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Tuesday, 15 September 2015

Elumelu exposes multi-billion naira power sector fraud

A former member of the House of Representatives and chairman, House adhoc committee on the power sector probe during the sixth National Assembly, Godwin Ndudi Elumelu, yesterday, gave an insight into how government officials and contractors allegedly connived in the past, to fleece the federal government of trillions of naira.

A hotel building falls into the floodwaters at Nikko mountain resort in Tochigi prefecture, north of Tokyo Photo: AFP

Hundreds of bags containing radioactive waste from the Fukushima disaster nuclear clean-up have been swept away in recent floods in Japan, it has emerged.

The torrential rainfall which hit Japan last week resulted in at least 293 bags of radioactive waste collected after the 2011 nuclear disaster being washed away from the village of Iitate, Fukushima prefecture.

A Chinese woman who suffered a miscarriage has been arrested for allegedly stealing another mother’s child in order to conceal the truth of her loss from her family.

According to People’s Daily Online, the Suspect, who is known as Zhao Juan, dressed up as a nurse on August 23 and took a new-born boy to pass off as her own from a hospital in eastern China’s Hongze county.

She was apprehended by the police when she was faking childbirth in the same hospital on the same day.

The Economic and Financial Crimes on Monday interrogated the immediate past Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service, David Parradang, over alleged corruption.

The spokesperson of the Commission, Wilson Uwujaren, confirmed this to PREMIUM TIMES in a telephone interview.

The Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), has said that it will celebrate its 16th anniversary of its campaign to revive the failed republic of Biafra. It said over the past 16 years it was brutalized and suppressed by agents of the federal government.

Addressing journalists in Umuahia, the Abia State capital, MASSOB administrator of Ikwuano region, Mr. Davidson Ohaegbu, said the programme of events would include thanksgiving service in different churches in the state to show appreciation to God for protecting members of the group from “annihilation by successive governments and their agents”.

At least 20 persons were killed yesterday morning following attacks in Zakupwang, Fan village in Foron district of Barkin Ladi Local Government Area, Plateau State, by unknown gunmen suspected to be herdsmen.

LEADERSHIP gathered that the attack was carried out between 12am and 1am.

Piqued by the killings in the state, Governor Simon Lalong has set up a 14-man committee, seven each from the Berom and Fulani communities, to reconcile their differences and provide the ground for lasting peace.

The wife of The Sun Deputy Managing Director Steve Nwosu, Toyin, has been kidnapped.

An armed gang, numbering about seven, stormed Nwosu’s Ago Palace Way, Okota home, entering the house through a window.

They took advantage of the absence of electricity supply, the transformer stationed in front of the building before scaling the fence.

They were said to have broken the bulb at the corridor, entered the house and turned off the lights. They headed straight to the rooms.

Orphaned Teenager With No Legs Achieves Lifelong Ambition to Go to University

AN ORPHANED teenager who lost both her legs as a child has achieved her lifelong ambition – to go to university.

Wang Juan, 19, was in a horrific car accident when she was just six years old and had a double above-knee leg amputation.
Tragically her mother then committed suicide after being unable to cope with the pressures of rising a physically disabled child.

Those Little Things - 3 Ways To Show Love To Your Partner

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When you are in a relationship, whether married or yet to be, the easiest way to keep the love and romance alive is to keep looking for ways to make the other person happy. Even if you don't get it right all the time, the fact that you are making efforts to do so goes a long way to show that you care and appreciate your spouse or partner. And in my personal experience, I have found that often, it is those little things that are the most important when it comes to laying a foundation of love and sweet memories in your relationship.

Dabota Lawson's billionaire husband,Prince Sunny Aku has opened upon their one year union.Speaking to City People Magazine, he showered praises on her ,even promising to dedicate a multi-billion business to her.

I thank God I found Dabota. I love her so badly. She plays the role of a wife to me. She is also like a girlfriend in that she knows how to spice up our marriage. She makes me feel young. She is my all in all. That's why I spoil her silly. Most of the time she appears more matured than I am. She is always advising me. That is why I consult her on every step I take. She encourages me.

A man and woman have been stoned to death by Taliban militants in northern Sar-i-Pul province for having immoral contacts. Abdul Jabar Haqbin, acting governor of Sar-i-Pul province said that Taliban had kidnapped the man and woman three days before.

He said Taliban planned to execute the hostages on Friday but it was delayed due to an airstrike by Afghan forces. Haqbin added that the execution was ultimately carried in Kata Qala area of Suzma Qala District yesterday.

Two persons were arrested on Sunday night by the officers of the Nigerian Legion, Ado Odo/Ota local government area of Ogun state for attempting to exhume a corpse.

The two culprits Oke Akindele, an herbalist, who lives at 1, Palace road, Agido, Igbogila and Timothy Oniyide, 19, a welder, residing at 3, Olorunsogo street, Igan-Alade in Yewa North local government area of Ogun state.

Scores of workers at Lacasera Company Plc staged a protest, on Monday, in Lagos State moments after about 700 workers received their sack letters. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the company, however, described the protest as an invasion of its premises by 'hoodlums.'

Police say the 39-year-old unnamed woman, who will appear in court later Monday, switched the 10 million baht ($278,000) gem with a fake one at a jewellery fair on the northern outskirts of Bangkok on Thursday.

She then tried to flee Thailand undetected by ingesting the gem.

President Muhammadu Buhari will leave Abuja for Paris on Monday to begin a three-day official visit to France at the invitation of President Francois Hollande.

This is contained in a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja by the president’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina.

It stated that President Buhari’s talks with President Hollande and other senior French Government officials would focus on further strengthening and consolidation of ongoing bilateral cooperation between Nigeria and France.

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo said he left in the national treasury over N287bn, made up of $2bn, £100m and N10bn in cash and property, being the loot recovered from the late dictator, Gen. Sani Abacha.

Obasanjo left office as President in 2007 after serving two terms of eight years and handed over to the now late former President Umaru Yar’Adua.

At times, our worries and anxieties can overwhelm us. In addition, our worries can distort our perception of what is reality and what is not. Here is a brief list of techniques that you can use to help gain a better perspective on things during your anxious moments.

When feeling anxious, stop what you are doing and try to do something relaxing. You should take a deep breath and try to find something to do for a few minutes to get your mind off of the problem. You could get some fresh air, listen to some music, or do an activity that will give you a fresh perspective on things.

Mayweather came out attacking and scored an easy victory with a unanimous decision over Andre Berto in a welterweight world title bout at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, improving his record to 49-0. Despite all the skepticism about whether he is ready to start the next chapter in his life, Mayweather continued to insist that this was indeed his final fight.

Police said the bullets that struck three cars in his convoy were not aimed at the former rebel Renamo commander's convoy but targeted a motorist who had refused to stop at a road block.

"Police ordered a car (not linked to the Renamo convoy] to stop for a routine check. But the car didn't stop, so the police opened fire," Manica province police inspector Manuel Lourenço told AFP.

The military has said the new strategies being employed by its new leaders have started yielding positive results with scores of terrorists surrendering to troops engaged in the counter-terrorism and counter-insurgency operations in the North-east tagged: ‘Operation Lafiya Dole.’

The Director of Army Public Relations (DAPR), Col. Sani Usman, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, saying that more terrorists and fighters are willing to surrender to the Nigerian military.

Usman listed the new strategies employed to include sustained offensive operations, pre-emptive air strikes by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) and routes blocking by ground troops all geared towards constricting and snuffing out the Boko Haram terrorists.

There are strong indications that the Department of State Service, (DSS) has completed a screening process for some of the ministerial nominees to make up the cabinet of President Muhammadu Buhari.

Among the list of those who were said to have been screened by the DSS are, former presidential candidate, Prof. Pat Utomi, Femi Falana (SAN), a former Governor of Osun State, Olagunsoye Oyinlola, a former finance commissioner in Lagos State, Mr. Wale Edun and Former Managing Director of Nigerian Breweries Limited, Mr. Festus Odimegwu.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, weekend, burst a major corporate fraud when it took into custody one Alhaji Mohammed Gobir for allegedly defrauding foremost outdoor advertising company, Afromedia, huge sums of money in various currencies. The act fetched Gobir a huge fortune in both local and foreign currencies worth billions of Naira.

With only few weeks to the October 31 deadline, Nigerian bank customers living in India and China may have difficulty registering for their Bank Verification Number (BVN) as customs officials delay commencement of the registration process.
This, according to the managing director and chief executive of Nigerian Inter Bank Settlement System (NIBSS) Ade Shonubi, is because materials to be used in the registration process in India and China are still being held by custom officials of the two countries.

Shonubi while speaking with journalists last week revealed that NIBSS which is spearheading the BVN is having challenges in clearing the registration materials in Bo India and China for over three weeks.

“We have devices that are stuck in India and China and for the last three week we have been unable to get them out. And these are devices that are meant to be set up there but we can’t get their customs to review and release it.

Apart from barefaced theft of public funds, corruption has also been cited as the main reason for poor policy choices, the prevalence of poverty in the midst of plenty and waste of resources in the country, according to President Muhammadu Buhari in his Goodwill message to the Conference of Catholic Bishops of Nigeria earlier on Sunday in Port Harcourt.

At least seven people were killed when a school building collapsed on Sunday in Jos, Plateau State.

A witness said Abu Naima Primary and Secondary School in Bukuru, Jos South local Government Area, said to be an Islamic school, collapsed on Sunday evening killing some of the pupils.

The incident happened at about 6:30 p.m. local time.

Each year, millions of Nigerians who face a cancer diagnosis are a constant reminder that Western medicine has certainly not found a cancer cure. VICTOR OKEKE writes on how omega-3 fatty acids acts against cancer.

When it comes to fat, there’s one type you don’t want to cut back on: omega-3 fatty acids. Two crucial ones – EPA and DHA – are primarily found in certain fish. ALA (alpha-linolenic acid), another omega-3 fatty acid, is found in plant sources such as nuts and seeds.

Rick Perry Quits Presidential Race 'With No Regrets;' Says God's Will 'Superior to Mine'

U.S. Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry salutes the audience at the Family Leadership Summit in Ames, Iowa, United States, July 18, 2015.

Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry announced Friday that he is suspending his presidential campaign, becoming the first to drop out of the 2016 Republican presidential nominating contest. He said he still believes in the conservative message and that Christ's "ways are greater than my ways. Your will superior to mine."

"When I gave my life to Christ, I said, 'Your ways are greater than my ways. Your will superior to mine,"
Perry said at a conservative conference in St. Louis, Missouri. "Today I submit that His will remains a mystery, but some things have become clear. That is why today I am suspending my campaign for the presidency of the United States."

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says the present crop of northern leaders is responsible for the backwardness of the region, saying they have abandoned diligence and selfless service and resorted to personal aggrandizement, Vanguard reports.

Osinbajo made the remark at the opening ceremony of Northern Reawakening Forum (NRF) Summit, held under the theme “Building a Safe, Secure and Economically Inclusive Northern Nigeria” and held at the Transcorp Hilton, Abuja, on Saturday.

He regretted that the elite had jettisoned the foundation set by the founding fathers, leading to the challenges confronting the country.

The proud mom and her little boy made for a striking duo at the US Open .. Nice

Fornication: Fornication is immoral sex. It comes from the Greek word porneia which means “unclean.” This broad term includes sexual intercourse outside of marriage (1 Corinthians 7:2, 1 Thessalonians 4:3), sleeping with your stepmother (1 Corinthians 5:1), sex with a prostitute (1 Corinthians 6:13, 15-16), and adultery (Matthew 5:32).

Adultery: Adultery, or sex with someone who is not your spouse, is a sin and was punishable in the Old Testament by death (Leviticus 21:10). In the New Testament, Jesus expanded adultery to mean not just physical acts, but emotional acts in the mind and heart (Matthew 5:28).

England 2018 bid representative David Beckham walks with Fifa President Sepp Blatter and Vice President Jack Warner (L) at the 2010 FIFA Under 17 Women's World Cup final between Japan and South Korea at Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain September 25, 2010.
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Swiss television channel SRF alleged that Blatter signed off the screening rights for South Africa and Brazil to Warner for 600,000 dollars (£389,000, 529,000 euros) - a mere 5% of their true market value.

Warner was at the time of the deal in 2005 flying high in world football as FIFA vice-president and boss of football's governing body in North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF).

An Indian court on Friday convicted 12 people over a series of bombings on commuter trains in Mumbai that killed around 190 people in 2006.

Indian rescue workers search for bodies inside the mangled railway compartment Photo: AFP

The men were convicted of murder, conspiracy and waging war against the country over the coordinated series of attacks during the evening rush hour that also injured more than 800 people.

The Northern Region Leaders of Assemblies of God, Nigeria, have appealed to the warring factions in the Church to bury their differences and return to one fold so that the goal of the propagation of the gospel of Christ can be achieved.

The Church’s Leaders from the 19 States of the North, at a press briefing held in Jos, the Plateau State capital, said they are saddened by the leadership crisis that has engulfed the Church since 2013 adding that the Church exists to serve God and not to be served.

For the last five years, a Seattle-based couple who married in 2002 have dressed, traveled, cooked, eaten, and entertained themselves as if they lived in the 19th century.
Sarah and Gabriel Chrisman do not use cell phones, internet, modern transport and sneakers .They bough an1888-built house.Sarah wears a corset all day, every day. Gabriel, a library and information science academic, wears authentic gold-rimmed 19th century glasses.

The Nigerian Government on Friday said there was no going back on the September 15, 2015 deadline for all Ministries, Departments and Agencies as well as the general public to comply with the directive on the Treasury Single Account, TSA policy.

The Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, had set September 15, 2015 as deadline for the closure of all accounts of Federal Government MDAs with the commercials banks.

An officer of the State Security Service, Godwin Mba, has revealed that cult groups and thugs spearheaded the violence and carnage that characterised the April 11 governorship election in Rivers State.

Mr. Mba, who led SSS’ detectives on election duty to Andoni Local Government Area, told the Rivers State Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Abuja that the Peoples Democratic Party in Rivers State worked closely with known cultists and thugs in Andoni from the eve of the election till the announcement of result.

Angélique Kpasseloko Hinto Hounsinou Kandjo Manta Zogbin Kidjo, known as Angélique Kidjo, currently in Nigeria for the latest work of Kunle Afolayan, The CEO, speaks to DUPE AYINLA-OLASUNKANMI on her journey as a black musician who had survived the odds abroad, among other issues. Enjoy

CAN you tell us about your role in the movie The CEO?

I can’t tell you until you see the movie. If I give out the secret and the juices, then what pleasure would you have when watching the movie?

What made you accept the script?

Record signing Anthony Martial scored on his Manchester United debut as they beat Liverpool 3-1 to move up to second in the Premier League.

Daley Blind gave the hosts the lead shortly after the break, before Ander Herrera converted from the penalty spot after he was brought down by Joe Gomez in the box.

Christian Benteke pulled one back with a stunning strike, but Martial restored United’s two-goal lead with an excellent individual goal.

British heir accuses his mother of racism towards his half-Nigerian wife

The relationship between the heir to Longleat estate, future Marquess of Bath, Ceawlin Thynn and his mother has deteriorated so badly that she was not invited to his wedding to Emma McQuiston, the daughter of Nigerian oil tycoon Ladi Jadesimi and British mother, Suzanna McQuisto, The Telegraph reports.

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong Photo: EPA/TOM WHITE
Singapore's prime minister on Saturday lauded the city-state's youth vote for helping return his party to power in a massive election victory, and reversing a worrying drop in popularity it suffered in the last polls four years ago.

The ruling People's Action Party got 83 of the 89 seats in Parliament, while the opposition Workers' Party captured six in Friday's elections.

"It is a good result for the PAP, but it is an excellent result for Singapore," Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said in the early hours of Saturday, after final results were announced. He said the result would not have been possible without broad support from all sections of society.

President Buhari this morning attended the Combined Passing Out Parade 7 Convocation ceremony of Cadets 62 Regular course and short service course 43 of the NDA in Kaduna state. Continue to see more photos from the event..

Bobby Brown has given his first interview over the death of his daughter Bobbi Kristina, saying he comforts himself with the belief that ex-wife Whitney Houston 'called my daughter with her'.

The singer said in a sit-down with syndicated daytime talk show The Real - set to air September 14 - that he and his family did all they could do for his daughter before her July death, six months after she was found unconscious in the bathtub of her Georgia home in mysterious circumstances. Supported by wife Alicia Etheredge Brown, Bobby said on the show:

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Friday said it had arrested a suspected notorious drug baron, Azubuike Odugwe AKA "Eze Ntu" meaning "Chief of Cocaine" over unlawful importation of 1.025kg of cocaine.

The Agency’s Spokesman, Mitchell Ofoyeju, said in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that the arrest was made during inward screening of passengers on Emirates airline flight from Dubai.

Donald Trump gives Miss USA Olivia Culpo a kiss after she was crowned Miss Universe 2012.Photo: EPA

Donald Trump announced in a tweet on Friday that he had purchased the 51 percent of the Miss Universe Organization he didn’t already own.
Terms were not disclosed.

The move intrigued observers of the pageantry business, not because Trump bought full control of the company that owns the Miss USA, Miss Teen USA and Miss Universe pageants, but because of the “stay tuned!” message at the end of the tweet.

Reuters – Venezuela’s state-run oil company PDVSA has bought three new cargoes of Angolan and Nigerian crudes for delivery at Bullenbay terminal in the Caribbean island of Curacao, according to traders and Thomson Reuters vessel tracking data.

Kazakhistan president Nursultan Nazarbayev has appointed his own daughter as deputy prime minister, sparking speculation that she could succeed him as ruler of the mineral-rich Central Asian state.

The 75-year-old Mr Nazarbayev has ruled over Kazakhstan since independence from the Soviet Union in 1991 but he has begun to hint that he is considering standing down after the end of his current term as president in 2020.

Kremlin Press Service

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R, front) and former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi (L, front) visit a monument to soldiers of the Kingdom of Sardinia, killed during the Crimean War, near Mount Gasfort in Crimea, Sept. 11, 2015.

Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi rubbed shoulders with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday in Crimea, the most prominent Western politician to visit the Black Sea peninsula since Moscow annexed it from Ukraine last year.

Sergei Porter / Vedomosti

Russia and Algeria have signed a contract for the sale of 14 Russian-made Sukhoi fighter jets, Sergei Chemezov, the head of Russian defense technology holding Rostec, said Friday at a Russian arms trade fair, RIA Novosti news agency reported.

Donald Trump Tells Jimmy Fallon He Wants Kanye West As His Vice President

Donald Trump dropped by ‘The Tonight Show’ on the momentous day of September 11 and, as was to be expected, his interview with Jimmy Fallon was pretty wild! He even said he might ask Kanye West to be his Vice President. And no, we’re not joking.

Donald Trump, 69, infuriated Americans and citizens worldwide when an outrageously offensive tweet of his from Sept. 11, 2013 began to widely circulate on the historic day, two years after the fact in 2015. Later in the day, the republican presidential wannabe stopped by The Tonight Show to chat with Jimmy Fallon all about his, uh, love of country, as well as his desire to haveKanye West as his Vice President.

The Deputy Secretary-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, NSCIA, Adam Idoko, has been kidnapped.

Mr. Idoko is also the Chief Imam of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka.

PREMIUM TIMES gathered that Mr. Idoko, a famous Islamic cleric in the South East, was abducted in the early hours of Thursday in his village, Ogrute Enugu-Ezike in Nssukka, Enugu state.

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