Nigerian investigative journalist ‘FISAYO SOYOMBO went under cover for three weeks in November, as a patient of the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Yaba, Lagos, and unveiled the ‘sick’ state of hospital facilities, gross shortage of critical staff despite a bloated workforce widely believed to be populated by ghost workers, low quality of service delivery, arbitrary charges on patients.

Fisayo, who took to twitter to share photos, wrote ;

I spent 3 weeks, including 10 days on admission, as a patient of Yaba Left?

My discoveries were disturbing. They include decrepit state of hospital facilities, gross shortage of critical staff despite a bloated workforce widely believed to be populated by ghost workers, low quality of service delivery, arbitrary charges on patients…

I spent 3 weeks, including 10 days on admission, as a patient of Yaba Left?

UNDERCOVER (I): Bed-space corruption, terrible food, well-fed rats… Many things not right at ‘Yaba Left’ https://t.co/LrqojEt5jg https://t.co/dTEvJIcKUE#UndercoverInvestigation
@MakeYabaLeftRight pic.twitter.com/lmShM6vDFj

— Fisayo Soyombo (@fisayosoyombo) January 22, 2020

In the report published by The Cable, Fisayo revealed how he had to bribe staffs before being able to get a bed-space.

The report reads;

“On Thursday, Olawale’s call was what roused me from sleep. He had found a hospital staffer by the name Tosin Karunwi, who was willing to secure bed space for me, provided we understood that “nothing comes free”. We weren’t sure if Karunwi was a nurse, an orderly or a Crisis official, but we established that she indeed worked at the hospital.

Olawale announced that Tosin had demanded N10,000 to help lock down a bed space for me, but he successfully negotiated a N7,000 deal. He asked us to forward the money to Account Name ‘Olaniyi Olawale Matthew’ with Access Bank — because Tosin didn’t want the money sent to her. He passed the money on to Tosin, after she agreed to return it if she didn’t secure a bed space.

To our utmost shock, once she took possession of the money, Tosin began to sell Oshodi to us. Actually, Oshodi, the neuropsychiatric hospital’s annexe, was even worse managed than Yaba. It was graveyard-like, largely abandoned. Oshodi was technically the hospital into which Yaba’s vomits were spilled. But Tosin argued otherwise.

“Wait a minute, why don’t you want Oshodi?” she’d asked on phone in the evening of Thursday November 14. “Oshodi and Yaba are the same. Three bed spaces are vacant at Oshodi; I’d advise you to take one of them.”

On December 3, three full weeks after Tosin was paid for the bed space that never came, she was told to refund the payment, but she refused, and blatantly too. “You cannot get N7,000,” she snapped. “The [two] nurses I gave money to, do you expect me to pay back on their behalf? Maybe I can send N4,000 to you; it’s just maybe. Maybe. That’s even if I’m able to raise it. Do you expect me to hold the cash or keep it in the bank?”

Tosin claimed that no space had opened up at all, both at Yaba and Oshodi “since last week”. What she didn’t know was that I’d gone in (and come out) as a patient because a space indeed opened up for me, and that at least two more opened up during my stay.”

He also revealed the poor state of the hospital itself, as huge rats roam the wards. He wrote;

I would learn about Yaba Left rats in the evening of my second day at the ward. Well-fed and therefore robust, they roamed the greenery separating Tolani Asuni from Adeoye Lambo in their droves every night. Not that I hadn’t seen rats before, I just didn’t know rats so big existed anywhere in the world.

“It’s been brought to the attention of the Chief Medical Director several times, but she said there’s nothing wrong with it,” one patient told me.

Reacting to the report, Osagie Ehanire, minister of health, says the decrepit state of the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Yaba, Lagos will be investigated

A burn victim who survived a gas explosion has taken to her social media page to share photos of her transformation to celebrate her birthday.

The lady, identified as Yinka Matthews suffered the burn on June 8, 2013, when a gas cylinder in her kitchen exploded when she was trying to cook.

Sharing photos of what she looked like on her hospital bed shortly after the gas explosion and other photos of what she looks like now, she wrote:

I have posted a lot of my burns pictures but I never had the courage to post the first picture after the gas explosion! Today I summon the courage to post my Testinomy in full. I survived what someone actually planned and wishes me but today I’m stronger braver and a inspiration. This picture is evidence that there is a God that still do wonders! As I celebrate another Birthday I say thank you to my Lord Jesus who despite all my imperfections have loved me perfectly! Happy Birthday Queen OLayinka!

See new photos of the beautiful Yinka below ;

A landlord was almost at the point of weeping when he saw the state his tenants left his house in.

The landlord identified as Daniel Needes, from Bridgend in Wales, had rented the house out for two years. He said the house had been in “immaculate condition” after it was renovated by his late father and had been kitted out with new appliances.

However, less than two years later, the tenants suddenly moved out without notice. When the landlord went to the house, he was shocked to discover the property had been completely trashed.

In his words ;

“I went down to the house as soon as I could and that’s when I saw what they’d done.

“To be honest, when I first saw it I nearly cried. They had completely trashed it.”

He claims the family didn’t even tell him they were moving out. He says he only found out they had left when he received a letter from the Department for Work and Pensions – which paid the rent directly to Daniel – saying payments had stopped because he was no longer their landlord.

In the kitchen, the tenants had left so many plastic carrier bags, crushed boxes, binbags and empty food containers. The trash completely covered the kitchen floor.

Dirty things were piled high in the sink, a greasy fryer was left on the side and a chest freezer half-filled with defrosted food was left wide open.

Daniel said the family had left rotting food in the kitchen, bathroom and in bags that were strewn throughout the house as well as prescription medication including tablets and inhalers.

“The house stank. They had turned it into a rubbish tip,” he said.

Shocking photos show that wallpaper had been torn down, walls had been left with holes in them, doors were broken and the once-cream carpet was covered with dirt and black stains.

The tenants had also left behind heaps of unwanted belongings such as clothes and toys throughout the house.

He said the tenant’s behaviour has taught him a lesson and he’ll be more careful when renting the house in future.

He said: “I’ll get the house back into a good condition and then rent it out, this hasn’t put me off. But I’m definitely going to be more cautious in the future.”

A Young South African girl identified as Mandisa Makubu, took to her social media platform to narrate how she’s been forced to take HIV medications because she was raped on the first day of 2020.

Mandisa’s post has received sympathetic messages from other social media users who couldn’t fathom the wickedness of the man who took her by force and possibly infected her.

Mandisa said she was only revealing her ordeal so she could heal.

Her tweet reads ;

Taking HIV meds every morning and evening is a trigger. I’m sharing so i can heal. 

I was raped on 01/01/2020

See some sympathetic reactions below ;

You are not a victim but a survivor your Strength is so remarkable!! Love and light to you angel and I pray you find your healing and peace in due time. I love you

— FancyM (@ItsFancyToYou) January 20, 2020

Dear lord ,we offer all rapists as offering for you
Burn them all

— TOBAtweets (@tweetsoftoba) January 22, 2020

It doesn't get easier but you've taken several steps to healing already.
God be with you.
May you find the strength to keep going when it seems to hard to continue.
Love you from here??

— Ice Princess ???? (@oladesy) January 21, 2020

God help you heal completely ??be strong

— Young Boy Chidi (@Chidibanx) January 21, 2020

Just accepting that you want to heal is healing already in itself. Godspeed, love and care. ?

— E R I Q U E????? (@SefaErick) January 21, 2020

Stay strong. Keep believing. The best days are coming. Sending love your way.

— #Rated (@King_Rated100) January 21, 2020

You'll definitely live to proclaim the Glory and Miraculous Healing of God IJN!!!?

— Michael Earnest (@HeirOfMikaelson) January 21, 2020

A maid has been arrested by Singapore police after she was accused by her employed of scalding her toddler’s hand, by dipping it repeatedly into a boiling pot.

The mother, Amy Low Mei Lian, last night posted the clip online with her allegations.

Amy says the CCTV footage was filmed in her Kitchen in Buangkok, while she and her husband were at work. She also posted photos of what appears to be the toddler’s scalded hands.

“I felt something was amissed [sic] and I decided to check the CCTV footage at home while waiting for the maid to be picked up. And what I saw was horrifying. The maid, she did it on purpose! It was never an accident! She took my daughter’s hand and dipped her hand inside a boiling pot. I was shaking throughout and made a police report immediately,” Low wrote.

Here’s the mother’s post, translated to English, as well as a video that follows.

“I never thought this would happened to my daughter. Because of commitments in life, both my husband and I have to work, hence we decided to hire a maid, to look after our 16 month old girl. Little did we know, this was the beginning of our nightmare.

It happened on 14 Jan, 5.13pm. The maid was at home with both my daughters, 8year old and 16month old. At 5.20pm, my 8year old called my husband up and told him that my 16month old had suffered a burnt. We were shocked and rushed our girl to a nearby clinic, but the doctor thought it was too serious a burn wound hence referred us to hospital a&e instead.

Since the maid started working, we had told her that her priority is always to look after our girl and never to bring our girl into the kitchen. We can always take away dinner and there is no need for her to cook. I questioned the maid and she explained that it was an accident.

She was carrying my girl while cooking in the kitchen and that my daughter ‘touched’ the pot by herself and the maid didn’t expect it to happen as it happened too quick. We chose to believe her even when the doctor at a&e had some doubts in the cause of the burnt wounds.

Next day morning, the maid packed all her belongings and insisted to go back to the agency. I kept assuring her that we never blamed her, as it was just an accident, she can still stay on and work for us. But she was very insistent hence I called the agency up.

The agent told me that he would get someone to pick up the maid, and take it as a transfer case (to transfer the maid out to another family), so that the 6 months loan that I have paid for the maid could be returned to me. I chose to believe and listen to the agent.
I felt something was amissed and I decided to check the CCTV footage at home while waiting for the maid to be picked up. And what I saw was horrifying.

The maid, she did it on purpose! ??It was never an accident! She took my daughter’s hand and dipped her hand inside a boiling pot.

I was shaking throughout and made a police report immediately.

While waiting for the police, I notified the agent of what had happened. The agent started to be agitated and insisted that we should return the maid to agency and end it just like that.

Before the police arrived, I questioned the maid why did she do that to my daughter. She said she wants to go home, she said that her friends taught her to do it, so that she could go home.

And when I asked if the agent was also involved, she said yes – he said that I could go home if I do this! How horrifying! (The maid came to work for us for about a month and she did mention that she wants to go home 2 weeks ago, but all was settled after the agent met and spoke it her. Did the agent teach her to do that when they met?)

During this period, the agent kept threatening and harassing me. Accused me that I am a bad employer – that I abuse the maid hence the maid wanted to leave, which I never do.

The agent’s behavior had gone way over the boundaries hence I made another police report, as I was really frightened that the agent would do something to my family.

But the outcome was disappointing, the police mentioned that unless the agent harassed us again, else they won’t be taking any further action.

I always thought that the police is for the people, this is Singapore, this is supposed to be one of the safest countries in the world, but no, the police can’t do much unless something fatal happened?

I chose to believe in the maid, and she hurt my daughter.

I chose to believe in the agent, and he could be the one who is behind all these.

I chose to have faith in the law and the police force but all I get is to wait for something else to happen before they could really take any further action.

There is nothing I want more than justice for my daughter, is that too much?

I won’t be disclosing further information of the agency. But I plea that all of you to keep a close eye on your domestic helpers”

WATCH THE VIDEO BELOW;

A Nigerian Lady, identified as Precious Destiny Stewart has tied the knot to the love of her life, An American Man, identified as Richard Stewart.

Precious who hails from Ukehe in Igboetiti Local Government Area in Enugu State has a lavish ceremony with her man, Richard, who hails from Hawaii, US. He flew down to the country to wed his heartthrob.

The wedding took place at Cubana, Enugu State.

Sharing their love story and wedding pictures exclusively with YabaLeftOnline, the bride, Precious said at first she didn’t pay much attention to a ‘hi’ message from the foreign account, because it seemed rather suspicious.

According to precious, she concluded the account was fake, and whoever behind the account, was a scammer. But she decided to play along.. But then, as time went on, their conversation became more and more interesting, and TRUE LOVE was formed.

Precious revealed to us that they ‘dated’ for 3 years online, before he finally decided to fly down to Enugu State, Nigeria to propose and tie the knot with her.

“He is such a happy soul. I can’t thank God enough for what he has done for me. Getting married to him is the sweetest thing that has ever happened in my life. He is ready to go down to earth for my sake. If not him, nobody else. May good lord continue to bless our union forever. Amen”, she reiterated to YabaLeftOnline.

See the wedding photos below;

WATCH A VIDEO OF HIM SINGING TO HIS WIFE, DURING THEIR WHITE WEDDING;

 

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Their wedding video below;

A fire drill went horribly wrong recently during an orientation lecture on Fire Emergency for freshers at the University of Uyo.

What’s supposed to be a fire drill on emergency, turned into a fire outbreak.

Twitter user who shared the pictures from the scene on his twitter page, wrote; “So today, they wanted to teach freshers what to do when there is a fire outbreak and this was the outcome”

See reactions below;

@FRANKASTA2: OH NO! THE FIRE DIDN’T KNOW IT WAS ACTING ??. “DON’T PLAY WITH FIRE AND EXPECT NOT TO GET BURNT” 

@SIJIRULE336: HOW DO YOU PRACTICE ON A WOODEN STAGE THE SAFETY OFFICER SHOULD BE ARRESTED, DOES HE NOT KNOW WIND CAN CARRY THE FLAMES TO ANOTHER DIRECTION?

@ECLIPSEPOET: NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES, YOU CAN GET ENOUGH OF THEM. THEY ALWAYS HAVE A JOKER SOMEWHERE. DON’T PLAY CARDS WITH THEM. EHWW

@UNKLEJEPH: THE PERSON THEY GAVE THE PROJECT HAVE EMBEZZLED THE MONEY AND DECIDED TO GIVE THEM FAKE EXTINGUISHERS..