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Lawrence Nomanyagbon Anini, the famous Nigerian criminal, who threatened Benin City in the 1980s, alongside his colleague, Monday Osunbor. He became almost a household name in Nigeria, to the extent some parents used it to reprimand their children who engaged in criminal activities.

Anini was born in a town around 30 kilometers (20 mi) from Benin City in present-day Edo State. He moved to Benin at an early age, figured out how to drive and turned into a talented cab driver. He got referred to in Benin engine parks as a man who could control the fluctuated contending interests among engine park promotes and administrators. He later jumped into the criminal business in the city and before long turned into a driver and carrier for groups, criminal adoptive parents and cheats. Later on, he chose to make his own posse which included Monday Osunbor, Ofege, and others, and they began as vehicle criminals, transport burglars, and bank cheats. Steadily, he stretched out his criminal demonstrations to different towns and urban communities far north and east of Benin
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Uzoma Nwaozuzu Nwachukwu, was an Igbo Superman. He hailed from Mbaitolu in Imo state. He was conceived in 1931 and passed on October 31, 1992.

He was nicknamed “Killi-we” Nwachukwu due to his

colossal regular quality.
Killi-we Nwachukwu was for over three decades celebrated as a homegrown Nigerian superman. A portion of his unbelievable amazing accomplishments included lifting of transports, having concrete squares squashed on his head, permitting vehicles to roll over his body, utilizing teeth to convey sacks of concrete, utilizing exposed hands to pound nails, breaking coconuts on his head, six individuals remaining on his body simultaneously, and so forth.

Read more at: https://voiceafrik.net/killi-we-nwachukwu-the-narrative-of-an-igbo-superman/

The Imo State governor, His Excellency, Senator Hope Uzodinma has directed the state commissioner for education, Prof. B. T. Ikegwuoha to issue a query to the Vice Chancellor of Imo State University, Prof. Adaobi Obasi, on alleged misuse of the February 2020 impress of the institution.

According to our source, the alleged February impress was meant to pay the salaries of IMSU academic and non academic staff, which was never paid.
Read more:https://voiceafrik.net/mismanagement-of-fund-gov-uzodinma-orders-query-of-imsu-vc/

The Imo State government yesterday made public of its findings in the payroll system regarding pension fraud which involved eight persons said to be receiving N330 million annually as a pension.

The governor, Hope Uzodinma, disclosed this in Owerri, after meeting with the leadership of the state chapters of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners, NUP, led by Josiah Ugochukwu, Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Comrade Austin Chilakpu and Trade Union Congress, TUC, at the Government House in Owerri.

To view the name click: https://voiceafrik.net/imo-government-publishes-8-names-involved-in-n330m-pension-fraud/

....As the VC, Prof. Eze commends the gesture.

8th July 2020 marked yet another remarkable day to cheer within the FUTO Community in its entirety as two different teams separately comprising staff and students of the revered University presented two distinct mechanical ventilators to the Management of the institution ably led by Prof. Francis Chukwuemeka Eze, FNIP in their effort to combat the deep-rooted dreaded Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic that is bedeviling the global human race.

Upon the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Management under the watch of the Vice-Chancellor (VC) Prof. F. C. Eze thought it wise to assemble a team of staff of the University that could assist the University in manufacturing a set of ventilators.

The team, therefore, was duly funded by the institution. The Management did not relent in providing every needed support and encouragement, despite the challenges, to ensure the team delivered as expected.
The members of the team of staff are: Engr. Prof. N. V. Ogueke, Engr. Dr. Godswill Nwaji, Engr. Boniface Okonkwo and Engr. Samuel Ehujuo who are of Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics departments.

In his presentation, the Team Leader, Engr. Prof. Ogueke took time to highlight the parameters that made up their own product. He disclosed that the gadget could best be described as Quantum-Mechanical Ventilator.

On the part of the students' team comprising Isaac Uchechukwu Edmund and Ebulue Ifeanyichukwu Henry, their product was designed with variable parameters which are essential, towards ensuring its suitability for all kinds of individuals or patients.

Read more:https://voiceafrik.net/breaking-futo-staff-students-produce-ventilators/

BREAKING...
FUTO staff, students produce ventilators


....As the VC, Prof. Eze commends the gesture.

8th July 2020 marked yet another remarkable day to cheer within the FUTO Community in its entirety as two different teams separately comprising staff and students of the revered University presented two distinct mechanical ventilators to the Management of the institution ably led by Prof. Francis Chukwuemeka Eze, FNIP in their effort to combat the deep-rooted dreaded Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic that is bedeviling the global human race.

Upon the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Management under the watch of the Vice-Chancellor (VC) Prof. F. C. Eze thought it wise to assemble a team of staff of the University that could assist the University in manufacturing a set of ventilators.

The team, therefore, was duly funded by the institution. The Management did not relent in providing every needed support and encouragement, despite the challenges, to ensure the team delivered as expected.
The members of the team of staff are: Engr. Prof. N. V. Ogueke, Engr. Dr. Godswill Nwaji, Engr. Boniface Okonkwo and Engr. Samuel Ehujuo who are of Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics departments.

In his presentation, the Team Leader, Engr. Prof. Ogueke took time to highlight the parameters that made up their own product. He disclosed that the gadget could best be described as Quantum-Mechanical Ventilator.

On the part of the students' team comprising Isaac Uchechukwu Edmund and Ebulue Ifeanyichukwu Henry, their product was designed with variable parameters which are essential, towards ensuring its suitability for all kinds of individuals or patients.

Read more:https://voiceafrik.net/breaking-futo-staff-students-produce-ventilators/

Do you want to train up your healthy habits, this are a few things you need to check and do often in other to stay healthy.

BLOOD PRESSURE: High blood pressure or low blood pressure occurs when your blood pressure increases or decreases to unhealthy levels. Your blood pressure measurement takes into account how much blood is passing through your blood vessels and the amount of resistance the blood meets while the heart is pumping. These should be checked often and on in other to stay healthy.

SUGAR LEVEL: Yes, there is a safe blood sugar level. It is the optimum range that safely provides the body with adequate amounts of energy. For the average person, it is 70 to 105 mg/dl in a fasting state. (Diabetes is diagnosed when the fasting blood glucose level is at or above 126 mg/dl.). maintain the habit of checking your sugar level frequently so as to stay healthy.

Eat fruits, vegetables, and whole grains every day.

Avoid consumption of excessive food.

Get 7 to 8 hours of sleep each night.

Exercise enough to get your heart rate up. You should get 150 minutes of moderate exercise a week. You can break that up for 30 minutes five times a week or take a brisk 10-minute walk three times a day.

Drink plenty of water. What’s enough? Your pee should be clear or slightly yellow.

Take a break and de-stress. Take deep breaths or meditate.

Stay up to date with recommended cancer screenings such as a colonoscopy, PAP smear, HPV test, or mammogram.

Source:https://360learn.com.ng/things-to-do-and-avoid-in-other-to-stay-healthy/

Senior citizens in Imo State have taken to the streets of Owerri on Tuesday to protest over six months of pension arrears owed them by the Imo State government.
Many of the pensioners complained that they are yet to receive a dime since the current administration of Senator Hope Uzodinma to over the reigns of Douglas house. According to some, the last payment came during the administration of former Governor Emeka Ihedioha, although they had outstanding arrears of over ten months before his emergence.

As at the time of the press, the governor was yet to come to the scene.

source: https://voiceafrik.net/imo-pensioners-protest-non-payment-of-people-arrears/

According to oxford advanced learner dictionary “development” is defined as an evolving process, a process of growth.
Development is also the process of improving the quality of humans life. The major factor in development is the mental factor. Development not focused on man is regarded as inadequate. Development is achieved through education which is the key to people’s ability to manage and induce change. such education will facilitate the kind of leaders who will in turn manage the forces of national development.
Development should not entail populism; Rather it should aim at getting on the job that people do. It is not all about consuming, it is all about producing. it is not about buying technology, but it created by the people themselves. in other word development entails:
⦁ knowledge and understanding
⦁ Information
⦁ Technological creativity and
⦁ The right kind of organization and skill.
There are three main aspects of development
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
The need for economic development arises from the fact that productive resources are scarce, relative to the demand for them. Development in the case requires a strategy for planning which will pilot the economy to a given direction, assign specific priorities to be followed and mobilize the resources of a nation in a deliberate attempt to achieve development.
economic development, therefore, implies the positive improvement of economic indicators, per capita income, gross national product GNP as they affect the well being of the people.
economic development is also the ability of an economy to cope with the modernization of infrastructures, activities, and other aspects of the economy that makes life comfortable for man.
political development
political development refers to the rise of specialized political, executive, and bureaucratic agencies capable of getting collective and implementing them in the national and international environments.
social development
this refers to the role of infrastructure as an agent of development. infrastructure embraces facilities for water and power supply, country planning, tourism, and social welfare.
development is therefore as the process of improving humans lives, encompassing all that it takes to fairly comfortable. which include

Raising peoples standard of living
creating condition conducive to the growth of peoples self-esteem through the establishment of social, political and economic systems and institution which promote human dignity and respect
Increasing people’s freedom to choose by enlarging the range of there choice variables e.g increasing varieties of consumer goods and services. Freedom to choose the type of system under which the will be governed and the freedom to participate in the process of national development.
SOURCE: https://360learn.com.ng
https://360learn.com.ng/development/

AI-DA is the first world ultra-realistic robot artist. which was invented by gallery director Aidan Meller and was completed in 2019, AI-DA is an artificially intelligent robot which draws by using a robotic arm and inbuilt camera.
this robot is equipped with facial tracking technology. this robot “AI-DA blinks emptily.
AI-DA was named after Ada Lovelace, the first female computer programmer
According to her creator, she is capable of drawing people using her eye and pencil in her hand. the artwork includes drawing, painting, sculpture, and visual art.
AI-DA makes her picture by scanning an object or person through her cameras. AI processes send messages to her robotic arm that allows her to make abstract drawings that look like an arbitrary formation of stars perceived as a figure or pattern. this is then taken as finished artwork or are fed through other neural networks to generate an outline for sculpture and painting

https://360learn.com.ng/ai-da-the-world-first-ultra-realistic-drawing-robot-artist-that-is-able-to-draw-people-from-life/

Covid-19: Tension in Imo as lawmaker tests positive.


The Chairman of Imo State Taskforce Committee on COVID-19, Prof. Maurice Iwu, has announced on announced the shut down of the Imo State House of Assembly complex, following a COVID-19 scare.

According to report, the coronavirus scare was triggered by a report that a member of the state house of assembly has tested positive to the Corona virus.

The committee chairman also announced the death of a woman who died of COVID-19, after she was delivered of twins. He said that the sample results came back negative. 

Speaking to journalists during  the committee's weekly media briefing in Owerri, Prof. Iwu said that the I'm State House of Assembly would be shut for two weeks to enable the government  fumigate the  complex and enable the other lawmakers and their aides to self isolate.

Readmore: https://voiceafrik.net/covid-19-tension-in-imo-as-lawmaker-tests-positive/