So Sad!! Ph.D holder abandoned by family dies in rubbish heap in Lagos

*Photo, courtesy Larry Happiday, shows the late Dr. Thorpe in the rubbish heap where he died this evening.31/10/12

This afternoon in Lagos, a man with a doctorate degree who later fell on hard times died dejected and rejected..his case was so bad that he died in a heap of rubbish.

 

Olawunmi Thorpe, Ph.D, died by the Iju Railway line not too far from the Lagos suburb where a Dana aircraft crashed last June 3, killing all 153 people on board in addition to ground casualties.

Dr. Thorpe died just as a Lagos-based NGO touched by his plight was making efforts to evacuate and take care of him.

“My dear brother, the man is dead,” journalist and social worker Larry Happiday, through whom News Express got to know of Dr. Thorpe’s plight, said a few minutes ago. “We just came to check on him only to be told that he died around 5pm. His body is still lying here close to the railway station by Fagba Bus-Stop. We don’t even know what to do but I wish there’s away to give him a befitting burial,” Happiday added.

VIDEO: Woman train traveller is caught on camera as she launches racist tirade at black passengers

-The woman, who appears to be in her 40s, is recorded saying: 'Go home, go home where you belong'
-During the film, a man is heard warning the woman she is being recorded and other passengers can be heard asking the woman to leave'


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VIDEO: Do you know who this woman is?

Police are hunting a woman caught on film hurling vile racist abuse at passengers on a London train.

British Transport Police (BTP) launched an investigation after being made aware of a YouTube video which shows the woman taunting a group of black passengers.

The woman, who appears to be in her 40s, is recorded saying: 'Go home, go home where you belong... You might have been born here, but I bet your grandparents and your great great grandparents weren’t.
'Yeah, go home. If yous belonged here you’d be pink-skinned, blonde-haired, blue eyes, green eyes.
'Go home the lot of you. You make me sick. It’s why the country’s like it f****** is.'
And as she steps off the train at her destination, she continues her disgusting racist attack, saying: 'F****** monkeys, the lot of you. Go home.'

 NHS worker Oliver Miller, 24, said his sister Leah, 21, was one of the victims of the rant.

Money Laundering Scandal: Gov. Ajimobi sues media outfit for N1bn

Governor Abiola Ajimobi

FOLLOWING alleged money laundering of about N500m in London by Governor Abiola Ajimobi’s wife and her arrest by Metropolitan police, the governor has filed N1billion suit against Independent Communications Network Limited.

This was disclosed by the Special Adviser on Media to the governor, Dr. Festus Adedayo.

According to him, the evening newspaper had on Tuesday published a piece entitled ‘Anxiety over Florence Ajimobi’s alleged arrest in UK’ wherein it published a story purportedly written by an online agency named Newsleak which alleged that the wife of the governor had been arrested in London for money laundering.

According to the release, the government of Oyo State had the responsibility to ensure that the media does not become an instrument in the hands of blackmailers for such acts.

“We want to state unequivocally that this report is not only wicked, it is the figment of the imagination of the writers.

Governor Ajimobi's Wife: I Was Never Arrested by Met Police

Wife of Oyo State Governor, Florence Abiola Ajimobi, has denied claims of her arrest by the Metropolitan Police for money laundering as reported in some online media.

Mrs. Ajimobi who spoke in a telephone interview said the story of her arrest was both shocking and surprising.

An online media had run a story of the purported arrest of the governor's wife for allegedly laundering N500million.

But the embattled First Lady told newsmen on telephone Tuesday night that she was never invited nor arrested by the Met police on any charge.

"I have never been invited by the police. I don't know where they got the information from. I don't know what they are talking about. It is all lies," she said.

She, however, confirmed being in London to attend to her 14-year-old daughter, who is schooling in the United Kingdom.

She promised to return to the country Wednesday.

Florence also denied that she has been to London 52 times since her husband's inauguration as the state governor.

"It is laughable that I have travelled 52 times. It means that I hardly stay in Ibadan or I travel every week.

"I have been living in London since 2007. I have even travelled less since 2011 when my husband became the governor," she said.


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Williams Sisters Storm Nigeria To Promote Women's Rights

Tennis icon,Venus Williams today arrived Lagos ahead of her sister Serena who is due to fly in this night, as part of their recently launched ‘‘Breaking The Mould’’ (BTM) campaign, a women’s empowerment initiative.

According to a statement released by the Breaking Mould Initiative which they are representing, their trip is aimed at promoting “the role that women play in shifting perceptions and encouraging development at all levels across the African continent.”

“They are coming to Lagos to encourage more women to break moulds that have stood between them and their potentials,” the statement said.

During their visit they are scheduled to meet the Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos state, hold a tennis clinic at the Ikoyi Club, visit a puberty education class for girls and play an exhibition match before heading to South Africa on November 2.