Nurse Killed Baby By Botching Circumcision

A nurse has been found guilty of manslaughter after causing a baby’s death by botching his circumcision.

Grace Adeleye, 67, carried out the procedure on four-week-old Goodluck Caubergs at an address in Chadderton, Oldham, in April 2010. The boy bled to death before he could reach hospital the following day. Adeleye was found guilty of manslaughter by gross negligence at Manchester Crown Court.
The nurse, who denied the charge, had told the jury she had done “more than 1,000″ circumcision operations without incident. The court heard that Adeleye and Goodluck’s parents were from Nigeria, where the circumcision of newborns is the tradition for Christian families. Adeleye, of Sarnia Court, Salford, was paid £100 to do the operation.
The jury was told that she carried out the procedure using a pair of scissors, forceps and olive oil and without anaesthetic. She had claimed there had been “no problem” when she left the infant and that his parents had been pleased with the operation.
However, the court heard that when Goodluck’s parents had changed his nappy several hours later, they had found a large amount of blood and phoned Adeleye, who had told them to redress the wound. Goodluck’s parents called an ambulance the following morning and he was taken to the Royal Oldham Hospital, where he died a short time later.
A spokesman for NHS Oldham said had the family gone to the hospital and asked for a circumcision, “they would have been advised to go to an approved practitioner who would have charged £100, the same as Grace Adeleye”. Following the guilty verdict, Adeleye was bailed while pre-sentencing reports are prepared.
The Crown Prosecution Service’s Jane Wragg said the case “was not about the rights or wrongs of circumcision, but the grossly negligent way in which the procedure was undertaken”.”Goodluck Caubergs was a healthy little boy whose tragic death was wholly unnecessary,” she said.
“Goodluck died because the standard of care taken by Grace Adeleye in carrying out the circumcision fell far below the standard that should be applied.
“She also failed to inform his parents of the risks and possible complications, which ultimately led to his tragic death.”
InformationNigeria.com

Davido is the Most Trending Nigerian Musician for 2012 – Google

As the year 2012 comes to an end, the geeks at Google have announced the top searches and top trends for 2012 and Davido is on top of the list. Broken down country by country Nigeria is not left out as the Top Nollywood actors and artistes are identified.

It really comes as no surprise that Davido has been ranked the number one Nigerian artiste to have trended the most on the internet. To be fair, Davido had one hell of a year both good and bad. M.I is second on the list, followed by D’Banj, P-Square and Timaya. Wizkid surprisingly didn’t make the list.

To see the entire list of everything that trended in Nigerian and most search items click HERE

 Naijaurban.com

800,000 Graduates Fight for 1,500 Jobs in INEC as PhD Holders Jostle for Graduate Slots

No matter how our corrupt leaders at all levels in Nigeria try to pretend, the issue of unemployment and under-employment is a major problem, a big time bomb, waiting to exploded.

As you read this, about 800,000 graduates have submitted applications to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) seeking to be employed to fill only 1,500 available job slots in the commission.

INEC placed vacancy advertisements in newspapers on November 19, inviting applications for the positions of legal officers, system analysts, architects, engineers, estate officers and registration area officers on grade levels 07, 08 and 09.

The commission got more than they bargained for:
Only applicants with first degrees, Higher National Diplomas and National Certificate of Education (NCE) were invited to submit applications. However, several PhD and Master’s Degree holders also desperately need the available ‘mid-level’ jobs.
“In the first week alone, we had about 300,000 applications. We were alarmed. In fact there are PhD holders among the applicants; some of them have two master’s degrees. That is a reflection of the job situation in the country,” an official of INEC cried out.
Unfortunately for this our country men and woman, only 1,500 persons will be given jobs. Consequently, the remaining 798,500 will continue to swim in the unemployment market.
Hmmm….hope we won’t have armed robbers with PhD and Masters degrees in Nigeria very soon!
Naijaurban.com

Fake Soldier Arraigned For Assaulting LASTMA Officers

A fake soldier, Kingsley Ighalo , 37, has been arraigned on a five-count charge at the Special Offences Magistrate Court in Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria for assaulting an officer of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA.

He was arraigned before Magistrate Yetunde Pinhero for assaulting Ayinla Adeola and Adeshina Akinwunmi, officials of LASTMA at Bolade area of the state on Wednesday.
Ighalo who was driving a commercial Vanagon bus with registration number XV 793 SMK allegedly obstructed free flow of traffic by picking and dropping passengers at will on the road along the Abeokuta Expressway and was intercepted by two LASTMA officers at Bolade area of Oshodi.
As at the time of committing the offence, the suspect was allegedly wearing an army camouflage shirt.
The driver was asked to drive his bus to the LASTMA Headquarters, Oshodi with officials escorting him. In order to evade arrest, the offender was alleged to have driven recklessly and dangerously towards the direction of the Nigerian Army Arena Shopping Complex gate and introduced himself as an officer of the Nigerian Army and requested for help.
The Edo-born driver acted in concert with military officers attached to the gate of the shopping complex to assault and inflict serious head injuries on the officers who were later released through the intervention of the senior military officers who also detected and confirmed that the driver was an impostor when he could not answer some questions related to military code of conduct. He was immediately handed over to the LASTMA police for further investigation.
The accused pleaded not guilty to all the charges and the presiding magistrate granted him bail in the sum of N200,000 with two sureties and also directed that the sureties must show evidence of tax payment to the Lagos State government. The sureties must also not be below 40 years of age, residents of the state and must be gainfully employed with proof of valid identity card.
The General Manager, LASTMA, Engr. Babatunde Edu, condemned the barbaric act demonstrated by the army officers and called for a harmonious working relationship between the agency and other security formations.
He urged the uniform personnel to at all times obey traffic laws and stop using face caps, belt, stickers and other military paraphernalia to harass or intimidate traffic managers who are all out to ensure free flow of traffic on the roads.
Naijaurban.com

John Mikel Obi Makes Peace With Referee Mark Clattenburg

The official was cleared of allegations he used inappropriate language towards the Nigeria international during, Mikel Obi the Premier League clash with Manchester United back in October.

Mikel Obi was subsequently handed a three-match ban by the Football Association for confronting Clattenburg after the game and now insists the matter needs to be consigned to the past.
Speaking from Japan where Chelsea are involved in the Club World Cup, Mikel Obi said: “Everything is put to bed, we move on. If he refereed a game there would certainly be no problem.
“Now it is done, I am glad it is over. I am sure he is glad it is over as well, and the FA. We can move on from here.” Mikel Obi
But Mikel does believe that the issue of racism in English football still needs to be addressed and feels that all parties should unite in an effort to eradicate the problem.
Mikel Obi added: “It has been there for years. Hopefully everyone will work together – the players and the FA – to make sure we try to stop things like that.”
 Naijaurban.com

Armed bandits attack bus park in Enugu

Passengers, staff and residents of Nsukka, eastern Nigeria, were gripped with fear when armed robbers on Thursday, invaded Peace Mass Transit Park in Nsukka in Enugu State, carting away an undisclosed amount of money.
A staff of the company, who pleaded anonymity, said that the seven-man robbery gang, wearing mobile police uniform, stormed the ticketing office at about 3.28 p.m.
He said that the robbers, who brandished AK 47 rifles, ordered the workers to lie flat on the ground.
“They came with a school bus, belonging to Imilke-Agu Secondary School.
“Three of them entered the ticketing room, searched the lockers where we keep money and removed the money they found there while the others mounted sentry outside.
“The robbers, who wore mobile police uniform, shot in the air several times to scare people,” the staff told NAN.
A Nsukka Office Manger of the company, a retired police officer, who refused to disclose his full names, but identified himself simply as Mr Ogaranya, said he sensed danger when he heard harsh voices asking of the manager’s office.
“They ordered me to lie down and asked me to tell them where money is kept. All of them wore mobile police uniform and were armed with AK47 rifles.
“I do not know how much they collected; all I know is that they collected all the money in my locker.
“I thank God we have moved the money we collected in the morning to the bank,’’ Ogaranya said.
NAN reports that traders and artisans who ply their trade at the park, immediately closed shop for the day after the incident.
When contacted, the Enugu State Police Command Public Relations Officer, Mr Ebere Amarizu, who confirmed the incident, said that police had started trailing the robbers.
“I have been informed of the robbery incident in PMT Nsukka Office today, the Police have started trailing the robbers,” he said.
 DailyPost

Former Anglican Archbishop Adetiloye dies at 82

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A former Archbishop/Metropolitan of The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), Dr. Joseph Abiodun Adetiloye, has died aged 82.
PUNCH learnt that Adetiloye died in the early hours of Friday.
The Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi visited Adetiloye’s family home in Odo Owa, Ekiti State, to commiserate with the family, according to a news website, Eagle Online.
A profile of Rev. Adetiloye on the website of the Anglican Communion reads: Abiodun Adetiloye is an enigma of some sort; a multi-dimensional personality a man of fame and great worth.
Born in the town of Odo-Owa in the Ijero area of Ekitiland, Nigeria on Christmas Day, 25th December 1929, his father died when he was only three years old and the hope of seeing him through life was badly shaken and threatened.
But in what looked like a providential twist of fate he towered well above his peers and contemporaries and became a reference point for God-guided success and fulfillment. He had been acknowledged as being a rare beneficiary of God’s unique blessings, picking his life’s roses sometimes as if without effort yet with greater success stories to tell always.
After the basic primary and secondary education in Ekiti, Joseph Adetiloye was admitted to Melville Hall; and on completion of the programme, he was made a Deacon and priested the same year. A graduate of King’s College, University of London in the U.K. Adetiloye began his career, teaching in schools and colleges but nursing an inner keenness for pastoral work.
He was at one time Vice Principal of the Immanuel College of Theology in Ibadan and it was from there, he got appointed as Provost of the St. James’ the Great Cathedral, Oke-Bola Ibadan; under the Episcopal leadership of the Rt. Rev. S. O. Odutola.
He was consecrated Bishop and enthroned on the See of Ekiti in 1970 in succession to the late Bishop H. A. Osanyin. After a very busy but eventful tenure in Ekiti he was translated to the See of Lagos in 1985 as Bishop of Lagos; and he was elected and later presented as the Primate of all Nigeria and Archbishop, Metropolitan Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion.
Reviewing the achievements of a man described as “a beacon of hope for Nigeria, “a master of God’s word”, “an Evangelist simpliciter”, “Apostle of Evangelism” and “silent reformer”.
The starting point was with the introduction of new dimensions in evangelism and launching of a decade of evangelism, design of a new curriculum for the training of the Clergy, admission of non-stipendiary professionals into the ministry, establishment of the Lagos Anglican Diocesan Seminary, the founding on St. Bartholomew’s day 24th August 1978 of a Lagos Anglican Bible College (LABICO) (as a means of combating Biblical illiteracy.) There were also the Innovative introductions of Directorates to focus mainly on the salient issues of Evangelism, Sunday School, Prison Chaplaincy, Hospital visits and Health issues, the Youths and the Elderly.
 DailyPost