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Friday 25 September 2015

Lady Dumps Baby By The Road Side In Akwa Ibom State

A lady after being delivered of her baby, placed it in a polythene bag and dumped it by the road side along Dibue Road, Ikot Ekpene in Aka Ibom State this afternoon.

The baby still had umbilical cord attached to it. An eye witness said that he saw a lady hovering around the said area but didn’t know what she was up to until the bag was discovered.

Sadly the baby was already dead by the time the bag was found. RIP!

Nigerian female journalist among the dead in the Hajj stampede

Hajia Bilikisu Yusuf regarded as Northern Nigeria's first female Editor, died in the stampede that claimed 717 lives in Saudi Arabia yesterday September 24. She will be remembered as one of the advocates of the 'Bring Back Our Girls' group. May her soul rest in peace Amen.

Woman Abuses Her 13-year old House-help In Lagos

A trader, Esther Bello, has been arrested by the Lagos state Police for allegedly abusing her 13-year-old househelp, Titi, in Obanikoro, Lagos.

According to Punch Metro, Policemen from the Pedro station were called by neighbours after Titi ran out of her madam's house with a bleeding hand that had been cut deep in 3 places. She explained that her madam, Esther had caused the injuries and threatened to kill her if she raised any alarm.. However, when the Police got to the apartment, Esther lied that the maid had travelled to the Ikorodu area with a friend.

According to one of the neighbours who witnessed the incident, at about 1:30 am on Wednesday, the maid, who was said to be from Cotonou, Benin Repubic, ran out of the house with a bleeding hand and told neighbours she had been cut by Esther with a broken bottle.

Concerned neighbours confronted Esther and asked her why she allegedly cut Titi with a broken bottle but Esther ignored them and Titi returned to the house.

Then at about 7am, the neighbours went back to the house to check on Titi to see how she was faring only to see her doing domestic work with the injured hand that hadn't been treated.

After Esther told the Police that Titi was no longer with her. They returned with a search warrant, combed the house then found the maid bleeding in a locked room in the house.

Esther was subsequently arrested for child abuse.

Some officials of the Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team went to the police station, and took charge of the welfare of the girl.

'I made N6m as a fake lawyer' – Suspect

A fake lawyer, Olawale Falola, who claimed to be a dropout of a university in Osun State was arrested by the Oyo State Police Command during a stop-and-search in Ibadan recently.

It was gathered that after seeing a sticker belonging to the Nigeria Bar Association on his windscreen, the police asked him about his identity, but he couldn't defend it.

He said he made N6m from victims whom he promised to help secure jobs at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC.

According to him:

“I paraded myself as a lawyer and I have taken money from more than 100 people. I promised to get jobs for them at NNPC and security organisations. I have made up to N4m from the practice out of which I bought a Toyota Corolla car. I lived in Osogbo. I came to Ibadan to visit my family when I was arrested by the police.”

The Commissioner of Police in the state, Leye Oyebade, said Falola’s car valued at N2m had been impounded and that the suspect would be charged to court as soon as investigations into his activities were concluded.

He said:

“Falola was arrested for parading himself as a lawyer when he was not.

“The car was bought from the proceeds of his illegal activity and he had confessed to the crime. There is no place for such people in our society. In our renewed effort to completely rid the state of criminals, the state police command will not give room for criminals to thrive.”