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Exclusive Pictures from the Historic Visit of APGA Family led by Obiano to the Crown Prince of Benin Kingdom, Edaiken of Uselu

With the blessing from the Oba of Benin designate, the APGA spirit is spreading into the Heartbeat of Nigeria. "Obiano has done everything with nothing" - Crown Prince Of Benin Kingdom, EDO State.

http://www.newshelm.com/2016/07/photos-governor-obiano-visits-crown.html

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This scrap metal robot was built by a public School Student in Ago-Iwoye.

http://www.newshelm.com/2016/07/photos-primary-public-school-student.html

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The Minister of Youth and Sports Barrister Solomon Dalung has congratulated the Official Bankers of the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) Union Bank of Nigeria Plc. for doling out N250,000 to each athlete participating at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio.


Each member of #TeamNigeria and #Paralympic athletes will get the money credited to his/her accounts as soon as they forward their account details to the Nigeria Olympic Committee. If the athletes are unable to send their account details, the money will be credited to Visa or Master cards with the names of the athletes on it, according to NOC Secretary-General, Tunde Popoola.
Union Bank of Nigeria Plc. also pledged N5million to the NOC as support for logistics and other administrative bills.

Barrister Dalung thanked Union Bank of Nigeria Plc. for coming out to assist and boost the morale of the athletes at a time the country was faced with financial set backs.

He said that this single effort by Union bank will once more lift the spirit of the athletes ahead of the games which start on August 5 , 2016.

The Minister called on other private and corporate organizations to take a queue from Union bank as government alone can no longer solely fund sports.
” When we invest in our youths and sports, we are investing in the future but when we don’t help our youths through sports or other skills acquisition, we are preparing for a harvest of criminals in future so I’m pleading with other corporate bodies to come forward as it is never late to help our youths especially now that athletes are faced with so much hardship due to the state of the country’s economy” Dalung said.

The athletes are expected to start leaving for Rio on Friday. The basketball team leave on August 3, 2016 after playing a game in Houston on 2 August, while the football team will start moving from Atlanta on 29 July.

http://www.newshelm.com/2016/07/union-bank-plc-donates-n250000-to-each.html

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The Oyo state governor and his wife relaunched the Ajumose Food Bank program in line with the Governor's consolidation and reinforcement plan.



This is strategically relaunched at this period of economic hardship to help mitigate the impact of the economic harshness on the Oyo people.



Food items were distributed to women as the Ajumose Food Bank train moved to Ibadan S/West, Ibadan N/West and Ibadan North.



The widows also were not left out, they received special attention and food items. Some of their children will also get a scholarships.


http://www.newshelm.com/2016/07/photos-governor-ajimobi-and-wife.html

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The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Yusufu Buratai has visited wounded soldiers and 3 staff of the United Nations Agencies and other international humanitarian organisations that were injured during an ambush by suspected boko haram terrorists.

The Chief of Army Staff who was accompanied by the Theatre Commander Operation LAFIYA DOLE, some Principal Staff Officers from the Army Headquarters and the Acting General Officer Commanding 7 Division, interacted with the wounded soldiers and civilians, encouraged them and wished them speedy recovery.

He equally commended the doctors and the hospital staff for giving necessary care and treatment to the injured.



Earlier, the Army Spokesman, Colonel Sani UsmanTroops had disclosed that troops returning from Bama on humanitarian escort duty, were ambushed enroute Maiduguri by suspected remnants of boko haram terrorists hiding in Meleri village, a few kilometres from Kawuri.

“The gallant troops however, successfully cleared the ambush and exploited up to Afunori”.

“Unfortunately, 2 soldiers and 3 civilians were wounded in the ambush, among who were staff of United Nations agencies and other international humanitarian organizations”.

All the injured men were admitted and being treated in the Accident and Emergency Ward of the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital in Borno State.

“It is gratifying to report that they are in stable condition and responding to treatment”.

The Nigerian Army seized the opportunity to reiterate its determination and commitment to ensure “safety and security in the North East and safeguard the lives of all persons”.



http://www.newshelm.com/2016/07/photos-army-chief-visits-injured.html

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Photos of some of their victims.

http://www.newshelm.com/2016/07/photos-rrs-nabs-2-robbers-recovers-gun.html

he operatives of Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested two armed robbers in two separate incidences in Ikotun and Olodi-Apapa, just as it recovered gun, jewellery, laptop and 18 mobiles phones from the robbers.

The robbers: Bashir Wasiu, 22, from Oyo State and Tunde Adedeji, 23, from Abeokuta, Ogun State were arrested in Olodi-Apapa around 6:35 a.m. on Tuesday, 19 July, 2016, and Ikotun on Monday, 18, July, 2016 around 4:33 a.m. respectively.

Bashir had on early Tuesday morning in company of his two other members, waylaid Viho Segun at his residence’s car park, snatching his documents, phones and N15,000 from him at gun point before leading him to his flat intending to collect more valuables from his family.

At the Viho’s flat, Bashir threatened to kill him in the presence of his children and wife if they fail to produce more valuables. When the wife refused to surrender what they wanted, Bashir smashed Viho’s head with gun butt and beat the wife to a pulp.

Explaining what happened, Viho stated, “When he started beating my wife, I summoned courage to engage him. As soon as we started fighting, his colleague took to his heels. He too tried to run but I held him and I called out to neighbours, seized his gun and just in the nick of time, RRS officers on patrol arrived and they arrested him.”

According to the suspect, “We have been monitoring Viho. We know he goes to work early in his car and we decided to ambush him…. We were three, Michael and I followed him into his flat to collect more money while Joseph was monitoring the situation outside…. The three of us met at a point near boundary in Ajegunle. That is where we plan and set out for our operations. We operate early in the morning and late evening.”
For Tunde Adedeji, his 10-member robbery team invaded Muslim and Omotayo Streets where they robbed all the occupants of the three buildings they targeted. Two of the three buildings are in Muslim Street while the third building is in Omotayo Street.

Over 25 robbery victims residing in the three buildings narrated their ordeals in the hands of the 10-man robbery gang when they besieged RRS Headquarters in Alausa after reports filtered to them that RRS officials arrested one of the robbery suspects. Most of the robbery victims sustained several matchete cuts in the head and body.

The robbery victims, who came to Alausa in three fully loaded commercial buses were invited one after the other to identify the suspect and also identify their belongings from the 18 mobile phones, trinkets and assorted jewellery, recovered from the back-pack of the suspect.

Explaining how they planned and carried out the robbery operation, Adedeji said “at about 12:00 midnight on this fateful day, Sadiq, Sule, Ijoba, myself and six others whose names I don’t know met and discussed about the robbery.... I was invited into the operation by Sadiq. We met at Ikotun Egbe. We discussed the plan and at around 2:00 a.m., we converged at Ikotun Roundabout. The arms we used for the operation were cutlasses, wood and sticks. None of had a gun. We used legs to break doors and took phones, jewellery, laptops from our victims.... all the recovered items in my hand were from the victims. Sule and I were coming from the operation around 4:00 a.m. when a local security man intercepted us. He collected Sule’s bag. We ran away just as he was opening the bag. But, I was later arrested by RRS officials of patrol after seeing the content of my bag.... This is my second operation with the team. In June, we also robbed another house in Ikotun. We also took from them phones and money.... We sell all what we take to one guy called Tablet. Sule normally call him on phone after the operation and we meet him at Olugbede in Egbeda area.”


According to one of the victim of the Ikotun robbery who live in Muslim Street, Isiaka Alarape, "the robbers entered my house around 2:30 a.m. they were more than 10 but 5 of them entered my room.... They broke my door completely, smarched glass on my head and hit me with gun. They matcheted my wife and my neighbour seriously that they have to be rushed to the hospital.

Similarly, another victim who live in Omotayo Street, Friday Osigbe, said "they took N110,000:00 from me before taking my phone."

While Bashir Wasiu was transferred to SARS office in Ikeja, Adedeji was transferred to Ikotun Police Station along with the recovered items for further investigation.

Speaking on the robbery, the Police PPRO, SP Dolapo Badmos confirmed the arrest, adding that the police is not resting on its oars. She stressed that the Command would continue to work round the clock to reduce crime in the state.


http://www.newshelm.com/2016/07/photos-rrs-nabs-2-robbers-recovers-gun.html

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Nigeria’s U-20 team, Flying Eagles, have crashed out of the U-20 AFCON 2017 competition after playing a 5-5 aggregate with Sudan on Saturday in Lagos.



Flying Eagles won their first leg with 2-1 in Sudan fortnight ago in Sudan but lost 3-4 to Sudanin Lagos on Saturday (today). The aggregate stood at 5-5.



A draw or win would have sealed the deal for the Amuneke’s boys at the 2017 AFCON but lost at home to the Sudanese team whom they’ve hitherto defeated in the first leg of the game.

http://www.newshelm.com/2016/07/flying-eagles-crash-out-of-afcon-2017.html

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Governor Umar Ganduje today was conferred with Honourary Fellow of Education by Federal College of Education (Technical) Bichi at the 5th Combined Convocation Ceremony held at the institution today.


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Today, Lagos state governor, Akinwunmi Ambode was in Edo State to support APC Gubernatorial Candidate, Mr. Godwin Obaseki.



In His Speech, Governor Ambode said:

Godwin Obaseki will guarantee good governance in Edo, he will continue the good work of the present government. Lagos and Edo States share a historical relationship which we will continue to nurture.

http://www.newshelm.com/2016/07/photos-gov-ambode-visits-edo-guber.html


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The All Progressives Congress (APC) women and other groups in Ondo state have disclosed that a protest will be staged against Senator Dino Melaye in Akure, the state capital following his recent outburst on Senator Oluremi Tinubu.

Fola Olasehinde-Vincente, coordinator of the protest and former member of the state House of Assembly, stated that the protest will hold today, July 18.

Describing the action of the Kogi senator as “indecent and shameful”, Fola Olasehinde-Vincente called on every woman across the globe to rise up against any assault on fellow women, saying “an attack on one woman is an attack on all women”.

Olasehinde-Vincente said:

“Melaye could flex his muscles if he so will, but not by being a bully in the Senate as evident in the way he sprang up from his seat and charged towards Senator Tinubu and threatened to physically assault her.

“The attack was the height of legislative rascality ever perpetrated by any lawmaker in the country.”

The former lawmaker representing Ose Constituency further stated that Melaye had records of assaults and physical attacks on women, especially with his first wife, Tokunbo.

In a similar development, the South West Zone of the APC has ordered Senator Dino Melaye to regard the zone as a “no-go area”



http://www.newshelm.com/2016/07/apc-women-in-ondo-plan-anti-melaye.html

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Former VP Atiku Abubakar and Gov Aminu Tambuwal at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, at the weekend.


http://www.newshelm.com/2016/07/photos-atiku-and-aminu-tambuwal-meet-at.html

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Mubarak Abdullahi (25) is a Kaduna born University student who builds helicopters at home that fly up to seven feet.

http://www.newshelm.com/2016/07/photos-mubarak-abdullahi-builds.html

Six years after, Wizkid is not just one of Nigeria’s biggest and most successful acts; he is getting an enormous level of recognition in the international scene as well.



In celebration of his 26th birthday today, we present our 26 top songs by Wizkid…



1 Expensive Sh$t

2 Final (Baba Nla)

3 Wonder

4 Sexy Mama

6 Jaiye Jaiye

7 Zombie

8 Dance For Me

9 Shabba

10 Body

11 Celebrate

12 Show You The Money

13 Roll It

14 Kind Love

15 Bombay

16 On Top Your Matter

17 Joy

18 Call My Name

19 Sound It

20 Zombie

21 Ole

22 In My Bed

23 Dont Dull Remix ft Akon

24 Amin

25 Turn On The Light

26 Whine Like This

Got a different opinion on the list? We will like to know what you think.


http://www.newshelm.com/2016/07/top-26-songs-of-wizkid.html

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Nigerian “celebs” command massive followings both online and offline. Check the twitter, Facebook and Instagram accounts of celebrities including Tiwa Savage, Tuface Idibia, Genevieve Nnaji, Olamide, Omotola Jalade, WizKid among others; they have millions of followers. When they trend, Nigerians are eager to comment.


Hence, it is important for them to manage their social media accounts themselves or employ a social media manager. The first step is to verify their social media accounts.



Prevent fraud

Social media accounts can now be used to promote concerts and shows that an artist is headlining. Unaware that the accounts don’t belong to the artist, they send money to the account as payment for their performance. Several celebrities have been forced to deny collecting money from anyone. This can be prevented if your account is verified.


Identify fake social media accounts
As long as you are a celebrity, you will always have fake accounts in your name. Despite efforts to shut down these pseudo-accounts, oftentimes, they open new ones. These accounts can either make or mar you especially if your account is not verified. These fake accounts can share controversial posts or tweets that may damage your reputation.


Tweets and posts are authentic
Journos usually monitor social media accounts of celebrities for their comments on issues or responses to scandals. They can tweet at the celebrity in question for their opinion without leaving their office. It is easier to source these comments from confirmed social media accounts.


Enhance your celebrity status

Verifying your social media accounts take several steps. These are key steps you must follow to make sure that you are the one being verified. A verified account will no doubt enhance your status and attract more engagement and followership.


http://www.newshelm.com/2016/07/reasons-celebs-should-verify-their.html

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Embattled former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, on Friday after released from the EFCc detention took to twitter to announce his freedom.

Fani-Kayode said: Free last: thanks be to God. 67 days in detention but still standing strong. The struggle continues. Thanks for the prayers and support."

http://www.newshelm.com/2016/07/fani-kayode-speaks-after-release.html

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According to a Kano-based Facebook user, donkey meat are being sold in markets in the north and customers come from all parts of Nigeria to purchase the meat. Not sure i got the translation right but below is what he wrote in Hausa:

"KASUWAR DA AKE SIYAR DA NAMAN JAKUNA A AREWA.... Kasuwar jakunan kara dake garin Rara a jihar Kebbi ana yanka jakuna kamar guda dari biyar a kowanne sati.... Kwastomomin kasuwar suna zuwa daga dukkan bangarorin Nigeria don siya ko shan farfesun jakuna a kasuwar"

http://www.newshelm.com/2016/07/photos-donkeys-are-butchered-and-sold.html

This evening, Honourable Yakubu Dogara held a meeting with stakeholders in the health sector. This meeting was convened with a view to finally resolving lingering issues, after the previous one held on June 21.

http://www.newshelm.com/2016/07/photos-speaker-dogara-meets-with.html

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President Buhari celebrates educational achievement with his graduate children-Zahra, Yusuf and Halimat.


http://www.newshelm.com/2016/07/photos-president-buhari-with-his.html

A www.newshelm.com reader in kogi state confirmed to us that the Students of Kogi State University, Thursday morning, shut down the state capital, Lokoja, leaving many travelers stranded, in protest of the prolonged closure of their school.



Lecturers in the school went on strike three months ago to protest against the non-payment of their salaries.



Government officials admit the lecturers are owed salaries, but say the debt piled up during the administration of the former governor, Idris Wada.


http://www.newshelm.com/2016/07/photos-kogi-university-students-shut.html

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Robbers went on rampage in Ikotun last night.They went away with money and valuables and it has become something of a tradition.

[url]NEWSHELM.COM[/url] sources confirmed that various reports have been made to the relevant authorities in the past but last night's attack was the last straw that broke the camel's back. The occupants of houses around ikotun this morning, turned out in mass to report this criminal act.


RSS official has confirmed the arrest lofg one of the criminals as at the time this report was filled.

http://www.newshelm.com/2016/07/photos-lagosians-flood-rss-office-to.html

Senator Ben Murray-Bruce today was at the Home of Late Ojo Maduekwe to express his feelings towards the lost of an elder stateman and to Condol with the family of the departed.



He refers to late Ojo Maduekwe as patriot who should be emulated!!


Here he is Signing the condolence register at the home of the late great Ojo Maduekwe.

http://www.newshelm.com/2016/07/photos-senator-ben-bruce-pays.html

Accoring to The Godfather ‏@Ayourb, this cash was recorvered from an abuja farm today.



this is a shocking revelation coming just hours after Speaker, Dogara Revealed that "Looters Buried Billions In Farms".



All hands crossed though; We wait for who the farm belongs to and to who the money was given.


http://www.newshelm.com/2016/07/photo-dollars-recovered-today-in-farm.html

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Dream Team players sweating it out today in the gym in Atlanta, no pain, no gain.

http://www.newshelm.com/2016/07/photos-dream-team-at-gym-in-atlanta.html

President Muhammadu Buhari received the Special Envoy African Union Peace Fund Team today at the State House.

http://www.newshelm.com/2016/07/photos-president-buhari-hosts-special.html

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Dr Okezie Victor Ikpeazu commissions the Obo-Ogu Events & Health Centre donated by Mr Eric Opar to Mbubo Nsulu.

http://www.newshelm.com/2016/07/photos-gov-ikpeazu-commissions-obo-ogu.html

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The on-going trial of the Deputy Senate President, Chief Ike Ekweremadu, alongside Senate President Bukola Saraki has sparked protest in Enugu State.



A [url]Newshelm.com[/url] reader confirmed that there is a Protest on-going in support of the embattled senator...


http://www.newshelm.com/2016/07/photos-pro-ekweremadu-protest-on-going.html


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President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday approved the appointment of Dr. Maikanti Baru as the new GMD of NNPC ending an 11-month tenure of former Director, Ibe Kachikwu.


Nigerian Bulletin highlights 11 of Kachikwu’s 11-month tenure.


1. Deregulation of the oil sector. With this, the corporation was able to cut operational cost by 30 per cent.


2. Nigeria currently has 45 days of self-sufficiency in oil reserve due to the minister’s effort at ending queue in filing stations.


3. According to Kachikwu, the oil sector now have a funding scheme to enable the downstream to be able to adequately fund itself.


4. With the removal of subsidy, Nigeria will now save over N1.4tn on a yearly basis.


5. Kachikwu succeeded in reducing the upstream contracting period from the average of between two and half years to between six and nine months.



6. Under his leadership, Nigerian refineries started working for the first time in about 10 years.


7. He laid a structure for private investors to come into refinery to boost capacity and production. An instance is the Dangote refineries.


8. In May 2016, for the first time in history, the NNPC made a profit of N270m.


9. With his commitment, coupled with effort, 60 per cent of refined products importation will stop by 2018 and by 2019 Nigeria must become a net exporter of refined petroleum products.


http://www.newshelm.com/2016/07/11-notable-achievements-of-his-11-month.html

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