Nigeria would have been dead, gone – Femi Adesina

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Visa restrictions: FG, US officials to hold crucial negotiation next week

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjwxp6Mq4VJ8U-CAqxoXvelAHMOI3-ntOrvClYPthC1LoPUmvhJrl9dXSTcmB5DTdAzLe7AdU-dOol16PlAWQo0PPUtYKjqNVQyqv9fHJt_VIW97wZIf42BMND6wr0jEaA9THz5FKfnCA/s1600/Trump-meets-Buhari3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="408" data-original-width="620" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjwxp6Mq4VJ8U-CAqxoXvelAHMOI3-ntOrvClYPthC1LoPUmvhJrl9dXSTcmB5DTdAzLe7AdU-dOol16PlAWQo0PPUtYKjqNVQyqv9fHJt_VIW97wZIf42BMND6wr0jEaA9THz5FKfnCA/s400/Trump-meets-Buhari3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> The committee set up by President Muhammadu Buhari to look into issues surrounding the recent suspension of United States’ immigrant visa issuance to Nigerians has begun talks with the American government officials over the matter.<br /> <br /> Buhari had named the Minister of Interior, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, as the head of the committee, raised to liaise with the US government on the matter.<br /> <br /> The visa ban effective from February 21 listed Nigeria together with Eritrea, Myanmar, Tanzania and Kyrgyzstan.<br /> <br /> It was also reported that the US justified the decision, stating that Nigeria didn’t adequately share public-safety and terrorism-related information necessary for the protection of national security and public safety of the US.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> A highly placed source privy to the development told newsmen on Friday night that the committee which included the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyema, held a meeting with the US government in Abuja on Wednesday night.<br /> <br /> The source said the issues raised by the US were largely addressed even before the sanction was slammed on Nigeria. He, however, stated that the absence of proper communication caused Nigeria to be sanctioned.<br /> <br /> He said the sanction by the US was for an ‘offence’ committed in 2017, adding that things had greatly improved and Nigeria would soon be delisted by the US.<br /> <br /> The source said, “The US Consul General was invited and they held a meeting on the issue. The meeting was held on Wednesday night. They made progress and another meeting has been fixed for next week.<br /> <br /> “The Minister of Interior, and the US Consul General were at the meeting. On the refusal to share information on security which the US accused us of, the Migration Information and Data Analysis System which have been activated at four of our international airports will take care of that. The Minister of Interior inaugurated it (MIDAS) since January 2020. It was just officially inaugurated by the President about three days ago.<br /> <br /> “They also asked us to be reporting lost/stolen passports to Interpol but do you know that a platform for reporting that had been done but was not activated.  That is unfortunate. It has been done but not activated, so the US did not agree that we have done it.<br /> <br /> “The consular also advised that there should be proper, official and effective communication. The US said it was not enough for us to deploy MIDAS but we should communicate officially to them.”<br /> <br /> He said with the activation of MIDAS, biometrics data of anyone who entered Nigeria would be taken at the airport, saying such would alert the Interpol should such person coming in is a terrorist or has criminal records.<br /> <br /> Speaking further, he added, “Now that we have activated MIDAS, if anybody buys a ticket from any part of the world to come to Nigeria, their data is sent immediately to Interpol. You know it is mandatory for airlines to request for passport data page before selling a ticket to a traveller.<br /> <br /> “If we didn’t deploy MIDAS before the take-off of visa-on-arrival, all the terrorists in the world will come to Nigeria. So, MIDAS was activated before visa-on-arrival was inaugurated.<br /> <br /> “Most of the issues raised by the US had been addressed but you know most Nigerians won’t act until we are sanctioned.  The visa restriction for immigrant is a punishment for 2017 offence.<br /> <br /> “The way those people (US) do things is different from ours. Once you are given a deadline, you do not meet it, and you did not notify them ahead of the reasons why you would not meet the deadline, even if you do it a day after, they will consider it undone. That is what happened in this case.<br /> <br /> “In 2018, the US granted over 460,000 non-immigrant visas to Nigerians. The figure for 2019 has not been released. They still issue visas to Nigerians whereas the immigrant visas granted to Nigerians in the same year was about 5,000.<br /> <br /> “The restriction is not as serious as it is being made to appear. Even despite that, the issues raised have been addressed. It means that immigrant visa is about five per cent of the visa which the US grants to Nigerians.<br /> <br /> “The visa ban is more about denting Nigeria’s image than the actual damage. The problem of visa ban by the US was caused by the absence of proper communication and meeting deadline. It was not because we didn’t do what we were supposed to do.<br /> <br /> “But this ban is about politics more than anything. The US will not say that and our government will not also say it. But all of them know that it is about using it to boost the rating of Donald Trump ahead of the election.’’<br /> <br /> He noted that Trump intended to use the ban to show Americans that he was serious about homeland security.

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BREAKING: Bomb blast In Ekiti State Government House

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi3JL2I6RVeOknBqXN7jWjPFQCtH9tDp5lAOyrr_2z3b_H2p1pS7XOB9JdT5gMsBQPHNKAXRwRuRp_n_agg89ZWwRBaVXJheh3KEQqUH_93v7xgPQaXr3qUZ8oXdwUTo9FNVYZB1ZEH2QA/s1600/atom+bomb+explosion.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="1200" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi3JL2I6RVeOknBqXN7jWjPFQCtH9tDp5lAOyrr_2z3b_H2p1pS7XOB9JdT5gMsBQPHNKAXRwRuRp_n_agg89ZWwRBaVXJheh3KEQqUH_93v7xgPQaXr3qUZ8oXdwUTo9FNVYZB1ZEH2QA/s320/atom+bomb+explosion.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <br /> There was palpable fear at the Ekiti State Government House in Ado Ekiti and its environ this morning following a loud bang, suspected to a bomb explosion, ripped through the peaceful and siren state capital.<br /> <br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a>The incident which occurred at about 7:40 am on the morning of Saturday caused scare and tension as people scampered for safety. After the explosion, there was a cloud of heavy smoke coming out of the government house.<br /> <br /> When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer, Sunday Abutu confirmed an explosion in the government house but promised to get back to newsmen on the incident. However, a statement from the Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Mr Olumuyiwa Olomilua, confirmed that “ an explosion was reported earlier this morning at the Explosives Ordnance Disposal (EOD) office in Ado Ekiti.<br /> <br /> It added that “An initial on -the- spot assessment confirms that there are no casualties and the area is secured with no further threats. “Members of the public are advised to go about their normal duties”, the statement said.

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NDDC headquarters ready in three months – Akpabio

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCEYXE5a5Vzb_8gpyZvGih05LDzwU3j_PPSEM9CrwymDnYTvjlEaYj9IPKGGq-duNbQnDrfoqEJ6PQnxbdKNo0yh5UbPBzDO_Hja0iax6_16h8VAwvbCM-egpf7xtpAxTJlFZqlGlVSzI/s1600/Akpabio.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCEYXE5a5Vzb_8gpyZvGih05LDzwU3j_PPSEM9CrwymDnYTvjlEaYj9IPKGGq-duNbQnDrfoqEJ6PQnxbdKNo0yh5UbPBzDO_Hja0iax6_16h8VAwvbCM-egpf7xtpAxTJlFZqlGlVSzI/s400/Akpabio.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> Minister for Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio has said the headquarters building of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) will be ready in the next three months.<br /> <br /> Akpabio who spoke at a meeting with APC Youth leaders from South South said the structure will free up a lot of resources for the development of that Niger Delta adding that it was unfortunate that the commission has not achieved the purpose for which it was set up.<br /> <br /> He called for the cooperation of the youths of the region especially youth leaders of the party in achieving the purpose for which the commission was established.<br /> <br /> He said “The Niger Delta is dear to me and I am here to ensure the highest levels of development for the region and its youths. It is a sad thing that the region has not witnessed a level of development commensurate with the funds that have been spent by the Niger Delta Ministry and the Niger Delta Development Commission since they were set up.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> “Niger Deltans still move around in canoes and on bicycles while those who were in charge of this ministry and the NDDC flew in personal private jets. With the backing of President Muhammadu Buhari, I am working to ensure that Niger Delta people see tangible results in this new Next Level era.<br /> <br /> “This is also why we are rejuvenating the NDDC through the forensic audit. We expect the new NDDC headquarters to be ready within three months and that will free up more funds to be invested in development programmes for youths and other disadvantaged groups in the region.<br /> <br /> “We must forge a bond of peace across the Niger Delta by doing the right thing as that is the only way to ensure speedy development. I also urge you young people to insist on due process even if immediate outcomes appear not to be in your favour. I believe in the youths and I believe also that there are leadership potentials in every young person. I will do my utmost to nurture your potentials”.<br /> <br /> APC Zonal Youth Leader in the South South, Engr. Gabriel Iduseri expressed the unconditional support of the zone for the minister’s efforts to transform the region into a potent economic hub through targeted infrastructural and human development projects.<br /> <br /> Iduseri said “We are here today not just for a courtesy visit but we are here also to inform you that we appreciate what you are doing. The Youths of the South South, South West and South East states of Niger Delta laud your plans and projects for the region and we are ready to promptly queue up behind you anytime we are called upon to do so.”

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Kenyan’s David Barmasia wins 2020 Lagos City Marathon

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsWRGg5ztroTOTNVyGFHlxd0uJNYeJlze6UBWvy42jKJG-RvIUoNrKRL6E1QViC9da6lhNNM6OIXqA2PfTDE-UCOAxlKInXBYvN7vxUPmnG9MMqmmSnDrfT9TS7xwEx17GOg0R_TZwjyE/s1600/kenyan11-750x382.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="382" data-original-width="750" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsWRGg5ztroTOTNVyGFHlxd0uJNYeJlze6UBWvy42jKJG-RvIUoNrKRL6E1QViC9da6lhNNM6OIXqA2PfTDE-UCOAxlKInXBYvN7vxUPmnG9MMqmmSnDrfT9TS7xwEx17GOg0R_TZwjyE/s400/kenyan11-750x382.png" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> A Kenyan known as David Barmasai has emerged winner of the 2020 Lagos City Marathon.<br /> <br /> The 42km race started from National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos, while the 10km race will start from Ikoyi Link Bridge by 10 am.<br /> <br /> Both male and female 42km runners contested for the grand prize of $50,000 while the second and third place winners $40,000 and $30,000 respectively.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> For the 10km race, the first male and female runners will drive home in brand new Kia Rio cars while the second and third place winners get N1,000,000 and N750,000 respectively.

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Coronavirus: U.S. announces $100m aid for China, others

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHNdJ1EVMsNLw7Lt6N-puynDcP0cv-VWHon36QcKaRioLCHdTa_GF8vd_OlgkCj9IZz_My5RP2_w9I4O9WFjFQsB65eYmhX7Smn4AQY7c-PId9GgClRSEwUhL0UwD28Bw_AlejmKusS1k/s1600/china-US-750x430.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="430" data-original-width="750" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHNdJ1EVMsNLw7Lt6N-puynDcP0cv-VWHon36QcKaRioLCHdTa_GF8vd_OlgkCj9IZz_My5RP2_w9I4O9WFjFQsB65eYmhX7Smn4AQY7c-PId9GgClRSEwUhL0UwD28Bw_AlejmKusS1k/s400/china-US-750x430.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> The United States Government on Friday announced its readiness to spend up to $100 million in assistance to China and other countries impacted by the deadly coronavirus.<br /> <br /> Secretary of State, Mr Mike Pompeo, who announced this in a statement, said the commitment would be met through existing funds.<br /> <br /> He said the fund would be spent “directly and through multilateral organisations, to contain and combat the novel coronavirus.”<br /> <br /> Pompeo said the Department of State had already facilitated the transportation of nearly 17.8 tons of donated medical supplies to the Chinese people.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> He listed the materials to include masks, gowns, gauze, respirators and other vital items, stating that the donations underlined “the generosity of the American people’’.<br /> <br /> As of Thursday evening, the disease has killed no fewer than 600 persons with more than 30,000 confirmed worldwide, most of them in China where it broke out in December.<br /> <br /> The respiratory disease has spread to no fewer than 25 countries, including the United States, Philippines, Hong Kong, the United Kingdom and Thailand.<br /> <br /> China is reported to have earlier refused two direct offers from the U.S. to send infectious disease experts to help fight the virus’s spread earlier, and a third made through the World Health Organisation.<br /> <br /> But the Chinese government later told the WHO it would receive foreign assistance.<br /> <br /> On Monday, the Chinese government accused the U.S. of “spreading panic” over the coronavirus outbreak by evacuating its citizens from the country and restricting travel instead of offering help.<br /> Pompeo said the U.S. government’s commitment, in addition to the hundreds of millions of dollars generously donated by the American private sector, “demonstrates strong U.S. leadership in response to the outbreak’’.<br /> <br /> “This assistance only adds to what the United States has done to strengthen health security programs around the world.<br /> <br /> “The United States is and will remain the world’s most generous donor. We encourage the rest of the world to match our commitment.<br /> <br /> “Working together, we can have a profound impact to contain this growing threat,’’ he said.

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NDLEA calls for community support in drug fight

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNiHrszIvYpKnGLPTtBdp9U0cXpTtChhwaHIhWQ_7xiv9eIL3GwY1FoBSpuULY9FeQlzN35fjXAtT_7ew1WTXU_z7WJWSlLMgmmTXsbNOPtIay8qe3dls1e75n1tyLojk51u5dSq-NVS8/s1600/NDLEA-Logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="483" data-original-width="645" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNiHrszIvYpKnGLPTtBdp9U0cXpTtChhwaHIhWQ_7xiv9eIL3GwY1FoBSpuULY9FeQlzN35fjXAtT_7ew1WTXU_z7WJWSlLMgmmTXsbNOPtIay8qe3dls1e75n1tyLojk51u5dSq-NVS8/s400/NDLEA-Logo.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> Mr Emeka Okapo, Acting Commandant, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Gombe State on Friday urged traditional and religious leaders to sensitise their communities on dangers of drug abuse.<br /> <br /> Okapo, in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Gombe, said called for proper enlightenment so that people at the grassroots would understand the difference between medicine sellers and doctors.<br /> <br /> “The bad side of it is that the communities call the drug sellers doctors and they resist when you want to remove them from among them.<br /> <br /> “The communities will always tell you to leave the drug sellers that they are their doctors. And the drug sellers may be selling Tramadol and all these hard drugs to them,” he said.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Okapo said that the communities were acting in ignorance and needed  all stakeholders to sensitise them to understand the implications of this attitude.<br /> <br /> He said that drug abuse led to increase in crime, adding that individuals in the communities should volunteer information that would help in reducing drug abuse menace in the state.<br /> <br /> Okapo said that youths addicted to drugs contributed to the high number of out-of-school drop outs as most of them depend on drugs to function daily.<br /> <br /> He said the command would deal with any person involved in hard drugs, adding that in 2019 the command removed about 845,034 kilograms of hard drugs from circulation in the state.

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‘Mourinho didn’t give me chance as others’

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5dT7-bfd6WggehRYwyZgSAYAdUgMMsz0F-ZU_f5VS9Hz8r4K8rifGn5INpNqJskoVtDEHRMfZSmuMR4TWRKpqFZdLWWIdV5B16719CjNF1UbkOT2Ir1rXEK0mGGzMh1tQ6R1A7apqsB8/s1600/mourinho-Tott.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="430" data-original-width="750" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5dT7-bfd6WggehRYwyZgSAYAdUgMMsz0F-ZU_f5VS9Hz8r4K8rifGn5INpNqJskoVtDEHRMfZSmuMR4TWRKpqFZdLWWIdV5B16719CjNF1UbkOT2Ir1rXEK0mGGzMh1tQ6R1A7apqsB8/s400/mourinho-Tott.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> Newcastle loan signing Danny Rose says he was not given the same opportunities as his fellow defenders to prove himself to Jose Mourinho at Tottenham.<br /> <br /> The 29-year-old made 16 appearances for Spurs early in the season but only five after Mourinho became manager on 20 November.<br /> <br /> “I do feel I wasn’t given as much of a chance as everybody else in the backline,” the left-back told BBC.<br /> <br /> “I did want to play for him.”<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> The Doncaster-born player added: “I knew after a month [of Mourinho joining] I was never going to play. It was difficult going out to train knowing I wasn’t going to play.<br /> <br /> “It’s not worked out, but full respect to him and what he’s doing at the club. He took over with the club 12 points adrift of Chelsea [now in fourth place] and now it’s four.<br /> <br /> “I have to be honest, I thought I would continue playing.”

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PDP tells Buhari - "Stop living in denial our security situation is a disaster"

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="170" data-original-width="297" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKmsNAlA1SwtcTVORDzG2FaNDNUZlB7Nap1R7VgjN1CGzhvBBq9cfFwGGrKv3QwxwvZlmu2XTDImEo_X8keIO0LrRy2jNhtrYmdGUy7tVFKthg4qALPz0811gp-q0Z45QlnUoJ1PbXPDQP/s400/buhari+a+PDP.jpeg" width="400" /></div> <br /> The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has admonished President Muhammadu Buhari to stop living in denial, self-praise and making jokes out of the deteriorated security situation in the country under his administration.<br /> <br /> The party knocked President Buhari what it described as attempts to award himself an unearned pass mark despite his abysmal failure to tackle acts of terrorism and violence, which have continued to worsen under his watch.<br /> <br /> In a statement on Friday by the spokesman for the PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan, the party said the President resorted to self-praise, even in the face of failure and escalated killings.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> The President had, on Thursday, said his administration had earned international recognition for effectively tackling the Boko Haram insurgency in the Northeast.<br /> <br /> The PDP described the President’s comments as exhibition of devastating betrayal of the fundamental responsibilities of his office.<br /> <br /> This, the party noted, further confirmed that President Buhari is indeed not in touch with the reality on ground and as such has no solutions to offer.<br /> <br /> The statement said, “It is indeed inexcusable that instead of accepting failure, Mr. President, who recently confessed his surprise over the level of insecurity in our nation under his watch, is now resorting to self-praise, spurred by his handlers to divert attention from the consensus by Nigerians and members of the international community that he had failed as Commander-in-Chief”.<br /> <br /> The PDP said it was scandalous and self-indicting that President Buhari was claiming that his so-called successes have restored the pride and honour of the nation.<br /> <br /> On the contrary, the party said at the country was becoming a pariah nation; listed as number three in world terrorism index while facing immigration bans and travel advisories from other nations of the world.<br /> <br /> “It is awkward that President Buhari made his unsupported claims at the time both the Senate and the House of Representatives, as well as other credible organisations in Nigeria, are also in unanimity in indicting his Presidency for failing to take steps to check acts of terrorism, banditry and violence in the country.<br /> <br /> “Furthermore, while Mr. President and his All Progressives Congress (APC) are busy with their failed publicity stunt on false performance claims, various sections of our nation are passing a vote of no confidence in their administration, by setting up various security outfits such as Amotekun in the South West and Shege Ka Fasa in the north, to protect their territories.<br /> <br /> “The fact is that by resorting to self-praise in the face of failure, the Buhari Presidency has laid down its armour. No one is now left in doubt that the Buhari administration has reached the end of its capacity and should heed the call by Nigerians to take the exit door and allow more competent, patriotic and proactive hands to effectively tackle the situation at hand”, the PDP added.

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Redeemed pastor sent to prison over Visa scam

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="600" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN_g7FVuQO1ryrG-390izHCOyRA4dTlEGBmM4nmZ7AtHm1UCfk-eayKze3OhDGSNiTpHWf6q4ReGURmDxkFTI3ppZ8-aD-1aeTqXdqFIAjUg-yDRv7XGIiivwu-j3doFYKwh9Gt3r8rwYS/s400/Prison+jail.jpg" width="400" /></div> <br /> The pastor in charge of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Jejelaiye Parish, Ajangbadi, Ojo, Lagos, Austin Benson Agboma, 49 and his accomplice, Obinna Titus Echendu, 49 have been arraigned before a Lagos Magistrate Court for allegedly obtaining the sum of N2,200,000 from a complainant, Chief Steve Okorie under false pretence.<br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> The police alleged that the accused persons collected the money from the complainant on the pretense to procure visa, ticket and other travelling documents, including accommodation reservation, but that the accused person instead converted the money to their use and failed to deliver the visa to the complainant.<br /> <br /> The accused were arrested by operatives of the State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, Panti, Yaba, Lagos and after investigation by a team led by Olaoye Olarewaju, the accused were charged before the Igbosere Chief Magistrates’ Court on a three-count charge of obtaining money under false pretence and stealing.<br /> <br /> Police Counsel, Reuben Solomon told the court in Charge No: J/01/2020 that the accused persons committed the offence in March, 2019 at Ajangbadi, Lagos.<br /> <br /> Solomon informed the court that the accused collected the sum of N2,200, 000 from him to procure visa and other documents for him to travel to Bahamas, but that instead, the accused converted the money to their use.<br /> <br /> He said that the complainant decided to report the matter to the police when he discovered that the accused persons allegedly duped him.<br /> <br /> Solomon said the offences committed were punishable under sections 411, 314 and 287 of the criminal law of Lagos State, 2015.<br /> <br /> The accused persons, however, pleaded not guilty to the alleged offence and Magistrate A.M Davies granted them in the sum of N250, 000 each with two sureties in like sum.<br /> <br /> Davies adjourned the case till 12 February, 2020 for mentioned and ordered that the defendants be kept at the Ikoyi Correctional Facility till they perfected the bail conditions.

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Abacha’s family loses bid to access foreign accounts

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="694" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjVxGIRbuqZHP57hBvRxW3EOP2bL7wN7-3SGBFlo5y0m2lyjQVdhn_U3TUJFPeOkvNO1hi5sekQ6sLaKPgBukCAOry6mTDPoeQxkvnMGz3pXj6Z1U6bDe6xcWPkABCPGwlK-_9YS2u3_lm/s640/abacha+loot.png" width="640" /></div> <br /> The family of the late General Sani Abacha has lost the bid to access some foreign bank accounts of the late dictator and other members of the family.<br /> <br /> This came into effect as the Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the appeal filed by a son of the late dictator, Mohammed Abacha, seeking an order to unfreeze some of the bank accounts held in the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Jersey, Liechtenstein, and Luxembourg.<br /> <br /> Delivering judgment in the appeal, a five-man panel of the apex court unanimously held that the suit, which was first initiated before the Federal High Court in Kano in January 2004, had become statute-barred.<br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Justice Amina Augie, who read the lead judgment prepared by JusticeC.C. Nweze affirmed the concurrent decisions of the lower courts.<br /> <br /> Augie said, ‘according to the admitted evidence, I have no limitations in affirming the concurrent decisions of the lower courts and the appeal is hereby dismissed.<br /> <br /> She held that it was too late for the Abacha family to query the decision taken by the Federal Government of Nigeria in 1999.<br /> <br /> The accounts were frozen in the countries following mutual judicial assistance agreements entered with the countries by the Nigerian government during the administration of the then President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, in 1999.<br /> <br /> The Swiss government on Feb. 16, 2005, pledged to hand over the sum of 458 million dollars out of the 508 million dollars of the Abacha assets.<br /> <br /> The family prayed the lower court to declare the said grant by the government of Switzerland to transfer the family’s cash assets in their companies null and void and contrary to the African and United Nations Charter on Human Rights.<br /> <br /> The Abacha family also appealed to the decision of the Federal High Court, Kano at the Court of Appeal, Kaduna.<br /> <br /> But in its judgment on Dec. 15, 2009, the appellate court upheld the decision of the trial court and dismissed the appeal, a decision he again appealed to the Supreme Court, which the apex court also dismissed.<br /> <br /> Other members of the Supreme Court’s five-man panel that heard the appeal, Justices Olukayode Ariwoola, Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, Augie and Paul Galumje, all agreed with the lead judgment as written by Justice Nweze.

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Why Nigerian church leaders are envious of T.B. Joshua – Fani-Kayode

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="274" data-original-width="412" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3MCID4OaYBJohHMy_UDam1bnGHm2CK-MfbPHabJW-FmMNTmWLvhGC4Le0w5urgjIAug9jJvCJOCcGaYhm6kokmjU_cJuhh6YT1Sp5AJKR7G4HgEkI0KrgVhcK1Gq_xoV__k4nIqp7rOLs/s400/FFKCourt-e1466531344610+fani+kayode+ffk.png" width="400" /></div> <br /> Femi Fani-Kayode, former Aviation Minister and critic has said that Nigerian church leaders are envious of the success of Prophet T.B. Joshua of the Synagogue Church of All Nation, SCOAN, which informed the reason many of them are persecuting him.<br /> <br /> Fani-Kayode spoke after he watched a young American lady by the name, Evangelist Angela deliver a message about how Christians persecute other Christians in Nigeria and the importance of Church unity and Christian solidarity last Sunday.<br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> According to Fani-Kayode, the message, which was titled ‘The New Wave of Persecution’, was really gripping and also touched on how T.B. Joshua himself had suffered injustice and persecution over the years, noting that there were, however, a few things that she left out which, in his view, ought to have been included.<br /> <br /> “For example, the fact that Joshua had his American visa cancelled in 2014 as a result of wickedness, envy and intrigue after the horrific bombing of one of his Church buildings which sadly resulted in the death of many of his members.<br /> <br /> “It is sad to note that not one Church leader expressed his or her condolences or commiseration to the Church or the Prophet after this tragic incident despite the massive loss of life. Instead it was the leaders of the Muslim community in Nigeria, including the Sultan of Sokoto and many Emirs, that did so!<br /> <br /> “Sadly, as if that were not bad enough, it got even worse! Some heartless Church leaders went as far as to petition the American Embassy to cancel the Prophet’s American visa and used this terrible incident as their excuse and attempt to justify it!<br /> <br /> “They did this even though it was clear that the collapse of the building was not as a consequence of any wrongdoing on his part but rather as a result of a brutal act of pure evil and premeditated murder and terror by those who wanted him discredited and his Church closed down. It took the intervention of members of the American Congress, the State Department, numerous American Ambassadors, members of the American diplomatic corps and numerous American consular officials to resist the conspiracy and to ensure that his visa was restored,” he stated.<br /> <br /> Fani-Kayode said he spoke with T.B. Joshua after listening to Angela’s message last Sunday and asked him why it was that he did not expose all this to the public in 2014.<br /> <br /> “I also asked him why it is that he always keep quiet, refuses to defend himself and says nothing when faced with the unrelenting, shameful and relentless criticism, misrepresentation, false allegations, vilification and persecution that he has suffered from other Church leaders over the years.<br /> <br /> “This is all the more so given the fact that, in my view, such criticisms are borne out of nothing but pure envy. He told me that he believes in the unity of the Body of Christ and that he did not want the Church to be divided hence his silence over the years.<br /> <br /> “He kept emphasising the fact that in order for us to succeed as Christians in Nigeria and save souls there must be love between Christians and Church unity. I was moved by his words but I must confess that I was not too happy about them. The kind of insults, false allegations, fabrications and wickedness that this great man of God has been subjected to over the years by others is simply unacceptable and had he been a lesser man. it would have broken him.<br /> <br /> “If God had not been with him he would have fallen long ago but instead he is going from strength to strength and his ministry has had a greater impact than that of any other Nigerian preacher in the international community. From South America, to South East Asia, to the Korean peninsular, to Israel, to Europe, to Africa and to North America he is respected, revered and loved and his impact in terms of preaching and spreading the gospel of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ has been extraordinary and outstanding.<br /> <br /> “I have decided to write a book about this great man’s remarkable and inspiring life, his struggles, his challenges and the sort of things that he has been subjected to over the years very soon. I will also expose the fact that the blowing up of his SCOAN Church building in 2014 was one of Nigeria’s most heinous and terrible acts of terror and I shall expose those who I believe were behind it,” he said.<br /> <br /> According to Fani-Kayode, T.B. Joshua is a humble, gentle, reticent, forgiving, kind and patient man who refused to join issues with his detractors and enemies and who instead focused on the work that God had called him to do, adding that he respected him immensely but must confessed “that I do not share his disposition or inclination to say nothing when others seek to destroy and drag down. If I were in his shoes, I would have hit them back long ago!<br /> <br /> “I guess that the fact that he has refused to do so is what makes him so special and so much better than those of us that can be best described as lesser mortals.”

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Boko Haram terrorists have been reduced to mere criminals – Nigerian Army

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="432" data-original-width="576" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi37SGYJi3Cfy5chDs56edpUn6Lyupqx_-xb6H4eDfZAjdB7OuNqWLrFl2bsjP6i76AXmo5SRXiXkgku37qFv4Plz7F92qg2VPfToIKNnDHiIeIrFsHMVlx7QggiNrJaQQUc-ffJtm_CsyG/s400/jtf+boko+haram+flag.jpg" width="400" /></div> <br /> Maj.-Gen. Olusegun Adeniyi, the Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole (OPLD), says the Boko Haram insurgents will never get hold of any part of Nigeria again.<br /> <br /> Adeniyi stated this while reviewing the progress of the ongoing counter-insurgency operation of the Nigerian Armed Forces in the northeast on Friday in Maiduguri.<br /> <br /> He said the military had succeeded in reducing the sect from the terrorist army they used to be, to mere criminals because of the defeat they suffered since 2015.<br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> The commander dismissed the insurgents’ attempt to retake any territory “as dream that will never come to pass for them”.<br /> <br /> According to him, Boko Haram had in 2013 transmuted from a terrorist group to a terrorist army sustaining intense attacks on towns, villages, communities, markets and military bases.<br /> <br /> “In 2015; immediately President Muhammadu Buhari assumed office he gave order that all military commands be relocated to Maiduguri.<br /> <br /> “It was only then that the military commenced attacks on the insurgents, recapturing the territories under the control of the terrorists numbering over 24 towns and villages,’’ he said.<br /> <br /> Adeniyi maintained that the insurgents had been defeated since 2017 and would remain so, adding that the current pockets of resurgent of the terrorist had an international dimension.<br /> <br /> He explained that the proliferation of arms in the Sahel, occasioned by the expulsion of armed militias from Libya created the opportunity for the terrorists to try to find their feet.<br /> <br /> According to him, the exodus of ISIS terrorists from the Middle East and subsequent alliance with a faction of Boko Haram through the Lake Chad region is another dimension.<br /> <br /> He reiterated that the military would continue to fight to ensure that ISIS did not have a foothold in the region like they succeeded in other countries.<br /> <br /> The commander noted the adoption of ‘Super Camp’ strategy had further compounded the problem of the insurgents, adding that the strategy had enabled the troops to have longer reach.<br /> <br /> He added that the army was well equipped and motivated to take the fight to the terrorists in their hidings, which resulted in successful operations.<br /> <br /> The commander stressed that there was no inch of the Nigerian territory that the army is contesting with Boko Haram insurgents.<br /> <br /> Adeniyi revealed further that the theatre command had commenced local production of Mines Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles in Maiduguri to meet their operational equipment requirements.<br /> <br /> He explained that the induction of Ezugwu MRAP in the theatre of operation by the engineer corps had enhanced local fabrication in Maiduguri.<br /> <br /> According to him, the MRAPs are 100 percent local content.

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Nigerian pharmacies hike price of face masks as Coronavirus bites harder globally

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="175" data-original-width="288" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSeTe5pszrPl8VaT9djIeykUt7HVEgHWbSvIG3U74kkw0X9LpE8YhHgXEBZB3BqLDQfuG2LLS4LoEpbBmnKjhZ9zNfYb0PqXaBfSxBmiSB2_yGzwf9iX-pRW5ayeV0u_tut3HaKGp9YEDA/s320/ebola+scan.jpg" width="320" /></div> <br /> Community pharmacies in Nigeria have reported massive boom in sales following an alleged increased demand for face masks by Chinese firms and agents.<br /> <br /> They suspected that “the unusual deluge of demand for face masks” might not be unconnected with the Coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, which had made the World Health Organisation to declare the virus a global emergency.<br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Speaking with newsmen, the Managing Director, NHC Pharmaceuticals Limited, Laide Soetan, said a Chinese firm had asked if she could ship about 100 cartons of the protective masks to China.<br /> <br /> Soetan, who expressed surprise at the idea, said the client was also willing to pay for the shipment in dollars.<br /> <br /> According to her, prior to the outbreak of Lassa and Coronavirus viruses, a pack of 50 face masks sold for N350.<br /> <br /> However, in the wake of the epidemic, an unprecedented heavy demand for the item had skyrocketed the price to N1,300.<br /> <br /> Just on Friday, Director-General of the World Health Organisation, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, had warned that the world was running out of masks and other protective equipment against the novel coronavirus.<br /> <br /> “The world is facing a chronic shortage of personal protective equipment,” Ghebreyesus told the WHO’s executive board in Geneva.<br /> <br /> He said he would be speaking to members of the supply chain network for protective gear to try and resolve “bottlenecks” in the production.

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Several deregistered parties battle INEC

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFWrDJnxLrRwg8utNhHf4oX9hPe-UIg0xWuO8cXEFyMAhGnEaiZ6PcrNFunaEaidxlpQGNV4X-joys1fFZXEPnWV7vjPa67ch4ptJl3p2TfD1m3bW6_2ZnZwmsgGwVFojUloAs74tjWXpk/s1600/INEC-boss-Mahmood-Yakubu-e1455137335241.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="290" data-original-width="412" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFWrDJnxLrRwg8utNhHf4oX9hPe-UIg0xWuO8cXEFyMAhGnEaiZ6PcrNFunaEaidxlpQGNV4X-joys1fFZXEPnWV7vjPa67ch4ptJl3p2TfD1m3bW6_2ZnZwmsgGwVFojUloAs74tjWXpk/s320/INEC-boss-Mahmood-Yakubu-e1455137335241.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <br /> More reactions on Friday greeted the deregistration of 74 out of the 102 political parties in the country by the Independent National Electoral Commission.<br /> <br /> The Chairman of INEC, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, who announced the deregistration of the parties on Thursday, said they failed to meet the requirements for registration<br /> <br /> While some people supported INEC’s action, others criticised the body for taking the decision.<br /> <br /> A former dean, Faculty of Law, Imo State University, Owerri, Prof Nnamdi Obiaraeri, said INEC did not violate the constitution with the deregistration of the parties.<br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> The National Chairman of the African Democratic Party, Yabagi Sani, also hailed INEC’s decision at a press conference in Abuja.<br /> <br /> But the National Chairman, Allied Congress Party of Nigeria, Alhaji Ganiyu Galadinma, said they had asked their lawyers to file a court case against INEC for deregistering the party.<br /> <br /> Lagos lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), disagreed with the Inter Party Advisory Council of Nigeria on the legality of INEC’s action.<br /> <br /> Falana said the Nigerian Constitution had empowered INEC to deregister political parties under certain conditions.<br /> <br /> He, however, said the deregistration was premature.<br /> <br /> Falana told newsmen that INEC had the constitutional power to deregister political parties.<br /> He pointed out Section 225A of the Constitution 1999 (with the First, Second, Third and Fourth Alterations), empowered INEC to deregister political parties for various reasons.<br /> <br /> He said the constitution was amended in 2017 to empower INEC to deregister political parties but it had just been implemented.<br /> <br /> Section 225A states, “The Independent National Electoral Commission shall have power to deregister a political party for breach of any of the requirements for registration;<br /> <br /> “Failure to win at least twenty-five percent of votes cast in one State of the federation in a presidential election or one local government of the state in a governorship election.”<br /> <br /> Falana said, “In deregistering the 74 political parties INEC relied on the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (Fourth Alteration, No 9) Act, 2017 enacted on May 4, 2017 which amended section 222 of the 1999 Constitution. The amendment empowers INEC to deregister political parties that fail to win any seat in local and national elections.<br /> <br /> “INEC must go the whole hog by complying with Section 222 of the constitution which states that political parties that fail to render accounts of their detailed annual statement and analysis of their sources of funds and other assets with a similar statements of expenditure.<br /> <br /> “INEC must apply the law with equal force to the remaining 18 political parties. LG elections have not been held in 13 states. Since some of the political parties may still win LG elections the law is not ripe for implementation.<br /> <br /> “Section 224 says the programmes and manifestoes of political parties shall conform with the fundamental objectives and directive principles of state policy. The programmes and manifestoes of the APC and PDP are completely at variance with Chapter 2 of the Constitution. So why have they not being implementation?”<br /> <br /> But the Inter Party Advisory Council asked the independent National Electoral Commission to reverse its decision.<br /> <br /> The council’s National Legal Adviser, Chukwudi Ezeobika, made the position known in a statement.<br /> <br /> The statement read, “By the action purportedly taken by INEC, the council is of a firm view that INEC as an institution no longer has regards or respect for the rule of law in Nigeria and has lost the confidence of political parties in the political affairs of the nation.<br /> <br /> “The council hereby calls on INEC to immediately reverse the purported decision in order not to infringe on the rights of political parties as guaranteed under the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended).”

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"You are the number one Agbaya in Nollywood" - Iyabo Ojo exposes colleague

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguKZ1jXPy7gpvoOHwH5yCQyEaLp7EDTZFdFM2eQsdKSpWpJh9zPYqLp9bXj73QY4U644RsDS4HmOn3IK9GWaQmlzDcwTc1o0wE_FDb0f8BsM0pAzB1uuJIG9bP-_cStFzVwAFnZPpO5n79/s1600/iyabo+ojo+fathia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="435" data-original-width="775" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguKZ1jXPy7gpvoOHwH5yCQyEaLp7EDTZFdFM2eQsdKSpWpJh9zPYqLp9bXj73QY4U644RsDS4HmOn3IK9GWaQmlzDcwTc1o0wE_FDb0f8BsM0pAzB1uuJIG9bP-_cStFzVwAFnZPpO5n79/s640/iyabo+ojo+fathia.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> During the week, a popular actress, Iyabo Ojo, opened a can of worms, accusing a colleague who she described as a ‘frenemy’ of praying against her survival after she underwent a cosmetic surgery in Turkey.<br /> <br /> Ojo, who set tongues wagging with her post, also called the colleague a ‘witch’, while declaring that she is a lioness who comes out victorious in every battle.<br /> <br /> The post, which has however been deleted from her Instagram page, generated a lot of comments as many thronged her page, to get the juicy gist.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Many also wondered why her post coincided with the birthday celebration of another popular actress, who turned 51 on February 5 and held her birthday bash at Island Lounge in Turkey.<br /> <br /> Ojo’s post read, “You never cease to amaze me and I’m not surprised because you remain number one agbaya (mischievous elder) in Nollywood. No self-respect at all. You envy the younger ones and pretend to love the ones that you benefit from.<br /> <br /> “After all I did for you two years ago to celebrate your birthday in Turkey, you still snitched on me, giving the media fake news that I was in a coma for three days. I knew you hoped and prayed I died. That’s why you never came to see me afterwards but guess what? My God is bigger than you. He is mightier than you. My God disappointed you and your team.<br /> <br /> “I’m still (a) living girl. You are a witch! But guess what, I’m that lioness who would always come out victorious, no matter how hard you try to pull me down or destroy my name spiritually. Darkness and light can never be on the same page and I make bold to say you are a terrible person. Back off witch. Enjoy your birthday. @islandlounge7, remember I named it.”<br /> <br /> Reacting to claims that she was fighting the actress in question because of a man, Ojo stated, “The last thing I, Alice Iyabo Ojo, would ever do is fight any woman because of any married or single man. God forbid! What goes on in our industry is beyond all those stories you write. It is beyond what you can ever comprehend. It is spiritual. It has been in the days of Pa (Hubert) Ogunde and it will remain forever. You can never be prepared.”

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Fans divided over new Eagles kits

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkZFoEOWXFtw0VPzNFjK26xrrIe2xCLy6ac68jMBPV752GOFMfYwl8angbTIFpuqJETbYx-XAKX9HV1zPIbc96repmiJTS5xd5i7GbYoyGpnyh5-gyUuu39kNSQEJ0hxHq7UVm9IFRbuc/s1600/nike-nigeria-kits.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="902" data-original-width="1600" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkZFoEOWXFtw0VPzNFjK26xrrIe2xCLy6ac68jMBPV752GOFMfYwl8angbTIFpuqJETbYx-XAKX9HV1zPIbc96repmiJTS5xd5i7GbYoyGpnyh5-gyUuu39kNSQEJ0hxHq7UVm9IFRbuc/s400/nike-nigeria-kits.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> The new Super Eagles kits unveiled by designers Nike and the Nigeria Football Federation on Wednesday, has elicited reactions from Nigerians on Twitter.<br /> <br /> NFF president, Amaju Pinnick, in a chat with our correspondent, had described the jerseys as an improvement on the ones worn by the Eagles in 2018 and 2019.<br /> <br /> But while some fans praised the kits, saying they were beautiful, others labelled them as below quality.<br /> <br /> Among those who praised the design was Seun Obalola, who said, “Lovely jersey, some Nigerians that don’t really know what they want will still come and criticise it.”<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> “Amazing design, our new sponsor makes us good looking on the pitch,” Abdulrahman Barnawi added.<br /> <br /> According to Danielle Enonche, many Nigerians were only criticising the jerseys because they were not yet endorsed by big stars.<br /> <br /> “People saying the green and white isn’t good will change their minds the moment their favourite celebrity rocks it. I remember when the last ones were unveiled, many people criticised it until it began to make wave internationally,” Enonche stated.<br /> <br /> Among those who criticised the new jersey was Sam Uche, who said, “What is this rubbish Nike IT students designed for the NFF and you’re smiling that you’re wearing this for Africa Cup of Nations. Don’t we know the difference between football jersey and inter house sports wear. Thumbs down for this Super Eagles kit.”<br /> <br /> “Nike you can do better than this now,” Ijoma Chijioke tweeted.<br /> <br /> “How many times have England, Germany, Italy or France changed their jerseys? What with all the continuous, petty changes every two years!? Common, be consistent and brandable! This is becoming childish. A Nigerian designer can do better. And why unveil in New York? No class,” Kelvin Keshi said.<br /> <br /> “Is this one a design? We should go back and upgrade the old ones that we know and love instead of bringing anyhow design for us as a jersey. And we need our normal green not this colour, I don’t like this jersey at all,” Manuel Afabor also said.<br /> <br /> Tunde Gbedo, however, rated the two jerseys separately, giving a thumbs up for one and a low rating for the other.<br /> <br /> “The white and green is a huge no for me, a downgrade compared to the present one. For effort sake, 4/10, the ‘bitterleaf’ jersey looks better this time 9/10,” Gbedo tweeted.<br /> <br /> The NFF president Pinnick said the Eagles would first wear the new kits in a 2022 World Cup qualifier against Liberia in Monrovia on October 5.

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiodc3zCfqwAUasy3zFD-oD9bRHSyPM9TJHED_05-i5bCCkTh6fBTcPbysLXN0uoBzyU8tkKZYEWGVUupCjpUsXK_AJtMkoVtm3metHjWnWtk36RFKkOgznc5K8mtUTsJ7_spP6MsdmM4A/s1600/Iyanya1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="1200" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiodc3zCfqwAUasy3zFD-oD9bRHSyPM9TJHED_05-i5bCCkTh6fBTcPbysLXN0uoBzyU8tkKZYEWGVUupCjpUsXK_AJtMkoVtm3metHjWnWtk36RFKkOgznc5K8mtUTsJ7_spP6MsdmM4A/s400/Iyanya1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> The police have filed one count of car theft against a musician, Iyanya Onoyom Mbuk, also known as Iyanya, before the Lagos State High Court in Igbosere.<br /> <br /> In the charge sheet marked, LD/9024C/2019, the musician was accused of the conversion of a vehicle to his own.<br /> <br /> The police alleged that Iyanya “dishonestly converted to your own use or use of another person a black Toyota Landcruiser Prado Jeep with Chassis Number: JTEBX7FJ7EK165480, Engine Number: 2TRI385954 and Registration Number: MAVINIY, property of The Temple Management Company Limited, represented by one Ayodeji Olomojobi, Esq.”<br /> <br /> In the charge sheet signed by Chukwu Agwu, the police claimed that Iyanya committed the offence “sometime in September 2018 in Lagos State.”<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> The offence, according to the police, was contrary to sections 278(1)(b), and 279(1)(2) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2011, and punishable under Section 285(10) of the same law.<br /> <br /> Upon his arraignment before Justice Mobolanle Okikiolu-Ighile, the musician pleaded not guilty to the charge and was released to his lawyer, A. Williams, who undertook to produce him in court for his trial.<br /> <br /> The court adjourned till February 27 to rule on the defendant’s bail application.

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DSS speaks on terrorists’ movement, hijack of luxury buses in Abuja

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsxSxWgfeAbllD1elr8hRhTrTDHAT_aBJ2y_CXgAyLBsVnUN0JI9VDAhALwhOTmmhhyyI_XfAJsO322hs-3Mae2x4PZ6wSgqiUWegfa2m6f5ber1C77QFL39S_ZeklBxVo1cP2S4eJphw/s1600/dss+%25283%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsxSxWgfeAbllD1elr8hRhTrTDHAT_aBJ2y_CXgAyLBsVnUN0JI9VDAhALwhOTmmhhyyI_XfAJsO322hs-3Mae2x4PZ6wSgqiUWegfa2m6f5ber1C77QFL39S_ZeklBxVo1cP2S4eJphw/s400/dss+%25283%2529.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> The Department of State Services (DSS) has refuted reports on social media that the Service had alerted the public about the movement of terrorists into the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and other parts of the country.<br /> <br /> The Service also debunked reports that luxury buses of three major transport companies were hijacked on the Lokoja-Okene Road by persons suspected to be championing an ethnic agenda.<br /> <br /> A statement by Public Relations Officer, DSS National Headquarters, Abuja, Dr Peter Afunanya, reads: “The attention of the Department of State Services (DSS) has been drawn to false reports being circulated on the social media that the Service had alerted the public about the movement of terrorists into the FCT and other parts of Southern and Middlebelt regions of Nigeria.<br /> <br /> “Another misleading report relates to the alleged hijack of luxury buses of three major transport companies on the Lokoja-Okene Road by persons suspected to be championing an ethnic agenda.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> “The alert purportedly issued by the Service on the arrival of Boko Haram and other terrorist elements to the aforementioned places has been in circulation since 2013 when it was first created by mischief makers whose handiwork is to cause chaos.<br /> <br /> “Similarly, the report concerning alleged attack on the luxury buses conveying a particular ethnic group to their local base was first created some years back to deceive and incite unsuspecting persons.<br /> <br /> “The public is urged to disregard these fallacious narratives and reports in their entirety. As fake news that they are, the DSS wishes to dismiss them as non-existent and therefore describe them as figment of the imagination of their creators.<br /> <br /> “The illusive stories are merely designed by some zealots to instigate ethno-religious and political crises of violent and destructive dimensions across the country.<br /> <br /> “It has, however, become obvious that the main aim of engaging in these undesirable actions is to also undermine national security for the achievement of some ulterior goals.<br /> <br /> “The Service frowns at the continuous exploitation of social, religious and tribal differences by purveyors of doom to ignite extreme violent actions among the populace.<br /> <br /> “While security and law enforcement agencies are totally committed to sustain maximum efforts in ensuring public safety in the Nation, citizens are enjoined to disregard these deceitful reports that do not emanate from the Service and go about their normal businesses.<br /> <br /> “Considering that security is a collective responsibility of all and sundry, everyone is advised to be more committed in this regard and report suspicious persons to relevant security agencies nearest to them.<br /> <br /> “Meanwhile, the Service will continue to collaborate with sister agencies to ensure adequate protection for the people, government and critical infrastructure. It will also not fail to make defaulters face, within the ambit of the law, consequences of their illicit activities.”

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaBK5dZSaAmHnFaGYMmqEpQKH1y5Jc5uzbemgR8pG4gor92iAxjpFPThnPAoNSwn8LxubxXvKvetNZD6U6Nat0DDgE0r9kcPH4T2Kki63zwYOji7dLKjw-kJXNZIKphVUqWo99uF6_Xfo/s1600/IMG-20200206-WA0077-750x430.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="430" data-original-width="750" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaBK5dZSaAmHnFaGYMmqEpQKH1y5Jc5uzbemgR8pG4gor92iAxjpFPThnPAoNSwn8LxubxXvKvetNZD6U6Nat0DDgE0r9kcPH4T2Kki63zwYOji7dLKjw-kJXNZIKphVUqWo99uF6_Xfo/s400/IMG-20200206-WA0077-750x430.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has received another batch of 161 stranded Nigerians from Mtiga in Libya.<br /> <br /> The acting Coordinator, Lagos Territorial Office, NEMA, Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, received the returnees on Thursday night in Lagos.<br /> <br /> Farinloye said that the Nigerians arrived the Cargo Wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, late on Thursday night.<br /> <br /> According to him, the returnees were brought via Al Buraq Air Boeing 737 aircraft with flight number UZ 189 and registration number 5A-DMG.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> He said that the Nigerians were brought by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and European Union on the platform of the Assisted Voluntary Returnees (AVR) Programme.<br /> <br /> Farinloye also said that the returnees comprised of 48 female adults, four female children, five female infants as well as 102 adult males, one male child and one infant male.<br /> <br /> The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that other agencies that received the returnees included the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) and the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP).<br /> <br /> Farinloye said: “This batch brought the total number of voluntary returnees from Libya to 14,045, which is made up of 8,200 males and 5,845 females.”<br /> <br /> One of the returnees, an indigene of Akure, Ondo State, who preferred anonymity, while narrating her ordeal, said she was 19 years when she left Nigeria.<br /> <br /> The returnee said that she spent a year and three months before she decided to return to Nigeria.<br /> <br /> She explained that she left Nigeria due to pressure on her when her mother had mental health problems and the father of her child abandoned them.<br /> <br /> “I was left with the tasks of fending for my siblings, mother and my daughter.<br /> <br /> “My mother’s relations and friends abandoned us. I was a tailoring apprentice after my husband left us.<br /> <br /> “My mum was thrown out of the house because we could not afford to pay for rent,’’ she narrated.<br /> <br /> According to her, feeding became a serious problem, my siblings could not continue schooling and they dropped out of school.<br /> <br /> “No one was there for us. I had no alternative than to seek more opportunities outside when I was told that I could secure good jobs.<br /> <br /> “It was unfortunate that the so-called good jobs were meant to destroy our future. Most of our ladies are located in connection job while a handful in “Arabu” works.<br /> <br /> “Arabu work is like the job of a house maid which goes with unpleasant experience from torture to overworking into very late hours and waking up very early. The `connection job’ is like introducing ladies to prostitution.<br /> <br /> “ The worst of it all was that all efforts to raise money became fruitless as militants or police could burst into our houses, robbed us of our belongings and went away with everything we had worked for over there,’’ she said.<br /> <br /> According to her, trying to send something through a Nigerian, you have to part with the same amount you wish to send.<br /> <br /> She explained that a Nigerian would collect cash and asked his relation in Nigeria to send half of the amount to the person that the money was meant for,” she said.<br /> <br /> The returnee said: “I will never encourage anyone to embark on this type of perilous journey as it is just a waste of one’s life for the period spent on this type of journey. Though it was an experience but a very bad one.<br /> <br /> “I need assistance to start my life. My mother is better health wise and she is hawking pure water now.<br /> <br /> “I learnt IOM and other organisations are helping people like us.<br /> <br /> “ I want to complete my fashion designing apprenticeship but need to source for a means of feeding while I am under apprenticeship.”

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp5b-IpGe-LXspKY0au3MF4gJ57-Quo9awUa39SUSJOn8erMFDN9RjfZwpWpT5vn2IOgVxriqxmKCLI2yUhRywd6KX2bPtwn3z-EsekfbVLrCp6DCovCSKVjq-dXONQ-G66I7OP_Mon0Q/s1600/linda+Ejiofor+Suleieman.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="430" data-original-width="750" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp5b-IpGe-LXspKY0au3MF4gJ57-Quo9awUa39SUSJOn8erMFDN9RjfZwpWpT5vn2IOgVxriqxmKCLI2yUhRywd6KX2bPtwn3z-EsekfbVLrCp6DCovCSKVjq-dXONQ-G66I7OP_Mon0Q/s400/linda+Ejiofor+Suleieman.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> Africa Magic on Thursday, February 6, 2020, announced their nominations for the seventh edition of the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Award (AMVCA).<br /> <br /> The nominations were unveiled in a live broadcast on all Africa Magic channels. It was anchored by Nollywood couple Linda Ejiofor and Ibrahim Suleiman.<br /> <br /> Awards will be presented in 28 categories, with seven categories open to public voting and 21 being categories to be decided by the AMVCA panel of judges with the inclusion of a new category, The MultiChoice Talent Factory Award.<br /> <br /> Full Nominees’ List<br /> <br /> <b>Best Short Film or Online Video</b><br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Oga John – Bolanle Akintomide<br /> Thorn – Bola ‘Enigma’ Akanbi<br /> Prueba – Stanlee Ohikuhare<br /> Tokunbo – Bio Arimoro<br /> <br /> <b>Best Supporting Actor in a Movie or TV Series</b><br /> <br /> Richard Mofe Damijo (Rmd) – Seven<br /> Ramsey Nouah – Living In Bondage<br /> Nkem Owoh – God Calling<br /> Remilekun ‘Reminisce’ Safaru – King Of Boys<br /> Pascal Tokodi – Disconnect<br /> <br /> <b>Best Supporting Actress in a Movie or TV Series</b><br /> <br /> Toni Tones – King Of Boys<br /> Eucharia Anunobi – The Foreigner’s God<br /> Tina Mba – The Set Up<br /> Mary Lazarus – Size 12<br /> Gloria Sarfo – The Perfect Picture: 10 Years Later<br /> <br /> <b>Best Cinematographer Nominees are:</b><br /> <br /> God Calling – Cardoso<br /> Living In Bondage – John Demps<br /> Ratnik – Niyi White, Gbenga Fifolabi and Abiola Ladipo<br /> The Set Up – Mohammed Attah<br /> <br /> <b>Best Lighting Designer in a Movie or TV Series</b><br /> <br /> God Calling – Cardoso<br /> Ratnik – Abiola Ladipo<br /> Elevator Baby – Eleaxu Texas<br /> Plan B – Odhiambo Walter<br /> <br /> <b>Best Costume Designer Movie or TV Series</b><br /> <br /> Living In Bondage Olohigbe Nwagwu<br /> The Foreigner’s God Ifan Michael<br /> Ratnik Dimeji Ajibola<br /> King Of Boys Yolanda Okereke<br /> <br /> <b>Best Make-Up Category</b><br /> <br /> God Calling – Lilian Omozele Paul<br /> The Foreigner’s God – Jude Odoh<br /> King Of Boys – Hakeem Effects<br /> Coming From Insanity – Bio Arimoro<br /> <br /> <b>Best Actor in a Comedy (Movie or TV Series)</b><br /> <br /> Uzor Arukwe – Smash<br /> Chibunna “Funny Bone” Stanley – Smash<br /> Uzor Arukwe – Size 12<br /> Ramsey Nouah – Merry Men 1<br /> Daniel Etim Effiong – Plan B<br /> <br /> <b>Best Actress in a Comedy (Movie/TV Series)</b><br /> <br /> Toyin Abraham – Bling Lagosians<br /> Bimbo Ademoye – Looking For Baami<br /> Funke Akindele – Moms At War<br /> Toyin Abraham – Kasanova<br /> Ebele Okaro – Smash<br /> <br /> <b>Best Actor in a Drama (Movie/TV Series)</b><br /> <br /> Swankey J.K.A – Living In Bondage<br /> Timini Egbuson – Elevator Baby<br /> Efa Iwara – Seven<br /> Gabriel Afolayan – Coming From Insanity<br /> Ramsey Nouah – Levi<br /> <br /> <b>Best Actress in a Drama (Movie/TV Series)</b><br /> <br /> Shola Shobowale – King Of Boys<br /> Zainab Balogun – Sylvia<br /> Zainab Balogun – God Calling<br /> Toyin Abraham – Elevator Baby<br /> Kate Henshaw – The Ghost And The House Of Truth<br /> <br /> <b>Best Writer in a Movie or TV Series</b><br /> <br /> BB Sasore – God Calling<br /> Tosin Igho – Seven<br /> Vanessa Kanu – Sylvia<br /> Biodun Stephen – Joba<br /> Nicole Asinugo and CJ Obasi – Living In Bondage<br /> Akay Mason and Yusuf Carew – Elevator Baby<br /> <br /> <b>Best Documentary</b><br /> <br /> Hidden Euphoria – Aderogba Adedeji<br /> Skin – Beverly Naya<br /> Against All Odds: A Tale Of Resilience – Aderemi Davies<br /> Ibadan: Yoruba Heritage – Tunde Oladimeji<br /> Best Indigenous Language Movie/TV Series Swahili<br /> Raveet Sippy Chadh – Subira<br /> <br /> <b>Senate screens CBN, MPC nominees</b><br /> <br /> Timoth Conrad Kachumka – Sema<br /> Victor Gatonye – Dream Child<br /> Joan Kabugu – Toy Car<br /> <br /> <b>Best Indigenous Language Movie/TV Series Yoruba</b><br /> <br /> Ronke Odusanya – Ajoji Godogbo –<br /> Yewande Famakin – Alubarika<br /> Oyebade Adebimpe – Adebimpe Omo Oba<br /> Wumi Olabimtan – Intent<br /> Best Indigenous Language Movie/TV Series<br /> Tuntube – Muhammad T. Finisher<br /> Mariya – Abubakar Bashir<br /> Abarawa Rai – Muhammad Adam and Tundun Murtala<br /> Sadauki – Hassan Giggs<br /> <br /> <b>Best Indigenous Language Movie/TV Series Igbo</b><br /> <br /> Isianyaocha – Brown Ene<br /> Nekwa – Paul Igwe<br /> Nne – Victor Iyke<br /> Obiakpor – Evan Okechukwu<br /> Best Movie Southern Africa<br /> Kukuri – Philippe Talavera<br /> Dalitso – Abraham Kabwe<br /> Kwacha – Cassie Kabwikta<br /> The Beautiful Hen Behind Yao Mountain – Imran Kaisi<br /> <br /> <b>Best Movie East Africa</b><br /> <br /> Disconnect – Iman Mueke<br /> Lost In Time – Edijoe Mwaniki<br /> Plan B – Sarah Hassan<br /> 94 Terror – Mulinwa Richard<br /> <br /> <b>Best Movie West Africa</b><br /> <br /> God Calling – Momo Spaine<br /> Seven – Tosin Igho<br /> Elevator Baby – Victoria Akujobi<br /> Living In Bondage – Steve Gukas<br /> Ratnik – Dimeji Ajibola<br /> <br /> <b>Best Television Series Drama Or Comedy</b><br /> <br /> Jenifa’s Diary – Funke Akindele<br /> Truth – Anis Halloway<br /> Life As It Is – Uche Odoh<br /> Women – Uchenna Mbunabo<br /> <br /> <b>Best Picture Editor</b><br /> <br /> God Calling – Holmes Awa<br /> Ratnik – Dimeji Ajibola<br /> Living In Bondage – Antonio Rebeiro<br /> Seven – Tosin Igho and Bryan Dike<br /> Elevator Baby – Emiola Fagbenle<br /> <br /> <b>Best Art Director Movie/TV Series</b><br /> <br /> Living In Bondage – Victor Afrigold, Ayanda Carter, Jim Franklin, Zimasa Ndamase<br /> Ratnik – Dimeji Ajibola, Iwaotan Olusola Roberts<br /> God Calling – Omotola Alade<br /> The Bling Lagosians – Bolanle Austen Peters<br /> <br /> <b>Best Sound Track Movie/TV Series</b><br /> <br /> King Of Boys – Sess, Reminisce & Adekunle Gold – Original Gangster<br /> Living In Bondage – Larry Gaga & Flavour – Tene<br /> God Calling – Ighwiyisi Jacobs – Stay With Me<br /> The Gift – Mercy Aghedo – The Gift<br /> Run -Timzil – Run<br /> <br /> <b>MultiChoice Talent Factory Award</b><br /> <br /> Life of Bim – West Africa<br /> Dreamchaser – West Africa<br /> Ensulo – East Africa<br /> Promises – East Africa<br /> Savana Skies – Southern Africa<br /> The Painting – Southern Africa<br /> <br /> <b>Best Director</b><br /> <br /> Living In Bondage – Steve Gukas, Ramsey Nouah<br /> God Calling – Bb Sasore<br /> The Set Up – Niyi Akinmolayan<br /> King Of Boys – Kemi Adetiba<br /> Ratnik – Dimeji Ajibola<br /> The Ghost And The House Of Truth – Akin Omotosho<br /> Seven – Tosin Igho

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Coronavirus: Senate to invite Health Minister, Ehanire

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMogh0HqjNWNNNwSvx1TrNtQjunZRoou6tvB9S-cveUaY1BxirubSurBpqok7xwU3UI9hXC_-mwlvuBbpr7lXEZUsAT3xw62QKQkIA1WkClvCtZzLsji6rJDfIpeY7C2PRAznC_NTLFoo/s1600/the-senate.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="676" data-original-width="1200" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMogh0HqjNWNNNwSvx1TrNtQjunZRoou6tvB9S-cveUaY1BxirubSurBpqok7xwU3UI9hXC_-mwlvuBbpr7lXEZUsAT3xw62QKQkIA1WkClvCtZzLsji6rJDfIpeY7C2PRAznC_NTLFoo/s400/the-senate.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> The Senate on Thursday resolved to invite the Minister of Health, Osagie Emmanuel Ohanire, to brief the upper chamber on the preparedness of his ministry towards taking precautionary measures to stem a possible outbreak of the Coronavirus in Nigeria.<br /> <br /> This was even as the Senate charged the Nigerian Custom Service (NCS), to as a matter of urgency; introduce measures to stop the exportation of surgical face-masks from Nigeria to Asia and other countries affected by the dreaded Coronavirus.<br /> <br /> The upper chamber also urged the Nigeria Police Force, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, Federal Ministry of Health, Nigerian Immigration Service and other relevant Government authorities to strengthen port health regulatory services in all entry ports across the country to check the outbreak of the virus in Nigeria.<br /> <br /> These formed part of resolutions adopted following consideration of a motion sponsored by Senator Ifeanyi Ubah (YPP – Anambra South) on Thursday.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Presenting his motion, Ubah said, “Over the last three weeks, face-masks have become the most sought after commodity in Nigeria with over 100 million face-masks being unpatriotically exported to Asia using the Murtala Mohammed Airport and Port Harcourt International Airport.”<br /> <br /> The lawmaker disclosed that “the exportation of these face-masks have led to a surge in the market prices.”<br /> <br /> “As at 5th of November, 2019, stores that usually sell 1 piece of face-mask for N10 now sell it for N80, while a pack consisting of 50 pieces has now inflated from N500 to N3,000; with a carton consisting of 40 packs also inflated from N20,000 to N120,000.<br /> <br /> “It has now become a booming trade for illicit traders aided by airport officials in Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos and Port Harcourt International Airport to unpatriotically export face-masks to China, India and other affected countries,” Ubah lamented.<br /> <br /> He warned that unless something is done, Nigeria may soon be facing shortage of protective surgical face-masks, especially against the backdrop that “Nigeria is on the brink of an imminent outbreak given our massive population and frequency to travel.”<br /> <br /> The lawmaker further disclosed that “Chinese companies have sent their agents to scout for medical face-masks in Nigeria and other African countries”, adding that “India and other countries are mass producing the face-masks in order to curb this deadly trend.”<br /> <br /> He noted with concern that the World Health Organization has recorded 565 deaths with 28,276 cases of infected persons.<br /> <br /> “If proactive measures are not taken to checkmate borders, an imminent outbreak might occur in the same manner which an infected carrier immigrant from Liberia transferred Ebola disease to Nigeria in 2014,” Ubah warned.<br /> <br /> Consequently, the Senate urged the Nigerian Customs Service to impose strict penalties and heavy fines on anybody trying to export surgical face-masks within the period of the Coronavirus outbreak.<br /> <br /> The upper chamber also mandated the Health Ministry and other relevant agencies to launch a sensitization and awareness campaign in preventing an outbreak of the virus in Nigeria.

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDdVqrrLUL79f1AaCFTCJIQpIg3ws2uoe-Knt_dCY1ReDz0KYRLmhGCfeFeaveSxhu1J9mdKGL-UjMD7nIOSH_hvFa3nd2LVJZjrN7BQMbXoqO5IH0U9wahE0PaPcKKS4XhhLT1QzXK1E/s1600/INEC.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="330" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDdVqrrLUL79f1AaCFTCJIQpIg3ws2uoe-Knt_dCY1ReDz0KYRLmhGCfeFeaveSxhu1J9mdKGL-UjMD7nIOSH_hvFa3nd2LVJZjrN7BQMbXoqO5IH0U9wahE0PaPcKKS4XhhLT1QzXK1E/s320/INEC.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> The National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) has described the deregistration of 74 political parties by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as a good omen.<br /> <br /> Mr Bestman Okereafor, NYCN’s National Public Relations Officer, said this in a statement made available to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu on Friday.<br /> <br /> He said that INEC’s current position on the  state of some political parties was a good step, especially in preparation for the 2023 general elections.<br /> <br /> “NYCN’s attention has been drawn to INEC’s decision to deregister 74 political parties and bringing the number down to 18.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> “We consider this as a giant stride and a step in the right direction, it shows that the electoral commission is poised to do it well,” he said.<br /> <br /> Okereafor congratulated the 18 political parties that survived INEC’s scrutiny, urging them to play their roles in the nation’s polity.<br /> <br /> He said it was worrisome that most political parties were mere appendages of the major ones, saying, “they are silent and unable to check the activities of the major parties.”<br /> <br /> “The NYCN congratulates the successful 18 political parties, we charge them to serve as checks to the policies of the ruling party,”

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74 political parties lose registration, set to challenge INEC in court

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin9xpINsfhnJ2MDNw8ARV6hFHhmrdUpiGcp37tQB2QFKUwHEaxVgXUAbj_X2UFaNHQPAdBPWO43KJohuxmtKQBkC1HChVCJB2qU2e8MDz9aks38yDMMNnaFeq5fpObRF9k4m8ftPZXTfAv/s1600/Prof.-Mahmood-Yakubu-copy-504x315+inec.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="504" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin9xpINsfhnJ2MDNw8ARV6hFHhmrdUpiGcp37tQB2QFKUwHEaxVgXUAbj_X2UFaNHQPAdBPWO43KJohuxmtKQBkC1HChVCJB2qU2e8MDz9aks38yDMMNnaFeq5fpObRF9k4m8ftPZXTfAv/s320/Prof.-Mahmood-Yakubu-copy-504x315+inec.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> The Independent National Electoral Commission on Thursday deregistered 74 political parties on the grounds that they failed to meet requirements for party registration.<br /> <br /> The Chairman of INEC, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, who released names of the deregistered political parties at a press conference in Abuja, also said 18 parties made the list of registered parties in the country.<br /> <br /> The registered political parties, which reacted angrily to INEC’s decision, said it was sub judice, saying they would take legal action against the commission.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Among the deregistered parties are the National Conscience Party, which was established by the late human rights lawyer, Gani Fawehinmi, SAN, Kowa Party and the United Peoples Party.<br /> <br /> They also include Pastor Chris Okotie’s Fresh Democratic Party; Peoples Trust, whose presidential candidate was Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim; the Advanced Allied Party, the All Blending Party, the Advanced Congress of Democrats, the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria, the Alliance for Democracy, the All Grassroots Alliance, the All Grand Alliance Party, the Advanced Nigeria Democratic Party, the Alliance For New Nigeria, the Alliance National Party, the Abundant Nigeria Renewal Party, the African Peoples Alliance, the Advanced Peoples Democratic Alliance, the Alternative Party of Nigeria and the Alliance of Social Democrats.<br /> <br /> According to INEC, 18 successful parties are the Accord Party, the Action Alliance, Omoyele Sowore’s African Action Congress, the African Democratic Congress, the All Progressives Congress, the All Progressive Grand Alliance and the Allied Peoples Movement.<br /> <br /> Others are Labour Party, the New Nigeria Peoples Party, the National Rescue Movement, the Peoples Democratic Party, the Peoples Redemption Party, the Social Democratic Party, the Young Progressives Party, and the Zenith Labour Party.<br /> <br /> At the press conference, Yakubu said the commission had fixed the governorship elections in Edo and Ondo states for September 19 and October 10 respectively.<br /> <br /> He explained that the Boot Party registered after 2019 general elections would continue to exist.<br /> <br /> Yakubu said the commission deregistered the 74 political parties because they breached requirements for party registration.<br /> <br /> One of the breaches given by him was the failure to win at least 25 per cent of the votes cast in one state of the federation in a presidential election or 25 per cent of the votes cast in one local government area of a state in a governorship election.<br /> <br /> Another reason was the failure to win at least one ward in a chairmanship election, one seat in the National Assembly or state houses of assembly elections or one seat in a councillorship election.<br /> <br /> While explaining that 75 parties did not satisfy the requirements, he said that one of the parties went to court, saying its fate would be determined by the judiciary.<br /> <br /> According to Yakubu, Nigeria now has 18 parties as the Booth Party registered after the 2019 election would continue to exist.<br /> <br /> He said, “In order to implement the provision of the Fourth Alteration to the constitution, the commission carried out an assessment of political parties to determine compliance with the requirements for their registration.<br /> <br /> “Similarly, following the conclusion of the 2019 general elections, including court-ordered re-runs arising from litigation, the commission was able to determine the performance of political parties in the elections.<br /> <br /> “In addition, they were also assessed on the basis of their performance in the area council elections in the Federal Capital Territory which coincided with the 2019 general elections. It should be noted that the FCT is the only part of the country where INEC is empowered by the constitution to conduct LG elections.<br /> <br /> “Consequently, the commission has determined that 18 political parties have fulfilled the requirements for existence based on Section 225A of the 1999 constitution (as amended).<br /> <br /> “Seventy-five political parties did not satisfy the requirements of the Fourth Alteration to the Constitution. However, one of the political parties, the Action Peoples Party, filed a suit and obtained an order restraining the commission from deregistering it. Consequently, the party remains registered pending the determination of the case by the court.<br /> <b><br /></b><b>Nigeria has 18 political parties – INEC chair</b><br /> <br /> “The new political party, Boot Party, registered by court order after the 2019 general elections will also continue to exist. Accordingly, 74 political parties are hereby deregistered. With this development, Nigeria now has 18 registered political parties. The list of the parties will be shared and will also be available on our website and social media platforms.”<br /> <br /> He also spoke on the governorship elections in Edo and Ondo states with a warning that stakeholders should embrace peace.<br /> <br /> Yakubu said, “The tenure of the governors of Edo and Ondo states will end on November 12, 2020 and February 24, 2021 respectively. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 178(2) of the 1999 constitution and Section 25(8) of the Electoral Act 2010, elections cannot hold earlier than 150 days and not later than 30 days before the expiration of the term of office of an incumbent governor.<br /> <b><br /></b><b>Edo gov election for September 19, Ondo October 10</b><br /> <br /> “Accordingly, the commission has fixed Saturday September 19, 2020 as the date for the governorship election in Edo State and Saturday October 10, 2020 for Ondo State.”<br /> <br /> He also said by-elections for vacant seats in Kwara, Niger and Kebbi state houses of assembly would be conducted on March 14.<br /> <br /> Yakubu reiterated the resolve of INEC to stand firm against acts capable of disrupting the elections.<br /> <br /> He warned politicians against snatching of election materials and other forms of violence during elections.<br /> <br /> Meanwhile, INEC’s decision to deregister 74 political parties attracted divergent reactions on Thursday.<br /> <br /> Some of the deregistered political parties, in separate interviews with newsmen vowed to challenge the commission in court.<br /> <b><br /></b><b>It’s sheer injustice, impunity – ANRP</b><br /> <br /> The National Chairman of the Abundant Nigeria Renewal Party, Tope Fasua, stated, “As much as INEC is used to being sued and now I believe it is all a big joke, we shall explore the legal option no matter how feeble it may seem. We shall do that, jointly and severally. This is sheer injustice, impunity, reckless, and a stab in the heart of honest young and not-so-young Nigerians who are tired of playing third class citizens in their own country, watching by the sidelines and arguing away on social media as their country pines away.<br /> <br /> “They have done nothing wrong by investing their sweat, tears and blood in their own beloved nation. Sacrifice to motherland can never be outlawed. And a people cannot be corralled by force into joining egbekegbe (bad parties) that they are not desirous of belonging to.”<br /> <br /> On his part, the National Chairman of the UPP, Chewas Okorie, said the party would meet over INEC’s decision.<br /> <br /> “We are waiting for their (INEC) letter to come so that we will convene our national leadership crisis meeting immediately to take a decision whether to challenge it,” he stated.<br /> <br /> But the acting National Chairman of Kowa Party, Mark Adebayo,in an interview with newsmen said, “What INEC has done is to tell Nigerians that if you don’t have enough means for vote- buying and you cannot compromise the electoral process, you cannot survive within the political environment of Nigeria.”<br /> <b><br /></b><b>We will challenge it in court – NCP chairman</b><br /> <br /> The NCP National Chairman, Yunusa Tanko, indicated that the party would challenge INEC in court.<br /> <br /> He stated, “We will challenge this decision in the court of law. It is totally unacceptable to us, it is simply a way of strangulating the voice of the people and it denies Nigerians the opportunity to run for elections on any platform they deem fit and it negates the principle of democracy anywhere in the world.”

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The "Abacha loot" being repatriated into the country are all lies - Al-Mustapha

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAHfDtzjrXBabNhWPXww60gFFVwWLKZjceSm1NSZ07kQjpzrUbUt_97cIHNNcW-36aaTMS5hFCTbYteUzbAIVD9L5bb96ZqtT-QIVhtoJgTuVLRmCeVDRv5MxUNoPc_n0qRBih6Jfajc_w/s1600/Al-Mustapha.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="177" data-original-width="284" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAHfDtzjrXBabNhWPXww60gFFVwWLKZjceSm1NSZ07kQjpzrUbUt_97cIHNNcW-36aaTMS5hFCTbYteUzbAIVD9L5bb96ZqtT-QIVhtoJgTuVLRmCeVDRv5MxUNoPc_n0qRBih6Jfajc_w/s400/Al-Mustapha.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> A former Chief Security Officer to the late Head of State, Gen. Sani, Abacha, Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, said on Thursday that the so-called millions of dollar allegedly stashed in foreign banks by his former boss, were all tissues of lies.<br /> <br /> Al-Mustapha, who queried the source of the money said to be stolen by Abacha, said when the late Head of State took over government, the country had not more than $200bn in its foreign reserve.<br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> “But before Abacha died, our foreign reserve rose to over $900bn,” he said.<br /> <br /> He insisted that all the money being repatriated into the country were those stolen by Nigerian leaders who served after the death of Abacha.<br /> <br /> He noted that because his former boss stepped on so many toes, “some people were so angry and could sponsor such kinds of lies against him.”<br /> <br /> The former CSO, who spoke in an interview on the Hausa Service of the Voice of America, monitored in the Kaduna on Thursday, said if there were to be genuine fight against corruption in country, many prominent Nigerians, would be under arrest.<br /> <br /> Al-Mustapha said, “If there will be a genuine fight against corruption in Nigeria, many people will be arrested.<br /> <br /> “I was forced to implicate the leadership of the defunct PTF under President Buhari then, during the military era.”

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Some people living in Victoria Island have never visited Ikeja - Buhari

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="426" data-original-width="640" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggg_UVnh5TzaFO55UM4eQ5MQvWjswg6k3PeanZD_wxLK4ObiM1-MlHVXgRMUHjWzdCJgFZkzBne_f5b8v6kbg5YtOkTGn9lGmr48ZA7ywZqNv8rLTdO-PGPaL-EJk2KbczmCiY3lTKGrHz/s400/President+Buhari.jpg" width="400" /></div> <br /> The President, Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, praised the National National Youth Service Corps scheme as a strong uniting force among Nigerian youths.<br /> <br /> He lauded the initiators of the scheme, especially former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon, for introducing the NYSC as an avenue for people to know the country better.<br /> <br /> Buhari cited an instance with Lagos, where he said there were people living on Victoria Island, who had never visited Ikeja.<br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> But he noted that such people could travel all the way to Daura, in Katsina State, through posting to serve the country as corps members.<br /> <br /> The President spoke in Abuja when he received a delegation of corps members at the Presidential Villa.<br /> <br /> The corps members, who were led by the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, and the Director-General of the NYSC, Brig. Gen. Ibrahim Shehu, came to thank the President for increasing their monthly allowance from N19,800 to N33,000.<br /> <br /> Buhari said, “People come from far and wide; some from Victoria Island in Lagos have not even been to Ikeja. They now find themselves in Daura and other parts of the country.<br /> <br /> “Whenever I go to my town, I get in touch with corps members; some of them from Lagos, some from Port Harcourt.”<br /> <br /> A State House statement by Buhari’s media aide, Mr Femi Adesina, said four corps members represented their colleagues across the country on the delegation.<br /> <br /> They expressed “deepest gratitude” to Buhari for raising their monthly allowance.<br /> <br /> The Federal Government recently added N13,200 to the allowance of corps members and commenced payment in January this year.<br /> <br /> The government had explained that the raise was to bring the allowance to be in the same threshold with the new National Minimum Wage of N30,000.

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTuYt9afGmLfPlgi_-_tuuZfD3sNILOmGbOHDN88OCD2ezgSDVic1EG8QNAzARiX_pjPGXnlREJoGQ3nU1E7iR2sYdjW7S0I-A1bG1EjfuCN2V4LZNI5PkaKOFYb8db-N6jvLsVcAIOpSt/s400/thiv.jpg" width="400" /></div> <br /> <br /> A 29-year-old primary school drop-out, Adetunji Adesina, has confessed to stealing from bank customers using the ATM machines. .<br /> <br /> Adesina, who hails from Osogbo, Osun state, made this revelation on Tuesday after being arrested by the police in Benin, EdoState.<br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> He was arrested while in possession of 10 different ATM cards and cash amounting to N678,000 withdrawn from the account of one Mr. Ekhitomwen Aghama.<br /> <br /> According to the suspect, he met Ekhitomwen at the ATM machine of one the new generation banks along Sapele Road, Benin.<br /> <br /> “I pretended that I wanted to use the ATM machine, then deliberately dropped my phone on the ground. While Aghama was trying to help me, I punched the cardless button on the ATM machine.<br /> <br /> He was, unaware that I pressed the cardless button, so he thought his card was stuck in the machine and went to seek for help from bank workers. At that point, I removed it from the cardless transaction and removed his ATM card.<br /> <br /> I got his ATM pin number when I was pretending to help him and later withdrew 678,000 from his account, using the ATM and PoS, just before I was arrested by the police,” he said.<br /> <br /> Aghama said he went to inform his bank, so that they could block it but was surprised that 20,000 was withdrawn from his account.<br /> <br /> He went back to the bank, but they did not block the ATM. He said a week later, his brother overseas paid about 600,000 into his account and the money was withdrawn by Adesina.

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="403" data-original-width="789" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKLlAIZhvhkQy0SMQYHMEWtPPxTixoEV1dFSODTc5FvhC9P4CW_SG2KY-eHuArDPfwNHxKJFsqGxKPtbBr0rfZ6O-xaN-6dXq7_yOLyQ53ttXm76mWLHAl6jqLA4Ew2i3E4FopdB3s7rpu/s640/police-logo1.jpg" width="640" /></div> <br /> A policewoman, who allegedly clutched the private parts of a mechanic, Ikwunado Chima, while he was being tortured in detention has been arrested and detained by the Rivers State Police Command.<br /> <br /> The late Chima met his untimely death in police custody on December 23, 2019, four days after he was arrested.<br /> <br /> It was gathered that the policewoman, who was only identified as Rose, was arrested on Wednesday to join six other cops in detention in connection with Chima’s death.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Chima and four of his friends were going home in a car when they were arrested by officials of the Eagle Crack Squad, who labelled them robbers and cultists.<br /> <br /> While the car owner told the policemen that Chima and his friends were innocent, the cops continued to torture them until the mechanic died in the cell.<br /> <br /> Chima’s friends had, after their release from prison, insisted that Rose came into the torture chamber and grabbed the private parts of the deceased.<br /> <br /> A source said, “They arrested Rose today (Wednesday). The woman came into the matter for grasping Chima’s private parts and threatening to destroy them.<br /> <br /> “She only came in while Chima was being tortured and she began to press the man’s private parts. That kind of woman, I pity the husband.”<br /> <br /> The source noted that the Commander of the Eagle Crack Squad, Adetuyi Benson, had earlier taken four cops to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, where they were detained before the arrest of the policewoman.<br /> <br /> However, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Nnamdi Omoni, said he had not been briefed about the arrest of the female cop.<br /> <br /> Omoni stated that he was aware that those involved in investigating the mechanic and four of his friends had all been arrested.

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<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="177" data-original-width="200" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinFZoMg4bXD9uMNQoroCasEeI5WgtNyTHlgGKgBkRuLf4spMHdwJq5-iczOJirtqlf_y6tLKxqjOBCwSYuQ41xm9zaji2CKV-55sIok7xihGXkw1qz8jv_UzbDq-JD-vkLrKqO5HStXdXN/s400/benue.png" width="400" /></div> <br /> The Senate has raised the alarm over the outbreak of a strange epidemic in the Oye-Obi Local Government Area of Benue State.<br /> <br /> It urged the Federal Ministry of Health to immediately mobilise focal persons to the area to investigate and ascertain the nature of the disease which has so far claimed 15 lives.<br /> <br /> The Senate urged the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control to promptly put up surveillance to contain the disease, see to the treatment of victims and protect others from contracting it.<br /> <br /> The Senate made the resolutions after considering a motion brought to the floor by Senator Abba Moro (PDP Benue South) during plenary on Thursday.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> According to him, the first victims of the epidemic are Happiness Ogbo, Onajobi Ogbedu, Wisdom Agwo, Andy Edu, all of whom died 48 hours after contracting the undiagnosed disease.<br /> <br /> He added that the disease, which had yet to be identified by health authorities and medical experts in Benue State, had symptoms such as headache, internal heat, diarrhoea, vomiting, stomach ache, weakness of the body and swollen stomach.<br /> <br /> “As of Monday, February 3, 2020, the number of persons affected by the strange epidemic had risen to one hundred and four,” Moro lamented.

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZzlYJUSmUevkHhByMyTkypt68_sVS2l7Eyu1wTI5Wbs0BFIL5LL3P33ws_vj1euiqWzfGv50sF_uHGkoUc8HOb45mNcXU1kkDHTjiCkHNMzhxSlpIHid_WALyyOQMO_yvoPMqKfEZ4wM/s1600/sleep-750x430.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="430" data-original-width="750" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZzlYJUSmUevkHhByMyTkypt68_sVS2l7Eyu1wTI5Wbs0BFIL5LL3P33ws_vj1euiqWzfGv50sF_uHGkoUc8HOb45mNcXU1kkDHTjiCkHNMzhxSlpIHid_WALyyOQMO_yvoPMqKfEZ4wM/s400/sleep-750x430.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> Dr Gloria Ajiya, a family physician, says the appropriate sleeping position is key to maintaining optimal health condition in every individual.<br /> <br /> She told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that “during sleep, the body cleanses out toxins from the brain, repairs tense muscles and refreshes the<br /> mental state of individuals for the next day.<br /> <br /> “It’s no wonder we spend about one third of our lives sleeping; we need it. However, the best sleeping positions are not always common knowledge.<br /> <br /> “A lot of times, people will wake up from sleep feeling less rested than before,” she said.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> The physician said that proper preparation before bed was a great way to getting the best sleep.<br /> <br /> She attributed some common body aches to sleep issues and suggested that persons who woke up with sore shoulder in the morning should avoid sleeping on their side.<br /> <br /> ”It is also not advisable to sleep on your stomach since this will cause a misalignment of the shoulders. The best posture to alleviate shoulder pain is to sleep on your back.<br /> <br /> ” If you do not like sleeping on your back, try lying on the side that does not have shoulder pain. Draw your legs up into your chest and place a pillow between your knees,” she said.<br /> <br /> According to her, sleeping with hands under the head is also not a good idea since it promotes an unnatural position of the shoulder.<br /> <br /> The family physician explained that a person often suffers from back pain after waking up each morning, chances are that the individual must have been sleeping wrongly.<br /> <br /> “It is very important to maintain the normal curve of your spine. One way of ensuring this is not sleeping on a too soft mattress.<br /> <br /> “Although, this may sound counter-intuitive, sleeping on your back is probably the best position for you. Place a pillow under your knees to help restore the natural curve of the spine.<br /> <br /> “You can also try placing a small rolled-up towel under your back for additional support.<br /> <br /> “If you want to sleep on your side, try sleeping in the fetal position, which will keep your back naturally arched,” she said.<br /> <br /> Ajiya said that wrong sleeping position could cause neck pain, adding that it was important for the neck to be properly supported.<br /> <br /> According to her, sleeping on the back with a pillow under the head and a pillow under each arms is the best way to prevent neck pain.<br /> <br /> Ajayi, however, urged people with neck problems to choose orthopedic or roll pillows for best support.<br /> <br /> “If you absolutely love sleeping on your side, make sure your pillow is not too high; not more than six inches.<br /> <br /> “The height of your pillow should be the width of one shoulder to help keep your neck steady,” she said.

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGWU3e3tba42ivKX1dhUjywTQoLbxfheHtEWWbq6mVhakDqqg_AhxpsSHjoB8hSrFOHv4nn6IMdcele5y4y5IoCMw2CXx9ewijIvW74UNjkW2l5Zu_igPdM0Zn72YU8rK20glMtHoE6Hc/s1600/NECO-750x430.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="430" data-original-width="750" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGWU3e3tba42ivKX1dhUjywTQoLbxfheHtEWWbq6mVhakDqqg_AhxpsSHjoB8hSrFOHv4nn6IMdcele5y4y5IoCMw2CXx9ewijIvW74UNjkW2l5Zu_igPdM0Zn72YU8rK20glMtHoE6Hc/s400/NECO-750x430.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> The National Examinations Council (NECO) has said that it recorded its highest cases of malpractice in the 2019 November/December Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) which resulted in a decline in the number of candidates with five Credits and above.<br /> <br /> The Registrar said that 17,004 cases of malpractice were recorded out of which 5,245 candidates were caught for impersonation and 6,060 were caught aiding and abetting, seeking and receiving help from non-candidates.<br /> <br /> Announcing the release of the November/December SSCE result in Minna, the Acting Registrar, Abubakar Mohammed Gana said that Mathematics and English language recorded the highest malpractice cases with 2,404 and 1,942 cases recorded.<br /> <br /> He then attributed the high number of malpractice cases to be as a result of the comprehensive monitoring by senior staff.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Gana said that 42,214 candidates out of 65,207 candidates that say for English Language got Credit and above in English Language while 54,565 out of 66,398 got Credit and above in Mathematics.<br /> <br /> He also said that 70,140 candidates registered and 29 subjects were examined in the examination conducted for external candidates wishing to acquire the minimum requirements for admission into various tertiary institutions.<br /> <br /> The Acting Registrar then said that 33,576 candidates git five credits and above in including Mathematics and English Language Change while 50,057 candidates got five Credits irrespective of English Language and Mathematics.<br /> <br /> He said the candidates can access their results by logging into the NECO website and following the prompts.

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Nigerians thrilled as Nike unveils Super Eagles’s new "Agbada inspired' jersey

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0nKUAGjy95xKb2MOgjyKwyjIb2B5yIY8IuQXaRaArN-3EzM8oD2qd1MFRCNZagerXi4NeBR_S86nEZuRMTB1Uk3PiIt75QTRKKQXtcRdI5Bm58-y2CdsL7_xepq8oQhRmssb63HEnezBK/s1600/eagles-new-jersey+nike+new.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="337" data-original-width="654" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0nKUAGjy95xKb2MOgjyKwyjIb2B5yIY8IuQXaRaArN-3EzM8oD2qd1MFRCNZagerXi4NeBR_S86nEZuRMTB1Uk3PiIt75QTRKKQXtcRdI5Bm58-y2CdsL7_xepq8oQhRmssb63HEnezBK/s640/eagles-new-jersey+nike+new.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> Super Eagles new kits, inspired by the traditional agbada design have been unveiled by the sportswear giants Nike.<br /> <br /> The master class jerseys were unveiled in New York on Wednesday evening, and the home jersey has got everyone talking.<br /> <br /> According to Heidi Burgett, Nike Senior Director, Global Communications, the new home kit hand-drawn design fuses the traditional aesthetic of an agbada robe w/ modern football design. While the new away kit trim is inspired by Onaism. Broader collection of Super Eagles apparel includes a poncho, vest, dress, & more.<br /> <br /> Reactions below...<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"> <div dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">These Nike people must lowkey be super eagles fans. They always go hard on Nigeria’s jerseys.</div> — thxg.$ (@anwuxia) <a href="https://twitter.com/anwuxia/status/1225403409546825728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 6, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async="async" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><br /> <br /> <br /> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"> <div dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">That Super Eagle new jersey is actually fire, don't let the picture deceive you.</div> — Austinerrol (@Austinerrol) <a href="https://twitter.com/Austinerrol/status/1225386093127839744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 6, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async="async" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><br /> <br /> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"> <div dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">👌 kinda looks like the 96 Olympics jersey with both the federation and the brand logo in the middle 😎 Super Eagles 🇳🇬 <a href="https://t.co/JfHCYAG5Gi">https://t.co/JfHCYAG5Gi</a></div> — Ali-Moncef Cherabi (@AliMoncef) <a href="https://twitter.com/AliMoncef/status/1225381512142557184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 6, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async="async" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><br /> <br /> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"> <div dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">Okay, okayyyyy!!<br /> <br /> I’m buying the new Super Eagles Jersey</div> — The Josh Alabi (@Oluwajosh_) <a href="https://twitter.com/Oluwajosh_/status/1225370386662969345?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 6, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async="async" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><br /> <br /> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"> <div dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">Super Eagles new jersey... I like the shorts <a href="https://t.co/jZlnnRkmyX">pic.twitter.com/jZlnnRkmyX</a></div> — A Human (@7th_flr) <a href="https://twitter.com/7th_flr/status/1225362905484361728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 6, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async="async" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><br /> <br /> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"> <div dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">The New Super Eagles jersey is very nice. Na the guy wey model am I no understand</div> — EZIGBO (@Nkezigbo) <a href="https://twitter.com/Nkezigbo/status/1225325580603752449?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 6, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async="async" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><br /> <br />

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Super Eagles new kits, inspired by the traditional agbada design have been unveiled by the sportswear giants Nike. The master class jers...

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