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A final year student of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Chukwuemeka Akachi, has committed suicide after stating the reason for his action on Facebook.

Akachi, a native of Eha-Alumona in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State, was said to have battled dementia for over two months.

PUNCH Metro learnt that following an earlier threat to take his own life, two lecturers had been asked by the university to monitor and counsel him.

The English and Literary Studies student, however, carried out his threat by taking a poisonous substance.

A lecturer, who did not want his name in print, told our correspondent that it was the second time Akachi would be attempting suicide.

He said the victim had a long battle with dementia before he took his life.

PUNCH Metro observed that the deceased had gone on Facebookwhere he wrote a suicide note.

The budding poet wrote, “Forgive me. In case you are the one who found the body. I am really sorry. It had to be someone, you know. I have chosen Jo Nketaih’s poem as my suicide note: ‘They said you came looking for me. I did not drown; I was the water.’ Where do atheists go to when they die? Lol. Amen.”

In one of his previous posts, he said his mental health condition had affected his growth.

“My mental health has been on life support for a while now. Thanks to those who call. Text. Visit. Speak to me. May we always remember. May we never forget. You may have added a few hours, months or days to my time here. But you know life support is expensive, right? Thanks for trying. Amen,” he stated.

The Enugu State Police Public Relations Officer, Ebere Amaraizu, confirmed the incident, describing it as unfortunate.

Amaraizu, a Superintendent of Police, said the police had commenced investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death.



https://efefemisblog.com.ng/2019/05/15/facebook-note-makes-unn-undergraduate-to-commit-suicide/

NLC will pay for ‘waking me up’ with petrol trucks – Ngige threatens.

Chris Ngige has said said that members of the NLC will pay for waking him up in his residence during their protest – Ngige said he was woken up from his sleep around 5 am on Wednesday, May 8, by NLC members and their leaders – According to the minister, his family has been distraught from the action of the labour members The minister of labour and productivity, Chris Ngige, has threatened legal action against members of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) for ‘waking him up’ in the past week during their protest at his Abuja residence. Vanguard reports that Ngige said he was woken up from his sleep around 5 am on Wednesday, May 8, when members of the NLC led by their president Ayuba Wabba stormed his residence with petrol laden truck in protest. According to Ngige, his wife had informed him that their security guards were having issues with some strange fellows at the gate house.
He also said his wife noted that some people who arrived the vicinity at about 4.30 am the same day were on the walls of his house. Ngige said: “When the security people accosted them, they discovered that it was the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress himself that came physically with two tankers; one laden with petroleum, the second half empty.” “One was put at the gate of my house and the second at the gate of my neighbour’s house. When I heard the story, it was very strange. “I looked from upstairs and I saw that the tankers were actually blocking the entrance to my house. I came down and asked for the chief detail who told me the whole story. And it emerged that they even had a scuffle with the President of the NLC when they were struggling for the keys of the tankers. “So I went back and made calls to the FCT Commissioner of Police, Director of SSS and the Federal Road Safety Commission to see if they could move the vehicles,” the minister lamented. He further alleged that following the NLC protest, his wife, children, children of his domestic staff and security personnel were trapped. The minister also said it was difficult for his neighbour to go out for his daily activity on that day. Noting the illegality of the action of the NLC leaders and their members, Ngige said unionism means dialogue and not obstruction. “It is obstruction; it is against the law of the country. Then putting a tanker with petrol is arson, the place could have caught fire, the entire street could have been on fire. I don’t know what to say,” he said.

He also said that he later gathered that the NLC was focused on blocking the entrance to his residence till 10 am to prevent him from attending the Federal executive meeting on that day. “Those tankers were removed around 6 pm. Are you planning to take any action against the NLC? My neighbour says he is going to take legal action. I will also take legal action, illegal actions are actionable; nobody is above the law. Their grouse is the inauguration of the NSITF Board. So, I am very very distraught, my family is traumatised, the people in my house are traumatised, my domestic staff and their families are traumatised; even my neighbour and his wife couldn’t do their business for the day. Those tankers were removed around 6pm. Are you planning to take any action against the NLC? My neighbour says he is going to take legal action. I will also take legal action, illegal actions are actionable; nobody is above the law. Their grouse is the inauguration of the NSITF Board,” Ngige added.


https://efefemisblog.com.ng/2019/05/12/nlc-to-pay-ngige-for-waking-him-up-with-petrol-trucks/

Nollywood actress, Nse Ikpe-Etim has revealed she won’t be able to have a child for the rest of her life because she has no womb (uterus). While speaking at an event tagged “Conversation With Nse” in Lekki, the actress told her audience that three- years ago she was diagnosed with Adenomyosis, a condition whereby the inner lining of the uterus breaks through the muscle wall of the uterus.

She said,

“I was told I couldn’t have kids. And so, I had to have a hysterectomy (removal of the uterus) to make me have a life again and to stop going through what I was going through. And I’m literarily telling women and men, it really doesn’t matter if you can’t bear children. What really matters is what you would do for the world, for the universe.”

Recounting when she was first told by the doctor that she would have to remove her uterus to live a normal life, she said,

“Tears dropped and then my husband squeezed my hand. It was reassuring there was someone there and it was telling me that this is reality, my reality.”

Speaking further, she revealed the ordeal made her fall into depression.

“I didn’t think there was any point anymore because my society taught me that I have to be a mother to be appreciated and every time I went online, I would have one troll or two say ‘you never born? But I’m thankful that that didn’t break me. I’m thankful for Nollywood.”

https://efefemisblog.com.ng/2019/05/12/nse-ikpe-etim-tells-why-should-not-be-able-to-bear-a-child/

The Champions League final will be an affair between two English clubs, Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur F.C in Madrid on June 1.

On Tuesday, Liverpool made one the greatest comebacks as they thrashed Barcelona 4-0 in the second-leg to complete a stunning 4-3 aggregate, despite the Spanish club initial 3 – 0 victory in the first leg of their semifinal clash.

In Wednesday’s semifinal match between Ajax and Tottenham Hotspur F.C, Lucas Moura scored hattrick to seal the game 3-2 for Spurs at the Johan Cruyff Arena in Amsterdam. The final scoreline was 3-3 on aggregate and this saw the visitors go through on the away goals rule. Ajax, went into the second leg with a 1-0 from the first leg courtesy of Donny van de Beek‘s goal in London.

Five minutes into the game today when their teenage captain Matthijs de Ligt headed home from a corner kick. The Eredivisie leaders doubled their lead in the 35 minutes as Moroccan international playmaker Hakim Ziyechcurled.

But the downfall of Ajax began after Brazilian Lucas Moura slotted home on 55 minutes and then slammed the ball in from close range on 59 minutes to equalize on the night.

The biggest shocker of the night happened in the stoppage-time as Moura found the net again and scored his third goal in the 96th minuteto complete a second remarkable comeback for Premier League clubs in the Champions League.

English clubs, Liverpool and Tottenham will now face each other in the final game of the Champions League competition in Madrid on June 1.

https://efefemisblog.com.ng/2019/05/09/liverpool-against-tottenham-for-the-champions-league-final/

At the press conference, President of UNGA and Minister of Foreign Affairs revealed that Nigeria will be assuming Presidency of the UN General Assembly when the term of the incumbent expires.


https://efefemisblog.com.ng/2019/05/07/president-of-the-un-general-assembly-visit-aso-rockphotos/

Some angry residents of Gbagyi village has blocked the convoy of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to protest alleged land grabbing by the Nigeria Military.

The residents had earlier stormed the National Assembly to register their displeasure at the military forceful takeover of their land and killings of community residents.

The Vice President was heading to the airport when he ran into the protesters at Goza village.

Osinbajo was forced to alight from his car to address the angry protesters after the security aides failed to appease the protesters.


https://efefemisblog.com.ng/2019/05/07/yemi-osinbanjo-convoy-block-in-abuja/

The rate at which people from African rural areas move to township us getting too large. Every year, thousands of school leavers rush to urban areas to seek employment. This results in overcrowded cities and unpopulated countrysides.

Most of our youths nowadays wrongly regards agriculture as poor man’s business. They prefer white collar jobs to farming and forget that one can gain fame and wealth through agriculture. Most of these youths are greatly disappointed in the townships. Lack of jobs and lack of money make them become thieves and robbers.

Country life with its fresh air, is forgotten. Only old people and children are left behind. Our are uncut. Valuable customs, craft and arts become things of the past.

One way of checking this movement is by setting up factories in rural areas; other ways are good means of transport and communication. Libraries, medical services and post offices are equally important amenities necessary in rural areas.

Africa government are the chief bodies that can check this unnecessary drift to urban areas. The villages must be made attractive and healthy before people will be interested in living there.


https://efefemisblog.com.ng/2019/05/06/drift-to-townships/

The Second Niger Bridge is very important for the economy of the South-East and the Nigerian economy as a whole. I had the privilege of visiting the bridge from the Asaba end. The fascinating thing as we were told by the engineers is how much work goes into just the piling.
Each one of the piers is the equivalent of an 18 storey building in the ground and there are about 1,000 – 1,300 workers hard at work to bring the project to a reality. It is the firm commitment of President Muhammadu Buhari that this project be completed as quickly as it can.


https://efefemisblog.com.ng/2019/05/04/vice-president-yemi-osinbanjo-speaks-on-second-naija-bridgephotos/

The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) has moved to improve the nutrition and combat diseases in the internally displaced persons (IDPs) camps in the North-east.

The UN agency, in a programme supported by the Government of Switzerland through the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation yesterday distributed nine fresh foods and protein rich foods to about 2,000 households in Borno State, the epicentre of Boko Haram crisis. A statement by FAO said: “Beneficiaries were registered electronically and received voucher cards that they later redeemed for fresh foods.”

The statement noted that: “Through these distributions, FAO provides a market for smallholders, especially for producers of fresh foods that typically face high perishability and unstable prices. Some of the food items were purchased directly from locations like the vast Gamboru produce market in Maiduguri, with a state food safety team monitoring the quality of the purchases at point of sale and during the distributions.”

The statement quoted Ahmed Mohammed who sells produce in Gamboru Market, saying: “I am very happy my cabbage is going towards the nutrition of the IDPs,” revealing that he sourced his cabbage from FAO-assisted dry season farmers in Konduga, a Borno State Local Government Area.

The statement also quoted Suffyan Koroma, FAO Representative in Nigeria, as saying: “FAO is using the fresh food voucher approach to boost access to nutritious and diversified food items to IDPs, while providing a platform for our dry season supported farmers to sell their harvests.”

He said: “Our fresh food distribution is also promoting smallholder market participation as we have focused on crops traditionally farmed within local communities.”

Koroma disclosed that during the dry season, FAO supported farmers received fertiliser and vegetable seed including okra, amaranthus, cabbage, tomato, carrot and onion.

He added that in areas suitable for production, farmers also received rice and maize seed.

He said: “In total, about 62,000 dry season beneficiary households, translating to close to 430,000 people, had their incomes or food and nutrition security supported. Dry season harvests are expected to be continue to June, 2019 in some communities.”

He revealed that in the forthcoming rainy season, FAO aimed to assist about 92,000 households with crop seed and fertiliser delivered through direct distributions, as well as seed fairs where farmers could make their ‘seed of choice’ from FAO-supported vendors.

https://efefemisblog.com.ng/2019/05/04/fao-set-move-on-combating-disease-at-idps-camp/

Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Prof. Tijani Muhammad-Bande, has formally declared his intention to vie for the presidency of the 74th UN General Assembly (UNGA). Muhammad-Bande made the declaration at a cocktail party attended by world diplomats and delegates in New York on Friday evening.
This came barely eight days after the current UNGA president, Ms Maria Espinosa, announced him as the first candidate for the position.

It was reported that election of the president of the 74th UNGA will hold at the UN headquarters on June 4.
In a statement on its website, UNGA said the presidency of the 74th session was zoned to Africa in “full respect of the established principle of geographical rotation”, among other reasons.
The current president, who is the Foreign Minister of Ecuador, was elected on June 5, and assumed duty on Sept. 18, 2018. Thus she will step aside on Sept. 17, as the UNGA presidency runs on a one-year tenure.
Muhammad-Bande, who hails from Zagga in Kebbi State, has had an outstanding career as a scholar and diplomat.
He holds M.A in Political Science from Boston University, USA, in 1981 and a PhD in Political Science from the University of Toronto, Canada in 1987.
Between January 2000 and February 2004, he was the Director-General of the Centre African de Formation et de Recherche Administrative pour le Development (CAFRAD) in Tangier, Morocco.
CAFRAD is Africa’s premier institution with responsibility for training and research in public administration and management.
Besides other positions both locally and internationally, he was the Director-General of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies between 2010 and 2016.He served as the Vice-President of the General Assembly during the 71st session and remains active in several fora, including as Chair of the United Nations Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations (C34); Member, Advisory Board of the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Centre, and Chair of the ECOWAS Group (2018-2019).
Muhammad-Bande has also been an assessor for the National Merit Award (Nigeria) and for professorial positions in universities.
He has won merit awards and honours from institutions and Governments, including the United States and China.
Most notably, he is a recipient of Nigeria’s Officer of the Order of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, one of the country’s highest national awards.

https://efefemisblog.com.ng/2019/05/04/tijani-muhammad-bande-has-been-declared-for-unga-presidency/

Mike Ene who is the Secretary-General of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), says violence in the North-East is morphing into another Boko Haram insurgency in the region and is creating a wide gap in education between the North and the South.

In a statement issued on Friday, the Secretary-General commented on the attack by bandits on the Government Girls Secondary School in Moriki area of Zurmi Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The union also decried the security challenges facing the North-West and demanded action.

The union lamented that the violence in the region was gaining ground like the Boko Haram insurgency in the North-East, which it said had led to the killing of 600 teachers in Borno State.

He said the activities of the bandits in the North-West, if unchecked, would affect education adversely. He said: “It is regrettable that robbery is becoming so rampant in the North-West and the people cannot sleep with their two eyes closed. What do students have to give to kidnappers? It is beyond human imagination that gunmen struck and found their way into schools. This is an occurrence that this country should rise and fix squarely.

The activities of the robbers in the region are creating a wide gap in education between the North and South. Violence has claimed the lives of many teachers.

“In Borno State alone, we have lost over 600 teachers through Boko Haram activities. Beyond losing them, Boko Haram fighters and robbers are now heading for the North-West and this will affect education adversely.”


https://efefemisblog.com.ng/2019/05/04/wide-gap-created-in-education-between-the-northern-state-and-southern-state-by-violence/

Kano, N50 per wrap.
Jigawa, N43 per wrap.
Kogi, N70 per wrap.
Oyo, N5 per wrap.
Lagos, N45 per wrap.
Rivers, N1,160 per wrap.
Abia, N3,250 per wrap.
Anambra, N5,479 per wrap.
Enugu, N4,654,635 per wrap.
Kwara, N50 per wrap.

https://efefemisblog.com.ng/2019/05/02/prices-of-amala-in-nigeria/

Mr Olawale Alausa, the Minority Leader, Ogun House of Assembly, on Thursday, defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

NAN reports that the lawmaker who represents Ijebu-Ode constituency announced his defection in a letter dated April 23, and read by the Speaker, Mr Suraj Adekunbi during plenary in Abeokuta.

The legislator said he took the decision after due consultations with his constituents and supporters. “I wish to notify your good office of my decision to join the APC after due consultations with my constituents, ” he said.

In his response, the speaker wished him well in his new party. “You are welcome to the next level,” he said.

Out of the 26 members of the house, APC now has 18, APM three, ADC three, while PDP has two.

https://efefemisblog.com.ng/2019/05/02/ogun-state-pdp-leader-leaves-for-apc/

The Saudi Arabian government has released Ibrahim Abubakar, the Nigerian arrested alongside Zainab Aliyu, to the Nigerian Consulate in Jeddah.
Abubakar, who was arrested for the same offence as Zainab, was released to Garba Satomi Grema, the acting Consul-General, Nigerian Consulate, on Thursday in line with the previous promise of Saudi Arabia.
On Tuesday, the Nigerian government secured the release of Zainab, the student of Maitama Sule University, Kano, who was arrested and had been in detention since December when a banned drug, tramadol, was found in her bag on arrival in Saudi Arabia.
Her continued detention sparked widespread sympathy all over the country, on the back of claims that she was innocent and only fell victim to a drug cartel at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano, that specialises in keeping hard drugs in travellers’ bags.
Ambassador Mustapha Suleiman, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, confirmed that the Nigerian government had succeeded in establishing Zainab’s innocence. It also confirmed that Abubakar, the second Nigerian involved in the case, would be released to the Nigerian Mission in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday.

https://efefemisblog.com.ng/2019/05/02/ibrahim-abubakar-who-was-arrested-alongside-zainab-aliyu-released/

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Special Task Force on Pipeline Vandalization attached to the PPMC Depot, Warri on Wednesday arrested four suspects over alleged illegal bunkering in Jeddo Community in Okpe Local Government Area of Delta State.
The IGP Task Force also intercepted a truckload of illegally refined diesel in the area.
It was learnt that the four arrested suspects specialize in the marketing of illegally refined AGO also known as diesel in the area.
The suspects arrested included, Hassan Mohammed (m), 36 years, Great Favour Zaki (m) 42 years, Rufia Aminu (m), 22 years and one Blessing Odogboro (m) 43 years.
They were arrested with a truckload of refined diesel at the popular Samzino filling station in the area.
It was gathered that one of the arrested suspects, Blessing Odogboro drove a pick up vehicle with the inscription “Delta State Task Force on Petroleum Monitoring” to the crime scene.
The Commander, IGP Special Task Force on Pipeline Vandalization, PPMC Depot, Warri, SP Mohammed El-Yakubu, restated his commitment to the on-going war against crude oil theft and pipeline vandalism.
SP El-Yakubu warned the criminal elements behind the criminal act, especially within his area of coverage to desist as it would no longer be business as usual for them.
These recent arrest should serve as a warning signal to those perpetrating this criminal act to put an end to in this area as my Command is out to ensure that such is no longer allowed within my coverage area.The arrest of the four suspects is coming barely after one week after the same team invaded two notorious illegal refineries camps in Oteghele and Ugbodede Communities both in Warri South Local Government Area and arrested nine persons alongside 15,000 litres of refined diesel.

https://efefemisblog.com.ng/2019/05/02/four-bunkers-arrested-in-delta-state/

Saka Muhammed Kabiru Olayemi who tweeted
said;
DAVIDO is as USELESS as his Uncle the exam
malpractice fraudster,before i use to see
DAVIDO as a brilliant and intelligent person but
now it’s clear to me that DAVIDO is a drug
addicted person
What a shame to Nigeria youth that are leaving
under drug addicted life line.
Davido replies him by telling him Sharap.

https://efefemisblog.com.ng/2019/05/01/davido-replies-saka-muhammed-who-said-he-is-useless/

Members of the notorious kidnapping syndicate that specialise in abducting travelers along major expressways in Rivers state, have given reasons they carry out such criminal acivities.
Recall that in recent times, reports of travelers being abducted along major roads in Rivers state have made major news headlines.
One of the victims of such abductions, Mr Happy, who was kidnapped alongside nine other passengers in a commercial bus on Thursday, April 25th while traveling from Warri to Rivers state, has told newsmen what the kidnappers told them whilst in their hideout.
According to Mr Happy, the kidnappers informed them that they resorted to kidnapping because the Federal government and state governments have stopped their amnesty programme. The programme which was introduced by late President Umar Musa Yar’Adua, ensured that militants who surrendered their arms are placed on a monthly stipend of N65, 000. The militants however complained that this has been stopped and in other to survive and make ends meet, they resorted to the criminal act of kidnapping.
They came out of the bush and intercepted the bus. They were fully armed and directed every one of us into the bush and kept us there. While they were beating us, they said they kidnapped us because the federal and state government had stopped giving them the amnesty stipends that they received monthly. They said that is why they are kidnapping people and they said they would continue to kidnap people.” Mr Happy said
Mr Happy added that the kidnappers stated that no security agent in Nigeria can stop them from kidnapping.

https://efefemisblog.com.ng/2019/05/01/amnesty-kidnaps-travelers-because-government-didnt-pay-them-allowances/

The senate has just passed a sum of N8.916 trillion as the budget for the 2019 fiscal year.
This is against the N8.83 trillion proposed by President Muhammadu Buhari to a joint session of the National Assembly last year.
The new budget figure was passed after Danjuma Goje, chairman senate committee on appropriations, presented a report on the floor of the upper legislative chamber on Tuesday.
The figure is N86 billion higher than what Buhari presented at NASS on December 19.

https://efefemisblog.com.ng/2019/04/30/2019-budget-approved-by-senate-twitch-it-by-n86-billion/

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and the former Senate Minority Leader, Godswill Akpabio, has reacted to report of him planning to defect back to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
Akpabio, who was a former Governor of Akwa Ibom, had last year announced his resignation as Minority Leader of the Red Chamber and defected to the ruling APC.
However, there have been speculations that the lawmaker was planning to return to the PDP.
Reacting to the report, the lawmaker insisted that he was comfortable in the fold of the ruling party.
Speaking with the Nation, Akpabio also said he bears no grudge or bitterness against those who have betrayed him politically.
People don’t understand that life is full of ups and downs. Life is not a straight line.
If it is a straight line, it means you are dead. Even if you have a temporary setback, that shouldn’t make you exude bitterness or hate anybody.
I can’t go back to the PDP. Why are you people listening to rumour? Why will I go back to the PDP when I am already getting entrenched in the APC?
I am excited that the President won the election all over the country,” Akpabio said.


https://efefemisblog.com.ng/2019/04/30/akpabio-returns-to-pdp/

A 34-year-old Nigerian, Samuel Nkennaya, has been killed while another Nigerian, Chinonso Nwudo is in critical condition in South Africa following mob attack.

According to a statement released by the Secretary of Mpumalanga Province branch of the Nigerian Union in South Africa (NUSA), Victor Ayanfe-Oyebanjo, Nkennaya and Nwudo were attacked following accusations that both men kidnapped Chinonye, a six-year-old girl, who unknown to their attackers was Nwudo’s daughter.

Ayanfe-Oyebanjo said trouble started when Nwudo took his six-year-old daughter, Chinonye, to visit Nkennaya at White River town in the evening of April 27. Later, Nwudo and Nkennaya proceeded to buy food for Nwudo’s daughter, Chinonye, at KFC restaurant in the area. Shortly after buying the food, some bystanders raised false alarm alleging that both men kidnapped the six-year-old girl.

The community members immediately descended on them, beating them with different kinds of weapons. Nwudo began to shout that the girl was his daughter and pleaded that they speak to his South African wife to confirm his claim – which actually saved his life.

The statement added that the police later intervened and called for backup to rescue the victims. Nkennaya died at the hospital on Sunday April 28th while Nwudo is in critical health condition.

https://efefemisblog.com.ng/2019/04/30/nigerian-man-killed-in-south-africa-by-mob-following-a-kidnapping-case-alongside-other-nigerians/

Despite allegedly collecting N1.4 m ransom last week, the two kidnapped policemen attached to the National Assembly have still not been released by their abductors.
The two policemen were kidnapped in Shere community, Abuja, over two weeks ago on their way home from a funeral. The gunmen were said to have actually kidnapped three policemen, one of whom managed to escape.
Their abductors later demanded N10m as ransom to secure their freedom. However, not ready to pay the ransom the Federal Capital Territory Police Command deployed 20 policemen to Gwalluyi community, where the abduction occurred, and its neighbouring communities in search of the missing cops. But when efforts to track down the criminals turned vain, the family members of the abducted policemen were said to have met with the leadership of the Police, which allegedly provided N1m.
The worried relations also raised additional N400,000, amounting to N1.4m, which was delivered to the kidnappers by a police officer attached to the Federal Criminal Investigation Department identified as Danladi.
“When the families observed that the police were unable to track down the kidnappers, they cried to the authorities in the FCT Police Command which gave them N1m,” A source who spoke to punch stated. “They rallied round to raise additional N400,000 which was given to a pastor who is also a policeman to deliver to the kidnappers for the release of the captives.”
A family member expressed apprehension over the safety of the cops whose names he declined to disclose for security reasons. He stated: “Days after receiving the ransom, the kidnappers have failed to release the policemen and we are afraid that something might have happened to them “When they were contacted on the phone, the kidnappers said they had travelled, promising to release the men when they returned, but we don’t understand what they meant by that.”
Gajere Danjuma, the acting FCT Police spokesman, said efforts to rescue the men were ongoing. He, however, denied that a ransom was paid to the kidnappers. “Our men are still combing the bush for their rescue but no ransom was paid to anyone,” he said.

https://efefemisblog.com.ng/2019/04/29/abducted-abuja-based-policemen-denied-release-by-kidnappers-despite-collecting-n1-4m/

Actress and wife of Nigerian singer, 2face Idibia, Annie, has stated that she doesn’t like being reffered to as Tubaba’s wife and instead prefers to be addressed and identified on the basis of her own achievements as a successful actress.


In a fresh interview with Punch, the mother of two said
”Being addressed as Tubaba’s wife instead of Annie the actress has been a problem that I have been trying to work on for a long time. I want to believe that I have successfully been able to identify and differentiate my brand as Annie Idibia the actress/career woman and Annie Idibia the wife/mother. I prefer being addressed as Annie and not Tubaba’s wife. I hate this because I am my own person and have worked hard to build my career and brand. I should be identified and respected on that basis”.

https://efefemisblog.com.ng/2019/04/27/annie-idibia-i-hate-been-called-tubabas-wife/

Troops of Operation WHIRL STROKE deployed to counter banditary activities in North Central Nigeria have rescued 3 kidnapped victims in a building located at Gana’s family compound at Gbise in Katsina Ala Local Government Area of Benue State.
A statement from the Nigerian Army says the victims, a man and two women were rescued during a dawn raid in the early hours of Friday 26 April 2019, when gallant troops stormed a building reportedly belonging to a notorious bandits’ leader, Gana. The visibly traumatized victims claimed they were abducted about 2 months ago at Gboko by a gang of kidnappers and subsequently relocated to Gbise community.
Troops are are still on the trail of the criminals, who fled their enclave after they were overpowered in a shootout with the troops. Troops have also destroyed the building which served as the kidnappers hideout.
The rescued persons have been handed over to authorities of Benue State Government for medical attention before reuniting them with their respective families.
Similarly, troops of Operation WHIRL STROKE deployed to Giza in Nasarawa State have arrested a bandit during a raid on a suspected bandits’ hideout at Alima, near Kadarko in Nasarawa state. The bandit, who was intercepted with a locally made rifle and some quantity of gun powder is currently assisting in preliminary investigations after which he will be handed over to an appropriate prosecuting security agency.

https://efefemisblog.com.ng/2019/04/27/kidnapped-victim-rescued-in-benue-state/

Ekiti State which is located in Southwest region of Nigeria was created by Lt. Gen. Sanni Abacha in the year 1996, having 16 local government area. The state is blessed with interesting places to visit. Below are the Tourist Centers;

TOURIST CENTERS;

IPOLE ILORO FALL: Arinta water fall is located in Ipole Iloro town in EKITI STATE. The water fall is a beautiful place to behold as it cascades down rocky hills a great height to form a pool of flowing spring water.
FAJUYI MEMORIAL PARK: This is situated in ADO-EKITI in memory of the Lt. Col. Adekunle Fajuyi who was killed in the first military coup in Nigeria. It is equipped with a fountain, game archade, bar, GSM telephone booths, children playground and mini museum. It is good for political rallies, meetings, seminars,religion retreats and events.
IKOGOSI WARM SPRING: It is located in Ikogosi a community in Ekiti. It is a cold and warm spring flowing side by side in the community. The springs were one time wives of same husband, whom after much fighting were turned into water-springs. One the fiery-ill tempered wife is the warm spring while the cool tempered as the cold spring where as the surrounding tall areas became the husband.
OLOSUNTA IKERE AND OROLE HILL: The two hills are located at southern and northern parts of the town in IKERE EKITI. They are both step sided hills, they are the largest in Ekiti State. The hills are being worshipped. The people of Olosunta and Orole deities reside in the hills. The are credited with provision of children to barren women also protection of Ikere from warfare.


https://efefemisblog.com.ng/2019/04/25/existence-of-ekiti-state-tourist-centers-and-locations/

Mr Festus Keyamo early hours this morning brought to his twitter handle the case of INEC Electronic Transmission.
He said;
Without referring to any particular pending Election Petition, there’s a need to generally guide Nigerians not to gullibly fall for the fantasy created by any video circulating where INEC official(s) spoke of INEC’s plan to electronically transmit results before the elections.
The video(s) of some INEC official(s) expressing intention to electronically transmit results are only circulated for entertainment. That procedure is neither contained in the Electoral Act nor in INEC’s Guidelines. Courts are only guided by these documents and not such videos.
Also, what you plan to do may be different from what you ACTUALLY DID. Assuming INEC planned to transmit electronically, the moment it said after the election that it did not do so, the matter ends there especially as the Electoral Act & the Guidelines do not allow it to do so.
In anticipation of the electronic transmission, some crooks concocted fictitious results and perhaps in connivance with certain INEC insiders (or by hacking) tried to upload those results into the server. The fact that electronic transmission didn’t happen destroyed their plan.
The irony is that the real cheats are the ones struggling to create a narrative that they were cheated; the real crooks are the ones struggling to convince everyone that the system is crooked; those who actually planned to steal the people’s mandate are the ones crying foul.


https://efefemisblog.com.ng/2019/04/25/festus-keyamo-speaks-on-inec-electronic-transmission/

In a statement by the Governor of the state, Akinwunmi Ambode.
The Oshodi Transport Interchange with 3 Terminals will change the face of transportation in Lagos and also ensure that transport activities are conducted in a secure, clean and orderly manner.
Terminal 3 will be fully operational by May 1 while Terminals 1 and 2 will become fully operational by the end of May.

https://efefemisblog.com.ng/2019/04/24/president-muhammadu-buhari-commissions-uncompleted-oshodi-transport-interchange/

These killings must end or Nigeria will lose desperately needed friends, partners and investors. Not only do I condemn this recent killing, but I make an urgent call for the federal and state authorities to track down the culprits and make them pay for their crimes. The time for empty rhetoric is long gone. Now is the time for urgent national action to stem insecurity.
Nigeria must once again become synonymous with peace, progress and prosperity. This can only happen when crime and punishment are a natural cause and effect.As long as there is impunity, our nation will lack unity and security. Impunity must end and must end in earnest. These crimes continue to reoccur because previous killings have not been met with justice.
When the punishment for crimes are not forthcoming, criminals are emboldened to commit even worse crimes.


https://efefemisblog.com.ng/2019/04/22/atiku-tweets-talks-about-crime/

List Of Top Oil Producing Companies In Nigeria And Their Staff Entry Salary(nair by efefemi: 9:56pm On Apr 20

At least 207 to nearly 450 people were killed and hundreds more injured after a series of 8 blasts shook Sri Lanka on April 21st Easter Sunday.
A wave of near-simultaneous explosions rocked three churches and three luxury hotels, officials said, leaving nearly 500 people hospitalized from injuries. Police later reported two further explosions.
Defense Minister Ruwan Wijewardena said seven suspects had been arrested and that the death toll included at least 27 foreign nationals. He described the attacks as a terrorist incident, and blamed religious extremists.
Police conducted a search operation on the outskirts of Colombo, where the latest of eight blasts took place. After police moved in, at least two more blasts occurred, with the occupants of a safehouse apparently blasting explosives to prevent arrest.Three officers were killed.
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said he feared the violence could trigger instability in the country and its economy.
He said his government would “vest all necessary powers with the defense forces” to take action against those responsible for the attacks, “regardless of their stature.”
A security official told The Associated Press that two of the blasts were suspected to have been carried out by suicide bombers. The official spoke on condition of anonymity as he was not authorized to speak with reporters.
There were no immediate claims of responsibility for the attacks.

7 suspects have been arrested, defense minister says, after blasts in Sri Lanka that killed over 200 people and injured hundreds more.

https://efefemisblog.com.ng/2019/04/21/suspect-arrested-following-the-hit-blast-at-sri-lanka-easter-sunday-photos/

Lalasticlala

Exxon Mobil : Exxon Mobil is an American based oil and gas producing company which has a net worth of $400.4 billion. Having an entry salary of N7 – N10 million yearly which varies on level.

Chevron : It is also an American based energy corporation which has a net worth of $253.706 billion. Having an entry salary of N6 – 9million yearly based on level.

Shell : It is an oil and gas producing company which has its headquarters in Netherland, which has a net worth of $213.1 billion.Having an entry salary of N3.3-N8 million yearly depending on field of work

Statoil : It is also a Norwegian based oil and gas producing company which has a net worth of $155.5 billion. Having an entry salary of $79,259-$188,153 million yearly depending on field of work

Total : This has its head office in Paris and is one of the largest in Nigeria which has a net worth of $120.2 billion. Having an entry staff salary of N7 – N12 million yearly

Conoco Philips : It has its headquarters in Houston and also has a net worth of $100billion.Having an entry salary of $99,358 – $126,044 million yearly depending on field of work

Petrobas : It is Brazil company having a branch in Nigeria which has a net worth of $73 billion.

Nexen Inc. : It is a Chinese based company working in Nigeria which has a net worth of over $333 million.

Hardy Oil & Gas Plc : It is an oil and gas producing company which has its headquarters in London which has a net worth of over 67 million pounds.

Addax Petroleum : It is the largest oil and gas producer in China also working in various parts of Nigeria having a net worth of over 17 million pounds. Having an entry salary of $108-$125,000 million yearly depending on field of work.

https://efefemisblog.com.ng/2019/04/20/list-of-top-oil-producing-companies-in-nigeria-and-their-staff-entry-salarynaira-dollar/