The Nigeria Police Force on Tuesday paraded three policemen caught in a recent viral video firing shots to hype up a musician, Dauda Kahutu, popularly known as ‘Rarara’ in Kano state recently. In the viral video, the officers serving as escorts to the singer were seen opening the door of an SUV the musician rode in and then firing gunshots into the air to hype him up. The Force Headquarters in a statement issued on Saturday, April 8, condemned the action of the policemen and said they had been identified and arrested.
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By Haruna Mohammed SALISU & Kamal IDRIS
MAKKAH Eye Specialist Hospital Bauchi, owned by Saudi Arabia-based Albasar International Foundation, was established in 2009 as a non-profit social service outfit providing treatment to patients with visual impairment and other eye problems, supposedly at affordable prices based on the vision of the hospital.
The Vision of the organization as captured on its website among other things is “to provide therapeutic preventative and educational programs to manage blindness and visual impairment in developing countries on a regional and international scale through non-profit social services to help the less privileged”.
However, a two-month investigation by WikkiTimes reveals that the hospital has deviated from its creed of affordable healthcare, and is now charging clients three times the amount in similar private institutions. There are also allegations of maltreatment of patients seeking medical help and systematic disengagement of indigeno