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Politics / Court Acquits Jonathan’s Cousin ‘$40m Fraud' by boman2014: 3:33pm On May 27, 2019
An Abuja federal high court has discharged and
acquitted Robert Azibaola, a cousin of ex-
President Goodluck Jonathan, of the $40
million laundering charges filed against him by
the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
(EFCC).


Azibaola was charged alongside Stella, his wife,
and their company, One Plus Holdings Nigeria
Limited for the alleged diversion of $40 million
meant for the supply of tactical communication
kits for special forces.

The money was allegedly transferred from the
account of the office of Sambo Dasuki, former
national security adviser (NSA) with the Central
Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to the domiciliary
account of their company.

Delivering judgement on Monday, Nnamdi
Dimgba, the judge, ruled that no credible
evidence was given to establish the allegation
of money laundering against Azibaola.
He noted that the prosecutor should have
produced Dasuki as a witness.

“That the EFCC and the prosecutor cried more
than the bereaved,” the judge held.

“That the prosecutor has not been able to prove
beyond a reasonable doubt the 2-count charge
against the defendant.

“The defendant is hereby discharged and
acquainted and not guilty.”

During the trial, the anti-graft agency had called
10 witnesses and tendered 27 documents
before the court, after which it closed its case
on January 23.

Chris Uche, counsel to Azibaola, then filed a no-
case submission to dismiss the charge against
his clients.


Uche said the prosecution had failed to
establish a nexus between the defendant and
the alleged offence.

https://www.thecable.ng/court-acquits-jonathans-cousin-40m-fraud

Romance / Check Out This Lady Birthday Cake (photos) by boman2014: 3:22pm On May 27, 2019
saw this on Facebook and I thought some people are just MAD!!!

Will you eat ?

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Crime / Re: Thief Caught, Whipped, Served Food And Told To Clean The Gutter In Enugu by boman2014: 5:26pm On May 24, 2019
better than jungle justice

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Celebrities / Re: Why We Arrested Naira Marley – EFCC by boman2014: 1:26pm On May 10, 2019
If you do the crime you will do the time

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Romance / Re: Lady Caught On Camera Making Out Inside A Swimming Pool In Benin (See Reactions) by boman2014: 9:30pm On May 09, 2019
shameful
Politics / Jega: Some Lecturers In Kano Conspired With Politicians During The Elections by boman2014: 2:32pm On Apr 17, 2019
Attahiru Jega, former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has faulted Nigeria’s electoral system which he says has been under assault.


Jega also alleged politicians used university lecturers to commit irregularities during the elections, particularly in Kano state.

According to Guardian, the former INEC chairman spoke at the annual conference of the Fulbright Alumni Association of Nigeria at Bayero University Kano (BUK).

He said the BUK lecturers who worked with politicians to perpetrate “all sorts of irregularities” betrayed the confidence reposed on them by compromising the electoral process.

A former vice-chancellor of BUK, Jega oversaw the 2015 election which was widely described free and fair.

“I think the major crisis in Nigeria’s democracy is that our electoral integrity has been under assault, compromised and undermined by those who have control over the process,” he said.


“Look at what happened during the last elections, and the story of irregularities being spread even in the four walls of BUK.

“The politicians, through crooked means, got alliances with lecturers in the university to compromise the system and they perpetrated all sort of irregularities, which pave way for a faulty process for the continued entrenchment of bad people in governance.

“Maybe, I am preaching to the converted or I am talking nonsense but frankly speaking, I am beginning to think that we are not taking the obligations of scholarship and intellectual engagement with the seriousness it deserves.”

https://www.thecable.ng/jega-some-lecturers-in-kano-conspired-with-politicians-during-the-elections

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Politics / Jonathan's Daughter, Faith And Husband Godswill Edward, Kids In New Family Photo by boman2014: 4:17pm On Apr 16, 2019
The daughter of former Nigerian president, Goodluck
Jonathan has posed for pictures with her husband
and their kids.


Faith, the foster daughter of former President, Goodluck Jonathan, has made appearances in some
really cute family photos.

The former first daughter is seen looking really great
in the new photos as she strikes poses for the
camera with her hubby, God'swill Edward and their
children.

It will be recalled that Faith and God'swill made news
in April 2014 with their superlative wedding.


See photos of the family below:


https://www.tori.ng/news/120527/wow-goodluck-jonathans-daughter-faith-appears-in-n.html

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Sports / Re: Jose Mourinho Reveals What Will Happen In Man United Vs Barcelona Today by boman2014: 7:40pm On Apr 10, 2019
like for Manchester United

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Politics / Whoever Calls Me Baba-go-slow, … – Buhari by boman2014: 7:36am On Apr 10, 2019
ABUJA – PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, UAE said that the next four years of his administration will be a harvest and consolidation of successes in the three-point agenda of fixing the economy, fighting insecurity and corruption

Speaking at a town hall meeting with members of the Nigerian Community in the UAE, President Buhari pledged more government investments in research and development, as well as technology and educational institutions.

In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and publicity, Chief Femi Adesina, the President also promised that the prudent economic management, diversification of production and revenue bases of the administration in the last four years will be sustained for better prospects for all Nigerians. President Buhari meets with Select Nigerians in Dubai,

He said, “The Next Level is to consolidate whatever we have done till 2023 and it makes common sense that in order to manage any outfit, whether a nation, state or organisation , you have to secure it.

‘‘We all know how many local governments Boko Haram were occupying. People from the North-east know that they are not holding any local government today. They were holding 17 out of the 774 local governments before we came in 2015; they are not holding any now.”

At the interactive session, the Nigerian leader noted that a key objective of his administration which had yielded positive results, in the last four years, was the campaign for the nation to return to agriculture. He said the nation cannot afford to lag behind again in agriculture.

‘‘What we did was to encourage agriculture, and fertiliser was made available at half the price. ‘‘We encouraged people to go back to land. The response was excellent. We have virtually achieved food security; we have stopped the importation of rice.
‘‘The money we have saved in foreign exchange is in hundreds of millions of dollars, not even in naira. We are putting that into infrastructure,’’ the President said.
Responding to a question about the pace of anti- corruption war, the President said: ‘‘Whoever calls me Baba-go-slow, I’m very conscious of historical antecedents. You know what happened to me the last time… people [now] have to be proven guilty before they are locked up.’’

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/04/whoever-calls-me-baba-go-slow-buhari/
Politics / Nigerian Police Force Remains The Most Bullied In The Whole Of Africa - PRO by boman2014: 7:06am On Apr 10, 2019

Politics / Okorocha: Igbos Will Get Nothing In Buhari’s Second Term For Not Voting For PMB by boman2014: 6:52am On Apr 10, 2019
The embattled Governor of Imo State, Governor Anayo Rochas Okorocha, has stated that there would be nothing for South East under President Muhammadu Buhari’s second term.

Governor Okorocha, who stated this while addressing newsmen on Tuesday at the Government House Owerri, before he left for Abuja, also said the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, was full of controversies.

“So long as the South-East region did not vote for Buhari, they should expect nothing from Buhari second tenure,” he said.

Okorocha further said he was a lone voice in the wilderness of South-East zone telling them to vote APC but they refused to listen.

He said they rather, decided to give their support to Atiku of the PDP because of their son, Peter Obi, thinking that PDP will win but the story is now different.

According to him, 2023 presidency will not come to south-east zone because the people of the zone worked against Buhari, “while some principal offices will seize to come to the Zone because of their kind of politics of hatred and pull-him down syndrome.”

He thanked the people of the state for their support to him in the past eight years of his administration.

The governor stated that if care is not taken, APC would cease to exist after 2019 going by the way the party operates.

He alleged that the party was being misled by its National Chairman Adams Oshiomhole who he alleged “is piloting the affairs of the party with impunity, envy, greed and arrogance”

Governor Okorocha disclosed that impunity by the Oshiomhole administration was becoming an aberration to the expectations of Nigerians before its emergence as a ruling party.

Stating that the activities of Oshiomhole and his conduct led to what the party is suffering today, Okorocha told the party officials and President Buhari to try and stop the ugly trend of the National chairman.

He stressed further that the situation now in the party did not need what the party chairman is doing, else, it will lead to total collapse in the nearest future.

In the same vein, he announced that the Imo State Polytechnic Umuagwo Ohaji has now been converted to Imo State University of Agriculture Umuagwo Ohaji.

He recounted the numerous achievements in his eight years in office and scored himself high on education and advised the incoming government in the state not to undermine the impact of education in the life of the people and its environs.

“Education is important and must be taken seriously by Governor who may succeed me in the nearest time to come because whatever Imo is today was made by me’.

“And I know Emeka Ihedioha did not win Uche Nwosu in the past election and there must be a rerun in the election because Ihedioha is just wasting his time.

“PDP think they have won, it is not possible and court will determine the outcome and call for a rerun that will give Uche Nwosu my son-in-law victory and mandate to continue from where I stopped in other to sustain my achievements”, he said.

https://dailypost.ng/2019/04/09/igbos-will-get-nothing-buharis-second-term-okorocha/

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Celebrities / Re: Demmie Vee prostrate, as he apologize to Kizz Daniel (photos) by boman2014: 12:51am On Apr 10, 2019
rubbish
after all the brouhaha
Travel / Re: Airline Flew Them Halfway Then Put Them In A Bus To Continue The Journey by boman2014: 7:09pm On Apr 09, 2019
ha haha
what a shame
Politics / Senate Passes Nigerian Police Trust Fund Bill by boman2014: 6:35pm On Apr 09, 2019
The Nigerian Senate today passed the Nigerian
Police Trust Fund Bill (HB 1583). Senate President,
Bukola Saraki, last week, promised the Inspector
General of Police, Mr Mohammed Abubakar Adamu,
that the Senate would fast-track its work on both
the Police Trust Fund Bill and the Police Reform Bill.
Reacting to the Senate’s passage of the Bill, which
has also been passed by the House of
Representatives, Saraki said


“By passing this bill, we will be creating big strides towards providing and improving security and the policing in our country. One of the major concerns has always been the issue of funding. We believe that this bill will provide the funding needed for training and recruitment. I am confident that by the time we lay the report on the Police Reform Bill, we
would have gone a long way in moving the police in the right direction''.


The Police Trust Fund Bill aims to provide a legal
framework for the management and control of the
special intervention funds established under the Act
for the training of personnel of the Nigeria Police
Force.


The Trust Fund will also be utilised to enhance the
skills of the personnel of the Police, in order to
ensure their efficiency, overall performance, and
constant improvement while they perform their
duties.


In addition to this, the Trust Fund will be used to
ensure that the Nigeria Police Force has the
necessary operational equipment, instructional
materials, police stations and living quarters.
The Bill will now be transmitted to President
Muhammadu Buhari for his assent.

https://www.pulse.ng/news/local/senate-passes-police-trust-fund-bill-reform-bill-to-follow/jjkym97
Politics / #Dubairobbery: I Pity Those Rejoicing Because The Suspects Are All Igbo – FFK by boman2014: 4:27pm On Apr 03, 2019
Femi Fani-Kayode, a former Minister of Aviation
has criticized those rejoicing that the five Nigerians,
arrested for allegedly robbing a bureau de change in
Sharjah, Dubai of Dh2.3 million Dinars, are all Igbos.
The names of the suspects, who had gone to the
UAE country on a visitor visa, were given as
Chimuanya Ozoh, Benjamin Ajah, Kingsley Ngoka,
Tochukwu Alisi and Chile Ndunagu – making them all
from the Igbo extraction of Nigeria.


Speaking on the matter, the former minister said the
rest of the world view the robbers as Nigerians and
not as Igbos and their behaviour is a reflection of us
all.


He wrote; I pity those rejoicing at the fact that the
boys who were caught robbing a BureauDeChange in
Dubai were Igbo.

They fail to appreciate the fact that the rest of the
world, including the Arabs, rightly view them as
Nigerians and not Igbo and their behaviour is a
reflection of us all.


https://mobile.twitter.com/realFFK/status/1113390266449375232?p=v

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Politics / Breaking!!! FG Roll Out New Employment Scheme by boman2014: 4:07pm On Apr 03, 2019
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has announced
the creation of a new scheme which is aimed at
providing jobs for at least 60,000 Nigerians aged
18-25 years. This was made known by the Minister
of budget and planning, Udoma Udoma while fielding
questions from journalists at the end of the Federal
Executive Council meeting which was chaired by
President Muhammadu Buhari.

The new scheme which he said would be called N-
power knowledge multi-track youth empowerment
programme would mostly be done on mobile
computing and commonly used electronic devices.
The programme according to him is opened to all
graduates.


https://www.informationng.com/2019/04/breakingfg-roll-out-new-employment-scheme.html

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Crime / Young Man Commits Suicide By Hanging In Anambra (graphic Photos) by boman2014: 3:03pm On Apr 03, 2019
It has been reported that a young man has shocked
people in a community in Anambra state by killing
himself.


The young man identified as Alex Chukwumezie
committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree.
According to Okoli Osita, a man who told the story
on Facebook, the incident happened on Tuesday,
April 2, in Ihiala.

Read his report below: "Alex Chukwumezie son from
Ubahuekwem Ihiala Anambra state commits suicide
Tuesday evening 02/04/2019.

"His name is Chika Chukwumezie and his corpse has
been thrown into the thick forest in the midnight and
efforts are ongoing to bring in traditionalists who
will cut off the orange tree and sanctify the
compound.

"Enveloped history has it that his uncle about
centenary ago committed these same suicide also at
youthful age."

https://www.tori.ng/news/119653/shocker-young-man-commits-suicide-by-hanging-in-an.html

Crime / Three FUTO Students Found Death After Alleged Drug Overdose (photos) by boman2014: 2:55pm On Apr 03, 2019
Three students of the Federal University of
Technology, Owerri, Imo State, have been confirmed
dead, while one is still unconscious after allegedly
overdosing on drugs.

It was gathered that four students were found
onTuesday at Sunshine Castle Hostel, Umuchima at
ihiagwa Community, Owerri North LGA, Imo state.
They had been reportedly taking a mixture of
tramadol, codeine, vodka and India hemp.


Two reportedly died instantly whle the only lady
amongst them and another male student were found
unconcious and immediately moved to Federal
Medical Centre Owerri and placed on life support
there. The male student later died at the hospital,
leaving only the lady unconscious.

Reports claim all four of them were found naked,
one was with a bathing soap in his hand, the other
lying on top of the lady. The room was filled with
bottles of codeine, packets of tramadol, India hemp
and vodka and other drugs.


Police men arrived at the hotel on Wednesday
morning to take away the dead bodies and also
arrest the lodge caretaker. Currently most occupants
of the lodge have vacated the premises for fear of
being arrested.


See photo below:

https://www.tori.ng/news/119655/three-futo-students-found-death-after-alleged-drug.html

Foreign Affairs / Re: After Ruling For 20 Years, Algerian President Has Been Forced To Resign by boman2014: 2:43pm On Apr 03, 2019
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Politics / Re: Africa Largest Solar Panel Factory Unveiled In Borno by boman2014: 2:37pm On Apr 03, 2019
up north!!!

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Crime / Johnson, UNIBEN Graduate, Escaped Xenophobia In S.A But Fell To Police Bullets by boman2014: 2:10pm On Apr 03, 2019
In one of the videos circulated online hours after
Kolade Johnson was shot dead by policemen, the
deceased was seen cooking in a kitchen as music
blared from speakers in the background. Shouts of
“K Low”, his nickname, rented the air while he
stirred a pot of soup.

During a visit to 1 Beeco street, Onipetesi, Mangoro,
Lagos, residence of the deceased, TheCable met
Boluwade Awakan, Johnson’s stepbrother, who said
he was a music lover in his lifetime.

RIP Kolade Johnson aka KayLow #KLOW aka
Don Styles. Just this morning we still spoke
about how you want to send money for your
Son Jason. Gentle warrior, funny Somebody
and a great friend. Your killers won’t go free. #
Endsars #EndSARS #EndSACS #EndSAKS #
Justice4Kola pic.twitter.com/nfnZo2AeTF
— Yungest godfada (@YGodfada) April 1, 2019



Johnson’ blood splashed on this floor after he was
shot


Awakan said his younger brother, who graduated
from UNIBEN, travelled to South Africa where he
spent five years and returned to Nigeria in 2017. He
said Johnson was planning to revive his music
career back home having failed to make something
meaningful out of it while overseas.

Awakan said things weren’t that easy for Johnson
abroad, especially at a time aliens lived in fear of
xenophobic attacks in South Africa.

[img]https://f5p3e9e4.stackpathcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Boluwade-Awakan-Johnson’s-brother.jpg[/img]


Awakan: “I still can’t believe that my mother’s last
child is gone.”


“So, he returned to Nigeria two years ago, and he
chose to live here as against Ojota where he lived
before he travelled. He wanted somewhere quiet
where he could think and concentrate,” Awakan
said.

“He had a baby boy with his South African partner
and Kola was planning to bring his boy, Tayo
Johnson, to Nigeria this December when he would
be four years.”

GENTLE AND EASY-GOING

Awakan described his brother as an easygoing man
who hardly threw his own troubles at anyone.
“He will never allow you bear his burden, he will
rather suffer the burden silently. Even if Kola is
going through pain, he would go inside and try
through the pain without telling you.”




This was where Johnson sat while watching the match

JUST ENDED SEVEN-DAY FASTING

With his eyes soaked in tears, Awakan told TheCable
that the deceased had just rounded off a seven-day
fasting, seeking God’s intervention in his situation
before his 36th birthday in July.

“He broke his fast around 4pm. He called me, he
said brother, things are not easy and I need help, I
need changes in his life and that was why he
embarked on a seven-day fasting,” Awakan said.

Like most football lovers, Johnson left the comfort
of his home Sunday evening to join friends at
Kingstine-Jo, a nearby bar, to watch the live English
premiership match between Hotspur and Tottenham.

[img]https://f5p3e9e4.stackpathcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/‘He-was-standing-behind-this-vehicle-when-the-bullet-hit-him’.jpg[/img]

He was standing behind this vehicle when the bullet hit him

Perhaps, he would have missed those bullets if he waited home till 6pm. Awakan fought this thought, finding it hard to accept that the last born of their mother had died.

“He could sit back at home and watch the match,
we have DSTV here!”

Johnson’s unfortunate death caught attention of
celebrities and powerful people in government.
President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed that his
killers would be brought to book.



Zubairu Muazu, Lagos commissioner of police, during a condolence visit to the family of the
deceased.


When he led a team on condolence visit to the
family of the deceased on Tuesday, Zubairu Muazu,
Lagos state commissioner of police, said efforts
were in place to make Johnson’s killers account for
their crime.



According to the police, one of these men pulled the trigger which ended Johnson’s sojourn on earth.

Shortly after, the command released the names and
photographs of the officers suspected to be behind
the tragic incident. They were identified as
Ogunyemi Olalekan, an inspector, and Godwin Orji, a
sergeant. Both men are attached to anti cultism
squad of the Lagos police command.

Editor’s note: The featured image on this story was
taken from CNN

https://www.thecable.ng/close-up-johnson-the-uniben-graduate-who-fled-safrica-because-of-xenophobia-but-fell-to-police-bullets-back-home

Crime / Re: Man Stripped Unclad And Banished From Imo Community Over Murder. Photo by boman2014: 10:00pm On Mar 31, 2019
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Politics / Lagos-abeokuta Expressway On Fire After 'killing Of Yahoo Boy By F-SARS' by boman2014: 9:49pm On Mar 31, 2019
A commuter currently stranded on that road told
SaharaReporters that street urchins set fire on both
sides of the road in protest of the killing of a
prominent Yahoo boy around Punch Estate,
Mangoro, by men of the Federal Special Anti-
Robbery Squad (F-SARS).


The Lagos stretch of the Lagos-Abeokuta
Expressway is currently on lockdown, with
passengers finding it impossible to enter the city,
SaharaReporters can report.

A commuter currently stranded on that road told
SaharaReporters that street urchins set fire on both
sides of the road in protest of the killing of a
prominent Yahoo boy around Punch Estate,
Mangoro, by men of the Federal Special Anti-
Robbery Squad (F-SARS).

The commuter quoted a witness of the incident as
saying other boys in the area angered by the killing
started the fire on both lanes of the road; and
whenever it went down, they reignited it.

As of 8:15pm, the gridlock had reached Iyana-Ipaja
on the side towards Oshodi and PWD on the side
towards Mangoro.

Police or traffic management officials had not been
sighted at the scene of the fire as of press time.

http://saharareporters.com/2019/03/31/happening-now-lagos-abeokuta-expressway-set-fire-after-killing-yahoo-boy-f-sars?fbclid=IwAR3d2oACok04NRkuiSSNsOZevTBFUWe09zOuvauEVtqhF0AxQ5erorWLjQE
Crime / Re: Anambra: Man Dies While Trying To Separate Fight Between Couple (Photos) by boman2014: 1:33pm On Mar 30, 2019
wtf
Family / Re: Share Some Funny Things You Did As A Child by boman2014: 1:25pm On Mar 30, 2019
the heat is too much

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Health / Re: Nigeria Has 15 Million Drug Addicts’ - Buba Marwa by boman2014: 3:26pm On Mar 29, 2019
Lordave:
12 million from the North.
rubbish
Health / Nigeria Has 15 Million Drug Addicts’ - Buba Marwa by boman2014: 3:22pm On Mar 29, 2019
Buba Marwa, Chairman of the Presidential Advisory
Committee for the Elimination of Drug Abuse, has
said of Nigeria’s estimated population of about 180
million, there are 15 million drug addicts.


Marwa, who was former military governor of Lagos
State, referred to the development as alarming. He
said the global average rating of drug use and abuse
is five per cent, noting that “In Nigeria, we are at 15
per cent.”

Marwa made this claim on Wednesday, in Kaduna, in
the company of members of his committee, when
he addressed officers and men of Katsina Command
of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency
(NDLEA).

“We have an emergency situation before us
regarding the issue of drugs abuse in Nigeria,” he
said.

He said the Nigerian government decided to raise
the committee to proffer recommendations and
steps to be taken to resolve the issue of drug abuse
in the country,

Marwa had earlier visited the Katsina Government
House, where he told Governor Aminu Bello Masari
that the committee commenced work last
December.



“We started our work since December and finished
the plenary and now we are visiting states across
the country.

“On the whole, we are facing the supply side of
drugs, in terms of cutting the supply because you
must have drugs first before the use. Government
agencies involved need to be strengthened to be
able to carry out their functions effectively, and the
demand side appears to be more difficult to handle.

“We also need to take the preventive measures to
ensure that those who do not take the drugs remain
so. We have to interface with esteemed leaders
across the country. We feel that there ought to be
committees on drug abuse, right from the federal to
the local governments and across the communities.

“We do not know that the causes of drug abuse
include, but it’s not limited to poverty, joblessness
and idleness which translate to looking for jobs.

Rehabilitation and counselling centres are few. We
will interface with religious organisations and
traditional leaders and also examine the Almajiri
situation and embellish with western education. The
Almajiris, in the course of their training, do other
things that are not good for them.”


In his remarks, Masari described the state’s borders
as porous, adding that “unscrupulous elements
exploit the situation to smuggle illicit drugs and other
substances into Nigeria.”

“The fundamental issue which we have to address is
massive investment in education. The most
effective way is massive investment in public
education, because that is where you have over 90
per cent of the population,” he added.

http://saharareporters.com/2019/03/29/‘nigeria-has-15-million-drug-addicts’
Politics / Aso Rock To Enjoy Uninterrupted Power Supply As ‘eligible Customer’ by boman2014: 3:12pm On Mar 29, 2019
The federal executive council (FEC) has approved
the inclusion of the presidential villa in the eligible
customer policy to ensure uninterrupted power
supply to the villa.



In a statement on Friday, Hakeem Bello, special
adviser on communications to Babatunde Fashola,
minister of power, said the approval is aimed at
achieving improvement in the electricity supply and
distribution in the country.

According to him, the approval was made at the FEC
meeting on in response to a memorandum submitted
by the minister seeking approval to include the
presidential villa in the distribution expansion
programme earlier approved by the council.

The eligible customer regulation, which was issued
by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission
(NERC) in mid-2017, permits electricity customers to
buy power directly from the electricity generation
companies (GenCos), other than distribution
companies (DisCos), in line with the provisions of
section 27 of the Electric Power Sector Reform Act
2005.

The programme seeks to enable unutilised 2000
megawatts (MW) from the GenCos to be distributed
to targeted metered customers.

“The Ministry had earlier obtained approval from the
Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) following its
letter to the Bureau intimating it of the Council’s
approval of the Distribution Expansion Programme
with the intention of the Ministry to procure civil
works that would facilitate uninterrupted power
supply to the Aso Rock Villa and curb the present
erratic supply of power in spite of the availability of
power by the Generation Companies (GenCos),” Bello
said.


“The project to be executed by Messrs Dextron
Engineering Limited, has a completion period of six
months under the Distribution Expansion Programme.

An arrangement has also been put in place such that
a GenCo, North-South Power Company Limited, will
procure the dedicated supply to the Villa from the
National Grid while the Abuja Electricity Distribution
Company (AEDC) has indicated interest to ensure
success of the project.”

ENDORSEMENT FOR A STERILE REGULATION TWO
YEARS AFTER INTRODUCTION

In February, the federal government had asked
GenCos to find eligible customers for its stranded
power as the payment for shortfalls might end soon.
On March 1, 2017, the federal government approved
the sum of N701 billion as power assurance
guarantee fund for the Nigerian Bulk Electricity
Trader (NBET) to pay for the electricity produced by
the GenCos to the national grid and as well cover
the shortfalls. The two-year intervention ended in
December, 2018.

With the current reality that no licensed customer
has benefitted from the eligible customer policy two
years after it was unveiled, the patronage from the
presidency gives a strong endorsement to the
directive, encouraging more buyers, especially
manufacturers who require uninterrupted power
supply for industrial use.

This will also encourage GenCos to produce more
energy, as they currently produce less than their
installed capacity of 13,000MW, in as much more
eligible customers are ready to buy them. It will also
reduce the constant issue of load rejection by
DisCos, as the rejected energy will be diverted to
eligible customers.


Aso Rock Babatunde Fashola Electricity
eligible customer policy
federal executive council (FEC)


https://www.thecable.ng/aso-rock-to-enjoy-uninterrupted-power-supply-as-eligible-customer/amp
Crime / Malaysian Police Storm RCCG Church, Arrest Many Nigerians (video) by boman2014: 2:03pm On Mar 29, 2019
Members of the Redeemed Christian Church of God
have been given a fright after police officers in
Malaysia stormed their church.



RCCG centre in Malaysia raided

A Redeemed Christian Church of God centre in
Damansara, a town in Kuala Lumpur, the capital city
of Malaysia has been raided by the Police.
The sad incident took place on Thursday leading to
the arrest of six persons.

The members who are mostly Nigerians, were
conducting a vigil when the police stormed the
church and arrested them for public disturbance.
Watch a video from the moment the raid took place
below:

https://m.youtube.com/embed/YV0HmQwwqzE?feature=oembed

https://www.youtube.com/embed/YV0HmQwwqzE?feature=oembed
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Family / Re: The Moment Man And His Younger Sister Met After 7 Years by boman2014: 1:14pm On Mar 29, 2019
cool
I can imagine the Joy

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Travel / Mexican Girl Falls To Her Death From Plane While Skydiving On Her 18th Birthday by boman2014: 12:04am On Mar 29, 2019
A young schoolgirl has tragically fallen to her death
from a plane while she was trying to skydive on her
birthday.



Vanessa Ivonne Melendez Cardenas was celebrating
her 18th birthday with the 1,300ft parachute jump in
Mexico

A schoolgirl girl plunged 1,300ft to her death on a
birthday skydive after her parachute failed to open -
and the operator insists its chute wasn't to blame.
Vanessa Ivonne Melendez Cardenas, 18, died along
with instructor Mauricio Gutierrez Castillo, 34, in
Morelos, Mexico on Sunday.


She arrived at the Albatroos Air Sports Club with her
loved ones at around 3pm and was keen to
celebrate her 18th birthday in style.

Along with a group of others, she was assigned to
Mauricio, an experienced instructor with more than
400 jumps under his belt.

The pair boarded a plane, from which they jumped
and soared through the skies for at least two
minutes, local paper El Grafico reported.

In footage shared on local reports, a man can be
heard saying: "My God, I hope that Liz come this
way," as other skydivers land.



This is the moment high school student Vanessa
plunged to her death along with instructor Mauricio
Gutiérrez Castillo


But moments later he realised "Liz", Vanessa, was
not among them.

Emergency services scrambled to the scene at
around 3.43pm local time, and found two bodies
near the Mexico-Acapulco highway.

Jorge Gaitan, director of Albatros Parachuting, said
the fall was not an accident caused by a malfunction
in the equipment.

Instead, he insisted one of the two victims had
caused the horrific fall.

He said: "We are investigating, but the parachute
was working well.

"Everything seems to indicate that the release of the
parachute was not an accident, because it was
activated.

"It wasn't equipment failure or anything like that. It
surely had to do with someone who was on that
flight, who manipulated and activated the release
mechanism."



Vanessa and Mauricio's bodies were found lying
metres away from a highway


The skydiving company said the parachute's release
was activated at an altitude where "it was
impossible for the parachute to respond".

Gaitan added: "That doesn't end up happening by
accident: it is caused by a human.

"We are in those investigations. We still do not know
what happened."

The area remains cordoned off by police as they
carry out investigations.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/8736954/girl-plunges-death-birthday-skydive/

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Crime / Re: Lady Caught On CCTV Stealing From The Cashier's Drawer In A Fashion Store by boman2014: 11:18pm On Mar 27, 2019
this one don get A1+ for stealing

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