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Abdulrahman, who retired as a senior DSS official, claimed in a Premium Times interview that Daura also betrayed Buhari by serving as a mole for Bukola Saraki, the Senate President.
“He will go and get information on plans for (Senate president) Bukola (Saraki) and then leak it to him,” he said.
The former aide of Daura said he quit the agency in 2016 because of the scale of corruption and abuse there.
Mr Daura, who led Nigeria’s domestic spy agency since 2015, was abruptly fired on Tuesday by Acting President Yemi Osinbajo after he ordered a blockade of the National Assembly.
Mr Abdulrahman said President Buhari never knew Daura until he was introduced to him by the late Senator Mustapha Bukar in 2015. He then disclosed how Daura wormed his way into the heart of President Buhari’s cousin, Mamman Daura.
He claimed that after Daura was appointed in July 2015, “Daura was receiving money from everyone including the president’s enemies”.
Mr Abdulrahman said when they resumed, they always closed late at work, often at about 2am. “What we were doing was mostly: receiving Ghana must go filled with cash brought by enemies of government to him.”
“The rate of corruption on that fourth floor was too much and the president doesn’t deserve this,” he said.
“He will go and get information on plans for (Senate president) Bukola (Saraki) and then leak it to him,” he said.
Similar allegation emerged Tuesday after Mr Daura’s removal, with many administration supporters accusing him of working for Mr Saraki against the government.
On Wednesday, Mr Saraki said claims he compromised Mr Daura in respect of the National Assembly siege constituted an “insult on the intelligence( sic) (ignorance) of Nigerians”.
But as Premium Times reminded its readers, Messrs. Saraki and Daura clearly enjoyed cooperation in the past. In the heated days of the National Assembly’s standoff with the executive over the appointment of Ibrahim Magu as head of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, it was mostly memos from the SSS that the lawmakers referenced as basis for rejecting Mr Magu.
Asked what the real issue was between Mr Magu and the DG SSS, Mr Abdulrahman said Mr Daura wanted Mr Magu to share information on high profile cases with him
“Magu is a smart officer and he knew Daura wanted to use such information to extract money from people. He told Daura to his face that I can’t report to you, I only report to the president who appointed me,” he said.
On Mr Daura’s career history, Mr Abdulrahman said the former DG was sacked from the DSS originally before his reappointment by Mr Buhari because he was caught siphoning diesel from the SSS Academy in Kaduna.
“Before then, he was almost sacked when he was State Director in Lagos. Tinubu, who was governor donated 20 vehicles to aid the work of the service in the state; Fashola, who is Minister now, was the Chief of Staff at the time, Lawal Daura took all the vehicles to Kano and sold them off,” he claimed.
He also said Mr Daura had to be secretly taken away in Edo state because of how he was misusing staff stipends.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/08/daura-betrayed-buhari-to-saraki-says-ex-aide-in-a-tell-all-interview/

please i would like to have information for Master in Criminology (Full time and Part time) school fees. Then the duration. thanks.

This is my ward. No violence.

Brave customers at one barbershop really are in the hot seat , thanks to a maverick hairdresser’ s technique of cutting hair using fire .
Kadir Demirel, who runs Kapsalon Istanbul, in Holland , has ditched the scissors and instead sprays flammable liquid on his clients ’ hair before setting it alight.
Shocking footage taken inside the salon shows Mr . Demirel using a comb to brush the hair while it is still burning and smoking .
The 39- year-old businessman said, “I learnt this technique during my barber training in Turkey .
“ Traditionally, it was used as a way of burning away lice when there was no cure and it was also used to style and smoothen hair , as there were no hair dryers at the time.
“ I use it to tame frizzy hair and burn away dead ends . Healthy hair isn’ t damaged by this technique.
“ It can also be used to remove static hair after a cut , but I wouldn ’ t recommend anyone trying it without proper training .
“ My customers aren’ t scared because they trust me and it ’ s not painful . I have one customer who is just seven years old and another who is eight.
“ I enjoy my work because it ’ s so different . I also like to teach other barbers how to use this technique. ”

see photo at: http://www.punchng.com/barber-uses-fire-to-cut-customers-hair/

A researcher of human behaviour, Alfred Kinsey , who is fascinated by how sex and gender interact , says that people avoid sex for many different reasons, some of which can be easily addressed .
While he notes that people who have more sex report higher self - esteem, life satisfaction and quality of life , lower frequency of sex and avoiding sex are linked to psychological distress, anxiety , depression and relationship problems.
In his landmark work , Kinsey found that up to 19 percent of adults do not engage in sex. This varies by gender and marriage status , with nearly no married males going without sex for a long duration .
Other research also confirms that women more commonly avoid sex than men. In fact, up to 40 percent of women avoid sex some time in their lives . Pain during sex and low libido are big issues.
The gender differences start early . More teenage females than teenage males abstain from sex.
Women also are more likely to avoid sex because of childhood sexual abuse . Pregnant women fear miscarriage or harming the foetus – and can also refuse sex because of lack of interest and fatigue.
The most common reasons for men avoiding sex are erectile dysfunction, chronic medical conditions and lack of opportunity.
Medical problems top the list
“ For both men and women , however , our research and the work of others have shown that medical problems are the main reasons for sex avoidance, ” Kinsey says.
“ For example , heart disease patients often avoid sex because they are afraid of a heart attack . Other research has shown the same for individuals with cerebrovascular conditions, such as a stroke .
“ Chronic pain diminishes the pleasure of the sexual act and directly interferes by limiting positions . The depression and stress it causes can get in the way , as can certain medications for chronic pain , ” the researcher says.
Metabolic conditions such as diabetes and obesity reduce sexual activity . In fact, diabetes hastens sexual decline in men by as much as 15 years. Large body mass and poor body image ruin intimacy , which is core to the opportunity for having sex.
Personality disorders, addiction and substance abuse and poor sleep quality all play major roles in sexual interest and abilities .
Many medications , such as antidepressants and anti -anxiety drugs , reduce libido and sexual activity , and, as a result , increase the risk of sexual avoidance.
Finally , low levels of testosterone for men and low levels of dopamine and serotonin in men and women can play a role .
Social and emotional factors – and consequences
Alfred Kinsey says that , for both genders , loneliness reduces the amount of time spent with other people and the opportunity for interactions with others and intimacy . Individuals who are lonely sometimes replace actual sexual relations with the use of pornography . This becomes important as pornography may negatively affect sexual performance over time.
“ Many older adults do not engage in sex because of shame and feelings of guilt or simply because they think they are too old for sex. However, it would be wrong to assume that older adults are not interested in engaging in sex , ” he warns .
What is the solution?
Few people talk with their doctors about their sexual problems . Indeed, at least half of all medical visits do not address sexual issues.
Embarrassment, cultural and religious factors , and lack of time may hold some doctors back from asking about the sex lives of their patients . Some doctors feel that addressing sexual issues creates too much closeness to the patient. Others think talking about sexuality will take too much time .
Yet while some doctors may be afraid to ask about sex with patients, research has shown that patients appear to be willing to provide a response if asked.
“ This means that their sexual problems are not being addressed unless the doctor brings it up, ” Kinsey says .

Miracle has won the BBNaija 2018 edition !
The Prize is N45m in total, and Miracle is walking away with it , after 85 eventful days in the House , full of hope, intrigues , sex, betrayal and anxiety .
In his comment at the final event, General Manager , Marketing and Sales of MultiChoice , Martin Mabutho, said Double Wahala was “ served hot .”
Miracle won with over 38% of the entire votes cast . In all , 170 million votes were cast in the 85 -day event , with 30 million votes coming in this week alone .
Miracle goes home with N45m comprising :
N25m cash
N12m SUV
N4 .7 m all - expenses paid vacation
N3 .3 m household equipment comprising of electronics and other gadgets .
Miracle ’ s real name is Miracle Igbokwe. He was born on the 17th of February 1995 .
Miracle attended the International Aviation College and the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology, Zaria . He finished from Dee Unique International High School.
Newly graduated from the aviation school , Miracle flies into the House with his pilot license firmly in hand. He feels grateful for everything in life as he knows how financially difficult it was to get there .
Miracle ’ s love of dancing and camping is only parallel by his sense of fashion, especially his skinny jeans. Miracle hates inequality and says he’ s not in the game for the money.
When he was asked what irritates him most in other people , he said , “ People being fake makes me not to trust them .”
As to what he brought into the BB House, he said , “ I want to bring confusion among the ladies. ”
‘ What will you do with the prize money’ , he was asked; to which he said, “ I’ ll use part of the money to further my pilot training and the rest to help my family .
Miracle and Nina had the first kiss and make -out session in the house . They both made it to the final five , but Nina was among the three final evictees on the last day of the reality show , leaving Miracle and Cee- C to contend for the coveted prize.
Miracle ’ s Instagram Handle is : @miracleikechukwu
His Facebook Profile is: Miracle Igbokwe
His Twitter Profile is: @Miracle 860
While in the house, Miracle was once embroiled in a drama when a wedding band was spotted on his ring finger in some old photos that Nigerians dug up.
His brother , Samuel debunked the claims that Miracle was married. He also explained how the ring on his finger came to be.

The official title of Idi Amin, the dictator of Uganda was "His Excellency, President for Life, Field Marshal Al Hadji Doctor Idi Amin Dada, VC, DSO, MC, Lord of All the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Seas and Conqueror of the British Empire in Africa in General and Uganda in Particular.

attacked a first generation bank in Ifaki-Ekiti, Ido/Osi Local Government Area of Ekiti State, killing a policeman, just as another police sergeant was killed in an invasion of a police station in Kutigi, Niger State.
An eyewitness in the bank attack in Ekiti disclosed that the robbers stormed the premises of the bank, around 4p.m., when the bank had already closed for business.
The witness said though the robbers could not gain entry into the bank, but riddled the front entrance of the bank with bullets and in the process killed a mobile policeman, who was on duty while his colleague sustained severe injuries.
The bandits also reportedly destroyed the bank’s Automated Teller Machine (ATM) gallery located outside the bank.
“Social and economic activities were paralysed for about 30 minutes the robbery lasted as frightened residents scampered for safety. Vehicles disappeared from all major roads in the town as many of them turned back on learning about the robbery.”
The eyewitness added : “It was a terrible experience for us in Ifaki today, the neighbourhood where the bank is located became a war zone with endless gun shots fired by the robbers.
“Although they didn’t succeed in entering the bank, they killed one MOPOL (Mobile Policeman) and his colleague, who was also shot, was taken to the hospital.
“They shattered the glasses used to decorate the front of the bank and they destroyed the ATM Point. Although the robbers had left but there is still panic in the town.”
When called on phone for reaction, the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Abdullahi Chafe, who confirmed the incident, refused to give further details.
Chafe said: “I cannot give you details on the incident now because we are in a meeting. We will give full details in due course.”
In related development, one Sergeant Jibril Abubakar was killed when armed robbers invaded a police station in the home town of Inspector General of Police, Kutigi, Niger State.
It was gathered that the gunmen were said to have entered the town at 3:50 am shooting sporadically and made straight for the police division.
The State Police Command ‘s Public Relation Officer, ASP Muhammad Dan-Inna Abubakar, confirmed the death of the Sergeant in the incident.
According to him, “the gunmen arrived the town at about 3.50a.m. Wednesday and made straight to the Kutigi police station where they started shooting sporadically.
The gunmen were however repelled by the men on duty but unfortunately one Sergeant Jibril Abubakar lost his life during the gun duel”, he remarked.
He said the Commissioner of Police Dibal Yakadi yesterday paid on the spot-assessment to the area and has placed N500, 0000 bounty on anyone who can come up with useful information that would led to arrest of the attackers.
He further explained that a seven-man investigation team headed by OC Special Anti-robbery Squad (SARS), SP Bako has been constituted to track down the assailants and bring them to book.
It would be recalled that two months ago, gunmen also invaded on a divisional police station in Lemu, Gbako local government area of the state which is just few kilometres to Kutigi, the latest attacked town.

This is a really fun, interesting question to ponder and reflect on, given my transition from spending most of my twenties and early thirties as a profligate bachelor into a happily married man, now in my late thirties.
In its early stages, bachelorhood is a wonderful, formative experience. You learn what you're made of, and what you want out of life. As long as the life of the bachelor is relatively well appointed: decent job, reasonably articulated ambitions, nice dwelling, positive disposition, and social skills can enable a single man to optimize his experiences with professional life, hobbies, friends and women for quite some time, especially in a major metro like NYC, London, etc. where the social pressure to settle down is generally quite low, while the pressure to build up one's own personal success and experiences is quite high. This leads people in your peer group to prioritize work and social capital opportunities. You can run around town weekend in and weekend out, having adventures, pursuing your own interests, traveling, making new friends / lovers and shedding them as you like. You can pack your free time with internet dates and meet hundreds and hundreds of women. You can blow your whole paycheck on designer jeans, music festival tickets, sunglasses, sushi, and martinis. I did this, and have a lot of friends that have done this, and we all thoroughly enjoyed it, for a time.
I remember being around age 26, fresh out of a top tier business school in NYC, with an ego the size of a Mack truck, dating a girl I kind of liked, and she cajoled me into participating in her family holiday get together upstate as kind of an underhanded relationship check point. I felt really uncomfortable there, both because I didn't really gel with her family, and also because I knew I wasn't ready to get serious. I practically sprinted back to NYC, broke up with her over email, and proceeded to run out to some clubs on a drug fueled bender that lasted a solid 36 hours. The freedom to check out of that relationship with relatively negligible consequences was quite delicious.
Over time, however, one starts to realize that being responsible only to oneself is both a blessing and a curse, in that you are treading the line between healthy self reliance / personal enrichment and dysfunctional narcissism at all times. Especially as you date and experiment with serious romantic relationships, it begins to feel very selfish and hollow to keep starting new relationships and breaking things off, essentially treating love as a transient, disposable commodity. Was she
really not "the one", or are you just a fickle, indecisive, self-absorbed idiot? At a certain point you may end up in some really painful situations involving devastating heartbreak or some form of high drama that permanently ends up in your emotional baggage load. In my late twenties I became entangled with a gorgeous, breathtakingly charming girl who had some kind of Borderline Personality Disorder involving extreme, unpredictable mood swings, delusion and aggression, and I became known amongst my friends as "the guy who keeps dating the crazy chick because the sex must be wild". She liked spontaneous shopping sprees and trips to the Caribbean, and shaving fresh white truffles onto the pizza we shared while sipping champagne. Then there were some bizarre late night arguments, faked suicide attempts, imaginary terminal illness, and later, threats and stalking. That one ended with the help of a lawyer issuing a restraining order against her.
My high risk, high reward startup career hit a rough patch during the Great Recession, and I had to move home with my parents in the suburbs for a protracted period, broke and saddled with student loan debt. I would spend weekends, and increasingly, weeknights, crashing on couches, waking up with mind shattering hangovers, smelling like an ashtray, and sleeping with women who were way outside of my normal standards because my self esteem had plummeted. Good looks and fancy degrees didn't protect me from having to ride the bus into town with drifters and migrant laborers. I started to recognize how selfish I used to be, and I couldn't just prop myself up on career achievements anymore.
Some choice text messages from this era:
"I woke up hanging upside down in a cave next to a hobgoblin."
"That after party was like Jacob's Ladder."
"I looked in the mirror this morning and said 'I hate you'"
"I high-fived a vampire squid last night. He was helping the dj pick out records."
"I felt something inside me snap last night. I think it was my pancreas."
When you hit your late twenties and early thirties, your friends are all settling down at an increasing rate, and very slowly, almost imperceptibly, you start to feel an aura of negativity around your single-dom. Your parents may start giving you a hard time for showing up alone around the holidays, and someone might make some remark about your sexual orientation that really stings. Peoples' decisions to get married are like popcorn kernels in the microwave, some pop the question right away while others take more time. Eventually, you start to feel like one of the last un-popped kernels in the bag. The social consequences become more and more pronounced. You visit a happily married friend you used to party with who has a couple kids running around, and he's beaming with fatherly joy while you're furtively checking your phone to see if that not-so-awesome girl texted you back, and you feel really uncomfortable with yourself. You come to the realization that many of the remaining singles in your peer group stay single not because they choose to, but because a lot of them have serious personal issues. Your self centered pursuit of wealth or social status or whatever it is you used to think you wanted may have driven you to make and maybe lose a fortune, or at least the hopes of achieving one, and you discover that it's mostly meaningless.
You also start feeling your age. More ear hair, a little extra weight around the middle, maybe some male pattern baldness. You're not such a strapping young lad anymore. You're weary from all the weird, awkward dating scenarios you have under your belt, mystified as to why that girl didn't call you back, and your desire to go out and hunt for new relationships begins to dwindle. You've broken hearts, or had your heart broken, and slithered off into the night a few too many times. You're stuck alone in your apartment for a whole winter weekend, then another, then another, organizing and cleaning in a way that you know you're only doing it because you have nothing better to do with your time. You're just a guy sitting alone in a box. You get yourself back out there, but the sexy parties you used to frequent have less beautiful people and more washed up alcoholics, or maybe younger beautiful people looking at you like you're the washed up alcoholic. Maybe you have a health scare or some unexpected surgery, and the only person around you can designate to pick you up after anesthesia is your other miserable, irresponsible lech of a friend who lives down the street, who doesn't show up, and you have to sneak past the nurses and hail a cab yourself, still groggy from the anesthetic. You barely make it home from your minimally invasive surgery, and cry, because you feel like you almost just died alone, even though it was just a minor procedure. You call your mom, and she's worried about you, again. Bachelorhood has really started to suck.
Then, one day, a woman shows up in your life. Doesn't care about your job, or lack thereof, she just likes your smile, and witty conversation. She respects your experiences and character. You like her smile and respect her experiences and character too. She invites you over for a nice home cooked dinner, and you watch a movie, and go to sleep early. She proudly introduces you to all of her friends and family, and you feel honored. You run a marathon together (her idea). During this marathon, you start grinning. You met a woman who makes you a better person, almost in spite of yourself. She is your partner in life, who builds you up way more than she takes. You want to take care of her, and live life based on your relationship, not just your own selfish needs.
You marry her, and never look back.

Ebiezprada:
We are living in a world with too many problems and far too few answers. Many millions regularly go hungry. Increasing numbers are addicted to drugs. More and more families are breaking up. Incest and family violence are constantly on the news. The air we breathe and the water we drink are slowly being poisoned. Meanwhile, more and more of us are being victimized by crime.

Do you think problems like these will ever be solved?

As a Criminologist,and talking theoretically from empirical evidence, World problems can never be solved. It can only be managed through detection,prevention and control.

DisGuy:
Has anyone got an actual experience of hotel reservations through Jumia Travel?

Hotel prices on their website is anywhere between 10% to 30% cheaper than booking.com, TripAdvisor, expedia etc which I thought might be due to the fact they're Nigerian company/advantage. They also give out discounts regularly

I've recently been reading some worring reviews about bookings done through Jumia- people turning up to hotels and front desk denying bookings or asking for higher prices than advertised

It happened to me at Lokoja.The receptionist inflated the price and argued with me that the info i got on Jumia was wrong.I had to check in to a nearby hotel closer to the one i booked online.The only thing that helped that day was that i didn't pay in advance.

barapistis:
So many things could be wrong along the line,

But this issues will be resolve..we Jumia tries it best in resolving this issues,

Secondly there are timeline and processes involve in issue resolution..it will be solved bro

You're not getting my point. Delivery dates keeps changing on the tracking link and your call centre agents lied about the delivery multiple times. This is unethical for business. No mail concerning the delivery and by tomorrow 29th January, 2018 ,it will be the 11th working day for an item tagged "express" on Jumia site and is yet to be delivered. Perhaps it had been deposited a whole week at your general warehouse which is just few hours drive to my location. lol...funny you.

otegabbq:
Good morning nairalanders, make una help me beg Jumia o!!!!
My first post ever, I ordered a professional culinary butane torch used for melting cheese, as am into BBQ and catering. Afterwaiting patiently for weeks, the day of delivery, I wasn't home. I begged my wife to pay the delivery guy. on getting home, It was a wrong off-point order. In which I immediately called them to complain. Another delivery guy came to pick it up. That was 2017 Nov, I think. Sad thing was all jobs of December 2017 that I was supposed to use that tool for, had to be cancelled. Lost over 100k because of their ineptitude.

I've sent over 5mails to Jumia, begging them, then even threatening them, still i'vent gotten a refund or as I told them, I still want what I ordered.

A customer care rep called me 3wks ago. I explained myself and instead of looking for a solution for me, she started asking for ratings. Does anything work in this country? Jumiaaaa!!! Nairaland is the 1st o. Am going to the pappers and texting all my blogger friends. I can't be cheated by the naija system and cheated by Jumia. Lailai. Order no: 347927772... Otegabt@yahoo.com, otegabbq@gmail.com. ..a very pissed off Jumia customer.

Jumia delivery is extremely poor. i ordered for a laundary machine since 15th Janaury 2018.Each time i call for the tracking, the response is always it's in the general warehouse in Lagos and i haven't gotten it till now.And no agent had called to apologize for the delay in shipment. Too bad... my worst shopping experience.

tstx:
You go fear question na....

Get a wrapper, an expensive one then bury the bible with it....

You should pray our Lord's prayer before you bury it. And if you're Catholic, pray the Rosary before you bury it. It's a sacramental object.

osazsky:
and y don't immans tell d govt wat to do.how many immans have fixed roads hyprocrites

I didn't get your texts...I have difficulties reading bad English. You should arrange your words well or provided you work on your spellings.

Henrydboss:
Hello peeps
Pls can one be admitted to study criminology and security studies with this waec result?
Maths B2
English C4
Biology B2
Physics C4
Chemistry B3
Geography A1
Civic education A1
Agric B3
Fisheries C5

Yea... sure no doubt. Go ahead.

Isokowadoo:
A Muslim posted this to Spite Christians And pastor's

This is not about Muslim posting this. We should learn to give back to our community. It might not be cash but I'm sure he's got influential friends. i remember my Bishop pleaded with the Governor in a Sunday Mass to help work on a road leading to a public school and he mobilised contractors there same weak. Get that clear. He's rich enough to assist partially or solicit with the Governor of the state.

This is not a Catholic Priest... besides nothing like pastor. And the man beside him does not look like an Altar Server. Change the post headline and stop misleading people.

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muibi1:
It's been more than two weeks since TSTV was launched in Nigeria and they promised Nigerians services that would be far better than Dstv. Unfortunately, we've not heard anything about TSTV again....is it that they don't have enough distributors?

Please drop your comments if you have any idea what's going on with our own indigenous TSTV.

Sales of decoders and dishes would commence on November 1, 2017.

skillzlujan:
Thank you kazrem. I am in 100 level and I missed the recently concluded 2nd semester E Exams cos the registration closed. I am trying to register for this new semester but it is saying i am not on the programme list please contact admin. Please what do I do? Anyone with opinions? Thank you.

Contact the ICT staff at your Study Centre to add you to the programme list.

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