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A cross and ruins of a temple were spotted on Mars

– The latest NASA images is significant religious discovery for some believers

– UFO hunters claim the actual size of the cross is much larger

Nasa’s Curiosity Mars rover has spotted a ruined church complete with crucifix. A controversial new discovery came to light after French alien investigators noticed the unusual shapes in photos, soon the idea was backed by UFO Sightings Daily and other sites.


One enthusiast believes the ‘cross’ is positioned next to a ruined temple

https://www.naij.com/750066-ufo-investigators-find-crucifix-christian-church-mars-photos.html

The website’s editor Scott C. Waring commented on the unusual find: “This is a very unusual find and probably a significant discovery for some readers here that are religious. A cross was discovered on Mars by Christian Mace in France.

READ ALSO: Hand of God appears in the sky above Portugal (photos)

The cross is sitting on the other side of the rock hill, so the bottom portion of it is not visible, but if the rover took the photo from the others side, I would bet big money that this is a full size cross.

Near the cross there is the ledges of a beautifully carved roof that has since caved in. It has archways carved in its top and three thin layered sections.”

A zoomed in version of the images show the red plante’s rocky landscape and the two objects resembling the crucifix blocked by rocks and the ruins of what might be a temple. Last year Jesus Christ’s face was spotted by NASA’s rover, causing stir among alien-watchers community.

The face as well as mentioned fuzzy silhouettes are believed to be an example of pareidolia, a psychological phenomenon when people interpret random images, or patterns of light and shadows as images of animals, faces, or other objects.

The global oil tanker association has dared Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) over the ban on oil tankers.

The body, in a letter of protest, stated that a ban on 113 oil tankers by the NNPC must be lifted by the Nigerian leader immediately as no grounds have been given for the measure.

This protest is coming following a letter issued by the NNPC on July 15, where it cited a directive from president Muhammadu Buhari, in which the vessels, mainly VLCC crude oil tankers, were banned from calling at Nigerian crude oil terminals and also from Nigerian waters with immediate effect.

But according to PM News, INTERTANKO, whose independent members own the majority of the world’s tanker fleet, said in a letter to NNPC, dated July 22, that there were no “evidence or grounds” given for the ban.

“INTERTANKO protests in the strongest possible way that these bans should be lifted with immediate effect until grounds and evidence for the ban have been given to each vessel and vessel owner/operator, and the owner/operator has had an opportunity to respond,” General Counsel Michele White was quoted to have written in the letter.

Buhari had been working to fulfill a campaign promise to tackle corruption, particularly in the oil industry and has since, assuming office in May, 2015, dissolved the NNPC board and ordered an investigation into a scheme through which the country swaps crude for oil products such as gasoline.

READ ALSO: Fuel Scarcity: Oil Importers Suspend Activity

But the oil tanker association is unhappy with the Nigerian leader’s decision and has called for an immediate retract of his statement.

“Our current understanding is that these ships may have been targeted due to a failure to provide official outturn figures at their last call and/or commercial differences between load and discharge figures for cargo and free water.

“This may also however be part of a general crackdown by President Buhari on corruption in Nigeria’s maritime, oil and gas, financial services and security sectors, including illegal bunkering and fuel sales.”

White said after INTERTANKO had spoken with its members in some cases the ship had not called in Nigeria for several years, or at all.

“In others, the ship has changed ownership since her last call in Nigeria.

“Members have also advised that some oil majors are attempting to introduce charterparty clauses requiring the owner to warrant that the vessel is not subject to any Nigerian bans or restrictions due to failure to report any outturn figures for prior voyages,” the body noted


Buhari also held a secret meeting with fuel importers in a bid to stem the disorderliness in the country’s oil sector.



http://www.naij.com/496803-world-oil-tanker-association-threatens-buhari-read-planning.html

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A Federal High Court in
Lagos has voided the
powers of the Federal Road
Safety Corps (FRSC) to
impose fines on motorists
for traffic offences.
Justice John Tsoho held that
the FRSC could not turn
itself into a court of law by
punishing those who
commit traffic offences.
A lawyer, Tope Alabi, had
approached the court to
declare that only a court of
competent jurisdiction could
pronounce a person guilty
under Section 10 (4) and 28
(2) of the FRSC Act 2007.
Other defendant in the suit
was the Attorney General of
the Federation.
A copy of the judgment
made available to newsmen
in Lagos on Wednesday
quotes Justice Tsoho as
declaring the sections null
and void for being
inconsistent with Section 6
of the 1999 Constitution.
The judge also awarded N1
million damages in favour of
the plaintiff because
officials of the FRSC had
confiscated his vehicle and
driver’s licence.
According to him, while
FRSC was statutorily
empowered to arrest and
fine traffic offenders, a
closer look at the definition
of the word “fine” means a
pecuniary criminal
punishment or civil penalty
payable to the public
treasury.
Justice Tsoho said: “In the
instant case, however, the
involvement of the element
of arrest takes the
imposition of fine by the
FRSC to the realm of
criminal punishment.
“From these definitions, it is
obvious that the act of
sentencing is a judicial
action or exercise, and
imposition of fine connotes
conviction for an alleged
offence.
“It is thus very clear that
the FRSC, not being a court
of law, cannot impose fine,
especially as it has no
powers to conduct trial.
“Hence, the exercise of the
statutory powers given to
the defendant under the Act
as pertain to imposition of
fine is clearly a usurpation
of judicial powers
exclusively vested in the
courts.
“In the circumstances, I
endorse the plaintiff’s
submission that by virtue of
Section 1(3) of the
Constitution, the power to
impose fine conferred on
FRSC by the enabling Act is
null and void to the extent
of its inconsistency with the
Constitution,” the judge
held.
Besides, Justice Tsoho held
that the FRSC resorted to
“legislative absurdity” when
it imposed a fine of 3,000 on
the plaintiff, rather than the
N2,000 statutorily
prescribed.
“FRSC’s function should not
go beyond issuance of mere
notices of offence.
“It is a cardinal principle of
natural justice that no
person can be condemned
without being heard.
“It is in observance of this
that a person alleged to
have committed an offence
has to respond to such
allegation before a court of
law during trial,” he said.
According to the judge, the
plaintiff was issued a Notice
of Offence Sheet on April 4,
2013, but FRSC did not take
him to court for five months
before the plaintiff filed his
suit on Sept. 9, 2013.
“The vital question to ask is
how long would it take the
FRSC to reasonably
commence prosecution of a
traffic offence?
“The plaintiff was not under
obligation to wait
indefinitely for redress due
to FRSC’s inaction or laxity,”
the judge added.
“I hold the view that the
confiscation of the vehicle
was unnecessary in the first
place, though the FRSC
spiritedly sought to justify
it.”
The judge then granted 11
of the 14 reliefs sought by
the plaintiff, adding that he
also awarded N1million in
his favour instead of the
N10 million prayed for.
Justice Tsoho held that the
FRSC acted under the belief
that it was statutorily
empowered to do so, adding
that its innocent mistake
constituted a mitigating
factor as to the quantum of
damages.

www.nigerianbulletin.com/threads/court-strips-frsc-of-power-to-fine-motorists-for-traffic-offences.98959/

RECENTLY, in effort to eliminate Ebola at the
source, through use of innovative disinfection
technology, two "germ-killing robots" were
deployed from the US to the JFK Hospital and ELWA
Hospital both in Monrovia, Republic of Liberia,
both hotspots of the Ebola disease outbreak.
The robots, technically known as TRU-D
SmartUVC, were used to disinfect health care
environments where Ebola patients are being
treated. Good Health Weekly gathered that TRU-D
is the only portable UV disinfection device on the
market with Sensor360 technology, which
calculates the time needed to react to room
variables such as size, geometry, surface
reflectivity and the amount and location of
equipment in the room and effectively deliver a
lethal dose of UV-C light during a single cycle
from a single, central location in the room.
Ultraviolet light
"It works by generating ultraviolet light energy
that modifies the DNA structure of viral
pathogens, like Ebola, so that they cannot
reproduce. Viruses that cannot reproduce cannot
colonise and harm patients," the inventor, a
tropical disease expert and medical anthropologist
Dr. Jeffery L. Deal noted in an interview.
Deal and his colleague, Chuck Dunn, President and
CEO of TRU-D LLC, respectively, spoke about the
importance of TRU-D to environmental
disinfection in
"TRU-D has been validated by more than 10
studies to be 99.99 percent effective in
eliminating the most common pathogens that can
use health care-associated infections.
After deploying germ-killing robots to Liberia to
aid in battle against the Ebola Virus Disease,
TRU-D SmartUVC inventor traveled to the Ebola
hotspots with UV disinfection devices
TRU-D guarantees a pathogen-free environment
for patients and health care staff. Deal, a Fellow
in the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and
Hygiene, has been training hospital staff to
operate the devices in a number of hospital
environments and monitor progress for successful
disinfection.
"We developed TRU-D SmartUVC technology to
combat the devastating effects ofhospital
acquired infections," Deal said.
"Unlike many diseases, Ebola strikes hospital
workers more than any other group, making it the
ultimate hospital acquired infection."
With TRU-D, health care leaders in the U.S.,
Canada, the U.K. and Saudi Arabia are eliminating
pathogens like Ebola, Middle East Respiratory
Syndrome, MERS, influenza, norovirus,
Clostridium difficile, Methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus, MRSA, etc., in all types of
health care settings, including isolation wards,
patient rooms, operating rooms, surgical suites,
intensive care units, emergency rooms, public
areas and ambulances.
"We know through extensive CDC-funded research
specific to TRU-D conducted by thought leaders in
epidemiology and infection prevention that TRU-D
is effective at eliminating anypathogen by
delivering a precisely measured UVC dose.
"As soon as we knew we could aid struggling
hospitals in Liberia, our team came together and
formulated a plan to get TRU-D on the ground.
More than 200 TRU-Ds have been deployed to
disinfect hospitals across the U.S. and
internationally.
Significance
Between 10 and 15 percent of Ebola cases have
been among health care workers. While most of
this stems from contact with the patient,
concerns exist that the physical environment can
retain active microbes and be a risk. This device is
used in the US to eliminate the organisms that
may still reside on the walls, knobs, rails or any
other exposed surface in health care settings.
The robotic technology is capable of making the
Liberian hospitals safer for the staff and for new
patients.

allafrica.com/stories/201408260326.html?mstac=0

US names Nigeria's Boko Haram and Ansaru'terrorists'

Boko Haram militants have been blamed for a series of deadly attacks in recent years

The US has designated Nigeria's Boko Haram and Ansaru militant groups as foreign terrorist organisations.

The state department described the move as "an important" step to help Nigeria "root out violent extremism".

It means US regulatory agencies are instructed to block business and financial transactions with the groups.

Boko Haram wants to impose Islamic law in northern Nigeria, and has been blamed for thousands of deaths. Ansaru is seen as an off-shoot of Boko Haram.

Boko Haram began its insurgency in 2009, and targets both the military and civilians, including schools, and frequently clashes with the Nigerian armed forces.

Ansaru was formed in January 2012, though it rose to prominence only about six months later through the release of a video in which it vowed to attack Westerners in defence of Muslims worldwide.

The group has proved to be a formidable threat during its short existence, using dynamite to penetrate heavily-fortified compounds and taking foreigners hostage.

Atrocities claim

In a statement, the US state department said Wednesday's "designations are an important and appropriate step".

But it stressed that this was "only one tool in what must be a comprehensive approach by the Nigerian government to counter these groups".

The decision means that it is now a crime under US law to provide material support to the two groups.

Boko Haram was earlier seen as an organisation which only posed a domestic threat - one reason why the US has not previously designated it as a terrorist organisation, the BBC's Will Ross in Lagos reports.

But during the last three years - as its attacks have intensified - there have also been signs of a more international agenda, our correspondent says.

This included the 2011 raid on the UN building in the capital, Abuja, and also reports that Boko Haram has established links with al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and Al Shabab in Somalia.

The group has several sources of funding -including bank lootings and ransom payments -which are unlikely to be affected by the US decision, our correspondent adds.

Nigeria's government said in June that Boko Haram and Ansaru were terrorist organisations, warning that anyone who helped them would face a minimum prison sentence of 20 years.

There have been allegations that some Nigerian politicians have supported Boko Haram.

There is as yet no evidence to suggest the ongoing Nigerian military campaign is succeeding against the group.

Civilians in the country's north-east are killed by the group every week, and the army is frequently accused of carrying out human rights atrocities there says.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-24931684

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I Just got the info that the cashless policy have been extended up till October in Anambra. I don't know about other places.

No credible source yet.

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Again, NCC Fixes New Date For Mobile Numberportability Launch

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has again fixed another date for the launch of Mobile Number Portability (MNP). This time, the commission chose April 22 as the new launch date across all networks of Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM).

The Director of Corporate Affairs at NCC, Mr. Tony Ojobo, who dropped the hint Thursday, told THISDAY in a telephone interview that NCC eventually settled for the April 22 MNP launch date, having been convinced by the network operators that their networks were ready for the roll out of Mobile Number Portability in Nigeria.

“We are going to celebrate it in a colourful launch that will hold in Lagos on April 22,” Ojobo said.

NCC had earlier warned that it was not going to shift grounds on the planned roll out of MNP, and insisted that the roll out must be in April this year, without mentioning any particular date in April. The reason for not fixing a particular launch date earlier, according to Ojobo, was to allow the operators to choose a convenient date, based on the state of readiness of their networks. He had however insisted that the roll out of MNP would not exceed April this year.

NCC had fixed April 1, for the launch of MNP, but shifted it to an unknown date in the same month of April, after telecoms operators came begging for three weeks extension to enable them complete test-run of their networks, in preparation for the eventual roll out.

NCC had in 2006, announced for the first time that it was going to implement MNP, but it was not implemented, as telecoms operators resisted it on the ground that the network infrastructure as at then, was not robust enough to accommodate the challenges associated with mobile number porting.

In 2009, NCC re-introduced Mobile Number Portability and again the operators turned it down, giving the same reasons. In 2012, NCC gave December 2012 as deadline for operators to commence the exercise, but they reluctantly agreed yet they could not meet the deadline.

In January, NCC fixed March 25, as the new date for the commencement of MNP, but again, telecoms operators were unable to meet up with the March date, a situation which compelled NCC to further shift date to April 1.

Having discovered that the April 1 date was not going to be feasible, NCC Thursday, announced April 22 as the new date for the launch of MNP.

In technical parlance, Mobile Number Portability is a process that allows subscribers to migrate from one network to another, in search of better quality of service, while still retaining the original phone number, irrespective of the network the subscriber chooses to migrate to.

NCC in its released guidelines for MNP, made porting free of charge for subscribers, but insisted that subscribers could port their numbers, once in every 90 days.

www.thisdaylive.com/articles/again-ncc-fixes-new-date-for-mobile-number-portability-launch/144719/

As another raining season approaches, this thoughts came to mind. Last year there were floods in most states in the country owing to huge rainfall and water released from Nyakos dam in neighboring Cameroon. I also read that the dam is weak and may give way any moment.
Has anything been done about these by our Government to prevent a reoccurance of such disaster?

This will further enrage the North. Looks like US wants to provoke them.
China and Japan will πστ be happy to see such fighter in their backyard.

Amid poor service quality that has continued to bedevil the telecoms sector, the federal government has backed the initiative of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to commence number porting across the GSM networks today.

The Minister of Communications Technology, Mrs. Omobola Johnson, told THISDAY that Mobile Number Portability (MNP) would give subscribers the choice to select networks that offer best telecoms services, insisting that Nigerians have to embrace it, since it was the best option in a bad situation.

“We are going ahead with MNP because it will increase competition in the industry. It, however, does not stop the service quality issue because we have a nationwide service quality issue, which cuts across networks. We are doing a lot of other things to improve telecoms service, by creating an enabling environment for network operators to rollout infrastructure, and reduce bottlenecks on right of ways, wilful destruction of telecoms facilities, among other measures,” Johnson said.

Confirming that it would commence the exercise today, the Head, Public Relations at NCC, Mr. Reuben Muoka, told THISDAY that all was set for full implementation of MNP across GSM networks.

According to him, “all the GSM operators are ready and NCC is set to rollout the service, which is long overdue.”

He, however, said operators of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), like Visafone, Capcom, and Intercellular, would not be part of the exercise at the moment, because of the different technology that they operate.

He said NCC would begin with GSM operators, and later include the CDMA operators, if that of the GSM operators became successful.

The Corporate Services Executive at MTN, Mr. Wale Goodluck, told THISDAY that MTN was fully ready for MNP, owing to its nationwide modernisation exercise, which he said, had improved service quality to some extent, even though the project is ongoing.

He was optimistic that MTN, just like other GSM operators would not experience any hitch in the takeoff of the exercise.

Chief Executive Officer of Etisalat, Mr. Steve Evans, had initially stated that Etisalat, which is the latest entrant into the GSM market space, was ready for the rollout of MNP in Nigeria.

http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/ncc-gets-fg-s-nod-begins-number-portability-today/143116/

m.allafrica.com/stories/201303250695.html/

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Just heard about it from α friend too.
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