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NSCDC Arrests Fake Doctor After The Death Of A 3-Year-Old In Nassarawa
The operatives of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC, Nassarawa Command have arrested a suspected fake medical doctor in Nassarawa State.
The suspect simply identified as Mudassir Mohammed Idris has reportedly been doing this for the past 2-years but ran out of lucks when Hauwa, a 3-year-old girl died in his facility after a blood transfusion.
The NSCDC commandant in Nassarawa State, Mahmud Gidado Fari, while speaking to newsmen said the suspect was arrested following a complaint by the late girl’s father.
“We have arrested a fake medical doctor. We are charging him to court for culpable homicide because he illegally administered blood on an innocent girl of three years old which resulted in her sudden death.”
The suspect, Mudassir asked for forgiveness as he has successfully handled other cases before Hauwa’s case. He admitted that he was a student of the College of Health Technology, Gboko, Benue.
The investigation also revealed that he operates an unregistered drug shop and has been in the trade for over 2-years without a license.
The NBA All-Star game has now to be called The Kobe Bryant MVP Award. NBA commissioner, Adam Silver made this announcement on Saturday 15th February.
The Kobe Bryant MVP Award will be given this Sunday at the closing of this year’s All-Star Game in Chicago. Both teams will be captained by Giannis Antetokounmpo and Lebron James respectively. Team Lebron will put on No 2 and team Giannis will put on No 24. These two numbers were worn by Gianna, Kobe’s daughter and Kobe Bryant.
Recall that Kobe won the All-Star Game MVP in 2002, 2007, 2009, and 2011. Also, he played as the youngest player to feature in the All-Star Game at 19 in 1998.
Modibbo Kawu, the DG of the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, has been put on suspension by President Buhari. This came following his corruption charges by the Independent Corrupt Practices, ICPC.
This development was confirmed by Armstrong Idachaba, NBC’s Director of Broadcast Monitoring. Further, the most senior director in the commission has been directed to take over from Modibbo Kawu.
Modibbo Kawu is currently facing a 12-count charge bordering on money laundering, abuse of office, and misleading a public officer with the intent of defrauding the government.
So, this contravenes Section 26 (1) (c) of the Corrupt Practices and other Related Offenses Act 2000 and punishable under Section 19 of the same Act.
Beisdes, Modibbo was first arraigned in May 2019 over the alleged misappropriation of N 2.5 billion for the digital switch-over (DSO) program of the government.
The Health Ministry in Egypt has confirmed the first case of the deadly Coronavirus. The authorities made this disclosure on Friday 14th February in a press release. They said the World Health Organization has been informed and the patient is in isolation for monitoring and treatment.
The patient’s nationality was not given. However, Egypt is the 28th country in the world to record Coronavirus and the first in Africa.
So, over 64,000 cases of the Coronavirus have been diagnosed around the world and 1,363 persons have been confirmed dead since its outbreak in Wuhan, China
