Chinese doctor admit selling babies

A Chinese doctor has admitted in court
that she persuaded parents to give up their newborn babies so that she could sell them to human traffickers.
The official Xinhua News Agency said obstetrician Zhang Shuxia stood trial on Monday in northern Shaanxi province's Fuping county in a case that exposed the operations of a baby trafficking ring
that operated across several provinces.
Xinhua says Zhang sold seven babies between late 2011 and July 2013 to human traffickers after getting their parents to give them up by telling
them the babies were incurably sick. One of the babies died.
Child trafficking is a serious problem in China, where traditional preference for male heirs and a strict one-child policy has driven a thriving market in baby boys.
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WELL KNOWN CAMERAMAN HIT BY TRAIN

A well-known television cameraman has died after being hit by a train while filming in Soweto, the SABC reported on Tuesday.
Dudley Saunders was a veteran SABC cameraman and also worked with the SABC's Special Assignment and M-Net's Carte Blanche programmes.
He was filming for the BBC at the time of his death.
According to the SABC, Saunders made headlines in 2011 after he was stoned by supporters of Julius
Malema during a protest outside the ANC's Luthuli House headquarters.
Saunders was the son of veteran newsman Cliff Saunders, who was a political correspondent at the SABC until the late 1980s
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Asuu-Nec holds meeting tonight


The National Executive Council of the Academic Staff Union of Universities is currently holding a secret meeting in Kano at an undisclosed location A source who spoke to our reporter on condition of anonymity said it is possible that the union of university lecturers will call off its over-four-month-old strike tomorrow
Daily Trust reports that the members of the National Executive Council of ASUU parked their cars in Bayero University, Kano’s oldsite and entered a PTF coaster bus to an undisclosed location where the NEC meeting is going on currently. Stay with Daily Trust for the outcome

Gunmen Kidnap Bayelsa PDP Treasurer's Wife,Son In Opume Community

 Gunmen today stormed the Opume Community in Ogbia local government area of Bayelsa State, abducting the wife and son of the state treasurer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Gbalipre Turner.
 Gbalipre Turner, is the younger brother of  a close associate of President Goodluck Jonathan and paramount ruler of Opume Kingdom, HRH King Amalate Turner.
 Command spokesman, Mr Alex Akhigbe(DSP) told LEADERSHIP NEWS MEN that  the gunmen invaded the community and shot into the air sporadically to scare away any resistance and abducted the wife and son from their family  house in Opume.
 "I received the information that the wife and son of the younger brother to King Turner was on Thursday evening kidnapped by yet-to-be identified kidnappers.
 "Right now, our men have been deployed to the creeks to hunt down the kidnappers.
 "Although the kidnappers have not made any contact with the family, we are waiting to establish contact so that we can follow up," Akhigbe said
 Meanwhile, at least three persons were killed with machete cuts on today in an inter communal land dispute between Akenfa and Agudama-Epie communities in Yenagoa , Bayelsa State.
The three persons killed were said to be on the disputed land when they were attacked.
 Already, one of the corpses has been recovered, while search was on for the other two as at press time.
 All the victims were said to be indigenes of Agudama-Epie, depicting fear of reprisals as residents are apprehensive.
 The situation triggered an open fight between youths of both communities as schools and businesses in the area were abruptly shut down.
 Security has also been beefed up at the Yenagoa Campus of the Nigerian Law School and the Headquarters of the Central Naval Command, all located at Agudama-Epie.
 LEADERSHIP confirms that the intervention of the State Security outfit, "Operation Doo Akpor," quelled the tensed situation.
 It was gathered that the lingering land dispute has generated frosty relations between Akenfa and Agudama-Epie communities.
 It was also learnt that no fewer than five youths who sustained machete injuries are currently receiving medical treatment in an undisclosed hospital in the state capital.
 A top security source in the state alleged that government had been complacent on the dispute between both communities ,as he appealed to the state government to take over the disputed land for peace reign in the area.
 When contacted, Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Alex Akhigbe confirmed that there were casualties, but could not give the exact figure.
Akhigbe said a team of policemen had been deployed to the scene of the fight and had been put under control.

osun monarch killed at ilashe ijesa

Some chiefs and residents of Ilashe Ijesa in Obokun Local Government Area of Osun State on Thursday narrated how the monach of the town, Oba Adesina Anibijuwon, was killed by suspected members of Odua People’s Congress, who allegedly strangled him and left his corpse inside his residence which they set ablaze.
According to report from punch,those who recovered his corpse from the building said the charred remains of Anibijuwon were taken to the mortuary at Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Teaching Hospital in Osogbo by Osun Ambulance Service at around 10.30pm on Wednesday.
Some residents  said the officials of the state fire service, who came to put out the inferno, ran out of water.
Some residents wondered why some chiefs in the town went into hiding when the hoodlums invaded the palace, urging the police to interrogate them to see if they were culpable.
The Commissioner for Information, Mr. Sunday Akere; his counterpart at the Ministry of Home, Culture and Tourism, Mr. Sikiru Ayedun; and the Special Adviser on Security, Mr. Amos Adekunle, who visited the  town expressed shock on seeing the extent of damage done to the residence of the traditional ruler.
Our correspondent, who also visited the town, observed that the upper floor of the two-storey building where the monarch resided was completely razed.
One of the chiefs, Adejumo Operinmade, told PUNCH Metro that he was informed that some persons, who claimed to be OPC members, came and demanded to see the monarch, but they were told that he was asleep.
He stated that the strange visitors came back and they pointed a gun to the head of the monarch’s housemaid. They allegedly went to late Anibijuwon’s room and strangled the octogenarian monarch who had been blind for over nine years.
Operinmade said, “We were told that some gunmen who claimed to be OPC members came and wanted to see Kabiyesi but they were told that he was sleeping.
“They came back and held the housemaid living with Kabiyesi hostage and went to where Kabiyesi was sleeping. But immediately they came out, fire started and Kabiyesi was burnt inside the house.  His corpse was taken to the mortuary at LAUTECH.”
The Sasore of Ilase, Chief Oluwagbemiga Oke, said to the punch corespondent that there was no land dispute or chieftaincy tussle in the town, wondering why the suspected arsonists killed the monarch.
Chief Jumoke Ogunkeyede, whose brother gave  the burnt residence to the monarch, also said he heard that the hoodlums, who perpetrated the act, had an accident at the outskirts of the town while escaping from the scene.
He said, “We heard that they came in a red Mazda 323 and their car veered off into the bush while they were speeding away. We called journalists  from Osun State Broadcasting Corporation at Ibokun, but when they got there  to take photographs of the car, they saw that it had been set ablaze.
“They also removed the number plate of the car. I believe that they set the car ablaze to hide their identities. But the police could still find a way of unraveling those behind the killing and arson.”...........whats all this na only God can save us

Dating Empress Njamah affected my life negatively -Timaya

Contorversial singer, Timaya has disclosed that his relationship with controversial actress, Empress Njamah had a negative effect on his life, Nigeriafilms reports.
empress and timaya
You will recall that in 2009, the lovers broke up in a very bitter way.
In a recnt interview with Punch, Timaya said “you should not date somebody who already has a negative record. In my own case, it affected me at that time. I feel that a relationship should be between two people and not exposed to the rest of the world. Only a smart man is able to keep his relationship private.

Baale’s son gets 17-year jail term

A Somolu Magistrate’s Court has sentenced a 22-year-old man, Taiwo Jinadu, to 17 years in prison.
PUNCH Metro learnt that Jinadu is the son of the Baale of a community in Bariga.
According to the police prosecutor, ASP Adegoke, the accused robbed one Mutairu Idris of a Nokia phone, valued at N13,000 on Olokodana Street on September 13, 2013, in the Bariga area of Lagos State.
Jinadu was also accused of stealing N110,000 and attempting to kill Idris during the operation.
Jinadu was further accused of discharging bullets and damaging the house of one Pa Mutairu Oluwole at 22, Ososa Street, vandalising property worth N55,000 during the robbery operation.
According to PUNCH news paper,
the accused was arrested at a joint in a raid by policemen attached to Bariga Division.
Our correspondent learnt that it was during investigation that the police discovered Jinadu’s true identity.
The accused was charged with seven counts of armed robbery, attempted murder and malicious damage.
The charges read in part, “That you, Taiwo Jinadu, and others at large on September 13, 2013, around 9pm, at a spot along Olokodana Street, in front of Standard Hotel, Bariga, Lagos, did steal one Nokia phone valued N13, 500, property of one Mutairu Idris (male), and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section285 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State of Nigeria 2011.
“That you, Taiwo Jinadu, in the aforementioned magisterial district did attempt to kill one Mutairu Idris, and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 228 of Criminal Law of Lagos State of Nigeria, 2011.
“That you on the same date, time and place did unlawfully threaten the lives of Idris Mutairu, Idris Kareem, Pa Kushimo Mutairu Oluwole and Serifat Lukman, the occupants of 22 Ososa Street, Bariga, by discharging loaded firearms and damaging their residential house and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 56(1) (a) (b) (2) of Criminal Law of Lagos State 2011.”
Jinadu pleaded guilty to the seven charges.
The magistrate, Mrs. B.O Osunsanmi, sentenced the accused to 17 years in Ikoyi Prison.

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