2016-06-05 | iBasam

Tears as Shaibu Amodu is buried

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<p dir="ltr">The remains of the technical director of the Nigeria Football Federation(NFF) and former Super Eagles coach, Shaibu Amodu, have been interred in his hometown of Okpella in Edo state.<br>
Amodu died in his sleep after complaining of chest pain on Friday.<br>
Teras flowed freely as the hearse which conveyed his corpse from Stella Obasanjo Hospital, Benin, arrived his residence on Shaibu Amodu street, off Okeiwo road, Okpella residence, around 1pm.<br>
Shortly after the arrival, an Islamic prayer led by Momodu Musa, chief Imam of Okpella, was conducted, and the remains of the sports master was lowered.<br>
Mohammed Sanusi, NFF general secretary, led the federation’s delegation to the burial. Abdulrafiu Yusuf, NFF’s assistant technical director and Robinson Okosun, head of psychology, also attended the occasion.<br>
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Tears as Shaibu Amodu is buried

Tears as Shaibu Amodu is buried

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Looking for job? FG begins recruitment of 500,000 teachers

BASAM 0 news 09:56:00

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<strong>The
 All Progressives Congress (APC)-led federal government has begun the 
process of fulfilling its campaign promise of recruiting 500,000 
teachers across the country.</strong><br />
Laolu Akande, spokesman of Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday.<br />
The
 statement said those interested in the 500,000 Teacher Corps, nicknamed
 N-Power Teach, can apply through an internet portal named 
npower.gov.ng.<br />
Akande said while the portal would be live on Saturday June 11, applications are expected to start coming in on June 12.<br />
The
 statement said the portal is one of the three direct job creation and 
training schemes of the government, giving the remaining two as N-Power 
Knowledge, which will train 25,000 Nigerians in technology, and N-Power 
Build, which will train another 75,000 in building services, 
construction, utilities, hospitality and catering, automotive vocations,
 aluminium and gas services.<br />
“The N-Power Teacher Corps initiative
 which will engage and train 500,000 young unemployed graduates, is a 
paid volunteer programme of a 2-year duration,” the statement read.<br />
“Unemployed
 Nigerians selected and trained will play teaching, instructional, and 
advisory roles in primary, and secondary schools, agricultural extension
 systems across the country, public health and community 
education-covering civic and adult education.<br />
“Besides their 
monthly take home pay estimated at about N23,000, the selected 500,000 
graduates will also get computer devices that will contain information 
necessary for their specific engagement, as well as information for 
their continuous training and development.<br />
“They get to keep the devices even after exiting from the programme.”<br />
credit: thecableng

Looking for job? FG begins recruitment of 500,000 teachers

Looking for job? FG begins recruitment of 500,000 teachers

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Cleric warns Muslims against sexual activity during Ramadan

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<strong>Yahya
 Al-Yolawi, chief imam of Area 10, Abuja, Juma’ah Mosque, has warned 
Muslims against any act that could provoke sexual activity during the 
Ramadan fast.</strong><br />
Al-Yolawi gave the warning on Friday while delivering his Juma’ah sermon titled, ‘The Etiquettes of Ramadan fast’.<br />
The
 cleric said the focus of the sermon was to call the attention of 
Muslims to how they could achieve maximum benefit by attracting divine 
reward during Ramadan.<br />
He advised husbands not to kiss or embrace 
their wives with sexual desire, while observing Ramadan fast, to avoid 
temptation which could affect their fasting.<br />
The cleric added that
 Muslims should avoid watching phonographic movies and indulging in any 
behavior that could lead to sexual arousal.<br />
He said Prophet Muhammad admonished against speaking falsehood during Ramadan.<br />
“Whoever
 does not stop speaking falsehood and acting in accordance with it, 
Allah has no need of him giving up his food and drink,” the cleric 
quoted Prophet Mohammed to have said.<br />
“Among the things that can 
reduce one’s good deed and bring sins is to allow ourselves to be 
distracted by watching movies, sports, attending social gatherings and 
hanging around on the streets with evil people.<br />
“Some people even 
greet the month with feelings of annoyance, thinking only of the 
pleasures that they will miss out for close to 30 days.”<br />
He said 
any person fasting should avoid all kinds of unlawful actions, such as 
backbiting, obscenity and lies, otherwise his reward might be lost.<br />
source: thecableng

Cleric warns Muslims against sexual activity during Ramadan

Cleric warns Muslims against sexual activity during Ramadan

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Muslim body rejects NYSC orientation during Ramadan

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<strong>The
 Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has faulted the National Youth Service 
Corps (NYSC) for fixing its orientation camp during the month of 
Ramadan.</strong><br />
Prospective corps members of batch A stream II are expected to report to camps across the nation on Monday.<br />
But
 MURIC described the decision to open the camp at this period as 
unconstitutional, calling on the authorities to postpone the programme.<br />
Accusing
 the NYSC of discrimination, MURIC said religious crisis is common in 
Nigeria due to the “overzealousness and insensitivity of some government
 officials”.<br />
“We reject this date because Muslim corpers will 
still be fasting at that time. It is illegal, unlawful and 
unconstitutional for NYSC to hold camp at a time when its Muslim members
 will be deprived of their freedom of worship and the liberty to 
practice their creed without fear. This planned camp is exclusive, 
discriminatory and parochial,” MURIC said in a statement signed by Ishaq
 Akintola, its director.<br />
“Official policies in this country often fail to take our cultural and religious plurality into consideration.<br />
“Any
 Nigerian institution dealing with schedules and programmes particularly
 the NYSC whose programmes are of such magnitude is expected to consider
 the dates and periods of important festivals, rituals and religious 
practices. This should form the core of its logistics. It is our humble 
opinion that NYSC headquarters has failed in its strategic planning by 
allowing its next camp to clash with the Ramadan period.”<br />
MURIC 
said allowing the camp to go on as planned would leave Muslim corps 
members at a disadvantage, explaining that those observing Ramadan will 
find it very difficult to adapt to the rigours in camp.<br />
The body wondered why the NYSC did not stick to the initial date scheduled for the exercise.<br />
“What
 happened to 21st May, 2016 which was the date earlier picked for the 
orientation? We do not want to believe that the shift was deliberately 
planned to coincide with the Ramadan season with a view to excluding 
prospective Muslim corpers,” the statement read.<br />
“MURIC is not 
trying to indulge Muslim youths. Fasting is no joke and it certainly 
cannot be combined with the physical challenges which characterize the 
NYSC camp. Eligible Muslim graduates will definitely want to be part of 
the service but the obstacles standing in their way are gargantuan.<br />
“Unlike
 the Islamophobic climate expected in an NYSC camp organized in Ramadan,
 what happens during Ramadan in Muslim-friendly environments is that 
both primary and secondary schools close for the day around 2 pm. 
Lectures in tertiary institutions stop from 3 pm while civil servants 
also leave their offices by 2 pm. If Muslims are not asking the Nigerian
 government to do this, its agencies should not become blatant tools of 
oppression.<br />
“The clear message we are sending to NYSC officials 
here is that the camp planned to begin constitutes a serious impediment 
to the religious observation of Muslims. It is exclusive, sectional and 
parochial. The planned camp should be put in abeyance for now in the 
interest of peace. A stitch in time saves nine.<br />
“Muslim youths 
throughout the country are bitter and furious at the thought of being 
disallowed to fast in the month of Ramadan. The best which NYSC 
headquarters can do for Nigeria now is to postpone the camp till the end
 of Ramadan. This country needs peace and stability to develop. We have 
had enough religious crises. NYSC should not stoke another.”<br />
source: thecableng

Muslim body rejects NYSC orientation during Ramadan

Muslim body rejects NYSC orientation during Ramadan

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REVEALED: Keshi was hypertensive and broken-hearted

BASAM 0 news 09:50:00

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<strong>Stephen Keshi died with a broken heart, family sources have told TheCable.</strong><br />
“Since
 the death of his wife, Kate, in December 2015, his life had changed 
dramatically,” a family member said on Wednesday morning hours after the
 football icon passed on.<br />
He said Keshi, 54, had become 
hypertensive “but was managing it very well… always taking his 
medications and checking his blood pressure very regularly”.<br />
Another
 family member told TheCable that since the former Super Eagles’ coach 
lost his wife, he had become so lonely that he was practically 
soliciting phone calls from friends.<br />
“After the burial of his 
wife, people practically left him to himself. The calls and visits 
became fewer, and he felt the pain the more. They were married for 35 
years and he watched the love of his life battle bravely with cancer for
 three years. He was inconsolable,” he said.<br />
TheCable understands 
that Keshi, who was due to travel to the US later in the day, started 
complaining of excruciating pains in his legs a few minutes to midnight.<br />
He
 was rushed to the hospital when the pains would not subside, but 
TheCable couldn’t confirm if he died on the way or on arrival.<br />
In a statement issued by his family, the preliminary cause of death was given as “cardiac arrest”.<br />
Respected
 sports journalist, Kayode Tijani, who was very close to Keshi, told 
TheCable that he spoke with the former international last weekend.<br />
“He
 asked about me from a mutual friend, so I immediately called him. He 
was so appreciative. You would think I gave him something he did not 
have. He kept thanking me profusely for calling him,” Tijani said.<br />
When his wife died, Keshi had said: “She was ill for a while now and I’m still in shock of this great loss.<br />
“She is more like a sister to me and was the rock behind me and everything I do. My love for her was at first sight.”<br />
They had four children.<br />
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REVEALED: Keshi was hypertensive and broken-hearted

REVEALED: Keshi was hypertensive and broken-hearted

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In all, death has snatched 3 wives from Jide Kosoko

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<strong>The tragic incident which befell Jide Kosoko on Monday morning is the third to have happened to him in his lifetime.</strong><br />
Too much for this bunch of talent to bear in his 62 years on earth.<br />
Kosoko had earlier lost two wives under similar circumstances within a period of 11 months.<br />
Between
 October 1992 and November 1993, his first wife, who is the mother of 
Sola, his actress daughter, and his second wife, died as a result 
of complications arising from childbirth.<br />
He moved on by marrying 
Henrietta, who departed the world very early on Monday, and 
later Kareemat, his fourth and now only wife.<br />
A few years ago, 
Sola expressed displeasure over her father’s decision to marry more than
 a wife, but the celebrity defended his action, saying he never set out 
to practise polygamy, but that God willed his life that way.<br />
His first two marriages produced seven children, and the number grew after he picked Kareemat in addition to the deceased.<br />
source: thecableng

In all, death has snatched 3 wives from Jide Kosoko

In all, death has snatched 3 wives from Jide Kosoko

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Fayose: I love you but I don’t have money to pay you

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<strong>Ayodele
 Fayose, governor of Ekiti state, has expressed his love for workers in 
the state, appealing to them to shelve their two-weeks-old strike.</strong><br />
Fayose,
 who insisted that he had been transparent about the financial status of
 the state, has also made a u-turn on his strike action.<br />
He said he was only joking when he declared that he had joined the industrial action in solidarity with the workers.<br />
According to Lere Olayinka, the governor’s spokesman, Fayose said this during a statewide broadcast.<br />
“I want to thank you for your patience, endurance so far in the face of this strike and our financial challenges,” he said.<br />
“It
 is rather unfortunate that we are in this kind of situation, I want you
 to remember that I have always made you proud, I have always paid 
wages, salaries on the 22nd /23rd of every month. I have always done 
that which you can always remember, the effort put in place by my 
administration during the first tenure.<br />
“I love you, it’s not my 
joy; it’s not my pleasure that you should continue on strike. It is not 
going to be in my interest for you to ask me for fish and I will give 
you stone, what I don’t have, I can’t give. I plead with you to see 
reasons and come back.<br />
“Some people said Fayose claims he is on 
strike, yes, I said so jocularly and you know it because you made me a 
comrade and it is in the character of comrades to strike and jokingly I 
said to you to identify with you that I am equally on strike.<br />
“Don’t
 make a political statement out if it, what is important is the issue, 
the problem and we must deal with it, it is a different ball game if I 
have the money and I am not giving you. I plead with you to come back, I
 am still the same man you know. I will never sit on this seat and make 
you suffer.”<br />
He accused Kayode Fayemi, his predecessor, of ruining
 the state, saying the All Progressives Congress (APC) should “bury its 
face in shame”.<br />
Fayose said the strike was political, wondering 
why workers in Osun and Oyo states have not down tools despite being 
owed salaries.<br />
The governor called for prayers, saying that the situation in the country could get worse in the next three months.<br />
“The
 APC should close their face in shame, how can you rule for four years 
and you destroy a state, you destroy the whole economy of that state for
 20 years?” he said.<br />
“I am not one governor that will come and lie
 to you, as it is the state is in financial mess. It is not easy for 
this government financially and I have always said this, I did not hide 
it from you. I went round the local government with the labour leaders 
in July and we all agreed that we should use two allocations to pay one 
salary. If you are using two months to pay one starting from 
September/October, we used September/October to pay September, we used 
November/December to pay October, we used January/February to pay 
November, we used March/April to pay December.<br />
“The issue now is 
that as we were going on that journey, when we got to February the 
allocation dipped further, it was now ending in using three months 
allocation to pay one month salary, that made it impossible for us to 
pay certain levels of deductions in December. The question to ask the 
labour leaders is why did you wait till now to talk about these issues 
if you were not part of it.<br />
“We need certain level of integrity to
 show that we are leaders of the people than to back out when we 
actually know we are part of it. What are the issues? What are the 
problems in Ekiti? They are two. The first problem is the dwindling 
economy, the money coming from Abuja is no longer coming, Ekiti earns 
about the least in Nigeria and secondly the debt profile of Ekiti as a 
result of mal-administration by the last administration where almost 
N1.2 billion is deducted from source.<br />
“Parents are generally 
emotional, passionate about their children particularly their female 
wards but sometimes you are helpless as a father. Your daughter will be 
at home, she cannot go to school but you are helpless and I still want 
you to continue praying for Nigeria because in the next three months it 
may get tougher.<br />
“It’s not about the governor, it’s about all of 
us, it is a selective solution we must look for. I am prepared to serve 
you, I am prepared to give my best, let us not be beclouded by our pains
 not to see the actual facts surrounding this state. Don’t let anybody 
come in in the name of APC to deceive you. They have plunged this state 
into trouble, why should they take money beyond their administration?<br />
“The
 internally generated revenue of Ekiti is collected from various areas 
by 13 banks and on the 1st and 2nd of every new month, they sweep it 
into one bank and this is done electronically. The governor cannot say 
help me remove this, help me remove that. No responsible governor or 
government will say bank, help me manipulate, because of how much? The 
size of the state determines your IGR, can you take water out of a dry 
toilet roll?<br />
“Can you push the people beyond what they can do? I 
don’t want to be here fooling Ekiti people, telling them the IGR is 600 
million/700 million for reasons of arrogance and pride. No! These things
 are done electronically, there is freedom of information, you can 
Google it.<br />
“You can go to accountant-general’s office, if she does
 not avail you with the documents you want please call on me, let me 
know. I will get her to give you those documents, she is a civil 
servant, I don’t want anybody to deceive you. I never diverted your 
money, what will I do with it?<br />
“I want a name, I don’t want money, money is momentary, money has got wings, it can fly.”<br />
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Fayose: I love you but I don’t have money to pay you

Fayose: I love you but I don’t have money to pay you

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Militants declare ceasefire, demand immediate release of Dasuki

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<b>The
 joint revolutionary council of the Joint Niger Delta Liberation Force 
(JNDLF), which claims to be the highest organ of “all the freedom 
fighting body” in the Niger Delta, has declared ceasefire.</b><br />
The group had earlier <a href="https://www.thecable.ng/breaking-militants-give-soldiers-72-hour-ultimatum-leave-niger-delta" target="_blank"><b>threatened to launch six missiles in the region</b></a> and to also shut Nigeria’s airspace, but it said it decided to do otherwise after the federal government offered to dialogue.<br />
However, JNDLF said government would have to comply with its demand if it wants the momentary peace to be sustained.<br />
Some
 of the group’s demands are the immediate release of Sambo Dasuki, 
former national security adviser (NSA), reversal of the order to freeze 
the bank accounts of Government Ekpemupolo, better known as Tompolo, 
establishment of Matitime University in Okerenkoko, Delta state, among 
others.<br />
The group said Niger Delta governors are its representatives and threatened “to go after them if they betray the region”.<br />
“We
 shall continue to engage in dialogue if our demands are met. Our 
representatives for the dialogue, especially the governors and others 
will not betray our demands with the federal government. Any betrayal on
 their own part shall be viewed as betrayal of the entire region and we 
shall go after them immediately as they know our mode of operation in 
which they will not escape from us,” JNDLF said in a statement.<br />
“There
 is no gainsaying that we made our earlier promise to launch six 
missiles simultaneously against some targeted areas. But this was waved 
aside as a result of appeals made to us through email by the federal 
government and some international nations to open talks with Buhari.<br />
“We
 saw some genuine aspiration on the part of Buhari, who made several 
contacts to us to see reason with them over the issue of 
under-development of the region. And since he (Buhari) had set the ball 
rolling for a clear negotiation with us, there is no problem without 
solution. We have therefore declared ceasefire in order to negotiate 
with the government if it is a true reflection of what they have in mind
 to develop the Niger Delta region.”<br />
The group said it was more 
interested in negotiating with the government on the basis of developing
 the Niger Delta rather than giving out monetary compensation.<br />
It 
also demanded the implementation of the report of the 2014 national 
conference, and the removal of Paul Boroh, coordinator of the 
presidential amnesty programme.<br />
“We are not ready to negotiate 
with the federal government for the sake of monetary benefit to us but 
how genuinely the government will develop the region is at the centre of
 our discussion and anything less than that we will continue our 
struggle without further warning to the federal government,” the 
statement read.<br />
“We demand the immediate implementation of the 
report of the 2014 national conference report, failure of which Nigeria 
will forcefully break-up. Oil-polluted lands in the Niger Delta must be 
cleaned up, while compensation should be paid to all oil-producing 
communities, e.g. Chevron fire outbreak of gas explosion in Koluama, 
Bayelsa state and Bonga Oil Spill in 2011;<br />
“We also demand the 
immediate release of the former National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. 
Sambo Dasuki (retd) and Dr. Nnamdi Kanu.<br />
“We also want the removal
 of Brigadier General Paul Boroh (rtd.) as  Amnesty Coordinator. He does
 not understand the programmes and policies of the Amnesty and does not 
know us to the grassroots. “Hence he should be replaced with Dr. Felix 
Tuodolo who has been in the struggle of non-violence since 1980 and he 
was the designer of the amnesty programme.<br />
“We carried out all 
these attacks on oil and gas pipelines in the region because of the 
statement made by President Buhari that he will develop those areas that
 gave him 95% votes during his presidential election last year. We, the 
Niger Delta people only gave him 5% hence we vowed that our oil money 
will not be used for the development of any other region.”<br />
Despite
 the declaration of the JNDLF, the Niger Delta Avengers, the group which
 has led the attacks on oil installations since the resurgence of 
militancy, blew up pipelines in Bayelsa state on Friday.<br />
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Militants declare ceasefire, demand immediate release of Dasuki

Militants declare ceasefire, demand immediate release of Dasuki

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MDAs To Benefit From Properties Seized From Looters

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Adeosun said this on Friday in Abuja while briefing newsmen after the Steering Committee of the Efficiency Unit meeting.</div>
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The Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers had been advocating for adequate utilisation of confiscated properties.</div>
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Adeosun said that the move to relocate 
the agencies was to reduce waste since these properties were empty and 
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The issuance of price guidelines and 
initiatives for reducing expenditure on rent on office and residential 
buildings will be the primary focus areas of the efficiency unit in 
coming months.</div>
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You may want to know that the average annual expenditure on rent for a three year period of 2012 to 2014 was N3.55 billion.</div>
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And to achieve that, we are already 
looking at using properties that were forfeited from recoveries and 
moving some of our agencies to occupy those properties rather than 
paying rent,’’ she said.</div>
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Adeosun said that the Efficiency unit 
had already recorded success in cutting government overhead cost in 
areas such as travels, welfare, honorarium, sitting allowance, training,
 adverts and publicity as well as refreshments.</div>
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Major savings are expected when on-going
 engagement with the Bureau of Public Procurement on the pooling of MDAs
 demands for standard products such as vehicles, computers, diesel and 
others.</div>
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We plan to secure large discounts from suppliers and the issuance of Price Guidelines are developed and implemented.</div>
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Price Guidelines will ensure uniformity 
in the price at which MDAs purchase items, as well as transparency and 
value for money in the procurement process.’’</div>
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Adeosun said she was working with the 
states to ensure that they all established Efficiency Unit since 47.32 
per cent of revenue that accrued to the federation goes to the states 
and local governments.</div>
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She enjoined relevant stakeholders to 
collaborate with the unit to ensure it achievd its mandate of cutting 
cost and improving the efficiency of government.</div>
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Credit: Guardian</div>

MDAs To Benefit From Properties Seized From Looters

MDAs To Benefit From Properties Seized From Looters

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Nigerian Army Replies Amnesty International On Pro-Biafra Killings

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accusing Nigerian troops of killing at least 17 unarmed pro-Biafra 
supporters in south eastern states.</div>
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Amnesty International said it conducted 
extensive research on the attacks and could confirm 17 killings, but 
said the number could be as high as 50.</div>
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In a statement following the report, 
H.A. Gambo, a colonel and deputy director, Army Public Relations, 
accused Amnesty International of not verifying its claims and seeking to
 discredit the Nigerian Army.</div>
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“The attention of 82 Division Nigerian 
Army has been drawn to insinuations of misdeed being leveled by Amnesty 
International against security forces during the MASSOB/IPOB violent 
protests in Onitsha and environs on 31 May 2016. Accordingly, it is 
deemed imperative for the wrong and misleading impressions with which 
the public is being fed to be corrected once and for all,” the statement
 said.</div>
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“The synopsis of occurrence on that 
fateful day is that elements of MASSOB/IPOB engaged in violent protests 
which were featured with outright disregard for law and order. In the 
scenario of anarchy that ensued, the pro-Biafran protesters who had 
chosen the day to mark the 50th Anniversary of Biafra perpetrated a 
number of unimaginable atrocities to unhinge the reign of peace, 
security and stability in several parts of Anambra State.</div>
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“A number of persons from the settler 
communities that hailed from other parts of the country were selected 
for attack, killed and burnt. 2 personnel of the Nigeria Police were 
killed, several soldiers were wounded, a Nigeria Police vehicle was 
completely burnt down while another of the Nigerian Army was vandalized.</div>
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“The strategic Niger Bridge at Onitsha 
was at the verge of being captured particularly with the coordinated 
reinforcement of the violent protesters from the Asaba end of the 
Bridge. In addition, wanton destruction of lives and properties were 
brazenly carried out by the protesters who employed firearms, crude 
weapons as well as other volatile cocktails such as acid and dynamites. 
In consequence, law, order and security were grossly threatened across 
the State and beyond.</div>
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“The Nigerian Army in synergy with other
 security agencies under its constitutional mandates for Military Aid to
 Civil Authority (MACA) and Military Aid to Civil Power (MACP) acted 
responsively in order to de-escalate the deteriorating security scenario
 in-situ. Instructively, the military and other security agencies 
exercised maximum restraints against the odds of provocative and 
inexplicable violence that were employed against them by the pro-Biafran
 protesters.</div>
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“The military and of course the other 
security agencies acted professionally within the extant Rules of 
Engagement to successful de-escalate the budding anarchy in-situ. It is 
rather inconceivable for any individual or group to have decided to 
inundate the general public with an anecdote of unverified narratives in
 order to discredit the Nigerian Army in the course of carrying out its 
constitutional duties despite the inexplicable premeditated and 
unprovoked attacks in the hands of the violent pro-Biafran mob.”</div>
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Credit: PremiumTimes</div>

Nigerian Army Replies Amnesty International On Pro-Biafra Killings

Nigerian Army Replies Amnesty International On Pro-Biafra Killings

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MTN Agrees To Pay Nigerian $1.7 Billion Fine

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MTN Agrees To Pay Nigerian $1.7 Billion Fine

MTN Agrees To Pay Nigerian $1.7 Billion Fine

South African telecoms giant MTN said Friday it would pay a $1.7 billion fine to the Nigerian government in a “full and ...

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Another Former Super Eagles Coach Dead!

BASAM 0 01:51:00

<p dir="ltr">Nigerian football and the entire sports community in the country has lost another big figure. A former manager of the Nigerian Super Eagles and Technical Director of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Coach Amodu Shuaibu has passed on at the age 58.<br>
Coach Shuaibu managed the Super Eagles team thrice in his career: April 2001 to February 2002, April 2008 to February 2010 and finally October 2014 to July 2015, taking over from the Late Coach Stephen Keshi.<br>
Amodu’s death was announced via the The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) official twitter page.<br>
Amodu’s death comes three days after the death of another former Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi.<br>
The three–time coach of the Super Eagles was said to have complained of chest pains on Friday night, June 10 and died shortly afterwards in his sleep.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Amodu died in Benin, three days after the death of former Super Eagles Captain and Coach, Stephen Keshi, who also died in Benin.<br>
The late Amodu had contributed greatly to the development of football in Nigeria, leading the nation’s national team to third place at the African Cup of nations tournament twice – in 2002 and again in 2010.<br>
Coach Amodu Shuaibu Passes On<br>
Shuaibu Amodu led the Super Eagles to qualify for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa but Amodu was sacked despite the team’s third-place finish at the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations in Angola that year.<br>
Amodu Shuaibu was fired twice in his career preceding a World Cup tournament – first was in 2002 ahead of the Japan and South Korea co-hosted edition after Nigeria finished third at the 2002 Nations Cup in Mali and again in 2010 after a third place win at the Africa Cup of Nations in Angola.<br>
Amodu Shuaibu will be remembered for his contribution towards the development of the beautiful game in Nigeria. Details of his burial arrangements will be made public in the days ahead.</p>
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Another Former Super Eagles Coach Dead!

Another Former Super Eagles Coach Dead!

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#Pendulum: Before They Mislead President Buhari

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By Dele Momodu <br />
Fellow Nigerians, let me say categorically and emphatically that our dear beloved country is dangerously haemorrhaging again and this perfidious drift must be halted urgently before we all end up in perdition. Anyone telling President Muhammadu Buhari that all is well or that his government is moving in the right direction is either lying or pretending like a rattlesnake. And there are many scorpions around ready to mislead every government and move on effortlessly when things fall apart. For sure President Buhari possesses the ability to move this country in the right direction and lead us to where we want to be but right now it is not happening and the soul of the people palpitates! I’ve been on several television and radio interviews in the past one week and the commonest question is on the performance of our President. The general perception is that the change mantra seems not to be working and the world is worried because of the importance of Nigeria in the comity of nations.</div>
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I hope our President will get to see this piece, read it and ruminate on the points I will raise. The Buhari government has lost a substantial equity in just one year as I will try to explain in the next few paragraphs. It must be noted that Nigerians were happy with the election that ushered in President Buhari. Even those who did not vote for him accepted him with unusual equanimity. Those we expected to fight and throw tantrums simply vamoosed into their bunkers. The expectations were high then but I doubt if enough effort was put into seizing the momentum and translating it into a mass movement that would have stood the test of time. It is not too late to reclaim the moment.</div>
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The faith Nigerians had in the abilities and incorruptibility of Buhari is mighty enough to move mountains. But unfortunately, I think the government took many things for granted once it took over the reins of power. The government mistakenly believed that the support of the people was like several blank cheques which it could cash at any point in time. The general impatience of Nigerians and their desire for progressive action were never put into consideration. I remember writing two memos to our President in quick successions, when I realised that Nigerians were getting restless and restive, one of which was the desperate memo that earned me an invitation to the Presidential Villa for which I am so honoured and proud.</div>
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Still the government did not respond appropriately to the yearnings of the populace. The major problem is that the priorities of Buhari were never palpable to the general public as everything seemed to operate in utmost secrecy. This is probably a relic of the military days when surprise and spontaneity achieved more.  However, democracy is an open book and it has become even more so since the internet turned the world into a global information minefield. I’m sure it was assumed that the people would never doubt or query the sincerity of a messiah. So there was no need to provide any real information about the activities of government. That was the first fallacy.</div>
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The second fallacy is that people would give the President plenty of time to unfold his change agenda. One year on, it is obvious that this has not been the case. President Buhari should have moved faster once the people started grumbling about the apparent sluggishness of his administration. The selection of his cabinet was annoyingly slow and by the time it eventually came it had evaporated into a deja vu. There was no element of surprise to elicit major excitement. In fact, most people wondered why it took so long to assemble his present team most of whom he could have picked in two weeks or even before he was sworn in. The demystification of Buhari became manifest from that moment not because the team he picked is not worthy or creditable but because the interminable delay in making the choices cost the nation dearly.</div>
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The next problem was that the President should have moved to unite and unify the country immediately. It was clear that the previous administrations had riven great division into the Nigerian polity. A new beginning seeking to heal the ulcerous, cancerous wounds of religious and ethnic disunity and disaffection was required. However, starting with a war of attrition, it was obvious our President would soon have his hands full. Not that some of the wars were unnecessary but the timing and methodology should have been meticulously weighed and analysed before launching into the requisite offensive. There was a lot to learn from our nascent democracy. It would have been easier to embark on some of these wars as a military ruler that the President formerly was but not as a civilian leader which the President now is. That realisation appears to have been missed by some of our President Buhari’s advisers.</div>
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For example, while the war against corruption was desperately urgent, it ought to have been known that it was intricately and delicately tied to the economy. The need to recover the looted funds as quickly as possible and use them to reinvigorate the economy needed to be balanced by the need to do so expeditiously and tactfully so that the main objective would be fulfilled. My humble opinion and advice would have been to use the carrot and stick method rather than the kill and go style that has now exposed our economy to grave danger and imminent collapse. The angry mob of Nigerians goading on our President has blatantly refused to assimilate the magnitude of the resultant repercussions. But it should be noted that those who feel frustrated about a rotten system can never be bothered if the entire structure collapses. It is such acute disillusionment that gave rise to the ascendancy of a Donald Trump in America. It is the duty and responsibility of leadership to wear its thinking cap well and rise above the giddiness of the baying crowd who have nothing to lose and only wish to see the spectacle of blood flowing without any degree of humanity or compassion for the impoverished masses that they claim to represent. The same people who hailed Buhari yesterday are the ones denigrating him today.</div>
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Once it was impossible to generalise the war against corruption to engulf all politicians tainted with corruption no matter their affiliation the government should have requested for a blanket return of government booty via negotiation with all public office holders. Those who failed to take up this generous offer of recovery could then be visited with the might and power of retributive justice. An example of when this great opportunity was missed was when government unreasonably told Nigerians they could no longer pay foreign currencies in cash into their accounts. Perhaps government in its naivety did not remember that politicians had prosecuted the last election through the almighty dollar because it reduced the bulkiness of gratifications. Government should have patiently waited for the dollars to come in, whether in cash or not, before pouncing on the owners. Once that opportunity was missed, the next was to discreetly stretch its tentacles across the world in search of thieves and money launderers. Assets at home and abroad should have been quietly traced for possible confiscation. This could have been done without all the present grandstanding and hullabaloo. When you hear the elephant stomping the ground behind you in a one directional manner, you know it is time to run and hide. In this period when we are celebrating the life and times of Mohammed Ali perhaps it is poignant to say that you do not telegraph your punches rather you “rope a dope”!</div>
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Also, the moment our President chose a military style of operation he should have known that corruption would fight back with ferocity and velocity. For example, once it seemed the former President, Dr Goodluck Jonathan had been marked for humiliation even demolition, I knew our President was playing with the tiger’s tail and I sounded my note of warning. Before we could say Jack Robinson, the Niger Delta avengers returned with a vengeance and brought us back to our knees. Today our oil production has plunged to an all-time low even when we had been grappling with the nightmare of low crude oil prices. The Niger Delta Avengers army seems ready to make Boko Haram look like child’s play as they strangulate the economy, degrade the environment and decimate the local population that they claim to be fighting for. Is this what we need to add to our plethora of problems at this time? The answer is a big NO.</div>
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The militarisation of Nigeria has become very suffocating. Shiites are being killed in droves in the North West. Mass graves have been identified and uncovered. The Biafra agitators are being massacred in broad-day light and its leaders detained indefinitely. Boko Haram remains a monumental menace to society despite the extra-ordinary efforts of our military and Intelligence agencies. The Fulani and or Libyan herdsmen have added to the conundrum out of the blues. Different militant groups are now armed to the teeth. Trust me these guys don’t look like they are joking.  Nobody fights on as many fronts as this government now seems to be fighting without risking it all.</div>
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Many have argued that Nigeria should be restructured. It is believed that its present configuration is too artificial. Most of the States are no longer viable while some fringe or full-blown eccentrics are asking for more. It is interesting that in the build up to independence our leaders from the North, Southwest and East were saying the same thing in different words.  Nigeria is peopled by diverse nationalities and any nation must recognise this diversity and give it voice and room to flourish.  A continuous denial of this fact can only lead to self-destruction. One of our erstwhile leaders in his wisdom foisted unitary system on us when we had successfully thrived under true federalism. That was a mark of courage notwithstanding that it was a totally flawed decision. Our President must find a similar kind of courage to find and examine all the previous recommendations made during different and various constitutional conferences and implement the universal clamour for true federalism. There is nothing new under the sun, as they say, our President already has a rich reservoir of knowledge deposited in some government archives to reach the best decision and modality that will achieve this end.  My simple solution, Nigeria must return to and embrace and practise true Federalism. Not doing so is like pushing our luck too far and postponing doomsday.</div>
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What is of utmost importance in calling for a political configuration that will meet the yearnings of our people is the state of the economy. My submission is that the economy will never recover in an atmosphere of tension, uncertainty and panic. The Federal Government needs to tone down the negative rhetoric about our country. That unfortunate moniker of a corrupt nation that has been hung round our necks is dragging us down and denying Nigeria the investment in its future that it requires. Our President must make it clear that he is not the only saint in Nigeria but that the majority of Nigerians are saints and he is the leader who epitomises that. This is why he was chosen by the majority of good and well-meaning Nigerians who want someone that would demonstrate to the world that the generality of Nigerians are decent, hardworking and honest and that it is a small minority of Nigerians that are crooks. We must begin to walk away from our ugly past and work assiduously for a beautiful future.</div>
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Every nation has lived through its terrible moments but none ever cuddled the past forever as we now seem to be doing. Nigeria is richly blessed with human and natural resources. There is always a new dawn tomorrow and we must get ready for it, embrace it and by so doing seize the initiative. There would always be criminals in every society but we must never allow them to steal our future or still dominate our narrative when we have so many great men and women we can be proud of. Fortunately, we have a President that stands head and shoulders above all else and he clearly leads the way.  He must now show it by moving at the fast pace that his country desires, nay demands!</div>
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#Pendulum: Before They Mislead President Buhari

#Pendulum: Before They Mislead President Buhari

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Farewell: Thousands Bid Goodbye To Ali ‘The Greatest’ In Glamorous Funeral Procession In Louisville

BASAM 0 11:30:00

<p dir="ltr">Thousands are bidding a final farewell to legendary boxer Muhammad Ali in 19-mile-long funeral procession and service in the Kentucky town where he once shadowboxed and dreamed of greatness.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Actor Will Smith and ex-boxers Mike Tyson and Lennox Lewis are among the pallbearers who placed Ali’s coffin in the black hearse for the procession that began around 10.35am ET, about 65 minutes after the scheduled start time.</p>
<p dir="ltr">The procession started at his boyhood home and then traveled along the boulevard that bears his name and the museum that stands as a lasting tribute to his boxing triumphs and his humanitarian causes outside the ring. Mourners standing alongside the procession route could be heard chanting ‘Ali’ or ‘The champ is here’ while waving and clapping at the vehicle carrying his body.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Some even ran into the street to touch the hearse, while others jogged alongside of it for a short period of time. Fans of the Kentucky native could be seen tossing flowers at the hearse throughout the procession. Louisville is accustomed to being in the limelight each May when the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs captures the world’s attention. But the send-off for the three-time heavyweight champion and global advocate for social justice looms as one of the city’s most historic events.</p>
<p dir="ltr">This is the second day of memorial ceremonies for Ali, who died last Friday age 74 after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease, as yesterday more than 14,000 mourners joined the family for the traditional Muslim prayer service at Kentucky’s Freedom Hall to celebrate the sporting legend’s extraordinary life.</p>
<p dir="ltr">“We’ve all been dreading the passing of The Champ, but at the same time we knew ultimately it would come,’ Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer said. “It was selfish for us to think that we could hold on to him forever. Our job now, as a city, is to send him off with the class and dignity and respect that he deserves.” The faithful traveled from all over the world to pay their respects. Thousands more lined the procession route Friday to wave a final goodbye to the city’s favorite son.</p>
<p dir="ltr">The motorcade started at the funeral home and headed north onto the interstate. It then paused briefly to overlook the Muhammad Ali Center in the heart of downtown. The cars headed west onto Muhammad Ali Boulevard, passed the Kentucky Center for African-American Heritage and visited his childhood home on Grand Avenue.</p>
<p dir="ltr">It will then turn toward his final resting place at the Cave Hill Cemetery where his family and closest friends will gather for a private burial. At 3pm, thousands will gather at the KFC Yum Center for a final send-off befitting The Greatest. The service will feature a eulogy by former President Bill Clinton, a longtime friend, and remarks by comedian Billy Crystal, television journalist Bryant Gumbel and the champ’s wife, Lonnie.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Gunnell said Tyson wasn’t sure whether he would attend the service because of an earlier commitment. He said Tyson was highly emotional when he learned of Ali’s death and wasn’t sure whether he could handle the emotions of Ali’s memorial. President Barack Obama was unable to make the trip because his daughter, Malia, is graduating from high school. Valerie Jarrett, a senior White House adviser, will read a letter Obama wrote to Ali’s family at the service.</p>
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<p dir="ltr"><b>. Muhammad Ali remains being carried for burial</b></p>
<p dir="ltr">In a video message, Obama said: ‘This week we lost an icon. A person who for African Americans, I think, liberated their minds in recognizing that they could be proud of who they were.’ The boxer’s youngest son, Asaad Ali, 25, shared his recollections and his final moments with his father. “What I can say about that room (before Ali died), it was just a really emotional, powerful, spiritual moment that we all shared with him”, Asaad said.</p>
<p dir="ltr">“I was able to say my last few words that I really wanted to say to him for a while now’. Asaad, who was born roughly a decade after his father left the boxing ring, is the youngest of Ali’s nine children. He shared how his famed father would often pick up people while driving home on the street and taken them back home to do magic tricks.</p>
<p dir="ltr">“We could be driving down the street and there’d be somebody on the road — in the middle of the road,’ Asaad said. “And he’d pick ’em up and we’d put ’em in the car and he’d take ’em home to do magic tricks. My mom would be furious at him’. Attendees at his Muslim service on Thursday were young and old; black, white and Arabic. Some wore traditional Islamic garb, others blue jeans or business suits.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Organizers say the service on Thursday was meant especially as a chance for Muslims to say goodbye to a man considered a hero of the faith. Former boxer Sugar Ray Leonard attended the Muslim prayer service for his friend whom he called ‘a man of great character and courage.” He said Ali’s most important contributions were as a humanitarian and a fighter for civil rights and social justice and that Ali ‘impacted the world.’</p>
<p dir="ltr">Leonard believes Ali’s most memorable moment as a boxer was when he defeated George Foreman to reclaim the world heavyweight boxing title in 1974. Leonard said he ‘was so afraid that George was going to kill him.’ He said Ali ‘meant the world’ to him: ‘He was my idol, my friend, my mentor. He was someone that I looked up to and someone who I tried to emulate during my boxing career.’</p>
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Farewell: Thousands Bid Goodbye To Ali ‘The Greatest’ In Glamorous Funeral Procession In Louisville

Farewell: Thousands Bid Goodbye To Ali ‘The Greatest’ In Glamorous Funeral Procession In Louisville

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‘Frustrated’ parents beg Fayose to pay teachers

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<p dir="ltr"><b>Parents of children in public primary and secondary schools in Ekiti state have appealed to Ayodele Fayose, governor of the state, to pay the outstanding salaries of teachers.</b></p>
<p dir="ltr">According to NAN, the parents expressed frustration over the indefinite strike embarked upon by the teachers.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Ajibulu Joshua, a parent, said the strike embarked upon by the teachers had caused setbacks for his children as they no longer read ‎their books.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Foluke Babajide, a civil servant and a parent, urged the state government to listen to the plea of the teachers and pay their salaries.</p>
<p dir="ltr">But Toyin Owolabi, a trader and also a parent, condemned the decision of the teachers to down tools.</p>
<p dir="ltr">She said her children were up to date with payments but were not benefiting from the payment because of the strike.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Owolabi, however, appealed to the state government to accede to the demands of the teachers.</p>
<p dir="ltr">The workers are demanding for the payment of five months salaries.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Source: thecableng </p>
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‘Frustrated’ parents beg Fayose to pay teachers

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Rapper Falz Opens Up On Negative Effects Of Winning AMVCA

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<strong>Actor,
 rapper and comedian, Folarin Falana, popularly known as Falzthebahdguy,
 has opened up on winning the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards 
(AMCVA) as Best Actor in a Comedy.</strong><br />
Falz revealed that the award has brought lots of beef and now he always watches his back each time he walks.</div>
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He also claimed it is not easy winning 
the award as several actors who have been in the industry for a long 
time still do not have the award but he got it at his first shot at 
comedy acting.</div>
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The actor plays the role of a 
hairdresser, Segun, who works in the same salon with Jenifa. Along the 
line, they fell in love and had an affair.</div>
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Falz made his acting debut in the movie 
‘A Couple of Days,’ in which he stars alongside Adesua Etomi, Lilian 
Esoro, Kiki Omeili and Enyinna Nwigwe among others.</div>
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Rapper Falz Opens Up On Negative Effects Of Winning AMVCA

Rapper Falz Opens Up On Negative Effects Of Winning AMVCA

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New Official Royal Portrait Of Queen Elizabeth & Prince Philips

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New Official Royal Portrait Of Queen Elizabeth & Prince Philips

New Official Royal Portrait Of Queen Elizabeth & Prince Philips

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“My Father Almost Killed Me With Sex” – 10-Year-Old Girl Cries Out In Lagos

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Justice
 Kudirat Jose of Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja was, yesterday,
 told how a commercial driver, Ajayi Gbadegesin, 40, had sexual 
intercourse with his daughter for 18 months.</div>
Led in evidence by the state prosecutor, Mr. Babatunde Oguntemowo, an
 importer of laboratory and scientific equipment, Babatope Adamolekun, 
said: “On May 12, 2014, at about 8a.m, on my way to work at Bello Bus 
Stop, Iju, Lagos, I saw a 10-year-old girl (name withheld) begging a 
woman for money.<br />

“I asked her why she was not in school and the victim narrated to me that she lost her mother, was<br />
<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="more"></a>staying with her step-mother in Agege, a suburb of Lagos and needed money to go back.<br />

“She added that her father had been having sex with her for more than
 one and half years and that she almost died from the previous night’s 
experience, as her father had sex with her more than three times.”<br />

The witness further told the court that when he asked the girl of her
 father’s whereabouts, she told him that her father’s commercial bus was
 parked a few meters away from the bus stop and that he had gone to get 
fuel.<br />

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Adamolekun told the court that with the help of four other 
people, they forced the victim’s father to the police station in a 
tricycle.<br />

He added: “On getting to Red House Police Station at Iju Ishaga in 
Agege, I told the police what happened and they assigned a female 
officer to take the girl to hospital for test and treatment.<br />

“I assisted them with N7,500 that evening when I was showed the 
result from the hospital that confirmed that her father had sex with 
her. The DPO, Ajimote, directed them to charge the matter to court 
immediately after seeing the report.”<br />

The next morning, Gbadegesin admitted having sex with his daughter, saying it was the devil’s work.<br />

The witness continued: “Then we chartered a vehicle to Abule-Egba 
Magistrate’s Court, where I was called as a witness, and the Magistrate 
ordered that the girl be taken to Idi-Araba for rehabilitation, while 
her father was remanded in Kirikiri Prison.”<br />

Justice Jose adjourned the matter till October 6 for continuation of trial.<br />

<i>Source: Vanguard</i>

“My Father Almost Killed Me With Sex” – 10-Year-Old Girl Cries Out In Lagos

“My Father Almost Killed Me With Sex” – 10-Year-Old Girl Cries Out In Lagos

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British Student Studies Nigerian Singer, JAYWON, As Her Final Year Project

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It
 is no longer news that Nigerian superstar and indigenous musician 
“Jaywon” has become talk of town since he dropped the most anticipated 
album of all time after four years which he titled “Oba Orin” meaning 
“King of music”.</div>
The album has been getting reviews from different individuals both home and abroad.<br />

But then, there’s a new thing in the pot! Jaywon is now a case study 
for the department of graphic design and digital art in the Prague 
College, a British university based in Czech Republic. A final year 
student in the school recently launched the study about his music in the
 center of Prague art<br />
<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="more"></a>gallery as her final school project with an 
exhibition that was attended by many dignitaries both from Czech and 
France as well as the Nigerian ambassador to Czech Republic and top 
lecturers in the university.<br />

Below is what the student said about the recently launched study and her project character.<br />

<b>“My name is Markéta Jíchová and I study at the Prague College in 
the Czech Republic. As my final bachelor project I have chosen a great 
Nigerian singer Jaywon, who released a new album (Oba Orin). This 
project really impressed me and each song is very original and creative,
 that is why I tried to make something different and interesting. I 
designed and drew a different pattern for each song, because as I said 
every song is unique, so I tried to make the most original design.<br />
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</b><b>I have also made the website which is functional with iTunes 
and with other social media, so that it can help the singer to be in 
touch with his fans. Last but not least I designed and made the 
corporate identity, fashion brand and logo. I am really excited about 
the whole project and I am glad that so many people are interested in it
 and even my school has taken him up as a case study and a course to be 
studied in the university.”</b><br />

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British Student Studies Nigerian Singer, JAYWON, As Her Final Year Project

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Five Surprising Health Benefits Of Ramadan Fasting

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<span lang="EN-GB">Most people rationalize that life is
already hard enough, without voluntarily depriving yourself of necessities like
food, sleep and habits that one normally indulges in. However, apart from the
spiritual aspect of fasting, which brings you closer to your Creator and allows
you to reflect on your life in relation to eternity, fasting also has some
incredible health benefits that people don’t know about. Some of these health
benefits are surprising, and would encourage the skeptical ones to try it. </span></div>
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<ul>
<li><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "symbol"; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">  
</span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB">Fasting helps to speed up
metabolism and burn calories and fat more efficiently. This way, people that
fast regularly are in shape, even without exercise.</span></li>
</ul>
<br />
<ul>
<li><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "symbol"; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB">Fasting helps to clear the skin
and reduce acne and skin conditions. This is because the huge amount energy required
for digestion is redirected to boosting other systems when there is no food to
be digested.</span></li>
</ul>
<br />
<ul>
<li><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "symbol"; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB">Fasting helps to reset eating
patterns. <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">We humans</span> tend to eat when we
see food, not necessarily when we are hungry. So when we fast, it helps to
reset our eating habits.</span></li>
</ul>
<br />
<ul>
<li><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "symbol"; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB">When people fast for long
periods, it helps to rid them of some habits and addictions they wouldn’t normally be able to stay away from.</span></li>
</ul>
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<li><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "symbol"; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> 
</span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB">Ramadan fasting teaches people
to share, forgive, pray and control bodily desires. This helps people to be
more at peace with themselves and others around them; which does wonders for
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<span lang="EN-GB">So, stop viewing fasting as an
unnecessary punishment and start seeing it as a method of cleansing your body
spiritually and physically after a year of reckless living. At the end of the
fasting <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">period</span> though, you deserve to be
pampered, so log onto <a href="https://www.hotelnownow.com/">Hotelnownow.com</a>
and check out our list of top hotels in <a href="https://www.hotelnownow.com/hotels-in-lagos">Lagos</a>, <a href="https://www.hotelnownow.com/hotels-in-abuja">Abuja</a>, <a href="https://www.hotelnownow.com/hotels-in-port-harcourt">Port Harcourt</a>
and <a href="https://www.hotelnownow.com/hotels-in-calabar">Calabar</a>. These
hotels come with deals and great discounts once in a while, so be a smart saver
and keep track of our regular promotions. Ramadan Kareem!</span></div>

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