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UNDERCOVER INVESTIGATION (I): Bed-space corruption, terrible food, well-fed rats… Many things not right at ‘Yaba Left’

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<i><b>After altering his looks and taking psychiatric lessons every day for one week, investigative journalist ‘FISAYO SOYOMBO went under cover for three weeks in November, including 10 straight days on ward admission, as a patient of the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Yaba, Lagos, one of the nation’s most historic mental rehabilitation centres. His report unveils the decrepit state of hospital facilities, gross shortage of critical staff despite a bloated workforce widely believed to be populated by ghost workers, low quality of service delivery, arbitrary charges on patients — all stemming from personal and institutional corruption and the hospital’s implicit stigmatizing of its very own patients.</b></i></div>
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We believed we had missed our way that sweltering afternoon of Tuesday November 12, 2019, when we prematurely turned off Harvey Road into a building we were half sure was the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Yaba, Lagos. But we were less than five seconds in when we knew we were indeed at ‘Yaba Left’, as the hospital is colloquially, and more popularly, known.</div>
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“We’re going to the psychiatric hospital; are we in the right place, please?” I asked the gatekeeper as politely as I could. To my utter shock, he flared up. “You are at Yaba Left and you’re still asking again,” he screamed. “Oga, you wan enter or you wan comot?”</div>
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In truth, we had expected this sort of aggressive behaviour. This, after all, was a hospital for treating the mentally ill. We just didn’t expect it so soon.</div>
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Mercy Eke makes Nollywood debut

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Mercy Eke, winner of the 2019 Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) is set to make her Nollywood debut in ‘Fate of Alakada’, a movie by Toyin Abraham.<br>
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It was gathered that Eke would feature in the movie billed to hit the cinemas in April alongside Broda Shaggi.<br>
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An excited Abraham took to her social media page to announce her forthcoming project with the BBNaija star, urging fans to expect the outcome of the collaboration.<br>
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“Thanks my darling @official_mercyeke for coming onset. Fam watch out for .@official_mercyeke in ‘Fate of Alakada’ in cinemas 10th April 2020,” she wrote on Instagram, alongside a picture of herself posing with Shaggi and Mercy.<br>

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Magu vows to secure Diezani’s extradition

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The Acting Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has vowed that a former minister of Petroleum, Diezani Allison-Madueke will be extradited before the end of the year to face corruption charges.<br>
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He also accused the anti-graft agencies, international partners, especially in the United Kingdom of giving what he described as undue protection to the former minister.<br>
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Magu spoke on Wednesday during an official visit to the Ibadan Zonal Office of the commission where he was received by the Zonal Head, Mr Friday Ebelo accompanied by other top officials.<br>
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He added that the agency is already changing its tactics and strategy of engaging foreign partners to ensure the extradiction of the former minister of petroleum is secured soon.<br>

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Panic as car bursts into flames in front of Anambra Govt House

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There was panic in Awka on Wednesday morning as a Mercedes
Benz suddenly went up in flames in front of the Anambra State Government House.<o:p></o:p></div>
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It was gathered that the sudden fire incident threw
workers in the government house and members of security agencies into panic as
they battled to put it off.<o:p></o:p></div>
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A source told our correspondent that the panic was made high
by the fact that the state governor, Chief Willie Obiano had just driven past
the gate of the government house, into his office as he resumes work for the
day, when the car suddenly went up in flame.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The spokesman of the Anambra State Command of the Nigeria
Security and Civil Defence Corps, Asc Okadigbo Edwin, confirmed the incident,
but described it as a minor incident.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Coronavirus: FG intensifies screening at ports as death toll rises to 17 in China

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The federal government has intensified screening at the
different ports in the country following an outbreak of a disease known as
Novel Coronavirus in China.<o:p></o:p></div>
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This is even as the death toll from the virus, first
reported in China, has increased to 17.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Reuters quoted Chinese media as saying the deaths increased
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In a travel advisory issued on Wednesday, the Nigeria Centre
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ministry of health “has been placed on alert and has heightened screening
measures at the points of entry.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Arraignment of former AGF, Adoke stalled

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The arraignment of former Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke was on Wednesday, stalled at the FCT High Court in Gwagwalada over confusion from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,(EFCC) the prosecuting agency.<br>
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The EFCC counsel Bala Sanga told the court that he did not know why he was in court.<br>
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“My Lord, we have not served the charge on the first, second and third defendant, we have only served the fifth, sixth and seventh defendants.<br>
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“I’m at a loss as to why we are here(in court)’’, Sanga said.<br>

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Chika Ike causes stir with alluring Instagram photo

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Celebrated actress and entrepreneur, Chika Ike got many talking after she shared a very seductive picture. The beautiful role interpreter shared this picture on Tuesday, January 21, 2020, with the unconventional caption: “Lick your screen 😋. #dinner”.<br>
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Recall that in 2019, Ike recounted her encounter with an overzealous fan.<br>
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According to her “I was coming from church on a Sunday and was trying to get to the car, a fan lifted me up and almost kissed me. Thank God I was with my people because I don’t go out alone. He said he sees me in the dream and would love to marry me. The people around me had to stop him”.<br>
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On what has kept her relevant over the years, she said: “You need to know your craft and know your onions. You cannot cheat your way through, people will know that. When it comes to getting jobs, I think it’s about consistency and the God factor. There are so many talented people out there that are not even famous. God will be the one that will remind people about you. It’s a combination of many things, but most importantly, God has to be at the centre of what you are doing”.<br>

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PHOTOS: Meet Chioma Uzodinma, Nigeria’s ‘youngest first lady’

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Much has been said and written about Hope Uzodinma, the Imo
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The apex court had sacked Emeka Ihedioha of the Peoples
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This was despite the fact that Uzodinma had placed fourth at
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In the wake of the heated debate over the apex court’s
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REVEALED: How soldiers opened fire on SARS operatives who repelled Boko Haram attack

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There was confusion in Mainok, a town along the Maiduguri-Damaturu road in Borno state, after soldiers reportedly opened fire on a team of Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) operatives who engaged Boko Haram fighters in a fierce battle.</div>
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SARS is a unit of the Nigeria Police Force.</div>
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Villages along the road which connects Borno and Yobe states have been badly affected in the resurgence of Boko Haram attacks in the last one month.</div>
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On Monday, the insurgents stormed Mainok in large numbers. Some soldiers and the villagers were said to have taken cover while the attackers reigned unchallenged.</div>
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Buhari govt asked to disband Hisbah police over illegal activities

4:04 PM Motunrayo Ogundipe 0

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The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has called on the Nigerian Government to immediately disband the Hisbah police operating in the North.</div>
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HURIWA, a frontline advocacy group, explained that Hisbah was an illegal group that violates the constitutional rights of Nigerians in the North.</div>
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A statement by the National Coordinator of HURIWA, Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko said that the Hisbah police was determined to enforce Sharia laws in the North.</div>
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The statement reads: “It is no news that policing and security in Nigeria is the exclusive preserve of the Federal Government. Section 214(1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended) provides thus:</div>
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