ANAMBRA GOVT APPREHENDS 8 SUSPECTS FOR EXTORTING MORE THAN N800, 000 FROM WOMEN IN AWKA. (PHOTOS). #PRESS RELEASE.
Anambra State Government Apprehends 8 Suspects For Extorting More Than 800,000 Thousand Naira From Women In Awka By Chidinma Ikeanyionwu Anambra State Government, through the Ministry of Women and Social Welfare, has arrested eight suspects for allegedly extorting more than Eight Hundred Thousand Naira from women in Awka. The arrest was part of state government's resolve in eradicating crimes and corruption in the state. The exercise came following the directive of the Executive Governor of Anambra State, Prof Chukwuma Soludo of an NGO using government's name to extort the sum of twenty thousand naira and above from unsuspecting individuals mostly women in Awka. When the Women and Social Welfare Commissioner bursted the office complex of the Host Communities of Nigeria Anambra State Chapter located opposite government house Awka, it was discovered that the suspects were operating with the United Bank of Africa staff in opening a current account for the women who must pay
According to sources,a teenager died of heatstroke after spending too long in the sun waiting for free wi-fi so she could use Facebook.The 14 year old girl was reportedly spent all day in the blistering heat before she died.Like many teens,using facebook was a big part of Andrea's life but the girl was from a poor Romanian Gypsy family,died after sitting for hours under the sun to use a free computer and internet access offered by the village hall.Andrea,from Domnesti in southern Romania,who had a pre-existing condition,collapsed on wednesday after she suddenly started feeling unwell,and later died.Others who were waiting with her said that she had been sick and then fainted.Medics who arrived quickly said that she had suffered a cardiac arrest.Doctors tried to resuscitate her but failed.Her uncle who was with her at the time said ''She used to go in front of the town hall to get free wireless.She used it for facebook like most kids do.She told me she felt a pain in her chest,so i gave her water,but she was sick.She recovered fora bit then she clenched her mouth and collapsed''Her father Paul Patuleanu said ''I was told it was because of the heat.She spent a lot of time under the sun that day waiting''.Doctor Elena Radulescu,who was one of the medics on the team said ''She had no pulse or blood pressure when we started resuscitation''.According to the Coroners,the girl had a pre-existing lung and heart condition that had left her weakened and the heatstroke had then been enough to kill her.Because the girl did not have any ID,relatives cannot bury her until her identity is clarified.There are estimated to be thousands of children in Romania born to poor,mostly Gypsy families who were never officially registered and therefore do not officially exist.
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