Explosion rocks Lagos, four injured

South West Coordinator, National Emergency Management Agency, Mr. Ibrahim Farinloye, confrimed that there was an explosion inside a locked beer parlour that is yet to open today at L&K Street, Oworonsoki, inward Mayaki, Lagos State.

He said four people including a girl were injured and had been rushed to Afolabi Hospital for treatment.

“Fire service and police are trying to find out the cause of the explosion as the shop was locked at the time of explosion.

“Crowd are greatly impeding emergency works.

“We call on the crowd to leave the area entirely. The explosion partly affected a building next to the beer parlour. The partly affected collapsed building do not pose any danger to the people, ” he said.

Details later. . .

Explosion rocks Lagos, four injured

PhotoNews: Mess Fashola left behind; spends N78m on website

While the former governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Fashola was busy spending outrageous amount on projects, many of the residents live in abject poverty.

Fashola was accused of spending N78.3 million on his personal website, and N139m on two boreholes while areas like the ones on the pictures below exist.

The picture below is Orile Lagos.

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Lagos State bad house

 

Orile

PhotoNews: Mess Fashola left behind; spends N78m on website

Court remands man, 38, for raping 8-year-old girl

An Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun State on Friday remanded 38-year-old Taiwo Coker in prison for allegedly raping a minor.

The accused, who resides at No. 4, Unity Road, Ijoko in Ota area of Ogun State, is being tried for raping a minor.

He, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.

But the prosecutor, Sgt. Rosemary Brown, told the court that the accused committed the offence on May 4 at 4.00pm at his residence.

She said the accused had carnal knowledge of an eight-year-old girl after enticing her with money.

She said the offence of the accused contravened Section 358 of the Criminal Code, Revised Laws of Ogun, 2006.

The Senior Magistrate, Miss Temitope Adebutu, said the accused should be remanded in prison pending advice from the State Director of Public Prosecutions on the case.

“The file and other related documents on this case should be sent to the DPP’s office for advice on the issue.’’

Further hearing in the case has been fixed for July 1.

Court remands man, 38, for raping 8-year-old girl

Rescue of abducted children: The intrigues, rigmarole & frustrations behind Kidnapper nanny

The joy of the couple whose three children were abducted by a maid in Lagos knew no bounds, Wednesday, after they found their children, hale and hearty, dumped in a building at Shasha, a suburb of the city.

Before their eventual discovery, the couple had reportedly traversed round Lagos and other adjourning areas in company of operatives from the Special Investigations Bureau, SIB, attached to Lagos State Police command headquarters in Ikeja.

EARLY WARNING

Incidentally, few weeks before this abduction took place, the State Police Command had issued a release advising residents to always investigate properly and document the background of people they want to engage as house helps. They further advised that police should be fully involved during the process of engagement so that they would be able to document the identities of such people in order to avoid ugly incidents like this.

FAMILY RAISE ALARM

The missing Children

Police sources said immediately the distraught couple, Mr. and Mrs. Orekoya, raised alarm after discovering that a house help, Mary Akinloye abducted their children just 24 hours after she was employed by the family via OLX, an online sales portal, the State Police boss, Kayode Aderanti directed his men at Surulere to swing into action and carry out preliminary investigations.

Tension heightened the following day when instead of the maid showing up with the children, she spoke with the family on phone and handed over to an accomplice who gave them a two-day ultimatum to produce N15 million ransom with threats that they would lose the children if they failed to make the money available. In fact, it was gathered that the kidnappers used the word ‘delete ‘ to describe the extent they were ready to go if the family failed to comply with their demand. The traumatized mother of the children did not hesitate when she promised to PAY N10 million.

POLICE SWINGS INTO ACTION

Piqued by the development, the visibly worried Police boss then directed that the case be transferred to the Special Investigations Bureau, SIB, at the headquarters where the Superintendent of Police in-charge, Veronica Ameh-Akpa, a tested and highly intelligent officer, was detailed to set up a crack team with stern instructions to rescue the missing children and round up the kidnappers within 48 hours. That was how the stage was set for the melodrama, intrigues, frustrations and eventual rescue of the missing children.

Police sources intimated Crime Guard that the team led by one Supol Bright swung into action by constantly keeping discreet tab on the kidnappers who were busy issuing threats upon threats to the family. While negotiations were going on, operatives of the SIB were busy counselling the family, collecting data and at the same time, combing all nooks and crannies of the city of excellence in search of clues. Their efforts were also complemented by those of operatives from the dreaded Special anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, who swooped on all known criminal hide outs and black spots in search of the kidnappers.

APPREHENSION SETS IN

It was gathered that the hoodlums were very apprehensive and were expecting their ransom after they read that family members of the kidnapped children were publicly making frantic appeals to good spirited individuals, churches and cooperate bodies to help them raise the ransom in order to save their children.

They, therefore, increased their calls and demand for ransom with threats to ‘terminate lives of the children if the family should play pranks.’ They later reduced the ransom from N13 million to N8 million and then eventually to N2.5 million. A representative of the family was detailed to PAY it into the designated bank of their choice.

PAYMENT OF RANSOM AND CONNIVANCE WITH BANK OFFICIAL

That done, SIB agents were detailed to keep vigil permanently over the account with bank officials. The game plan was to allow the kidnapped have access to the ransom without hindrance. This was to re-assure them that it was paid and to safeguard the children. While the security agents were dutiful watching over the account, the clever criminals went and withdrew some money from two different ATM points at Mushin.

The dare-devils who are suspected to be conniving with a bank official were able to withdraw money from one of the points where their CCTV was faulty. Detectives strongly suspect that they may have succeeded in carrying out the smart manoeuvre with the aid of an insider in the bank. Police authorities immediately blocked the account in other to make it impossible for them to carry out further withdrawals.

THE RIGMAROLE AND MANOUVER

Assured now that their ransom was intact, they called the father of the children to go to a point at Ikorodu and carry his children. The elated man sped off with all the energy he could muster, closely followed by agents of SIB but ended up not seeing his children. As the crestfallen man was bemoaning his fate, the abductors called again and directed him to go to Shagamu.

When he got to Shagamu, they called again and directed him back to Ikorodu. At this stage, according to police sources, they suspected that the criminals were merely playing games. More over, the police team keeping tab on them were able to decipher that the caller was still operating from somewhere around Oshodi inside Lagos. They beat a fast retreat and started combing black spots inside Lagos. This singular decision by the team leader paid off but unfortunately, it failed to lead to the arrest of the suspects who ended up dumping the innocent and hapless children naked inside a bag in an uncompleted building around Shasha area of Egbeda, Lagos.

SUCCOR AT LAST

The children were found with their skin ravaged by mosquitoes by a man who over heard their strident cries from the building. The good Samaritan immediately alerted the Police at Shasha who raced to the scene and rescued the children. They were immediately rushed to the Police hospital, Ikeja where they were treated and later released to their joyous parents.

Meanwhile, Crime Guard learnt that operatives at the SIB and SARS renewed their resolve to crack the case and intensified efforts. It eventually paid off as they were able to corner the fleeing house help inside a dilapidated building at the same Shasha. As at the time of writing this report, serious efforts are in top gear to round up her accomplices. Detectives are said to be working round the clock in that regard.

 

Rescue of abducted children: The intrigues, rigmarole & frustrations behind Kidnapper nanny

Okada rider rapes pregnant NYSC member

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A 20-year old commercial motorcycle operator rider, Tumi Ayileka, is currently cooling his heels at the Ondo State Police Command after he was arrested for allegedly raping a pregnant woman currently observing her National Youth Service Corps scheme in the state.

Rapist

The incident occurred at Imoru, in Ose Local Government Area, when the victim, (names withheld) boarded a motor bike on her way to her residence.

The suspect was said to have veered off the road, dragged the pregnant woman into the bush and raped her.

Confessing to the crime at the police command where he was paraded, Ayileka said he did not know what came over him while he carried the lady on his bike.

He said it was his first time of raping anyone, adding that he felt a sense of remorse after the act and had to take his victim home after.

He said, “She approached me around 7.p.m at Ifon that I should take her to Imoru community where she serves and I obliged after agreeing to pay N500.

“On our away going, I don’t know the spirit that fell on me and I don’t know when I rode her inside the bush and had carnal knowledge of her.

“Immediately after that incident, the spirit went off and I was ashamed of myself, I didn’t know she was pregnant before and I even took her home. Later on, she reported to the police station and I was arrested.

“I didn’t know the spirit that fell on me because I have never done that before.”

Ayileka was one of the 27 suspected criminals paraded by the State Commissioner of Police, Isaac Eke during his monthly press conference held in Akure, the State Capital.

Eke who confirmed the incident, said the rapist dragged her into the bush and “forcefully and unlawfully had carnal knowledge of her.”

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Fashola meets AIG Mbu on security in Lagos

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By Olasunkanmi Akoni

LAGOS—Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, yesterday, formally held a meeting with the newly deployed Assistant Inspector General of Police, AIG, to Zone 2, Mr. Joseph Mbu apparently over security issues.

Joseph Mbu

The meeting which was held at the Lagos House, Alausa, Ikeja for several hours was held behind closed doors.

According to sources, the governor and the police boss deliberated on matters bordering on the security of property and lives of residents, particularly before, during and after the coming general elections.

After the meeting, efforts to speak with the police boss on the outcome of the meeting was unsuccessful as he was led into his vehicle by stern looking police aides.

Mbu, by the virtue of his present position, is a member of the state security council that meets every Wednesday of the week at the Lagos House, Marina.

He was deployed as AIG from the Police Command’s Zone 7 in Abuja to Zone 2, Lagos. Several months ago, he was similarly moved to Abuja from Rivers State, where he was at the centre of the political controversy there.

Earlier, Fashola sworn in the newly appointed Auditor-General for Local Government Office, Mr. Olatunji Jimoh at the same venue charging him to perform his duty with all sense of commitment to duty and discharge his duties professionally.

Jimoh was administered with the Oath of Office by the Director, Legislative Drafting, Ministry of Justice, Mrs. Tola Akinsanya

The newly sworn in AG succeeds the All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate in Lagos, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode.

 

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Pastor"s marriage ends as wife gets pregnant for Okadaman

By Onozure Dania

Lagos—An Igando Customary Grade A Court has officially dissolved the 18-year-old marriage of Pastor Chris Onyekachi-Madu and his estranged wife, Augusta, after she got pregnant for an Okadaman, while still living with him.

Court president, Rasaq Ishola-Adeyeri, said in his judgment that from the cumulative evidence before the court, it had been proved beyond reasonable doubt that the relationship between the plaintiff and the defendant had hit the rocks, since all efforts to settle both parties had proved abortive.

He said the defendant had refused to show up in court after she had been served court summons on three occasions.

Adeyeri said: “It is, therefore, assumed that she too is no longer interested in the union again; the plaintiff also maintained his stand to part ways peacefully with the respondent.”

The President also said that based on the pronouncement of the plaintiff, the court had no option than to separate them.

He said: “The motion, therefore, succeeds and order is, hereby, given that the marriage between Chris Onyekachi and Augusta Madu is officially dissolved from today January 28.

“The custody of the two children is, hereby, referred to the family court within Lagos Judicial Division, who has executive right to hear and determine matters involving children under 18 years.”

 

Pastor"s marriage ends as wife gets pregnant for Okadaman

Bird Flu resurface in Nigeria, hits Lagos and Kano

The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on Thursday announced that there had been unusual high mortality in two poultry farms and live bird markets in Kano and Lagos states.

The ministry said the bird’s blood samples forwarded to the National Veterinary Research Institute tested positive for H5 Strain of Avian Influenza virus, otherwise known as bird flu, adding that another confirmatory samples were sent to the International Reference Laboratory in Padova, Italy for further characterisation.

Avian influenza, known informally as Avian flu or bird flu, refers to influenza caused by viruses adapted to birds. Influenza, commonly known as ‘flu’ is an infectious disease caused by the influenza virus.

The ministry, in a statement, noted that it had taken some measures in the affected sites to contain the reported outbreaks.

FMARD said it had quarantined the infected premises and placed restriction of movement on poultry and poultry products into and out of areas around infected premises.

It said, “All state Directors of Veterinary Services and the Federal Capital Territory, Poultry Association of Nigeria and other stakeholders have been informed and advised to be on alert with intensified bio-security measures to avert possible spread of the disease to other states.

“The World Organisation for Animal Health and Inter African Bureau for Animal Resource and development partners have been appropriately notified in compliance with our statutory international obligations.”

It added that it had ensured immediate reactivation of all animal health components of the Emergency Preparedness Plan on bird flu for Nigeria, adding that the conduct of surveillance activities around infected areas to determine the level of spread of the disease were being undertaken.

FMARD said, “All stakeholders in the poultry industry are urged to enhance hygienic practices (bio-security measures) which include but not limited to regular disinfection, proper disposal of dead carcasses and poultry products and timely reporting of mortalities in poultry and other bird species to veterinary authorities.

“We wish to assure the public that given our experiences in handling previous outbreaks and with your full cooperation in the implementation of containment measures, we are determined to contain this disease again within a short time. We will keep you informed as events unfold.”

A veterinary doctor, Dr. Femi Oboye, said government must embark on a massive vaccination of birds at poultry farms across the country.

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Bird Flu resurface in Nigeria, hits Lagos and Kano

Nigeria policeman damages man"s brain over scratch on jeep

By Cyriacus Izuekwe

A senior police officer attached to Ire Akari Estate Police Station at Isolo, DSP Adeola Timothy Falowo has been accused of attacking a man and damaging his brain in the course of an attack in Lagos state, Southwest, Nigeria.

Brutalised Akhanolu Smart

The victim, Alkanolu Smart has been confined on a hospital bed and his fate uncertain as doctors confirmed that the attack affected his brain which caused total break down of his nervous system.

Doctors said he might not be able to work properly again after it was discovered that he had internal bleeding which led to partial stroke that has paralyzed him.

On 15 July 2014, Smart was returning home from work via Cele Express to Egbe-Ikotun. He boarded tricycle (Keke Napep) but on getting to Jakande Estate and he decided to disembark from the Keke because of a traffic jam.

According to reports, Falowo came down from Jeep and held him, mistaking him for Keke rider. He accused him of scratching his Pathfinder Jeep but Smart’s attempt to explain that he was a passenger not the rider fell on deaf ears.

And before Smart could explain further, he began to beat him before he then hit his head with an unknown object. Some unknown persons also joined him in battering is victim.

After he was battered, Falowo bundled Smart into the boot of his jeep and took to Ejigbo Police Division where he was detained and made to pay N65,000 before he was released.

He said he was eventually released the next day after they discovered that he was inflicted with serious injuries and his health deteriorating.

He said he contacted his relation who took him to different hospitals where he was rejected because of his case had gone worse. He was later taken to a specialist at Benin in Edo State.

He said it was at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, UBTH that it was discovered that he had internal bleeding which caused total break down of his nervous system. He said he has since spent over N600,000 and he is yet to recover.

He said when he contacted Falowo concerning his condition but that the policeman did not show any remorse rather he threatened to deal with him again.

When our reporter contacted Falowo, he referred our reporter to police public relations department. He however stated that it was Smart that actually assaulted him.

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Political thugs unleash terror, destroy properties worth millions in Lagos

By Esther Onyegbula & Micheal Ediri

Lagos—Political thugs weekend unleashed terror on residents of Ajegunle, a suburb of Lagos, destroying properties worth millions of naira during a political campaign.

Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola

The thugs, numbering over 300, allegedly invaded Ajegunle and its environs during a political declaration campaign by a politician (names withheld) and a member Lagos State House of Assembly, who is angling to contest for the fifth term.

According to reports, the politician, who was accompanied by the thugs during the declaration, gave out bundles of N1000 notes in appreciation of their undiluted support towards his political ambition around Alao bus stop in Ojo road.

Trouble, it was learned, started when the sharing formula did not go well with some of the thugs as those from Campus in Adejiyan and Alaba streets took advantage of the situation to unleash terror on residents, using guns and axes to frighten residents.

They also looted shops and damaged parked vehicles.

Also seen were damaged vehicles, properties and shrapnels of broken bottles and shattered car windscreens which littered major streets as Jinadu, Apasa Safejo and Alao streets, while most shops remained shut.

When contacted, the Layeni Divisional Police Officer, CSP Chijoke Ndu, was unavailable but Vanguard reliably gathered that the division arrested and charged to court over eight thugs allegedly caught with pistols.

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Collapse building: TB Joshua shuns coroner"s inquest

Prophet TB Joshua has again failed to appear at the coroner’s inquest today to explain how 116 people died in a building collapse at his Lagos church, Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN)

TB Joshua

TB Joshua had been summoned to give evidence at the hearing into the September 12 tragedy at his church, which left 84 South Africans among the dead.

Coroner Oyetade Komolafe said last week that Joshua, would be arrested if he failed to show but Joshua worker did not appear on Wednesday to be questioned over his claims that sabotage from a low-flying aircraft and a terror attack may have caused the tragedy.

“The Man of God has not been personally served the witness summons,” his lawyer, Olalekan Ojo told the court when asked about his client’s whereabouts.

“He was unavoidably absent when the sheriff went for the service. We don’t want the impression to be created that The Prophet is avoiding the court.”

Expert witnesses at the hearing have previously ruled out the theory of aerial sabotage or an explosion and the court has been told that the guesthouse did not have any planning permission.

Inspections indicated that other structures on the site, including the church’s main auditorium which Joshua claims was designed by the Holy Spirit, were structurally defective.

Ojo refused to accept the witness summons on behalf of Joshua, saying he was not authorised to do so, but promised to tell the court when his client would be available.

Similarly, the building contractors did not receive their summonses because they could not be identified or located, he added.

Komolafe said: “We want Prophet Joshua to know that the court is not persecuting anybody but (trying) to find the truth. He should come.

“As a prophet of God that he claims to be, he must not do anything that will make him to be at variance with the law.”

 

 

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Death toll now 40 in TB Joshua building collapse, says NEMA

Lagos – Forty people have now died as a result of a building collapse at the megachurch of one of Nigeria’s most famous preachers and televangelists, the country’s main rescue body said on Sunday.

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“It’s now 40 dead,” Ibrahim Farinloye, southwest coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), told AFP by text message.

Some 124 people were rescued alive from the rubble of the building, believed to be a guesthouse for foreign followers of TB Joshua’s The Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN), in the Ikotun area of Lagos.

The two-storey building, located in the sprawling compound of the vast church complex, came down on Friday afternoon. It was undergoing construction work to add extra floors.

TB Joshua, dubbed “The Prophet”, has an almost fanatical following among Nigerians and across the world, attracted by his purported healing powers and prophecies.

Joshua preaches to massive crowds at his megachurch in Ikotun every week and, according to his website, SCOAN “hosts thousands of national and international visitors” each year.

“People travel from around the world to witness and receive from the mighty work that God is doing in the life of Prophet TB Joshua,” it states.

Emergency services and the media were attacked as they tried to get to the building. Rescue operations were continuing on Sunday, Farinloye said.

Joshua said on his Facebook page TB Joshua Ministries that reports that the church auditorium had collapsed and that there had been heavy casualties were not correct.

“The few people that were there are being rescued,” he said on Friday.

Joshua was widely quoted in Nigeria’s media on Sunday as saying that a low-flying plane that had been repeatedly circling the building may have been responsible for the collapse.

Ikotun lies to the west of Lagos’ international airport.

 

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TB Joshua claims collapse building, an attempt on his life

TB Joshua, one of Nigeria’s best known preachers, has linked a small plane circling over a church guesthouse in Lagos to its subsequent collapse.

T.B Joshua church refuses to allow us rescue trapped victims – NEMA

At least 19 people died and 119 were injured when the two-storey guesthouse for members of the Synagogue Church of All Nations collapsed on Friday.

There is no official comment. Local officials have said additional floors were being added to the structure.

Joshua – also known as the Prophet – regularly preaches to vast crowds.

The popular televangelist says a small plane had circled over the building four times before it collapsed on Friday afternoon and it may have been an attempt to kill him.

“It was yesterday, Friday, as I was praying; they came to call me that there was an airplane hovering over the church. They said it is like it wanted to land,” his statement said.

He said about 30 minutes later, it came over the building several times.

“About five minutes after, the building came down.”

He gave journalists a CCTV video clip of the alleged plane, urging them “to use their discretion to write on what they saw”.

AFP news agency reports cited an official putting the number of deaths at 40. Many foreigners are believed to have been there at the time.

Mr Joshua’s services, at a mega-church in Lagos’s Ikotun district, are known for attracting thousands of people.

Followers in Nigeria and abroad believe he has the gifts of healing and prophecy.

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Ebola situation in Nigeria and Guinea: encouraging signs - WHO

The outbreak of Ebola virus disease in west Africa continues to evolve, with cases confirmed in Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone. At present, no cases have been confirmed anywhere else in the world outside these 4 countries.

Nigeria

The situation in Lagos, Nigeria, where the first imported case was detected in July, looks reassuring. At present, the city’s 12 confirmed cases are all part of a single chain of transmission. Those infected by the initial case include medical staff involved in his treatment, a patient in the same hospital, and a protocol officer in very close contact with the patient.

The initial patient was vomiting frequently during travel and upon arrival. No one on the same flight was infected.

The full recovery to date of one infected contact is additional good news. It counters the widespread perception that infection with the Ebola virus is invariably a death sentence. Evidence suggests that early detection and supportive therapy increase the prospects of survival.

Intensive contact tracing, conducted by Nigerian health officials and staff from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has not, so far, identified any further confirmed cases outside the initial transmission chain.

The index case arrived in Lagos on 20 July and died on 25 July. The 21-day incubation period has lapsed. All 12 cases were confirmed in a WHO-approved laboratory.

The intensity of the search and monitoring effort raises cautious optimism that further spread of the virus in Nigeria can be stopped. The search for additional cases continues, as does the current high level of vigilance.

Guinea

The outbreak in Guinea, where the virus made its first appearance in west Africa last December, is less alarming than in Liberia and Sierra Leone.

Public awareness of the facts about Ebola is higher there than in the other affected countries. Innovative solutions are being found. For example, respected community leaders have been used to secure the cooperation of 26 villages that were highly resistant to outside help.

The opening of these villages has resulted in a surge of reported cases. These are cases that were previously concealed; their reporting should not be interpreted as a sudden upsurge in Guinea’s outbreak.

However, the outbreak is not under control. As recent experience shows, progress is fragile, with a real risk that the outbreak could experience another flare-up. A case in a previously unaffected area was reported last week, indicating continuing spread to new areas.

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Suspected suicide bomber arrested near Lagos airport

A suspected suicide bomber was arrested by security officials close to the Murtala Mohammed International Airport Lagos, on Monday.

 

Suspect

The presence of the young man who was disabled, threw the airport into confusion as people scampered for safety following the incident.

A source who confimed this to our correspondent on the condition of anonymity said the man was arrested for allegedly planning to bomb the Centrex unit of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency along the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos.

The source said the suspect was arrested by the security operatives as he attempted to detonate the explosive device he wore round his body, adding that the suspect’s movement attracted the attention of security operatives who rounded him up around the complex.

He said, “Our security men were curious of his presence at the place and they queried him, but the explanation he gave was not convincing. So, they kept an eye on him. A few seconds later, they discovered that he was struggling and protecting an object tied around his neck.

“The airport police command was promptly alerted and he was immediately handed over to the police. I can confirm to you that he was immediately taken to the Beesam Police Station within the airport. Why he chose NAMA and airport is still unknown to some of us here.”

As at press time, the suspect was still being held at the Beesam Police Station within the airport, undergoing interrogation.

When contacted, the Commissioner of Police, Airport Command, Mr. Waheed Salahu, declined to comment, saying that it would be too premature to talk with the media at the moment.

But a source close to the command confirmed the story to our correspondent.

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Nigeria: Ebola patient survived, discharged in Lagos

Minister of Health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu, says the first Nigerian Ebola patient declared fit and discharged from hospital.

He told journalists in Lagos on Saturday that the patient, whose identity has not been revealed, was asked to go home after all the necessary medical examinations were carried out.

“The total number of Ebola cases now stands at 12, while the number of deaths remains four. The people under surveillance in Lagos are now 189, while six are in Enugu, in South-East Nigeria,” he said.

The minister also announced that the drug, Nano Silva, which was thought could be used to treat Ebola patients in Nigeria, was said not to have met the requirements of the National Health Research ethics code.

His statement is coming two days after the death of a fourth Ebola patient was reported.

In an effort to contain the spread of the virus, the Lagos State Government, the only state in Nigeria with reported cases of Ebola, had provided an isolation unit to accommodate persons who tested positive to the virus.

At a press conference in Abuja on Thursday, Chukwu said eight persons were still alive, more than half of them doing very well and showing signs of recovery.

The discharged patient is believed to be among those he earlier said were recovering.

More details later.

Nigeria: Ebola patient survived, discharged in Lagos

Security man docked for sexually assaulting 2 minors

Lagos— A 25-year-old security man, Jubrin Asli, has been arraigned before an Igbosere magistrate’s court for allegedly inserting his fingers into the private part of two minors, both aged three.

Jubrin, from Chad and residing at Marwa area of Lekki, Lagos is facing a one-count charge of indecent insertion of finger into the private parts of two minors.

One of the children had reported the defendant to her mother after she complained of having pains in her private part while urinating.

The prosecutor, Babaji Ishaku, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on August 2 at about 1pm.

He said the incident took place at Marwa area of Lekki Phase I, in Eti-Osa Local Government Area of the state.

The prosecutor said the defendant, unlawfully and indecently inserted his finger into the private parts of the two children.

According to the prosecutor, the offence is punishable under Section 135 (1) of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State of Nigeria, 2011.

Section 135 (1) prescribes seven years imprisonment for offenders.

However, the defendant pleaded not guilty to the one count charge.

Magistrate I. O. Omotosho adjourned the matter till August 12 for the defendant’s bail application.

The defendant was, however, remanded in Ikoyi prison pending his bail application.

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Breaking: Ikorodu monarch, Oba Oyefusi, dies at 83

The Ayangburen of Ikorodu and Vice Chairman of the Lagos State Council of Obas and Chiefs, Oba Salaudeen Afolabi Oyefusi, is dead.

A statement by the Lagos State Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Ademorin Kuye, on Sunday stated that Oba Oyefusi died on Saturday at the age of 83.

Kuye said, “With gratitude to God for a life well spent and in meritorious service to his people, Lagos State Government regrets to announce the passing on to glory of the Ayangburen of Ikorodu and Vice Chairman of the Lagos State Council of Obas and Chiefs, Oba Salaudeen Afolabi Oyefusi (OON), which sad event occurred August 2, 2014.

“He was aged 83. Funeral arrangement will be announced later.”

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Boko Haram claims responsibility for Lagos, Abuja attack

“I ordered (the bomber) who went and detonated it,” Abubakar Shekau says of the Lagos bomb, while claiming responsibility for the “bomb in filthy Abuja” that killed at least 22 people.

The leader of Nigeria’s Boko Haram Islamists has claimed responsibility for a June 25 bombing in the capital Abuja and an attack the same day at a fuel depot in Lagos, in a new video seen by AFP Sunday.

The authorities tried to cover up the Lagos attack, describing it as an industrial accident, but an AFP investigation revealed it was a deliberate explosion.

“I ordered (the bomber) who went and detonated it,” Abubakar Shekau says of the Lagos bomb, while claiming responsibility for the “bomb in filthy Abuja” that killed at least 22 people. 

Shekau also voiced support for the extremist Sunni Islamic State (IS) militant group, which has taken over large swathes of Iraq and Syria, in a new video seen Sunday.

“My brethren… may Allah protect you,” Shekau said in the video given to AFP, listing IS chief, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Al-Qaeda head Ayman al-Zawahiri and Taliban leader Mullah Omar.

 

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Mother abandons 10-months-old baby suffering from autism in Lagos

A ten-month old baby boy, suffering from autism, was on Friday, abandoned by his mother, within the premises of Alausa Secretariat, seat of the Lagos state government.

The baby, was abandoned on the bare floor, beside the Bagauda Kaltho Press Centre, a stone throw from the Round House, office of the Deputy Governor of the state.

The mother of the baby was nowhere to be found as at 3pm, when a passerby discovered the sleeping baby beside the rear tyre of a car, parked under a tree.

The Good Samaritan, on sighting the baby on the floor, took pity and made attempt to find a cloth, which she put the baby on.

She thereafter, alerted one of the officers in charge of the Press Centre who immediately informed the office of the Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation (WAPA), the ministry in charge of such cases.

The baby was in deep sleep, obviously drugged by his mother to prevent him from crying.

Concerned staff of the state government, who were shocked by the sight of the baby, could not fathom how the mother could have successfully walked into the premises of the Alausa secretariat; abandon her baby and escape, despite the presence of Close Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras, placed in strategic places within the premises.

Officers of the Ministry of WAPA, a few minutes later, arrived and took custody of the baby.

Speaking on behalf of the state government, , Director, Child Development Department of the Ministry of WAPA,  Mrs. Alaba Fadiaro said the child will be put in the state’s special home centre in Ketu, assuring that adequate care will be given to him to ensure he is comfortable and healthy.

Fadiaro, however frowned at the decision of the mother to abandon her baby, saying that the state government runs a home where such babies are catered for and given the best of care.

“Every child needs a home, every child wants a mother and a father in her life, I don’t know why the mother of this child should abandon him. There are some provisions where you can take your child in Lagos state on a daily basis where he could receive care free of charge and people have been benefitting from this service. Nobody knows what can become of this child tomorrow; I know government, because we are very sensitive and passionate about issues of children in the state.

“I can assure you that the child will go to a convenient and comfortable home where he will be treated, where there are professionals there that would take him up and work on him,” Fadiaro assured.

She urged mothers with children suffering from Down syndrome to approach the state government or visit its facilities, stressing that such children could turn out to be skilled in one aspect or the other if given special care and attention.

“Our special home is in Ketu, with professionals there who manage such conditions, so the child will go there and will benefit from the facilities available. Mothers who have such children should know that abandonment is not the right attitude; there is always ability in disability. I know that if the necessary facilities are in place, these children will thrive and become something.

“I want to advice such mothers to come forward, opportunities are there for their children on a daily basis to have the care and then go home, every child needs the bond of their biological mothers. So when they come, it’s like a day school run for them, they are taken care of in the day and then in the evening, they can take them home. The mother who abandoned this boy perhaps did not know where to go, but that is not the best option,” she added.

Mother abandons 10-months-old baby suffering from autism in Lagos