The Nigerian Navy has foiled an attempt by suspected sea pirates to hijack and abduct 13 foreign nationals on board a merchant ship leaving Nigeria for Cameroon.



Briefing journalists on Friday at Bonny, Rivers, Capt. Mustapha Hassan, the Commanding Officer of the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Nwamba, who led the rescue operation, said the 13 foreigners were rescued unharmed.

Hassan said the crew members, including the ship’s captain, were of mixed nationalities consisting of seven Philippinos, two Romanians, one Russian, one Polish, one Indian and one Croatian.

Hassan said that troops were unable to apprehend the pirates due to poor visibility partly caused by torrential rain on the day of the rescue.

He said that the navy under the Chief of the Naval Staff, Vice Adm. Ibok-Ete Ibas, remained committed to the safety of the nation’s waterways and maritime environment.


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YBNL Nation boss Olamide has disclosed that he has no plans of paying for an international music collaboration.

In a chat with HIP TV, Olamide said, ''Ogun’ kill international collaboration, because Fela did not do any international collaboration before he was recognized in the international market. Its not all about hustling for that sh*t, everywhere I am right now, everywhere I have been through, its by the grace of God''

''If I do my work well, my work will take to me where I ought to be, likewise if I don’t do it well, will never get there, but me Olamide, I will never pay any dime for international collaboration''


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bnnz05bDT3s


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To avoid the purchase of stolen vehicles thereby inuring the wrath of law enforcement agents, you are advised to carry out these basic checks on a vehicle before you part with your money.

For Foreign used cars

1. Ask for the custom papers and do a VIN check on the said vehicle
2. Make sure you buy from a registered car stand
3. Check for repainting of the car, especially the bonnet area where it is hard to respray.
4. Check the glass for any engraving

For Nigerian used cars:

1. Ask for customs document and ensure it's original
2. Ask for the original vehicle documents
3. Confirm that the name on all documents match sellers name. If not, let the seller provide proof of sale from original owner
4. Input the plate number in FRSC database and make sure it conforms with the said vehicle registered to.
5. Make sure all documents are originals and not photocopies
6. Take a selfie with the seller and the said vehicle for posterity sake.


http://www.newshelm.com/2016/08/how-to-confirm-car-is-not-stolen-before.html

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A
⚏
*ACCEPT*
Accept others for who they are and for the choices they’ve made even if you have difficulty understanding their beliefs, motives, or actions.

B
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*BREAK AWAY*
Break away from everything that stands in the way of what you hope to accomplish with your life.

C
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*CREATE*
Create a family of friends whom you can share your hopes, dreams, sorrows, and happiness with.

D
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*DECIDE*
Decide that you’ll be successful and happy come what may, and good things will find you. The roadblocks are only minor obstacles along the way.

E
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*EXPLORE*
Explore and experiment. The world has much to offer, and you have much to give. And every time you try something new, you’ll learn more about yourself.

F
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*FORGIVE*
Grudges only weigh you down and inspire unhappiness and grief. Soar above it, and remember that everyone makes mistakes.

G
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*GROW*
Leave the childhood monsters behind. They can no longer hurt you or stand in your way.

H
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*HOPE*
Hope for the best and never forget that anything is possible as long as you remain dedicated to the task.

I
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*IGNORE*
Ignore the negative voice inside your head. Focus instead on your goals and remember your accomplishments. Your past success is only a small inkling of what the future holds.

J
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*JOURNEY*
Journey to new worlds, new possibilities, by remaining open-minded. Try to learn something new every day, an you’ll grow.

K
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*KNOW*
Know that no matter how bad things seem, they’ll always get better. The warmth of spring always follows the harshest winter.

L
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*LOVE*
Let love fill your heart instead of hate. When hate is in your heart, there’s room for nothing else, but when love is in your heart, there’s room for endless happiness.

M
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*MANAGE*
Manage your time and your expenses wisely, and you’ll suffer less stress and worry. Then you’ll be able to focus on the important things in life.

N
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*NOTICE*
Never ignore the poor, infirm, helpless, weak, or suffering. Offer your assistance when possible, and always your kindness and understanding.

O
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*OPEN*
Open your eyes and take in all the beauty around you. Even during the worst of times, there’s still much to be thankful for.

P
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*PLAY*
Never forget to have fun along the way. Success means nothing without happiness.

Q
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*QUESTION*
Ask many questions, because you’re here to learn.

R
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*RELAX*
Refuse to let worry and stress rule your life, and remember that things always have a way of working out in the end.

S
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*SHARE*
Share your talent, skills, knowledge, and time with others. Everything that you invest in others will return to you many times over.

T
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*TRY*
Even when your dreams seem impossible to reach, try anyway. You’ll be amazed by what you can accomplish.

U
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*USE*
Use your gifts to your best ability. Talent that’s wasted has no value. Talent that’s used bill bring unexpected rewards.

V
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*VALUE*
Value the friends and family members who’ve supported and encouraged you, and be there for them as well.

W
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*WORK*
Work hard every day to be the best person you can be, but never feel guilty if you fall short of your goals. Every sunrise offers a second chance.

X
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*X-RAY*
Look deep inside the hearts of those around you and you’ll see the goodness and beauty within.

Y
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*YIELD*
Yield to commitment. If you stay on track and remain dedicated, you’ll find success at the end of the road.

Z
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*ZOOM*
Zoom to a happy place when bad memories or sorrow rears its ugly head. Let nothing interfere with your goals. Instead, focus on your abilities, your dreams, and a brighter tomorrow.



Source: http://www.newshelm.com/2016/08/a-z-simple-rules-of-life-to-live-by.html

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Five persons were confirmed dead; three female adults, two children and one male, while five others were injured in a multiple auto crash which occurred Suday around 6.10 pm on the 3rd Mainland bridge inward Iyana Oworo by UNILAG Water front.The accident involved 3 vehicles which included a Lag bus, Hilux truck belonging to a local vigilante group and a Rover jeep. The injured persons were taken by LASAMBUS to the Trauma Centre.
The dead bodies have been deposited at the Mainland Hospital Mortuary. LASTMA, FRSC, Nigerian Police, RRS are at the scene. The LASEMA Response Unit recovered the vehicles.

LASEMA General Manager, Mr. Michael Akindele said proper investigation would be carried out on cause the accident by the relevant Government Agencies. He, however, advised motorists to prevent over speeding and also adhere to all traffic rules and regulation to avoid incident such as this.


http://www.newshelm.com/2016/08/photos-five-persons-including-two.html

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MusicPlus24 is the perfect marriage of music and fashion courtesy of MTN’s dedicated music platform and trendy fashion brand – 24 Apparel.



Industry ‘sweethearts,’ Falz The Bahd Guy and Simi were the darling of the fashion-forward circle, who attended the launch of limited edition of trendy snapbacks introduced by Music+ last week Friday night.



The duo performed to the delight of the bubbling guests as Music+ stamped its foot on the Nigerian fashion scene in a first-of-its kind fusion of fashion and music event tagged #MusicPlus24.



The robust music platform also brought alive its unique party concept- the #NoiselessParty. The event trended on the social media space all night while it held.



The event was an affirmation of the power of two local brands uniting to redefine music and fashion for Nigerians. Music+ brought its uniqueness to bear by inspiring the trendy snapbacks which were designed by popular Nigerian fashion brand, 24 Apparel.



Guests spotted at the star-studded event include Paul Okoye, Oreka Godis, Linda Ejiofor, Tania Omotayo, Temitayo Eyitayo (24 Apparel), MTN Ambassadors – Sound Sultan and Praiz, Tosin Alabi (Cosmopolitan Fashion), Timi Dakolo, popular OAP, Dotun (Cool FM) etc.



Music+ provides access to thousands of songs from favourite artistes on-the-go. You can also stream songs, download and create unique playlists on Music+.



Simply send ‘Music’ to 5900 to get started.



Meanwhile, here are scenes from the exciting MusicPlus24 event;


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Is this Olympics or Porn shoot? Im getting scared!!!

http://www.newshelm.com/2016/08/photos-18-photos-from-rio-olympics.html

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Stills from new ISWAP video, featuring a very much alive Abubakar Shekau


PHOTO CREDIT: ‏Mr Aye Dee

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PHOTOS: Nollywood Yoruba Actor Isiaka Adewale, Omo Iyami Leko, Dies Of Spiritual Attack

A one-time popular Nollywood actor has lost his battle to a mystery illness.



Oyo-based Isiaka Adewale Najeem aka Wale Omo Iyami Leko passed away in the early hours of today Sunday the 7th of August 2016 at a church in Ibadan.



The deceased was reportedly rejected by hospitals as close friends claim his ailment was spiritual.

He ended up seeking healing in a church where he lost his battle today.

http://www.newshelm.com/2016/08/photos-nollywood-yoruba-actor-isiaka.html

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A 35 year old man arrested by the operatives of Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos State Police Command, has insisted that his pastor pushed him into selling of stolen vehicle.

The suspect, Olawale Olabinwonnu, working with Cherubim and Seraphim Church in Igbogbo, Ikorodu, as an administrative officer, was arrested by RRS Intelligence Team on Tuesday for trying to sell a Nissan Sentra, 2015 Model, stolen at gun-point.

The original vehicle number was changed to a fake one (APP 510 DW) in order to sell it. It was recovered on Monday, August, 1st 2016 at a car park in Lekki, Lagos. The man who took the custody of the vehicle came forward to welcome before he was arrested. He assisted the police in the arrest of its marketer in Ikorodu several days later.

Olawale sensed something was wrong with the vehicle, parked out of his Ikorodu residence and office along with his family to evade arrest. He was tracked on Sunday to another church in Ikorodu where he was arrested last Sunday after church service.

The vehicle, which is owned by one of the first generation banks in the country, was reported stolen at gun point when robbers invaded an hotel in Iju-Ishaga area where the manager of the bank was lodging. The robbers were reported to have requested for the car key from the banker before making away with it along with other valuables.


According to Olawale, “the vehicle was given to me to sell by Ahmed Abbey. I met him at Dammy Jay Hotel, Ikorodu. I went there to drink and he came to my table, bought drinks for everybody. That was how I liked him... When I was going home, I told him I was going home and he gave me N2, 000. Those were moments I was struggling and I had no job... I saw Abbey later that week to explain how he could help me get some money because I had no job. This was the time he asked me if I could help his sister ,who was travelling overseas to sell her car. And, I told him that I would try... I consulted my pastor twice on the issue of helping him sell a car. First, the pastor told me to go ahead and collect the car from him and sell it. I took the car from Abbey and began to market it but after about three weeks, I couldn’t get a buyer. He took the car from me...

"Some weeks later, I stumbled on him with the car and he challenged me that I didn’t want to help his sister sell her car... After a while, we agreed that I will help him to look for buyer. I consulted my pastor again for him to pray about it. This time, the pastor introduced me to somebody in Lekki who has a car park at a very conspicuous place, where we can put the car for sale... It was here the car was until I learnt that the car was stolen at gun-point... Since I was arrested, I have been calling Abbey to come and explain to the police that he gave me the car to sell, but most of the time, he avoided my calls, at times, he switched off his phone... Presently, he's no longer picking any call on that line,” he added.

The State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dolapo Badmos, noted that the suspect is helping the Police with investigation, adding that efforts are on-going to arrest others. The suspect along with the vehicle has been transferred to Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) for further investigations.

http://www.newshelm.com/2016/08/photo-my-pastor-pushed-me-to-sell.html

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Lagos monarch, Oniba of Iba, Oba Goriola Oseni who was recently kidnapped by unknown gunmen has regained his freedom.



According to Lagos State Police Commissioner, Fatai Owoseni who confirmed the Oba’s release on Saturday night, the leader of the kidnappers had been arrested.

Recall that the kidnappers had demanded the sum of N500 million ransom which the victim’s family members said they could not afford.

http://www.newshelm.com/2016/08/oniba-of-iba-oba-goriola-oseni-regains.html

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Lawyer and Politician, Jimoh Ibrahim took to his social media page on Twitter to test the waters ahead of the Ondo Gubernatorial elections as he announced his intentions on the social media platform.



As part of campaign promises, Jimoh Ibrahim in his tweet promised to pay all workers in Ondo state within his first 100 days in office.

However, Nigerians are not too confident in the promise as they took to the social media page to express their concerns in reaction to the promise.



See reactions below:

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Zaria Water Project: on-going work in d nooks and crannies of Zaria to meet Governor Elrufai's deadline and end d 20yrs+ misery in the state.

http://www.newshelm.com/2016/07/photos-kaduna-state-begins-construction.html

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He has being showing his energetic side since the party campaigns in the state started this month. The state governorship election will be holding in September.

http://www.newshelm.com/2016/07/photos-of-gov-oshiomole-at-apc-rally-in.html

Keshi's teammates went to his burial in national team jersey as uniform mirroring their Tunisia 94 Strips.

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Asari Dokubo lost his first wife, Alhaja Zainab Asari a few days ago in a road accident on her way to Ibadan, Oyo state.

Alhaja Zainab died in the auto crash alongside her friend.

The final burial of the deceased who died on July 28 took place at Odi community.

The ceremony had her husband, Asari Dokubo, friends and family present. See photos below:

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The Nigerian Naira, quite obviously, has been depreciating steadily against major currencies (dollar, pounds, etc) of the world over the past few decades. In the 70’s and early 80’s one naira was approximately two dollars . In the early 90’s it had fallen to N10 per dollar and by year 2000 it has was over a hundred naira to one dollar. Currently, the currency exchanges at over 300 to the dollar.


The reason for this isn’t far-fetched - for some reasons Nigeria prefer import to produce, and export; and as the country’s population increases the demand for imported goods increased.

Due to the unbalance of import to exported goods, the demand for dollar is always on the rise, which generally causes a continued depreciation of the naira. Depreciation is steadfast at the parallel market and the gap between naira’s value at the parallel and official market widens easily due to this imbalance. To checkmate this, the CBN has devalued the currency a number of times, only for the same thing to happen years later. This trend has continued since the 90’s and here are 5 reasons why it will continue, until something effective is done.

Poor Infrastructure

The infrastructure on ground doesn’t support the production and manufacture of goods in Nigeria. Bad transportation networks and facilities, inadequate power supply coupled with an unfavourable climate to run businesses make it hard for goods to be produced in Nigeria. As a result Nigerians turn to other countries to get stuff that aren’t easily available in the country. This includes products like rice, toothpick, turkey and other goods that can be produced locally.

Moreover, the demand for goods is ever present and needs to be met. If there isn’t infrastructure to support poultries, toothpick-making factories, rice farms, and so on the need to export these products will always be on the rise. This will cause the naira to continue depreciating against the dollar.

Unwholesome practices of middlemen

There’s a lot of round tripping going on at the Nigerian forex market. People buy dollars at the official market and sell at an inflated price on the parallel market. This has caused the gap between the official market and the parallel market to keep widening, resulting in the weakness of the naira. The CBN has put some measures in place to checkmate this but the results so far haven’t been encouraging.

Persistent negative predictions and projections by Naysayers

Nigeria is known and associated with many bad things globally. Foreign and local media most times have a negative projection about the country’s economy. Things are most of the times, projected to get worse and negative predictions about the naira abound as well. This scares investors and most of them won’t want to put their money into the Nigerian economy when they should, causing a shortage of dollars in the foreign exchange market. Dollar scarcity in turn causes the naira’s value to fall.

“Made Abroad” Mentality of Nigerians

It goes without saying that a lot of Nigerians prefer imported goods to those made locally. We prefer to buy things made in foreign lands, which can easily be produced locally. It’s generally assumed that made-in-Nigeria goods are fake and of substandard quality. Until Nigeria starts producing standard goods and Nigerians have a different mentality, the demand for dollars will always be on the high and the naira will keep depreciating.

General Instability

Nigeria needs to be stable economically, politically and socially for the currency to stabilize. Clashes between rival tribes, political instability and lack of definite economic direction all make the country look unstable to outsiders, disrupting foreign investors and investments.

These 5 issues need a long term solution for the naira to stabilize and stop depreciating against the dollar and other major currencies.

http://www.newshelm.com/2016/07/why-naira-will-keep-falling-against.html

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FRSC officials were caught on camera overloading van. Is this leadership by example?

http://www.newshelm.com/2016/07/photo-frsc-van-loaded-with-household.html

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Only time will tell what is really transpiring between Adekunle Gold and Miss Zahra Buhari...

Alot of connections these days... First they were signed as Sickle Cell Aid Foundation Nigeria brand ambassadors and now the daughter of the President is tweeting about his album being a hit!!!!


Maybe God has picked his call??

your take?

http://www.newshelm.com/2016/07/photo-zahra-buhari-calls-adekunle-golds.html

Malam Nasir El-rufai has concluded his remarks as chief host at the convocation & 60th anniversary of Kaduna Polytechnic.


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Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has declared that the state has been protected from the adverse effects of the attacks on the nation’s oil installations because of the prayers of the Christian community.

Speaking during a one day prayer for peace and security in Nigeria organised by the Catholic Diocese of Port Harcourt, Governor Wike said that the state is now enjoying relative security because the efforts of the state government were backed up by prayers.

He said: "Two months ago, Rivers State was on the front pages of most newspapers over cult related killings. Today, the state has been able to contain the situation and we are experiencing relative peace.

"But for the prayers of the Christian faithful, where will Nigeria and Rivers State be? We can give all security agencies the logistics that they need, without God there is nothing they can do".

He said Nigeria requires fervent prayers for the developmental and security challenges facing the country to be resolved.
The governor said that once those in authority take actions that will benefit majority of the people, crime and criminality will be drastically reduced.

Wife of the Governor, Justice Eberechi Suzzette Nyesom-Wike in her prayer for prodigal children, prayed God to touch the hearts of children and youths, so that they follow the path of peace and righteousness.

In his homily on the theme of the prayer rally, "I will heal their land", Catholic Bishop of Port Harcourt, Most Rev. Dr. Camillus Etokudoh said that the country is living in perilous times, hence the need for prayers.

He said God is able to defend the defenceless by divinely intervening at the point of the People's needs.
The Catholic Bishop called for repentance so that God can heal the country and Rivers State. He noted that seeking God's face is necessary in the midst of insecurity and conflict.

The One Day Prayer Rally for peace and security in Nigeria was attended by leaders of different denominations of the Christendom.

Simeon Nwakaudu,
Special Assistant to the Rivers State Governor, Electronic Media.
22nd July, 2016.




http://www.newshelm.com/2016/07/oil-installation-vandalism-prayers-of.html

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PHOTOS: Yakubu Dogara Receives Delegation From Niger Republic's National Assembly

Hon Yakubu Dogara Today, received a delegation from the National Assembly, Republic of Niger, led by the President, Ousseini Tinni.

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The pictures which was taken by Salau Akeem a photo journalist show residents scooping diesel from a burst pipeline at Kirikiri canal road Apapa.



What is even more worrisome is the elderly woman partaking in the illicit and dangerous act.

http://www.newshelm.com/2016/07/shocking-pictures-of-residents-scooping.html

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Cows on the street in Abuja... Yet hawkers are banned.



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