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Wednesday 21 August 2019

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China Behind Hong Kong Accounts Mess

Twitter and Facebook have accused the Chinese government of backing a social media campaign to discredit Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement and sow political discord in the city.

The American tech giants announced Monday they had suspended nearly 1,000 active accounts linked to the campaign, while Twitter said it had shut down about 200,000 more before they could inflict any damage.

“These accounts were deliberately and specifically attempting to sow political discord in Hong Kong, including undermining the legitimacy and political positions of the protest movement on the ground,” Twitter said, referring to the active accounts it shut down.

Facebook said some of the posts from accounts it banned compared the protesters in Hong Kong with Islamic State group militants, branded them “cockroaches” and alleged they planned to kill people using slingshots.

Hong Kong, a semi-autonomous southern Chinese city and one of the world’s most important financial hubs, is in the grip of an unprecedented political crisis that has seen millions of people take to the streets demanding greater freedoms.

China’s communist rulers have warned they may be prepared to deploy force to quell the nearly three months of unrest, and likened violent protesters to “terrorists.”

However they have publicly largely left the city’s leaders and police force to try and resolve the crisis.

Behind the scenes online though, the Chinese government is seeking to sway public opinion about Hong Kong, according to Twitter and Facebook.

Meanwhile, Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam said Tuesday she’s immediately setting up a “communication platform” to narrow differences in the city after months of anti-government protests.

Lam also said the city’s police watchdog would carry out a fact-finding study of the protests and related incidents as it looks into 174 complaints about police behavior.

The movement held a massive but peaceful rally on Sunday after earlier protests had been marked by violence. The government has conditioned dialogue on the leaderless protest movement remaining peaceful.

Lam didn’t say the communication platform will be used to specifically contact protesters. It will be used for “open and direct” dialogue with people from all walks of life, she told reporters, while giving few specifics on how it would work.

“Our goal is to work hard to resolve differences and conflicts, to understand each other through communication and to walk out of this social deadlock together,” Lam said.

Lam’s comments fell short of the protesters’ five demands, which include her resignation and an independent inquiry into what they say was police brutality.

The protesters complain that police have contributed to the violence by responding to their aggressive tactics with tear gas and rubber bullets.

Lam dismissed the protesters’ demand for an independent inquiry, saying the city’s police watchdog was capable of looking into police misconduct. The watchdog has been criticized for having limited monitoring powers.

In another development,the movement in the island-state has reached a moment of reckoning after protesters occupying Hong Kong’s airport last week held two mainland Chinese men captive, beating them because they believed the men were infiltrating their movement.

In the aftermath, pro-democracy lawmakers and fellow demonstrators — who have stood by the hard-liners even as they took more extreme steps — questioned whether the operation had gone too far.

It was the first crack in what has been astonishing unity across a wide range of protesters that has kept the movement going.

It gave pause to the front-liners, who eased off the violence this past weekend, though they still believe their more disruptive tactics are necessary to get the government to answer the broader movement’s demands.

The demands grew from opposing legislation that would have allowed Hong Kong residents to be extradited for trials in mainland China’s murky judicial system to pressing for democratic elections, Lam’s resignation and an investigation into allegations of police brutality at the demonstrations.

The protesters on the front lines are the ones who throw bricks at police and put traffic cones over active tear gas canisters to contain the fumes.

They have broken into and trashed the legislature’s chambers, blocked a major tunnel under Hong Kong’s harbor, besieged and pelted police headquarters with eggs and halted rush-hour subways by blocking the train doors from closing.

To Lam, these are “violent rioters” bent on destroying the city’s economy. To China’s ruling Communist Party, their actions are “the first signs of terrorism.” To these most die-hard protesters, there’s no turning back.

“The situation has evolved into a war in Hong Kong society,” said Tin, a 23-year-old frontline demonstrator. “It’s the protesters versus the police.”

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Yemi Alade – Home (Prod. Vtek)

Overview of Yemi Alade – Home (Prod. Vtek)

Effyzzie Music talented songstress – Yemi Alade, comes through with another solid record titled “Home“.

Yemi Alade AKA the queen of numbers, who recently garnered a million YouTube subscribers is set to release her brand new album which she tagged ‘Woman Of Steel‘. Off the project, she serves us this melodious joint ‘Home‘ which was produced by Vtek.

SEE ALSO: Yemi Alade – Give Dem (Prod. Krizbeatz)

‘Home‘ serves as the second track off the project which has been scheduled for release on 30th August.

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Wizkid Sets Another Music Record

Afropop star, Ayodeji Balogun aka Wizkid has become the first African artist to hit eight million monthly streams on Spotify.

Spotify is an online, music streaming platform that pays royalties based on the number of artists streams as a proportion of total songs streamed.

News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that streaming records revealed Wizkid’s popularity on the platform on Monday.

The previous record was held by Congolese rapper and singer, Maitre Gims. He had seven million monthly listeners.

This win follows Wizkid’s recent collaboration with DJ Spinall and Tiwa Savage on ‘Dis Love’.

The singer also featured on ‘Like,’ a new single by British-Ghanaian rapper and singer, Kojo Funds.

The music star is also the first African artist to walk the runway at a Dolce and Gabbana fashion show while his music `Soco’ played at the background.

Wizkid started recording music at age 11 and managed to release a collaborative album with the Glorious Five, a group he and a couple of his church friends formed.

In 2018, he became the first African artiste to sell out Skyway Theatre. The only other artist who has achieved same feat in Minnesota, is Beyonce .

The ‘Sweet Love’ singer recently made Billboard entry for his collaboration with Beyonce on her ‘Lion King’-inspired album.

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Trump just put off a meeting with Denmark because they won't talk about selling Greenland

Trump said on Twitter he was postponing a meeting with Denmark because of its lack of interest in discussing the sale of Greenland.
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UK, EU Harden Their Positions On Brexit

The European Union and Britain on Tuesday were hurtling toward a costly and damaging no-deal split in little over two months after kicking off a high-wire week of diplomacy by entrenching themselves deeper in irreconcilable positions.

The EU took only half a day to rebuff a four-page proposal by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to break a deadlock over ensuring a transparent border between the EU’s Ireland and the UK’s Northern Ireland, saying one key part was “incorrect,” and another “misleading.”

In the diplomatic note from the EU Commission and Council to the EU 27 nations, the member states were strongly urged not to give in to Johnson’s demand that the legal withdrawal agreement negotiated with his predecessor Theresa May be changed at this late stage.

Johnson demanded late Monday that the EU reopen Brexit negotiations, scrapping “anti-democratic” provisions for the Irish border that he said would threaten the peace process in Northern Ireland. European Council chief Donald Tusk responded quickly and vigorously, defending the so-called backstop – an insurance policy of sorts meant to avoid a hard border between Ireland and Northern Ireland.

“Those against the backstop and not proposing realistic alternatives, in fact support reestablishing a border,” Tusk tweeted Tuesday. “Even if they do not admit it.”

The backstop would keep Britain closely aligned with the European customs union if the two sides can’t agree on other ways to prevent the reintroduction of border checks on people and goods moving between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.

The EU’s diplomatic note said it needed to counter Johnson’s assertions in Monday’s proposal, insisting “it is incorrect to state that the people of Northern Ireland have no influence over the legislation that would apply to them.”

Similarly, it said that “the letter’s suggestion that two separate legal, political, economic and monetary jurisdictions already exist on the island and can be managed with an open border is misleading.”

Such words left a huge rift between the sides, as Johnson was preparing to visit German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin on Wednesday and French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on Thursday. It should culminate in more talks at a summit of G7 leaders this weekend in Biarritz, France.

Johnson has vowed to leave the EU “come what may” on October 31, with or without a deal aimed at softening the transition.

But he is facing rising criticism of his Brexit strategy at home. A leaked report showed that the British government is preparing for widespread shortages of food, fuel and medicines in the event of a no-deal Brexit.

“Now, of course, our friends and partners on the other side of the Channel are showing a little bit of reluctance at the moment to change their position,” Johnson told Sky News on Monday. “That’s fine – I’m confident that they will – but in the meantime we have to get ready for a no-deal outcome.”

Meanwhile, Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the opposition Labour Party, vowed Monday to do “everything necessary” to prevent the UK from leaving the EU without a deal. That includes calling a no-confidence vote in Johnson’s government and, if it succeeds, fighting the ensuing general election with a pledge to hold a second public vote on Brexit.

“If MPs are serious about stopping a no-deal crash out, then they will vote down this reckless government,” Corbyn said. “And it falls to the leader of the opposition to make sure no-deal does not happen and the people decide their own future.”

Johnson and Corbyn are fighting for support in an increasingly fractious country where Brexit cuts across traditional party lines.

After a 2016 referendum in which the public voted to leave the EU, May spent more than two years negotiating a Brexit divorce agreement with the bloc. It was repeatedly rejected by Parliament, primarily because of concerns about the Irish border.

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Palestinians Decry Talk About Gaza Emigration

Palestinians on Tuesday warned against Israel’s intention to encourage residents of the Gaza Strip to emigrate and held the Israeli government responsible for the “suffering” of the Palestinians living in the Hamas-ruled coastal enclave.

Hamas condemned it as an “illusion” and “Zionist dream” reports that the Israeli government has been actively encouraging Palestinian residents of the Gaza Strip to emigrate.

The Palestinian Authority also condemned the reports and held Israel fully responsible for the “suffering” of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

The PA Foreign Ministry accused Israel of seeking to drive the Palestinians out of the Gaza Strip by keeping the blockade and “committing crimes” against Palestinians living there. It pointed out that the talk about encouraging Palestinians to emigrate “coincided with Israeli threats to launch a large-scale military operation against the Gaza Strip.

“The Israeli occupation violations amount to war crimes against humanity, and what the occupation is doing is a grave repetition of the 1948 Nakba (catastrophe),” the ministry said in a statement.

An unnamed senior Israeli official was quoted on Monday as saying that the government is currently in talks with countries in the Middle East and Europe to absorb Palestinians willing to leave the Gaza Strip, but no country has agreed.

The official said that more than 35,000 Palestinians left the Gaza Strip last year. According to the official, Israel is willing to finance flights for those interested in leaving.

A senior PA official in Ramallah said that instead of helping Palestinians leave the Gaza Strip, Israel needs to “stop punishing the two million residents living there.” He said that the talk about encouraging Palestinians to emigrate was “extremely dangerous and requires a strong response from the international community.”

The official said that Hamas was also responsible for the economic and humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip and called on the leaders of Hamas to allow the PA to assume its full responsibilities there.

“This is an old-new Zionist dream,” said Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qassem. “They want the Palestinians to leave and give up their land.”

Qassem said that the Palestinians have already proven that they are prepared to make sacrifices in order to preserve their land, and not abandon it.

“Hamas and the resistance factions are fighting to strengthen the steadfastness of our people and to recover our land,” he said. “We seek to bring back displaced Palestinians.”

The Hamas spokesperson said that despite the humanitarian crisis, the blockade and wars in the Gaza Strip, Palestinians have chosen to stay on their land.

“Hamas seeks to improve the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip,” Qassem added. “The talk about emigration won’t happen. We are fully confident that the Palestinian people won’t leave their land to the occupier, and will continue to work toward lifting the siege imposed on them.”

Mahmoud Aloul, deputy chairman of the Palestinian ruling Fatah faction, said that Israeli attempts to encourage Palestinians to leave the Gaza Strip won’t succeed. He told the PA’s Palestine Radio station that Israel was making every effort to push Palestinians to leave their land.

Aloul accused Israel of seeking to exploit the harsh humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip to encourage Palestinians to emigrate. The Palestinians, he stressed, are categorically opposed to this attempt.

The PLO’s Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) said that the “suspicious talk” about emigration from the Gaza Strip was in the context of efforts to “liquidate the Palestinian cause and national rights.”

The DFLP warned Palestinians against dealing with the reports and said they serve the schemes of US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Walid Awad, a senior official with the Palestinian People’s Party (formerly the Palestinian Communist Party), said that Israeli efforts to encourage Palestinians to emigrate from the Gaza Strip was “part of a series of conspiracies” against the Palestinians.

He warned that the Israeli scheme may extend to the West Bank in the context of Israel’s “transfer plan, which is in accordance with the racist Nation-State law that was passed by the Knesset last year.”

Awad pointed out that statistics have shown that thousands of Palestinians left the Gaza Strip in the past two years, and only a small number of them returned.

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Recruitment in a Paints and Allied Products Manufacturing Company based in Abuja

A well established manufacturer of paints and allied products based in Abuja, due to expansion, is recruiting suitably qualified candidates for immediate employment in the positions below: Job Title: Store Keeper Location: Abuja Requirements At least OND in Accountancy or any other discipline with minimum of two years’ experience in store management in the manufacturing… Read More

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Boctrust Microfinance Bank Vacancy for Head of Business Development

Boctrust Microfinance Bank is a financial institution licensed by the Central Bank of Nigeria to give social and economic Support to the lower middle class, working class and the economically active poor. We are recruiting to fill the position below: Job Title: Head of Business Development Location: Lagos, Nigeria Qualification A good first Degree… Read More

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Pompeo, Unlike Trump, Concerned About North Korea Missile Tests

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Tuesday he is concerned about the spate of short-range missile tests North Korea has launched in recent weeks, disagreeing with President Donald Trump, who has shrugged off their significance.

“I wish that they would not” launch the missiles, the top U.S. diplomat told CBS News.

North Korea has carried out six short-range ballistic missile tests since late last month, with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un saying they were in response to ongoing joint U.S.-South Korean military exercises that North Korea considers as a threat to its existence.

The two latest projectiles, fired last Friday, flew 230 kilometers into the waters off North Korea, but, aimed differently, could reach South Korea, as well as American troops and civilians living there.

Kim has said talks with the U.S. about the denuclearization of North Korea could resume once the military drills end later this month, but has balked at new negotiations with South Korea.

Trump has voiced his discontent as well, not about North Korea’s missile tests, but about the costs of the military drills with Seoul.

Asked about the missile tests, Trump told reporters, “I have no problem. These are short-range missiles.”

Trump called the missiles “smaller ones.” He said earlier this month that Kim had sent him “a really beautiful letter” that included a “small apology” for conducting the missile tests.

The U.S. leader has held out hope that he can bring about Pyongyang’s denuclearization by the time his first term in the White House ends in January 2021.

Pompeo acknowledged in the CBS interview, however, that the United States and North Korea “haven’t gotten back to the table as quickly as we would have hoped” to continue the nuclear weapons talks.

Pompeo said the U.S. knew “there will be bumps along the way” in the negotiations.

“We hope Chairman Kim will come to the table and get a better outcome” than by maintaining North Korea’s nuclear arsenal, he said.

“It will be better for the North Korean people,” Pompeo concluded. “It’ll be better for the world.”

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VMware acquires security start-up Intrinsic in ongoing cloud push

VMware has become accepting of the corporate rush to the cloud. A new acquisition could help it make more revenue as companies adopt a modern approach called serverless computing.
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Job for a Locum Pharmacist in Lagos at Wellrose Nigeria

Wellrose, a Healthcare organisation is currently seeking application from suitably qualified candidates to fill the position below: Job Title: Locum Pharmacist Location: Lagos Job Descriptions Dispensing prescription and OTC medicines to the public. Managing, supervising and training pharmacy support staff. Inventory Management – keeping tab of Out-of-stock and requesting for replenishment. Monitoring supplies…. Read More

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Tuesday 20 August 2019

Princeton College girls win 2019 African Regional Technovation contest

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Princeton College girls win 2019 African Regional Technovation contest

Four female students from Princeton College, Surulere, Lagos, under the tutelage of New Horizons Computer Learning Centre, the school’s ICT partner, have emerged the African regional winners for the 2019 Technovation Contest.This year’s contest took place at the Pan Atlantic University, Lagos, recently. The innovative application developed by Princeton College girls’ name, Frostbits, will solve […]

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Inter Milan Want Sanchez Deal

Inter Milan have registered their interest in Alexis Sanchez with Manchester United, sources have told ESPN FC.

The Serie A side, who have already signed Romelu Lukaku from Old Trafford this summer, are hoping to negotiate a loan deal for the Chile international before the Italian transfer deadline on Aug. 23.

Sanchez is open to talking to Inter if the two clubs can agree a deal, with the forward having fallen down the pecking order at United under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

Inter are hoping to reach an agreement that would see United pay a portion of Sanchez’s wages this season before buying him next summer, but sources have told ESPN FC that an agreement has not yet been reached.

Solskjaer said on Friday that Sanchez, 30, is nearing full fitness after returning to training following a hamstring injury, and the Norwegian also suggested that the former Arsenal man could play a key role for United this season.

But according to ESPN FC’s sources, the manager is open to letting Sanchez leave despite already seeing his attacking options reduced by Lukaku’s departure.

Sanchez still has three years left on the deal that he signed after arriving from Arsenal in January 2018. He has made 45 appearances for United, but has scored just three Premier League goals and has not completed 90 minutes in a United shirt since August 2018.

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Solskjaer Rates Greenwood High

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has hailed Mason Greenwood as the best finisher at Manchester United, ahead of both Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial.

Greenwood is yet to score a competitive goal for United, but Solskjaer said he has seen enough during preseason and in training to believe that the 17-year-old is the best natural goalscorer at Old Trafford.

Asked whether Rashford or Martial is the most natural finisher in the squad, Solskjaer said: “They’ve still got a way to go, because Mason’s more of a natural finisher than them.”

Greenwood has been earmarked for a key role this season, following the departure of Romelu Lukaku.

The Belgium international’s move to Inter Milan has also placed an extra goal-scoring burden on Rashford and Martial, and Solskjaer has told the pair the way to do it is by getting more “easy” goals.

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Gov. Fayemi Bans Use Of English Language During Traditional Events

Gov. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti has banned the use of English language as a means of communication during any traditional events in any part of the state.

The governor, who gave the directive on Monday in Ado-Ekiti during the First Ekiti State Arts and Culture Stakeholders’ Forum, said it has now become an offence for anyone to communicate in English Language during traditional events.

Fayemi said his administration was desirous to promote arts and culture in the state through Yoruba and Ekiti dialect, saying this will make the step imperative at this point in time.

Fayemi, who was represented at the event by the Head of Service, Mr. Deji Ajayi, revealed that the state will hold its Festival of Arts and Culture in December as part of the ways to boost its economy.

The governor added that there were empirical statistics and evidence to prove that there was need for the state to enhance the skills and capacities of the youths, since government alone can not solve the issue of endemic unemployment in the system.

“From today, henceforth, the government has banned the speaking of English in any cultural programme. Whoever that will participate in any traditional programme must speak Yoruba or our dialect.

“In the primary school teachers’ recruitment exercise we advertised recently, we wanted to employ 1,100 teachers and over 19,000 had applied on our website. This shows that government must develop the skills and capacities of our youths to be able to be on their own.

“We are going to organise Ekiti State Festival of Arts and Culture in December this year to enhance our capacities in crafts, dancing, weaving and other vocational areas of arts.

“We should not forget to teach our children those values that will make Ekiti to remember their heritage and sustain our culture as people”.

Fayemi said that government will build a new traditional rulers’ Secretariat for monarchs in the state to make them more active and functional.

The Wife of the Governor, Mrs Bisi Fayemi, urged scholars in the field of history and theatre arts, who are indigenes of the state to document Ekiti heritage to preserve it for future references.

The Director General of the Ekiti State Arts and Culture, Mr. Wale Ojo- Lanre, assured the people that government was committed to the promotion of all cultural festivals in the state to enhance productivity and for economic gains.

Ojo-Lanre also called for support for the ailing Ekiti born theatre artist, Chief Ojo Arowosafe, popular known as Fadeyi Oloro and others, who are currently being afflicted by certain sicknesses for the sake of posterity.

“The governor has directed us to relocate Chief Arowosafe to Ekiti for him to get better medical treatment and for reunion with his family.

“We are also going to partner Nigeria Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC) And National Council for Arts and Culture and other national and international bodies to promote our arts and culture in Ekiti.

“Some of them will be enlisted as national festivals, while we are also going to talk to some creative arts entrepreneurs like Chief Ade Ajayi, owner of little by little photos and other well established artistes of Ekiti origin to mentor our upcoming stars.

“All these Gov. Kayode Fayemi is ready to do to promote our arts and culture industry and make it a force that can generate revenues for individuals and the state,” he said.

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S’East governors’ quest for collaboration

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S’East governors’ quest for collaboration

Governors from the South-East zone of the country have unveiled a number of initiatives aimed at addressing some critical challenges facing the zone. JUDE OSSAI examines the initiatives against the background of the people’s expectations. THE idea behind the formation of the South-East Governors Forum (SGF) in 1999 was to reposition the Igbo land […]

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China lowers borrowing costs — but UBS says the impact will probably be 'very muted'

Beijing will lower borrowing costs for companies, but that may not boost the economy as much as some hope.
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Attempted Murder: Man Faults DPP’s Advice For Trial, Claims Wife Is An Aggressor

LAGOS – A 45- year -old man, Godwin Nwobike has faulted the advice issued against him by the Office Of Directorate of Public Prosecution, Lagos in connection with the rift between him and his wife, Stella.

The estranged husband, Nwobike said he feels dejected and harassed by the institution meant to protect him as he is of the opinion that justice is eluding him in this matter, following the Advice dated January 23, 2019 reference number LJP/HOM 2019 / 143/16 addressed to the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Yaba Lagos among other things recommended him for attempted murder trial.

This Advice is sequel to the request from the Police dated September 13, 2018 with Ref number CB; 3514/LSX/D4/ VOL; 10/86.

The summary of the Advice is a charge of attempt to murder his Wife, Stella Nwobike. But Godwin felt let down as he claimed the basis of the Advice was at variance to what really transpired between him and his wife.

Counsel to the aggrieved husband, Mr. Shaw Jason has however written a petition to the DPP seeking a review of the Advice.

According to him, the basis for the DPP’S Advice suggested a lopsided evaluation of the facts.

He stated that the evaluation of the facts, as stated in the DPP advice relied solely on three statements viz :The story of Stella Nwobike, The story of Chioma Iwu ( sister to Stella) and the story of the 10- year- old daughter of the Nwobike’s not taken independently by the police but in the presence of an interested party the brother to Stella many days after the incident had occurred.

He claimed that, this stand consequently ruled out the evidence of other witnesses to the case who saw the said Stella Nwobike and Chioma Iwu boasting that they will kill the said Mr Nwobike if he returns to the house while he was still in the pool of blood.

He referred to the statement of Stella Nwobike (one of the suspects now turned complainant by the automatic authority of the DPP) dated July 28, 2018 at Ogombo police station where she claimed that her husband collected her phone from the side of the bed where she was sitting and in a struggle to recover the phone from him he used something like touch light on her body and she started feeling cool inside of her and passed out immediately.

In another breadth on July 30 2018, the same complainant claimed the husband attempted to use a pillow to suffocate her, she claimed she was rescued when her daughter’s scream attracted the attention of her sister and neighbors who resuscitated her. But a report from Budo hospital in Ajah was on the contrary, she was certified fit upon medical examination. This is the report the Police Officer Inspector Akande Suleiman gave pursuant to his investigation and arrest of the said Nwobike Stella from Budo hospital.

The Lawyer further claimed that the legal advice did not provide any basis for naming his Client, Nwobike Godwin as accused person’

He also wondered why the complainant’s sister was not charged for attempted murder despite the severe injuries by stabbing with broken bottle she inflicted on Mr. Nwobike and the medical report which revealed that Mr. Nwobike Godwin arrived unconscious and on examination he was pale, covered in blood and unresponsive.

The injuries was contained in a medical report from Budo hospital, Ajah. Which showed that he was stabbed over eight times in multiple places some extending as much as 8cm -12 cm long and deep.

He said, in the matter with Charge number A/ 270/2018, the Commissioner of Police vs Chioma Iwu was filed before a Yaba Magistrate Court presided by Magistrate P.A Ojo and the recommendation of the Legal advice which tallied with the charge of the police never took account of the medical report from Budo Hospital suggestive of fears that the DPP and the Police may have been compromised.

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Unidentified Middle-Aged Lady Found Dead In Benue

MAKURDI – An unidentified lady was found dead near Tower of Grace, Church at Nyiman layout, Makurdi in the early hours of Monday.

The victim had all her clothes stripped off and strewn around the area where the corpse was recovered.

At the time of compiling this report, the circumstances surrounding her death were still hazy.

Even though, reports on the social media had it that the lady may have been raped to death, the police said it was too early to conclude until an autopsy is carried out on the victim.

The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Benue state command, DSP. Sewuese Anene disclosed this while speaking with Daily Independent in Makurdi on Monday, even as she confirmed the death of the victim.

While she explained that the body was recovered in the earlier hours of Monday, the police spokesperson stressed that the cause of her death could not immediately be ascertained, until an autopsy is conducted on the corpse.

She debunked reports that the victim may not have been raped as speculated on the social media.

Anene, said corpse of the victim has already been deposited at a morgue in Makurdi.

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Seven Arraigned Over Alleged N11.5m Cooking Gas Theft

IBADAN – The Oyo state police command on friday arraigned seven persons before an Ibadan Chief Magistrate court for allegedly stealing 72 metric tonnes of cooking gas worth over N11.5million, belonging to Gasland Nigeria Limited, Oluyole Outlet, Ibadan.

The suspects in the matter are: Adio Gbadebo, 48, Oluwadamilare Oguntoyinbo, 29 (security guards); Akintola Oluwole, 35 (staff); and one Ramoni Waheed Olawale, 28, who was said had his industrial training with the company.

Others,Ewenla Rotimi, 33, Olaniyan Olatubosun, 28 and Olaleye Bolaji, 30, were said to be the suspected buyers of the stolen Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) between 2017 and 2019.

The suspects were reportedly arrested after one of them confessed to a supervisor in the company on how they had been stealing cooking gas from the outlet at Oluyole, Ibadan, after official working hours.

Daily Independent gathered that the person made the confession after he was transferred to another outlet, and he felt cheated that the group was no longer giving him a share in the money they were making from the illegal deal.

The group members were said to have claimed that he could no longer partake in the proceeds because he had been transferred to another outlet.

This however, informed his decision to let the cat out of the bag. The former intern in the company was accused of coming back at night to participate in the stealing, though he had completed his internship.

Owners of the company reportedly thought the tanks in the outlet were leaking when shortages were discovered after selling truck-loads of cooking gas to people. Various experts from different places, including Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), were invited to assess the gas tanks at the outlet, but no leakage was found.

The seven suspects were arraigned before a chief magistrate court presided over by Mrs. Olubisi Ogunkanmi at Iyaganku, Ibadan on Friday.

The presiding magistrate, Mrs. Ogunkanmi, however, admitted each of the suspects to bail in the sum of N1million and two sureties with certain conditions the sureties must fulfil. She adjourned the case to October 28, 2018 for mention.

The prosecuting police officer, Mrs. Bola Olorukooba, had preferred a three-count charge against the suspects. The first count stated that the seven accused persons conspired with one another to steal and receive the alleged stolen property and thereby committed an offence.

The second count stated that Akintola Oluwole, Ramoni Olawale, Adio Gbadebo and Oluwadamilare Oguntoyinbo on the same fate and place, “being staff of the aforementioned company did steal Liquefied Cooking Gas valued N11,530.00, property of one Oguntodu Ezekiel of Gasland Nigeria Limited

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Magistrate T.A. Ojo ordered that Adesanya, who resides at Baruwa Ipaja, Lagos, should be remanded in the Kirikiri Prisons, Lagos, pending review of the facts of the case and sentencing, as he pleaded guilty.

Ojo adjourned the case until Sept. 30.

Earlier, the Prosecution Counsel, Sgt. Kenrich Nomayo, told the court that Adesanya committed the offence on May 20, at No.10 Cosmos Avenue, Baruwa Ipaja, Lagos.

He said that Adesanya scaled the fence and broke into the apartment of Mrs Funmi Ajayi and stole shortbread valued at N5,250, recharge cards of different network valued at N85,000 and N108,000 cash.

Nomayo said that the defendant conducts himself in a manner likely to cause a breach of peace.

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