TRAIN CHOPS OFF PASSENGER'S HAND IN LAGOS

Tragedy struck in Lagos, yesterday, when a passenger hanging on a train coach had his hand chopped off by the moving train.

According to eye witnesses, the incident occurred at Oshodi around 9 a.m. when the victim, who was simply identified as Ernest, allegedly fell from the moving train which had a hitch in movement.

An eye witness, Mr Olu Atoyebi, said Ernest fell from the moving train while his hand was stuck in between  the coaches resulting to the hand being chopped off. His shout for help was said to have attracted sympathisers who rushed to the scene to offer assistance. Ernest who was said to be conscious at that time, asked the sympathisers to reach out for his phone and invite his relations to take him to the hospital.

Atoyebi blamed the victim for the tragedy, saying there have been campaigns by the government against such act. ‘’The government had been campaigning against hanging on the coach but many passengers are adamant and they will have themselves to blame in case of eventuality,’’ he said.

#SAYNOTORAPE > 27-YR-OLD MAN RAPES A 2-YR-OLD GIRL IN OSUN STATE

Yet another RAPE, yet another LITTLE CHILD, yet another WICKED SOUL...

An Osogbo magistrate’s court has ordered a 27-year-old man, Akeeb Ibrahim, to be remanded in Ilesa prison for allegedly raping a two-year-old girl.

Ibrahim was alleged to have raped the girl (name withheld) in his room at his house located at Isale‑Afo area of Ikirun, headquarters of Ifelodun Local Government Area of Osun state.

#ABUSE: MAN EMPTIES HOT WATER ON HIS WIFE DURING FIGHT

A 35-year-old woman, Ifeoma Oraka, has accused her husband, Samuel Oraka, 44, of pouring hot water on her. As a result of the incident, Ifeoma is being treated at the hospital for burns on her neck, chest and arm.

Ifeoma explained that after Samuel poured the hot water on her, he pressed her to the floor and started rubbing her body with his bare hand.“The action further compounded my injury as my skin was peeling as he was rubbing my body,” she said. It was learnt that Samuel, who is based in Angola, is currently at large.

She said that she was fed up with her 10-year-old marriage and would want to leave the relationship, but was afraid of her husband’s reaction. The Anambra State indigene who hails from Idemili-South Local Government Area, said the latest incident was the climax of a troubled marriage.

HENRY OKAH'S FAILED PRISON BREAK IN SOUTH AFRICA

Henry Okah, the Nigerian sentenced in South Africa to 24 years on terrorism charges, has been caught in a failed jail break attempt, prison authorities said Monday.

“I can confirm that Okah is one of the five inmates that attempted to escape and whose efforts were foiled,” Manelisi Wolela, spokesman for South Africa’s department of correctional services, said.

He did not give details of the attempted escape from Leeukop prison in northern Johannesburg that is said to have taken place in January.

NEW PARAMILITARY FORCE RAISES SUSPICION

For Lagos residents who live or have their offices close to the old toll gate in the city, the presence of some young men and ladies, dressed in black T-shirts and black trousers, have become a familiar sight. Holding paramilitary parade almost on a daily basis has become a norm to them.

But who are these people? This is the question now bothering the minds of many people.

Some residents have described them as the Federal Road Maintenance Agency Task Force. But in a swift reaction to a news report, FERMA South West 2 Coordinator, Mr. Oladipo Fagbamila, said the agency has no link with the task force.

POLICE ARE WRONG ON PERMIT FOR RALLIES

HAS the rule of law been suspended in Nigeria? No. Yet, the rampant disregard for the laws of the land in Rivers State by the former Police Commissioner, Joseph Mbu, points to the law of the jungle rather than the rule of law. Mbu, who had a running battle with Governor Rotimi Amaechi for most of 2013, took impunity to an alarming level just before he was redeployed last week after he announced a ban on rallies in the state, citing an “increase in political tension.” He was wrong.

Disquietingly, there seems to be a pattern to this police encroachment on the Executive’s territory. A week before Mbu’s clearly illegal and disdainful order, some senior police officers insisted that Nigerians must secure permits from the force before holding rallies. Among them is Tambari Muhammad Yabo, an Assistant Inspector-General of Police. Yabo prefers to rely on a strange Appeal Court ruling from Ilorin, Kwara State. The court inexplicably countermanded an earlier verdict by the Court of Appeal, Abuja that invalidated the Public Order Act (CAP P42) of 1990 Laws of the Federation. “As a police officer, I’ve the right to choose between the two judgements,” he cheekily said. It is obvious that the police, who have become a political instrument – instead of being the people’s police – are central in the unfolding saga. Who will cut them to size and save our democracy from anarchy?

REUBEN ABATI DEFENDS SACKED "CHIEF OF STAFF"

The Nigerian Presidency has confirmed that Chief Mike Oghiadome, the Chief of Staff to President Goodluck Jonathan has left the cabinet.

Reuben Abati, spokesperson to President Goodluck Jonathan confirmed that Oghiadome turned in a resignation letter to President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday in an interview with State House Correspodents.Earlier reports indicated that the former Deputy Governor of Edo State may have been forced out of his job due to unfavourable security reports.

There were also speculations that Oghiadome may have been asked to turn in his resignation letter over his alleged involvement in the swirling financial scandal involving the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC.

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SCARY MOMENT A BULL LEAPT OVER A FENCE AT MEXICO CITY'S FAMOUS BULLRING

The crowd gasped in horror as an enormous bull weighing more than half a tonne pounced over barrier the separates the crowd from the ring in Mexico City.

Mexican bullfighter Eulalio Lopez was in action with the bull known as Cuadrillero, when it suddenly went berserk careering over the fence. One person had to be taken to hospital as the beast struggled to escape.

Matadors that were waiting to take part were sitting in the area where the bull landed and were left scrambling for their lives when the half-tonne bull jumped the ring-side barrier.

DISCO BLAMES TCN FOR POOR POWER DELIVERY

Some top management staff of the Electricity Distribution Companies (DISCOs) on Friday blamed the ongoing nationwide epileptic power supply on the inability of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) to meet energy demands.

The officials, who pleaded anonymity, gave the blame in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos.

According to them, most DISCOs have been trapped in poor service delivery by the TCN which has signifi cantly reduced power supply to consumers. They alleged that the situation had drastically reduced the revenue base of the DISCOs as well as sabotaging their supply capacities to end users.

BUSTED!!!! FOUR MEMBERS OF THE IRANIAN WOMEN FOOTBALL TEAM ARE MEN

Iranian women footballers will be required to undergo mandatory gender-testing after it was revealed that four players in the national women’s team were in fact men.

Medical examiners will conduct random checks at training sessions and any players who fail the examination and cannot prove that they are completely female will be barred from the competition.

Iran’s football governing body announced the random checks after it was revealed that several leading players, including four in the national women’s team, were men who had not completed sex change operations or who were suffering from sexual development disorders, reported the

MEND CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY FOR ATTACK ON POLICE BOATS

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, has claimed responsibility for Saturday’s attack on two Police gunboats in Bayelsa State.

In an email to PREMIUM TIMES, a spokesperson for the group, Jomo Gbomo, said the attack took place in Perembari, Southern Ijaw local government area of the state.

Mr. Gbomo said the police boats were providing security to a former militant leader, Eris Paul, whom MEND classified a traitor. “Ogunboss and several others now hiding in the cities, sold their birth rights for contracts and political appointments to the detriment of a just cause,” the group said. “They are now persona non grata in the creeks, and their lives and ill-gotten properties have become subject to legitimate targets for destruction.”

OBASANJO & APC LEADERS WANTED ME TO ROT IN BENIN JAIL - ASARI DOKUBO

Mr. Dokubo-Asari alleges it was ex-President Obasanjo that instigated his recent arrest in Benin Republic.

The leader of the Niger Delta People’s Volunteer Force, NDPVF, Mujahid Dokubo-Asari has alleged that former President Olusegun Obasanjo as well as some leaders of the All Progressives Congress, APC, wanted him to rot away in detention in Benin Republic to enable them perpetrate electoral malpractices in the coming general elections.

He specifically alleged that Mr. Obasanjo plotted his arrest recently in the Republic of Benin, when he (Obasanjo) sent his name alongside others to the INTERPOL, asking it to arrest and detain the neighboring West African country.

OIL REVENUE LEAKAGES - EL RUFAI

The Presidential Economic Team of 2003 to 2007 which I was privileged to be a member had a running joke - that the NNPC was an independent federal republic on its own totally separate from and way superior to the Nigeria we all worked for! This joke was our way of criticizing the way and manner the NNPC not only sells crude oil as an agent on behalf of the government of the federation as in its enabling law, but even then felt entitled to spend as much of the proceeds of sale as it deemed fit. 

The NNPC had begun then to be a law unto itself, outside our national laws and above the constitution, hence our joke. Recent revelations of oil revenue leakages have confirmed that this is a joke that has turned into a macabre reality. Our nation's finances are in grave danger of becoming zero due to the conduct of a rogue institution that has become more powerful than its principal under Jonathan's watch.

LAGOS STATE PARTNERS WITH BILLIONAIRE ALIKO DANGOTE OVER REFINERY AS IBEJU-LEKKI RESIDENTS CRY OVER LAND INJUSTICE

Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Raji Fashola visited Ibeju Lekki residents today just days after authorizing police to force residents from their land. 

Governor Fashola wants the area for the Lekki Free Zone project.  Joining him was billionaire businessman, Aliko Dangote, whom the Government is interested in persuading to use the site for a refinery and petrochemical project. At the meeting local chiefs occupied front seats with the Dangote Group as well as other investors.  A source said some of crowd had been rented to respond favorable to the speeches.  

During the meeting the front seat occupants frequently cheered the remarks of the Governor and Mr. Dangote. Ibeju Lekki residents occupied the rear seats. Governor Fashola said he had to plead with Dangote to consider the area for his refinery rather than another area and stated the benefits of siting the project in Ibeju Lekki.  

WAR IN THE DRUG HAVEN OF MUSHIN-LAGOS AS NDLEA KILLS 4 HOODLUM AND ARREST MANY.

Mushin is a very notorious haven for criminals and several attempts by Government agencies to end the illicit drug trades have been met with very stiff resistance.

Four persons were feared dead, Saturday night according to Vangaurd at the notorious drug haven of Akala in Mushin area of Lagos, when armed hoodlums attacked a combined team of National Drug Law Enforcement, NDLEA, and some soldiers during a raid.

NDLEA operatives  and some  soldiers, stormed Akala, a notorious hideout for criminals in Lagos and attempted to arrest some drug barons, peddlers and users, operating in the area. But they met stiff resistance from some hoodlums who attacked them with bottles and other dangerous weapons.

Eyewitness disclosed that  some of the hoodlums, who were also  armed with guns fired at the NDLEA officials and the soldiers, prompting a retaliation.

TACKLING BAD BREATH

Halitosis, commonly known as bad breath, is a condition that can be prevented or treated. Halitosis, which is commonly known as bad breath, often causes embarrasment both privately and publicly.

“It’s a bit embarrassing when one is told his or her mouth smells. The average Nigerian doesn’t want to be embarrassed. But the oral hygiene habit of the average and educated Nigerian could be described as good. Often, most Nigerians try to abide by the rule of brushing their teeth twice daily,” said a dentist and health management consultant, Dr. Adeuga Adekuoye.

According to experts, halitosis is a condition caused by sulphur-producing bacteria that live within the surface of the tongue and in the throat. It is usually caused by an accumulation of bacteria in the mouth as a result of gum disease, food, or plaque. The condition could result from poor oral hygiene or dental health habits.

22-YEAR-OLD NIGERIAN STABBED TO DEATH IN UK

According to daily mail, a driver has died after he was stabbed before climbing into his car and crashing into a London bus during rush hour yesterday. The victim has today been named as 22-year-old Femi Junaid, from Peckham, South London. Police said Mr Junaid died in hospital last night following the crash near Stockwell underground station shortly before 5.45pm.

The Met's homicide and major crime command has launched a murder investigation and says Mr Junaid's death could be linked to an argument on a bus nearby. A spokesman said: 'Detectives believe Femi was stabbed in Clapham Road, some 50 yards from the scene of the collision, before getting into his car and colliding with the bus.

FIVE POLICE OFFICERS SLUMP AT IKEJA POLICE COLLEGE DURING PARADE

This post reminds me of a parade at the "Ungogo NYSC Camp - Kano State" where I served several years ago when more than 10 corpers fell like a mango tree during the parade. Punch reports that five police officers who couldn't bear the stress at a parade yesterdat fell and needed medical attention. Not strange though.

Five officers of the Nigeria Police Force slumped on Friday at the Police College, Ikeja, during a parade to mark the pulling out (retirement) of senior police officers.

 The event, which lasted for about two hours, was held in honour of  seven  retiring officers, made up of two AIGs and five commissioners.

TRAGIC - RAPE VICTIM SHOT DEAD IN INDIA ON HER WAY TO COURT

A rape victim was shot dead at an Indian court as she prepared to give her statement against a local 'godman'.

The 25-year-old woman had been fighting a rape case against Govindanand Teerath for two years. A godman is the name given to a high-profile Indian guru. They are capable of garnering support from Indian society and make claims of spiritual attainment.