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A high-tension cable fell on a house and electrocuted a woman and her younger sister on Tuesday morning at Olumokun Street, in the Amukoko area of Lagos. PUNCH Metro learnt that the cable fell on the residence at about 3am, and subsequently sparked fire, which made many of its occupants to flee for safety. Our correspondent gathered that a woman, identified simply as Mama Ibrahim, with her 12-year-old younger sister, simply called Fatima, were however unlucky as they held on to an iron rod being used for canopy which had already gained current. It was further gathered that Fatima, who came from Niger State to Lagos on a visit, was the first to hold onto the iron pole and she was electrocuted. In a bid to rescue her sister, Mama Ibrahim was said to have attempted to pull the teenager off during which she was also electrocuted. On Tuesday morning when other residents got wind of the deaths, tears flowed freely from their faces as they thronged the residen...

ROSDEEP Adekoya, a mother charged for killing her three-year-old son, Mikaeel Kular, has been jailed for 11 years in United Kingdom. Adekoya, was sentenced on Monday by Edinburgh court, after she admitted last month that she repeatedly beat Kular before stuffing his lifeless body into a suitcase. Findings showed that “she lost her temper and killed the toddler after he was repeatedly sick following a family day out at a Nando’s restaurant in January.” After discovering Kular’s body, according to Press Association’s report on the floor of their Edinburgh home, “she wrapped it in a duvet cover, concealed it in the suitcase and drove 25 miles to Fife to hide it in woodland.” A major search was launched for the youngster after she called 999 and reported him missing in an effort to conceal the crime. She finally broke down and admitted to police: “It was an accident and I panicked.’’ Adekoya was charged with Mikaeel’s murder but pleaded guilty to the reduced ...

Facts emerged on Tuesday that electronic fraudsters had been duplicating Automated Teller Machine cards belonging to Nigerian bank customers and using them to buy items worth millions of dollars from shopping malls in the United States. Top officials of the Central Bank of Nigeria told our correspondent that the development had made Nigerian banks and their customers to be losing millions of naira to the e-fraud. The development, it was learnt, had become so overwhelming and that top executives of the banks and senior officials of the CBN had to meet with a team of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission operatives led by the director of operations in Abuja on Tuesday. According to sources close to the meeting, the banks are seeking the assistance of the anti-graft agency to help in arresting some of the fraudsters who are using the duplicated ATM cards in the US. From the outcome of the meeting, the EFCC is set to collaborate with a sister agency in the ...

Women’s bodies are always changing. Sometimes changes that seem normal can be signs of cancer, though. The key is to pay attention to your body so you can notice when something’s different. So, what should you watch for? Breast changes Most breast lumps are not cancer, but your doctor should always check them. Let her know about these changes, too. Watch out for nipples that turn inward, nipple discharge and redness or scaling of your nipple or breast skin. To look for the cause of your symptoms, your doctor will do a physical exam and ask you questions about your medical history. You may also have tests like a mammogram or a biopsy, when doctors remove a tiny piece of tissue for testing. Between-period bleeding If you are still getting periods, tell your doctor if you are spotting between them. Bleeding that’s not a part of your usual monthly cycle can have many causes, but your doctor will want to rule out endometrial cancer (cancer of the lining of your uter...

Recently  in effort to eliminate Ebola at the source, through use of innovative disinfection technology, two “germ-killing robots” were deployed from the US to the JFK Hospital and ELWA Hospital both in Monrovia, Republic of Liberia, both hotspots of the Ebola disease outbreak. The robots, technically known as TRU-D SmartUVC, were used to disinfect health care environments where Ebola patients are being treated. Good Health Weekly gathered that TRU-D is the only portable UV disinfection device on the market with Sensor360 technology, which calculates the time needed to react to room variables such as size, geometry, surface reflectivity and the amount and location of equipment in the room and effectively deliver a lethal dose of UV-C light during a single cycle from a single, central location in the room. Ultraviolet light “It works by generating ultraviolet light energy that modifies the DNA structure of viral pathogens, like Ebola, so that they cannot...

Sequel to scatting remarks against his person by General Ibrahim Babangida,  Asari Dokubo has described the former military President as a pathological liar. IBB who blasted Dokubo for always threatening war whenever any issue about the Niger Delta is brought up, described him as a noisemaker who should go back to the creeks and declare his war against the State. . But Dokubo who also tagged Babangida a coward, said the statements from Babangida were uncharitable and unwarranted. He pledged to carry out his threat if and when the opportune time for such an action arose. He said, “Look, a lot of people have dared me and they have seen that for every step they dared me, I go a step further. “There is time for everything. I am not going to follow his timetable. I have my own timetable. “I have my road map. So when it’s time for me to do what I have to do, he cannot shout and he cannot push.” He said IBB should be jailed for overthrowing a free and fair elect...

  THE Enugu State House of Assembly, on Tuesday, formally impeached the state’s deputy governor, Sunday Onyebuchi, over the alleged two-count charge of misconduct and disrespect to the constituted authority it brought against him. Onyebuchi’s impeachment came through when the House adopted the report of the impeachment panel set up by the Chief Judge of the state, Justice Innocent Umezurike, who found him guilty of the allegation of gross misconduct levelled against him. It was gathered that the Franklin Oraeke-led panel, last Wednesday, concluded its investigation and found the former deputy governor guilty of the three allegations levelled against him. He was alleged of rearing poultry in his official quarters, failed to represent the governor in Anambra State when President Jonathan came to launch the 2nd Niger Bridge as well as failed to represent Governor Chime at the South-East Governors’ Forum meeting held at Government House, Enugu, in June. While...

The Federal Government, yesterday, took far-reaching decisions to curtail the spread of the deadly Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, in the country as it postponed the resumption of all primary and secondary schools till October 13, even as government cleared the air on the health status of a sister to the late Dr. Stella Ameyo Adadevoh, confirming that she is Ebola-free. Announcing the shift in resumption date in Abuja, Minister of Education, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau, said the decision became necessary in view of the risk posed by the Ebola virus which could easily spread through schools. His words:  “All primary and secondary schools, both public and private are to remain closed until Monday October 13, 2014 which is the new school resumption date for all schools throughout the Federation”.  The schools were originally scheduled to re-open in the second week of September. Shekarau, who briefed the press at the end of a meeting with state commissioners of e...