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double wahala for dead body

Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and
Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan are
running out of places to espouse their views
online.


Facebook banned these high-profile personalities
and several others from its social media
platforms Thursday, becoming the latest tech
company to officially declare them persona non
grata. Many of them have already been banned
from Twitter, YouTube and Apple's Podcasts app.

In addition to Jones and Farrakhan, Facebook
also kicked out right-wing extremists Milo
Yiannopoulos, Laura Loomer and Joseph Watson,
who works for InfoWars; white supremacist Paul
Nehlen, who unsuccessfully ran for Congress in
2016 and 2018; and Jones's company, Infowars.

The groups will also lose their accounts on
Instagram, which is owned by Facebook.

"We've always banned individuals or organizations
that promote or engage in violence and hate,
regardless of ideology," Facebook said in a
statement, according to The Verge . "The process
for evaluating potential violators is extensive and
it is what led us to our decision to remove these
accounts today."

Facebook bans "dangerous individuals and
organizations" that engage in violence or have an
ideology that attacks individuals based on race,
religion, ethnicity, or sexual orientation. A
Facebook spokesperson told CNN that the
company undergoes a lengthy review process
before a ban, looking at factors such as whether
someone has called for violence, and whether
they use hateful slurs to describe themselves in
their "About" section.

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/05/02/tech/facebook-ban-louis-farrakhan-infowars-alex-jones-milo-laura-loomer/index.html

Gunmen have reportedly attacked a school in Zamfara State, kidnapping some teachers and students.
BBC Hausa is reporting that the bandits struck at the Government Girls Secondary School, Moriki, in Zurü Local Government Area, on Wednesday night, and opened fire immediately.
They were said to have killed one man and abducted two teachers and four nursing students. A resident was quoted as saying that the gunmen were unable to get to where the students were sleeping.
The incident, according to the report, happened while residents were watching the UEFA Champions League match between Liverpool and Barcelona.

Details later …

https://dailypost.ng/2019/05/02/banditry-teachers-students-kidnapped-zamfara/

The chairman of the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ibrahim Magu, has
accused state governors of covertly promoting
insecurity as justification to inflate their security
vote.


He made the accusation on Tuesday in a paper
titled: “Imperative of Fighting Corruption/Terrorism
Financing in Nigeria” which he presented at the
induction of new and returning governors at the
State House, Abuja.

Magu, who said that he was not going into debate
on the constitutionality of security vote, said that
the governors must be conscious of transparency
in the expenditure of public funds.

He said: “We have also seen evidence of theft of
public resources by some state governors –
cashing on the insecurity in their states. Insecurity
has also offered the required oxygen for corruption
to thrive as evident in the $2.1billion arms
procurement scandal involving top military
commanders both serving and retired.”

He stated that corruption cannot be divorced from
the festering insurgency in the North East zone,
adding that mass poverty in the region due in part
to corruption by the ruling elite, is largely to blame
for the ease with which the terrorists were able to
recruit fighters to sustain their aggression against
the Nigerian state.

The EFCC boss further said that the militancy in the
Niger Delta region and insurgency in the North East
were by-products of corruption.

According to Magu, “as an investigator, I am
shocked by the quantum of resources stolen from
the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC)
by those who run the intervention agency. It is so
bad that even a mere personal assistant to a
former managing director was charged for stealing
over N3 billion.”

He, therefore, tasked in-coming and returning
governors to shun corruption, stressing that
“whether we like it or not, corruption and terrorism
have become the twin evils undermining our
collective efforts to make Nigeria a truly great
country.”

Magu said that Nigeria’s failure to take advantage
of its natural resources could also be attributed to
corruption as public office holders were in the
habit of constantly pillaging public funds.


The anti-corruption czar observed that the country’s
loss to corruption in the last decade runs into
trillions of naira, noting that a review of the
recoveries between 2017 and now, shows that in
2017, the EFCC recovered N473.065billion,
$98million, €7million and £294,000, while
N236.16billion was recovered in 2018, which give
just an insight into what had been stolen so far.
The EFCC boss said that the nexus between
corruption and terrorism is that graft promotes
insecurity.


https://leadership.ng/2019/05/02/govs-promoting-insecurity-to-inflate-security-vote-magu/amp/leadershpnga/

The Anambra State House of Assembly has passed a bill banning marriages involving people living with sickle cell anemia or incompatible genotypes.


The bill, sponsored by the member representing Anaocha II state constituency, Charles Ezeani and 15 others, seeks to eradicate sickle cell disease in the state by checkmating marriages among people with incompatible genotypes.


The law to be cited as Sickle Cell Disease Control
and Eradication Repeal law, barred parents, guardians, traditional rulers or group of persons from giving out their children/wards in marriages without presentation of a certificate of verification by a qualified sickle cell expert of their genotypes. It also provided that no religious body or marriage registry shall perform Holy Matrimony without first demanding and obtaining sickle cell disease prevention certificate from intending couples.

The law stated, “Anybody who contravenes the provisions of this section shall be guilty of an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine of N200,000 or imprisonment to a term of three years or both.”

The law when it becomes effective shall also put in place a monitoring committee to ensure compliance.


Speaking, the co-sponsor of the bill, Charles Ezeani, described the law as life-saving.

He said, “The development would put a stop to the notion that love is blind by ensuring that intending couples must present their genotype test before
marriage.”

Ezeani commended the Speaker of the Assembly, Mrs Rita Maduagwu and other members of the Assembly for being the first to pass such health enhancement bill into law in the country.

The National Coordinator of People Living with Sickle Cell Disease, APLSCD, Aisha Edwards, who was also at the assembly, thanked the lawmakers for enacting the law.

She said the law above other things bars all forms of discriminatory practices against carriers of the disease, both in employment and admission into schools.


https://dailypost.ng/2019/05/01/anambra-assembly-passes-law-banning-marriage-among-sickle-cell-carriers/

I know there will be a religious twist to this

Houston Police Department has arrested Dafe
Sejebor, former group general manager of
National Petroleum Investment Management
Services (NAPIMS), over his alleged
involvement in human trafficking.


Sejebor was arrested along 46 others in an
investigation that lasted 10 days with focus on
Fort Bend County and the Katy areas of Texas.
Sejebor was retired from NAPIMS , a subsidiary
of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation
(NNPC), in August 2015.

According to Click2Houston , the 47 suspects
arrested include 27 woman and 20 men.
It added that eight were confirmed as victims,
including 2 juveniles, another eight charged with
sex and human trafficking-related offenses.
Some of those charged with sex and human
trafficking also face other charges related to
unlawful possession of weapons, and narcotics
charges and possession of controlled
substances, tampering with evidence and
prostitution.

“We are here to help, first and foremost. We
understand the problem of human trafficking.
We understand what it does to the victim, how
to fix the victim,” said John Wall, an officer
with the Houston police department vice-
division.

“We understand they are scared to come
forward, but we are going to do everything in
our power to keep them safe, give them the
services they need to move forward in life.

“If you think about it, children (and) young
adults spend and an enormous amount of time
on social media, and they are vulnerable. They
don’t understand the risk involved in talking to
individuals they don’t know on that type of
forum.

“And, at the end of the day, we hope we can
put the trafficker where he belongs, and that’s
in prison.”

https://www.thecable.ng/napims-ex-ggm-dafe-sejebor-arrested-in-us-for-human-trafficking

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The Cable News Network, CNN, has commended Globacom for its unbroken sponsorship of “African Voices” in the last nine years, s ubmitt ing that “we are proud to work with such a committed, long-standing sponsor of a show that shares our passion about the diverse culture of Africa. Together with Globacom, we look forward to this new era of African Voices and its television and digital programming that will raise the profile of the continent’s change makers amongst international audience”
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The Account Director, CNN International Commercial, Zara Driss, gave the commendation in her welcome address at a cocktail party organized recently at the Sky Lounge, Eko Hotel, Lagos to mark the tenth anniversary of the 30 minute news magazine.
Also speaking, the Supervising Producer of “African Voices”, Jenni Watts, said that,“it is humbling to come to Africa to see the impact of the stories and have time to reflect,” adding that she was a huge fan of Chimamanda Adiche who is well loved by Mrs Michelle Obama.

In a keynote remark at the cocktail, Globacom’s Executive Vice Chairman (EVC), Mrs Bella Disu praised "African Voices", for being a trail blazer in the bid to close the communication gap on the African continent by featuring people across different sectors including buddng entrepreneurs like Ethiopia's Abai Schulze and legends like the late Chinua Achebe among other outstanding Africans.

Whilst expressing the hope that the programme would continue to be a platform for a mutually- beneficial partnership for many more years, Mrs. Disu enjoined all Africans to play their part in building the continent's future, adding that the partnership with CNN African Voices had allowed Globacom to extend its impact in a unique way. The EVC said Globacom had in the last 16 years supported sports, cultural and entrepreneurial activities across the continent, with the goal of nurturing and showcasing talents and would continue in this trajectory.

“African Voices” has successfully changed the paradigm by giving Africans a platform to tell their own stories without misrepresentations. Globacom has been the exclusive sponsor of “African Voices” since 2010.
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Dignitaries from all walks of life including notable Globacom dealers, publishers and chief executive officers of major media organisations, popular bloggers, eminent Nigerians and A-list music stars including juju music maestro, King Sunny Ade, Bez Idakula, Ego Ogbaro and Orente crooner Adekunle Gold, who entertained guests at the event. DJ Neptune who was on the wheel-of- steel delighted attendees with melodious music. All combined, it was a cool evening of fun, camaraderie and fun.
https://www.lindaikejisblog.com/2019/4/cnn-comends-globacom.html

Brezz and yansh will pass away. Marry someone that will lift you destiny.

Following reports that Regina Daniels allegedly
married billionaire, Ned Nwoko, photos have now
emerged showing the man's Moroccan wife.

According to reports, Regina will be his 6th wife.
The Moroccan woman is said to be the billionaire's
5th wife and her name is Mrs. Lina Nwoko.

Recall that the billionaire was some days ago
spotted with Regina at an event where he was
honoured. Another video also surfaced showing the
Nigerian lawmaker digging it out with Regina on the
dancefloor.

See more photos below:

https://www.tori.ng/news/121363/meet-the-moroccan-woman-alleged-to-be-cowife-to-re.html

lalasticlala

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we are getting close to China and India

A Nigerian fraudster has met his match after he
tried to defraud a woman over the weekend.


The lady identified as @_Peesee on Twitter
narrated the incident and how she played the fast
one on the man who claimed he was a customer
care representative from a bank.

Read her tweet below:

"This 08163288975 called me as a customer service
from my bank. I asked which bank and the young
man replied don’t you know ur bank. I insisted he
told me which bank & mumu said first bank. I don’t
have account with first bank but I played along.
#notimetoregret

He asked me to give him my ATM card no and my
email. My password for e transfers so my blocked
account can be opened on Saturday morning. I told
him I will text him the info but I was in a hurry to
get go out. After 30min he called back I told him I
have. Typed out the info on my phone but no
airtime to send it. That since my account was
blocked I couldn’t do a top up from my account.

That he should hold on till Monday when am boxed
up. That’s how he said he will assist me and he did
a top up of 200 naira.


He called to confirm if I have seen it, I told him I
haven’t seen , he said he hasn’t gotten alert of the
deduction so he retried again and I have 400 naira
free card from a scammer. He now called to
inform me he has sent the card. I innocently told
him to wait I will send it now. I replied thanks for
the Card, but I don’t use first bank. Bros called me
and started shouting send my card back or I will go
to bank on Monday and reverse it.

I couldn’t laugh, sebi you said you are in the bank
as customer care representative, which bank are
you going to report me again. I can’t help it ayam
400naira richer. I no dey carry las What a way to
start my weekend."

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D5QMPdkWkAAzQFe.jpg

https://mobile.twitter.com/_Peesee/status/1122071962380066817/video/1

lalasticlala mynd44

only in South Africa

Grieving over her loss, her family said she was an
inspiration to everyone including her students and
work colleagues.

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Faye Mooney
On Friday, while Faye Mooney was holidaying
alongside Mathew Oguche, her colleague, at the
Kajuru resort in Kaduna state, suspected bandits
opened fire on the facility, killing the duo and
kidnapping four others.


A witness told TheCable Mooney and Oguche were
killed while trying to take cover. The incident has
left many heartbroken, including family and friends
of the deceased. In this piece, we look at five things
about her:


AID WORKER:
The deceased was a staff of Mercy Corps, a
humanitarian organisation, where she had been for
almost two years. As far back as 2010, she also
worked with Amnesty International as an
accountability assistant.

SCHOOLED IN LONDON
According to a statement from Mercy Corps,
Mooney finished from the University College of
London from where she proceeded to the London
School of Economics.

LECTURED IN IRAQ:
Mooney worked at the University of Soran,
Kurdistan in Iran, where she taught English in 2014,
and later, at International Business College, Mitrovica, as a lecturer and communications manager.

JOURNALIST
The late Briton also worked as the co-editor of
Womens Views on News, an online platform that
chronicles “women’s news, opinions and current
affairs” to “redress the gender imbalance in global
news reporting by telling the stories that the
mainstream press ignores, while at the same time
encouraging more feminist writers to become news
reporters and editors.”

ANTI-HUMAN TRAFFICKING ACTIVIST
For two months, from November to December,
2016, she served as a consultant for the National
Strategy Against Human Trafficking at the Centre for
Peace and Reconciliation, in Kosovo, .



SHOCK, LAMENTATIONS
Grieving over her loss, her family said she was an
inspiration to everyone including her students and
work colleagues.

Guardian UK quoted a family source as saying: “Her
bravery and her belief in a better society took her to
places others feared. Faye did what she wanted;
nothing held her back. Permanently against the
grain, Faye was unconventional to the core. Her
family and friends are so proud of who she was and
of everything she achieved in her short but
purposeful life. Her memory will always be
cherished.”

Mercy Corps also described her as “a dedicated and
passionate” official who had been with them for
almost two years.

A statement from the organisation noted she
devoted her time to “making a difference in Nigeria,
supporting our teams and the communities we work
with to tell their stories of impact, and leading
efforts to counter hate speech and violence.”

The British high commission also mourned her loss
and offered its “most profound sympathies and
condolences to the families and friends at this
difficult time.”

https://www.thecable.ng/lectured-in-iraq-touched-lives-in-nigeria-five-things-to-know-about-briton-killed-in-kajuru

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Some presiding officers in Borno and Yobe states
say they transmitted results of the February 23
presidential election to the server of the Independent
National Electoral Commission (INEC).

The All Progressives Congress (APC) had tackled
Atiku, presidential candidate of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP), over his claim that results
from INEC server showed that he won the election.

INEC also dismissed Atiku’s claim, saying the results
he paraded were fabricated.

But the PDP presidential candidate had said he was
willing to engage experts from Microsoft, IBM and
Oracle to verify his claim.

Atiku and the PDP had said INEC pulled down the
results from its server and replaced it with a
doctored one to favour President Muhammadu
Buhari.

According to INEC, figures from the 36 states and
federal capital territory (FCT) gave Buhari 15,191,847
votes, while Atiku came second with 11,262,978
votes.

However, in his 139-page petition challenging the
results at the election tribunal, Atiku said the results
from INEC server showed he polled 18,356,732 votes
to defeat Buhari who had 16,741,430 votes.

In their witness statement of oath, the presiding
officers, about 13 of them, said INEC had during
their training, instructed them on how to
electronically transmit the results to its server.

“I took part in the conduct of the Presidential and
National Assembly (Senate and House of
Representatives) elections of 23rd February, 2019
where I served as the Presiding Officer (PO) and I
ensured the use of the Smart Card Reader for
accreditation, verification, authentication, collation
and transmission of votes in my polling unit,” one of
the presiding officers said.

“At the end of voting, the information on the Smart
Card Reader with the results inclusive, were collated
by me in the presence of the party agents and other
ad-hoc staff of the 1st Respondent after which my
Assistant Presiding Officer (AP0-1) transmitted the
result electronically in my presence to the 1st
Respondent’s server, using the Smart Card Reader
(SCR) and the code provided by the 1st Respondent.”


Another presiding officer said: “I was employed as
an ad hoc staff and trained for three days by the 1st
Respondent at the Government College, Maiduguri,
Bomo State to serve as a Presiding Officer (PO) at
Waliri Polling Unit with Code 003, of Shehun Barna
Ward, Bomo State on the 23rd February, 2019
Presidential and National Assembly (Senate and
House of Representatives) elections. ”

https://www.thecable.ng/presiding-officers-we-transmitted-election-results-to-inec-server

ha! this one is to dangerous ohh!

But why would they leave a manhole uncovered.

One Word!
BEAUTIFUL!!!

photos/video


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0Ozu0iJbSI

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Sri Lanka's capital Colombo has been hit by at least two new blasts, hours after the country
was struck by a series of six bombings on churches and hotels that killed at least 156 people
and wounded about 400.

The seventh explosion occurred at a hotel near the national zoo in the capital, killing at least two more people, police said, while an eighth blast hit the suburb of Orugodawatta in the north of Colombo.
There were no further details on what was targeted, police said.


Most of the victims were killed in three churches where worshippers were attending Easter Sunday services. Three other bombings struck luxury hotels - the Cinnamon Grand, Kingsbury and Shangri-La - located in the heart of Colombo, killing at least 35 foreigners.

The first explosion was reported in a church located in the capital. The other blasts followed within half an hour.

One of the churches targeted was St Anthony's Shrine in Colombo. The other two were St
Sebastian's in Negombo, about 30km from the capital and another in Batticaloa, 250km east
of the capital.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe will hold an emergency meeting with the country's top military officials of the National Security Council. He has also called for an emergency convening of the nation's parliament on Monday.


https://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/Images/2019/4/21/ea86f1e78ca44993bcdf1442249cd011_18.jpg

St Anthony's Shrine after an explosion hit the site in Kochchikade, Colombo [Chamila Karunarathne/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images]

https://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/Images/2019/4/21/5a335164043148a1bd494924bfb818e7_18.jpg

Several people were killed as worshippers attended Easter service [Chamila Karunarathne/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images]

Police spokesperson Ruwan Gunasekera said the injured were being evacuated while security
forces have cordoned off the areas and search operations are under way.

Photos circulating on social media showed the roof of one church had been blown almost entirely off in the blast.


World leaders condemn Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka

The floor was littered with a mixture of roof tiles, splintered wood and blood.

Several people could be seen covered in blood, some trying to help those with more serious
injuries.

There were no immediate claims of responsibility.


Government response

The Sri Lankan government has declared a nationwide curfew with immediate effect, junior
defence minister Ruwan Wijewardene said.
"A curfew will be imposed until things settle down," he told reporters in Colombo.

Government officials also said major social media networks and messaging apps, including
Facebook and WhatsApp, have been blocked inside the country to prevent misinformation and
rumours.

"The government has decided to block all social media platforms in order to prevent incorrect
and wrong information being spread. This is only a temporary measure" Udaya R Seneviratne,

secretary to the president, said in a statement.
Al Jazeera's Minelle Fernandez, reporting from Colombo, said the crisis was still unfolding.
"We're hearing that Colombo national hospital is still receiving casualties brought in from the multiple locations.

In Pictures: Sri Lanka Easter Sunday bombings
"In terms of law enforcement, we've been hearing that all festivities have been canceled, that
security in and around the city has been tightened," Fernandez reported.

"It's still very open-ended … it's too early [to speculate who is behind the attack] but security
in the capital and the airport has been stepped up following the attacks," she added.

https://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/Images/2019/4/21/b1da5214589d415590ebc03e44f57487_18.jpg

https://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/Images/2019/4/21/4e66041d70ab495180c2a145284ebef7_18.jpg

Coordinated attacks

Rajiva Wijesinha, a former member of the Sri Lankan parliament, told Al Jazeera the
coordinated nature of the attacks has shocked the country.

"It's actually extremely chilling. We've never had anything of this sort before. Sri Lanka had a
terrible time under Tamil Tiger terrorism for about 25 years and then there was a great sense of relief, which I am afraid the West has been fighting with us about, when we got rid of the tiger terrorists," Rajiva said.


"But the tiger terrorists were never as well organised never and never quite as brilliant in synchronisation and this is obviously something on a much larger scale which is frankly quite terrifying and you know the reactions I've heard suggest people are moving into panic mode again," he said.

"And that is understandable because of the range of these attacks and the concentration on the Christian churches and then the hotels as well suggest we are dealing with something really quite horrible," Rajiva added.

Speaking to Al Jazeera from Colombo, Ashwin Hemmathagama, a reporter with the Daily FT,
said the attacks were a blow to the country's tourism sector.

"At the moment, police have cordoned off the areas and cautioned the public to remain vigilant. They have asked the public to stay indoors and avoid hasty decisions because investigations are under way."

"After the civil war ended, almost a decade ago, the tourism industry was picking up.

Basically, everything was back to its current perspective, but unfortunately this kind of attack
will definitely cripple the tourism sector."


https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/04/multiple-blasts-hit-sri-lanka-churches-hotels-easter-sunday-190421050357452.html

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Ubenedictus:
mortification, that's the reason.

Explain...

OpenYourEyes1:
Not really biblical. It is an ancient pagan tradition.

so everything they do is paganism.

I have been wondering why Catholics don't eat meat on Good Friday.

What's it significant? Are there any curses or consequences if one disobey?

why do they eat fish instead of meat?

Where and when did the Bible says we shouldn't eat meat on Fridays

police brutality.
these killings is getting worse

Nigerian Gay rights activist, Bisi Alimi, who is an
atheist, fired back at a fan who told him Jesus loves
him.


https://www.lindaikejisblog.com/2019/4/between-bisi-alimi-and-a-fan-who-told-him-jesus-loves-him.html

https://techcrunch.com/2019/04/18/the-consumer-version-of-bbm-is-shutting-down-on-may-31/

The coming of WhatsApp and other instant
messaging applications such as Telegram, WeChat
and Facebook Messenger saw its popularity of BBM
fade out.

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BlackBerry Thursday announced that it will be
shutting down its BBM consumer service on 31 May
2019.

“Today we’re announcing that we will be closing
BBM consumer service on 31 May 2019,” BBM said
in a blog post on its website.

The proprietary mobile instant messenger and
videotelephony application said it is shutting down
because “ users have moved on to other platforms,
while new users proved difficult to sign on.”


“Though we are sad to say goodbye, the time has
come to sunset the BBM consumer service, and for
us to move on,” it added.

Blackberry had in 2018 shut down the Blackberry
Playbook Video service.

BBM was very popular in the early 2000s. But the
coming of WhatsApp and other instant messaging
applications such as Telegram, WeChat and
Facebook Messanger saw its popularity fade out.
Back in 2016, BlackBerry announced a new
partnership with Indonesia-based Emtek to help
expand the consumer BBM business.


As part of the partnership, Emtek expanded the
capabilities of BBM for consumers with new
features and enhancements while BlackBerry
maintained control over their BBM Enterprise
solution.

“Three years ago, we set out to reinvigorate BBM
consumer service, one of the most loved instant
messaging applications, as a cross-platform service
where users can not only chat and share life
experiences, but also consume content and use
payment services,” Blackberry said.


“We poured our hearts into making this a reality, and
we are proud of what we have built to date.”

Blackberry said users’ data such as photos, videos
and files will be available for download before the
app is shut down at the end of May.

“Once the BBM service is shut down, you will not be
able to open BBM on your device to see any old or
new messages, or retrieve asset files,” it said.

https://www.tori.ng/news/120735/blackberry-messenger-is-shutting-down.html

A federal high court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, has dismissed a suit filed by Spectrum Wireless Communications Limited against Emerging Markets Telecommunications Services (EMTS), owners of 9mobile, challenging the sale of the company.

In his ruling on the preliminary objections filed by counsel to EMTS, CJ Aneke, the presiding judge, upheld the defendant’s prayers that there is no direct shareholding relationship between Spectrum Wireless and EMTS.

He also upheld the defendant’s position that there is no privity of contract between EMTS and Spectrum as Spectrum is not a shareholder in EMTS and cannot be said to have been directly affected by the actions of its shareholders – Mubadala Holdings Cyprus Ltd, Myacynth and Etisalat International Nigeria Ltd.
https://www.thecable.ng/breaking-court-dismisses-suit-on-sale-of-9mobile

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says it will on
Wednesday, April 17, enable its portal for the
recruitment of 3,200 officers into the service.


Umar Sanusi, acting deputy comptroller-general,
human resources, customs, disclosed this during a
press briefing at the agency’s headquarters on
Tuesday.

According to him, the recruitment of the officers,
which is to fill existing vacancies within the agency,
will last for the next three weeks.

Sanusi said the recruitment had already received the
backing of the federal executive council.

He added that applicants who meet the requirements
would be considered for employment irrespective of
tribe, religion and state.

Sanusi explained that of the 3,200 slots, 800
Nigerians would be recruited as support staff for
superintendent cadre while 2,400 personnel would be employed under customs inspector and customs
assistant cadre in the general duty categories.


“Following the necessary approval from the Federal
Executive Council, Nigeria Customs Service is now
set to recruit officers and men to fill existing
vacancies,” Sanusi said.

“Like all recruitment into positions in Federal
Government agencies, applications for recruitment
will be open to all eligible Nigerians who meet the
requirements irrespective of their tribe, religion,
state or any other consideration.

“In our bid to ensure equal and fair opportunity to all
applicants, we are working every step of the
recruitment process in compliance with the
requirements of the Federal Character Commission.”

He said that the service’s portal for the recruitment
would be opened on Wednesday and would be
closed after three weeks.

According to him, a web portal to receive and
process all applications has been created as a sub-
domain of the NCS website, www.customs.gov.ng .
He assured Nigerians that the service would conduct
a recruitment exercise “that is credible, fair and
transparent.”

“The URL is vacancy.customs.gov.ng the specific requirements established for the vacancies,” he said.

“Shortlisting of candidates will be done and such
candidates shortlisted will be notified, invited for
continuation of the recruitment process.

“We are determined to conduct an exercise that is
credible, fair and transparent and we will deploy all
machinery within our powers to ensure that the
integrity of the exercise is not compromised.

“We will like to emphasise that participation in this
exercise is free for all eligible applicants, any
demand for or solicitation for any payments to
process, facilitate, or influence the process under
any guise is illegal and should be reported to
customs’ office.”

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