A
25-year-old female robbery suspect, Precious Okoye, has said that she
took to crime after her husband abandoned her with their three children
and she had to do something to generate income to take care of her
children. Okoye who was arrested recently in Port Harcourt, Rivers state
said she was introduced to robbery by one Emeka.“I used to sell drugs
at Rossrous Hotel. I have three children. One day, my husband left us
with N1,000 and went to Lagos State. I met Emeka and he promised to
introduce me to a business. Emeka knew I was poor and I ended up
following them to a robbery operation. I followed them to a house at
Bolingo Road in Igurita. We stole household items like generator,
stabilizer, Home Theatre, Plasma TV and Gotv decoder. The gang sold the
Plasma TV for N20,000 and the DVD for N2,000.I was given N500 as my
share of the money. After we went for the second operation, I asked
Emeka to allow me keep the things we stole for the gang and he agreed.
But I later took them all and refused to give them anything, Emeka
fought with me but I didn’t listen to him,” she said.Among the gang
members working with Okoye is a 22-year-old named Oliver Nwokocha. He
was arrested for shooting a professional golfer during a robbery
operation. Nwokocha admitted he shot the victim, identified as Usman
Zabadi, but while narrating the scenario surrounding the incident, said
he did it in anger.“We went to another house. The man in that house ran
into the kitchen and I followed him. He hit me with a gas cylinder and
poured hot pot of soup on me. I got angry and shot him. I didn’t know he
died,” Nwokocha said of his victim.Being a member of a seven-man gang
of robbers including Angel, Nwokocha was arrested along with six other
suspects, Junior Nmeni, Emeka Iwuayawu, Victor Nwabusis, Sunny Nweke and
Ezekiel Ishaya and Angel. The gang allegedly specialised in breaking
and entering people’s homes at night. One of the most harrowing acts of
the gang was abducting a 13-year-old girl during one of their robbery
operations, raping her and still went ahead to collect ransom from her
family before releasing her. The suspects were arrested by operatives of
the Inspector General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team,
IRT, in Port-Harcourt, Rivers State.The gang’s waterloo started after
they killed Zabadi in his house on Poultry Road, Rukpokwu in Port
Harcourt.After killing him, they carted away items like television sets,
two mobile phones and an Automatic Teller Machine (ATM) Card. So
vicious was Nwokocha in the operation that he was said to have sprayed
Zabadi’s face with bullets, leading to his death. According to the
police, Nwokocha, armed with an Automatic Pump Action Gun, opened fire
after the deceased poured hot soup on him.“The gang went on to rob
several other homes around Iguruta and Upper- Deck areas of
Port-Harcourt, Rivers State where they dispossessed victims of cash and
other valuables. The gang also kidnapped and raped a 13-year-old girl
during one of their operations and a ransom of N200,000 was paid before
she was released to her family,” a police source said.Following series
of petitions directed to the IGP, Ibrahim Idris, by many of their
various victims, a team of operatives led by a Superintendent of Police
(SP), Martins, was deployed to Rivers State and the team trailed the
suspects through late Zabadi’s wife’s ATM card which the suspects had
been using to withdraw money. “Images generated from the ATM
transactions were distributed among police informants around Iguruta
area of Port-Harcourt.One of the informants identified as Oliver
Nwokocha, confessed to the crime during interrogations. He assisted the
police in the arrest of other membersI went into crime in January this
year. That was after my uncle was killed by some people in my community.
The people that killed him wanted to take over our land and the killing
of my uncle sparked a community fight. I went to my friend, Junior, who
has an Automatic Pump Action Gun. I used it in the fight. One day,
Emeka told me that Junior wanted us to go for a robbery operation. I
took the gun to Emeka and we met at Iguruta where Emeka and two others;
Ifeanyi, and Victor, took me to a house in Rukpokwu.While we were
breaking into the house, the people in the building started shouting
‘Jesus! Jesus!’” he told The New TelegrahAngered by the screaming, the
gang left that house and went to the next house which turned out to be
Zabadi’s apartment. It was there that Zabadi attacked Nwokocha and in
the process, met his untimely death.Speaking further, Nwokocha said“It
was after I was arrested that the police told me that the man I shot
died. After that operation, I collected one phone and sold it to
someone. Emeka took one of the television sets to his place. I had no
intention of killing that man,” he stated, as if that is enough to
revive his late victim. Junior Nmeni, 28, who is believed by the police
to be the owner of one of the guns used by the gang, claimed that he was
lured into robbery after he lost his job and couldn’t take care of his
pregnant wife.“I was formerly a cleaner at the Port Harcourt
International Airport where I earned N18,000. I joined the gang seven
months ago because the company I worked sacked me and things became very
hard for my wife and I. There was a gun that belonged to my late elder
brother, I found the gun inside his ceiling. I gave the gun to Oliver,
who used it to rob and later killed somebody. When he returned the gun,
he told me what he had done and I decided to join him. We robbed a man
and a woman at Iguruta. I kidnapped and raped the woman’s sister. I kept
the girl in my house for two days before Emeka and I started demanding a
ransom. The woman paid us N200,000, and I got N23,000 as my share.The
next operation was at a hotel and we went with two guns. “Elvis, a gang
member, brought the second gun. It was Sunny, another gang member that
brought information about the hotel. We got N21,000 from the hotel and
three phones. My last operation was at the home of Mr. Ogundun. Elvis
was the person that brought the job but on the day we went to the house,
we didn’t succeed because the man had a gun and shot at Oliver.I
haven’t made much money from the armed robbery business before I was
arrested. I was hoping to raise enough money from the business which I
intended to use for my pregnant wife’s delivery,” Junior concluded. On
his own, a 24-year-old primary school dropout named Iwuayawu, said: “My
late father was a native doctor and he didn’t bury his mother, who is
also my grandmother, before he died. My father drove me out of the house
when my mother, who is from Kogi State, left him. I went to
Port-Harcourt to look for job. When I couldn’t find any job, I went into
a bush at Unmuji Farm Road where I started selling Indian hemp. My
father fell sick and died, leaving me with the burden of burying him and
my grandmother.I had no money to take my father’s corpse to the
mortuary. I discovered that he sold all our landed properties before he
died. While I was on this, I had a fight with a man at St. Anthony’s
Church in Upper-Deck Area of Port-Harcourt. I was arrested and taken to
prison where I spent six months. When I came out of prison, I joined a
friend, Ifeanyi, who I met in prison. We started snatching people’s
bags.“I made some money from those robbery operations. I used the money
to bury my grandmother. I then joined Ifeanyi to carry out more
robberies hoping to raise more money, with which to bury my father.
Ifeanyi took me and two others to a house at night. When we entered the
house, we heard a woman praying and shouting ‘Jesus’. We left that house
and broke into another man’s house. We fired a shot and collected TV
sets and phones. I was given one of the TV sets which I gave to Okoye.
Okoye is a woman, who sells Indian help at Rossons area of
Port-Harcourt. She told me she has three children and her husband had
abandoned her. She went on two other robbery operations with us, where
we gave her all the money we made and the items we looted.”
A total of 2,576 customers of First City Monument Bank (FCMB) have won
millions and various gifts at the end of the Bank’s reward scheme tagged
‘’FCMB Millionaire Promo Season 5’’. The promo, designed to reward and
empower customers, ran from March to October this year with four
regional and zonal draws, including the grand finale, on November 28,
2018. Of the 2,576 winners, 16 lucky customers won cash ranging from
N1million to N2million, while the remaining 2,560 were rewarded with LED
televisions, generating sets, decoders, tablets and smart phones. At
the grand finale draws of the ‘’FCMB Millionaire Promo Season 5’’ on
November 28, four customers smiled home with N2million each, just as 640
others received gift items. The promo which targeted all existing
savings account customers of FCMB with monthly account balance ranging
from N10,000.00 to N50,000.00, was designed to give extra value and
empowerment to customers of the Bank, while encouraging financial
inclusion and savings culture. Idi Awawu emerged winner of the star
prize of N2million at the Abuja & North regional draw in Abuja,
while Simeon Olanrewaju got the same amount at the Lagos Regional Draws
held in Otta, a town between Lagos and Ogun state. In the same vein,
Obioma Uzonwunne was the lucky winner of N2million at the South-East
& South-South Regional draws in Asaba, Delta state and Ajani Mayowa
won the same amount at the South-West Regional draws in Akure, Ondo
state. Speaking on the development, the winners expressed gratitude to
FCMB for creating opportunities to reward and empower customers through
the Millionaire Promo. In his comment, a Director of the Consumer
Protection Council, Mr. Dauda Waja, hailed the Bank for conducting the
exercise with integrity and transparency. He said that FCMB followed due
process from the beginning of the promo in March till the emergence of
the various winners. Speaking on the promo, the Executive Director,
Retail Banking of FCMB, Mr. Olu Akanmu, said with the grand finale of
the draws held nationwide, the Bank has fulfilled the promise it made to
customers to reward those who participated and qualified for the promo
and participated in the four draws organised during the exercise. "We
are encouraged by the huge excitement and participation the Millionaire
Promo has continued to receive. Beyond the various prizes won by
winners, the fact the promo has provided us with an opportunity to
encourage an enduring savings culture, financial inclusion and the
empowerment of our customers is very exciting. We therefore urge members
of the public who do not currently have a banking relationship with us
to come on board to benefit from the various cutting-edge opportunities
that are on offer by the Bank’’, he added. Mr. Akanmu encouraged the
lucky customers, particularly the star prize winners, to make wise use
of their prizes, assuring, ‘’you can invest meaningfully and we are
ready to offer you free advice if you so wish’’. First City Monument
Bank (FCMB) Limited is a member of FCMB Group Plc, which is one of the
leading financial services institutions in Nigeria with subsidiaries
that are market leaders in their respective segments. Having
successfully transformed to a retail banking and wealth management led
Group, FCMB expects to continue to distinguish itself through innovation
and the delivery of exceptional services. See pictures from the grand
finale below. 
Adetutu OJ, the model with prominent tribal marks, became an
international sensation after she caught Rihanna's attention and the
singer began to follow her on Instagram. Her newfound fame seems to be
attracting people into her life like moths to flames, and this includes
people who had abandoned and written her off. The single mother, while
speaking with Hero Daniels of Linda Ikeji TV, revealed that she became
pregnant as a teen. Afraid, confused, and unsure, she went to the man
responsible and he asked her to keep the baby.However, the next time she
went to his home, he had moved without informing her. No one knew his
whereabouts and there was no way she could reach him. He never reached
out or got in touch with her, not even after their child was
born. Adetutu was forced to give up the child to be fostered for four
years. After she had been able to stand on her own, she went back for
her child and they now live together.But, Adetutu said the father of her
child recently contacted her on Instagram after she became a viral
sensation. His first contact comes 9 whole years after she had his
child. She also narrated how her ex-boyfriends were ashamed of her
because of her tribal maks. Some avoided being seen out with her during
the day. She added that some of her ex-boyfriends are back now that
she's popular and are trying to be friends but she doesn't intend to let
them into her life.Watch her tell the story in the video
below. Adetutu, the model with tribal marks, narrates how her
ex-boyfriends who were ashamed of her because of her tribal marks are
trying to be friends now that she’s popular She also spoke about how the
father of her child absconded without a trace 9 years ago when he
discovered she was pregnant only to recently return after she became
famous
Adetutu OJ, the dark skinned model with prominent tribal marks, has
weighed in on the skin bleaching debate after Blac Chyna came to Nigeria
to promote a face cream that lightens the skin.Adetutu, who got a
follow back from Rihanna after she indicated interest to model for the
singer, spoke with LITV about the trending topic of skin lightening. She
said she believes that women who bleach their skin are
insecure. Addressing Dencia's claims that ligtening is just to clear
dark spots from the knuckles and make the skin's tone even, Adetutu said
that is just an excuse women give for bleaching but at the root of it
all, is a lack of self-esteem. 
She
warned that at the end of the day, there are side effects to
bleaching.Watch her interview below. Adetutu, who is aspiring to be one
of Rihanna’s models, speaks about skin bleaching.
Rapper, Jay-Z, has been forced to deny he took shot at his former friend
and collaborator, Kanye West.The hip-hop mogul who featured on Meek
Mill's new song "What's Free" with Rick Ross was believed to have taken a
swipe at Kanye West. In the track off Meek's new album '
Championships', Jay-Z raps:"No red hat, don't Michael and Prince me and
Ye / They separate you when you got Michael and Prince's DNA / I ain't
one of these house n***as you bought / My house like a resort, my house
bigger than yours." It was also speculated that he almost-compared
West's wife Kim Kardashian with his own wife, Beyonce:"My spo– c'mon
man, my route better, of course," he raps in the song.The father of
three has denied throwing shots at Kanye West, saying his line in
'What's Free' meant don't pit me against my brothers no matter what
our differences are.He wrote on Twitter:'The line clearly meant don’t
pit me against my brothers no matter what our differences are (red hat)
now go pick up Meek album . Drake and Meek on there together.'
Frustrated by the absence of their victims from home, suspected robbers
penultimate Saturday left a note threatening to come back. The
incident happened at Grace Estate, in Iyesi area of Ado Odo/Ota Local
Government Area of Ogun State, after the robbers broke into a
three-bedroom apartment when the occupants were away from home.
According to reports, the robbers were said to have made attempt to
enter the apartment through the main entrance to the building, but they
could not open the main door. It was said that the robbers broke into
the building through the ceiling of an adjoining flat and carted away
one of the electronic gadgets in the house. They were also said to
have made attempt to break into the rooms, but the doors were too strong
for them to unlock or vandalise. Apparently frustrated over their not
too successful operation caused by the absence of occupants of the
building, the hoodlums were said to have left a note promising to return
at no given date. The note sighted by our correspondent reads: ‘’We
are coming back o !!! Goodluck.’’ The incident was reported to the
Obasanjo Farm Police Division, Ota. It was learnt that policemen from
the division visited the scene, while the Divisional Police Officer
(DPO) of the station had directed his men to embark on constant patrol
and surveillance of the community to keep the gang in check. Speaking
with The Nation, the owner of the building, Dare Ogunyombo explained
that he was away from home for some days with his family, when the gang
visited his residence. He said: ‘’the suspected robbers visited my
residence while I was away from home with my wife and children. They
ransacked the house and scattered everywhere.I noticed that they
fruitlessly tried to force their way into my apartment through the main
door to the building. They however broke the ceiling of the next flat
and entered my apartment through the roof, while they carted away a
satellite television decoder in the living room.They also made attempt
to enter my room but the door was too strong for them to unlock or
break. I guess they were in a hurry to rob and because they were
frustrated, they left a note on the table threatening to come back for
me and my family.’
On Tuesday, 27th November 2018, The Lagos State Emergency Management
Agency Response Unit, (LRU) Fire and Rescue Team
commenced a 4-week training session (twice in a week)for the Fire
Department of The Nigerian Army from the Resettlement Barracks Oshodi.
Earlier in the month, the LRU Firefighters were deployed to the
Resettlement Barracks on a rescue operation and displayed a
well-coordinated effort andstandard in discharging their duties. This
impressed the Army and thus they arranged for training sessions with the
LRU team.Avantgarde Management Services, (AMS,) technical partners to
LRU, has remarkably transformed the state's emergency response and
management services, and will continually partner with local communities
and all stakeholders in developing socially responsible
relationships. This training serves as a part of many more other
activities to attaining that.Below are some pictures from the first
training session conducted at the LRU Cappa Dispatch Centre
Singer,
Ojay Wright, who is actress Bukky Wright's son took to his Instagram
page to flaunt his eggplant as he posed in nothing but his briefs. See
full photo below... 
The founder
of Odua Peoples Congress, Dr. Frederick Fasehun, has died.Fasehun who
turned 83 in September, died on November 30th at the Lagos State
University Teaching Hospital where he had been battling an undisclosed
ailment.Until his death, he was a medical doctor and hotel owner.Born on
September 21st 1935, Fasehun studied science at Blackburn College and
furthered his education at Aberdeen University College of Medicine. He
also studied at the Liverpool Postgraduate School after which he had a
Fellowship at the Royal College of Surgeons.The OPC is a Yoruba-based
organization formed to actualise the annulled mandate of Chief MKO
Abiola, who won the presidential election of 12 June 1993 but was barred
from office.Fasehun was imprisoned for 19 months from December 1996 to
June 1998 during the military rule of Sani Abacha.May his soul rest in
peace, Amen. 
An
Abeokuta Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting in Isabo, on Friday, remanded
a truck driver, Nurudeen Bashir in prison custody for allegedly
assaulting a Vehicle Inspection Officer in Abeokuta, Ogun State. Bashir
was accused of inflicting injuries on a motorcyclist while attempting to
escape from the VIO. The prosecutor, Inspector Bukky Abolade, told the
court that the accused was stopped by the VIO on duty last Wednesday at
Aro in Abeokuta, but failed to produce his vehicle documents. Abolade
explained that Bashir drove one of the officials who entered his vehicle
to Oke-Ata, where he and others at large assaulted the official. The
Chief Magistrate, Adeola Adelaja, ordered that Bashir be remanded in the
prison custody till December 14, when his application would be
considered.
U.S.
President Donald Trump's daughter, Tiffany is reportedly in a
relationship with a wealthy young man, who grew up in Nigeria with his
family.The 25-year-old law student is seeing handsome Michael Boulos,
who grew up in Lagos, where his well-connected family owns a
multibillion-dollar conglomerate that trades in vehicles, equipment,
retail and construction. His mother is popular humanitarian and SPAN
CEO, Sarah Boulous. 
A
source tell Page Six that Tiffany met London-based Boulos, whose family
is of Lebanese origin, on vacation in Mykonos, Greece, this summer.
Things have been going so well that Tiffany who split from ex, Ross
Mechanic in 2017, brought Boulos to the Trumps’ Mar-a-Lago for
Thanksgiving. “Tiffany is happy she has so far been able to keep things
with Michael under the radar. But she introduced him to her family at
Thanksgiving, and he comes across as a very intelligent young man from a
great family. There was no mention of the president’s unfortunate
comment about African nations.” Boulos attended an elite international
school in Nigeria, and his brother Fares is an actor and rapper who
performs as Farastafari. Their family founded Boulos Enterprises and the
publicly traded conglomerate SCOA Nigeria owned by Dr. Massad Fares
Boulos. His wife Sarah Boulos, is the founder of Society for the
Performing Arts in Nigeria.
Cameroon
have been stripped of hosting next year's Africa Cup of Nations by the
Confederation of African Football. African football's governing body
(Caf) says it is because of delays in the progress of Cameroon's
preparation for the tournament, due to start in June. Officials made
the decision at a meeting on Friday in Accra, Ghana, that lasted more
than 10 hours. CAF president Ahmad Ahmad says it will work to "determine
a new organising country by the end of the year". In a statement,
CAF said "a number of compliance conditions have not been met" and it
did not want to expose the Africa Cup of Nations to "any issues that
could impact on the success of the most prestigious African
competition". CAF added postponing the tournament was not possible due
to contractual commitments. The tournament is set to be the first held
in June and July and will be expanded from 16 to 24 teams. Ahmad said
last year that Cameroon still needed "to convince Caf of its ability" to
host the event, with the country playing down fears sanctions would be
imposed if preparations were deemed to be behind schedule. At the
moment, Morocco; having stepped in to hold this year's African Nations
Championship after Kenya were deemed not ready. South Africa and Egypt
are all under consideration as replacement hosts.
World
leaders are all reacting to news of the death of former US President
George Herbert Walker Bush who died at the age of 94. According to the
Bush family spokesman, he died shortly before 10 p.m. Friday, November
30th almost eight months after the death of his wife, Barbara
Bush. "America has lost a patriot and humble servant in George Herbert
Walker Bush. While our hearts are heavy today, they are also filled with
gratitude. Our thoughts are with the entire Bush family tonight and all
who were inspired by George and Barbara’s example", Obama said. See all
the tributes and official statements below....Statement from President
Donald J. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump on the Passing of Former
President George H.W. Bush pic.twitter.com/qxPsp4Ggs7— Donald J. Trump
(@realDonaldTrump) December 1, 2018America has lost a patriot and humble
servant in George Herbert Walker Bush. While our hearts are heavy
today, they are also filled with gratitude. Our thoughts are with the
entire Bush family tonight – and all who were inspired by George and
Barbara’s example. pic.twitter.com/g9OUPu2pjY— Barack Obama
(@BarackObama) December 1, 2018RIP George H.W. Bush, 94.The longest
living president in American history & a great man who served his
country with huge distinction in so many ways.Barbara, his wife of
73yrs, died in April, leaving George broken-hearted.Today, they are
reunited. pic.twitter.com/vBBPL2axuB— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan)
December 1, 2018George H.W. Bush will be missed and long remembered for
his leadership, his decency & his essential kindness. Served his
country in so many ways. Made public service about country, and
America’s responsibility in the world, less about party. Our thoughts
are with the Bush family.— Beto O'Rourke (@BetoORourke) December 1,
2018RIP President H.W. Bush. Thank you for a lifetime of dedicated
service to our nation. Your thoughtful leadership and humility will be
missed. Fair winds and following seas, Mr. President. #RIPGHWB
pic.twitter.com/XnhfCnqBAu— Scott Kelly (@StationCDRKelly) December 1,
2018Statement by President George W. Bush on the death of his father,
President George H.W. Bush https://t.co/wDD0vnlN8U
pic.twitter.com/t7UsDYSKY8— George W. Bush Presidential Center
(@TheBushCenter) December 1, 2018Rest in peace George Herbert Walker
Bush. America is grateful pic.twitter.com/fvsP2rxbld— JOSELYN DUMAS®
(@Joselyn_Dumas) December 1, 2018
PDP
Governorship candidate in Lagos, Jimi Agbaje, has raised alarm after
his campaign boards and posters were destroyed by unknown
persons.Posting via his twitter handle, Jimi wrote''Early this morning
our boards were vandalized and removed just as campaign commenced. Some
of our deployment staff were also threatened with violence and warned to
desist.Fellow Lagosians we must stand against this sort of tyranny.
This is no ordinary election. This is a fight for #Freedom. A fight for
Democracy. A fight for Lagos. We will not be silent and we will not be
oppressed or suppressed into a corner. This time around, Democracy must
win
Watch
the video he shared below Early this morning our boards were vandalized
and removed just as campaign commenced. Some of our deployment staff
were also threatened with violence and warned to desist.
pic.twitter.com/EzpRDH7JpZ— Jimi Agbaje (@jimiagbaje) December 1, 2018
Traces
of faeces have been found on every single McDonald’s touchscreen
swabbed in an investigation by metro.co.uk. Samples were taken from the
new machines that have been rolled out at restaurants across the country
and every one of them had coliforms. Senior lecturer in microbiology at
London Metropolitan University Dr. Paul Matewele said: ‘We were all
surprised how much gut and faecal bacteria there was on the touchscreen
machines. These cause the kind of infections that people pick up in
hospitals.‘For instance, Enterococcus faecalis is part of the flora of
gastrointestinal tracts of healthy humans and other mammals. It is
notorious in hospitals for causing hospital-acquired infections.’
Unsuspecting diners choose their food on the touchscreens then head to
the server to pick up their burgers more often than not without washing
their hands. A screen at one branch was found to have staphylococcus, a
bacteria that can cause blood poisoning and toxic shock syndrome. Dr.
Matewele said: ‘Seeing Staphylococcus on these machines is worrying
because it is so contagious. ‘It starts around people’s noses, if they
touch their nose with their fingers and then transfer it to the
touchscreen someone else will get it, and if they have an open cut which
it gets into, then it can be dangerous.There is a lot of worries at the
moment that staphylococcus is becoming resistant to antibiotics.
However, it is still really dangerous in places like Africa where it can
cause toxic shock.’Metro.co.uk’s study with the university’s school of
human sciences involved swabs taken from eight McDonald’s restaurants.
Six in London and two in Birmingham.Listeria bacteria was found in
Oxford Street and Holloway Road branches. It can cause listeriosis which
can lead to miscarriages and stillbirths in pregnant women. Dr.
Matewele said: ‘Listeria is another rare bacterium we were shocked to
find on touchscreen machines as again this can be very contagious and a
problem for those with a weak immune system.’ Three-quarters of the
screens swabbed showed traces of the bacteria proteus.Three-quarters of
the screens swabbed showed traces of the bacteria proteus.Dr. Matewele
said: ‘Proteus can be found in human and animal faeces. It is also
widely distributed in soil. It can cause urinary tract infections and is
also one of the hospital-acquired infections where it may responsible
for septicaemia. ‘Klebsiella is also from the gut and mouth, they are
associated with urinary tract infections, septicemia and diarrhoea. Some
species can infect the respiratory tract resulting in pneumonia.’Dr
Matewele added: ‘Touchscreen technology is being used more and more in
our daily lives but these results show people should not eat food
straight after touching them, they are unhygienic and can spread
disease. ‘Someone can be very careful about their own hygiene throughout
the day but it could all be undone by using a touchscreen machine
once.’ McDonald’s does clean the screens with disinfectant but Dr
Matewele said it ‘could not have been strong enough.He added: ‘These
bacteria can be on touchscreen machines for days on end. A McDonald’s
spokesman said: ‘Our self-order screens are cleaned frequently
throughout the day. All of our restaurants also provide facilities for
customers to wash their hands before eating.’
Yesterday
evening November 30th, former president Goodluck Jonathan and his wife,
Patience, paid a visit to the site of the 7-storey building that
collapsed in New GRA. Port Harcourt in Rivers state on Friday November
23rd. After one week, over 100 persons are still said to be trapped in
the rubble. Jonathan appealed to the rescue team to hasten their efforts
at rescuing those still trapped in the building. See more photos below 
Former
President Goodluck Jonathan, has said that he cannot take
responsibility for the abduction of the Chibok girls in April 2014 as he
does not control the terrorist group.Recall that Boko Haram members
stormed the Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State,
on April 14th 2014 and abducted over 200 girls.Speaking in an interview
with BBC on Friday November 30th, Jonathan said he did all that was
expected of any responsible government to do immediately the girls were
abducted."Immediately the Chibok [schoolgirls] issue came up, we
expected Nigerians to be concerned. ‘How do we get these girls out?’
Within a couple of days, we saw people going to the US with Bring Back
Our Girls placards. How? Why? And of course, Mrs Obama received one of
those placards. I cannot take responsibility for that abduction. I don’t
control Boko Haram. They are criminals."But as a president, of course
you know it’s not the president that goes to the fields. You have
security and intelligence officers that do the work. Let me admit that
yes, maybe they do their best, but their best was not good enough for us
to recover the girls. That I cannot say I am right or I am wrong. That
does not mean I am trying to remove myself from any blame. Yes I may not
be blamed for the action, but I could be blamed that my security and
intelligence systems were not strong enough to be able to rescue the
girls."If I as a politician, will tell the whole world that my political
ambition fir any single office is not worth the blood of any Nigerian,
how will I be happy that girls have been kidnapped? I’m not that kind of
character.
A
lone accident involving a company bus occured late last night in Ikeja,
Lagos state. The company bus rammed into the wall of the police
college, Ikeja. No casualties recorded. See more photos from the scene
below. 
Former
Hollywood couple Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have reached a final
agreement over the custody of their six children, after more than two
years of acrimonious negotiation. “A custody arrangement was agreed to
weeks ago, and has been signed by both parties and the judge. The
agreement, which is based on the recommendations of the child custody
evaluator, eliminates the need for a trial. The filing and details of
the agreement are confidential to protect the best interests of the
children” Jolie’s lawyer Samantha Bley DeJean said in a statement. Jolie
and Pitt, once one of Hollywood’s most glamorous couples, separated in
September 2016 after a more than 10-year romance and two-year marriage.
Jolie, who filed for divorce citing irreconcilable differences, had been
seeking primary custody of their six children, three of whom are the
couple’s biological children and three of whom are adopted. Friday’s
statement did not say how custody would be divided, and Jolie’s
spokesperson declined to give details. However, a trial date in the
custody case had been tentatively set for December 4 before a private
judge in Los Angeles. The 2016 divorce filing triggered a bitter custody
dispute during which Pitt was investigated and cleared of child abuse,
and both sides accused each other of trying to manipulate media coverage
in their favour. The couple have yet to reach a final divorce
settlement. Pitt, 54, and Jolie, 43, began dating in late 2005 and
married in 2014. They are parents to Maddox, 17, Pax, 15, Zahara, 13,
Shiloh, 12, and 10-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne.
Former
US President George Herbert Walker Bush has died at the age of 94.A
family spokesman said he died shortly before 10 p.m. Friday, Nov 30th
almost eight months after the death of his wife, Barbara Bush.His son,
former President George W. Bush also released a statement confirming his
father's death."Jeb, Neil, Marvin, Doro and I are saddened to announced
that after 94 remarkable years, our dear Dad has died," his son said in
a statement released Friday night."George H.W. Bush was a man of the
highest character and the best dad a son or daughter could ask for. The
entire Bush family is deeply grateful for 41's life and love, for the
compassion of those who have cared and prayed for Dad, and for the
condolences of our friends and fellow citizens," the statement
read.Grandson George P. Bush said on Twitter Friday night, "He was more
than a great man; he was a good man. His courage was matched by his
compassion; and his dedication to country was equaled only by his
devotion to his family."Bush was the nation's 41st president who served
from 1989 to 1993, and eight years later watched his son George W.
became the 43rd president.Bush had also been a World War II hero, Texas
congressman, CIA director and Ronald Reagan's vice president.
On
November 30th 2018, President Buhari presided over the Swearing in
Ceremony of the Chairman and Commissioners of Federal Civil Service
Commission at State House. In these photos, the President is captured
with Chairman of Commission Dr Yakubu Bello Ingawa who was sworn in as
Chairman of Federal Civil Service Commission, Chief Ejoh Michael
Chukwuemeka who was sworn in as Commissioner of Federal Civil Service
Commission and others.
On
Friday, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake rocked Anchorage, Alaska largest
city violently shaking homes and businesses and knocking out power to
some residents. The quake was located about eight miles (13 kilometers)
north of Anchorage and struck at 8:29 am local time (1729 GMT), the US
Geological Survey said. The city’s police department said it had caused
“major infrastructure damage to Anchorage.” “Many homes and buildings
are damaged. Many roads and bridges are closed. Stay off the roads if
you don’t need to drive” the police department said in a statement. The
Anchorage Daily News, reported that the Glenn Highway had closed north
of Eagle River because of damage, and an onramp at the interchange of
International Airport Road and Minnesota Boulevard collapsed.
Read
the statement as shared on their website below...The Nigerian Army has
noted with great concern the deliberate and concerted efforts to mislead
the public by some people through misinformation. Thus creating
erroneous impression of the Nigerian Army through inaccurate and false
publication of casualty figures on the unfortunate attacks on some of
its locations in the North East.The latest of this worrisome development
was the attack on our troops location at Metele, Borno State, in which
some persons and media outlets continued to circulate various wrong
acounts and inaccurate casuality figures of own troops without efforts
to verify from the military. This is coming at the heels of our release
of 28th November 2018 in which we gave accurate details of the attacks
and casualty figures in a bid to set the records straight and inform the
public true account of things. We also promised to continuously carry
the public along through accurate and timely information dissemination
on operations and other activities of the Nigerian Army in the
release. However it was observed that the trend continued unabated. Most
of these inaccurate, false reports and fake news were aimed at
denigrating the leadership of the Nigerian Army. Regrettably, the rate
at which some mischievous persons ignorantly attack the Armed Forces of
Nigeria, especially the Nigerian Army is very alarming and unfortunate.
This is deliberate attempt to demoralise the Nigerian Army which would
have devastating consequences on troops' will to discharge their
constitutional duties especially in the fight against terrorism and
insurgency, thus affecting national security.We would like to warn all
those mischief makers to keep the Nigerian Army out of their politics
and mischief. Journalists and media platforms should be professional and
accurate in their reportage. The achievements of the Nigerian Army
within the last three years are glaringly obvious, therefore, whatever
recent temporary setbacks we experienced in the course of the fight
against terrorism and insurgency should not be the yardstick for
condemning these laudable three and half years' accomplishments. We have
however identified the few unpatriotic harbingers of the fake news on
the attack at Metele and would take appropriate legal actions against
them. This is to ensure that the Nigerian Army is insulated from
propaganda and ulterior motives of destabilising the country. The
Nigerian Army is quite aware that the perpetrators through these acts
are covertly supporting terrorists and their activities in Nigeria with a
long term objective. We are also aware that they want to use insecurity
to scuttle and subvert the democratic process in the
country. Consequently, we would like to state unequivocally that no
amount of mischief or pressure would circumvent the journey to a
peaceful, free and fair general elections in Nigeria. We therefore need
the continued support, encouragement and understanding of well meaning
Nigerians as we deal decisively with the remnants of the Boko Haram
terrorists hibernating at the fringes of our borders with contiguous
countries of Cameroon, Chad and Niger Republic.We are committed to the
defence of the territorial integrity of Nigeria. We hasten to state that
we will continue to be professional in our assigned roles and remain
apolitical at all times. Once more we warn mischief makers and
proponents of misinformation and fake news to desist from the such
practice and join other well meaning, law abiding Nigerians to support
our Army to countering terrorism and insurgency in the country. Kindly
disseminate this to the public through your medium.Thank you for your
cooperation and support.SANI KUKASHEKA USMAN Brigadier General Director
Army Public Relations 30th November 2018
A
suspected terrorist group carrying sophisticated weapons is currently
in control of Tangaza Local Government Area of Sokoto State, applying
‘strange laws’ and punishing defaulters.According to reports, members of
the group believed to be from Niger Republic are in possession of
assorted weapons, preaching Islamic teachings, forcefully collecting
alms (zakat) and flogging defaulters.An eye witness stated that though
members of the terror group are yet to be identified by name, and have
been in the area for than two months, they are allegedly recruiting
youth in a nearby bush. After ‘training’ them, they give them a
motorcycle, he said.The witness, who pleaded anonymity, said members of
the group are more than 200. He said they looked strange, spoke Arabic
and wore turbans over their heads.“They imposed compulsory levies on
each household with cows and rams. Those with cows are paying N500 and
those with ram are paying N200. They are arresting and fining herdsmen
who encroach on farmlands and are keeping the money. They are operating
freely, scaring residents, without being challenged. They are going from
one community to another,” the witness said.Tangaza Local Government in
Sokoto State borders Niger Republic. The border communities of the two
countries inter-marry and are identical and speak the same dialect.
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