PHOTOS: The NYSC Has 100 Percent Of Beautiful Ladies

  

Yearly thousands of the country’s graduates take part into the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) program. Boys and girls from every corner of Nigeria gather together to make our country a better place.

As every modern person on this planet, NYSC’s members like to post their selfies and group photos on Instagram. Naij.com did its best and made a compilation of the most beautiful and sexy-looking ladies in a NYSC uniform.

1. Who said hijab and khaki don’t match? Look at this.


2. Smiles and kisses from beautiful NYSC ladies.



3. Ladies, who allowed you to be so stunning?

     


4. Seriously, the NYSC program is a secret gathering place of pretty faces…



5. Oh, man, shorts are the best!

  
6. Shorts, glasses and braids, what more do you need?

  
7. Every girl caries a mirror in case of emergency, isn’t it? Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who the fairest of them all?

  
8. Well, these greenish trousers also look great…



  
9. Fashion clothes from Paris and Milan can’t outrun a NYSC outfit.

 
10. Those shining smiles can blind you, so don’t stare too long…


11. The NYSC members aren’t always busy with work, they also are allowed to relax and have fun. Carnival is the best time for it.

  
12. “The eyes are the mirror to the soul.”

   
13. Do good. And good will come to you.

 

Should the NYSC create their own beauty contest to choose the most beautiful lady who wears a NYSC uniform?

Naij

Drug Syndicate Uncovered In Enugu Airport

                              
 Ahmadu Giade, the chairman of the NDLEA

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has uncovered a suspected drug trafficking cartel at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport in Enugu state.

According to a statement issued on Friday, November 13, by Mitchel Ofoyeju, the agency’s spokesperson in Lagos, two officers of the NDLEA, Daniel Goska and Ndubuisi Ughor, who are indicted and currently at large, have been dismissed and declared wanted.

“Other suspected members of the group include Ifeanyichukwu Dayson, a key member of the drug trafficking organisation, and Emmanuel Okorie an Operations manager with Ethiopian Airline,” the statement read.

Among the suspects there were Henry Amaechi, a supervisor in Passenger Service Department of Nigerian Aviation Handling Company Plc, and Jacob Ezeugwu, a ticket and baggage staff at the airport.

The statement quoted Ahmadu Giade, the chairman of the NDLEA, who described the mode of operation of the drug cartel as strange. He also promised to adhere to global best practice in drug control in Nigeria.

“No bad egg in the agency will escape justice. Notwithstanding the strange way the cartel operates, I am pleased that it was exposed and ultimately dislodged.

“The agency will continue to adopt superior drug control strategies in line with global best practice. This is one sweet victory over criminal groups.

“The NDLEA is committed to the eradication of narcotics from our country and will continue to look both inwards and outwards for subversive elements,” he said.

A week ago, the NDLEA operatives arrested a 44-year-old woman, Abdulrasaq Modinat Alake, at Lagos International Airport. The woman, the Kwara state indegene, was caught with 4.450 kilogramme of cocaine.

Video: World’s First Successful Head Transplant Operation: Man’s Head Cut Off

                      

World’s First Head Transplant A Success after Nineteen Hour Operation
A 36-year-old man has undergone the world’s first successful head transplant. The ground-breaking operation took a team of surgeons 19 hours to complete and has allowed the patient to be cancer-free.

Paul Horner, who was diagnosed with bone cancer five years ago, was on the verge of death when he was approved for the controversial and possibly deadly operation.

Doctor Tom Downey, who was part of the South African team who carried out the operation, told CNN he is thrilled about the results. “It’s a massive breakthrough. We’ve proved that it can be done – we can give someone a brand new body that is just as good, or better, than their previous one.

The success of this operation leads to infinite possibilities.”

Surgeons at Charlotte Maxexe Johannesburg Academic Hospital in SA did the operation in February but had to wait until they could confirm it was successful before they made any public statement.

Downey spoke to reporters on the complexity behind the first ever head transplant. “This procedure is another excellent example of how medical research, technical know-how and patient-centered care can be combined in the quest to relieve human suffering.”

The operation was led by Professor Myron Danus and took place on February 10, 2015.

“Our goal is for Horner to be fully functional in two years and so far we are very pleased by his rapid recovery,” said prof. Danus. “Before the operation, Horner’s body was riddled with cancer and he had less than a month to live. We were fortunate enough to find a donor body; a 21-year-old man who has been brain dead from a serious car accident that happened in 2012. The boys body worked just fine, but his brain was not functioning whatsoever, and there was absolutely no chance of recovery.

He added: “We received approval from the young man’s parents to use their sons body to do the operation. They were extremely happy their son could save a life even in the vegetated state that he was in.”The man, Horner, has made 85% recovery; walking, talking, doing things a healthy individual does…

Ronaldo: I have a few women

Cristiano Ronaldo has revealed that he does not have a girlfriend at the moment as there are "a few" women competing for his affection.

The Real Madrid superstar split with long-term girlfriend Irina Shayk earlier this year and has been linked with a host of beauties since.

        

Indeed, Ronaldo has admitted he has yet to decide which lucky lady will become his next girlfriend and says it's hard finding a girl who isn't interested in just his fame.

When asked by ITV whether he has a "new special someone", the Portugal ace replied: "A few. I have to figure it out. Some know [they are competing]. I am normal.

        

"To speak seriously, it is not easy. I know 50 per cent [of the women] approach just for [celebrity] interest... It's normal, not just me. All the famous people have these kind of problems.

"But I think I am a confident guy. I'm tall, have all my teeth, have a nice body."

Ronaldo began dating Shayk in 2010 but they endured an acrimonious split in January, with the Russian model insinuating in June that the Ballon d'Or holder had not been "faithful".

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Facebook To Train Nigerian Senators On Use Of Application

The training has been fixed for next week, and is to be conducted by Facebook Africa’s head of policy.
All 109 senators and their aides are to undergo training in how to use Facebook and other social media.

The training is to help them communicate effectively on issues of public policy and good governance.

In a statement, Senator Isa Galaudu , chief of staff to Senate President Bukola Saraki, said the training is in line with Saraki’s promise to bring about a more representative legislature through use of technology and tools for an electronic parliament.

The training has been fixed for next week, and is to be conducted by Facebook Africa’s head of policy.

The Facebook team is billed to arrive Nigeria on Sunday.

House names Fayose ‘opposition leader’

Ekiti State Governor Ayo Fayose has said he is not afraid of going to jail to defend his conviction and ensure that the nation does not slide into a one-party dictatorship.

He said he was not afraid of President Muhammadu Buhari and would continue to criticise him for clamping down on former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors.

The governor spoke yesterday after the House of Assembly declared him “Nigeria’s opposition leader” for consistently speaking against perceived persecution by the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led Federal Government.

The House, led by Speaker Kola Oluwawole, passed the resolution at a special sitting.

Lawmakers, who spoke at the sitting included Oluwawole; his deputy, Segun Adewumi; House Leader Tunji Akinyele; Samuel Omotoso and Mrs. Titi Owolabi-Akerele.


Fayose said: “Why should I be afraid of jail? Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Nelson Mandela were jailed. Chief MKO Abiola was clamped into detention.

“So, why should I be afraid of President Buhari? He is just going to be President for a period of time. Virtually, all former PDP governors are being tried for corruption.

“But my speaking about what the APC government is doing does not mean I am eyeing a bigger position. I am not ready to go to the Senate. Great leaders don’t think about political placement, but think about how to strive to make their country better.

“All of us cannot run away from harassment. I am an opposition figure and I want to help the ruling party through criticisms, so that it won’t sleep.

“I don’t have any apology. This is the only time I can help Nigeria by helping check oppression and dictatorship.

“But a fact remains that whether the house calls me opposition leader or not, I will remain myself.”

On why they ‘honored Fayose with the title, Oluwawole said: “Since Fayose assumed office, if you see and hear his contributions to national issues, he has been honest, frank, courageous and this shows that he is an epitome of leadership. He has also been prudent in the management of our resources.”

The Ewi of Ado-Ekiti, Oba Rufus Adejugbe and the Chairman, State Traditional Council, Oba Samuel Oyebade, urged the Assembly and other Ekiti citizens to continue to support the governor.

Breakfast can boost kids’ academic grades

It is easy to let breakfast fall low in your list of priorities, but taking just a few minutes to have something to eat can really make a difference to your day.

Nutritionists say that though breakfast is not the “ultimate” of all the meals, only a few families stick to having it.

While some believe that eating breakfast makes them put on unnecessary weight; others just do not have the time for it before they head for work.

This “unhealthy culture” also affects children, as their parents hurriedly prepare them for school without bothering to give them breakfast. In the place of breakfast and perhaps for their children not to be late for school, parents just offer them lunch packs.

Reasons why many care less about the first meal of the day are, indeed, endless.

Nutritionists warn that not breaking the night fast is very dangerous to all aspects of our health and well-being.

Omolayo notes that food eaten in the morning restores glucose levels, an essential carbohydrate that is necessary for the brain to function.

She says, “Breakfast is the meal that provides the body and brain with fuel after an overnight fast – that is the idea of the name breaking the fast. When you do not eat in the morning, you are effectively running on empty stomach. It is akin to trying to start the car without petrol.

“Eating breakfast improves your memory and concentration levels. It can as well make you happier as it boosts your mood and lowers stress levels.”

On why eating breakfast is important for everyone, especially for children, Omolayo says studies show that kids who eat in the morning have higher grades in school than those who do not.

She adds that children who have breakfast grow healthier when compared to their counterparts who do not.

She explains, “The explanation is pretty simple, just like any organ in the body, the brain needs energy which comes through food to work at its best. Through good diet also, children get the nutrients they need to grow.

“Children do not store up as much calories as adult do, so they need to eat early in the morning to help them function well all through the day. Without this, they can get cranky and thus throw tantrums.”

She adds that people’s energy needs vary depending on their lifestyle and age bracket, hence growing children, who are more active, require a lot of energy.

To those who see eating in the morning as a weight loss strategy, sorry to burst your bubble, skipping breakfast actually makes you put on weight. The logic, according to Omolayo, is that you eat more during the day and late into the night trying to compensate for not eating in the morning.

She notes, “Research shows those who eat breakfast are less likely to be overweight and more likely to be within their ideal weight range compared with breakfast skippers. If you skip breakfast, you are more likely to reach for high sugar and fatty foods during the day adding more calories than you need. If you are looking to trim your waistline, don’t miss breakfast too.”

Experts at the National Health Institute, United States of America, after several studies and research say that eating breakfast has long term health benefits which include lowering one’s risks of obesity, high blood pressure, heart diseases and diabetes.

They advise parents to make breakfast an excellent occasion to eat together as a family when possible.

The NHS states, “Establishing good breakfast habits in childhood and maintaining them throughout adolescence may be an important factor in reducing the prevalence of breakfast skipping and developing good eating habits that last a lifetime.”

Meanwhile, are you at a loss as to what to put on the table every morning, here are some energy boosting foods that is good for the whole family. Try them this weekend.

Eggs

Eggs are an amazing breakfast for children. Filling them up on protein will keep them full all morning. Scrambled eggs are a fast and tasty way to get breakfast on the table. If you are really pressed for time, consider boiling eggs the night before. A hard boiled egg is “fast food” because they can eat it running out of the door. A little sprinkle of salt and pepper is all it takes to flavour this healthy food. Serve it with a slice of toast for a full meal.

Homemade oatmeal

Oatmeal is a great choice for breakfast. Your children will love the comforting flavours of this staple. Skip the heavily processed oatmeal that comes in individual portions. Cooking oatmeal from scratch is quick and simple. Steel cut oatmeal is the healthiest choice because it’s the least processed. However, it takes the longest cooking time. Soak the oats overnight to make them cook up quickly. You can also make a huge batch of oatmeal on the weekend and portion it out on the weekdays.

Yogurt

Yogurt is a great way for kids to get ample protein early in the day. Greek yogurt is thick and full of protein and calcium. It’s a better choice than some of the other types which may have very low protein amounts. Sweeten the yogurt up with a little honey and top with fresh fruit and granola. Be careful when buying or making granola- it is easy for granola to have a high fat content as it’s baked with butter or oil. Look for low fat varieties and always check the nutrition label.

Supreme Court Suspends Saraki’s Trial At CCT

            

The Supreme Court has officially suspended the proceedings in the corruption trial of Bukola Saraki at the Code of Conduct Tribunal. This is to allow the apex court in the land determine if Saraki's grounds of trying to escape justice in the "false assets declaration" case should be justified or dismissed.
Supreme Court has promised to trash the case speedily so that all parties will no the way forward.

Ronaldo targeted by Chelsea in sensational £70-plus million deal

ROMAN ABRAMOVICH is lining up an overhaul at Chelsea — and plans to build a new team around Cristiano Ronaldo.

The Stamford Bridge supremo is prepared to make Real Madrid an offer they cannot refuse for the Portuguese superstar. And he is willing to sell Eden Hazard, Nemanja Matic and Oscar to fund the sensational move.

Seven defeats in their opening twelve games have seen the Blues flop to 16th spot in the Premier League.

And reports in Spain suggest Abramovich sees the three-time Ballon d’Or winner — who has been strongly linked with a move to Paris Saint-Germain — as the man to revitalise the faltering champions.

The Blues’ nightmare start has led to speculation boss Jose Mourinho could soon be shown the door.

Ronaldo, 30, played under Mourinho in Madrid, but Abramovich will push ahead with the deal regardless of whether the Portuguese coach is still at the club.

Sergeant allegedly rapes neighbour’s 9-yr-old daughter

OFFICERS of Edo State Police Command are investigating a sergeant, Umoru Babalola, who allegedly raped a nine-old-girl (names withheld).

It was learned that Edo State Commissioner of Police, Chris Ezike, ordered the arrest of the sergeant, following a report from the girl’s mother that the policeman, who was her neighbour, allegedly lured her daughter, a primary four pupil, and raped her in his apartment.

She said: “I came home and was told that Sergeant Umoru sent my daughter to buy him recharge card.

“I waited for her to come back, but she did not. I decided to look for her in his apartment. I knocked but nobody answered. I asked after him from his son and he said his father was inside.

“I peeped through the window and I saw him naked with my daughter crying.

“I started shouting and banging on the door. Other neighbours came out and we forced him to open the door. I took my daughter to the hospital where it was confirmed she was raped. Umoru had threatened to kill her if she told anybody.

“I reported to the police and another test was conducted in a specialist hospital, where it was also confirmed that my daughter was raped.”

Confirming the report, Edo State Police Commissioner Chris Ezike, said: “The case is being handled at the Family Unit. I have ordered that a test be conducted on the girl and we are waiting for the result.

“The command and Nigeria Police will not cover any crime among its officers and men. If it is true, he will face orderly room trial, dismissed and charged to court.”

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Police nab teenager for hiding boyfriend’s gun

The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested a 15-year-old girl from Mbiaya, in the Uruan Local Government Area of the state for concealing a locally-made pistol that belonged to her boyfriend, Mr. Ofonime Eton, 23.

The teenager, who is a student of Itam Secondary School, in Itu, was said to have concealed the firearm in her handbag when the police intercepted a tricycle she and her boyfriend boarded.

The state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Murtala Mani, said during a press conference in Uyo on Wednesday that when the teenager discovered that the police team on duty was about stopping the tricycle for a search, he quickly passed the gun to the teenager, who concealed it in her bag.

When asked how she came about the firearm, the girl stated that they were returning from a vigil on November 6 when the police came around their tricycle, seized the gun and arrested them. She revealed that her boyfriend was a cultist but she had not seen him with a gun before that fateful day.

“We were on our way back home from a vigil which a friend invited us to. When he (Eton) saw the police, he passed the gun to me; I collected it. So, when the police came, they collected the gun from me and arrested both of us,” she confessed.

On his own part, Eton said he finished secondary school last year. The 23-year-old said he was a member of a cult known as KK.

He said, “My girlfriend was not aware that I was carrying a gun. I was wearing a pullover and when we were coming back in the morning, she was feeling cold so I decided to give her the pullover and the gun was inside the pullover.”

The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, ASP Cordelia Nwawe, also said two ladies were arrested for being in possession of hemp.

She said the two ladies were those who actually helped their brother, Anietie Simon, now at large, to sell and move the cannabis to customers.

One of the suspects, Miss Ono Simon, 18, from Idedep in the Ibiono Ibom LGA, who graduated from secondary school last year, said neither she nor her elder sister, Blessing Simon, had been involved in the illicit trade.

She said it was her elder brother, Anietie, who owned the illicit drug.

According to her, Anietie, who rented the house in which they lived, came in when they were not around and dropped the hemp in a sack where Blessing’s dirty clothes were kept.

Punch

Ben Bruce challenges Fashola not to use a generator as Power Minister

      
      

The outspoken senator while congratulating Fashola on his appointment as Minister of Power,Works and Housing has challenged him not to use a generator ..He also challenged Rotimi Amaechi to use public transport at least once a month ..


        



      


       

Oshiomhole accuses Igbinedion of giving father 200,000-hectare land

Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, on Wednesday, vowed to publish records of fraud allegedly perpetrated by Chief Lucky Igbinedion, who is a former governor of the state.

Oshiomhole, who disclosed this at the Government House, Benin, while addressing a large crowd of students and civil society groups, also said that he would forward all the files containing alleged fraud to Abuja, next week, for prosecution.

The civil society members and students marched through major roads in the city, chanting anti-Peoples Democratic Party songs and accusing the opposition party of sponsoring Monday’s anti-government protest.

Efforts by our correspondent to reach Chief Igbinedion or the then Secretary to the State Government, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, on the allegations were unsuccessful as of the time of filing this report.

Oshiomhole accused the former governor and his father, Chief Gabriel Igbinedion, of allegedly converting to private use, government properties and funds meant for the people of the state.

He also added that he was ready to publish the sales of government properties during Igbinedion’s administration, stressing that the move would reveal the identities of other beneficiaries.

Noting that he would want to be remembered for eliminating the concept of ‘godfatherism’ in Edo politics, Oshiomhole commended the youths and civil society groups for their solidarity for his government.

He explained that his feud with the Igbiendion family started when he revoked the over 200,000 hectares of government land which the former governor allegedly gave to his father in Okada as well as the termination of the Memorandum of Understanding the former governor allegedly signed with his father to allow “the medical students in Igbinedion University to use our state-owned hospital at the expense of the Edo State Government while Chief Igbinedion collects N1m from each medical student.”

The governor said, “Everybody born of a woman in this state must be subjected to the rule of law. I decree in the name of God, my creator, and in the interest of Edo people, even the ones yet unborn, I want to be remembered after my stewardship, not only for roads, for hospitals, for schools (but) much more importantly, I want to be remembered as the man who brought an end to exemptions.

“We provided the leadership that has banished the godfathers in Edo State. They can never, never forget that. I will publish records in black and white and Edo people will be told how they have been raped; they have murdered sleep. I went to Ovia North-East, Igbinedion covered all the government reserved land reserved for the people of Edo State.

“Lucky gave to his father over 200,000 hectares of land. They took the land on the grounds that they will use it for mechanised farming, I will say the truth and Igbinedion can do nothing; I can drive him out of town.”

“The angrier they are, the happier I am. With the powers vested in me as the governor, I used the powers to revoke the over 200,000 hectares of land the son gave to the father and returned it to government. That was why Igbinedion was fighting me; but I said (that) if he does not obey the law, he will go to prison. They were able to cover these things (but) Buhari is there now. So, it can never be business as usual.”

Misconduct: Erring Lawyers May Lose Practising Licence – NBA

Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) president, Augustine Alegeh, SAN, has reiterated the commitment of the association not to tolerate any act of professional misconduct from any of its members, stressing that erring lawyers depending on gravity of offence may lose their practising licence.

He said the decision to harp on professionalism has become imperative to rid the bar of all forms of quackery and ensure that only qualified lawyers are in the practice.

The NBA president who stated this shortly after inaugurating the Barnawa branch of the association in Kaduna, also disclosed that no fewer than 1000 fake lawyers have so far been discovered in the profession, adding that the number is still increasing.

He assured however that the association was not going to leave any stone unturned to get rid of quacks in the law profession, stressing that all lawyers enrolled have their stamp.

“Any fake or quack lawyer apprehended will be handed over to the law enforcement agency for necessary prosecution.

“NBA will deal decisively with any lawyer who misbehaves.

All erring members of NBA will severely be punished, with punishment ranging from 2-5 years ban out of practice and in the case of a more grievous offence, such lawyer might loose his or her practising licence.”

Research shows higher rate of happiness among non-users of Facebook

  

Logging off from Facebook can contribute to more happiness, according to a Danish study on users of the social networking site.

The findings were based on a week-long survey of 1,095 Facebook users, who were divided into two groups, Meik Wiking, chief executive of The Happines Research Institute said on Wednesday.

“One half would continue to use Facebook as normal, that was our control group, and the other half were asked not to log on to Facebook for a week,” he told newsmen.

A week later, the two groups were assessed again and there was an increase in the average happiness rating among those who took a break from Facebook.

On a 10-point scale, their average increased 0.5 points – rising from 7.56 to 8.12 points, while the group that continued to use Facebook showed only a marginal change, the report said.

“The finding, I was most surprised about was how much life satisfaction increased in our treatment group, the people who had a break from Facebook,” Wiking said.

The researchers had not been sure they would be able to detect any effect at all in such a short period of a week, he added.

The group, who had a break from Facebook were also less stressed, more decisive and felt “more present in the moment,” the report said.

The survey was conducted at the end of October, and comprised Danish Facebook users, aged from 17 to their 70s.

“Ironically, we recruited people via Facebook,” Wiking said.

About 10-15 per cent of the users in the group that took a break, conceded after the survey was completed that they had actually logged on to Facebook.

Wiking, who signed up as well and was randomly put in the treatment group, said he was forced to drop out as he had to check an address to a party that was posted on Facebook.

He said the think tank plans a follow-up, including tracking the groups to see if there was a long-term effect and if users would return to previous Facebook behaviour.

The research was titled The Facebook Experiment: Does Social Media Affect the Quality of our Lives.

Christian Daycare Workers Fired After Refusing To Call Transgender 6-Year-Old By A Boy’s Name

  

Two daycare workers are suing on the basis of discrimination, alleging that they were fired due to their Christian faith after refusing to recognize a transgender child’s new identity.
MailOnline: Two Christian childcare workers who were fired after refusing to call a transgender six year old by a boy’s name are suing the center for discrimination.

Madeline Kirksey and Akesha Bogany Wyatt were sacked from the Children’s Lighthouse Learning Center in Katy, Texas, a week ago after the pupil, who had attended school for four months as a girl, began identifying as a boy.
According to Adam Taylor, Kirksey’s lawyer, the child’s parents – both of whom are male – took their daughter home on a Friday, and sent her back to school the following Monday as a boy.

Taylor says the child’s hair had been cut into a masculine style, and the formerly female student had been given a more classically masculine name.

However, Kirksey and Wyatt refused to go along with the name change, and said they felt uncomfortable speaking to other young children about transgender issues.

Kirksey also apparently feels that the child’s gay parents are pushing their daughter into being transgender:
Kirksey added that she feels the male parents of the student are forcing the issue of gender on to their child, which she disagrees with.

Taylor said: ‘Madeline’s rights have been violated. Literally she was sacrificed on the alter of political correctness.
“It is not just Madeline and it is not just this school that we are concerned about. We need to send a strong message that Christians need to push back on this agenda.”

We understand people holding on to their own set of beliefs…but is it really this teacher’s place to grandstand on this child’s struggle? On the other hand, it doesn’t seem necessary to fire her for being uncooperative…surely the child could have been moved to another class.

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Cop too drunk to accept award for arresting 100 drunk drivers

When Florida cop Michael Szeliga heard he was going to win an award for arresting 100 drunk drivers, he probably should't have packed a bottle of Jameson in his patrol car.

According to Raw Story, Szeliga was being honoured by Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) for his impressive arrest record - but he was too drunk to accept the award.


“It was wrong, and again, one of the most ridiculous things I’ve heard of. When I first heard about it, that was (what) my reaction was. ‘Come on, you’ve got to be kidding me. Really?’” Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri told Raw Story.


The award ceremony was part of a DUI training weekend hosted by MADD.

              

According to WFLA News Channel 8 on the first day of the weekend, Szeliga had apparently skipped out on training and gone drinking with a pair of other officers. He was found later that day "wasted" and wearing nothing but his boxer shorts.

While he was suspended for the incident, it didn't result in him missing out on his promotion to detective.

According to Raw Story, MADD has a history of bad experiences with booze - last year their acting chapter president, David Griffin, was arrested for drunk driving. Griffin has since resigned.

PHOTO: The Isekhure Of Benin Kingdom, Chief Priest, Meet Pope Francis In Rome

                 

The Isekhure of Benin Kingdom and Benin Chief Priest were recently photographed with his holiness, Pope Francis in Vatican City, Rome, Italy.

PHOTO: Five-year-old girl accuses father’s friends of rape

                   

A five-year-old girl has accused five of her father’s colleagues of rape. The victim, it was learnt, was allegedly raped alongside her three-year-old sister.
PUNCH Metro learnt that the victims and their father, Ayodele Ekundayo, who is a driver at a cement factory, lived in the same compound with the suspects who all work in the same company.


It was learnt that the company, which is located in the Fagba area of Lagos State, provided accommodation for its employees.
It was learnt that the suspects – John Mahansi, Taiye Ojo, aka Ejima, Deji Adenekan, aka Orobo and Peter Irobo, aka Apako, are between the ages of 24 and 33.

Speaking at the Lagos headquarters of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, the father of the victims said he was disappointed when he found out that his colleagues raped his daughters.He said since he had no wife, he usually left the little girls in the care of his colleagues.
Ekundayo said he discovered the alleged rape when his daughters started complaining about pains in their private parts.

He said,
“Five days ago (on Thursday), my younger daughter ran to me and was shouting ‘pepper, pepper’ pointing to her private parts. She took off her pants and cried when I did not answer her. When I asked her who put pepper in it, she said it was Apako.
“I called her elder sister and she confessed to me and narrated all that happened. She said they (the suspects) threatened to kill them if they told me what was going on.

“Others did not talk when I approached them but Apako was shouting and threatening me when I challenged him. I am surprised they could do such a thing to my daughters. Those children are precious to me.
“At times, I take them with me to where we offload bags of cement when there is nobody to look after them. My older daughter told me that two drivers, Ejima and Orobo, used to touch her private parts while I was busy at work. I left my daughters with the security guards, Mahansi and Segun, whenever I was on night duty. I didn’t know that they were also defiling my daughters.”

The suspects, who were paraded by the NSCDC, however, denied the allegations.
The five-year-old victim, however, told PUNCH Metro that she was indeed raped by the suspects.
The victim, who gave graphic details of her encounter, said one of the suspects instructed her to put his private parts in her mouth.

She said,
“Yes. Apako, John, Segun, Orobo and Ejima raped me. They put their ‘willy’ in my ‘bum-bum’ two times. They kissed me. It was only Apako that put his ‘willy’ in my sister’s ‘bum-bum.’”
A resident of Fagba, identified only as Dr. Solanke, was said to have informed a rights group, Ihuoma Girls Care and Support Initiative, about the incident and it later reported at the NSCDC command, leading to the suspects’ arrest on Monday.

Blows, slap as Dogara, Gbajabiamila’s supporters fight over House c’ttees

                         
                            Dogara and Gbajabiamila

The exchange of blows caused the legislators to defer sitting and resort to caucuses during which a resolution was taken by the mainstream of the House to bring sanctions on House Leader, Femi Gbajabiamila and his 23 loyalists who boycotted Monday’s inauguration of the House Committees.

That decision was, however, tempered following pleas at a closed door session between Gbajabiamila and some principal officers of the House in the speaker’s office.

Also yesterday in the Senate, muttering over the sharing of committee positions again reopened the fault lines as supporters of the Senate Presidency bid of Senator Ahmad Lawan accused Senate President Bukola Saraki of surrendering the chambers to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

The melee in the House was upon the bad blood that followed the boycott of the inauguration of the 96 standing committees by House Leader, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila, and his close loyalists.

Exchange of blows

It was gathered that trouble started when the newly inaugurated Chairman of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Rep Herman Hembe, representing APC, Konshisha/Vandekiya, Benue State, a close loyalist of the speaker, engaged Rep. Magaji Aliyu, APC, Birnin-Kudu/Buji, Jigawa State, a supporter of Gbajabiamila, over the sharing of the committees.

A slap was said to have followed when one of the two men could no longer control his emotion and the situation was said to have been quickly brought under control by the intervention of the Deputy Speaker, Yussuff Lasun.

Tempers also overflowed on account of alleged moves by allies of Speaker Yakubu Dogara and those of Gbajabiamila to effect sanctions upon the other.

At the closed door session of the APC caucus, it was gathered that members resolved to remove Gbajabiamila as House Leader and refer his 23 loyalists who boycotted the Monday inauguration of the committees to the Privileges Committee of the House.

That move was, however, rescinded after a peace meeting between Gbajabiamila and the speaker attended by some principal officers of the House.

Sources privy to the development said Gbajabiamila had entered the speaker’s office and requested for a one-on-one meeting with the speaker but the other principal officers present were said to have refused and insisted on partaking in the meeting.

Among the principal officers present at the meeting were Deputy Speaker, Yusuf Lashun; Minority Leader, Leo Ogor and Chief Whip, Ado Doguwa.

At the end of the interaction, the speaker was said to have promised to prevail on his supporters not to apply the sanctions as canvassed by the mainstream of the House against Gbajabiamila and his loyalists.

Gbajabiamila in an SMS response to Vanguard on the development said last night:“The Speaker and I, both know we will both look bad and no one will be the winner if there is ever another fight on the floor. The numbers are simply not there to remove any principal officer.”



It was a meeting

for APC family

Doguwa who briefed newsmen on the outcome of the APC caucus meeting said yesterday: “This was a meeting for the APC family, a meeting we intended to address ourselves that enough is enough of the misunderstanding among the APC family.

“I want to tell you precisely that by what we did yesterday, the flight of the 8th House of Representatives has taken off, it has not only taken off, it has taken off very successfully and it is a flight that is a four-year bound air flight, with Dogara as the pilot.

“I want to tell that we have maintained the status quo for now and Femi (Gbajabiamila) is our leader in the House of Representatives and even the speculations made earlier on that there is a move to remove Femi as our leader is unfounded and it is not from the leadership of the House or the APC.

“I also want to tell you that this morning I had a very close consultations with the leaders of the party, specifically Senator Lawali Shuaibu, who is the deputy leader of the APC in Nigeria and we have told them that there is no cause for alarm in the House of Representatives and we are moving as one.

“There is no two way about unity, this party was founded on the basis of unity and the House of Representatives as it is today is very much poised and ready to work with Mr. President, Muhammadu Buhari, to deliver the change mantra we have promised Nigerians.”



Gbajabiamila camp denies plot to remove Dogara

Associates of Gbajabiamila were also quick to denounce alleged plots against Speaker Dogara, particularly an alleged meeting in Atlanta, United States of America.

“No such meeting was held in the US. Rather, the leader (Gbajabiamila) visited Brazil where he met his family. I repeat there is no plan to remove Dogara by Gbajabiamila men,” an associate of Dogara said yesterday.

“It was a concoction of Dogara’s men to get juicy committees. They have built a garrison around Dogara that only those close to him can advise him. In short, they have caged him.

However, a member of the House, Rep Mustapha Bala Dawaki, has denounced agitations for committee positions, saying that committee chairmanship is a privilege and not the right of any lawmaker.

He said “the primary responsibility of any lawmaker here in the 8th Assembly is to adequately represent his constituency not committee chairmanship.”

Dawaki, who represents Dawakin Kudu/Warawa, APC, Kano, described the move as in bad taste “as no lawmaker was elected by his people to come here to fight for committee chairmanship or the so-called elusive juicy committees.”



Saraki asked to apologise to Nigerians

Meanwhile, anger among loyalists of Senator Lawan in the Senate over the composition of the committees also boiled over at a press conference in the Senate building, yesterday.

Speaking under the aegis of Senate Unity Forum, spokesman of the group, Senator Kabiru Marafa, APC, Zamfara Central, however, shied away from saying any member of his group would resign from the committee positions assigned to him.

Affirming that tyranny had taken over the Senate, he urged Senate President Saraki to apologise to Nigerians for “abuse of the Constitution” and for increasing number of committees beyond the statutory provisions.

Trouble started shortly after Votes and Proceedings of the last Wednesday’s sitting was approved by the Senate. Senator Marafa, who cited a number of Constitutional Orders and the Senate Standing Order submitted that the constitution of the committees should be reversed as they failed to meet the benchmark.

According to Senator Marafa, the Senate Selection Committee chaired by the Senate President, was not duly constituted, in accordance with provisions of the Standing Order, saying as such, the committees they put together were null and void.

He also asserted that failure of the Senate President to comply with Section 100 of the Senate Standing Rules, which provides for Senate approval of the committees before they can go into operation, saying such development had also nullified the efforts of the Senate Selection Committee.

He insisted that the committees were not subject to the approval of all senators in plenary. He said that the Selection Committee was not properly constituted in that it was made up mainly of new senators, flouting the standing order, which specified that it should be constituted based on ranking.



Legislative tyranny

Hear him: “What we are witnessing today in the National Assembly and the Senate in particular is legislative tyranny, where impunity wants to be the order of the day.

“Laws are meant to be respected and if we can treat our Order with impunity, then we have no business being here.

“There is no committee. They are not legally constituted and they cannot function. Any further action is unacceptable to Nigerians and I have discharged that responsibility.”

Speaking in the same vein, Senator Suleiman Hunkuyi, APC, Kaduna North, said there were procedures for constituting standing committees.

Hunkuyi, who was appointed Vice Chairman, Federal Character Commission and Inter-Governmental Affairs, said there was no resolution on the committees at plenary.

But reacting to the allegations, Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Publicity, Abdullahi Sabi, said the committees were approved during the adoption of votes and proceedings.

According to him, no lawmaker had the power to declare any proceeding in the House null and void because they were not judges.

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Beware, dirty notes can make you ill!

When next you handle a dirty currency, try and smell it. You’ll be surprised at how irritating to the nose it could be!

We are talking about any currency here, and not just the naira. However, because the majority of us only have access to our legal tender, we might as well focus on the naira.


The way the local sellers, especially the market women, handle the naira notes range from bizarre to the ridiculous.

Have you ever been handed money that was drawn directly out of the brassieres? Say, how does it feel holding money that has been soaked in someone’s sweat?

What about butchers who habitually smear money with blood of animals? Give them a neat note and right in your presence, they will smear it with blood, sending the pollution course in motion immediately.

As for bus conductors, if the naira could talk, it would cry foul each time those uncouth commercial bus conductors and the drivers use it to wipe sweat or clean dirty nose!

To some people, the naira note comes handy for picking ears. They simply roll it up and use the sharp edge to draw out ear wax.

And, what about people who lick their fingers repeatedly just to be able to separate the notes as they count money!

How often do you come across badly soiled naira, even when you withdraw money from the ATM? Usually, what comes out of the ATM are limp, torn and smelly notes that should have been withdrawn from circulation ages ago!

Yet, apart from the national shame that we feel each time we come across these badly handled notes, physicians are saying that dirty currencies are fully of germs that readily transit from hand to hand, such that no one could escape getting infected once you handle the money.

Germs and pathogens on money

When a child is playing with money, the average adult is only concerned about the money not getting lost. We hardly think of the possible ill health that could result from having an encounter with soiled notes!

Yet, unlike other commodities that could be neglected if found lying carelessly on the floor, the average person would pick up money, even if it perches atop a mound of poop! And when such money lands in your palm, you have no way of knowing how far it has travelled before it gets to you.

As such, it is dangerous to get careless with money by using your lips to hold it, for instance, while searching for something in your bag; or by allowing a child to play with money unsupervised.

A virologist with the Ministry of Health, Dr. Tolu Samuel, says the way the naira is treated leaves no one in doubt that each note carries thousands of several types of bacteria on its surface.

She says that without any fear of contradiction, the common bacteria that are likely to be found on dirty notes include the types that will be found in the mouth, bum and poop.

Elaborating further, the scientist says the act of licking the fingers when counting money introduces microbes that reside in the mouth; while those who don’t clean their hands properly after each bathroom use are responsible for the bacteria that are traceable to the private parts and poop.

She adds that though many viruses and bacteria cannot survive on any surface — including money surface — for more than 48 hours, live flu virus can survive on paper money for up to 17 days!

She says this is because, even without playing dirty with a currency, the human hands are colonised by millions of bacteria; and because money exchanges hands frequently, it is easy to pass pathogens around as money exchanges hands!

She counsels, “While scientists are not able to categorically say how much money aids in the transmission of disease-causing bacteria, common sense dictates that you should wash your hands after handling money, just the way you do after using the bathroom.”

Samuel warns that with the way some naira notes are heavily soiled, she wouldn’t be surprised to find multi-drug resistant pathogens on any of them if taken to the laboratory for analysis.

“What this suggests is that the population is exposed to the risk of not having effective prevention and treatment of a range of infections caused by bacteria, parasites, viruses and fungi,” Samuel warns.

Indeed, scientists warn that patients who have infections that are caused by drug-resistant bacteria are generally at increased risk of worse clinical outcomes, including death!

Have you ever taken ill after eating out, even in a swanky restaurant? It happens quite frequently and we sometimes think it’s because we developed sensitivity to the food.

Well, may be; as researchers warn that those who prepare food after handling contaminated currency notes have a higher risk of infecting themselves and others with food-borne pathogens such as shigella and salmonella.

Samuel says when you contact either salmonella or shigella, it can lead to abdominal cramps, bloody diarrhoea and fever, which will require medical attention without delay.

“What this translates into is that those who handle food must be careful to wash their hands after handling money. Otherwise, they may transfer disease pathogens that are on the surface of money into food. The situation is worse when that food wouldn’t need to be cooked before eating,” the virologist says.

The bottom line: Wash your hands frequently.

Policeman commits suicide for missing assessment exam

                      

There was pandemonium, yesterday, at the Police Training School, Ikeja, Lagos, following the discovery of the lifeless body of Corporal Agi Elias inside his car.

It was gathered that the policeman, attached to Safer High Way Patrol, reportedly committed suicide at about 8p.m, Monday, after he missed an assessment exam held at the training school.

Empty cans of pesticide and some tablets, suspected to have been taken by the deceased, were reportedly found inside the car.

Vanguard learned that Elias, who was part of the policemen undergoing a promotional course that ended Monday, was trapped in traffic on his way from Badagry.

He got to the school, only to discover that the assessment exam conducted by a Commissioner of Police was over. Report said passionate pleas to the examiners fell on deaf ears.

The distraught corporal, as gathered called his wife on phone and informed her not to expect him back home again. He was also said to have told her to come and pick his corpse at the training college.

When Vanguard arrived the scene yesterday morning, Elias’ widow, family members, friends and colleagues were seen weeping profusely.

Colleagues’ stories

According to one of his course mates identified simply as Sanni, “we have been here together since Friday on a training course. Yesterday, Elias was coming from his division in Badagry when he got trapped in traffic, which resulted in his missing the assessment exams.

“He begged the officer in charge to help him but they told him it was late and there was nothing they could do because it was the Commissioner of Police, CP Fatia Owoseni, that conducted the assessment exam.”

Another policeman, who spoke to Vanguard on the condition of anonymity, said: “Even if he missed the assessment exams, that is not enough reason for him to take his life. His death is not ordinary.

“Elias was comfortable. He had two cars: an SUV and the Passsat in which he died and two houses in different parts of Lagos. He did not even think of his family, his wife and two children.”

His corpse has been deposited in the morgue at Lagos State Teaching Hospital.

I thought he was

relaxing—VENDOR

A newspaper vendor, Bekky Onabanjo, who claimed to have seen the deceased park his vehicle Monday night, said: “One of his legs was outside while the other was inside the car. He was there till we closed for the day at about 7p.m. I thought he was relaxing.

“It was this morning (yesterday) that we found his lifeless body already stiff inside his vehicle. There was also an empty can of a pesticide inside the car, suggesting he could have committed suicide.”

Police statement

Confirming the incident, the command’s spokesman, Mr. Joe Offor, said: “A policeman was found dead in his car with number plates 489 AY, parked at the entrance gate of High Barracks, Ikeja today (yesterday) at about 7.30a.m.”

Vanguard

‘Expose Buhari’s ministers if they fly first-class’

The senator representing Bayelsa East, Mr. Ben Murray-Bruce, on Tuesday urged the soon-to-be-inaugurated President Muhammadu Buhari’s ministers to embark on cost-saving measures.

The inauguration of the ministers-designate will take place on Wednesday.

A minister-designate, Senator Chris Ngige, had on Friday disclosed that members of the soon-to-be constituted Federal Executive Council would serve without some perks of office associated with past government officials.

He said ministers would not operate with huge retinues of aides and long convoy of vehicles.

Speaking at the end of a two-day presidential retreat organised for ministers-designate by the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Ngige said it was the desire of the present administration to block all leakages in the economy.

He said, “We shall operate a lean economy because we are going to block areas of leakages, retinues of aides, protocol staff. Large convoys of cars are things that will not fly in this administration.

“The important thing is that we want to move our people from where they are now; they are in abject poverty, a situation that affects about 75 per cent of the populace.

“So, we need to actually restructure the political and social structures of the country and that is what we are going to do. That means poverty will reduce.”

But Murray-Bruce, the founder of an entertainment conglomerate, the Silverbird Group, in a series of tweets, asked his followers to expose any minister caught flying first-class or riding in long convoy of cars.

He said, “Let’s monitor Buhari’s ministers. If you see them flying first-class, take a picture; send to me. Silverbird TV will air it.

“If you see Buhari’s ministers with excessively long convoys, take a picture and send to me. If you see ministers abusing power (beat red light, security harassing citizens), send to me.”

I’m not yet 100% fit – Oliseh

                        
                        Pinnick and Oliseh

Briefing journalists after the team’s training yesterday evening, Oliseh disclosed that due to the importance of the encounter he decided to return to ensure that the desired victory is secured.

However, the former national team captain quickly added that with the zeal displayed by the boys, that the team will find a way to get the better of their hosts even as he added that he has high regards for the home team.

“I am not 100% fit but this is a crucial match and we have to give it our all that is why I managed to be here. The boys are in high spirit and we have devised plans to get it right. We want to win all our matches so as to qualify for the world cup, that is our target.”

The former Juventus of Italy midfielder also spoke on the late arrival of some of his players including American based Obafemi Martins blaming that on international flight hitches especially as it concerns Lufthansa.

Meet Miss BumBum Brazil 2015 Winner

       

Suzy Cortez has been crowned Miss Bumbum Brazil 2015.The fifth annual contest saw over 500 women from around Brazil flock to Sao Paolo to be judged on their derrieres.


       

       

   

   

                                     

                                 



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ROBBERS RAPE NEWLY WED

Some residents of Adio, Ekimogun streets and Kehinde Lane in the Bariga area of Lagos State have started fleeing their homes after robbers kept attacking them repeatedly

Punch  Metro learnt that,during the raid of Ekimogun, a newly-wed woman who just moved into the house with her husband was raped while her husband was forced to watch.The security guard of a nursery and primary school on Adio Street was bound by his hands and feet and beaten up severely.

The landlady in one of the houses, who identified herself as Olubukola, said her children had stopped going to school because she no longer slept at home.
She said despite not staying at home, the robbers still broke into her room and carted away valuables.
She said,


“They have entered my house three times now. The first time was early Monday morning. They ransacked all the flats in the building.
“On Wednesday night cum Thursday morning, they returned and stole more things. Because of all these, people stopped living in their houses. My children and I now squat in a friend’s apartment in Alagbado.“But on Friday morning, we returned and discovered the robbers had come and because they did not meet anybody, they broke in and took away my television and DSTV decoder.”
Our correspondent learnt that in another house on the street, the robbers carted away handsets, laptops, money and ATM cards.

A resident, who identified himself as Solomon Johnson, said,
“They demanded the PINs of the cards. After they left and discovered that the PINs were incorrect, they returned to the room the next day and attacked the owners for giving them wrong PINs. They then asked for the correct PINs from them.”

It was gathered that the robbers, who were mostly teenagers and in their early 20s, wielded cutlasses, crowbars and axes.A resident said while some wore masks, others did not hide their faces.
A resident, Solomon, said he was attacked with a cutlass after the robbers thought he was hiding phones from them.He said,
“They cut my leg with a cutlass and beat me up, telling me to release the phones. I told them I did not have any phone. I was admitted in the hospital for two days.”
On Ekimogun where the rape took place, a resident said the incident happened around 2am.

He said,

“There is a sports viewing centre around here and some of us stay there. If we knew a robbery was going on we could have done something.
“But those robbers sneaked in and held those people hostage. The woman just moved into the house with her husband. They got married less than a month ago.
“One of the robbers raped her. She was taken to the hospital the next day for treatment.”
A community leader and Chairman, Security Committee for Adio Community, Femi Emiko, said the robbers always fled through the Oworonsoki Expressway, adding that the police were not using the right technique to arrest them.

He said,
“Actually, within one week, they have visited Adio five times. They have turned this community to an ‘ATM machine’ where they can withdraw money anytime they like.
“The police do come, but immediately the robbers hear their siren, they run away. We have been having meetings to see how to form vigilantes and fight these robbers. They are young guys and we can win this fight.”

Biafra protest in Port Harcourt: More graphic photos as number of casualties increase

Police are trying to disperse the crowd… Presently there are casualties as police are using every means necessary. Biafra protest is still ongoing in Port Harcourt

         

         


       

   

         



         

Ronaldo premieres his film in London

                

                                Ronaldo cries after winning the 2013 FIFA Ballon d’Or

From soccer pitch to red carpet, FIFA World Player of the Year Cristiano Ronaldo, premiered his personal portrait film “Ronaldo” in London on Monday.

Ronaldo reunited with his former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson on the red carpet, which also saw a late arrival from Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho.

Posing with a line of fans, Ronaldo sought to break a selfie record upon arrival and was also awarded certificates for other Guinness World Records he had, including “most ‘liked’ person on Facebook”.

“The people who really know me, they are not going to be surprised about the movie,” Ronaldo told Reuters when asked about the film.

Asked if after his soccer playing career he might eye a position as head of FIFA or UEFA, the Real Madrid striker said that he would adjust accordingly to the dictates of his future endeavours.

“I’m not that smart to be president. I do not worry about that, about what is going to happen in my future.”

“I think I’m still able to play a few more years of football, but in future I have other projects, that will be more interesting than being president,” he added.

The film, made by the team behind documentaries on racing driver Ayrton Senna and singer Amy Winehouse, looks at his professional side as well as shows tender moments between Ronaldo and his young son.

“You have a chance to see the real Cristiano,” Ronaldo’s agent Jorge Mendes said of the film.

Ronaldo is also captain of Portugal’s national team, which last month secured its spot for Euro 2016 in France.

Asked if he thought he could bring the side to victory, Ronaldo said: “Well, I will try. “I will help the team and I will give my best like always and let’s see what happens.”

“But I am looking forward to that.”