality.

 

Nigerian policemen

 

The Independent Service Delivery Monitoring Group (ISDMG) has appealed to the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase, to intervene in an alleged case of brutality meted out to one Mrs. Adegbite Damilola by officers of Oyo State Police Command.

 

ISDM Executive Director, Mr. Chima Amadi, while briefing newsmen on Friday in Abuja, alleged that Damilola lost her first pregnancy after 10 years of marriage due to police brutality.

 

Amadi also appealed to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to ensure that the victim got justice. He said that the incident occurred on August 11, 2015 at Akobo Police Station, Ibadan.

 

”The actions of the police at all stages breached legally established procedures for arrest and detention. The police breached the legal requirement that a person to be arrested must be promptly informed of his or her offence.

”The police also violated the victim’s constitutional right not to be treated in a manner that degrades her human dignity. By subjecting her to such malevolent treatment, the police already presumed her guilty and began to mete out punishment to her,” he said.

 

Amadi said that going by the reason which the police later gave for their unlawful arrest and maltreatment of the victim, her offence could not be anything more than malicious damage.

 

In her narration, Damilola, said that on August 11, 2015, a female police officer from Akobo Police Station, came to arrest her in her Ibadan residence. She said she requested to know why she was being arrested and the police woman left and came back with re-enforcements.

 

Damilola said that on arrival at the police station, she was told she resisted arrest and would be locked up.

 

”I sought to call my husband but the officers got infuriated and started beating me. I was kicked in the stomach and I started bleeding and was dragged into a cell,” she said.

 

Damilola said she fainted in the cell and was taken to a hospital where she was confirmed to have lost her pregnancy. She said that she later learnt that a report of removal of a signboard in her neighbourhood was brought to the station of which the complainant absolved her of involvement.

 

She said that two of her neighbours were later identified by the complainant as those who removed the said signboard. According to her, she was driven in police car from the hospital in the guise of going for settlement only to be taken to a Magistrates’ Court.

 

She said she was charged with Assault on a Police Officer, adding that it took the intervention of a lawyer who sympathised with her before she was granted bail.

 

ISDMG demanded that a public apology be tendered to the couple, among other things.

 

”That reasonable compensation be paid to the victim; seeing that no amount of money can bring back the couple’s lost child after ten years of waiting. That adequate punishment be meted out to the officers involved, and the information should also be made public.

”That the criminal charge brought against the victim be withdrawn by the police. We urge the inspector-general of police to also use this to demonstrate his commitment to wiping out abuse of power and brutality in the police.

”We urge that the Executive Secretary, NHRC, intervene in the matter and personally pursue this case to a logical conclusion by ensuring that justice is manifestly done,” Amadi said.

 

Amadi said that the police brutality was unwarranted and unjustifiable and called for appropriate disciplinary measures. He said that the Oyo State Commissioner of Police (CP) had held meetings with the parties involved to facilitate the resolution of the case.

 

When contacted for comments, DSP Adekunle Ajisebutu, the Police Public Relations Officer, Oyo State Police Command, said that the CP had ordered an investigation into the matter.

 

“I can assure you that the victim will get justice,’’ Ajisebutu said.

If I Tell a Man No, I Mean It, Even If He Is Lying Stark N*ked Beside Me With His Condom - Amber Rose

A popular model and actress who is renowned for her really curvaceous shape has made some new revelation about her private life.

 

Amber Rose

 

American model, actress and fashion designer, Amber Rose, was recently a guest on a new TV show 'It's Not You, It's Men', hosted by Tyrese Gibson and Rev Run, and during her appearance, Rose revealed that she gets "sexually assaulted constantly," and proceeded to go toe-to-toe with the male hosts, who suggested that perhaps fans' willingness to act in such ways is due to the way she presents herself.

 

She said: "When I walk down the street, people think because I'm famous, or I'm cool and I'm taking pictures, that they can just grab my ass or put their hand under my skirt or, ‘Oh Amber, can I come grab your boobs?' Girls do that to me all the time, and it does get like, I love you girls so much, but it does get like, stop grabbing on my boobs constantly and my butt. And guys, too. This is my privacy."

 

After hearing this, Rev Run offered that maybe this is the case because of "a representation of what you're wearing and stuff and seems like, in their mind, what you're representing."

 

His co-host, Tyrese, echoed similar sentiments, telling Amber, "I'm just saying, the comfort-ability some people find in wanting to touch or grope you...it's an energy that is sent out there that creates that type of response".

 

 Rose was quick to disagree and explain why she feels that is not a valid argument. She explained that:  "No it doesn't, and I'm gonna tell you why.

 

If I'm laying down with a man butt-naked and his condom is on, and I say, ‘You know what? No. I don't wanna do this. I changed my mind.' That means no. That means f—k no. It doesn't matter how far I take it or what I have on, when I say no, it means no."

 

Rev Run then responds: "I've just heard a quote that was like, 'Dress how you wanna be addressed...'"

 

The adamant Amber Rose then retorts: "Oh, boo. No. That's not realistic. Stop it."

Son From Hell! Man Beats His Mother to Death Two Days After Being Released from Prison

A man who had only just emerged from prison where he spent an alarming number of years has murdered his own mother in cold blood.

 

Steven Pratt

 

A 47-year-old man, Steven Pratt, has allegedly killed his 64-year-old mother two days after completing a 30-year prison sentence for a 1984 murder conviction.

 

According to People Magazine, Pratt, pleaded guilty to manslaughter, admitting his role in his mother's beating death.

 

Pratt, an Atlantic City resident who lived with his mother, repeatedly struck his mother Gwendolyn Pratt in the head the morning of Oct. 12, 2014. Police responded to the Pratt home that morning and found Gwendolyn's lifeless body inside. 

 

The statement says officers immediately took Pratt into custody and an autopsy later revealed the victim died from blunt force trauma to the head. 

 

Pratt faces 25 more years behind bars when he is sentenced within the next few months, police say