*He was also found not guilty of the first firearm charge - (firing a gun through the roof of his car)
Friday, September 12, 2014
Just in: Oscar Pistorius found guilty of manslaughter
*He was also found not guilty of the first firearm charge - (firing a gun through the roof of his car)
Shocking: Liberian woman found hanging in Lagos
Earlier today a pic was shared here of a suspected suicide victim in the Magodo part of Lagos. The lady found hanging from the tree in the first hours of today September 12th on Bankole Street, Isheri-Oke, Lagos has been identified as a Liberian woman simply called Kate.
According to Punch, the woman was a worker in a sachet water factory before she killed herself. A resident of the area said people in the area started to distance themselves from her after the outbreak of Ebola in Lagos which was brought into the country by a Liberian. They also started avoiding her because of her ill health, a situation believed to have frustrated her enough to commit suicide.
FRSC to introduce ‘flying ticket policy’ for road offenders
The Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, has announced it will soon be introducing 'Flying Ticket Policy' to penalize traffic offenders in the country.
The FRSC made this known yesterday September 11th at a conference in Abuja. They said the policy would empower officers of the commission to take picture evidence of traffic offenders in the country
"We are going to introduce flying tickets for traffic offenders which will enable our men and other road users to be able to report offenders by providing concrete evidence to us for prosecution. The picture of traffic offenders can be taken with mobile phone or any device that has camera.Continue....
Medical interns at Ministry of Defence protest non payment of wages for 8 months
The doctors numbering about 50 said they approached the authorities of the Ministry regarding their unpaid wages and they were told that their wages was not captured in this year's budget among other excuses given to them. Continue...
What is Wrong with this Photo? ( Suicide photo or a prank?)
Photo: Cultists specialized in eating roasted human flesh among its members
The police informed that the incident occurred on August 21, 2014 .The members of the cult group included an aged grandmother, Fatima (surname withheld). Her accomplices include Tetengi (male) and one Aminatu (surnames withheld).
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Ebola: Teachers Slam FG's decision to reopen schools, threathen to go on strike
The Nigerian Union of Teachers has threatened to go on strike if the Federal Government fails to put in place measures to protect its members and pupils from contracting the deadly Ebola Virus Disease before the resumption of schools.But the Federal Government says there is no going back on the date since there is no scientific basis for schools to remain shut beyond the September 22 resumption date announced by the Minister of Education, Ibrahim Shekarau.
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Thursday, September 11, 2014
Ebola: Premature school resumption date dangerous
WITH suspected new cases of the deadly Ebola Virus Disease popping up here and there, the Federal Government’s decision to fix school resumption date across the country for September 22 is short-sighted and wrong-headed. Given the highly infectious nature of the EVD, any thought of reopening schools when the contagion is yet to be brought under reasonable control will amount to taking an unnecessary risk and exposing the lives of innocent schoolchildren to avoidable danger. But even if we leave aside the public interest, it is not the duty of the central government to decide for states resumption schedules for their schools.
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National Conference achieved nothing —Junaid Mohammed
Mohammed, who was a member of the House of Representative in the Second Republic, and currently coordinates, the Coalition of Northern Politicians, Academics, Professionals and Businessmen, argued that the agenda of the different regions of the South failed.
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Sherrif still under probe, says GEJ
The President said he was fully aware of allegations of Boko Haram sponsorship levelled against the former governor, adding that he was only waiting for the outcome of his probe by security operatives.
The presidential spokesman, Dr. Reuben Abati, who said this in a statement on Thursday, insisted that the extent of participation of Sheriff in President Jonathan’s mission to N’Djamena, the Chadian capital, was limited to his being part of Nigerians who welcomed the President to the foreign land.
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Orji’s son sues Sun Newspaper for ₦5bn
Briefing journalists on Thursday in Umuahia, a member of the legal team for Orji’s son, Chief Chukwunyere Nwabuko, said the libellous publication was contained on page 21 of the March 10, 2014 edition of The Sun Newspapers, which reads that, ‘it is not a secrete affair as his terrorist activities in the state are fully documented. “
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Anxiety over pirated copies of ₦1.6B ($10m) Nigerian film
Pirated copies of Nigeria’s most anticipated film, Half of a Yellow Sun, which started selling on the streets of Lagos a few weeks ago, seem to have found their way to other parts of the country.
Although copies of the film, which is still awaiting official approval for sale in the market from the Nigeria Film and Video Censors Board, have been sighted in some major cities around the country, investigation shows that the bulk of the sales is concentrated in Lagos.
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After 150 Days: Boko Haram ‘Agrees To Release Some Chibok Girls’
CrossTalk: West vs Russia (ft. Ray McGovern)
A troubled relationship or a transforming international system? As the West and Russia turn away from each other, can we expect more tensions or merely indifference? And is this a divorce or just a long-term separation?
Watch after the break.
Eastern Military District Troops Moved to Highest State of Combat Readiness
Troops in Russia's Eastern Military District are moved to the highest state of combat readiness as surprise drills begin in the region, the Russian Ministry of Defense informed on Friday.
"As part of a surprise check of the Eastern Military District troops' combat readiness, military formations and units located in the Eastern region of the Russian Federation have completed the implementation of measures to enter the highest degree of combat readiness," the ministry wrote in a statement.,,,
Just in - Strelkov makes a historical press conference!
Igor Strelkov is the commander of militias of Donbass, Eastern part of Ukraine. His statements are both very powerful and very subtle and a very careful analysis of his statements needs to be made. What is certain is that this will rock the Russian political scene in a most positive way.
See the English version after the break.
Actor Desmond Elliot joins the political crinkum-crankum of Nigeria, set to contect for Lagos house of assembly
Actor and movie producer Desmond Elliot is contesting for Lagos State House of Assembly in 2015 underneath the APC. A few of may very well not know this, but Desmond is from Lagos state. See what he plans to complete when elected into office following the jump...
What each state got from the federation account from Jan-June 2014
Twenty Policemen Still Missing after Boko Haram Attack – IG
| Acting Inspector-General of Police Suleiman Abba |
Initially, police said 35 officers were missing after the attack on August 21. Abba said some had since returned, without explaining how.
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Horrible: Grandmother slaughters, drinks grandson’s blood in Minna
Tsaraka, arraigned alongside Amina Mohammed, 65, and Zhitsun Aliyu, 38, is facing a three-count charge of criminal conspiracy, culpable homicide and cannibalism...
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