Nigeria Chibok girls: Boko Haram

Some 50 girls are shown with a gunman who
demands the release of fighters in return for the
girls, and says some girls died in air strikes.
The government says it is in touch with the militants
behind the video.
A journalist who had contact with Boko Haram has
been declared a wanted man by the Nigerian army.
The group is said to be holding more than 200 of the
276 final-year girls it seized from a school in April
2014.
Non-Muslims were forcibly converted to Islam, and it
is feared that many of the schoolgirls have been
sexually abused and forced into "marriage" by their
captors.
Parents of the missing girls have described their
anguish at seeing their daughters in captivity.
'Forty married'
The video begins with a shot of a masked man,
carrying a gun, speaking to the camera. He says that
some of the girls have been wounded and have life-
threatening injuries, and that 40 have been
"married".
Speaking in the Hausa language, the gunman says the
girls on display will "never" be returned if the
government does not release Boko Haram fighters
who have been "in detention for ages".
I have seen her: Samuel Yaga, father of abducted
schoolgirl Serah Samuel, talking to the BBC Hausa
service
I have watched the video several times. I saw her
sitting down.
The fact is we are overwhelmed with a feeling of
depression. It's like being beaten and being stopped
from crying. You helplessly watch your daughter but
there is nothing you can do. It's a real heartache.
Those who are still alive - we want them back. We
want them back irrespective of their condition.
As ordinary men, there is nothing we [the other
fathers and I] can do on our own. We are just here
unable to do anything with our lives. You see your
child but someone denies you from having it. They
are being forcefully married and they now live in
terrible conditions.
The video concludes with footage of bodies, said to
be the victims of air strikes, lying on the ground at
another location.
The militant also carries out a staged interview with
one of the captives, who calls herself Maida Yakubu,
in which she asks parents to appeal to the
government.
Maida's mother, Esther, is one of several parents of
Chibok girls who recently published open letters to
their daughters detailing the pain they feel at their
children's absence and their hopes for the future.
Another girl among those standing in the background
can be seen with a baby. Some of the girls can be
seen weeping as Maida speaks.
Chibok abductions: What we know
Chibok girl's life with Boko Haram
The town that lost its girls
Boko Haram has waged a violent campaign for years
in northern Nigeria in its quest for Islamic rule, and a
faction of the group recently pledged loyalty to so-
called Islamic State.
Thousands of people have been killed or captured by
the group, whose name translates as "Western
education is forbidden". Many of the girls abducted
in Chibok were Christian.
Bid to pressurise government? Analysis by Tomi
Oladipo, BBC News, Lagos
Boko Haram has always maintained that the Chibok
girls were safe and would only be released if the
Nigerian government gave in to its demands.
Through this video, the group is again trying to make
the government look like the villain for carrying out
air strikes on the militants, which it claims have
backfired and hit the abductees instead.
Reigniting public sympathy for the girls might be an
attempt to force the government to listen. Boko
Haram is attempting to paint the military campaign
against the jihadists as a failure.
It is also significant that this video comes shortly
after a split in the group, with one faction
maintaining that it is the true regional branch of the
so-called Islamic State. The video indicates that the
other faction, led by Abubakar Shekau, is the one
holding the Chibok girls and so it will use this to show
why it cannot be ignored, even if its rivals have
foreign backing.
Nigerian Information Minister Alhaji Mohammed
insisted the government was doing everything
possible to secure the girls' release.
"We are being extremely careful because the
situation has been compounded by the split in the
leadership of Boko Haram," he said.
"We are also being guided by the need to ensure the
safety of the girls."
The video is the first to be seen since CNN obtained
footage in April purportedly showing 15 of the girls.
The Nigerian army declared journalist Ahmad Salkida
a wanted man after he published details of the new
video before it was released.
Salkida, who moved to Dubai a few years ago, has
written extensively about the inside operations of the
group.
The Chibok girls had been thought to be in a heavily
forested area of northern Nigeria.
A girl said to be one of those captured, Amina Ali
Nkeki, was found wandering in the Sambisa Forest in
May by an army-backed vigilante group. B

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Pastor Adeboye prays for his enemies

THE 64th Annual Convention of the Redeemed
Christian Church of God, RCCG, which began on
Monday, August 1, came to a spectacular end last
Sunday with the ordination of 867 pastors to
swell the number of ministers ordained during
the convention to 10,852. Theme of the
convention was AMEN!
After the
ordination service
came the farewell
service which
featured the
General Overseer,
Pastor Enoch
Adejare Adeboye,
his wife, Pastor
(Mrs.) Foluke
Adeboye, their
biological children
and grand children
as well as other
relations thanking
God for the
success of the programme.
Adeboye and his family went on their knees while
one of the earliest leaders of the RCCG and
retired member of the Governing Council of the
church, 92-year-old Pastor J.H. Abiona, Adeboye’s
deputy since 1981 when the latter took over the
mantle of leadership of the church, prayed for
them.
Abiona also prayed for three sets of ministers -
pastors ordained in 1986, 1996, 2006—which
included Vice President Yemi Osinbajo as they
filed out for their special thanksgiving for the
Lord’s provision since their commission.
Thereafter, Adeboye, dressed in white suit, came
back to pronounce his end-of-convention
blessings, declaring that many people had earlier
expressed concern before the convention,
especially because of the security situation in the
country”. But God took control. We thank You
Lord because You took control. Many people
asked me how will you be able to do this? And I
simply told them that my people are praying to a
God that answers prayers”, the General Overseer
said.
He then prayed for different categories of
persons not forgetting those he described as
“those who do not like me,” maintaining that their
dislike “has compelled me to stay closer to God.”
“I want to thank God for all He had done during
this convention,” he said, adding that inspite of
the multitude of saved souls, the miracles that
happened and the unending stream of
testimonies during the convention, God has
promised him that next year’s version will be
greater than this one. According to him, the
theme of next convention will be “Halleluyah!”
The Annual Convention may have began on
Monday, August 1 but to the thousands of church
ministers, it actually started four days earlier on
Thursday, July 28, when they gathered for the
pre-convention Ministers Conference.
The occasion afforded the ministers the
opportunity to be prepared and have a foretaste
of the teachings on convention theme, make
reports on activities from the various fields and
receive blessings for the RCCG year. New RCCG
year begins in September every year.
One of the highlights of the annual Ministers
Conference, which also serves as the annual
general meeting of the church, is that policy
decisions are revealed while corporate goals and
directions are charted. During the 2016 event, the
General Overseer appreciated all the ministers
and commended them for the successes
achieved in the outgoing year and charged them
to brace up to do more, especially in view of the
mandate given to all the provinces and parishes
to double their membership.
Match-making outlawed
One of the major highlights of the meeting was
that pastor should stay away from match-making
members of the church.
Adeboye warned pastors who are fond of ‘match-
making’ brothers and sisters to get married to
desist from such practice, declaring: “Don’t be
entangled with marriage among members
because you will bear the consequences. It is not
your duty to arrange a brother and a sister for
marriage because you cannot arrange their
fruitfulness. Don’t get involved in marriage by
proxy. He advised pastors to teach their spiritual
children to seek the face of the Lord in marriage
because every marriage has its ups and downs.
Seven new AGOs
Seven new Assistant General Overseers (AGOs)
were announced to take over from the six
Assistant General Overseers who retired.
The new AGOs include: Pastors Ezekiel A.
Odeyemi, Elijah O. Daramola, Johnson F. Odesola
and Joseph Obayemi who are presently members
of the Governing Council of the RCCG and Special
Assistants to the G.O.
Others are Pastor Olu Obanure, Pastor Ayo
Adeloye and Pastor Peter Amekhienan who are
presently Special Assistants to the General
Overseer in West Coast 1, East Africa and
Southern Africa Region 1 respectively.
Kalejaiye, Oyitso, others become Special
Assistants
Pastors Johnson Tomisin Kalejaiye, Brown Oyitso,
Okey Mofunnaya, Peter Olawale and Belemina
Obunge were appointed Special Assistants to the
General Overseer. Kalejaiye, a Regional Evangelist
is now the Special Assistant to the G.O. on
Evangelism. Oyitso, Chairman of Central Missions
Board, is now the Special Assistant to the G.O. on
Missions while Mofunnaya, Head of Security, is
now the Special Assistant to the G.O. on Security.
Olawale, National Prayer Coordinator, is the new
Special Assistant to the G.O. on Prayers while
Obunge, in charge of Youth Affairs, becomes the
Special Assistant to the G.O. on Special Duties.
Adetola takes a bow
Having attained the retirement age of 70 years,
Pastor (Mrs.) Oretayo Adetola, Special Assistant
to the G.O. on Women Affairs, Pastor Gbadebo
Lawal, Special Assistant on Prayers and some
others were retired.
Others who retired include Pastors Peter Egho,
Olonode Babatunde, John Adewunmi, David
Taiwo Ajose, Oludele Olatunji, Pastor (Mrs)
Funmilola Ishola, Pastor (Mrs) Deborah Folarin
and Pastor (Mrs) Bolatito Bamishaye.
Ekiti becomes Region
The five provinces of the church in Ekiti State,
hitherto under Region 3, have now been set
aside as a Region, the General Overseer
announced.
Eight new provinces were also created in the new
Redeemed year to join the 209 provinces
currently in existence bringing the number of
RCCG provinces in Nigeria to 217.
Naked community
Another highpoint of the convention was the
revelation that missionaries from the RCCG had
discovered a primitive community where
residents, until recently, were going about their
daily activities naked. Ankoko community
belonging to the Kembiri tribe, according to the
missionaries, can be found between Niger and
Kebbi states in North-West Nigeria.
“Civilization is far from this community as its
women and girls still move around barely naked.
Their children have neither sighted a school nor
the women visited any maternity clinic for child
birth or received my medical attention. They have
never seen electricity let alone good roads to
access the location. Wearing of clothes is strange
to the inhabitants of the community; only the
men are known to wear some form of clothing
because they go out to neighbouring
communities to sell their farm produce—millet
and maize,” a report by the missionaries said.
According to the report read by Pastor
Ahanaonu Vincent, Co-ordinator, RCCG Kebbi
Province Missions, the church’s Central Missions
Board discovered the community and has begun
the process of rehabilitating the people who were
neither Muslims nor Christians by building the
first ever school complex and a teachers’ lodge to
flag off the first phase of the multi-faceted
programme.
Speaking on behalf of the newly appointed
Special Assistant to the General Overseer on
Missions and Chairman, RCCG Central Mission
Board, Oyitso, the co-ordinator assured that,
subject to availability of funds, the second phase
of the rehabilitation of the community, which will
include the construction of a maternity centre/
clinic, market stalls and an agricultural support
scheme, will soon commence.

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MEET SON AND MOTHER WHO ARE MADLY IN LOVE, MUST READ

36 year old Monica Mares and her son Caleb Peterson whom she gave up for adoption right after he was born 19 years ago, have fallen in love with each other after they were reunited, according to a Daily Mail report .
The mother and son, whose forbidden love affair could land them lengthy jail terms, have declared they are madly in love and nothing will tear them apart. They have vowed to fight for their right to have asexual relationship and are appealing to the
public to help donate to their legal fund and
support them.
Mother-of-nine Monica was just 16 when she
gave birth to her son and reconnected with
him over Facebook before arranging to meet
up last Christmas. The 36-year-old said it
was almost love at first sight for them when
they met.
They soon began a sexual relationship and
Caleb moved in with his mum and her two
youngster children - his own half siblings.
In an interview with Daily Mail Online, the
couple told how they are willing to risk
everything to be together and have decided
to go public with their affair in a bid to raise
awareness of Genetic Sexual Attraction (GSA)
relationships.
There relationship came to light when they
were reported to the police and charged
with incest, a fourth-degree felony in New
Mexico where they both reside.
They are banned from having contact with
each other - they were interviewed
separately - and live apart in Clovis, New
Mexico, while they await a trial next month.
Currently, Mares is not allowed to see any of
her children yet she maintains that it has all
been worth it.

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LAYAL JADE HOLM WED TINUBU SON

It is official!! Seyi Tinubu and Layal Jade are now husband and wife.

Unknown to many, 25-year-old Layal Jade Holm, a well educated lady relocated to Nigeria from the UK last year to take up the position of a consultant at Pricewater House
Coopers in Victoria Island Lagos.

Tinubu reportedly introduced her to his son and the rest is history. See more photos from the luxury wedding
ceremony below.

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Madeira wildfires: Three dead as flames reach Funchal

Three people have died as wildfires raged in
the city of Funchal, on the Portuguese island
of Madeira.
All three are said to have been elderly people
whose homes caught fire. A thousand people
have evacuated from homes and hotels.
Fires have also been blazing on the mainland
and there are reports of a fourth death in
central Portugal.
The government has triggered the EU Civil
Protection Mechanism, which enables other
European states to help.
Italy has already released a Canadair aircraft
to join the effort.
Several arrests have been made of people
suspected of illegally starting fires.
Forest fires first took hold in the Portuguese
mainland on Friday and on the island of
Madeira, off the north-west African coast, on
Monday, following weeks of dry weather and
temperatures above 35C.
On Tuesday the flames encroached on
Funchal, home to some 112,000 permanent
residents and capital of an island that attracts
more than a million tourists per year.
"Last night, the fire was 100m [330 feet] away
from the hotel and you could hear gas bottles
exploding," Ricardo Correia, a manager at the
hotel Castanheiro, told AFP news agency. "We
evacuated our 140 guests as a precaution," Mr
Correia said, explaining they had spent the
night in a sports stadium.
An iconic hotel on Funchal's outskirts, the
five-star Choupana Hills, was gutted by the
flames.
Regional President Miguel Albuquerque told a
news conference that the fire was still
burning on several fronts but was "under
control," AFP reported.
"The situation is complex but not
catastrophic," he said.
President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa and Prime
Minister Antonio Costa have scheduled a visit
to the island on Thursday.
On the mainland, firefighters were said to be
exhausted after days battling the blazes.
In addition to three deaths in Madeira, a
fourth death was reported - a man aged
between 40 and 50 in the central region of
Santarem.
There were 176 active fires burning on
Wednesday afternoon, according to Portugal's
civil protection agency , with 13 causing
particular concern - mainly in the north-west
of the mainland:
In Agueda, the fire chief appealed for air
support in the face of what the mayor
said was the worst fire the area had ever
experienced, reported Diario de Noticias
(in Portuguese)
In Arouca, and Aveiro, large blazes were
reported after strong winds fanned the
flames
Further north, homes were coming under
threat in Santa Maria da Feira, reports
said
Some main roads have also been closed
More than 4,200 emergency workers are
battling the flames across the country.
Firefighters are said to have blamed poor
forest management for the fires, but President
Rebelo de Sousa reportedly insisted the
country had been well prepared.

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ASHIWAJU BOLA TINUBU DISPLAY WONDERFUL DANCE SEE PICTURE BELOW

See APC National leader Ashiwaju Bola Tinubu displaying some smooth dance moves during his son’s wedding ceremony in Italy. see picture below it is a wonderful event

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ONITSHA MARKET IS IN HELL

according to the report: the female trader are protesting in onitsha market in anambra state, the protect commence on money when they came to market  to transact their business discoverd they have to diverted to asaba ,  delta state if Governor willie obiano did not call ocha brigade to order and revert the decision to eject them from market

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NIGERIA MUST RISE AGAINST INCREASING ATTACKS ON MILITARY

The Stand Up for Nigeria (SUN) has condemned increased attacks on military personnel by armed groups, urging Nigerians to rise in unison in condemning the attacks on the Army in the strongest terms possible. Army The group in a statement by its Country Director, Patriot Sunday Attah, said these attacks are deliberate attempts to not only test the strength of our security personnel but also ostensibly as a means of testing the waters for a more sinister objective. He said, "On August 7, 2016 11 soldiers were confirmed killed by persons now identified as gunrunners in Kopa, Dagma and Gagaw villages of Bosso Local Government Area, Niger State. In the space of barely 24 hours on Monday August 8, 2016 three soldiers were again killed in an attack on a military
checkpoint at Tombi waterside in Nembe, Bayelsa State.

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Bishop Oyedepo & Pastor Kumuyi Meet At Abuja National Stadium To Pray For Nigeria

Bishop Oyedepo was one of the invited Ministers who came to join Pastor W.F Kumuyi at Abuja National Stadium few days ago for the National Day Of Prayer for
Nigeria.
It was a very big and wonderful prayer,  we Nigerian belief soon it will soon be better, detail later...

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EFCC Seizes Ex-Governor Now Senator Godswill Akpabio’s Houses & Other Properties Over N108 Billion He Allegedly Stole From Akwa Ibom State Between 2007 & 2015

– EFCC Seizes Ex-Governor Now Senator Godswill
Akpabio’s Houses & Other Properties Over N108 Billion He Allegedly Stole From Akwa Ibom State Between 2007 & 2015
The EFCC has launched a full scale investigation into the 108 Billion Naira allegedly stolen by former Akwa Ibom State Governor Godswill Akpabio. According to the anti-graft agency, the governor allegedly embezzled the huge amount of money between 2007 and 2015.
EFCC has written 5 banks demanding to see Akwa Ibom State finances under Akpabio’s
administration. The agency has confiscated all known Akpabio’s property including his mansions.
The alleged Akwa Ibom State ‘Father Christmas’ has reportedly embezzled more than any other governors in the history of Nigeria.

similarly, the EFFC is making move yo invite key member of the akwa ibom staten house of assembly and serving commissioners, many served during the ex-governor administration, the investigation is still going on...

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BUHARI RELAUNCHES WAR AGAINST INDICIPLINE

The President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government, on Monday, relaunched the War Against Indiscipline, WAI Brigade, in Abuja, saying in this era of insecurity, violence, kidnapping, and other forms of social vices, the role of the Brigade in civil intelligence gathering cannot be over emphasized. Announcing the development on the occasion of the National and State Commanders meeting of the Community Support Brigade, CSB, also known as WAI,

when buhari was a military ruler. one of his most eduring legacies was the war against indicipline, crime, corruption and crime which give birth toWAR AGAINST INDICIPLINE (WAI) which was launched on 20 march 1984

 this policy tried to address the lack of public morality and civil reposibilities  of all nigerian society, a civil servant who fail to show up on work were humiliated and force to do will be frog jump and minor offences carried long sentences, any student caught cheating on exam would get 21 years imprisonment

the Director-General, National Orientation Agency, NOA, Dr. Garba Abari said the President Buhari administration has declared the intention to relaunch the
Brigade for better performance, as well as to bring its activities to the fore.

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READ THE ARRIVED PAUL POGBA TO MAN UNITED FOR MRDICAL

Manchester - France midfielder Paul Pogba arrived at Manchester United's training base on Monday to complete his record-breaking return to the club from Juventus, an AFP photographer reported.

 Acording to realiable source pogba was driven into United's Aon Training Complex in the passenger seat of a red and black Chevrolet car provided by the club, having flown to Manchester from Nice.

He is due to undergo a medical and is expected to be officially confirmed as a

United player on Tuesday or Wednesday. British media reports say United have agreed to pay  Juventus a world-record fee of £89m to sign Pogba, not including agents'
fees. United and Juventus confirmed on Sunday that Pogba, who has been on holiday since Euro 2016, had been granted permission to undergo a medical by the Turin club. Manchester Airport had earlier tweeted a picture of a plane sitting on the runway,
accompanied by the caption: "An important passenger has just touched down at the
airport. Can anyone guess who it might be?" Pogba, 23, left United in 2012 after making
just seven appearances, but returns as one of the world's most famous players after
winning four consecutive Serie A titles in Italy. He will eclipse Gareth Bale as the world's
most expensive player. The Welsh forward cost Real Madrid around 85 million pounds
when he joined from Tottenham Hotspur in 2013. United manager Jose Mourinho hailed
Pogba's arrival following his team's 2-1 win over Leicester City in Sunday's Community Shield at Wembley.
"I don't think Real Madrid were upset when they broke the record with Gareth Bale,
with Cristiano (Ronaldo)," Mourinho said. "When other people break records, I don't think it's a reason to be sad. I think it's a reason to be proud with the dimension of a
club that can do that and can attract players of this dimension." Pogba will become United's fourth close-

season signing after Ivorian centre-back Eric Bailly, Armenian playmaker Henrikh
Mkhitaryan and Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

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nigeria beat sweden 1-0, move to quarter final

Nigeria have give us joy again in  the  Men's Olympic Football Tournament Rio 2016
after a 1-0 victory over Sweden in Group B thanks to a Sadiq Umar header at the Amazonia Arena in Manaus. he was one indeed. For a large part of the match both sides were playing conservatively but Nigeria certainly looked the most threatening in attack. Fresh from scoring four goals last time out, Oghenekaro Etebo attempted several shots in the half—with his right foot, left foot and with
his head—but he was unable to get the better of Sweden goalkeeper Andreas Linde. Nigeria eventually found the opener six minutes from time, when Stanley Amuzie delivered a pinpoint, curling cross in open play from the left wing that found Umar and the Roma man made no mistake, scoring with a diving header.
The Dream Team continued their dominance in the second half, and just three minutes in,
captain John Obi Mikel took had a well-driven shot from the top of the area saved by Linde. The Swedish goalkeeper had to be alert four minutes later when Etebo dribbled inside the
corner of the penalty box and attempted acurling effort, but once again, Linde saved. Coach Hakan Ericson did use all three of his substitutes—Ken Sema, Muamer Tankovic and
Jacob Une Larsson to try and give his team a new dimension but, in the end, Nigeria's

backline was up to the challenge and held on to all three points.
On Wednesday, Nigeria will close out group play against Colombia in Sao Paulo, while
Sweden have a must-win match ahead against Japan in Salvador if they are going to continue their Rio 2016 journey.

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Kidnappers Of Oniba Of Ibaland Arrested After Monarch Regains Freedom

August 7, 2016 – Pictures: Kidnappers Of
Oniba Of Ibaland Arrested After Monarch
Regains Freedom
Two of the 9 people criminals who kidnapped
Oba Goriola Oseni from his palace in Iba area
of Lagos have been arrested.
The suspects were arrested today about 24
hours after the monarch regains freedom
from the creek.
The suspects identified as Toba Forejo and

Isaiah Ododomu both from Ondo state said
one Micah living in the creek sent them to
kidnap the wealthy monarch.
The kidnap gang collected N15.1 million from
the monarch’s family before releasing him
yesterday.
Police are currently looking for the other

members of the kidnap gang.

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ILARO POLY DATE OF EXAM

News Flash Student Services Directorate of Student Affairs Guidance & Counselling Accommodation Sports & Recreation SUG Shuttle Bus Services Student Publication Clubs & Associations Classroom Students' Center Post Office Technical Education Industrial Services Support Desk You are here : Home 2016/2017 Screening Exercise!!! Screening Exercise for HND (Full Time) holds on Thursday August 18, 2016 at 10.00am prompt, while Screening Exercise for ND (PART Time) would hold on Wednesday September 7, 2016 at 10.00am prompt.

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okada riders in bauchi are currently protecting

Okada Riders in Bauchi state are currently protesting against the Introduction of Identity Cards by their union. Each ID card would reportedly cost N3,500 and commercial bike riders in state are against it. See more photos from the protest after the cut...

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HND DISCRIMINATION ENDED AT LAST

HND will soon be change to bachelor of technology according to the registrar/ chief executive of the joint mind admission and matriculation board(jamb), prof.dibu ojerinde has said president muhammadu buhari is willing to end the wave that will end the bsc and HND dichotomy

atlast it is with excitement capital joy amidst jubilation and celebration of over 20 years struggle of nigeria polytechnic student and graduate including the staff union of head of polytechnic in nigeria

the council of establishment comprising of all the heads of service the 36 states of the federation and the head of service of the federation have approved the removal to HND/BSC dichotomy. after a meeting held in minna, niger state, on Monday.

In a statement released  on Tuesday by  the immediately past senate president of national association of polytechnic student (NAPS) and outgoing regional president of west african student union (WPSU), ambassador S.A lukman, he said the long overdue dichotomy which hindered the carrer progression of HND holder in civil service has been removed

however the minister also added this new arrangement mean that polytechnic only award national diploma (ND), why student interested in furthering their education will be awarded the bachelor of technology (BTECH) by the proximate university

He stated that two top polytechnic YABA college of technology and KADUNA polytechnic represent will now be name city of technology YABA and city university of technology KADUNA repectively 

To confirm this decision, the FEC has approve the submission of the two executive bill to the national assembly for enactment into law. let wait and see...

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ILARO POLY 2016/2017 ADMISSION REQUIREMENT

Applicants for screening exercise is hereby requested from interested candidates who wrote the 2016/2017 UTME and made Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro their choice of institution.

(A) ELIGIBILITY (i) Candidates who chose the Federal Polytechnic Ilaro and whose score is not below 180 in the 2016 UTME. (ii) Each candidate is expected to pay the sum of Two Thousand Nine Hundred Naira only (N2,900.00) as screening fee and fee for admission status checking. (iii) Candidates are expected to complete the Screening Form online following the procedure in (D) below:

(B) METHOD OF APPLICATION Candidates seeking admission into the Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro are required to complete the Institution’s Form available online at: cliq here federal polytechnic ilaro

(C) PROCEDURE FOR OBTAINING THE ONLINE SCREENING FORM Candidates seeking admission for ND (Full Time) are expected to generate a Screening Form Invoice by filling in their details online on the Institution’s website: www.federalpolyilaro.edu.ng . With the Screening invoice, candidates should obtain a CONFIRMATION ORDER NUMBER from any branch of the under-listed banks upon the payment of the sum of Two Thousand Nine Hundred Naira (N2,900.00) only. Please note that the CONFIRMATION ORDER NUMBER must be obtained in the name of the applicant. The authorized banks for this exercise are:

(a) United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc

(b) WEMA Bank Plc

(c) Skye Bank Plc

(d) Union Bank Plc

(e) Ilaro Poly Microfinance Bank

(f) Access Bank Plc

(g) Zenith Bank Plc

(D) Instructions to Candidates

1. Log on to www.federalpolyilaro.edu.ng

2. Click on “College Portal ” on the main menu

3. Scroll down to “New Application”

4. Click on the “Generate Invoice” button

5. To generate your invoice fill in your Name and other details

(as you have them on your credentials) and select your programme and Course of study.

6. Proceed to the bank with the invoice generated. Pay at the bank and obtain a CONFIRMATION ORDER NUMBER

7. Return to the portal, repeat steps 1-3 above and click on the “Fill Application form” button

8. Enter the CONFIRMATION ORDER NUMBER obtained from the bank

9. Complete the application form.

10. Scan and upload the following :

(i) a colour passport-size photograph of not more than 50kb in the space provided on the online form.

(ii) UTME Original Result Slip with passport photograph.

(iii) O’level Result(s) for candidates who are not awaiting their result.

(iv) All awaiting result candidates should indicate their year of Examination and Registration Number and put (AR) in the columns provided for this purpose.

11. Confirm and submit. Print a copy of the Acknowledgement Slip and Exam Slip. N.B: Each applicant should use his/her own phone number and valid email in filling the form in order to receive alerts, and messages.

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EDE POLY HND ADMISSION - 2016/2017

The management of the Federal Polytechnic, Ede, Osun State is inviting suitably qualified to her 2016/2017 academic session full-time Higher National Diploma (HND) programmes admission.

FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC, EDE HND FULL – TIME PROGRAMMES : Below are the following programmes available on Full-Time basis only for two academic sessions.

A. SCHOOL OF APPLIED SCIENCES
1. Statistics 2. Science Laboratory Technology with options in Chemistry, Applied Chemistry, Microbiology & Physics with Electronics. 3. Hospitality Management 4.Tourism and Liesure Management 5. Computer Science\

B. SCHOOL BUSINESS STUDIES
1. Accountancy 2. Banking & Finance 3. Business Administration and Management. 4. Marketing 5. Office Technology Management

C. SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY.

1. Architectural Technology

2. Building Technology

3. Estate Management

4. Quantity Surveying

E. SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY

1. Civil Engineering Technology

2. Electrical/Electronics Engineering Technology with options in: a. Power and Machine b. Electronics and Telecommunication

3. Computer Engineering Technology

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS FOR HIGHER NATIONAL DIPLOMA (HND) PROGRAMMES

Applicants for admission into the HND programmes will be required to have the following qualifications:


1. National Diploma (ND) with a minimum of Lower Credit in the relevant field and five (5) relevant O/L credit passes at WASC, GCE, NECO and NABTEB at not more that two sittings. These credit passes must include English Language and Mathematics.

2. Evidence of one year Post ND Cognate experience (Industrial Training)

3. Applicants with Pass Grade in the ND will be required to have at least two (2) years Post National Diploma Industrial Experience . * Holders of ND Computer Engineering are not admissible into HND Elect/Elect. Engineering Technology and HND Computer Science Programmes. * Candidates will not be admitted into HND programmes different from those they had in their ND programmes. ** It is mandatory for HND Full-Time Applicants to fill the JAMB Registration Numbers used for their ND Programmes, Only Applicants with ND JAMB Registration Numbers will be considered for admission. Visit http://www.federalpolyede.edu.ng/entranceForm/ to register. The price of the application form is Ten Thousand Four Hundred Naira Only (N10, 500).

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Mide Martins & Afeez Owo’s First Daughter Graduates From Secondary School

The first daughter of Yoruba actress,
Mide Martins and her husband,Afeez
Owo, graduated from secondary school
yesterday and the proud parents were
there to support their daughter on her
big day. An elated Mide took to
Instagram to gush over her baby girl on
the achievement of a milestone. She
 wrote

:
From Kindergarten-Final Year ….
wrote:

My Princess
Graduates & Moves To The Next Level… How
Can I Thank You Enough My Creator?… Thank
You Lord For The Journey So Far… Thank You
Jehovah For The Privilege To Witness This
Beautiful Day…
Thank You My God For The Life Of This Angel
Beautiful Angel So Far… You Have Been So
Marvelous To Us… Thank You For Watching
Over Her My Lord… Only You I will Praise
Forever…. Ese Baba Mi… Congratulations
Omotolani Mi… You Shall Continue To Grow In
Wisdom , Knowledge & Understanding… You
Shall Excel In Life My Darling….The Sky Is Just
Your Starting Point My Princess…. Mummy
Loves You Endlessly

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Meet 17-Year-Old Obinna Igbokwe Who Got Into 7 Of 8 Ivy League American Schools

Obinna, who is currently a senior at
Brockton High School said he has drawn
from the experiences of his parents who
are Nigerian immigrants. He said he
now has a new found appreciation of
his origin and how he can learn and
grow from the hardship his parents
experienced. They instilled a strong
work ethic in him, pushing him to study
hard, especially when he was younger.
“It gave me perspective. That
perspective made me . . . capitalize on
what I’ve been given.”
His parents were the main people to
encourage him to aim high and apply
for the Ivy League, he said. They
convinced him to apply to every Ivy
League school, because he was planning
to apply to some colleges in California.
“They really supported me in terms of
when I was younger, they made sure I
had a good work ethic so later in life I
could be able to ensure that I didn’t give
up.”
Ironically, the first letter he got back
from an Ivy was a rejection from Yale
University. But he didn’t let that get him
down.
“It didn’t make me feel discouraged,
’cause I had assumed that I would get
rejected. There’s not guaranteed
acceptance” he said.
After he got the seven other
acceptances, he did not even tell many
people, except his guidance counselor,
family, and a few close friends. Instead,
he continued to focus on playing the
euphonium in his school’s concert band
and working toward his International
Baccalaureate diploma.
His mother, Chidimma Igbokwe,
expressed pride and excitement for her
son, as did the rest of the local Nigerian
Igbo community from the Umuada Igbo
organization. She thanked Brockton
Public Schools for bringing out the best
out of her son.
“Every time we hear about kids on
drugs, kids with guns, but we never
hear something good about Brockton,”
Mrs Igbokwe said “Hopefully, I can
open someone’s eyes to see that going to
private school doesnt automatically
make you a strong or good student…if
you learn and concentrate you can
make it…Whatever you do, try and be
the best. That’s what we instill.”
Igbokwe, who has 4.6 grade point
average, said he doesn’t has no beef
with Yale University. He is more
concerned about getting into a school
that would be the best fit for him.

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Man Impregnates 16- Year-Old Daughter, What He Ask Her To Do before The Police Arrive Will Shock You

Lagos state police have arrested a 36-
year-old man, Kennedy Michael for
impregnating his 16-year-old daughter,
persuaded her to have an abortion and for
also molesting his neighbor’s 18-month-old
baby girl.
According to the police, Michael was arrested
after his neighbour Uche whose child was
molested reported the case. She disclosed that:
“Michael’s girlfriend, Ijeoma Ndukwe assisted
in procuring abortion for his teenage
daughter, Maria. Uche added that, when she
discovered that something was wrong with
Maria, she told her father who instructed that
his lover should take her to the hospital. It
was there that they discovered Maria was
pregnant.
After much interrogation the little girl
confessed that, her father was responsible for
her pregnancy. Ijeoma got angry and
immediately confronted Michael who
confessed to her. They both agreed to abort
the pregnancy.
One of their neighbours learnt about the
abortion and alerted the appropriate
authority. Ijeoma and Michael were
arrested.” After his arrest, Michael confessed
that he has been sexually molesting his
daughter since 2014, when she was about 14-
years-old.
However Michael and Maria’s mother
separated a long time ago and he brought his
daughter to Lagos, to live with him. His
neighbor revealed that: “Michael
‘fingered’ (molested) a neighbor’s 18-month-
old baby.”
The child’s father, Uche said: “My wife
wanted to bathe our child and discovered she
had a tear inside her private part. Before
then, it was only Michael that was with the
baby inside his room.
Upon confirmation from Mende Health Centre
that our daughter had been violated, I
contacted my lawyer. I also informed the
police, so that he could be prosecuted.
But the police swept the matter under the
carpet.” Uche added that, when he heard
from Maria’s friends that her father
impregnated her and procured abortion for
her with the help of his lover, he knew he
wouldn’t allow Michael to escape once again.
They interviewed Maria separately. She said it
happened and also confessed that her father
had sex with her last on Friday, July 8. It was
also learnt that Michael was arrested on
Tuesday, July 12, after the intervention of
Child Abuse and Domestic Violence Agency
from Alausa, Ikeja.

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SCHOOLS FALLING BEHIND ON CURRICULUM - MOTSHEKGA

SCHOOLS are falling behind in getting
through this year’s curriculum, Basic
Education Minister Angie Motshekga said
today.
Only 40% of the curriculum had been
covered, meaning schools would not
complete it before the end of the year, she
told parents in Tembisa.
Motshekga, President Jacob Zuma, Gauteng
Premier David Makhura and Education MEC
Panyaza Lesufi were visiting one of the
oldest schools in the country, Marhulana
Primary School in Tembisa, Kempton Park, as
part of Mandela Month.
They inspected conditions at the school and
spoke to pupils.
Motshekga said she was worried by this
trend. The problem of not finishing the
curriculum affected primary school pupils
when they got to high school.
"That's why our children don't cope in high
school and drop out. This is a major problem
because they have to be put in microwaves
and we have to hold Saturday classes to help
the learners catch up with what they have
missed," she said.
By "microwaving", she meant that pupils had
to be quickly taught the previous grades’
work before they could get on with the
current year’s work.
Motshekga said most South Africans did not
read.
"Our people are not reading. We have have
a report that says 85% of our people don't
read. People are watching soapies with their
children and no one reads. Parents, please
let's make sure that our children read," she
said.

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Fans blast Adekunle Gold over Amber Rose, Kim Kardashian photoshop

By Kehinde Ajose
As the anticipation increases over
Adekunle Gold’s debut album, the Orente
sensation is doing everything possible to
get his name on the lips of music lovers.
He surprised many of his fans when he
unveiled the photoshop edits of himself
and Kim Kardashian, Amber Rose and
Chrissy Teigen.

Some of his fans didn’t find it amusing as
they expressed their aversion over the
Photoshop edits.
A certain Tonya says: “This is someone’s
wife, I don’t think you should be doing
this. Even if its photoshop”
Another puts it this way: “Leave other
men’s wife alone oh, one day you will get
into trouble”
Finest testee says: “Nice job but I think
this is a little bit too extreme”
Recall that before Adekunle Gold became
a music star, he was famous for his
graphic design and incredible Photoshop
skills.

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koko master "Dbanj" Is Planning To Make White Wedding Secret – Insider

July 20, 2016 – Why Dbanj Is Planning To
Make Upcoming White Wedding Secret –
Insider
An insider told Goldmyne TV yesterday that
Kokomaster Dbanj’s reported traditional
wedding didn’t hold.
The singer who reportedly introduced his
fiancee to his family members during his
father’s birthday party in Lagos recently will
be doing his white wedding soon.
The singer has vowed to keep the details of
the upcoming white wedding from the public.
Here is a statement D’banj’s camp released on
his upcoming white wedding ceremony
“D’banj has given so much information about
himself to the public and he deserves to keep
some things private and this is one of those
things. He is not worried about losing female
fans; he just wants his marriage and the
impending white wedding off public radar.”

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Nigeria’s economy may contract by 1.8% in 2016 – IMF | Punch Newspapers

Oyetunji Abioye
Nigeria’s economy, the biggest in Africa, is likely to contract by 1.8 per cent this year, the International Monetary Fund has said. The Washington-based lender cut its 2016 growth forecast for Nigeria from 2.3 per cent projected in April, according to its World Economic Outlook update released on Tuesday.

The projection for next year was reduced to 1.1 per cent from 3.5 per cent. “In Nigeria, economic activity is now projected to contract in 2016, as the economy adjusts to foreign currency shortages as a result of lower oil receipts, low power generation and weak
investor confidence,” the IMF said. The IMF almost halved its 2016 growth
forecast for sub-Saharan Africa to 1.6 per cent and cut its 2017 projection to 3.3 per cent
from four per cent.

It said the substantial downgrade of the region’s forecast reflected the “challenging macroeconomic conditions in its largest economies, which are adjusting to lower
commodity revenues.” The lender said Africa’s second largest economy, South Africa, would expand by 0.1 per cent this year and one per cent next year.
The IMF stated, “The outlook for other emerging and developing economies remains
diverse and broadly unchanged relative to April. That said, gains in the emerging group
are matched by losses in low-income economies.
“Indeed, low-income countries saw a large downward revision in 2016, in large part
driven by the economic contraction in Nigeria,
and also worsened the outlook in South Africa, Angola and Gabon.”
Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product contracted by 0.36 per cent in the first quarter of the
year, and economic experts have predicted the economy will record another negative
growth in the second quarter. The Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr.
Godwin Emefiele, said a recession appeared to be imminent.
The IMF country representative in Nigeria, Gene Leon, had recently said that while the
country’s economy should look better in the second half of the year, growth would
probably not be sufficient to negate the outcome of the first and second quarters.
The currency restrictions imposed by the CBN last year in an attempt to protect the
dwindling external reserves prompted investors to flee and led to dollar shortages,
pushing down the naira.

“The forecast of 1.8 per cent probably
assumes a downturn in the second half,”

 a Johannesburg-based Africa analyst at Rand Merchant Bank, Nema Ramkhelawan-Bhana,
told Bloomberg on Tuesday.

“I think there will be sustained pressure from the oil economy, and its ripple effects to other sectors of the economy,” Ramkhelawan-Bhana added.

The nation’s inflation rate accelerated to 16.5 per cent in June, the highest in almost 11
years. The Central Bank of Nigeria, which kept its
benchmark rate at 12 per cent in May, will announce its next policy decision on July 26.
Six of nine analysts in a Bloomberg survey forecast borrowing costs will stay unchanged.
The IMF also cut its forecasts for global economic growth this year and next as the
unexpected United Kingdom vote to leave the European Union creates a wave of uncertainty amid already-fragile business and consumer
confidence

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Buhari fears delays in corruption trials

Abuja- Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday said he was concerned about delays in prosecuting former public officials for corruption, warning it could harm his high-profile stance on graft. "I am worried that the expectation of the public is yet to be met by the judiciary with regard to the removal of delay and the toleration of delay tactics by lawyers," he said. "When cases are not concluded the negative impression is given that crime pays," Buhari told a summit examining the role of the judiciary in the overall drive against corruption. "This certainly needs to change if we are to make success in our collective effort in the fight against corruption." Buhari, who was elected last year on aplatform to tackle graft, has said "mind- boggling" sums of public funds were stolen over decades and has made recovering the money a central plank of his presidency. Most of those currently on trial are linked to the former administration of his predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan, and centre around an alleged $2.1bn "arms scam". Former national security advisor Sambo Dasuki is accused of overseeing a sprawling embezzlement scheme that saw money earmarked to fight Boko Haram diverted for
political purposes.

But there have been repeated delays and adjournments in that case and others, leaving Buhari without a single high-profile conviction since starting the crackdown in
May last year. Buhari told the summit that government corruption cases "are not progressing as speedily as they should be... because the courts allow the lawyers to frustrate the reforms introduced by the law". Jonathan's main opposition Peoples Democratic Party has accused Buhari of a political witch-hunt, as most of those on
trial are PDP members, supporters or linked to the former government.

Buhari and his government have been criticised for disregarding the separation of
powers of the executive and judiciary by keeping suspects in custody, despite courts
having granted them bail. Last year, he said Dasuki and the detained
leader of a Biafra separatist group should be detained because they had committed
"atrocities" against the state, despite neither being convicted.

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NO NEED TO FEER HIV TEST( solution for HIV)

NO NEED TO FEAR HIV
TEST
GETTING tested for HIV can be very stressful, as the procedure forces you to focus on past behaviour that could possibly have led to infection. This has left many men too afraid to seek medical consultation on sexual health matters.
Your partner’s results do not always determine your status, so get tested. When you go for an HIV test, a healthcare provider will take a sample of your blood or saliva. If you went for a rapid test, you usually wait for 10 to 20 minutes before you
receive your results.

If the test comes back negative and you haven’t had any exposure to the virus for three months, you can be confident you’re not infected with HIV.

If you test positive for HIV, you may need to go for a follow-up test to be sure you have the virus. A counsellor or healthcare provider should be able to assist you from there.
Knowing your status gives you the power to protect yourself and your loved ones. We have come a long way in the field of medicine and HIV is not a death sentence. You can still enjoy your life if you make great lifestyle choices. Be wise and get tested.

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Police Inspector Rapes 15 - Year- Old
Girl , SS 1 Student At Gunpoint ,
Family Seeks Justice
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The victim
July 19, 2016 – Randy Akwa Ibom Police
Inspector Allegedly Raped SS1 Student
Returning From Church At Gunpoint
SS1 Student, 15-Year-Old Girl Raped By Police
Inspector In Akwa Ibom State Cries Out For
Justice
15-year-old Mary Udo’s family members in
Mkpat Enin LGA of Akwa Ibom State have
accused a police inspector attached to Mkpat
Enin division of raping their 15 year old
daughter at gunpoint.
The SS1 pupil narrated her ordeal during her
family visit to The Nation office in Uyo today.
In her words:
“I was coming from church in Ikot Abasi
Akpan last Thursday when police stopped me.
The Inspector ordered me to step aside and
took me to the dark portion of the road.
The policeman forcefully ran his fingers
through my breasts and asked me why my
breasts are this big. After he had forced me to
remove my clothes, he ordered me to lie down
and open my legs. And what I noticed was
that he brought out his penis and inserted it
into my vagina. As he was romping over me,
he forbade me crying as he threatened to
shoot me if I should open my mouth.
“But when I could not bear the pains any
longer as blood was running out of my private
part, he quickly took me into the vehicle and
drove to the station, where he detained me
from Thursday till Saturday. It was my uncle,
Dr. Ime Stephen that came from Abuja and
bailed me out with N10,000.”
She said her mother left her dad when she
was a toddler.
Her uncle said her father has been paralyzed
since the day he fell from the top of a palm
tree.
Akwa Ibom Police Commissioner Murtala
Mani said the force had commenced
investigation into the case.
     SOURCE: nigergists.com

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things older than mick Jagger

Things Older Than Mick Jagger’s New
Baby Mama

There’s quite an age difference between Mick
Jagger and the 29-year-old expectant mother
of his eighth child . Forty-three years, to be
exact. But as the above gallery proves, there
are plenty of things that are older than
ballerina Melanie Hamrick.
Not included are four of the 72-year-old
Rolling Stones singer’s seven children, who
are also older than the
expecting Hamrick: Karis, 45, whose mother is
singer Marsha Hunt; Jade, 44, with ex-wife
Bianca Jagger ; and Elizabeth, 32, and James,
30, with ex-partner Jerry Hall. Still, as you
click through 29 Things Older Than Mick
Jagger’s New Baby Mama, you might be
surprised to find some everyday items and
famous figures who predate Hamrick.
Longtime Rolling Stones fans will also note
that many of Jagger’s bandmates take the
same age-ain’t-nothing-but-a-number
approach to their significant others. Guitarist
Ronnie Wood recently became a father again
at age 68, after wife Sally Humphreys had
twin girls . And former co-founding bassist Bill
Wyman memorably married 18-year-old
Mandy Smith in 1989 when he was 52 , after
the couple had been dating since she was 13.
(Wyman has had three children with his
current wife, the most recent of whom arrived
when he was 62.)
This will be the fifth woman to bear a child
for Jagger, who is also happens to be a great-
grandfather. Jade’s daughter Assisi gave birth
to a daughter in May 2014. Jagger, who is
reportedly at work on a blues-focused album
with the Rolling Stones, turns 73 this month.
His youngest child, Lucas, was born in 1999.

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EKSU , Ekiti Varsity Students Die In Car Crash While Returning From Range Rover Acquisition Party

July 12, 2016 – 4 EKSU, Ekiti State University
Student Killed In Fatal Car Accident On
Iworoko Ifaki Ekiti Road While Returning
From The Party Of Colleague Who Bought
Range Rover SUV In Ado Ekiti
Four Ekiti University undergraduates died
untimely in a fatal motor accident that
happened some minutes to the gate of the
institution on Iworoko-Ifaki Ekiti road
yesterday.
The Lexus car carrying the students and a
nursery school bus collided around 5:30pm.
All the 4 students were pronounced dead on
the spot while the driver of the empty bus
died the moment he was pulled out of the
wreckage.
The crash was caused by the bus driver after
overtaking another car at a sharp bend.
Some friends of the deceased who rode in
another vehicle said the deceased students
were returning from the party organized by a
colleague who was celebrating a Range Rover
SUV he just bought in Ado Ekiti.
The corpses of the students had been
deposited at the state hospital.
May their soul rest in peace (amen).

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Pakistani Christian charged with blasphemy over WhatsApp poem

Lahore - A Pakistani Christian was charged
with blasphemy on Monday after his Muslim
friend alleged he had sent a poem on
WhatsApp that insulted Islam, police said.
Yasir Bashir said Nadeem James had sent
him a poem on the messaging app that was
derogatory about the Prophet Muhammad
and other holy figures.
"Police have registered a case on blasphemy
charges against Nadeem James and are
searching for him as he has fled his home,"
a local law enforcement official told AFP on
condition of anonymity due to the sensitive
nature of the matter.
Another police official said that James'
relatives had been taken into "protective
custody" and that there was increased
security in Christian neighbourhoods in the
town of Sara-i-Almgeer, around 160km
north of Lahore, because of local tension
arising from Bashir's complaint.
Such allegations can trigger beatings and
mob violence in the conservative country,
which has strict blasphemy laws including
the death penalty for insulting the prophet.
A Christian couple were lynched then burnt
in a kiln in Punjab in 2014 after being
falsely accused of desecrating the Koran.
Rights campaigners say blasphemy laws are
often used to settle personal disputes in the
Muslim-majority country.

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Another oil pipeline sabotaged in Nigeria

Yenagoa - Nigerian militants have blown up
another oil pipeline in the restive south of
the country, a security official said on
Friday.
"Reports from the swamp area indicate that
last night (Thursday) a gang of heavily
armed youths with two double 200
horsepower speedboats used explosives to
blast three different points on the Tebidaba-
Brass... pipeline," said Desmond Agu, of the
Nigerian Civil Defence and Security Corps
(NCDSC).
The pipeline in Bayelsa state, owned by the
Nigerian Agip Oil Company, a local
subsidiary of Italian oil major Eni, has been
repeatedly attacked.
On Monday, an oil wellhead operated by
Chevron was attacked in the Batan and
Makararaa areas of Delta state.
An investigation has been launched to
determine the extent of the damage in the
latest incident, said Agu.
No group has claimed responsibility, but the
Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) has said it has
carried out a string of bombings of Nigeria's
key oil and gas facilities since February.
The attacks have cut the nation's oil
production at a time the West African
country is struggling with low global crude
prices which have hammered government
revenues.
The Avengers want oil majors to leave the
Niger delta, blaming them for contributing
to the poverty and underdevelopment of the
region.
The group, which seeks a fairer share of
Nigeria's oil wealth for residents of the
region, also wants self-determination for the
delta states and political autonomy.
Another militant group, the Joint Niger Delta
Liberation Force (JNDLF), has also warned
of attacks in the delta.
The Nigerian government has called for
dialogue to end the violence.

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Six killed in 'Boko Haram' suicide attack in Nigeria

He blamed the attack on "two Boko Haram
terrorists".
"The first suicide bomber targeted Damboa
Central Mosque but due to stringent security
measures, he could not gain entry.
Obviously frustrated, he exploded [his
device] and died near the central mosque,"
he added.
"However, the second bomber veered off
and gained entry into another smaller
mosque and detonated the bomb, killing
himself and six other worshippers and
injuring one other person.
"The wounded have been evacuated to a
hospital while efforts are on to clear the
rubble. Troops and other security agencies
have been mobilised to the area."
The attack is the latest against a mosque in
northeast Nigeria and the wider Lake Chad
region, as part of a campaign of violence by
the Islamist group against civilian "soft"
targets.
On June 27, two would-be suicide bombers
were killed in Maiduguri, as they tried to
target an overnight Ramadan vigil at a
mosque on the Damboa Road.
Three days later, at least 10 people were
killed in the town of Djakana, in northern
Cameroon near the Nigerian border, when a
suicide bomber blew himself up.
On July 4, the Nigerian Army said it
thwarted an attempted suicide bombing by
three women against people displaced by
Boko Haram in Monguno, northeast of
Maiduguri.
There has been a relative lull in attacks, as
troops regain control of territory once held
by Boko Haram, whose fighters have been
pushed into remote rural areas towards
Lake Chad.
Usman said suspected Boko Haram fighters
also attacked the village of Gaskeri, near the
sprawling internally displaced people's camp
at Dalori, outside Maiduguri, on Thursday
night.
"They killed three civilian vigilantes and
looted foodstuffs. Troops have been
mobilised and they are on the suspected
terrorists' trail," he added.
The seven-year insurgency has left at least
20 000 people dead in Nigeria and displaced
more than 2.6 million people, heaping
pressure on local authorities in Nigeria,
Niger, Cameroon and Chad.
Aid agencies have warned that some 50 000
children under five are facing severe acute
malnutrition in Borno alone this year
because of food shortages caused by the
conflict.
UN assistant secretary-general and regional
humanitarian coordinator Toby Lanzer said
in a statement that "time is running out for
the poorest and most rural of people" in the
northeast.
"A failure to act now will result in deeper
and broader suffering, unlike anything seen
to date in Nigeria's northeast and a steeper
bill for all concerned to alleviate suffering
and stabilise the situation," he added.

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PORTUGAL CROWNED EURO 2016

Paris - A thundering out-of-the-blue shot by
substitute Eder gave Portugal a shock 1-0
win over France in the European
Championship final, delivering the country's
first international title as superstar Cristiano
Ronaldo watched injured from the
touchline.
Ronaldo was stretchered off in tears in the
first half and limped on crying with joy
again after his side delivered the final
knockout blow in the month-long
tournament of upsets.
Hosts France dominated the game, as they
had nearly every match since the start. But
they could not break down a Portuguese
defence in which man-of-the-match Pepe
was majestic and goalkeeper Rui Patricio
produced a string of dramatic saves.
"It was not the final I wanted but I am very
happy. It is a trophy for all Portuguese, for
all immigrants, all the people who believed
in us so I am very happy and very proud,"
said Ronaldo.
Up against a French team with a whole
nation behind them, Portugal healed their
own football wound from a shock they
suffered twelve years ago. In the 2004 Euro
final, Portugal lost to Greece 1-0 on home
territory.
Portugal can now expect a momentous
national welcome when they return to
Lisbon and a tickertape parade through the
capital on Monday.
Portugal's coach Fernando Santos and the
other players paid tribute to Ronaldo's role
in urging the team not to give up in the
tense match at the Stade de France. Ronaldo
returned from treatment at the end of 90
minutes to give pep talks to his team-mates.
He fell the ground in agony in the eighth
minute following a clattering challenge from
Dimitri Payet. After twice going off for
treatment and trying to come back, Ronaldo
was definitively carried off.
"He told me I was going to score the
winning goal," said Eder who plays for
French side Lille and only went on in the
79th minute. "He gave me strength and
positive energy."
Victory also gave Ronaldo energy. He danced
past reporters with other Portugal players as
they left the stadium.
"Cristiano is fundamental to us," said Santos.
"It would be utopian to not use Ronaldo and
all his added value.
"Cristiano could score at any moment and
sort everything out on his own but I always
said we are a team - we win as a team."
Portugal defended doggedly and threatened
occasionally without their inspirational
skipper. With 109 minutes gone, Eder beat
off a Laurent Koscielny challenge to fire a
shot from outside the penalty area that
French captain and goalkeeper Hugo Lloris
could not even get a hand to.
The tournament featuring 24 teams for the
first time failed to produce classic football.
And Lloris was the latest to raise questions
about the manner of Portugal's wins.
"If they won the tournament it is because
they deserved it," Lloris said.
But he described France's luck as "cruel"
and added "one can always argue about the
way they play, but they are efficient and
you must congratulate them."
Santos had always said he does not care if
Portugal win "ugly" as long as they win.
The 51 games produced 108 goals, one of the
lowest averages for recent international
tournaments. The quality was not
memorable. But the upset results will go
down in history.
Iceland stunned England 2-1, Wales beat
Belgium 3-1 in a classic quarter-final and
Portugal will long celebrate their win in a
stadium that was invaded by swarms of
moths.
France started the match as strong
favourites after beating Germany 2-0 in the
semi-final. Antoine Griezmann scored twice
in that game to take his tournament total to
a Golden Boot winning six goals.
But the striker who has spent his entire
career in Spain and has never played in the
French league could not penetrate the
Portugal defence. His early header drew a
finger-tip save from Rui Patricio. Griezmann
said defeat had been a double blow as he
also missed a penalty in Atletico Madrid's
defeat to arch-rivals Real Madrid in the
Champions League final seven weeks ago.
Moussa Sissoko also drove a thundering shot
over the bar while French substitute Andre-
Pierre Gignac sent an extra time shot
against the post.
"The disappointment is there and it's
immense," French coach Didier Deschamps
said. "We've let a big chance to be
champions pass us by."
Deschamps contract runs until 2018 and the
World Cup in Russia. He said he would take
time to "digest" the disappointment before
thinking about his own future.
France spent €450m preparing 10 stadiums
for Euro 2016 which could be the last hosted
in one country. Euro 2020, the 16th
tournament, will be held in 13 cities in 13
different countries from Azerbaijan to
Wales.
Despite some doubts about the 24-country
format, UEFA's executive committee "praised
the competitiveness of the competition" in a
statement after a meeting on Saturday.

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