Words On The Streets

An auxiliary nurse, identified as Oyekanmi, has been arrested by the police for her role in the death of a baby she took delivery of in the Odogunyan, Ikorodu area of Lagos. It was learnt that the victim’s mother, Adeola, had been taken to Oyekanmi’s residence last Saturday when she went into labour. Oyekanmi, while attempting to force the delivery, was said to have pulled off the baby’s hand. She was said to have advised that the child be taken to the Ikorodu General Hospital, where the dead child was finally delivered.

The Federal Polytechnic in Ado-Ekiti (AdoPoly) has been reopened, two months after a workers’ strike. Students are angry the strike achieved nothing, describing it as a plot to waste their time. Read The Nation's Temitope Yakubu's report. Life has returned to the Federal Polytechnic in Ado-Ekiti after a two-month workers’ strike. The institution was shut following allegation of corruption against management. It was closed down two weeks to the semester examination, causing students’ anguish. The workers’ unions accused the Rector, Dr Theresa Akande, of mismanaging the internally-generated revenue (IGR). The unions, comprising the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Polytechnics (SSANIP) and Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) accused management of mismanaging N250 million since 2014.

Kingsway International Christian Centre (KICC), a 12,000-member megachurch in Britain headed by Nigeria’s Pastor Mathew Ashimolowo, lost $4.8 million to a Ponzi scheme after trustees carelessly invested money in it. The scam was the brainchild of former Premier League soccer player, Richard Rufus, who used to be a defender for Charlton Athletic. He promised investors along with the church a return as high as 55 percent.

Two of the three female travelers who were seized by kidnappers from a ‘God is Good Motors’ bus on the outskirts of Abuja on December 21 have regained their freedom. The good news happened on Christmas Day, but it is unclear what happened to the third lady, who was a member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) for now.  Upon their arrival at the kidnappers camp, Ms. Obot said her captors repeatedly smashed her right ankle with the barrel of a gun to dislocate it, to make sure that she did not try to escape.

The Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, has said the government is ready to grant amnesty to those willing to renounce their membership of cult groups and turn a new leaf. Ambode, who spoke in Ikorodu at the ongoing ‘One Lagos Fiesta,’ said his administration had perfected plans to rehabilitate criminals, who were ready to be law-abiding, with a view to making them contribute meaningfully to the society. The governor expressed concern over the spate of cult clashes, attacks and other crimes in the Ikorodu area, adding that although the government had the capacity to deal with such crimes, amnesty being offered would encourage many troublemakers to turn away from their old ways and embrace new lives.

This young girl, Walida Bashir, was declared missing days back by her family in Kaduna. No one can tell how it really happened, but she was found in Kano State by Hisbah officials. Thankfully, she has been reunited with her parents.

Pastor Enoch Adeboye of the Redeemed Christian Church of God has continued to demonstrate he is a relentless soul winner, apart from his visit to over 15 places in 6 different states within the space of 4 days during the annual Lets Go A Fishing program. Pastor Adeboye today blessed the Kirikiri maximum prisons with his presence, his intention again remains winning lost souls. He gave a charge, where he admonished the inmates that “Whatever dream they have regardless of the circumstances they have found themselves, their dreams would come to pass”