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World Polio Day: Rotary Club Sensitises Bauchi Residents On Routine Immunisation

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2 years ago

October 25, 2022

The Rotary Club International, Bauchi Central, has embarked on massive sensitisation of Bauchi residents on polio routine immunisation to mark the 2022 World Polio Day.

Speaking during the sensitisation in Bauchi on Monday, Mr Chukwunonso Nwobi, said the sensitisation was to also make the people of the state embrace the vaccination against the dreaded disease.

“The fight against polio is a continuous one. We have been certified polio free but we need to care for polio survivors and we also need to create awareness that people should accept the polio vaccine.

“There are some norms and customs that kick against the vaccines but we are coming out to create awareness that these vaccines are safe.

The condition we are seeing the polio survivors today is something that we can prevent. It’s something that we can avert,” he said.

Nwobi called on the members of the public to also join the club because, saying “humanitarian service is what carry out”.

The president also encouraged every knowledgeable individual to spread the message that the fight against polio is a continuous one.

“Polio is at zero and should remain at zero,” said Nwobi.

Also speaking, Mr Pam Dauda, the state Polio Representative, Rotary Club International, Bauchi Central, said despite the fact that there is non-compliance to vaccines in some places, all hands must be on the deck to overcome the challenge.

He pleaded with the state Ministry of Health to continue priotising immunisation which he said was the most important measure to keep the children safe at all situations.

“It is our desire to stop polio and continue with our routine immunisation which will definitely take care of our children and our economy, our state are going to be better off.

He lauded the Commissioner for Health for his continuous support and collaboration with Rotary club in the state on health related issues.

In his address, the state Commissioner for Health, Mr Sabiu Gwalabe, said that the state has been achieving the 95% bench mark in all conducted supplementary immunisation

According to him, these are very important indicators in maintaining Polio Free status.

He reaffirmed the state government’s commitment to continue working with all partners in the space of Global Polio Eradication Initiative to ensure that every child is vaccinated.

Abdullahi Adamu who spoke on behalf of all, stressed the need for government to apply stringent measures in ensuring that parents present their children for polio immunisation through sustainable education and sensitisation.

“We are not happy seeing ourselves the way we are due to negligence. Everything possible must be done to save future generations from being affected by the polio virus,” he said.

The World Polio Day is marked annually on October 24, providing an opportunity to highlight global efforts toward a polio-free world, and to honour the unwavering commitment of those on the frontlines of the fight to eradicate polio.

Metro

Edo Court Remands Man, 30, For Allegedly Defiling Minor

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May 6, 2024

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A Benin High Court on Monday ordered the remand of one Osasumwen Vincent, who allegedly defiled 11 years old at Correctional Custodian Centre, in Benin.

The 30-year-old suspect was arraigned on one count charge boardering on rape.

The state prosecutor, Mrs Hamma Iyamu earlier said the suspect sometimes in October 2022 at Ohovbe Quarters in Benin Juridical Division forcefully raped the 11-years old girl.

According to the prosecution, the suspect committed an offence contrary to section 4 and punishable under section 5 (1)of the Edo State Violence Against persons (prohibition) law
,2021.

He, however, but pleaded not guilty.

Justice Efe Ikponmwonba, subsequently, ordered his remand at the correctional facility and adjourned the case until June 10 for hearing.

Metro

PICTORIAL: Mother Of Four-year-old Boy Who Died In Abuja School Protests, Alleges Cover-up

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May 6, 2024

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The mother of the late four-year-old Miguel Ovoke, who recently died at the BrickHall School located in the Cadastral Zone B11, Kaura, in Abuja, on Monday, stormed the school in the company of others to protest the death of her son.

The mother of the deceased four-year-old Miguel protesting.
The lady alleged that the school authorities were covering up on the incident, which led to the death of their late pupil.

In clips making the rounds on social media, the bereaved mother, dressed in all-black, displayed a cardboard reading, ‘We Need Justice For Miguel, BrickHall School Kill Miguel.’

“18 students for one class where I dey pay N350,000,” she said in one of the videos.

In another video showing staff members of the school, she went from one staff member to another, identifying them as the people responsible for covering up her son’s death.

“See the head teacher,” she said. Moving from the head headteacher to another staffer, she said, “See who lie for doctor say my pikin dey for hospital, na this man lie for doctor ooo. Doctor say my pikin no die for hospital. Na who carry my pikin dead body go hospital.”

A police officer who was seen in one of the videos asked her, “If your matter is in CID, why are you here?”

Ovoke died on the school premises during feeding hours.

The mother of the deceased four-year-old Miguel protesting.

According to the death certificate dated April 24, 2024, issued by Excel Specialist Hospital, Abuja, which was sighted by our correspondent, Ovoke was brought to the hospital by his teachers around 11 am in an unconscious state.

The medical report, signed by Dr. Akinwande Ajayi, on behalf of the medical director, indicated that he was brought in, “on account of aspiration on meat while feeding at school.”

The hospital said upon examination, the medical team found that the boy’s pupils were fixed and dilated, with a nonreactive response to light.

His peripheral pulses were said to be “impalpable, blood pressure was unrecordable, and there was no cardiopulmonary activity or respiratory excursions, silent chest.”

The report indicated that all efforts of the medical team to resuscitate him failed.

The report concluded that he was “Brought in Dead.”

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Man Arrested For Allegedly Defiling Minor Inside Mosque Restroom

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2 hours ago

May 6, 2024

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The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 40-year-old male worshipper identified as Abiola, otherwise known as Aro, who was accused of defiling a 14-year-old minor (name withheld) at the Olorunloba Mosque restroom located on Ondo Road in the Ijebu-Ode area of Ogun State.

Before Saturday’s incident, the suspect had been a member of the mosque for more than 15 years, according to information obtained exclusively by PUNCH Metro.

Following the completion of the afternoon Muslim prayer in the mosque, our correspondent learnt that the incident happened on Saturday, March 4, 2024, at about 2:20pm.

Based on the information provided to the police officers at the Igbeba Division, the survivor claimed that she needed to relieve herself and went to the mosque’s bathroom to pass the stool.

She, however, explained that she heard a knock on the door shortly after she entered the restroom.

The survivor further claimed that she was startled when she opened the door and discovered Aro standing by it, even though she had assumed the knock was from her younger brother, who had also come for the prayer.

She told the police that she was trying to find out why Aro was in the women’s restroom when she surprisingly saw him by the door. He was said to have then allegedly shoved her back into the restroom and forced her up against the wall.

A police source who was privy to the report but craved anonymity because he was not authorised to speak with the press told our correspondent that despite the survivor’s cries and pleas, Aro removed her pants violently and pinned the teenager to the toilet wall before having carnal knowledge of the girl.

A police document exclusively made available to The PUNCH about the report of the incident partly read, “As a result of what Aro did, the survivor started bleeding uncontrollably from her private parts. She went back home to report the matter to her guardian, who took her to a general hospital in the area for medical attention.”

Following the suspect’s arrest, he was detained, according to the state Police Public Relations Officer, Omolola Odutola, who also informed PUNCH Metro that the case would be forwarded to the State Criminal Investigation Department for additional investigation.

“The suspect has been arrested and detained for alleged defilement. He will be transferred to the State CID in Abeokuta immediately after the preliminary investigation is completed,” Odutola stated via a WhatsApp message on Sunday.

A related incident occurred on April 26, 2024, according to PUNCH Metro report, when the command detained two brothers, Olamijuwon Noibi and Lukman Olatunbosun, for suspected gang rape in Oke-Eri, Atan-Ijebu.

One of the suspects had tricked the survivor into coming to their apartment, where he allegedly assaulted her sexually and threatened to kill his younger brother, Olatunbosun, with a knife after he refused to take part in the crime.

Noibi was said to have also filmed the moment his brother was allegedly having unlawful sexual intercourse with the survivor.