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Brisket is not biscuit bone, they are two different parts of the meat. What we call biscuit bone is the cartillagenous part of the meat, but brisket is a kind of fleshy part of a beef please. You guys should stop feeding us with false information because some of us don't know any better. This poster ����is wrong, they are two different parts of meat.��

bro u are wrong see the pix of Brisket Bone and location in animal it is the same one we call Biscuit Bone

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The Public Complaint Rapid Response Unit (PCRRU) of the Nigeria Police Force says it has dismissed four policemen attached to the Ogun State command from service, after they were found guilty of corruption. Abayomi Shogunle, an Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), who made the announcement on Sunday, said the officers arrested an innocent man, accused him of involvement in internet fraud and collected a sum of N50,000 from him before releasing him. Shogunle said investigations were conducted into the matter after receiving a complaint from the victims, and an Orderly Room trial found the officers guilty. THE FULL STATEMENT In line with the fight against corruption and ensuring adherence to the “Change Begins With Me” campaign of the Federal Government, the Nigeria Police Force has approved the dismissal from service of four police officers attached to Ijebu-Ode Area Command in Ogun State. They are (1) AP. No 122800 Inspr. Mufutau Olaosun, (2) F/No. 366127 Sgt. Adebayo Temitope, (3) F/No. 455593 Cpl. Bakare Taiwo and (4) F/No. 455554 Cpl. Adesoye Ayokunlehin who were charged, tried and found guilty in an Orderly Room conducted at the Area Command Headquarters, Ijebu-Ode for two offences against discipline as provided for in Paragraphs E (iii) Discreditable Conduct and C (ii) Corrupt Practice under the First Schedule of Police Act and Regulations Cap. P19. Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004. THE CASE AGAINST THE DISMISSED POLICEMEN On the 12th of June, 2017 the Public Complaint Rapid Response Unit (PCRRU) received a complaint via WhatsApp number 0805 700 0003 which states thus; “Good morning sir, My name is (Withheld), living in ijebu ode, on Wednesday afternoon I went to withdraw money from the bank and am been sent by my boss when going back to the office some policeman car just double cross me and collect my phone telling I stole the phone I should follow the to the station and the took me to igbeba police station here in ijebu asked me to do frog jump from outside to a room, which I did to afford being beating. After gotten there they started calling a internet fraudster which I told them am not that am an (withheld) and they started beating slapping me and forcing me to write a statement which they are the one telling me what to write and after that they collected 50,000 from me( from my boss money which I went to withdraw before ealizing me. Sir that’s my story. All this are not good and policeman are meant to protect us but this nowadays police officer have turn this to another thing by using their power to ride civilians, maltreating and harassing civilian. The officers name who headed the squad are been called which I overhead are name: one is Omo Alaja while the second is called AY but don’t know the name of the other 2 officer. Please sir you have to stop this kind of officer because they are taking this to far” The complaint was immediately registered, Tracking Number PCRRU451591 issued and investigation initiated. The Divisional Police Officer (DPO) Igbeba Division, Ijebu-Ode was mandated to commence an enquiry straightaway. The policemen were identified and it was discovered that they apprehended the complainant on 7th June, 2017 without any reasonable cause and extorted the sum of Fifty Thousand Naira (N50,000) “Bail Money” despite the #BailisFree campaign before he was eventually released same day. The extorted N50,000 was subsequently recovered from these unethical policemen who were armed in plain clothes on the day of the incident. Their action is contrary to the directives of the Inspector-General of Police and unacceptable. Necessary disciplinary measures were initiated against the erring policemen, they were found guilty as charged in an Orderly Room trial after the presentation of witnesses and exhibits. Punishment of dismissal from service was recommended by the Adjudicating officer and proceedings reviewed by the relevant Nigeria Police Force (NPF) authorities. The punishment of dismissal from service has been upheld with immediate effect and all NPF uniforms and accoutrements including warrant cards (ID cards) issued to the men have been retrieved with all dismissal procedures completed. The complainant was also handed back his N50,000 with an apology a day after he lodged the complaint. The elated man after receiving his money thanked the PCRRU, he said “Great job you people are doing right there, thank you for the prompt response”. Furthermore, the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Ibrahim K. Idris NPM, mni while reiterating his stand on zero tolerance for corruption vows to “flush out those tarnishing police image” from the Force. The IGP also impress it upon the PCRRU to ensure that all allegations of professional misconduct against the police are promptly investigated and officers found wanting in any proven case be made to face appropriate sanctions as stipulated by relevant laws. Members of the public are advised not to resort to self-help when faced with case of police misconduct, but are enjoined to report such to the PCRRU for resolution. PCRRU is available 24/7 via the following channels; Phone Calls Only: 08057000001, 08057000002 | SMS/ WhatsApp Only: 08057000003 | BBM:58A2B5DE | Twitter: @PoliceNG_PCRRU | Facebook: www.facebook.com/PolicePCRRU | Email: complaint@npf.gov.ng OR PolicePCRRU@gmail.com PCRRU says NO TO IMPUNITY; our quick response will put a smile on your face. ACP ABAYOMI SHOGUNLE. ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, PUBLIC COMPLAINT RAPID RESPONSE UNIT (PCRRU), NIGERIA POLICE FORCE, FORCE HEADQUARTERS, ABUJA.

- The president of the Arewa Youth Coalition, Yarima Shettima, has said that IPOB leader of the Nnamdi Kanu, must not go unpunished - The Arewa youth president said the group is reviewing the quit notice issued to the Igbos - Shettima has revealed that the evacuation of the Igbo from the north was off the table Yarima Shettima, the president of the Arewa Youth Coalition (AYC), has said that the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, must be punished. NAIJ.com gathered that the Shettima also disclosed that the group was reviewing its stand on the quit notice issued to Igbos living in north. “The steps taken by the governors are commendable. One, we have since expected the governors to do what they are doing now. Nevertheless, it is better late than never for. READ ALSO: Billionaire kidnapper Evans vanishes, moved out of prison by police officers - The Sun “What the Ohanaeze and other organisations that came out to denounce the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) are doing is commendable. “We are also reviewing our own situation. We are going to have a meeting soon with other leaders of the coalition and come out with a clear position of things and what we intend to do in order to move forward,” he said. The AYC president speaking in an interview with Nigerian Tribune, noted that Kanu is someone “who has terrorised the country”. He said: “We will go as far to ensure that we take him to the international court of justice. We will internationalise his case and ensure that this young man is declared a terrorist. He can’t be allowed to go just like that. “To us, we are seeing what he is doing as a business venture. So, as far as we are concerned, a country should not be run as a banana republic where somebody can do anything and get away with it, without respect for the rule of law.” However Shettima stated that the call for the evacuation of the Igbo from the north was not totally off the table. “I am not saying we have completely removed the earlier condition that they should leave the north. However, the fact of the matter still remains that one, we are not violent. “Secondly, we intend also to explore all necessary avenues and ensure that, at the end of the day, things are being done in accordance with the law,” he said. In a previous report by NAIJ.com, the south west consultative forum has given its support for the Arewa Youths quit notice to the Igbo living in the North. PAY ATTENTION: Get more videos on Naij.com TV The group said Arewa youths consultative forum simply asked the Ndigbo to go back to their region so that they can continue with their Biafra nation agenda.

- Chief Olusegun Obasanjo claimed Abacha plotted to kill him - The former president said God intervened and he survived the attempt - He narrated how Yar'Adua was killed by Abacha's men Former president, Olusegun Obasanjo has revealed how Shehu Musa Yar’Adua and Chief MKO Abiola were killed by General Sani Abacha killer squad. The Punch reports that the former president gave this revelation at a dinner programme organised by an inter- denominational Christian organisation, Christ The Redeemer’s Friends International of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Lagos Province 39 Chapter. READ ALSO: BREAKING: APC loses heavily as PDP'a Adeleke wins Osun by-election Obasanjo said that the late Yar’Adua was injected with a deadly virus and that he was next in line to be killed in detention but God intervened in saved his life. He said: “Two people had earlier told me Abacha promised that three of us would not come out of prison or detention alive; myself. Shehu Yar Adua and MKO Abiola. And two of them did not come out alive. So, that I came out alive, maybe God has a purpose. And therefore if the purpose is for me to serve the people and by so doing, serve God, then so be it. “Abacha claimed that I was plotting a coup. I wasn’t the first to be arrested. When Shehu (Yar’Adua) was arrested, I tried to plead for his release. When Abacha said he didn’t know about Shehu’s arrest, I said to him, ‘the number two man in this country cannot be arrested without you knowing.’ “In Abacha’s plan, he left God out of it and because he left God out of his plan, it (his government) eventually failed. There is God’s hand in the life of each and every one of us and every institution. I believe that very well. “When I was arrested, they took me to a house in Ikoyi (Lagos) and that became my abode (I was) in isolation, for three months. “In the meantime, there were national and international pressures for my release, (former US) President Jimmy Carter was one of the world leaders that came to ask for my release. Some African leaders like Yoweri Museveni and Robert Mugabe came. I believe it was because of those pressures that I was released from isolation in Ikoyi where I was under house arrest.” Obasanjo described the day he was court- martialled as the worst in his life. He said: “I must say that, that day, in a split second, it felt like the worst day in my life. What flashed through my mind was that I was forever ruined. I asked myself, ‘What did I do to deserve this? Is this what I get for serving Nigeria?’ But then, I told myself again that this was not done to me by Nigeria, but that one man did it for me.” “I was to go to Jos (prison) and Yar’Adua was to go to Port Harcourt (prison). In Jos, I was visited by my colleagues, including Yakubu Danjuma, Joe Garba, Domkat Bali, many of our colleagues, and then family members and friends. “Then a decision was made that I was becoming too popular in Jos prison and I had to be transferred to. Yola prison which is a native authority prison and I don’t need to tell you what life was there. “In Jos prison, before I was transferred to Yola prison, they had decided that Shehu Yar’Adua and myself should be poisoned. So, they took him from Port Harcourt prison to Abakaliki. In the process, he was injected with the virus that killed him. The same was supposed to be done to me. The man who came took me from the prison to a guest house in the GRA in Jos, said, ‘We know you have problem with cholesterol so I have to take your blood for a test.’ Then I said, ‘Not on your life, I don’t have any problem of cholesterol.’ “I was slightly diabetic. But God had taken care of it because I was checking my blood sugar almost on a daily basis and it had become better than normal. So, I refused him (the man) touching me with anything. So, they took me to Yola and he said, ‘when you get to where you are going, we will come again.’” Obasanjo revealed that the attempt to kill him was thwarted by a prison doctor. “The doctor was a professional man in charge of the General Hospital in Yola. He listened to my case that I needed special food because I was diabetic. He said the specialist would come to see me. The specialist turned out to be somebody from Okeogun in Oyo State. Two, he was a Baptist, and three, he had heard about me and knew me. So, he looked at me and said, ‘Don’t let anybody touch you with anything.’ “Within three weeks the man that came to me earlier returned again and said he wanted to take my blood. I said, ‘No, you have to get my doctor to come and take my blood for you.’ That was the arrangement between me and the doctor. And my doctor came and he brought a syringe and he took my blood and gave it to him. He now asked the man, ‘When would we have the result?’The man said, ‘Within 24 hours of my getting to Abuja.’I haven’t heard the result till today.” Obasanjo said after he was released from prison, he contested the presidential election following pressure from some well- meaning people. “Nigeria that was a pariah state became a darling (of the world). PAY ATTENTION: Read the news on Nigeria’s #1 new app “What is the lesson for me? I developed in prison but unfortunately I was not able to sustain it. Maybe because there was nothing else to do in prison except to pray and fast. I used to fast a lot. On three occasions, I fasted for seven days, no water, no food… a unique power was given to me by God. “In all these, God did not leave me alone, and I know that. I say to people that God has never let me alone nor disappointed me in spite of all. I am a sinner. It is not because of my goodness, but because of the grace of God, and the grace of God continues to abound.”

- Mrs Husseina Mohammed, a civil servant in
Kogi state attached to the Teaching Service
Commission who returned money
mistakenly to her account
- The government was quoted to have
issued Mrs Husseina query for allegedly
misinforming the public about the excess
salary mistakenly paid into her account
- Mrs Husseinna’s family, however
expressed disappointment on the latest
development coming from the state
government insisting that the allegation
against her has brought disgrace to the
family
Despite people's belief that a civil servant in
Kogi state attached to the Teaching Service
Commission, Mrs Husseina Mohammed
would be compensated for her honesty in
returning the sum of N1.8M mistakenly paid
into her account amid the current hardship,
the state government has issued her a
query for allegedly misinforming the public
about the excess salary mistakenly paid into
her account.
NAIJ.com gathered that the sanction is
coming through the instruction given by
the State Auditor General Alhaji Yusuf Okala
who noted that Mrs Mohammed
misinformed the public that she had
returned the money to the state treasury
even when she did not received any alert to
confirm such transactions.
The Auditor General explained that the
officer only returned N1.6M on 3rd July this
year out of the N1.8M she claimed to have
returned six weeks earlier, saying “the
information has caused confusion in the
system”.
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Obasanjo, Gowon, says former military
rulers entrenched inequalities that led to
Biafra agitation
He also directed that her salary be put on
hold over the wrong information she gave
the committee.
Earlier, the chairman Salary Reconciliation
Committee, John Alayi explained that
N1,813,186.98 was paid in excess to Mrs
Mohammed because the statement from
Teaching service commission mistakenly
placed her on level sixteen while she was
actually on grade level nine.
According to him, “the committee calculated
the difference between grade level nine and
grade level sixteen and paid the supposed
arrears to the officers account but later
discovered that one Hussein Mohammed
also a staff of the Teaching Service
Commission (TSC) was the one on grade
level sixteen and not Mrs Husseina
Mohammed.”
It was reported that, Mrs Mohammed said
she received an alert for the excess salary
and immediately filled a teller for the
transfer to the state treasury on 22nd May,
2017.
Meanwhile, the family of Mrs Husseinna
Mohammed has expressed disappointment
on the latest development coming from the
state government insisting that the
allegation against her has brought disgrace
to the family.
It was also gathered from a close family
source that Mrs Husseina Mohammed has
been barred from speaking to the press or
risk further punishment from the
Government.
It was also learnt from a family source that,
the said money was paid to the state
coffers but were surprised that weeks later
the cashier who performed the transaction
failed to confirm that a particular digit was
missing in the account number which the
money was paid in.
“We are surprise that they are coming up
with this at this time that the couple
honourably returned money mistakenly
paid into their account. The husband has
not been paid for more than 15 Months yet
they didn’t bother to withhold the huge
sum of money despite the current hardship.
“This family barely feed three square meal
just because of the harsh economy and the
non payment of salary in kogi state. From
what I know, they have been surviving
through the wive even though the husband
is also working with the state government.”
“Are we supposed to blame them or blame
the cashier?. The government should also
blame their personnel for this defects
instead of suffering an innocent soul when
she made the state proud. It is unfortunate
that they are getting this at this time
instead of being honoured for their
honesty. ”
“Going by what is happening, if something
of such happens again, people will be
scared to come out and return such money
because they don’t want to be disgraced.
The news is everywhere now that they have
issued her a query and her salary be placed
on hold. Let be sincere, if you are the one,
will you be happy? Am really disappointed I
must confess.” The family source stated.
It would be recalled that in June during an
interview with journalist in Lokoja, Mrs
Mohammed said that she returned N
1,813,186.98 to the state coffers credited to
her account.
She earlier explained how the money
entered into her account. “One
morning,while shopping, my phone
beeped, indicating a text message. Upon
opening the folder containing the SMS, I
saw that my salary account domiciled in
Zenith Bank, Lokoja Branch had been
credited with N1,813,186.98 The text
message stated that it was my salary for the
month of March, 2017.”
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Shocked, Mrs Mohammed told reporters
that she read the message over and over
again. Aside reading the message
repeatedly, she took her time to count the
figures displayed in the message. After a
while, she abandoned the materials she had
come to buy and found her way home.
On getting home, she narrated her
experience to her husband. After a brief
interaction, they decided to refund the
money, saying that it was the right thing to
do. Her husband, an employee of the TSC in
Lokoja, was one of those affected by the
just concluded screening exercise in the
state. He disclosed that for 15 months, he
had not received any salary from
government.
https://www.naij.com/1114056-confusion-kogi-govt-allegedly-query-stops-salary-woman-returned-n18m-mistake.html

GhanaSat-1, which was developed by students at All Nations University in Koforidua, was sent into orbit from the International Space Centre. Cheers erupted as 400 people, including the engineers, gathered in the southern Ghanaian city to watch live pictures of the launch. The first signal was received shortly afterwards. It is the culmination of a two-year project, costing $50,000 (£40,000). It received support from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). The satellite will be used to monitor Ghana's coastline for mapping purposes, and to build capacity in space science and technology. Project coordinator Dr Richard Damoah said it marked a new beginning for the country. "It has opened the door for us to do a lot of activities from space," he told the BBC. He said it would "also help us train the upcoming generation on how to apply satellites in different activities around our region. "For instance, [monitoring] illegal mining is one of the things we are looking to accomplish."

The 31-year-old has been diagnosed
with acute leukaemia after returning for
pre-season with the Championship club
Wolves have announced goalkeeper Carl
Ikeme will undergo a course of
chemotherapy after being diagnosed
with acute leukaemia.
Ikeme has made over 200 appearances
for the Championship club since
breaking through from the youth ranks
in 2003.
Belotti third on Chelsea's shortlist
The 31-year-old has been first-choice at
Molineux for the past five seasons and
made 31 appearances last season as
Wolves finished 15th, but his pre-season
preparations were dealt a blow when he
returned some abnormal blood tests.
Further medical investigation revealed he
was suffering from leukaemia and will
begin his battle to beat the cancer with
an immediate course of chemotherapy.
"It would be an understatement to say
that everyone at Wolves has been
shocked and saddened to hear the news
of Carl's diagnosis," said Wolves'
managing director Laurie Dalrymple.
"That relates to both players and staff as
Carl has been at the club for a very long
time and remains such an integral
personality within the group.
"At the same time, we all know what a
fighter and a competitor Carl is, and I
have no doubt that he will take all of
those attributes into this battle." m.goal.com/s/en/news/8/main/2017/07/06/36886722/wolves-keeper-ikeme-diagnosed-with-leukaemia?utm_referrer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com.ng%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dikeme%2Bgoal.com%26client%3Dms-opera-mini%26channel%3Dnew%26gws_rd%3Dcr%26ei%3DDtpfWazfDMfdaLPAvcAH

An Abuja Division of the Federal High Court
has ordered parties involved in the
planned recall of a senator, Dino Melaye, to
maintain Statusquo.
Mr. Melaye’s lawyer, Mike Ozekhome,
explained that maintaining statusquo
meant the Independent National Electoral
Commission, INEC, should halt the plan to
proceed with the recall of the Kogi
senator.
The order was made exparte; implying the
order was given without hearing the
order party, in this case INEC.
Mr. Melaye’s lawyer, Mike Ozekhome,
confirmed the order to PREMIUM TIMES on
Thursday evening.
“The court gave an order exparte saying
that parties should maintain statusquo
until it hears our motion for interlocutory
injunction; because we had filed a motion
for interlocutory injunction”.
“Now parties have all been asked to let
things remain as they are, till September
29 when the court will entertain
arguments on the interlocutory injunction
seeking to stop INEC from proceeding
with the recall,” Mr. Ozekhome said.
INEC had listed its planned procedure for
the recall process of Mr. Melaye following
petitions written and signed by more than
half of the electorates from Kogi West
senatorial district where Mr. Melaye
represents.
The process had been slated to begin on
July 10.
Mr. Melaye approached the court shortly
after the said processes were disclosed by
INEC on Monday.
A group of indigenes from Kogi State had
also filed a separate appeal at the same
court demanding the suspension of the
recall process by the commission.
Reacting to the various applications in
court, INEC’s Chief Press Secretary, Rotimi
Oyekanmi, said mere applications without
court decisions were inadequate to
prevent the recall process.
“Only a legitimate court order or an
injunction can be considered by the
commission,’’ Mr. Oyekanmi had said.
INEC has not reacted to the latest court
decision and how it would implement it. www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/236115-dino-melayes-recall-court-orders-inec-maintain-statusquo.html

There was plenty of food and drink left
over following his wedding, but it did not
go to waste thanks to the Barca star and
his wife
Barcelona star Lionel Messi ensured
nothing went to waste after his wedding
as he donated leftover food and drinks to
charity, according to Rosario Food Bank
director Pablo Algrain.
The who's who of football descended on
Rosario last week as Messi tied the knot
with long-term partner Antonella Roccuzzo
in their home town.
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Barcelona team-mates Neymar, Luis Suarez
and Gerard Pique, and Dani Alves, Sergio
Aguero, Cesc Fabregas, Angel Di Maria, Xavi
and Carles Puyol were among the stars to
celebrate the marriage – dubbed the
"Wedding of the Century" by local media –
long into the night in Argentina on Friday.
There was plenty of food and drink left
over, though it did not go to waste thanks
to the five-time Ballon d'Or winner and his
wife.
"It all arrived to the store and we're
controlling it," Algrain told Efe . "We don't
yet know quite how much there is."
Algrain continued: "We explained to the
wedding organisers that we can accept
soft drinks and snacks, but that we'd have
to change alcoholic drinks for money
because we cannot accept them."
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- Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state has revealed
why he is a controversial governor in
Nigerian politics
- The Ekiti state governor stated he is
controversial as a result of him doing things
his counterparts could not dare to do
- According to Fayose controversy is
necessary for democracy to thrive
Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state on
Friday, July 7, revealed that he was a subject
of controversy because he is a courageous
man.
The Ekitit state governor shortly after
delivering the 13th convocation lecture at
the Benson Idahosa University in Benin,
said he did things his counterparts could
not dare to do, no matter who was
affected, The Punch reports.
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to remain in office - Magu hits Senate
NAIJ.com gathered that he said that it was
important for one to do the “things others
don’t do to get the attention others don’t
get”.
Fayose while urging Nigerians not to
undermine his presidential ambition, said:
“I am the man to watch in this generation.
So, I am controversial because I am doing
things other men like me cannot do. They
are scared. They are afraid; they don’t have
courage."
“What I am saying to you is that
controversy is necessary for democracy. We
must have our voice. I am not an APC
member and I will never be. But remember
the fact that our leader, Asiwaju Bola
Ahmed Tinubu, a courageous man in his
own right, our leader in Yoruba land, forget
about politics; if they give Asiwaju
appointment, he will give a Yoruba man.
Whether he is in the APC does not matter.
“And I came out strongly; I defended him. I
am not defending politics. I am defending
the truth. Our politics must have where we
would stop it and say the truth as may be
necessary,” he added.Fayose said he has intelligence report that
he is to be implicated in a treasonable
offence which would lead to his arrest as
well as those of some of his appointees. https://www.naij.com/1113892-im-controversial-i-courageous-fayose.html

- Kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme
Onwuamadike a.k.a Evans has disclosed a
piece of advice his mum gave hm when she
saw the bullet wound on him
- Evans said he was not injured in any
operation but it was during a disagreement
that happened among his gang members
- the kidnapper said this to disapprove a
rumor flying in the air that the police
alleged that he was injured during a
disagreement he had with his members
because of money issue
Kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme
Onwuamadike, popularly known as Evans,
has said that his mum once cautioned him
to quit his job when she saw bullet wound
on him.
Evans disclosed this in an interview he had
with the New Telegraph, saying that his
father and step mum were the cause of
what he is passing through currently.
NAIJ.com gathered that the police alleged
that he was injured when there was a
disagreement between him and his gang
members because of money issue.
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insurgency, treason - Fayose cries out
Meanwhile, the kidnapper said he was not
involved in the dispute that happened
among his member, adding that he was
just trying to settle the disagreement.
Evans said: “It happened in 2008. A friend
of mine invited us to come and make peace.
They were having issue of money. When we
got there, he started shooting everybody.
“The matter was between Emeka, Iyke and
others. I tried to intervene and Iyke started
shooting everyone. He shot so many people.
Nothing led to it! I told you it was an issue
over money.
“It was not a bank robbery. The major issue
was between Emeka and Iyke. It was Emeka
and Iyke that were having issues. Along the
line, myself and others decided to intervene
in the matter.
‘’ Iyke now decided to call everyone in order
to make peace. But on getting there, Iyke
and his friends, Jude and Humphrey, started
shooting at us.
“I wasn’t shot on my shoulder. I was shot
on my hip (Lifts his shirt to show the scar).
They were having issue over sharing of
money.
“It was money they made from robbery.
The money was from robbery of a filling
station. They said they went to Con Oil
Filling Station in the night to rob. It
happened in 2008.
“No! I didn’t go. I was not part of them. I
was called to come and intervene in the
issue, to make peace. Iyke called his friends
to come and take their share of the money
after the robbery.
''Later, Emeka now called me that they were
having problems with Iyke seriously. He
said that Iyke didn’t want to give them their
share of the money.
‘'Emeka said that Iyke carried out the
operation with his instruments (weapons)
and as such, Iyke was supposed to give him
part of the money. But Iyke didn’t want to
share with Emeka, so I was called. It was
supposed to be a peace talk.
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“I was shot by Iyke. I can’t really say how
many people he shot and killed on that day.
I only know that after he shot me, I ran out
of the place.”
He said he is one of the six children his
mum had for his dad, who also had another
wife, both of whom he blamed for his
predicament.
He said further: “I’m the first son. My father
will not tell me today that he trained or
catered for me. But if there was any way my
father and step mother wronged me, I have
forgiven them.” https://www.naij.com/1113760-evans-reveals-mum-told-bullet-wound-him.html

It is the end of term for Scotland's schools and one group of 16 leavers will move on to further education without having sat a single exam. They are pupils of Drumduan School, an alternative school co-founded by actress Tilda Swinton. Drumduan, near Forres in Moray, prides itself on more alternative, practical learning, free from the mainstream pressures of pupils sitting tests or even sitting at desks. Tai chi-style exercise is the first class of the day, while the teaching of science can involve canoe building or cooking. As little time as possible is spent in the classroom. Head teacher Krzysztof Zajaczkowsk says the aim of the school's curriculum is to "unleash the true potential" of every child. "At the moment education is still in a post- industrial Victorian model," he says. "What we want to do is broaden it, widen it, make many more possibilities for young people in terms of building their resilience, their courage, compassion - life skills - but also academic skills." Ahead of the final day of term, a graduation is held for those leaving school. Hollywood actress Tilda Swinton, a co- founder of Drumduan, has left the limelight temporarily to watch her own twin children perform at their last class concert. While the twins and the other school leavers do not have any qualifications, their achievements are portfolio-based and half will go onto further education including degree courses. Scarlett Winter, 18, who wants to pursue a career in the arts says her time at the school has been life changing. She says: "I feel like I have gained my life back. "I feel like a whole, nourished individual, while before I was pressured living in this sort of society I felt I did not fit into." The school says colleges and universities are becoming more open to entrants from non- mainstream schools like Drumduan, but Mr Zajaczkowsk admits changing attitudes will take time. He describes the process as like turning an "enormous tanker" at sea. "It won't happen overnight, but I think everyone knows the system has to change," he says. "We are speaking to colleges and universities and they are very excited by our model." Traditional educationalists may take some convincing, but Drumduan's leaders say demand for this alternative style of learning is on the increase with more than 20 new pupils due to start at the private school next term. www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-40430676

- The Ohaneze Ndigbo in South Africa has cautioned Nnmadi Kanu over his recent outburst that election will not hold in Anambra - The founder of the group in South Africa said Kanu should be ignored - He insisted that Anambra people have the right to elect their leaders Chief Jonas Udeji, the founder of Ohaneze Ndigbo, a socio-cultural group in South Africa, says the stance of its national body not to boycott the Anambra governorship election is in order. Nnamdi Kanu, the self proclaimed leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), had called for the boycott of the Nov. 18 election in Anambra. READ ALSO: Evans may escape from prison - security operatives jittery over notorious kidnapper But the National President of Ohaneze, John Nwodo, had addressed legislators in Anambra and told them to ignore the directive. The founder of the group in South Africa said Kanu should be ignored Udeji said in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Saturday that Kanu was not qualified to give such a directive on behalf of Igbos. “ Ohaneze Ndigbo remains the apex body of Igbos in Nigeria and world-wide. “ No single individual will give any order on behalf of Igbos if that person is not the elected President of Ohaneze. “ We understand Nnamdi Kanu`s emotions about the plight of Igbos in Nigeria. But, he should realise that we have a leader and that is Nwodo. “ He is the one to speak on behalf of Igbos,” he said. Udeji urged Anambra people and other South East states to ignore such directive from IPOB and elect their leaders when the opportunity comes. According to him, Igbos should collectively decide on such sensitive issues under the leadership of Ohaneze, their apex body, and not based on an individual’s directive. He said that Anambra people had the right to elect their governor and other representatives at the local government, state and national levels. Udeji said that Ohaneze under Nwodo`s leadership had been focused and remained determined to achieve set goals and objectives.

- A security source close to Evans
investigation has revealed why the
kidnapper will not be released
- The source said that given Evans
sophistication, he could attempt a prison
break
- The source also alleged that Evans could
reorganise himself in prison
Nigerian security operatives are jittery over
the ability of notorious kidnap kingpin,
Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, aka, Evans,
to organise an escape if remanded in
prison custody.
READ ALSO: Nigerian troops ambush, kill 5
Boko Haram terrorists
According to Vanguard, Evans pose a
security threat to Nigeria if he is remanded.
The operatives believe that the
sophisticated kidnapper could use his high
profile network to obtain some respite in
prison and organise a break-out eventually.
It was also learnt that all the monies and
properties criminally obtained by the
kidnapper during his 20-year reign have
not been traced and in such a situation
where he has access to such vast sums of
money, he could use his money while in
prison to reoganise his network and set up
a new gang.
The source said that given Evans
sophistication, he could attempt a prison
break
NAIJ.com learnt that the police have
obtained a court order and as such, are
legally backed to detain the high profile
kidnapper for the next three months before
his prosecution.
The security source claimed that top
criminals with access to huge sums of
money when arrested are treated with
respect by prison officials and consequently
given access to social amenities like cell
phones and internet connections.
The source said: “High-profile criminals
enjoy VIP treatments in prison custody
because they have money. We have learned
that these suspects usually pay the warders
to be detained in cells that are classified as
VIP, and they would have access to their
phones as well as the internet. These
suspects don’t usually feel like they are in
prison custody because they enjoy
unlimited access to visitors anytime.
“Since his money has not been recovered
completely because we had information
that he has hotels in Ghana and South
Africa, it will be wrong to send him to
prison. He is also said to have auto spare
parts outlets in Ghana and some other
Africa countries. People working for him
are numerous and the Police are yet to
arrest all of them. If he is remanded in
prison with these assets unrecovered,
Evans could rule any prison. Evans, can be in
prison and easily recruit men outside,
radicalise them, buy them arms and send
them out for operations. Evans can
organise a jailbreak
"Evans could enjoy the security of the
prison and unleash terror on the society.
We have seen a lot of criminals like him and
they have done same
“We have had several cases like that in the
past. We had the case of Henry Chibueze,
alias Vampire, who kidnapped and killed
several persons and was arrested in 2015
by the Department of State Security Service,
DSS. While in prison, Vampire sponsored
several groups, who carried out
kidnappings on his behalf. Having raised
enough money he staged an escape from
the prison while he was being taken to
court. Luckily for us, he was gunned down,
a few weeks after his escape. There were
also other cases in Abuja and Port Harcourt
Rivers state, recently.
Backing his claim that criminals in prisons
could still orchestrate crime in the free
society, the source highligeted the
escapades a suspect in Kuje and Port
Harcourt prisons.
He said the suspect masterminded several
fraudulent acts while locked up in the
prison.
“When members of the syndicate were
arrested, they confessed that their leader
was serving in Kuje Prison. One of the cases
in Port Harcourt saw a detainee operating a
massive kidnap gang. The kidnapper had
organized several kidnappings before
members of his gang were apprehended
and he was exposed.” https://www.naij.com/1112786-evans-escape-prison-security-operatives-jittery-notorious-kidnapper.html

i was reading through my news feed on facebook and i saw a post which goes thus "Legits can only Feed you, it can't make u a
billionaire. No wonder all billionaires got
something covered.". Nairalander have ur say

Ikeja Computer village arguably the largest
commercial center for phone and PC
marketers in West Africa hence it's the
hub for different kinds of mobile phones.
Well, the place also has its bad news as it's
also known as the den for stealing and
selling stolen phones. Over the years,
there has being lots of reported cases of
stolen phones traced to Ikeja Computer
village Lagos.
Because of this evil act, tracking stolen
phones has become a challenge most
especially in Lagos Nigeria. So a group
known as the Computer and Allied
Product Dealers Association of Nigeria
(CAPDAN) , a trade association of Ikeja
Computer Village market traders, has
collaborated with a software company to
develop a web portal which enables the
tracking of stolen phones.
But on a serious note, it seems the
Nigerian government doesn’t have unified
database for all Nigerians despite all the
NIMC registration, SIM Reg and all that
maybe this will have helped to track easily
each Nigerian to their smartphone. Well,
maybe the Gov’t can learn something from
this initiative.
HOW TO CHECK IT?
Follow this link to check the unified phone
data base in Nigeria
Just like the way we check IMEI data base,
I think this particular move is a welcomed
development.
via
What do you think? Source www.wizytechs.com/2017/06/computer-village-introduces-unified.html?m=1

- The United States ambassador to Nigeria, Stuart Symington, says determined people and leaders in Nigeria would ensure that the country remains united - Symington states that Nigeria’s diversity is an inspiration to many countries - The US envoy points to Nigeria’s plurality as a source of strength The United States ambassador to Nigeria, Stuart Symington, has said those calling for secession in Nigeria will be overcome by Nigerians who support the unity of the country. READ ALSO: I am not a billionaire - Nabbed notorious kidnapper Evans says Symington, speaking at an event held in commemoration of the 241st anniversary of American independence in Abuja on Thursday, June 29, drew similarities between Nigeria and America, the Punch reports. The ambassador said the first American president, George Washington, had warned that those who seek to weaken a country would always seek to start by causing disunity. He said just like America, determined people and leaders in Nigeria would ensure that the country remains united. Symington said: “Every time we have been challenged, we overcame danger because we had visionary leaders committed to union and citizens committed to ensuring justice for all. “Today, Nigeria is fortunate to have such leaders and citizens. Together, they are dedicated to keeping Nigeria united and just and to ensuring every Nigerian is heard and taken into account and treated fairly. PAY ATTENTION: Install our latest app for Android, read best news on Nigeria’s #1 news app “Together, those Nigerians will overpower any call to divide this nation. “Thanks to them, thanks to you, the lamp of unity and justice burns brightly both in our nations tonight. And the sight of a united Nigeria’s light lifts Africa and with it, the world.” The US envoy said Nigeria’s diversity is an inspiration to many countries, noting that Nigeria’s plurality was a source of strength. Meanwhile, the Urhobo Peoples Integrity Group (UPIO) has distanced Urhobo people from being part of Biafra map, describing it as an insult to conscript Urhobos in the Biafra struggle without their consent. The group in a statement through its president, Olorogun Ebenezer Okorodudu, said Igbos had the right to pursue self- determination, but noted that such right does not give them the justification to compel other groups to join the Biafra agitation without consultation. The UPIO said the Urhobo Progress Union (UPU) is the socio - cultural organization that takes decision for the Urhobo people after exhaustive consultation with traditional rulers and the people.

Iykefirm:
please someone should educate me,what is surrogate?

Surrogacy is a method or agreement
whereby a woman agrees to carry a
pregnancy for another person or persons,
who will become the newborn child's
parent(s) after birth. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrogacy

Reality Check verdict: Yes, England are terrible at penalty shootouts, and the senior men's team has the worst record in the world. England's under-21s lost their European Championship semi-final against Germany on Tuesday, 4-3 on penalties. It brought back memories of previous penalty defeats by England, which may give the impression that the country is not very good at shootouts. That impression is confirmed by a look at the data. England's senior men's team, senior women's team and men's under-21s have a record of won two, lost 12. Penalty shootouts were introduced in the 1976 European Championships and the 1978 World Cup. But England's men did not take part in one until 1990. The senior men were knocked out of the World Cups in 1990, 1998 and 2006 on penalties and the European Championships in 1996, 2004 and 2012. Their only win was against Spain in the quarter-finals of Euro 96, a tournament in which they were beaten on penalties in the semi-finals. No team has lost more penalty shootouts at World Cups and European Championships than England (Italy have lost the same number, but they've won more). Making up the numbers was England's defeat by Belgium on penalties in the King Hassan II International Cup Tournament in Morocco, which as a warm-up before France 98 purists might decide to exclude. Drawn matches were decided by penalties (without extra time) to ensure there would be an eventual winner, although the structure of the tournament was that each of the four teams played only two matches. The senior women have taken part in three shootouts and lost them all. They lost the final of the 1984 European Championships to Sweden, the play-off match for seventh place against China at the complicated Algarve Cup in 2005 and to France in the quarter-final of the 2011 World Cup. The men's under-21s competed in, and lost, one of the more epic shootouts of all time, 13-12 to Holland in the semi-final of the 2007 European Championships - the same stage at which they were knocked out on penalties on Tuesday. But the under-21s do have a penalty shootout win to their names, having beaten Sweden 5-4 on penalties, also at the semi- final stage, of the European Championships of 2009 www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-40432001

Five years after he was involved in a
helicopter crash which he flew with some of
his aides on October 25, 2012, ex-governor
Danbaba Suntai of Taraba died today
Wednesday June 28 in United States of
America.
NAIJ.com gathered that as people of the
state are planning to receive the remains of
the former governor Suntai, below is a
timeline of what transpired since the
October 25 date he had the plane crash to
his return to Nigeria.
October 25, 2012
Governor Danbaba Suntai was involved in a
plane crash. The plane, a Cessna 208, 5N-
BMJ, crashed at about 7.45 p.m. He was
piloting the plane, which crashed near the
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation,
NNPC, depot in Yola, the Adamawa State
capital.
READ ALSO: BREAKING: Billionaire kidnapper
Evans drags IGP, 3 others to court over
detention
He was taken to Yola Specialist Hospital for
treatment, but was later moved to the
better-equipped Federal Medical Centre, Yola.
Facts about Danbaba Suntai, plane crash,
return to Nigeria and death
October 26, 2012
He was flown from Yola to Nnamdi Azikiwe
International Airport, Abuja, in an air
ambulance at about 12.25pm, from where
he was taken to the National Hospital, Abuja.
The injured governor was flown in air an
ambulance to Germany from Abuja.
The governor was moved out of the
National Hospital, Abuja, where he was
receiving treatment at about 3:30 p.m.
President Goodluck Jonathan visited the
governor at the National Hospital, where he
said Suntai was in stable condition.
November 14, 2012
The Taraba State House of Assembly invoked
Section 190(2) of the Nigerian Constitution
empowering the state’s Deputy Governor,
Garba Umar, to act as governor.
December 13, 2012
Wife of Taraba governor, Hauwa Suntai was
delivered of twin babies in a German
hospital while tendering to her sick
husband.
January 1, 2013
Pictures of ailing Taraba Governor, Danbaba
Suntai, emerged on social media with his
new babies
March 23, 2013
The Chief Medical Director (CMD) of Taraba
Specialist Hospital, Prof. Zakari Aliyu,
disclosed that the governor had been
moved to the John Hopkins University in the
United States.
June 17, 2013
Suntai was discharged from the John
Hopkins Hospital in Maryland State, three
months after he was brought to the
hospital’s Intensive Care Unit (ICU) as a result
of the injuries he sustained during the
October 2012 plane crash that involved him
and some of his aides in Adamawa State.
July 23, 2013
The security aide to Governor Danbaba
Suntai of Taraba State, Iliya Dasat, who was
involved in the October 25, 2012 air crash
alongside his principal in Yola, Adamawa
State, returned to the country after being
discharged from a German hospital.
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August 3, 2013
Members of the PDP Fact-finding Committee
on the Taraba State Political Situation paid
solidarity visit to Gov. Danbaba Suntai in
New York, U.S.
August 21, 2013
Suntai’s wife, Hauwa, hinted of the ex-
governor’s return to the state after 10
months after spending 10 months abroad
on medical attention.
June 28, 2017
Suntai was announced dead in a United
States of America hospital. https://www.naij.com/1112330-facts-danbaba-suntai-plane-crash-return-nigeria-death.html

- The suspected billionaire kidnapper, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike a.k.a. Evans has dragged IGP to court - The police had two weeks ago arrested Evans at his Magodo house, Lagos - Evans’ lawyer, Olukoya Ogungbeje asked the court for an order compelling the respondents to immediately release him unconditionally The suspected billionaire kidnapper, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike a.k.a. Evans has dragged the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris and three others before the Federal High Court in Lagos over alleged illegal detention.Vanguard reports that joined as respondents in the motion he filed by his lawyers are the Nigeria Police Force, Commissioner of Police, Lagos State and the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Lagos State Police Command. BREAKING: Billionaire kidnapper Evans drags IGP, 3 others to court over detention READ ALSO: Nnamdi Kanu’s IPOB drops another bombshell, insists no elections will hold in Igbo land NAIJ.com gathered that in a fundamental rights enforcement suit filed on his behalf by a Lagos-based lawyer, Olukoya Ogungbeje, the suspected kidnapper is praying for the order of court to direct the respondents to immediately charge him to court if there is any case against him in accordance with Sections 35 (1) (c) (3) (4) (5) (a) (b) and 36 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.to all his victims despite the public perception of him. According to him, he was unfair to only one of his victims. He also insisted that he does not collect ransome using banks because he could be traced easily.

- Acting President Osinbajo has approved
the purchase of a popular Metro Plaza
building
- The building will serve as the permanent
Headquarters of the National Hajj
Commission of Nigeria
- The commission has been operating in a
temporary office since its establishment in
2006
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) under
the leadership of Acting President Osinbajo
has approved the purchase of the popular
Metro Plaza building to serve as the
permanent Headquarters of the National
Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON).
READ ALSO: Top EFCC's investigator Austin
Okwor shot
The meeting being chaired by Acting
President Yemi Osinbajo who gave the
approval on Wednesday, June 28, at the FEC
meeting still holding inside the council
chamber of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The building will serve as the permanent
Headquarters of the National Hajj
Commission of Nigeria
Abdullahi Mohammed, chairman of NAHCON,
said the commission has been operating in
a temporary office since its establishment in
2006.
“In fact, it can be argued that all the bodies
responsible for Hajj operations have been
occupying temporary offices for over a 100
years,” he said.
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Meanwhile, Acting President Yemi Osinbajo
has revealed that all the concerns of
Nigerians are being taken into account.
Speaking on the ethnic agitations across
the country, Osinbajo said they will be
addressed properly by the FG. https://www.naij.com/1112282-osinbajo-approves-purchase-abuja-metro-plaza-hajj-commission.html

napoleon77:
That a story is in Wikipedia doesn't necessarily make it true.

Are you saying Biafran soldiers stopped fighting in the East and went to Lagos to watch Pele play football??

i dont knw u can google it

Thirteen years after it ran uninterrupted on national TV stations, Nigeria’s popular game show, “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire”, hosted by Frank Edoho is going on an indefinite break. The show, which has produced a lot of millionaires started showing every week on national TV stations in 2014, and was hosted by MTN Nigeria. Edoho took to his Instagram page on Sunday, to announce that the Telecom giant has pulled out of the show. “Sadly,we are going on a break because our sponsor pulled out. But we thank@mtnng for being with us all these years,please thank them for us..Just an indefinite break,” he wrote. Though the app version of the show, according to Edoho, will continue, many fans of the show are not happy that the favourite TV game show show is going off the air. Some of the past winners were Osazuwa Osahon Daniels – 5 million Naira (Year 2009),Aroma Ufodike Chimuanya – 10 million Naira (Year 2009),Babatunde Oni Oladipo – 5 million Naira (Year 2010),Nnaemeka Ubaekwena – 5 million Naira (Year 2012) among others.

Thirteen years after it ran uninterrupted
on national TV stations, Nigeria’s popular
game show, “Who Wants To Be A
Millionaire”, hosted by Frank Edoho is
going on an indefinite break.The show, which has produced a lot of
millionaires started showing every week
on national TV stations in 2014, and was
hosted by MTN Nigeria.
Edoho took to his Instagram page on
Sunday, to announce that the Telecom
giant has pulled out of the show.
“Sadly,we are going on a break because
our sponsor pulled out. But we
thank@mtnng for being with us all these
years,please thank them for us..Just an
indefinite break,” he wrote.
Though the app version of the show,
according to Edoho, will continue, many
fans of the show are not happy that the
favourite TV game show show is going off
the air.
Some of the past winners were Osazuwa
Osahon Daniels – 5 million Naira (Year
2009),Aroma Ufodike Chimuanya – 10
million Naira (Year 2009),Babatunde Oni
Oladipo – 5 million Naira (Year
2010),Nnaemeka Ubaekwena – 5 million
Naira (Year 2012) among others. www.vanguardngr.com/2017/06/13-years-wants-millionaire-goes-off-air/

Companies across the globe are reporting that they have been struck by a major ransomware cyber-attack. British advertising agency WPP is among those to say its IT systems have been disrupted as a consequence. Ukrainian firms, including the state power company and Kiev's main airport, were among the first to report issues. The Chernobyl nuclear power plant has also had to monitor radiation levels manually after its Windows-based sensors were shut down. The Russian anti-virus firm Kaspersky Lab said its analysis showed that there had been about 2,000 attacks - most in Ukraine, Russia and Poland. The international police organisation Interpol has said it was "closely monitoring" the situation and liaising with its member countries. Experts suggest the malware is taking advantage of the same weaknesses used by the Wannacry attack last month. "It initially appeared to be a variant of a piece of ransomware that emerged last year," said computer scientist Prof Alan Woodward. "The ransomware was called Petya and the updated version Petrwrap. "However, now that's not so clear." The malware hall of fame What can you do to protect your business? The Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab reported that it believed the malware was a "new ransomware that has not been seen before" despite its resemblance to Petya. As a result, the firm has dubbed it NotPetya. Kaspersky added that it had detected suspected attacks in Poland, Italy, Germany, France and the US in addition to the UK, Russia and Ukraine. Andrei Barysevich, a spokesman for security firm Recorded Future, told the BBC such attacks would not stop because cyber- thieves found them too lucrative. "A South Korean hosting firm just paid $1m to get their data back and that's a huge incentive," he said. "It's the biggest incentive you could offer to a cyber-criminal." A bitcoin wallet associated with the outbreak has received several payments since the outbreak began. The wallet currently holds three bitcoins (£5,640; $7,240). Cyber-attack: Is my computer at risk? WannaCry: Your questions answered An email address associated with the blackmail attempt has been blocked by German independent email provider Posteo. It means that the blackmailers have not been able to access the mailbox. Problems have also affected: the Ukrainian central bank, the aircraft manufacturer Antonov, and two postal services Russia's biggest oil producer, Rosneft Danish shipping company Maersk, including its container shipping, oil, gas and drilling operations a Pennsylvania hospital operator, Heritage Valley Health System, which reported its computer network was down, causing operations to be delayed - but it is not yet clear if it was subject to the same type of attack Spanish food giant Mondelez - whose brands include Oreo and Toblerone - according to the country's media Netherlands-based shipping company TNT, which said some of its systems needed "remediation" French construction materials company St Gobain US pharmaceuticals-maker Merck and the local offices of the law firm DLA Piper - a sign in the firm's Washington DC office said: "Please remove all laptops from docking stations and keep turned off - no exceptions." The attacks come two months after another global ransomware assault, known as Wannacry, which caused major problems for the UK's National Health Service. Veteran security expert Chris Wysopal from Veracode said the malware seemed to be spreading via some of the same Windows code loopholes exploited by Wannacry. Many firms did not patch those holes because Wannacry was tackled so quickly, he added. Those being caught out were also industrial firms that often struggled to apply software patches quickly. "These organisations typically have a challenge patching all of their machines because so many systems cannot have down time," he said. "Airports also have this challenge." Copies of the virus have been submitted to online testing systems that check if security software, particularly anti-virus systems, were able to spot and stop it. "Only two vendors were able to detect it so many systems are defenceless if they are unpatched and relying on anti-virus," he said. Ukraine seems to have been particularly badly hit this time round. Reports suggest that the Kiev metro system has stopped accepting payment cards while several chains of petrol stations have suspended operations. Ukraine's deputy prime minister has tweeted a picture appearing to show government systems have been affected. His caption reads: "Ta-daaa! Network is down at the Cabinet of Minister's secretariat." www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-40416611

In 1967, the two factions involved in the Nigerian Civil War agreed to a 48-hour ceasefire so they could watch Pelé play an exhibition game in Lagos. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelé

Author: Wale AkinolaEditor’s note: Biafra agitation has been on
the front burner of discourse in Nigeria in
the last few months. Since the leader of
Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi
Kanu’s release by the Abuja High Court,
there have been mixed reactions about the
agitation even among the Igbo elders.
In a message sent to NAIJ.com, a Facebook
user, Okechukwu Oleh lists some conditions
that would permanently end the Biafra
agitation in order to allow one Nigeria.
A Yoruba friend asked me: Under what
conditions would you support "One
Nigeria" and let go of the Biafra agitation
and let it die down and finally laid to rest
for good?
Here was my response:
1. Close down Lagos ports and open up PH,
Calabar, Onitsha and Warri ports.
2. Cancel all direct and major connecting
flights to Lagos and Abuja airports only
local connecting flights will be allowed.
While this is being done, open up Enugu,
Calabar, Owerri, Asaba, Uyo and PH to
international flights direct and major
connecting flights.
READ ALSO: Nnamdi Kanu drops another
bombshell, reveals why he asked for gun
from US-based Nigerians (video)
3. Ask all international and diplomatic
missions to move their embassies and
consulates from Lagos, Kano and Abuja to
Enugu, PH and Calabar.
OPINION: Nothing will end Biafra agitation
except THESE 8 conditions are met
4. All federal governments’ agencies in
Lagos and Abuja shall be relocated to
Enugu, PH and Calabar. CBN, NNPC, e.t.c shall
and must relocate to PH, Calabar and Enugu.
5. All multinational companies in Lagos and
Abuja, shall and must relocate their offices
to PH, Calabar and Enugu.
6. All oil companies must relocate their head
offices to PH, as the oil capital of Nigeria.
7. Let the northern children gain admission
into federal schools with 300 score points
while the South Eastern Children should
gain admission with only 20 score points.
8. Let all federal road projects in the North/
SW should be handled by one local
companies and the one in the SE/SS should
be handled by Julius Berger and foreign
construction companies.
If these conditions can be fulfilled and
implemented for 50 years, we can try one
Nigeria and let see if you the North and
South-west will like it for a month. Meaning
that Yorubas and Hausas need to get
international visas shall travel to PH, Calabar
or Enugu to do that and same with flying or
connecting flights, same with shipping and
importing their goods, etc.
The Yoruba friend replied: You can’t be
serious, this is wickedness and I said.
Really? Don’t you think South and South.
Eastern part of Nigeria has been suffering
and enduring this very same wickedness
for over 50 years?
He was quiet for a few seconds and said:
Wow, you are right but it never occurred to
me.
I said, that’s the problem with One Nigeria,
those who are benefiting from it, love it and
would love to maintain the status quo.
Let each region develops at her own pace,
with Airport, seaports, industries, major
projects open to be developed in any part
of Nigeria without government interference
or due to tribalism and nepotism!
Let Nigeria be fair to all irrespective of tribe,
religion, and place of birth. Let there be true
federalism and resources control, with the
elimination of quota system and federal
character in Nigeria. Let's have equal
respect for one another irrespective of
where the person is coming from in
Nigeria. That is what Biafra agitation is all
about.
The simple truth
Whoever tells you that if Biafra succeeds or
gains her independence that Igbos leaving
in the North or Yoruba land will lose their
properties and that things will become
worst is an enemy and is among the people
that are benefiting from the fraudulent
arrangement that exist in Nigeria.
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Yugoslavia broke into 6 countries namely:
Serbia, Macedonia, Solvenia, Bosnia
Hezegovia, Montengro and heaven did not
fall. They did not leave their job, leave their
formal country before voting to leave, after
voting to leave, all those in the new created
countries automatically become foreigners.
Malaysia broke into 2 namely: Malaysia &
Singapore and heaven did not fall.
Pakistan broke into 2 namely: Pakistan &
Bangladesh and heaven did not fall
United Arab Republic broke into 2 namely:
Egypt & Syria and heaven did not fall
If Biafra goes, it doesn't mean we can't
travel anywhere again provided we have
our traveling documents ready.
Why is it that Hausas and Fulanis see Biafra
break up as war? Are you not tired of
stealing our oil down to Kaduna reserve,
Bornu reserve, and now Liberia reserve?
Allow Biafra to go because Biafrans have
suffered a lot of humiliation, intimidation
and marginalisation in the hand of this
wicked contraption called Nigeria.
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author’s own and do not necessarily
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Google has been fined 2.42bn euros
($2.7bn; £2.1bn) by the European
Commission after it ruled the company had
abused its power by promoting its own
shopping comparison service at the top of
search results.
The amount is the regulator's largest penalty
to date against a company accused of
distorting the market.
The ruling also orders Google to end its anti-
competitive practices within 90 days or face
a further penalty.
The US firm said it may appeal.
However, if it fails to change the way it
operates the Shopping service within the
three-month deadline, it could be forced to
make payments of 5% of its parent
company Alphabet's average daily
worldwide earnings.
Based on the company's most recent
financial report, that amounts to about
$14m a day.
The commission said it was leaving it to
Google to determine what alterations should
be made to its Shopping service rather than
specifying a remedy.
"What Google has done is illegal under EU
antitrust rules," declared Margrethe
Vestager, the European Union's Competition
Commissioner.
"It has denied other companies the chance
to compete on their merits and to innovate,
and most importantly it has denied
European consumers the benefits of
competition, genuine choice and
innovation."
Ms Vestager added that the decision could
now set a precedent that determines how
she handles related complaints about the
prominence Google gives to its own maps,
flight price results and local business listings
within its search tools.
Google had previously suggested that
Amazon and eBay have more influence over
the public's spending habits and has again
said it does not accept the claims made
against it.
"When you shop online, you want to find the
products you're looking for quickly and
easily," a spokesman said in response to the
ruling.
"And advertisers want to promote those
same products. That's why Google shows
shopping ads, connecting our users with
thousands of advertisers, large and small, in
ways that are useful for both.
"We respectfully disagree with the
conclusions announced today. We will
review the Commission's decision in detail
as we consider an appeal, and we look
forward to continuing to make our case."
Fast growth
Google Shopping displays relevant products'
images and prices alongside the names of
shops they are available from and review
scores, if available.
The details are labelled as being
"sponsored", reflecting the fact that, unlike
normal search results, they only include
items that sellers have paid to appear.
On smartphones, the facility typically
dominates "above-the-fold" content,
meaning users might not see any traditional
links unless they scroll down. For more detail www.bbc.com/news/technology-40406542