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  • Orphanage celebrates 25th anniversary

    Founder Little Saints Orphanage Mrs. Dele George has announced that the orphanage will turn 25 on June 4.

    She called on all friends and donors to visit the orphanage located in Warri, Ibadan, Itele, Ogudu, Akowonjo and Abule-Egba on the said day to celebrate with the children.

    In a statement made available to reporters, she said the orphanage which was founded on June 4, 1994, was the first indigenous non-governmental orphanage approved by the Lagos State government.

    She said: “Being the first private orphanage to be registered by the Lagos State government in 1994, Little Saints Orphanage has blazed the trail of institutional care of vulnerable children. With an outstanding network of support, excellent facilities, a dynamic team of social workers and care givers, the orphanage has raised hundreds of children who have been able to overcome their negative childhood experiences and blossomed into young adults ready to make their mark in the world.

    “Little Saints Orphanage can also boast of having the highest number of children to be adopted by any orphanage. The orphanage works in collaboration with the Lagos State Ministry of Youth and Social Development and the Ministry of Women Affairs in other states of operations on issues of adoption, care and protection.

    “The orphanage has, in the past 25 years, rehabilitated, reformed and re-integrated children who have had  to overcome their traumatic experiences such as abandonment, rejection, abuse and even modern day slavery,” she said.

    The orphanage has received numerous awards for their demonstration of excellence in charity and child welfare.

    The orphanage currently operates in four states of the country and is a member of the Association of Orphanages and Homes Operators in Nigeria (ASOHON).

  • Kosofe LGA: INEC officials still absent in some PUs at 2 p.m.

    Voting did not take place in many polling units at Ogudu and Ojota in Kosofe Local Government of Lagos as at 2 p.m. on Saturday as Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) officials failed to show up.

    News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondents covering the exercise in the area report that many voters, who had arrived the polling units as early as 7 a.m. left at about 2:30 p.m. frustrated when they could not exercise their franchise.

    NAN reports that among polling areas affected were Ward D, units 044, 064, 082, 084, 085 in Ramat Crescent, Kolawole Ashimi St., Alhaja Abass St., and Buari St. in Kosofe council area.

    Contacted, INEC Spokesman in Lagos, Femi Akinbiyi, told NAN that the Resident Electoral Commissioner in Lagos, Sam Olumekun, was meeting with the security agencies on how to resolve the problem.

    According to him, the ad hoc staff protested over speculations that INEC was paying some people while others were left out.

    “INEC does not pay cash to any of its ad hoc staff; all payments were done through electronic payment to the bank accounts of its ad hoc staff.

    “If anyone had not seen his or her own allowance, it may be due to some issues emanating from  his or her bank.

    “Each ad hoc staff is entitled to receive N9,000  as honorarium, N3,000 for movement  and N1,000 for feeding;  making a total of  N13, 000 for each election.

    “The only time we paid cash of N4,500 was  when we paid the training allowance,’’ he said.

    A concerned voter, Mr Gbenga Ajibola, said that voters who came out very early in the area on Saturday with lots of enthusiasm to cast their votes went back home after waiting endlessly for INEC officials.

    “This shows that we operate a failed system in Nigeria, things like this should not be happening. By this time, people should have cast their votes by now and gone back home,” Ajibola said.

    Mr Fola Oyedapo, an elderly voter, said though he was tired, he was still waiting and hopeful that he would cast his vote.

    “We are in the dark, we have not been given any information about what has been happening, a lot of people were here in the morning around 8a.m. and 10 a.m.

    “Now it is 2.50 p.m. and the crowd has thinned out and even if INEC officials eventually come, voters might not be willing to come out again. (NAN)

  • Police arraign suspected cultists, terrorising Lagos community

    Eight men who allegedly terrorised members of the public, were on Monday brought before an Ogudu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos by the Police.

    The men are listed as: Olarigbe Olanrewaju, 22; Moses Ademola, 23; Evans Ezikiel, 20; Taiwo Oluwasegun, 19; Ganiyu Bashiru, 21; Wasiu Balogun, 29; Sundau Omete, 24; and Tunde James, 20.

    The men were alleged to have deployed dangerous weapons in a manner to cause breach of peace in the Oke-Iranle area of Ajah, in Lagos.

    They are facing a three-count charge of conspiracy, membership of an unlawful society and unlawful display of arms in the public.

    The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges and were granted bail in the sum of N50, 000 each by the Magistrate, Mrs E. Kubeinje.

    The magistrate in her ruling ordered the accused to produce two sureties each in like sum.

    Read Also: Suspected cultists behead two in Rivers

    In addition, the sureties should show evidence of tax payments, to the Lagos State Government.

    Earlier, Police Prosecutor, Insp. Lucky Ihiehie, told the court that the accused committed the offences on Nov. 8 at Oke-Iranle area of Ajah, in Lagos, at about 11:00 p.m.

    He said that the eight accused, conspired with themselves as members of Eiye Confraternity and engaged themselves in a fight with another group of unknown boys with dangerous weapons.

    “Some members of the public also sustained serious injuries while some properties were destroyed.

    “They were arrested by a team of police men, led by the Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Langbasa Division, Ajah and transferred to the Anti- Cultism Unit, State CID, Yaba on Nov. 9’’ Ihiehie said.

    The prosecutor said the offences contravened Sections 42 (a), 51 and 411 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015, (Revised).

    The case was adjourned until Dec. 18 for mention

  • Three men ‘drug, rape’ girl, 19

    An Ogudu Magistrates’ Court yesterday remanded a 28-year-old man, Sunday Young, for the alleged rape of a teenager.

    Young, who lives at Dele Akingboye Street, Ifako, Gbagada, Lagos, was arraigned on a five-count charge of alleged conspiracy, rape, sexual harassment, sexual assault and abduction.

    He was said to have conspired with three others now at large, to rape the girl.

    Magistrate E. Kubeinje ordered that Young be kept in prison custody pending advice by the Lagos State Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP), as the court could not take his plea.

    She adjourned the case till December 5.

    Prosecutor Lucky Ihiehie alleged that Young and three others at large raped a 19-year-old girl at 4pm on November 1, at Yetunde Brown Street, Ifako.

    He said the victim reported the crime at the Ifako Police Station.

    “Three young men and a girl forced her to their room at the house and drugged her. She woke up and found herself naked on the bed with semen on her body.

    “The complainant said she doesn’t know the two men and the girl, but she knows the accused, who had approached her for an intimate relationship, but she refused.

    “According to the complainant, the accused had tried to force her to have sex with him and they were struggling with her clothes, which the accused was forcefully removing, before they were interrupted by a knock on the door,’’ the prosecutor alleged.

    He said the offences contravened sections 260, 263, 264, 269 and 411 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.

     

  • Housewife docked for beating woman to pulp

    A 28-year-old housewife, Olotu Chizoba, who allegedly assaulted a co-tenant by beating her to a pulp, was on Wednesday arraigned before Magistrate O. Sule-Amzat sitting at Ogudu, Lagos.

    Olotu, who resides at Bello Street, Ikosi Road in Ketu area of Lagos, is being tried for assault occasioning harm.

    The prosecutor, Sgt. Lucky Ihiehie, told the court that the accused committed the offence on March 15 on Ikosi Road.

    He said the complainant, Mrs Samuel Nwali came to Ketu Police Station in company of her husband to report the incident.

    According to the prosecutor, the accused had beaten up the complainant’s two children.

    “The complainant confronted her and the the accused, instead of aplogising to her, descended on her and used a big stick to beat her.

    “She also bit her on her right breast, almost cutting off the nipple.,” Ihiehie said.

    The offence contravened Section 171 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the section prescribes three years for assault occasioning harm.

    The accused, pleaded guilty to the charge.

    However, the prosecutor told the court that both parties were ready for out-of-court settlement.

    Ihiehie said the accused had realised her mistake and had begged the complainant and her husband.

    “The complainant and her husband are in court with a withdrawal letter to settle out-of-court.”

    In her ruling, the magistrate struck out the case for out-of-court settlement.

     

  • Physician urges reduction in consumption of canned, fatty foods

    A General Physician, Dr Tosin Olowojebutu, on Thursday advised people with high Blood Pressure (BP) not to consume canned foods and fatty or oily foods which were detrimental to their health.

     

    Olowojebutu, who is the Medical Director, Liberty-Life Hospital, Ogudu, Lagos, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that canned and fatty foods would increase blood pressure level.

     

    According to him, people should also ensure that they live and work in smoke-free environments.

     

    He described blood pressure as “the pressure at which blood pushes against ones’ vessels as blood passes through the body’’.

     

    “A normal blood pressure allows blood to flow and deliver oxygen and food to different parts of the body.

     

    “We measure blood pressure with two numbers (124/84 mmHg). The first number is called the systolic blood pressure and the second is called the diastolic blood pressure.

     

    “Systolic blood pressure is the highest blood pressure measurement and it is recorded when the heart contracts.

     

    “Diastolic blood pressure is the lowest blood pressure measurement and it is recorded when the heart relaxes and fills with blood.

     

    “The ideal blood pressure is 120/70mmHg; any figure between this and 140/90 is pre-hypertension and a call to action and lifestyle modifications, ’’ Olowojebutu said.

     

    He urged people with high blood pressure to reduce the risks associated with High BP through modification of their lifestyle.

     

    “People with high BP should be physically active for 30 to 60 minutes daily by walking, biking, swimming, dancing or any other physical activity.

     

    “They should eat a lot of fresh fruits and vegetables, low fat dairy products and other foods low in fat and salt,’’ Olowojebu said.

     

    He added that drinking less and keeping the body weight within a healthy range would also help to prevent and lower blood pressure.

     

    “It is important to stop smoking if one has high blood pressure.

     

    “Smoking increases the risk of developing heart problems and other diseases’’ Olowojebutu told NAN

  • Ogudu GRA residents, mechanics quarrel over security

    A row has broken out between residents of Ogudu GRA in Lagos and auto mechanics over security in the neighbourhood.

    The residents are complaining that the neighbourhood has become insecure because of the artisans’ activities.

    The Motormech and Technician Association of Nigeria (MOMTAN) denied the claim, accusing the residents of intolerance.

    MOMTAN chairman, Alhaji Rasaq Alabi said: “The residents are threatening us to vacate from where we now operate.  Former Commissioner for Transport Kayode Opeifa has intervened for settlement between both parties but Group Captain Muri Salami (rtd) used his influence as a military person to lead some residents to threaten us.”

    Alabi said the artisans have been operating in the area since 1980.

    The government, he said, began to develop the area in 1983, adding that the place is formerly Alebiosu Street but now Muri Folami Street, Ogudu.

    Alabi accused Salami of leading some residents to cut down some of the trees planted during Col. Raji Rasaki’s administration to scare them.

    “One major observation was that iron barb wires were used to separate them from the residents so that customers would not have access to the residential area,” Alabi said.

    The MOMTAN chairman appealed to the Commissioner for Transport, Dr Dayo Mobereola to intervene before the situation degenerates.

    Reacting, Salami, Ogudu GRA Residents Association president, said the mechanics were constituting a nuisance in the area.

  • Vehicle owners warned

    Vehicle owners warned

    The Lagos State Police Command has warned owners of abandoned vehicles parked at Badagry and Ogudu Police Stations to remove them or lose them to members of the public through auction 21 days after the publication.

    They are Volkswagen Gulf SL432AAA, Nissan Sunny BB753AKD and Faragon bus XD359KRD