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ABEOKUTA—A man, who allegedly severed the head and wrists of a 72-year-old woman, identified as Funmilayo Shada, has been arrested by men of Ogun State Police Command.

The suspect, Adeoye Ikugbayigbe, told the police that he committed the act because he had been having a running battle with the deceased over a parcel of land.

The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said Ikugbayigbe severed the 72-year-old woman’s head and wrist in Abigi, Ogun Waterside, Ogun State.
Oyeyemi explained that “the arrest followed a report by the son of the deceased, one Ekundayo Shada, who complained at Abigi Divisional Headquarters that while he was on his way to the farm to meet his mother, he came across Adeoye Ikugbayigbe on the road holding a polythene bag.

“But as soon as he sighted the suspect, the suspect dropped the bag and ran into the bush. This aroused his suspicion and he quickly ran to check on his mother, but could not find her.

“He later came back to check the bag dropped by the suspect, only for him to discover his mother’s head and her wrist in the bag.

“He quickly reported the case to police and the DPO of Abigi Division, SP Komolafe Omoniyi, led detectives to the scene, combed the surrounding bushes and finally got the suspect arrested.

“On interrogation, he confessed to the commission of the crime, claiming that he has been having a running battle with the deceased over a parcel of land.

“The severed head and the remains of the deceased have been deposited in the mortuary, while the cutlass he used has also been recovered.

“The Commissioner of Police, CP Ahmed Iliyasu, has ordered that the suspect be transferred to the Homicide Section of State Criminal Investigation and Intelligent Department, SCIID, for further investigation.”



http://www.thepostexpress.com/2017/03/man-beheads-72-yr-old-woman-over-land.html?m=1

Researchers in the United States have developed a computer program that can simultaneously detect cancer and identify where in the body the cancer is located, from a patient's blood sample. The program is described in research published this week in the open access journal Genome Biology.

Professor Jasmine Zhou, co-lead author from the University of California at Los Angeles, said: "Non-invasive diagnosis of cancer is important, as it allows the early diagnosis of cancer, and the earlier the cancer is caught, the higher chance a patient has of beating the disease. We have developed a computer-driven test that can detect cancer, and also identify the type of cancer, from a single blood sample. The technology is in its infancy and requires further validation, but the potential benefits to patients are huge."

The program works by looking for specific molecular patterns in cancer DNA that is free flowing in the patients' blood and comparing the patterns against a database of tumour epigenetics, from different cancer types, collated by the authors. DNA from tumour cells is known to end up in the bloodstream in the earliest stages of cancer so offers a unique target for early detection of the disease.

Professor Zhou explained: "We built a database of epigenetic markers, specifically methylation patterns, which are common across many types of cancer and also specific to cancers originating from specific tissue, such as the lung or liver. We also compiled the same 'molecular footprint' for non-cancerous samples so we had a baseline footprint to compare the cancer samples against. These markers can be used to deconvolute the DNA found freely in the blood into tumor DNA and non-tumor DNA."

In this study, the new computer program and two other methods (called Random Forest and Support Vector Machine) were tested with blood samples from 29 liver cancer patients, 12 lung cancer patients and 5 breast cancer patients. Tests were run 10 times on each sample to validate the results. The Random Forest and Support Vector Machine methods had an overall error rate (the chance that the test produces a false positive) of 0.646 and 0.604 respectively, while the new program obtained a lower error rate of 0.265.

Twenty-five out of the 29 liver cancer patients and 5 out of 12 lung cancer patients tested in this study had early stage cancers, which the program was able to detect in 80% of cases. Although the level of tumour DNA present in the blood is much lower during the early stages of these cancers, the program was still able to make a diagnosis demonstrating the potential of this method for the early detection of cancer, according to the researchers.

Professor Zhou added: "Owing to the limited number of blood samples, the results of this study are evaluated only on three cancer types (breast, liver and lung). In general, the higher the fraction of tumor DNAs in blood, the more accurate the program was at producing a diagnostic result. Therefore, tumors in well-circulated organs, such as the liver or lungs are easier to diagnose early using this approach, than in less-circulated organs such as the breast."


Source: http://www.thepostexpress.com/2017/03/computer-program-developed-to-diagnose.html?m=1

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http://www.thepostexpress.com/2017/03/baby-born-with-extremely-rare-deformity.html?m=1

Doctors diagnosed the newborn with extremely rare genetic condition which gives sufferers thick skin and deformed features

A baby boy has been inundated with visitors who believe he is a reincarnation of a Hindu god - despite being rejected by his mother.

Mum-of-four Khalida Begum gave birth to the as yet unnamed infant on Monday, according to reports in India.

But the 35-year-old was "shocked" when she saw he had a small head and bulging eyes.

Local reports claim doctors diagnosed him the with extremely rare genetic condition harlequin ichthyosis, which gives sufferers thick skin and deformed features.

However, his symptoms appear to be more consistent with another rare defect called Anencephaly. Villagers in Kadamgachi in Kathihar, are now flocking to the family home, believing he is an incarnation of Hindu monkey God Hanuman, it has been reported.

His mother said: "Several body parts of the baby is not completely developed.

"When I saw the baby after delivery for the first time, I was completely shocked to see the alien-looking boy. "I couldn't believe that I had a delivered an alien-like boy.

"I was so shocked and saddened by this that I asked the midwife to take the baby out of my sight.

"My other children were born healthy without any deformity.

"That's why it took me sometime to absorb the shock."

The boy's father, Mohammed Imtiyaz added: "Maybe God has sent him as an exhibit."

Local sources said the boy was not expected to survive.


http://www.thepostexpress.com/2017/03/baby-born-with-extremely-rare-deformity.html?m=1

The Nigerian police now uses a new improved way of collecting money from road users where by a driver is given a unique number after paying 50-100 Naira and so you don't have to pay anything when passing the same road (driver just tells them their unique number). This happened along okene-benin express way. Improved huh?

http://www.thepostexpress.com/2017/03/nigerian-police-improves-chop-money.html?m=1

Despite the economic recession, Nigerians are Africa’s sixth happiest people, according to a new report released on Monday that called on nations to build social trust and equality to improve the wellbeing of their citizens.

Algeria leads the rest of Africa in happiness, followed by Mauritius. Strife-torn Libya is surprisingly ranked third, ahead of Morocco. And even a bigger surprise, another crisis-torn nation, Somalia is Africa’s fifth happiest country ahead of Nigeria and South Africa, ranked 7th. Tunisia is eighth and Egypt ninth, while Sierra Leone is tenth.

At the bottom ten are Benin, Madagascar, South Sudan, Liberia, Guinea, Togo, Rwanda, Tanzania, Burundi and the worst of them, Central African Republic. On the global stage, Norway displaced Denmark as the world’s happiest country

The Nordic nations are the most content, according to the World Happiness Report 2017 produced by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), a global initiative launched by the United Nations in 2012.

Countries in sub-Saharan Africa, along with Syria and Yemen, are the least happy of the 155 countries ranked in the fifth annual report released at the United Nations.

“Happy countries are the ones that have a healthy balance of prosperity, as conventionally measured, and social capital, meaning a high degree of trust in a society, low inequality and confidence in government,” Jeffrey Sachs, the director of the SDSN and a special advisor to the United Nations Secretary-General, said in an interview.

The aim of the report, he added, is to provide another tool for governments, business and civil society to help their countries find a better way to wellbeing.

Denmark, Iceland, Switzerland, Finland, Netherlands, Canada, New Zealand, Australia and Sweden rounded out the top ten countries.

Germany was ranked 16, followed by the United Kingdom (19) and France (31). The United States dropped one spot to 14.

Sachs said the United States is falling in the ranking due to inequality, distrust and corruption. Economic measures that the administration of President Donald Trump is trying to pursue, he added, will make things worse.

“They are all aimed at increasing inequality – tax cuts at the top, throwing people off the healthcare rolls, cutting Meals on Wheels in order to raise military spending. I think everything that has been proposed goes in the wrong direction,” he explained.

The rankings are based on six factors — per capita gross domestic product, healthy life expectancy, freedom, generosity, social support and absence of corruption in government or business.

“The lowest countries are typically marked by low values in all six variables,” said the report, produced with the support of the Ernesto Illy Foundation.

Sachs would like nations to follow United Arab Emirates and other countries that have appointed Ministers of Happiness.

“I want governments to measure this, discuss it, analyze it and understand when they have been off on the wrong direction,” he said.

According to the report, “the average ladder scores for over four in five African countries are below the mid-point of the scale. And only two African countries have made significant gains in happiness over the past decade . There are also considerable inequalities in life evaluations in African countries, and this inequality in happiness has increased over the past years” .

The report also shows that Africans are optimistic about the future, with Nigerians the leaders in this regard.

“The majority of African countries rate life at present below the mid-point of the Cantril ladder scale in the latest available Gallup World Poll.

“This is not the case for average future ratings. Projected ladder ratings in five years’ time are uniformly higher than present evaluations across all countries on the continent. In fact, the percentage increase in future expectations of life is often higher among some of the least contented nations.

“Nigeria’s track record of such positive expectations is well documented. Cantril’s 1960s study already reported a difference of 2.6 points between the country’s average present (4. and future (7.4) ladder ratings.

“Similarly, in 2016, there is a difference of 2.9 points between Nigeria’s present (5.3) and future (8.2) ratings in the Gallup World Poll. An international study of comparative ladder ratings in ten countries with large populations, including China, India and the United States, found Nigeria’s 2.6 point difference between present and future ratings to be by far the largest.83 Nigeria’s spirit of optimism may be exceptional by world standards, but not in Africa.”



http://www.thepostexpress.com/2017/03/nigerians-6th-happiest-in-africa-norway.html?m=1

The take-off of the contentious Maritime University and establishment of Modular refineries for absorption of illegal refiners have been prioritised in Niger Delta.

The federal government has also listed as priority, the revamping of the pipeline protection contract, review of Amnesty Programme and the revival of abandoned project in the oil rich region.

The government’s determination for the development of Niger Delta has prompted the take-off of the Clean-up of Ogoni land which would be pursued to logical conclusion.

To demonstrate its seriousness, the government has concluded plans to release a substantial take-off grant for the university while awaiting the conclusion of legislation on the establishment of the university by the National Assembly.

The university located in Gbaramatu would be funded by the Petroleum Trust Development Fund as the lead agency.

The government has already directed the Ministry of Petroleum Resources and the Petroleum Trust Development Fund (PTDF) and other stakeholders to design an effective funding model for the university.

The Presidency has also directed the NDDC to liaise with the relevant agencies and organisations to facilitate the construction of an access road through Escravos to the university in Gbaramatu.

The modular refineries would integrate operators of illegal refineries.

The refineries would be private sector driven, but operators of such illegal refineries would become shareholders with additional investments.

These were part of the comprehensive road map for the development of the restive Niger Delta, a Presidency source told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday.

The implementation of the work plan would be anchored by the government in conjunction with the relevant state governments, development partners, the private sector and multinationals operating in the region.

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has been chosen as the arrow-head for the implementation of the roadmap for the region.

The road map will sign-post the transformation of the region, comprises a diligent, new and comprehensive work plan that will address marginalization and underdevelopment in the region.


http://www.thepostexpress.com/2017/03/maritime-university-takes-off-soon.html?m=1

A 90-count charge has been filed by the Federal Government against the leader of the Peace Corps of Nigeria (PCN), Dickson Akor and its Incorporated Trustees. He is being accused of money laundering and obtaining under false pretence, the offence popularly known as 419.

The charge was filed at the Federal High Court, Abuja by the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF).

Akor and the group’s Incorporated Trustees are charged with money laundering involving about N1.4 billion.

Akor and some 46 members of his group were recently arrested and paraded by the police in Abuja on allegations they were operating illegally.

The case has been assigned to Justice Gabriel Kolawole, who is hearing the fundamental rights enforcement suit by Akor and some members of his group against the police.

In count 1 to 32, Akor and PCN’s Incorporated Trustees are accused of converting money derived directly from extortion, contrary to Section 15(1)(a)(ii) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act 2011 and punishable under the same section of the Act.

They are, in Count 33 to 42, accused of transferring money derived directly from extortion contrary to Section 15(1)(a)(ii) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act 2011 and punishable under the same section of the Act.

In Count 43 to 75, they were accused of “obtaining money by false pretence contrary to Section 1(1)(a) of the Advance Fee Fraud and other fraud related offences Act, Cap A6 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004 and punishable under the same section of the Act”.

They were in Count 76 to 85 accused of “laundering of funds obtained through unlawful activity contrary to Section 7(1) (b) of the Advance Fee Fraud and other fraud related offences Act, Cap A6 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004 and punishable under the same section of the Act”.

The defendants are, in count 86, accused of “organising and training of members of Peace Corps of Nigeria as quasi-military organisation contrary to Section 6(1)(a) of the Public Order Act, P42 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004 and punishable under the same section of the Act”.

In Count 87, the defendants are accused of violating “provisions relating to wearing of uniforms contrary to Section 7(4)(a) of the Public Order Act, P42 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004 and punishable under the same section of the Act”.

They are, in Count 88, charged with “unauthorised display of flags contrary to Section 7(4)(b) of the Public Order Act, P42 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004 and punishable under the same section of the Act”.

In Count 89, they are charged with “operating as private guard without licence contrary to Section 1(1) of the Private Guard Companies Act, Cap P30 Laws of Federation of Nigeria 2004 and punishable under Section 32(1) of the Act.

Akor and PCN’s Incorporated Trustees are, in Count 90, charged with “unauthorised wearing of uniforms and other identification marks contrary to Section 24(1) of the Private Guard Companies Act, Cap P30 Laws of Federation of Nigeria 2004 and punishable under Section 32(1) of the Act”.


http://www.thepostexpress.com/2017/03/akor-peace-corps-leader-charged-with-419.html?m=1

An MTN Team led by the Nigerian chairman, Pascal Dozie visited Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday in Abuja.

MTN Group chairman, South Africa’s Mr. Phutuma Nhleko was also in the entourage along, with senior lawyer, Gbenga Oyebode, Chief Victor Odili, Colonel Sani Bello and the CEO of MTN Nigeria, Ferdinand Moolman.

There was no word yet on what was discussed. But MTN recently gave a profit warning for 2016 that it said would be hurt by the Nigerian N330billion fine.

The telecom giant also deferred its expected listing on the Nigerian Stock Exchange this year.



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PastorandMentor:
Make we hear word. His money or people's money?

but at least he tried

I don't feel sad for the people who lost because I remembered the warnings from everywhere, the government, everyone was warning them but they were shouting "I stand with MMM" better look for chair to sit because you go stand tire.

I don't feel sad for the people who lost because I remembered the warnings from everywhere, the government, everyone was warning them but they were shouting "I stand with MMM" better look for chair to sit because you go stand tire.

Friendzone:
Don't even have an idea

What's it?

HTC one m8

Orina:
Mine

Guess no one has an idea

Mine

Today i was so bored, I saw an ant in my kitchen and I placed few sugar cubes in front of her, she had some and went to tell her friends and I quickly hide the sugar cubes because I wanted them to think she is a liar

Yes, they will die!

MemphisDepay:
try and brain wash your babe. Its no big deal na

Oga she's a "deeper life" type of girl, I told her porn is nothing and almost all guys watch it even girls, she said the porn makes me stay longer in bed (which she hates) Cus we're not married yet and should not last longer in bed TF? !

gabinogem:
Is it a "no sex" relationship?!

We have sex

MemphisDepay:
Why you sef dey watch porn? Who porn don help?

Just at my leisures, and am 20+

My Girl, last evening saw porn on my phone and she's really mad and wants to end everything cause she thinks she won't be able to satisfy me in bed since I watch pro girls in porn, and she thinks I can't control my sex urge. I really love her, but she freaking out cause of some little porn

The Benin Empire was a pre-colonial empire located in what is now southern Nigeria. Its capital was Edo, now known as Benin City, Edo. It should not be confused with the modern-day country called Benin, formerly called Dahomey. The Benin Empire was "one of the oldest and most highly developed states in the coastal hinterland of West Africa, dating perhaps to the eleventh century CE",[2] until it was annexed by the British Empire in 1897.

The original people and founders of the Benin Empire, the Edo people, were initially ruled by the Ogiso (Kings of the Sky) dynasty who called their land Igodomigodo. The rulers or kings were commonly known as Ogiso. Igodo, the first Ogiso, wielded much influence and gained popularity as a good ruler. He died after a long reign and was succeeded by Ere, his eldest son. In the 12th century, a great palace intrigue and battle for power erupted between the warrior crown prince Ekaladerhan son of the last Ogiso and his young paternal uncle. In anger over an oracle, Prince Ekaladerhan left the royal court with his warriors. When his old father the Ogiso died, the Ogiso dynasty was ended as the people and royal kingmakers preferred their king's son as natural next in line to rule.

The exiled Prince Ekaladerhan died at Ogheton. Oranmiyan took up his abode in the palace built for him at Usama by the elders (now a coronation shrine). Soon after his arrival he married a beautiful lady, Erinmwinde, daughter of Osa-nego, was the ninth Enogie (Duke) of Ego, by whom he had a son. After some years residence here he called a meeting of the people and renounced his office, remarking that the country was a land of vexation, Ile-Ibinu (by which name the country was afterward known) and that only a child born, trained and educated in the arts and mysteries of the land could reign over the people. He caused his son born to him by Erinmwinde to be made King in his place, and returned to Yoruba land Ile-Ife. After some years in Ife, he left for Oyo, where he also left a son behind on leaving the place, and his son Ajaka ultimately became the first Alafin of Oyo of the present line, while Oranmiyan himself was reigning as Oni of Ife. Therefore, Oranmiyan of Ife, the father of Eweka I, the Oba of Benin, was also the father of Ajaka, the first Alafin of Oyo. Oni of Ife and Alafe of Oyo is a Bini spoken language all the Kings title in Southerner are Edo Language. In Nigeria Edo has the greatest and rich culture and most influence in West Africa and powerful King in Nigeria.

By the 15th century, Edo as a system of protected settlements expanded into a thriving city-state. In the 15th century, the twelfth Oba in line, Oba Ewuare the Great (1440–1473) would expand the city-state to an empire.

It was not until the 15th century during the reign of Oba Ewuare the Great that the kingdom's administrative centre, the city Ubinu, began to be known as Benin City by the Portuguese, and would later be adopted by the locals as well. Before then, due to the pronounced ethnic diversity at the kingdom's headquarters during the 15th century from the successes of Oba Ewuare, the earlier name ('Ubinu') by a tribe of the Edos was colloquially spoken as "Bini" by the mix of Itsekhiri, Esan, Ika, Ijaw Edo, Urhobo living together in the royal administrative centre of the kingdom. The Portuguese would write this down as Benin City. Though, farther Edo clans, such as the Itsekiris and the Urhobos still referred to the city as Ubini up till the late 19th century, as evidence implies.

Aside from Benin City, the system of rule of the Oba in his kingdom, even through the golden age of the kingdom, was still loosely based after the Ogiso dynasty, which was military and royal protection in exchange of use of resources and implementation of taxes paid to the royal administrative centre. Language and culture was not enforced but remained heterogeneous and localized according to each group within the kingdom, though a local "Enogie" (duke) was often appointed by the Oba for specified ethnic areas.

post=40638808:
Your leaders are worst, Edo state is backward your ape governor is using Edo common wealth to maintain ex beauty queen and her family while your state rot.
view these threads and show me prototype in your state

https://www.nairaland.com/2771624/photos-best-hospitals-anambra

https://www.nairaland.com/2771317/anambra-state-public-schools-best

answer my question

you all know am saying the truth, Edo is not trying to break out Cus it won't solve anything

post=40639683:
Don't mind them they are worst off, they are all keeping quite last time that I visited Edo state I saw poverty walking allover the streets of benin and nobody cares to ask question, their ladies were busy prostituting while their men giving innocent travellers nightmares on Benin highway.

lol my question has not been answered

post=40638808:
Your leaders are worst, Edo state is backward your ape governor is using Edo common wealth to maintain ex beauty queen and her family while your state rot.
view these threads and show me prototype in your state

https://www.nairaland.com/2771624/photos-best-hospitals-anambra

https://www.nairaland.com/2771317/anambra-state-public-schools-best

Yup we hate the Governor not the country and we are not trying to break out Cus it won't change anything

chuna1985:
Please why are Yoruba people afraid of existing without the igbos

am not Yoruba, am EDO now answer my question

I have seen lots of day light corruption by Governors (from the east). No schools, hospitals, roads, Okorocha to use Over N600m for Christmas And New Year Decorations and igbos are not protesting this. The people giving you bad leadership are from your "biafra" and yet you can't speak against them, my question now is that; will they be able to speak against corruption when in biafra if they can't speak now?

igbos won't protest this but will kill themselves for biafra, will they be able to speak against corruption when in biafra if they can't speak now?

THE Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has agreed to reduce MTN’s fine to $3.4bn, payable no later than December 31.
MTN said on Thursday it had received the formal letter from the commission on Wednesday and was "carefully considering" a reply.
"The executive chairman, Phuthuma Nhleko, will immediately and urgently re-engage with the Nigerian authorities before responding formally, as it is essential for the company to follow due process to ensure the best outcome ... all factors having a bearing on the situation will be thoroughly and carefully considered before the company arrives at a final decision," the company said.
MTN Nigeria had originally been fined $5.2bn by the commission for failing to deactivate 5.1-million unregistered SIM cards on its network.
Nigeria is MTN’s biggest market with 62-million customers, followed by SA.


www.bdlive.co.za/africa/africanbusiness/2015/12/03/nigerian-commission-reduces-mtn-fine

too late