Singer Majek Fashek at an Abuja Rehab Center

Majek Fashek pictured at an Abuja based rehabilitation center where he is receiving treatment for his drug/alcohol addiction. More photos after the cut...

A 15-year-old boy loses eye after been flogged by step mother

                                     

A 15-year-old boy, identified only as Bolu, lost an eye after his step mother, Esther Modupe, allegedly flogged him in the Onipanu area of Lagos. It was learnt that Bolu, who was looking forward to writing the post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination of a university in Lagos State, is blind in his left eye.

It was gathered that Bolu’s mother separated from her husband, Lekan Williams, about 10 years ago, and her two children were brought up by the husband alone until 3 years ago when Lekan married a second wife- Esther.

A Police Corporal dismissed from the Force for killing 2 women at funeral

                           

Carelessness Firearms in the hands of untrained men who should the masses be afraid of Exactly: A Police Corporal, Ali Christopher, who accidentally fired and killed 2 nursing mothers on 27 June, 2015, at a funeral in Fugar town, in Edo State, has been dismissed from the Force. A Orderly Room Trial set up by the State Command of Nigerian Police Force which found him guilty, recommended his dismissal and trial for murder. Corporal Ali Christopher with Force No. 444040 was until his dismissal, attached to the Auchi Area Commander’s office. Edo State Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Stephen Onwochei, confirmed the dismissal of the erring officer to journalists in Benin, adding that the case “has been thoroughly dealt with. Two police officers were arrested. At the end of investigations, one officer was found to be culpable.

Sick baby stabbed in the head by another patient in hospital

                              

People are so evil...A baby less than two weeks old who is battling pneumonia has been stabbed in the head with a 12inch knife by another hospital patient. The 11-day-old tot is fighting for his life after the shocking attack that left the blade stuck 11cm into his brain as he slept in a hospital ward with his mother close-by.

Frantic doctors in Vietnam performed a life-saving operation to remove the massive knife from his head.The horrific attack on the child, who has not yet been named, just missed his eye. 

Mum, Vo Thi Hong Duyen, 32, described the moment she allegedly saw 51-year-old Nguyen Thi Van, who was sharing a room with the pair, attack her baby.

She claims she was woken at 3.40am by a noise in the room and saw a shadowy figure approach her bed, where she lay with her son...

She said:

 "She jumped at me and we struggled and I heard a scream."I saw my baby crying and looked to see the knife in his face full of blood."When I started to cry, she ran away."

Mum Duyen said she saw Thi Van stab her baby with a 30cm knife in the head before she was grabbed by hospital staff.

Doctors performed a three-hour operation to save his life.

Dr Dao Trung Hieu, deputy director of the hospital, said:

 "Because of the dangerous location of the blade in the brain of the child, the new-born baby might have become paralysed, suffered respiratory failure, and even died when the knife was removed.The baby was stabbed in the left eye socket, through the right brain but the baby's eyeball has been left unscathed. 

"However, the most worrying problem postoperative period is the risk of bleeding and an infection recurrence in the brain.The baby boy was born on July 28 and was attacked 11 days later."

UK Mirror

TOP Radio OAP...Tosyn Bucknor and boyfriend Aurélien Boyer are engaged

Congrats to them.....Tosyn Bucknor and her French boyfriend Aurélien Boyer are engaged. The couple have been dating for years now.

Actress Stephanie Okereke Linus Speaks..on why she waited 3 years to get pregnant

The actress who got married to Linus Idahosa in 2012 got pregnant in 2015.In an interview with Genevieve magazine, she explained the reason for the wait...

“Waiting this long to have a baby is a personal choice and God ultimately decides. You have to be ready mentally and physically. I had a lot of films I was shooting and I was travelling a lot too. My movie is out now and I cannot even promote it across Africa like I wanted to do because I am stuck in one place.  

Accident at Lekki 2nd Toll Gate this Morning

Thankfully no life was lost but a police officer (seen on the ground) was badly injured though. This commercial bus was involved in an accident at Lekki 2nd toll gate, More photos after the cut..