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Tuesday, 15 November 2016

‘Paracetamol abuse can cause kidney damage’

A fellow and ex-president, Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, Olumide Akintayo,speaks about the uses and side effects of paracetamol:

What is paracetamol?

The chemical name for paracetamol is N-Acetyl-p-aminophenol.

A female suspect in the custody of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Yaba, Lagos State, has been taken by the police to the Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Yaba, to determine her state of health.

The passengers of a luxury bus en route to Jos in Plateau State from Aba, Abia State, were thrown into confusion on Saturday after a corps members who was one of the passengers jumped out of the speeding bus.

He was, however, lucky to have escaped with broken limbs.

A 46-year-old truck driver, Obi Ebong, who was arrested by the police in the Ikotun area of Lagos State, says he went into robbery to raise the money for his sister’s burial.

An electrician, identified as Ochuko, has allegedly killed his wife’s lover on Emebiren Street, in the Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State.

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Police in Ogun hunt for human body part dealers

Following the arrest of three suspects in Ijebu-Igbo, Ogun State on Tuesday, who were found with two fresh human hearts, the police have said they are searching for more suspects who have possibly specialised in harvesting human body parts for rituals in the state.

The Parish Priest of Church of Assumption, Asokoro, Abuja, Rev. Fr. Anthony Ochigbo, charged with the rape of a 10-year-old parishioner has been discharged. A Gudu Upper Area Court, Abuja, which discharged him on Tuesday also struck out the First Information Report for lack of jurisdiction.

At the time of writing this story, 23-year-old Judith (not real name) was recuperating with heavy dosage of antibiotics. She was not ill, and neither was she down with any flu. She had simply survived one of the worst sexual attacks in Lagos in recent times.

While incarceration is meant to be a “home of reformation” for offenders, for an armed robbery kingpin recently arrested in Lagos, it was an opportunity for him to set up a ruthless gang that would terrorise many parts of Lagos.

Gunmen suspected to be herdsmen have killed two persons in Golkofa village, Godogodo Chiefdom, in Jema’a Local Government Area of Kaduna State on Thursday.

The Kaduna State Police Command confirmed the death of the two victims.

A court battle between a designer, Caroline Oyekunle, and her husband, Olatunde, for the custody of her two children has ended in the latter’s favour, a situation, which the woman has described as unfortunate.

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EFCC arrests two for Internet romance scam

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibadan Zonal Office, Oyo State, said on Friday that it had arrested two suspects, Egbedayo Semilore and Elijah Jeremiah, over Internet fraud.

One of the suspects, Semilore (26), allegedly lured unsuspecting women into Internet romance with the intent to defraud them of large sums of money. He targeted victims who live abroad mostly.

The Nasarawa State Police Command on Friday paraded 38 armed robbery suspects arrested across the thirteen local government areas of the state.

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has apprehended a 55-year-old woman on pilgrimage to Medina, Saudi Arabi, Basira Binuyo, on suspicion of ingesting drugs.

A Warri, Delta State-based businessman, Kingsley Agbaire, who allegedly killed his business partner, broke down as the deceased’s body was being exhumed on Wednesday and asked the victim’s ghost for forgiveness.

On a normal day, 36-year-old Chukwuemeka Nwocha, the General Overseer of Tongue of Fire Restoration Ministry located in Igbosere, Lagos, is a ‘man of God’ that his congregation, both young and old, called “Daddy”.

A doctor and a hospital attendant have been arrested for the alleged rape of a woman who was being treated at a top hospital in western India, a police officer said Friday.

The two hospital employees were arrested on Thursday after the alleged victim, who was being treated for dengue, said they drugged and raped her twice over the weekend.

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My manhood was too big for her –Okada rider nabbed for raping girl to coma in Benue

On Wednesday, the arm of the law caught up with an okada rider identified simply as Daniel in Otukpo, Benue State, after he allegedly raped an eight-year-old girl in his room on Ogiri Okoh Street, to a point where the girl became unconscious.

An Oredo Magistrates’ Court in Benin, Edo State, has sentenced one Patience Reveth to one year imprisonment for flogging her neighbour.

The trial magistrate, Mrs. RacheaI Ogbevoen, convicted Reveth, after finding her guilty of the charge filed against her.

An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court has admitted a 50-year-old prophet, Emmanuel Adeyemi, to bail in the sum of N500, 000 for allegedly chaining his step-son and burying four corpses in his residence.

The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Taiwo Akanni, who granted the bail on Friday, ordered the accused to produce two sureties in like sum.

The Osun State Police Command has arrested an Islamic cleric, Kabir Ibrahim, for allegedly butchering a 25-year-old farmer, Lukman Adeleke, and dumping his remains along the Akure-Ilesa Expressway.

The police said the cleric wanted to use his victim’s hand for a money making ritual for another man. They are now both in police custody in Osogbo.

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has said it intercepted a vehicle and 35 sacks of Cannabis Sativa otherwise known as Indian hemp, weighing 1,244.4 kilogrammes in Kogi.

Commander of the agency in the state, Alhaji Idris Bello, said that the drug worth N6 million was confiscated on Friday in Lokoja.

Operatives of the Rivers State Police Command on Thursday rescued 13 passengers held hostage in a bush by a group of kidnappers.

The victims, who were abducted on September 5, 2016 along Ndele/Elele axis of East-West road, regained their freedom when Anti-Kidnapping Unit, who acted on a tip-off, combed the bush in the area.

Man arrested for possessing human skull, bone

A 28-year-old man identified as Oluebube Nwachukwu is currently in police net for an unlawful possession of human skull and bone suspected to be that of a murder victim.

Move over, viagra, regular exercise could be the best medicine for a man to improve his sex life.

You know that working out is good for your health. But did you know that hitting the gym could also help you have better sex? “Working out three to four times a week can do a lot to help your sexual technique, flexibility, and endurance,” says Pete McCall, MS, an exercise physiologist and personal trainer for the American Council on Exercise. So what types of exercise are best for better sex? McCall recommends the following four “sex exercises.”

The Obong of Calabar, Ekpo Abasi-Otu V, has called on the Cross River Police Command to arrest any masquerade found along the streets of Calabar begging for money.

THREE suspects alleged to have been involved in the killing of 10 persons, including nine police officers, were on Thursday arraigned in a Magistrate’s Court siting in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.

Residents of Shodipo Crescent in the Ikeja Government Reserved Area of Lagos State were shocked on Wednesday to find an abandoned baby boy crawling on the road.

PUNCH Metro learnt that the nine-month-old baby, whose name had yet to be ascertained, was seen crawling by residents, who quickly alerted some policemen on patrol in the area.

A 22-year-old housekeeper, Tanko Abdulateef, who was arrested by the police in Lagos State for killing his employer in the Lekki area of the state, says an evil spirit moved him to commit the crime.

Abdulateef, who was paraded at the Lagos State Police Command headquarters, Ikeja, on Thursday, said he stabbed the 50-year-old woman, Mabel Okafor, four times in the stomach.

Man spends 43 years in wheelchair on wrong diagnosis

A Portuguese man spent 43 years in a wheelchair because of a mistaken medical diagnosis, finally re-learning to walk only in his fifties, a newspaper reported on Sunday.

A 2013 Norton report found that one in three smartphone users had experienced some form of cybercrime. Protecting yourself doesn’t have to be expensive or time-consuming, but you should consider the following 10 steps:

The Forward Operational Base of the Nigerian Navy and the family of Omosebine Efotan have disagreed over the circumstances surrounding his alleged killing by some officers of the base at Abe-Oroyo in Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State.

Twenty three suspects were paraded on Friday by the Ogun State Police Command for various offences ranging from armed robbery, kidnapping, illegal possession of arms to murder and cultism.

The death of a seven-year-old girl Zainab Ibrahim, who was allegedly mutilated and tortured by her step-mother in Rigasa area of Kaduna State has roused anger and call for urgent retribution in the state.

The investigation into the kidnap of Sierra Leonean diplomat, Maj.-Gen. Nelson Williams (retd.), has led to the arrest of members of a syndicate, who work with kidnappers and armed robbers to sell stolen vehicles.

Father rapes 15-year-old daughter, drugs her to prevent pregnancy

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 47-year-old trader, Uchena Elumadu, for allegedly raping his 15-year-old daughter in the Agege area of the state.

A 42-year-old man, Damisa John, has been arraigned in a Mararaba Upper Area Court, Nasarawa State, for alleged breach of trust and cheating.

The police in Lagos State have arrested a 22-year-old suspected robber, Moses Akpan, who allegedly attacked some residents of Oniru, in the Lekki area of the state.

A 25-year-old man, Edikan John, has allegedly killed his stepmother in Esit Urua community, in the Eket Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State.

Our correspondent learnt on Thursday that the suspect killed the woman around 10pm on Saturday.

A former Secretary of Mbiabong Village Council in the Itu Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, Chief Ekanem Edet, aka Jolly Boy, has committed suicide.

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested four teenagers for alleged involvement in oil theft and the abduction of two expatriates in the Epe and Igando area of the state.

Cocaine suspect hides drug in collar

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Saturday said its officials discovered wraps of narcotics in the collar of a passenger’s jacket at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos.

A teenager, Faisa, has been killed by a mudslide in Lagos after days of incessant rain in the state.

The 16-year-old was killed in the Agidingbi, Ikeja area of Lagos State, less than two weeks after her wedding.

A jealous housewife, Oluwakemi Etu, who hacked her husband, Kehinde Etu, to a coma on Saturday has told the police that she bought a new machete two weeks before the act for the purpose of punishing Kehinde.

There was fresh panic in New Haven Estate in the Igbelaju area of Iba, Lagos State, on Monday after gunmen launched another attack during which two housekeepers were abducted.

The Police in Lagos said they had arrested a member of a two-man robbery gang, which allegedly robbed an 81-year-old woman of about N7m and other valuables.

There was confusion at Ojuwoye Market, in the Mushin area of Lagos State on Saturday after a suspected female kidnapper was nabbed by residents.

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