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Wednesday, 14 October 2015
PHOTOS: Femi Otedola, El-Rufai Storm Tanzania As Dangote Opens New Cement Plant
The business man and Africa’s richest man is expanding his cement business. Here are photos from his new cement plant in Tanzania. His bestie Femi Otedola, Kaduna State Governor, and so many other Nigerian dignitaries were also there to grace the occasion and SUPPORT him. Three of his daughters and other family members were also spotted at the occasion.
Babies born in the summer will be healthier adults: study
Researchers at Cambridge University in the UK have turned their attention to a baby's birth month, which has an influence on weight, as previous studies have shown, but also on the child's health, particularly in the case of girls, when they start puberty.
This study, which was published in the October 12 edition of the journal Heliyon, analyzed health data on around 450 000 British people from the UK Biobank study in order to determine whether the birth month had an impact on birth weight, starting puberty early, and adult height.
PHOTOS: US Entrepreneur Builds $1billion Bunker that will Save Only 34 Super Rich Families when the World Ends
The super rich have been invited to buy up a place in a five star shelter in Rothenstein, Germany, which is designed to allow them to live underground for a year and then emerge "when the world comes to an end''
Just 34 "high worth" families will be welcomed into the European doomsday den, with prices only
available on application.
The sumptuous $1billion building is fitted with swimming pools, gyms and theatres so the rich don't get too bored whilst the rest of us are all busy killing or being killed.
The building was originally a Soviet-era Cold War base but now offer the perfect balance between luxury and safety. Its owner wrote on their website:
"We have all heard the prophecies of the 'End Times', The Bible warns of it. Nostradamus foresaw it. Edgar Cayce predicted it. The Hopi Indians, the Third Secret of Fatima, Saint Malachy and prophets throughout the ages all warn of the same epic global catastrophes that will befall upon the Earth.
We have been warned of Armageddon, Nibiru/Planet X, a sudden pole shift, future plagues, an EMP blast, a solar kill shot, a super volcanic eruption, major earth changes, killer asteroids and comets, mega tsunami’s, an economic meltdown and even the anarchy that will certainly follow any one of these events. Vivos is the most affordable way to secure ownership and space for you and your loved ones in a real underground shelter built to withstand virtually any envisioned catastrophe''.
The Vivos website also lists all the bizarre conspiracy theories wheeled out to suggest the world is about to end. They are now on a "race against time" to build a global network of underground community shelters to save more lives, comparing its mission to the construction of Noah's Ark.
FIFA Presidency: Kalu to declare October 23
Sources close to Kalu disclosed that the businessman who is currently holidaying in America may return to Nigeria on October 19 and declare his intention four days later.
The source said since the story broke few months ago of Kalu’s intention, he had been going round the world consulting on the feasibility of the project. “It is likely he will declare his intention on October 23. He is also expected to pick the form and meet the deadline of October 26 for the submission of forms. He has been to almost all the continents and visited countries such as South Korea, Canada, France, England and the United States of America, where he consulted widely on the position. We have no doubt that if he runs, he will win.
The football administrator the world needs today is not necessarily a footballer, but somebody who has the connections and can handle all the cartels associated with football. Kalu is a global businessman, widely connected. He has every right to be ambitious and the FIFA presidency is not beyond him.”
The source added that Kalu is in good stead than most candidates who had indicated interest in the race, because of his worldwide connections to both sports and political personalities.
The source added that Kalu is in good stead than most candidates who had indicated interest in the race, because of his worldwide connections to both sports and political personalities.
“Football is beyond the ordinary. Look at what is happening to Sepp Blatter and other FIFA topshots. Do you think it is mere football?”
But when contacted, Kalu said he was keeping his cards to his chest, but would only speak when the time is ripe.
Ex-Liverpool Star, Djibril Cisse Arrested Over Alleged S*X Tape Blackmail Plot
FORMER Liverpool striker Djibril Cisse has been arrested after allegedly blackmailing French international Mathieu Valbuena over a sex tape.
The 34-year-old, currently without a club, is reportedly one of four people to have been arrested by French police.
Cisse – who also played for Sunderland and Queens Park Rangers – is said to be part of a plot to extort money from Valbuena.
The 31-year-old Lyon star was allegedly asked for money in exchange for the tape not being published.
The four men were arrested in the Bouches-du-Rhone and Oise departments.
Cisse has not been far away from the headlines this month after he laid into ex-wife Jude for featuring in Channel 5's Britain's Flashiest Families programme.
He branded Jude Cisse "a disgrace" after she allowed their three children to be filmed.
The programme showed Ms Cisse, who celebrated her divorce with a party and three-tiered cake depicting a headless groom, shopping for a Porsche.
He later shared a photo showing him with new love Marie-Cecile Lenzini, writing: "After 4 years u still talking about me? Get a life do like me find love."
Police Nab Abuja Bomb Blasts Masterminds
Two of the suspected masterminds of the October 2, 2015, Boko Haram bombings in Nyanya and Kuje, two satellite towns in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) that killed over 20 people and injured dozens of others, are already in police net.
Inspector-General of Police Solomon Arase made this known yesterday during his monthly strategic police meeting with senior police officers from the rank of commissioners of police where he revealed that the Force had also foiled another plot by some suspects, Abdulazeez Muhazab, 27, and Isiaka Salihu, 25, to carry out another bomb attack in the FCT.
Arase revealed that the police recovered 12 primed home-made explosives concealed in soft drink cans, 28 pieces of electric detonators and huge quantities of explosive materials.
The police boss explained that the suspects, who hail from Okene, Kogi State, were assisting the police in their investigations into their broad terror network, affirming that they would be prosecuted after investigation.
Arase, who fielded questions from journalists, also said the police had apprehended five of the eight-man gang that participated in the abduction of elder statesman, Chief Olu Falae.
According to the IGP, the suspects, Abubakar Auta, Idris Lawan, Umar Ibrahim, Masahudu Mohammed and Bello Tanu, operated a state-wide kidnap ring and were arrested at their hideouts in Niger, Ekiti and Ondo states.
He listed items recovered from the suspects to include a Bajaj motorcycle used to transport their victim and N823, 990 cash which was part of the N5 million ransom paid to them.
“All the arrested suspects have made confessional statements highlighting details of the operations and their individual roles, as I address you now, the suspects are being charged to court in Akure, Ondo State,” Arase said.
The Department of State Services (DSS) had on Monday paraded two suspects, Babawuro Kato and Abdullahi Usman, in connection with Falae’s abduction. The suspects had claimed that the abduction was carried out by a three-man gang and that the mastermind, one Dantito, absconded with the N5m ransom.
When asked if the suspects paraded by the DSS were part of the kidnap gang arrested by the police, Arase said that he had requested for the transfer of the two suspects from the DSS director-general, Lawal Daura.
“I said it was an eight-man gang, and from the investigations we have carried out so far, those two that were paraded yesterday (Monday) by the State Security Service are part of that eight-man gang. I have written a letter to the DG, SSS, that we are arraigning the suspects and once they bring the two suspects, we can amend the charge,” Arase said.
The IGP stated that the conference with senior police officers would review police preparations for the governorship elections scheduled for November 21 in Kogi State and December 5, 2015 in Bayelsa State.
Khloé Kardashian "Completely Inconsolable,"After Lamar Odom Is Found Unconscious
Since the news broke, Khloé is "completely inconsolable and heartbroken,"E News reports.And while the reality star had "cut off contact with Lamar in the summer," she has been "worried about Lamar for a very long time.
His condition remains "critical" as doctors intubated Odom, who has yet to regain consciousness, before he was transferred via ambulance to a local hospital in Las Vegas.
Khloé is at mom Kris Jenner's home and trying to gather information. She is expected to fly to Las Vegas with Kris and Kim Kardashian later in the evening.
Khloé is "not good" according to a source and is clinging to her family during this difficult time.
Tuesday, 13 October 2015
74 year old British man sentenced to 350 lashes in Saudi Arabia for making wine
The children of a British man have called on David Cameron to intervene to save their father from being subjected to 350 lashes in Saudi Arabia. Karl Andree, 74, faces being publicly flogged as part of a punishment imposed after bottles of homemade wine were reportedly found last year in his car by Saudi police enforcing strict laws prohibiting alcohol.
The family of the oil executive, who is being held at Jeddah’s Briman prison, say he is already weak as a result of cancer and fear that the flogging will kill him.
They said in a statement reported by the Sun:
“Our father has given 25 years of his working life to Saudi Arabia, and this is how he is treated. Until his arrest, he has always been happy working there and felt safe.
“He is 74 years of age, has had cancer three times and his wife is dying in a home in the UK. He now needs medical care for his cancer and asthma, and there is no doubt in our mind that 350 lashes will kill him. We implore David Cameron to personally intervene and help get our father home. The Saudi government will only listen to him.”The Foreign Office said:
“Our embassy staff are continuing to assist Mr Andree, including regular visits to check on his welfare, and frequent contact with his lawyer and family. Ministers and senior officials have raised Mr Andree’s case with the Saudi government and we are actively seeking his release as soon as possible.”Andree’s three children, Hugh, 46, Kirsten, 45, and Simon, 33, are reported to have been lobbying discreetly for their father for more than a month but have now decided to go public.
Election Tribunal upholds Stella Oduah's Senatorial election
The National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal in Anambra state yesterday October 12th upheld the election of Stella Oduah as the senator representing Anambra North Senatorial District. The senatorial candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) Dubem Obaze and his party had petitioned the tribunal over the emergence of the former Aviation minister as the Senator representing the senatorial zone in the March 28th election.
Delivering his judgment, the Chairman of the tribunal Justice Hezekiah Solanke, dismissed the petition for lacking in merit, stressing that the petitioners failed to prove their allegation.
Justice Solanke also added that the petitioners also failed to present relevant documents relating to the alleged malpractice carried out at Onitsha North, Onitsha South and Ogbaru local government areas during the election. He said the petitioners failed to prove that Oduah was not duly nominated by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to contest the poll.
Okonjo-Iweala backs Buhari on corruption war, says president leading by example
A former Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has expressed support for President Muhammadu Buhari’s effort at tackling corruption, saying graft remains Nigeria’s biggest impediment to achieving Sustainable Development Goals.
Speaking on September 30 as a guest lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania, United States, Mrs. Okonjo-Iweala said the president was confronting corruption “head on” and was setting the example that would directly help root out corruption in other sectors of the government.
“The new president of the country who is just taking office has made it the central plan of his administration to fight corruption to root it out, and he sets about restructuring some of the key agencies where things are happening, setting example,” the former minister said at the 2015 Holts Lecture of the Pennsylvania University Law School.
“I think with that when you see example in one place, it sends the message about what should happen in other places. I think this is being confronted head on. And I think and hope that with what is going on and what we tried to do in the previous administration, bringing more transparency to way of doing business.
Mrs. Okonjo-Iweala said with “the example being set by the president” she was hopeful Nigeria will get rid of corruption.
The former minister discussed Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs, and how illicit financial flow could impede the post 2015 development agenda, especially in developing countries like Nigeria.
Mrs. Okonjo-Iweala said although funds needed for SDGs are huge, blocking illicit financial flow could help free up the needed funds.
Eighty per cent of the SDGs are infrastructural goals which require $6 trillion in funding for the next 15 years, Mrs. Okonjo-Iweala said.
She said current global funding for infrastructures stood at $1.7 trillion, and 60 per cent of the SDGs and their funding are to be borne by developing countries – justifying why corruption must be confronted.
Mrs. Okonjo-Iweala said as minister, she made efforts to improve transparency and fight corruption in the government, but regretted allegations of corruption directed at her after leaving office.
She also hinted that her decision to join the Goodluck Jonathan government — after serving in the Obasanjo government – may have been mistaken.
“When the opportunity came to go for it for the second time, I went, perhaps unwisely, but I went because no one will fight this corruption for us, we have to do it ourselves….,” she said. “But having left government, I have come under attack with people saying she’s done this or that, trying to join you in the group of the corrupt.”
Mrs. Okonjo-Iweala commented on Mr. Buhari assigning the petroleum ministry to himself.
“I think the president has the prerogative to do a lot of things, and this is not the first time in our country. President Obasanjo was also the president of Petroleum Resources in his time. I am not saying this is the best way or best practice but I am just saying for our circumstances it is not the first time,” she said.
“If that will bring more clarity, more openness, more transparency to the way the oil sector is done no problem, it’s ok. But if it will not, we have to ask questions.”
She lamented the failure of the Nigerian National Assembly to pass the Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, a failure she blamed on vested interests.
“This bill has the power to transform the entire petroleum industry where there is a lot of corruption,” she said. “And with that we would have commercialized the oil company (NNPC), made it open up its books but the heavy lobbying by both the domestic vested interests and the international vested interests blocked this.”
Florida Man Sets Up Fake Job Interviews To Steal People’s Urine and Social Security Numbers
Florida authorities say a man from Pensacola was caught stealing people’s identities and collecting urine samples after creating a fake online job ad, WCTV reports.
The Tallahassee Police Department and the Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) said Gerald Washington, 19, posted a fake online ad that he was hiring 1,100 people for jobs.
“They say Washington then set up a temporary office in Tallahassee, obtained applicants’ social security numbers and even urine samples for jobs that didn’t exist,” WCTV reports.
He also collected bank information for the “job application” and charged a $25 fee, according to a news release from the DEO. The duped job seekers were even told what day they would start.
Washington was arrested on charges of criminal use of personal identification information and organized communications fraud.
We Abducted Falae to Get Money for Sallah
A suspect, Babawuro Kato, who was allegedly involved in the abduction of elder statesman, Chief Olu Falae, said he and two others carried out the kidnapping to get money for Sallah celebration.
He also stated that the mastermind of the kidnap did not share the N5m ransom he received with his accomplices.
Falae was kidnapped on his farm at Ilado village in the Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State.
The incident, which occurred on the day Falae, a former presidential candidate of the All Peoples
Party, clocked 77, caused apprehension in Ondo State.
It was reported that the gang had demanded a sum of N100m ransom from the family.
On Thursday, September 24, four days after the abduction, Falae was brought back to his residence in Akure at about 4.45pm.
However, Kato, who was paraded along with an accomplice, Abdullahi Usman, aka Kadiri, by the Department of State Services on Monday in Abuja, explained that the mastermind ran away with the ransom.
Punch reports that the 23-year-old herdsman said that the unnamed man behind the abduction initially deceived other gang members that Falae family asked him to come for the ransom in Abuja, adding that the suspect fled after receiving the money, shortly before the former presidential candidate was released.
Speaking in broken English, Kato said:
“Three of us were involved in the kidnapping and we kidnapped the man (Falae) because we were looking for money to spend during the Sallah celebration. But the man who collected the ransom ran away with it and did not share it with us.”
The suspect, who claimed to be an indigene of Plateau State, said the gang fed their captive with loaves of bread and soft drinks.
The second suspect, Usman, however, denied involvement in the crime, saying he had been telling the DSS officials that he knew nothing about the abduction.
“I am not involved in the abduction, I have been explaining to the DSS that I don’t know anything about it, but they wouldn’t listen to me,” he said in Hausa.
A DSS official, Abdulahi Garba, who paraded the suspects, said they were arrested on October 5, 2015, at J. Zebra Hotel along Ganaja Road, Lokoja, Kogi State.
He said,:
The service wishes to state that the abductors were criminals and investigations have further revealed that their action was not targeted at Falae as a statesman and prominent Yoruba leader.”
Garba said it was unfortunate that the incident was being given an ethnic colouration, and urged Nigerians to live peacefully with one another and to shun “attempts by mischief-makers to give this incident an ethnic or any other colouration and use same to cause disaffection among the populace.”
He added that efforts were being intensified to bring to justice all those involved in the criminal act.
The incident, which occurred on the day Falae, a former presidential candidate of the All Peoples
Party, clocked 77, caused apprehension in Ondo State.
It was reported that the gang had demanded a sum of N100m ransom from the family.
On Thursday, September 24, four days after the abduction, Falae was brought back to his residence in Akure at about 4.45pm.
However, Kato, who was paraded along with an accomplice, Abdullahi Usman, aka Kadiri, by the Department of State Services on Monday in Abuja, explained that the mastermind ran away with the ransom.
Punch reports that the 23-year-old herdsman said that the unnamed man behind the abduction initially deceived other gang members that Falae family asked him to come for the ransom in Abuja, adding that the suspect fled after receiving the money, shortly before the former presidential candidate was released.
Speaking in broken English, Kato said:
“Three of us were involved in the kidnapping and we kidnapped the man (Falae) because we were looking for money to spend during the Sallah celebration. But the man who collected the ransom ran away with it and did not share it with us.”
The suspect, who claimed to be an indigene of Plateau State, said the gang fed their captive with loaves of bread and soft drinks.
The second suspect, Usman, however, denied involvement in the crime, saying he had been telling the DSS officials that he knew nothing about the abduction.
“I am not involved in the abduction, I have been explaining to the DSS that I don’t know anything about it, but they wouldn’t listen to me,” he said in Hausa.
A DSS official, Abdulahi Garba, who paraded the suspects, said they were arrested on October 5, 2015, at J. Zebra Hotel along Ganaja Road, Lokoja, Kogi State.
He said,:
The service wishes to state that the abductors were criminals and investigations have further revealed that their action was not targeted at Falae as a statesman and prominent Yoruba leader.”
Garba said it was unfortunate that the incident was being given an ethnic colouration, and urged Nigerians to live peacefully with one another and to shun “attempts by mischief-makers to give this incident an ethnic or any other colouration and use same to cause disaffection among the populace.”
He added that efforts were being intensified to bring to justice all those involved in the criminal act.
North East Internally Displaced Persons Hit 5m – Dogara
The number of Nigerians displaced by violence in the insurgency-ravaged North East has reached five million, speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara has said.
Dogara who spoke when he received the head of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), Ms. Angel Dekonge Antangara in his office, disputed official figures of IDPs put at 2.1 million.
He said the actual number of people affected by Boko Haram insurgency may be close to five million.
“As an indigene of the North East, it is safe to say the number of IDPs in Nigeria can be up to five million,” Dogara said in a statement issued by his spokesman, Turaki Hassan.
Dogara recalled that he has sponsored a motion which in part, requested President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently establish a North East Development Commission and convene an International Donor Conference or Summit to mobilise additional financial resources through international donor funding for the rehabilitation of the North East.
The speaker appealed for help for the North East from the UNHCR and other donors.
“Terrorism is global and if not dealt with, it will spill across borders such as the current refugee crisis facing Europe from Syria, Libya etc.” he said.
Dogara disclosed that the House Committee on Public Safety and National Intelligence when constituted will be mandated to handle issues relating to IDPs.
“If they are overwhelmed however; a substantive Committee for IDPs will be looked into. The House is ready to partner with all relevant bodies committed to ending the evil that produce refugees, IDPs and the events of statelessness,” he added.
On the issue of domesticating the resolutions of the refugee conventions, the speaker said the House will partner with the Senate to ensure that important treaties and convention are ratified through the relevant committees soon.
Speaking earlier, Ms. Angel Dekonge Antangara urged Nigeria to sustain its pioneer role in the security and resettlement of IDPs as well as parliamentary input to sensitise on the right of IDPs as human beings.
Antangara said that the existing draft from the IDPs convention should be domesticated and that a committee should be set up to take care of refugees as well as IDPs.
Nigeria Has 5million Out Of School Girls-UNESCO
A new report by the UNESCO’s EFA Global Monitoring Report (GMR) for International Day of the Girl Child, shows that there are five million out of school girls in Nigeria. The report made available to LEADERSHIP yesterday revealed that the gender parity index showed (girls:boys) primary:0.81 (1999), 0.92 (2015),GPI secondary: 0.92 (1999) 0.85 (2015). The report revealed that “In other words, the country is improving its ratio of girls to boys in primary school, but there are still only just over 92 girls for every 100 boys in class. In secondary education, the ratio is getting worse over time. There were 92 girls per 100 boys in secondary school, but are now only 85.”
It added that 45% of girls will complete lower secondary education, compared to 60% of boys. While the richest boys in the country are all in primary school, the same won’t be true for the poorest girls until 2074,the report added.
No reduction in fuel pump price, says NNPC
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has debunked reports of reduction in pump price of petrol from N87 per litre to N57.
Describing the report as false, the oil firm advised the public to ignore it, insisting that petrol price remains N87 per litre.
Meanwhile, a major step towards ensuring zero fuel queues throughout the country ahead forthcoming Yuletide and beyond kicked off yesterday with a meeting between the Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu and members of the Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria (MOMAN) alongside Depot and Petroleum Products Association (DAPPMA) at NNPC Towers, Abuja.
Its Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Mr. Ohi Alegbe, in a statement, explained that at the end of the meeting, NNPC and key downstream operators reached a consensus to work together to eliminate all obstacles that could hamper free flow of petroleum products across the country.
Addressing the stakeholders, Dr. Kachikwu said the issue of uninterrupted product supply and distribution across the country is of utmost importance to the present administration noting that the government is willing to do everything possible to ensure that members of the public do not go through any form of hardship in accessing petroleum products particularly petrol.
Lekki Free Trade Zone MD killed
•Policeman, two villagers too
Lekki Free Trade Zone (LFTZ) Managing Director Tajudeen Disu and three others were killed yesterday in a clash in Okuraiye Community near Ibeju Lekki, Lagos.
Disu was reportedly killed by irate villagers, who were protesting against what they called “forceful takeover” of their land.
The others are a policeman and two villagers.
The villagers claimed that the police killed two of them in a bid to “forcefully takeover” the land on which Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote plans to build a refinery.
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode described the mayhem as shocking and unacceptable, urging the police to bring the perpetrators to book.
Police chief Fatai Owoseni said 10 persons have been arrested in connection with the incident.
A chief alleged that the Lekki Free Trade Zone called in riot policemen from “Mopol 49” because the villagers had always protested against forceful acquisition of their land. The chief claimed that the policemen were led by the late Disu.
Soldiers have been deployed in the community to maintain peace. Chief Security Officer of Dangote Refinery Col. Usman (rtd) was among those injured.
Addressing reporters, at the Lagos House in Alausa, Ikeja, Ambode said Disu was shot during an official visit to one of the villages within the zone.
“We are deeply touched with the loss of our dedicated officer at the Lekki Free Trade Zone, Alhaji Tajudeen Disu, who was until his death the arrowhead of the Free Trade Zone Initiative. He was killed within the Lekki Free Trade Zone this morning. It really saddens my heart and the heart of all of us because this was somebody that has been dedicated to his duty in the past 10 years”.
The governor described the late Disu as a man who was committed to promoting the inflow of investment to Lagos State. He expressed concern over the motives of those behind the killing.
Ambode urged Owoseni to unravel the events that led to Disu’s death.
“This is a great concern and I have directed the Lagos State Commissioner of Police to investigate the cause of the death. The Commissioner of Police must do a thorough investigation to unravel the root cause of what has just happened because he was on a peaceful mission to that place”, the governor said.
He urged residents of the area to remain calm as his administration will continue to ensure the security of lives and properties.
“I want to appeal to all our people in Ibeju Lekki axis that they should give peace a chance; it is in the interest of all Lagosians that we attract as many investors to the state. That is what we have been doing in the last four months. I implore everybody to be calm. We would get to the root of this unfortunate incident”, he said.
The governor added: “I will like everybody to also know that we are trying our best but we can only appeal to our people to allow peace to reign in the Free Trade Zone. That is the only way we can allow more people to be involved in this trade zone. Let me tell our people that we are on the right cause for the kind of job creation we want to bring to Lagos State”.
Owoseni said investigation is on-going to uncover the sponsors of the mayhem.
“We have so far arrested 10 suspects and the arrests we have made are those that are directly responsible.”
“We would do a diligent investigation. We will ensure that the people behind it are arrested, not just the people we see on the road are perpetrators, and there may be sponsors. We will go after these sponsors and I can assure you we ensure the investigation is carried out as speedily as possible and we will make sure they are diligently prosecuted,” Owoseni said.
Lagos Command spokesman Deputy Superintendent Police (DSP) Joseph Offor said many were arrested after the clash, adding that some were let off after screening.
Offor said the incident started around 9am, noting that Usman was stabbed by the mob who were armed with dangerous weapons and charms.
He said: “The residents of the community engaged in a violent protest this morning. They claimed that they did not sell their land to Dangote refinery and they were carrying knives, sticks and charms.
“So, the Managing Director of the Lekki Free Trade Zone came out and tried to appease them but he was lynched.
“The mob also stabbed a retired Colonel, who is the CSO of Dangote refinery.
“Some people are currently in police net and the Commissioner of Police has assured that the family of the deceased will get justice.
“Those involved in this crime won’t go on punished. At the end of investigations, those found to be connected with it will be charged to court.”
Lekki Free Trade Zone (LFTZ) Managing Director Tajudeen Disu and three others were killed yesterday in a clash in Okuraiye Community near Ibeju Lekki, Lagos.
Disu was reportedly killed by irate villagers, who were protesting against what they called “forceful takeover” of their land.
The others are a policeman and two villagers.
The villagers claimed that the police killed two of them in a bid to “forcefully takeover” the land on which Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote plans to build a refinery.
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode described the mayhem as shocking and unacceptable, urging the police to bring the perpetrators to book.
Police chief Fatai Owoseni said 10 persons have been arrested in connection with the incident.
A chief alleged that the Lekki Free Trade Zone called in riot policemen from “Mopol 49” because the villagers had always protested against forceful acquisition of their land. The chief claimed that the policemen were led by the late Disu.
Soldiers have been deployed in the community to maintain peace. Chief Security Officer of Dangote Refinery Col. Usman (rtd) was among those injured.
Addressing reporters, at the Lagos House in Alausa, Ikeja, Ambode said Disu was shot during an official visit to one of the villages within the zone.
“We are deeply touched with the loss of our dedicated officer at the Lekki Free Trade Zone, Alhaji Tajudeen Disu, who was until his death the arrowhead of the Free Trade Zone Initiative. He was killed within the Lekki Free Trade Zone this morning. It really saddens my heart and the heart of all of us because this was somebody that has been dedicated to his duty in the past 10 years”.
The governor described the late Disu as a man who was committed to promoting the inflow of investment to Lagos State. He expressed concern over the motives of those behind the killing.
Ambode urged Owoseni to unravel the events that led to Disu’s death.
“This is a great concern and I have directed the Lagos State Commissioner of Police to investigate the cause of the death. The Commissioner of Police must do a thorough investigation to unravel the root cause of what has just happened because he was on a peaceful mission to that place”, the governor said.
He urged residents of the area to remain calm as his administration will continue to ensure the security of lives and properties.
“I want to appeal to all our people in Ibeju Lekki axis that they should give peace a chance; it is in the interest of all Lagosians that we attract as many investors to the state. That is what we have been doing in the last four months. I implore everybody to be calm. We would get to the root of this unfortunate incident”, he said.
The governor added: “I will like everybody to also know that we are trying our best but we can only appeal to our people to allow peace to reign in the Free Trade Zone. That is the only way we can allow more people to be involved in this trade zone. Let me tell our people that we are on the right cause for the kind of job creation we want to bring to Lagos State”.
Owoseni said investigation is on-going to uncover the sponsors of the mayhem.
“We have so far arrested 10 suspects and the arrests we have made are those that are directly responsible.”
“We would do a diligent investigation. We will ensure that the people behind it are arrested, not just the people we see on the road are perpetrators, and there may be sponsors. We will go after these sponsors and I can assure you we ensure the investigation is carried out as speedily as possible and we will make sure they are diligently prosecuted,” Owoseni said.
Lagos Command spokesman Deputy Superintendent Police (DSP) Joseph Offor said many were arrested after the clash, adding that some were let off after screening.
Offor said the incident started around 9am, noting that Usman was stabbed by the mob who were armed with dangerous weapons and charms.
He said: “The residents of the community engaged in a violent protest this morning. They claimed that they did not sell their land to Dangote refinery and they were carrying knives, sticks and charms.
“So, the Managing Director of the Lekki Free Trade Zone came out and tried to appease them but he was lynched.
“The mob also stabbed a retired Colonel, who is the CSO of Dangote refinery.
“Some people are currently in police net and the Commissioner of Police has assured that the family of the deceased will get justice.
“Those involved in this crime won’t go on punished. At the end of investigations, those found to be connected with it will be charged to court.”
Police reject N1.5m bribe from suspected kidnapper
The Police at Iju Ishaga, Divisional headquarters, Lagos state, southwest Nigeria, have rejected a N1.5m bribe offered to them by a suspected kidnapper identified as Lucky Amei.
PM.NEWS findings revealed that the Divisional Police officer in charge of Iju Police station Mr. Emmanuel Osuagwu a superintendent of Police, got information that the alleged mastermind of the recent kidnap and murder of Prof Paul Eriye in Benin city, Edo State, was hiding at 61, Oluwatosin Street, Command Area of Abule Egba and he led a team of detectives to the house where the suspect was arrested.
Amei was alleged to have offered the police the sum of N 1,500,000 which was turned down and he was subsequently arrested and taken to the station for interrogation.
P.M.NEWS gathered that when the Lagos State commissioner of Police Mr. Fatai Owoseni was contacted on the arrest, he ordered the DPO to immediately transfer the suspect to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) Ikeja for further investigation.
Lucky Amei is alleged to be the kingpin of the kidnappers that abducted Prof. Paul Eriye from his hotel some months ago and killed him after collecting undisclosed amount of money as ransom, and has since been on the run.
CBN Bans Banks From Claiming Dormant Deposits
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has banned banks from converting funds from dormant and inactive accounts into income, even as it charged banks to get in contact with the next of kin of such account holders.
The CBN in the guidelines on the management of dormant and inactive accounts to all financial Institutions and banks recently released and signed by the Director, Finance and Policy, Kelvin Amugo compelled banks to call or send messages to the customer of the inactive account, even after six months of non-transaction.
The apex bank noted that all customers account that do not operate for a period of six months will be referred to as inactive and if persists for a year, the bank could categorize it as dormant account. According to the guideline, “interest-bearing accounts shall retain their interest earning status during the period of dormancy”
Also “deposit taking financial institutions shall continue to monitor accounts that show tendencies of inactivity and initiate actions for their reactivation or protection from wrong usage. Such actions shall include, though not limited to any of the following: SMS. e-mail, visitation, and/or phone calls. In all cases, the cost of monitoring the accounts and contacting the customers shall be borne by the bank.
“Dormant account balances shall continue to be reflected in the books of banks as deposit liabilities until they are eventually withdrawn by the account holders or disposed of, on their instructions” the guideline stated adding that dormant accounts balances shall be covered by Deposit Insurance Scheme.
Monday, 12 October 2015
Baby Born With Her Organs Outside Her Body Saved
Doctors saved battling baby Layla Henderson with cling film after she was born with organs outside her body. The infant was then struck down with pneumonia and a rare heart infection which left her at severe risk of a stroke. But despite all her troubles, Layla has fought it all off and now learned to smile.
Her beaming face has helped her parents Zoe Sweeney and James Henderson get through their ordeal.
Now the couple are overjoyed at finally having Layla home, after five months in and out of hospitals across the country.
Zoe said: “It’s magical being at home with her.
“Looking back, I can’t believe we got through it all. She’s been through a hell of a lot and it felt like it was never going to end.
“Every day was a constant worry about what was going to happen next but just seeing her smile helped us get through.
“The first time she was just over a month old. It was a heart-warming moment and the cutest smile I’ve ever seen. “She was coping, so we felt we should do her proud and be able to cope with it, too.”
Layla was treated in four different hospitals and spent her first six days with her intestines suspended in a bag above her after a rare form of hernia meant her bowel grew outside her body.
She has endured countless surgeries, tests and scans.
And twice she had to be rushed 200 miles to Glasgow to prevent her suffering a stroke.
Layla still has a dangerous blood clot in her heart and her parents have to inject her with blood thinning drugs twice a day.But as she cradles her miracle daughter, Zoe is relieved that the worst is now over after tests revealed the clot had reduced in size.
Layla's mum, Nurse Zoe and mechanic Dad James, 26, spent all that time mostly at their daughter’s side as she recovered.Layla was finally allowed home on September 14 and is now soaking up all the attention.
Zoe said: “It’s great being able to have a cuddle in the morning without having to walk through the hospital to see her. Hopefully this time we won’t be going back.
“She’s definitely a fighter. She is a very content, happy baby considering everything that she has gone through and it is very easy to make her smile.”
The family are now holding fundraising events in aid of the Ronald McDonald House charity, who let them be close to their daughter during her nine weeks in Glasgow.
Zoe said: “It took away a lot of heartache and stress and we made lifelong friends there.”
Bad Girl Pours Hot Water On 6months Pregnant Lady In Lagos
Some people are just heartless and lacks conscience in their relation with their fellow human being. The ugly incident happened on Gbagada Road, in the Bariga area of Lagos on Friday night.
The woman, who is said to be about 6 months pregnant was attacked with hot water by a neighbour during a fight in their compound. The reason for the fight is said to be women issues. See the bad girl:
This lady in red is the attacker and she has been arrested. The pregnant woman she attacked is in critical state and receiving treatment for the burns she suffered. The attacker is in police custody.
Father forces his 9-year-old daughter to become third wife of 78-year-old man
There's little outward clue to the trauma she's already been through in her 13 short years. When she was just nine years old, Younis's parents arranged for her to marry a man old enough to be her grandfather, in accordance with local Samburu tradition.
The Samburu are an ancient Kenyan tribe pastoralist cattle herders, said to be "distant cousins" of the Maasai. Even to outsiders, their languages and customs are strikingly similar.
Younis and other girls like her have dared to break away from some of these traditions — child marriage, female genital mutilation and beading (the practice of promising girls to their male relatives for sex) – which are illegal in Kenya.
"When I was about nine years old, my father married me off to an old man who was 78 years old," Younis explains, the memories of her harrowing experience still raw. "I went to his home and I stayed with him one week.
"He told me that I will be a wife but I was just innocent, I wanted to come to school. But that man wanted me to be a third wife. I told him, I will not be your wife, and he caned me.
"Then I heard that there is a woman who helps children. I came from Baragoi barefoot, I didn't even have shoes that day. I came to Maralal … Kulea took me to [the] children's office, she rescued me."
There are eight other girls at Younis's boarding school just like her; all have been brought to safety by Josephine Kulea and her Samburu Girls Foundation.
To these girls, and some 200 others across Kenya, Kulea is "Mama Kulea". When their families refuse to have anything more to do with them, she takes the place of their mothers.
Kulea is fighting against the very Samburu cultural traditions she grew up with. She says she began asking questions about what was happening in her community after attending boarding school and studying for a nursing degree in a different part of the country.
"I realized we are the only ones doing FGM, female genital mutilation, the other communities [are] not doing it," she explains. "I … came to realize that there are things that are not right and I need to make a difference, that's how I started rescuing girls."
And she began, in 2011, by looking very close to home.
"My first rescue was my two cousins," she explains. "One was 10 years old and she was the one getting married; most of the time in my community, when the girl is getting married young, that is when they undergo female circumcision. I was alerted that she was going to get married, so I went and rescued her, and after I rescued her I took her to school.
"Two days later I get a call and am told there was a wedding in that village, and am like, ‘I have the girl, so who got married?' They said it's the little sister who was seven years old — they replaced her because the cows were here and any girl had to go."
Kulea rescued the second girl, and saw to it that her uncles were arrested — because FGM and early marriage were made illegal in Kenya in 2011, the law is on her side and she works alongside the police, but that doesn't mean that what she does is without risks.
The parents and relatives of girls she rescues are often detained for just a short period of time, and many in the Samburu community do not like the changes she is working to bring about.
"Growing up from this community, everyone looks at me like, ‘You should be like us, you should not be fighting us," she explains. "It's a risk for me but I still give it a go."
Tribunal upholds Dino Melaye’s election
In a much anticipated verdict given this morning in Lokoja,the Kogi state election Tribunal this morning upheld the election of Senator Dino Melaye,
His election had been challenged by the former holder of the seat, Smart Adeyemi, who belongs to the Peoples Democratic Party.
What We Expect From the Ministerial Nominees - Murray-Bruce
Senator Ben Murray-Bruce has revealed that President Muhammadu Buhari has the right to appoint anyone he could work with as his ministers, provided that such appointees met the expectations of the Red Chamber and Nigerians.
He made it known that the Senate would begin screening of the first batch of ministerial nominees sent to it last week by President Buhari.
He said: “The President cannot be prevented from choosing whom he believed he can work with; he is free to make his choices.
“However, what is demanded of those he has chosen is that when they show up for confirmation before the Senate, they must be able to prove that they are patriotic Nigerians and they would be able to care for the people they are to govern.
“It is not important whom he has chosen, but what is important is for them to discharge their responsibilities for the benefit of the people.
“We do not want to see them living like kings and lords, but like ordinary people.
“The Aviation Minister must fly Nigerian carriers, should stay in line to get screened and walk through the airports like every other passenger.
“The Works Minister must be ready to ply our roads, the Finance Minister must be seeing dealing with the economy and strengthening the Naira, while the Minister of Health must use Nigerian hospitals. They must use the services that are available to all Nigerians.”
Pregnant Kim Kardashian reveals she may have diabetes
Kim Kardashian who is expecting a baby boy due in December has revealed she may have gestational diabetes. Kim was seen getting an ultrasound shared the shocking news with her family in a promo for the upcoming season of Keeping Up With The Kardashians.
'Once you have preeclampsia you are at risk of having it again,' the reality star's doctor told her.
Kim battled the life-threatening condition while pregnant with daughter North, now two, and was forced to go into premature labour.
She could be seen telling her worried-looking mother Kris Jenner and sister Kourtney Kardashian:
'They saw more fluid than normal in my placenta, which can mean I have diabetes.'
Hopefully, she wont have complications with the birth of her son.
Senate under pressure over Ngige, Amaechi, Shittu
Ogbeh, Ibeto, Sirika, Alhassan, Udoma may ‘bow and go’
Ex-Rivers governor writes Senate on enquiry
Will the Senate change its parliamentary tradition or ask ex-lawmakers who are ministerial nominees to take a bow?
That was the question at the weekend ahead of tomorrow’s screening of the nominees.
Senate President Bukola Saraki is under pressure to stick to the tradition, it was learnt.
But some senators from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are pushing for “an open and equal screening”.
It was gathered that the leadership of the Senate may take a decision before the screening opens.
Saraki is likely to present the issue before the Executive Session prior to the screening.
Eight of the 21 nominees are former lawmakers.
They are: Sen. Udoma Udo-Udoma; Sen. Aisha Alhassan; Sen. Chris Ngige; Sen. Hadi Sirika; Rt. Hon Rotimi Amaechi (a former Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly); Mr. Audu Ogbeh (a former Deputy Speaker of the Benue State House of Assembly); Hon. Ahmed Musa Ibeto (a former member of the House of Representatives); and Adebayo Shittu (a former member of the Oyo State House of Assembly).
It was learnt that many senators supported “parliamentary tradition” for the automatic clearance of the eight former lawmakers.
Also yesterday, the Senate re-echoed the statement by its Adhoc Media Committee Chairman Dino Melaye on the need for two senators to endorse a nominee from their state.
This followed the apprehension that some of the ministerial nominees will not be able to scale the screening hurdle, following their apparent likelihood of not getting the endorsement of two senators from their states.
On its Twitter handle @NGRSenate yesterday, it said: “The tradition of two senators having to endorse a ministerial nominee is not sacrosanct and can be waived, if a nominee passes other criteria.”
A principal officer said: “The Senate President is under pressure to break the tie and provide direction for senators who are divided on some nominees, especially the former lawmakers.
“Saraki’s personal relationship with some of these former lawmakers has made the pressure on the Senate more challenging.
“But the main issue is whether or not to give parliamentary waiver to ex-lawmakers who have been nominated as ministers.
“Some senators are insisting on the adoption of the parliamentary tradition to screen and clear the eight ex-lawmakers. Normally by our tradition, the eight nominees are expected to take a bow after explaining their plans for the nation.
“These senators have warned against the consequences of changing the tradition by the 8th Senate because it could be anybody’s turn tomorrow.
“They said if the Senate played into the hands of some politicians and governors, it might affect the prospect of some lawmakers in the future.”
Responding to a question, the officer added: “These senators are saying that we should grill these ex-lawmakers on their vision for the country but they are making a strong case for automatic clearance.
“Some of them cited the row which the screening and clearance of ex-Minister Musiliu Obanikoro generated and how ex-Senate President David Mark stuck to the parliamentary tradition.”
Another Senator said: “We have received many petitions against some of these nominees, including some of these eight lawmakers. A few Senators are demanding the waiver of the parliamentary tradition to enable the Senate leave the screening open.
“These petitions have been referred to the relevant committee of the Senate for consideration.
“We are looking into these arguments which have put the President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, under pressure.”
Amaechi is said to have written to the Senate to stay action on any issue emanating from the Commission of Inquiry set up by the government of Rivers State.
He said since a matter was pending in court on the inquiry, it would be subjudice for the Senate to dabble in it.
A source in the Senate said: “Amaechi’s counsel has written the President of the Senate on the need to avoid consideration of a subjudicial matter.
“You know the Senate has a procedure of not treating any matter before a court.”
God Used Adeboye To End Cultism In UNICAL – Dep Gov
Cross River State Deputy Governor, Prof Ivara Esu, has extolled the virtues of Pastor Enoch Adeboye, General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), recalling how God used him to end cultism in the University of Calabar (UNICAL), during his tenure as the institution’s vice chancellor.
Prof Esu was the University of Calabar’s Vice Chancellor between January 2000 and August 2005.
He spoke at a welcome dinner organised in honour of the pioneer minister-in- charge of Cross River Province 4 of the RCCG, Pastor Emmanuel Chidi (PICP-CRP4) and his assistant, Pastor Victor Adebayo (APICP), yesterday in Calabar.
While applauding the sudden rise of the former House of David zone to a provincial headquarter, Esu also said RCCG remains as one of the most blessed and fastest growing church in Nigeria and perhaps, the world.
He said: “Let me, on behalf of the governor, Prof Ben Ayade, congratulate this church for the elevation from a zone to a province. I am glad to be here as one of those welcoming Pastor Chidi Emmanuel and his wife to this new province.
“Personally, I have benefited immensely from Pastor Adeboye. Some of you may not remember.
While I was the Vice Chancellor of UNICAL, I was VC at a very turbulent time with so much cultism and students were being shot right on campus, until God revealed to me that I should bring Pastor Adeboye to pray in UNICAL.When Pastor Adeboye came, I accompanied him and we first prayed at the gate and proceeded to my office to pray.
“From there, we went to the male students’ hostel in Malabor, and prayed, and thereafter we had a large service at the Abraham Ordia Stadium, and from that day, that was the end of violence and cultism in UNICAL.”
The former VC, who disclosed that UNICAL experienced paucity of funds during his administration, however, noted that he was able to execute the institution’s capital projects through divine intervention.
NFF bans social media in camp following Oliseh and Enyeama's row
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has hinted that Super Eagles players will be restricted on their use of social media while on international duty following the face off between Sunday Oliseh and Vincent Enyeama last Tuesday.
NFF president,Amaju Pinnick made this known after a meeting in Belgium on Saturday .He said a code of conduct document would be released soon and it involves restrictions on social media ..
Pinnick said
Sunday, 11 October 2015
PHOTOS: Mom who killed 3 kids is 'ANGRY' police let her live
The Florida mother who killed all three of her children earlier this year told cops she was “so pissed” they didn’t kill her.
Jessica McCarty, 33, had attempted suicide at least twice before killing her children , Lacey, 7, Philip, 6, and Christopher, five months old — in their Palm Bay home in March.
“I just wanna die,” she told police. “I hope something bad happens and I just die here. Just give me the death penalty, right here, right now. I wanted to stab myself very badly. I've wanted to kill myself for a long time.”
“I’m so pissed you guys didn’t shoot me with a real gun. I don’t deserve to live,” she told a detective. “I would have finished the job.”
Weeks before the household horror, McCarty had rambled about her homicidal fantasies to family members, telling one she “will snap my babies’ necks and take them with me when I kill myself,” according to the notes.
McCarty also said her suicidal compulsions came from a painkiller habit, and from having been raped twice, the first time when she was 7.
The murderous mom has been charged with three counts of first-degree murder, and the state is seeking the death penalty.
Jessica McCarty, 33, had attempted suicide at least twice before killing her children , Lacey, 7, Philip, 6, and Christopher, five months old — in their Palm Bay home in March.
She also told relatives she and her boyfriend, Christopher Swist, were going through a “rocky patch” and he had asked to leave the house, Florida Today reported.
When police arrived at her house, they found blood all over the couches, kitchen and living room.
Carty, who had already slit her wrists, started talking to police about having a “girls day out” with her dead daughter and remarked that she would be missing her brother’s wedding in New York. It took about 15 minutes before she appeared to realize what she had done, police said.
When police arrived at her house, they found blood all over the couches, kitchen and living room.
Carty, who had already slit her wrists, started talking to police about having a “girls day out” with her dead daughter and remarked that she would be missing her brother’s wedding in New York. It took about 15 minutes before she appeared to realize what she had done, police said.
“I just wanna die,” she told police. “I hope something bad happens and I just die here. Just give me the death penalty, right here, right now. I wanted to stab myself very badly. I've wanted to kill myself for a long time.”
“I’m so pissed you guys didn’t shoot me with a real gun. I don’t deserve to live,” she told a detective. “I would have finished the job.”
Weeks before the household horror, McCarty had rambled about her homicidal fantasies to family members, telling one she “will snap my babies’ necks and take them with me when I kill myself,” according to the notes.
McCarty also said her suicidal compulsions came from a painkiller habit, and from having been raped twice, the first time when she was 7.
The murderous mom has been charged with three counts of first-degree murder, and the state is seeking the death penalty.
The True Meaning Of Being Successful
I believe that being successful means having a balance of success stories across the many areas of your life. You can't truly be considered successful in your business life if your home life is in shambles.
You are what you are and you are where you are because of what has gone into your mind. You change what you are and you change where you are by changing what goes into your mind.
Success is the doing, not the getting; in the trying, not the triumph. Success is a personal standard, reaching for the highest that is in us, becoming all that we can be. If we do our best, we are a success.
It makes no difference where you go, there you are. And it makes no difference what you have, there’s always more to want. Until you are happy with who you are, you will never be happy because of what you have.
If standard of living is your major objective, quality of life almost never improves, but if quality of life is your number one objective, your standard of living almost always improves.
Take one cup of love, two cups of loyalty, three cups of forgiveness, four quarts of faith and one barrel of laughter. Take love and loyalty and mix them thoroughly with faith; blend with tenderness, kindness and understanding. Add friendship and hope. Sprinkle abundantly with laughter. Bake it with sunshine. Wrap it regularly with lots of hugs. Serve generous helpings daily.
It's not where you start or even what happens to you along the way that's important. What is important is that you persevere and never give up on yourself.
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