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A three-storey building, said to have
been built over 101 years ago, yesterday,
collapsed in Kaduna metropolis, trapping all the
tenants that were inside at the time of the
incident.
No fewer than 50 people were in the building as
the time of the incident and only five children, a
woman and one other man had been rescued at
press time as there were no equipment to carry
out the operation.
101-yr-old 3-storey building collapses in
Kaduna
This was even as some of the victims continued to
hit the walls of the collapsed building, screaming
for help.
A middle-aged woman and occupants of the
building collapsed on seeing the ruins, after
shouting “my children, my children!”
She was taken to one of the nearby hospitals by
men of the state’s Operation Yaki in a vehicle with
number plate KAF 251 AA.
Sources said the building, located along Hadeja
Road by Ibrahim Taiwo Road, had its three top
floors as residential homes, while the ground
floor was used for trading.
It was said that the building, which collapsed at
2.32p.m., attracted passers-by and neighbours,
which security men found difficult to control.
Gov, deputy seek help
Vanguard learnt that Governor Muktar Yero and
his deputy, Nuhu Bajoga, cut short other state
functions and participated in the efforts to rescue
the victims.
They were said to have called relevant agencies to
move down their rescue equipment to the site of
the collapsed building.
Bajoga later sent the manager of one of the
construction firms in the state, PWD, to ask for
bulldozers and other equipment to hasten the
rescue operation.
Helpless SEMA
Some officials of the State Emergency
Management Agency, SEMA, at the scene of were
helpless in the chaotic environment as they had
no rescue equipment.
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The BET Experience focused its attention on
the awards portion of the weekend's festivities
after numerous performances, high temperatures
and well-attended seminars.
Rapper Drake led with the most nominations as
the awards were handed out at L.A.'s Nokia
Theatre, bu tKendrick Lamar was the night's big
winner, taking the new artist and male hip hop
artist awards. The following is a complete list of
winners for the 2013 BET Awards.
Female R&B/Pop Artist
Beyoncé
Tamar Braxton
Alicia Keys
Rihanna | WINNER
Elle Varner
Male R&B/Pop Artist
Chris Brown
Bruno Mars
Miguel | WINNER
Justin Timberlake
Usher
Group
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis | WINNER
Mary Mary
Mindless Behavior
Slaughterhouse
The Throne (Kanye West & Jay-Z)
Collaboration
2 Chainz f/ Drake - No Lie
A$AP Rocky f/ Drake, 2 Chainz and Kendrick Lamar
- Problems | WINNER
French Montana f/ Rick Ross, Drake and Lil Wayne -
Pop That
Kendrick Lamar f/ Drake - Poetic Justice
Justin Timberlake f/ Jay-Z - Suit & Tie
Kanye West f/ Big Sean, Pusha T and 2 Chainz -
Mercy
Male Hip Hop Artist
2 Chainz
A$AP Rocky
Drake
Future
Kendrick Lamar | WINNER
Female Hip Hop Artist
Azealia Banks
Eve
Nicki Minaj | WINNER
Rasheeda
Rye Rye
Video of the Year
2 Chainz f/ Drake - No Lie
A$AP Rocky f/ Drake, 2 Chainz and Kendrick Lamar
- Problems
Drake - Started From The Bottom | WINNER
Drake f/ Lil Wayne - HYFR
Kendrick Lamar f/ Drake - Poetic Justice
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis f/ Wanz - Thrift Shop
Miguel - Adorn
Rihanna - Diamonds
Justin Timberlake f/ Jay-Z - Suit & Tie
Kanye West f/ Big Sean, Pusha T and 2 Chainz -
Mercy
Video Director of the Year
A$AP Rocky & Sam Lecca
Benny Boom | WINNER
Director X
Dre Films
Hype Williams
New Artist
Azealia Banks
Joey Bada$$
Kendrick Lamar | WINNER
Trinidad Jame$
The Weeknd
Gospel Artist
Deitrick Haddon
Lecrae
Tamela Mann
Mary Mary | WINNER
Marvin Sapp
Actress
Angela Bassett
Halle Berry
Taraji P. Henson
Gabrielle Union
Kerry Washington | WINNER
Actor
Don Cheadle
Common
Jamie Foxx | WINNER
Samuel L. Jackson
Denzel Washington
YoungStars Award
Gabrielle Douglas | WINNER
Jacob Latimore
Keke Palmer
Jaden Smith
Quvenzhané Wallis
Movie
"Beasts of the Southern Wild"
"Django Unchained"
"Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap"
"Sparkle"
"Think Like A Man" | WINNER
Subway Sportswoman of the Year
Gabrielle Douglas | WINNER
Brittney Griner
Candace Parker
Serena Williams
Venus Williams
Subway Sportsman of the Year
Victor Cruz
Kevin Durant
Robert Griffin III
LeBron James | WINNER
Ray Lewis
Coca-Cola Viewers Choice Award
A$AP Rocky f/ Drake, 2 Chainz and Kendrick Lamar
- Problems
Drake - Started From The Bottom | WINNER
Kendrick Lamar - Swimming Pools (Drank)
Miguel - Adorn
Rihanna - Diamonds
Justin Timberlake f/ Jay-Z - Suit & Tie
Centric Award
Tamar Braxton - Love and War | WINNER
Fantasia - Lose To Win
Miguel - Adorn
Nas - Daughters
Charlie Wilson - My Love Is All I Have
FANdemonium Award
Rihanna
Chris Brown | WINNER
Beyonce
Nicki Minaj
International Act: Africa
2Face Idibia (Nigeria)
Toya Delazy (South Africa)
Donald (South Africa)
Ice Prince (Nigeria) | WINNER
R2Bees (Ghana)
Radio and Weasel (Uganda)
International Act: UK
Marsha Ambrosius
Estelle
Labrinth
Rita Ora
Emeli Sandé | WINNER
Wiley
Humanitarian Award
Dwayne Wade
Lifetime Achievement Award
Charlie Wilson

I even heard awkaraji kicked a ball D̶̲̥̅ǻ̀́Ʈ turned to stone and died

When it comes to the sports myths, it gets
worse. After what I heard years back, i am still
searching for the video of Jay Jay Okocha that
sees him dribble all eleven members of the
opposing team one after the other (twice)
before scoring what would surely be the
greatest goal in German football as the goalie
in that game was Oliver kahn #Wunderbar.
But the greatest of lie has to be that of the
game that never held: between Nigeria and
India at the National Stadium, Lagos in a year
that the originator didn’t care to share. I rate
this as the greatest Football lie due to the fact
that it has spread to all corners of the Nation
and the lasting effect it has on the mind of any
young child that payed serious attention to this
incredible tale. Wide-eyed and with innocent
mouths gasping, we listened to the narrator
deliver this legendary tale
As the Story goes:
The Super Eagles played the Indian football
team in a match at The National Stadium in
Lagos. The game started off well but after a
short while the Indians scored and moments
later scored again and again and again. The
fans in the stands couldn’t comprehend what
was going on as the players seemed to leave
the ball for their opponents each time they
came in contact. The Nigerian players were
playing like they were scared of getting close to
the Indians and the goalie kept on leaving the
goal in fear each time the opponents got into
the box.
When the players were asked they all
explained with a sense of bewilderment that
the Indians turned into lions in front of their
very eyes and out of fear they gave away the
ball as would anyone in their right minds.
But as the game went on, the strong willed
Nigerians played on with what ever courage
they could muster and worked very hard to
salvage something. By the time stoppage time
was indicated the visitors had just scored their
99th goal and were going for a century (WHAT
A MINUTE? I GET IT! IT MUST HAVE BEEN A
CRICKET GAME). Anyways as the excellent
narrator carried on, he revealed that the
Nigerians finally broke into the opposition half
with courage and from the flanks a cross was
delivered and met with a delicious header
from an attacker. GOAAAAAAL! we had pulled
something back but the goal scorer remained
on the floor motionless and lifeless. He was
stretched off and all efforts to resuscitate this
hero of some sorts were in vain. Sad end to a
game of Football.
The aftermath of the game saw India after
thorough investigation banned for about 50
years by FIFA for using black magic during a
game and with that the Story came to an end
and we talked about it for days.

Nwankwo Kanu is 42 and Taribo West, whose
career ended two years ago, is in his late fifties,
say bloggers in Nigeria

Nwankwo Kanu's official age is 33 but his real
age is 42. Obafemi Martins is not 25 but 32. Jay-
Jay Okocha was 10 years older than his "official"
age throughout his career. And Taribo West,
whose playing career ended only two years ago,
is in his late fifties. Who says so? A stream of
bloggers on some of Nigeria's most popular
websites, in response to comments made after
the country's timid effort in last month's Africa
Cup of Nations.
Failure to win that trophy is nearly always
considered a scandal in the continent's most
populous nation but Nigeria's latest
misadventure in the tournament triggered a
particularly explosive condemnation back home.
It started when a former manager of a leading
Nigerian club told the Lagos Guardian: "What
happened in Angola is a confirmation of what
has been happening in the past where most of
our players falsified their age during
competition. Most of the players are beyond the
age they professed and this made it impossible
for them to withstand the pace of teams like
Zambia and Benin."
It also led to an entertaining discussion that
shows no sign of abating as the Nigerians, who
have three months to prepare for the World Cup,
reacted to the criticism by sacking the coach.
"Our boys are old, we are paying the price for
age cheating," said Ken Anugweje, a former
national team doctor and board member of the
Nigerian Football Federation.
Suspicions about true ages of some Nigerian
footballers date back 20 years. Fifa banned
Nigeria from all international fixtures for two
years after finding that the birth dates of three
of their players in the 1988 Olympics were
different from ones used by the same players in
previous tournaments.
A year later Pelé famously declared "an African
team will definitely win the World Cup by the
turn of the century" after watching seemingly
promising Nigerian youngsters lift the Under-17
World Cup and reach the final of the Under-20
competition. How was Pelé to know that the so-
called Under-20s of 1989 were so old that, in the
words of George Onmonya on
nigeriavillagesquare.com, "most of our players
have now retired and become grandpas"?
Nigeria have a rich tradition of seemingly
promising youngsters who mysteriously fail to
fulfil their potential. Phillip Osondu was the best
player at the 1987 Under-17 World Cup, after
which he was snapped up by Anderlecht, only to
drift out of the game and into janitorial work
after questions were raised about his real age.
The star of Nigeria's finalists at the 2001
Under-17 competition went on to become
officially the third-youngest player to appear in
the senior World Cup when he started the 0-0
draw with England in 2002. But that was as good
as it got for Femi Opabunmi, who by 2005 was
playing part-time football in the French lower
leagues.
A trawl through the blogosphere makes for
intriguing reading. "A friend of mine who once
played in the Nigerian league told me his real age
was 34 but his football age was 21," wrote
Onmonya. "You can walk into any immigration
office in Nigeria today, forge documents at the
nearby business centre, change your name, place
of birth, date of birth, pay 7,000-10,000 naira
instead of the official price of about 5,500 for an
international passport and within hours you
have completed the whole process." A new
passport, a new person – and if you are a
footballer, a younger one.
A former employee of the British embassy in
Nigeria told Observer Sport that when visa
applicants complained to him about having their
applications rejected, he would reply: "Well don't
talk to me about it, I'm dead." He would respond
to their looks of puzzlement by pointing to the
wall behind him, on which hung his death
certificate, purchased for a small fee from a
Lagos supplier. Fifa reckon they have finally
come up with a foolproof way of determining
real age. Ahead of last year's Under-17 World
Cup in, as it happened, Nigeria, the governing
body announced that players would be
subjected to wrist scans using magnetic
resonance imaging, and this would determine
their true age.
That led some countries to undertake
precautionary scans beforehand. The results
were never announced, but Nigeria suddenly
discarded 15 squad members, while Gambia
omitted 11 of the 18 who had helped them to
victory in the African Under-17 championship a
few months earlier. Reports claim that
retrospective analyses of the previous three
Under-17 World Cups showed more than a third
of all players were too old.

Justice Mohammed Idris of the Federal High
Court sitting in Lagos has fixed October 16, 2013
for the commencement of trial in a N120 million
copyright suit filed against popular music star,
Innocent Idibia, a.k.a. TuFace, his wife, Annie
Idibia and their manager, Anthonio Anifite over
photographs allegedly taken at the recent
traditional wedding of the musician and his wife
in Akwa Ibom State.
Abuja based photographer, Emmanuel Okolo,
who is the plaintiff in the suit alongside his studio,
Papilonmexy filed suit against the defendants.
He is asking for six reliefs, two of which include
N100 million in general damages and N20million
in exemplary damages.
At the resumed hearing of the case yesterday,
neither TuFace nor his wife was represented in
court. Anifite who is the second defendant was
however represented by his counsel, J.O Uttute.
Meanwhile, a mild drama ensued when the judge
openly admonished Uttute after the latter
claimed that he had filed his defence when he
had not done so.
The judge warned him not to come to this court
again if he was not prepared for the case. “You
told me that you have filed your response, but
looking through here, there is nothing to that
effect. And you are even smiling. Do you think you
are here to joke? Never come to this court again if
you are not prepared. You don’t even know when
the case was filed and you are not prepared for
it,” said the judge.
Also, the plaintiff’s counsel, Habeeb Oredola
expressed worry over the defendants’ inability to
appear before the court or be represented by a
counsel after they were served with the writs of
summon.
In the writ of summon, Okolo and his studio
claimed they were contracted by TuFace’s wife
through a third party, identified as Ms Chineze
Anyaene to take photo shots at the traditional
wedding held in Eket, Akwa Ibom state in March,
2013.
The plaintiff said, he was reluctant at the
beginning since the offer was coming through a
third party, but later accepted after he was
convinced that the offer was actually with the
blessing of the first defendant.
Annie Idibia was said to have later contacted the
photographer after the wedding and demanded
for the printing of 10 of the high resolution
pictures taken.
[i]Justice Mohammed Idris of the Federal High
Court sitting in Lagos has fixed October 16, 2013
for the commencement of trial in a N120 million
copyright suit filed against popular music star,
Innocent Idibia, a.k.a. TuFace, his wife, Annie
Idibia and their manager, Anthonio Anifite over
photographs allegedly taken at the recent
traditional wedding of the musician and his wife
in Akwa Ibom State.
Abuja based photographer, Emmanuel Okolo,
who is the plaintiff in the suit alongside his studio,
Papilonmexy filed suit against the defendants.
He is asking for six reliefs, two of which include
N100 million in general damages and N20million
in exemplary damages.
At the resumed hearing of the case yesterday,
neither TuFace nor his wife was represented in
court. Anifite who is the second defendant was
however represented by his counsel, J.O Uttute.
Meanwhile, a mild drama ensued when the judge
openly admonished Uttute after the latter
claimed that he had filed his defence when he
had not done so.
The judge warned him not to come to this court
again if he was not prepared for the case. “You
told me that you have filed your response, but
looking through here, there is nothing to that
effect. And you are even smiling. Do you think you
are here to joke? Never come to this court again if
you are not prepared. You don’t even know when
the case was filed and you are not prepared for
it,” said the judge.
Also, the plaintiff’s counsel, Habeeb Oredola
expressed worry over the defendants’ inability to
appear before the court or be represented by a
counsel after they were served with the writs of
summon.
In the writ of summon, Okolo and his studio
claimed they were contracted by TuFace’s wife
through a third party, identified as Ms Chineze
Anyaene to take photo shots at the traditional
wedding held in Eket, Akwa Ibom state in March,
2013.
The plaintiff said, he was reluctant at the
beginning since the offer was coming through a
third party, but later accepted after he was
convinced that the offer was actually with the
blessing of the first defendant.
Annie Idibia was said to have later contacted the
photographer after the wedding and demanded
for the printing of 10 of the high resolution
pictures taken.
[/i]Justice Mohammed Idris of the Federal High
Court sitting in Lagos has fixed October 16, 2013
for the commencement of trial in a N120 million
copyright suit filed against popular music star,
Innocent Idibia, a.k.a. TuFace, his wife, Annie
Idibia and their manager, Anthonio Anifite over
photographs allegedly taken at the recent
traditional wedding of the musician and his wife
in Akwa Ibom State.
Abuja based photographer, Emmanuel Okolo,
who is the plaintiff in the suit alongside his studio,
Papilonmexy filed suit against the defendants.
He is asking for six reliefs, two of which include
N100 million in general damages and N20million
in exemplary damages.
At the resumed hearing of the case yesterday,
neither TuFace nor his wife was represented in
court. Anifite who is the second defendant was
however represented by his counsel, J.O Uttute.
Meanwhile, a mild drama ensued when the judge
openly admonished Uttute after the latter
claimed that he had filed his defence when he
had not done so.
The judge warned him not to come to this court
again if he was not prepared for the case. “You
told me that you have filed your response, but
looking through here, there is nothing to that
effect. And you are even smiling. Do you think you
are here to joke? Never come to this court again if
you are not prepared. You don’t even know when
the case was filed and you are not prepared for
it,” said the judge.
Also, the plaintiff’s counsel, Habeeb Oredola
expressed worry over the defendants’ inability to
appear before the court or be represented by a
counsel after they were served with the writs of
summon.
In the writ of summon, Okolo and his studio
claimed they were contracted by TuFace’s wife
through a third party, identified as Ms Chineze
Anyaene to take photo shots at the traditional
wedding held in Eket, Akwa Ibom state in March,
2013.
The plaintiff said, he was reluctant at the
beginning since the offer was coming through a
third party, but later accepted after he was
convinced that the offer was actually with the
blessing of the first defendant.
Annie Idibia was said to have later contacted the
photographer after the wedding and demanded
for the printing of 10 of the high resolution
pictures taken.

T̶̲̥̅ђe̶̲̥̅̊ new porsche

The old one

Two weeks after crashing his N25million worth
Porsche Panamera along Lekki-Epe express way in
the early hours of Saturday, June 15, Wizkid has
replaced the damaged Porsche with a brand new
one.
He posted pictures of his new acquisition on his
Instagram page and tagged it #Blessed.
Wizkid survived the accident after his newly
acquired Porsche Panamera burst a tire, slammed
into a road barrier, thankfully didn’t somersault
but spun around multiple times before screeching
dangerously to a halt with the damaged hood
facing the side of the road.
Wizkid shaken but unhurt was immediately
whisked away in another vehicle while his
bodyguard waited to see the vehicle towed away.
The pop singer was returning from a Soundcity
Nokia #LumiaBeat Party and was in front of the
Oriental hotel, Lekki when the accident occurred.
Sources say tragedy was averted when the
automobile’s airbag ejected immediately on
impact shielding Wizkid and the driver instantly.

Source:http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/06/wizkid-replaces-crashed-porsche-with-new-one/

Brown Ideye hardly scores. He also hardly lays
assists. And yet, his coach Stephen Keshi has
backed the under-fire forward to come good
once he sheds his anxiety.
The forward scored once at the African Nations
Cup and only once more since then; a penalty
conversion against Mexico in a 2-2 friendly draw.
And at the Confederations Cup he was guilty of
squandering a host of gilt-edged chances as he
failed to find the back of the net.
But his endeavour, hard work, link-
up play have found favour with his coach.“Yeah, it’s true that Brown hasn’t scored goals, but
that does not make him a bad player,” Keshi tells
KickOffNigeria.com. “Sometimes when the
ambition [to score] turns into anxiety, it becomes
difficult for a striker to score goals.
“So all he needs to do is relax. We have been
working on his inner relaxation and inner calm so
that when he is in front of goal it will be much
easier for him.”
Keshi praised Ideye’s other qualities, especially
his unselfish graft for the team. Against Spain he
dropped deep to rescue the two fullbacks from
sticky situations, and Keshi says that fits into his
philosophy of team ahead of individual.
“He is a good kid; he has been working his tail off
everywhere on the pitch. And that’s what we want
from somebody who plays for the team.”
At club level Ideye averages more than a goal
every other game, and Keshi predicts that once
the forward starts scoring for the Eagles, it will be
hard to stop him.
“It’s just the finishing that’s lacking because that is
his number one job, and that is why people are a
little bit angry, but I’m very sure it’s going to come
– and when it comes, it won’t stop.
“We just need to support him, keep believing in
him and give him the confidence to continue to
express himself without pressure.”

SOURCE:http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/06/suprise-keshi-backs-ideye/

BY IBRAHEEM AYODEJI AZIIZ
ASABA — A 39-year-old lady serving as a personal
secretary to a professor at the Delta State
University, DELSU, Abraka has been arrested for
sending a malicious text message to her boss to
pay her N100,000 as ‘settlement’ for having
amorous relationship with her or be ready to face
public scandal.
Parading the lady (names withheld), yesterday, in
Asaba, the state Police Public Relations Officer,
PPRO, Mr. Lucky Uyabeme, said she was picked up
following a report lodged “by a Professor of
Faculty of Fine Arts, DELSU, Abraka who reported
that he received a threat text message from an
unknown person demanding N100,000 to avoid
defamatory publication on him.
“However, through intelligence policing, special
anti-kidnapping squad operatives based at
Obiaruku tracked and arrested the personal
secretary to the professor.”
Fielding questions from newsmen, the suspect
who was weeping profusely said: “I did not do
anything. My crime is that I am sleeping with a
married man. The Prof is my boyfriend. I asked
him for N100,000 or I would make it known to the
public that we were dating. I wanted to end the
relationship and use the money as a pay-off.
“We have been dating for two years now. I run a
boutique and a business centre in Abraka. I am
also the private secretary to the professor.
“He has not been paying. I did not want to
blackmail him . I did not mean any harm when I
sent the text message. I never expected it was
going to be like this. I felt because we were dating
he would give me the money.”

SOURCE:http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/06/office-romance-secretary-demands-n-1m-pay-off-from-lecturer-lover/

While you may be condemning the laws of your
country, have a look at some of the most weird,
craziest and wackiest laws that lawmakers around
the world seem to have made when not in their
senses.
1. Chewing gums are banned in Singapore in order
to maintain cleanliness in the country.
2. It’s illegal to feed pigeons in open in Venice.
3. The conservative land of Dubai doesn’t allow 2
people of the opposite sex to share a hotel room
unless they are married or closely related.
4. Stiletto heels apparently cause more damage to
the ground they are walked on, than the wearer’s
legs, and hence Greece has banned its women from
strutting about in them on it’s monumental national
heritage sites.
5. You would have to shell out a fine lest you are
caught carrying ice cream cones in your pocket in
Kentucky. We wonder whether it’s as bad to carry
full ice creams in the pocket!
6. You will get away with smoking a drug like
cannabis in Holland, but if you smoke tobacco, you
would be termed as a law breaker.
7. A pregnant woman in UK has the privilege of
urinating anywhere she pleases, even in a
policeman’s helmet.
8. The higher or lower your earning income is in
Finland, accordingly you will be charged for
breaking traffic laws.
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9. You dare not forget your wife’s birthday while in
Samoa, for you would be a criminal if you do so.
Maybe the memory of men there is the sharpest in
the world!
10. Dirty cars invite a fine in Moscow. Keep you car
clean dear Russians!
11. If you are the sort who feels hungry a lot, and
loves fast food, UAE isn’t the place for you during
the month of Ramadan as people cannot have
anything in public before sundown.
12. As hilarious as it may seem, one cannot afford
to die in the House of Parliament in London. It’s a
crime.
13. You would be disrespecting the king and
government of Thailand, and hence be branded as
a criminal if you are ever found stepping on the
country’s currency.
14. Small girls of Indiana, beware. You cannot dress
up Ken in his toy doll girlfriend, Barbie’s clothes, for
that’s a crime.
15. Pigs cannot be raised in Israel unless and until
they are required for medical research

A diplomatic row seems to be brewing
between Nigeria and the United Kingdom
following a proposed policy by the British
Government requiring Nigerian travellers to
the UK to deposit £3,000 as bond in case they
overstay their visa limits.
On Monday, the Federal Government summoned
the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Dr.
Andrew Pocock, over the development while the
House of Representatives which flayed the policy,
argued that it could have negative impact on the
relationship between the two countries.
Nigeria, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Ghana, Pakistan
and India are listed by the UK as countries whose
citizens are to deposit the £3,000 under the
proposed policy that will take off in November.
A Home Office official said the six countries
highlighted were those with "the most significant
risk of abuse."
About 2.2million people are granted visas to enter
Britain every year.
Last year, 296,000 people from India were granted
six-month visas, as were 101,000 from Nigeria;
53,000 from Pakistan; and 14,000 apiece from
Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
According to media reports, the Home Secretary
Theresa May, said the administration of British
Prime Minister, David Cameron, is serious about
cutting immigration and abuses of the system.
The Sunday Times of London had reported that
every visitor aged 18 and above granted a six-
month visa would forfeit the £3,000 if they
overstayed in Britain after the expiration of their
visa .
Initially, the scheme will target hundreds of
visitors, but the plan is to extend it to several
thousands, according to the broadsheet's front-
page report.
It was gathered that Pocock would meet with the
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Olugbenga
Ashiru, on Tuesday (today) to explain the policy.
A source close to the ministry, who confirmed the
meeting, said the government was seriously
concerned about the implication of the policy on
the economy and image of the country.
"Pocock is to explain to government if the plan is
true and why Nigeria is a target. Government is
worried about the highly discriminatory policy
which tends to portray the country in a bad light,"
he explained.
Another source told one of our correspondents
that the Nigerian High Commissioner to the UK, Dr.
Dalhatu Tafida, was also billed to brief Ashiru on
the development.
But Ashiru, at the 2013 Ministerial Platform on the
mid-term activities and achievements of the
ministry in Abuja on Monday, said he had not been
contacted officially by the UK authorities on the
development.
He said, "We have not received any official
communication from the UK government. When
we receive communication, we will study the
proposal. I can assure all Nigerians that President
Goodluck Jonathan's government will defend the
interest of Nigerians by whatever means it can.
When we get the proposal, we will study it to see
how it will affect ordinary Nigerians."
In the House of Representatives, Chairman,
Committee on Foreign Affairs, Ms. Nnena Elendu-
Ukeje, stated that the policy was a U-turn on a
promise by the British Prime Minister, David
Cameron, to improve trade relations between the
two countries next year.
She said, "This policy will not foster true
relationship between Nigeria and the UK. It does
not promote the spirit of the Commonwealth
either.
"The same British Government that promised
improved trade relations with Nigeria is
introducing such a discriminatory policy.
"It is a somersault, to say the least."
However, Elendu-Ukeje observed that the policy
appeared to be "a political issue."
She explained, "The Conservative Party wants to
prove that they are serious about immigration
matters. They are doing this to win voters ahead of
the next elections."
But, she called on the Federal Government to take
urgent steps to register its protest before the take-
off date of the policy.
"We have to take proactive measures to oppose
this policy and by way of reciprocity because next
time they will increase this bond of a thing", she
said.
The lawmaker recalled that in 2008, the British
Government introduced £1,000 "fine" on
travellers.
"They tried it first in 2008; today, four years down
the line, they are saying that it will be £3,000. What
will be the next figure if we don't take proactive
measures now?" Elendu-Ukeje asked.
An expert in constitutional law, Prof. Itse Sagay,
also described the policy as " hostile and therefore
contrary to international diplomacy."
He said, "It is evidence of contempt and a clear
case of saying 'we don't want people from their
country and so let us make it impossible for them
to come.
"How many people can pay N750,000 as deposit
which the British Government will keep and
probably trade with while the owner cannot touch
it. I think we need to respond appropriately by
also raising impossible barrier to British people
coming into Nigeria so that at the end, we will see
who will lose more.
"I think they are making the mistake of believing
we need them more than they need us. In fact, it is
they who are making more out of Nigeria.
"They have a wrong idea of their importance to us.
We are more important to them than they are to
us."
Meanwhile, Ashiru said at the Ministerial Platform
that Nigeria's foreign policy in the 70s could not be
compared with the present.
He said, "The problem today is unemployment. We
have to use diplomacy to support job creation in
Nigeria so that we can develop our private sector
to make it employ more people.
"Our youths from universities cannot get jobs. So
foreign diplomacy must be used to create jobs and
that is what we have been doing."
Justifying the budgets for generators and fuel used
by Nigerian High Commissions in countries with
constant power supply, Ashiru said the criticism "is
the ignorance of the highest order."
"It is to power the boiler which in most countries in
Europe either uses fuel or gas. It is to heat and
power the foreign mission houses in winter and
also to get hot water."
According to him, the biggest challenge facing the
ministry is the plight of Nigerians living abroad.
"All ambassadors now know that their priority is to
attend to the needs of Nigerians in their countries
of accreditation. No Ambassador today is allowed
to close his doors on Nigerians," the minister said.
Ashiru warned Nigerians living abroad against drug
trafficking, adding that it was tantamount to
committing suicide.
"I must warn those who willfully commit crime and
thereby commit suicide. Drug trafficking in some
countries attracts death penalty. All the airports
today have sophisticated equipment; there is no
where you hide the drug in your body that you will
not be caught."
Ashiru also ruled out closing any foreign mission
house because, "when you close a mission, you
lose a friend. Nigeria cannot afford to lose a friend
at this time".
He promised that no Nigeria would be treated
unjustly in foreign lands.

What do you think

Given the conducive business environment
put in place by the Cross River State
Government, Africa's youngest billionaire,
Ashish J. Thakkar has made known his
intention to invest in Calabar.
Thakkar, who is president, Mara Group stated this
while delivering a key note address at the 2013
edition of the Africa CEO Roundtable and
Conference on Corporate Sustainability and
Responsibility (AR-CSR) at Tinapa Business and
Leisure Resort, Calabar.
According to the Ugandan, the decision to
establish his presence in Calabar was based on
what he has seen and heard of Cross River, which
remains a veritable place to invest.
He explained that his investment in the state will
be part of his effort to encourage young
entrepreneurs to improve their capacity.
The billionaire said he was prepared to bring his
wealth of experience to develop Nigeria, adding
that "it is only when you give that you can have
more, especially when giving to a group or society"
Thakkar disclosed that he professes Nigeria
anywhere he goes as the best country and Cross
River has further convinced him about that
because of its available human and natural
resources couple with the conducive economic
environment put in place by government to attract
investments and investors.

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Pix

The young brazilian man is so eager to become
a Dog before his next coming after death *fairy
tale* or probably trying to break the Guinness
Book of World Record as the World dumbest
Dogman/Mandog..
The brazilian went as far as paying
surgeons to transform his face to that of a
Dog through plastic surgery.
According the brazilian dude, he said his
main intention was to make a world
record by becoming the first Dogman in
the world at large. But come to think of
this, does this act of his make any sense
*just thinking out loud here*
This is really weird, More photos for the
benefit of those who are in doubt…

Source:http://bluhillzentertainment./2013/06/21/photos-man-transforms-face-to-a-dogs-face-with-plastic-surgery/

The Special Fraud Unit of the Nigeria Police has
declared a former Deputy Governor of Lagos
State, Alhaja Sinatu Ojikutu, wanted for allegedly
defrauding a land buyer of N130m.
The SFU alleged in a statement on Wednesday
that the suspect and her son, Samson, obtained
money from the victim by false representation.
The Commissioner of Police for the command,
Tunde Ogunsakin, said, "The victim alleged that in
September 2011, the suspects conspired and sold
a parcel of land at Plot 24 Block 4 situated at
Admiralty Way, Lekki Phase 1, Lagos for N130m
which he paid into the first suspect's account with
the Union Bank of Nigeria Plc.
"He further stated that after payment, he
requested title document and Alhaja Ojikutu
procured an affidavit of support to back her
fraudulent claim, a police crime extract and a
publication in a newspaper all purporting to loss
of the original documents of title to the land. The
victim believed her because of her personality as
the former Deputy Governor of Lagos State.
"The bubble burst when the victim commenced
development of the land and was on the verge of
completion when the bona fide owner of the land
surfaced and indeed it was discovered that the
land the suspect sold did not belong to her. She
actually sold Plot 23 Block 4 while Plot 24 Block 4
already has a property on it."
According to police investigation, the land Ojikutu
sold, did not belong to her, but to one Mr.
Afolabi. It was also discovered that the Plot 24
Block 4, which actually belonged to Alhaja
Ojikutu's late husband, Samson Ojikutu (senior),
was sold by him in 1995 and the suspect was a
life witness and appended her signature to the
sale of the land.
Ogunsakin said the suspect further perpetrated
the crime by alleging that the original Certificate
of Occupancy to the property was missing and
swore an affidavit which enabled her to obtain a
police report and memorandum of loss. She also
put up an advert in newspapers that the original
C of O was lost, whereas the original C of O was
with the Hallmark Homes, the buyer of the
property.
He said, "The suspect, who is a 67-year-old retiree
from Lagos Island, allegedly connived with her
son, Samson, who is currently in the United States
to commit the fraud. The suspect and her son
were parties to the sale of the land and both
signed the agreement given to the complainant
and obtained the sum of N130m from him.
"She admitted committing the crime but
confessed that it was a genuine mistake of plot
identification. She refunded the sum of N50m to
the complainant and promised to refund the
balance as soon as she disposed of her two
properties she put up for sale. She also
confessed that she had invested the victim's
money in her business.
"She equally made an undertaking and payment
plan which was drawn from September, 2012 and
was to terminate by November 2012, but she
defaulted."
Ogunsakin stated that the suspect was not willing
to abide by the terms of payment and had
jumped bail. He added that all attempts to
contact her had proved abortive.
"The SFU declares Alhaja Ojikutu wanted.
Anybody with useful information regarding her
whereabouts should report to the Commissioner
of Police, Special Fraud Unit, 13 Milverton Road,
Ikoyi," he said.

Neurological doctors treating Governor
Danbaba Suntai of Taraba State in the United
States have told his family and the state
government footing his medical bills the
governor cannot return to normal state of
mental health that would enable him to
function as a governor.
Mr. Suntai first received treatment at the famous
John Hopkins University Hospital in Baltimore,
Maryland, before moving to a rehabilitation center
in upstate New York, both of which have
reportedly given up on the chances of full recovery
of Mr. Suntai.
In October 2012, he survived an aircrash near Yola
Airport and was flown to Germany for treatment
for brain injuries.
A medical source told SaharaReporters that when
Mr. Suntai was brought in from Germany, he had
swelling in his brain and had lost significant control
of his ability to recognize people or speak
coherently. The source also described the
governor as drooling like a baby.
After several months of treatment in the US the
doctors have now told Mr. Suntai's family and the
deputy governor of Taraba State who came visiting
two weeks ago that Mr. Suntai be sent home to
manage his condition as there is nothing more that
can be done to heal him.
The State government has spent close to $3.5
million on Mr. Suntai's treatment in the US alone.
At a meeting with his Deputy two weeks ago, Mr.
Suntai was seen in photographs laughing out loud,
but our medical sources said he repeats anything
told to him several times until he is told to stop.
A clip of Mr. Suntai meeting with his deputy was
shown on the Nigerian Television Authority
network, with the sound curiously muted.
Mr. Suntai's wife and a few political office holders,
including the Commissioner of Information,
Emmanuel Bello, are reportedly manipulating the
media by claiming that Suntai has fully recovered
and is on his way to resuming power as governor.
He has been seen in photos that appear to be
stage-managed for brief moments to show the
ailing governor as though fully healed, but nobody
has heard him speak or answer any questions.
Mr. Suntai, a trained pilot, was personally flying the
aircraft in which he was injured.

President-General, Association of Nigerian Market
Women and Men, Abibatu Mogaji, on Saturday
died at 96.
Mogaji was the mother of former governor of
Lagos State and National Leader, Action Congress
of Nigeria, Bola Tinubu.
A statement issued said she would be buried on
Sunday (today), at the Ikoyi Vaults and Gardens,
Lagos.
Mogaji recently received an honorary Doctorate
Degree from the Ahmadu Bello University during
its 50th anniversary.
Governor of Osun State, Rauf Aregbesola,
described the death of the matriarch as a great
loss to millions of people.
In a statement by the Director, Bureau of
Communications and Strategy, Osun State, Mr.
Semiu Okanlawon, the governor said Mogaji's
death would leave a big vacuum both in politics
and commercial sectors of not only Lagos State
but Nigeria at large.
Aregbesola said Mogaji led a life of substance
that is worthy of emulation.
He said, "Mama Abibatu Mogaji was a mother in a
million. We commiserate with her children,
particularly Asiwaju Bola Tinubu for their great
loss.
"We commiserate with the Oba of Lagos, Rilwan
Akiolu; the Mogaji family; the people of Lagos,
particularly Femi Okunnu; the party; the
government of Lagos; and market men and
women in Nigeria and Lagos in particular.
"We pray that God gives them the fortitude to
bear the loss and we pray God grants her Aljana
Firdaus."
Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, said
the death was "a great national and personal
loss."
In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media,
Hakeem Bello, Fashola said she was a defender of
people's rights.
He said, "She was one of the pioneer traders who
ventured into the capital intensive and risky
business of importing consumer goods, thereby
breaking the monopoly previously enjoyed by
foreign tradesmen. Her business acumen
attracted the attention of multi-national
enterprises operating in Nigeria, then, which had
no option but to register her as a business
partner and distributor of their consumer goods
in Nigeria."
Also, the state Peoples Democratic Party, in a
statement by its Publicity Secretary, Gani Taofik,
described the deceased as a dogged fighter for
justice.

Do you know that waking up to urinate could
actually decrease your productivity?
This is what elderly persons who have difficulty
sleeping may discover, especially if they find that
their problems worsen if they have to get up in the
middle of the night to urinate, according to new
research.
The problem is known as nocturia, and according
to the researchers, it has been linked not only to
sleep disruptions but to "significant reductions" in
both work productivity and leisure activity as well.
They polled 261 women and 385 men who suffer
from the condition over a 14-day period, asking
them about the impact it has on their ability to
perform their work-related and other daily tasks.
As it turns out, nocturia decreased on-the-job
productivity by 24 percent and the ability to
perform recreational activity by 34 percent.
A paper detailing the results of the research is
published in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine
on March 15.
Researchers also reported that more than half (54
percent) of all nighttime sleep disruptions were
associated with the need to urinate, and that
people who woke up remained awake an average
of 11.5 percent longer on nights when they had to
make a trip to the restroom.
"Nocturia is a common problem affecting around a
third of adults, but its burden is underestimated
and it is often dismissed as being less serious than
other chronic conditions in terms of impact on
quality of life and societal costs.
Data show that nocturia negatively affects both
sleep and daytime performance and its impact on
work productivity is in line with many other
chronic conditions. Patients with nocturia should
seek specific treatment for this debilitating
condition.
It is expected that proper treatment of insomnia
might reduce the occurrence of nocturia.
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By SAM EYOBOKA & OLAYINKA LATONA
BARRING last-minute changes in plan, the body
of late Timothy Obadare, a renowned evangelist
and founder of the World Soul Winning
Evangelical Mission, WOSEM, who died on March
21 after battling an undisclosed ailment, will be
interred in a $25,000 gold casket.
Obadare, the blind Akure-based evangelist, the
second officially recognized Apostle by the
Christ Apostolic Church, CAC, after Apostle
Joseph Ayo Babalola noted for his monthly
Koseunti Crusade, until his death devoted most
of his time teaching the Bible and winning souls
for the Kingdom of God. He was in ministry for
about six decades, eagerly committed to soul
winning.
Addressing newsmen in Lagos during the week,
the son of the late evangelist and the general
overseer of WOSEM in America and Europe,
Pastor Paul Obadare, the WOSEM founder will
buried in his hometown, Ilesha, Osun State on
August 17 in a 14-karat gold plated coffin like
the one used for the burial late popstar, Michael
Jackson and Whitney Houston.
According to the son who had relocated to
Nigeria to rebuild the father’s ministry “we want
the world to know that the best is given to the
one who has done his best for the gospel. If the
world can celebrate a carnal man, the world
should be able to celebrate a spiritual man
better,” adding that “these people have planted
seeds into people’s lives and touched lives
positively. Not just ordinary lives, but people
from the top to the bottom.
“Why can’t the whole world, our nation Nigeria,
put all their resources together and say he
(Prophet Oba-dare) is our own, we are going to
give him the best?” he asked.
The gold casket used for the burial of late
Michael Jackson was manufactured by the
Batesville Casket Company of Indiana and it was
the same model used for the funeral of
Jackson’s hero, James Brown. It was said to have
cost $25,000 while that of Whitney Houston was
put at between $10,000 and $20,000. As the
world’s largest casket maker, Batesville’s
products have been used in many celebrity
funerals, including those for Farrah Fawcett,
Bob Hope, Wilt Chamberlain and Fred Astaire.
Giving details of the burial plan made by the
several committees set up by WOSEM, CAC and
the sons of the prophet, Pastor Obadare said
the ceremonies would commence on August 15
with a service of songs in Ilesha, Akure, Ibadan
and Lagos as well as a lying-in-state at Ilesha
and an interdenominational wake keep service
on August 17 preceding the interment at a
mausoleum currently under construction at
WOSEM Conference ground along Ilesha-Ife
Expressway in Ilesha.
Prophet T.O Obadare
He therefore appealed to Christians,
governments, public-spirited individuals, church
leaders and believers to join hands with the
children to give the fallen evangelist a befitting
burial.
He acknowledged that the Osun State governor,
Ruaf Aregbeshola had promised to accord him a
state burial and had actually begun the
construction of the road leading to Baba
Obadare’s home in Ilesha.
Speaking on his recollection of the fallen
Prophet Obadare, the younger Obadare said:
“Baba would always say to you, I live my life to
save some. He could not save the whole world,
he was not perfect. But he reached out to as
many as he could. That was his passion. He
doesn’t care about life like that. Building houses,
to him was nothing, having flashy things to him
was nothing. He said to us that I don’t have
inheritance here; I’m not giving you one. But I
have inheritance there, if you can enter into
that kingdom, you have made it.’”
According to him, the late prophet also desired
to see the whole Church of God to be one. “You
will never see Baba criticizing any minister. He
would say they may make mistakes but pray for
them and don’t allow anybody to know that
they are weak. He wanted especially Christian
leaders to come together. He believed that
achieving spiritual goals in life cannot be done
individually.”
To this end, Pastor Paul Obadare is also
committed to the reunifi-cation of CAC and
promised to work assi-dously to ensure the
manifestation of that dream.
“I foresee it coming with a lot of prize to be
paid. Meaning that the present leadership on
both sides will have to give way. So the old
people will give way to the young ones;” just as
he assured that the his late father stood for will
kept alive.
“We have been told even before he demise, that
we should deviate from the calling, or else ewe
want to go under, ‘but if you don’t, you will
excel.’ We don’t want to go under, we want to go
up and the only way we can do that is to get
ourselves away from all the teething problems
and face the real call of the ministry,” Obadare
stated.
Also speaking at the occasion, founder of Living
Waters Ministry, Rev. Ladi Thompson outlined
some of the hidden legacies of the late prophet,
saying that about “30 years ago I was an
enthusiastic but extremely wary Christian and I
was extremely skeptical about spiritual
communications especially the issue of dreams
because I had seen many good Christians
destroyed by demonic dreams because they
were not cautious to differentiate between the
genuine and the counterfeit.
“You could imagine my surprise when I began to
have a persistent recurring dream centered on a
pastel blue Mercedes (flat booth). The details of
the car were so clear and the voice kept telling
me it was my car! I kept ignoring this recurrent
dream until I drove my Peugeot 305 to Surulere
one day and saw the same car live! Out of
curiosity, I went to inspect it and was told by the
mechanic that it was for sale. I observed a
strong unction coming from the car and began
to question my sanity until I discovered it
belonged to Prophet Timothy Oba-dare!
“By the time I called him by phone to make an
offer the prophet told me the car was no longer
for sale, however, he threw some unnerving
questions at me and mentioned a new church in
the UK. He concluded by telling me that the Lord
had told him that some young men would be
sent to assist him in ministry. This was the
beginning of a cherished relationship and I
spent many weeks in his Akure home by
invitation mostly filled with fasting, prayers and
instructions. After a few little errands things
moved on in life but I kept his strange
instructions in my heart.
“I finally met his eldest son, Pastor Paul
Obadare at a convention in the Ukraine in 2009
and we exchanged testimonies about life with
his Dad. I did not know that it was all by divine
arrangement because the situation that his
father had briefed me about almost 30 years
before unfolded rapidly. The instructions now
made sense after 30 years and I moved swiftly
to render the assistance required.
“It involved a trip to the USA where I was hosted
by Pastor Obadare and ushered into the
Prophet’s presence the very next day. I spoke
with Baba as he is fondly called and concluded
everything needed to execute his thrifty year
old instruction. I spent only four days in the USA
and returned to Nigeria to execute the mandate
on the prophet’s behalf in a very sensitive issue.
“It is still amazing whenever I consider the
ministration that transpired to serve on a
mission with a 30-year old instruction. My
closeness to the family is based on this
prophetic encounter and I have since
discovered that there are others like me who
were bonded to the prophet by divine
instructions. There is still a residue of such
prophetic dealings that the modern church
hardly understands but experience has taught
us how accurate spiritual dealings can be.
“The prophet was larger than life in stature and
reach of his ministry continues to amaze me. I
believe he was the last of the titans that served
under the revival started in the early 1900s with
Joseph Babalola and others. The fact that his
handicap was no obstacle to his success is also
mind-blowing when you consider the African
setting,” he stated

A middle aged housewife in Jos, the Plateau
State capital is in trouble after she was
caught in her matrimonial bed with another
man by her husband.
The woman simply identified as Gloria was
caught
with a neighbour, a father of three who lives
some houses away from the couple when the
husband returned unexpectedly at their Rukuba
Road residence.
The husband (names withheld) who sells clothes
at the Old Bukuru Park was said to have barely
left home for his business when his wife invited
her man-friend, identified simply as George to
come around as she was sick.
According to a neighbour who was with her when
she made the call and begged to be anonymous,
Gloria told the man friend to buy a pack of Don-
Simon and a plate of pepper soup when coming.
The neighbour said: “She earlier complained of
being ill. I heard her when we were sitting in
front
of the house telling the person on phone to bring
a plate of pepper soup and a drink for her,
although I never knew it was her man-friend.
“When he came they went out to the woman
who
sells pepper soup and bought the whole pot. She
told me to help her take care of the kids because
she had a visitor.”
Probably acting on a tip off, the husband
returned home earlier than expected and caught
her and her lover red handed.
According to the husband, “I built a shop for her
to sell provisions, so I went to the market to buy
protectors to be fixed in the shop. I just came
back to realise that the kids were outside and the
door locked.
“When I knocked she refused to open the door.
Some neighbours who saw her and the man told
me she was in with somebody, so I raised alarm.
“Instead of her to open the door, she opened the
ceiling for him to enter and hide. Fortunately,
with
time a lot of people gathered and an elderly man
from my village, who saw what the incident
would
have resulted to called the police. She opened
the
door when the police came to the house, and the
man friend came down from the ceiling wearing
boxers. This marriage has come to an end.”
The man and the woman were taken away by the
police for ‘safe custody’ and were later released
on bail.
Also speaking with Vanguard the wife of the
culprit said the rumour of her husband’s illicit
affair with their neighbour had been on for some
time.
“I have heard severally that my husband has
been
engaging in extra-marital affairs with this
woman;
I went to her house and told her to leave my
husband alone, but she refused. God has finally
disgraced her”, she said.
She added that she had asked her husband for
money earlier that day but he claimed not to
have
money.
“I asked him for money because I felt sick, but he
refused to give me saying he was broke, but I
had
he bought Don Simon and a pot of pepper soup
just to satisfy his woman-friend.

A middle aged housewife in Jos, the Plateau
State capital is in trouble after she was
caught in her matrimonial bed with another
man by her husband.
The woman simply identified as Gloria was caught
with a neighbour, a father of three who lives
some houses away from the couple when the
husband returned unexpectedly at their Rukuba
Road residence.
The husband (names withheld) who sells clothes
at the Old Bukuru Park was said to have barely
left home for his business when his wife invited
her man-friend, identified simply as George to
come around as she was sick.
According to a neighbour who was with her when
she made the call and begged to be anonymous,
Gloria told the man friend to buy a pack of Don-
Simon and a plate of pepper soup when coming.
The neighbour said: “She earlier complained of
being ill. I heard her when we were sitting in front
of the house telling the person on phone to bring
a plate of pepper soup and a drink for her,
although I never knew it was her man-friend.
“When he came they went out to the woman who
sells pepper soup and bought the whole pot. She
told me to help her take care of the kids because
she had a visitor.”
Probably acting on a tip off, the husband
returned home earlier than expected and caught
her and her lover red handed.
According to the husband, “I built a shop for her
to sell provisions, so I went to the market to buy
protectors to be fixed in the shop. I just came
back to realise that the kids were outside and the
door locked.
“When I knocked she refused to open the door.
Some neighbours who saw her and the man told
me she was in with somebody, so I raised alarm.
“Instead of her to open the door, she opened the
ceiling for him to enter and hide. Fortunately, with
time a lot of people gathered and an elderly man
from my village, who saw what the incident would
have resulted to called the police. She opened the
door when the police came to the house, and the
man friend came down from the ceiling wearing
boxers. This marriage has come to an end.”
The man and the woman were taken away by the
police for ‘safe custody’ and were later released
on bail.
Also speaking with Vanguard the wife of the
culprit said the rumour of her husband’s illicit
affair with their neighbour had been on for some
time.
“I have heard severally that my husband has been
engaging in extra-marital affairs with this woman;
I went to her house and told her to leave my
husband alone, but she refused. God has finally
disgraced her”, she said.
She added that she had asked her husband for
money earlier that day but he claimed not to have
money.
“I asked him for money because I felt sick, but he
refused to give me saying he was broke, but I had
he bought Don Simon and a pot of pepper soup
just to satisfy his woman-friend.

By Ibraheem Ayodeji Aziiz


The youths of our generation are just the most
gullible creatures I’ve ever seen. They say
change is the most constant phenomenon in
life, yet our forefathers in those days did not
allow the changes in their time to destroy their
education. Every change must have its own by-
products. The by-products of our own changes
are technological innovations like GSM
handsets, internet facilities, social networks like
Nimbuzz, 2go, Facebook, Watsapp connect,
Twitter, foreign and home movies etc.
Today, we have allowed all these outcomes of
change to cripple our education to an extent
that makes me shed tears.
Education they say, is a veritable tool for
national development but I doubt if it is so in
my own country because the way we toy with
education in this nation will indirectly make it
(education) to be an unavoidable tool for
national underdevelopment in no distant time.
Why won’t there be mass failure in the just-
concluded UTME when reading culture is dead
and buried? Is there any shortcut to success?
Was it not on face-book that I saw a site where
some idiots as well as agents of corruption were
advertising for JAMB ‘expo’ few days before the
exam? When someone copies nonsense from
the facebook and other social networks into his/
her scripts, what do you expect? My dear, it’s
like expecting a baby boy from your wife when
you have just fertilized her egg with female sex
genes. That is computer and you. We call it
garbage in and garbage out.
It’s high time we realized what computer age is
doing to us in this country and where it is
leading us to. I remember when students lost
weight because they were preparing for exams.
Such is not obtainable these days. I know there
would have been some failures still if all had
read but such poor performances could have
been reduced drastically.
Yes I know some will blame the teachers or the
government for not teaching always, or even
employing enough of them and remunerating
them as well but does the teacher or the
government have to read for the candidates
after all? The teacher is just like an eye-opener
or if you like, facilitator; after all, he is not
omniscient. In my own time at St Teresa’s
College, Nsukka, we were forced to read. This
was then facilitated by the teachers’ effort.
I was shocked to the marrow while teaching
over 50 students preparing for JAMB and
WASSCE somewhere at Enugu Ezike when I
found out that only two persons among them
had read the popular Things Fall Apart. Does the
government or the classroom teacher have to
read these novels recommended in the Use of
English for people like this when they have not
even read the one they were supposed to begin
from? Funny enough, almost half of these
students keep requesting for my friendship on
2go today as their teacher even when I am no
longer with them.
This is not a joke anymore. We should bear in
mind that these people at the helm of affairs in
our education system did not undergo all these
intellectual laziness which we are known with
these days and that is more reason why they
waste no time in giving you the mark you merit
without any sentiment whatsoever. Bet me, if
Achebe had written Things Fall Apart in our own
days, he could have died of hunger.
However, I have come to know Nigeria as a
nation that likes burying the truth and treating
lies as if they were the truth. Otherwise, why is it
that instead of prescribimg a way of curbing
examination malpractice, they lay blames on
the board and take their own wards to private
institutions that were built with our church
tithes and offerings while the poor ones keep
enjoying the ASUU strikes to our own
detriment?
Even when some of the law enforcement agents
go there, it is to enrich their pockets. But then,
no problem; these youths we spoil shall be the
ones to stop our vehicles on the road, slap
us,blindfold us and take us to destinations
unknown, asking us to order for the release of
billions of naira before we can live again. To
those spoiling this nation, I would have to
sarcastically say you should keep it up but do
not complain to anybody whenever it
boomerangs on you.
In conclusion, too many words can never fill a
basket. I am beginning to see a future when we
shall all gather with one mouthpiece and
confess to be fed up with corruption in this
nation. But before this time, we must all have
had negative testimonies to give about this,
both the ones breeding corruption and the ones
who allowed it to sink into their blood.
Those in the corridors of power, if they really
love their generations yet unborn, should sit up
and realize that money may not be the solution
to everything. One does not keep stone where
one kept an egg. We cannot continue throwing
stones into the market square because any of
our dear ones may be there (hope someone out
there understands proverbs?). We the young
ones should also know that social networks
have come and may not last forever.
One may be the greatest fool by allowing
oneself to be carried away by the tides of time.

Source:www.vanguardngr.com/2013/06/youths-versus-jamb-education-caricature/

On Tuesday morning, 11-year-old Ankit (name
changed) walked past the filth on a congested
street to join other boys like him at a factory
in Badli industrial area in northwest Delhi.
At 9 am, work was in full swing as the boys toiled,
using their tender fingers smeared with machine
oil for fixing motors in coolers much in demand in
the hot Delhi weather.
He belongs to a village in Uttar Pradesh and came
to Delhi six months back with a middleman in
search of work. His poor parents were promised a
monthly income that he is not aware of.
The child was made to work 12 hours a day with Rs
100 (277 Naira) given as solace once a week and
half a day's relief from the drudgery on Sunday.
But Tuesday was different. A day marked by mixed
emotions for the 58 children rescued in a raid by
the area SDM, labour officials and police, based on
a complaint by Bachpan Bachao Andolan (BBA), on
the eve of the World Day Against Child Labour.
Fifty-six boys were rescued from four factories
engaged in making coolers and their parts while
the two girls were freed from a spoon factory. The
rescue operations were carried out at five
different factories and at a placement agency
running under the garb of an NGO.
When the raiding teams arrived, they were
surprised to find the children missing. A close
inspection revealed that the boys were hidden in
cartons meant for coolers.
Frightened and unsure of what lay ahead, the
rescued children looked apprehensive when TOI
joined them. Most of the boys told tales of abject
poverty and how they were working for survival.
Nearly all wanted to go to school and have a better
future but were unsure how the government
would assure that.
Most of these child labourers had been trafficked
from West Bengal, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh after
their parents were paid an advance. The girls
belonged to Uttar Pradesh.
A 14-year-old boy from Etah in UP said his father
was a daily wager and could not afford his
education.
So he came to Delhi during the summer vacations
and was employed at a factory to be able to buy
his books. He said he wanted to return home to his
parents.
While the employers were arrested and booked, a
statement from BBA said the SDM present during
the rescue operation refused to declare the
children as bonded labourers citing logistical
compulsions of appearing during the trial.
This way the children were denied a
comprehensive rehabilitation package under
Bonded Labour System Abolition Act 1976.
BBA revealed that in 2010 and 2011, only 1,592
employers were convicted for employing child
labourers, which works out to one employer per
district per year, showing a blatant disregard for
the guidelines of Supreme Court.
It also pointed that in a period of five years
(2007-2011), 12,55,987 inspections were conducted
but only 17,884 violations detected and 4,263
people convicted.

Former governor of Ekiti State, Mr.
Ayo Fayose narrowly escaped death
along Tuesday night on Ado Ekiti -
Afao road when his car was shot at by
unknown gunmen.
Fayose is one of the leading Peoples Democratic
Party, PDP, aspirants warming up for next year's
governorship election in the state.
This was contained in a statement by Ayo Fayose
Campaign Organisation, AFCO, and signed by the
Campaign Director General, Mr. Owoseni Ajayi
According to the statement, the former governor
was trailed by the suspected assassins at about 9
p.m. in a white Hilux van with green number plate
at a point close to Fayose Housing Estate.
Fayose's driver, according to the statement,
noticed that a vehicle was trailing them and
immediately alerted his boss who was the only one
with him in the car.
The statement reads in part: "The driver
immediately increased the car's speed and when
the driver of the Hilux vehicle saw that they could
not catch up with Fayose's car, they were said to
have released four shots towards the ex-
governor's vehicle.
"Seeing that Fayose had arrived Afao, his home-
town, the Hilux van turned back.
"Earlier that day, Fayose received a call from
somebody who called himself 'Solar' telling him
that he (Solar) was a life waster and that Fayose
should expect a tough time ahead of 2014 election,
but the former governor took the message for
granted."
The AFCO DG, therefore, called on the police to
take appropriate action before the state is turned
into a theatre of war.
The police image maker in the state, Mr. Victor
Babayemi, however, said he was yet to be officially
briefed on the allegation.

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The Abuja Division of the Federal High
Court, yesterday, heard how alleged kingpin of
the Boko Haram sect, Mustapher Umar,
bombed office of Thisday Newspaper in Kaduna
State with 12 camp gas cylinders in a bid to
appease Allah.
Justice Ademola Adeniyi, who admitted a burnt
Honda Car, with number-plate AL-306-MKA,
allegedly used to perpetrate the terrorist act on
April 26, 2012, further heard how the accused
person cried bitterly when he was rescued from
the burning car, saying they denied him the
opportunity of inheriting 72 virgins in heaven.
In a bid to prove the complicity of the accused
person, the Federal Government brought a
senior police officer that is charged with the
responsibility of keeping exhibits recovered
from terror suspects to testify before the high
court.
The masked witness, PW-8, who told the court
that the accused person had intended to carry
out a suicide attack, produced the burnt Honda
car, the discharged cylinders, half-charred 25
litter jerry-can that allegedly contained fuel, and
persuaded Justice Adeniyi to move the court
outside to inspect the terror items.
Besides, he showed the trial judges who was
accompanied on the inspection tour by lawyers
and journalists, the foot wear the accused
person discarded in his attempt to escape after
he was caught by angry mob within the
premises of SOJ Plaza in Kaduna State where
the attack occurred.
Aside Thisday, two other media houses affected
by the explosion which reportedly led to the
death of about 10 persons, were the Moment
and Sun Newspapers, which offices were
equally situated at the said SOJ plaza.
Convinced that the items brought to court were
worth taking into cognisance in determining the
culpability of the accused to the one-count
terrorism charge preferred against him by the
government, Justice Ademola admitted them
into evidence.
While he entered the cylinders as exhibits MU
7-18, Justice Adeniyi marked the charred can as
exhibit MU-19; the burnt Honda car was
admitted as exhibit MU-20.
Besides, the federal government, through the
police, persuaded the court to watch a video clip
where the accused person confessed that he
was sent to bomb Thisday Newspaper, owing to
a report he said did not only put Islam in false
light, but greatly insulted Prophet Mohammed.
The accused person in the video, said his action
was to avenge the insult meted out on “Allah” by
the media outlet which he said did not deserve
to exist.
The accused, who spoke in Hausa language, said
he knew those that also bombed the Abuja
office of Thisday Newspaper, saying the attack
was equally as a result of the “sins” the media
house committed against Islam