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  • Pregnant woman detained by vigilante group in Anambra, rescued

    Pregnant woman detained by vigilante group in Anambra, rescued

    A pregnant woman who was allegedly detained by some members of the Anambra Vigilante Group (AVG) has been rescued by the Anambra State Police Command.

    According to the Commands Spokesperson Tochukwu Ikenga, the woman who’s resident in the Okija area of the state was detained by the Vigilante group over a case of theft by her husband.

    Ikenga said that the Anambra State Commissioner of Police, CP Nnaghe Obono Itam frowned at the act of detaining and inhuman treatment of suspects by some AVG members in the State.

    He said that CP Itam ordered the immediate rescue and release of the woman after a viral video of her detention came to his notice and has initiated measures with relevant authorities to checkmate the excesses of the few unprofessional AVG members in the State.

    He said: “The Anambra State Police Command has rescued a pregnant woman allegedly detained over a case of stealing by her husband in a Security Office at Okija.

    “The report of the incident was intercepted in a trending video by the State Commissioner of Police CP Nnaghe Obono Itam as he ordered rescue operations and an investigation into the report.

    “Meanwhile, the CP frowns at such acts of indiscriminate detention and inhuman treatment of suspects by some members of the Anambra Vigilante Group (AVG).

    “He assured that the root cause of the incidents would be addressed to avert future occurrence.

    “He also initiated necessary moves with relevant authorities to checkmate the excesses of the few unprofessional AVG members in the State.”

  • Pregnant woman killed by rampaging wild elephants

    Pregnant woman killed by rampaging wild elephants

    A pregnant woman has been trampled to death by a herd of wild elephants on Indonesia’s Sumatra island, police said on  Tuesday.

    The woman, identified as Karsini, was trying to protect her family’s rubber plantation from the elephants in Muara Lakitan district in South Sumatra when they charged at her on Sunday, local police chief Muhammad Karim said.

    “The victim tried to scare away the herd by banging on two jerry cans to create loud noise, but instead of retreating, the elephants charged at her, resulting in her death,” Karim said.

    The incident occurred in a region known for its large population of wild elephants, which frequently roam in herds of up to 100 animals.

    Local authorities said that encounters between humans and elephants are becoming increasingly common, with reports of elephants damaging crops and homes every few months.

    “Fatalities are rare. This is by far the worst case we’ve seen,” Karim said, urging residents to avoid confronting elephants if they encounter them.

    Following the incident, a team from the government-run Natural Resources Conservation Agency was dispatched to the site to investigate.

  • Qatar Airways makes emergency landing for pregnant woman

    Qatar Airways makes emergency landing for pregnant woman

    Qatar Airways made an emergency landing at an airport in Pakistan’s southern port city Karachi, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) of Pakistan said on Tuesday.

    The CAA said in a statement that the landing was carried out late Monday night at Karachi’s Jinnah International Airport after a Filipino pregnant woman suffered pain during the flight.

    The woman was given first aid on the flight, the CAA said, adding that a doctor and an ambulance were present when the plane landed, while the child was born by that time.

    The woman and her child were moved to a local hospital, and the flight departed in a couple of hours on early Tuesday morning, the statement said.

    The flight was going from Doha to Manila, according to the CAA.

  • “How new naira scarcity made my pregnant wife die in hospital”- Husband laments

    “How new naira scarcity made my pregnant wife die in hospital”- Husband laments

    A 32-year-old woman, Shema’u Labaran, died along with her nine-month pregnancy at the Abdullahi Wase Specialist Hospital, Kano, following her husband’s inability to quickly pay medical bills in the new naira notes.

    Labaran was allegedly left in pain for more than eight hours without attention from the medical personnel on duty.

    I spent hours waiting for the cashier to confirm the payment of N8,528 for drugs because the hospital had stopped receiving the old naira notes

    Narrating the unfortunate incident that led to his wife’s death, the 42-year-old husband of the deceased, Bello Baffa, explained that his wife (Shema’u) bled to death while he was struggling to settle medical bills at the pharmacy through transfer.

    Baffa revealed how he spent hours waiting for the cashier to confirm the payment of N8,528 for drugs because the hospital had stopped receiving the old naira notes.

    "How new naira scarcity made my pregnant wife die in Kano hospital"- Husband laments

    The bereaved husband regretted that the medical personnel insisted they would not attend to his late wife until he deposited money and provided evidence before his wife would be attended to.

    Baffa said he had earlier provided N8,500 old naira notes to the cashier but he was told the hospital management had placed an embargo on the old currency and refused to provide a point-of-sale service except payment through transfer.

    According to Baffa, the hospital subsequently requested N4,000 for blood service after he had brought his relatives to donate blood for his wife.

    In his words: ”I was told I had to pay an additional N4,000 for blood service, and I quickly rushed out to the payment point. At that time, it was late and (I was) afraid my wife had suffered a lot without medical attention. So after I made the payment and waited for an alert, I had to beg them to issue the payment evidence while my brother would remain with them pending when they would confirm the transfer.

    “I also narrated my wife’s condition. They accepted the condition and the receipt was printed. I rushed to the ward again and it was at that moment, getting to 1am, that my wife was taken to the labour room.”

    Regrettably, Baffa disclosed that the doctor later came out of the labour room around 3am to break the bad news, ‘your wife and unborn baby could not make it.’

    Although the husband said he believed Shema’u would die at an appropriate time, he insisted that the alleged inhumane treatment by the hospital to his wife because of the old naira notes rejection contributed to her sudden death.

    "How new naira scarcity made my pregnant wife die in Kano hospital"- Husband laments

    Baffa disclosed that he had taken to fate as a Muslim. He, however, urged the government to check the painful policy to save innocent lives from untimely death the way he lost Shema’u.

    The spokesperson of the hospital, Ibrahim Abdullahi, who confirmed the incident, stressed that the management had commenced an investigation into the matter.

    He noted that the Chief Medical Director is scheduled to brief journalists about the development as soon as the investigation is concluded.

  • Bandits gang rape pregnant woman to death

    Bandits gang rape pregnant woman to death

    A pregnant mother has been gang raped to death by terrorists in Dnakundna village in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State.

    The incident occurred when the woman ran into the bandits as she fled from an attack on her village.

    According to The Nation, the terrorists had imposed a N2 million levy on the villagers to allow them to harvest from their farms.

    But it was gathered that the villagers could not pay the sum, which angered the bandits.

    To avoid being attacked, the villagers, especially women and children in their numbers, decided to leave the village but unknown to them that the bandits had already been informed of their mass exodus and decided to lay ambush.

    The pregnant woman was not lucky as she and her three children ran into the ambush, and were matched into the bush.

    After being raped by no fewer than seven men, the woman was left with bruises all over her body.

    She was taken to the hospital by her family but died on Friday night, December 23, 2022.

    It was gathered that many villagers were abducted during the attack.

  • Ekiti guber: We conducted pregnancy test on all female suspects – EFCC

    Ekiti guber: We conducted pregnancy test on all female suspects – EFCC

    The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has explained its position in conducting a pregnancy test for all female suspects in connection with the Ekiti governorship election.

    The commission disclosed that all the suspects in its custody were being held by court order over allegations of vote-buying during the poll.

    The anti-graft agency says there is no pregnant woman in its custody.

    This is contained in a statement signed by the Spokesman of EFCC, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, and made available to newsmen on in Ilorin.

    Uwajaren dismissed speculations that a pregnant woman was among the suspects arrested on allegations of vote-buying during the Ekiti governorship election.

    “A pregnancy test conducted on all the female suspects arrested during the election at the State Hospital in Ilorin was negative.

    “Earlier tests conducted in a private hospital also revealed negative results for all the female suspects,” Uwujaren said.

    The spokesman added that all the suspects were detained based on valid Order of Court, pending the conclusion of investigations.

    He said that the suspects would be charged to court as soon as investigations are finalised.

    Uwujaren also urged the public to ignore the wild claims about the mistreatment of the suspects, saying that the commission is committed to the observance of the rule of law in all its operations.

  • Pregnant woman arrested with 1,441kg of imported Skunk in Lagos

    Pregnant woman arrested with 1,441kg of imported Skunk in Lagos

    Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have arrested a pregnant woman Eze Joy Chioma, who was caught with 1,442 kilograms of imported skunk.

    The 27-year-old was arrested after her store and home in the Ojo area of Lagos were raided on Friday.

    Another suspect, Michael Oroke was also nabbed with 29kg of illicit drugs in the same location.

    This was disclosed in a statement by the Director, Media & Advocacy, NDLEA Headquarters, Abuja, Femi Babafemi on Sunday.

    According to the statement, the previous day (December 16th), operatives had equally raided a hideout in the Abule-Egba area of the state where one Basset Emmanuel, Ezekwem Lawrence, Mohammed Aliyu, and Suwidi Isiaku were arrested with 182,000 tablets of Tramadol 225mg.

    In similar raids across eight other states – Rivers, Kogi, Benue, Adamawa, Anambra, Edo, Ekiti and Ondo, over 4,000 kilograms of assorted illicit drugs were seized.

    On Saturday, December 18, during a routine stop and search exercise along Aba/Port Harcourt expressway, by Obigbo, operatives intercepted a consignment of Tramadol in a commercial Toyota Hiace bus, with a waybill addressed to one Shadrach Udechukwu.

    A follow-up operation led to Udechukwu’s arrest and different quantities of Heroin, Cocaine, Methamphetamine, Cannabis Sativa, Tramadol, Exol-5, Swinol, and Diazepam recovered from him.

    In Kogi State, one Timi Sunday was arrested with 95.945kg of cannabis at Egba town, and Musa Sani with 10.5kg cannabis along Okene-Lokoja highway, while
    Yaro Bala was arrested with 65kg cannabis on the same road.

    No fewer than 20,000 capsules of Tramadol coming from Onitsha, Anambra state were seized in Otukpo, Benue and a suspect arrested, while in Adamawa, a search operation in a house at Ajiya street, Jimeta led to the arrest of a female suspect, Maryam Yunusa with 16 pinches of Cocaine.

    A raid at Success line, Marine modern market, Onitsha led to the seizure of 234kg cannabis and a suspect arrested, while in Edo state Francis Eferi was arrested in Okpuje, Owan west LGA with 481kg cannabis and Emmanuel Amu with 81kg cannabis at Sobe.

    In Ekiti, 1,420kg cannabis was recovered from Ara in Ikole LGA, while in Akure, Ondo state, operatives arrested one Mrs. Grace Henry in her residence at Itamo Igoba, with 573kg cannabis. In other parts of the state, 450kg cannabis was seized along Ipele-Idoani road, and 420.5kg cannabis at Ogkogu camp, Ipele, both in Owo LGA.

  • Lassa Fever kills two doctors, pregnant woman in Nasarawa

    Lassa Fever kills two doctors, pregnant woman in Nasarawa

    Two doctors and a pregnant woman have died of Lassa fever in Nasarawa State.

    The Director of Public Health of the state Ministry of Health, Ibrahim Adamu confirmed their death on Wednesday.

    He said based on activities conducted on the outbreak response, the doctors are suspected to have contracted the disease from a pregnant woman which both of them operated on recently at the Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital.

    The woman died of a bleeding disorder associated with fever, which brings the number of Lassa fever deaths in the state to three.

    The two doctors, he stated, fell ill, got diagnosed and died in health facilities in Abuja.

    “We can confirm the two doctors that have succumbed to the threat of Lassa fever. When they fell ill, they were not in the state, they fell ill outside Nasarawa State, they were admitted for treatment in Abuja, the diagnosis was actually done outside the state and the death also occurred in facilities that are in Abuja not within the state,” Adamu said.

    “However based on the outbreak response activities we have conducted, it appears that they might have been infected from the state where a pregnant woman was said to have been operated upon and she died of bleeding disorder connected to fever, so the suspicion right now is that she might have been the source of the infection for those two doctors because they are the two persons that operated upon her.

    He added that all contacts of the three victims have been identified and their tests all returned negative but the ministry will continue with surveillance.

  • Bandits kill driver, kidnap pregnant woman, 32 others in Kachia LG, Kaduna

    Bandits kill driver, kidnap pregnant woman, 32 others in Kachia LG, Kaduna

    At least one person has been killed and 33 others abducted following an attack by bandits suspected to be kidnappers in Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna State.

    The incident which occurred last night within Kachia metropolis also left several people injured.

    District Head of Kachia ward, Idris Suleiman confirmed the incident when security operatives led by the Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan visited the area.

    Suleiman said the bandits in their large numbers invaded the community at about 9 pm on Wednesday night and started shooting sporadically in a bid to create panic among the residents.

    He explained that the bandits first attacked a bakery where they kidnapped five persons and killed the driver to the owner of the bakery, before moving to another area called Mother Cat where they also kidnapped 28 persons including a pregnant woman.

    According to him, the bandits also looted several shops within the town after the traders abandoned their shops and scampered for safety to avoid being caught in the crossfire.

    Bandits have in recent times left Kaduna in a state of unrest, with many being killed and many others being kidnapped, including students of various institutions.

    The latest attack in Kachia comes a few days after the village head of Dogon Daji community in Sanga Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Mallam Anja, was shot dead by bandits.

    The marauders raided the residence of the village head and shot him at close range, after which he died on the spot.

  • Pastor narrates why he applied anointing oil on pregnant woman’s private part

    Pastor narrates why he applied anointing oil on pregnant woman’s private part

    The Edo State Police Command has arrested one pastor Jeffery Ihievu, for indecent assault after he touched the private parts of a pregnant woman.

    It was gathered that the pastor with the Assemblies of God Church in Esan South East Local Government Area of the state was arrested after trouble broke out between him and the husband of the pregnant woman.

    According to a report, the woman had gone to the pastor to complain of some bad dreams she had been having since she became pregnant.

    The pastor then told her that she needed deliverance to stop the bad dreams. He asked her to undress while he applied anointing oil on her private part and breasts.

    The woman, who is now eleven months pregnant reported the incident to her husband when she could no longer feel the kicks of the baby.

    Her husband was said to have led hoodlums to Ihievu’s house and attacked him.

    The family subsequently reported the incident to the State Police headquarters in Benin city and the pastor was arrested.

    In an interview, pastor Ihievu said he applied anointing oil on the woman’s private parts for deliverance purpose.

    “I actually did it for deliverance purpose and nothing more. She complained to me of her situation, and l took her to my office where l used the anointing oil on her private part, and l do not mean harm. Her husband even brought thugs to attack me at home.” he said.

    The police said investigation on the matter is ongoing.