Woman who brutalized 15-year-old girl arrested by the police

Mrs. Ugochukwu Ebere, the guardian of a 15-year-old girl who was allegedly assaulted, has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command.

It was learnt that the state’s Office of the Public Defender and Ministry of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation on Wednesday evening, went with policemen to arrest the woman at her rented apartment on Mohammed Akinje Street, in the Ejigbo area of the state. The move, it was gathered, was orchestrated by the Deputy Governor, Mrs. Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire.

 

A human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has also intervened in the matter of the 15-year-old victim.

 

 

Nigeria Army appoints Col. S.K. Usman as its new spokesman

The authorities of the Nigerian Army have appointed Col. S.K Usman as the new spokesman for the service.

 

Usman is expected to take over from the current Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Olajide Laleye, who is on transfer to the 4th Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Benin, as the Commander.

 

Until his appointment, Col. Usman was the spokesman of the 7th Division of the Nigerian Army, Maiduguri.

 

Buhari Certificate forged - Fani-Kayode of PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organisation alleged on Thursday that the school certificate presented by the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), was forged.

 

The Director of Media and Publicity of the organisation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, made the allegation at a press conference in Abuja.

 

He, however, added that the organisation had yet to contact the school that issued the certificate to either confirm or deny its authenticity.

 

 

 

Nigeria records 100,000 new cancer cases annually - Ajekigbe

A professor of radiotherapy and oncology with the College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Akoka, Aderemi Ajekigbe, has said that Nigeria records 100,000 new cases of cancer every year.

 

Ajekigbe, who delivered the 21st inaugural lecture of UNILAG on Thursday titled ‘’Cancer. The Unwanted Guest’’, said that Nigeria at the moment had about two million recorded cases of cancer.

 

According to the professor, the incidence of cancer is increasing at an alarming rate in developing countries like Nigeria due to the poor state of health facilities, poor funding of cancer care, late diagnosis and detection of the deadly disease.

 

 

Saudi Arabia King Abdullah dies at age 90

Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah, the powerful U.S. ally who fought against al-Qaida and sought to modernize the ultraconservative Muslim kingdom, including by nudging open greater opportunities for women, has died. He was 90.

 

A royal court statement said the king died at 1 a.m. early this morning. His successor was announced as 79-year-old half-brother, Prince Salman, according to the statement carried on the Saudi Press Agency. Salman was Abdullah's crown prince and had recently taken on some of the ailing king's responsibilities.