- Teniola Aladese said she felt uneasy about walking alone due to growing safety concerns in her Lekki community.
- She contrasted her current experience in Lekki with her past experience in Magodo, where walking alone at night was normal.
- The actress highlighted the shift in her sense of security between the two areas of Lagos.
Teniola Aladese has shared her growing concerns about the safety of her Lekki neighborhood in Lagos, admitting she no longer feels comfortable walking alone.
In a recent interview, the actress contrasted her experience in Lekki with that in Magodo, where walking alone even at 2am is completely normal.
“In Magodo, walking is part of my daily routine,” she explains, “but in Lekki, there have been several instances where I have been followed by strange men.”
Aradese recalled one particularly shocking incident, saying: “It was only through God’s protection that I got through that day. After this experience, I decided to purchase a treadmill so I could exercise safely at home. “
In other news… A Nigerian-born nurse, Chimzuruoke Okembunachi, has had her nursing license revoked in Australia after a court found she put elderly residents at risk by repeatedly falling asleep during night shifts at an aged care facility.
The NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal ruled on January 20 that her conduct in March 2024 amounted to professional misconduct, resulting in her registration being cancelled.
Okembunachi, 25, is the only registered nurse on duty during several night shifts at Hardi Aged Care in Guildford, in Sydney’s west, caring for about 100 residents with the support of nursing assistants.
The court heard she spent six nights sleeping on duty, resulting in missed medications, including missing morphine on three occasions. On one occasion, she allegedly directed an unauthorized assistant to administer Panadol to a patient.
Although the court acknowledged her remorse, it ruled that deregistration was necessary and said her behavior had the potential to endanger patients’ lives. She was banned from applying for review for at least nine months.
