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Osun Magistrates Court Sentenced 26-Year-Old Man to 6months jail

February 01, 2019

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A 26-year-old man, Mathew Damilare, who stole 2 trousers worth N3,500 will be spending six months in prison as ruled by an Osun Magistrates’ Court.

Damilare was convicted on a two-count charge of commit felony and theft, contrary to Sections 383, 390 (9) and 516 of the penal code.

Damilare, who resides at Ipetumodu, Ife-North Local Government area of Osun, pleaded guilty but begged the court to be merciful with justice.

While passing her judgment, Magistrate Muhibah Olatunji, said the court considered that it was a first time the convict was committing the offence.

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Retired Military officer murdered, set ablaze by her security guard in Benin

January 30, 2018

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BENIN—A retired military officer, Major Afisatu Ajuya, was, Sunday, murdered by her security guard and her body set ablaze in her apartment in Ugbor area, GRA Benin, Edo State capital.

The security guard, whose identity is yet to be ascertained, was said to have recruited eight other persons to join him to commit the act. According to an eyewitness, “they broke into her apartment very early on Sunday, strangled her and set her body ablaze. They took away her jewelries, electric fan and phones.” Vanguard learned that some persons were able to trace the suspects and alerted the Police, which led to their arrest. The suspects are currently at the state Police Command with some of the items recovered from them. The state Police Commissioner, Babatunde Kokumo, confirmed the incident, saying it was a case of robbery, arson and murder. Kokumo said the suspects killed their victim and set her body on fire, to make it look like she died from the fire incident. “But thank God we have the lead now and I am sure we will come up with more facts,” he added.

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SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENT WHO GOT ALL A’S IN WAEC UNABLE TO GO TO THE UNIVERSITY DUE TO POVERTY

November 06, 2017

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A Science student of the Navrongo Senior High School, Akannae Ayine Ebenezer, with index number 0090501130 has scored distinction in the 2017 West African Senior Schools Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) with all As in the eight subjects. The results were released last Wednesday by the West African Examinations Council, Waec.

Master Akannae’s parents are in Kumasi as labourers,our sources have gathered that His mother washes bowls and clothes for people for survival while his father works on a farm in the Ashanti Region capital. He was adopted by a member of the Bolgatanga Presbyterian Church in the Upper East Region. He currently lives in Sumbrungu, a village in the Bolgatanga municipality. Master Akannae wants to be a medical doctor in future. His guardian is appealing to the general public to help him pursue Biomedical Engineering at the university.

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Monkey-pox: Ministry urges Enugu residents to avoid contact with animals

October 10, 2017

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The Enugu State Ministry of Health has urged residents of the state to be wary of touching or coming in contact with wild animals, for self protection against Monkey-pox virus.
The ministry’s Director of Public Health Services, Dr Okechukwu Ossai, gave the advice when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday, on measures taken by the ministry to prevent the disease in the state.

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Ossai said the ministry had begun sensitisation in local radio and television stations about the disease, its signs and symptoms.
He said that the ministry had also gone ahead to orientate its disease surveillance officers in all the local governments and border areas on the disease.
The orientation, he said include the physical manifestations and signs of the disease.
“At the grassroots, we have alerted our health focal persons to monitor the environment and ensure that no one incubates any strange disease in his or her house,’’ he said.
The director said that personal, family and environmental hygiene especially hand washing, was key and necessary for all residents of the state to observe, to avoid any form of virus or contagious disease.
He said monkey-pox could be contacted through touching the body or body fluid of wild animals, adding that apart from monkeys, antelopes and wild rats could also harbour the virus.
“I will also urge hunters, butchers and those that prepare bush meat from these animals for consumption to be wary.
“However, if the meat from these animals mentioned are cooked very well beyond boiling point, the meat is safe as the virus is destroyed via proper boiling.’’
Health experts explain that Monkey-pox, a virus found in monkeys and other wild animals is, however, rare in humans, adding that it belongs to the same family of Chicken-pox and Small-pox.

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VP Yemi Osinbajo launches 60-day action plan on ease of doing business

October 04, 2017

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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo Tuesday launched the second National Action Plan on Ease of Doing Business as part of the administration’s medium term Economic Growth and Recovery Plan (EGRP) to build a globally competitive economy.
The Vice President had last week presided over an expanded meeting of the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) in Abuja.
A statement by ‎PEBEC Secretary and Senior Special Assistant (SSA) Industry, Trade & Investment in the office of the Vice President, Dr. Jumoke Oduwole, said PEBEC had approved a second 60-day National Action Plan (NAP 2.0) to drive reforms aimed at making Nigeria a progressively easier place to do business.
She said NAP 2.0 will run from October 3 to December 1, 2017, and is expected to further reduce the challenges faced by SMEs when getting credit, paying taxes, or moving goods across the country, amongst others, by removing critical bottlenecks and bureaucratic constraints to doing business in Nigeria.
The reforms, Oduwole explained, will also improve the country’s ranking in the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business Index 2019.
The NAP 2.0 marks the beginning of another reform cycle 2017/2018 which aims to deepen the ease of doing business reforms implemented across the various Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) in the last 12 months and will in turn increase productivity through industrialization, enhanced exports and foreign exchange earnings, while creating jobs and reducing poverty.
Some of the reforms to be implemented to ease the process of starting a business, the media aide said, include eliminating the manual registration process at Corporate Affairs Commission in 10 additional states, increase access to credit for SMEs by registering at least 300 microfinance banks on the collateral registry, and enforce the elimination of illegal roadblocks on major trading routes across the country.

MDAs have been charged by the Council to treat the Ease of Doing Business initiatives with a sense of urgency and deliver impactful results by implementing the Executive Order E01 on transparency and efficiency.
The Executive Order E01, which was signed by Osinbajo on May 18 this year, ensures that citizens have complete clarity on all government requirements and processes, better cooperation and improved information sharing among MDAs, as well as requiring proper communication of approval or rejection of applications to Nigerians within the stipulated timeframe.
PEBEC was established in July 2016 by President Muhammadu Buhari to remove critical bottlenecks and bureaucratic constraints to doing business in Nigeria.
Vice President Osinbajo is the Chairman of the Council, with the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr. Okechukwu Enelamah, serving as Vice Chairman.
Ten other ministers, the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, as well as representatives of the National Assembly, Lagos and Kano states and the private sector are also members.
The Ease of Doing Business reforms will be implemented over the next 60 days by the Enabling Business Environment Secretariat (EBES), which became fully operational in October 2016.
The EBES is co-ordinated by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr. Jumoke Oduwole.
The World Economic Forum recently released its Global Competitiveness Index (GCI) for 2017-2018, with Nigeria rising two ranks up from its previous 127th to 125th position.
“The tide is beginning to turn as last year; Nigeria was able to move up marginally by one step from 170 to 169 in the 2017 World Bank doing business report. The next report for 2018 will be released on October 31’’, Oduwole said.

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Facebook: Russian ads reached 10 million people

October 03, 2017

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Facebook says an estimated 10 million people saw at least one of the 3,000 political ads it says were bought by accounts linked to the Russian government.

The figure, disclosed by Facebook for the first time on Monday, underscores how effective Russian meddling on social media could be with even a minimal investment.
The ad buyers spent just $100,000 over two years to target 10 million people, according to figures Facebook has provided about the ad buys. That's an audience roughly equivalent to the population of Michigan.
More than half of the ads were seen after the 2016 presidential election, indicating that Russian efforts went well beyond meddling during the campaign and may continue to this day.
"Forty-four percent of the ads were seen before the U.S. election on Nov. 8, 2016, fifty-six percent were seen after the election," Elliot Schrage, Facebook's vice president for policy and communications, said in a new post on Monday.
Schrage acknowledged it was "possible" that there were more Russian-bought political ads on the network that Facebook has yet to identify.
"We're still looking for abuse and bad actors on our platform — our internal investigation continues," Schrage wrote. "We hope that by cooperating with Congress, the Special Counsel and our industry partners, we will help keep bad actors off our platform."
Facebook's disclosure came just hours after it gave congress detailed record of the ads, including data about the buyers and their targeting efforts. Those records were given to the Senate and House Intelligence and Judiciary Committees.
In his post, Schrage wrote that most of the ads "appear to focus on divisive social and political messages across the ideological spectrum, touching on topics from LGBT matters to race issues to immigration to gun rights."
That description matches what CNN has already reported about the apparent goal of the Russian buyers: to amplify political discord in the United States and fuel an atmosphere of divisiveness and chaos, especially during the presidential election.
Schrage's post also addressed a number of questions about how Facebook had identified the ads and what it was doing to stop foreign nationals from meddling in American politics.
But Schrage also made clear that the Russians' use of Facebook represented a small piece of "a much larger puzzle," and that Congress and Special Counsel Robert Mueller were best-suited to address questions about foreign meddling going forward.
"The 2016 US election was the first where evidence has been widely reported that foreign actors sought to exploit the internet to influence voter behavior," Schrage wrote. "We understand more about how our service was abused and we will continue to investigate to learn all we can. We know that our experience is only a small piece of a much larger puzzle. Congress and the Special Counsel are best placed to put these pieces together because they have much broader investigative power to obtain information from other sources."
Facebook's decision to give the ads to Congress means the pressure is now on lawmakers to release the ads to the public.
Representative Adam Schiff, the top Democratic on the House Intelligence Committee, said Monday that he hoped to release "a representative sampling of these ads" next month, following the public hearing with Facebook and other tech companies.
Schiff also said he was "committed to making all of these ads public as soon as possible, working closely with Facebook to address any privacy considerations."
But Republican Senator Richard Burr, who heads the Senate Intelligence Committee, said release of the documents "won't happen out of the Senate Intelligence Committee"
"We don't release documents," Burr told CNN on Monday. "It's a bad precedent to set for anybody else that would produce documents."
Asked about Facebook giving Congress permission to release the ads, Burr said, "If they give us permission then they should release it themselves."
Facebook has already handed copies of the ads and information about the relevant accounts over to Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who is conducting an investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election.
The Senate Intelligence Committee has also called on representatives from Facebook, Twitter and Alphabet, the Google parent company, to testify in a public hearing on November 1. None of the companies has said if it will attend the hearing.

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Delta state man drinks water used in bathing brother’s corpse to prove he didn’t kill him (Photo)

September 29, 2017

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A man in Delta state was made to drink water used in washing his brother’s corpse to prove he had no hand in his death. According to Sapele Oghenek, he was compelled by family members to drink the water to prove his innocence.

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INEC, MELAYE RECALL SAGA: Judge hands off, pushes it to Appeal Court

September 28, 2017

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Matters involving the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and Senator Dino Melaye over his recall process have landed at the Appeal Court.
This was as a judge of the Federal High Court, Abuja, Justice Nnamdi Dimgba, on Thursday directed that all issues in respect to Senator Melaye versus INEC should be taken to the Court of Appeal.
According to Justice Dimgba, since the senator’s appeal against the court ’s September 11 judgment had been entered at the Court of Appeal, all pending applications, including the ones filed by Melaye for stay of execution of the verdict, should be taken to the Court of Appeal.
The ruling came after INEC on Thursday withdrew its motion seeking an order of the Federal High Court to allow it to serve the recall petition on the Kogi West Senator, through substituted means rather than personal service.
INEC had filed the ex parte motion praying substituted service of the recall petition on Melaye. The motion which was filed on September 15, was sequel to alleged refusal of Melaye to accept service of the petition and other accompanying documents as earlier ordered by the court in its September 11 judgment.
However, after INEC’s lawyer, Yunus Ustaz (SAN ), announced the withdrawal of the case, Justice Dimgba struck out the motion and thereafter directed that all matters on the case be taken to the Court of Appeal.
Before his eventual withdrawal of the ex parte motion, INEC lawyer, Ustaz, had told the court that Melaye had continued “dodging” service, as an effort by the INEC to serve Melaye during the Senate’s plenary on Tuesday also failed.
He had prayed Justice Dimgba to hear the motion. He was however opposed by Melaye’s counsel, Nkem Okoro, who argued that the hearing should not proceed because the court no longer had jurisdiction to hear any application concerning the case.
His argument was that his client’s appeal against the September 11 judgment of the court had been “entered” at the Court of Appeal.
Following some questions raised by Justice Dimgba, counsel to INEC later withdrew the motion.

The judge had questioned the propriety of the ex parte motion after the court had finally disposed of the case by delivering judgment on September 11. He had further pointed out that Order 6 of the Federal High Court Rules based on which INEC filed the ex parte motion presupposed that there was a pending case.
According to Dimgba, having passed judgment on the matter, filing an ex parte motion was not the appropriate means for enforcement of the judgment.
Recall that Justice Dimgba in his ruling on the case on September 11, had dismissed Melaye’s suit challenging the validity of the recall process. It also ruled that as a pre-condition for the exercise to commence, that INEC must serve the senator with the recall petition and accompanying documents, including the signatures of the constituents demanding for Melaye’s recall.

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Youth inclusiveness key to good governance, devt –Saraki

September 27, 2017

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President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Wednesday said that giving young persons the opportunity to partake in leadership is crucial to good governance and economic development.
Saraki, according to a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Sanni Onogu, made the remarks in his opening speech at the African Regional Conference of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Young Parliamentarians Forum (YPF) at the National Assembly, Abuja.
He welcomed the Secretary General of the IPU, Mr. Martin Chungong, members of African Parliaments and members of the global community to the conference and expressed the hope that they will relish the ambience of the Capital city of Abuja and its diverse mixture of Nigeria’s cultures.
He described the theme for the conference, “Empowering Youth: Enhancing Political Participation for more inclusive and Peaceful Societies” as strategic in enhancing the development of nations.
“I cannot agree more on the strategic importance of the theme of this conference in national development of our countries,” Saraki said. “Your presence to us, is an undeniable justification of the resolve of the Nigerian National Parliament to take a confident walk on the trail of achieving socio-economic and political inclusion of the Nigerian youth, a collaborative effort that is crucial to achieving good governance and development.”

It would be recalled that youth oriented groups and some civil society organizations had initiated moves to see that the age limit to some elective positions in the country, as stipulated in the Constitution, especially for office of president and governor, as well as lawmakers are reduced to allow the youths take more active parts in governance.
This had led to introduction of a Not too young to run Bill which is still receiving attention at the National Assembly.
Speaking further at the event on Wednesday, President of the Senate noted that the effort of the 8th National Assembly is geared towards making the youth initiators of positive energies for global peace.
“Inclusiveness as it relates to the theme of this Conference,” Saraki stated, “is a panacea to achieving peaceful societies, however where injustice, poverty and lack of political will for reform are paramount, political engagement and inclusiveness of youth will achieve very little or none at all.”
Saraki added: “The agitations of Young Members of the National Assembly, youth groups and Civil Society organizations for the inclusion of young persons in leadership and in the decision making process, is not just one of those instruments adopted by pressure groups to attract attention but a demand for initiating and sustaining good governance and development.
“Therefore, when these agitations were expressed in form of a request for the reduction in the qualification age for running for Public offices, the leadership of the National Assembly saw it as an opportunity to change the leadership temperament in developing societies, an opportunity to prepare for the future of Africa as a socio-economically and politically developed continent.
“It gladdens my heart that the National Assembly reduced the age qualification for running for Public offices to as low as 25 years and we believe this will be enshrined in our Constitution after the entire amendment process must have been completed,” he said.
He noted that as members of parliaments, the National Assembly is more committed to enacting legislations and giving legislative backing to policies that will eradicate poverty, exhume and expunge injustice in our society and help in the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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A MAD MAN TIDYING UP A STREET IN CROSS RIVER STATE (calabar)

September 26, 2017

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Good job in Cross River State(calabar) along marian road as a mad man keep the state well tidy and neat every day.

see photos below..

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September 25, 2017

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A young soldier identified as Baffa Magaji from Bauchi state – has left his family in sorrow following his untimely demise in Enugu state. According to reports, the soldier passed away due to a sickness after his passing out parade POP at the Nigerian Defence Academy NDA in Kaduna state.

The gallant soldier died just 34 days after meeting with his family members. May his soul rest in peace.

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September 25, 2017

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This man simply identified as Mammadu who is believed to be a farmer – died after collapsing in Jada Market, Adamawa State. The man who is a member of a local community in Wuro Hamagu in southern Mubi region – passed away before he could be rushed to the hospital by shocked traders and passersby. May his soul rest in peace.

Young boy brutally beaten by Aunty

September 25, 2017

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A young boy was rescued after being brutally beaten by his aunty in Lagos. The boy was saved by neighbors who had him screaming while he was flogged after offending his aunt. Facebook user, Ugochukwu Lucy shared the photo and wrote;

My people wat can u say abt Di’s,bcos am speechless,hw can a young lady praying to God for favours ad open doors,beat up her nephew Di’s way for nofin,Di’s happened ryt in front of my houz while I was having my siesta, wat can u say abt Di’s?pls repost so DAT Di’s boy get justice…

Playing filthy games with police recruitment

September 25, 2017

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Playing filthy games with police recruitment

SHOULD the Senate have its way, the ongoing recruitment of 10,000 policemen would use quotas based on local government areas. This bizarre twist is the culmination of intrigues and interference by the legislature in a responsibility reserved by law for the executive arm of government. The executive should resist the intrusion, stick with the laid-down procedures and conclude the assignment quickly and transparently.

To address the rising security challenges facing the country, the Federal Government had proposed to recruit 10,000 new hands into the Nigeria Police. It is also in fulfilment of a campaign promise by President Muhammadu Buhari to provide opportunities for the 24 per cent of our youths reported by the National Bureau of Statistics to be jobless.

It has been a keenly watched process, not least because cynical officials have used such recruitment in the past to extort money from applicants through fees and scratch cards. Politicians, including legislators, have also been accused of cornering the few available slots for their children, wards and associates. The Police Service Commission, which is handling the task, has mercifully been prevented this time from extortion.

The intrusion began when the Senate Committee on Police complained that the criteria being applied for the recruitment were “irregular.” It asked the PSC to suspend the recruitment, which the latter did. First, approval for the 10,000 new hires was given by Buhari over a year ago. Ordinarily, one would have welcomed the Senate intervention as a check on the PSC. But subsequent horse-trading among the senate committee, PSC and Police HQs has brought out the disturbing attempt to pervert the federal character principle. According to reports, the Senate has “instructed” the PSC to recruit nine youths from each of the 774 LGAs of the country. This represents the overturning of the long-established federal character practice where recruitment into the armed forces, police and paramilitary agencies is undertaken on the basis of state quotas. Years of northern-dominated military rule paved the way for unfair creation of LGs that today gives the 19 states of the North a big advantage compared to the South. The lopsidedness is revealed in the 44 LGs in Kano State and another 27 in its sister state of Jigawa that was carved out of it in 1991. Yet, Lagos with an estimated population of 21 million remains at 20.

LGs are not federating units; states are. The Senate and complicit officials dishonestly seek to beguile the unwary that it is promoting community policing, but their hypocrisy is exposed when it is considered that Bayelsa with all its security ills, has only eight LGs, meaning that if the illegitimate LG quota system is allowed, it will get far fewer policemen than Gombe, which has 11.

However, it is odd that the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has swallowed the Senate’s excuse hook, line, and sinker, saying last week that recruitment would be done on LG basis. The argument for his capitulation is weak, since he anchors it on the number of LGAs in a state. Should the Nigerian Defence Academy now recruit on LG quotas?

In similar federations such as India and Malaysia, recruitment into the federal police is based on state quotas, not on the absurdity of local government areas. LGAs become relevant only when the much-needed state police system takes off and states can use LG quota system for their police formations. Nigerians are not deceived: this is a disingenuous ploy by legislators, government officials and vested interests to put their own nominees in the Force.

Virgin Atlantic marks 16th anniversary in Nigeria

September 25, 2017

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Virgin Atlantic marks 16th anniversary in Nigeria

A United Kingdom mega carrier, Virgin Atlantic Airways, has celebrated its 16th anniversary of flying between Lagos and London.

Since 2001 when it started flights into Lagos, the airline said it had helped over three million customers to enjoy holidays, business trips and visit friends and family members in the UK and beyond.

The airline said in a statement on Thursday that it celebrated the milestone by surprising passengers with a birthday party at the check-in counters at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos with balloons, banners and birthday smiles.

The carrier further said passengers onboard flights were treated to a birthday cake at 38 000ft above the sea level.

“Since 2001, Sir Richard Branson’s iconic airline has welcomed around three million customers on board, served up over five million glasses of bubbles at 38,000ft and played over seven million hours of entertainment,” the statement read in part.

“Virgin Atlantic has been investing in Nigeria in 2017 -introducing a brand new ticket desk in Lagos earlier this year to make it easier to purchase tickets, adding Nigerian inspired dishes on board, and is set to become the first airline to offer Wi-Fi between Lagos and the UK later this summer.

We put our school fees, project money in MMM, varsity students lament

September 25, 2017

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We put our school fees, project money in MMM, varsity students lament

The amount I invested in the MMM scheme was N100,000. I was expecting my 30 per cent profit when I got the news that our accounts have been suspended. It was a bitter news. Being a student, the fund was raised to pay my school fees and to meet other basic needs. It is a great risk but many students enrolled in the scheme to make profit and to live a better life. If MMM crashes, I would accept it as my fate. I will have to look for other ways to source my school fees. There is nothing I can do. I will only learn from it and not engage in such a scheme again.

A friend introduced me to participate in the MMM scheme. Being a lucrative one, I decided to benefit too, having heard of the success stories. I invested N40, 000 in the scheme. The money is for my final year project and my feeding allowance. It will be very painful if MMM crashes. Considering my investment, it will be a big loss for me. My plan was to use the profits from the scheme to finance my final year project and to meet other needs. I am seriously praying that the suspension should be lifted so I can reclaim my funds.

A friend in my department started talking about MMM excitedly. He said MMM was a new online business platform that credits you with 30 percent interest of your payment in 30 days. I said wow! I never took interest in it until the need to tackle certain needs arose.

On Tuesday when the news that the MMM had been suspended came in, I was expecting bank alert of roughly N500,000. I raised the fund to participate in the scheme from my pocket money. If the scheme crashes, it will be a big loss to me. Just last week, I lost to an online business called ‘coin fever,’ it all happened within minutes. I have always known that MMM would crash soon. If it crashes, it will hurt me but life goes on. I participated in the scheme despite the risks to upgrade my life and to beat the current economy recession. There are so many financial needs to meet up with such as paying my school fees, buying text books and other learning materials as well as other dues in the school.

Robbers Invade Lagos Police Station, Disappear With Exhibit…Checkout How It Happened

September 23, 2017

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Police officers at Ilasamaja Division in Lagos were horrified when suspected robbers invaded the station in the day time.

The robbers reportedly went to where exhibits were kept, carted one of the items and escaped.

P. M. Express reports that this happened in the day while officers were on duty and nobody could say if it was the plan of an insider from the station.

The Divisional Police Officer, DPO was said to be greatly embarrassed and therefore charged the officers to provide the exhibit.

The exhibit that the robbers were said to have stolen was a set of heavy generator radiator worth N280,000 belonging to an undisclosed suspect.

However, one of the suspects, Tobiloba Tajudeen was arrested and charged before a Lagos court for his involvement in the disappearance of the item.

The 25-year old suspect denied knowing anything about the item but the police said he was culpable. An embattled Tajudeen was arraigned before Isolo Magistrates court for the alleged offence. He pleaded not guilty.

The presiding Magistrate, Mr A.O. Ogbe granted him bail in the sum of N200,000 with two sureties.

The suspect was remanded in prison custody pending when he will perfect their bail condition and the matter was adjourned till 7th of October, 2017.

Yemi Osinbajo Arrives Uyo for Akwa Ibom 30th Anniversary Celebration

September 23, 2017

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Yemi Osinbajo in Uyo

Prof Yemi Osinbajo this morning arrived Uyo for the 30th anniversary of Akwa Ibom state creation, The Independent reports.

He was on arrival hosted to a brief reception at Government House Uyo and later headed to Onna Local Government Area of the state to commission the first syringe factory in the country and an electric metering plant.

He has just arrived Etinan Local government area to commission the renovated, and reequipped General Hospital, Etinan.

Osinbajo will thereafter proceed to the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo for March past and cultural display and thereafter inspect a Micro/Small &Medium Scale Exhibition at Ibom Hall grounds, Uyo.

He is to be treated to a state anniversary banquet & Award Night at Le-Meridien Ibom Hotel and Golf Resort later today.

Busiest US-Mexico border crossing shuts for construction work

September 22, 2017

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California officials are warning of travel chaos over the weekend, as one of the largest land border crossings in the world closes for construction.

The San Ysidro Port of Entry - between San Diego, California and Tijuana, Mexico - will close to southbound travellers for 57 hours.
Pedestrian, tram, and bus crossings, as well as northbound car travel from Mexico, will not be affected.
Tens of thousands of people pass through the border every day.
The $741m (£546m) expansion project is expected to cause traffic delays until it is completed in 2019.

The closure of southbound Interstate 5 and I-805 starts on Saturday at 03:00 (08:00GMT), and remains in effect until noon on Monday.
Vehicle travellers to Mexico have been advised to detour to the Otay Mesa Land crossing, about nine miles to the west, until the crossing reopens.

On any given day, San Ysidro processes an average of 50,000 northbound vehicles and 25,000 northbound pedestrians coming from Mexico.
The San Diego Association of Governments decided to undertake the project after estimating an 87% increase in vehicle traffic by the year 2030.
It aims to realign the I-5 motorway where it connects to Mexico's El Chaparral Port of Entry, and double the number of vehicle inspection lanes.