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AVB may join Inter Milan next season
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The most recent coach butt-kicked by Chelsea owner Abramovich for non-performance in the month of March; Andre Villas-Boas will likely be
| 2012-03-15T08:01:53 |
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The most recent coach butt-kicked by Chelsea owner Abramovich for non-performance in the month of March; Andre Villas-Boas will likely be resuming a new coaching role with Italian giants Inter Milan next season.
AVB will be replacing Claudio Ranieri as Inter Milan president Massimo Moratti has not been able to hide away his admiration for the former Chelsea boss as it was said that the Italian club President will be making a move on the Portuguese two weeks before he was sacked by Abramovich.
According to report,AVB has been offered the coaching job for the Italian club and if Villas-Boas accepts the offer to be the coach of Inter Milan it counts as the third step the Portuguese will be taking following that of his compatriot Jose Mourinho.
Going by records,Villas-Boas’ first steps in management came at Porto, where he also won domestic and European honours like his predecessor Jose Mourinho who left the Portuguese club to be engaged as Chelsea boss.
With Mourinho leaving Chelsea,AVB was recruited by Roman Abramovich to come over to Stamford Bridge but the difference was quickly noted at Stanford bridge where there was no happiness in the dressing room and his coaching career at Chelsea didnt end like it should.
Mourinho left Milan for Real Madrid in 2010 after winning his second European Cup with the Italain Club and by AVB’s acceptance of Massimo Moratti’s offer means the comparision continues only that a chance of career resurrection is opened again for Villas-Boas as the coaches before Jose Mourinho have all failed to carry the club high. It is now left for Villas-Boas to raise the bar of success and put his name in the record books of the club and world club football as Moratti will be willing to be very patient with the 34-year old coach form Portugal.
Can AVB change the face of history?
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Ini Edo set to launch pet project
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Nollywood act Ini Edo is set to launch a foundation called “Teach One Save A Thousand”
| 2012-03-15T08:00:19 |
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Nollywood act Ini Edo is set to launch a foundation called “Teach One Save A Thousand”.
The pet project is aimed at improving kids living with low standard of education around Dustbin Estate in Ajegunle area of Lagos State.
Ini, who is a youth envoy to United Nations, is using her fame and fortune to help the less privileged by providing adequate shelter for Nigerian children and Africa as a whole.
The star actress is embracing her role and responsibility, which is now backed with actions to achieve her desired goals.
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Nigerian states are broke - RMAFC
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The Chairman of the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) Elias Mbam on Wednesday said that many states in ...
| 2012-03-15T07:34:27 |
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The Chairman of the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) Elias Mbam on Wednesday said that many states in Nigeria are insolvent saying the external debts of the thirty six states stand at $2.165 billion.
Mr Mbam said this when he appeared before the Senate joint committee on national planning, finance, appropriation and states and local government to investigate the looming bankruptcy in states and need for fiscal evaluation.
He told the committee that records available to the commission from the Debt Management Office (DMO) show that as December, 2011 the total external debts stock of all the states stood at $2.165 billion while that of the federal government stood at $3.501 billion.
“The Commission has observed with concern the huge domestic debt profile of the states as most of them are highly indebted to various local banks in short term borrowing and are substantially exposed to the Capital Market,” he said.
“Most of these loans are tied to Irrevocable Standing Payment Orders (ISPOs), issued to the Accountant-General of the Federation to deduct directly from their monthly allocations due to the states, thereby preventing them from meeting their minimum basic obligations to the citizens,” Mr Mbam told the Senate committee.
From the figure before the joint committee, Lagos state has the highest external debt profile of $491.847 million; Kaduna, $182.261 million; Cross river, $107.532 million; Ogun, $94.573 million; Oyo, $78.085 million and Katsina, $74.138 million.
Also, Borno state had the least external debt of $12.957 million; Delta, $15.404 million; Taraba, $20.396 million; and Akwa Ibom, $62.648 million.
The RMAFC Chairman said though “deficit budgeting is tolerable within an acceptable limit, its endless application has endangered and forced the state governments to resort to excessive borrowing to meet their basic expenditure demands even where they have no capacity to pay back.
“The regular sharing of Excess Crude Account is an indication of the desperate financial position of the state governments to get funds to meet costs of governance. For instance, $1.5billion was shared in three equal instalments from the Excess Crude Account in 2011 alone of which the states received $400.800 million.
“The National/State Assemblies should consider appropriate legislations limiting the total exposure of states to external and domestic borrowing to not more than 20 per cent of their monthly allocations from the Federation account. In addition, such borrowing should be for economic projects. Furthermore, there should be strict compliance to the relevant provisions of the Borrowing by Public Bodies Act (CAP.B10, LFN, 2004).”
He said that the commission was in the process of reviewing the revenue formula of the federation but cautioned against playing politics with the issue.
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Reps and DG SEC trade words at hearing on capital market
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The House of Representatives Committee on Capital Market and other Institutions on Wednesday accused the Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, of compromising its regulatory position by engaging a staff of one of the banks (Access bank) it was supposed to be investigating as an adviser to the commission.
| 2012-03-14T20:45:39 |
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The House of Representatives Committee on Capital Market and other Institutions on Wednesday accused the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of compromising its regulatory position by engaging a staff of one of the banks (Access bank) it was supposed to be investigating as an adviser to the commission.
At the resumed public hearing of the committee in Abuja, Chairman of the committee, Herman Hembe, said the engagement of the staff of Access Bank, still on the pay roll of the bank, by the commission, would erode confidence of investors in the impartiality of the commission.
However, the Director-General of the commission, Orunmah Oteh, told the committee that the hiring of the staff was to meet the specific need of the commission, adding that the concerned staff was not involved in the operations of monitoring the performances of the bank in question.
The commission’s head of Human Resources also admitted before the committee that securing the services of a bank that the commission was supposed to regulate was wrong and can hamper the performance of its constitutional responsibilities.
He agreed that throughout his over twenty years working in the commission, this would be the first time that the commission would hire someone still on the pay roll of the bank it was investigating.
The Committee Chairman said the role of the DG of SEC as a regulator would negatively impact on credibility of the market if she was perceived by other investors as not being impartial.
“How can you engage the staff of Access Bank when they are still working with the bank as staff of the commission when you are supposed to regulate the bank?
“It would appear that you set out to sabotage the workings of the commission by your actions. The House wrote you that you should withhold the final approval to Union Bank, but you went ahead to do so, even against the advice of your team. With the way it is, there is no way the capital market can be better.”
The committee chairman also accused Ms Oteh of ignoring extant laws on how much a chief executive could spend, pointing out that in one such instance, N825,000 was spent on feeding in a day, while another N30 million was expended on accommodation.
Defending her decision to secure the services of the Access Bank staff, Ms Oteh said “those workers are on secondment from Access Bank. Their work has nothing to do with our regulatory functions in SEC.
“By your comment, you are implying that Sec had been affected by the secondment. This is not the case.”
The resumed hearing had in attendance the Director-General of the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE, Oscar Onyema, who apologised to the committee for his failure to appear before it on Tuesday, noting that his failure was not in contempt of the parliament.
The chairman of the Committee had on Tuesday, ordered the NSE boss to appear before the committee or face arrest.
Mr Onyema who gave a background on the problems affecting the Capital market, identified some of the problems affecting the market to include the global financial crisis, increase in oil prices and the low financial literacy of investors who do not consider the risks involved in some investment.
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Boxing:Dereck Chisora's boxing license withdrawn
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Former British and Commonwealth heavyweight champion; Dereck Chisora will not be in happy mood today as the British Boxing Board
| 2012-03-14T20:24:21 |
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Former British and Commonwealth heavyweight champion; Dereck Chisora will not be in the best of mood right now as the British Boxing Board of Control decided to withdraw his boxing license over the brawl he had with David after his loss to WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko last month February 18th precisely in Munich Germany.
The British Boxing Board decided to withdraw his boxing license for an indefinite period of time as the promoter of the former British heavyweight champion Frank Warren is yet to decide if the Chisora clique will appeal the decision or not as they now have exactly 14 days to appeal the decision.
There are chances that Dereck Chisora will explore the option of going outside of the UK to fight as he does not stand a chance of getting back into the ring in the UK for another six months because it was an indefinite withdrawal of his license as it may take more months or even years to get back the boxing license.
So is sitting and waiting for the boxing board advisable for Dereck Chisora?
The Board’s decision was not only based on the brawl he had with David Haye but the fact that Chisora also slapped Vitali in the face in the weigh-in a day before the fight, and then on the night of the fight, Chisora spat water into the face of Wladimir Klitschko.
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Court stalls trial of Independence Day bombing suspects
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The trial of Charles Okah, the brother of the acclaimed leader of Niger Delta militants and two others for the Independence Day bombing in 2010, was today stalled at the Federal High Court following a request for stay of proceedings pending their appeal
| 2012-03-14T20:24:01 |
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The trial of Charles Okah, the brother of the acclaimed leader of Niger Delta militants and two others for the Independence Day bombing in 2010, was today stalled at the Federal High Court following a request for stay of proceedings pending their appeal.
Justice Kolawole adjourned the case for mention to the 28th of May after granting the application by the counsel to Mr. Okah and asking the court to stay proceedings pending the determination of an appeal before the appellate court
Despite opposition by the prosecutor, Justice Gabriel Kolowale ruled that while the court is mindful of the need to quickly dispense with cases, the court must also ensure that the right to appeal any decision by the accused person is respected.
He said there is no doubt to the veracity of the application before the court and therefore safer to adjourn the case until the appellate court decides the appeal.
Charles Okah arrived the court premises surrounded by prison officials and security operatives. And the family of one of the accused person said to have died on the 2nd of March 2012 were also in court to witness the proceedings.
The first issue considered by the court was the allegation of ill treatment of the accused persons in prison.
Lawyer to the accused persons told the court that the basic rights of Mr. Okah and his co-accused persons have been consistently violated even when they are still presumed innocent. He urged the court to grant them bail so that they can defend the charges against them from their homes. The prosecutor, Alex Izion, however opposed the bail application. Mr. Izion told the court that the application is spurious, unverified, malicious and highly speculative as there is no material proof on the allegations that the accused were maltreated. He urged the court to deny the prayers of the accused.
Justice Kolawole who sought clarifications from a prison warder on the enforcement of the rights of a prisoner subsequently made an order that the controller of prison be directed to ensure that the accused persons get similar treatment as other inmates which include the right to exercise, worship and healthcare.
Counsel to Mr. Okah also requested for adjournment saying the accused person has an appeal which will be determined on the 23th April.
Again the prosecuting counsel opposed the application. Mr. Izion was of the opinion that commencing the hearing in the suit will have no harm on the case; therefore the court should not grant the application.
Justice Gabriel Kolawole therefore ordered stay of proceedings in the suit until the 28th of May.
The court also struck out the name of the deceased accused person from all the charges before the court. Leaving only three accused persons, Charles Okah, Obi Nwabueze, and Edmund Ebiware.
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Helicopter crash kills Police DIG and three others in Jos
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A helicopter belonging to the Nigeria Police force has crashed in Jos, the Plateau state captial
| 2012-03-14T19:30:28 |
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A helicopter belonging to the Nigeria Police force has crashed in Jos, the Plateau state captial killing a Deputy Inspecrtor General of Police and all on board.
Amongst the passengers on the helicopter is the newly prompted Deptuy Inspector General of Police, Haruna John with three other senior police officers.
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House of Rep to investigate plan sale of NITEL and MTEL
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The House of Representatives on Wednesday directed the National Council of Privatization (NCP) and the Bureau for Public Enterprises (BPE) to suspend the sale of the Nigeria Telecommunications Communication (NITEL) and its mobile subsidiary, Mobile Telecommunications Limited (MTEL).
| 2012-03-14T19:22:49 |
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The House of Representatives on Wednesday directed the National Council of Privatization (NCP) and the Bureau for Public Enterprises (BPE) to suspend the sale of the Nigeria Telecommunications Communication (NITEL) and its mobile subsidiary, Mobile Telecommunications Limited (MTEL).
This according to the lawmakers will help to forestall the recurring trend of selling national assets at ridiculous prices.
The lawmakers were concerned that both the NCP and the BPE endorsed a ‘guided liquidation strategy’ for the sale of the two companies at an amount that is far less than the cost of procuring a GSM licence anywhere in the world.
They argued that considering the assets of NITEL and MTEL, which are spread across the country, the sale figures approved by the Federal Government do not reflect the true status of both companies.
The House therefore asked its ‘Committees on Privatisation and Commercialisation, Communications, Public Procurement, Finance and Information Technology to conduct a public hearing on the liquidation of Nigeria Telecommunications Limited (NITEL) and Mobile Telecommunications Limited (MTEL), present management board, operational activities, present status of its investment in some regional and global telecommunication organisations, revenue generation from on-going services rendered to other telecommunication companies in Nigeria’.
Sponsor of the motion, Tajudeen Yusuf (PDP, Kogi) said while efforts by successive administrations to privatise the company were futile, winners of previous bid processes by the BPE failed to meet the prescribed deadline for payment of bid prices.
He said both the National Council on Privatisation and the BPE have undervalued and under-priced NITEL and MTEL without taking into cognizance strategic economic indicators.
He added that if NITEL/MTEL were sold as prescribed, “it will be at great economic loss to Nigeria, considering the telecommunication companies’ investment in some regional and global organizations.”
Leo Ogor of Delta State and Sekonte Davis of Rivers also supported the motion saying that public investigation should be carried out.
The motions to order NCP and BPE to suspend the sale of NITEL pending the outcome of the investigation was adopted after it was put to vote by the deputy speaker, Emeka Ihedioha
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Illegal Ivory Exportation:Chinese suspect to remain in detention
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The Federal High Court in Lagos has again ordered a Chinese;Yeng Zuleng to be remanded in prison and adjourned hearing of her bail
| 2012-03-14T18:03:40 |
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The Federal High Court in Lagos has again ordered a Chinese;Yeng Zuleng to be remanded in prison and adjourned hearing of her bail application.
The Federal High Court in Lagos has again ordered a Chinese;Yeng Zuleng to be remanded in prison and adjourned hearing of her bail application. Advertisement
The Federal High Court in Lagos has again ordered a Chinese;Yeng Zuleng to be remanded in prison and adjourned hearing of her bail application.
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Jos Crisis:University students protest stabbing of 2 colleagues
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Students from the University of Jos the Plateau state capital seized major streets in the city plus highway in protest to the alleged
| 2012-03-14T17:50:31 |
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Students from the University of Jos the Plateau state capital seized major streets in the city plus highway in protest to the alleged stabbing of two students of the institution.
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Court gives EFCC ultimatum on ex Nimasa DG's Charges
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A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has given a 7 day adjournment to the prosecution, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to continue with the matter of the former director general of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) or have the charges dismissed.
| 2012-03-14T17:47:41 |
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A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has given a 7 day adjournment to the prosecution, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to continue with the matter of the former director general of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) or have the charges dismissed.
The court presided over by Justice Binta Murtala Nyako gave the lifeline following an application by the accused, the former director general of NIMASA, Mr. Temisan Omatseye seeking the dismissal of the charges against him on the grounds that the prosecution had not shown due diligence in prosecuting it.
The EFCC is prosecuting Mr Omatseye on an eleven count charge of alleged corruption charges involving an alleged transfer of the sum of 300,000 pounds from Nimasa’s account to his personal account.
The commission had also alleged that the former NIMASA director general used his position to split tenders and evade his official limit on what he could approve and awarded contracts to ten companies.
At the resumed hearing of the case in court today, Mr. Omatseye’s lawyer, Olusina Sofola rejected a move by a public counsel attached to the EFCC to proceed with the case in the absence of Mr. Godwin Obla who has the fiat of the attorney general of the federation to prosecute the matter.
The defence argued that only Mr. Obla being the sole recipient of the fiat could proceed with the matter especially as Mr. Obla had indicated at the last adjourned date that he wanted to prosecute the matter himself, a situation which necessitated the adjournment till today despite the fact that another counsel was in court to represent the EFCC.
The defence went on to urge the court to dismiss the charges since the prosecution had demonstrated that it was not diligent in pursuing the matter.
The EFCC counsel in court, Mr. Ben Ubi, however pleaded with the court to grant just another adjournment to either allow the attorney general take a decision on the matter or for Mr. Obla who had travelled on health grounds to return and continue with the case.
In her ruling, presiding Justice Nyako noted that only the attorney general could take away the fiat from Mr. Obla. Shee then acceded to the prosecution’s request and adjourned till the 22nd of march.
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UK Parliament told raid was the best rescue option for killed Hostages
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UK Parliament members have been told that the raids which resulted in the deaths of the two hostages who were from Italy and the United
| 2012-03-14T17:40:05 |
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UK Parliament members have been told that the raids which resulted in the deaths of the two hostages who were from Italy and the United Kingdom in Sokoto state was the best rescue option.
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SSS parades killers of expatriates
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The State Security Service (SSS) has paraded eight persons suspected to have been involved in the kidnap and eventual murder of two expatriate staff of … Continue reading SSS parades killers of expatriates
| 2012-03-14T17:15:59 |
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The State Security Service (SSS) has paraded eight persons suspected to have been involved in the kidnap and eventual murder of two expatriate staff of Stabilini Visinoni Construction Company, Mr. Christopher Mcmanus, a Briton and Franco Lamolinara, an Italian.
Parading the suspects in Abuja, Mr. Doyin Adetuberu who represented the spokesperson of the service, Marilyn Ogar, commiserated with the families of the murdered expatriates and stressed that the long arm of the law will catch up with all terrorists and perpetrators of evil.
He appealed to Nigerians to remain sensitive to their environment and report suspicious activities to security agencies.
Mr. Christopher Mcmanus and Franco Lamolinara were murdered in Sokoto on the 8th of March, 2012 by persons suspected to be members of the Islamic sect, Boko haram after being held captive for over 10 months.
He also said the suspects were arrested in states across the northern region of the country “after a painstaking investigation process, the service made a number of arrests in Adamawa, Katsina, Kaduna , Sokoto and Kebbi states”.
He named the names of the arrested suspects as follows; Bashir Ibrahim a.k.a Adau, Ibrahim Habibu and Gambo mai Burodi aged between 19 and 20 years as the suspects that served as surveillance on the killed expatriates.
He accused the Abu Mohammed led faction of the Boko Haram sect as the mastermind behind the act, saying the leader of the faction died due to bullet wounds sustained during the raid in Zaria, Kaduna state.
Other suspects arrested include Mohammed Rabiu Adam a.k.a Dan Hajiya, Abubakar Abdulrahman Habibu. Shittu Salihu, Abubakar Umar and Ahmed Samaila.
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Senate Pension Probe:Cmtte' Chairman says task team was illegally drafted
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Chairman of the Senate investigating the pension administration in the country;Senator Aloysius Etuk says the operations of the pension
| 2012-03-14T17:04:00 |
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Chairman of the Senate investigating the pension administration in the country;Senator Aloysius Etuk says the operations of the pension review task team handling the Police pension fund is illegal.
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Bill to regulate activities of Labour suffers setback
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The Senate got divided over a bill seeking to amend the trade unions act. The senator who sponsored the bill for the amendment
| 2012-03-14T16:52:38 |
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The Senate got divided over a bill seeking to amend the trade unions act.
The Senator who sponsored the bill for the amendment of the Trade Unions Act has asked that the bill be amended to allow members of the trade union vote to determine whether or not the union can go on strike.
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Beazy features Dorkta Frabz in new hit single
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Beazy has remixed his hit single “Over and Over”which he featured Dorkta Frabz . The song was produced and directed by Dorkta Frabz.
| 2012-03-14T16:43:55 |
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Beazy has remixed his hit single “Over and Over”which he featured Dorkta Frabz .
The song was produced and directed by Dorkta Frabz.
Beazy has remixed his hit single “Over and Over”which he featured Dorkta Frabz . The song was produced and directed by Dorkta Frabz. Advertisement
Beazy has remixed his hit single “Over and Over”which he featured Dorkta Frabz .
The song was produced and directed by Dorkta Frabz.
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Women Tasked to Establish Relevance in their Fields of Activity
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The quest for equality and women empowerment is taking a different turn as women leaders task Nigerian women to establish relevance in
| 2012-03-14T16:36:32 |
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The quest for equality and women empowerment is taking a different turn as women leaders task Nigerian women to establish relevance in their spheres of activity and all sectors of the economy.
At activities to mark women’s history month in Abuja, some women leaders, including the Missouri secretary of state, Robin Carnahan said no country can afford to ignore up to 50 percent of its resourceful population on whom economic progress depends.
Ms. Carnahan said Nigeria still ranks 125th out of 198 countries who give relevance to women in national economy despite the realization that they make up a good percentage of the informal sector which sustains the economy.
She also expressed optimism that Nigeria will come to witness changes and will claim its place in Africa and the world at large “We have seen overtime in the last generation real changes in the United States, but it took a generation. We will see those changes in Nigeria but I think it will spread up because younger people are more impatient, they are going to be able to use technology because of communicating and understanding what is going on in the world”
Other Nigerian women leaders said ensuring they are indispensable, regaining their confidence and offering mentorship to younger generations are sure ways to gain the empowerment and equality that women have been fighting for.
Chief executive officer of Syntel-Aza, Deborah Ogazuma said “Women have been playing a vital role in the country’s economy and they need to be recognized. You say you are a great country and you want to be a great nation, your greatness is because you have this great man and woman, but if you decide to overlook the woman, you are not going to get that greatness because you are not using all the skill, knowhow and creativity that you need to be able to get that greatness”
Yemisi Osundinakin of Equity Advocates also said that the females remain handicapped only in stature but not are equal to their male counter parts in other aspects. She quipped that “the weakness of a woman is not in her functionality but in her design, the woman in terms of physical appearance is more delicate than the man but that does not translate to intellectual inferiority”
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South-south governors demand review of revenue allocation formula
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South-south governors demands review of revenue allocation formula
| 2012-03-14T16:01:53 |
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The South–South Governors have reaffirmed their support for the position of Nigerian Governors Forum that revenue allocation formula should be reviewed to give more money to states and local government as well as dissolve more powers and responsibilities to the constituent states for rapid development.
This was the position taken by the governors after the first session of the Bayelsa, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Edo and Delta (BRACED) Commission Governors Council 2012 held in the Cross-river state capital, Calabar. The meeting was presided over by its chairman, Governor Liyel Imoke of Cross River State.
The governors regretted the attempt to link the increasing insecurity in parts of the country to the issue of 13 percent derivation and considered it unfortunate and misplaced.
Governors from the 19 northern states recently called for a review of the revenue allocation formula “to reflect current realities in view of the security challenges.
The chairman of the Northern Governors Forum and governor of Niger State, Dr. Babangida Aliyu, described a situation where a state like Niger gets between N4.2bn and N4.5bn as monthly allocation while some other states received 20 times the amount as ‘unfair’.
Also the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, in an interview with The Financial Times of London last month, decried what he termed the low allocation to Northern states from the Federation Account. He linked the lingering violence in the northern part of Nigeria, violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram, to the uneven distribution of the country’s wealth.
However, the governors from the South-south insisted that the issues to be addressed are the environmental degradation and pollution in the Niger Delta, caused by oil exploitation which has adversely affected fishing and farming activities.
They argued that the destruction of the region’s agriculture base “makes it imperative for an upward review of derivation principle and introduction of fiscal federalism.”
The governors questioned the rationale of not exploiting other mineral deposits in different parts of the country while depleting the oil and gas reserves of the South-South and expressed the strong conviction that the introduction of fiscal federalism and resources control will encourage each state of the federation to control its resources and develop in accordance with its capability.
In view of the security challenges in the country, they expressed deep concern at the level of insecurity in some parts of the country and appealed to the federal government to explore all avenues to end the indiscriminate and unnecessary destruction of lives and property.
The meeting which was attended by all the Governors of the South-South geopolitical zone, was the first to be held after the governorship elections in Cross River and Bayelsa States respectively.
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Court Adjourns Justice Salami's Suit To Thursday 15th March
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A Federal High Court Sitting in Abuja will on Thursday decide whether or not to transfer the suit instituted by the suspended president of Court Of Appeal, Justice Ayo Isa Salami, against the National Judicial Council (NJC) and 10 others to the court of appeal.
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A Federal High Court Sitting in Abuja will on Thursday decide whether or not to transfer the suit instituted by the suspended president of Court Of Appeal, Justice Ayo Isa Salami, against the National Judicial Council (NJC) and 10 others to the court of appeal.
When the matter came up today, counsel to Salami, Chief Akin Olujinmi told the court that respondents had just served him their reply in court and that he would need time to respond to it.
But in a dramatic turn the NJC alongside the other respondents in the suit withdrew their counter affidavit and written address in opposition to the application and asked that the plaintiff go ahead to move his motion.
While withdrawing their opposition to the application, counsel to NJC, Mike Ozekhome, lamented that the NJC had been vilified and portrayed as frustrating the speedy determination of the matter and orally applied for the withdrawal of the council’s opposition so that the matter could proceed.
Mr. Ozekhome’s stance was subsequently adopted by other respondents in the matter.
The court consequently struck out both the counter affidavit and the written address of the respondents.
But while moving his application, Mr. Olujinmi urged the court to grant that some questions which he raised be referred to the court of appeal for determination.
He argued that none of the respondents had opposed the referral adding that such is a vital point which the court must consider before granting or rejecting the application.
He also added that the questions under reference arose from the proceedings and they arise from the interpretation and application of the constitution.
In his reply to the application for referral, counsel to the NJC, contended that the issues which the ousted president of the court of appeal seeks to refer to the court of appeal, outside the question on jurisdiction, bother on the substantive matter which requires evidence to be taken adding that the court cannot be called upon to transfer such questions to the court of appeal without first considering and determining such.
He argued that it is the decision of the trial court that can then be challenged at the appellate court.
Counsel to Salami, Mr. Olujinmi on his part, urged the court to disregard Ozekhome’s submissions and insisted that the questions raised on behalf of his client for referral to the court of appeal satisfy all known parameters for reference and should all be referred to the appellate for determination.
Justice Okorowo subsequently adjourned the case to Thursday the 15th of March to rule on whether or not to transfer the questions to the court of appeal for determination.
The suspended chairman of the appeal court justice Ayo Salami had dragged the NJC and 10 others to court to challenge his suspension.
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Court Dismisses NGO's FOI Request
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A Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja has dismissed an application by a Non Governmental Organisation, Citizen Assistance Centre, seeking detailed information on the overhead costs of the State House of Assembly from May 1999 to September 2011.
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A Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja has dismissed an application by a Non Governmental Organisation, Citizen Assistance Centre, seeking detailed information on the overhead costs of the State House of Assembly from May 1999 to September 2011.
The Speaker, Hon Adeyemi Ikuforiji and the Lagos State House of Assembly are the two respondents in the suit.
Presiding Justice Yetunde Idowu, in her ruling, dismissed the application on the basis that it was filed out of time.
Justice Idowu held that the provisions of the FOI Act stipulated that such application must be filed within 30 days after a public institution denies or refuses to respond to the request after 7 days.
According to the Judge, the respondents had ignored the applicant’s letter dated July 14, 2011, requesting for the said information, but the suit was only filed by the applicant’s counsel, Mr. Nurudeen Ogbara, on the 25th of October, 2011.
In dismissing the suit, Justice Idowu also held that the FOI Act, came into operation in May 2011, and as such could not be applied retroactively to seek information covering the period earlier than when the law came into force.
The third ground for dismissing the application, was that “by virtue of section 14 of the FOI Act, overhead costs are classified under section 14(1)(b) and contains personal information and other information exempted under the law.”
The court however dismissed the objection of counsel to the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr Wahab Shittu on the legal capacity of the applicant, Citizens Assistance Centre to commence the action.
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Nigerian Rapper, Jahborne Survives Stab Attack
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Nigerian rapper Arinze Obinna Iheme aka Jahborne says he feels lucky and blessed to be alive after surviving what he claims was an attack on his life Sunday, March 11, 2012.
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Nigerian rapper Arinze Obinna Iheme aka Jahborne says he feels lucky and blessed to be alive after surviving what he claims was an attack on his life Sunday, March 11, 2012.
Jahborne says he was standing very close to his house somewhere in Okota, Isolo area of Lagos on the night of March 11 when unidentified men rushed him and stabbed him 12 times in the arm, chest and the back of his head.
‘They just came from nowhere and rushed me. They stabbed me so much I started losing a lot of blood. They left me there on the street, bleeding’.
The rapper says when friends came to his rescue and rushed him to Kahn Specialist Hospital, Okota, in search of help, the nurses turned him away.
‘I bled for 25 minutes before I got to the hospital; I was two minutes to hell. The nurses rejected me until my brother intervened and promised them a ransom to keep me alive’, Jahborne said.
When asked who could have attempted the assault on his life he responded ‘I was attacked by cultists, people who don’t to see young blacks make money’. He says his assaulters are still nowhere to be found.
Already, the Nigerian Police Force has declared a man named Ebuka wanted for attempted murder on the rappers life.
Jarhborne is now recovering from the attack after receiving medication and nine snitches where the stabs pierced through. He’s told friends he plans to record a song he’ll title ’9 stitches’
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Suicide bomber kills 4 at Somali presidential palace
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Four people have been killed by a suicide bomber who blew himself up on Wednesday at the compound of Somali President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed in an attack claimed by Al-Qaeda affiliated Shebab rebels.
The Shebab claimed responsibility for the attack, saying one of its suicide bombers had killed 17 people and wounded 30.
“The mujahideen carried out a spectacular martyrdom operation inside the presidential palace of the apostate Somali regime” the group said in a Twitter post.
Police spokesman Abdulahi Hasan Barise disclosed that six others were injured in the attack.
Another police official, Mohamed Adan, said the attacker blew himself up at at the gate of Somali parliament speaker’s residence, which is also located at the Villa Somalia compound that houses the presidency.
In October, the militia carried out its deadliest suicide attack in the capital when a bomber rammed an explosives-laded vehicle into a government compound, killing at least 82 people.
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3 year old Boy Kills Self in Washington
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A 3-year-old boy fatally shot himself with a gun he found in a car while his family stopped for gas early Wednesday, police said, marking western Washington's third recent shooting by a child.
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A 3-year-old boy fatally shot himself with a gun he found in a car while his family stopped for gas early Wednesday, police said, marking western Washington’s third recent shooting by a child.
“It is incredible in light of the other ones,” said Tacoma police Officer Naveed Benjamin. “You would think people would take more care, not less.”
The family was traveling and had stopped at the Tacoma gas station off Interstate 5 at about 12:30 a.m. The man put his pistol under the seat and got out to pump gas while the boy’s mother went inside the convenience store, Benjamin said.
They left her son and her boyfriend’s 4- or 5-year-old daughter in the car, Benjamin said. The boy climbed out of his back-seat child seat, found the gun and shot himself in the head, police said. He was declared dead at a hospital. The girl was not injured.
Detectives questioned the parents and have called the shooting a tragic accident, Benjamin said.
The investigation was continuing, and it was unclear if the man would face any charge. Washington does not have a law specifically concerning child access to firearms.
The family has not been identified. They are not from Tacoma and their car has Oregon plates, Benjamin said.
The shooting follows the death of the 7-year-old daughter of a Marysville police officer in Stanwood on Saturday when a sibling found a gun and fired while the parents were out of their car. And on Feb. 22, an 8-year-old girl was critically wounded in a Bremerton classroom when a gun fired inside the backpack of a 9-year-old boy as he put it on a desk.
“It’s another tragedy in a very short period of time,” Benjamin said.
It highlights the need for people to secure guns, he said.
“You can’t predict what children are going to do,” he said. “You need to unload and lock it up if you’re not carrying it. … It’s really not that hard to practice firearm safety.”
Twenty-seven states have some form of law to prevent child access to firearms. Such laws can include criminal penalties for adults who allow children to get their hands on guns, but Washington is not one of those states, according to the San Francisco-based group Legal Community Against Violence.
State lawmakers considered a measure in the regular legislative session that ended Friday that would have required additional testing of gun locks and safes before the equipment is distributed to law enforcement officers for home use. The bill was prompted by the 2010 death of a Clark County deputy’s 3-year-old son. The toddler took a gun from a department-issued safe, which the family insisted was faulty.
On Saturday, off-duty Marysville police Officer Derek Carlile had parked the family van near Stanwood City Hall, and he and his wife were out of the vehicle when one of their children found the loaded gun and fired. The shot hit 7-year-old Jenna Carlile, and the girl, the oldest of their four children, died Sunday at a Seattle hospital.
The 8-year-old Bremerton girl, Amina Kocer-Bowman, remained in serious condition at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle after nearly dying in the accidental shooting at Armin Jahr Elementary, where the other student brought a handgun to class. Authorities believe the boy took the .45-caliber gun from the glove compartment of a car while visiting his mother and her boyfriend at their home. He lives with an uncle.
The 9-year-old classmate pleaded guilty last week to reckless endangerment and was sentenced to probation and counseling. He is expected to testify against his mother, Jamie Lee Chaffin, and her boyfriend, Douglas L. Bauer, who were charged Tuesday with felony assault.
Chaffin and Bauer each could face up to five years in prison if convicted.
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Helicopter crashes, kills Police DIG and three others in Jos
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A helicopter belonging to the Special Task force has crashed in Jos, the Plateau state captial killing all on board. The helicopter is ...
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A helicopter belonging to the Nigeria Police force has crashed in Jos, the Plateau state captial killing a Deputy Inspecrtor General of Police and all on board.
Amongst the passengers on the helicopter is the newly prompted Deptuy Inspector General of Police, Haruna John with three other senior police officers.
The Commissioner of Police in Plateau state who has just visited the crash site has confirmed to Channels Television that the DIG Operations was on borad the flight with his orderly, the pilot and the assistant pilot.
The late DIG is reported to have been in Jos since the first bomb blast in the troubled city this year.
He was said to have been in a security meeting yesterday where the strategy to address the security challenge of the state was discussed
The helicopter was conveying the police officers from Jos to Abuja after taking off from the Jos prison field.
The crash occured after flying for about one and a half kilometer.
Eye witness account states that the helicopter was rolling in a cylic motion before crashing into the building and bursting into flames. But residents are assumed to out of the building when the crash occurred.
Casualty figure is yet to be ascertained as regards the occupants of the building but the pilot and four officers on board did not survive the crash.
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Fuel subsidy protester killed by police is buried in Lagos
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Hundreds of youth gathered to mourn at the burial of late Samuel Ademola Aderinto Abe, who was shot in Lagos during the anti-fuel subsidy protest … Continue reading Fuel subsidy protester killed by police is buried in Lagos
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Hundreds of youth gathered to mourn at the burial of late Samuel Ademola Aderinto Abe, who was shot in Lagos during the anti-fuel subsidy protest in January.
Mr. Abe, 27, was allegedly shot by the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Pen Cinema, Agege, Segun Fabunmi on January 9, 2012 during the nationwide protest against the removal of fuel subsidy announced by the federal government.
Abe was killed by the police officer whilst he and some of his friends were playing football on the deserted high way in Ogba, Lagos due to the industrial action called by the Nigerian Labour Congress over the fuel subsidy.
Mr. Fabunmi is still in the custody of the police at the State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, pending a lingering investigation on the shooting.
The funeral rites which began on Tuesday, commenced with a lying in state at the Yaya Abertan junction in Ogba, where he was killed. The casket containing Abe’s corpse had wailing youth and different passers-by, paying their last respect to the deceased, who has become the symbol of the protest.
The ceremony which was organized by the Ifako-Ijaiye Local Government Area (LGA) also involved the unveiling of an effigy to immortalize the deceased by the local government authority.
Youth from Ifako-Ijaiye also presented a petition to their Representative in the State House of Assembly to forward their grievance over the delay prosecution of the alleged police officer to the Speaker.
The local government chairman of Ifako-Ijaiye LGA, Oloruntoba Oke, again affirmed that the Lagos State government, on the orders of the state governor, has instituted a criminal and civil case against the Police officer that killed Abe. “This is one case we will not allow to be swept under the carpet,” he added.
Delayed autopsy
The Director, Office of the Public Defender (OPD), Mrs. Omotola Rotimi, recently declared that the state government was suing the police and the former DPO for N200 million for the killing of Abiodun and N100 million each for three others, who were wounded by police bullets during the protest.
According to her, what was delaying the action was the unavailability of the autopsy report, adding that the office was waiting for the Vice Chancellor, Lagos State University, Prof. John Obafunwa, a pathologist, to make the autopsy available to her office.
Unlike the ceremony on Tuesday which was invaded by officers of the Nigerian Police Force, when the funeral rites began, few police officers were unavailable at the burial.
The Ifako-Ijaiye LGA, boss stated that the police had been asked to keep “a safe distance” from the burial. The ceremony drew a close with the interment of the deceased at the Atan Cemetery, Yaba.
The fuel subsidy protests recorded several deaths across the country with many injured as security operatives clamped down on the peaceful protest.
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Lawmakers reject bill to return police checkpoints
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The House of Representative on Tuesday rejected a bill requesting it to order the Acting Inspector General of Police to reverse his order ...
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The House of Representative on Tuesday rejected a bill requesting it to order the Acting Inspector General of Police to reverse his order on the dismantling of checkpoints across the country.
Friday Itulah (PDP Edo State) who sponsored the bill argued that the IG’s action had led to increased armed robberies on the highways.
He said armed robbers had taken advantage of the situation and were more daring than before on the highways.
Mr Itula called for an interactive session between the House Committee on Police Affairs and the police to discuss the matter.
Some other lawmakers spoke in favour of the bill to return police checkpoints to the roads while others spoke against it.
The speaker of the House, Aminu Tambuwal threw the motion up for vote and the voted against it.
Kicking against the motion, Ayo Omidiran and Udoh Ibeji recalled that armed robbers always unleashed terror on commuters when the checkpoints were in place, while the police could not respond appropriately.
Mrs Omidrian asked those clamouring for a return of the checkpoint to provide a statistics of how “many armed robbers and terrorists were the police operatives able to arrest at the various checkpoints across the country when roadblocks were in place?”
She received a thunderous “none” and commendation in response to the question.
They advised the IG to continue with his security plans, but urged him to quickly replace the checkpoints with regular patrols on the highways.
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Michelle Obama to attend Olympic Games opening
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First Lady Michelle Obama says she will lead the U.S. delegation to the opening ceremonies of the London Olympics in July. Obama announced her London … Continue reading Michelle Obama to attend Olympic Games opening
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First Lady Michelle Obama says she will lead the U.S. delegation to the opening ceremonies of the London Olympics in July.
Obama announced her London trip at an event on Tuesday with Samantha Cameron, the wife of visiting British Prime Minister David Cameron.
“As the Olympic creed states, ‘the most important thing … is not to win, but to take part.’ And that doesn’t just mean sitting and watching, it means getting up and getting active as well,” the first lady said.
Michelle disclosed that in the months ahead, she will be talking to Americans all across the country to encourage even more young people to tap into that Olympic spirit and turn their inspiration into action.
The White House will announce in coming months the delegates who will accompany Obama to London. Other first ladies have led a presidential delegation to past Olympic Games.
The 2012 Summer Olympic Games’ opening ceremony will take place on July 27.
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Joke Silver, Tinsel stars to be honoured at BOBTV Awards
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The 2012 edition of the BOBTV tagged “The creative Industries: Nigeria’s untapped
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The 2012 edition of the BOBTV tagged “The creative Industries: Nigeria’s untapped wealth will be honouring distinguished individuals, like Veteran actress Joke Silver, Pat Nebo, Peace Fiberesima (Executive Producer AMMA) who have excelled in their fields.
Also casts from the Mnet soap opera Tinsel such as Iretiola Doyle, Matilda Obeski, Richard Mofe-Damijo amongst others will be awarded.
The event will also feature a short movie premiere on rape titled “Big Daddy”
Directed by film maker/producer Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen.
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Roadside bomb kills 6 Afghans
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A roadside bomb in the Marjah district of Afghanistan has killed eight civilians, leaving their bodies unidentifiable. The governor’s office in Helmand province described the … Continue reading Roadside bomb kills 6 Afghans
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A roadside bomb in the Marjah district of Afghanistan has killed eight civilians, leaving their bodies unidentifiable.
The governor’s office in Helmand province described the explosion which occurred after the bomb struck the vehicles of the victims, as massive.
The U.N. says last year was the deadliest on record for civilians in the Afghan war, with 3,021 killed as insurgents ratcheted up violence with suicide attacks and roadside bombs.
Meanwhile, the U.S. soldier who allegedly shot 16 Afghan villagers has been caught on a surveillance video that showed him walking up to his base and raising his arms in surrender.
According to an Afghan official who viewed the footage, the U.S. authorities showed Afghan authorities the surveillance video to prove that only one perpetrator was involved in the Sunday shootings, which have sparked outrage across the country.
Afghan lawmakers are demanding that the shooter, identified by U.S. officials as a staff sergeant, face a public trial inside Afghanistan. They have called on Afghan President Hamid Karzai to suspend any negotiations with the U.S. on a long-term military pact until this happens.
A delegation investigating the shootings was to meet in the southern city of Kandahar on Wednesday when a bomb hidden in a motorcycle exploded about 600 yards (meters) away. The blast killed one Afghan intelligence official and wounded three other people, but the delegation members were unharmed.
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Terry hoping for great night at Stamford Bridge
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Chelsea captain John Terry, who has suffered plenty of Champions League heartache, has said Wednesday’s last-16 second-leg clash with Napoli could be one of the … Continue reading Terry hoping for great night at Stamford Bridge
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Chelsea captain John Terry, who has suffered plenty of Champions League heartache, has said Wednesday’s last-16 second-leg clash with Napoli could be one of the greatest night’s in the club’s history.
The former England captain missed the 3-1 defeat in southern Italy last month, a result that contributed to the sacking of coach Andre Villas-Boas, but is back after recovering from a knee injury and desperate for a Stamford Bridge fightback.
“If it goes well it could do down as one of the great nights in Chelsea history,” Terry, for whom the Champions League has remained agonisingly out of reach, told reporters on Tuesday.
“These nights at the Bridge can be intimidating for visiting teams. We experienced it when we went there, they were in our faces, which wasn’t nice, even though we went 1-0 up.
“It was a hostile atmosphere over there and they showed they are an attacking side, a very good footballing side. We are very aware what they possess. But we are hoping we have the experience and the squad to overcome that.”
With Chelsea still outside the top four in the Premier League and their chances of qualification for the Champions League in the balance, the clash with Napoli has deeper significance for some of the ageing squad.
While Terry insists he still has a few years left in him, time is running out for Chelsea’s established core including Frank Lampard and Didier Drogba.
“Naturally we have players out of contract and players in negotiation with their current contracts. I’m hoping many stay and many come in,” Terry said.
“But the key factor when it comes to players coming into this club is that we need to be playing Champions League football next year. We need Champions League football financially, and to attract the best players.
“We understand as a group what we need to do to ensure that happens, and we’ll do everything we can to make sure it does happen.”
The first priority, however, is overcoming Napoli.
“The start will be important to make the fans ready and to make ourselves believe,” Terry said.
“That could be the key factor, but we have the patience and the experience to know that it only takes a couple of minutes to score two goals.”
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War crimes court finds Lubanga guilty in landmark ruling
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The International Criminal Court (ICC) has found Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga Dyilo guilty of war crimes in its landmark first ruling since it was set … Continue reading War crimes court finds Lubanga guilty in landmark ruling
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The International Criminal Court (ICC) has found Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga Dyilo guilty of war crimes in its landmark first ruling since it was set up a decade ago.
Lubanga was accused of recruiting and deploying child soldiers during a five-year conflict until 2003. An estimated 60,000 people were killed.
Lubanga, 51, was found guilty of enlisting child soldiers to fight for his militia in a gold-rich region during the bloody four-year war in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) which ended in 2003.
“The chamber reached its decision unanimously that the prosecution has proved Thomas Lubanga guilty of crimes of conscription and enlisting children under the age of 15 and used them to participate in hostilities,” presiding Judge Adrian Fulford told the Hague-based court, set up in 2002.
“The evidence demonstrated that children endured harsh training regiments and were subjected to hard punishment,” Fulford said.
“The evidence demonstrated that the children were deployed… and took part in the fighting.”
First transferred to The Hague in 2006, the alleged founder of the Union of Congolese Patriots (UPC) and chief commander of its military wing, went on trial in January 2009. He had pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Prosecutors told the court that militia under Lubanga’s control abducted and conscripted children as young as 11 from their homes, schools and football fields to serve as soldiers, and that young girls were used as sex slaves.
The ICC is the world’s only permanent criminal tribunal to try genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.
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House summons DG of Stock Exchange
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The House of Representatives Committee on Capital Market has directed the Director General of the Nigerian stock exchange (NSE), Mr. Oscar Onyeama, to appear before … Continue reading House summons DG of Stock Exchange
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The House of Representatives Committee on Capital Market has directed the Director General of the Nigerian stock exchange (NSE), Mr. Oscar Onyeama, to appear before the committee or face arrest.
Members of the committee took exception to the absence of the DG at the opening day of the public hearing on the NSE organized by the House of Representatives, with the mandate to examine the financial and regulatory crisis facing the market.
The chairman of the House Committee on Capital market stated that “the DG of the NSE has done us a letter saying we (the House committee) has no oversight power over the exchange. “His (Mr. Onyeama’s) refusal to attend this opening is a slide on himself” added Mr. Hembe as he ordered Mr. Onyeama to appear before the committee forthwith.
Also, expected at the probe were the Minister of Finance and the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), but they were also not available.
The Director General of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Ms. Arunma Oteh was however present and she addressed the panel.
Ms Oteh, in her presentation to the committee said the global financial crisis and the subsequent economic uncertainties were amongst the challenges confronting the nation’s capital market, adding that the lingering Euro-zone crisis and the global financial downturn are still affecting the capital market which has being struggling to rebound.
“Those issues are very much with us, still. It is the weakness in the global economy most signified by the unprecedented downgrade in the United States credit rating, general economic uncertainties across the world, but most important is the Euro zone debt crisis” explained the former Vice-President of Africa Development Bank.
Ms Oteh blamed poor risk management and corporate governance as other source of the challenges as further cited instances of quoted companies, without mentioning names that engineered the over-valuation of their stock price. .
“Regrettably, as you often find around the world, there was not much emphasis on risk management and corporate governance. From our own investigations at the SEC, we found that even some listed companies, engineered the over-valuation of their stocks.”
The NSE, which is the third largest exchange in Africa, during the global financial crisis of 2008 saw its market capitalization fall to N5 trillion from N14 trillion.
The Committee members did not fail to express their displeasure at the absence of the Director General of the Nigerian Stock Exchange as they all agreed that the sector has the potential to help transform the Nigerian economy.
Lawmakers from both arms of the national assembly, regulators, shareholders group and investors are partaking in the public hearing, which will continue for the next two weeks.
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Earthquake hits Japan's northeastern coast
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Japan has issued a tsunami warning on Wednesday after a 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck off its northeastern coast. The meteorological agency gave the tsunami warning … Continue reading Earthquake hits Japan’s northeastern coast
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Japan has issued a tsunami warning on Wednesday after a 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck off its northeastern coast.
The meteorological agency gave the tsunami warning after the tremor hit some 210 kilometres (130 miles) off the northern island of Hokkaido. However, US monitors insist that there’s no Pacific-wide tsunami threat.
“No destructive widespread tsunami threat exists based on historical earthquake and tsunami data,” the Hawaii-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said, but it warned that such earthquakes can generate local tsunamis that can be destructive along coasts located within 100 kilometres (60 miles) of the earthquake epicenter.
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Senate divided over bill to control labour strikes
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The Senate on Tuesday failed to reach an agreement on whether or not labour union leaders should be stopped from taking unilateral decisions on industrial action.
Leading the debate on a bill seeking an act to further amend the Trade Unions Act 2005 (as amended) to make provisions for ballot as a requirement before any action taken by trade unions and other matters connected therewith, Heineken Lokpobori (PDP, Bayelsa West) said workers have the right to go on strike and that the National Assembly had made a law protecting the employees who have legitimate right where there is a legitimate trade dispute to go on strike.”
He said there have to be a consensus between the employee and the union on whether or not to embark on the strike and “the only way that can be done is for ballot to be introduced.”
“The gamut of this amendment is to bring the practice of industrial action in trade unionism in line with global best practices as obtainable in Great Britain, USA, Canada, France, Belgium, South Africa, etc.”
“The requirement of agreement on the part of a simple majority of the members of a union makes it imperative for a ballot as contained in this proposed amendment. This amendment accordingly provides that an act done by a trade union to induce a person to take part in industrial action should have the support of a ballot. For any strike to see the light of the day, it should enjoy the well-intentioned support of members of the unions,” Mr Lokpobori said.
Ayogu Eze (PDP, Enugu), Bassey Otu (PDP, Cross River South) and Ita Enang (PDP, Akwa Ibom North East), described the bill as necessary in view of the perceived politicization of labour-related issues in the country, saying it was meant to sanitize the processes of industrial action, rather than prevent workers from going on strike.
Opposing the bill, Smart Adeyemi (PDP, Kogi West), James Manager (PDP, Delta South), Olufemi Lanlehin (ACN, Oyo South), Joshua Dariye (LP, Plateau Central) and Chris Ngige (ACN, Anambra) called for the withdrawal of the bill, arguing that it would deprive the workers of their right to oppose any unpopular government policies.
“Trade unions protect their members’ interests, and they have their own constitutions which stipulate the processes of industrial actions. Labour leaders often consult members and other stakeholders before calling for any strike,” Mr Adeyemi said.
The chairman of the Senate Committee on Labour, Wilson Ake (PDP, Rivers West) said the bill was aimed at streamlining the processes of strike, suggesting that it be subjected to a public hearing; while Ahmed Makarfi (PDP, Kaduna North), who described the bill as ill-timed, said it would be misunderstood.
The Senate President, David Mark said since the bill was mainly looking at the processes of calling for strike, the debate should be taken to a logical conclusion rather than withdraw the bill. The bill, which failed to pass a second reading, was, therefore, deferred to another legislative day.
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Spanish doctors announce world's first succesful fetal surgery
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Spanish doctors have announced themselves as the brain behind the world’s first successful operation on fixing a fetus’ blocked bronchial tube. The operation, which was … Continue reading Spanish doctors announce world’s first succesful fetal surgery
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Spanish doctors have announced themselves as the brain behind the world’s first successful operation on fixing a fetus’ blocked bronchial tube.
The operation, which was carried out in 2010 by staff from Barcelona’s Clinic and Sant Joan de Deu hospitals, had lasted just 30 minutes but was very delicate as it was carried out on a 26-week-old fetus weighing just 800 grams (28 ounces).
The fetus, baby Alaitz, was suffering from a bronchial atresia, a relatively common condition which affects one fetus in 10,000.
Doctors from two Barcelona hospitals, Clinic and Joan de Deu, had to introduce an endoscopy through the fetus’ mouth to connect the right bronchi with the central airways in a procedure done in late 2010 that was unveiled Tuesday.
The head of the maternal-fetal medicine department at Hospital clinic, Eduard Gratacos, said “It is the first time in the world that this has been achieved. It is the first time it has been tried and it turned out well.”
Doctor Gratacos added that “It is an extremely delicate operation since it is carried out near the heart on tissues as thin as cigarette paper. But without this fetal therapy, the baby would not have survived.”
Eleven weeks after the pioneering surgery was carried out, baby Alaitz which means “joy” in the Basque language, was born weighing 2.5 kilogrammes (5.5 pounds).
“She is completely normal. She wakes up happy, she laughs if she is pleased, she cries if she is hungry,” the baby’s 33-year-old mother, Monica Corominas, told a news conference at the Hospital Clinic as Alaitz, who is now 16-months-old, played nearby under the watch of her father Marco.
“It was the only option. We either tried it or put an end to the pregnancy.”
The two Barcelona hospitals are one of the five largest centers in the world for fetal surgery. They deal with 200 cases of fetal pathology per year.
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Syria forces attack town; Annan receives Assad response
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Heavily armed forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad battled rebels in the southern city of Deraa on Wednesday, while U.N. envoy Kofi Annan considered Syria’s … Continue reading Syria forces attack town; Annan receives Assad response
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Heavily armed forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad battled rebels in the southern city of Deraa on Wednesday, while U.N. envoy Kofi Annan considered Syria’s response to plans aimed at ending the violence.
Around 20 tanks and armoured vehicles surrounded the al-Balad district of Deraa, on the border with Jordan, and fired anti-aircraft guns into buildings, activist Rami Abdelhaq said from Deraa, where the revolt against Assad began a year ago.
Annan visited Damascus at the weekend and gave the Syrian president what he termed “concrete proposals” aimed at restoring peace. Assad’s response had been received and Annan was studying it, his spokesman Ahmad Fawzi said.
“The envoy has received a reply from President Assad. He will have more to say later today,” Fawzi said from Geneva.
Since the former U.N. chief’s visit, the violence has continued unabated, with Syrian forces pounding built-up areas around the northern city of Idlib, in the central city of Homs and in the south, around Deraa.
“The attack began early this morning. The rebels are firing back, but they are outgunned,” said Abdelhaq, speaking by phone, with the sound of heavy gunfire echoing in the background.
A U.N. official has said more than 8,000 people have died in the uprising and the U.N. refugee agency said on Tuesday that some 230,000 Syrians had fled their homes during the past 12 months, of whom around 30,000 have sought safety abroad.
In an apparent bid to deter the exodus, Syrian forces have laid landmines near its borders with Lebanon and Turkey along routes used by refugees to escape the mayhem, advocacy group Human Rights Watch said.
Looking to show the world that it was pressing ahead with a reform programme, the Syrian parliament said on Tuesday that Assad had ordered a legislative election for May 7.
It will be held under a new constitution, approved by a referendum last month which the opposition and their Western and Arab backers dismissed as a sham.
Russia and China have welcomed Assad’s reform pledges, including the promised election, and have blocked moves in the United Nations to censure the Syrian leader.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said on Wednesday that Beijing was taking no sides in the crisis, and that he was “deeply pained” by the suffering of the Syrian people, though his remarks did not suggest China’s diplomatic position will change.
Earlier, state media said China will offer $2 million in humanitarian aid through the Red Cross.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that Syrian government forces would not stop fighting or withdraw from their positions unless rebel forces instantly mirrored their move.
The U.S. State Department was dismissive of Assad’s election plan: “Parliamentary elections for a rubber-stamp parliament in the middle of the kind of violence that we’re seeing across the country? It’s ridiculous,” spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said.
STREWN BODIES
After a crackdown in the central city of Homs, the army has intensified its operations in the north and has been shelling the town of Idlib for the past three days.
An activist in the town, speaking by telephone, said on Tuesday security forces had killed more than 20 people trying to leave the area in the past two days and dumped their bodies in al-Bilal mosque. When locals went to inspect the corpses, they too came under fire, pushing the death toll above 50, he said.
Another activist gave a slightly lower death toll.
“When people came from the neighbourhood early this morning, the security forces also started firing at them. In total, about 45 people were massacred,” said the man, who like many in Syria gave only his first name, Mohammed, for fear of reprisals.
Reports from Syria cannot be independently verified as the authorities deny access to rights groups and journalists.
The United Nations said on Tuesday that it would soon deploy human rights monitors in countries bordering Syria to collect eyewitness testimony on atrocities committed in the country.
Syria lies in a pivotal position, bordering Turkey, Jordan, Israel, Iraq and Lebanon. Its 23-million population comprises a mix of faiths, sects and ethnic groups, and analysts say the gathering conflict could destabilise the entire region.
On Tuesday, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), the world’s largest Islamic body, said it had received permission by Damascus to send humanitarian aid to Syria, and will send a team there soon to assess the population needs.
(Writing by Crispian Balmer; Additional reporting by Ben Blanchard in BEIJING and Yasmine Saleh; Editing by Daniel Magnowski and Michael
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Encyclopaedia Britannica end its print edition
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After 244 years reference book firm Encyclopaedia Britannica has decided to stop publishing its famous and weighty 32-volume print edition. It will now focus on … Continue reading Encyclopaedia Britannica end its print edition
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After 244 years reference book firm Encyclopaedia Britannica has decided to stop publishing its famous and weighty 32-volume print edition.
It will now focus on digital expansion amid rising competition from websites such as Wikipedia.
The firm, which used to sell its encyclopaedias door-to-door, now generates almost 85% its revenue from online sales.
It recently launched a digital version of its encyclopaedias for tablet PCs.
“The sales of printed encyclopaedias have been negligible for several years,” said Jorge Cauz president of Encyclopaedia Britannica.
“We knew this was going to come.”
‘A lot faster’
Various newspapers, magazines and even book publishers have been coming up with online versions of their products as an increasing number of readers access information on high-tech gadgets such as tablet PCs and smartphones.
Britannica said while its decision to focus on online editions was influenced by the shift in consumer pattern, the ability to update content at a short notice also played a big role.
“A printed encyclopaedia is obsolete the minute that you print it,” Mr Cauz said.
“Whereas our online edition is updated continuously.”
At the same time, frequent users of the encyclopaedia said they preferred using the online version more than the print one.
“We have to answer thousands of questions each month through chat, through telephone, through email and we have to do that as quickly as humanly possible,” Richard Reyes-Gavilan of Brooklyn Public Library told the BBC.
“In many instances doing a keyword search in an online resource is simply a lot faster then standing up looking at the index of the Britannica and then finding the appropriate volume.”
Encyclopaedia Britannica, the company, has largely moved away from its encyclopedia work focusing most of its energies in recent years on educational software.
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Swiss bus crash kills 28 Belgians, most children
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A bus carrying Belgian children home from a school ski trip crashed into the wall of a tunnel in the Valais region of Switzerland, killing 28 people, 22 of them children, police said on Wednesday.
The bus, transporting 52 people, mostly school children aged about 12 from Lommel and Heverlee in Flanders, crashed late on Tuesday evening in the canton of Valais, which borders Italy, police told an early-morning news conference.
“It is an event which will really shake the whole Belgian population when they wake up this morning to such extremely sad news,” Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders told French radio Europe 1.
Reynders said the bus was one of three travelling together and the other two had returned to Belgium.
The bus was heading back to Belgium from a skiing holiday camp in Val d’Anniviers, a Valais ski resort. The front third of the bus was completely smashed in.
The crash was one of the worst since 1982 when 39 German tourists were killed on a railway crossing when a train hit their a bus.
Twenty-four more children aboard the Belgium-bound bus were injured, some seriously, and were being treated in hospital, police said. The bus was travelling on a highway towards Sitten from Siders when it crashed into the tunnel wall.
Two drivers in the bus also were killed. The cause of the accident was not yet known, police said.
Some 200 rescuers worked through the night at the crash scene, while 12 ambulances and eight helicopters ferried the injured to hospital.
The Belgian ministry of defence said it would make available two aircraft so that the families of the victims could be flown to the crash site later on Wednesday.
Switzerland’s mountain regions have a history of deadly crashes. In 2005, a bus crashed in a Valais ravine, killing 12 and injuring 15. In 2001, a truck crashed in the Gotthard tunnel under the Alps, causing a blaze which killed 11 people.
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Essence releases new single
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After facebook love which featured Essence and Jaywon,
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After facebook love which featured Essence and Jaywon, Essence has released yet another single titled “I will get By”
The kennis music recording artist Essence shot the video in London, directed by Factory 78.
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Nigeria police to wear camouflage uniform
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Nigeria police to wear camouflage uniform
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The federal government has approved a new camouflage uniform for officers of the Nigerian Police Force and the test-run of the uniform was launched by the Acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP), wearing the uniform.
This was made known on Tuesday in a statement signed by the Force Public Relations Officer, Deputy Commissioner of Police Olusola Amore, which stated that “President Goodluck Jonathan has approved a test-run of a camouflage dress for the Nigeria Police Force as one of its operational attires.”
According to the statement, the Acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Dahiru Abubakar stated that “his appearance in the new police camouflage is a process of test running the uniform as one of the Force’s operational outfits.”
The test-run of the new camouflage, which has got the approval of President Goodluck Jonathan, is also expected to boost the image of Police officers as well as discourage them from developing cold feet any time they came face to face with robbers.
The IGP stated that “the new dress is in line with the transformation agenda of the Federal Government and the long desire of the Police management team to reform and to launder an acceptable image for the police through the turn-out of its officers and men.”
“The camouflage which is an admixture of black, white and ash colours, will serve as an operational dress for the police with some inherent advantages when fully integrated and confirmed as one of the official police outfits.”
The Police authority noted that cost-saving and easy maintenance are part of the reasons for the planned change. “The advantages of the new police camouflage include cost effectiveness to maintain; operationally durable; highly customized with security features to forestall impersonation and environmentally friendly.
The Police boss urged the public to come up with constructive criticisms regarding the new police camouflage, so that public opinion will be given adequate consideration.
This is the second time the government is making moves to change the all black uniform of the security operatives. A blue shirt was launched for the police officers, years ago but the policy was not translated to the lower ranks of the officers as only the senior officers donned the light blue shirt.
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Man climbs telecoms mast, threatens suicide in protest of court ruling
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A man, Musa Inuah Dalhatu on Tuesday climbed a telecommunication mast beside the Federal High Court at the Maitama district of Abuja ...
| 2012-03-14T08:01:20 |
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A man, Musa Inuah Dalhatu on Tuesday climbed a telecommunication mast beside the Federal High Court at the Maitama district of Abuja saying he would commit suicide unless the Chief Judge invoked his powers and compels former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to pay him a N15 million debt.
Mr Dalhatu who was sighted on the mast at about 12.15p.m, alleged that he had executed a project for the former Vice President while he was in power to the tune of N15 million, saying efforts to recover the money had proved abortive.
The protester said he would not come down until either Mr Atiku was produced in court or the Acting Inspector General of Police agrees to investigate the veracity of his allegation with a view to recovering his money.
The protester remained on top of the mast which is equivalent to a 15 storey building for over three hours and refused to give head to all entreaties from a rescue team comprising of officers from the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA; Nigeria Federal Fire Service and a team of Police officers led by an Assistant Commissioner of Police, Sunday Odukoya and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Moshood Jimoh.
Speaking to him with the aid of a megaphone an official of NEMA told him in Hausa “we plead with you in the name of God. We love and care about you, listen to us, come down and we will help you solve your problem.”
The team finally persuaded him to come down around 4:25p.m after assuring him that he would be given the opportunity to speak with the Acting Inspector General of Police.
The FCT police command said that the protester will be taken into protective custody while the case is being investigated.
“The next thing now is to investigate to actually know what has prompted this act before we know what the next line of action will be,” the FCT PPRO said.
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Lagos to go tough on sand miners
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Lagos to go tough on sand miners
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The Lagos state governor, Mr. Babatunde fashola has vowed that the state government will take very stern measures towards checking the activities of sand miners along the Badagry waterways.
The governor made this known while visiting the Ajido community of Badagry, where he condemned the spate of illegal sand mining along the Badagry waterways. He noted that the activities could aggravate flood disasters in the area and expose the entire state to grave situation.
“This is an extremely very dangerous business. Nobody should continue in this kind of business and we are determined to put a stop to it”, the governor emphasized.
According to the governor, peolpe have dug almost four to five metres into the Atlantic ocean, along the coastal area of Badagry, which will endanger the environment to erosion and other forms of environmental degradation.
He said the law enforcement agencies “will act” adding his administration will set up a multi-agency collaboration to address the illegal mining. “We will have multi-disciplinary and multi- agency collaboration with the Ministry of Environment, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Ministry of Waterfront Infrastructure and the Lagos State Water Ways Authority and we will put an end to this.”
The governor also gave strong warnings to the local leaders in the community saying “here we have leaders and all sorts of representatives, we have traditional rulers. One expects that the leaders of those communities will rise up and stop this.” “So it is a call for community action because the people who are doing this very illegal business, this very dangerous business are not aliens, they are members of the community here from Ajido to Badagry. “
The governor described the waterways stretching from Badagry to Epe as “God’s gift to Lagos with a Peninsular in between, a lagoon at the back and the Atlantic in front”, adding that it is coastline that many people wish for.
He noted that the State Government is still trying to battle with vessels that are grounding ashore on the eastern side of the waterways-Ibeju-Lekki-as a result of the ravages of erosion on the land. “On my way here this morning alone, I counted 15 ships that have lost anchor, damaging our coastline” Mr Fashola lamented.
“Now as if that is not bad enough, we have come here now and we see that this place is a calmer area and not really yet subject to that devastation of nature, climate change and global warming, but the people themselves are the ones now devastating it, digging with all those little canoes and they have dug in some places almost four to five metres to the Atlantic. Now that is a danger waiting to happen”, he said.
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Gunmen attack Checkpoint in Kano
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Gunmen suspected to be Boko haram members have launched another attack in Kano by opening fire in one of the state’s checkpoints on Tuesday leaving … Continue reading Gunmen attack Checkpoint in Kano
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Gunmen suspected to be Boko haram members have launched another attack in Kano by opening fire in one of the state’s checkpoints on Tuesday leaving two policemen and a soldier dead.
The spokesman for the joint military-police task force in the city, Lieutenant Iweha Ikedichi confirmed the attack saying that two policemen and one of the attackers were killed, while a soldier was wounded.
According to the Residents, the gunmen arrived on motorcycles and opened fire on the checkpoint.
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Pension Probe:Senate to continue Investigation
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The Chairman of the Senate Joint Committee investigating pension administration in the country, Senator Aloysius Etuk says the operations of the pension review task team in handling the police pension fund is illegal.
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The Chairman of the Senate Joint Committee investigating pension administration in the country, Senator Aloysius Etuk says the operations of the pension review task team in handling the police pension fund is illegal.
Speaking at the on-going probe into pension administration in the country, Senator Etuk accused the task team of opening three accounts without authorization even when the Minister of Finance had directed the freezing of all pension accounts.
Members of the committee also warned that it would order the arrest of the Auditor General, Accountant General and Head of Service of Bayelsa state should they refuse to appear before the committee next Tuesday.
The committee invited the Bayelsa state officials to explain why the state government has refused to pay gratuity for retired pensioners from 2005 till date.
Meanwhile reports say over 32 civil servants including private employees were arrested by the task force team saying those arrested were part of the fraudsters who prevented the retirees from getting their pensions now totalled N67bn.
Also a former director in the pension department of the office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation, four former permanent secretaries has been arrested for the alleged fraud
The task force comprises of operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and Independent Corrupt Practices Commission and State Security Service.
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British envoy pledges to solve Nigeria's security challenge
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The British High Commissioner Mr. Andrew Lloyd has pledged Britain’s support to Nigeria’s challenges particularly security concerns.
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The British High Commissioner Mr. Andrew Lloyd has pledged Britain’s support to assist Nigeria with its security challenges.
Mr. Lloyd said “We have had more British ministers and officials visiting Nigeria in the last one year than we have had in past four years combined and so across the board we have a very strong and very vibrant relationship and we are going to be with Nigeria as it faces its challenges just as I am sure we are going to help Nigeria develop those opportunities which are important to Britain and the rest of the world”
The High Commissioner made the pledge while speaking with journalists at the commemoration of the commonwealth day in Abuja.
He said ” the vision of the commonwealth day for 2012 is connecting cultures which is primarily the main vision of the commonwealth itself and Britain is committed to strengthening its relationship with Nigeria for the mutual benefits of both countries. He said “in terms of diversity, because we are different and one of the strengths of the Common Wealth is that we can bridge those differences and help contribute to global understanding”
The Commonwealth of Nations is a voluntary association of 54 independent sovereign states. Most are former British colonies, or dependencies of these colonies.
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4 Persons,Police Inspector and a Soldier Killed in Adamawa violence
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A police inspector, a soldier and four other persons were killed in a Monday night attack by unidentified gunmen in Mubi, Adamawa.
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A police inspector, a soldier and four other persons were killed in a Monday night attack by unidentified gunmen in Mubi, Adamawa.
The spokesperson of the Adamawa state Police command, Miss Daniel Altine confirmed the incident and said that the attack took place at a checkpoint in Adamawa State commercial town.
The attack is coming after six bodies were discovered in the Yelwa Area of the town.
Police Authorities in the state believe the attackers were members of the sect, who want to avenge the killing of their members.
Eyewitnesses told journalists in Mubi that a unit of military patrol team were also attacked by the gunmen, injuring the men on duty.
The witnesses said that unidentified gunmen attacked a military patrol vehicle on Ahmadu Bello Way in Mubi.
The attack was followed by multiple explosions and sporadic gunfire, which started at about 7.30 p.m. and lasted throughout the night in various parts of the town.
The witnesses said that some of the gunmen were riding in a car while others were on motorcycles.
One of the witnessed, Malam Bala Muhammad, told reporters that, the gunmen, riding in a car detonated an explosive device and opened fire on the moving military patrol vehicle.
He said that the soldiers, who were under heavy gun attack, responded to the fire in self-defence, adding that one soldier was killed and four others wounded in the surprise attack.
Miss Altine also said there were two explosions, but no one was hurt.
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Army Chief Charges Civilians On Tackling Security Challenges
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The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Azubike Ihejirika says the solution to the evolving security challenges does not lie with the senior military officers alone.
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The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Azubike Ihejirika says the solution to the evolving security challenges does not lie with the senior military officers alone.
General Ihejirika who spoke at the 2012 Nigerian Army Transformation Stakeholders Conference said the changing nature of security challenges requires the contribution of all military personnel and civilians.
He a said the main focus of the army and other security agencies is how to transform to adapt to the ever changing security environments to ensure that the wave of terrorism is reduced to the barest minimum and eventually wiped out
Heads of different units in the Nigerian army were at the annual gathering, aimed at evaluating the level of successes and challenges of the Nigerian Army transformation agenda.
Director ONAT Brigadier General Peter Bojie who gave the opening remarks said “To truly transform the Nigeria Army in this practical terms, a periodic stock taking and review of essentials to measure the progress of a plan necessary. This becomes necessary considering the Nigerian Army transformation framework which enters its long term face this year”.
The Chief of Army Staff who was the guest of honour at the event made a case for all the transformation agenda to be geared towards meeting contemporary security challenges in the country. This he said this can only be achieved if both the security agencies and civilians work together. ‘‘The solution to the security challenges we are faced with does not lie solely with the generals alone. I can tell you that the situation we operate now is that if a colonel has brilliant ideas, bring it forward lets debate it. If you win you have your way. So this is the attitude I want” he said.
General Ihejirika listed some of the steps taken by the military to tackle the rising cases of terrorism in the country. “Creating small forces that can operate fairly independently to be able to meet the fluid nature of the challenge we are faced with, a quick response squads, detachable road blocks, modern target system and a troop of soldiers presently undergoing training on counter terrorism in Jaji and Kachi (both in Kaduna state) numbering 2000”.
This meeting will amongst other things, review the transformation activities of the army and measure its impact, evaluate long, medium and short term goals of the agenda.
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I was not paid pension for 5 years-Femi Phillips
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Femi Phillips a pension was alsi invited to the Sunrise Daily studio to give his opinion on the pension fraud probe as he revealed
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Femi Phillips a pensioner was also invited to the Sunrise Daily studio to give his opinion on the pension fraud probe as he shared his experience of how he was not paid his pension for five years and what kept him and his family was his bookshop business which he had running.
I was not paid pension for 5 years-Femi Phillips
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Still on the Police Pension probe with George Etomi
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Sunrise Daily continued with the Senate Police Pension Probe with our guest Geroge Etomi was invited to the studio to discuss
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Sunrise Daily continued with the Senate Police Pension Probe with our guest Geroge Etomi was invited to the studio to discuss the probe.
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Sunrise Daily continued with the Senate Police Pension Probe with our guest Geroge Etomi was invited to the studio to discuss the probe.
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Former Minister Charges FG On The Boko Haram Insurgency
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Former minister of foreign affairs, Professor Bolaji Akinyemi, has advised the federal government to out rightly confront the issues surrounding the Boko Haram crisis.
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Former minister of foreign affairs, Professor Bolaji Akinyemi, has advised the federal government to out rightly confront the issues surrounding the Boko Haram crisis.
Professor Akinyemi gave the advice while addressing PDP stakeholders at a public lecture in honour of PDP national chairmanship aspirant, Dr. Bamanga Tukur in Abuja.
According to him, this sort of religious insurrection urgently calls for a national conference to review the sect’s demands and fashion out concrete solutions.
The former minister also described as appalling the UNDP’s poverty status in which Nigeria is ranked at the bottom of the chart. He urged the government not to handle issues confronting the nation complacently, in order to find lasting solutions to the nation’s crisis.
He also called on Nigerians to own up to issues bedeviling the nation and proffer solutions to them “We have to be true to ourselves in admitting problems and in confronting problems that need solutions. But what is important for us is to accept the fact that there are demands for the devolution of power from the centre to the states and to the local governments”. He also quipped that the demand for the review of the revenue allocation formula.
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Ikemba of Nnewi;Dim Chukwuemeka Ojukwu's Burial
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The Ndigbo community and Nigerians including the number one citizen of Nigeria President Goodluck Jonathan paid their last respect to
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The Ndigbo community and Nigerians including the number one citizen of Nigeria President Goodluck Jonathan paid their last respect to the Ikemba of Nnewi; Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu as he was laid to rest.
Ikemba of Nnewi;Dim Chukwuemeka Ojukwu’s Burial
The Ndigbo community and Nigerians including the number one citizen of Nigeria President Goodluck Jonathan paid their last respect to the Ikemba of Nnewi; Dim … Continue reading Ikemba of Nnewi;Dim Chukwuemeka Ojukwu’s Burial
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FG Commissions Ultra Modern Voice Of Nigeria Mast
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The vice president architect NAMADI Sambo has commissioned the Voice of Nigeria’s (VON) ultramodern super transmitting station and its revolving antenna, located at Lugbe, Airport Road, Abuja stating that the project is in line with Federal Government’s commitment to meet the 2015 global deadline for the digitisation of the broadcast industry and international best practices.
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The vice president architect Namadi Sambo has commissioned the Voice of Nigeria’s (VON) ultramodern super transmitting station and its revolving antenna, located at Lugbe, Airport Road, Abuja stating that the project is in line with Federal Government’s commitment to meet the 2015 global deadline for the digitisation of the broadcast industry and international best practices.
The vice president who represented president Goodluck Jonathan at the occasion said that VON established in 1961, as an external arm of the then Nigeria Broadcasting Corporation was in recognition of the critical role the country was playing in freeing other African countries from the shackles of colonialism.
He charged the management and staff of VON to as a matter of priority develop programmes that would make the Radio station the choice of listeners in and outside the shores of Nigeria.
In his words,”You have the duty of helping to inculcate in all Nigerians abiding peace and pride in Nigeria and the knowledge that we all have a stake in ensuring that our strive towards sustained economic growth and development is not compromised by breaches of peace and security in any part of the country.”
In his remarks, the Minister of Information, Mr Labaran Maku, called on President Jonathan to ensure the immediate completion of the second phase of the VON project. He also appealed for additional funds for the nation’s information sector for the smooth execution of government transformation agenda.
“With this commissioning , we will now have the most modern radio transmission station in Africa. We will be joining other five countries to claim ownership to this type of technology. The technology we have acquired will make it possible for the Voice of Nigeria to simultaneously broadcast signals to all parts of the world” said the minister.
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NDDC Opens Bid For 66 projects
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The Niger Delta Development Commission has opened bids for the construction of 66 mega projects in the oil bearing region.
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The Niger Delta Development Commission has opened bids for the construction of 66 mega projects in the oil bearing region.
The Managing Director, NDDC, Dr. Christian Oboh, explained that the action of the commission was in line with the provisions of the Public Procurement Act, 2007.
Some of the projects, according to him, include 17 shore protection/erosion control jobs, 33 road projects, five electrification schemes, and construction of one technical college in each of the nine oil producing states.
Others are regional technical villages/industrial parks for each of the nine states, as well as a regional specialist children orthopaedic/cardiovascular hospitals and maternity homes across the Niger Delta states.
Speaking during an interactive session with representatives of the Nigerian Society of Engineers and civil society organisations in Port Harcourt on Friday, Oboh said the decision to invite bids for the projects was in furtherance of the board’s commitment to due process.
Oboh said the contracts would be awarded to the least most responsive bidder, who would be known only after the bids had been evaluated and analysed.
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Super Eagles To Battle Brazil's Selecao in September
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Nigeria's Super Eagles will battle five-time Fifa World Cup champions, Brazil in an international friendly in September this year.
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Nigeria’s Super Eagles will battle five-time Fifa World Cup champions, Brazil in an international friendly in September this year.
The match is expected to take place on one of the Fifa free international days in September and will hold at the National Stadium in Abuja, the stadium the duo met in 2003.
It was also gathered that the match is the annual ‘Guinness The Match’ tournament.
The NFF source said: “Arrangement for the game is near conclusion for the friendly match between the Super Eagles and Brazil. The match will hold in Abuja in September this year. And the agreement is that the two nations will parade their best players during the match. “The exact date of the friendly is yet to be confirmed but will be made official very soon. The friendly is the annual ‘Guinness The Match’ tournament where the winner will be handed a trophy.”
Last year, the Super Eagles faced Argentina on June 1 in Abuja and defeated the South Americans by 4-1 in a game tagged ‘Guinness The Match.’
It is expected that the Brazilians coached by Mano Menezes will hit the Nigerian capital with a strong of Daniel Alves, Ramires, David Luiz, Thiago Silva, Ganzo, Neymar and Hulk among others.
Officials of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) have kept mum on this development are expected to officially announce the match in a matter of days.
The last time Nigeria played hosts to their Brazilian counterparts was in a friendly game in 2003 and they lost 0-3 in Abuja.
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Police reshuffles DIGs, gets new department
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The Police authority on Tuesday redeployed some Deputy Inspectors-General (DIGs) of Police, in what has been described as a surprise ...
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The Police authority on Tuesday redeployed some Deputy Inspectors-General (DIGs) of Police, in what has been described as a surprise shake-up.
This was disclosed in a statement on the website of the Nigeria Police Force. The statement further said that the Police Service Commission have approved the re-organisation of the Force with the creation of an additional wing, ‘G’ Department.
The ‘G’ Department is an amalgamation of the Information Technology and Communications sections from the former ‘F’ and ‘B’ departments.
At their decoration on March 2, DIG Suleiman Fakai was named as the second-in-command (2 I/C) to the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar; while Marvel Akpoyibo was deployed to ‘A’ Department (Administration); John Haruna took charge of ‘B’ Department (Operations); Emmanuel Udeoji, ‘C’ Department (Works); Peter Yisa Gana, ‘D’ Department (Investigations); AbduRahman Akano, ‘E’ Department (Training); and Atiku Y. Kafur to head the ‘F’ Department (Research and Information Technology).
However, in the statement, DIG Akano was moved to head the new ‘G’ Department, while Fakai was moved from second-in-command to the IG to head ‘A’ Department; while Akpoyibo was redeployed to head ‘E’ Department (Training).
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Waje launches $1000 competition on album cover
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R&B singer Waje is set to release her first album; she is giving a chance to graphic designers to show their creativity by designing the front cover of her album titled “Words aren’t just Enough”
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R&B singer Waje is set to release her first album; she is giving a chance to graphic designers to show their creativity by designing the front cover of her album titled “Words aren’t just Enough”
The singer will be working with two other professional designers for assessment.
Rewards will be based on creativity, originality and precision of design.
The winner stands a chance of getting $1000.
Waje’s picture that will be used for the design can be found on her Facebook or different blogs.
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Learn from the Arab uprisings, Obasanjo tells 'sit-tight leaders' in Africa
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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo said that "the 'life Presidents' and 'sit-tight leaders' of the world" should draw lessons in ...
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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo said that “the ‘life Presidents’ and ‘sit-tight leaders’ of the world” should draw lessons in democracy from the Arab uprisings causing serial upheavals in North African nations and take steps to address “people’s issues”.
Mr Obasanjo said this on Monday in India where he is on a five-day visit. He said the “seven or eight leaders” heading authoritarian government in African should learn from the people’s revolutions in North Africa and, if they do not, they would be made to learn the “important” lesson by their citizens.
“What has happened in North Africa is not just a lesson for nations in Africa, but is a lesson for the world as a whole,” the former president said while responding to a question on what lesson that the Arab Spring and the subsequent regime changes in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Yemen has for Africa after delivering an address at the Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA) at Sapru House.
He also pointed out that the situation vis-a-vis authoritarian rules in the African continent was “much more worse” two decades ago. “But today, the situation is better.
“The ‘life presidents’ and ‘sit-tight leaders’ are becoming endangered. If you look at Africa today, you have seven or eight such leaders. At one time, more than 50 per cent of Africa was under such leaders,” Mr Obasanjo, who had three stints as head of the Nigerian state, noted.
He was the Nigerian head of state first from February 1976 to September 1979 after incumbent Murtala Mohammed was assassinated. He was the first-ever military ruler to hand over governance to a democratically-elected leadership after national elections in 1979.
In 1999, Mr Obasanjo, after retirement from the military, contested the Nigerian presidential polls and won with over 60 per cent popular vote to become the nation’s head of state for the second time. He successfully contested the presidential polls for a second term in 2003 and remained Nigerian President till 2007.
“It is said that history repeats itself. But I say, if you learn from history, it will not repeat itself. A wise man learns from not only his own mistakes, but also from others’ mistakes. And these seven or eight leaders must soon learn. If they do not, they will be made to learn the important lesson,” the senior African statesman said.
Talking of Tunisia, the northern-most African nation where the first revolution now popularly called the Arab Uprising or Arab Spring broke out, Mr Obasanjo said before the movement erupted, it was all calm on the surface in that country, but one suicide triggered a wave that engulfed the whole of North Africa.
“The situation in Tunisia was anything but unstable, everything was calm on the surface, everybody seemed to be happy. But one individual decided to commit suicide and it erupted into a major movement. Anything can happen,” he said.
“It is not so much about democracy, but about unemployment, particularly of the youth. It doesn’t matter what sort of democracy you have, but people’s issues should be addressed,” he warned.
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Guatemala sentences soldier to 6,060 years for massacre
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A Guatemalan court sentenced a former special forces soldier to 6,060 years in prison on Monday for participating in a 1982 massacre that claimed 201 lives.
Pedro Pimentel, 55, was deported from Los Angeles, California to Guatemala last year to face charges of murder and crimes against humanity and is the fifth soldier to be sentenced in the Central American nation for his role in the Las Dos Erres massacre at the height of the country’s brutal civil war.
The length of the sentence is largely symbolic because Guatemala’s laws only allow inmates to serve a maximum of 50 years.
A former soldier who took part in the massacre testified that Pimentel was among a group of some 20 soldiers ordered to the village in December 1982 to search for missing weapons.
The soldiers then blindfolded, strangled and bludgeoned villagers and a newborn child to death with a sledgehammer before dumping them down a 15-meter(49-foot)-deep well.
Pimentel, a former member of the elite unit known as the Kaibiles, was given 30 years of prison for each victim killed in the attack and 30 years for crimes against humanity.
Now grey haired, Pimentel denied being present at the massacre, saying he left the area in November 1982 to prepare enrollment papers for the School of the Americas in Panama.
The ruling comes as Guatemala seeks to clean up atrocities from the bloody 1960-1996 internal conflict in which nearly a quarter of a million people died or went missing.
A judge sentenced four soldiers to 6,060 years in prison each last August for the Las Dos Erres Massacre.
Courts opened a trial in January against former dictator Efrain Rios Montt who ruled the country for 17 months during the war’s bloodiest period from 1982-1983.
Montt, denied amnesty by a judge last month, faces charges of genocide and crimes against humanity. He is accused of ordering killings of at least 1,700 innocent Maya indigenous people during a government crackdown on leftist insurgents.
Montt appealed the amnesty decision to Guatemala’s Constitutional Court and is awaiting a verdict.
His defence lawyers said that Montt, 85, did not control battlefield operations and that commanders were responsible for making decisions in their own posts.
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Nigeria's economy grew by 7.36 pct in 2011
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Nigeria's economy grew by 7.36 pct in 2011
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Nigeria’s economy grew by 7.36 percent in the full year 2011, down from 7.98 percent it recorded in 2010.
The recorded decline in growth reflects global economic slowdown coupled with the Euro financial crisis.
However, the 7.36 per cent growth recorded by the country, still outperformed most developing economies.
These were revealed in data released by the the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed on Tuesday, which also showed that the nation’s economy grew at a faster rate in the fourth quarter of 2011 than the previous three months because of a stronger performance in the non-oil sector, which was led by the telecoms sector.
The nation’s Gross domestic product (GDP) rose to 7.68 percent in the fourth quarter 2011, compared with 7.40 percent in the third quarter, the NBS stated.
The report noted that there was a fall in the amount of crude oil production, with an average of 2.4 million barrels per day in the last three months of the year, down from 2.6 million barrels per day a year earlier. The fall was largely attributed to ‘production outages’.
But the nation’s non-oil sector grew by 9.07 percent in the fourth quarter, recording a higher performance than the 8.93 percent recorded in the same period in 2010.
“This growth was largely driven by improved activities in the telecommunications, building and construction, hotel and restaurant and business services,” the NBS said.
Nigeria is reliant on oil exports for more than 95 percent of its foreign exchange revenues but only 15 percent of GDP with agriculture being the largest contribution to GDP, at about 40 percent of it.
The report also affirmed the impressive growth of the telecoms sector stating that “this sector continued to perform impressively and has remained one of the major drivers of growth in the Nigerian economy, with its contribution to total GDP increasing continuously.”
According to the NBS, “the telecommunication sector recorded a real GDP growth of 36.31 percent in the fourth quarter of 2011,” but did not give a comparative figure for the previous quarter.
Investors are optimistic about the consumer potential in Nigeria as the second largest economy in Africa, but so far the telecoms surge has not been followed in other sectors.
BUDGET COMING UP
The federal government plans to change the base year for its GDP this year from to 2008 from 1990, a move that could lead to a “huge jump” in the estimated size of the economy.
When Ghana made a similar move to recalculate its GDP last November, its estimated output shot up by 60 percent, catapulting it into the ranks of the middle income countries.
The National Assembly is currently debating an amendment of the 2012 budget proposal submitted by the coordinating Minister of the economy, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala in February.
Okonjo-Iweala widened the fiscal deficit projection in this year’s spending plans to 2.97 percent, from the 2.77 percent in a previous budget plan presented last year due to lower revenue expectations.
The government was expecting to receive more funds after the removal of fuel subsidies on January 1, but it was forced to reinstate them partially after tens of thousands took to the streets in more than a week of protests across the country.
“This is a cause for concern at a time when the government is trying to at least freeze recurrent expenditure and initiate some fiscal consolidation,” opined, Standard Bank’s Samir Gadio, adding that if they do it this time, the Central Bank of Nigeria would most likely be “forced to tighten monetary conditions further”.
Despite record high oil prices last year, the nation’s foreign exchange reserves remained flat even as oil prices remain high at over $125 a barrel.
Despite this growth, poverty is increasing across the country as stated by the NBS in its report last month which revealed that poverty has rose to 60.9 percent in 2010, compared with 54.7 percent in 2004, with almost 100 million people living on less than $1 a day.
“Growth without tangible development is a major risk to Nigeria’s outlook,” Gadio said.
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Over 150 missing as ferry sinks in Bangladesh
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A ferry carrying more than 250 passengers sank in a south Bangladesh river on Tuesday after colliding with a barge, and at least 150 people … Continue reading Over 150 missing as ferry sinks in Bangladesh
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A ferry carrying more than 250 passengers sank in a south Bangladesh river on Tuesday after colliding with a barge, and at least 150 people are still missing, police and witnesses said.
The accident occurred on the Meghna river in Munshiganj district, some 50 km (31 miles) south of the capital.
Mohammad Azizul Alam, deputy commissioner for the district, said the Dhaka-bound ferry, the MV Shariatpur-1, was hit by the oil-laden barge early in the morning.
At least 50 people managed to swim ashore from the sunken vessel, and a search is being conducted for the rest of the passengers.
Ferry accidents are common on Bangladesh’s rivers and several people are killed every year.
Most ferry accidents in the country are blamed on poor safety standards and overcrowding.
Last April, at least 23 people died after a ferry carrying more than 100 passengers capsized in the east of the country.
In June 2010, about a dozen people were killed after a packed ferry capsized in storms in north-east Bangladesh.
In November 2009, 118 people died in two ferry accidents within a week.
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Halley Berry, officially engaged to Olivier Martinez
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Oscar award winning actress Halley Berry will be walking down the aisle soon as she has been officially engaged to Olivier Martinez.
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Oscar award winning actress Halley Berry will be walking down the aisle soon as she has been officially engaged to Olivier Martinez.
A representative for Berry confirms that she’s engaged to the 46-year-old French actor, spilled the beans over the weekend while promoting his new Florida restaurant.
Speculations about their affair have been going around ever since Halley was spotted with a bling ring.
This is going to be Halley’s third marriage as she was previously married to David Justice (Baseball player) as well as Eric Benet (singer)
The 45 year old actress has a daughter for her ex-boyfriend Gabriel Aubry (model) although no word yet on the wedding date.
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Tribal attack in South Sudan kills over 200
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Cattle raiders in South Sudan launched a major assault on a rival tribe, causing heavy loss of life, killing up to 300 people, as the … Continue reading Tribal attack in South Sudan kills over 200
| 2012-03-13T08:26:23 |
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Cattle raiders in South Sudan launched a major assault on a rival tribe, causing heavy loss of life, killing up to 300 people, as the government began a disarmament plan to halt the tit-for-tat attacks that have torn the new nation.
Members of Jonglei state’s Murle tribe attacked people from the Lou Nuer group in an area near the Ethiopian border over the weekend, South Sudan’s military spokesman Philip Aguer said. Citing reports from local officials, he said that up to 300 people may have been killed in the raids.
South Sudan declared independence from Sudan in July under a 2005 peace deal that ended decades of civil war between north and south. It was a moment of euphoria for many southerners, but the young government has struggled to assert control over a territory roughly the size of France, awash with guns and hit by violence between competing tribes.
Aguer said violence hit the Wanding area. “The Murle were attacking the Nuer there,” he said. “They took a large number of cattle, and many people were killed.”
The governor of Jonglei state and other local officials could not immediately be reached for comment.
The attack was apparently in response to Lou Nuer raids on Murle settlements in December last year, including on the town of Pibor, which killed hundreds of people.
Two United Nations officials confirmed that the raids against the Lou Nuer camps had taken place, but said they could not yet confirm specific numbers of casualties.
A lack of roads, electricity and stable communications complicate the task of confirming casualty figures in South Sudan, where tribal violence often breaks out in remote regions of what is one of the world’s least developed countries.
The war with the north, fought for all but a few years between 1955 and 2005, also left the country awash with weapons. About 2 million people died in the conflict.
Aguer said the latest tribal violence would not halt a disarmament campaign which the government launched in Jonglei state on Monday.
“All of them, the Murle, the Dinka, the Nuer – all the tribes in Jonglei state carrying illegal arms will have to be disarmed completely,” he said, listing the state’s three largest tribes.
“Whatever time it will take the army to collect, they will continue doing it,” he said. “The responsibility of protection of civilians belongs to the government, not the individuals.”
He said the army was capable of both preventing further attacks and collecting weapons.
Many members of the Murle tribe complain the army is dominated by the Dinka and Nuer tribes, however, highlighting the difficulties of disarmament. Aid workers say previous disarmament campaigns have been poorly managed and have failed to halt violence.
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18 NYSC members died on way to camp - Youth Minister
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Eighteen intending members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) were last Tuesday killed in a road accident while travelling from ...
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Eighteen intending members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) were last Tuesday killed in a road accident while travelling from Imo to Taraba state for their orientation exercise, the Minister of Youth Development, Bolaji Abdullahi said on Monday.
The minister said this during the flag off of the 2012 NYSC Batch A skills acquisition sensitization training programme in Abuja.
He said that the issue of resuming within twenty four hours after issuance of call up letters would no longer be the case. The minister therefore sought for the review of the camp resumption deadline.
“We will look into the review of the resumption time so that those to be mobilise will prepare and resume to the camp before closing of the camp without having to rush to meet up with the deadline. The exercise will start right from when final result of those to be mobilise is released from their various institutions,” Mr Abdullahi said.
He said that the federal government starting from the 2012 Batch A corps members, will start an agro business grant to support and train graduating corps members going into agriculture business.
“Federal government in collaboration with T.Y Danjuma foundation will be giving grant of between two to three million naira to corps members for agro business with the condition that the corper must go through a 14 days training programme and it must be in connection with another four to five corps members.”
The minister further reiterated the scheme’s plan to shut out oil companies, banks and National Assembly from posting corps members to serve there as well as stopping of preferential posting.
“As I earlier disclosed during the unveiling of the new NYSC policy, our corps members will only be posted to areas like agriculture, education, rural health and infrastructure in order to achieve some of the MDGs while corpers will only be posted preferentially based legitimately on marital, medical and disability ground, adding that anyone found wanting or lying about those grounds would be punished appropriately,” he said.
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Arsenal's victory turn up heat on Spurs
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Arsenal narrowed the gap on third-placed Tottenham Hotspur to one point when Thomas Vermaelen struck deep in stoppage time to seal a 2-1 win over Newcastle United in a dramatic Premier League match on Monday.
It was the fourth successive league game that Arsene Wenger’s side have come from behind to win as Arsenal have made the most of a slump in form by bitter north London rivals to challenge their grip on third spot.
“Tottenham have got be watching over their shoulders now,” man of the match Theo Walcott told Sky Sports.
“We are getting our jobs right, defensively we have been fantastic. We know we can always score goals … It’s been an up-and-down season but it’s the way you finish.”
Visitors Newcastle went ahead in the 14th minute through Hatem Ben Arfa’s low drive but their celebrations were extremely short-lived as Arsenal’s man of the moment Robin van Persie struck to level the scores less than a minute later.
Arsenal were in danger of failing to turn their dominance into more goals before Vermaelen prodded home in the fifth minute of stoppage time after Newcastle failed to clear.
Despite a series of misses by the likes of Gervinho, Van Persie and Tomas Rosicky, Wenger said he had never doubted that yet another comeback was on the cards.
“I said to my assistant (Pat Rice), one more attack and we will score,” he said. “We caught them on a counter-attack on the final movement of the game. We got five minutes of extra time and that allowed us to win the game.”
The result left Arsenal in fourth with 52 points from 28 games, one behind arch-rivals Spurs whose stranglehold on third spot has loosened after three successive defeats. Newcastle stayed sixth on 44 points, five behind fifth-placed Chelsea.
Manchester United jumped above Manchester City at the top of the table after beating West Bromwich Albion 2-0 on Sunday as their title rivals lost 1-0 at Swansea City.
SPEEDY WALCOTT
A few weeks ago Spurs had looked to have sewn up third spot and automatic Champions League qualification, leaving Arsenal and Chelsea battling it out for fourth spot, but a top-three finish for Wenger’s side is now a distinct possibility.
Wenger’s men were 12 points behind their north London rivals at the start of last month but thanks to the Van Persie goal machine and a resurgence in the form of Rosicky, who signed a contract extension earlier in the day, Arsenal are on song.
Much of Arsenal’s threat against Newcastle came up the right wing where Bacary Sagna combined well with speedy Walcott, who peppered the area with tantalising crosses.
Despite the hosts’ bright start it was Newcastle who made the breakthrough when Vermaelen gave away the ball and Demba Ba was able to set up Ben Arfa, who was given too much time to get the ball on to his preferred left foot.
Newcastle were given no time to savour the moment as almost immediately Walcott scampered down the right to cross for Van Persie who shrugged off his marker to crash in a low shot and notch his 33rd goal of the season in all competitions.
Arsenal continued to find a way past Newcastle but a combination of some good stops by keeper Tim Krul and some fluffed shots kept the match balanced before a sizzling finale.
Alex Song found Walcott on the right and his cross was only semi-cleared to the on-rushing Vermaelen who netted from close range to snatch all three points from a disappointed Newcastle.
“It was a total commitment tonight to get something from a team that are really in form,” Newcastle manager Alan Pardew said. “They pushed and they pushed and unfortunately we didn’t have the legs left.”
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Sandra Muendane, Mai Atafo, Gavin Rajah and more at the Arise Magazine Fashion Week
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Sandra Muendane, the Mozambique designer, brought a little extra shimmer to sports wear, mixing jersey fabrics in bold prints with shimmering metallic greys in her collection at the Arise Magazine Fashion Week.
Taibo Bacar, another Mozambique designer who made waves at the AMFW in Lagos last week did so with his collection of flattering dresses, crop jackets and sensual evening wears. The young award-winning designers mix of casual elegance and sophistication won over the fashion crowd at the show.
David David, the UK fashion design label by David Saunders made a bold splash of colour and patterns on the runway at the AMFW show. The collection featured jumpers, fitted pants, cool hoodies and dresses all in pattern fabrics that make a definite bold fashion statement. Plus, we kinda love the socks.
Ohimai Atafo’s strong menswear looks in vibrant colours caught the attention of fashion fans at the Arise Magazine Fashion Week; the Nigerian designer for the uber chic guy or gal shows us why he is at the top of the pack in Nigeria’s thriving fashion industry. Lesson learned from the Mai collection? Be bold when mixing colours fellas; say yes to blues and pinks… embrace it!
South African leading fashion designer Gavin Rajah inspired with his latest collection at the Arise Magazine Fashion Week in Lagos with statement-making designs.
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I’m not too old to be PDP Chairman - Tukur
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Nigeria’s business mogul and one of the aspirants to the chairmanship position of The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Alhaji Bamangar Tukur has been reacting to criticisms that he is too old to contest for the chairmanship position.
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Alhaji Tukur who was in the Presidential villa with four governors of the PDP from the north east where the position has been zoned, says the position is rather meant for those he referred to as “daddies.”
The governors were those of Bauchi, Taraba, Gombe and Adamawa states. Their mission to the villa was not immediately disclosed to journalists but sources said the meeting was to discuss how to arrive at who will be the next chairman of the party among the candidates that are vying for the position.
Although Presidential aides have said that the President does not have a candidate among the aspirants for the position, a Nigerian Newspaper – PUNCH reported on Tuesday that President Goodluck Jonathan had “begged” the governors at the meeting to support the candidacy of Alhaji Tukur.
The governors had reported left the meeting assuring the President that they will support his preferred candidate saying that “whoever the President wants, we should support.”
Other senior members of the party that have reportedly endorsed Alhaji Tukur’s bid to be the new PDP Chairman includes Tony Anenih and Edwin Clark from the South-South; Senator Abdul Ningi and Prof Jerry Gana from the North- East and North-Central respectively and the deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekwerenmadu.
On his aspiration Alhaji Tukur said that he has been busy canvassing for the support of his party men at all levels and that the PDP will decide at the Eagle Square with their votes. He said that the position of chairman has been thrown open and that as far as he is concerned, he is more than qualified.
He has pledged to return the party to the people, saying internal democracy remains pivotal to him.
Alhaji Tukur stormed the Wadata Plaza National Secretariat of the PDP on 2nd March 2012 to submit his nomination form for the Chairmanship position and was escorted to the secretariat by some party chieftains in a long convoy.
Other contenders for the PDP’s top position includes: the present Acting National Secretary, Musa Babayo from Bauchi state; the present National Publicity Secretary, Professor Rufai Ahmed Alkali from Gombe state; former Minister of Interior, Shettima Mustapha from Borno state and former Minister of Agriculture, Adamu Bello from Adamawa State.
Others are former Minister of Commerce, Ambassador Idris Waziri from Taraba State; former Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters, Senator Abba Aji; former Minister of the FCT, Architect Ibrahim Bunu from Borno state; Barrister Ibrahim Shehu Birma from Borno State and former National Chairman of Defunct Grassroots Democratic Movement, Alhaji Gambo Lawan from Borno State.
Meanwhile, the PDP has fixed 24 March for its national convention. It is at the convention that a new national working committee of the party will be elected.
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Yahoo sues Facebook over 10 disputed patents in the US
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Yahoo has filed an intellectual property lawsuit against Facebook.
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Yahoo has filed an intellectual property lawsuit against Facebook.
Yahoo claims the social network has infringed 10 of its patents including systems and methods for advertising on the web. Facebook denies the allegation.
The move comes ahead of Facebook’s planned flotation later this year.
Patent litigation has become common between the smartphone makers, but this marks a new front in the battles between the tech giants.
A statement from Yahoo suggested the web portal believed it has a strong case.
“Yahoo’s patents relate to cutting edge innovations in online products, including in messaging, news feed generation, social commenting, advertising display, preventing click fraud and privacy controls,” its suit said.
“Facebook’s entire social network model, which allows users to create profiles and connect with, among other things, persons and businesses, is based on Yahoo’s patented social networking technology.
The social network signalled that it believed that Yahoo had not tried hard to settle the matter without involving the courts.
A statement by Facebook secured by the All Things D website read: “We’re disappointed that Yahoo’s effort to engage with us was limited to a few short phone calls and that we continue to learn of new developments about a long-time partner through the press. We will defend ourselves vigorously against these puzzling actions.”
The case has echoes of Yahoo’s decision to sue Google ahead of its flotation in 2004. That dispute centred over patents that Yahoo had acquired the previous year as part of its takeover of pay-per-position specialist Overture.
Google ultimately settled the case by issuing 2.7 million shares to its rival.
The latest suit was filed in the US district court for the northern district of California.
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Unruly Fan Arrested After South East Derby Attack On Match Officials
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One of the fans that allegedly attacked the match officials after the Heartland versus Enyimba game in the Nigeria Premier League (NPL) on Sunday has been arrested.
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One of the fans that allegedly attacked the match officials after the Heartland versus Enyimba game in the Nigeria Premier League (NPL) on Sunday has been arrested.
The arrested fan identified simply as Ifeanyi, whose surname could not be ascertained, was arrested by the policemen on duty at the venue, Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium in Enugu after the match.
Acting Executive Secretary of the NPL, Tunji Babalola confirmed the arrest but could not give further details on the development.
“It is true that a fan of Heartland was arrested yesterday (on Sunday) but I don’t have the details now until the match commissioner submits his report,” Babalola told SuperSport.com.
The match commissioner, Ben Agarry also confirmed the arrest and referred our correspondent to the Enugu State FA, which played host to the southeast derby between Heartland and Enyimba.
“The Enugu State FA will be in a better position to give information on the matter, as I’m aware of the arrest,” Agarry said.
Secretary of the Enugu State FA, Ugwu Francis disclosed to SuperSport.com that the fan has been charged for breach of public peace and will be paraded at the Enugu High Court.
He further revealed that the court case will come up on March 27 as the accused awaits trial.
“Yes a fan of Heartland was arrested and has been charged to court. The fan is one Ifeanyi as I can’t recall his surname now and he’s now awaiting trial at the Enugu High Court, which will come up on March 27.
“Enugu has been a peaceful venue in the league. Rangers lost to Kano Pillars here last season and this season drew with Heartland and even Warri Wolves and nobody was attacked. So we have a name to protect,” said Francis.
Crowd violence broke out after the Heartland versus Enyimba game on Sunday after the former lost 2-3 to their rivals.
Fans of Heartland allegedly attacked the centre referee, Gabriel Adigwe after the match before the timely intervention of policemen attached to the stadium saved the official from the irate fans.
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Lamolinara and Macmanus killed by captors:Authorities
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The foreign hostages killed last week by the dreaded Boko Haram Lamolinara and Mcmanus were likely killed by their captors reports
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The foreign hostages killed last week by the dreaded Boko Haram Lamolinara and Mcmanus were likely killed by their captors reports say.
For the Italian who was flown into Rome during the weekend had autopsy done on the body.
Lamolinara and Macmanus killed by captors:Authorities
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Gov. Fashola Inaugurates Law Reform Committee
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Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN) on Monday inaugurated the Lagos State Law Reform Committee expressing the hope that it will lead the way forward on where government should intervene in terms of amending, repealing or replacing existing laws in a manner consistent with global practices
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Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN) on Monday inaugurated the Lagos State Law Reform Committee expressing the hope that it will lead the way forward on where government should intervene in terms of amending, repealing or replacing existing laws in a manner consistent with global practices.
Governor Fashola who spoke at the Lagos House, Ikeja while inaugurating the three man Committee headed by a former Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Supo Shasore (SAN) said with the caliber of men on the Committee, the government looks forward to a future that is driven by proactive laws that are lifesaving and citizen responsive while empowering government to do its job better.
“As a government that is committed to law and order, the protection of citizens and their property becomes more difficult if the laws do not reflect the current realities of today. There are some penal sums that are still kept in currencies that Nigeria no longer uses”.
“Some of the penalties are not in tune with realities of today. They cannot achieve deterrence and corrective purposes anymore and prescriptions that have become out of tune with the realities of today”, Governor Fashola stated.
The State Governor reiterated that Lagos State just as any state faces the challenge of urbanization with many millions moving into urban centres in the last 15 years in higher quantities than it has happened in the last 100 years.
He noted that the major work will be determined by how well the law can be managed and enforced, adding that the government welcomes the idea of a Progressive Law Reform Commission.
He said clearly, the State will need new laws to deal with emerging issues in the transport sector such as multiplying number of bicycles and motorcycle operators who flout the law.
“We need new laws and amendments to deal with those modern challenges as a result of urbanization. We also need new laws on how people live when they migrate to urban centres and control what they can do and what they cannot do”.
“We need new laws on how we manage the issue of safety, epidemiology, management and treatment of diseases that would be the increasing challenge of city and state managers. Not long ago, we grappled with the issue of Lassa fever and the prognosis is that diseases in urban centres would become more challenging to deal with especially diseases with capacity for epidemic proportion”.
Governor Fashola who also expressed his pleasure at the choice of the Chairman of the Committee, Mr Supo Shasore(SAN) said he was a former Attorney General who was committed to law reform.
He said not only was his commitment measurable from the number of bills that were passed during Mr Sasore’s time, but two legislations namely the Criminal Code law and the Magistrate Courts laws were very remarkable about his choice for the commission.
The Governor said the Criminal Code Law and the Magistrate Courts Law which is almost 100 years old and 50 years old respectively before they were reformed speaks volume about how Nigerian laws have lagged behind in terms of developments that have taken place in the society.
Speaking earlier, the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Ade Ipaiye had introduced the new Chairman and members namely Mr Supo Shasore (SAN), Mrs Tola Akinsanya and Mr Akeem Olajide Bello, stating that the stage for their inauguration was set when the Governor assented to a bill by the State House of Assembly to reform the Commission.
Mr Ipaiye stated that the assenting of the Governor to the reform law set the stage for an amendment of the law of the State Law Reform Committee as one which keeps the laws on the State under constant review.
Responding on behalf of the appointees, the Chairman, Mr Supo Shasore (SAN) described Governor Fashola as a leader of his generation who has always focused on law and order.
He pledged the commitment of the members to continue to work in the service of the people of Lagos State, adding that they will give the task at hand all the seriousness it requires.
Present at the inauguration were the Deputy Governor, Hon (Mrs) Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire and some members of the State Executive Council.
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National Security:Spate of insecurity is a phase
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Commandant General of the Nigerian Civil Defence Corps has appealed to Nigerians to avoid spreading exaggerated views about the situation
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Commandant General of the Nigerian Civil Defence Corps has appealed to Nigerians to avoid spreading exaggerated views about the situation in the country.
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Sunday night with 9ice and friends
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The usual Ahmadu Bello road heavy traffic that precedes any major show at the prestigious Eko Hotel was nowhere to be found on the night of Sunday March 11, 2012 when multiple award winning singer, 9ice held his album launch concert. Not only was the traffic light on the evening, gate-crashers were just a handful which is surprising for a concert headlined by an artist that is much loved for his originality and perceived excellent connection with fans from the grassroots. At about 10pm, the red carpet also stood bizarrely deserted; this is another unusual sight, even for a Sunday evening concert, as it is usually the time when the socialites love to make their arrival.
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The usual Ahmadu Bello road heavy traffic that precedes any major show at the prestigious Eko Hotel was nowhere to be found on the night of Sunday March 11, 2012 when multiple award winning singer, 9ice held his album launch concert. Not only was the traffic light on the evening, gate-crashers were just a handful which is surprising for a concert headlined by an artist that is much loved for his originality and perceived excellent connection with fans from the grassroots. At about 10pm, the red carpet also stood bizarrely deserted; this is another unusual sight, even for a Sunday evening concert, as it is usually the time when the socialites love to make their arrival.
However, it was a different story altogether in the hall. 9ice stood on a stage with native and ghetto themes, doing a hippity-hoppy dance that is getting the impressively numbered guests cheering. It wasn’t a flop as feared.
On his own, he did well getting guests, which by the way included Mrs. Abimbola Fashola, wife of the Lagos State governor, to connect to his performances. The songs were already popular tracks hence it wasn’t much of a challenge getting the crowd to sing along and match his dance steps. The show was never short of energy.
However, the singer who has enjoyed rave reviews for making excellent songs still struggled with getting in sync with featured artists while on stage. The very popular love peddling track with Tiwa Savage, which got the crowd roaring at its introduction, was performed too simply. They both kept moving about on the stage and refuse to show any chemistry. Despite that, the crowd still went ahead to sing along and dance to the wonderful track.
The Alapomeji boss also performed alongside the raving Okoye brothers, P Square as they reprised ‘All The Way’. Wizkid came on with his enchanting persona on ‘On Point’, and his entire old Coded Tunes affiliates also showed up on stage. The Coded Tunes crew led by ID Cabassa included Lord of Ajasa, Jah Bless and Reminisce. Their presence inspired throwback tracks including ‘Lefe Nu So’ with Ajasa and ‘Ganja Man’ with Jah Bless, which even excites the crowd the more.
Although the night was about 9ice, he wasn’t on stage all the time. At different intervals, he gave room to some of his colleagues to take over the stage proceedings, and they did not disappoint. Mo’Hitian Wande Coal upped the energy level in the room as he came on to perform his latest singles. However, the Mo’Hitian who got the best response was the imprint’s boss himself, Don Jazzy, who 9ice summoned unprepared to perform ‘Without My Heart’ with Miss Savage. Although he did do much, his presence on stage alone got all screaming. 9ice’s son with his now estranged wife, Zion made a cameo appearance too.
The show however hits a crescendo when Fuji music maestro, Ayinde Wasiu popularly known as Kwam 1 took over the evening. The crowd wouldn’t just stop screaming as they sang along and danced to his many hits.
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PDP Ward Congress:Elections conducted across the country
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In line with the agenda of the ruling political party in the Nigeria the PDP to hold ward congresses,party faithfuls filed out in vaious
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In line with the agenda of the ruling political party in the Nigeria the PDP to hold ward congresses,party faithfuls filed out in vaious states in the country to exercise their franchise.
PDP Ward Congress:Elections conducted across the country
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Traditional Medicine:Sector has been neglected-Maurice iwu
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Former Chairman of the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC);Professor Maurice Iwu hinted that the traditional Medicine can be a huge source of foreign exchange for the Nation Nigeria if only the Federal Government can produce a conducive environment for the practitioners.
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Former Chairman of the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC);Professor Maurice Iwu hinted that the traditional Medicine can be a huge source of foreign exchange for the Nation Nigeria if only the Federal Government can produce a conducive environment for the practitioners.
He made this point in Minna the Niger State capital during National Stakeholders Forum for the review of the draft legal document on the protection of the traditional medicine knowledge and biological resources in Nigeria.
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EDO: Osunbor joins ACN, supports Oshiomole's re-election
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Hundreds of supporters of former Governor of Edo State, Prof. Oserheimen Osunbor, at the weekend, defected from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Iruekpen, Esan West local council area.
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Hundreds of supporters of former Governor of Edo State, Prof. Oserheimen Osunbor, at the weekend, defected from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Iruekpen, Esan West local council area.
This, however, came on a day the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) stated that it was ready to conduct the July 14 governorship election in the state.
The defection came two days after Osunbor declared support for Oshiomhole’s re-election.
Osunbor had said when Oshiomhole visited him that, “When a governor is performing, why do we complain?”
Leading the defectors, a former chairman of Esan West local council and former Special Assistant to Osunbor, Mr. Monday Abulu, said they were joining the ACN because of the way Osunbor was humiliated in the last governorship primaries of the PDP
He said Esan West local government area had the highest voting population in the senatorial district and that they wanted to also humiliate the PDP for working against emergence of Osunbor as the gubernatorial candidate.
Receiving the defectors, National Vice-Chairman of ACN (South-south), Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, urged the people to vote against the PDP, stressing that the ACN administration had provided the basic infrastructures for the people in different localities.
Speaking at the occasion, Oshiomhole said the July 14 governorship election would be based on his report card.
It is about report card. When Chief Anenih comes here for campaign, ask him what he has done for Iruekpen community. We have to begin to asked question. We want to build a new political system. We don’t want a political system where men are discarded as small boys, aA political system where one man is educated. People must have the power to reward and to punish. If you remove the people, then democracy is empty.”
“We will double what we have been doing in this community. They said Ali did better than me but the question is why did Anenih remove Ali from office? We now have senses. Tell them they cannot continue to cheat you. You will see action going on in all the promises I have made. Time for making empty election promises are over.”
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Jos Bombing:Dr.Dakwat reacts to reports on casualties
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The Plateau Sate Commissioner for Health;Dr.Sati Dakwats in phone-in interview with Channels Television on the News At Ten. On the
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The Plateau Sate Commissioner for Health;Dr.Sati Dakwat was interviewed on phone live on the News At Ten.
On the report making the rounds over number of casualties from the St.Finbarr’s Catholic Church bombing as Dr.Dakwat denied speaking to any news agency on the number of casualties.
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Jos Bombing:Eyewitnesses say 11 people died in explosion
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Our Jos correspondent,Yemo Kosoko called in on the News At Ten to give an update on the St.Finbarr’s Catholic Church explosion in Jos Plateau State.
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Youth Development:Orji promises continued suport for NYSC
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The National Youth Corps in Abia state will continue to receive the full support of the state government. The Governor Theodre Orji made this pledge when the DG NYSc;Brigadier General Nnamdi Okorie and members of his entourage visited the State house.
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The National Youth Corps in Abia state will continue to receive the full support of the state government.
The Governor Theodre Orji made this pledge when the DG NYSc;Brigadier General Nnamdi Okorie and members of his entourage visited the State house.
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Four Killed In Bayelsa Gang Shootout
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Four persons including a commercial sex worker were yesterday shot dead in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital following renewed clash between two rival cult groups based in the State owned Niger Delta University (NDU), Amassoma in the Southern Ijaw Local Council area of the State.
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Four persons including a commercial sex worker were yesterday shot dead in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital following renewed clash between two rival cult groups based in the State owned Niger Delta University (NDU), Amassoma in the Southern Ijaw Local Council area of the State.
The renewed clash, occurred between 5pm and 8.30pm along the Azikoro and the D.S.P Alameiseigha way (popularly known as Hospital road), causing some form of stampede and a hurried closure of most business outlets in the area.
Our correspondent gathered that trouble started at about 4pm when a 23year old Student of the Niger Delta University (NDU) was shot by suspected cult members following an argument. The 23-year old student, who also matriculated on Saturday during the university’s matriculation ceremony for the 2011/2012 academic session, was shot at close range on Sunday by his assailant near a fast-food joint along Azikoro Road.
Eyewitness account said that the victim was standing with one of his friends near the gate of the fast food outlet when the gun-toting cultist walked close and opened fire on the upper region of his ribs about 5pm Sunday.
Channels Television however gathered that the suspected cult group involved in the shooting subsequently moved into the D.S.P Alameiseigha way area of the private Hospital and unleashed more mayhem.
Sources claimed that the cultist were dressed in Police Uniform and opened fire indiscriminately.
Contacted on the development, the spokesman of the Bayelsa State Police Command, Mr. Emokpae Eguavoen confirmed the clash and said though only two corpses were discovered at the scene of the shooting, six persons have been arrested in connection with killing,”
According to him, “the State command has launched a manhunt for cultists involved in the rivalry clashes and would soon get them”
Meanwhile the Bayelsa State Government, in reaction to the incident, has issued a statement through the office of the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Media and Public Affairs, Mr. Daniel Iworiso-Markson, saying that the unfortunate incident has been brought to their notice and the state government is determined to stamp out crimes and illegality in the state.
“Bayelsa State Government is working closely with the various security agencies to get to the root of the matter” the statement read.
Measures aimed at putting a complete stop to the criminal activities of these various cult groups as well as the move to clamp down on all forms of crime and criminal tendencies perpetrated by those considered to be enemies of the state will be unveiled in the coming days. Government is set to unveil its Task Force on Security. This is in keeping with the earlier promise made by the Dickson administration that it will ensure a zero tolerance for all forms of crime and criminality”
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NUPENG confirms strike on Wednesday
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The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) says there is no going back on their planned nationwide strike, set to commence on Wednesday.
The body had on Sunday, given the federal government an ultimatum of 72 hours to address its demand and warned today that, it will not shelve with the strike if the ultimatum expires.
Speaking with journalists off camera, the national president of the association Bennet Korie said the nationwide strike threat is necessitated by a lingering dispute on loan repayment affecting members of the Jetty and Petroleum Tank Farm Owners of Nigeria (JEPTFON).
He insists that “all the affiliates of NUPENG would embark on a full scale strike by this week, if the federal government fails to intervene in the lingering dispute affecting members of the jetty and petroleum tank farm owners of Nigeria (JEPTFON).”
The grievances of the union stem from a loan repayment deal to banking institutions owed by members JEPTFON, a sub-union of NUPENG.
Part of the union’s demand is anchored on failure of government to implement a section of the agreement which bothered on a 15-year time frame to pay back all the loans acquired from various banks to meet the demand of fuel importation by members of JEPTFON.
NUPENG had also prevailed on government to allow the debtors pay a three percent interest rate for the loans acquired.
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Pension Fraud:Banks Breached CBN Regulation on Account Opening-Eghes Eyieyen
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The Pension Fund reforms is presently going on as the joint Senate committee on the recent pensions probe which held at Abuja last
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The Pension Fund reforms is presently going on as the joint Senate committee on the recent pensions probe which held at Abuja last week.
The panel summoned the chairman of the pension scheme taskforce to come and answer questions.
The Pension Fund reforms is presently going on as the joint Senate committee on the recent pensions probe which held at Abuja last week. The … Continue reading Pension Fraud:Banks Breached CBN Regulation on Account Opening-Eghes Eyieyen
The Pension Fund reforms is presently going on as the joint Senate committee on the recent pensions probe which held at Abuja last week.
The panel summoned the chairman of the pension scheme taskforce to come and answer questions.
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Eldee releases new video ‘’Undeniable”
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Lanre Dabiri popularly called Eldee has released yet another new single titled ‘’Undeniable”.
| 2012-03-12T17:19:09 |
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Lanre Dabiri popularly called Eldee has released yet another new single titled ‘’Undeniable”.
The single featured K9 and Sojay.
Eldee is an original member of the band Trybesmen , which started in 1998 with rappers KB and Freestyle.
Lanre Dabiri popularly called Eldee has released yet another new single titled ‘’Undeniable”. The single featured K9 and Sojay. Advertisement Eldee is an original member … Continue reading Eldee releases new video ‘’Undeniable”
Lanre Dabiri popularly called Eldee has released yet another new single titled ‘’Undeniable”.
The single featured K9 and Sojay.
Eldee is an original member of the band Trybesmen , which started in 1998 with rappers KB and Freestyle.
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Court to continue Deji Abiola's case despite "Out of Court Settlement Agreement"
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The Lagos High Court Ikeja today refused to quash the one count charge of stealing proffered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against Mr. Deji Abiola, son of the acclaimed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential elections, Chief Moshood Abiola.
| 2012-03-12T17:12:22 |
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The Lagos High Court Ikeja today refused to quash the one count charge of stealing proffered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against Mr. Deji Abiola, son of the acclaimed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential elections, Chief Moshood Abiola.
Presiding Judge, Adeniyi Onigbanjo instead fixed the 7th of May for commencement of trial even as both parties indicated that they had not ruled out options of a reconcilliation outside the courts.
Justice Onigbanjo in refusing the application said contrary to Mr Abiola’s claim, the EFCC has the prosecutorial power to charge the applicant as there was sufficient evidence to prosecute the case.
Mr Abiola through his counsel had asked the court to quash the one count charge and to discharge him off the offence.
The application was predicated on the grounds that the EFCC lacked prosecutorial powers as the charge of stealing is a state offence. The defendant also argued that the court lacked jurisdiction as there was no proper complaint before it.
The EFCC opposed the application describing it as premature and incompetent.
Mr. Deji Abiola was arraigned by the EFCC on the 30th of June, 2011 on the allegations of collecting the sum of N35.5m from one Mr Jide Jose under the pretext of helping him to import printing machines from Switzerland.
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Ivie Richard speaks on Police Pension Probe
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The Pension Fund reforms is presently going on as the joint Senate committee on the recent pensions probe which held at Abuja last week.
| 2012-03-12T17:12:03 |
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The Pension Fund reforms is presently going on as the joint Senate committee on the recent pensions probe which held at Abuja last week.
The Probe panel summoned the chairman of the pension scheme taskforce to come and answer questions relating to issues that remained unclear to Nigerians and the probe panel as lots of illegal transactions were revealed.
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Brazil football boss Ricardo Teixeira resigns
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The head of Brazil’s football federation- Brazilian Confederation Football (CBF)-Ricardo Teixeira, has stepped down from his post, days after taking sick leave. He also resigned … Continue reading Brazil football boss Ricardo Teixeira resigns
| 2012-03-12T17:05:15 |
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The head of Brazil’s football federation- Brazilian Confederation Football (CBF)-Ricardo Teixeira, has stepped down from his post, days after taking sick leave.
He also resigned from the 2014 World Cup organising committee.
Mr Teixeira, who led the federation for 23 years, had come under pressure over corruption allegations, which he has denied.
He has been investigated on suspicion of crimes including tax evasion but has never been convicted of any offence.
Mr. Teixeira has a long list of accusations against him.
In 1994, after winning the World Cup in the USA, the Brazilian Team returned home in a private flight. On arrival in Brazil, Teixeira refused to abide by the rules of Brazilian Customs, on the grounds that “a title of the Brazilian Team is worthy much more than the custom taxes”; later on, it was discovered that many players had brought boxes of undeclared stuff (particularly computers and electronic appliances, which were expensive in Brazil at the time), and that Mr. Teixeira himself had packed a full beer making machine, that he used in a bar he opened a few months later – after a long dispute with Brazilian IRS, Teixeira paid the due taxes and fines.
In 2000, Teixeira faced a Probing Commission in Brazilian Congress. He was charged of taking illegal advantage of contracts with Nike: the Brazil Team would satisfy Nike’s interests, and Teixeira would rake the financial gains. Again, Teixeira had to pay taxes on the basis of non-declared revenues.
In November 2010 he was alleged by the BBC to have taken bribes in the 1990s regarding the awarding of World Cup television rights.
Teixeira waited until 25th July 2011 to respond to the allegations, at which point he attacked on the English Football Association, saying he would “make their lives hell” as long as he remained a member of FIFA’s ruling Executive Committee.
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Discussing the Police Pension Probe with Ken Ugbeche
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The Senate Police pension Probe which took place last week as revelations upon revelations was brought to fore. On Sunrise Daily,Ken Ugbeche was on board … Continue reading Discussing the Police Pension Probe with Ken Ugbeche
| 2012-03-12T17:02:07 |
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The Senate Police pension Probe which took place last week as revelations upon revelations was brought to fore.
On Sunrise Daily,Ken Ugbeche was on board to discuss the Polce Pension Fraud Probe.
The Senate Police pension Probe which took place last week as revelations upon revelations was brought to fore. On Sunrise Daily,Ken Ugbeche was on board … Continue reading Discussing the Police Pension Probe with Ken Ugbeche
The Senate Police pension Probe which took place last week as revelations upon revelations was brought to fore.
On Sunrise Daily,Ken Ugbeche was on board to discuss the Polce Pension Fraud Probe.
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Nigeria gets 88 new ambassadors
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Nigeria gets 88 new ambassadors
| 2012-03-12T16:52:38 |
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The Minister of foreign affairs Ambassador Olugbenga Ashiru has called for an adjustment of the nation’s foreign policy to address current global trends and challenges including security concerns in the sub-region.
Mr. Ashiru noted that the nation’s foreign policy must also reflect a greater percentage of national interests that will help eradicate poverty and boost economic progress.
The Minister made the remarks while addressing 88 new ambassadors being inducted for foreign postings.
He urged them to pursue robust multi-lateral and bi-lateral relations with the international community to attract foreign investment to the country.
However, the Permanent Secretary of foreign affairs Ministry, Martin Uhomoibhi cautioned the diplomats that representing one’s country as an Ambassador is “certainly a far cry from enjoying the sights and sounds of a foreign country like a tourist.”
President GoodluckJjonathan in December 2011 submitted a list of 32 non-career and 56 career Ambassadorial nominees to the Senate for confirmation.
Some of the nominees include; the former minister of foreign affairs, Ojo Madueke, widow of the late Biafra leader, Bianca Ojukwu, former senior special assistant to the president on diaspora affairs, and former Minister of Aviation, Fidelia Njeze.
The 88 newly appointed ambassadors were at an induction ceremony in Abuja to take on their diplomatic missions as soon as they receive their foreign postings.
The Minister of foreign affairs also called for the protection of the interests and rights of Nigerians in diaspora. He called for high performance and productive diplomatic relations.
Economic progress has been the focus of this administration, though many Nigerians say they are yet to see the fruits of the efforts. Perhaps stronger bi-lateral and multi-lateral ties with other countries will attract the much needed foreign investors.
Nigeria has witnessed a number of diplomatic row in recent weeks which ranges from the spat with South Africa over the deportation of 125 Nigerians over fake yellow fever vaccination card and the killing of a Briton and Italian during a botched rescue mission in Sokoto.
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Civil defense boss urge Nigerians to be cautious of information
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The Commandant General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), Dr. Ade Abolurin, has appealed to Nigerians to avoid spreading exaggerated news about … Continue reading Civil defense boss urge Nigerians to be cautious of information
| 2012-03-12T15:36:51 |
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The Commandant General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), Dr. Ade Abolurin, has appealed to Nigerians to avoid spreading exaggerated news about the security situation in the country.
Addressing journalists in Abuja on Monday, Dr. Ade Abolurin said while Nigerians feel the need to spread information, “such news must be confirmed, in order to avoid putting more Nigerians at risk.”
Following the recent numerous terror attacks in different parts of the country, a number of false messages are broadcasted across the various social media platforms.
He noted that “the spate of insecurity in the country is a phase that Nigeria will pass through” as he appealed to the citizens to complement the efforts of security operatives.
According to Dr Abolurin, “Nigeria remains a safe haven for the majority of persons especially when compared with other very volatile nations.”
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Naira falls vs dollar on buying pressure
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The Naira weakened against the U.S dollar on the interbank market on Monday, on strong demand by some banks filling their customers' ...
| 2012-03-12T15:36:44 |
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The Naira weakened against the U.S dollar on the interbank market on Monday, on strong demand by some banks filling their customers’ needs for dollars, as dollar liquidity gradually dries up in the market, traders said.
The naira closed at 157.90 to the dollar compared with the 157.30 to the dollar on Friday.
Traders said the naira eased to 158.35 intraday before it finally settled at the 157.90 level, at the close of the market, on buying pressure from banks meeting their customers’ demand for dollars.
A trader said the central bank was not meeting all demand for dollars at the auction, while more customers were resorting to the interbank to fill their needs.
The naira has performed well against the dollar since the start of the year, largely driven up by offshore investors into local debt instruments, which currently offer attractive yields.
“We expect that the naira will rebound this week as speculation is that there’s an NNPC plan to sell around $300 million to fill the market,” another dealer said.
At the bi-weekly auction, the central bank sold $150 million at 156.06 to the dollar, compared with $150 million sold at 156.01 to the dollar at the previous auction on Wednesday.
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Arsenal To face Newcastle At The Emirates
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North London side Arsenal host Newcastle United in the Premier League match on Monday night to mark the end of the week 28 games.
| 2012-03-12T15:34:26 |
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North London side Arsenal host Newcastle United in the Premier League match on Monday night to mark the end of the week 28 games.
The Gunners have come from behind to win in their last three Premier League matches, including against Tottenham and Liverpool.
And in the Champions League in midweek, they nearly pulled off the biggest of the lot when they went 3-0 up against AC Milan before narrowly failing to overturn a 4-0 first-leg deficit.
Arsene Wenger’s side is looking for a fifth consecutive Premier League victory but they will be wary of Newcastle, who have surpassed expectations this season. The Magpies are without a win in three games, but snatching a last-gasp draw in the Tyne-Wear derby last weekend will have given them a lift ahead of their visit to the Emirates, where they won last season.
Arsenal almost overturned a four goal deficit and eliminate Milan in the Champions’ League but failed to find the last goal that could have rewritten the history books but Newcastle also are come back masters after going down 4-0 but recovered after the break, scoring four goals in 19 minutes against Arsenal last year.
Arsene Wenger will welcome back Mikel Arteta and Aaron Ramsey who are likely to return after respective head and ankle injuries.
Yossi Benayoun has overcome illness and Andre Santos is back in training after a long-term ankle problem.
Newcastle will however be without Peter Lovenkrands who is billed to miss the rest of the season after suffering a suspected ruptured thigh muscle against Sunderland.
But manager Alan Pardew has no other fresh injury concerns ahead of Monday’s match.
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PPPRA issues fuel import permits for Q2
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The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) said on Monday it had issued 42 marketers with permits to import a total of 4.8 ...
| 2012-03-12T15:23:30 |
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The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) said on Monday it had issued 42 marketers with permits to import a total of 4.8 billion litres of fuel in the second quarter this year.
This is the first open tender announcement (PPPRA) will be making since the removal and then reinstated of fuel subsidy in January after protests.
The local units of oil majors Exxon Mobil and Total as well as state-owned NNPC were among companies approved to sell fuel, the PPPRA said in a statement.
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Train kills passenger, injures another
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Two separate accidents linked with the Ijoko-Lagos mass transit trains (MTT) service of Nigeria Raiway Corporation (NRC) have left a passenger dead and another badly … Continue reading Train kills passenger, injures another
| 2012-03-12T14:54:59 |
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Two separate accidents linked with the Ijoko-Lagos mass transit trains (MTT) service of Nigeria Raiway Corporation (NRC) have left a passenger dead and another badly injured.
The accidents occurred on Monday morning when passengers rushed to board moving and overcrowded trains at the Agbado train station. One of the passengers was crushed by a moving train during the rush while the legs of another were broken.
Eyewitnesses disclosed that the victims slipped and fell off while trying to board the moving train.
Regular train passengers blamed the accidents on overcrowding and attitude of passengers who blocked the entrance of the coaches, preventing other passengers from getting onto the train.
An NRC official at the station disclosed that the incidents have been reported to the NRC headquarters at Ebute Meta for proper action.
Reports say the crushed body of the dead victim was pulled out from the wheels and placed beside the rail track, while the man with a broken leg was rushed to a nearby hospital.
Earlier, the railway police command had warned passengers against hanging on moving trains, saying that offenders would be charged with attempted suicide.
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Nigerian arrested with cocaine in India
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A 32-year-old Nigerian was on Monday arrested in Delhi, India on charges of supplying cocaine, police said Monday. Obiora Ikenna, from ...
| 2012-03-12T14:52:56 |
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A 32-year-old Nigerian was on Monday arrested in Delhi, India on charges of supplying cocaine, police said Monday.
Obiora Ikenna, from Anambra state, was arrested around 10 p.m on Sunday near Aya Chowk with eight grams of cocaine valued at more than US$22,000 globally.
He told the police that he came to India 14 months back on a tourist visa and lived in Arjun Nagar.
The police said Mr Ikenna’s visa expired on Feb 7, 2010.
“Initially, he exported ready-made garments, shoes and other accessories from Delhi to Lagos but incurred heavy losses,” said Deputy Commissioner of Police, Chhaya Sharma.
Later, he met a Nigerian drug trafficker who lured him into the trade, said Mr Sharma.
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Court gives Jonathan, Army Chiefs more time to defend fuel subsidy removal case
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A Federal High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, has fixed the 3rd of April for hearing in the suit filed by Save Nigeria ...
| 2012-03-12T14:14:06 |
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A Federal High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, has fixed the 3rd of April for hearing in the suit filed by Save Nigeria Group(SNG) against the Federal Government over an alleged violation of its members rights in last January’s protest against the removal of fuel subsidy.
The SNG filed the suit against President Goodluck Jonathan, the National Security Adviser, Gen. Andrew Azazi, the Chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshall Oluseyi Petinrin and Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika.
Others listed in the suit are the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar and the Attorney General of the Federation, Mohammed Bello Adoke.
Presiding Justice Steven Adah on Monday, adjourned the matter after the counsel representing the President, the IG and the AGF, Mr. Taiwo Abidogun, informed the court that he was yet to file his counter-affidavit to the suit. He attributed the delay in his response to the applicant’s mode of commencement of the suit.
Counsel for the applicants, Ms Flora Ogbuitepu however asked for the court’s permission to move her application without the respondents’ counter-affidavits being in the court’s file.
She said the respondents had been served with the processes of the suit on the 8 & 9th of Febraury 2012, and their failure to respond within five days, as provided by the court rules, implied that they were not willing to oppose the suit.
In a short ruling, Justice Adah granted more time to enable the respondents regularise their filings.
The SNG, convened by Pastor Tunde Bakare, is asking the court to award the sum of N100m against the respondents as damages for an alleged violation of its members’ rights by deploying troops to stop its protest on January 16, 2012.
It also wants the court to order the respondents to publish an apology in at least three national newspapers.
However despite confirmation that all the respondents had been served with the processes of the suit, the National Security Adviser, the Chief of Defence Staff and the Chief of Army Staff are yet to be represented by counsel in court.
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Residents flee Adamawa over death of six
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Adamawa on Monday morning. Residents disclosed that they heard gun shots at about 4 am, only to wake up to see the dead bodies lined up ...
| 2012-03-12T13:57:55 |
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Six dead bodies riddled with bullets were discovered by residents of Yelwa ward in Mubi town, Adamawa on Monday morning.
Residents disclosed that they heard gun shots at about 4 am, only to wake up to see the dead bodies lined up on the street.
Some families have started fleeing the area for fear of what might likely occur.
The Adamawa State Police Commissioner, Aderene Shinaba, who confirmed the killings and urged residents not to panic, stated that investigation into the matter has commenced.
According to him, the corpses have been deposited at the General Hospital, Mubi and the police command is on the alert to safeguard lives and properties.
A Nigerian newspaper reported that soldiers attached to the Joint Task Force were responsible for shooting the dead six persons who they suspected were members of the Boko Haram sect.
The newspaper report said the soldiers invaded the camp and killed the six sect members.
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