Secondary school student stabs father in the eye over yuletide clothes

Christmas Tragedy

For his inability to provide money for Christmas clothes, a father has had his eye stabbed by his son.

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A security man who could not provide Christmas clothes for his 16-year-old son, has lost the use of one of his eyes after the boystabbed him in a fit of rage. The incident which happened at the family residence at Arowojobe Stree, Oshodi, is raising eyebrows and ending tongues wagging.

The middle aged man who name is given as Anthony, was reported to have pleaded with his son, Ikechi, that times are hard and could not afford to by new clothes for him as well as his two other siblings, arguing that since he is older, he should exercise patience while he gets them for the younger ones.

But this argument, according to one of Ikechi's cousins who witnessed the ugly debacle, Ukachukwu, did not hold water with the young man who insisted on getting new clothes as he wanted to use them for one of his friend's party at a beach in Lagos.

According to Ukachukwu, Anthony explained to Ikechi that he had little money on him as he had not been paid his salary yet. But the boy insisted on getting money for his clothes and locked up the father in the room, refusing to allow him leave for work, accusing his father of hating him.

The  father who works as a security guard in a hotel, got angry at his son's behaviour, got angry and reached for his belt and started flogging him. This incensed Ikechi who picked up a knife and stabbed his father in the eye.

This is how Ukachukwu narrated the incident:

"Ikechi accused his father of hating him and, fed up with his complaints, the man got his belt and began to flog the boy.

As his father continued flogging him, Ikechi reached for a knife and stabbed him straight in the eye. Upon seeing the horror of his deed, Ikechi took his heels.

When I wanted to run off to the police station to report the issue to the police, his mother begged me not to, as it will ‘involve more expenses.

"But I doubt if he will still see with that eye again."

Anthony, who was rushed to the hospital right away is under intensive care, while family members are praying for him to see properly with the eye again
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Kiahmarah is slim and between 5ft 6ins and 5ft 8ins tall. At the time of her disappearance, she had shoulder-length Afro-style hair, and was last seen wearing a dark knee-length wax coat, but might have taken a change of clothes. Anyone who has seen Kiahmarah or who knows of her whereabouts is asked to call Hammersmith & Fulham police on 101 or the charity Missing People on 116 000.

Boko Haram militants steal some vehicles.

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"The gunmen kept shouting 'Allahu Akbar' and firing guns haphazardly. They went into the cement factory and took away some vehicles," 

The militants who arrived the town around 7am through Bajoga, raided banks, burnt down a police station and some government buildings. The military was able to repel their attacks in Bajoga, pushing them to Ashaka where they gained entrance into the cement factory and stole some vehicles.

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The World Bank said on Wednesday it would speed up delivery of hundreds of millions of dollars in assistance to fight Ebola in West Africa, as Sierra Leone appealed for help in plugging gaps in its response.

On a visit to Sierra Leone, where the epidemic is spreading fastest, World Bank, President Jim Yong Kim, said the lender would accelerate disbursement of $162 million in emergency support to ensure the money was delivered in two years instead of three.
To help kick-start Sierra Leone’s economy, Kim said the bank would make available an additional $170 million over the next two years, mostly to strengthen infrastructure and agriculture.

             “We’re accelerating our support to Sierra Leone,” Kim said in Freetown, during a tour of Ebola-affected countries in the region.
The worst known outbreak of the hemorrhagic fever on record has killed more than 6,070 people from 17,145 cases, the World Health Organization (WHO) said.
Despite Britain deploying hundreds of troops to its former colony, Sierra Leone is lagging behind Guinea and Liberia in its Ebola response, reporting 537 new cases in the week to November 30.

The WHO said uncertainty about data prevented firm conclusions about progress in eradicating the disease.
Sierra Leone President, Ernest Bai Koroma, said his country still had less than a third of the 1,500 beds it required and needed an additional four laboratories.
“While we do appreciate the increased presence, I must say that there is still the need for us to address the gaps that still exist in some areas of our intervention,” he said.

             In a subsequent stop-off in Guinea, Kim said that a $153 million aid package to that country would also be delivered in two years, instead of the planned three.
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In a move that could relieve staffing shortages, 250 medical volunteers from the African Union are prepared to be deployed on Thursday from Nigeria to the worst affected countries.

The World Bank on Tuesday revealed that the epidemic would cost more than $2 billion across the region, causing once-booming economies to slow down or shrink.

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A woman believed to be in her 60s was found stranded on a roof top at Esigie Street between First and Second East Circular in Benin City, the Edo State capital, causing bewilderment in the area.

The woman whose name could not be obtained appeared exhausted leaving onlookers, who had gathered in clusters wondering how she got to roof top while others concluded that she was a witch.

The woman was said to be discovered at about 4am by some vigilante men who raised the alarm and woke up residents within the area. She was however brought down and taken to Esigie Police Station along with her personal belongings, giving the impression that she was returning from a

journey

He said residents came out in large numbers to ask her questions on how she got to the roof top of the building pointing out that upon inquiry the woman said she was passing by to a market in the area when she got stranded on a roof top.

Another resident in the area said:  “I was in my room early this morning when I heard the vigilante people interrogating her. I couldn’t come out because I thought it was a thief they caught.  Around 6am when I eventually came out, a large crowd had gathered catching a glimpse of the woman.”

Another eyewitness said, “When we got here we saw the woman on top of the aluminum zinc and we asked her how she got to the roof top  she said she was coming from her organization.  I believe the woman is a witch and God has exposed her.”

Attempts by LEADERSHIP to get comments from the woman at the Esigie Police Station where she was taken to were unsuccessful. While the Edo state Police Public Relation Officer, DSP Noble Uwoh could not be reached by the time of going to press.

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Aliko Dangote and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala have both been listed as among the most influential people in the world for 2014 by Time magazine.

“Africa’s richest man who does good in addition to doing well,” says Bill Gates in his description of Aliko Dangote – Africa’s richest man. He was put on the list, not just for his wealth but because of how he searches for “ways to bridge the gap between private business and public health.”

“This year, Nigeria is on pace for its lowest number of polio cases ever. Aliko is a big reason why,” says Bill Gates.

And Okonjo-Iweala is described by Bono as the “Guardian of Nigeria’s Public Funds.”

“She’s got one of the toughest jobs on the planet,” says Bono. “To ensure that the tens of billions of dollars earned each year in oil receipts go into productive usage, like agriculture, infrastructure, health and education. Ngozi has made corruption her enemy and stability her goal.”

Anglican Church in Sierra Leone provides land for Ebola fight

Photo Credit: www.efl-churches.org

The Anglican Church in Sierra Leone has provide a parcel of half an acre of land free of charge for the construction of a centre to help treat Ebola patients 

The Anglican Church provided the land for the construction of a temporary Holding Unit in the period of Ebola crisis, after which, from a Memorandum of Understanding signed, should be demolished and handed back to the church’s authority. 

Request for the land to facilitate the construction of the 21-bed Isolation Unit was made by a German health NGO; Cap Anamur / German Emergency Doctors and the Management of Ola Childrens Hospital During with concurrence of the Ministry of Health and Sanitation.

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