PHOTO: Man Loses left Eye To A Drunken Police GunShot

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When Nonso Ozoemena, a 28-year-old man, arrived in Lagos, his plan was to set up a business so that he would be able to support his widowed mother and his seven siblings in Anambra State.
Soon after, he was able to open a restaurant in Trade Fair Complex, FESTAC, and it seemed his dream was coming true.

His expectation was however eroded after a drunken police corporal, Mohammed Abubakar, shot him in the eye. Ozoemena said he was shot in the eye in the FESTAC area on August 5, 2013.

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WONDERFUL: Man Born With His Heart In His Abdomen - Photo

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A man who has lived his entire life with a heart protruding from his abdomen is finally able to walk upright without getting out of breath or turning blue. Huang Rongming, from Henan province in China, underwent life-changing surgery to correct heart a defect and move the organ away from his abdomen and into his ribcage.

He had lived with the rare condition for 24 years until a doctor told him his condition was rapidly deteriorating and that he required urgent surgery.
Congenital heart displacement is incredibly rare and occurs in just five babies out of every million born. Most patients die soon after birth.

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Advice: Jada Pinkett-Smith shares her thoughts on divorce

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Jada, who often uses her Facebook page to give advice and share her thoughts on different issues, yesterday advised an unnamed friend on how to deal with her divorce. 

Jada writes, 

Letter to a friend:

You are divorced. Your ex-husband is not being kind or considerate, but you can't harp on it because it steals the energy that should be given to your potential and power. At the end of the day, your survival is at risk, and you complaining about what he is not doing and what he should be doing does not change your circumstances.

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Burna Boy Full House - Photos

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 Damini Ogulu popularly known as Burna Boy enjoyed the presence of his family members at his album listening hosted by Hennessy.  The 'like to party' singer partied with Mum, Mrs Bose Ogulu who is also his manager, his sister, his grand-mother, and his grand-father.
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25 Kids Rescued from Child Trafficker in Lagos (PHOTOS) -

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Officials of the Lagos State Government announced the arrest of 25 children from a suspected child trafficker at Egbeda area of Lagos. Mrs. Rosemary Nwachukwu (pictured), the suspected human trafficker was apprehended and detained at the Alausa Police Station. The rescued children are currently under the custody of the Lagos State Government.

Mrs. Nwachukwu allegedly managed an illegal orphanage by the name Saint Stephen Charity Foundation, a home for orphans and less privileged located at 30/32 Abiodun Adebanbo Street, Egbeda.

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Fashola seeks technology to develop rail transport

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Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola says a mutual collaboration between Nigeria and any country with a reliable technology on rail transportation will guarantee long life span for roads across the country.

Fashola spoke at the Lagos House, Ikeja, during a courtesy visit by the Russian Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Nickolay  Udovichenko.

He said Nigeria needed to take a lot of cargo off her highways in order to extend their lifespan.

The governor said since Russia had developed such technology, it was necessary that Nigeria showed interest in Russia to adopt the technology to take pressure off her roads.

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Graphic content: Baby found dead inside gutter in Anambra state

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Task force seizes cash-laden bullion van, arrests driver

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The Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental and other special offences Enforcement Unit on Tuesday arrested a driver and seized a bullion van for violating the state’s traffic law.

Chairman of the task force, Bayo Sulaiman, said the driver was nabbed while driving against traffic around 12noon on ACME Road in the Ikeja area of the state.

He added that a policeman escorting the van was also apprehended, while the cash-laden vehicle, with registration number PF 4582 SPY, was impounded.

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NSCDC Shut Down warehouses over petrol theft

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Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has sealed off two warehouses for receiving stolen petrol and has recovered 6,050 litres of petrol in Ishawo, Ikorodu, Lagos State.

Commandant, NSCDC, Lagos State Command, Clement Adesuyi, on Monday said the anti-vandal unit of the corps mounted surveillance in the area and observed the illegal activities booming in the area.

He said the sealed warehouses were among the many operating in the area, adding that the corps would soon identify others and seal them off.

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Lagos labels spare parts dealers security threats

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Lagos State Government says members of the Auto Spare Parts and Machinery Dealers Association, operating within the Trade Fair Complex on the Lagos-Badagry Expressway, are constituting a security threat to the state.

The government explained that it adopted the view as a result of the refusal of the traders to comply with the  law guiding their operations.

Commissioner for Transportation, Mr. Kayode Opeifa, said this at a stakeholders meeting  on Wednesday, organised by the Motor Vehicle Administration Agency.

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Jang, Amaechi clash again

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I am of the opinion that the press should stop disturbing   the Nigerian public with the inability of the state governors to conduct a mere election of 35 persons. They all have shown that they are not true democrats-both the person that changed the rule to suit him by being the umpire in an election in which he is a major contender, and the person who failed to accept the outcome of an election simply because he lost. They are not the best the country can afford. I want to suggest the proscription of Nigeria Governors’ Forum  for it is of no value to an ordinary Nigerian. The forum is self-serving and their ongoing fight is over the nation’s money. Enough of all these distractions.

Bethel Uchegbu,

2, Bolajoko Street,

Ojodu Berger, Lagos State,

+234802089:

APC unfolds manifesto, targets 40,000MW

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The All Progressives Congress on Wednesday in Abuja  unfolded a seven-point  cardinal programme that would ensure that electricity generation hit 40,000 megawatts within four to eight years of its leadership.

The  party, in a 31-page manifesto, which was presented to Nigerians  listed the   other components of the cardinal programme as war against corruption, food security,   integrated transport network and free education.  Others are devolution of power, accelerated economic growth and affordable health care.

According to the party, the programme  will transform Nigeria into a progressive state anchored on social democracy.

“Our government shall vigorously pursue the expansion of electricity generation and distribution of up to 40,000 megawatts in four to eight years,”  the APC   said.

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Fola Adeola’s governorship campaign posters Hit Ogun

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Campaign posters and banners of the former Managing Director of Guaranty Trust Bank Plc, Mr. Fola Adeola, on Wednesday flooded Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital.  Surprised residents of the Abeokuta metropolis woke as much as behold the campaign posters and banners announcing Adeola's readiness to join the governorship race in Ogun State on the platform of the newly registered All Progressives Congress.

The development occurred barely monthly after chairmen of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria in the 20 local government areas of their state endorsed the incumbent Governor Ibikunle Amosun for a second term.

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Shekau’s ‘death’: We reserve our comment, says FG

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The Federal Government has said it will not get involved in the controversy over the military Joint Task Force claim that the leader of the violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, might have died after being fatally wounded during a gun duel with the Nigerian Army.

The JTF spokesman, Lt.-Col. Sagir Musa, had said in a statement that Shekau sustained serious gunshot wounds in an encounter with the troops in one of their camps at Sambisa Forest on June 30, 2013 and that it was believed that he was dead.

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"Democracy is when both privates and generals are put on trial for breaching the law" - Russian MP

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**Manning’s sentence shows that American democracy goes wrong - Russian MP -

A 35-year prison sentence for WikiLeaks informer Bradley Banning shows that in the United States it’s “privates” and not their superiors that stand trial for breaching the law, which is a glaring sign that something is going wrong in the American democracy, Alexei Pushkov, head of the foreign affairs committee of Russia’s lower house of parliament, said on Wednesday.

“A private has stood trial for breaching the US laws, but none of the generals, who lied to the American nation and who claimed that the system for tapping phone calls and intercepting Internet mail had not been used against Americans, appeared before court,” he said.

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I needed money to save my wife’s life - suspect

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Owoye Ebiwe, 20, from Ondo state, was among the ten suspected pipeline vandals paraded Monday by operatives of the Inspector-General of Police Special Task Force on Anti-Pipeline vandalism Unit. The suspects were reportedly arrested at the verge of siphoning petroleum product from a pipeline belonging to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, located in Elekete area of Ogun state.

While all the suspects freely opened up confessing their alleged involvement in the crime, Ebiwe was unusually calm. While that lasted, he bent down, scribbling what did not make sense on the wet ground.

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Navy parades four pirates in Lagos

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The Nigerian Navy on Tuesday paraded four suspected sea robbers who had allegedly hijacked a barge (huge boat) MV Crow, on August 14, 2013 at Escravos River located on the Gulf of Guinea. The PUNCH had reported that the men of the Nigerian Navy killed some sea robbers during a 30-minute gun duel on August 16.

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Primaries: Jonathan not afraid of Lamido, says Presidency

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The Presidency on Tuesday said President Goodluck Jonathan was not afraid to contest the Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential ticket with Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa State in 2015.

The Special Adviser to the President on Political Matters, Ahmed Gulak, said this in an interview with one of our correspondents.

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ASUU strike: FG to meet varsity councils, VCs

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The Federal Government  will before Sunday meet with  university councils and vice-chancellors   to  update  them on some of the decisions it had reached in its bid to end the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities.

The Chairman of the National Economic Empowerment Development Strategy Assessment Implementation Committee of the universities, Governor Gabriel Suswam, made this known on Tuesday  after President Goodluck Jonathan met behind closed doors  with key officials of his administration  over  the almost two months’ old strike.

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I'm Not Afraid Of Governor Lamido; Says President Jonathan

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The Presidency on Tuesday said President Goodluck Jonathan is not afraid to contest the PDP’s presidential ticket with Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa State in 2015, as is been speculated.

“We have gone to Jigawa State. We have seen what he has done. Go to Jigawa State, you will see it yourself. Jigawa State is the only state you will go in this country and you will get tap water to drink. You don’t need to go and buy pure water,” said a group working for Lamido to defeat Jonathan in PDP.

But the Special Adviser to the President on Political Matters, Ahmed Gulak, stated in an interview with one of Punch's correspondents that the President is not afraid of the action governor.

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