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By   RUSS BYNUM   |   Associated Press   BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — A pair of teenagers was arrested Friday and accused of fatally shooting a 13-month-old baby in the face and wounding his mother during their morning stroll through a leafy, historic neighborhood. Sherry West  had just been to the post office a few blocks from her apartment Thursday morning and was pushing her son, Antonio, in his stroller while they walked past gnarled oak trees and blooming azaleas in the coastal city of Brunswick. West said a tall, skinny teenager, accompanied by a smaller boy, asked her for money. "He asked me for money and I said I didn't have it," she told The Associated Press Friday from her apartment, which was scattered with her son's toys and movies. "When you have a baby, you spend all your money on babies. They're expensive. And he kept asking and I just said 'I don't have it.' And he said, 'Do you want me to kill your baby?' And I said, ...

The picture shows a baby delivered by cesarean section at a facility at Genyi, Yandev near Gboko on Friday 21 September, 2012. Careful study of the picture shows a well-developed normal baby. The only problem is exenteration. The intestines are also well developed. There is evidence of trauma and subserosal bleeding in parts of the ileum. Despite the blood staining of the skin seen on the right side of the body, the general colour of the baby suggests it was born alive and breathed, as all the visible blood seems to be well oxygenated. The inevitable conclusion is that the ‘surgeon’ must have accidentally cut open the baby’s anterior abdominal wall during the stage of incising the uterus. Had this clumsy, careless, and extremely stupid accident happen in a proper environment for practicing medicine, the baby would have been immediately transferred to a qualified surgeon for proper care. This was not to be. The practitioner left this baby to die of these injuries rather th...

The picture shows a baby delivered by cesarean section at a facility at Genyi, Yandev near Gboko on Friday 21 September, 2012. Careful study of the picture shows a well-developed normal baby. The only problem is exenteration. The intestines are also well developed. There is evidence of trauma and subserosal bleeding in parts of the ileum. Despite the blood staining of the skin seen on the right side of the body, the general colour of the baby suggests it was born alive and breathed, as all the visible blood seems to be well oxygenated. The inevitable conclusion is that the ‘surgeon’ must have accidentally cut open the baby’s anterior abdominal wall during the stage of incising the uterus. Had this clumsy, careless, and extremely stupid accident happen in a proper environment for practicing medicine, the baby would have been immediately transferred to a qualified surgeon for proper care. This was not to be. The practitioner left this baby to die of these injuries rather than ex...

The picture shows a baby delivered by cesarean section at a facility at Genyi, Yandev near Gboko on Friday 21 September, 2012. Careful study of the picture shows a well-developed normal baby. The only problem is exenteration. The intestines are also well developed. There is evidence of trauma and subserosal bleeding in parts of the ileum. Despite the blood staining of the skin seen on the right side of the body, the general colour of the baby suggests it was born alive and breathed, as all the visible blood seems to be well oxygenated. The inevitable conclusion is that the ‘surgeon’ must have accidentally cut open the baby’s anterior abdominal wall during the stage of incising the uterus. Had this clumsy, careless, and extremely stupid accident happen in a proper environment for practicing medicine, the baby would have been immediately transferred to a qualified surgeon for proper care. This was not to be. The practitioner left this baby to die of these injuries rather tha...

BY ANAYO OKOLI UMUAHIA — THE Police in Rivers State, yesterday, said they had unravelled the celebrated gang-rape case which allegedly took place at the Abia State University, ABSU, Uturu. According to the police the incident actually took place in Obite town in Etche Council Area of Rivers State. The victim was also found to be married  while the suspects are her husband’s cousins. The investigation was prompted by a social media record of an incident where four men gang-raped a girl allegedly at ABSU. According to the Police, three of the suspects have been charged to Magistrate Court 9, Port Harcourt. The information was contained in the Nigeria Police newspaper, The Dawn, of March 11-24, 2013 edition. According to the report, detectives from the Rivers State Criminal Investigation Department, working on intelligence report on September 7, 2012, traced the husband of the victim code-named Mr. S from Obite t...

LAGOS—There were indications, yesterday, that the Boko Haram sect might have infiltrated Lagos State, following raid of a building in Ijora Badia area of Lagos, suspected to have been used as a hideout by the suspected terrorists. This came as the Islamist group holding the French family of seven in Nigeria has warned against any attempt to use force to free their hostages who were  kidnapped in northern Cameroon last month. Arrested in the Lagos building were two persons; a Chadian simply identified as Aminu and another man from the northern part of the country whose identity could not be ascertained. TERROR ABODE—Residents at the building used as hideout by the suspects at Ijora, Lagos. Recovered at the end of the raid carried out by a combined team of  Operation Messa, OP MESSA and personnel of the Department of State Security, DSS were AK 47 riffles and some explosives said to have been hidden  inside the c...

LAGOS—There were indications, yesterday, that the Boko Haram sect might have infiltrated Lagos State, following raid of a building in Ijora Badia area of Lagos, suspected to have been used as a hideout by the suspected terrorists. This came as the Islamist group holding the French family of seven in Nigeria has warned against any attempt to use force to free their hostages who were  kidnapped in northern Cameroon last month. Arrested in the Lagos building were two persons; a Chadian simply identified as Aminu and another man from the northern part of the country whose identity could not be ascertained. TERROR ABODE—Residents at the building used as hideout by the suspects at Ijora, Lagos. Recovered at the end of the raid carried out by a combined team of  Operation Messa, OP MESSA and personnel of the Department of State Security, DSS were AK 47 riffles and some explosives said to have been hidden  in...

JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin The Deputy Vice Chancellor of Benson Idahosa University, Benin City, Professor Ernest Izevbigie, has announced a major breakthrough in the management of cancer, diabetes and prostate enlargement, with the announcement of a new drug for the treatment of the ailments. He made the announcement at a press briefing organised by the University to announce the successful development of the medicines named Edotide. Izevbigie said the medicines, which are nature-based, have little or no toxicity, as is usually found in such drugs. Prof. Izevbigie stated that the medicines which were made from the bitter-leaf (vernonia amygdalina), have been certified by the National Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), and have been internationally accepted, as the National Academy of Inventors (NIA), based in United States of America, has endorsed it. “We started out in 2000 making initial observation. In 2001, we applied for provisional patent, and after one year we were ass...

By Our Reporters LAGOS—PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan’s insistence on removing fuel subsidy, a matter that drove the polity to the edge of the precipice in January 2012, is eliciting mixed reactions from all sections of the polity with Organised Labour and some leaders warning him not to dare Nigerians as doing so would be playing with fire.. Speaking at the 2013 Nigeria Summit on Tuesday in Lagos, President Jonathan unveiled a platform of economic development for the country, which he predicated on full removal of fuel subsidy. Reactions to the president’s statement, yesterday, were varied. While some completely opposed it and warned that Jonathan was playing with fire, others backed removal of  fuel subsidy. And yet another group premised their support on conditions that must be met by the government. There is nothing like fuel subsidy –  David-West Former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Prof. Tam David-West advised President Jonathan not to rupture the peace of the country by...

BY GBENGA OKE …North is in the middle of a civil war… PROFESSOR Ben Nwabueze (SAN), the chairman of The Patriots, a group of eminent Nigerian citizens is disturbed that the transformation agenda is on the wrong step and might not yield the desired result. In this interview with VANGUARD, he proffers suggestions on how to re-track the agenda. He opposes calls for amnesty for Boko Haram sect and doubts the ability of the congregating opposition parties to dislodge the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in 2015. Excerpts: His assessment of President Goodluck Jonathan’s transformation agenda The transformation agenda of the President Goodluck Jonathan administration is inadequate because of its limited objectives. To begin with, it focuses only on the economy. Even as limited to the economy, it does not aim at a radical change in the nature or character of the economy. Its aim as stated in its enabling document is to engender economic growth and development in a way to achieve improvem...

Planned Removal of Fuel Subsidy: Don’t play with fire, Labour, others tell FG on   MARCH 21, 2013  ·  in   HEADLINES 12:50 am   0       By Our Reporters LAGOS—PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan’s insistence on removing fuel subsidy, a matter that drove the polity to the edge of the precipice in January 2012, is eliciting mixed reactions from all sections of the polity with Organised Labour and some leaders warning him not to dare Nigerians as doing so would be playing with fire.. Speaking at the 2013 Nigeria Summit on Tuesday in Lagos, President Jonathan unveiled a platform of economic development for the country, which he predicated on full removal of fuel subsidy. Reactions to the president’s statement, yesterday, were varied. While some completely opposed it and warned that Jonathan was playing with fire, others backed removal of  fuel subsidy. And yet another group premised their support on conditions that must be met by the government. There is...