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Sad? Remains of drowned varsity student recovered from Bayelsa vreek
The body of a 200-level Chemical Engineering student from the Federal University, Otuoke, who drowned in Ekoli Creek, Yenagoa, after reportedly attempting to swim across for a ₦300 bet, has been recovered.
The student’s remains were retrieved from the river on Monday evening, nearly 24 hours after he went missing.
Witnesses reported that he jumped into the water but failed to resurface.
Grief-stricken students of the university held a candlelight procession in his honor on Monday night.
When contacted, the university’s Public Relations Officer, Mercy Ekott, declined to comment, stating via text message, “Sorry, but I haven’t been authorised to speak on the matter.”
Police Confirm Investigation Confirming the incident on Tuesday, the Bayelsa State Police Command spokesperson, Musa Mohammed, stated that an investigation is ongoing to determine the circumstances surrounding the student’s death.
“The deceased had gone to the river with a friend to bathe. Unfortunately, in the process, he jumped into the water and drowned.
We urge students, especially young people, to exercise caution around rivers, whether they know how to swim or not.”
Sources alleged that the student had wagered he could swim across the creek, but midway through, he submerged and did not reappear.
Metro
EPL: Maybe Arsenal will concede – Guardiola on title race after Bournemouth win
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has said he is hoping Arsenal will concede goals soon.
Guardiola was speaking after their 3-1 win over Bournemouth on Sunday.
Erling Haaland scored twice as City closed the gap between themselves and the Gunners to six points.
Arsenal have been in stunning form lately and are yet to concede in seven matches across all competitions.
When asked if his team could sniff the title, Guardiola replied: “Well, hopefully, Arsenal can concede one goal one day. It is not easy for them.bIt’s just 10 games, there are 28 more to play and many, many things will happen.”
City host Liverpool next weekend in what could be a crucial fixture in the title race.
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Man Who Donated His Kidney To His Wife Demands It Back During Divorce
A New York surgeon, Dr. Richard Batista, made global headlines after demanding that his estranged wife return the kidney he had donated to her—or pay him $1.5 million in compensation—during their divorce proceedings.
Dr. Batista, a respected surgeon from Long Island, had donated one of his kidneys to his wife, Dawnell Batista, in 2001 when she was battling end-stage kidney failure. At the time, the gesture was widely seen as an extraordinary act of love and devotion.
However, just four years after the life-saving transplant, the couple’s marriage deteriorated, and Dawnell filed for divorce. The move reportedly shocked Batista, who later demanded either the return of his organ or financial compensation for what he described as a “gift of love” that had been betrayed.
“I saved her life, and then she turns around and files for divorce,” Batista was quoted as saying during a media interview at the time. “I wanted the organ back because it was a symbol of my commitment. If that’s not possible, I want fair compensation.”
The case quickly sparked a storm of debate in medical and legal circles. Could a donated organ be reclaimed after a breakup? Did such a gesture have monetary value in the eyes of the law?
Legal and medical experts were swift to condemn the demand, describing it as both legally impossible and ethically unsound. According to U.S. law, once an organ is donated, it is considered an irrevocable gift and can never be treated as property or used as leverage in financial disputes.
In 2009, the New York State Supreme Court formally ruled against Batista’s claim, citing the National Organ Transplant Act of 1984, which prohibits the buying or selling of human organs for any reason. The court further clarified that a kidney donation, even within a marriage, carries no financial or marital ownership rights once it is transplanted.
Justice Jeffrey Grob, who presided over the case, emphasised that organ donation is a medical act based on consent and altruism—not a contractual exchange. “There is no monetary value assigned to human organs under the law,” he said in his ruling.
Though Batista’s emotional plea was rejected, the case reignited public discussion about love, sacrifice, and resentment within intimate relationships. Many saw it as a cautionary tale about mixing medical altruism with marital expectations, while others sympathised with Batista’s sense of betrayal after such a profound personal sacrifice.
Ethicists noted that while organ donation between spouses is not uncommon, it can create deep emotional ties that may later complicate divorce or separation. “When something as personal as an organ becomes part of the relationship, the boundaries between love and obligation can blur,” said one medical ethicist.
Dr. Batista’s story remains one of the most talked-about intersections of love, medicine, and law. It serves as a reminder that some gifts—especially those given from the body—can never be taken back, no matter how relationships change.
Metro
NDLEA storms Colos lab in Lagos, intercepts Loud consignments in bathtubs+Photos
. Arrests music artist; recovers tons of opioids, skunk in Kaduna, Edo, Kwara, Ogun, Taraba, Ondo, Bauchi raids
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have uncovered a clandestine laboratory where Colorado, a synthetic strain of cannabis is being produced in a residential building located at Ajao estate, Isolo Lagos with large quantities of freshly cooked Colos and various precursor chemicals for drug production recovered and the 30-year-old lab owner, Stephen Kelechi Imoh arrested.
The discovery followed months of intelligence gathering on possible Colos laboratories in Lagos after NDLEA officers intercepted consignments of freshly produced Colos in March and May 2025 in the state, a development that suggested that the dangerous psychoactive substance, which was hitherto imported into the country, was now locally produced.
The effort paid off on Thursday 30th October 2025 when NDLEA officers raided the residential apartment in Ajao estate, Isolo Lagos which Kelechi converted to a laboratory for cooking Colos, a strain of cannabis produced with the psychoactive plant and various chemicals. Recovered from the apartment include: freshly cooked Colos weighing 16.2 kilograms; ADB-CHMNACA Cannabinol -1.7kg; Potassium Carbonate -4.5kg and Dibromobutane – 91 litres.
In another operation in Lagos, NDLEA operatives on Saturday 1st November raided the enclave of a 28-year-old drug dealer Afeez Salisu (alias Malu) in Mushin where 16 compressed blocks of Ghana Loud, a strain of cannabis as well as designer sachets and bottles of Colorado weighing 16.4kg were recovered from him.
A music artist Godspower George Osahenrumwen whose stage name is Steady Boy was on Thursday 30th October arrested by NDLEA operatives while attempting to take delivery of a large consignment of Loud, a strain of cannabis concealed inside three cartons of bathtub imported along with other items such as cloths and gadgets from New York, United States.
This followed the seizure of the shipment which arrived the import shed of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) Ikeja Lagos from US aboard a DHL flight on Tuesday 28th October.
The 20-year-old music artist was nabbed at Bougain Villa, Primewater Gardens 2, Freedom way, Lekki Lagos when he showed up as the consignee to take delivery of the 140 bags of Loud with a gross weight of 77.20kg on behalf of a syndicate, which includes his manager, Zion Osazee Omigie (a.k.a Zee Money) who is currently at large.
In Kaduna, NDLEA operatives on patrol along Abuja – Jos highway on Sunday 26th October
intercepted a consignment of 84,710 capsules of tramadol coming from Onitsha, Anambra state and heading to Bauchi.
A follow up operation in Bauchi led to the arrest of the recipient Musa Abdulkarim, 27. Two days later, Tuesday 28th October, operatives at the tollgate along Abuja – Kaduna highway arrested Hamza Musa, 47, conveying 32, 946 bottles
of Akuskura, a New Psychoactive Substance (NPS) from Lagos, while Saidu Nafiu, 30, was nabbed with 131.5kg skunk at Kamfanin Zangon Aya, Igabi LGA, Kaduna.
Three suspects: Seun Olaniyi, 24; Rauf Asogba, 28; and Ayinla Adeniyi, 50, were on Saturday 1st November arrested at Abeokuta, Ogun state after a team of NDLEA officers tracked their movement from Benin Republic and eventually intercepted their bus along Abiola way, Abeokuta, with a total 1,779kg skunk recovered from them.
While Jamilu Mustapha (a.k.a Last Card), 46, was arrested with 596.4kg skunk at Nasaru town, Ningi LGA, Bauchi State on Wednesday 29th October, no fewer than 532,600 pills of tramadol and exol-5 were recovered from the trio of Halilu Amiru; Rabiu Maikudi and Ibrahim Mati in a truck marked KTG- 791 ZZ at Oko-olowo, Ilorin, Kwara state same day.
In Edo state, NDLEA officers on patrol along Okhokho – Isi community in Uhunmwode LGA on Wednesday 29th October intercepted two Toyota Sienna buses marked EPE 545 EV and ABC 142 CD conveying a total of 1,455kg skunk following credible intelligence.
In like manner, operatives in Ondo state on Tuesday 28th October recovered a total of 2,829kg skunk linked to a 32-year-old female suspect Mrs. Ige Olarewaju from two locations at Ayede, Ogbese, while another suspect Samuel Adebayo was nabbed with 737kg of same psychoactive substance at Adegbola junction, Akure.
No less than 76.5 litres of skuchies, a mixture of black currant, skunk and opioids were seized from a suspect Ige Oluwale, 50, who was arrested by NDLEA officers at Ibereko, Bagadry, Lagos on Friday 31st October, while a total of 30,370 pills of tramadol and 177 grams of methamphetamine were recovered from the duo of Musbahu Abdullahi, 28; and Saleiman Ahmed, 25, following their arrest at Wukari, Taraba state by operatives on Thursday 30th October when they were conveying the drugs from Onitsha, Anambra state to Yola, Adamawa state.
Meanwhile, Commands and formations of the Agency across the country continued their War Against Drug Abuse (WADA) sensitization activities to schools, worship centres, work places and communities among others in the past week. These include: WADA sensitization lecture to students and staff of Aroje/Abaa Community High School, Ogbomoso, Oyo state;
Amazing Flower Secondary School, Maya, Ikorodu, Lagos; Government Day Secondary School, Ilelah, Sokoto; Government Day Secondary School, Darina, Gwiwa LGA, Jigawa Royal Star Academy, Hayin Gwarmai, Bebeji LGA, Kano state, among others.
While commending the officers and men of MMIA, Lagos, Kaduna, Edo, Kwara, Ogun, Taraba, Ondo, Seme, and Bauchi Commands as well as their compatriots across the country for their resilience, professionalism and balanced approach to be the drug control efforts of the country, Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig Gen Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd) vowed that the Agency will continue to target and dismantle every identified drug syndicate in any part of Nigeria while denying them of the benefits of the proceeds of their criminal trade by ensuring that they forfeit all their traceable assets to the Federal Government.
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