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Court orders EFCC to produce Dokpesi in court Doosuur Iwambe ABUJA

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Federal High in Abuja on Friday ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ( EFCC) to produce the former chairman of DAAR Communications Plc, High Chief Raymond Dokpesi in court on December 14, 2015 and show cause why he should not be granted conditional or unconditional bail by the court.

Dokpesi had being in the custody of the EFCC in the last one week over an alleged money laundering involving N2.1 billion.

Justice Kolawole, while ruling in an exparte motion argued by Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN) ordered the EFCC should be put on notice and appear on December 14 with the detained former boss of DAAR Communications.

In the exparte application filed on December 3, Ozekhome had prayed the court for an order to compel EFCC to produce Dokpesi, who is presently in its custody.

He also pray the court for an order admitting Dokpesi to bail on self recognisance or liberal terms pending his formal arraignment by the anti-graft agency.

The grounds of the exparte motion, among others waa that Dokpesi had been detained for more than 48 hours without filing any criminal charge against him as required by law.

Dokpesi was also said to have, on December 1, reported at the headquarters of the EFCC following a telephone call to that effect, but was subsequentlt detained after several hours of unprepared interroga-

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nvestigations have revealed that the national blood bank does not currently have blood following the concept of blood donation which was said to be relationship-driven in our country which has led to the untimely death of over 4,300 people in the last 3 years.

Considering this tragic development, Hon. Chike John Okafor, APC member representing Ehime Mba-

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nknown gunmen have shot and killed the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in-charge of Rumuokoro Police Division, in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, Cliff Igwegbe, a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP).

Also, the Divisional Crime Officer (DCO) at the Igwuruta Police Division (DCO) was killed by armed men in Elele, Ikwerre Local Government Area of the state.

The name of the dead DCO could not be ascertained at the time of filing this report.

Another police officer, whose name also could not be ascertained, was allegedly stabbed to death by a suspected cultist in Abuja Estate waterfront in Port Harcourt.

Igwegbe and four of his men were ambushed by the gunmen suspected to be armed robbers, around Rumuig-

Nigeria’s first goalkeeper, Sam Ibiam, exits at 90

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igeria’s first national team goalkeeper, Sam Henshaw Ibiam, is dead.Pa Ibiam passed on at the age of 90 in the early hours of Wednesday, December 2, 2015 at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Umuahia, AbiaState.

The legend, who hailed from Unwana, Ebonyi State, had a flourishing football career that spanned three decades, among which is a 15-year stint with the national team.

In 1949, he was the goalkeeper of the first national football team that toured the United Kingdom, playing notable English teams like Liv-erpool FC. The team eventually metamorphosed to Green Eagles after the nation’s Independence.

Sam Henshaw Ibiam was Nigeria’s shot stopper until 1962 when he made his final appearance for the national team.

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Other grounds for the motion is that the offences alleged against Dokpesi are ordinarily bailable, adding also that Dokpesi has no reason or any likelihood to jump bail, escape justice or interfere with witnesses.

Ozekhome said Dokpesi has no criminal antecedent or record and that because of hs status in the society, he should be granted bail on self recognisance or in the most liberal terms.

It will be recalled that Chief Dokpesi was on December 1, arrested and detained in connection with money disbursed from the office of the former National Security Adviser (NSA), Sambo Dasuki (rtd).

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no/Ihitte Uboma/Obowo federal constituency yesterday brought a motion titled,’ urgent need to encourage voluntary blood donation to the national blood bank’. The house member, who also is the chairman, house committee on Health advocated for voluntary blood donation by all healthy Nigerians in times of emergencies. He said that blood donation should be a culture and social responsibility so that victims would not be left to the mercy of their relations.

However, the lawmaker noted that the national transfusion service (NBTS) under the federal ministry of health was established to provide safe, qualitative and adequate blood for patients in need of blood in a cost effective manner and, that the availability of blood in the national blood bank was for the welfare and health security of all Nigerians in times of emergencies.

The house of representative, therefore, has urged the federal ministry of health, the national orientation agency and other relevant agencies to create more awareness across the country and for the committee on healthcare services to make adequate budgetary provisions in the 2016 appropriations proposals for the federal ministry of health and the national blood transfusion service.

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DPO, DCO, another policeman killed in Rivers bo, after they (robbers) had snatched a car belonging to a member of the Rivers State House of Assembly and House Committee Chairman on Information, Sam Oge. The State Police Command has confirmed the death of CSP Igwegbe.

Rivers State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Ahmad Muhammad, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), said the DPO paid the supreme sacrifice by putting his life on the line for others.

Muhammad said late Igwegbe and the other officers responded to a distress call, but were ambushed by the hoodlums and killed in a fierce gun battle.

A senior police officer who did not want his name in print told Saturday Mirror that the shootout with the criminals occurred around 8pm on Thursday at Rumuigbo in Port Harcourt.

The source said four other policemen who were hit by

bullets were receiving treatment at an undisclosed hospital, adding that no arrest has been made.

In a related development, a police officer was killed at the Abuja waterfront in Port Harcourt, by a suspected cultist.

It was gathered that the incident occurred when the victim on his routine visit to the suspect, who is now at large, and his group members in the area, went to collect his monthly payments and was attacked by the boy.

The cause of the disagreement between the deceased and the suspects that led to the death of the former could not be ascertained.

A female source who pleaded anonymity said, “The victim often came to the area every month end to collect money from the boys, but unfortunately, he met his untimely death.

“The victim was immediately rushed to an undisclosed

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How can we tackle child abduction?

The human toddler, according to experts, is the most vulnerable of all young ones. Kidnappers now seem to be taking advantage of this knowledge, as a rash of child/infant kidnappings continue to leave parents in pain and anguish; and law enforcement agencies in quandary, write PATIENCE OGBO, JULIET UMEH and ERIC ELEZUO.

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t was an unusual kind of security meeting. The police rarely summons the vigilante groups for major briefings. But these are strange times requiring desperate measures.

The Lagos Police Command has been inundated with distress calls on child/infant abduction. In a strange development, infants within the age bracket of 6 months and 10 years have become targets of kidnappers. The abductors tend to haunt suburbs mainly, using all manners of tricks to steal babies.

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in Lagos.

For those who were part of the security briefing, the august nature of the meeting spelt out clearly the sense of foreboding for which the conveners came into the gathering for.

The law enforcement agents and their ally, the vigilante group in Lagos had a session where intelligence was shared on the growing menace of infant kidnaps in the state.

Joe Offor, Police Command spokesman, stated that community policing strategy has been adopted by the police to check crime. “We need the people to collaborate and cooperate with us by giving us information. Having a cordial relationship with members of the public makes policing easier and the society crime free because the police cannot be everywhere but when we have community policing at work, the residents will also become alert and they will report suspicious movement. The command is willing to work with recognized security based outfits to curb this menace in the neighborhood,” Offor said.

The rate at which reported cases of kidnapping and abduction of children have soared in recent times across the country is indeed worrisome and calls for urgent measures especially as the Yuletide draws nearer.

Instances abound on the activities of these enemies of the society as one story is told after another concerning one form of abduction after another. In some cases, abducted children have returned after their parents parted with huge ransom , in other cases, many have not, either because they have been killed and used for ritual purposes, or just killed to cover the tracks of the perpetrators.

Though police have responded with equal meanness, these punishments have had little or no effects on others as the crime has not abated.

Only last week, at the Orile area of Lagos State, a middle aged woman was reportedly mobbed by a group of pedestrians, who accused her of abducting four toddlers from the same school with the intention of using them for non-palatable reasons.

An eye witness account stated that the woman who drove a jeep with three other occupants; another female on the passenger’s front seat and two men at the back seats, was accosted by miscreants or touts, popularly called ‘agbero’ at the bus stop in a bid to solicit arms in their usual aggressively-beggarly manner. While carousing through the car, one of them noticed a convulsive movement. A closer observation informed him that the moving object was a human leg; a toddler’s leg. This prompted him to raise the alarm.

Narrating the incident, the eyewitness who simply identified himself as Tunde said, “As they slowed down at the bus stop because of the traffic snarl, the touts surged after the car, and in their charac-

Mothers of missing children protesting in Makurdi

teristic manner, began to solicit arms, and sing praise of the occupants. It was while on it that one of them noticed a moving object, which turned out to be a human leg.

He therefore, raised alarm”.

His alarm drew the attention of his colleagues who trudged in not knowing exactly what he saw. Then they also looked. It was actually a human leg protruding from where the rest of the body was hidden.

Then the mob action started.

According to the account, the touts, who were joined by other passers-by attacked the vehicle and rescued the four toddlers, who were wearing the same school uniforms. They were unconscious, as if drugged.

“Immediately the discovery was made, the two men at the back seat took off, followed by the woman in the passenger’s seat. It was only the woman driver who was left to the mercy of the mob. The touts vandalized the vehicle, and gave the woman the beating of her life. It was while attempting to set her ablaze with tires and fuel that the Police attached to the Orile Police Station intervened, and with sporadic gun shots in the air, they dispersed everyone, and rescued the woman, and what was left of the jeep,” the eye witness concluded.

While the police was busy investigating the Orile abduction of four children and making efforts to reunite the children with their parents, reports from the Ajegunle area of the state revealed that a 3-year-old boy identified as Olarewanju Babalola Obazua, was abducted by unknown persons.

According to reports, the toddler was reportedly abducted while he was playing with other children at the frontage of the parents’ house on Ladipo Street, Ajegunle, Lagos.

It was learned that the toddler, a Kindergarten II pupil of Flosilla Nursery and Primary School, was abducted on November 22, barely two months after an apprentice identified as Ayomide abducted a 2-year old boy, David Ushie, from the same area.

David’s mother Fustina Ogar, a fashion designer said her new apprentice identified simply as Ayomide allegedly kidnapped her son from her shop at the Ajegunle area of the state on September 17th three days after she came to work for her. It was gathered that the kidnap was initially reported at the Tolu Police Station, Ajegunle, but was later transferred to SARS, Ikeja, but the police are yet to rescue the boy.

Mrs Ogar, while narrating how her son was abducted, said, “it was one Sunday Egeabor, a family, friend that brought Ayomide to me as an apprentice. He said he knew Ayomide at his former office at Apapa, some two years back. He said Ayomide was a cleaner in the company but they lost contact after then. He said he met Ayomide at Ajegunle and she pleaded with him that he should help him get a fashion designer shop where she can learn. Ayomide paid N25, 000 and promised to bring her photograph and other things. That fateful day, Ayomide came to the house in the morning so I told her to take my son to the shop while I wash clothes at home. I never suspected any foul play because this is not the first time I will be giving my apprentices the opportunity to cater for my children. My older son ran home to inform me that he went to the shop but he did not see Ayomide or my son. I called Ayomide on her mobile number and she answered me that she was on her way to the shop.

After a while, I called her if she had gotten to the shop but her number was switched

off. I ran to the shop but Ayomide and my son were not in the shop. I asked around and my neighbors said they had not seen them. I became worried and called Ayomide’s number repeatedly but the number did not go through as she had switched off her phone. I went to report to the Tolu Police station at Ajegunle but nothing came out of it. The case was transferred to SARS. The police arrested Mr. Egeabor but he said he does not know where Ayomide lives or her family members. He is in SARS custody helping to track Ayomide.”

Also the police in Lagos State arrested a 22- year- old lady Jenifer Alezie for allegedly abducting a nine months old baby boy .

Jennifer sated that she abducted the baby boy from his parent’s house at the Ajegunle area of the state and fled with him to Okija in Anambra State to deceive her boyfriend into marry her.

Luck, however, ran out on her when the police tracked her mobile number and subsequently arrested her with the baby at Okija.

Narrating how she allegedly carried out the crime Jenifer said pressure from her boyfriend pushed her to stealing the baby.

She said “I lost my parents when I was a little girl and my sister died while giving birth. I became desperate about getting a child because my boyfriend who is from Anambra state said he will not marry me until I give him a child. I later discovered I was three months pregnant last October but I had a miscarriage. I was depressed but I told my boyfriend I was still pregnant and I came to Lagos. I saw an opportunity when Mrs Aina became my regular customer at the filling station where I sold Kerosene. We became friends and she told me she has a CONTINUED ON PAGE 5

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nine months baby old boy. She used to come to me to help her purchase kerosene. That was how I exchange numbers with her. She called me anytime she wanted kerosene and I assisted her. However, sometimes last month, I went to visit her in her house. Her baby was crying and I picked him up and started comforting him. I told his mother that I want to take him to buy biscuit and “bobo” milk drink for the baby. That was how I ran away with him. I took him to my village in Okija and presented him to my boyfriend as our son. I only wanted to use the boy to get my boyfriend to marry me but he did not marry me. I named the baby Chukwudile.”

Infant/ child kidnapping is not peculiar to Lagos state. Reported cases in other parts of the country shows that the menace is widespread. In Cross River, the police rescued two abducted kids on Thursday last week.

According to the police, the abductor, a herbalist, identified as Emmanuel Akpan-Okon, held the children, Esther and Felicia, both 11 years old, hostage for four years and used them as sex slaves.

The state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Henry Fadairo, stated that the herbalist raped the girls everyday adding that the rescued kids were abducted from their parents from Onitsha, Anambra State, and Auchi, Edo State.

He said, “On November 16, 2015, we raided Akpan’s home in Akamkpa, in the Akamkpa Local Government Area of Cross River State, based on a tip-off. We gathered he was into the preparation of charms for armed robbers and treatment of criminals

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“During the raid, we saw two little girls in his house. On enquiry, we found out that they were abducted four years ago. Wisdom was stolen from Onitsha while Destiny was stolen from Auchi.

“We are making efforts to see how we can locate their parents. The victims claimed that he had been having regular sex with them.”

A non-governmental organization, Prevent Abuse of Children Today Coalition in Cross River State, raised the alarm over the increasing cases of child kidnapping in Cross River state.

The group in a statement by Mr. James Ibor, Coordinator, PACT Coalition, Cross River State and Executive Secretary Basic Rights Counsel Initiative of the group in Calabar, says that no fewer than 20 children have been kidnapped in Cross River within nine months.

Mr. Ibor said “PACT had been investigating the recent spate of child kidnapping in Calabar, an ancient city famous for its serene and peaceful environment. It is sad that the city regarded as the safest in Nigeria is now fast becoming an enclave infant/ child kidnappers.

Children aged between one and 10 have been reportedly kidnapped, leaving families distressed and helpless, the organsation said. ” Giving a breakdown of the kidnap rate, Mr. Ibor said, “on the 9th of July 2015, a one year, nine months old baby was kidnapped at Ikot-Abasi Obori Street, Ikot-Ishie Town, Calabar. On 2nd June, 2015 a four and a half year old child was kidnapped at Awi,

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On 15th May, 2015, a four-year-old child was kidnapped at Akamkpa and a two and a half year old child was also kidnapped at Idang, Calabar South. In April, 2015 a four-year-old child was kidnapped at 8 mile Axis of Calabar. Other cases include a one and half year old child kidnapped in May, 2015 when the kidnappers lured the child’s mother to Aba, Abia State, under the pretence of giving her a job.Again, in April, 2015 a seven-year-old child was kidnapped at Ambo Street, Calabar South. Another seven-year-old child was kidnapped in April, 2015 at Idang, Calabar South. On 14th May, 2014 a two-year-old child was kidnapped at Okon Ekpo Close, Off Jebbs, Calabar South.

In Makurdi, it is the same tale of woe.

Journalists at the Nigeria Union of Journalists secretariat in Makurdi were jostled from their work when some women numbering about 10 besieged the journalists with tears in their eyes and photographs of their missing children as they call on the government to help rescue their missing children .One of the protesting mother, Mrs. Charity Otumala, 25, a dealer in foodstuff in Wadata Market, Makurdi told the journalists how her 2 year old son was abducted and efforts to rescue him has proved abortive.

“I travelled to Oju local government on the 5th September, 2015 and on 10th September and was informed that my son, Sunday Otumala was playing in the street with some children and they later discovered he was missing till today.”

Another protesting mother Mrs. Ngo-

doo Paul , 30, a foodstuff dealer and mother of three narrated how her 4 year old son was kidnapped. “I am from Konshisha local government area of the state, but I live in the Benue State University community, I was in the market with my four year-old child Terdoo when suddenly the child disappeared and has not been found till date.

Terdoo was schooling at Jewel Model Academy when on August 28, 2015 we were in the market and he was playing before someone snatched him. Some colleagues in the market later said they saw him with one woman moving out of the place but did not imagine she was a kidnapper.”she stated.

Kidnappers use a number of ways to lure kids into their trap. For instance, policemen attached to the State Criminal Investigation Department Panti Yaba arrested a 26 year-old man Gabriel Ogunsawe a National Diploma 1 Accounting student of Lagos state polytechnic over the alleged kidnap of toddlers from a Lagos Church.

The suspect who is said to belong to a kidnapping gang was arrested after allegedly kidnapping a 4-year- old boy from the Amazing Grace Church in Palmgroove area. In his confession, Ogunsawe said that the gang use biscuits and toys to lure the children when their parents are not watching.

Ogunsawe said his gang had kidnapped more than four children from different churches in Lagos but he was arrested shortly after negotiating ransom with the boy’s parents but unknown to him, the police were tracking his mobile number and he was arrested when he went to pick up the ransom.

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...observers, party agents commend INEC • Cloned PVC in Bayelsa, say some observers Osahon Julius, YENAGOA

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oday’s governorship election between the incumbent governor of Bayelsa, Siriake Dickson and his major opponent and former governor of the state, Temipreye Sylva, according to pundits is slated to be a mother of all election.

Bayelsans today decide who governs them in the next four years in what promises to be keenly and fiercely contested election.

In all, 20 political parties

presented candidates to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, though some of them has since endorsed the candidate of the All Progressive Congress, APC, Chief Timipreye Sylva.

But of these 20 candidates, the major contenders are incumbent governor Seriake Dickson of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and All Progressives Congress, APC’s Timiprey Sylva, who is also a former governor of the state.

Arrangements for today’s poll were in top Gear

as at about 11 pm, yesterday as all roads leading to the State headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, located along Swali Market Road, off Imgbi Roundabout, have been taken over by stern-looking Mobile Police men.

Entrance into the building itself was a herculean task as everyone allowed in are subjected to serious scrutiny and search by security operatives, stationed at the gate of INEC Activities at the premises of the INEC building was

frankly and tense, when our correspondent visited the place as hundreds of adhock staff engaged by the electoral umpire were seen by the perennial fence of the building verifying their areas of deployment, while others already dressed in life jackets were seen in hired buses that will convey them to their duty posts. ‎Agents of participating political parties also littered the crowded premises while newsmen from almost all the major papers across the country, including those from all the online

media.

Commenting on INEC’s preparedness, ‎Festus Mondibor, who hails from Nembe local government area and an agent of Peoples Democratic Movement (PDM), expressed satisfaction with INEC’s arrangements. ‎He said, “So far, so good. They are trying their best for now and am impressed and satisfied.

For now, we haven’t experienced any challenge and we hope it will continue like that when we go to the field for the election proper.

“We were supposed to leave with the sensitive materials for Nembe yesterday but unfortunately some issues came up‎.

Some of the party agents were of the opinion that we share the materials here while others insisted that we do that at the place.

But along the line, we both agreed that to avoid causing any chaotic situation over there, we would rather share the materials here,” he said. ‎ Also speaking, Prince Awotu Onepe, the agent of the Social Democratic Party, SDP), said:‎ “For once, INEC has proven that they can conduct a free and fair election. We are satisfied with their performance

thus far. All sensitive materials were inspected and have been moved out since yesterday with the exception of the one for Nembe local government area which they are arranging to be moved as we speak. ‎”‎We pray and hope that we are going to have a free and credible election. The only area we are having problem is the area of the Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs), because we have information that some party members have flooded some areas with cloned cards.

They specifically mentioned Brass local government area. But INEC has also warned the electoral Officers of all the local government areas to be on the lookout for these cloned cards. When you slot the card into the Card Reader, it keeps rejecting it and you think the machine has problem whereas it is a cloned.”

A resident of Yenagoa, Augustine Berebor, a pensioner, also expressed optimism ‎on the outcome of the governorship election.

“We expect a very peaceful election tomorrow because we have more than enough security operatives and the mood of the people‎ is good, they are in high spirit.

NSCDC deploys 10,000 personnel for poll

A section of the INEC area office at Dekina LGA burnt by hoodlums in Dekina, yesterday, although the INEC area office was temporarily shifted to police station at dekina and ready for the governorship supplementary election in Kogi State.

How we will monitor Bayelsa governorship poll — TMG

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he Transition Monitoring Group, an election observer group, on said it would deploy 325 election observers across the eight local government areas of Bayelsa State for the December 5 governorship polls.

Ibrahim Zikirul, Chairman of TMG, who stated this at a pre-election news conference in Yenagoa , explained that 300 of the observ-

ers would be stationary while 25 would rove on election day.

Mr. Zikirul said the TMG would use its Quick Count Election observation methodology to independently verify the official results declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

“TMG’s Quick Count for the December 5, 2015 Bayelsa Governorship elections will involve

deploying 300 carefully selected trained and accredited citizen observers to a representative random sample of 300 out of 1,804 polling units in all eight LGAs. “The citizen observers will witness the entire election day process from set-up of the pooling unit through the announcement and posting of the official results.

“Throughout the course of the day, TMG’s

citizen observers will send in reports in near real time via coded text message using their mobile phones to a National Information Centre (NIC) located in Yenagoa,” Zikirul said.

He said the TMG had observed the electoral process leading to the December 5 election by deploying long-term pre-election observers to each of the eight local governments.

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ecurity and Civil Defence Corps said it has deployed 10,000 of its personnel to provide security before, during and after Saturday’s governorship election in Bayelsa State.

The Commandant General of the NSCDC, Abdullahi Muhammadu, stated this in Abuja on Thursday.

He said he had given concrete assurance to the people of Bayelsa State that the poll would be peaceful.

He said, ”Three Deputy Commandant Generals, four Assistant Commandant Generals, a host of Commandants, Officers and Men and sniffer dogs will be on hand to ensure a hitch-free poll on Saturday.

“Also, armed personnel have been strategically positioned to protect the nation’s national assets to dissuade hoodlums from having a field day. ‘’

Mr. Muhammadu, who expressed optimism on the poll, called on INEC to be the unbiased umpire it has been known for, noting however that the right conduct of the election would determine the outcome of the poll.

He implored politicians contesting in the election “not to make it a do or die affair as a winner and a loser must emerge after the election”.

He further admonished them to be open-minded to accept defeat and victory with humility and that they should work together for the overall good of the people of Bayelsa State, “who will first come out of their goodwill to vote for them.”

Mr. Muhammadu charged parents and guardians not to allow their wards to be used as thugs.

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ope of increase in oil prices may not be lost as Minister of State for Petroleum Resources and President of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Dr. Ibe Kachikwu has predicted demand for OPEC crude to rise by 1.2 million barrels per day to average 30.8 million barrels per day for next year.

Kachikwu says that the development will lead to a more balanced market.

Dr. Kachikwu who is also head of Nigeria’s delegation to the 168th Ordinary OPEC Meeting made this assertion while addressing the OPEC Ministers Conference in Austria, Vienna.

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• Rallies OPEC members on stable oil price He noted that a balanced and stable market would be of crucial importance in the years ahead to ensure continued investment in the industry as it gears up to meet the world’s burgeoning energy needs.

The OPEC Conference President stated that the conference is centered on enhancing market stability which would benefit all stakeholders and contributes to global economic growth stressing that this can be achieved only through the concerted ef-

fort of all stakeholders.

“Dialogue and collaboration with consumers, non-OPEC producers, oil companies and investors are essential in reaching our common goal of a more orderly oil market. In 2015, we have seen positive examples between OPEC and Non-OPEC countries and the Asian Ministerial Energy Roundtable held in Qatar in November.

OPEC has also held bilateral dialogues with Russia and China this year, and later this month the

OPEC-India Energy Dialogue would have its first meeting,” Dr. Kachikwu stated.

The President of OPEC Conference informed that world oil demand in 2015 grew by 1.5 million barrels per day, up from 1 million barrels per day in 2014. “Next year, we foresee growth of 1.3 million barrels per day to average 94.1 million barrels per day, with most of this growth coming from nonOECD countries,” he noted.

According to him,

as far as supply is concerned, non-OPEC countries would continue to see significant reduced production growth as compared to past years.

In fact, in 2016, we anticipate a contraction in nonOPEC oil supply.

He said the downward trend stems mainly from the impact of investment cutbacks and the drop in US tight oil output, which has been declining since May 2015. He added that this is clearly illustrated by the drop in the number of newly drilled wells

and the reduction by half of active drilling wells.

Dr. Kachikwu maintained that OPEC remains committed to do its part in protecting the environment and supporting sustainable development adding that OPEC and its member countries are taking part in the climate change negotiations in Paris with the goal of full, effective and sustained implementation of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

support for the war against terrorism ‘’He was in Germany at the invitation of the G7 to solicit support from the Industrialized Nations for the war against terrorism. No one who has witnessed the killings and maiming in the past seven years by Boko Haram will call such trips frivolous.

After all, the security and welfare of the citizens are the reason for the existence of any government. ‘’The President’s visit to South Africa was to attend the regular summit of the African Union; the trip to Ghana was aimed at fostering better relations with a brotherly country; the trip to India was for the India-Africa summit that provided the opportunity to explore ways of enhancing Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs) from Indian investors, while the trip to Iran was to attend the forum of Gas Exporting Countries, a veritable platform for discussing how to better harness Nigeria’s abundant gas resources for industrial/domestic consumption and export, at a time of dwindling oil prices. ‘’The President also travelled to Malta to attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, from where he travelled to Paris for the UN Conference on Climate Change. The President’s second trip to South Africa since assuming office is for the China-Africa

forum.

He said that apart from rallying global support for the country’s wars on terror and graft or seeking foreign investments, it is important that Ni-

geria leverages President Buhari’s brand, a high integrity quotient and an embodiment of committed and dedicated leadership, to further Nigeria’s relevance and

visibility on the global stage. ‘’President Buhari is well respected on the global stage for his high integrity, his transparency, his patriotism and his purposeful leadership. It

is important to leverage this respect in such a way that Nigeria can become a major player, either in the realms of economy or global diplomacy,’’ the Minister said.

Buhari’s foreign trips not frivolous –Minister

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resident Muhammadu Buhari’s foreign trips since assuming office are critical to the implementation of his administration key policies of enhancing security, jump-starting the economy, creating jobs and fighting corruption, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said.

In a statement issued on Friday in Abuja, the Minister said all the trips have been anything but frivolous, and that they have started yielding fruits in terms of turning the tide in the fight against the insurgents who have been most active in the North-east, attracting investments in the range of billions of dollars, and securing global support for the administration’s anti-corruption fight. ‘’Nigerians, whether in the ruling or the opposition parties, have a right to ask questions about the activities of their President, but it is absolutely important that they do so from an informed, rather than partisan or sensational, standpoint,’’ he said.

The Minister explained that most of the President’s trips – to Nigeria’s neighbouring countries of Benin, Cameroon, Chad and Niger, as well as to Germany, the US, France and the UN - were devoted to rallying regional and global

Kogi: Court strikes out 5 suits for lack of merit

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ustice Gabriel Kolawale of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja yesterday struck out all the five suits initiated to stop the supplementary election in Kogi State for lack of jurisdiction.

Justice Kolawole while delivering judgment in the five consolidated suits filed

by Governor Idris Wada of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and James Faleke, Deputy Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), held that the reliefs sought by the plaintiff ’s were the type that cannot be granted by the court.

The court further held that from the processes filed

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Justice Kolawole also held that it was also not in dispute that the deceased APC candidate was leading by over 41, 000 votes when he passed away.

The court also held that there was no dispute in the fact that Governor Idris Wada scored second largest votes and that James Faleke was having a joint ticket with the late Audu and that they were coasting home to victory when the death

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The judge also noted that from the undisputed facts, the court held that the Kogi state governorship election had been substantially conducted by INEC and by that, the only appropriate place for aggrieved contestant in that election is the state governorship election petition tribunal to ventilate their anger when the election is finally concluded.

He added that it would amount to an exercise in futility for the court to go into

the merits of the five cases, when the undisputed facts supplied to the court by the p‎laintiffs themselves have proved beyond doubt that the matter was a post primary election which can only be adjudicate upon by a tribunal that will set up by the President of the Court of Appeal in line with Section 182 of the Constitution.

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EFCC arraigns ex-NIMASA boss on 22 fresh charges Wale Igbintade

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he Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday arraigned former Director-General of the Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Patrick Akpobolokemi and five others on a fresh 22-countcharge before a Federal High Court in Lagos.

EFCC had on Thursday arraigned the accused persons before Justice Saliu Saidu of the Federal High Court in Lagos.

However, in the fresh

charge filed before Justice Ibrahim Buba, the former NIMASA boss alongside Captain Ezekiel Agaba, Ekene Nwakuche, Governor Juan and two companies; Blockz and Stonez limited and Al-Kenzo Logistic Limited were alleged to have converted to private use the sum of N2.6 billion belonging to NIMASA. EFCC said the alleged offences contravened Section 18 (a) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition/ Amendment) Act of 2012 and punishable under Section 15 (3).

According to the charge jointly signed by Festus Keyamo and Rotimi Iseoluwa, the accused persons

were said to have committed alleged offences between December 2013 and March 2014.

The prosecution alleged that on or about February 2014 in Lagos, the accused persons conspired among themselves to converted the sum of N437,726,666.60 belonging to NIMASA. Besides, they were said to have on January 9, 2014 converted to their private use the sum of N66,800.000 property of NIMASA and thereby committed an offence contrary to section 15 (3)of the Money Laundering Act, 2012.

According to the EFCC, the accused persons be-

tween April and August, 2014 converted to their own use, the sum of N21,802,000 and additional N53,749,000.00 respectively.

One of the counts reads “that you Patrick Akpobolokemi, Captain Ezekiel Agaba, Ekene Nwakuche, Governor Juan, Blockz and Stonez limited, and Al-Kenzo Logistic Limited on or about 4th of February, 2014 and 13th of March, 2014 in Lagos did conspired amongst yourselves to commit an offence, to wit: conversation of the sum of N402,480,000.00, property of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, which sum was derived from stealing and thereby

committed an offence contrary to Section 18(a) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) (Amendment) Act” When the charge was read to them, all the accused persons pleaded not guilty to the offences.

In his application for bail dated December 2, 2015, Dr. Joseph Nwobike SAN, counsel to the first accused (Akpobolokemi) pleaded with the court not to impose stringent bail conditions.

He submitted that the Administration of Criminal Justice law encourages judicial officers to grant bail in liberal terms.

Counsel to other accused persons while aligning with submissions of Nwobike also urged the court to exercise it’s discretion judicially and judiciously.

In his response, EFCC lawyer, Rotimi Oladepo told the court that he relied

on court’s discretion on the request for bail but stressed the need for the verification of all documents, addresses and names presented by the accused.

In his short ruling, Justice Buba held that it in the interest of justice to grant the accused persons bail in order for them to defend themselves.

Consequently, he granted all the accused bail in the sum of N50 million with one surety in like sum.

The sureties must provide current tax certificate and must have landed property in Lagos.

The court also ordered the accused to sign an undertaking that he will not unnecessarily delay speedy hearing of the matter adding that trial will be on day to day basis.

The matter has been adjourned till December 7 for trial.

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A Adhoc Inec staff waiting to be deployed for supplementary Kogi governorship election, at Inec temporary office located at the police station in Dekina, yesterday.

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ing facts that this court has no jurisdiction”, he held.

Justice consequently struck out the applications.

Wada and Faleke had in separate suits approached the court seeking to declare them winner of the November 21 governorship election.

Wada and his party, Peoples Democratic Party PDP, had filed an application before the Court praying it to declare Wada as the winner of the November 21 elections, having scored the second highest votes after the deceased candidate of the All Progressive Congress APC, Prince Abubakar Audu.

Faleke on his own asked the court to declare him

winner of the said poll on ground that he is having a joint ticket with the late Audu.

Three other plaintiffs Johnson Usman, Emmanuel Daikwo and Emmanuel Igbokwe had also in separate suits asked the court to conduct a fresh governorship election in the state.

The court had on Tuesday consolidated all the four suits, but added the one filed

by Faleke Thursday.

INEC had on November 22 declared the Kogi state guber election inconclusive and announced that a supplementary election will be conducted to determine a clear winner.

The APC governorship candidate in the election‎,

Prince Abubakar Audu who was leading by a margin of 41,000 votes died when the election results were being collated, prompting a constitutional logjam on the replacement of the deceased candidate.

At the resumed hearing of the suit yesterday, three issues which were earlier formulated by ‎parties was argued by counsel to Wada, Chris Uche SAN. The separate suit filed

by Faleke through his counsel, Chief Wole Olanipekun SAN was also heard.

The court had asked the parties to argue in line with the three questions formulated for the court to determine.

In the three issues formulated, the plaintiffs asked the court to determine whether having regard to the provisions of Section 31(1)(2)(3) (4)(5)(6)(7) and 8, 33, 34, 36, 85 and 87 of the Electoral Act, 2010 (as amended) as well Sections 178-181 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended), INEC can lawfully conduct a second/supplementary election into the office of the Governor of Kogi state on 5th of December, 2015 or any other date at all let alone accepting the nomination/substitution by the All Progressive Congress when the new or substitute candidate was not part of the original election.

former Adamawa commissioner for local government and chieftaincy Affairs Chief John Babani Elias has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment over a corruption case instituted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, yesterday in Yola.

The conviction comes 10 years after the prosecution of the case instituted since the 26th of Nov., 2002, by the EFCC while Mr. John Babani Elias was still the state commissioner for local government and chieftaincy Affairs.

The judgement which was delivered by Justice Bilkisu Bello Aliyu at the Federal High Court, Yola, in the case instituted by EFCC on behalf of the Federal Government against Inuwa Bassi, John Babani Elias and Al- Akim Investment Nig. Ltd a company promoted by the later, listed as the 1st and 2nd defendant,

acquitted Inuwa Bassi while she sentenced John Babani Elias to ten years imprisonment.

Babani who was sentenced to the prison sentence has since been taken to Yola prison to serve his sentence.

The EFCC which secured the conviction in one of the landmark cases of graft involving a political exposed person in the state, did so after it amended the charges against the accused to 3 counts of graft contrary section 3(6) of the Miscellaneous under Section 1 (2) (b) of the same Act. The judge in her ruling on count 3 which nailed John Babani, before sentencing to 10 years without fine, found the accused and his company, Al- Akim Investment Nig. Ltd. guilty of defrauding the Adamawa state government of N31,500,000 vide his company which he used to divert the said monies meant for the local government joint project.

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Apostolic church embraces Osun’s road expansion project

•Receives N87.9 million compensation for church’s removal

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he National President, The Apostolic Church of Nigeria, Pastor Gabriel Oladele Olutola, has expressed the Church’s readiness to support the administration of Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun on infrastructural development by giving up a branch of the church at the heart of the state capital for road construction.

The Clergy stated this while receiving an N87,932,510 cheque as compensation for The Apostolic Church of Nigeria whose branch at Olaiya Junction in Osogbo has been marked for removal to allow for the construction of Olaiya-Ita Olokan dual carriage way.

Pastor Olutola held that the Church is a partner with the governor in his quest to turn Osun’s fortune around for good, thus the agreement by the

church on the separation of her branch for the project to enhance free flow of traffic at the popular Olaiya Junction.

He also expressed satisfaction over the decision of the state to compensate the church, saying Governor Aregbesola has distinguished himself as an epitome of transformation and performance.

Olutola noted that the leadership of the church found it easy to cooperate with government on the removal of the church building simply because it has been the principle of the church to abide and support the authority.

The Clergy said, “We want to thank God today that the leadership of our church and Government of Osun were able to arrive at a meaningful conclusion that resorted in this compensation.

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Biafra agitation: OPC alerts on plot to cede Yoruba land Kemi Olaitan IBADAN

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oncerned by the security situation in Nigeria, the Pan-Yoruba militant group, Oodua People’s Congress (OPC), has alerted security agencies in the country of alleged moves by the pro-Biafra agitators to shift their campaign to Yoruba land for ulterior motives.

The group while urging the security agencies and Yoruba leaders of thought to guard against threat to peace in the South West zone, called for increased surveillance on the organizers of ‘The World Igbo Day 2015’ proposed to be hosted in Yoruba land today, alleging “ulterior motives” behind the hurried arrangement.

The OPC in a release from its National Coordinating Council and signed

by Comrade Akinpelu Adeshina, copies of which were made available to journalists in Ibadan yesterday, said that it was “compelled to make this call given the precarious and heightened security situation in the country and the world over.”

“We see the attempt to bring the World Igbo Day celebration - in whatever guise – which is normally celebrated on the 29th September annually to the Yoruba land as a mischievous and diabolically crafted attempt to cause chaos in and destabilize Yoruba land; and this we will repulse and reject with everything at our disposal,” OPC stated.

The statement read in part, “As much as we believe in the right of every

person and group to self-determination, we are of the firm belief that this particular event is mischievously conceived and earmarked to be hosted in any part of Yoruba land.

“It is true that the Yoruba are a liberal, peaceful and accommodating people, yet we are no foll and should not be treated as fools.

“The South West part of Nigeria is the most secure and peaceful part of Nigeria today and should therefore not be turned into a theatre of war or avoidable crisis.

“For too long, the Yoruba have accommodated all other tribes and nationalities like good hosts. We have not minded the odium and other atrocities committed against our people, and on our ancestral land.

“During the last elec-

tion campaigns, it was the height of all insults when the Igbos in Lagos derided and mudsling our highly revered traditional rulers, particularly the Oba of Lagos. Never in history has it been recorded that a Yoruba person or group crossed the Niger River into either the northern or eastern part of the country to go and vilify, desecrate or insult any of their paramount rulers for political or any other reasons.

“The leeway to do business and own properties which the Igbo and other nationalities enjoy in Yoruba land has not been reciprocated for the Yoruba elsewhere, thus it would only be fair to warn anyone or group that ‘if our relationship cannot be mutually beneficial, it should in no way be injurious to us as a people.”

Olanipekun donates amenity ward to Ekiti Hospital

…health minister seeks private support for health sector devt Abiodun Nejo ADO EKITI

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egal luminary, Chief Wole Olanipekun, SAN, has donated a state-of-theart multi-million naira amenity ward and ambulance to the Specialists’ Hospital, Ikere Ekiti to boost healthcare delivery in the town and Ekiti State in general Olanipekun, who said the facility named Iyaafin Bosede Olanipekun Special Amenity Ward, was to honour his late mother, also promised to build and donate a Diagnostic Centre to the hospital soon.

While charging Nigerians to contribute to the development of their home towns, the senior advocate also appealed to the state governor to extend the ongoing dualisation of Ado - Ikere Road to the Ondo State border of Ikere - Akure Road to complement the internal efforts being made to improve basic amenities in the town.

The Governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayodele Fayose while inaugurating the medical facility, praised Olanipekun for the gesture, which he said would help in boosting the secondary health sector in the state.

Health Minister, Prof Isaac Adewole, who lauded Olanipekun over the facility, which he described as “bridging the gap of infrastructures deficit”, canvassed sensitization of well-meaning Nigerians and corporate individuals on the need to give back to the society including the health sector.

The Minister, represented by the Chief Medical Director of Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, Prof Victor Adetiloye, appealed to philanthropists and corporate bodies to partner the government to boost healthcare delivery and as well turn the country into a huge and dependable health tourism destination like India and other advanced climes.

Adewole said this became imperative as part of the measures of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration to give Nigerians quality healthcare delivery through improved facilities and to discourage medical tourism.

“So, allowing public-private partnership will make up for the gap in infrastructural deficit in the health sector. With this, Nigeria can be built into a health tourism destination,” Adewole said.

L-R: British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr. Thomas Paul Arkwright, Group Executive Director, Globacom, Mrs. Bella Disu and Regional Director, Partner Markets, Vodafone, Mr Vik. G Patel, at the public unveiling of Globacom-Vodafone partnership agreement at Eko Hotel on Thursday night.

Why Owa can’t be permanent chair of Osun Obas Council —IDB Boladale Bamigbola OSOGBO.

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he umbrella body for all Ife indigenes, Ife Development Board, IDB, yesterday dismissed the claim by Owa Obokun of Ijesaland, Oba Adekunle Aromolaran, that he has been chosen as the new chairman of Osun state Council of Obas, saying there exist a law that gives chairman seat to Ooni of Ife in perpetuity.

Oba Aromolaran had on Thursday while briefing newsmen in Osogbo after meeting of Osun obas said he had been chosen as the substantive chairman of

the council.

He said Ataoja of Osogbo nominated him and other monarchs in attendants accepted that he should assumed full leadership of the council after acting as chairman since the demise of late Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuade.

But addressing newsmen in Ife the chairman of IDB, Prof. Muib Opeloye, said law ceding the chairmanship seat of Osun Obas Council permanently to Ooni was passed by Osun state House of Assembly in 2003 and signed into law by then governor, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola same year.

The IDB recalled that since 1960 during the reign of Oba Adesoji Aderemi, then Ooni of Ife, he was

permanent chairman of the Western Region Council of Obas, stressing that the position was not rotated.

“But when Oba Aderemi became very old and could not attend the council meeting any longer, his deputy, the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, was the one acting and he was coming to Ife to report their deliberations to the Ooni.

“In July, 1966, before the assassination of the then Nigeria’s Head of State, Gen. Aguiyi Ironsi, Oba Aderemi presided over the meeting of the traditional rulers from different parts of the country that took place in Ibadan.

“In 1980, after the demise of Oba Adesoji Ader-

emi, Oba Okunade Sijuade, took over in Oyo state as permanent chairman till 1992, when Osun state was created. The position of Ooni as the permanent chairman of the Council of Obas did not change,” the IDB stressed.

The board further averred that even at the national level, Ooni co-chairs the National Traditional Council with the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, in recognition of his supremacy as the foremost Yoruba traditional ruler.

Describing the pronouncement of Owa as chairman of Osun Obas Council as “act of bad faith”, the IDB said those responsible for the resolution did so against the throne of Oduduwa.

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Rights commission orders Nasarawa govt to evacuate IDPs from Al’majiri school Igbawase Ukumba LAFIA

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uthorities of the National Human Rights Commission yesterday, directed the Nasarawa State Government to evacuate the Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, occupying the Federal Government Al’majiri Model School, Lafia.

The IDPs, who are from Taraba State, are being camped at the Al’majiri school by the Nasarawa State Government for over a year following a crisis that rocked Wukari local government area of Taraba State which led to their, (IDPs), displacement to Nasarawa State.

Executive Secretary of the commission, Prof Bem Angwe, who gave the directive in Lafia, the state capital, at a working visit to Lafia, lamented the non-commencement of studies at the school due to the conversion of the facility by the Nasarawa State government into an IDPs camp.

The commission’s arrow head expressed concern over the destruction of facilities in the school by the IDPs, even as he added that the contractor was yet to handover the project to the federal government.

However, he continued that the commission would interface with the Taraba State Government for immediate return of the IDPs back to their ancestral home in Taraba state.

At the Shinge-IDPs camp in Lafia, the commission’s boss frowned at the negligent of the camp by the state government in the areas of water supply, health and security services which he said could lead to outbreak of epidemic that could claim the lives of such citizens of the country..

Consequently, Prof Angwe directed that the host state should, without further delay, repair a borehole in the dilapidated camp functional as well as mobilising its health system to attend to the over forty IDPs who were down with one ailment or the other during the visit, while a security outfit should be put in place at the camp to secure the lives and properties of the IDPs.

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Kogi guber election: Arsonists set INEC office ablaze in Dekina local government was burnt down by LOKOJA some hoodlums last night uspected arson- along side with non-senists have set ablaze sitive materials. the Independent He disclosed that the National Electoral Com- sensitive materials and mission INEC office in Card readers were in the Dekina Local Govern- burnt office. ment Area of Kogi State Dekina Local governyesterday.. ment is one of the 18 This was contained Local government areas in a statement signed by where supplementary the Kogi State Resident governorship election Electoral Commissioner will be held today.

(REC), Alhaji Halilu Pai The INEC has on Noand copy of which was vember 22, declared the made available to news- governorship result Inmen in Lokoja yesterday, conclusive as result of saying the Area Office violence, over voting, re-

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fusal of some voters to use Smart Card Readers and violent destruction of election materials in about 91 polling units.

The causes of the inferno which started about 2.00am at INEC office in Dekina town is yet to be ascertained as at the time of filing this report.

Meanwhile, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC),Alhaji Huessin Halilu Pai has disclosed that the Commission has made arrangement for replacement of non sensitive

materials which was got burnt to ashes ahead of today’s supplementary election in the area.

Pai stated that a make shift office at Police Station have been provided for the purpose of election in the polling units where election was cancelled in the local government area.

When contacted, the Police Public Relation Officer, Mr. Williams Aya confirmed the incident, noting that the cause of the fire incident has not been made public.

Governor of Gombe State, Ibrahim Dankwambo (2nd left), inspecting township roads projects in Gombe, yesterday.

...It’s barbaric, uncivilised, callous, uncalled for –Wada Wale Ibrahim LOKOJA

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ogi State Governor, Captain Idris Wada has condemned in strong terms, the burning of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) area office in Dekina, Dekina Local government area of Kogi State.

In a statement issued by the Deputy Governor, Yomi Awoniyi, a copy of

which was made available to newsmen in Lokoja yesterday, the governor described the action as “barbaric, uncivilized, callous and uncalled for”.

Wada stated that the action is against the administration’s developmental aspirations, pointing out that it cost money to erect public institutions and therefore, stressing that any destruction done amounts to a drain on the resources of the country.

He assured that everything would be done to arrest those behind the arson and bring them to justice.

The governor therefore, called for calm while sympathizing with INEC over the incident.

The statement further said the governor has convened an emergency security council meeting in order to coordinate the investigation which will lead to unravelling the

immediate and remote causes of the incident with a view to preventing a re-occurrence and fishing out the perpetrators.

It stated that preliminary investigation reveals that some persons dressed in police uniform visited the INEC office Dekina in the early hours of today, demanding for all materials relating to the supplementary election.

Panic in Gombe schools as GIS teachers disengage Williams Atttah, GOMBE

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o fewer than 460 interns participating in the Graduate Internship Scheme of the Federal Ministry of Finance may soon be engaged by the Gombe State Government following the intense pressure mounted by school principals on the negative impact of their disengagement.

There are indications yesterday from the coordinator of interns in the State Ministry of Economic Planning, Auwal Isah, who stated that the staff strength of most of the secondary schools in the State would negatively be affected if the interns are withdrawn from secondary schools.

In an interview with Saturday Mirror during the Career Development and Entrepreneurship Skills Training for Interns in Gombe State, Mallam Auwal Isah said both the State Ministry of Economic Planning and that of Education have been working round the clock to see that the graduates are retained as permanent Staff of the schools due to the negative impact their withdrawal will pose to the schools.

According to him, “based on the recommendations we received from the principals through the questionnaires and templates we sent, 460 out of 648 interns have been very consistent to their duty and there are indications that if they are withdrawn, it may land the schools into serious academic problems”.

Earlier, Mrs. Monisola Lawal, who represented the Project Director of the Graduate Internship Scheme (GIS) of the Federal Ministry of Finance, Mr. Peter Papka said 94 interns were trained on career development and entrepreneurial skills to enable them have an action plan that will guide them in the next few years.

According to her, the training is to prepare them for the task ahead as some of them may be retained by their organizations while some could be employers of labour too.

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Bayelsa: It’s Dickson vs. Sylva Julius Osahon

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ayelsa State and indeed, the Ijaw nation will be in the news today as indigenes and residents living in Bayelsa will today come out to cast their votes for the best man to pilot the affairs of the oil rich state for the next four years.

The tenure of the incumbent governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson, of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, who has been in the saddle since 2012 will expire on February 14, 2016.

For the first time in the life of one of the youngest states in the country, the people appeared set to experiencing a real contest, a fierce battle between two parties who are equally matched and with two former governors going head to head.

Reason; one of the parties, the PDP, which is the ruling party for sixteen years prior to today poll, has not had an opposition in real sense of the word for these years. The PDP has always had its way as oppositions in the state has found it difficult to dislodge it in previous election.

The emergence of the All Progressive Congress, APC, at the center and perhaps the popularity and swagger of the former governor and candidate of the APC, Chief Timipreye Sylva, has brought in a fierce and close battle between the two former governors. For the first time perhaps, in the politics of who governs Bayelsa in 2016, there seems to be no sitting on the fence for anyone in the state either you are for the PDP or APC. Twenty political parties are initially billed to contest in today’s epic battle though, about sixteen of them, at the last moment, decided to endorse the candidate of the APC, and former governor, Chief Timipreye Sylva.

However, despite the multiplicity of candidates, many believed that the battle will be strictly between two contenders who are not new to each other and perhaps the candidate of the PDM, Moses Siasia, who many see as the dark horse in the race for Creek haven Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson. For the incumbent governor Dickson, perhaps today is the first real test to show his popularity to the people of Bayelsa, and his party the PDP. Today no doubt, is the day of reckoning of Dickson’s acclaimed achievement even as observers say, he may have to plead with the ‘spirits’ again to help him at a time the PDP only recently lost at the centre following the defeat of his kinsman and former President, Goodluck Jonathan.

The tough looking former police constable who rose to his present position as governor through the dint of hard work will not find it easy as expected and predicted as the campaigns has shown.

The power of incumbency may perhaps, help him in his bid for re-election but the reality on ground as at yesterday evening with another six other candidates from the other

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political parties joining the other ten before to endorse his close rival , things may fall apart for him today.

Also, barely four months to the election, the entire state has become one huge billboard for governorship aspirants of the contending parties as all manner of posters adorn every nook and crannies of the state.

Again, the incumbent is having a not too rosy time with the party faithful and a handful of his cabinet members who had defected to the APC in recent times as campaigns went on.

Another factor they may affect his re-election is his stance on ‘stomach infrastructure’ a new parlance in Nigeria democracy.

While the governor went about trying to build infrastructure and institutions with the robust federal allocation coming from the center, he was said to have neglected or rather forgot to either empower the citizenry.

The anger of the people perhaps became more loud when they accused the governor of empowering only his siblings and kinsmen from his home town of Sagbama, to the detriment.

Though the marauding APC and its candidates has given the governor a horrid time in the campaigns that has seen him visited almost all the communities in the state soliciting for votes, he still remain the candidates to beat.

However, it will be a difficult task for the APC to unseat him for the fact that Jonathan, the immediate past president who has already endorsed him a second term is from Bayelsa and a son of the soil.

Many Bayelsans are still nursing the wound from defeat Jonathan, their own kinsman suffered in the hands of the APC in the last presidential election and this may be the opportunity they are waiting to take their pound of flesh from the APC. In the calculation of some observers, sentiments as being deployed by the governor’s in his campaigns may play a major part in deciding who wins the election.

Majority of voters in the state may be constrained to support the party which made an indigene become the first president from the Niger Delta region.

And of course, Jonathan is unlikely to allow the PDP lose the coming governorship election in the state.

Jonathan, if he still has any influence, may be of great help for Dickson considering what he started but could not finish, through no fault of his.

Chief Timipreye Sylva, on the other hand is no doubt on ground. His growing influence on the politics of Bayelsa since the emergence of his party, the APC at the center has been compared to wide fire and almost uncontrollable.

Popular among the youths and his former associates, today will provides yet another opportunity for him to test the much acclaimed popularity and perhaps, another opportunity to hurt both Dickson and former President Jonathan.

While he will be testing his popularity today, his party, the APC will also test its strengths and consolidate the party’s position in its bid to gain an inroad into the oil rich south-south states.

As expected, Sylva, apart from his popularity and unbelievable acceptance among the populace, ostensibly as a result of his policies of stomach infrastructure, which he used to great advantage, he will surely benefit effect of APC and Buhari’s emergence.

The general calculation among stakeholders in the state APC that supporting a party that is already in control of the centre would benefit them more will help him greatly notwithstanding the Jonathan’s factor.

For many, in the state, they believe that Jonathan has not done enough for the community during his time as President as demonstrated in the open endorsement of Sylva by Jonathans’ kinsmen in Ogbia.

Another factor that may sway in his favour is the fact that success comes with

many friends, brothers and followers as evidenced by the mass defection of members of the PDP in the state to the APC, to include the state chairman of the party and members of the State Working Committee, SWC. The supporters of the APC believe that the wave of change in the country will help the eventual candidate of the party to win the election. Among them, the message is that Dickson has not done enough to deserve a re-election.

The thinking in the APC circles is that having ruled the state in the last 16 years, the PDP has yet to improve the fortunes of people of Bayelsa State.

One thing though that may work against him is the insecurity factor, many people in the state believe that though he is the most people’s friendly governor out of the two, the spate of cult activities and that of his security outfit, nicknamed “Famutangbe” which literally means in Ijaw language ‘kill and throw away’ still left a soar taste in the mouth.

Another factor that may hurt his return to Creek haven will be the influence of former governor, DSP Alamseigha, who before his death, has openly endorsed the candidature and re-election of the incumbent.

Alams as the former governor is fondly called, still maintain a huge cult followership among Bayelsans, despite his ordeal in the hands of former President Olusegun Obasanjo.

No matter the odds and prospects, the race is between Sylva and Dickson with Moses Siasia, arguably the most visible of the other 18 aspirants not expected to pull any surprises.

While other candidates would just add up the figure the crowd of people at the different rallies and campaigns grounds shows that Bayelsans are ready for today and for the first time hope to see an epic battle between the gladiators.

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, the Police and other security agencies said they have put necessary machineries in motion to create an enabling environment for INEC to conduct the election and Bayelsans are ready to go to the poll today.

With recent survey and opinion conducted by a Non-Governmental Organization, NGO, based in Lagos State, indicating that the candidate of the All Progressive Congress, APC, and former governor of the state, Chief Timipreye Sylva, will emerge winner of the poll by wide margin, Bayelsans are waiting, the nation is standing by, while the world watch another acid test from the INEC new Chairman.

Regardless of what anybody may have predict, feels or says, by tomorrow evening when results from the right local governments starts rolling, some hearts will be broken, some will be healed, some will perhaps never remain the same again, but one thing is certain, it will be a second term coming for somebody.

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‘I didn’t regret my impeachment’ Alhaji Balarabe Musa was the first civilian governor of the old Kaduna State. The politician speaks about his celebrated impeachment by the House of Assembly and his revolutionary struggles against the ruling class in the country. LEKAN ADEJUWON reports

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et me start from 1979 to the time you were the governor of old Kaduna State. We know you had problems with the majority party in your House of Assembly which was the NPN which consequently led to your impeachment. Did you feel bitter at the event at that time?

No, I didn’t feel bitter but I was disappointed that those who were responsible for that ( impeachment) did not care about the consequences from their action because we have just started democratic rule and that action affected that process adversely because as a result of that action, impeachment became a regular event in Nigeria and subverted our democratic development. To that extent, I regretted it but I didn’t regret the provision in the constitution which provided for an impeachment of a governor or a president for gross misconduct or other things. I didn’t regret it because I knew it was necessary to have undemocratic and dictatorial tendencies.

Are you saying that you were wrong and the House was right to have impeached you?

No. the impeachment was purely a political manouvre. In the old Kaduna State then, there was a historical battle between two political movements-the political movement that represented the previous feudal and colonial system, and the political movement that represented the emerging struggle for liberation and progress. The movement that represented feudalism and the new dictatorship was represented by the NPN. And the movement that represented the liberation of the people from feudalism particularly was represented by my party the PRP, and the struggle between the two forces dated from 1950 when their predecessors as political parties were established.

That was NPC representing the feudal and capitalist system and the NEPU which represented the liberation of the common man.

Now, under this circumstance, you expect really a revolutionary struggle between the two forces which are directly opposed to one another. And this is what happened. What you needed to prevent this not to happen was a democratic and patriotic political leadership

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in the country which didn’t exist at that time. so the fight to the finish was inevitable because there was nothing to stop it and that was what happened. The NPN then, tried by all means to rig the election with the support of the reactionary political groups in the country.

They realized that PRP had the support of the masses in the state and was likely to win the 1979 election and they didn’t want that to happen because of the consequences on what they stood for. They rigged the election. They couldnt rig the election of governorship result. I as the PRP governorship candidate emerged but they couldn’t accept it so, they had to do everything and what later happened was that the election of the governor took place first before the election of state assembly. So they saw that as a good opportunity for them to rig the state assembly election by all means so that they could get two third majority to enable them impeach the governor and the 1979 constitution of the federal government and that is exactly what happened and what they did was a great negative consequences for the state.

The second republic 1979-83, your party PRP tagged itself as a progressive party and then we have the NPN working together with the NPP, but the other so called progressives such as PRP, GNPP and UPN (Cuts in)..They are not so called progressives. They were really progressives as compared with the conservativeness of the NPN. That was a funny judgment.

The point I am trying to make is that if you are progressives, it means you all have the same ideas, why was it impossible for you to work together?

There was problem of different ideas. The progressive parties that time were four and the conservative party was one, the NPN. The progressive parties were the NPP, UPN, PRP and GNPP and of all these four are differ ideologically, they had a meeting point and common name-progressives but outside that, they were different. For instance, you can group the UPN the GNPP and NPP as progressive capitalist parties while the PRP alone stood as progressive socialist party. The ideological dif-

ferences were not antagonistic but they were existing. In short they would have merged as one party in 1979 when they first emerged as political party like what happened in 2015 elections when ACN the CPC and ANPP merged into one political party and formed APC. That was not possible for us during the second republic in spite of the higher level of political consciousness. We couldn’t merge principally because of ideological differences. The PRP in particular could not abandon its socialist ideology. It is rooted from the beginning since 1950 when the party was formed.

Let’s take a look at why the couldn’t work. Is it the individuals or the characters that were leading the team or the followers, or is it the political atmosphere in the country then?

It is just what each party stood for. The UPN, NPP and GNPP as I said, were clearly progressive capitalist parties. But the PRP was clearly progressive socialist party and there is a sharp difference between capitalist ideology and socialist ideology. But we knew we could not merge and become one party like APC but we realized that even though we cant merge as one party but we felt that with our collective interest and the interest of the nation, we could go into an alliance, a democratic electoral alliance and that was what we planned to do. we achieved some level of electoral alliance even though we didn’t succeed in winning the presidency in 1979.

You talked about the political consciousness at that time. let’s look at now particularly the conduct of elections and the allegations of rigging. What has gone wrong and which one is better?

The situation up to 1979 was virtually different from the situation after. During the period 1960s when political parties were formed in Nigeria, 1960 to 1979, political parties were formed on the basis of clear ideology and we had a system, socio political and economic system which was based on the nature of the economy and the predominance of public interest first and largely personal interest, second which produced political parties

with clear ideological identification and the leadership was responsible and patriotic, for example, through out the period 1960 to 1979, the first concern of all politicians without exception was public interest first, then personal interest last and it produced political leaders who were responsible, who were patriotic, but from 1979 and the beginning of the second republic, the system has changed to one based from public interest first, to personal interest first, and from 1979 up till today, it has been self interest first and public interest last as a result, we have now, a system of leading role of private sector in the economy and it has produced a system and political leadership based on self interest which is now directly responsible for the negative state of the nation as characterized by a number of negative factors such as the sorry state of the nation such as corruption and criminal waste of resources, unemployment, poverty and hunger, insecurity, neo=colonialism etc. that is the situation today. I will give you another example; from 1979 election because the whole period of 1960 to 1979, no person could steal a kobo from public funds without proper due investigation and punishment accordingly after being found guilty. Nobody could steal a kobo and get away with it. But from October 1 1979 till date, you have seen what happens. if you are a favourite of the president or governor with local government chairman, or anyone they have appointed according to constitution provision, you could steal any percentage of the annual budget and get away with it. to borrow the Nigerian slogan-‘if you don’t eat alone. So, you can see the difference in the leadership between 1960 and 1979 which produced responsible and patriotic leaders who cared for the country and the people.

The military that cut short the Second Republic, what they told us what that they are intervening because of the high level of corruption among the political leaders and after that set up tribunals where political leaders were jailed for corruption some people say that the foundation of what we are seeing today were laid by the political leaders of this era. Isn’t it?

Yes. Because the political system, as I said, from 1960 to 1979, the system was based on public interest first, later self interest, second and there was a leading role of the state in the economy to ensure justice equality and the dignity of the human person and for these we have development. The leaders were patriotic.

You are now talking about what happened in 1983. Things went bad gradually with the coming of new change in 1979 when I said selfish interest first and public interest second. There was little role of the state in the economy so there was a relative stability but immediately after the takeover from 1st October 1979, the system was changed from one based on public interest first and public interest and the aftermath of it is what we are having now. Instability dog fight between the political class and there is high level of corruption and stealing of public funds for example, now we are so bugged down by the level of corruption and it has gone through out the system so much that even the anti-corruption campaign we are talking about today.

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‘Why I collected N2.1bn from ex-NSA’ Dasuki

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‘Dokpesi did not collect any money’ —Chief Mike Ozhekhome

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am not aware the chief collected any money, The chief called me earlier in the afternoon to say he received a call from the chairman of the EFCC wanting to see him and I sent one of my lawyers to accompany him. He was not arrested by any group of operatives.

“What I know is that the EFCC wrote to Daar Holdings asking for a list of directors and whether it has done any business or contract with the office of the NSA in the past and how much was involved.

“We wrote them a reply to say Daar did not do any contract with the office of the NSA and we are ready to give them all the information they need.”

­­— Chief Raymond Dokpesi, chairman Daar Communications

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was invited by the chairman of the EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, to shed more light on some payments that were made to me through the office of the erstwhile National Security Adviser to the former President, Malam Sambo Dasuki.

“The N2.1 billion that I collected from the former NSA was payment for publicity and media political campaigns during the 2015 General Elections.

“The money was spent on the various media exposures and campaign transactions, which were dutifully carried out, based essentially on contractual obligations/relationship.”

‘Dokpesi’s arrest, political ‘Why only me?’ persecution’ “F —Colonel Sambo Dasuki, former NSA

— Olisa Metuh, PDP National Publicity Secretary

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hile the PDP is not against the war against corruption, we insist that the crusade must be carried out within the limits of the law and not as a guise to persecute and torture opposition elements in the country.

“Our fear is that with the pronouncement of guilt even without being given the opportunity within his rights as a citizen to state his own side of the story, the President Buhari-led government is sidestepping the laws to ensure that Chief Dokpesi does not get justice in the court, a plot which they want to extend to other PDP leaders.

“The PDP therefore demands an open and public trial of all those arrested so that all issues and charges against them

as well as their defence therein would also be in the public domain. We demand a proper investigation and lawful prosecution instead of the reprehensible resort to outright political persecution, which can only have a place in a military regime.”

or the record, I am proud to have served my nation with the best of intentions and ensured the recovery of more than 22 local government councils from Boko Haram terrorists.

“Because of the pride in how we tackled terrorism and defeated Boko Haram terrorists through our gallant troops and partners in the twilight of the previous administration, I have invested in an open and public trial of my stewardship rather than secret trial in the court as being canvassed by my prosecutors “i wish Nigerians will go back and reflect on what we did with even little or no support from some countries “We performed miracles before the emergence of this administration “I even thought the committee was to investigate procurement from 2007 to 2015, yet only my name is being mentioned even when the issues were before I came. I leave Nigerians to judge.”

‘$2 billion will pay Nigerian workers for one year’

‘Bafarawa didn’t receive a dime from Dasuki’

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ust last week, the big man was accused of spending about $2billion when they say they cannot pay minimum wage “If they divide $2billion by N200 to the dollar and divide it among Nigerians workers, you will not have issues paying wages for the next one year” “Now the man say yes, we spent this money we bought arms , how?

“You bought arms, but what does constitution say? It says that before money is spent, it must first be appropriated by the National Assembly.

Was it in the Appropriation Act?”

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he former governor of Sokoto state, Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa did not receive any money from Col. Sambo Dasuki for any arms deal or for any purpose.

“The truth is that Governor Bafarawa went to the EFCC to honour an invitation made to him by the agency while he was abroad. He had informed them through a letter by his lawyers that he was abroad and would honour their invitation on return. Governor Bafarawa went to the office of EFCC with his lawyer and an aide.

“We have seen deliberate falsehoods published in the newspapers and social media platforms, designed deliberately to tarnish the image and person of Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa.”

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Counting the dead by the gun

Murdered ‘Apo 6’ traders

As armed Nigerian security agents increasingly kill for fun, lucre and promotion, forcing citizens to embrace jungle justice, the government voted against the UN resolution to protect human rights defenders. These unlawful acts and denial question rights, justice and law as tools for safeguarding life and property, SEBASTINE EBHUOMHAN reports.

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ix traders: Ekene Isaac Mgbe, Ifeanyin Ozor, Chinedu Meniru, Paulinus Ogbonna as well as Anthony and Augustina Arebu were killed in June 2005 by officers of the Nigeria Police Force in the Federal Capital City.

One of the most infamous cases of extrajudicial killing in Nigeria, the ‘Apo 6’, left the six victims with shattered faces, gaping temple exit-wounds, blood-covered limbs, twisted torsos and upward staring eyes.

Trouble began for them at a nightclub in Area 11, where the beautiful Ms Arebu had politely disallowed an off-duty officer, Danjuma Ibrahim, from taking her home for sex. In anger, Mr Ibrahim waited for them at a nearby police checkpoint, where he ordered their killing as they were going home.

Popo! A hail of gunfire silenced the first four victims before the latter two were taken hostage to Garki Police Station.

A report by United Nation’s special rapporteur on extrajudicial killing says police officers at the station called Augustina’s family to demand a bribe of N5, 000 for her release. Police testimonies at the criminal trial disclosed how the two were taken to a rough ground outside town where they were strangled when the bribe wasn’t paid.

Thereafter, the police planted guns on the corpses at a parade in the station. A police photographer took the pictures. The police then attempted to bury the victims secretly in a bush in Apo. But nearby traders discovered the act; sparking two days of riots.

More than a decade after this killing, not much seems to have changed about extrajudicial killing in Nigeria, in spite of Federal Government’s apology then. While there is no reliable data on extrajudicial killing, it is not debatable, however, that it is increasing in Nigeria.

Eric Guttschuss of Human Rights Watch claims, “Extrajudicial killing in the police remains a shockingly common occurrence.

Nigerian’s guilt or innocence is immaterial.” He argues that because the police lack the capacity to properly investigate crimes, they dispose suspects without the benefits of trials to quickly resolve violent crimes.

Accounting for innocent blood Experts say extrajudicial killing is increasing globally. In Nigeria, they are more worried about summary killings by armed security agents and a new, glaring trend of citizens to resort to jungle justice.

In Lagos, Nigeria’s biggest business city, petty criminals like burglars, pickpockets, fraudsters and thieves are burned alive or tortured to death in brazen mob anger. The vulnerable are not spared. The Director of Office of the Public Defender (OPD), Mrs Omotola Rotimi, says impunity for arbitrary killing is responsible for jungle justice.

In April 2009, Corporal Ikechukwu Nwabueze allegedly shot three-year-old Kaosarat Muritala at a police checkpoint in Ketu after he became drunk.

On May 11, 2012 at Monalido, a night club in Apapa, four armed policemen protecting a private male citizen shot and killed 37-year-old Joy Odeyemi. Two others, Darlington Amaihan and Joseph Azubike, died later in the unprovoked drunken display of sporadic shots.

In a case instituted by Access to Justice (A2J), Hon. Justice C. Aneke of the Federal High Court in Lagos awarded N50 million for the unlawful and unjustified killing of

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IGP Solomon Arase

Rev David Ugolor framed by police for Oyerinde’s murder

Between May 2013 and November 2015, the police allegedly killed over 20 law abiding citizens in Edo State. Some of the incidents were unreported. The list includes: Lovely Omoregie, Samuel Imaikop, Benson Obodeh and Chibuike Edeh (who died in police custody) Ms Odeyemi because it violates her right to life under Section 33(1) of the 1999 Constitution and Articles 2 and 5 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights.

“The Monalindo shooting isn’t an isolated case. Over the years, there have been numerous documented cases of police unnecessary and unlawful use of firearms that resulted in fatalities around the country,” Executive Director of A2J, Joseph Chu’ma Ottey, explains.

On November 2, 2013, a police officer with Shogunle Police Station, Corporal Godwin Emejo, shot 35-year-old panel beater, Azeez Omotosho of Jimmy Thomas Street in Shogunle, Oshodi to death for attempting to broker peace between his friend and the police at a checkpoint. Emejo admitted to killing Azeez under the influence of alcohol. Sherifatu, Mr Omotosho’s widow and mother of three orphans, is yet to get justice.

On May 7, 2014, what was planned as a strategic raid by officials of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) on suspected pipeline vandals at Saponkeji, a coastal village near Apapa, ended with the death of Angelina Dansu. Led by the Commandant of Zone A, Mr Donatus Ikemefuna and Lugard Osaro Osemwegie, they accused Mrs Dansu, a mother of four and poor kerosene retailer, of buying her product from suspected vandals. They allegedly tortured and shot her to death and

disappeared. Dansu’s husband is yet to get justice.

In September 2015, a 28-year-old policeman with Isheri Osun Police Division, Corporal Aremu Museliu allegedly killed a commercial tricycle transporter, Godwin Ekpo and his wife for refusing to give his patrol team N200 bribe. Idongiset, a nursing mother, died at the checkpoint at Obalagbe Bus Stop while her husband died days later at Lagos State University Teaching Hospital.

Speaking at Mr Ekpo’s hospital bed, President of Women Arise for Change, Dr Joe Oke-Odumakin advocated for a police trust fund for his children, prosecution of Museliu and psychiatric tests for police personnel to reduce extrajudicial killings.

His four children are yet to get justice.

“The list of unlawful and unnecessary killings by intoxicated police officers on and off duty goes on. Lack of discipline and professionalism in the Nigeria Police Force is one of the fundamental problems the force is facing,” Ottey, a lawyer, states.

The OPD has prosecuted 65 cases of police wrongful detention, torture, brutality and killing by October 2015. The state agency prosecuted 1, 269 of such cases in 2014.

Furthermore, it has handled over 78, 000 of different cases since it was established in 2000 to give justice to the poor.

The Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review of the UN Hu-

Killer cop, Corporal Godwin Emejo, in detention

man Rights Council on Nigeria in December 2013 expressed grave concern about torture, killings by Nigerian security forces and inability to resolve high profile deaths.

The FG has heightened the global concern by voting against the protection of human rights defenders.

Sadly, police investigation of the Executive Director of Africa Network on Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) Reverend David Ugolor for the death in May 2012 of Comrade Olaitan Oyerinde, Principal Private Secretary to Edo State Governor, merely exposed a complex, underbelly struggle between police and Department of State Security instead of finding the killers.

Oyerinde’s death, like many others of the past, is unresolved; no thanks to poor investigation. This fact the courts observed in Ugolor’s acquittal and compensation.

Edo State, where the police are notorious for summary killings and parade of corpses with guns, fares no better than Lagos.

On June 27, 2015, the gun of an armed guard of the traditional ruler of Uzaire clan, HRH Imonike Omogbai, allegedly killed two women at the funeral of the late Mr Itu Joseph in Ivhiokhile quarters, Fugar, Etsako Central Local Government Area.

Shots fired when the policeman that was holding a rifle, attempted to open his master’s car door with the other hand that held the master’s bag. By the time smoke evaporated, two nursing mothers, Mrs Saliu, an in-law of the deceased and Mrs Sandra Imhaku, a pregnant widow with four children, lay dead.

Former Edo State Commissioner of Police, Samuel Damilola Adegbuyi, later confirmed the deaths as “accidental discharge.”

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Kenya’ —Sheila Kwambox Sheila Kwambox is an actress and a musician from Kenya. In this interview with YEMISI ADENIRAN, she compares the entertainment world of Nigeria with that of Kenya, her home. Exploits: What informed your love for the entertainment field?

It is my passion, my life. For instance, music has been in me for the past fourteen years or even over. It took me all those years to be able to come out and say yes I want to release an album which I am presently working on. When I learnt I could sing was when I was like twelve years old. Ever since, it was like I was not ready and all that and now I am ready. O the same way that acting had been for me. You know you cannot just launch out if you are not comfortable with what you have so that is how it has been in me.

What kind of music do you play?

I do a mix of pop afro and R & b music. I am very epileptic when it comes to music but whatever I listen to and I feel at that time I will write. I write and then make the sound; I don’t make the sound before writing. I write my own music.

Apart from writing music, do you script write?

I write short plays, music and I also have a blog where I write too. For me, my emotion transcends into lyrics, into words and that determines the kind of music that I write or do at that particular point in time. Again, it is not every song that I write that can be massed consumed, may be just me and the manager will listen to it..

How would you compare the entertainment world here in Nigeria with that of Kenya?

Apart from the entrainment environment in Nigeria that is more vibrant than what we have in Kenya, the market here in Nigeria is easier to penetrate and it is also a learning ground for actors and actresses. There is much more work here unlike in Kenya where the entertainment industry is still at its infant’s stage. My coming to Nigeria is to fit into the circle and get more experience.

For how long have you been acting?

I have been acting for a few years professionally but acting is something I have always done from my school days. I have not done lead roles but I have been doing one or two things in that area.

What comparison can you draw between the Kenyan entertainment industry and that of Nigeria?

The entertainment industry in Kenya is still at the infancy stage in Kenya.

It has grown in the last few years but it has still not gotten to that stage where you can get work every day like you have here in Nigeria. In Kenya, there are limitations because the industry is small and because there are too many fishes in the pound. Getting jobs regularly is not easy over there. Besides, there are still so many things to be learned here.

So I just want to learn and when I am ready to go back home, I will have so much to go with.

What do your parents feel about your choice of career?

My parents and I are very close and they are supportive of what I do. I discussed with them before coming down to Nigeria and they gave me their support and advice which I find very useful.

So far, what has been your experience in Nigeria, how responsive are the moves you’ve been making job wise?

I have a couple of scripts I am looking at already and I have been receiving calls here and there, the response has been positive.

Is there any of your written stories that have been produced and hot in the market currently?

Yes I have two episodes on a soap back at home. The soap is called ‘Change with thy’ . But in terms of movies, I

have not been able to do any because most of the work I do are short plays.

What are you like outside the job?

I am very quiet. I generally love being by myself. When I want to play out, I do but most of time, whenever I am not working, I prefer being on my own because quiet times are good for thinking. That is when I write and achieve a lot of things. I am not really the outgoing type. When I am working, I am working and when I am playing, I am playing. I also love to be with my family. For me home time is good time.

What do you also love to do at your leisure?

I am very sporty . I love my outing to be something that will challenge me. For instance, I prefer to bike out on my birthday than to have a party where you will drink and all that. I am very sporty and I love sporting activities like

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Contestants battle each other in Dance with Peter T

he stage is set for an interesting battle in Globacom’s Dance with Peter reality TV show as the ten contestants take on each other to get the judges’ nod into the next round of the competition.

G-Xtreme, Tee Jay, T-Rubber, Amazing Amy, C-Fly, Julius Fakta, Kelvin, Miracle, Da Octopus and Mali Hot Boy, who was recalled by the judges last weekend after he was initially evicted, will make up the five pairs who will perform for the next stage of the show.

The originator of the show and one half of PSquare, Peter Okoye, announced at the end of last week’s show: “Next week, the challenge will be a tough one.

I call this the Battle Face Off, it is one against one,” Peter declared.

Peter explained that it was because of the need to complete the five pairs that Mali Hot Boy was recalled. “Because you will be performing in pairs, we are bringing back a wild card to rejoin you. He is Mali Hot Boy and he has a massive crowd appeal.”

Dance director, Wale Rubber, who added his voice said: “We will be looking for the contestant who brings it the most, creative-wise, dance-wise. We will have a situation where two will step forward to perform and the judges will say: you are good, you are good, but this guy was better, you are up for eviction.”

It promises to be an exciting show as five of the ten remaining contestants may be put up for eviction. Viewers will find out how the dancers battle each other during the broadcast of the show on Africa Magic Urban (Channel 153 on DSTV) at 7 p.m. on Saturday.

Viewers who miss the action can look forward to watching it on African Independent Television (AIT) at 5 p.m. on Sunday and on MTV Base on Wednesdays from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. The company advised the public to vote for their preferred contestant by sending his or her code to 55518 at the cost of N50 per SMS. Voting lines are open from 8 p.m. on Saturday to 12 midnight on Monday

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ward winning actress, Lupita Nyong’o is the cover girl for the January 2016 issue of popular magazine, Elle Magazine. Ever lucid, Lupita seized the opportunity to air some of her refreshing views. “If you turn on the television and you are not represented on that television, you become invisible to yourself. And there was very little of myself that I saw on TV, or in the movies that I was watching, or in magazines that were lying around the salons or around the house. And so these are subconscious things. Yes, Western beauty standards are things that affect the entire world. And then what happens? You’re a society that doesn’t value darker skin.

“Living in Mexico as a child, people would stop and take pictures of us just because we were black. And it was a time during that tricky adolescent phase when you’re coming into yourself and you’re trying to pave your own way, but you’re insecure about where you lie. It devastated me. I don’t think being conspicuous is a state we’re supposed to live in, or at least not permanently. I wish there was a dial we could turn up and down. And in a sense I can, by making very deliberate choices about what I do and when and how, and with whom.”

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hen, in October, Kylie and her older sister Kendall were once again named on Time magazine’s list of the world’s most influential teens, she said that she was just trying to figure herself out, experimenting with herself so that she might figure out who she is and who she wants to be. In other words, Kylie may be less sure of who she is than we are. And why not? At 18, she has officially been on television for almost half of her lifetime. The formative moments of life, which we might well take for granted, and experience in some sort of privacy, Kylie has per-

formed for cameras, or “shared,” often at several thousand dollars a tweet.

In 2015, she launched a lifestyle app called Kylie that was projected to earn $15 million in its first year. Her life is just different. Whether it is fulfilling or wonderful, magical, weird, ridiculous, or what, not even Kylie seems to know.

The Reality TV star is the cover girl for the new issue of fashion and lifestyle magazine, Interview Magazine. Kylie was pictured donning latex clothes and in different awkward poses. So what statement is the teen idol making this time around?

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CLASSICAL LYRICS

Ramsay Korede Bello named Nouah Police Youth Ambassador A reveals secret of his success N ollywood actor, Ramsey Nouah, has shared the struggles he faced growing up and how it has helped mould him into a better being.

He said in a revealing interview recently, “Those were the times when things got really bad for my mother and I and we had nothing. It was so bad that we didn’t have a home to live in. We had to stay in a store, one that could take only one mat.

My mother and I squeezed ourselves on that mat. We didn’t even have a cup to drink water, talk more of a stove to cook on. My mother had to borrow, beg and stuff like that.

“Those moments, those terrible moments we had nothing and we were living off people. People were just helping us out. There were times we didn’t have food to eat three or four days. You haven’t eaten and your stomach is rumbling but you don’t have any place to go. There was a time I lived on the streets, in shops. There was a time I slept under the bridge. It was unfortunate that there were no records so that we can have memories we could play back now. To me, I am so extremely grateful that I went through it. At that time, I hated everybody around me. In fact, I used to question why God was doing this to me. But I think God knew that I needed this for my future “These were moments when I was young. I didn’t realise the gravity of the poverty we were in. I couldn’t tell, but it was good orientation for me. Those were moments I thank God for making me pass through, because they have sustained and helped me even as an actor. The ability to deliver all the roles they give me comes from having tasted both sides of the coin.”

ward winning Fuji singer, songwriter and dancer, Adewale Ayuba, while speaking with a popular Lifestyle magazine recently said despite winning several awards, Fuji music is not doing well because artists are not tracking their songs, which makes it difficult for them to be rated.

He said: “I got the African Grammys which is Kora Awards, The album I submitted with which I won the award was recorded in Germany, and it was a digital Fuji album. If I had not done that, I shouldn’t be expecting the award. Fuji music is not digitised enough. We do long versions of up to about 50 minutes, whereas everything should be in tracks.

If you don’t track your songs, it would be difficult to rate you. That’s why Fuji artistes are not usually part of awards.”

Ayuba said he is working on digitising Fuji music in order for it to become acceptable to the younger generation.

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inging sensation, Korede Bello who shot into prominence with his chart topping hit, ‘Godwin’ has added another feather to his growing list of achievements.

The music act has been named a ‘Police Youth Ambassador’ for the Nigeria Police Force; an honour that makes him

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the first ever Nigerian musician to hold the position.

Though Korede Bello is yet to make an official announcement, it was gathered he was presented the plaque at an event held in Abuja on December 2, 2015 by the Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase. (Erave)

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Alex Usifo, Liz Benson, IK Ogbonna in Happy Family N ollywood actor cum filmmaker, Elvis Chucks, is currently on the set of a new TV series christened ‘Happy Family.’

Starring veteran actors such as Alex Usifo, Liz Benson, IK Ogbonna, Helen Paul, Gbenro Ajibade and more, the series focuses on the challenges in upholding a happy family against all odds, living together as one, and appreciating the moral and values of a good family. It promises to be a hit.

Chidinma/Flavour kiss makes waves

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usic artists Chidinma and Flavour were seen sharing a passionate kiss in Onitsha during a stage performance.

While performing their duet, Ololufe, at Phyno’s concert on Sunday, November 29, the duo engaged in a mouth to mouth show that got all their fans talking and speculating.

What’s going on between these two stars? They have both denied countless times that they are in a relationship.

Despite having two children from different women, Flavour has disclosed that marriage is not on his cards for now, adding that settling down now will not work well for him.

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I’m open to marriage

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tar actress, Doris Simeon, has revealed that she is still interested in marriage.

The super-talented actress, who was formerly married to filmmaker, Daniel Ademinokan, said, “I am not God, only God can say.

I might just say I don’t want again but what if God says it’s time for you to settle down again.

So it’s not a closed door for me when it comes to marriage.”

When asked if she is currently in a relationship, the mother of one said she is in a relationship with God, her son and career.

“Yeah, I am in a relationship with God and my son and my career too.”

Ini Edo sizzles in new pictures

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Tonto Dikeh set for ‘Best xmas ever’ N

ollywood actress, Tontoh Dike, who got married traditionally in August to her boo Oladunni Churchill has with a picture she shared on Instagram that this Christmas is set to be her best ever.

The actress who is believed to be in America presently for the birth of her first child shared a photo of a Starbucks cup with ‘Mrs. X’ written on it. She captioned the picture “On the Move Everything Goes Red from Dec 1st. This is gonna be the best Xmas ever. I smell it.”

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ni Edo has posted new photos on her Instagram, one of which she captioned: “As we come to close to the end of the year 2015, May God open our eyes to see beyond the ordinary. Not to be deceived by de selfishness of de heart of men and not be a tool nor fall for de devices of de devil. I pray for divine protection

for all of us now n forever Amen. Happy December ya”ll” In the second, she said, “Whom God has blessed no man can curse…. Merry Xmas darlings. Weed off the chaff around you, only then will the real substance show up. Trust me it’s de truth.

Bless you all.”

opular Yoruba film actress, Moji Olaiya is reportedly giving marriage a second chance. The actress is reportedly marrying a Muslim man who she is in a relationship with. The report claims the marriage is scheduled to hold before the end of the year.

The actress recently spoke on what she misses about being married. She said: “It is a good thing for a man to ask after you and your welfare; what you are doing, where you have been that particular day. I am okay, I am still my normal self, and nothing has changed about me. I now watch where I go then my every move. But I have moved on.”

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Celebrities storm Tyme Out with Tee-A

Nigerian celebrities stormed the annual comedy concert, Tyme Out with Tee–A last weekend in Lagos.

Former First Lady of Lagos State, Mrs. Abimbola Fashola, Nigerian Football Federation President, Amaju Pinnick, Majek Fashek, Sammie Okposo, Basorge Tariah Jnr, Sound Sultan, DJ Jimmy Jatt, Seyi Law, Gbemi Olateru Olagbegi, DJ Spinall, DJ Caise, DJ Big N, and many other guests were treated to different musical performances from music acts such as Sound Sultan, Koker, Adekunle Gold, Zaina, and more.

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Style & Glam

DECEMBER 5, 2015

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inner dates, whether we like it or not always come with its stress. It is either you have no idea of how to go about it especially where the dress code was not given or you simply don’t have what to wear when the dress code is indicated. But then, you have to appear elegant and distinct. But since most of the dinner dates today don’t come with a stipulated dress code, what is important is to dress elegant and stand out among others no matter their number. To be a little bit different from others, it is important to create your own world. This is exactly what Paolo Sisiano, the creative director of the Sisiano design label, had in mind when he came out with his new design called Midnight blues. “ With the midnight blues, you can only be in your own world and be the envy of others as you move around at those beautiful nights,” he said. Let’s check the models out.

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ashion, as we all know is not just upward, it is classic and always off the borders. Above all, it is adventurous which is why only the iconic woman can dare come near it. Weird and iconic all at once, they are cute, daring and beautiful. One good thing about this trend is the fact that it lifts one’s spirit up even in spite of oneself. One of such styles is the cut-out style. They come in different forms and pieces that reveal areas of the body that most women do not feel confident enough to flaunt thus making the wearer a subject of envy.

Meanwhile, they radiate sensuality, energy, modernism and real feminity. Just ensure to experiment with qualitative textures, good silhouettes and sculpted cuts; may be sheath fabrics culottes, fitted high-low dresses with “peak a boo” cut-outs. You may go the military-inspired way or employ pearls to embellish your play-suit. Just get creative with your detailing and you will not only be an envy of people around but be excited yourself.

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‘Comfort, timelessness, make my fashion sense unique’

Meg Doris Alabi, CEO, ALABI Couture, has come a long way as far as fashion and modelling is concerned, with her ensemble, she has been a regular feature at the Africa fashion Week, London. She has been at the Nigeria fashion show, 2011; the Nigeria Television Fashion show, 2012; City People Magazine Ankara Fashion Show, 2012 and lots more of the fashion circuit.

She tells NICK UWERU what informs her fashion sense.

What informs your fashion sense? I mean what are those things you put at the back of your mind when you design any piece of clothing?

What informs my fashion sense is comfort, primarily. I believe strongly that those who wear our fabric should be comfortable doing so. It has to be stylish. Also I come to use this expression, ‘Fab’, to describe my style. I coined it from the word fabulous. Thirdly it has to be timeless. It has to be a piece that you pick up in the next three years and it will still be relevant. So stylish, trendy, comfortable and then fab, these are what guides my sense of style.

From what we know about you, you graduated as a Mass Communication professional. Where did the fashion thing come from?

Yes, I graduated with Mass Comm honours.

But I modelled for a very long time even before I got into the university. I started modelling in my final year in the secondary school. I was

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introduced into modelling by my aunty, Sefinat Mohammed.

She owned a boutique at the Federal Palace at the time. I did a photo shoot for her and it came out in a magazine. So myself and my sister had a Photo shoot for her and it came out in the Poise magazine. That got me in to trouble in school. One of my teachers saw the publication, brought it to school and then called me into the staff room.

She opened the page and showed me, but at first I didn’t quiet see anything familiar and then I flipped through it. I then told the teacher that I don’t quite know what to look for. The next thing, she gave a slap and said, ‘are you acting up’ and all that. She then opened up the same page and showed me a second time. It was when I saw my sister that it came to me. ‘Oh, I remember doing this!’ ‘That is my sister,’ I said and then looked at the second person in the next page and, ‘Oh that is me,’ I had to scream right in the staff room. But of course it became a major issue in school and the principal was involved and there was threat to expel me from school. My dad got involved and said there was nothing wrong with what I did since I did it after school hours. Well that incident built my interest in modelling. With my height and meeting the right people who taught me how to catwalk and all that, it was easy for me. In modelling for top labels my interest in fashion began.

How? In the process of modelling I opened a boutique called MD’s Clothing. And basically what we do is to source for unique brands and sell them. While doing that I made cloths for myself. This was because I had a unique height at 6’2 and so getting pants for my length was challenging. So I made my own cloths. Ironically people tend to like what I made and they request that I make same for them.

Digestive myths

Myth: It takes years to digest gum It might seem like gum could stick around in your gut for a long time. After all, it doesn’t dissolve in your mouth like other foods, and your stomach can’t break it down if you swallow it. But there’s no truth to this claim. Gum doesn’t gum up your insides. Your digestive system moves it along just like everything else, and it comes out in your stool in a few days.

Myth: Spicy foods cause ulcer Hot sauce lovers, rejoice! People used to think that too much spicy food would give you ulcer. But the truth is that most of these sores in your stomach lining happen because of an infection with bacteria called Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) or because of pain medications such as aspirin, ibuprofen, or naproxen. Foods with a lot of heat may make ulcers worse for some people, but they don’t cause them.

Myth: Heavy lifting causes hernia It’s one, but not the only, cause of hernia. You might also get hernia from long-lasting constipation or a cough. Hernias happen when there’s both pressure and an opening or weakness in muscles lining the inside of your belly. An organ or fatty tissue then bulges out through the opening. They’re most common in the groin, belly button, or upper part of the stomach.

Myth: Only alcoholics get cirrhosis It’s true that alcoholism is the most common cause of cirrhosis, a condition in which healthy liver cells are damaged and replaced by scar tissue.

But there are other causes, too, such Hepatitis B and C. And although drinking too much almost always causes some liver damage, it doesn’t always lead to cirrhosis.

Myth: Nuts lead to diverticulitis In the past, doctors told people with this condition, in which pouches in the wall of the colon get inflamed and infected, to avoid nuts, corn, popcorn, and food with small seeds. The fear was that pieces of these foods would lodge in the pouches and cause pain. But new studies suggest the opposite -- that people who eat a high-fiber diet have a lower risk of the disease.

Myth: Beans cause the most gas Beans may not be the “magical fruit” you thought they were. But dairy products cause more gas than other foods, particularly as we age and our bodies are less able to absorb the sugar in milk (lactose).

Myth: No dairy for lactose intolerant people People with lactose intolerance differ in how much dairy they can handle. While one person may get symptoms from one glass of milk, others may

be able to drink up to two. Some people can enjoy yogurt or ice cream, but never straight milk. It’s usually a matter of trial and error to find out which dairy foods -- and how much -- are “safe” for you.

Myth: Smoking relieves heartburn No way! In fact, this is another reason to kick the habit. Smoking may actually add to heartburn.

Nicotine can relax the muscle at the top of your stomach that keeps acid from splashing back (reflux) into your esophagus. More acid reflux means heartburn.

Myth: Aging causes constipation People are more likely to have constipation as they get older, but the aging body itself is not to blame. Older adults often take medications that can make the digestive tract sluggish. They’re also less likely to get enough exercise, eat well, and drink enough fluids, all of which help keep things running smoothly.

Myth: Fiber doesn’t help with diarrhea At first, it doesn’t make sense that fiber, which is so well-known for improving constipation, could also aid with the flip side: diarrhea. But it’s true. The nutrient helps keep the stool from being too hard or too loose. It works by either pulling more water from the colon to loosen stools (for constipation) or absorbing some of the fluid in the intestine to firm them up (for diarrhea). Is this why Garri is a remedy for stooling in the village?

Myth: You would know if you had cancer This is definitely a myth! Many cancers often have no symptoms until later stages, which makes early detection so important. In general, most people at average risk should start getting tested at age 50. Routine colorectal checks, for instance, should include fecal tests each year, a flexible sigmoidoscopy every 5 years, a CT scan of the colon every 5 years, or a colonoscopy every 10 years. Talk to your doctor about which one is right for you.

Myth: Heartburn? Sleep sitting up There’s no medical backing to the claim that people with heartburn must sit up in bed to avoid symptoms. You might get some relief by raising your head and chest 4-6 inches with blocks under your bedposts. But that’s as upright as you need to go.

Myth: Irritable bowel is all about your diet Although foods can trigger irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) symptoms, changes to the diet are generally not enough to stop the condition.

Sometimes just the act of eating can cause the pain, bloating, diarrhea, or constipation the disease is known for. And stress and anxiety can add to the problem, too.

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White suits for men – Practicality versus style A

ny man that chooses to wear a white suit gives a clear loud message that you are a person of power, fame, and wealth. Yep as you can see below, from Tinie Tempah to Jonny Depp, the white suit belongs on the stage.

Let’s face it even if you’re not, I still think you’re very brave. The only challenge you will have with white is keeping it clean. I love when I see men eating pasta with red sauce in a white suit, very brave indeed. The colour white symbolises purity, hence you mainly see men wear a white suit at weddings.

But what the heck it’s 2015 and men’s fashion needs to understand one thing. Comfort, practicality and style don’t match when it comes to wearing a white suit. But men you should certainly own one.

Best shirts to wear with a white suit This is entirely up to you.

But generally shirts to wear with a white suit, are your pastel colours, a light pink, grey, peach, blue, or green.

If you dare choose pattern shirts that show off your personality.

Stain versus pain If you are going to go for the white suit it’s a colour that stains really easily. Make sure you are prepared to use super technology and cleaning products. Or send your suit to the dry cleaners. Avoid messy eating.

White linen suits This is the perfect summer suit. Make sure your wardrobe, includes those powerful looking white linen suits. It’s perfect for those hot summer days. Miami Vice eat your heart out. Don’t hold back if you’re going to go for it. Then wear white from head to toe.

Make sure you have a spare change of clothes somewhere in your man’s bag.

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Victims of sexual assault should not suffer in silence –OPD Director Director Office of the Public Defender, OPD, Lagos State Ministry of Justice Mrs. Omotola Rotimi, in this interview with DARE AKOGUN sheds light on the activities of the agency and debunks claims that staff of the agency lack requisite skills and compassion to deal with victimes of sexual and domestic assault.

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Can you specifically tell us how many cases of sexual and domestic violence the agency has handled this year alone?

We have been able to deal with a total number of 4,089 cases from January to September this year, out of which 1,004 cases are currently in court. We have 65 police matters, that is people in police net that we are helping to secure their release and 29 rescue missions, which entails going into the home of victims of domestic violence and assault to rescue them and put them in protective custody.

We have about 30 public interest cases we are handling; these are cases that are reported in the newspapers which we were able to get in touch with the victims involved to take the matter up. We are also responding to about 230 petitions ranging from employee/employers issue, tenants and landlord, land matters, breach of contracts, inheritance and so on. We have been able to get compensation for different categories of victims totaling about N45, 158,799 (forty-five million, one hundred and fifty eight thousand, seven hundred and ninety- nine naira).

There are allegations in some quarters that the staff of the agency are mostly career civil servants who lack the requisite skills and compassion to deal with issue of domestic violence and sexual assault. What’s your take on this?

The issue raised in the report was entirely false, and I can say the Network on Police Reforms, NOPRIN, that raised the issue have been very unfair on the agency, the ministry of Justice, the hard working officers of these agency and the state government as a whole.

The fact is that the group only listened to one side of the story and didn’t bother to ask from the agency the true nature of the matter. The particular case mentioned by the NOPRIN is untrue and absolute false, and the woman in question is in the

process of reconciling with her estranged husband, as I am talking to you right now.

Recently we met at a workshop in Abuja and I put it to him (coordinator of the group Okechukwu Nnwaguna) that he has been very unfair in his outbursts about the activities of the agency, because he is unaware of the running and activities of the office of the public defender. I highlighted three reasons why a client will be asked to take a letter to the person we are inviting.

Firstly, in most cases the petitioner they don’t know the exact address of the person they are reporting, so in cases like that we are handicapped in locating the offenders.

At the end of the day we can only ask the

complainant to take the letter themselves or any member of their family and if the person accepted to take the letter we will hand it over to them.

But in a situation where this can’t be done we will asked them to go the nearest police station to ask for a police officer in delivering the letter. In most cases the police have been magnanimous by obliging the request when they see that the letter is from us, but some police officers will decline saying they are not post masters.

Secondly, we have situations whereby the address given by the complainant cannot be located by the courier services. At the end of the end day, the agency spent

a lot of tax payers’ money on letter deliveries and the letters will be returned undelivered because the address is not authentic, the courier service will still take their money.

The third category of people are people that the cases are outside the state and we have to incur a lot of money to serve the other party, despite the fact that the office is established solely to serve Lagos state. But when a complainant is reporting someone who is outside of Lagos we will still go the extra mile in ensuring that the complainants got a deserved justice. And mind you in most cases these people we took the extra efforts to get in touch with don’t show up because the letter originates from Lagos State and all these cost whole lot of money which we don’t even have enough resources to deal with.

So, the best we do is to get in touch with the person on phone, so the issue of taking the letter to offenders by the complainant is a matter of choice, and I am sure if the group have contacted the office they will would have been given clear explanation on why it is so.

How cordial is the working relationship between the agency and law enforcement agencies?

Certainly yes, but let me make something clear to you, our work is strictly on mediation which prevents us from arresting anybody because it is voluntary. But when you have invited a person twice, the case will be taken to a competent court of jurisdiction which may issue a bench warrant of arrest based on the argument put forward and the person will be dragged to the court. It is when the case is entirely a criminal matter that is when we will inform the police of the crime and the offender will be arrested and proper investigation will be carried out about the matter.

How accessible is the office to members of the public and how can you assure them that their complaints will be dully addressed?

The office is very open and easily accessible to the public, they simply need to walk in and report their matter and we will assign it to the appropriate department based on the matter they are reporting.

Then through a way of what we call referral which can come from the Nigeria Prison Service or the Police who contact us informing us of some people who they want to take to court but have no lawyers to stand for them which we always oblige.

The public can also get in touch with us through a toll free line and e-mail. They can also write on our website which we will respond as soon as we get them. Other channels through which the public can get in touch is when we are doing live phone-

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We have been able to deal with a total number of 4,089 cases from January to September this year, out of which 1,004 cases are currently in court in programmes on radio and television and the issues people who were lucky to get in raised will be dully and diligently attended to by the agency by inviting them to the office for further discussions.

Also every Friday carry out campaign awareness by visiting markets to sensitize them on their rights and the needs to reports any injustice meted out to them or if they feel aggrieved or shortchanged by an individual, group or company.

What is the contribution of the agency criminal justice reforms in the state?

Our major contribution is to ensure that people actually get access to administration of justice. What people want is to access the administration of justice, whether justice to the victims or justice for the suspects, because in most cases, the suspect might not really be the offender. When we intervene and such person has access to justice the person would be able to prove his case in court and if discharged and acquitted, in that regard the person has also secured justice. Each time we get justice for the victims or the society it serves as deterrent to others. Access to justice in the criminal justice reform is actually where OPD has really contributed a lot. It is when the rights of the people are not being infringed upon and children realized that nobody can infringe on their rights that we can have a healthy community.

How do you handle it when a parent inflicts physical injury on his or her child?

When such a thing happens, we have to investigate and where the injury is so severe that it could even take the life of the child we believe that such child is in danger and we will take the child into the custody of the state, thereafter we will call the parents and ask why they need to behave in such manner, where we found out that the action was acted upon on the ignorance to have inflicted pains on a child without knowing the consequences, we will have to enlighten them but where the injury is so severe to the point that the child is at the point of death, we usually report the case to the Police and the Police will prefer criminal charges against the parents for their behaviour. In cases of criminal negligence, we usually report such matter to the Police for proper prosecution of the case, but where the damages is minimal we will bring the parents down and enlighten them, give them warning and give them a copy of child right law. After we have done the necessary we will attach a social worker to the home to check if the child is not further abused, where we find out that the parents have showed remorse we will unite the child back to the parents but where there is no trace of remorse and the child does not want to live with the parents again we can put the child to the protective custody of the State and the state will continue to take care of the child’s education and well-being until he becomes 18 years.

To properly safeguard these people, do you conduct research on the intensity of the abuse or number of persons in need

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of legal assistance?

There is domestic and social violence response scheme, DSVR scheme. It is a group of stakeholders from Ministry of Justice, Office of the Public Offender, Office of the Youth and Sports and Social Development, Office of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Ministry of Education, alongside with some NGOs and the Police. Anytime we have issues of domestic violence the group takes it up to do their investigations and make sure that the culprit is brought to book.

Aside this, there is sexual offence register where the names of the offender is recorded, each time there is issue of sexual abuse, the names of the offenders are usually being sent to sexual offender register, the purpose is to know the total number of people who are sexual offenders and also to assist people when they want to employ those who can work with the children.

For instance, if there is need to employ someone in need of service to take care of children, there is need for the employer to go to the ministry of justice to check and verify if the person he wants to employ does not involve or has not been involved in any sexual offences before the person is employed. There are cases where someone who has been involved in sexual offences was employed in school and he continued jumping on other students in another school. But to correct the habit when people know that there is sexual offenders register they will not want their names to be in the register and in long way it will serve as deterrent to others .

There is also what we call mandatory reporting; it requires everyone who has report on sexual abuse that has been meted upon a child to report it whether in school or anywhere. Those who are supposed to give the report include the proprietors of schools, social workers, doctors, and everyone that has day -to -day dealing with children and failure to do so is liable to two years jail term.

Any advice for members of the public, especially victims of sexual and domestic violence I will tell them, as I have always done not to keep quiet and suffer in silence, they should come out report any cases relating to sexual or domestic assault to the office, the ministry of Justice and any other NGO’s championing the cause of women and child rights.

So that we will advise and help them in getting proper legal advice, proper medical attention in the case of sexual assault and anything humanly possible to assist them in their cause to get justice, because that is the most important thing to serve deterrent to others.

Then an advice to victims of sexual assault is they shouldn’t wash immediately, change clothes nor comb their hair, instead they should go the mirabel centre where medical examinations will carried out and evidence taken for preservation in order to have a good case that will be diligent prosecuted in the court of law.

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Oprah shares weight loss secrets • ‘Some people can live without bread and pasta, but it just doesn’t make sense to me.’

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prah is celebrating her 26lbs weight loss by dedicating the latest issue of her magazine to self-improvement, sharing her workout tips and the secret behind her newfound dedication to diet and fitness.

The 61-year-old, who started Weight Watchers in August, announced in October that she had already lost 15lbs on the program. The self-proclaimed ‘food addict’ has struggled with yo-yo dieting in the past, and in the January issue of O magazine, she said she is ready to take her well-being to the ‘next level’ and has lost 11 more pounds.

“I’ve wishy-washed with diets and exercise my whole life,” Oprah wrote in the magazine. “Now I’m ready to go beyond the scale and declare a new way of being in the world.”

The entrepreneur explained that when she was asked to join the Weight Watchers team in July, she realized the partnership was the ‘perfect alignment’ for what she had been looking for in a diet program.

“I was fed up with my lose-and-gain again routine,” she said. “I had enough of no-carb regimens. Some people can live without bread and pasta, but it just doesn’t make sense to me.”

On the system, foods and meals are broken down into points based on its protein, carbohydrates, fat and fiber, and Oprah revealed that she is allotted 30 points a day, a number that was determined by her height, age, gender, and current weight.

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While she lost 5lbs during her first week on the program, she admitted that she has been resisting Weight Watchers since the 1970s because she ‘never had the time to go to their meetings’ and she ‘hated the idea of counting anything’.

The media mogul, whose heaviest weight was 237lbs, noted that she has lost the same amount of weight many times throughout the years, but these 5lbs were different because she was ‘ready’ and she no longer has to ‘obsess’ about what she could or couldn’t eat.

Oprah is so enamored with the system that she recently purchased $45 million in shares, or 10 per cent, of the diet company.

“For me, me this is not a diet. It is a whole sift in perspective,” she wrote in O magazine. “So yes, for sure, I’m a bona fide convert.”

Oprah admitted that she was even on the cusp of getting shots for knee pain before she started the workout.

The talk show host’s battles with her weight have been documented for decades, and in 1988 she famously wheeled out a wagon loaded with 67lbs of fat to her show her audience how much weight she had shed.

Oprah wore a pair of size 10 Calvin Klein jeans that day, but she admitted to People Magazine nearly two decades later that she ‘literally starved’ herself for four months on a liquid-protein diet to fit into them. However, once she started to eat again, she put the weight back on.

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Is your child sleeping well?

Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression

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etting enough sleep is important for a young child for many reasons, from restoring energy to building brain connections not to mention giving parents a needed break. But science is showing that sleep also fuels physical growth.

Growth is a complex process that requires several hormones to stimulate various biological events in the blood, organs, muscles, and bones. A protein hormone secreted by the pituitary gland called growth hormone (or “human growth hormone”) is a key player in these events. Several factors affect its production, including nutrition, stress, and exercise. In young children, though, the most important factor is sleep. Growth hormone is released throughout the day. But for kids, the most intense period of release is shortly after the beginning of deep sleep.

How much sleep do they need?

Kindergartners need about 10 to 12 1/2 hours of sleep per night (with naps declining and eventually disappearing around age 5), and

older elementary age kids need 9 1/2 to 11 1/2 hours a night. Sleep needs are somewhat individual, with some kids requiring slightly less or more than their peers.

Without adequate sleep, growth problems — mainly slowed or stunted growth — can result. Growth hormone production can also be disrupted in kids with certain physical sleep problems, such as obstructive sleep apnea.

More than your child’s height can be affected by a shortage of sleep. Some kids fail to produce enough growth hormone naturally, and a lack of sleep makes the problem worse. It can lead to a condition known as growth hormone deficiency that can affect heart or lung strength or immune system function.

(It’s treatable with a supplementary hormone.)

Kids who don’t get enough sleep show other changes in the levels of hormones circulating in their body, too. Hormones that regulate hunger and appetite can be affected, causing a child to over eat and have a preference for high-calorie carbs. What’s more, a shortage of sleep can affect the way the body me-

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tabolises these foods, triggering insulin resistance, which is linked to type 2 diabetes.

A lack of sleep at night can also affect motor skills and concentration during the day, leading to more accidents and behavioral problems, and poor performance at school.

Ensuring a night’s sleep

singing to him softly while tucking him in.

•Make sure your child’s room is conducive to sleep. It should be dark and quiet.

•Don’t keep a TV and computer in your child’s room.

•Avoid stimulating activity before bedtime.

•Stick to the same timeta-

ble and routines for bedtime on weekends and vacations that you follow during the week. A variation once in a while won’t cause long-term disruptions, but erratic bedtimes can lead to poor sleep habits and sleep deprivation.

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Most kids need more sleep than their parents think.

Signs that your child may not be getting enough rest include crankiness or lethargy by day, difficulty concentrating in school or failing grades, and being hard to wake up in the morning.

To help your child get plenty of zzz’s:

•Establish a consistent bedtime. School-age children should be in bed by 8 to 9 p.m. (earlier for the youngest grades and kids who need a lot of sleep).

•Set up a good bedtime routine, which helps signal to your child’s body that it’s time to wind down. This might include giving him a bath or a snack, reading a bedtime story, and talking or

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11 year old suicide bomber Update arrested in Borno

igilant troops of 7 Division Garrison providing security at Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) Camp, Dalori in Maiduguri Metropolitan Council, Borno State on Tuesday afternoon apprehended an 11-year-old boy, Master Usman Modu Tella, a potential suicide bomber. He is suspect number 82 on the poster containing the photographs of 100 wanted suspected Boko Haram terrorists released by the Nigerian Army.

Preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect was from Bama town and is among four other children trained for suicide bombing by the Boko Haram

terrorists. He further added that the three others have already carried out their missions at different locations. His job was to do same in the camp sometime in the future.

The boy also pointed out one other Boko Haram senior member, Alhaji Kerewu Abubakar, at the camp. It will be recalled that due to the concerted efforts of the military, quite a number of towns and villages hitherto held by Boko Haram terrorists were liberated. This brought about an unprecedented influx of IDPs to the camp which the terrorists took advantage of.

(Army Press Statement)

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the only male child of Mrs Osas Okungbowa-Momodu. A patrol team led by the DPO of Ogida Police Station, CSP Carol Afegbai, arrested Ibrahim near his family home at Igbobawaye Street, off Siluko Road.

Forensic analysis revealed Mrs Afegbai ordered Ibrahim to lie face down on the floor before her orderly, Constable Amadin Idahosa, allegedly obeyed his boss’s order and shot Ibrahim thrice on the back for arguing with her. Thereafter, Afegbai labeled him as an armed robber and paraded his corpse with a gun, a bag, phones, an unregistered motorcycle and cartridges. Next day, Afegbai secretly buried Ibrahim at a public cemetery.

The police claimed he was wanted for kidnapping and robbery. But the murder raised more questions than a panel of enquiry Governor Adams Oshiomhole established could answer even after exhuming the victim.

The controversy deepened when the police engaged CSOs in counter allegations, submitted an incomplete autopsy report, visited the victim’s family, transferred Afegbai out of Edo State, and secretly dismissed Idahosa from service.

Reviewing the murder, Ugolor said, “The issue of Ibrahim Momodu is very critical.

We condemn any attempt to commit violence against the Nigerian Police Force. In his case, we are raising the issues of justice and human rights.”

Between May 2013 and November 2015, the police allegedly killed over 20 law abiding citizens in Edo State. Some of the incidents were unreported. The list includes: Lovely Omoregie, Samuel Imaikop, Benson Obodeh and Chibuike Edeh (who died in police custody).

In the case of Mr Imaikop, for example, the police also killed three other unidentified labourers the 42-year-old farmer, polygamous husband and father of seven children hired. They were driving in his Nissan vehicle to his farm when the police allegedly murdered them on November 24, 2013 at a checkpoint around Benin Byepass.

The police paraded the corpses with guns to reliable television reporters as dead armed robbers on a Sunday morning and secretly buried them in a mass grave.

Searchlights by the Network on Police Reform in Nigeria (NOPRIN) and other CSOs ensured a coroner’s inquest on Imaikop.

Anonymous residents of Ute claimed the farmers were killed for refusing to give a bribe. Police personnel are known to demand bribes from citizens at gunpoint.

Four policemen from Lagos arrested Obodeh, a 26-year-old car dealer in Benin on May 21, 2015. They allegedly accused him of buying a stolen car; arrested him, forcefully obtained his ATM and password, summarily killed him, dumped his corpse in a mortuary and “secretly withdrew about N330, 000.00 with the card at three different banks in Port Harcourt, Rivers State,” according to the victim’s elder brother, Solomon Obodeh. A bank camera unmasked one of them withdrawing with the card.

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Extrajudicial killing is not reducing in Edo State or in Nigeria despite public outcry.

In Ondo State, where wanton arrest of citizens and bail is a common business, the police allegedly clubbed 50-year-old Ronke Adelugba, women leader of Accord Party in Ward 5 of Akure South Local Government Area, to death on August 31, 2015. The policemen that struck Adelugba with gun butts drove from Ala Police Station in a vehicle marked: NPF 4236 B. The same Ondo Police Command allegedly killed Mr Gbenga Omolo in custody this year.

Even police officers are not free from extrajudicial killing of themselves as it was witnessed in Delta and Nasarawa states in 2015.

In Delta State, a colleague killed a former aide-de-camp to ex-Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan during an argument. On the other hand, a Corporal shot a Sergeant to death in Karu, Nasarawa, for secretly befriending his female lover. He killed the girl and himself as well.

One day, one death To say the Nigeria Police Force is synonymous with extrajudicial killing is not arguable. Closely considered, extrajudicial killing is synonymous with other security agencies, however.

The Department of State Security (DSS), the Nigerian Civil Defence and Security Corps (NSCDC), the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) and even the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) have been accused at one time or another of extrajudicial killing.

Vigilante groups, militia forces and individuals also kill summarily.

“Extrajudicial killing is unconstitutional and punishable. The Constitution guarantees the right to life. By other international laws and obligations, we have a duty that no human life is terminated without

Family & friends protesting Samuel Imaikop’s murder

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recourse to due process,” Professor Yemi Akinseye-George, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and Director-General of the Centre for Socio-legal Studies (CSS), declares.

In April 12, 2014, Matthew Adams was shot to death at a rescheduled ward election of the All Progressives Congress (APC) of Edo State at Isiuwa Primary School, Ward 8, Ovia North East Local Government Area.

A uniformed man in a Nigeria Army patrol vehicle marked: “Operation Thunderstorm 028” allegedly killed Adams.

The patrol Hilux allegedly escorted a politician to the troubled venue, where death from careless firearm handling abruptly stopped the intra-party election.

Nigeria Army expectedly denied killing Adams when courageous reports by this reporter exposed the act. Owing to the denial, the 4 Brigade Commander Brigadier-Gen-

eral Okwudili Azinta promptly declared this reporter wanted. It took a delegation of journalists and lawyers to resolve the threat from Mr Azinta’s office at a meeting that left no doubt that army killed Adams.

On November 7, 2014, Aljazeera reported that soldiers killed 16 men in the north-east hours after they were arrested alive leaving a mosque. Hospital staff said the victims’ bodies were found with bullet wounds.

Aljazeera further alleged that community leaders believed the men were killed because they were from the Kanuri ethnic group that formed the bulk of Boko Haram, a religious sect whose activities assumed extreme violence after police summarily killed its leader, Mohammed Yusuf.

According to the United Nations High Commission on Refugees, Boko Haram is responsible today for the death of over 15,000 people and displacement of more than a million others in Nigeria. In 2014 alone, Boko Haram, according to a November 2015 report by the Institute of Economics and Peace, killed 6, 664 people.

On June 2, 2015, Amnesty International published a report on extrajudicial killing by the military in Nigeria, titled: Stars on their shoulders: Blood on their hands: War crimes committed by the Nigerian military; with Index number: AFR 44/1657/2015.

The report states that in the course of security operations against Boko Haram in the north-east, Nigeria military forces have extra-judicially executed more than 1, 200 people; they have arbitrarily arrested about 20, 000 people, mostly men and boys; and have committed countless acts of torture. Hundreds, if not thousands, have also become victims of enforced disappearance while at least 7, 000 people have died in military detention, it adds.

“Amnesty International has concluded that these acts, committed in the context of a non-international armed conflict, constitute war crimes for which military commanders bear both individual and command responsibility, and may amount to crimes against humanity.”

Yet, terrorists commit more acts of extrajudicial killing with a number of armed forces and security agencies’ personnel either missing or killed since terrorism became more pronounced in Nigeria.

Beyond the difficulty of safeguarding life and property from ruthless terrorists, who seek to bomb themselves along with targets and summarily behead captured military personnel, what the Amnesty report showed also is that extrajudicial killing is synonymous with operations of Nigerian security forces as much as this investigation highlights its occurrence in civil operations outside combat zones.

On August 13, 2015, DSS operatives from Benin City stormed Christopher Irabor’s home in Uwene quarters of Illeh village in Ekpoma in search of Omozokpia, his son.

They were investigating an alleged internet fraud. It resulted to the death of Mr Irabor, a potter in the School of Medicine of Ambrose Alli University.

Irabor’s widow accused the DSS of invading their home, shooting her husband and taking away another son.

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You might be aimlessly scrolling through your newsfeed this very second, wondering just how and why Facebook is ruining our lives. Social media can be an amazing thing. Through Facebook, we can rediscover longlost friends and relatives, share photographs across the globe and connect with others who share common interests. But somewhere between all of the status updates and the ‘like’ button, could Facebook be ruining you?

A new study actually says Facebook is ruining your life!

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acebook is the world’s leading social media platform, which probably means it’s also one of the main reasons you hate your life.

A University of British Columbia study released last weekend found that Facebook posts contribute to negative feelings including lower self-worth, but mostly jealousy.

Previous studies have linked social media use to narcissism, depression, and anxiety, but haven’t quite uncovered why, according to Izak Benbasat, an information systems researcher, a University of British Columbia business professor and co-author of the study.

The study, titled “Why Following Friends Can Hurt You” and published in Information Systems Research, evaluated survey responses from subjects regarding their Facebook habits and the emotions they felt while using the social network.

Facebook does make people feel good: 38 percent of respondents said using the social network felt pleasurable. But when asked which emotion they felt most when using Facebook, “envy” was the most common response.

But subjects didn’t immediately identify with feeling envious, Benbasat said. “If we asked people directly ‘What do you feel?’ only 25 percent mention envy. That number jumps to 50 percent when asked about general feelings. The truth is somewhere in the middle.”

Posts about leisure and travel triggered those feelings of inadequacy and envy the most — 63 percent of the time, compared to 18 percent of the time when mentioned offline.

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was the most common response feelings of unhappiness and envy.

Also, the tendency to compare diminishes one’s own vacation or good time high unless an experience is unique and can’t be compared to others.

“Most of the time, people on Facebook are trying to show their good sides, not their bad sides,” Benbasat said. “When envy goes up, emotional and social well-being comes down, increasing feelings of loneliness, sadness and stress.”

Millennials are particularly susceptible to feeling unhappy because of the disparities between one’s life expectations, economic reality, and disillusioned portrayals on social media.

Internet communication already reduces inhibitions, which can lead to aggressive, inflammatory, and violent language or behavior that wouldn’t be exhibited in person. The worry is that young adults and teens are most susceptible to these negative feelings evoked by social media use.

“From other studies, we know that feelings of envy are higher when you are younger” and dissipate when you get older, Benbasat said.

Facebook was previously linked to mental health. A collaborative study from Cambridge University and Stanford University linked Facebook ‘likes’ to personality traits, including openness and neuroses.

To cope with those feelings, however, people sometimes react by making themselves look good in subsequent posts. “There is a reaction to when people feel envious. They will post good, pleasant information about themselves.”

The study left some questions unanswered, such as how long the negative feelings lasted after using Facebook, or how posts with text versus video or photo contributed to those feelings — topics that could be tackled in a follow-up study, Benbasat said.

Because increased social media use dampens moods, taking breaks or measures to balance that could help.

According to a study published by the Danish Happiness Research Institute, people who stopped using Facebook for a week felt their quality of life improved 10 percent. There are also apps that work to counteract the damaging effects of social media by allowing users to track their mood.

But the takeaway from “Why Following Friends Can Hurt You” isn’t that everyone should drop Facebook.

Its aim is bringing awareness and education to Facebook and its more than a billion users.

“There’s some positive. All technology has a positive side and a negative side from the beginning of computerization,” Benbasat said.

But the question is: are people aware of the “effect their posting will have” on others, and if they do, is it deliberate and narcissistic?

Moreover, Benbasat said, “If there is a downside to technology use, what can we do about it? How can we alleviate the problem?”

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ut for sheer luck and God’s goodness, a university teacher, Mrs Titilope Ayeni-Are, would not have been alive to tell her stories.

The timely intervention of the police had saved her from being thrown into the well at her residence on Charity Street, behind Petim Sawmill, Adehun, Ado Ekiti, the state capital on November 24, by an armed robber, who had launched the attack on her on a revenge mission.

Earlier, the armed robber’s plan to rape her had been frustrated by the beeping of her phone which put the criminal on the alert and made him change his mind to rather let her die in the well for daring to let the police arrest him when he first attacked the woman’s residence and made away with some valuables on August 9 about three and half months earlier.

Narrating her ordeal in the hands of the armed robbers, Ayeni-Are said: “On the 24th of November, I was in my residence and suddenly the generator was switched off. I thought it was the engine oil that got exhausted and I went to the back of the house where the generator was to refill it.

“On covering the lid after refilling the engine oil, two persons pounced on me using machetes they were wielding on me and I used my hand to defend myself to prevent the machetes from landing on my head. I was covered with blood and I was left for dead.

“My five-year-old son was with me, Wale who led the other gang member I could not identify told me to look at him very well. Wale told me pointedly that the plan was to kill me, I was left in the pool of my own blood after which he went to ransack the bedrooms.

“He (Wole) went back to switch on the generator and asked about where I kept money, my ATM card and PIN number, he asked about my husband and I told him that he is in America. He asked from my son where he father was and my son told him that his dad is in America.

“He asked about my car key particularly asking about a Pathfinder jeep, I told him that I don’t have any Pathfinder jeep. He asked about the three laptops which were earlier stolen, I replied that I had given them out. He cut my necklace.

“He asked me that did I know where they sent him after the first attack, I told him that it was the court that sent him there. He said that throughout the time, he never had opportunity of enjoying sex and that that was an opportunity to do it with me.

“The gang member who came with him for the operation kicked against what he intended to do, but he threatened him not to disturb him on his intention. He said he would do it right in front of my son for him (my son) to see the action.

“He ordered me to go back to the bedroom and unzipped his trousers and it was in that process that my phone rang.

He picked the phone and saw the name Honourable Abe that appeared on the screen.

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ordered me to go back to the bedroom and unzipped his trousers

“He asked who is Hon Abe? I told him that Hon Abe is one of my neighbours.

At this point, he used rope and cloth to cover my mouth to prevent me from shouting thinking that Hon Abe was inside to attack him.

“He dragged me out of the house to the backdoor and dragged me to the well and positioned me on the well attempting to force my two legs inside the well.

“I fell off the well, he pinned me to the wall and in the course of the struggle with me, the rope and the cloth with which he gagged me removed and I screamed “O ti pa mi o, O ti pa mi O” (He has killed me, he has killed me).

“I ran towards the gate but unknown to me, my neighbours had already called the Police. I overheard the policemen asking about the house where robbers are operating. The gang member jumped over the fence but Wale was caught,” she said.

According to the woman who said all she wanted in the matter was justice,

her trouble with the men of the underworld started on August 9 when she returned home fron church that afternoon to find her residence burgled with some valuables including three laptops, two DVD players, one phone, one BlackBerry phone, Etisalat phone, a modem stolen.

After reporting the matter at the Oke Ila Police Station, she said that she went to Etisalat office to retrieve the line stolen during the attack and in the process discovered that the line was still being used which prompted her request for the call log.

According to her, investigation revealed that the most frequent caller of the line was one Funke Adenowo, a worker of First Bank, Opopogboro Branch, Ado Ekiti, who was discovered to be a girlfriend of one of the suspects who carried out the robbery.

She said that she went to the office of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) to lodge a complaint and the Commissioner of Police, Etop James, ordered

the arrest of Funke, her boyfriend, Bode Fakorede and his brother, Wole Fakorede ten days after the incident.

The woman said that police investigation showed that two of the three laptops were sold to one Segun in Ibadan, adding that one of the stolen laptops contained her PhD thesis while a plasma TV was also recovered from Wole’s house by the police.

She said that to her surprise, the bank worker, Funke, was the one who secured the bail of the culprits – Bode and Wole – when they were arraigned before an Ado Ekiti Magistrates’ Court.

This, she said, prompted her to complain at the bank on the lady’s complicity in the crime and consequently prompting the Wole to come to her house on November 24 for revenge and in the process matcheted her several times.

She said: “Funke is a cleaner at the bank and what that means is that all customers are not safe.She even helps those patronizing the Western Union section to make photocopies of their documents inside the bank premises and I believe this is very dangerous because this gives her the opportunities to get details about customers.

“All I want in this case is justice, I want justice to be done and I want justice to prevail. I learnt that Wale had been jailed once in Ondo State and he is well known to the Police and the Police must investigate Funke Adenowo, his girlfriend working in the bank.”

However, the manager of the bank branch, who refused to disclose his name, saying he was not authorized to address the matter especially that he was new at the branch, said the lady in question was no longer in the service of the bank.

The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Alberto Adeyemi, said the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) had begun investigation in the matter, saying: “The investigation is still ongoing and when we conclude our investigation, the suspects involved will be charged to court.”

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f people believe that they have bad breath, it can be a source of worry and serious embarrassment to them. It can get to the extent that they will start feeling uncomfortable around other people and this can severely impact negatively on their self confidence especially in social settings. Yes it’s true that people generally tend to react negatively to odours and bad breath emanating from people around them and this can act as a barrier to good communication even if this may not be the fault of the person who may be having the bad breath or body odour. In some cases, people suffering from bad mouth or body odour where they are aware of it may tend to over react or overestimate their problems as the odours from their breath or body may not be anywhere near as bad as they think. Some will overuse performs to cover up these smells or use so many creams to the extent that they may start smelling like a flower garden in full bloom.

In truth almost every human being at one time or the other will suffer from bad breath or body odour as our diets will contain foods that will bring up bad breath or be in different harsh weather conditions that will make us sweat beyond normal while also quickly drying on our skin before we have the time to change clothes and have our baths but for some people the extent of the problem can lead to misery and become a constant source of worry to the extent that the person may not function well in a social setting as usual. In many instances the individual suffering from halitosis or bad body odour will only become aware of the condition only after having been informed of the condition by a close person because it is quite possible to have this problem without even being aware that one has it. It is mostly the manner of relaying this information that will affect how the sufferer will start relating with people.

There are a lot of ways that people can get these bodily odours ranging from illnesses like tooth decay, gum disease, yeast and other infections of the mouth, lactose intolerance to

eating oily food or fish, onions, excessive alcohol intake and smoking and not just from poor oral or personal hygiene. In fact, if a person drinks excessively regularly or chain smokes in all kinds of weather conditions especially in the hot sun, there will be plenty of evidence for these odours. Truth be told, individuals with one or both addictions of alcoholism and smoking may regularly produce these unpleasant odours as a result of their lifestyles. The reason why excessive consumption of alcohol and cigarette smoking can lead to bad breath and body odour can be explained by the way the body deals with both. The two substances are basically seen as toxins by the body and while it tries to convert both to less harmful chemicals through metabolic breakdown, the body will release the harmful untreatable toxins through sweat and also via the respiratory system among other methods of removing toxins from the body.

A female friend of mine in a social network group while chatting about this topic put it vividly by saying that bad mouth odour from a partner can kill sex urges or even destroy sexual satisfaction faster than the thought of her mother walking in on her and her partner during love making. She said the thought of the embarrassment for her would be as if her world had come to an end. And the same goes for me.

Most men in the circle I move in wouldn’t even want to be caught dead with bad body odours or halitosis not to talk of dating a woman who’s got it. I can remember I once was interested in a very beautiful lady while in the university who had caught my fancy then because she was not only beautiful but she had a very good diction and command of the English language. What put me off was a severe case of halitosis when I got the opportunity of getting close to her to converse.

That was the end of any amorous thoughts I had about her. As much as most cases can be treated, not dealing will the problem will definitely reduce if not even kill sexual satisfaction in a relationship.

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SEX TALK

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10 moves that will mess up your sex life

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ost of us are looking for a quick fix to our sexual dilemmas. We want a pill, a DVD, or a series of complex finger movements that will magically make us less anxious and more confident about exposing our true sexual selves.

Of course no such magic pill exists. In the end, the quality of the consensual sex we have is mostly in our own hands (literally and/or figuratively). There may not be one way to have good sex, but there are a few sure fire ways to NOT get what you want sexually, and to increase the chances of having bad sex. Here are top ten ways to have bad sex.

Compare yourself to others: Sexuality may be the most subjective aspect of human experience. Forget the magazine quizzes and sex books, there is simply no meaningful way to compare yourself to a stranger when it comes to your sexuality. Plus, everyone lies about sex anyway. Comparing yourself to others will give you nothing but grief. If you want to do something useful for your sex life, focus on yourself and anyone you’re having sex with, and don’t turn away.

Ignore your body: The idea of a perfect body is fiction. None of us have perfect bodies. But we’re inundated with pieced together visions of beauty that we all

compare ourselves to an unattainable ideal. In response, many of us turn away from our bodies, pretend they, we, aren’t there. But whatever your body is like, you sexuality is part of it, and you ignore your body at the expense of genuine sexual pleasure and empowerment. It’s not easy, but working with the body you’ve got is one crucial part of improving your sex life.

Only listen to the experts: If you really want to have bad sex, do everything sex experts tell you to do. It’s not that people with expertise don’t have something to offer, but in practice sexuality is so personal and unique that the final expert must be you and/or the people you’re having sex with. Sexual growth comes from paying attention to your own experience, your own feelings, and your own body first. Once you can do that, then it’s worth listening to what others have to say and deciding what of their advice rings true for you.

Stop paying attention: Sexuality is as much about awareness as it is about action. From birth to death, our bodies and minds never stop changing, growing, and developing. This means our sexuality never stops changing either. When you stop paying attention to your most personal sexual feelings and experiences, you shut yourself off from that change, and from aspects of your sexual self. The goal is

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Grow up, get serious: Sex is the closest thing adults have to the kind of play we engaged in when we were kids.

While sex can be about all sorts of grown up things (having kids, making love, etc...) it can also just be a rollicking good time. If you make sex just one more thing that’s serious and routine, and only done in “reasonable” ways, you lose much of the power and magic of sex in our lives.

Believe that ignorance is bliss: We all live with a certain level of sexual ignorance. This ignorance keeps us at risk of many things; risk of bad sex, risk of STDs, risk of too many regretful moments. If you want to maintain that level of risk, just keep up your level of ignorance. If you want to turn the tide then get out there and learn something about sex that’s relevant to your own life from someone who is qualified to teach you.

Confuse sex entertainment with sex education: Most of the books and magazine articles you read about sex are written by people with two qualifications; they look hip and they live in New York. Sex entertainment (movies, adult workshops, sex toy stores) can be a fun way to explore your options. But it isn’t the same thing as sex education or sex therapy. If you’re feeling good about your sex life but want more, sex entertainment may offer a quick boost. But if you’re feeling genuinely stuck and distressed about your sexuality or your sex life, be sure to turn to a qualified sex educator, counselor, or therapist.

Keep a closed mind:

This column is x-rated Making the arbitrary decision that however you’re having sex right now is the only way to have sex is another guaranteed route to sexual disappointment. Regardless of political and religious beliefs, there are countless ways to express and experience your sexuality. You don’t need to throw out your principles or blur your boundaries to have better sex. You just need to be creative, which is kind of the opposite of being narrow-minded.

Act like sex is something special: Our sexuality is linked to all aspects of our lives; our health, our families, our jobs and retirement, everything. In this way, sex isn’t really anything special; it’s every day and everywhere. It follows that if you want to change your sex life in a substantial way, you have to change other aspects of your life as well. But when you segregate sex from the rest of your life, whether that means putting it on a pedestal or in an old shoe box, you reduce your chances of change, and cut off awareness that can help you grow sexually.

Let fear be your guide Sex is scary. Partly because we know so little, and partly because sex demands we give up control and expose ourselves. As a result, many of us make a preemptive retreat. We don’t talk about our desires, we don’t tell our partners what we really want to do, or even what we fantasize about doing but would never want to do in real life. We keep ourselves hidden and collude with partners by not pushing them too much. Oftentimes, fear is a reasonable response. But if you’re in a safe relationship where there is trust, the more you let fear be your guide, the less you’ll get out of the sexual relationship.

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For sure!

person having body odor/ halitosis? What a bad romantic killer!!! Just one of them is enough to kill your romance not to talk of when you have a combination of both of them. I sincerely pity anyone reading this who is encountering any of this ugly body issue.

Body odor usually occur to most people who have or keep poor body hygiene. I keep wondering why someone living in the tropics where we have harsh sun could go home at the end of the day after sweating so much without taking a good bath. Can people go for days without taking their baths but just using water to wash face/legs and off they scamper out of their houses?

Do your own survey and you will know!

Apart from those who hate taking regular bath even when they are not lacking water and soap, there are those who experience bad odor even with having regular bath. So what can really make someone who takes regular bath still have bad or chronic body odor?

There are certain foods we eat that excrete their odor through the pores of our skin and if we do not go extra miles in maintaining very high body hygiene. Foods like garlic, onions, beans, eggs, groundnuts, soymilk, beef, fish,milk and some vegetables can really make those who do not like to keep excellent body hygiene have body odor.

Apart from the foods we eat, those who bleach their skin with certain skin bleaching products tend to have terrible body ordor.

In a climatic conditions like ours, such people will over sweat and because the melanin that protects the inner skin has been scrapped off by the bleaching agents, the sun will tend to eat up the fresh revealed skin that should be protected under, destroying it and making it to smell. Such people especially women, tend to have serious issues with their partners when it comes to making love. Their body smells awful no matter how many times they bath and amount of perfume they wear.

Men who usually do not like to bath at nights smells awful and this can drive their wives away from them. Your wife has the right to reject you due to your body odor because, the idea of your body smell-

ing is a bad turn-off when it comes to love making.

On the side of halitosis which is another bad odor from the mouth.

The foods i listed above are also among the food items that can cause it when someone who enjoys such foods do not keep good oral hygiene.

These are very healthy foods but you must ensure to keep a fantastic oral hygiene if you love eating them so much. Garlic/onions smell can last long in the mouth and smells awful.

So it is proper you brush your mouth twice in a day with a good brush and tooth paste...best after eating such foods to reduce their odor.

Another causes of halitosis is dirty stomach. There are men and women with protruding stomach.

Ever wondered what makes your stomach so big? (Apart from women who have fibroids) The contents of your stomach are filled with garbbage that should be eliminated so that when you speak, your mouth will not smell. The contents in your stomach smells out through your mouth but most of you will not belive this. By the time you detox and cleanse your inside, keeping a good oral hygiene you will see your mouth ordor will be gone for good.

Does haliotsis reduces sexual satisfaction? Big time yes!!! How do you kiss someone whose mouth smells like a garbbage? Sorry, it is another big romantic turn-off just like body odor. There is no pretence in this one because if you keep kissing someone with bad mouth odor, you are ingesting some kind of bacteria. Yes, there are bacterias in the mouth that should be destroyed but they are just there in your mouth causing bad breathe. Anyone who keeps coming in contact with your saliva is also at risk of being infected. Why on earth must you even tolerate some with halitosis rather than tell the person to tackle the problem. If your wife or husband/ love partner have halitosis, stop pretending it is not disturbing you and dying in silence, talk with him or her and get a solution for it. The men are guilty of this and they feel they owe the women no apology for not making out time to keep a good oral hygiene. This is very wrong!

Body odor and halitosis are two body issues that no one must tolerate . They will not only destroy your romance, they will spoil your personal image.

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‘He has not paid my bride price after 13 years of marriage’

• This is the third time I am taking him to court. All police interventions have proven abortive, I want divorce —Wife • My daughter once told me my wife sent her to an Okada man to collect money.

I did not react to this until I caught her with a man in front of her shop and I heard an unspeakable conversation between them —Husband

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middle age house wife, Mujidat Saliman while pushing for dissolution of her 13-year marriage to her husband, Kabir Saliman has told a Grade C Customary Court sitting in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital that her husband beat her and her parents anytime they quarrel.

Mujidat also told the court that Kabir was irresponsible

‘My husband raped my cousin’

• My cousin came to my matrimonial home. I left the house for a night. When I returned, my cousin told my neighbours that my husband tried to molest her in our matrimonial home. When she was probed further, she confessed that he succeeded in raping her —Wife Stories by Muda Oyeniran

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31-year-old -trader, Oluwaseyi Ajofoyibo, at the Igando Customary Court , Lagos state,recently accused her husband, Kamoru Ajofoyibo,33, of allegedly raping her cousin in their matrimonial home.

Oluwaseyi also told the court that her husband was in the habit of beating and blackmailing her at the slightest provocation.

She with her two children, ages seven and two, had since moved out of her matrimonial home to Badagry.

“My cousin came to my matrimonial home, asking me to help her appeal to her mother over a misunderstanding; I left the house for a night.

“When I returned, my cousin told my neighbours that my husband tried To Molest her in our matrimonial home.

“When she was probed further, she confessed that he

succeeded in raping her.

“As a result of his action, I told him I was going to visit my parents in Badagry, but I packed my belongings and left with my sons.

“I rebuffed several attempts by our families for me to return to my matrimonial home.

“He then came and forcefully took away one of our sons. I want my son back, that’s why I brought him to the court.

We were not legally married.

He refused to pay my dowry,” Oluwaseyi said.

‘My wife’s brothers beat me up’ A n engineer, Mr. Jamiu Jimoh on Monday filed a suit at a Grade ‘B’ Customary Court sitting in Oshodi, Lagos, seeking the dissolution of his marriage to his wife, Mrs Kafayat Jimoh.

The petitioner of 10, Hassan Street, Ogun-Oloko Oshodi, and a native of Kwara State, who told the court that he married the respondent under the Native

Law and Custom in 1998, duly paid a bride price for the union, which has produced three children, filed the suit on the grounds that his wife usually disobeyed him and constantly fought with him, He also told the court his wife’s brothers beat him up whenever he went to see his children in the respondent’s family house at 4, Oduwusi

Street, Oshodi, where his children stay.

He also said he had warned his wife to stay away from one Alfa who stays in their neighborhood but he still caught them together in his room, though she denied they were doing anything wrong.

He said there was no more love in the marriage.

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Her husband, Kamoru, who resides at Osunba Street, Igando, a suburb of Lagos, did not deny raping his wife’s cousin nor forcefully taking the couple’s seven years’ old son.

“We were not having any misunderstanding. She said she wanted to visit her family in Badagry and I gave her N30,000.

“She said she would spend two weeks, but two weeks turned to months, and months turned into years.

“Our families called a meeting, she refused to talk, and she was not moved with the tears from her mother’s eyes. “ I relocated my son to my brother’s place in Badagry because I needed to be seeing him regualrly.

“I know I have made some mistakes and I’m sorry,’’ the 33 year-old-trader said.

The President of the court, Mr A. L. Omilola, in his ruling, told the couple to come for the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR).

He adjourned the case for further hearing.

and does not cater for the family.

She said, “My husband has not paid my bride price after 13 years of marriage; I now have five kids for him. He did not allow me to work and only gives me N300 to prepare food for the family.

“When he eventually allowed me to open a shop where I sell engine oil, he accused me of going out with different men who are my customers, knowing the nature of the business I do.

“My husband is so troublesome, he beats me mercilessly several times in a week Most times, I end up being taken to the hospital. He disrespects my family to the extent of beating my mother and recently did the same to my father.

“He has refused to enroll the kids in school and threatened to kill my mother in order to get me back forcefully. This is the third time I am taking him to court. All police interventions have proven abortive, I want a divorce.”

In his defence, the defendant, Kabir told the court that his wife was wayward, promiscuous and a flirt.

“My daughter once told me my wife sent her to an okada man to collect money. I did not react to this until I caught her with a man in front of her shop and I heard an unspeakable conversation between them.

Kabir further stated that when he reported the matter to his mother in-law, she supported her daughter saying it was the nature of her job that warranted her keeping male company.

“Her mother, I am sure, has kept another husband for her as she took her in the very day she left our home and abandoned the kids.

“I had been asked several times if I wanted a divorce, but I said no because of the kids. This is the third time she had sued me to court. My wife is promiscuous, I want to divorce her so that I can take care of my children.”

After hearing both arguments, the President of the court, Chief Amusa Makinde consequently adjourned the case for judgment.

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• I hate him —Wife

37-year-old man, Malam Mukailu Naibi of Keke village, Kaduna, on has asked the Grade One Area Court, Lugbe, Abuja, to dissolve his two-year marriage because his wife had starved him of sex for two years.

Naibi also asked the court to compel his wife, Maryam Suleiman’s parents to refund the dowry he paid to marry her.

He further asked the court to order his wife to pay for his house which she allegedly set ablaze.

Naibi said his wife had refused to make love to him for two years since they got married, adding that she set his house ablaze so that he would be compelled to give her a divorce.

“Your worship, since we got married over two years ago, my wife has never allowed me to make love to her for once and all my attempts to do it always led to fighting.

“I married her out of love, and I still love her, but with this development, I have no choice but to ask the court to grant her divorce wish for the sake of peace. However, her parents

must refund the dowry that I paid them before marrying her, while she has to pay me compensation for my house which she burnt down,’’ he said.

The 16-year-old wife, who has been living with her elder brother at Lugbe, Zone 9, Abuja for the past three months, however, denied her husband’s claims.

She told the court that her husband had made love to her once, adding that he did not impress her and so she wanted a divorce which he had long refused to grant her.

“I don’t love him, I don’t love anybody who bears his name and I hate anybody who loves him,’’ she said.

Responding to Naibi’s request that the court should order his wife’s parents to refund the dowry he paid on her and his burnt house, the judge, Alhaji Haruna Masanawa, asked Naibi the total financial claims.

Naibi asked for time to go home and calculate the total amount.

The judge adjourned the case for judgment.

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‘I married my wife and her mother’ • My mother-in-law has been staying with us for the past eight years.

You will not know what I would have gone through in that house. Mama controls all the activities in the house. She tells my wife what to do, she gives instructions in the house as if she owns the house —Husband • I am the head of the home because my husband is so stingy and won’t part with any money unless it is stolen from him. I have been responsible for the house rent, feeding, children’s school fees and other expenses in the house —Wife

A ‘My wife’s brothers beat me up’ CONTINUED FROM PAGE 36 In her response, Mrs. Jimoh told the court she was also ready for the divorce but that it was the petitioner that made her know who the Alfa was because he always reported her to him in order for the Alfa to advice her.

She also said it was the Alfa who assisted her when her child was ill and the husband was not around.

The respondent also claimed that the petitioner had not been giving the children money for the past two months that he

sometimes gave them N1000 or N500, which was not regular.

The petitioner, however, said he used to give them N7, 000 or N8, 000 a month but reduced the amount because he bought foodstuff, clothes and even slippers for them.

He however agreed to be paying N5000 monthly as well as buy clothes and foodstuff for them.

The Court President, Alhaja A.I.Olorunimbe after listening to both parties arranged counselling for both families and adjourned the matter for hearing.

48-year-old woman, Mrs. Florence Itianu has dragged her husband Mr. Donatus Itianu to the Agege, Customary Court on the grounds of battery, threat to life and lack of care.

Florence ltianu who resides at 4, Kaka Street, Agege, lamented to the court how peace has eluded her 12-year old marriage.

According to her “I have been managing the marriage.

I have been smiling outside and shedding secret tears, all because I don’t want to leave my husband because of my children.”

She continued: “Since the inception of the marriage, I have been the head of the home because my husband is so stingy and won’t part with any money unless it is stolen from him. I have been responsible for the house rent, feeding, children school fees and other expenses in the house. ” All my husband does is to sit down early in the morning and

be expecting food to walk in on its own to his table. I would not have thought of leaving him if not for the beating I do receive from him. He beats me any time he asks for money and I refuse, he nags and complains a lot, he talks like the parrot and has been threatening to kill me. I know him.

Whenever he is angry, he can misbehave and would not mind the consequence. I want to live for my children. I am fed up. I have heard a lot of stories of husbands killing their wives, I do not want to fall a victim. And there’s no room for reconciliation because it cannot work”, she fumed.

She further pleaded with the court to dissolve the marriage and grant her custody of the children for proper motherly care.

Refuting all the allegations levelled against him, Donatus told the court that his mother-in-law has been the brain behind his marital crisis. ”I am a gentle man, I love

my wife and kids, but my problem is my mother-in-law who controls my home”, he complained. ”My mother-in-law has been staying with us for the past eight years; you will know what I would have gone through in that house.”Mama controls all the activities in the house. She tells my wife what to do, she gives instructions in the house as if she owns the house. ”Some times in the night, I will wait for my wife to join me on the bed till around 12 mid night and if I don’t see her, I will sleep off. ”The next day if I ask her what she was doing in the sitting room that kept her so long, she simply would tell me that she was in a meeting with her mother. ”I know I married two women, mother and daughter. ”How will I be happy with the happenings in my home? I ventured into some business but my wife and her mother ruined it.

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Global warming and your health

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here are some things we hear going on around the world and we are like ‘’what are these people saying?’’

Here in this part of the world, we seem to have enough problems of ours; fuel queues, epileptic electricity supply and economic limitations. So we tend to ask: Which one is global warming again?

As for these white people, what do we have in common anyway? Well, maybe terrorism! We are currently battling Boko Haram in our own backyard and they are killing our compatriots in large numbers .So we can easily relate with that.

But global warming! How on earth does that concern us?

Which part of the earth is warming up?

For us, global warming may affect all the big nations and the big big people who ‘‘don belleful.’’ Not the common man! Definitely, not the farmer who is trying to simply make his crops grow or the fisherwoman whose main need is a river to fish from. ’Abeg talk better tin’!

How wrong we are! Perhaps a glimpse into what it is all about may help in dispelling some, if not all, the notions we hold currently There are some things we hear going on around the world and we are like ‘’what are these people saying?’’

Here on this part of the world we seem to have enough problems of ours; fuel queues as in recent time, epileptic electricity supply, and economic limitations etc. and we tend to ask: what is global warming again?

As for these white people, what do we have in common anyways? Well maybe terrorism! We are currently battling the Boko haram terrorist sect in our own backyard and they are killing our compatriots in large numbers .So we can easily relate with that.

But global warming! How on earth does that concern us?

Which part of the earth is warming up?

For us, global warming may affect all the big nations and the big big people who ‘don belleful’’. Not the everyday man; not the farmer who is trying to simply make his crops grow or the fisherwoman whose main need is a river to fish from. ’abeg talk better tin’!

How wrong we are!

Perhaps a glimpse into what it is all about may help in dispelling some if not

all the notions we hold currently What is global warming?

In its simplest from global warming means the globe or the earth is warming up. What is warming it? The sun of course! But we have always had the sun.

Yes, but it seems to be having more effect on us. Thus, temperate areas are having hotter summers and tropical regions are experiencing more heat waves. So generally, the earth is warmer than it used to be. Some experts claimed that more notably since 1970’s, the temperature of the world has been rising as a result of a gradual change in climate. Ordinarily, when the Sun’s rays hit the earth surface with its full energy, part of it is reflected back .This reflection is trapped by a layer of gases in the atmosphere known as green house gases. This is not bad as this trapping of heat is what prevents the earth from getting too cold. However this layer of gases in recent times is becoming thicker than necessary due to human activities. Our activities send a lot of artificially made green house gases into the atmosphere. These gases including carbon dioxide and methane now form such a thick blanket as to trap heat excessively and then heat up our

Earth!

There are various means each of us succeeds in messing up the world in our own ways. Here are a few of them: Burning of coal, oil and gas: Through our firewood stoves, motor cars and generators; tons and tons of carbon dioxide are released into the atmosphere on a daily basis, blanketing the earth in the process and heating ourselves up.

Deforestation: indiscriminate felling of trees contributes to global warming in different ways. Greens have a protective effect against global warming in the first place and their felling and accompanying Deforestation further releases naturally occuring greenhouse gases.

Also: The use of greenhouse gas-releasing chemicals such as aerosol sprays, hair spray, paint fumes is highly contributory How does it affect us?

It may still appear vague at this point.

Why can’t we just chill the earth with air conditioners and the like if it is too hot?

If only we have electricity in Nigeria,

who cares about the heat outside. As long you can move from your air-conditioned car to air-conditioned offices and houses.

But wait a minute! Global warming has more far reaching effects. According to Wanjira Mathaai the daughter of the famous Kenyan Nobel laureate Wangari Mathaai who lived and literally died for environmental protection and global warming ‘’…… it can threaten our access to such basic needs as food, water, health and shelter’’ This happens through the following ways: Changes in rainfall: Global warming and the attendant climate, changes the pattern of rainfall, which is a threat to farming. Africa being a largely agrarian society, this may put our food supplies and means of livelihood at stake. When there is much reduction in rainfall, soils dry up and crops have no chance of growing. Heavier than normal rainfall is no better as it doesn’t also support the survival of plant life. Not only that, heavy rainfall makes it easier for some parasites to thrive, leading to a rise in devastating infections.

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U-23 team in training session ahead of today’s match with Algeria

U-23 Nations Cup: Nigeria walks tight rope against Algeria Ifeanyi Eduzor

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igeria football fans will be praying for mother luck today as they watch the Dream team VI struggle to qualify from their final Group B match against Algeria in the on-going U23 African Cup of Nation slated for the Stade Leopard Sedar Senghor in Dakar, Senegal.

The tournament, which features eight African countries, also serves as a qualifying tournament for next year’s Olympic Games with the top three finishers booking a place in Rio. Both teams need at least a draw to qualify for the semi- final of the championship. They have four points each from their previous two matches but Algeria with superior

goals difference is occupying the number one position in the group.

While Nigeria survived a second-half onslaught to beat Mali 3-2 in their opening Group B match before playing a 2-2 draw with Egypt in their second match on Wednesday, Algeria recorded a 1-1 draw with their North African neighbours before recording an emphatic 2-0 victory over Mali in their second game.

Today’s match is important to both teams because any loss by either side or a victory for Egypt will see one of them crashing out with Egypt progressing with 5 points.

But one thing is certain; Egypt will come out smoking against Mali to ensure they win the game to stand a chance to qualify which accounts for why the Coach Samson Siasia

tutored side must up their game in today’s all important cracker. Mali has been knocked out already, but may only be playing for pride against Egypt.

It is expected that before today’s match, Coach Siasia and his technical crew will map out strategies on how to avoid the team capitulating in the second half as was witnessed in their last two matches when they led Mali 3-0 at half time in the first group game but their opponent clawed their way back scoring two goals in the second half and were unlucky not to get the winner. The same scenario played out on Wednesday as the team again threw away 2-0 lead against Egypt that would have secured them the semi- final ticket.

Already Coach Siasia understands the implication of his team playing poorly in the

second half and has warned the players that such displays which he attributed to fatigue must not happen again for them to stand a chance of picking a ticket to 2016 Olympics.

“We did not play well in the second half and we cannot continue like this if we want to go to the Olympics.

“We have to be careful. We tend to lose concentration in the second half and I have to fix it.

It was the case in the first game against Mali and the same thing happened against Egypt and we don’t want that to happen against Algeria’ he said.

Siasia while admitting that the game against Algeria will be tough noted that they have to be careful against the North Africans to avoid crashing out of the competition and missing the chance to be at the Olympics.

“We are quite aware that the

game against Algeria will be very tough and we have to be careful about the North African side, they attack left and right and can spoil the day of any team.

Meanwhile, Algerian coach, Pierre Andre’ Schurman believes his wards are capable of beating Nigeria in today’s last Group B match.

Speaking shortly after his team demolished Mali, 2-0, he noted that his players will apply the same mentality in their game against Dream Team even as he acknowledged that the match will be a tough one.

“We have watched Nigerians play and I believe they are a good side. The game between the two countries will be tough because Nigeria has good strikers and defenders but this notwithstanding, I hope to come out victorious”, he concluded.

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Chelsea will finish in top 4, says Redknapp

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ormer Tottenham and Liverpool midfielder, Jamie Redknapp believes Chelsea will finish in the top four but insisted the club must get Diego Costa back to the side.

“I still expect Chelsea to finish in the top four. I’ve got no doubts at all about that. They are more than capable of going on a run

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and winning five, six games on the bounce. Their squad has got plenty of quality in it -and a couple of additions in January would boost them further.

The players were out this week for their Christmas party and it might have been exactly what they needed. It strikes me that the spirit in the camp hasn’t been there like it was last season and a night out is sometimes what you need to sort things out.

With Bournemouth today, followed by Leicester, Sunderland and Watford, Chelsea have the opportunity to build some momentum.

I expect them to bring Costa back into the team; the longer you leave him out the more of a problem his situation becomes and you hope he reacts in the right way.

Rooney to miss West Ham game

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ouis Van Gaal has revealed Wayne Rooney will miss Manchester United’s games against West Ham and Wolfsburg with a “nasty” ankle injury.

The England captain sustained the injury last weekend in United’s draw with Leicester and now Van Gaal has revealed it is much worse than originally feared.

Speaking at his weekly press conference, Van Gaal said: “Wayne’s is a nasty injury. When we go on it’s been getting worse.

We have to let him train to make the ankle stronger, that’s very important.

“I cannot say how long he’ll be out because the doctor shall decide that with Wayne of course. He is training well in the rehabilitation.”

Rooney

United travel to Germany to play Wolfsburg in a key Champions League game on Tuesday and must win to be sure of reaching the knockout stages.

When asked if Rooney was likely to miss that game also, Van Gaal said: “Yes, I think so. His ankle is not good enough and we have to recover that ankle with a lot of strength. He has to do a lot of exercises to make it stronger.”

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I’ll explain marriage mistakes to my kids —Woods Tiger Woods says he has a fantastic relationship with his former wife and will be the one to explain to his children the reasons for their divorce.

Woods and Elin Nordegren split in 2009 after he admitted to a number of affairs and the pair’s six-year marriage came to an end in 2010. The pair has two children, daughter Sam, eight, and son Charlie, six.

“I want it to come from me so that when they come of age, I’ll just tell them the real story,” said Woods.

“I’ve taken the initiative with the kids and told them up front, ‘guys, the reason why we’re not in the same house, why we don’t live under the same roof is because daddy made some mistakes’.

“I just want them to understand before they get to internet age and they log on to something or have their friends tells them something.”

Former world number one Woods, who won the last of his 14 major titles in 2008, has not

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played golf since undergoing back surgery in September and October.

He will be 40 at the end of December and in an interview with

Time magazine, revealed how his relationship with his former wife has changed following the events that led to their divorce.

Higgins not giving up on LPGA tour dream Jersey golfer Olivia Jordan-Higgins says she will not give up on her dream of competing on the LPGA tour.

The 27-year-old currently plays on the Symetra tour in the USA, with the top 10 each year earning an LPGA card.

She finished a career-worst

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Title Defence: Adeoba donates kits to Power Lee Ifeanyi Eduzor

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ith few months to the defence of his Pro Wrestling Africa (PWA) title, Canadian based Nigerian wrestling sensation, Dokun Adeoba has donated some wrestling kits to Pro Wrestling African Champion, Power Lee to enable him prepare adequately for the defence of the continental title as well as develop the mats man game in the country.

Power Lee on September 19 at the Palais De Sports, Yaoundé , Cameroon defeated the Cameroonian champion and number two contender to the throne Michel Noudem “Le Matraqueur “ and is expected to defend the title against the number three contender Marvelous Buffalo of Angola in March next year at the Asaba Township Stadium.

Presenting the materials to Power Lee in presence of Public Relations Officer of the continental body, Sesan Olukoya, Adeoba noted that his decision to donate the kits which includes; knee and elbow guards, referee’s shirts, a wrestling boot, two masks and a tight was in recognition of the champions prowess in the ring and his desire to ensure that wrestling regains its leadership position in the country.

Receiving the items, Power Lee whose real names are Godspower Ikpide commended the donor for the gesture and charged other Nigerians both at home and in the Diaspora to invest in wrestling as the sport is capable of producing world

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55th on the money list this year, but says she feels refreshed after changing coaches.

“With the way I’m feeling mentally and confidence-wise I don’t see myself giving up until I achieve my dream of being on the LPGA tour,” she said.

According to her, only lack of money would be the only reason for her to quit, which was something she considered before finishing second in an event in Kansas.

“For the last few years I’ve been pretty much able to support myself. I’m not making too much of a profit, but I’m making enough that I can keep playing and keep trying to achieve my dream,” she told BBC Radio

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Jersey.

“But this year was one of those where the decision was almost made for me as I was essentially out of money.”

She now hopes 2016 will be the year that she finally earns the right to play amongst the world’s elite women golfers.

Ikeja set for children’s end of year tourney

P Dokun Adeoba (R), PRO of Pro Wrestling Africa, Sesan Olukoya (M) and Pro Wrestling Africa heavyweight champion, Power Lee during the presentation of the kits in Lagos recently

champions for the country.

He stated that the materials will spur him to defend his title successfully even as he appealed for financial support from the Federal and Delta State Governments, Niger Delta Development Commission, Isoko Development Union and well meaning Nigerians to ensure the belt remains in the country.

Also speaking at the occasion, Public Relations Officer of the body, Sesan Olukoya noted that Adeoba will always be remembered by the wrestling body for his kind gesture with an appeal to other Nigerians to emulate him.

reparations are on top gear for 2015 edition of Ikeja Golf Club children end of the year kitty.

The tournament according to the chairman of the organizing committee, Chichi Alamu, said the event will also include children of interested friends of the club who are within the age bracket of four and fourteen (4-14) years.

The one-day tournament which Alamu also said will be filled with thrills and would be played over Nine-hole.

However, a breakdown of the event shows that kids of ages four and seven (4-7) will play

three holes, while ages eight and fourteen (8-14) will play nine holes.

Speaking on the essence of the tournament the chairman said, “The end of year party tournament is one of the ways we celebrate our children every year, to make them fill belonged.

“That is why it is for the club members’ children only, but we will be inviting interested friends to bring their children play, because we expects nothing less than 350 children to be part of the fun.”

Concluding, the chairman revealed that the tournament is opened for sponsorship.

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GOtv boxing night: Eribo vows to win N1.5m cash prize Ifeanyi Eduzor

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tanley “Edo Boy” Eribo, billed to fight Sunday “Capo” Olalekan for the National Light Welterweight title at the GOtv boxing night slated for 26 December at the Indoor Sports Hall of National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos has declared that he will win the N1.5million cash prize for the best boxer of the tournament.

GOtv boxing night which debuted in March 2014 became

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the biggest boxing tournament in the country when a cash prize of NI million and the Mojisola Ogunsanya memorial trophy were introduced as accompaniments. The sponsors have added an extra half a million naira for the coming edition.

The event is sponsored by GOtv and supported by MultiChoice, SuperSport, Newsbreak. ng, Bond FM, Complete Sports, Brilla FM, KSquare Security and Paragonis Multimedia Limited.

Speaking on the fight, Eribo, who has been in a training camp ahead of the championship, said: “My time to win is now. I want to win the title as well as the cash prize and am certain of getting the two. In fact, I am already seeing my name on the cheque,” he bragged.

Reminded that his opponent is a hard puncher, Eribo said: “Capo is not in my class. I am a far better boxer. I have fought boxers who punch harder and they did not defeat me. I know how to handle him, but I won’t disclose how I will do it,” he said.

FIFA Vice-Presidents suspended World football governing body, Fifa has suspended vice-presidents Alfredo Hawit and Juan Angel Napout for 90 days.

The pair were arrested in Switzerland on Thursday at the request of the US authorities, on suspicion of accepting millions of dollars of bribes.

Napout, 57, oversees football in the South America confederation and Hawit, 64, is interim president for North, Central America and Caribbean football. The pair are barred from all football-related activity.

They were arrested in a dawn raid on the same Zurich hotel where several officials from world football’s governing body were arrested in May.

FiIFA’s executive committee had been meeting in the city, voting on reforms.

Later on Thursday, the pair were part of a total of 16 officials charged by US authorities investigating corruption in the organization.

US attorney general Loretta Lynch said: “The betrayal of trust set forth here is outrageous. The scale of corruption alleged herein is unconscionable.

“And the message from this announcement should be clear to every culpable individual who remains in the shadows, hoping to evade our investigation: you will not wait us out; you will not escape our focus.”

Akwa Utd boss commends Gov. Udom Stadium in Uyo to the entire Ifeanyi Eduzor continent.

“We are particularly happy that the Governor has kept to the hairman of Glo Premiership side, Akwa United, Ak- promise made before the finals in Lagos and we promise him parnwa Nse Sunday Ubeh that it will spur the team to go has commended the Akwa Ibom State Governor, Udom Emmanuel for more laurels not only for the for fulfilling the promise made to state but the entire nation. “ It is equally important the team before their Federation to state that we are ready to Cup finals with Lobi Stars of represent the country well in the Markurdi. continent and also use the Caf Governor Udom early this Confederation cup campaign to week while organizing a state showcase Akwa Ibom’s nest of banquet for the victorious team, champions stadium in Uyo to the announced that the coach will receive N3 million for guiding the rest of the World’, he concluded. team to victory while each of the players will receive the sum of N 2million and two bedroom flat for winning the 2015 Federation Cup. He told Saturday Mirror that the gesture will spur the team to win more laurels for the country even as he promised that the Akwa United will not disappoint Nigerians when they represent the country in next year’s Caf Confederation Cup competition even as he stated that they will use the competition to showcase Udom Akwa Ibom’s Nest of Champions

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Kingsley Sokari of Nigeria fight for ball possession with Amos Acheampong of Ghana U-23 team

U-23 Nations Cup

Ekpo urges U-23 team to beat Algeria Ifeanyi Eduzor

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s the U-23 team confronts their Algerian counterparts today in a final Group B match at the on-going Africa U-23 Nations Cup in Senegal, former Super Eagles player, Friday Ekpo has charged the team to go all out for victory as that is the only guarantee of their progressing to the semi- finals of the championship, warning they cannot afford to lose the game if they are to stay on course for qualification to next year’s Rio Olympics.

Both Nigeria and Algeria are on four points each after two

rounds of matches with Egypt on two point’s s with a chance to progress if they win their final game against Mali, who has already been eliminated from the championship.

Victory over the North Africans today will guarantee Nigeria passage to the last four, while a draw could also be enough, but that would depend on the result between Egypt and Mali.

Incidentally, both Nigeria and Algeria also clashed in a final group game four years ago in the same competition in Morocco.

Nigeria won 4-1, but it was not enough to get them through to the knockout rounds because they had already lost their two

other group games.

Ekpo told Saturday Mirror that there is the need for the Coach Samson Siasia led side to avoid playing for a draw because a win for Egypt might be the end of the road for Nigeria.

“The Dream team must avoid the mistakes they made in their last two matches where lack of concentration made their opponent’s to score quick goals against them.

“As they go into today’s encounter, they must ensure they defeat Algeria because anything short of that could be the end of the road for Nigeria especially if Egypt beats Mali”, he stated.

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igeria Aquatic Federation said that it had mapped out strategy to ensure the country win medals at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Babatunde Williams, President of the Federation made the statement in Abuja at the closing of a three-day aquatic clinic for officials.

He said it was imperative to update the officials’ knowledge of the game following President Buhari’s marching orders.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that President Buhari had after the 2015 African Games, charged the National Sports Commission to harness potential in sports with multi winning medal which swimming is among.

The President pointed out that developing such sports would brighten the country’s chances of winning medals at world events such as the Olympics.

Williams, represented by Vice

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President of the federation, Rear Admiral Egbedina Babalola, said that the clinic, organised in collaboration with the world swimming body was also aimed at strategizing for better result, ahead of the Olympics.

Al-Hassan Yakmut, Director-General, NSC, said that the

Federation was working hard to achieve President Buhari’s order.

Yakmut, who was represented

by Dr. Ademola Are Director, Grassroots Sports Development in the NSC, said the commission was committed to winning medals at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

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2 Nigerians face jail for jilting, duping woman

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wo Nigerians residing in the UK face time in jail for duping a lonely woman they met on a dating site and promised her marriage after she parted with £1.6m (about N479.2M).

Posing at different times as a wealthy engineer, and a divorced father-of-one, Olusegun Agbaje, 43, and Ife Ojo, 31, went by the name of Christian Anderson to win the woman’s affection.

The victim who is in her 40s is from Hillingdon, North West London.

She had met ‘Anderson’ on a dating website in February 2014, and after becoming lovers online, he told her that he was having a difficult time working on a project in Benin, Africa, and that he wanted to come home to be with her but first he needed some specialist machinery so he could finish the project.

He asked her for her financial support, a loan to pay import duty for the machinery, and she dutifully paid more than £30,000 into the business account of his supposed personal assistant, a man allegedly called Brandon Platt.

At other times, he asked for different financial assistance ranging from £25,000 for a police fine to thousands of pounds to free up inheritance money left by his mother, who lived in Cape Town.

He told her that he wanted to use the inheritance money to set up a life with the victim, but that there were fees for freeing up the inheritance money, which included costs for holding it in a vault in Amsterdam and $170,000 to pay for a non-existent ‘anti-terrorist certificate’ so that the money could be deposited at a bank.

By this time, the victim had been convinced that they would live together, and

cipients of the victim’s money and went to his home address where they found him with Ojo. Both men were arrested and their homes searched. At Ojo’s home, they found a laptop containing records of the victim’s conversation with Anderson, a memento book seemingly sent to Anderson by another victim and a copy of the book, The Game.

Detectives are continuing to seek out other members of the gang and try to identify any other victims.

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had even been looking for a home for them to buy.

She met with someone claiming to be Anderson’s lawyer, and even travelled to an office in Amsterdam to meet a man calling himself Dr Spencer, who was supposedly responsible for holding the money in a vault.

Between March and December 2014, the victim paid £1.6million into numerous bank accounts, with the money then transferred into various personal accounts, including £35,000 to the bank ac-

counts of Ojo and Agbaje.

The victim doubted the authenticity of Anderson’s stories on numerous occasions but every time she asked for proof he sent false documentation or made up excuses for why he could not send her evidence.

In January of this year, the woman reported the crime to Metropolitan Police’s specialist cyber crime and fraud detectives, FALCON, which carried out a financial investigation.

They identified Agbaje as one of the re-

Man to die by hanging for N15,000 armed robbery

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n Ado-Ekiti High Court in Ekiti State on Thursday sentenced one David Olugboyega to death by hanging for armed robbery involving N14,570.

Justice John Adeyeye passed the judgment following the confessional statement of the convict and the conclusion of trial by the prosecution.

Justice Adeyeye ruled: “An accused may be convicted on his own confession alone as long as the court was satisfied.

“Based on the confessional statement of the accused, the court found him guilty as charged.

“Besides, the prosecution has also proved his case beyond reasonable doubt by providing seven witnesses.

“The accused is hereby sentenced to death by hanging.

“This will serve as deterrent to others in the society.

“May God have mercy on your soul.”

During trial, the prosecutor, Alaba Adeyemi, told the court that the convict committed the offence on March 20, 2003 at Araromi Street, Ikere-Ekiti.

Adeyemi said the convict, armed with dangerous weapons, including gun and cutlass, robbed three people of

N14,570.

Specifically, Adeyemi said the convict robbed Kola Owolabi of N8,000; Beatrice Olawumi, N5,000; and Idowu Abiodun, N1,570.

The prosecution called seven witnesses to prove the case.

The convict, who made confessional statement at the police station, opted to defend himself without a lawyer.

He pleaded guilty to the charge and also confessed to have been involved in series of robberies.

The convict confessed to have joined a gang when he was in a prison.

he police in Zamfara State on Thursday confirmed the death of four persons following attack by gunmen on Tangaran village in Anka Local Government Area of the state on Tuesday night.

The command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Sanusi Amiru, confirmed the incident on Thursday in Gusau, while briefing newsmen.

The News Agency of Nigeria gathered that the gunmen arrived the village in the night while the residents were getting ready to go to bed.

They opened fire on those still outside, during which the four persons were killed.

An eyewitness, Kabiru Umar, said an 11-year-old girl, who was selling bean cake (kosai), was among those killed.

When her mother came to pick her remains, she was shot on her buttocks.

Umar said other residents quickly locked their doors while those outside scampered for safety.

The command spokesman said six other persons sustained various degrees of injuries and were taken to Anka General Hospital with the assistance of the police.

Amiru said the police recovered three bullet shells.

Amiru said normalcy had returned to the area and the police had commenced tracking of the attackers.

He expressed confidence that the attackers would be arrested by the police.

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Police arrest businessman, 3 others for breaking oil pipelines Patience Ogbo

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olicemen attached to the Lagos state police command have arrested aLagosbased businessman Daniel Okafor for allegedly belonging to a syndicate that specializes in vandalizing oil pipeline at the FESTAC Town area of the state.

Police sources said Okafor ,an oil marketer is being investigated by detectives attached to the Special Anti- Robbery Squad (SARS) Ikeja alongside the driver of his tanker and two other men over allegation that they connived amongst themselves to damage oil pipelines in Lagos state where they allegedly siphoned crude oil belonging to the government.

The Lagos state commissioner of police Mr. FatiaOwoseni while commenting on the arrest described the suspects as economic saboteurs adding that the police will not allow vandals have a field day in Lagos state .

He said “ Followingsurveillance mounted by our cracked operatives , a businessman who specializes in breaking oil pipeline and three other persons were arrested about midnight when the driver of the tanker went to lift the stolen fuel for onward transfer for sale. They

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were arrested in the act and are undergoing interrogation that will assist us in arresting other members of the syndicate involved in economic sabotage” Mr. Okafor however denied being a pipeline vandal . He blamed his driver for his ordeal.

“I am a clean businessman.

I have been in oil business for

the past six years and all my documents are legal . I am well known by oil marketers in Lagos and calling me a pipeline vandal is disheartening. I got into this mess because my driver decided to play a fast one to earn quick money. He was arrested and despite the fact that he and his cohorts have told the police that I

do not know anything about the illegal business they got themselves into, the police arrested me . I am not a vandal. I do not sell oil gotten from vandalized pipeline . I am innocent of the allegation because I don’t know anything about the crime. I am not involved in anyway” The driver who identified himself simply as Mr. Bello blamed bad friends for alluring him into crime . “ I was introduced to this business by one Alhaji. He told me that the police will never arrest them because they have done their home work and they know the terrain , where to move and how to move out. That fateful day, he called me on my mobile phone that the coast was clear and I should bring the tanker. I went to meet him to lift the fuel but the police swooped on us and arrested us to their station at FESTAC Town. This is my first time to be involved in such a thing. I went because I wanted to make quick money. I felt okay with it because my friends told me that we will never be catch.

I know that my oga (Mr. Okafor) was arrested . I was shocked that they arrested him that he is one of us. My oga (Mr. Okafor) is not aware that I was going for the illegal work.

Police arraign cultist over murder of Transport Union boss

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olicemen attached to the Federal Special AntiRobbery Squad(FSARS) Adeniji Adele Police Station in Lagos have arraigned a suspected cultist Jamiu Adedumoye over the murder of the branch chairman of National Union of Road Transport Worker (NURTW) Mathew Eniola.

Eniola until his gruesome murder was in charge of the

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NURTW at Oshodi Ilupeju area of the state before he was gruesomely murdered in cold blood during All Progressive Congregation campaign rally on April 9th.

According to the police, Jamiu was arrested by FSARS operatives led by Inspector Banjoko Oluwemimo.

The police had earlier arrested and arraigned two National Union of Road transport executives one Muritala Aweniya 26, and Lateef Akinpelu 50 over the

murder.

The charge sheet obtained by our correspondent revealed that the police arraigned Adedumoye on a three count charge bordering on conspiracy and murder.

Count 1 read : That you Jamiu Adedumoye on or about the 9th day of April 2015 at Ajao Estate Oshodi, in Lagos Magisterial District conspired with others now at large to commit felony to wit murder and thereby committed an offence punishable under section 231 of the criminal law of Lagos 2011.

Count II stated : That you Jamiu Adedumoye and others now at large on the same date and place, at the aforesaid Magisterial District unlawfully killed one Olayemi Mathew Eniola by using hammer and wood to kill him and thereby committed an offence punishable under section 221 of the criminal law of Lagos 2011.

Count III read : that you Jamiu Adedumoye and others now at large on the same date and place in the aforesaid magisterial district with intent to carry out some common purpose did take part in an unlawful assembly and thereby committed an offence punishable under section 44(4) of the criminal law of Lagos State 2011.

The accused pleaded not guilty

to all the charges and the magistrate Miss Abimbola Awogboro ordered the accused be remanded in prison custody.

In a related development , the wife of the slain NURTW boss Mrs. Bolanle Eniola through her counsel Abdullahi-Iya Yakubu had petitioned the Inspector General of police ,Mr. Solomon Arase to conduct a thorough investigation that will expose and arrest the brains behind the murder of her husband. Mrs Eniola alleged that some powerful individuals working are working assiduously to undermine the investigation

by FSARS policemen” My husband was murdered in broad day light during APC political rally .

He had decamped from the PDP to the APC but shortly after , he was murdered by a group of persons in the most cruel manner.

These murderers used hammer and wood to hit him on his head and other parts of his body until he died. They have turned me into a widow and left me to cater for my children. These same gang leaders are trying to undermine the the FSARS policemen from arresting and prosecuting the killers. Instead of them to face the law, they wrote petition to the Force Headquarters falsely accusing the FSARS team of bias after they have tried to bribe them to no avail.

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staff of popular radio station, Cool FM, Otun Segun, has been charged with rape for allegedly assaulting a former school mate (name withheld).

Segun who was arraigned on Thursday before an Ogudu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State, pleaded not guilty to three charges; rape, assault and threat to life, and was granted bail in the sum of N200,000 by the Magistrate, Mrs. O Sule Amzat, who ordered that the bail should be accompanied with two sureties in like sum whose addresses were to be verified by the court.

According to the prosecutor, Sergeant Ihiehie Lucky; “On November 24, the complainant, a 22-year-old, name and address withheld, who had just completed her NYSC programme, came with a written petition to the command against the defendant, her former school mate.

“According to the complainant’s statement to the police, she had met the defendant some time in January and he asked her for a relationship.

“She said that after much pressure from the defendant, they started dating online before she later broke up with him.

“On November 23, she went with her friends to Magodo in the Shangisha area and that’s where the defendant sighted her again.

“He came to her and her friends and excused her for a discussion which the complainant obliged based on the fact that they were former school mates and had not been in touch for a while.”

Ihiehie said that they both got to the defendant’s house which was in the same area.

“When they got to his house, the complainant waited in his sitting room, while the defendant went to have his bath and came out with only a towel.

“He then asked the complainant why she had broken up with him and she replied that she had found out that he was dating her sister.

“He then replied that it wasn’t true that they were only friends and went into his room only to come out with a cutlass.”

Ihiehie said that the defendant then threatened the complainant, saying that if she refused him to have sex with him, he would injure her.

He said that the defendant assaulted the complainant by dragging her by her pair of trousers, carried her to his room, forcefully tore her clothes after struggling with her, pushed her to the bed and had sex with her without her consent.

“When he was done with her, the complainant was in tears while the defendant pleaded for forgiveness for his actions.”

The Magistrate, Mrs O Sule Amzat, adjourned the matter till January 27.

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Anambra govt declares manhunt for tricycle union hijackers

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n a bid to avoid being arrested after the court judgment against them and state government’s determination to flush the transport sector of hijackers and touts, the Motorcycle Transport Union of Nigeria/Autobike Owners Welfare Association of Nigeria (MTUN/AOWAN), accused of masterminding all criminality in the sector have reportedly gone into hiding.

Addressing members of Association of Tricycle Operators, Owners and Dealers Anambra State, (ATOODAS), at Obodoukwu Road, Ogbaru Local Government Area, Anambra State yesterday, the State President, Mr. Chukwunenye Okoye, warned them to avoid any act capable of dragging the image of the union to ridicule, especially now that the state government has laid its weight behind it by giving it approval to operate in line with the court verdict that ATOODAS should be autonomous.

“The High Court in the state gave judgment that we should not be hijacked by the said transport groups,

then they went to Appeal Court, and it upheld the decision of the High Court which prompted the state’s Ministry of Transport to issue letter of authority to us as the only body that will pilot the affairs of tricycle operators in the state,” he disclosed.

He said: “We are going to work with the Nigerian Navy, Police and other security operatives to ensure complete wipe out of these transport union hijackers, who are also selling legal tickets and emblems to our members.

“Now that they are on the run because of fear of being arrested, we should beware and ensure we do not buy their tickets; we are going to provide jackets, emblems and tickets to you because as a recognised body, we only provide you what is approved by the state government,” he added.

“Again, do not hesitate to report them to the law enforcement agents whenever they come around to interfere in your business because they have been ordered to give way by the court and state government.”

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Ohanaeze, saboteur of Igbo nation - IMC, IPOB Eric Elezuo

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issatisfied with the role of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo in matters concerning the Igbo nation, especially its position in the recent protest by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and the alleged killing of about 5000 members of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), during the regime of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, an Igbo cultural organisation, Igbo Mandate Congress (IMC) and IPOB yesterday, described the Ohanaeze as saboteurs who are only interested in enriching themselves at the detriment of the Igbo people.

While fielding questions from newsmen in Onitsha, Anambra State, the Director General of IMC, Rev. Obinna Akukwe said, “left for the Federal Government, the

abandoned infrastructural decay in the South East would have been worked upon, but our problem is that the Ohanaeze Ndigbo that claims to represent us will on presenting our problems to the Federal Government demands money, and keep their mouth shut after collecting the money”.

He hinted that Ohanaeze had quarreled over sharing formular for the money they collected on two occasions during the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan.

“These Ohanaeze and Igbo politicians should be held responsible for the decay in infrastructure in the South East. Their sense of insensitivity keeps us in this pity condition.

“I was even told that some people spent the money for the rehabilitation of Enugu/Onitsha Expressway, and that is why it remains in this messy condition till now,” he stated.

To buttress his point that Ohanaeze is more interested in money making than the people, he said, “In 2010, the General Assembly of all Igbo Christians Organisations and Ministries held a meeting with the then President Jonathan, demanding the rehabilitation of Enugu/Onitsha road, Enugu/ Port Harcourt road, Enugu Airport to International status, Onitsha River Port, Second Niger Bridge, among others. I was among the three-man committee that liaised with the representatives of President Jonathan, and at a point, we, as Christian ministers felt like allowing our representatives to now execute the demands since we have paved the way.

“We were disappointed that the Ohanaeze went and collected money, dropping the idea. Each of the Ohanaeze executive member collected N20 million, and I have proof of that; about N6 billion was given

to them,” he revealed.

“In 2015, there was money quarrel in Enugu over the sharing formula for largesse to them from the presidency; this time I think about N5 billion was brought.

It is money and tenure elongation that made Ohanaeze to have two factions today, and so when they reacted to IPOB or MASSOB protests, you find out that they were not being taken seriously,” Akukwe added further.

The good thing about the IPOB protest is that Igbo leaders cannot go to Abuja to collect money again. The culture of Ohanaeze going to Abuja to collect money for now has stopped. They made effort to go and see President Mohammadu Buhari, but unfortunately for them it is no longer business as usual.”

Also reacting, the IPOB spokesman in Anambra State, Emma Powerful, said, “the Ohanaeze Ndigbo are saboteurs who collect money to sell their brothers.

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overnor David Umahi of Ebonyi State, yesterday, flagged off construction of three roads, each in the three senatorial zones of the state.

They are 23.7km Hiltop/ Agbaja/Nwofe state road in Ebonyi North Senatorial zone; 15.5 km Ehamufu/Umuhali/NIGERCEM Federal road in Ebonyi Central, and the 23.5 km Okposi/Amarasiri/Uburu Federal road in Ebonyi South Senatorial zone.

Whereas an expatriate construction company, China Zhungaoi, is handling the Ebonyi north and central zones road projects, Conrok Nigerian Limited is handling that of Ebonyi South.

Governor Umahi, who flagged off the construction of the three roads simultaneously directed that work should start on them immediately.

Umahi described the flag off as a dream come through, saying that his reason for taking up the task was hinged on the fact that “mark of good

leadership is when the people are happy”.

The governor said his administration came on divine mandate mantra, and that every step of his is divine and an instruction by God; just as he assured the readiness of his administration to better the lots of the people of the state.

He said, “There is no project started by this administration that will be stopped.

They have their money.

Where our money stopped, they continue with their money and we will be paying.

It is in the agreement.

“I will give you a road built on concrete and for 50 years, nobody will touch the road.

“And my directive to my commissioners and contractors is that any where you are working and you see a church, open the road to the church; because we are in covenant with God. And if you want to site a borehole, site it in the church premises or in a compound of a PDP member.”

L-R: Chairman of the session/Managing Director, Slot Systems Limited, Engr. Nnamdi Ezeighbo; Convener, 2nd National Summit on Entrepreneurship, Mazi Sam Ohuabunwa and Zonal Director, Federal Ministry of Labour & Employement representing the Minister, Dr. Ifeoma Anyanwututu, during a panel session, at the 2nd National Summit on Entrepreneurship & Innovation, in Lagos yesterday.

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he leader of Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA), and a frontline industrialist, Mr. Godwin Ezeemo, yesterday disclosed that 99.9 percent of the pro - Biafra protesters did not witness the Nigeria/Biafra Civil War, and as such should have a re-think of their actions and consider its consequences on the generality of the Igbo race residing anywhere in the country, and tread with caution.

According to him grounding businesses in the South East, destroying the properties of their brothers,

and preventing women from fending for their families among other negative implications of violent protest do not give credibility to their call rather dialogue and diplomacy must be employed in resolving any issue of interest, not war or confrontational principle .

Addressing newsmen in his country home, Umuchu, Aguata Local Government Area, he said that, “99.9 per cent of the people parading themselves today as pro-Biafra crusaders and going about their agitation in violence manner did not see or experience civil war, as

such did not know the consequences of their actions.”

He called on the protesters to go home and ask their parents, uncles, war veterans in their various localities what it means to incite war and its benefits.

“There is nothing good that will come out of conflict, confusion, crisis not to talk of war where every where will be in comatose.

Native intelligence must be applied in every frontier of Igbo’s existence so as to achieve the resounding progress we need to leave behind for upcoming generations not destroying the

empire we managed to build after the civil war”.

“Igbos are very much blessed and loved exceedingly by God, no country anywhere in the world had recovered half what Igbo had after going through turbulent sea of war. We need to be grateful to God for this grace,” he said Ezeemo said that Igbo should be wiser in handling its affairs so as to ensure that all the efforts of our nationalists do not go in vain, adding that Nigeria is for all, and we cannot after much sacrifices lose out.

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121 electricity engineers get BEDC training Sebastine Ebhuomhan

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o fewer than 121 engineers graduated from the Vigeo Power Academy and Elizade University Graduate Trainee Programme during the week.

Speaking at the maiden graduation ceremony of the power sector, experts held in Benin, Edo State, the Managing Director of the Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC), Mrs. Funke Osibodu, told Saturday Mirror that the initiative was a milestone in the company’s history because it is the first electricity distribution (DISCO) firm to embark on such a project in the country.

Osibudu, who was represented by the Executive Director (Commercial), Dr. Abu Egoor, explained that the one-year training programme was introduced to expose young graduates to core industrial practices, as they affect the business of power supply to consumers in Edo, Delta, Ondo and Ekiti States.

While commending the management of the firm and its partner for creating a platform for human capital development, she also expressed hope that the project would provide the needed capacity to meet the expectations of electricity consumers in the 21st Century.

The Vice Chancellor of the university, Professor Kunle Oloyede, explained that the 2015 set of graduands were drawn from relevant fields of engineering, accounting, statistics and mathematics.

Oloyede noted that the beneficiaries were trained by industrial professionals and academic staff of the university, using modern facilities made available at the institution’s campus at Ilara-Mokin, Ondo State.

He also admonished the graduands to use the knowledge gathered to contribute viable solutions that will lift and enhance electricity generation in the much criticised power sector.

“I have no doubt in my mind that BEDC has started very well by investing in human capacity development,”

SOUTH SOUTH

DECEMBER 5, 2015

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NIMASA Shuts Jetties in Port Harcourt, Calabar

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he Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) exercising its powers as the Designated Authority (DA) for the implementation of the International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code, has shut the Magcobar Manufacturing Limited jetty at Reclamation Road Port Harcourt and Shoreline Logistics Limited at Old NPA Port, Marina Road

Calabar.

According to a release

by Hajia Lami Tumaka, Head, Public Relations officer of the agency; “The action was taken against both facilities for failing to comply with the provisions of the code after repeated warnings to ensure compliance failed to elicit the desired result.

“In its bid to ensure 100% compliance with the provisions of the code,

the Agency had instituted stringent measures against defaulting facilities, having worked hard to attain its present position of over 80% compliance with the nation’s 129 facilities.

The shut facilities will remain closed until their managers correct the identified deficiencies and pay a prescribed fine before they will be reopened for business.

It will be recalled that NIMASA had last week, shut the Obat Oil and Petroleum Limited Jetty at Ibafon for non-compliance with the ISPS code.

The exercise, which is a continuous one, is with a target to achieve 100% compliance that will guarantee the security of ships and port facilities especially in a period when terrorists’ activities have been heightened.

Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson (right), felicitates with the Political Secretary (Niger-Delta), British High Commission, Edward Dunn (left), while the Political Counsellor, Ben Llewellyn–Jones (middle), looks on with delight, during a courtesy call, at the Government House, Yenagoa, yesterday.

We ‘ll resist violence, rigging –IYC Osahon Julius YENAGOA

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head today’s guber natorial poll in Bayelsa, the Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, the umbrella body of Ijaws worldwide, has warned youths of Bayelsa against acts of violence or electoral malpractices capable of undermining the governorship election.

President, IYC, Mr. Udengs Eradiri, who spoke in Yenagoa, during the commissioning of the Oronto Douglas Library and ICT center, noted that no personal ambition of any individual was worth the blood of any Ijaw man.

Eradiri urged the youth to conduct them peacefully and orderly irrespective of the winner of the election, saying that both Governor Seriake Dick-

son and former Governor Timipre Sylva remained Bayelsa people, working for the interest of the state.

In calling for free, fair and credible election on Saturday, Eradiri said that the people of the state would hold the Independent National Electoral Commission accountable if the result of the Saturday poll is not a reflection of the people’s mandate.

He said former President Goodluck Jonathan gave Nigeria a free and fair election, noting that the least President Mohammadu Buhari led All Progressive Congress, APC, government can do is to leverage on Jonathan’s legacy by ensuring that the principle of “one man, one vote” was followed.

He advised the electoral umpire to conduct the poll impartially, ex-

pressing happiness that at last INEC had distributed 50,000 Permanent Voter Cards initially not released from the commission until Tuesday.

He said the people hoped that INEC would use the Bayelsa election to prove they were unbiased, noting that their conduct in Kogi election was not impressive.

Eradiri said, “It is now left to the INEC to ensure that Bayelsa election is free and fair and acceptable by all parties. “Our position is that our people must be non-violent in the forthcoming election.

INEC being an umpire must ensure that this election is free and fair.

Anyone that wins is an Ijaw man from Bayelsa; he is not from Kotonu or anywhere else that we kill one another for nothing.

The last administration of Goodluck Jonathan gave

free and fair election to this country. The least the APC government can do is to continue in the legacy of one man, one vote.

Let the result be a reflection of the people’s mandate of going to the polls to vote, not that election results had already been written according to the rumour that made the rounds on Tuesday.

I am happy the INEC was able to debunk that rumour. We hold them responsible for any action after Saturday election.

The INEC did not distribute 50,000 PVCs and we raised the alarm because of the move to disenfranchise 50,000 eligible voters.

“But yesterday (Tuesday), we were told that INEC had brought the 50,000 PVCs and that they were doing everything to distribute them.”

Millions of Naira destroyed in fresh oil spill fire outbreak in Effurun Elo Ogwara WARRI

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fire explosion from an NNPC pipeline spill yesterday, razed down Mechanic Village, an economic hub near the 3 Battalion, Effurun Barracks, in Uvwie council area of Delta state, destroying properties running into millions of naira.

This is happening barely two weeks after a two-day inferno almost consumed the Mammy Market area, near the popular Effurun Roundabout.

Some residents who spoke with National Mirror said they woke up to see both sides of Sapele road covered in crude oil that had spilled from an NNPC pipeline on Thursday morning.

“We woke up on Thursday and discovered that crude oil flood along this Sapele road.

That same morning, NNPC brought about three fuel tankers to drain the oil.

“About 9am, we just saw fire. Before we knew it, it had spread everywhere. No life was lost because the soldiers have been on guard since yesterday,” said a taxi driver, who simply gave his name as Osas.

Another eyewitness who spoke in confidence stated that about fifteen vehicles and several shops were consumed in the flames, adding that people had been asked to evacuate the area since the previous day.

“A buyer had proposed to buy one tipper that was burnt for a million naira but the owner refused to sell. Another man had just parked a new Toyota Hiace bus to buy something. Before he returned, the bus had been engulfed in flames,” the eyewitness said.

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Arrest warrant issued for Oscar Pistorius day after murder conviction • Amputee sprinter’s manslaughter conviction was overturned in court • Reeva Steenkamp’s father said his daughter can now finally rest in peace

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outh Africa’s prosecuting authority has today issued an arrest warrant for Oscar Pistorius. They are pushing for the Olympic runner to appear in court as soon as possible so a date can be set for his sentencing, a day after the country’s top appeal court returned a murder verdict.

The 29-year-old must appear at North Gauteng High Court ‘as a matter of extreme urgency’ and the court will determine any bail amount at that time, said Luvuyo Mfaku, spokesman for the National Prosecuting Authority, NPA. However, news reports say the NPA would not enforce the arrest until next week when the disgraced Paralympian, who is currently out of jail on house arrest, is expected to apply for bail.

The runner’s family said its legal team will advise on legal options following the murder conviction against Pistorius, who shot his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013.

Dr James Grant, South Africa’s leading criminal law academic who advised the prosecution on their appeal against Pistorius’ sentence, predicted that the state would argue for Pistorius to return to jail pending his sentencing in the New Year.

“The situation is very different now from his earlier bail applications when he was first an accused and then convicted of culpable homicide.

‘He has now been found guilty of murder, a far more serious crime so the considerations are now different.

As in all cases concerning a conviction of murder, the state is likely to argue that Pistorius has much more of an incentive now to attempt to evade his sentencing hearing and poses a considerably greater flight risk now.

“The increase in severity of the conviction between culpable homicide and murder will accompany an increased risk of flight. Of course, his team may argue that he is too easily identifiable to attempt to evade justice.”

The bail hearing could last more than a day and

application as well.

“The NPA said yesterday they will look at the judgement... they have now obtained a warrant of arrest for Oscar Pistorius in light of the fact that he is now in limbo,’ ENCA reported.

“The state will wait until Tuesday next week, where we understand (Pistorius’s lawyers) will bring the bail application,’ it added.

Yesterday, the Supreme Court of Appeal overturned a lower court’s manslaughter conviction.

Oscar Pistorius

will be held back at the High Court in Pretoria, where Pistorius was on trial last year.

Judge Thokozile Masipa, who is due to sentence Pistorius, will not necessarily be required to hear his bail

Pistorius spent one year of a five-year sentence in jail for the lesser offence and then was put under house arrest at his uncle’s mansion in Pretoria in October.

Pistorius shot Steenkamp four times through the door of a toilet cubicle at his home early on Valentine’s Day 2013.

Prosecutors said he killed

her after an argument. Pistorius said he killed her by mistake, thinking there was an intruder in the house.

Justice Lorimer Eric Leach of the Supreme Court of Appeal said that regardless of who Pistorius said he thought was behind the door, he should have known someone could be killed if he fired.

Under South African law, a person can be convicted of murder if he or she foresees the possibility of someone dying through their actions and go ahead anyway.

However, the athlete could be out of prison in just three years, a source close to the trial has said.

The minimum sentence for murder in South Africa is 15 years but ‘he can even get ten years and eventually only serve 30 per cent, so three years’, said a source at Pretoria’s High Court.

The source is said to be close to Judge Thokozile Masipa who found Pistorius guilty of culpable homicide and reckless endangerment but not murder.

Said the source: “I’m personally relieved, I think justice has now been done. Most people say that he deserved murder. Perhaps it’s even a relief for him too - he’s not living a lie any more.”

The family of law graduate and model Steenkamp said she could finally rest in peace.

The shamed sprinter was not at the Supreme Court of Appeal to hear the decision but is said to be ‘devastated’ at the verdict.

It was thought he would remain under house arrest until he was sentenced in the New Year, but he now faces the prospect of spending Christmas Day behind bars.

‘I don’t want to go back to jail’ O

scar Pistorius told a friend who ‘betrayed’ him he was ‘terrified’ of returning to prison days before he was convicted of murdering Reeva Steenkamp.

The shamed sprinter, 29, broke down as he revealed he is haunted by the prospect of being sent back to such a ‘disgusting, terrible’ place.

In an emotional phone call to boxer Kevin Lerena, he said: “I don’t want to go back to jail. It’s a terrible place, so disgusting you can’t imagine.”

Pistorius, said he felt betrayed by Lerena, 23, after he gave evidence against him during his murder trial.

Lerena said the Paraylmpian is depressed, has lost all interest in training and women – and suggested he might ‘do something stupid’ rather than go back to prison.

Lerena said he fears for the sprinter’s life after his incarceration left him ‘so low and without anything to live for’.

“He has been left so down and broken by just one year inside, I don’t even want to think about what is going to happen to him if he goes back for any longer. I don’t think he will be able to handle it,” Lerena, a professional boxer,

guns.

The friendship soured after an incident at a trendy restaurant in Johannesburg – just weeks before Pistorius murdered Reeva Steenkamp – when the Paralympian accidentally let off a gun under a table, the bullet narrowly missing the fighter’s foot.

Pistorius, 29, was later charged with firearms offences over the episode and Lerena was called to give evidence against him at the sprinter’s murder trial last year.

said.

“I am just worried he is going to do something stupid.

He just seems to have given up on life.

“I know they don’t let them have anything in jail that they can harm themselves with, but, you know, this is South Africa, and you can buy stuff you want, even in jail.”

After meeting at a sponsored event, the sportsmen became friends with a shared interest in training, cars and

California massacre shooter may be linked to ISIS

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woman accused of joining her husband in killing 14 people in California apparently pledged allegiance to a leader of the militant group Islamic State, two U.S. government sources said on Friday, as intelligence officials in her native Pakistan pressed the investigation overseas.

Tashfeen Malik, 27, and her husband, Syed Rizwan Farook, 28, were killed in a shootout with police hours after the Wednesday massacre

during a holiday party at the Inland Regional Center social services agency in San Bernardino, about 60 miles (100 km) east of Los Angeles. The attack was the deadliest mass shooting the United States has experienced in three years.

U.S. investigators are evaluating evidence that Malik, a Pakistani native who had been living in Saudi Arabia when she married Farook, had pledged allegiance to Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, two

U.S. officials told Reuters.

They said the finding, if confirmed, could be a “game changer” in the investigation.

The couple had two assault-style rifles, two semi-automatic handguns 6,100 rounds of ammunition and 12 pipe bombs in their home or with them when they were killed, officials said. A U.S. government source said because of the amount of weaponry, investigators are trying to determine if they intended to carry out a more elaborate attack.

Farook, a U.S. citizen born in Illinois and the son of Pakistani immigrants, worked as an inspector for the San Bernardino County Department of Environment Health, the agency whose holiday party he and Malik allegedly attacked on Wednesday.

Investigators are looking into a report that Farook had an argument with a co-worker who denounced the “inherent dangers of Islam” prior to the shooting, a U.S. government source said.

Quote of the day There is nothing good that will come out of conflict, confusion, crisis, not to talk of war.

—A frontline industrialist, Mr Godwin Ezeemo

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University of Cambridge: 800 years of educating leaders (III)

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he University has impressive record of educating English poet, Lord Byron. Others on this famous list of Cambridge poets include Edmund Spenser, author of The Faerie Queene, the Metaphysical poets John Donne, George Herbert and Andrew Marvell, John Milton, renowned for his late epic Paradise Lost, the leading Restoration poet and playwright John Dryden, the pre-romantic Thomas Gray, best known for his Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, whose joint work Lyrical Ballads is often seen to mark the beginning of the Romantic movement, later Romantics such as Lord Byron and the postromantic Alfred, Lord Tennyson, classical scholar and lyric poet A. E. Housman, war poets Siegfried Sassoon and Rupert Brooke, modernist T. E. Hulme, confessional poets Ted Hughes, Sylvia Plath and John Berryman, and, more recently, Cecil Day-Lewis, Joseph Brodsky, Kathleen Raine and Geoffrey Hill. In all, at least nine of the Poets Laureate graduated from Cambridge.

The university has also made a notable contribution to Literary Criticism, having produced, among others, F. R. Leavis, I. A. Richards, C. K. Ogden and William Empson, often collectively known as the Cambridge Critics, the important Marxist, Raymond Williams, sometimes regarded as the founding father of Cultural Studies, and Terry Eagleton, author of Literary Theory: An Introduction, the most successful academic book ever published, the Aesthetician Harold Bloom, the New Historicist, Stephen Greenblatt, and an extensive group of distinguished biographical writers such as Lytton Strachey, a central figure in the largely Cantabridgian Bloomsbury Group, Peter Ackroyd and Claire Tomalin.

The Church College is one of the 31 colleges in the University of Cambridge.

This college alone has produced 30 Nobel Prize winners, among whom is Nigeria’s Professor Wole Soyinka. Other Churchill Nobel winners areSir John Donald Cockcroft — First Master of Churchill College, Past Fellow, 1960, who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1951 “for pioneering work on the transmutation of atomic nuclei by artificially accelerated atomic particles.”

Professor Ernest T.S. Walton — Past Fellow 1972, won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1951 “for pioneering work on the transmutation of atomic nuclei by artificially accelerated atomic particles.”

Professor Felix Bloch — Past Fellow 1967, won the Nobel Prize in Physics

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The Church College is one of the 31 colleges in the University of Cambridge. This college alone has produced 30 Nobel Prize winners, among whom is Nigeria’s Professor Wole Soyinka in 1952 “for development of new methods for nuclear magnetic precision measurements and discoveries in connection therewith.”

Sir Winston Churchill — Founder of Churchill College, won the Nobel Prize in Literature 1953, “for his mastery of historical and biographical description, as well as for brilliant oratory in defending exalted human values.”

Professor Arthur Kornberg — Past Fellow 1970, won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1959, “for his discovery of “the mechanisms in the biological synthesis of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA).”

Professor Francis Crick — Past Fellow 1960, won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1962, “For co-discovering of the structure of DNA.” Professor James Watson — Past Overseas Fellow 1962, won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1962 “along with Francis Crick for codiscovering the structure of DNA.” Professor George Wald — Past Fellow 1963, won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1967, “for discoveries concerning the primary physiological and chemical visual processes in the eye.”

Lord Alexander Todd — Past Fellow 1971, won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1967, “for his work on nucleotides and nucleotide co-enzymes.”

H. Gobind Khorana — Past Overseas Fellow 1967, won the Nobel Prize in

Physiology or Medicine 1968 “for interpretation of the genetic code and its function in protein synthesis.”

Professor Murray Gell-Mann — Past Overseas Fellow 1966, won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1969 “for his work on the theory of elementary particles.”

Professor Kenneth Arrow — Past Fellow 1964, Current Honorary Fellow, won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1972 “for pioneering contributions to general economic equilibrium theory and welfare theory.”

Professor Tony Hewish— Current Fellow, won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1974 “for his work on the development of radio aperture synthesis and its role in the discovery of pulsars.”

Professor William Lipscomb— Past Overseas Fellow 1966, won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1976 “for his studies on the structure of boranes illuminating problems of chemical bonding.”

Professor Philip Anderson — Past Overseas Fellow 1961 Won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1977 “for fundamental theoretical investigations of the electronic structure of magnetic and disordered systems.”

Professor Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitza — Past Honorary Fellow 1976, won the Nobel Prize in Physics 1978 “For his work in Plasma and the Controlled Thermonuclear Reaction.”

Professor Roald Hoffman — Past Overseas Fellow 1978, won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1981 “for theories,

developed independently, concerning the course of chemical reactions.”

Professor Gerard Debreu — Past Overseas Fellow 1972, won the Nobel Prize in Economics 1983 “for having incorporated new analytical methods into economic theory and for his rigorous reformulation of the theory of general equilibrium.”

Professor Wole Soyinka — Past Overseas Fellow 1973, Current Honorary Fellow, won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1986 Professor Robert Solow — Past Overseas Fellow 1983, won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1987 “for his contributions to the Theory of Economic Growth.”

Professor Octavio Paz — Visiting Fellow 1970, won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1990 “for impassioned writing with wide horizons, characterised by sensuous intelligence and humanistic integrity” Professor Sir Paul Nurse — Honorary Fellow, Physiology or Medicine 2001, “for discoveries of key regulators of the cell cycle.”

Professor Vitali Lazarevich Ginzburg — Past Overseas Fellow 1967, won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2003 “for pioneering contributions to the theory of superconductors and superfluids.”

Professor Eric Maskin — Past Fellow 1980, won the Nobel Prize in Economics 2007 “for having laid the foundations of mechanism design theory.”

Professor Roger Tsien — Postgraduate 1972 (Medicine), Current Honorary Fellow, won Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2008 “for his discovery and development of the green fluorescent protein.”

Professor Peter Diamond — Past Overseas Fellow 1965, won the Nobel Prize for Economic Sciences in 2010 “for analysis of markets with search frictions.”

Professor Mario Vargas Llosa — Past Overseas Fellow 1977, Current Honorary Fellow, won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2010 “for his cartography of structures of power and his trenchant images of the individual’s resistance, revolt, and defeat.”

Sir Robert Edwards — 1979 to 2013, won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine “for the development of invitro fertilization.”

Sir John Gurdon — Past Fellow 1973, Current Honorary Fellow, won the Nobel Prize for Medicine “for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent.”

Angus Deaton — Past Overseas Fellow 1990–91, won the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 2015 “for his analysis of consumption, poverty, and welfare.”

To be continued

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