20 illegal private hospitals clossed in Delta

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NO fewer than 20 illegal private hospitals and maternity centres have been sealed in different areas of Delta State in the ongoing clampdown on health facilities operating below standard and without due authorisation.
Their state Ministry of Health task force had been combing the nooks and crannies of the state in the past seven days to ascertain that the health facilities were operating under due process and manned with unqualified personnel.

Those sealed were situated in Asaba, the state capital; Ibusa, Okwe, Agbor which had to date been visited by the duty force team led by Dr. Alfred Ebiakofa.  The team went by having an ambulance to evacuate some patients from among the sealed private hospitals at Agbor to the Agbor central hospital for proper attention.

Doctors Use Superglue To Glue Baby's Brain

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The unbelievable happened at the University of Kansas Hospital when doctors had to apply superglue to stop the bleeding  from the brain of a baby to save her life during an emergency surgery after it was discovered that Baby Ashlyn Julian was suffering from brain aneurysm.

The baby was discovered to be bleeding from two places but it was discovered her mother said she observed that baby Ashyln was not her usually self as she kept screaming and didn’t respond well to care as opposed to her quietness.

“She has an aneurysm and it’s already haemorrhaged, and that’s just frightening,” Gina recalled. Ashlyn had suffered from a stroke and bled from two places after having an aneurysm in the brain, a rare condition for babies under 28 days.

University Of Uyo in Akwa Ibom Shut down After Students Riot

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The University of Uyo in Akwa Ibom state, South south Nigeria has been closed down following students protest over insufficient lecture venues and increase in transport charges from the town campus to its permanent site.

Trouble started on Wednesday afternoon when the students went on peaceful protest asking the university authorities to reverse its decision of increasing the transportation fare from the town campus to its permanent site at Nsukara Offot in the outskirts of Uyo from N100 to N200 per student per day.

A resident of the school community said the students, mainly of Science and Engineering faculties, went on rampage in protest against the relocation of the Science Faculty from the school’s temporary site along Ikpa Road to the permanent site.

Mines Ministry Creates 1.2 Million Jobs, Discovers New Minerals

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Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Mr. Musa Sada has stated that the ministry has facilitated the production of over six million tonnes of mineral products in the country thereby, creating over a million jobs.

Speaking at the ongoing ministerial platform, Mr. Sada revealed that 1.254 million jobs were created from operations in 1710 quarries, 223 small scale mining operations, 195 mining leases and 2048 exploration licenses.

He stressed the need for professionalism in the industry and listed Ajaokuta Steel Company as one of the companies suffering effects of ‘unprofessionalism’ in the country.

According to the Minister, issues in the company range from infrastructural challenges to privatization, legal issues to change of management and even technical competency.

IBB Has No Hand In Abiola’s Death, Says Brother

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Mubashiru Abiola, the head of the Abiola family of Gbagura, Abeokuta, Ogun State, southwest Nigeria, and younger brother to Moshood Abiola, the winner of June 12, 1993 presidential election on Wednesday absolved former military president, Ibrahim Babangida, of any complicity in the death of Abiola.

Mr Abiola, who spoke with newsmen at the family house at Oja-Agbo area of Abeokuta, said Mr Babangida has been a very good supporter of the family since the death of his brother.

He said, “Babangida does anything we want in this family, unless he did not hear about it. He has been very supportive to this family. There was a time Abiola’s daughter was having her wedding, Babangida was here with his wife. They came all the away from Minna and sat down with us all through the programme. He left his wife to stay with us till the second day. She slept in MKO’s house till the second day.

PHOTOS: Wizkid And His Cars

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Wizkid has acquired more than four cars in the last 2 years of his remarkable career.

Recently, Wizzy added a N14.6million Porsche Panamera S luxurious automobile to his fleet of cars.

This, he made public when he posted photos of the car on picture sharing website, Instagram with the caption, ‘My new baby’.

Our first knowledge of his car purchase was in 2011-a black Honda Accord i-VTEC which was later snatched by robbers in March of that same year. Soon afterwards in September, the youngster quickly took delivery of a N6million blue Volkswagen convertible.

In July of the following year, his exploits at the 2012 Headies Awards saw him taking home the award for the ‘Next Rated’ category which included a prize of an automobile; a 2012 model Hyundai Sonata

Homosexuals protest in Anambra

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LITIGANTS and witnesses at the Atani Chief Magistrate Court in Ogbaru local government area of Anambra State Wednesday witnessed a mild drama in the court premises as some people who claimed to be homosexuals nearly disrupted court proceedings in solidarity with two suspected homosexuals standing trial for allegedly committing same sex offence.

As early as 9 .00am, a large number of men with feminist outlook started gathering at the court premises to the surprise of the people around and it was only then that information filtered into the area that they came to identify with two of their members who were arrested by the police and charged to court for same sex violation related offence.

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R.I.P: Veteran highlife musician Fatai Rolling Dollar dies at 85

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Nigeria's oldest practicing musician, Pa Fatai Olayiwola Olagunju, popularly known as Fatai Rolling Dollar has passed on. He died this morning at Marritol Hospital,   Sam Sonibare Street in Surulere after a brief illness. One of his wives, Funmulayo Olagunju, confirmed his death. He was 85 year old.  He is survived by three wives, including a German and 16 children. May his soul rest in peace

Passanger in Miraculous Escape as Plane Breaks Up on Indonesia Runway

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A Meripati Airlines plane landing at an airport in , Indonesia skidded off a runway Monday. The airline said some passengers were “shocked” but all survived. Eyes witnesses said the airplane began skidding after leading wheels touched down at the El Tari Airport in Kupang. “The 46 passengers, including one infant, and four crew members survived the incident. It can also be reported that the shocked passengers were immediately rushed to a nearby air force's hospital,” the airline said in a statement.

Getting Interesting: Ribadu Fires Back! Says Jonathan Is One Of The Corrupt Men He Investigated In EFCC

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The stage is set for the monumental battle between the Presidency and the former Chairman of the EFCC, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, we gathered. This is even as Ribadu may have evidences in his disposal with which he could have prosecuted Patience Jonathan as the wife of the then governor of Bayelsa State, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, over alleged money laundering. Jonathan's spokesman, Reuben Abati had described Ribadu as an ingrate and an ethically challenged fellow but Ribadu has fired back, with very strong words.

Nuhu Ribadu, in a short but strong-worded statement to the presidency declared that it is Jonathan and not himself that is ethically challenged and struggling to redeem his lost morality and integrity.

Continue After The Break.

How MKO Abiola Was Killed By Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Theodore Bethnel Zadok

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We relieve the last moments of the late Chief M.K.O. Abiola  publicly by the man who should know: Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Theodore Bethnel Zadok, who for the two years before the chief’s death was in charge of his living and imprisonation in government custody.

Zadok in his evidence-in-chief at the hearing of the petition by Abiola’s first son, Kola and physician, Dr. Ore Falomo, related how he was apparently handed away from Chief Abiola, and by the time he returned to him, he had been offered tea, only to be dead a few minutes thereafter.

Reading from a prepared text, the police officer said: "I was posted to head the detention base of Chief M. K. O. Abiola with about thirteen (13) body guards under me. and since the day I took over the duties of the detention camp of Chief M. K. O. Abiola I was responsible for collecting the sum of N800,000 (Eight Hundred Thousand Naira) quarterly from Major Hamza Al-Mustapha to the commissioner of police FCT command Abuja for his feeding.

Continue Reading After The Break.

R.I.P: Composer of Nigeria's National Anthem, Benedict Odiase, Dies.

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The composer of  Nigeria's National Anthem, Pa Benedict Odiase has passed on. Mr Odiase died last night in his sleep. He composed Arise O Compatriots” in May 1978. Pa Odiase retired in 1992 as a Deputy Commissioner of Police after being the Director of Music with the Nigeria Police Band.

Intrusions In Privacy Will Continue Despite PRISM Being Uncovered - Expert

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This weekend the leaker of classified documents from the NSA revealed himself to the public. It turned out the person behind the leak was Edward Snowden, a 29-year-old ex-technical assistant for the CIA. Paul Rozenzweig, a visiting fellow at the Heritage Foundation, and Patrice McDermott, an executive director of OpentheGovernment.org, gave their exclusive comment to the Voice of Russia regarding the Snowden case and the overall scope of surveillance in America.

Over the weekend Ben Rhodes, Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications and Speechwriting defended and clarified President Obama's stance on the program, known as PRISM.

“He expressed concern about some of the lack of oversight and safeguards associated with programs in the past – for instance, when you had warrantless wiretapping that did not have that full oversight of a judge. What he's done as President is say which programs are necessary, which capabilities are necessary to protect the American people and which aren't.”

Under President the government has been collecting vast amounts of data from Verizon phone records as well as web services.

Ojukwu was right on confederacy in 1966 – Prof Oluyemi Fagbohun

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As  Aregbesola, Sagay, others  proffer solution on how to make LGs functional

LAGOS—ONE thought dominated the comments of discussants on how to make local councils in Nigeria effective at a forum in Lagos Tuesday:   There is so much rot in the councils and decisive actions are needed to make them deliver democracy dividends.

However, the discussants were divided on how to ensure effective governance at the grassroots. While some asked the National Assembly to remove the Local Councils as a tier of government and tie them to the states in line with the dictates of classical federalism, others said the councils should be allowed to operate as currently enshrined in the 1999 constitution.

Nigeria: FG to Use Space Technology to Enhance National Development - Jonathan

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Abuja — The Federal Government is rolling out plans to use space technology to enhance national security, communication, industrialisation and sustained socio-economic development.

President Goodluck Jonathan made this known on Tuesday when he inaugurated a 13-member National Space Council (NSC) at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

He said that given the critical place of space technology in national security, communication, industrialisation and sustained socio-economic development, the need to properly structure and drive the national space programme could not be over-emphasised.

"This informs why our administration has constituted this council with high calibre membership. "We must evolve clear cut initiatives that will not only fast-track our industrialisation process, but one that will also see us, within the shortest possible period, to be able to build our own motor vehicles, our own boats and our own aircraft.

Video: Boko Haram Members Steal Our Cars, Food and Marry Our Daughters - Villager Reveals

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A member of Kirenowa community, a distant village in Borno State previously occupied by members of the extremist group, Boko Haram has said that the insurgents plundered and destroyed their communities. Speaking in a exclusive interview with Channels Television's correspondent, who visited the village in the organization of the military Special Force, Nneota Egbe, the villager said the insurgents forcefully collect the crops harvested by members of the community. "They collected our cars and even our food. Those farming were forced to harvest their millet and maize and they (the terrorists) took them (the food stuff) to their camps," he said. He said the terrorists be aware of ladies that are about 18 years and forcefully marry them.

Freedom Fire: 45m Nigerians Risk Losing Internet Freedom--Study

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More than 45 million internet users in Nigeria comprising the general public are on the verge of losing their Internet privacy on every form of cyber-communication as the federal government intensifies efforts to monitor them online according to a new study by Paradigm Initiative Nigeria (PIN), a not-for profit organisation.

Paradigm Initiative in a policy brief entitled "Nigeria: Making a Case for Enduring Internet Freedom" which was sent to LEADERSHIP said it has discovered gaping holes in the actions of the federal government towards curtailing Internet privacy.

Paradigm Initiative had earlier made a request to the federal government through the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act to avail it details of the $40M Internet Surveillance Contract awarded by Nigerian government to an Israeli company.

17 Killed In Suicide Bombing

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A suicide car bomber has rammed a coach carrying employees of Afghanistan's top court in Kabul, killing at the least 17 people and wounding 40 others, officials say. Women and children were among the victims in Tuesday's blast, the inner ministry said. General Mohammad Zahir, head of criminal investigations at the ministry, said the bomber detonated his vehicle after ramming the bus carrying Supreme Court staff close to the US embassy. The blast happened on the main road to the international airport, a few hundred metres from the US embassy gates. The gates can be a distance from the specific embassy building and also from nearby NATO headquarters.

VIDEO: Army Officer Explains How Boko Haram Members Choose Their Camps

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The Commander of Combat Team 1 that dislodged suspected members of the extremist sect, Boko Haram from their camp in Kirenowa Village, Lt. Col Danladi Hassan has explained the factors the militants considered before building their camps.Speaking to reporters after capturing a terrorist den in Kirenowa village, the Commander said the insurgents often site their camps in areas with thick vegetation so that they are shielded from military aerial scouts.

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Experts Opinion: "Christian terrorism differs from Islamic inspired plots". Continue ...

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Recent headlines are littered with words about "Islamic inspired" terrorists groups, their atrocities are of course violent but many people forget that other terrorists, including Christians, can pose just as much of a threat. Christian themed terror groups have different ways to get their message across. Two specialists talk tactics with the Ọmọ Oódua and explain why the word "terrorist" is often avoided.

Before revealing the techniques used by Christian associated terrorists groups, (making them unique in size, number and skill), defining them as "Christians" might be seen as politically incorrect. More often than not, Christian terrorist groups are given different labels and are branded right-wing religious terrorist movements which could come from two main types.

How two-time Second Republic Minister, Senator Wahab Dosunmu died

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LAGOS — FRESH details on how two-time Second Republic Minister, Senator Wahab Dosunmu, died has emerged.

The politician, who had been on and off a United States hospital of recent, died on Sunday evening in the presence of his wife, Modinat Dosunmu.

The deceased’s younger brother, Moruf Dosunmu, said yesterday that necessary arrangements were being made to bring his remains home “for a befitting burial.”

Details of what shape the burial will take is yet to be released as members of the Dosunmu family of Lagos were making efforts to ensure that the necessary things were done in time.

Tributes

Cultists Stab 19-Year-Old Father To Death

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Suspected cult members killed a 19-year-old boy, Obunneke Osondu, in Pedro, Bariga area of Lagos State.

PUNCH Metro learnt that Obunneke was killed on Saturday by members of Eiye Confraternity, two hours after leaving his home in Ayinke Street. The native of Owerri was said to have had an altercation with the assailants who accused him of being friends with members of a rival cult, Aiye Confraternity.

A resident, who spoke to our correspondent on the condition of anonymity, said, “Obunneke left his home around 8pm to take some bottles of beer at a nearby hotel.

“When he entered the bar, he met some members of Eiye Confraternity who asked him for money. His refusal to give them money infuriated them and they accused him of being an Aiye apologist.

“The boys, later identified as Bonjeu , Arinze , Ahmed, Feso, Ayo and Akilapa, who were all in the hotel bar, then stabbed Obunneke many times as he ran away from the hotel.

PHOTOS: See How These Hot Young Twins' Lost Their Lives (R.I.P)

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These beautiful young twins recently lost their lives in a horrific car accident.

A good friend of theirs shares the details on Facebook. Read below and check out more photos after The Break

Ribadu’s statement on Nigeria reckless –Presidency ( What Do You think ?)

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The Presidency on Monday faulted a statement credited to a former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, which likened Nigeria to a sinking ship.

It described the statement as reckless. The Presidency’s position was contained in a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati.  Ribadu had in his address delivered at a public lecture organised by the Students’ Representatives Council of the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State on Saturday,  described Nigeria’s democracy as one full of tyranny.

But Abati described the statement as false, hypocritical and self-serving. He said far from being tyrannical as Ribadu alleged,  Jonathan would continue to strengthen institutions of democratic governance in Nigeria, uphold the fundamental human rights of all Nigerians including the youth, and protect their right to elect leaders in free, fair and credible elections.

R.I.P: World's 'oldest woman' dies in China: family

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A woman who Chinese officials said was 127 years old - although international authorities never recognised the claim - has died, relatives said on Tuesday.

Official documents said that Luo Meizhen was born in 1885, which would make her the oldest person ever to have lived, but she died at the weekend after months of illness, her son Huang Youhe told AFP.

"She was 127 when she died, it wasn't unexpected," her grandson Huang Heyuan said.Luo's declared birth date means she may have been the oldest person in the world when she died, ahead of Japan's Jiroemon Kimura, who records say is 116.

But Luo's claim met with little recognition internationally because China did not have a reliable birth certification system until decades after she was born.

Robotic Future ??? India developing robot soldiers - Research Agency ( #Nigeria, Where Are We ?)

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India's defense research agency is working to develop robotic soldiers which could be deployed in sensitive border conflict zones, its boss has revealed to India's PTI news agency.

The robots, being developed by India's Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO), will have a "very high level of intelligence" to enable them to tell friend from foe, DRDO chief Avinash Chander says.

"We are going to work for robotic soldiers," Chander told PTI in an interview. "We are going to look for very high level of intelligence in it than what we are talking today... It is a new program and a number of labs are already working in a big way on robotics."

The newly-appointed DRDO chief said the project is one of his agency's "priority areas," as "unmanned warfare in land and air is the future of warfare".

Tired bank employee transfers €222,222,222.22 to client's account. ( O boy )

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A tired German bank employee who dozed off at his desk accidentally transferred € 222,222,222.22 to a client

The employee’s boss was fired but a court found the decision illegal and reinstated her in her job.
As it turned out, the woman overlooked the mistake because she had checked more than 800 files on that day. Nothing is reported about whether the employee who made the transfer was punished.

The bank quickly discovered the mistake and corrected it.

Snowden My Hero: Russia to Consider political asylum for Edward Snowden if he files request

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Russian authorities have promised to join the ranks of those willing to consider giving Snowden political asylum, if he files a formal request, Kommersant newspaper reports citing a Kremlin spokesman on Tuesday. 

“If we receive such a request, we will consider it,” Dmitry Peskov was quoted.

The whereabouts of whistleblower Edward Snowden were shrouded in mystery on Monday as US lawmakers demanded his immediate extradition from Hong Kong over his sensational leaking of an Internet surveillance program.

Snowden, a 29-year-old technology expert working for a private firm subcontracted to the US National Security Agency, checked out of his Hong Kong hotel after revealing his identity to the British-based Guardian newspaper on Sunday.

The private contractor has become an instant hero for transparency advocates and libertarians around the globe following his exposure of the NSA's worldwide monitoring of private users web traffic and phone records.

Ex-Lawyer: Governor Fashola signs cremation bill into law

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Governor Babatunde Fashola today Monday June 10th signed the cremation bill into law. The bill gives power to state authority to burn unclaimed corpses in its mortuaries after a period of time.  The cremation bill also states that if the owners of the corpse fail to show up to collect the ashes after a 14-day notice, it will be disposed by the state government subject to the consent and approval of the Commissioner for Health.

JJ! Man Stabs Co-Tenant To Death Over Electricity Bill In Enugu

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A tenant discovered as Uzodinma Eneh has been caught by the Enugu State Authorities Order for allegedly stabbing his co-tenant, Prince Uzor, to demise at their Aguabor residence in Trans Ekulu area of Enugu. Uzor was allegedly stabbed with a knife by the suspect subsequent a warm discussion that ensued between them around discussing of energy bill sustained by the tenants. Sympathizers promptly rushed the victim to the Parklane Consultant Hospital, but he died shortly after returning the hospital. Confirming the incident, state Authorities Public Relations Officer, Mr. Ebere Amaraizu, claimed the suspect had been supporting the police inside their investigation.

Heartless! Man Hires Hitman To Kill His Girlfriend After She Refuses Abortion

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Carlton Bryan, 21, is accused of hiring a hitman to kill his pregnant girlfriend, Shamari Jenkins, because she didn’t want to get an abortion, prosecutors say.
A Connecticut man enraged that his pregnant girlfriend wouldn’t get an abortion allegedly hired a hitman to kill her, according to court documents.

Carlton Bryan, 21, was riding with Shamari Jenkins, who was four months pregnant, when she was fatally shot April 29 while driving in Hartford’s North End, police said.

U.S. could Officially decide to arm Syrian rebels as early as this week - US official

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The United States could make a decision as early as this week on whether to arm Syrian rebels, a U.S. official said on Monday.

The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the question of whether to arm rebels is on the agenda of White House meetings during the early part of this week.

The possible move by the United States to arm the rebels who are fighting President Bashar al-Assad's government forces, was first reported by the Associated Press late on Sunday

Headmaster Private Nursery & Primary school, 55, Arraigned For Inserting Finger In 8-Yr-Old Pupil’s Private Parts

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Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar

The Bayelsa State Police Command has arraigned a 55-year-old headmaster of a private nursery and primary school in Akaba community, Yenagoa Local Government, Bayelsa State, Mr. Akpolagha Agbugiye, for defiling an eight-year-old pupil.
The headmaster, who was dragged before the Chief Magistrate’s Court 1 in Yenagoa, was accused of inserting his finger into the private parts of the pupil.

The prosecuting lawyer, Roselyn Doctor, a police Inspector, told the court that the incident happened on May 3. She said the headmaster committed the offence at the back of the school building.

Miss B-úm B-úm Brazil Threatens To Sue Ronaldo For Denying He Had S-éx With Her

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Model Andressa Urach also known as Miss B-úm B-úm has sued Ronaldo after the football star denied that he slept with her. Andressa Urach made headlines around the world on 28th of April after she revealed that Cristiano Ronaldo had slept with her.  Hours before the story came out Ronaldo via his Facebook and Twitter accounts denied such claims.  The Portuguese star later sued the model in the month of May. Ronaldo claims Andressa Urach is using his name to achieve fame.  The Miss B-úm B-úm model says she will fight every legal action.

Just In: Fire Guts 150 Spare Part Shops In Apapa

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The fire was caused by an electrical power surge in one of the shops at a section of the plaza some minutes after 3pm. The infreno started from a shop on the ‘B’ line of the market few minutes after the Power Holding Company of Nigeria, restored power to the shopping complex.

The Speed Well Plaza is estimated to accommodate no fewer than 200 shops, mostly spare parts traders. A resident of the area, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said, “This whole incident started when PHCN restored power here around 1.00p.m.

Hezbollah Terrorism: 3 Lebanese sue FG for N50bn

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Three Lebanese and the Nigerian coowner of Amigo Supermarket, who were arrested for keeping an illegal armoury and suspected links with a Hezbollah terror cell in Kano last week, have sued the Federal Government over alleged illegal detention, demanding N50bn damages.

The plaintiffs – Abdalah Tahini, Talal Rouda and Khosai Nouridine – in the action brought before the Federal High Cour sitting in Abuja are also seeking the court’s order stopping the Federal Government from deporting them.

They are contending that if they must be deported, the legal procedure must be followed

Their Nigerian associate, Mustapha Fawaz, who is also in court is joining the Lebanese to request for a separate order directing the Federal Government to unseal their business premises in Abuja.

OMG!!! Doctor Mutilates Baby’s Corpse, Removes Eyes, Tongue & Pri-vatè Part

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The Ogun State Police Command, Sunday, said it has arrested one Dr. Babawale Joshua who owned Ajike Medical Centre at 11, Adeyemi Street, Saka, Sango Ota, for suspected ritual activities and disrespect to the corpse of a 13-month-old baby who died in his hospital.

According the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, for the state, Mr Muyiwa Ogunjobi, the police discovered that the boy’s corpse was mutilated. He told Vanguard that  the eyes, tongue, two lips, two ears, priv-atè part, nails and the left hand and veins were cut off at the hospital.

Father’s account

In his account of what happened, the child’s father, identified as Obinna Oleh, a 35-year-old auto spare part dealer at Ladipo market, from Umunze village in AnambraState, said: “On Friday the 7th of June, my child took ill, my wife joined me to rush him to the hospital.

300K Pregnant Women Positive with HIV Yearly_NACA DG

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Out of the six million women who become pregnant in Nigeria yearly, about 300,000 are positive with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus, HIV, the Director-General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS, NACA, Prof. John Idoko, revealed yesterday. This was even as he emphasized that the country remained the second most burdened with the disease globally.

Idoko made this known yesterday in Abuja during a stakeholders’ meeting on HIV/AIDS Most-At-Risk- Population, MARP, Programme Implementation and Impact Evaluation.
While decrying what he termed; “Nigeria’s slow progress” in combating the disease, he said 3.4million people are still living with the scourge in the country.
“Out of the figure, he said 1.5million are required to be on drugs based on the current health guidelines, but that only 500,000 of the population, have access to anti-retroviral drugs needed for their treatment.

Pastor Arrested In Imo State For Sexually Molesting 17yr Old Boy

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Pastor Arrested In Imo State For Sexually Molesting 17yr Old Boy. The Imo State police command has nabbed a 28 year old Pastor of Jesus Army salvation ministries; Mr Chinonso Obiaku in Amalim Ngugo Ikeduru local government area of Imo State who was alleged to have been engaged in defiling and sexually harassing young boys against their wish.

Nigeria's Cocoa Set To Beat World History

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The cocoa industry in Nigeria is re-positioning to compete favourably in the world market. This is disclosed by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina, at the 23rd partnership forum organised by the World Cocoa Foundation in Washington, DC.

At the forum, titled “Meeting Tomorrow's Demand: Productivity, Quality, and Farmers'Livelihoods,” Dr. Adesina told the stakeholders how Nigeria, is “creating a sustainable vehicle built on a public-private partnership platform to coordinate the complete cocoa sector which will be public sector-enabled but private sector-driven with all stakeholders playing active role.”

To demonstrate the commitment of Nigeria in developing the cocoa industry, the minister disclosed the plans on rehabilitation of “200,000 hectares over the next four years via an aggressive plan developed in partnership with private sector to supply employment for skilled professionals called ‘Professional Cocoa Doctors and Grafters'over the next fi ve years who'd have the ability to deploy their skills to earn a significant living and rehabilitate at the least 200,000 hectares of cocoa farms in Nigeria.”

What do Men and Women Need from one another?

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I had the nice fortune to celebrate a marriage anniversary and birthday last weekend. The former was a fraction of a century and twelve moons as a dear friend so beautifully use it in a card and the latter was five decades and a half.  As the numbers really are a little unnerving, they are certainly something to be very proud of.


What's much more significant to me is that I will still remember the emotions I felt on  the afternoon I obtained married and comparing it to how I'm today about my spouse, the sole difference is in the depth, quality and understanding, that are much richer, heightened and of a superior quality. I find this indeed something to celebrate. People have a tendency to ask couples who've been married for long periods what their secrets are. I usually find it a peculiar question because by virtue of the phrase secret, that would suggest it is not a thing you want to share. Besides, one couple's successful ingredients may not work for another couple.

SSS Seeks Permission To Demolish Amigo Supermarket

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A move has been initiated by the Department of State Security Service (DSS) to demolish Amigo Supermarket in Abuja following alleged discovery of boxes with arms in the complex.

The outfit is owned by some Lebanese who were recently linked with terrorism activities including providing cells for Hezbollah terror group in Kano.

An online organisation claimed that the SSS had requested the approval of President Goodluck Jonathan to demolish the supermarket. It added that the president had received the request by security agents but declined to grant it, more than a week after investigators sealed off the supermarket.

Last week, the media was awash with reports of the discovery of “boxes” containing arms during minor excavation works within Amigo.

PORTS SECURITY: US gives Nigeria 90-day ultimatum

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THE United States Government, through its Embassy in Lagos, has cautioned the Federal Government to improve on its ports security system within 90 days or face the stoppage of sail of  vessels to Nigeria.

The Embassy, Vanguard gathered, got an audit report from the officials of the United States Coast Guards who were in Nigeria about a month ago, to inspect security of the Nigerian ports.

Based on the report, the embassy sent a diplomatic note to the Foreign Affairs Ministry in Nigeria, which in turn contacted the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and other relevant agencies.

Confirming the development, General Manager in charge of security at the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Col Jamil Tahir (Rtd) told Vanguard that a Diplomatic Note was issued to the foreign affairs ministry to protest the poor state of security at the ports, particularly the Tin-Can Island Port.