Adamawa doctor accused of harvesting patient’s kidney
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Adamawa State Government has constituted a six-man investigative panel to probe the alleged illegal removal of a patient’s kidney by a physician in a private clinic in Yola, the state capital.
Malam Abubakar Muhammad, the Information Officer, Ministry of Health, who confirmed this to newsmen yesterday in Yola, said that one Dr. Hassan Yakubu of Jimeta Clinic was alleged to have conducted a surgery on the affected patient.
Muhammad said the Commissioner for Health, Dr Fatima Atiku, on receipt of the complaint from the Federal Medical Centre, Gombe, where the patient was referred to, acted without delay.
The patient, Malam Isah Hamma, who is now in critical condition at the Federal Medical Centre, Gombe, had alleged that his only kidney was removed at the Jimeta Clinic by Yakubu, who operated on him.
Hamma, who spoke through his uncle, Malam Umaru Hammaseyo, said he underwent surgical opera-tion on July 8, at the hospital for abdominal pain where he was charged N50,000.
He said that after the operation, his condition continued to worsen leading to his referral to the Federal Medical Centre in Gombe, where it was discovered that his kidney had been removed.
Hamma called for justice and support from relevant authorities and the public to save him from the critical condition he found himself, where he required N48,000 weekly for dialysis.
The management of Jimeta Clinic was yet to react to the development, just as the nurses on duty said they were not competent to comment on the matter
Malam Abubakar Muhammad, the Information Officer, Ministry of Health, who confirmed this to newsmen yesterday in Yola, said that one Dr. Hassan Yakubu of Jimeta Clinic was alleged to have conducted a surgery on the affected patient.
Muhammad said the Commissioner for Health, Dr Fatima Atiku, on receipt of the complaint from the Federal Medical Centre, Gombe, where the patient was referred to, acted without delay.
The patient, Malam Isah Hamma, who is now in critical condition at the Federal Medical Centre, Gombe, had alleged that his only kidney was removed at the Jimeta Clinic by Yakubu, who operated on him.
Hamma, who spoke through his uncle, Malam Umaru Hammaseyo, said he underwent surgical opera-tion on July 8, at the hospital for abdominal pain where he was charged N50,000.
He said that after the operation, his condition continued to worsen leading to his referral to the Federal Medical Centre in Gombe, where it was discovered that his kidney had been removed.
Hamma called for justice and support from relevant authorities and the public to save him from the critical condition he found himself, where he required N48,000 weekly for dialysis.
The management of Jimeta Clinic was yet to react to the development, just as the nurses on duty said they were not competent to comment on the matter
21:51
Ohakim withdraws from partisan politics
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The immediate past Governor of Imo State, Chief Ikedi Ohakim, yesterday announced “temporary withdrawal from active partisan politics”.
Ikedi Ohakim
Ohakim, who announced his current decision to scores of his supporters at his Okohia, Isiala Mbano local government area country home, however said: “ While we retreat to reformat, I shall devote my time to mentoring and working with the youths of my home state, Imo and indeed, Nigeria “.
While emphasizing that there was nothing behind the decision other than the need to have time to pursue other matters of terrestrial interest, outside partisan politics.
“Of course, I am not the only Nigerian, both within and outside the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and indeed among members of the political class, to so desire but even more enthusiastic about our collective democratic future was the ordinary Nigerian who, though desired a change from the status quo ante, still believed that for the needed balance, the PDP should remain strong,“ Ohakim said.
While lamenting that the party failed to key into this general optimism, “its key gladiators became overwhelmed by the burden of the defeat and failed to appreciate the goodwill it still had among Nigerians, despite the challenges of its 16-year long rule”.
“The final result was the split into two factions which have remained irreconcilable despite wise counsel from well-meaning quarters within and outside the party and indeed, despite pronouncements of the law”, Ohakim said.
Expressing regret that the party leaders have been taking deliberate steps to destabilize it, party faithful have also watched helplessly as the leaders undermine each other in pursuit of self-serving interests.
“Outside the PDP, the general political environment has not helped matters. Contrary to expectations of Nigerians that the political class has learnt the relevant lessons from the outcome of the 2015 general election, which is that the people’s preference must count, the latter has returned to the old antics of election rigging and violence”, Ohakim said.
Ikedi Ohakim
Ohakim, who announced his current decision to scores of his supporters at his Okohia, Isiala Mbano local government area country home, however said: “ While we retreat to reformat, I shall devote my time to mentoring and working with the youths of my home state, Imo and indeed, Nigeria “.
While emphasizing that there was nothing behind the decision other than the need to have time to pursue other matters of terrestrial interest, outside partisan politics.
“Of course, I am not the only Nigerian, both within and outside the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and indeed among members of the political class, to so desire but even more enthusiastic about our collective democratic future was the ordinary Nigerian who, though desired a change from the status quo ante, still believed that for the needed balance, the PDP should remain strong,“ Ohakim said.
While lamenting that the party failed to key into this general optimism, “its key gladiators became overwhelmed by the burden of the defeat and failed to appreciate the goodwill it still had among Nigerians, despite the challenges of its 16-year long rule”.
“The final result was the split into two factions which have remained irreconcilable despite wise counsel from well-meaning quarters within and outside the party and indeed, despite pronouncements of the law”, Ohakim said.
Expressing regret that the party leaders have been taking deliberate steps to destabilize it, party faithful have also watched helplessly as the leaders undermine each other in pursuit of self-serving interests.
“Outside the PDP, the general political environment has not helped matters. Contrary to expectations of Nigerians that the political class has learnt the relevant lessons from the outcome of the 2015 general election, which is that the people’s preference must count, the latter has returned to the old antics of election rigging and violence”, Ohakim said.
21:49
Police arrest woman for ‘breaking’ five-yr-old stepson’s legs, arms’
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Men of Ogun State Police Command have arrested a housewife, Fatimoh Olanrewaju, for allegedly breaking the arms and legs of her five -year -old stepson.
The woman, who lives at Onihale village, along old Abeokuta-Lagos expressway, was said to be fond of maltreating the boy.
Sunday Vanguard gathered that the boy, Iyanu Olanrewaju, has been taken to the Federal Medical Centre, Idi-Aba, Abeokuta for treatment.
The suspect, it was learnt, is in custody of the Anti-Human Trafficking Department of the state Police Command.
Further findings revealed that the mother of the victim had divorced the father , Idowu Olanrewaju, about two years ago,but, the child was living with his father and stepmother.
When our correspondent visited the village, the residents said the stepmother was fond of maltreating the child ,and had ignored efforts to stop her from doing so.
It was learnt that the last straw that broke the camel’s back was the recent attack on the child, which resulted in the fracture of the arms and legs, prompting neighbours to invite the police.
An eyewitness told our correspondent that the boy was initially taken to General Hospital, Ifo, but the management had to roofer him to the Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta as a result of the high degree of injuries
The woman, who lives at Onihale village, along old Abeokuta-Lagos expressway, was said to be fond of maltreating the boy.
Sunday Vanguard gathered that the boy, Iyanu Olanrewaju, has been taken to the Federal Medical Centre, Idi-Aba, Abeokuta for treatment.
The suspect, it was learnt, is in custody of the Anti-Human Trafficking Department of the state Police Command.
Further findings revealed that the mother of the victim had divorced the father , Idowu Olanrewaju, about two years ago,but, the child was living with his father and stepmother.
When our correspondent visited the village, the residents said the stepmother was fond of maltreating the child ,and had ignored efforts to stop her from doing so.
It was learnt that the last straw that broke the camel’s back was the recent attack on the child, which resulted in the fracture of the arms and legs, prompting neighbours to invite the police.
An eyewitness told our correspondent that the boy was initially taken to General Hospital, Ifo, but the management had to roofer him to the Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta as a result of the high degree of injuries
19:00
Ijaw leaders promise to resolve militancy crisis in 30 days
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PRESIDENT Ijaw National Congress, INC , Chief Charles Harry has assured that it could resolve the challenges of militancy in the Niger delta region within 30 days if the Federal Government ceases hostilities in the region.
Speaking yesterday at the secretariat of the apex Ijaw body in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, the newly sworn in national president, Chief Harry warned against use of military force in the region, saying the area had lost enough youths.
“We ask for peace to return to the region;shooting and bombings can be resolved in 30 days,“ he said.
He said the Federal Government also had a role to play for enduring peace to reign in the region, stressing that it should take steps to redress challenges of underdevelopment in the area.
Speaking yesterday at the secretariat of the apex Ijaw body in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, the newly sworn in national president, Chief Harry warned against use of military force in the region, saying the area had lost enough youths.
“We ask for peace to return to the region;shooting and bombings can be resolved in 30 days,“ he said.
He said the Federal Government also had a role to play for enduring peace to reign in the region, stressing that it should take steps to redress challenges of underdevelopment in the area.
05:44
Aregbesola leads governors’ forum delegation to China
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Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola has led a delegation of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), to a historical tour at the China Railway Construction Corporation.
The tour according to NGF is strategically designed to facilitate for talks with several investors which includes China Gezhouba Group Corporation, CGGC; Shandong Gold Group, SGG, the largest Gold company in China; China Railway Construction Corporation, CRCC, which is the mother company of China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation, CCECC in Nigeria
The Nigerian Governors’ Forum delegation includes six (6) governors, each representing one of the six geopolitical zone in the country Osun, Delta, Anambra, Plateau, Jigawa, and Adamawa represented by its commissioner of Agriculture. See photos
NGF delegation in a meeting with China officials Railway Construction Corporation
NGF delegation at the China tour
Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola and other delegation of the NGF
NGF delegation holding a strategic meeting at the China Gezhouba Group Corporation.
Rauf Aregbesola and other members of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF, holding a strategic meeting at the China Gezhouba Group Corporation.
Gov Aregbesola at the China Gezhouba Group Corporation
The tour according to NGF is strategically designed to facilitate for talks with several investors which includes China Gezhouba Group Corporation, CGGC; Shandong Gold Group, SGG, the largest Gold company in China; China Railway Construction Corporation, CRCC, which is the mother company of China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation, CCECC in Nigeria
The Nigerian Governors’ Forum delegation includes six (6) governors, each representing one of the six geopolitical zone in the country Osun, Delta, Anambra, Plateau, Jigawa, and Adamawa represented by its commissioner of Agriculture. See photos
NGF delegation in a meeting with China officials Railway Construction Corporation
NGF delegation at the China tour
Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola and other delegation of the NGF
NGF delegation holding a strategic meeting at the China Gezhouba Group Corporation.
Rauf Aregbesola and other members of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF, holding a strategic meeting at the China Gezhouba Group Corporation.
Gov Aregbesola at the China Gezhouba Group Corporation
05:42
Past govt failed to save for rainy day- Lai Mohammed
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Meanwhile, as more Nigerians complained of hardship, the Federal Government has continued to blame past administrations for the current economic crisis that has left many families struggling to feed and to survive.
Lai Mohammed
The Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who spoke at the just concluded 2016 edition of the All Nigeria Editors Conference in Port Harcourt said that Nigerians are suffering today because past governments did not properly manage the country’s oil wealth.
According to him, “Nigeria’s economy is hard hit by the fall in the price of crude oil because the country failed to save for the rainy day while the previous governments also failed to invest in infrastructure. Nigerians should know that people are suffering today because previous administrations did not save.
“Nigeria has nothing to rely on to cushion the effects of the lost earnings. Many other oil producing countries and fellow OPEC members are faring better, because they saved for the rainy day. Saudi Arabia, with about one fifth of Nigeria’s population, has in foreign reserves about 600 billion dollars (which is 23 times what Nigeria has in foreign reserves).
“United Arab Emirates, with less than 10 million people, has 75 billion dollars in foreign reserves. Qatar, with 2.4 million people, has 36 billion dollars in foreign reserves. Even Angola, with just 24 million people, has about 25 billion dollars in foreign reserves.
“We are not saying we should continue to lament about missed opportunities, the massive corruption or profligacy of the past, but it is important for Nigerians to know where and when the rain started beating them; that no provision was made for any umbrella to shield them from the elements, and that indeed genuine efforts are now being made to turn things around.
We must give hope to our people, while also giving encouragement to those who are working non-stop to revamp our economy,” he said.
Lai Mohammed
The Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who spoke at the just concluded 2016 edition of the All Nigeria Editors Conference in Port Harcourt said that Nigerians are suffering today because past governments did not properly manage the country’s oil wealth.
According to him, “Nigeria’s economy is hard hit by the fall in the price of crude oil because the country failed to save for the rainy day while the previous governments also failed to invest in infrastructure. Nigerians should know that people are suffering today because previous administrations did not save.
“Nigeria has nothing to rely on to cushion the effects of the lost earnings. Many other oil producing countries and fellow OPEC members are faring better, because they saved for the rainy day. Saudi Arabia, with about one fifth of Nigeria’s population, has in foreign reserves about 600 billion dollars (which is 23 times what Nigeria has in foreign reserves).
“United Arab Emirates, with less than 10 million people, has 75 billion dollars in foreign reserves. Qatar, with 2.4 million people, has 36 billion dollars in foreign reserves. Even Angola, with just 24 million people, has about 25 billion dollars in foreign reserves.
“We are not saying we should continue to lament about missed opportunities, the massive corruption or profligacy of the past, but it is important for Nigerians to know where and when the rain started beating them; that no provision was made for any umbrella to shield them from the elements, and that indeed genuine efforts are now being made to turn things around.
We must give hope to our people, while also giving encouragement to those who are working non-stop to revamp our economy,” he said.
05:40
Police confirm killing of 3 persons in Akokwa Imo State
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DSP Andrew Enwerem, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) who confirmed the incident in a chat with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Owerri, said some others sustained injuries.
He explained that an unidentified man, said to be from the northern part of Nigeria, had run amok and killed a girl and a woman and thereafter killed himself.
He said some aggrieved youths immediately went for reprisal attacks. This he said led to some other persons sustaining various degrees of injuries.
According to Enwerem, the report came to the Imo police headquarters not long after the incident occurred and the commissioner of police deployed anti-riot policemen who stopped the incident from spreading further.
“Report to police showed that a yet to be identified northerner ran amok at Akokwa community and used weapons to attack and kill a girl and a woman and thereafter killed himself’’, he said.
Enwerem said the problem has been brought under control, adding that normalcy has returned to the area.
A witness had told NAN that the girl killed was hawking snacks when the northerner suddenly chased her till she ran to an elderly woman for protection.
The witness added that the man attacked both the girl and the woman with shovel resulting to their immediate death.
He said that the killing sparked off reprisal attack by the youths and the killing of the attacker, while some others sustained various degrees of injuries.
NAN learnt that Police and other security agencies deployed to the community are still there as at press time to prevent the clash from spreading
He explained that an unidentified man, said to be from the northern part of Nigeria, had run amok and killed a girl and a woman and thereafter killed himself.
He said some aggrieved youths immediately went for reprisal attacks. This he said led to some other persons sustaining various degrees of injuries.
According to Enwerem, the report came to the Imo police headquarters not long after the incident occurred and the commissioner of police deployed anti-riot policemen who stopped the incident from spreading further.
“Report to police showed that a yet to be identified northerner ran amok at Akokwa community and used weapons to attack and kill a girl and a woman and thereafter killed himself’’, he said.
Enwerem said the problem has been brought under control, adding that normalcy has returned to the area.
A witness had told NAN that the girl killed was hawking snacks when the northerner suddenly chased her till she ran to an elderly woman for protection.
The witness added that the man attacked both the girl and the woman with shovel resulting to their immediate death.
He said that the killing sparked off reprisal attack by the youths and the killing of the attacker, while some others sustained various degrees of injuries.
NAN learnt that Police and other security agencies deployed to the community are still there as at press time to prevent the clash from spreading
05:38
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