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One Dr. Ejike Ferdinand Orji has been sentenced to one year in prison by a Lagos High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square, for causing grievous harm, negligence and endangering the life of his 16-year-old patient

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One Dr. Ejike Ferdinand Orji has been sentenced to one year in prison by a Lagos High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square, for causing grievous harm, negligence and endangering the life of his 16-year-old patient. The Nation reported that Orji was sentenced on Friday, Jan 20, after being found guilty of four out of a six-count charge.  He was accused of applying Plaster of Paris (POP) cast on PW (Prosecution Witness) 10 (patient)’s’ leg on July 26, 2018, using non-medical staff and without carrying out an x-ray to identify the level of injury. The POP was fixed too tightly on the then sixteen-year-old Ezi-Ashi’s leg and it caused him grievous harm. When the victim complained of discomfort and asked that the POP be relaxed, the convict allegedly refused, which resulted in the teenager becoming unconscious and he was subsequently rushed to the Reddington Hospital, Victoria Island, Lagos, where he was operated upon. The medical official also did not obtain the consent of

A Magistrate Court sitting in Enugu State has remanded one Mrs. Ujunwa Ugwuoke in prison custody for the alleged murder of a 9-year-old girl, Precious Korshima

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A Magistrate Court sitting in Enugu State has remanded one Mrs. Ujunwa Ugwuoke in prison custody for the alleged murd£r of a 9-year-old girl, Precious Korshima. LIB reported that Mrs Ugwuoke was arrested for allegedly beating the minor, who was her house help to d£ath and subsequently dumping her corpse in a bush where it was burnt.  On Thursday, January 19, 2023, the police in Enugu, arraigned the suspect before a Chief Magistrates’ Court Grade 1, presided over by U.I. Jideofor on two count charges bordering on murd£r.  The charge marked MEN/14C/2023, Commissioner of Police Vs Ugwuoke Ujunwa was read to the accused person in English and interpreted and explained to her in Igbo. Count 1 stated thus: “That you Ugwuoke Ujunwa ‘f’ and others now at large on the 9th day of November 2022 at about 0900hours at No. 2, Fidelity Estate Okpara Avenue, Enugu in Enugu North Magisterial District did conspire among yourselves to commit felony to wit; Murder and thereby committed an offen

A Kenyan man, Stephen Karanja Njomo, has been detained for 21 days to assist police in the investigation into the mysterious d€ath of his friend, Victor Wangai Kiragu

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A Kenyan man, Stephen Karanja Njomo, has been detained for 21 days to assist police in the investigation into the mysterious d€ath of his friend, Victor Wangai Kiragu.    It was gathered that Njomo allegedly extorted money from the deceased's family residing overseas for about three weeks without their knowledge.    Njomo at the Makadara Law Courts in Nairobi on Monday, January 16, was ordered to remain in police custody until February 6, 2023.   According to the investigating officer, Police Constable Benjamin Wangila, the accused is now being investigated for the offence of m¥rdering the deceased, Victor Wangai Kiragu.   Wangila told Magistrate Mercy Thibaru that police believe Mr Njomo may have been involved in the murder of his friend Kiragu.   In a supporting affidavit, PC Wangila told the court that Kiragu was first reported as a missing person by his brother Samuel Chege at Kahawa West. The magistrate heard the family members began searching for him in various ho

Use social media responsibly— FUD student says after Aisha Buhari withdrew the defamatory case against him

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Use social media responsibly— FUD student says after Aisha Buhari withdrew the defam@tory case against him  Final year student of the Federal University, Dutse, Aminu Adamu, who was arrested for a defamatory tweet against First Lady, Aisha Buhari, has advised social media users to use the various platforms well and not follow in his footsteps. He made the remarks in an interview with the press minutes after Aisha Buhari withdrew the defamatory case against him. It would be recalled that on November 8, Adamu, 24, was arrested by the police in Dutse for publishing a defamatory statement on his Twitter handle against Mrs Buhari. In the allegedly offending tweet, Adamu, who is studying Environmental Management, posted a rotund picture of the first lady with a caption in Hausa saying, “Mama is feeding fat on poor people’s money.” The tweet was posted on June 8, 2022.  However, on December 3, the prosecution counsel, Fidelis Ogbobe while at FCT high court, said the First Lady as

Woman arrested for ordering street urchins to assault actor Akeem Adeyemi and co in Lagos

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Woman arrested for ordering street urchins to a§§ault actor Akeem Adeyemi and co in Lagos A yet-to-be identified woman has been arrested for causing commotion and inj¥ring actor Akeem Adeyemi at a movie location in Gbagada, Lagos. According to a source, the incident happened on Tuesday, December 6. It is gathered that the building where Akeem Adeyemi and his crew members were shooting aa movie at, belongs to the suspect and her husband. “Everyone in the area knows that the woman is a problematic person. She created a scene while actor Akeem and co were on set and invited area boys to sc@tter the place.  This is coming hours after the movie producer got permission from the lady’s husband to use the building to sh@@t. The area boys destr#yed a camera worth N30m and inj¥red Akeem on his face. She was arrested and on her way into the police van, she got booed by neighbors cause they know her to always cause problems in the area,” a source said. The unfortunate incident has spar

Lady calls out her abusive husband, Alloy Stephen, for assaulting her and sending her packing with their 2-year-old son

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Lady calls out her ab¥sive husband for a§§aulting her and sending her packing with their 2-year-old son  A lady identified as Olamide has accused her husband, Alloy Stephen, of domestic v#olence in Ikorodu, Lagos. According to her, they’ve both been married for three years and have a 2-year-old son, Iremide. She says that the marriage has been filled with turmoil including a§§aults from her husband. “Please I need the public to help me. My husband sent me and our son packing because I confronted him for always be@ting me. He doesn’t live up to his responsibilities at all and has turned me to his p¥nch bag. I’ve endured so much all in the name of being a virtuous woman to make this marriage work. The most recent be@ting i received was two weeks ago and after which, he threw me out of the house in the wee hours of the night. He said he’ll never take care of his son. I’m confused and don’t know what else to do.,” Olamide said.

Three Mozambican nationals Antonio Munguambe, 28, Rivage Alzido Juliao, 26 and Tali Alberte, 25 were arrested

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Three Mozambican nationals Antonio Munguambe, 28, Rivage Alzido Juliao, 26 and Tali Alberte, 25 were arrested on Friday, 2 December, after they were found with 600 litres of suspected stolen diesel worth an estimated value of R16 000.