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The Supreme Court of Nigeria today discharged
the conviction handed Bode George a Peoples
Democratic Party chieftain earlier jailed for
corruption by a Lagos High Court.
The court discharged and acquited Mr. George
claiming that prosecutors at the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had no
evidence of Mr. George’s intention to commit
fraud at the Nigeria Port Authority (NPA) where as
chairman of the NPA board he was caught
presiding over a contract bazaar the bled the
nation of Nigeria.
A panel of judges headed by a controversial judge, John Afolabi Fabiyi JSC, ruled that the charges of “contract splitting” upon which Mr.
George was convicted is unknown to law.
The pattern of today’s quashing of George’s conviction was similar to that of a Lagos Court of Appeal ruling which similarly quashed a death sentence conviction of Major Hamza Al Mustapha’s for the murder of Alhaja Kudirat Abiola in 1996

Source:
www.vanguardngr.com/2013/12/supreme-court-discharges-pdp-chieftain-bode-george-corruption-conviction/

Coaches Daniel Amokachi and Ike Shorunmu have
rated highly the three U17 stars in training camp
preparatory to next year’s CHAN.
Kelechi Iheanacho, Taiwo Awoniyi and goalkeeper
Dele Alampasu have been drafted from the
history-making team to the 2013 FIFA World Cup
in the UAE.
“All the players including the young Eaglets have
been tremendous at training sessions and I
personally will not be surprised if they make the
final squad for the CHAN tournament, but we will
have to wait for our boss to have a look at them
and make a final decision,” said assistant coach
Amokachi.
Eagles goalkeepers’ trainer, Ike Shorunmu, said
he has been very impressed with the team’s two
new goalkeepers, Isah Danladi of Sharks and
Alampasu.
“They have been wonderful along with Dan
Akpeyi and Chigozie Agbim, they can even
challenge for World Cup places, but it might be too early in the day, so let’s keep our fingers
crossed for now,” said the former Nigeria World
Cup star.
Amokachi said they are starting from the scratch
with players for the CHAN as a good number of
them has moved abroad.
“About 80 per cent of the players we started with
if not more have gone, but this new set is giving
us hope that Nigeria is always blessed with
talented footballers,” he said.

Source:
www.vanguardngr.com/2013/12/eaglets-can-fight-world-cup-places-shorunmu/

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WARRI — POLICE at Orerokpe, Delta State, have arrested a suspected cultist, simply called Monday, for allegedly raping and impregnating a seven-year-old girl (names withheld).

Vanguard learnt that the girl was living with her 27-year-old aunt, Destiny, in Ometa village, where Monday allegedly had carnal knowledge of her.

It was gathered that the victim fell sick after the incident but Destiny did not suspect it was as result of pregnancy until she alerted the child’s mother, a widow, who said she should be taken to the hospital.

The young child was taken to a clinic where a pelvic scan conducted on her confirmed she was pregnant.

A family source said: “The suspect was subsequently, arraigned in court yesterday, and remanded in prisons custody.”

As police rescue kidnapped principal, vice principal.

Meantime, police in Delta State have rescued the Principal and Vice Principal of Okuname High School, Agharho, Mr. Michael. Akpoduma and Mrs. Gerah Edith respectively, kidnapped by three gunmen, March 25.

Police officers and members of a vigilance group in the area stormed the kidnappers’ den in Okuname forest to rescue the victims, yesterday.

Delta State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ikechukwu Aduba, who confirmed the the rescue of the victims said the kidnappers initially demanded N10 million and later reduced it to N5 million to free the victims, adding: “No ransom was paid.”

The principal and vice principal were driving home in the principal’s Camry car, March 25, when they were ambushed at a bad spot and seized.

They took them away in another snatched  Camry, which they later abandoned.


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free2ryhme: `Three pastors David Eshiet, Samson Ugbara and Adesanmi Aderoju, were yesterday arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over alleged N7.9 million fraud.

The defendants who were arraigned before Justice Olabisi Akinlade of an Ikeja High Court, are facing a six-count charge bordering on conspiracy, obtaining money by false pretence, forgery and uttering.

The defendants were charged by the anti-graft agency alongside their company, Prince and Zion International Service Ltd.

The defendants pleaded not guilty to the charges proffered against them.

The trio were accused of defrauding their victims of the sum under the pretense of helping them to secure large sum of money as loan.

The EFCC counsel, Mr Ben Ubi alleged that the defendants had conspired among themselves to fraudulently obtain N4 million and 25,000 US dollars (N3.9 million) from one Angel Estate Residents Development Association in Amuwo-Odofin, Lagos.

Ubi alleged that the money was obtained on October 27, 2011 under the pretext of helping the complainants source for a 100 million US dollars loan facility.

He stated that the loan was being sourced by the association to finance some community projects, adding that the defendants had obtained the money as processing charges.

Ubi, however accused the defendants of forging various documents which were used in facilitating the fraud.

Adding that after collecting the money, they failed to secure the loan as promised which led the complainants to petition the EFCC.

Ubi said their alleged offences contravened Sections 1, sub-sections 1,2,3 and 8 of the Advanced Fee Fraud and other Fraud Related Offences Act, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria.

He said it also contravened Sections 363 and 364 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State 2011.

However the judge ordered the defendants be remanded in Kirikiri Maximum Security Prisons pending the hearing of their bail applications fixed for March 27.







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Year 2012 was  replete with an array of medical and scientific breakthroughs. From January through December, series of  world-changing innovations were recorded across the world. However, one of the biggest  and most sensational breakthroughs of the year involved  Emily Whitehead, a 7-year-old girl, whose acute  leukaemia (blood cancer) was effectively “cured” by HIV.

Emily who had been battling the potentially fatal lymphoblastic leukaemia since May 2010, recovered dramatically after the HIV-procured antidote proved that scientists can successfully use  HIV to kill cancer.

After series of chemotherapy failed to work, Emily  underwent a new experimental   gene therapy pioneered by the University of Pennsylvania to eradicate  blood cancers.

The procedure involved “tricking” Emily’s immune system into fighting the cancer

In the experimental treatment, a disabled form of HIV  was used to essentially rewrite her  T-cells to be programmed to attack B-cells, which become malignant when suffering from leukaemia.

Researchers say the therapy is personalized using each patient’s immune system’s “T cells.”

Three weeks after the infusion in April, Emily was completely free of the leukaemia that had been on the verge of killing her.

Reports say she is recovering well at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Today, in the war against cancer, Emily is at the forefront.

The therapy, culminating 20 years of research, involves genetically engineering T cells – the immune system’s big guns – to attack B cells, the blood component that turns malignant in chronic lymphocytic leukemia and acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Although T cell therapy can have catastrophic side effects,doctors say it pointed the way to an antidote or the deadly blood cancer.

But the novel therapy that has tamed terminal leukaemia in seven of the first 10 patients might be deemed too risky for further testing. There are concerns that interfering with the immune system is too risky.

Of the 10, only two patients have not gotten better on the T cell therapy, even though all had stopped responding to conventional treatments.

Four patients have had a complete response – their leukaemia was eradicated – with the longest so far lasting 28 months. In four other patients, leukemia diminished dramatically.

The  research team, led by gene-therapy pioneer Carl June, is optimistic about the outcomes of the study which have been so stunning the world has noticed

Source
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/12/2012-scientists-cure-leukaemia-with-hiv/

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