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A 5-year-old boy was attacked by 6 pit bulls, ripping his scalp and ear off as he walked home from a sweet shop.   Mickele Allen was brutally attacked by the pit bulls in Jamaica on November 22.   He was discovered covered in blood with his flesh visible.     Mickele's brothers rushed to the scene where he was still under attack by one of the dogs.   The young boy was flown to New York City for treatment after well-wishers raised £185,000 ($250,000).     Surgeons battled to reconstruct his face. Dr. Evan Garfein, chief of plastic surgery at Montefiore said: "He was attacked by six pit bulls on his way home from the candy store.   "He lost a tremendous amount of blood. He was found by his brother with the dogs still attacking him."   Dr Garfein had come across the fundraiser and said he wanted to help the poor boy out, reports The Sun Online.     He said: "He had about 50 to 60% of his scalp torn away.   "Most of his forehead, h...

Former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, has said that the Igbo presidency can only be achieved in 2023 if the South East begins to engage and negotiate with the Northern region.   Ekweremadu said this on Wednesday, November 25, when he spoke at the 2020 edition of the Brandish Meeting of Minds Colloquium.   “There is clamour for Igbo presidency today. And I believe it can only be realised if we engage ourselves in conversation with northern Nigeria to buy into our initiative. There can never be a universal decision of any ethnic group and the rest of us in this country. It is only dialogue and conversation that can be equity to all parts of the country.”he said

The Federal Government said it has reached out to the British Government over the threat by the British Parliament to impose sanctions on Nigeria’s officials for their roles in the End SARS protests.   The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, disclosed this yesterday, November 24, while fielding questions from State House correspondents at the end of the weekly virtual Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Council Chamber, Presidential Villa, Abuja.   Onyeama said the Nigerian government reached to present its own side of the story.   He said the lawmakers are not responsible for imposing sanctions but added that it is necessary to give to the U.K. government Nigeria’s own position to enable them to have a balanced perspective.   He said: "Yes, we have reached out to the U.K government. The meeting that took place were Parliamentarians and they don’t speak for the U.K. government which...

Chinese President Xi Jinping, has finally sent a congratulatory message to US President-elect Joe Biden, more than two weeks after the Democratic candidate was projected the winner of the US presidential election.   After the election, some major leaders like Russia's Vladimir Putin, Brazil's Bolsanario and China's Xi Jinping refused congratulating Biden saying they were waiting for Trump's legal challenges to play out in court.   Most of Trump's challenges against the electoral results have been tossed out of court and Jinping has now sent his wishes. "Promoting the healthy and stable development of China-US relations is not only in the fundamental interests of both peoples, but also meets the common expectation of the international community," state-run Xinhua news agency quoted Xi as saying in the message. "I hope to see both sides uphold the spirit of non-conflict, non-confrontation, mutual respect and win-win cooperation, and focus on cooperation...

The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested two elderly men for raping a 13-year-old girl at new GRA area.    Spokesperson of the command, DSP Ahmed Mohammad Wakil, who confirmed the incident in a statemnet on Wednesday, November 25, said the suspects were arrested following a report made by the victim's relative.     "On 15-11-2020 at about 2050hrs one Rabi’u Musa ‘m’ of sabon Kaura Bauchi reported at ‘D’ Division that one Ibrahim Musa ‘m’ aged 63yrs and Nuhu Isah ‘m’ 56yrs all of Unguwan Gado Bauchi had unlawfully carnal knowledge of Hauwa (not real name) ‘f’ aged 13yrs of Sabon Kaura Bauchi on different occasion in a security room located at new GRA near Sindaba Hotel Bauchi," Wakil said.     He said Ibrahim, a security guard and Nuhu gave the girl one thousand naira, three hundred naira respectively (N1300)    "On receipt of the report, a team of detectives were drafted to the scene. The victim was rushed to the hospital f...

Police officers attached to Alakuko station in Lagos state police command have arrested four suspected armed robbers.   A statement released by SP Muyiwa Adejobi, states that the robbers were arrested on November 24 at about 12am.    According to Adejobi, the suspects have been terrorizing and dispossessing residents of AMJE Bus Stop, Ajegunle, Masalasi, and Dalemo communities in Alakuko Area of Lagos state, of their belongings. He said one locally-made pistol with 4 life cartridges was recovered from them.   Adejobi gave the names of the suspects as Suleiman Babajide, 26, Mustapha Michael, 25, Daniel Gideon, 23 and Olalekan Adesina, 26.     Adejobi said the state Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, has ordered that the suspects be transferred to State CID, Panti, for a thorough investigation, while he charged other police stations and operatives in the command to make Lagos uncondusive for criminals and miscreants to operate or hibernate particula...

Family of the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu have raised an alarm over the presence of soldiers in their hometown, Isiama Afaraukwu in Umuahia North Local Government Area of Abia State.   Nnamdi Kanu's younger brother, Emmanuel who spoke to The Nation on Wednesday November 25, said residents have become apprehensive by the soldiers’ presence.   Emmanuel stressed that Afaraukwu is yet to recover from the shock and trauma of an alleged 2017 military invasion and further added that they are not comfortable with soldiers patrolling the “peaceful” community.   He said;    “We don’t want what happened at Lekki to happen again in our community."   Brother of the secessionist group's leader also called on military authorities not to deploy soldiers in the peaceful community to avoid ''intimidation and harassment of innocent residents and indigenes.''   However an officer at the 14 Brigade Headquarters who...