Another suicide has been averted in Nsukka, Enugu State as a woman allegedly drank a substance believed to be ‘Sniper’ insecticide.

The victim, identified as Chinwendu Odoh, 24, is a 200-Level student of Microbiology at the University of Nigeria.

She hails from Enugu Ezike in Igboeze North Local Government Area of the state
Neighbours who noticed she was in pain promptly rushed her to Royal Cross Hospital Nsukka where she was being revived, it was learnt.



The state police spokesman, Superintendent Ebere Amaraizu said operatives of the Nsukka Division of the command were investigating the matter, though he added “information from some sympathizers are pointing towards depression over an unresolved issue. The victim is now responding to treatment.”


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There was panic along Bakin Ruwa area of Kaduna State as three members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, were reportedly killed by the police during their Ashura Procession on Tuesday.

Reacting to the allegation, the spokesman of the Kaduna Police Command, DSP Yakubu Sabo said the claim was false.

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The livestreamed video of the final minutes of Brian Quinones’ life before he was fatally shot by police show him calmly driving a car and listening to music, running at least one red light as he leads officers on a chase through two Minneapolis suburbs.

At one point, the video shows, Quinones got out of the car with what appears to be a knife. Moments later, someone shouted an unintelligible command and multiple shots rang out. Quinones, 30, died at the scene.

His brother said afterward that Quinones had been having suicidal thoughts.

The shooting sparked a protest and raised questions about whether police were too quick to shoot Quinones, and whether they could have used another means to stop him or help him if he was in crisis.

A person take pictures with a cell phone at the scene of an officer involved shooting on East 77th Street in Richfield, Minn., Saturday night, Sept. 7, 2019. Police near Minneapolis shot and killed a driver following a chase after he apparently emerged from his car holding a knife and refused their commands to drop it. The chase started late Saturday night in Edina and ended in Richfield with officers shooting the man, Brian J. Quinones, who had streamed himself live on Facebook during the chase. (Anthony Souffle/Star Tribune via AP)

Shawn Price, 35, stopped Monday to pay his respects at a makeshift memorial near where Quinones was shot. Price says based on what he heard in Quinones’ video, the number of shots fired seemed to be “completely in excess,” and he wonders if police could have done more to de-escalate the situation.

“There was no attempt at Taser or to do any other method that would have prevented, you know, this young man’s life being taken,” Price said.

Investigators released no new information about the case Monday, including how many times Quinones was shot, or whether there was any attempt to use a stun gun. About 12 shots can be heard in the Quinones’ video.

Craig Futterman, a University of Chicago law professor, said deadly force should be a last resort and police need to assess a developing situation and look for a way to de-escalate.

Police put up a blue tarp to block the view of a body at the scene of an officer involved shooting in Richfield, Minn., Saturday night, Sept. 7, 2019. Police near Minneapolis shot and killed a driver following a chase after he apparently emerged from his car holding a knife and refused their commands to drop it. The chase started late Saturday night in Edina and ended in Richfield with officers shooting the man, Brian J. Quinones, who had streamed himself live on Facebook during the chase. (Anthony Souffle/Star Tribune via AP)

Could they have responded to the situation in different ways that would not have put their safety in danger?” Futterman asked.

He said police are trained to use tactics such as time and distance to avoid the need to use deadly force. National best practices call for training officers on how to work with people who may be in crisis. It also has become best practices for many departments to have crisis intervention teams to work with people who are in trouble.

Authorities began chasing Quinones late Saturday after they say he ran a red light and wouldn’t pull over. In the livestream video, Quinones, who is from Puerto Rico but had lived in Minnesota for many years, can be seen glancing in the rearview mirror, and sometimes rapping along with the music before he gets out of the car. Before starting the livestream, he posted on Facebook, “So sorry.”

His younger brother, Joshua Quinones, told Minnesota Public Radio News on Sunday that he spoke to his brother before the pursuit and could hear the “sadness in his voice.” He said his brother had suicidal thoughts and “had it all planned out.” After Brian hung up, Joshua and his sister went to Brian’s apartment. He wasn’t there, but they found his livestream on Facebook. Joshua Quinones said his sister had texted her brother things like, “Don’t do anything stupid.”

Police stand in front of a body at the scene of an officer involved shooting on East 77th Street in Richfield, Minn., Saturday night, Sept. 7, 2019. Police near Minneapolis shot and killed a driver following a chase after he apparently emerged from his car holding a knife and refused their commands to drop it. The chase started late Saturday night in Edina and ended in Richfield with officers shooting the man, Brian J. Quinones, who had streamed himself live on Facebook during the chase. (Anthony Souffle/Star Tribune via AP)

“I just think that (police) could have done better. At least tase him with a Taser,” Joshua Quinones told MPR. “But really, shoot him … That’s just too much.”

No police officers were hurt. The Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office is investigating and declined to comment on Monday. A statement released Sunday by the city of Edina says Quinones “confronted officers with a knife,” and the county medical examiner said Quinones died of multiple gunshot wounds.

Five officers — three from Richfield, two from Edina — were placed on paid leave, city officials said.

Quinones’ video has been removed from Facebook but portions of it are on YouTube. It doesn’t show the shooting. Authorities haven’t said whether there is squad car or body camera video of the incident.

Bob Bennett, an attorney who represents Quinones’ wife, said he wants to see those videos. He could not confirm whether Quinones’ family called police about his mental state, and Joshua Quinones declined to talk to a reporter Monday.

David Klinger, chairman of the Criminology and Criminal Justice Department at University of Missouri-St. Louis, said that while the mental state of an individual should play a factor in how police manage and control a situation, it’s immaterial when an officer is faced with an imminent threat.

Police put up tape in an area near an officer involved shooting on East 77th Street in Richfield, Minn., Saturday night, Sept. 7, 2019. Police near Minneapolis shot and killed a driver following a chase after he apparently emerged from his car holding a knife and refused their commands to drop it. The chase started late Saturday night in Edina and ended in Richfield with officers shooting the man, Brian J. Quinones, who had streamed himself live on Facebook during the chase. (Anthony Souffle/Star Tribune via AP)

“What difference does it make if the reason why a man is trying to kill you is because he hates you or because he thinks you are a demon who has been sent from another dimension … if he is trying to kill you, you have a right to protect yourself,” Klinger said.

Torri Hamilton, a civil rights attorney in Chicago, said police dispatch recordings would be key to finding out if family members called police and if police were made aware of concerns. She said any police video from squad cars or body cameras would also be important.

She pointed to the case of Laquan McDonald, who had a knife in an interaction with police in 2014, and was shot 16 times as he was walking away. In that case, Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke was convicted of murder.

“Unless they are confronted with deadly force, they cannot use deadly force,” Hamilton said.

The Minneapolis-St. Paul area has had several police-involved shootings in recent years that have sparked angry protests, including the 2016 killing of a black driver, Philando Castile, by a police officer in the Twin Cities suburb of Falcon Heights. Castile’s girlfriend streamed the immediate aftermath of the shooting live on Facebook.
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Boris Johnson has suffered another humiliating Commons defeat after his second bid for a snap general election was rejected by MPs.

The Prime Minister said he wanted to head to the polls next month to break the political deadlock, as he accused opposition parties of making “outrageous excuses” to delay.

But Labour and other opposition MPs refused to back the bid – which needed a two-thirds majority in the Commons – while the risk of a no-deal remained.

MPs voted 293 to 46, short of the 434 needed – marking the new PM’s sixth Commons defeat.

The prorogation, passed in the early hours of Tuesday, makes a general election extremely unlikely until at least mid-November.


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The UN Children Education Fund (UNICEF) and other stakeholders have called for a functional educational system to help Nigerian youths achieve their dreams.

They also drew the attention of the Federal Government to the need to create the right vision and environment that would unite us as a nation.

They made this call in Abuja on Monday at the maiden edition of the Naija Youth Talk organised by UNICEF with the theme: “The Nigeria we Want”.

The UNICEF Country Representative, Mr Peter Hawkins, said there was need to address the challenges of education in the country, with more than 64 million population of youth within the age bracket of 15-35.

Hawkins, represented by Chief of Basic Education, UNICEF, Mrs Euphrates Efosie, said the youth population was a key ingredient of national development, a bridge and transition to a prosperous future if properly harnessed.

“Young people today live in a world of unlimited potential. However, despite gains in the situation facing Nigerian children and young people in recent years, much remains to be done.

“Too many Nigerians and young people are being left behind, especially when it comes to education.

“In the education sector, which is the focus of today’s brainstorming, our young people wanted an education system with good learning outcomes, where a child with nine years of basic education could read and write.

“Young people want an education that is functional, equipping them with skills to compete in the highly technical global market place,” she said.

She, however, said that the organisation and its partners would sustain the collaboration to build the momentum of young people, especially as it commemorates the 30th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC).

Meanwhile, Mr Femi Adeshina, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, challenged Nigerian Youths to always love the country despite all odds and experience, saying that in loving the country lies our unity.

“Nigeria in her present state maybe unlovable but remember it is our country. We must get to a point where we will say Nigeria with your entire fault, we love you.

“A lot of Nigerians are happy when Nigeria does not work not knowing we are losing a lot. When Nigeria works, it works for us.

“The young people have a stake in the future of this country. We must play a role in loving the unlovable.

“Nigeria has many fault lines – Religion, ethnicity, language, nepotism, fake news but despite all these, we must love Nigeria,” he said.

He, therefore, called on the youths to desist from sharing fake news because it has the effect of undermining the nation.

Also the Founder, Slum2School Africa, Mr Otto Orondaam, called for good educational policies and provision of learning materials that will ensure skills programmes were introduced to the curriculum right from the basic education.

He called for an educational system that would prepare the young ones to have a choice and dream to live a fulfilled life.

“It is high time we created a vision for ourselves. It is only when we have vision that we can unite together.”

The Programme Assistant, Centre for Citizens with Disabilities, Mr Musa Musa, called for a country where persons living with disabilities can attain the highest height.

“We want a Nigeria where disability will not be seen as an identity but recognition. We want to see persons living with disabilities to live a better life and go to school.

“We want a Nigeria where we will have free access to lecture hall, event centres and also where people with disabilities can be the president of our country.”

News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Naija Youth Talk was organised in commemoration of the International Literacy Day declared every Sept. 8 by UNESCO, since October 26, 1966 at the 14th session of its General Conference.

It was celebrated for the first time in 1967 with the aim of highlighting the importance of literacy to individuals, communities and societies.
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