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SECRET OF A HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP

Do you know why He comes home every day at the close of work?

Hhhhmmmnnn!!!
Maybe you need to know what goes on at work first.

Noise
Chaos
Stress
Insults
Laughter
Jokes
Ridicule
Temptation
Seduction
Salary arrears
Instructions
Deadlines
Food
Boredom
Excitement...looooong list....
Did you notice its a very odd blend of this and that?

In the middle of all these, no text, no phone calls from you.

Fine! You dont want to distract him.
Brilliant!

So when He comes back at the close of work,
He craves for one thing...YOU,
And all the good you package...

Peace
Comfort
love
Home food
Quiet
An arm around him
Comforting words
Assurance
Respect
Cleanliness
Order
laughter
Ego boost
Submission
He wants his territory
He wants you to listen
He doesnt want instructions(He has had lot of them at work)
He wants commendation
A "welldone", "thank you"
He doesnt want Sex, yes, you heard me...he wants love making...

listing...

If He cant get it at home,
Then you have lost him to her who can give Him all these and then some more.

My dear Sister's, please make tonight's home-coming special...very special and memorable!!!
Move on tomorrow and next and next and before you know, you become that wise woman who is the builder of her home...
You can do it and remember, only true love conquers... I know He is treating you great.
HELLO!!! Love remains your sure victory..
God bless your home...

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Of Ifeanyi Ubah’s Campaign Of Ethnicity And Inviolability Of The Principle Of National Interest

By Ojojo Ogolonto
Ifeanyi Ubah, expectedly, after regaining temporary freedom on the strength of the administrative bail granted him by the Nig

eria Police Force on the afternoon of Monday, October 22, 2012, has begun to cover his fraudulent path through media theatrics and conjectures designed to situate his journey to Ikoyi Prison within the domain of tribalism, witch-hunting and calculated attack on his person. This is evident in his listing of some top players in the oil industry as having been spared from the ongoing interrogations because they have people intervening for them, even when thorough and rigorous investigation await them.

This side to the unfolding development that will bring a final end to the issues of economic sabotage and fraudulent business practices in Nigeria is somewhat interesting. Ubah’s allocutus is now the fact that he has no one to intervene on his behalf, not that he has not collected the naira equivalent of monthly allocation of 11 states of the federal republic of Nigeria through the sham of importing and selling 538, 74 million liters of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) during the 2011 fiscal year through 26 transactions for which he/his company collected a whopping sum of N23bn (Twenty-Three Billion Naira).

IFEANYI UBAH

For the people beating the drum of sentiment, it is important we allow logic guide our reasoning to enable us put the issues at hand in the appropriate context. Ubah’s loot is enough to make him appear generous because the ‘hippopotamus-sized’ amount he defrauded our country of can never be for or in the name of an individual. See, if his loot has been adjudged to be worth more than the monthly allocation of 11 states of this great country, he would only qualify to be genuinely generous when he touches lives equivalent to the population of the 11 states because these are the people whose share of the national resources Ubah has somehow cornered!

Is it that people cannot see that Nigeria is bleeding through the cut of heartless fraudsters like Ifeanyi Ubah who have vowed to permanently make national development impossible? International investors are cautious about coming into the country lest they fall victim of carefully orchestrated plot and scheme evolved by the league of marauders parading themselves as businessmen. Interestingly, Ubah’s case is more than oil subsidy thieving! The social media and national dailies are saturated with series of allegations and facts that could lead one to a valid conclusion about his person. There are successful businessmen in this country whose entrepreneurial accomplishments have not elicited as much controversy as the endless chain of suspicion and tirade that have greeted Ubah in his less than 2 years of rising to national consciousness.

First, there are serious issues around his activities in Congo DRC where he was said to have fleeced the late President, Laurent-Désiré Kabila, of amounts so gargantuan that his name is as popular as the country’s national anthem; or the other account that has it that he was into gun- running in Congo DRC thereby contributing to the war that ravaged the country. If this is considered the handiwork of mischief makers, Ubah should visit Congo DRC to clear the air about the fact that he swindled the Government of the Congo DRC before bouncing on the Nigerian Oil or his contribution to national disintegration.
Second, Ubah, overnight, has established himself as a major player in the Nigerian Oil and Gas sector, but has anyone asked how? Well, available facts have shown that every business interaction with Ifeanyi Ubah leaves the other party with a broken nose. People deal with Ubah on the assumption that his business dealings are transparent, genuine and ethical but later revelations and discoveries leave them wriggling in pains as they are either swindled or defrauded of their funds. A case at hand is Ubah’s refusal to pay Brittania-U Nigeria Ltd and NNPC for the Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) loaded and sold by Capital Oil and Gas Ltd. This is already a matter of litigation because Ubah issued a dud cheque of N4billion to settle his indebtedness to these companies.
Should we just overlook the fact that Ubah issued a dud cheque of N4billion for a transaction which proceed he had collected as a mistake or intent to defraud other parties involved in the transaction? Okay, if it was a mistake, has Ubah remitted the funds to the real owners? Seriously, if a businessman’s antecedent has colouration similar to the pedigree of Chief Fred Ajudua, Mr. Emmanuel Nwude and Mr. Ikechukwu Anajemba, is it out of place to conclude that Nigeria has returned to the era of deceit, fraud, pretence and destruction of national pride that characterised the reign of the trio over Nigeria?

Aside from this, available facts have it that Ubah’s pile of indebtedness to the Nigerian banking sector is enough to cripple the entire financial system if his refusal to return customers deposit is not toppled by the force of the Law. Over N70billion to an individual with no commitment to his debt obligations is an aberration. Amidst this and the crying of financial operators, Ubah still acquired for himself a private jet valued at about N4.2billion. what an affront?

Dr. Cosmas Maduka’s experience as alluded to in the farce propagated via some online media platforms is an attestation to his fraudulent practices. One would have expected Ubah to highlight the details of the business transaction and the nature of the disagreement that ensued for Nigerians to understand elements of his characterisation in this unfolding dramatic piece. Information obtained from the SFIU detailed the fact of the business transaction and these are available on pointblanknew.com.

As a nation, we treat these issues with irritating levity that makes the international community doubt our seriousness at purging the country of charlatans. People just emerge from nowhere with claim to wealth of no discernible source, and we accord them a pride of place in the society. This practice is not only ridiculous but shameful because the society destroys itself through such practices.

Youths take these individuals as role models and aspire to be like them. Most often, these aspirations propel our youth towards these individuals with no enviable past and get them inducted into a world of treachery, crime and fraud. By this, the nation becomes a self-generating station for criminals, fraudsters and economic saboteurs and subsequent administrations are burdened with the responsibility of cleansing the country of the awful tradition established by Fred Ajudua, Emmanuel Nwude and Ikechukwu Anajemba now maintained by Ifeanyi Ubah.

Seriously, Ubah’s name appearing on the list of fuel subsidy thieves is just one of the numerous cases of frauds to his name. This case only gained enlistment on the public agenda because of the resolution of the Presidential Committee on Fuel Subsidy Payment Verification and Reconciliation to diligently serve the nation and free her from the wicked grip of fraudsters milking her dry of her resources. Most importantly, President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan’s constitution of the committee is not only a commendable act of visionary leadership and resolve towards the economic liberation of our suffering nation, but strong signal to the international community on the determination of this administration to take Nigeria to the Promised Land.

The judiciary has since realized this and the fact that Nigeria of today does not have more than Oil as the main source of income; so it is a sacred national resource that pilferers of any social standing or status will not be allowed to tinker with. This understanding, I presume, is the motivation for the Court’s overturning of the administrative bail granted him and request for daily visit to the Special Fraud Unit, Ikoyi.

This far, the judiciary has performed impressively and demonstrated a commendable level of commitment towards national development. Much as one would have thought that Ubah’s posture of being above the laws of the land has some meanings, the different Judges and Courts involved in his prosecution and trail have shown that no man is above the laws of the Land.

The Special Fraud Unit (SFU) should also deploy forensic investigation tactics that will enable them make a big haul of rogues into their net and let Nigeria move forward. Ubah might not be the only one in this act of national betrayal, economic sabotage and perfidy but the amount to his name and chain of allegations around his neck has made him the man of the moment; the man in the eye of the storm. Ubah seems to have more questions to answer than others.

Copied: Sahara Reporters

De Campaña Ifeanyi Ubah de la etnicidad y la inviolabilidad del principio de Interés Nacional
Por Ojojo OgolontoIfeanyi Ubah, como era de esperar, después de recuperar la libertad temporal de la fuerza de la libertad bajo fianza administrativa reconocidos por la Fuerza de Policía de Nigeria en la tarde del Lunes, 22 de octubre 2012, ha comenzado a cubrir su ruta fraudulenta a través de los medios de comunicación y teatro conjeturas destinadas a situar su viaje a la prisión de Ikoyi en el dominio del tribalismo, la caza de brujas y el ataque calculado sobre su persona. Esto es evidente en su lista de algunos grandes jugadores de la industria petrolera como de haber sido librado de los interrogatorios en curso, ya que hay personas que intervienen en ellos, aun cuando la investigación exhaustiva y rigurosa los esperan.
Este lado para el desarrollo que se despliegue una solución final a los problemas de sabotaje económico y las prácticas comerciales fraudulentas en Nigeria es algo interesante. Allocutus Ubah es ahora el hecho de que no tiene a nadie que intervenga en su nombre, no es que él no le ha cobrado el equivalente naira de la asignación mensual de 11 estados de la república federal de Nigeria a través de la farsa de la importación y venta de 538, 74 millones de litros Prima de carburantes para motores (PMS) durante el año fiscal 2011 a través de 26 operaciones a las que él / su compañía recogidos una suma enorme de N23bn (veintitrés millones de naira).
Para la gente golpeando el tambor de sentimiento, es importante que nos permite orientar nuestro razonamiento lógico para que podamos poner los temas en cuestión en el contexto adecuado. Botín Ubah es suficiente para hacer que él aparece generoso porque el 'hipopótamo de tamaño' cantidad que defraudó a nuestro país de nunca puede estar a favor o en nombre de un individuo. Véase, si su botín ha sido sentenciado a la pena más que la asignación mensual de 11 estados de este gran país, sólo tendrían derecho a ser verdaderamente generoso cuando se toca la vida equivale a la población de los 11 Estados, porque estas son las personas cuyos parte de los recursos Ubah nacional de alguna manera ha copado!
¿Es que la gente no puede ver que Nigeria es el sangrado a través del corte de los defraudadores desalmados como Ifeanyi Ubah que han prometido hacer permanente el desarrollo nacional es imposible? Los inversores internacionales son cautelosos acerca de venir al país por temor a ser víctima de complot cuidadosamente orquestado y el esquema desarrollado por la liga de merodeadores desfilando a sí mismos como hombres de negocios. Curiosamente, el caso de Ubah es más que robar petróleo subsidio! Los medios de comunicación social y diarios nacionales están saturados de serie de acusaciones y hechos que podrían llevar a una conclusión válida acerca de su persona. Hay hombres de negocios exitosos en este país cuyos logros empresariales no han suscitado tanta controversia como la interminable cadena de sospechas y diatriba que han recibido en sus Ubah menos de 2 años de aumento de la conciencia nacional.
En primer lugar, hay problemas serios en torno a sus actividades en República Democrática del Congo, donde se dice que han esquilmado el difunto presidente, Laurent-Désiré Kabila, de cantidades tan enormes que su nombre es tan popular como el himno nacional del país, o la otra cuenta que tenga lo que estaba en tráfico de armas en el Congo RDC contribuyendo así a la guerra que asoló el país. Si se considera la obra de los fabricantes de la travesura, Ubah debe visitar Congo República Democrática del Congo para aclarar las cosas sobre el hecho de que estafó al Gobierno de la República Democrática del Congo Congo antes de rebotar en el petróleo de Nigeria o de su contribución a la desintegración nacional.En segundo lugar, Ubah, durante la noche, se ha establecido como un jugador importante en el sector de petróleo y gas de Nigeria, pero ¿alguien ha preguntado cómo? Pues bien, los datos disponibles muestran que cada interacción empresarial con Ifeanyi Ubah deja a la otra parte con la nariz rota. La gente frente a Ubah en el supuesto de que sus negocios sean transparentes, genuinos y ética, sino revelaciones y descubrimientos posteriores dejan retorciéndose con dolores como se les sea estafado o defraudado de sus fondos. Un caso en cuestión es la negativa a pagar Ubah Brittania-U Nigeria Ltd y NNPC para la gasolinas para motores Premium (PMS) cargado y vendido por hidrocarburos Capital y Gas Ltd. Esto ya es una cuestión de litigio porque Ubah emitido un cheque sin fondos de N4billion a liquidar su deuda con estas empresas.¿Debemos pasar por alto el hecho de que Ubah emitido un fallo de verificación de N4billion para una transacción que proceder que había recogido como un error o intención de defraudar a otras partes involucradas en la transacción? Bueno, si fue un error, ha Ubah remitido los fondos a los verdaderos dueños? En serio, si antecedente un hombre de negocios tiene coloración similar a la genealogía de Fred Ajudua Jefe, el Sr. Emmanuel Nwude y el Sr. Ikechukwu Anajemba, está fuera de lugar a la conclusión de que Nigeria ha vuelto a la época de engaño, el fraude, la simulación y la destrucción de orgullo nacional que caracterizó el reinado del trío sobre Nigeria?
Aparte de esto, los datos disponibles que tienen ese montón Ubah de endeudamiento para el sector bancario nigeriano es suficiente para paralizar todo el sistema financiero si su negativa a devolver el depósito clientes no es derrocado por la fuerza de la ley. Durante N70billion a un individuo sin compromiso con sus obligaciones de deuda es una aberración. En medio de esto y el llanto de los operadores financieros, Ubah todavía adquirido para sí un jet privado valorado en unos N4.2billion. lo que es una afrenta?
La experiencia del Dr. Cosme Maduka como se alude en la farsa propaga a través de algunas plataformas de medios en línea es una declaración que certifique sus prácticas fraudulentas. Uno habría esperado Ubah para resaltar los detalles de la transacción comercial y la naturaleza de la controversia que se produjo para los nigerianos a comprender elementos de su caracterización en esta pieza despliegue dramático. La información obtenida de la SFIU detalló el hecho de la transacción comercial y están disponibles en pointblanknew.com.
Como nación, tratamos estos temas con frivolidad irritante que hace que la comunidad internacional duda nuestra seriedad a purgar el país de charlatanes. La gente sólo surgen de la nada con la afirmación de que no hay ninguna fuente de riqueza perceptible, y les concederá un lugar de honor en la sociedad. Esta práctica no sólo es ridículo, pero vergonzoso porque la sociedad se destruye a través de estas prácticas.
Los jóvenes toman estos individuos como modelos a seguir y aspirar a ser como ellos. Muy a menudo, estas aspiraciones impulsar a nuestros jóvenes hacia estas personas sin pasado envidiable y conseguir que instalado en un mundo de traición, crimen y fraude. Por esto, la nación se convierte en una estación de auto-generación de delincuentes, estafadores y saboteadores económicos y las administraciones posteriores se carga con la responsabilidad de limpiar el país de la tradición establecida por Fred horrible Ajudua, Nwude y Emmanuel Ikechukwu Anajemba ahora mantenido por Ifeanyi Ubah.
En serio, nombre Ubah de aparecer en la lista de los ladrones de subsidio a los combustibles es sólo uno de los numerosos casos de fraudes a su nombre. Este caso sólo ganó alistamiento en la agenda pública, debido a la resolución de la Comisión Presidencial para la verificación del pago de combustible Subvenciones y Reconciliación para servir diligentemente a la nación y la liberó de las garras del malvado estafadores ordeñar su seco de sus recursos. Más importante aún, la constitución del presidente Goodluck Ebele Jonathan de la comisión no sólo es un acto loable de liderazgo visionario y la determinación a la liberación económica de nuestra nación sufre, pero fuerte señal a la comunidad internacional sobre la determinación de este gobierno para llevar a Nigeria a la prometida Land.
El poder judicial ha dado cuenta de esto y el hecho de que Nigeria de hoy no tiene más que el petróleo como la principal fuente de ingresos, por lo que es un recurso nacional sagrado que ladronzuelos de cualquier condición social o el estado no se le permitirá jugar con. Esta comprensión, supongo, es la motivación para volcar el Tribunal de la fianza administrativa otorgada a él ya solicitud de visita diaria a la Unidad de Fraude Especial, Ikoyi.
Hasta aquí, el poder judicial ha actuado de manera impresionante y demostró un nivel encomiable de compromiso con el desarrollo nacional. Por mucho que uno habría pensado que la postura Ubah de estar por encima de las leyes del país tiene algunos significados, a los Jueces y Tribunales distintos implicados en su persecución y pista han demostrado que nadie está por encima de las leyes de la tierra.
La Unidad Especial contra el Fraude (SFU) también deben desplegar tácticas de investigación forense que les permitirán hacer un recorrido grande de los pícaros en su red y dejar que Nigeria avanzar. Ubah podría no ser el único en este acto de traición nacional, el sabotaje económico y la perfidia, pero la cantidad de su nombre y de la cadena de acusaciones en torno a su cuello le ha convertido en el hombre del momento, el hombre en el ojo de la tormenta. Ubah parece tener más preguntas que responder que otras.
Copiado: Sahara Reporters

$3M Bribery: Otedola Submits Video Evidence To Police

Oil magnate, Femi Otedola, yesterday, stoked his charge against embattled Rep. Farouk Lawan, by handing over to the police, audio and video evidence of how Lawan got the first installment of the bribe and how he demanded the balance.
Sources close to Otedola told Vanguard yesterday that besides submitting the video and audio evidence,he told Police investigators inAbuja how Farouk mounted pressure on him with a list of senior officials of the House who he claimed were to be settled with the bribe money.
Meanwhile political leaders from Lawan’s political base inKanohave disowned him.
The evolving scandal nonetheless, the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC waded in yesterday with an admonition that the bribery scandal should not in anyway distract from the process of implementing the recommendations originally reached by the Lawan committee.
Meantime, the House leadership was last night meeting on how to respond to the damaging revelations spewing from the scandal. Among the options as learnt is to bring forward the House resumption from the scheduled Tuesday, June 19, 2012.
Sources close to Lawan were still upbeat, yesterday, insisting that the Police was working on the call logs in its custody, with which they were expected to clear the embattled lawmaker.
Otedola, Chairman of Zenon Petroleum appeared before the Special Task Force constituted by the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar at precisely 10.55 a.m. yesterday. He told the panel headed by Commissioner of Police Ali Amodu that Lawan collected $500, 000 in cash and the Secretary of the committee, Boniface Emenalo collected $120, 000 in two installments of $20, 000 and $100, 000 respectively.
The video evidence
He produced a video recording of Lawan collecting the $500,000 in his residence and disclosed that the money in marked notes was provided by the SSS. He also disclosed that Lawan made “desperate” efforts to collect the balance of the money subsequently.
According to Otedola, Lawan said the money was to be distributed to other members of the House of Representatives who could help in suppressing the indictment of Otedola or his companies.
Otedola told the police that the persistent demands by Lawan for the balance of the bribe made on telephone were recorded in audio format. Both the audio and video recordings of the transactions were submitted yesterday.
A source privy to the developments disclosed: ”Farouk put pressure and kept on calling for the balance and when the pressure became unbearable, Otedola said that the two agreed that the balance should be flown in a chartered plane toAbuja. However, on the day the money was to come, Farouk said he would be in plenary and gave Otedola a name and phone number of somebody who would meet him for the money.”
Asked if the Police had recovered the money, a senior officer close to the investigation said yesterday: “First of all, the money was at no time handed over to the Inspector General of Police. Secondly, we have asked Hon. Lawan and the House to hand over the money to us and so far they have refused.
“We are told that the money will be kept as exhibit and only presented in a court of law. The question arising now is when has the House of Representatives become a security agency. What about the fear of tampering with the money, how do we guard against it if the money remains with the House?”
On what the next line of action would be if the House continues to hold on to the $620, 000, the source said, “The IGP who is the one investigating the scandal is currently on official assignment outside the FCT. As soon as he comes back, he will give us directives on what to do and we will take it from there”.
Otedola’s appearance before the Police yesterday was on his own volition Vanguard learnt yesterday. Sources close to him disclosed that Otedola went to the Police to give them the evidence of the alleged bribery following earlier denials put forth by Lawan.
Confusion trails Lawan’s documents
Meanwhile, confusion yesterday trailed the documents put forth by Lawan in which he claimed that he had written the leadership and the Chairman of the House Committee on Anti-Corruption, Adams Jagaba.
He first denounced the claim on Monday night, saying “there is no connection between my committee and the fuel probe committee and I was not given anything please thank you for calling to confirm from me.” Yesterday, he turned hostile as reporters sought clarifications from him.
”I have told you not to call me again on this matter; no comments,”Adamssaid.
Meanwhile shock and disappointment was evident in Lawan’s constituency in Shanono,Kanoyesterday as news of the scandal filtered among the people the embattled Lawan has represented since 1999.
Ali Katako, Commandant Bagwai unit of Askarawan Kwankwasiyya, a group associated with the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP noted that the development is self imposed, adding that ”the only regret we seem to be nursing now is that this development has put us on bad light”.
Similarly, the Bagwai PDP council chairman, Alhaji Inuwa Zangina Dangada on his part said “if in the end a prima facie is established against the lawmaker, he should be made to face the full wrath of the law.”
In Shanono Local Government, a stalwart of All Nigerian Peoples Party, Abubakar Usman, revealed that the lack of sympathy for the embattled legislator emanated from his own negligence.
“You only identify with someone that recognizes your existence but go round and find out whether anyone from this town appears to have shown concern on what has befallen a man they can legitimately claim to be one of them.”
He said that Lawan has not impacted on his people, and no traces of his developmental project in any of the two local Government councils that made up the Federal constituency.

Culled: Informationnigeria.org

 

‘Cassava bread will reduce cost of importation’

The Association of Small Scale Agro Producers in Nigeria(ASSAPIN) said on Tuesday that the Federal Government initiative in substituting wheat flour with cassava flour in bread making would reduce cost of importation.

Mr Joshua Mabinuori, the Association’s National Vice President, who stated this in an interview in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun, said the  initiative is a policy in  the right direction.
“We all know that the wheat we are using to produce bread is being imported into the country. So if we are substituting the imported wheat with the locally produced cassava, it means we are reducing the cost of importation.
“And as result of this, the money being spent on wheat importation will go into the pockets of the local cassava farmers rather than pockets of foreign farmers and this will eventually turn the economy around for good.
“Besides, it will also result to job creation because more people will be attracted to cassava farming due to readily available buyers.
“In all, the idea is a welcome development and we appreciate the government for this initiative and it shows that there is still hope for the small-scale farmers in the country.“
Mabinuori, however, criticised the government for not carrying small-scale farmers along before the bill for cassava in bread was sent to the National Assembly.
The ASSAPIN boss noted that small-scale farmers who are the direct beneficiaries of the bill were ignorant of the contents of the bill.
“ If government is talking about farmers need without getting in touch with the smal-scale farmers at the grassroots, then it is not the need of the farmers government is interested in.
“As good as the bill is, government failed to carry the farmers along and this should not be the case because without farmers involvement there is no how the initiative can be realised. But all the same we are in support of the bill.”
Mabinuori, however, appealed to the National Assembly to see to the speedy passage of the bill in the overall interest of the nation. (NAN)

Culled: Vanguardngr

 

Obasanjo will go to jail – Falana

Lagos lawyer, Femi Falana, has predicted that former President Olusegun Obasanjo will go to jail if the eight-year tenure of the latter is investigated.

Falana spoke on Tuesday at an event organised by Osun State civil society coalition in commemoration of June 12, 1993 presidential election.
He said, “If President Hosni Mubarak could go to jail and other corrupt leaders in Asia and North Africa, it is a pointer that former President Obasanjo will go to jail.”
Falana said Obasanjo was richer when he ended his presidential tenure than when he assumed presidency, stressing the need to probe the former helmsman.
He added that it was illegal for retired military rulers such as Gen Yakabu Gowon, Gen Ibrahim Babangida, and Gen Abubakar Abdulsalami, to attend the Council of State meetings.
An activist, Ayo Opadokun, who delivered a speech on, ‘Regionalism and Federalism: Panacea for Nigeria’s Underdevelopment’, advocated true federalism as a way out of Nigeria’s numerous problems.
Another activist, Bola Ilori, said Abiola should not be seen as a sectional leader.
A local government administrator, Dr. Oyebade Olowogboyega, delivered a paper entitled, ‘Conducting credible elections in Nigeria against the background of growing insecurity and corruption challenges’.
Olowogboyega called for the establishment of state police and stressed the need for an urgent amendment of the country’s constitution.
Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, called on the Federal Government to declare the result of the June 12, 1993 presidential election and pronounce Abiola the official winner.
Aregbesola said Abiola must be accorded post humous rights of an elected president, adding that it was in doing this that the late politician’s name would be immortalised.
Culled: 247nigerianewsupdate

 

A building collapsed in Abuja

A storey building, this morning, collapsed at Apo

Mechanic Village, a satellite town in the Federal
 Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.
As at the time of filing this story, 3 people were seriously injured.
According to the Head, Public Relations Unit of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mr Shuiab Yushau, the 3 victims have been taken to National Hospital, Abuja.
"Local volunteers assisted in rescued efforts," he said.

Borussia Dortmund slap £40M price-tag on Man Utd target Lewandowski

  Borussia Dortmund have slapped a £40 million price-tag on Robert Lewandowski.

The Daily Mail says Shinji Kagawa became United's first summer signing last week and Sir Alex Ferguson wrapped up the £4m arrival of Crewe youngster Nick Powell on Tuesday.
United are also keen to land Kagawa's former Dortmund team-mate Lewandowski. But the Bundesliga outfit rate the Poland international at £40m and insist they do not want to sell him.

Reds win midfielder race 

Icelandic midfielder Gylfi Sigurdsson is to meet with the new manager at Swansea and explain why he is joining Liverpool.
The Reds look to have won the race to sign the attacking midfielder who did so well under Brendan Rodgers at Swansea last season whilst on loan from Germany.

The Swans had wanted to take him on a permanent deal and that looked likely to happen if Rodgers had stayed in Wales but as soon as he moved to Anfield all bets were off and Sigurdsson changed his mind.

The midfielder wants to meet Swansea's new boss, expected to be former Denmark star Michael Laudrup, to explain why he has decided against completing a £6.8million move from Hoffenheim to Swansea and instead will go to Liverpool.

Source:Eatsleepsport

$620,000 Bribery Scandal: Lawan to be declared wanted

 Security Operatives may declare the House of Representatives Chairman Ad Hoc Committee on Fuel subsidy, Farouk Lawan wanted, if he failed to appear before a police Special Task Force (STF) panel, set up to investigate the allegation of bribe between him and an Oil businessman, Femi Otedola.

Already, the Zenon Oil chairman had visited the police committee where he explained what he knew about the $3million and how he allegedly gave $620,000 to Lawan.
A Security Source who spoke with “Daily Post” said that the Police investigating panel had been expecting Lawan sinceJune 7, to appeared before its panel, and explain his role on the bribery allegation, but refused to show up.
The Source added that, the Police Authority has reached out to leadership of the lower chamber to prevail on the alleged Lawmaker to appear before the panel and defend himself on the allegation before tomorrow or face the full wrath of the law.
“Lawan might be declared wanted if he does not honour police invitation, which has been pending since June 7. We have reached out to the leadership of the House of Representatives to prevail on Lawan to respect the Police.
“We will, however, give him up till Thursday to come for interaction with the STF or we will apply the law. Do not forget that we can either declare him wanted or secure a bench warrant from a court for his arrest” the Source said.

Source:Dailypost

“Tell Lawan to produce the exact dollars he collected from me,” – Otedola

 The Chairman, Zenon Oil, Mr. Femi Otedola yesterday said the House of Representatives Chairman, Ad Hoc Committee on fuel subsidy, Farouk Lawan must produce the exact dollars he allegedly collected from him.

According to the Oil magnate, who claimed to have informed the State Security Service (SSS) before the alleged transaction, said the dollars was already marked by the SSS before it was handed over to the embattled Lawmaker.
Otedola stated this, while he appeared before the police Special Task Force (STF) panel to explain how he allegedly gave a sum of $620,000 dollars to Lawan and what he knew about the $3million.
For a month now, the House of Representatives has been battling with allegation of bribe between Otedola, a close associate with President Goodluck Jonathan and the Chairman of fuel subsidy committee.
Otedola, who company’s name was listed among beneficiaries of fuel subsidy, allegedly claimed that the Chairman of the committee demanded for a sum of $3million from him in order to help him to save his company name from the subsidy mess.
Otedola was said to have believed that the committee’s report which was submitted to the president was bias and should not be adopted by the federal government.
Otedola met the STF, headed by  Commissioner of Police Ali Amodu, between 10am and 11am in Room I.D. 068 on the First Floor of the  Force Headquarters.
A police source who preferred anonymity said Otedola has tendered the video and audio evidence of the allegation – that Farouk blackmailed him into parting with the cash.
A source said: “The oil magnate walked in quietly this morning to make his statement and we obliged him. He wrote a lengthy statement and insisted that the $3million bribe was demanded from him by Lawan. He told us clearly that he has evidence to back up his allegation.
“He also explained how he gave out $600,000 to the affected member of the House and why he chose to play along.”
Responding to a question, the source said: “For now, we only took Otedola’s statement. We need to get the statement from the other side(Lawan).

Source:Dailypost

Femi Otedola vs Farouk Lawan: The Allegations & Counter-Allegations of the $620,000 Bribery Scandal

 

Farouk Lawan & Femi Otedola

It is one thing to deny collecting a bribe. It sort of puts one in the clear, at least until proven guilty. But it is an entirely different thing to reiterate such statement later on saying you actually collected the bribe just to expose the ‘giver’ of the bribe.

Such is the nature of the controversy currently raging between the Chairman of the House of Representatives’ ad hoc committee that probed the fuel subsidy regime, Hon. Farouk Lawan, and the Chairman of Zenon Oil and Gas, Mr. Femi Otedola.
In an earlier testimony, Hon. Lawan denied collecting a $620,000 fuel subsidy bribe from Mr. Otedola.
In response to news reports circulating on the alleged bribe, Hon. Lawan, initially issued a statement denying his involvement in the scam.
My attention has been drawn to several newspapers and internet stories alleging that a prominent member of the House Adhoc Committee on Petroleum subsidy demanded and received the sum of $600,000.00 as bribe from an oil marketer.
I wish to categorically deny that I or any member of the committee demanded and received any bribe from anybody in connection with the fuel subsidy probe and I believe this is evident from the thorough and in depth manner the investigation was carried out and the all-encompassing recommendations produced therefrom as approved by the whole House.
He went on to say that the allegations were in an attempt to discredit the Fuel Subsidy report and divert the attention of the public from the real issues of large scale.
Barely 24 hours later, he reversed his earlier statement and admitted that he collected $620,000 from Mr. Otedola to doctor the panel’s report. He told journalists that he collected the money after Otedola approached him, adding that he informed the police and his colleagues about it.
Otedola, on his part, has agreed offering the money to Lawan; adding that it was part of a sting operation initiated by security agencies after he had reported that the committee demanded $3 million from him not to list his companies as part of those indicted in the report.
Otedola had alleged that the lawmaker pressed him for a bribe to remove his firm from the list of companies indicted by his committee for oil subsidy fraud. He said the request compelled him to involve security agencies in a sting to catch Lawan.
The Otedola-security agents’ collaboration was said to have led to a video recording of Lawan receiving a $500,000 bribe with a promise to remove Otedola’s company’s name from the list. The Clerk of the Lawal-led panel, Boniface Emenalo, also received $100,000 as part of the $3m allegedly negotiated with Otedola by Lawan.
In the latest development, Mr. Otedola appeared before the Police Special Task Force in Abuja yesterday to brief investigators on his own side of the story. He reportedly spent about an hour answering questions from detectives in the Special Task force team headed by Commissioner of Police Ali Ahmadu.
The police had invited Lawan but the lawmaker did not honour the invitation to appear before the panel on Tuesday.
However, media reports claim that a police source has established that Mr. Lawan initiated the contact with Mr. Otedola and demanded a bribe in exchange for removing two of Otedola’s firms from adverse reports that would beam an investigative searchlight on the theft of hundreds of millions of dollars in oil subsidy funds.
The police also confirmed that the SSS worked with Mr. Otedola to videotape the bribe and also snooped on several phone conversation between the Zenon executive and the legislator.
Police sources said that they believed Mr. Lawan contacted them to report that he was in possession of bribe money only after he realized that the currencies were marked.
Following Otedola’s statement, the Police authorities, have tagged Lawan as the ‘prime suspect’ in their investigations and are expected to make their move anytime soon.
Otedola said he can’t be accused of being a bribe giver because the money in question was handed to him in its entirety by the State Security Service (SSS).
This latest corruption saga has drawn the attention away from the initial fuel subsidy probe. However, Nigerians and indeed, the international community are eagerly watching to see what would be the outcome of this.

Source: Bellanaija

Mourinho tells Real Madrid: Get me Maicon

 Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho wants a reunion with Inter Milan fullback Douglas Maicon.

Marca says Mourinho is convinced at 31, Maicon still has plenty to offer and can be the solution to his right-back problem next season.

Maicon's management say he's ready to move on and now Mourinho is actively discussing his signing with Real president Florentino Perez.

Real hope to do business for around €5 million.

Music and message

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Jos suicide bomber posed as church member

Richard Jonah, a witness at today’s bombing of God Chosen Church in Jos, the central Nigerian state of Plateau, said the bomber entered through the church gate after deceiving the security personnel that he was a member coming for service.

Jonah said the suicide bomber, who drove a Volkswagen Golf saloon car, posed as a member of the church and was admitted to the premises by the security personnel.
“But immediately he entered into the premises, he drove straight into the church building and hit the structure with the bomb-laden vehicle while the second service was still going on,’’ he said.
The explosion brought down the entire church building, destroying chairs, tables and musical instruments as well as cars and motorcycles.
Officials say the number of casualties in the suicide bomb attack on the church at Rukuba Road, Jos, has not been determined.
However, witnesses said many persons, including the suicide bomber, died.
Mr Manasseh Pampe, a senior official of Red Cross Society in Plateau, said it was difficult to ascertain the figure as yet.
Pampe said that many of the victims had been taken to various medical centres in the town.
Many severely burnt people and other victims were being rushed to Bingham Teaching Hospital, Jos University Teaching Hospital and Plateau Specialist Hospital, Jos.
The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abu Emmanuel, confirmed the incident but said that the casualty figure was still being collated.
“We are still moving from place to place. Please give us some time,’’ Emmanuel told NAN.
An official of National Emergency Management Agency official, Mr Tajudeen Olanrewaju, also declined to be specific about the casualty figure.
“As you can see, we are still evacuating those injured to hospitals. For now, we cannot give you any clear figure,’’ he said

Malawi 1 – 1 Nigeria

 The Super Eagles and the Flames of Malawi played out a 1-1 draw in Blantyre on Saturday in a Day 2 qualifier for the 2014 World Cup. Home-based midfielder, Gabriel Reuben put Nigeria ahead with a header in the 90th minute but John Banda equalised for the home side with two minutes of additional time.

After some hostile reception from Malawian football fans in Blantyre on Friday, the Eagles under Stephen Keshi drew but should have won the match again late as they did against Namibia last Sunday in Calabar when Ikechukwu Uche scored in the 80th minute after the team had missed a raft of goal scoring chances.
The match was be played at the 25,000-capacity Kamuzu Banda Stadium in Blantyre and it was a sea of red colour. The Flames started the brighter and Eagles captain and goalkeeper, Vincent Enyeama made a save off Nyondo in the tenth minute to keep the match scoreless.
Victor Moses almost scored his first goal for the Eagles on 33 minutes but the Malawian goalkeeper Simplex Nthara , who made a fine save and at the time the Super Eagles were putting on the pressure in search of the first goal.
In the 39th minute, Ikechukwu Uche was denied in a one-on-one situation but the Flames were saved again by goalkeeper Nthara but the Eagles get a corner kick.
First half ended 0-0 and the second half saw the Nigerian team push hard for a goal but the Flames were resolute in their defensive display backed up by Nthara. Efe Ambrose got the first yellow card of the match in the 80th minute.
Nigeria scored late and will have thought they were coming home with the three points until Banda saved Kinnah Phiri’s blushes with a last minute equaliser on the Kamuzu Banda pitch.

From=Dailytimesng

Jos bomb: Death toll rises

 At least ten persons, among whom is a suicide bomber, have been confirmed killed in Sunday morning’s bomb blast near Christ Chosen Church in Jos, Plateau State.

Three of the victims are known to have died in the blast, while the others were in a reprisal attack by enraged youths of the area.
According to the director, nursing services at Bingham University Teaching Hospital (BUTH), Mrs. Maria Goni, 51 injured persons were brought to the hospital, and two who remained in critical conditions were referred to the Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH).
At BUTH, one of the recuperating victims was Mercy Francis, 45, who was suffering the additional pain of not knowing the whereabouts of her daughter. Blessing Francis, 6, said they were in the church when they saw a vehicle coming in on top speed. They erroneously thought the vehicle was bearing on one of the parishioners, but just as the officiating pastor asked them to be seated, they were overwhelmed by the blast, which brought the building down on them. The pastor was one of those in critical condition, and was also referred to JUTH.
An eye witness reported that the suicide bomber arrived the scene in a Toyota Corolla saloon car, and drove a little beyond the road leading to the church before reversing and speeding directly towards the church gate and ramming into the gate to ignite the explosion.

Although the explosion ruined the church building, no death was recorded at the scene, and those who sustained various degrees of injuries did so from the collapse of the building.

Culled from Dailytimesng

Obodo Rescued

Super eagles midfielder, Christian Obodo was on sunday set free from the hands of dare devil kidnappers a day after he was kidnapped.
His abductors had demanded 150,000 euro from his family in Warri as a ransom.
The spokesman of the delta state police, Mr Charlse Muka said policemen freed Obodo and arrested some of the suspected kidnappers.

Final Euro 2012 squads

 Here are the final 23-man squads of the 16 teams competing in the European championships in Poland and Ukraine:

Group A
Czech Republic
Goalkeepers: Petr Cech (Chelsea/ENG), Jan Lastuvka (Dnepropetrovsk/UKR), Jaroslav Drobny (Hamburg/GER)
Defenders: Frantisek Rajtoral (Plzen), Roman Hubnik (Hertha/GER), Tomas Sivok (Besiktas/TUR), Michal Kadlec (Leverkusen/GER), Theodor Gebre Selassie (Liberec), David Limbersky (Plzen), Marek Suchy (Spartak Moscow/RUS)
Midfielders: Tomas Rosicky (Arsenal/ENG), Jaroslav Plasil (Bordeaux/FRA), Jan Rezek (Famagusta/CYP), Daniel Kolar (Plzen), Vladimir Darida (Plzen), Petr Jiracek (Wolfsburg/GER), Milan Petrzela (Plzen), Vaclav Pilar (Plzen), Tomas Hubschman (Donetsk/UKR)
Forwards: Milan Baros (Galatasaray/TUR), David Lafata (Jablonec), Tomas Pekhart (Nuremberg/GER), Tomas Necid (CSKA Moscow/RUS)
Greece
Goalkeepers: Costas Chalkias (PAOK), Michalis Sifakis (Aris), Alexandros Tzorvas (Palermo/ITA)
Defenders: Vasilis Torosidis (Olympiakos), Avraam Papadopoulos (Olympiakos), Kyriakos Papadopoulos (Schalke/GER), Stelios Malezas (PAOK), Jose Holebas (Olympiakos), Giorgos Tzavellas (Monaco/FRA), Sokratis Papastathopoulos (Werder Bremen/GER)
Midfielders: Grigoris Makos (AEK), Giannis Maniatis (Olympiakos), Kostas Katsouranis (Panathinaikos), Giorgos Karagounis (Panathinaikos), Giorgos Fotakis (PAOK), Kostas Fortounis (Kaiserslautern/GER), Sotiris Ninis (Panathinaikos), Giannis Fetfatzidis (Olympiakos)
Forwards: Giorgos Samaras (Celtic/SCO), Dimitris Salpigidis (PAOK), Fanis Gekas (Samsunspor/TUR), Nikos Limberopoulos (AEK), Kostas Mitroglou (Atromitos)
Poland
Goalkeepers: Wojciech Szczesny (Arsenal/ENG), Przemyslaw Tyton (PSV Eindhoven/NED), Grzegorz Sandomierski (Genk/BEL)
Defenders: Sebastian Boenisch (Werder Bremen/GER), Marcin Kaminski (Lech Poznan), Damien Perquis (Sochaux/FRA), Lukasz Piszczek (Borussia Dortmund/GER), Marcin Wasilewski (Anderlecht/BEL), Jakub Wawrzyniak (Legia Warsaw), Grzegorz Wojtkowiak (Lech Poznan)
Midfielders: Kuba Blaszczykowski (Borussia Dortmund/GER), Dariusz Dudka (Auxerre/FRA), Kamil Grosicki (Sivasspor/TUR), Adam Matuszczyk (Fortuna Duesseldorf/GER), Adrian Mierzejewski (Trabzonspor/TUR), Rafal Murawski (Lech Poznan), Ludovic Obraniak (Bordeaux/FRA), Eugen Polanski (Mainz/GER), Maciej Rybus (Terek Grozny/RUS), Rafal Wolski (Legia Warsaw)
Forwards: Pawel Brozek (Celtic/SCO), Robert Lewandowski (Borussia Dortmund/GER), Artur Sobiech (Hannover 96/GER)
Russia
Goalkeepers: Igor Akinfeyev (CSKA Moscow), Vyacheslav Malafeyev (Zenit St Petersburg), Anton Shinin (Dynamo Moscow)
Defenders: Alexander Anyukov (Zenit St Petersburg), Alexei Berezutsky, Sergei Ignashevich, Kirill Nababkin (all CSKA Moscow), Vladimir Granat (Dynamo Moscow), Yury Zhirkov (Anzhi Makhachkala), Dmitry Kombarov (Spartak Moscow), Roman Sharonov (Rubin Kazan)
Midfielders: Igor Denisov, Roman Shirokov, Konstantin Zyryanov (all Zenit St Petersburg), Denis Glushakov (Lokomotiv Moscow), Igor Semshov (Dynamo Moscow), Alan Dzagoyev (CSKA Moscow), Marat Izmailov (Sporting/POR)
Forwards: Andrei Arshavin, Alexander Kerzhakov (both Zenit St Petersburg), Alexander Kokorin (Dynamo Moscow), Roman Pavlyuchenko (Lokomotiv Moscow), Pavel Pogrebnyak (Fulham/ENG)
Group B
Denmark:
Goalkeepers: Kasper Schmeichel (Leicester City/ENG), Stephan Andersen (Evian/FRA), Anders Lindegaard (Manchester United/ENG).
Defenders: Lars Jacobsen (FC Copenhagen), Simon Busk Poulsen (AZ Alkmaar/NED), Daniel Wass (Evian/FRA), Simon Kjaer (AS Roma/ITA), Daniel Agger (Liverpool/ENG), Andreas Bjelland (FC Nordsjaelland).
Midfielders: Michael Silberbauer (Young Boys Berne/SUI), William Kvist (VfB Stuttgart/GER), Christian Poulsen (Evian/FRA), Niki Zimling (Bruges/BEL), Jakob Poulsen (FC Midtjylland), Lasse Schone (NEC Nijmegen/NED), Christian Eriksen (Ajax/NED), Thomas Kahlenberg (Evian/FRA).
Forwards: Dennis Rommedahl (Brondby), Michael Krohn-Dehli (Brondby), Nicklas Bendtner (Sunderland/ENG), Tobias P. Mikkelsen (FC Nordsjaelland)
Germany
Goalkeepers: Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich), Tim Wiese (Werder Bremen), Ron-Robert Zieler (Hanover)
Defenders: Holger Badstuber (Bayern Munich), Jerome Boateng (Bayern Munich), Benedikt Hoewedes (Schalke 04), Mats Hummels (Borussia Dortmund), Philipp Lahm (Bayern Munich), Marcel Schmelzer (Borussia Dortmund), Per Mertesacker (Arsenal/ENG)
Midfielders: Lars Bender (Bayer Leverkusen), Toni Kroos (Bayern Munich), Thomas Mueller (Bayern Munich), Mesut Oezil (Real Madrid/ESP), Andre Schuerrle (Bayer Leverkusen), Sami Khedira (Real Madrid/ESP), Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich), Mario Goetze (Borussia Dortmund), Ilkay Guendogan (Borussia Dortmund)
Forwards: Mario Gomez (Bayern Munich), Miroslav Klose (Lazio/ITA), Lukas Podolski (Arsenal/ENG), Marco Reus (Borussia Moenchengladbach)
Netherlands
Goalkeepers: Tim Krul (Newcastle United/ENG), Maarten Stekelenburg (AS Roma/ITA), Michel Vorm (Swansea City/ENG)
Defenders: Khalid Boulahrouz (VfB Stuttgart/GER), Wilfred Bouma (PSV Eindhoven), John Heitinga (Everton/ENG), Joris Mathijsen (Malaga/ESP), Ron Vlaar (Feyenoord), Gregory van der Wiel (Ajax), Jetro Willems (PSV)
Midfielders: Mark van Bommel (AC Milan/ITA), Nigel de Jong (Manchester City/ENG), Stijn Schaars (Sporting Lisbon/POR), Wesley Sneijder (Inter Milan/ITA), Kevin Strootman (PSV Eindhoven), Rafael van der Vaart (Tottenham Hotspur/ENG)
Forwards: Ibrahim Afellay (Barcelona/ESP), Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (Schalke 04/GER), Luuk de Jong (FC Twente), Dirk Kuyt (Liverpool/ENG), Luciano Narsingh (SC Heerenveen), Robin van Persie (Arsenal/ENG), Arjen Robben (Bayern Munich/GER)
Portugal
Goalkeepers: Rui Patricio (Sporting Lisbon), Eduardo (Benfica), Beto (CFR-Cluj/ROM)
Defenders: Bruno Alves (Zenit Saint-Petersburg/RUS), Fabio Coentrao (Real Madrid/ESP), Joao Pereira (Sporting Lisbon), Pepe (Real Madrid/ESP), Ricardo Costa (Valencia/ESP), Rolando (FC Porto), Miguel Lopes (Sporting Braga)
Midfielders: Carlos Martins (Granada/ESP), Joao Moutinho (FC Porto), Custodio (Sporting Braga), Miguel Veloso (Genoa/ITA), Raul Meireles (Chelsea/ENG), Ruben Micael (Real Zaragoza/ESP)
Forwards: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid/ESP), Hugo Almeida (Besiktas/TUR), Helder Postiga (Real Zaragoza/ESP), Nani (Manchester United/ENG), Nelson Oliveira (Benfica), Ricardo Quaresma (Besiktas/TUR), Silvestre Varela (FC Porto)
Group C
Croatia
Goalkeepers: Stipe Pletikosa (Rostov/RUS), Danijel Subasic (Monaco/FRA), Ivan Kelava (Dinamo Zagreb)
Defenders: Vedran Corluka (Bayer Leverkusen/GER), Jurica Buljat (Maccabi Haifa/ISR), Domagoj Vida (Dinamo Zagreb), Josip Simunic (Dinamo Zagreb), Ivan Strinic (Dnepropetrovsk/UKR), Gordon Schildenfeld (Eintracht Frankfurt/GER)
Midfielders: Danijel Pranjic (Bayern Munich/GER), Tomislav Dujmovic (Real Zaragoza/ESP), Niko Kranjcar (Tottenham/ENG), Luka Modric (Tottenham/ENG), Milan Badelj (Dinamo Zagreb), Darijo Srna (Shakhtar Donetsk/UKR), Ivo Ilicevic (Hamburg/GER), Ivan Perisic (Borussia Dortmund/GER), Ognjen Vukojevic (Dynamo Kiev/UKR), Ivan Rakitic (Sevilla/ESP)
Strikers: Mario Mandzukic (Wolfsburg/GER), Ivica Olic (Bayern Munich/GER), Eduardo da Silva (Shakhtar Donetsk/UKR), Nikica Jelavic (Everton/ENG)
Ireland
Goalkeepers: Shay Given (Aston Villa), Keiren Westwood (Sunderland), David Forde (Millwall)
Defenders: John O'Shea (Sunderland), Richard Dunne (Aston Villa), Sean St Ledger (Leicester City), Stephen Ward (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Paul McShane (Hull City), Stephen Kelly (Fulham), Darren O'Dea (Celtic)
Midfielders: Keith Andrews (West Bromwich Albion), Glenn Whelan (Stoke City), Darron Gibson (Everton), Damien Duff (Fulham), Aiden McGeady (Spartak Moscow), Stephen Hunt (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Paul Green (Derby County) James McClean (Sunderland)
Forwards: Robbie Keane (LA Galaxy), Kevin Doyle (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Simon Cox (West Bromwich Albion), Jonathan Walters (Stoke City), Shane Long (West Bromwich Albion)
Italy
Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus), Salvatore Sirigu (Paris Saint-Germain/FRA), Morgan De Sanctis (Napoli)
Defenders: Cristian Maggio (Napoli), Ignazio Abate (AC Milan), Federico Balzaretti (Palermo), Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus), Andrea Barzagli (Juventus), Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus), Angelo Ogbonna (Torino)
Midfielders: Andrea Pirlo (Juventus), Claudio Marchisio (Juventus), Emanuele Giaccherini (Juventus), Daniele De Rossi (Roma), Thiago Motta (Paris Saint-Germain/FRA), Antonio Nocerino (AC Milan), Riccardo Montolivo (Fiorentina), Alessandro Diamanti (Bologna)
Strikers: Antonio Cassano (AC Milan), Mario Balotelli (Manchester City/ENG), Sebastian Giovinco (Parma), Antonio Di Natale (Udinese), Fabio Borini (Roma)
Spain
Goalkeepers: Iker Casillas (Real Madrid), Jose Reina (Liverpool/ENG), Victor Valdes (Barcelona).
Defenders: Juanfran (Atletico Madrid), Alvaro Arbeloa, Raul Albiol, Sergio Ramos (all Real Madrid), Jordi Alba (Valencia), Gerard Pique (Barcelona), Javi Martinez (Athletic Bilbao).
Midfielders: Xabi Alonso (Real Madrid), Santi Cazorla (Malaga), Xavi Hernandez, Cesc Fabregas, Andres Iniesta, Sergio Busquets (all Barcelona).
Forwards: David Silva (Manchester City/ENG), Jesus Navas, Alvaro Negredo (both Sevilla), Fernando Torres, Juan Mata (both Chelsea/ENG), Pedro (Barcelona), Fernando Llorente (Athletic Bilbao)
Group D
England
Goalkeepers: Joe Hart (Man City), Rob Green (West Ham), Jack Butland (Birmingham)
Defenders: Glen Johnson (Liverpool), Phil Jones (Man United), John Terry (Chelsea), Joleon Lescott (Man City), Gary Cahill (Chelsea), Ashley Cole (Chelsea), Leighton Baines (Everton), Phil Jagielka (Everton)
Midfielders: Theo Walcott (Arsenal), Stewart Downing (Liverpool), Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Arsenal), Steven Gerrard (Liverpool), Frank Lampard (Chelsea), Scott Parker (Tottenham), Ashley Young (Man United), James Milner (Man City)
Forwards: Wayne Rooney (Man United), Danny Welbeck (Man United), Andy Carroll (Liverpool), Jermain Defoe (Tottenham)
France
Goalkeepers: Cedric Carrasso (Bordeaux), Hugo Lloris (Lyon), Steve Mandanda (Marseille)
Defenders: Gael Clichy (Manchester City/ENG), Mathieu Debuchy (Lille), Patrice Evra (Manchester United/ENG), Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal/ENG), Philippe Mexes (AC Milan/ITA), Adil Rami (Valencia/ESP), Anthony Reveillere (Lyon)
Midfielders: Yohan Cabaye (Newcastle United/ENG), Alou Diarra (Marseille), Florent Malouda (Chelsea/ENG), Marvin Martin (Sochaux), Blaise Matuidi (Paris Saint-Germain), Yann M'vila (Rennes), Samir Nasri (Manchester City/ENG)
Forwards: Hatem Ben Arfa (Newcastle United/ENG), Karim Benzema (Real Madrid/ESP), Olivier Giroud (Montpellier), Jeremy Menez (Paris Saint-Germain), Franck Ribery (Bayern Munich/GER), Mathieu Valbuena (Marseille)
Sweden
Goalkeepers: Andreas Isaksson (PSV Eindhoven/NED), Johan Wiland (FC Copenhagen/DEN), Par Hansson (Helsingborg)
Defenders: Mikael Antonsson (Bologna/ITA), Andreas Granqvist (Genoa/ITA), Mikael Lustig (Celtic/SCO), Olof Mellberg (Olympiakos/GRE), Jonas Olsson (West Bromwich Albion/ENG), Martin Olsson (Blackburn Rovers/ENG), Behrang Safari (Anderlecht/BEL)
Midfielders: Emir Bajrami (Twente/NED), Rasmus Elm (AZ Alkmaar/NED), Samuel Holmen (Istanbul BB/TUR), Kim Kallstrom (Lyon/FRA), Sebastian Larsson (Sunderland/ENG), Anders Svensson (IF Elfsborg), Pontus Wernbloom (CSKA Moscow/RUS), Christian Wilhelmsson (Al-Hilal/KSA)
Forwards: Zlatan Ibrahimovic (AC Milan/ITA), Johan Elmander (Galatasaray/TUR), Tobias Hysen (Gothenburg), Ola Toivonen (PSV Eindhoven/NED), Marcus Rosenberg (Werder Bremen/GER)
Ukraine
Goalkeepers: Andrei Pyatov (Shakhtar Donetsk), Alexander Goryainov (Metalist Kharkiv), Maxim Koval (Dynamo Kiev)
Defenders: Taras Mykhalik, Yevgeny Khacheridi (both Dynamo Kiev), Yaroslav Rakytsky, Alexander Kucher, Vyacheslav Shevchuk (all Shakhtar Donetsk), Yevgeny Selin (Vorskla Poltava), Bogdan Butko (Mariupol)
Midfielders: Anatoly Tymoshchuk (Bayern/GER), Oleg Gusev, Denis Garmash, Alexander Aliev, Andrei Yarmolenko (all Dynamo Kiev), Ruslan Rotan, Yevgeny Konoplyanka (both Dnepropetrovsk), Sergei Nazarenko (Tavria Simferopol)
Forwards: Andrei Shevchenko, Artem Milevsky (both Dynamo Kiev), Andrei Voronin (Dynamo Moscow/RUS), Yevgeny Seleznov, Marko Devic (both Shakhtar Donetsk)

Comedian, Actor, Musician, Entrepreneur & Now TV Host! Nigerian Humorist Julius Agwu to Launch TV Show “Jokes Apart” Soon

 

Comedian of the Federal Republic of Nigeria – Julius Agwu is one man who isn’t shy of trying out new career options. The musi-comedian has announced that he will be launching his TV show “Jokes Apart” which is billed to air in a couple of weeks.

According to his rep, Jokes Apart with Julius Agwu will be a satirical thrust on political, social, cultural and economical issues across Nigeria, Africa and the World. We will treat topical issues in a didactic but humorous way so that all viewers can be entertained and still get the message we are passing.

Bishop Oyedepo Denies Slapping Church Member, Says He Cannot Be Sued-PREMIUM TIMES

 "We submit that slapping being an act of assault an item outside the provisions of Chapter 4 of the 1999 constitution and the African Charter, this court therefore lacks jurisdiction over same."

The multi billionaire founder of the Living Faith Christian Church International, Bishop David Oyedepo, has denied slapping a young member of his congregation; stating that neither he nor his church could be sued.
In a notice of preliminary objection filed at the High Court of Ogun State and made available to PREMIUM TIMES; Bishop Oyedepo maintained that he and his church are "non juristic persons" and therefore asked the court to strike out the suit as it lacked jurisdiction to adjudicate on the matter.
Robert Igbinedion, a Lagos based lawyer, had in April, filed a suit on behalf of the young lady, who was slapped during a church service, for the enforcement of the lady's fundamental rights to freedom from inhuman and degrading treatment, human dignity, fair hearing, and freedom from discrimination.
Mr. Igbinedion prayed the court to award the sum of N2bn as 'general and exemplary damages' against the bishop as well as compel him to publish a public apology in two national dailies and one international satellite television.
In a counter affidavit deposed by Olugbenga Adegboye, the church's senior legal officer, Bishop Oyedepo stated that "his ministry is a ministry where the holy bible is preached and people are prayed for without coercion."
The church also said that there is no record of anyone called Miss Justice - a sobriquet given to the young lady for the purpose of the suit - in any of its services organized in the past.
A written address to support the preliminary objection signed by F. B Agbanwu, the church's Solicitor, insisted that the matter is not within the Nigeria constitution or the African Charter on Human and People's Rights.
Furthermore, the church urged the court to determine whether Mr. Igbinedion is capable of "bringing this kind of application" before it and whether "it is proper to bring this application against the 1st and 2nd respondents (Bishop Oyedepo and his church respectively).
Arguing that both Mr. Igbinedion and the respondents cannot sue and be sued, Bishop Oyedepo's lawyers noted that the cause of action must centre on clear infringement of a fundamental right.
"The cause of action or principal claim in this application centres merely on slapping one Miss Justice by the 1st respondent.
"The slapping of Miss Justice is an act that could be described as an assault which is a criminal offence punishable under the criminal code...
"We submit that slapping being an act of assault an item outside the provisions of Chapter 4 of the 1999 constitution and the African Charter, this court therefore lacks jurisdiction over same."
The court sits, June 1, for parties to adopt their motion before judgment is fixed.
In December last year, a YouTube video of Bishop Oyedepo viciously slapping a young lady who admitted that she was "a witch for Jesus" during an altar call went viral on the internet.
A second video that surfaced days later showed the bishop justifying his action adding that it is "his ministry to slap" and that "if he sees another witch, he'll slap."

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Gunmen Shoot, Injure Police Officer In Kano

25/05/2012

 Unknown gunmen have struck again in Kano, attacking a police patrol late yesterday evening, .  

Police sources said one officer was critically injured when the militants shot at the patrol team on Court Road near the Teaching Hospital in the city.

Bankole’s EFCC trial case continues today 

The trial of former Speaker of the House of Representatives Dimeji Bankole will continue today before an Abuja Federal High Court. Bankole was charged on 16 counts of contract fraud proffered against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

He pleaded not guilty to all counts. Justice Donatus Okorowo had at the last sitting warned prosecuting counsel in the matter to handle the case promptly and in line with the rules of court.
He gave the warning after counsel to the EFCC, Oghenovo Otemu, who stood in for Festus Keyamo, asked for an adjournment to enable them assembles their witnesses.
Okorowo, who said it is not in the interest of justice for prosecution to hold the case for too long, also warned that he will not tolerate incessant adjournments.
He advised the EFCC counsels to discuss with their client so they can prosecute the matter properly.

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Road accidents reduced in Q1 - FRSC Kaduna

162 persons died while 975 were injured in the zone

 

One hundred and sixty-two persons died while 975 others were injured in various road accidents in the first quarter of the year 2012 in Kaduna.
This statistics was announced by the Zonal Commanding Officer of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Samuel Obayemi, in Kaduna on Sunday after decorating four officers who were promoted to their next ranks in the zone.
Obayemi said that the analysis of accident statistics in the first quarter of the year, showed that 119 cases were recorded, as against 281 during the same period last year.
He said that the positive result was realised in spite of the various challenges of logistics and inadequate public awareness faced by the zonal command.
"The number of persons injured dropped from 1,996 in the first quarter of 2011 to 975 in the same period this year, showing a decrease of 1,021 or 51.2 per cent, while the number of vehicles involved in accident dropped reasonably within the period."
He listed other challenges facing the zone as the inability of the command to fully enforce the use of crash helmets by motorcyclists and over speeding by some segment of unregistered road transport workers.
The zonal commander appealed to the government to deploy more operational vehicles to the zone for effective patrol of the major roads.
The four officers who were decorated included the Deputy Corps Commander (DCC), Shehu Usman, who was promoted to Corps Commander (CC) and posted to Yobe as Sector Commander.
David Sayi, who was a Deputy Corps Commander, was made Corps Commander and posted to Kebbi as a Sector Commander, while Deputy Corps Commander Aliyu Umar, now Corps Commander, was posted to Jigawa as a Sector Commander.
Similarly, Macharch Jatau, who was Assistant Corp Commander, was elevated to Deputy Corps Commander and RS1 Kaduna Sector Head of Administration and Human Resources.
Obayemi, who was the Acting Commanding Officer of the Zone, was redeployed to the FRSC headquarters as Head of Command Administration and Strategy Operation Department.
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NLC Warns FG against total removal of subsidy

 The Chairman of the Nigerian Labour Congress in Kwara State, The Kwara State,  Mr. Faruk Akanbi and his Trade Union Congress counterpart, Mr. Israel Adebisi; as well as  the Chairman, Nigerian Bar Association, Ilorin chapter, Mr. Rafiu Balogun have unanimously reacted to the ongoing rumour that the FG may soon increase fuel price.

Their reaction was a total rejection of a complete removal of fuel subsidy when Nigerians are already facing difficulties as a result of the initial increment

In an interview with journalist today, Akanbi gave reasons why fuel price cannot be increased at the moment, he said  “Whatever is the decision of the NLC at the headquarters, that decision is binding on NLC in Kwara State. We also do not subscribe to removal of total subsidy because it will create more problems for Nigerians. We want to enjoin Nigerians to do everything lawful that will make the Federal Government see reasons why it must not add to the pains of Nigerians.”

“You know we said we suspended the strike, if they do it again, we will go back on strike. We will support whatever measure or decision our national body takes,” Adebisi said.

Balogun who warned the Federal against any further increment, stated that no increment woukd be possible until the rot in the oil industry is tackled in the most professional way.
According to him, “If the rumour of another increase in pump price of fuel is anything to go by, then our government is ill advised. What should be of paramount importance to government is the consideration and implementation of Faruq Lawan Committee’s report on fuel subsidy.”

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NDLEA arrests two female drug traffickers

 Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Monday arrested two female passengers for drug trafficking.
The arrests were made at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos.

The suspects are Onuoha Faith, a 24- year old hair stylist and Animashaun Sulikiatu Bisola Sunbo, a 25- year old London-based fashion designer.

Onuoha was caught with one kilogramme of methamphetamine hidden in her brazier and inner wear.

The second suspect, Animashaun was found in possession of three kilogrammes of cocaine, concealed inside packs of chocolates.

The Airport Commander of NDLEA, Mr. Hamza Umar, revealed that Onuoha was detected with the assistance of Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria.

“I must commend the officials of FAAN for their support and cooperation. Onuoha wanted to take a local flight to Abuja where she will connect another flight to Malaysia but was caught at the local wing of the airport.

“She packed 750 grammes of methamphetamine on her brazier and inner wear while 250 grammes were also ingested by her.

“Animasaun was arrested during screening of passengers on a British Airways flight to London. 30 sachets of cocaine weighing three kilogrammes were found inside two chocolates containers in her bag,” Hamza stated.

Animasaun told narcotic investigators that she was lured into the drug deal, saying her involvement was a big mistake.

“This was a very big mistake on my part. I hope I will be given the opportunity to right my wrongs. They promised me 3,000 pounds to take the packs of chocolates. Apart from the financial inducement, I should have resisted the temptation. It is a mistake that will never happen again,” she lamented.

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