Another addition to the Kardashian clan, as entertainment channel, E!, reality TV show stars, Rob Kardashian and Blac Chyna have welcomed their daughter few minutes after reports circulated that they were in the hospital.
It should be recalled that Blac Chyna who was not due until next week had fallen into an early labour after watching the outcome of the US presidential election.
No fewer than 200 structures were burnt on Wednesday in Otodo Gbame, an Egun community in the Lekki Phase 1 area of Lagos State, during a clash between some Egun and Yoruba youths.
PUNCH Metro learnt that the crisis started on Sunday, when the Yoruba youths demanded that the residents should relocate from the area.
It was gathered that the Egun community insisted that residents would not leave their houses, tagging the youths as hoodlums and land grabbers.
Our correspondent gathered that the crisis came to a head on Wednesday when the Yoruba youths set fire to the structures in the area at about 8am.
The action was said to have triggered a clash between the youths of the Egun community and their Yoruba counterparts.
Two persons were said to have been injured during the clash, while the area was quickly deserted as the fire raged. Some residents reportedly salvaged their property from the fire and fled.
It was learnt that policemen from the Rapid Response Squad, the Maroko division and the Area J Command, Ajah, went to the area to restore normalcy.
A policeman on the team said an abandoned two-day-old baby was rescued from one of the burning structures.
He said, “When the structures were set ablaze, the mother and the father of the baby fled. It was the cry of the baby that drew the attention of policemen to that room. The baby was locked inside the house. The baby was rescued and reunited with her parents.”
“Nobody was killed, but about three persons were injured. The entire community was razed.”
A resident, who identified himself only as Hunsu, said, “The crisis started on Sunday. Some people came and said they had bought our land and we should relocate. We did not know that the hoodlums would go to this extent.
“The crisis escalated on Wednesday when they invaded the community and set fire to our property. All my belongings are gone. My wife and children are homeless.”
Our correspondent learnt that the state Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, went to the area around 2pm and held a peace meeting between the leaders of the two groups.
The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dolapo Badmos, said five suspects were arrested in connection with the crisis.
She said, “The command received a report that the Egun and Yoruba communities were engaged in a serious brawl over land issue. Upon receipt of the information, the command operatives from the RRS and men of the Area J Command moved in. Some shanties being occupied by the residents were set ablaze by the warring factions.
“A baby was rescued from the one of the houses. Five suspects were also arrested in connection with the fracas. The CP visited the scene and promised that everyone involved in the clash would be duly prosecuted.”
52-year-old Brad Pitt has officially been cleared of child abuse allegations by the L.A. County Department of Children and Family Services.
TMZ reports the case, involving an incident between the actor and his 15-year-old son Maddox on a private jet, has been closed.
According to the DCFS determined that Brad did not commit child abuse during an argument that ended with physical contact.
TMZ reached out to Angelina Jolie's representatives who say the actress feels relieved that the investigation has concluded and her children can heal.
“Angelina said from the beginning that she felt she had to take action for the health of the family and is relieved that after their 8-week involvement, the DCFS is now satisfied the safeguards are put in place that will allow the children to heal, ” her rep told the entertainment website.
They also say an agreement has been put in place that gives Angelina primary custody with monitored visitation for Brad.
The Hollywood actor was spotted for the first time since Angelina Jolie filed for divorce last month at a private screening of “ Moonlight ” in Los Angeles with Julia Roberts.
The Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete, Kwara State, school authority have spoken over the mysterious death of Linda Lillian Lawal, a 400 Level student of the Department of Mass Communication of the institution.
A statement from the University Relations Office, Yusif Suleiman, said that: “Kwara State University does not take the welfare, safety and security of its staff and students with kid’s gloves. One of the students that a report claimed died mysteriously was Linda Lillian Lawal, a 400 Level student of the Department of Mass Communication. She died in her parents’ quarters on Friday, October 14, 2016, of complications resulting from brain injury she sustained during a car accident about a year ago.
“Linda was to have undergone brain surgery, but for some reasons it could not be done, and she, several times, suffered convulsion, a repeat of which claimed her life on October 14.
“The report also claimed that ‘a sickle cell patient was left unattended to by the medical personnel because he could not produce his hospital card’. This is, indeed, far from the truth.
“Even though he did not register with the clinic and was abandoned by his colleagues our doctor and nurses tried all they could to save his life; but when his condition deteriorated.
“He was rushed to the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), in a KWASU ambulance. However, in spite of all efforts by doctors, we eventually lost the boy.
