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The Ondo State government has denied a statement credited the All progressive Congress in the state that it has collected N82b from the Federal government being money owed it on the Paris club deductions. Putting a lie to the report in a statement issued in Akure on Monday, the state's Commissioner for Information, Mr Kayode Akinmade said its most unfortunate that such falsehood is  coming from the  people that want to form  government in the state. He said the statement credited to a failed gubernatorial aspirant in the state, Hon. Victor Olabimtan is a deliberate falsehood to incite the people against the government , adding that such  falsehood could only have come from a corrupt and  hallucinating  mind looking for where to offload its frustrations.He said Olabimtan, being an APC member should be conversant with the activities of the Federal government hence, should be able to report accurately, activities of the same government without misleading the public. Setting t

November 27, 2016 Following the results of the Ondo Governorship election announced so far by the Independent National Electoral Commission on Sunday, The Punch can report that Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu of the All Progressives Congress is the new governor-elect. INEC has announced 17 of the 18 Local Government Areas in the state, with Akeredolu winning 14 local governments, the Peoples Democratic Party led in two LGAs while the Alliance for Democracy won in one local government. The result still being awaited is from Ilaje local governments. The Returning officer announced that the results are still being compiled. The Chief Returning Officer, Prof. A. Ambali, announced a break and said they will reconvene at 11 am. Released results APC 4, 253, PDP 7,313 in Ondo East local government PDP APC 10,681, PDP 8,306 in Ile Oluji Okeigbo local government APC APC 13,464 PDP 6,493 in Akoko North east local government APC APC 10,958 PDP 6,742 in Ifedore local government APC APC 11,138 , AD 6

A four-year-old daughter of a lecturer in Engineering at the University of Benin (UNIBEN), Dr. Kingsley Ogbeide has been shot dead by gunmen who attacked his residence in Benin City. I Late daughter of the lecturer shot by gunmen The other two children between the ages of six and two also sustained varying degrees of bullet wounds during the siege at 19, Enadeghe Street, Off Ugbowo-Lagos Road, Evbuomore Quarters, in the state capital. The gunmen who scaled the wall fence of the building broke into the lecturer’s apartment to unleashed terror on his family about 4am, last Saturday. Recalled that similar killing of harmless, innocent and defenceless little children by gunmen during operation has become a recurrence in Benin City. Among reported cases included that of a four-year-old boy, Osahon Obayuwana Monday shot dead by robbers who broke into his parents’ residence at 12, Okungbowa Street, Off Ikponmwosa-Adolor College Road, Ughowo, Benin City in November, 2009. A four

About 150 agitators for the Republic of Biafra have been killed by Nigerian security operatives, especially the Nigerian army. This much was contained in a new report by Amnesty International (AI), detailing how the pro-Biafrans met their death through extrajudicial killings and torture by the security forces. Over 150 Biafrans were reportedly killed between August 2015 and August 2016 according to the report titled: “Bullets Were Raining Everywhere” and obtained by Premium Times. This stats was said to have depended on an analysis of 87 videos, 122 photographs and 146 eye witness testimonies which showed the soldiers were firing live ammunition to disperse some of the agitators without a prior warning. For instance, no fewer than 60 defenceless protesters of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) were killed within two days ahead of the May 30 Biafra Remembrance Day celebration.

A U.K.-based landscape photographer recently captured a stunning shot of a fogbow, a white rainbow, over a moor in western Scotland. Melvin Nicholson told ABC News today that he captured the rare weather phenomenon this Sunday while he was exploring Rannoch Moor near the village of Glencoe. "I had been out in the morning with a friend who said he knew of this beautiful tree, the one in the center of the photograph I took," said Nicholson, 44. When they made it to the tree, he said, he noticed the area was "incredibly misty." "Then the sun started to rise behind us, burning off the mist, and at that point, the fogbow appeared," Nicholson said. "I had never seen anything like it in my 10 years capturing landscape photos around the globe or even in my 44 years of life." Within five minutes, the colorless rainbow disappeared, according to Nicholson. "I knew I had captured something fairly special when I realized how transient it was,"

Pope Francis was probably not dwelling on the myriad uses and abuses of social media when he called for a “bruised, dirty and hurting” Roman Catholic church that would more closely resemble the flawed 21st-century world to which it ministers. But, as far as one technologically engaged nun is concerned, the Twitter-sphere is equally deserving of the church’s presence. Xiskya Valladares , a Nicaraguan who lives and works in Mallorca and has more than 32,000 Twitter followers, has just published a book on how the faithful can best use the medium to reach out to people both religious and secular. “Pope Francis himself has invited us to build an outward-looking church that is in dialogue with the world,” she said. “Social networks make that easier: we shouldn’t be bombarding people with religious messages because that will mean we’re only talking to people who already think like us. What we need to do is enter into a dialogue with the world not to impose an idea but to find out what peop

The Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau has ordered an investigation into reported inmate’s riots at Oke Kura Prison, Ilorin, Kwara State on Thursday, 17th November, 2016 which reportedly claimed six inmates in the condemned Prisoners cell, while many others sustained injuries. The Minister's Press Secretary, Osaigbovo Ehisienmen said in a statement on Tuesday that Dambazau was worried at the ugly development, stressing that he had directed an Intra-Ministerial Committee to work closely with Nigeria Prisons’ management team with a view to unraveling the remote circumstance surrounding the incident, with a view to avoiding a repeat of such in any of the nation’s penitentiary and to sanction any official found culpable. He said the Minister had maintained his stance on the need to adhere to the United Nation Minimum Standards for the Treatments and Rehabilitation of Prison inmates including condemned Prisoners in line with the Mandela Rules. "Findings overtime ha

Many women plan to get pregnant, but what about those who don’t want kids at the moment? Now, there’s an app for that. By NICOLE ORAN  There are many mobile applications already on the market that allow women to track their menstrual cycles, either for simple regulation, monitoring purposes, or there are those aimed toward women who are specifically trying to get pregnant. There aren’t many designed for pregnancy prevention. Cycle Technologies has been focused on women’s reproductive health since it was founded by Leslie Heyer in 2002. The company’s newest free iOS app, DOT, which is out today via iTunes, uses Dynamic Optimal Timing technology. It does what the others on the market do as well, but what makes it stand out is that it’s also designed for those who don’t want to get pregnant. They might not be using contraceptive methods for various reasons but still want to be proactive about monitoring that risk. When a woman uses DOT, she can specify from the beginning what her g

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a football club manager, Frank Darlington, for allegedly sodomising three of his teenage players in the Agege area of the state.  It was gathered that Darlington, the manager of Soccer Warriors Football Academy, Pen Cinema, was arrested last Thursday by the Elere Police Division, after one of the victims reported him to the police. Darlington, a native of Imo State, allegedly took three footballers to his house on separate occasions after training sessions, and sodomised them. The police said the suspect allegedly penetrated the victims’ anuses, and would be charged for sodomy. The suspect, told newsmen that he started to rape his players in February 2015. He added that he committed the act to derive pleasure. He said, “I have a female daughter, and she is three years old. I manage the Soccer Warriors Football Academy in the Pen Cinema, Agege area. It was in February 2015 that the rape started. I usually had sex with my boys just t

What is it like to interview a very smart person? originally appeared on What is it like to interview a very smart person? originally appeared on Quora - the knowledge sharing network where compelling questions are answered by people with unique insights. Answer by Shane Greenstein, Professor in the Technology Operations and Management unit at the Harvard Business School, on Quora : Seen many smart people over the years, and I usually define that as someone whose synapses seem to be firing much more frequently than everybody else's. A few things about a smart person usually stands out: A very smart person expresses their ideas with remarkable clarity, and it appears to be effortless. A very smart person can go from ten thousand feet to the ground and back. They can focus on a detail at one moment, and place it in an appropriate broad category in another, and then go back to detail or a bigger idea, or wherever the conversation takes them. A smart person speaks in grammatic

Sequel to the ongoing intraparty crisis segregating the leadership of the All Progressive Congress (APC), another known "political son" to Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, who had chosen to pitch his tent with President Muhammadu  Buhari and the National Chairman of the party, Chief John Oyegun, Dr Kayode Fayemi has thrown a stone at his former political godfather, Tinubu over the weekend. The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, who Saturday described the embattled national leader of the party as a leader and hardworking person, however maintained that Tinubu was responsible for his own misfortunes in the party, saying no one can be seeing himself as the indispensable where thousand of intellectuals operate. According to the former Ekiti State governor, "Asiwaju might have been instrumental to the political breakthrough of some of us, he has the financial muscle, but we equally paid our dues without opportunity of negotiation. We have always been the "Yes Sir" types

Malam Nasiru Yusif , the Information Officer of the local government council disclosed this in an interview with the  News Agency of Nigeria  (NAN). According to him, the people who registered comprised of 80 men and 50 women. Malam Abdullahi Basirka , the Chairman of the Local Organising Committee for the wedding confirmed this on Thursday, November 17, 2016. The Council Chairman,  Alhaji Ilu Shuwarin , also reiterated the LG's commitment into ensuring the success of the programme.

A cross section of stakeholders from government, civil society and business met at a consultative retreat to prepare the National Action Plan (NAP) for the implementation of Open Government Partnership (OGP) on governance reform in Nigeria from 24th to 26th October 2016 at Hotel Seventeen in Kaduna State. The Honourable Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, SAN, who also delivered the keynote address, declared the Retreat open. In attendance were Dr. Balkisu Saidu who represented Prof Yemi Osinbajo, the Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Architect Barnabas Yusuf Bala Bantex, the Deputy Governor of Kaduna State who represented Mallam El-Rufai, the Executive Governor of Kaduna State, Mr. Waziri Adio, Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI), Dr. Joe Abbah, the Director General of the Bureau for Public Service Reform, Mr Ibrahim Magu, Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial

With 63 million internet users available in Nigeria, the country has been ranked number 1 in Africa and eight in the world in terms of internet usage. This was disclosed by the second edition of digitalfacts – Nigeria, West & Central Africa; a publication produced by digitXplus. The book stated that the following 15 countries have the highest number of internet users in the world: China (632 million); USA (269 m); India (198m); Japan (110m); Brazil (105m); Russia (87m); Indonesia (83m); and Germany (68m). Others are: Nigeria (63m); UK (57m); France (54m); Mexico (52m); Iran (49m); Egypt (43m) and South Korea (42m). The publication revealed that since 2011, Nigeria has maintained a steady upward trend in the number of internet users. It stated that from 35.7 million, the figure increased to 42.8 million; 51.8m; 57.7m and 63.2m internet users in 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015; respectively. Digitalfacts puts the total number of internet users worldwide at 3.2 billion as at December 201

Isaac Eranga, reporting According to ifad.org, "nearly one year after the watershed COP21 Climate Summit in Paris, governments will again convene in Marrakech, Morocco for COP22 to move forward with the Paris Agreement and take stock of their collective efforts to curb dangerous climate change". IFAD will be at COP22 to make the case for investing in smallholder farmers, both as a vital means of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly reaching zero hunger by 2030 (SDG2) and ensuring that smallholders are adequately supported so they can afford to adapt to changing climate patterns that will continue to impact on global food production. "Smallholder farmers worldwide are clearly on the frontlines of climate change. But they are far from victims: they are small businesses and excellent clients for climate finance investments that can lead to positive change. By directing climate-sensitive investment towards smallholder farms, we can establish a

Spending a life-saving amount on buying an Iphone 7 could be an achievements to some dudes such that it increases thier social status but do you also consider spending the same millions on covering the effects your probably #1 rated possession on Earth could cause? News.com.au reports that a Lady,Melanie Tan Pelaez while she was watching movies and latter dozing after plugged in her iPhone 7 to a nearby socket.The next morning she woke up feeling pins and needles up and down her arm, which had turned red.she was later reported to have contacted a Doctor who told her that she suffered a second-degree burn from a foreign object, and instructed her to find the "object" at home. Tan Pelaez on reaching Home realized that her iPhone 7 had been the cause of the injury suspecting the markings on her hand closely matched to the phone and the charger with the phone itself not exploding. The million naira device might have been overheated while charging as a result of it being covere

The authentic garments of the bible Almost all ancient Israelites wore two basic items of clothing: an undergarment and an overgarment. The light bottom layer was a tunic known in Hebrew as a kutonet (כתנת ). The Bible says that Jacob raised the ire of his sons by making Joseph a kutonet pasim (Gen. 37:3). Four hundred years ago, the King James Version of the Bible translated this as “a coat of many colors,”, but really, it is quite a bad translation of the original Hebrew. The garment is not a coat, but a linen tunic. It is striped, not multicolored. Moses – A Master of Words Above the tunic, a heavier outer layer was worn. This cloak or mantle is known in Hebrew as a mitpachat (מטפחת ). This word comes from the verb “to spread out” (טפח ) because often this garment could also be unfolded to serve as a blanket or a sack. In one of the most famous love stories in the Bible, Boaz tells Ruth: “bring the cloak you are wearing and hold it out.” He then fills the open cloak with “six me

The 4th Polio Outbreak Response is currently underway in 18 states including Northeast Nigeria and other selected neighbouring areas of Lake Chad Region countries. There has been significant local and international media interest in the response. UNICEF's Communication for Development Chief, Anisur Rahman Siddique, explain key issues like reach of the response, implementation challenges and so on to Global health correspondent Swedish Radio.

Isaac Eranga, Benin The vice chairman of the Edo State traditional medicine regulatory task force- Dr. Aifuwa Omoregbe has called on the Edo State government to appoint credible and qualified persons as members of the Edo State Traditional Medicine Board (TMB), in order to ensure high level of efficiency of the board. He made this call while briefing newsmen in Benin city as part of the Africa Medicine day celebration. He said in the past, members of the board were not appointed based on credibility and the attendant effect was seeing members who could not different between personal and organisational interests and as such, the efficiency of the board was Hampered. The erudite administrator however chided NAFDAC for favouring the rich. "NAFDAC is not doing well. The area they are not doing well is in their conditions - it favours only the rich. The machines they ask us to purchase is beyond our reach", Dr. Aifuwa Omoregbe said. Dr. Aifuwa also called on the government to

Olufemi Fani-Kayode, a former minister of aviation has regained freedom after spending 24-days behind bars. The ex-minister made this known via Twitter on Monday, November 14, 2016. "Thanks be to God. After another 24 days in detention I am finally out. Thanks for all ur love, prayers and support. We shall prevail," he wrote. Fani-Kayode who served as spokesman for the Goodluck/Sambo Campaign Organisation has been facing a 17-count charge of money laundering to the tune of N4.9 billion before he was re-arrested on Friday, October 21 by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). He was also re-arraigned on fresh charges bordering on corruption, criminal breach of trust and diversion of funds by the EFCC. Fani-Kayode however pleaded not guilty to the five-count charge. The Federal High Court in Abuja had on Thursday, November 10, 2016 granted Fani-Kayode a bail of N50 million . He was also required to provide a surety in like sum as part of the bai

Militant group, Niger Delta Avengers (NDA), has explained why it resumed attacks on oil installations despite negotiations with the government. The group said that the government had been displaying a lack of commitment to the dialogue process. “Sincerely speaking, the High Command of the Niger Delta Avengers cannot be blamed for the continuous bombing of crude oil export pipelines and other oil installations, since the Government has been relentlessly carrying out military build ups to continuously harass communities and indigenes of the Niger Delta after the November 1st meeting of the PANDEF and President Muhammadu Buhari,” NDA said via a statement released by spokesman, Mudoch Agbinibo. “We see this as a deliberate move by the military establishment to undermine any effort of dialogue and negotiations with the people of the Niger Delta,” it added. The group had earlier warned President Muhammadu Buhari to stop making disparaging comments about it.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has traced the sum of $175 million to a bank account linked to former first lady, Patience Jonathan. But the money has been withdrawn without leaving a trail, it was learnt. According to The Nation, the $175 million was found in the account of Pluto Property and Investment Limited, one of the firms linked to the ex-first lady. The anti-graft agency discovered that the account was opened on November 30, 2013, by Pluto Property and Investment Company Limited with number 2110002238. The company was registered on January 29, 2013, with RC 1092722, and the "strange" deposits came within 14 months of the registration. The deposits are: 21/2/2014—$46,500,000; 24/2/2014 - $31,000,000; 31/3/2015 - $49,250,000; 1/4/ 2015 - $49,000,000. "All the deposits were in cash, a development which showed that it was a pure case of money laundering," the newspaper quoted a source as saying. "On the 21st of February, the acco

A prosecution witness, Mrs Fatima Dauda, has told the Federal High Court that she opened a "Visa Gold Account" for the former Chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshal Alex Badeh. The witness disclosed this to Justice Okon Abang of the Abuja division of the court while being led in evidence by the prosecution counsel, Mr O.A Atolagbe. According to the witness, an initial deposit of 50,000 dollars was made into the account in two instalments by Badeh’s officers. The witness said that she personally filled the deposit teller and wrote her name on it. She also told the court that 702, 000 dollars was paid into the account between June 13, 2013 and October 24, 2013 by Badeh and a third party. Dauda said she was the Relationship Manager of the First Bank since 2011 with a distinct function of marketing and securing customers as well as managing the relationship. She told the court that she was the relationship manager of Badeh’s visa gold account from 2012 when the account was op

The Senate has made a move to probe Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State and other governors over how the bailout given to them by the Federal Government was spent. According to Punch, President Muhammadu Buhari may have asked the Senate to investigate how the bailout was spent by the Governors. It was gathered the Senate President, Bukola Saraki ordered the Senate Committee on State and Local Government Administration to probe how Aregbesola applied the N34.988,900 given to it by the Central Bank of Nigeria as bailout to pay workers’ salaries. Consequently, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on States and Local Government Administration, Senator Abdullahi A. Gumel , informed the Governor that the Senate committee would visit the state on December 7 for the investigation. Gumel communicated this to Aregbesola through a letter dated November 3,

The Senate will look into President Buhari's request seeking approval to borrow $30b for infrastructural development, this week, reports say. Reports say this might be as a result of the meetings which Buhari had with the Senate President, Bukola Saraki. The Senate had earlier rejected the request, saying there were no documents supporting the request as referenced in the letter sent by the President. According to Punch, the Majority Leader of the Senate, Senator Ali Ndume, said “We will deal with the issues this week by God’s grace.” The Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Senator Sabi Abdullahi, who spoke on the issue, added that “As it is, we don’t even have any information that will enable us to be diligent. “We passed the budget and the borrowing plan in the budget was clear, N3.2tn made up of N900bn from domestic sources and the balance from external lenders. But the question is: with the new one that was sent, what have they done with respect to the

The Super Eagles of Nigeria sounded out a message of warning to their group counterparts as they defeated the Desert Warriors of Algeria 3-1 in their 2018 World Cup qualifier at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo. Eagles’ technical adviser, Gernot Rohr showed his attacking intent for the game as he started with a frontline that included in-form players like Victor Moses, Alex Iwobi, and Kelechi Iheanacho. Algeria looked a bit shaky as Nigeria controlled proceedings in the early stages, with in-form Chelsea winger, Moses troubling the Algerian defence with his pace and trickery. The Algerians were largely reduced to limited time on the ball in the midfield area and kept away from Daniel Akpeyi who replaced the injured Eagles’ number one goalkeeper, Carl Ikeme. The goalkeeper was finally called into action when he pushed away a Yacine Brahimi shot in the 23rd minute. Nigeria’s dominance over the Warriors finally paid off in the 24th minute when Moses latched onto a John Mikel Obi

Miss Rechel Tonjorr, a native of Ofinama in Ovia south west LGA of Edo Sate decries lack of encouragement from Government despite winning several medals to the state. she said this while charting with Johnny Ben in Benin. Excerpts. When did you start swimming? I started swimming at the age of 12years. That was in 2003. I got encouragement from my elder sister, Joy, who was always telling me to escort her to the stadium where she practice. How was it like the first time you represented the state? That was at the national sports festival held at Abuja. I was a bit scared initially but my coach told me that I should just compose myself and do it the way I do in training back in Benin. So, I kept to his advise and I regained my composure. Though I couldn't win an individual medal but I got two medals - a gold and a silver in relay races. I took up the challenge to get an individual medal in the next sports festival held in Ogun State in 2006 where I won a silver medal in my indivi

*1. Stop delaying going to a toilet.* Keeping your urine in your bladder for too long is a bad idea. A full bladder can cause bladder damage. The urine that stays in the bladder multiplies bacteria quickly. Once the urine refluxes back to the urether and kidneys, toxic substances can result in kidney infections, then urinary tract infections, and nephritis, plus uremia. When nature calls do it as soon as possible. *2. Eating too much salt.* You should eat not more than 5.8 grams of salt daily. *3. Eating too much meat.* Too much protein in your diet is harmful for your kidneys. Protein digestion produces ammonia – a toxin that is very destructive to your kidneys. More meat equals more kidney damage. *4. Drinking too much caffeine.* Caffeine is a component of many sodas and soft drinks. It raises your blood pressure and your kidneys start suffering. You should cut down the amount of Coke, Pepsi, Red Bull, etc that you drink daily. *5. Not drinking water.* Our kidneys should

Today Edo State Governor Adams Oshiomhole will bow out of office as a happy man. Like many successful leaders, he will be handing over to a competent successor. Therefore, as an era ends in the Southsouth state, a new chapter also unfolds. Unlike his former boss, who is a unionist and politician, Governor Godwin Obaseki is a technocrat. His vision is to lay a solid edifice on the foundation laid by the former governor, in accordance to the electoral promises made by the All progressives Congress (APC). But, many challenges will face the new administration. Will Obaseki reenact the feat he has recorded in the private sector in Edo?  Will he cope with the murky waters of politics and become a master of the game? Will he leave an indelible mark at end of his tenure? Group Political Editor EMMANUEL OLADESU highlights the challenges that will confront the new helmsman.   Joy was bold on his face as the electoral commission declared him the winner of the historic governorship poll. For him,