Uduaghan presents Delta’s N327 Billion budget

<script type="text/javascript"> <script size='468x60' src='http://srvpub.com/adServe/banners?tid=22528_31474_5' type='text/javascript'></script> <script type='text/javascript'> google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6630608044863529"; google_ad_slot = "4870332095"; google_ad_width = 300; google_ad_height = 250; </script> <script src='//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js' type='text/javascript'> </script> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><div xmlns='http://ift.tt/lH0Osb'><br /><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'><a href="http://ift.tt/1Ap34Gy" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="322" src="http://ift.tt/1Ap34Gy" width="640"/> </a> </div><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Delta State Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan, on Wednesday presented a budget proposal of N327.68bn the 2015 fiscal year to the State House of Assembly in Asaba.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Uduaghan said the estimate contained a recurrent expenditure of N161.6bn and N166.07bn capital estimates, representing 49.32 and 50.68 per cents respectively.<br/><br /><br/><br /><a id="more" name="more"> </a><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />He added that the 2015 proposed budget was lower than the 2014 fiscal estimates by N123.05bn, explaining that the decrease was occasioned by the fall in the price of crude oil at the international market.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Sectoral breakdown of the capital estimates revealed that a lion share of N50.32bn, representing 30.3 per cent is allocated to the economic sector, followed by the social, general administration and environmental sectors while the sum of N34bn is voted for the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />via nigerianeye</div><br /></div>

Uduaghan presents Delta’s N327 Billion budget

Delta State Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan, on Wednesday presented a budget proposal of N327.68bn the 2015 fiscal year to the State House ...

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I was offered the position of the running mate by Buhari, but I decided to remain national leader instead - Tinubu

<script type="text/javascript"> <script size='468x60' src='http://srvpub.com/adServe/banners?tid=22528_31474_5' type='text/javascript'></script> <script type='text/javascript'> google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6630608044863529"; google_ad_slot = "4870332095"; google_ad_width = 300; google_ad_height = 250; </script> <script src='//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js' type='text/javascript'> </script> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><div xmlns='http://ift.tt/lH0Osb'><br /><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'><a href="http://ift.tt/1wh6dZQ" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="232" src="http://ift.tt/1wh6dZQ" width="640"/> </a> </div><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />The National Leader, All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has pledged to support the candidacy of APC presidential candidate, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), and his running mate, Prof. Yemi Osibajo.<br/><br /><br/><br /><a id="more" name="more"> </a><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Tinubu, in a statement in Abuja, said though he was offered the position of the running mate by Buhari, he said he decided to maintain his position as a national leader.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />He said, “There came a time during the course of the events when our Presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari, offered me the Vice Presidential slot. Being a normal human being, I was deeply moved and honoured that he would consider me for the position. Being a patriot, I had to weigh my potential candidacy in all of its dimensions.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />“I have concluded that the interest of the party, our campaign and that of the nation are better served if I retain my position as the National leader of the APC, allowing me to be a bridge builder across all divides.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />“I sincerely commit myself to the rescue agenda of General Buhari and Professor Osinbajo.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />“I declare to you, I will work and dedicate myself so that our ticket succeeds and wins the 2015 election — not for his good, not for my good, not even for the party’s good but for the good of our nation.”<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />via nigerianeye</div><br /></div>

I was offered the position of the running mate by Buhari, but I decided to remain national leader instead - Tinubu

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Governor Ahmed presents N119.8 Billion 2015 budget

<script type="text/javascript"> <script size='468x60' src='http://srvpub.com/adServe/banners?tid=22528_31474_5' type='text/javascript'></script> <script type='text/javascript'> google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6630608044863529"; google_ad_slot = "4870332095"; google_ad_width = 300; google_ad_height = 250; </script> <script src='//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js' type='text/javascript'> </script> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><div xmlns='http://ift.tt/lH0Osb'><br /><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'><a href="http://ift.tt/1wh6dJl" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://ift.tt/1wh6dJl" width="320"/> </a> </div><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, on Wednesday in Ilorin, presented an appropriation bill of N119.8bn to the Kwara State House of Assembly for consideration for 2015 fiscal year.<br/><br /><br/><br /><a id="more" name="more"> </a><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />He stated that the amount showed an increase of N4.249bn over the 2014 revised appropriation which represents 3.7 per cent increase.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />According to him, the 2015 Appropriation Bill is themed ‘Budget of Introspection and Job Creation.’<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Ahmed stated that the budget is made up of recurrent expenditure N46.46bn which represents 39 per cent of the total budget size.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />He added that the public debt servicing is N11.2bn while the capital expenditure is N62.1bn.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Ahmed said, “The proposed 2015 budget was prepared against the backdrop of a fragile global economic recovery and an uncertain<br/><br /><br/><br />outlook. All of us are aware of the crumbling oil revenue in the global market which has resulted in the dwindling of our monthly<br/><br /><br/><br />receipts from Federation Account Allocation.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />“This implies that we should be more prudent in managing our limited resources as well as work harder, faster and proactively to diversify the state economy towards revenue yielding initiatives in order to reduce our dependence on the federation Account Allocation for meaningful development of the state.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />“However, we remain resolute to get more young people working through a renewed emphasis on entrepreneurship.”<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />The governor said the state government made progress in the implementation of its 2014 budget based on the state government’s<br/><br /><br/><br />meager financial resources profile.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />via nigerianeye</div><br /></div>

Governor Ahmed presents N119.8 Billion 2015 budget

The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, on Wednesday in Ilorin, presented an appropriation bill of N119.8bn to the Kwara State ...

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BREAKING NEWS: Buhari wins APC Presidential Ticket with 3430 votes

<script type="text/javascript"> <script size='468x60' src='http://srvpub.com/adServe/banners?tid=22528_31474_5' type='text/javascript'></script> <script type='text/javascript'> google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6630608044863529"; google_ad_slot = "4870332095"; google_ad_width = 300; google_ad_height = 250; </script> <script src='//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js' type='text/javascript'> </script> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><div xmlns='http://ift.tt/lH0Osb'><br /><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'> </div><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'><a href="http://ift.tt/1IFnOPU" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="340" src="http://ift.tt/1IFnOPU" width="640"/> </a> </div><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />General Muhammedu Buhari has recorded 3430 votes at the ongoing at the All Progressives Congress, APC, Presidential Primaries in Lagos, thus emerging as the winner of the APC primaries.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><a id="more" name="more"> </a>He will contest against Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, at the February Presidential election.<br/><br /><br/><br /><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'><a href="http://ift.tt/1IFnLUg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="286" src="http://ift.tt/1IFnLUg" width="640"/> </a> </div><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />via nigerianeye</div><br /></div>

BREAKING NEWS: Buhari wins APC Presidential Ticket with 3430 votes

General Muhammedu Buhari has recorded 3430 votes at the ongoing at the All Progressives Congress, APC, Presidential Primaries in Lagos, t...

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Court Dismisses ‘Igbo Deportation’ Case Against Lagos Government

<script type="text/javascript"> <script size='468x60' src='http://srvpub.com/adServe/banners?tid=22528_31474_5' type='text/javascript'></script> <script type='text/javascript'> google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6630608044863529"; google_ad_slot = "4870332095"; google_ad_width = 300; google_ad_height = 250; </script> <script src='//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js' type='text/javascript'> </script> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><div xmlns='http://ift.tt/lH0Osb'><br /><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'><a href="http://ift.tt/1FZb2tn" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="285" src="http://ift.tt/1FZb2tn" width="400"/> </a> </div><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos today dismissed a Fundamental Right application filed by Incorporated Trustees of Media Rights Agenda against the Lagos State Government to challenge the purported deportation of some destitute from Anambra back to their state.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><a id="more" name="more"> </a><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />In a judgment delivered by Justice Musa Kurya, the court found that contrary to the allegations of the applicants, the Lagos State Government did not deport the applicants or any other person or group of persons to any place outside the territory of Lagos state.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />It was the case of the Lagos State Government that the applicants were rescued from different parts of the state whilst they were begging for alms, living under bridges, by the roadsides, and engaging in other social vices with no discernible means of livelihood or physical address in Lagos state.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />The court held that on balance of probability the case of Lagos State Government was more credible.<br/><br /><br/><br />Justice Kurya upheld the submission of the Lagos State Attorney General, Ade Ipaye, that it was a policy of the government to cater for the welfare and wellbeing of all residents of the state irrespective of their state of origin and that in furtherance to this policy, the state government did its best to ensure that residents were gainfully employed and properly accommodated so that they did not constitute themselves into destitute, vagrant and beggars.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />In dismissing the case of the applicants, the court also upheld the submission of Ipaye that Lagos State Government did not own or operate any detention centre or prison facility at Ikorodu or elsewhere.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />via nigerianeye</div><br /></div>

Court Dismisses ‘Igbo Deportation’ Case Against Lagos Government

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When saving is illegal - Omo Issachar

<script type="text/javascript"> <script size='468x60' src='http://srvpub.com/adServe/banners?tid=22528_31474_5' type='text/javascript'></script> <script type='text/javascript'> google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6630608044863529"; google_ad_slot = "4870332095"; google_ad_width = 300; google_ad_height = 250; </script> <script src='//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js' type='text/javascript'> </script> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><div xmlns='http://ift.tt/lH0Osb'><span style='font-family: inherit;'><br/> </span><br/><br /><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'><a href="http://ift.tt/1AulRAG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://ift.tt/1AulRAG" width="640"/> </a> </div><br /><br/><br /><span style='font-family: inherit;'><br/> </span><br/><br /><div class='MsoNormal' style='background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 5pt 4.75pt 5pt 0cm;'><span style='line-height: 27px;'><span style='font-family: inherit;'>I am no economist. Then again, neither are a whole lot of the people who have written or spoken in recent times on the economic issues prevalent in our nation today. We are, however, stakeholders; after all, it is our country. We live here, earn a living here; our children attend schools here and what have you. Even those of us who are not resident in the country have family members who are, and probably some investment or the other here. So, we are all stakeholders.</span> </span> </div><br /><br/><br /><div class='MsoNormal' style='background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 5pt 4.75pt 5pt 0cm;'><span style='line-height: 27px;'><span style='font-family: inherit;'><br/> </span> </span> </div><br /><br/><br /><div class='MsoNormal' style='background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 5pt 4.75pt 5pt 0cm;'><span style='line-height: 27px;'><span style='font-family: inherit;'>Since the first alarm was sounded on the falling prices of crude oil, many of us have been following the news ardently, silently hoping for a reprieve of some sort. It has been several weeks since the first news broke, and though several actions and reactions have taken place since then, the narrative of the general populace has not changed; we are still in the ‘finger pointing’ phase. Two points arise from this phase which require that we take a look at the facts before us critically rather than allow ourselves be swept away in the flood of what at first may appear as ‘public opinion’, but now plays as a well-crafted plan to distract and derail the good people of this dear nation from the things which are true and right.</span> </span> </div><br /><br/><br /><div class='MsoNormal' style='background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 5pt 4.75pt 5pt 0cm;'><span style='line-height: 27px;'><span style='font-family: inherit;'><br/> </span> </span> </div><br /><br/><br /><div class='MsoNormal' style='background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 5pt 4.75pt 5pt 0cm;'><span style='line-height: 27px;'><span style='font-family: inherit;'>Dr (Mrs) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is a technocrat, not a politician. She was not appointed as finance minister and Coordinating Minister of the Economy because she was owed a political favour, but because the presidency deemed her the right fit for the job. Based on her past service to the country, it is not out of place for me to state that she is not one associated with reckless spending. In fact, it was during her first stint as finance minister that the Excess Crude Account was set up.</span> </span> </div><br /><br/><br /><div class='MsoNormal' style='background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 5pt 4.75pt 5pt 0cm;'><span style='line-height: 27px;'><span style='font-family: inherit;'><br/> </span> </span> </div><br /><br/><br /><div class='MsoNormal' style='background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 5pt 4.75pt 5pt 0cm;'><span style='line-height: 27px;'><span style='font-family: inherit;'>Secondly, while she endorsed saving; other parties, wielding political might, undermined her efforts. In April 2013, she openly, and on more than one occasion told us that the Federal Government was compelled to share over $16.4billion revenue accumulated in the excess crude account to the states because the governors argued that it was unconstitutional and even illegal for the Nigerian republic to have savings stashed away for some imaginary rainy day. She was also quoted saying that, “It was a fight to even get $1billion paid into the SWF (Sovereign Wealth Fund). We managed to save $20billion the last time, but now the governors are saying it is illegal. So, the country is not able to save, and what is left in the Excess Crude Revenue Account today is only about $3.6billion”.</span> </span> </div><br /><br/><br /><div class='MsoNormal' style='background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 5pt 4.75pt 5pt 0cm;'><span style='line-height: 27px;'><span style='font-family: inherit;'><br/> </span> </span> </div><br /><br/><br /><div class='MsoNormal' style='background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 5pt 4.75pt 5pt 0cm;'><span style='line-height: 27px;'><span style='font-family: inherit;'>The truth is, surviving the current decline in oil prices and its negative impact on national and global economies would have certainly been made easier had we enough funds shored up. Remember, it had been done before during the 2008/09 crises. The government was able to augment its budget deficit and continue with most of its development programmes with revenues from a healthy Excess Crude Revenue Account.</span> </span> </div><br /><br/><br /><div class='MsoNormal' style='background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 5pt 4.75pt 5pt 0cm;'><span style='line-height: 27px;'><span style='font-family: inherit;'><br/> </span> </span> </div><br /><br/><br /><div class='MsoNormal' style='background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 5pt 4.75pt 5pt 0cm;'><span style='line-height: 27px;'><span style='font-family: inherit;'>Had Dr Okonjo-Iweala not, in the past, expressed her concerns, reservations and angst about what another economic meltdown without sufficient funds in the ECA would do to us, then she should naturally be our first target for finger-pointing. But she did, several times over, she did. Yet we refuse to blame the people who squandered our future and have faced the one woman who became an enemy of state governors and legislature in her bid to secure the economic future of this country.</span> </span> </div><br /><br/><br /><div class='MsoNormal' style='background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 5pt 4.75pt 5pt 0cm;'><span style='line-height: 27px;'><span style='font-family: inherit;'>The Minister has always been an advocate of the need for the country to continue to create safety nets in the form of savings in order to cushion any potential negative effects of the volatility in the international oil market on the domestic economy should there be any further depression in the global economy. Just as she has repeatedly stressed that increased efforts to diversify the country’s economy remains the only viable option open to pursue in the face of dwindling revenues from crude oil exports as well as increasing volatility in the global oil market.</span> </span> </div><br /><br/><br /><div class='MsoNormal' style='background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 5pt 4.75pt 5pt 0cm;'><span style='line-height: 27px;'><span style='font-family: inherit;'><br/> </span> </span> </div><br /><br/><br /><div class='MsoNormal' style='background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 5pt 4.75pt 5pt 0cm;'><span style='line-height: 27px;'><span style='font-family: inherit;'>With elections fast approaching and our current situation becoming fertile ground for politicking, what is needed now is a collaborative paradigm shift. We need to look beyond the problem to the possible solutions; we need to shift our focus from blaming the finance minister and her economic team to focusing on the things that matter. In truth, as stakeholders, everyone has a role to play. Let us not be carried away by the opinions of naysayers as we look towards a better economy in the years ahead.</span> </span> </div><br /><br/><br /><div class='MsoNormal' style='background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 5pt 4.75pt 5pt 0cm;'><br/> </div><br /><br/><br /><div class='MsoNormal' style='background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 5pt 4.75pt 5pt 0cm;'><i><span style='line-height: 27px;'><span style='font-family: inherit;'>Issachar Odion is a post graduate student in one of the federal universities.</span> </span> </i> </div><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />via nigerianeye</div><br /></div>

When saving is illegal - Omo Issachar

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Sex with more than 20 women helps reduce prostate cancer – study

<script type="text/javascript"> <script size='468x60' src='http://srvpub.com/adServe/banners?tid=22528_31474_5' type='text/javascript'></script> <script type='text/javascript'> google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6630608044863529"; google_ad_slot = "4870332095"; google_ad_width = 300; google_ad_height = 250; </script> <script src='//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js' type='text/javascript'> </script> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><div style='clear: both; text-align: center;' class='separator'><img border="0" height="273" src="http://ift.tt/1HffbLq" width="400"/> </div><br /><p>A new research claims that a man who has had sex with more than 20 women in his lifetime is less likely to have prostate cancer.</p><br /><p>According to <a href="http://ift.tt/1t1DOlc">SMH.com</a><br/> </p><br /><blockquote class='tr_bq'>“Men who have sex with more than 20 women during the course of their lifetimes are less likely to be diagnosed with prostate cancer, new research shows.</blockquote><br /><blockquote class='tr_bq'><br /><p>But for homosexuals who have had sex with at least 20 men and virgins, the risk of being diagnosed is doubled, the researchers from the University of Montreal have found.<br/><br /><a id="more" name="more"> </a> </p><br /></blockquote><br /><blockquote class='tr_bq'><br /><p>Compared with men who have had just one sexual partner, men who have slept with 20 or more women have a 28 per cent lower risk of being diagnosed, and are 19 per cent less likely to develop the most aggressive form of prostate cancer.</p><br /></blockquote><br /><blockquote class='tr_bq'><br /><p>However, the researchers found that homosexual men who have had at least 20 sexual partners, were twice as likely to to develop prostate cancer compared with those in monogamous relationships.</p><br /></blockquote><br /><blockquote class='tr_bq'><br /><p>Homosexual men were also five times more likely to develop a less serious form of the disease than those with only one male partner.</p><br /></blockquote><br /><blockquote class='tr_bq'><br /><p>The “highly speculative” hypothesis to explain this increased risk for homosexual men is that there is a heightened risk of picking up a sexually transmitted disease and “physical trauma” to the prostate from anal intercourse.</p><br /></blockquote><br /><blockquote class='tr_bq'><br /><p>Between 2005 and 2009, 3208 men participated in the Prostate Cancer & Environment Study and were asked to give information about their lifestyles and sexual experiences.</p><br /></blockquote><br /><blockquote class='tr_bq'><br /><p>In this time frame, 1590 men who participated in the study were diagnosed with prostate cancer..</p><br /></blockquote><br /><blockquote class='tr_bq'><br /><p>The research, published in the journal <i>Cancer Epidemiology</i>, is the first of its kind to make a link between the number of sexual partners and the risk of developing cancer.</p><br /></blockquote><br /><blockquote class='tr_bq'><br /><p>Lead researcher Marie-Elise Parent said that, despite the results, she did not see a need for public health authorities to encourage men to have sex with as many women as possible.</p><br /></blockquote><br /><blockquote class='tr_bq'><br /><p>“It is possible that having many female sexual partners results in a higher frequency of ejaculations, whose protective effect against prostate cancer has been previously observed in cohort studies,” Dr Parent said</p><br /></blockquote><br /><blockquote class='tr_bq'><br /><p>The research found that men who had never had sexual intercourse, were twice as likely to be diagnosed with prostate cancer.</p><br /></blockquote><br /><blockquote class='tr_bq'><br /><p>Prior studies have indicated sexual intercourse might help reduce the risk of prostate cancer because it lowers the concentration of carcinogenic crystal-like substances in the fluid of the prostate.</p><br /></blockquote><br /><blockquote class='tr_bq'><br /><p>“We were fortunate to have participants from Montreal who were comfortable talking about their sexuality, no matter what sexual experiences they have had, and this openness would probably not have been the same 20 or 30 years ago,” Dr Parent said.</p><br /></blockquote><br /><blockquote class='tr_bq'><br /><p>“Indeed, thanks to them, we now know that the number and type of partners must be taken into account to better understand the causes of prostate cancer.”</p><br /></blockquote><br /></div>

Sex with more than 20 women helps reduce prostate cancer – study

A new research claims that a man who has had sex with more than 20 women in his lifetime is less likely to have prostate cancer. According ...

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Fire guts Ado-Ekiti Poly

<script type="text/javascript"> <script size='468x60' src='http://srvpub.com/adServe/banners?tid=22528_31474_5' type='text/javascript'></script> <script type='text/javascript'> google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6630608044863529"; google_ad_slot = "4870332095"; google_ad_width = 300; google_ad_height = 250; </script> <script src='//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js' type='text/javascript'> </script> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><div xmlns='http://ift.tt/lH0Osb'><br /><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'><a href="http://ift.tt/1H1p2Ex" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="324" src="http://ift.tt/1H1p2Ex" width="640"/> </a> </div><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Fire, on Friday night, gutted the School of Engineering Office Complex of the Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />The ravaging fire which started at about 11 pm completely burnt the complex housing the office of the Dean of the School of Engineering and other adjourning offices, including those of the Heads of Department of Mechanical, Civil, Electrical/ Electronics and Agricultural Engineering, as well as a large classroom.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><a id="more" name="more"> </a><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />It took the combined efforts of the men of the Ekiti State Fire Service, the Polytechnic Fire Service team, security officials and students who took risks to prevent the fire from spreading to other facilities in the School.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />In a statement on Saturday by the Deputy Registrar (Information), Mr. Ade Adeyemi-Adejolu, the Rector of the Institution, Dr. Taiwo Akande, who also participated in the rescue efforts along with members of the Governing Council, as well as some top officials of the Polytechnic, described it as a disaster of monumental proportions.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />She lamented that so many sensitive and un-replaceable documents and materials ranging from computers, furniture, office cabinets and the building complex were lost in the inferno.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />According to her, an emergency meeting of the Governing Council was still on around 11:05 pm when some students raised alarm about the fire.<br/><br /><br/><br />He said efforts to prevent the fire from spreading to other facilities proved abortive.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />While stating that the cause of the fire had yet to be ascertained because there was neither electricity supply nor any bush burning at the time of the incident, she added that investigation would be launched to unravel the cause.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />The Rector appealed to the Ekiti State Government, the National Emergency Management Agency, the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, and other arms of the Federal Government to come to the aid of the Polytechnic in mitigating the monumental loses.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />via nigerianeye</div><br /></div>

Fire guts Ado-Ekiti Poly

Fire, on Friday night, gutted the School of Engineering Office Complex of the Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti. The ravaging fire which star...

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20-year-man remanded for raping mentally ill

<script type="text/javascript"> <script size='468x60' src='http://srvpub.com/adServe/banners?tid=22528_31474_5' type='text/javascript'></script> <script type='text/javascript'> google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6630608044863529"; google_ad_slot = "4870332095"; google_ad_width = 300; google_ad_height = 250; </script> <script src='//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js' type='text/javascript'> </script> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><div xmlns='http://ift.tt/lH0Osb'><br /><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'><a href="http://ift.tt/1Az4Rgr" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://ift.tt/1Az4Rgr" width="640"/> </a> </div><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />A Makurdi Magistrates’ Court on Friday ordered the remand of a 20-year-old man, Tersoo Ugoo, who allegedly raped a 20-year-old mentally deranged woman.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />The prosecutor, Insp. Terzungwe Kajo, told the court that Ugoo committed the offence in October at Abough Village, behind Makurdi Modern Market.<br/><br /><br/><br /><a id="more" name="more"> </a><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Kago said that the case was reported at the Department of Criminal Investigation, ‘D’ Division, Police Headquarters, Makurdi, by the victim’s mother.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />He submitted that the victim was walking on a street when the accused dragged her into his house and raped her.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />He said the accused covered the woman’s mouth as she shouted for help.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />The prosecutor said that the offence contravened Section 284 of the Penal Code, Laws of Benue, 2004.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Ugoo’s plea could not be taken because the prosecution said that investigation into the matter was ongoing.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />The Magistrate, Mrs. Lillian Tsumba, adjourned the matter till Dec. 4 for hearing.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />via nigerianeye</div><br /></div>

20-year-man remanded for raping mentally ill

A Makurdi Magistrates’ Court on Friday ordered the remand of a 20-year-old man, Tersoo Ugoo, who allegedly raped a 20-year-old mentally de...

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Jonathan condoles Zambians over death of President Sata

<script type="text/javascript"> <script size='468x60' src='http://srvpub.com/adServe/banners?tid=22528_31474_5' type='text/javascript'></script> <script type='text/javascript'> google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6630608044863529"; google_ad_slot = "4870332095"; google_ad_width = 300; google_ad_height = 250; </script> <script src='//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js' type='text/javascript'> </script> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><div xmlns='http://ift.tt/lH0Osb'><br /><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ1hSwFYf62AutcliNwsKrYZkviPLmzyL_-XN7BUR1l5huaxmdGCB2IKz-ZjnTvZxwOYI4D7c9PMfaCfdhpobY4Yy6sc_AObWxDBMTJUGsrgWc_P6kHn8b5V4lg0pdr9EH95qeLwbp9ps/s1600/jonathan+looking.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ1hSwFYf62AutcliNwsKrYZkviPLmzyL_-XN7BUR1l5huaxmdGCB2IKz-ZjnTvZxwOYI4D7c9PMfaCfdhpobY4Yy6sc_AObWxDBMTJUGsrgWc_P6kHn8b5V4lg0pdr9EH95qeLwbp9ps/s1600/jonathan+looking.jpg" width="400"/> </a> </div><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />President Goodluck Jonathan has commiserated with the government and people of Zambia over the death of their President, Michael Sata, on Tuesday.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><a id="more" name="more"> </a><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr Reuben Abati, said in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja that Jonathan received the news of Sata’s death with sadness.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />“On behalf of the Federal Government and the people of Nigeria, President Jonathan extends sincere condolences to the government and people of Zambia on the death of President Sata who had led his country since 2011.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />“President Jonathan’s deepest sympathies are with the people of Zambia and President Sata’s family as they mourn their leader, patriarch, nationalist and patriot.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />“He believes Sata will always be remembered for his uncompromising stand against neo-colonialism and any semblance of renewed imperialism in Zambia and Africa as a whole.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />“As they mourn President Sata and prepare to lay him to rest, President Jonathan urges the brotherly people of Zambia to commit themselves fully to a peaceful and orderly succession, in keeping with the principles of democracy and the country’s constitution,” the statement said.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />It prayed that God Almighty would comfort the people of Zambia and grant them a worthy successor to President Sata “ who will keep the country on an even keel and ensure that it continues to make steady progress for the benefit of its people”.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />via nigerianeye</div><br /></div>

Jonathan condoles Zambians over death of President Sata

President Goodluck Jonathan has commiserated with the government and people of Zambia over the death of their President, Michael Sata, on ...

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Court rules on NFF’s stay of execution suit Thursday

<script type="text/javascript"> <script size='468x60' src='http://srvpub.com/adServe/banners?tid=22528_31474_5' type='text/javascript'></script> <script type='text/javascript'> google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6630608044863529"; google_ad_slot = "4870332095"; google_ad_width = 300; google_ad_height = 250; </script> <script src='//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js' type='text/javascript'> </script> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><div xmlns='http://ift.tt/lH0Osb'><br /><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzN6PskTTD-1sxYwrIyWTRLYodN9XGMa_WmLxuWe9-Sl3p3urCEE_gcrJdtS30X7EQzi1atnQHVeccRDMtJ398Yn9rm8pqCPBtwLxemYeGCUL37V9WQgspdcvvjE6hAKjci1P0s0Gw7Ns/s1600/law+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzN6PskTTD-1sxYwrIyWTRLYodN9XGMa_WmLxuWe9-Sl3p3urCEE_gcrJdtS30X7EQzi1atnQHVeccRDMtJ398Yn9rm8pqCPBtwLxemYeGCUL37V9WQgspdcvvjE6hAKjci1P0s0Gw7Ns/s1600/law+1.jpg" width="640"/> </a> </div><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Federal High Court in Jos now to rule on Thursday on the appeal for a stay of execution of its October 23 ruling which quashed the NFF board elections of September 30.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><a id="more" name="more"> </a><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />More details later.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />via nigerianeye</div><br /></div>

Court rules on NFF’s stay of execution suit Thursday

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16000 new cases of stroke reported in Nigeria annually

<script type="text/javascript"> <script size='468x60' src='http://srvpub.com/adServe/banners?tid=22528_31474_5' type='text/javascript'></script> <script type='text/javascript'> google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6630608044863529"; google_ad_slot = "4870332095"; google_ad_width = 300; google_ad_height = 250; </script> <script src='//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js' type='text/javascript'> </script> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><div xmlns='http://ift.tt/lH0Osb'><br/><br /><br/><br /><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFiZf3gvXdNhmGs3DF7qrzKmilboV7W9wqDheSKwxnq8-mUxtaCMrykXQsj04WIybt6rCte_AVRFttMKzAJC0jV1w5XH1pqDSZZIayUSYxJHGZvWOl5m1_iGlxjZP8MYxxaIDcSrWUwdE/s1600/hospital-sign.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFiZf3gvXdNhmGs3DF7qrzKmilboV7W9wqDheSKwxnq8-mUxtaCMrykXQsj04WIybt6rCte_AVRFttMKzAJC0jV1w5XH1pqDSZZIayUSYxJHGZvWOl5m1_iGlxjZP8MYxxaIDcSrWUwdE/s1600/hospital-sign.jpg" width="320"/> </a> </div><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Mrs Gloria Ekeng, Founder, Stroke Care International, on Wednesday said that Nigeria had over 16000 new stroke cases annually.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><a id="more" name="more"> </a><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Ekeng disclosed this in an interview on the sidelines of a walk and screening exercise hosted by the organisation to mark the World Stroke Day.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />She said that in reality, without proper data, it was impossible to know the exact amount of stroke cases that occurred in the country every year.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />“The estimate is between 40 to 60 per cent, our data is incomplete because we do not have information on stroke cases in the villages and rural areas generally,” she said.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />She said that most people have failed to realise that stroke was a medical condition, saying that many have continued to blame it on witchcraft and curses.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />“Lack of education, not in terms of academic learning but in terms of awareness about stroke,<br/><br /><br/><br />has contributed to the growing incidence of stroke in the country.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />“People do not realise that stroke is a medical emergency or that it could be prevented,” she said.<br/><br /><br/><br />Ekeng said that the warning signs of stroke include persistent headaches that did not respond to painkillers and weakness or heaviness in certain parts of the body.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />She also identified obscured and blurred vision as other warning signs of stroke.<br/><br /><br/><br />According to Ekeng, people whose blood pressure was terribly high had a serious risk of hemorrhagic stroke.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />She said that stroke did not discriminate and could affect anyone from 19 to 90 years.<br/><br /><br/><br />Ekeng said that simple lifestyle changes were the best way to prevent stroke, especially for people who have a family history of high blood pressure and its complications.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />“You have to check your blood pressure and make sure it is not up to 120 over 70 for any reason.<br/><br /><br/><br />“People with a family history of diabetics are also at the risk of stroke and should endeavour to keep<br/><br /><br/><br />their condition under control.'<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />“People have to actively be healthy by choosing healthier cooking oils, maintaining a low salt diet, and exercising often.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />“They should also keep their stress levels low. I know this can be difficult in Nigeria with huge stressors like traffic and other complications,” she said.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Members of the Stroke Care International offered free screening for people aged 20 to 60, for high blood pressure indicators.<br/><br /><br/><br />According to Ekeng, of the people screened, more than half presented blood pressure levels that were above normal.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />She said that fake drugs were an unrecognised cause of blood pressure because people continued to use them but they were usually not as effective as the real thing.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Ekeng said that stroke prevention was very important because stroke care in Nigeria had yet to reach international standards, especially for the masses.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />She said that stroke care required a complex support group and a huge range of medications, but in Nigeria self medication was the order of the day.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />via nigerianeye</div><br /></div>

16000 new cases of stroke reported in Nigeria annually

Mrs Gloria Ekeng, Founder, Stroke Care International, on Wednesday said that Nigeria had over 16000 new stroke cases annually. Ekeng disc...

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Fayose sacks 35 Ekiti LG chairmen, committees, boards

<script type="text/javascript"> <script size='468x60' src='http://srvpub.com/adServe/banners?tid=22528_31474_5' type='text/javascript'></script> <script type='text/javascript'> google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6630608044863529"; google_ad_slot = "4870332095"; google_ad_width = 300; google_ad_height = 250; </script> <script src='//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js' type='text/javascript'> </script> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><div xmlns='http://ift.tt/lH0Osb'><br /><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'> </div><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'><a href="http://ift.tt/1po6xiD" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="332" src="http://ift.tt/1po6xiD" width="640"/> </a> </div><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Ekiti State Government on Saturday announced the dissolution of the 35 local government areas including Local Council Development Areas’ caretaker administrations.<br/><br /><br/><br /><a id="more" name="more"> </a><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />This was contained in a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the State Governor, Mr Idowu Adelusi, made available to News Agency of Nigeria in Ado-Ekiti.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />According to the statement, all the 35 council chairmen along with their secretaries and other members of caretaker committees have been relieved of their appointments.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />It stated that Governor Ayo Fayose had approved the immediate dissolution of all the councils.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />The statement also ordered the immediate dissolution of all boards of parastatals, agencies and commissions.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />The 35 local government areas involved were those of the original 16 and the 19 LCDAs in the state.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />The statement directed all the affected caretaker chairmen to immediately hand over to the directors of administration in their respective council areas.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />NAN recalls that caretaker chairmen had been in control of the 16 council areas throughout the four year tenure of the immediate past governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />The former governor also appointed caretaker committees for the 19 newly created LCDAs few days after the June 21 governorship poll which he lost.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />NAN further recalls that Fayemi’s attempted to hold council election in the 16 councils on February 4, 2011, but was halted by the state High Court ruling following a suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party in the state.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />The PDP had alleged that some of the members of the State Independent Electoral Commission were card-carrying members of the then ruling Action Congress of Nigeria.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />NAN reports that Fayose, at his inaugural speech on Thursday in Ado Ekiti, vowed not to recognise any illegal creation made by the immediate past administration.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />(NAN)<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />via nigerianeye</div><br /></div>

Fayose sacks 35 Ekiti LG chairmen, committees, boards

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Aguero inspired Manchester City trash Spurs

<script type="text/javascript"> <script size='468x60' src='http://srvpub.com/adServe/banners?tid=22528_31474_5' type='text/javascript'></script> <script type='text/javascript'> google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6630608044863529"; google_ad_slot = "4870332095"; google_ad_width = 300; google_ad_height = 250; </script> <script src='//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js' type='text/javascript'> </script> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><div xmlns='http://ift.tt/lH0Osb'><br /><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'><a href="http://ift.tt/1po6u6i" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://ift.tt/1po6u6i"/> </a> </div><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><span style='font-size: large;'><b>The Argentina international striker ran riot as the Premier League champions routed Mauricio Pochettino's Spurs side at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday afternoon</b> </span><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />The Argentine’s haul saw him become the club’s leading Premier League scorer as he tormented a dazzled Spurs defence who just couldn’t handle him.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><a id="more" name="more"> </a><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Christian Eriksen was the only bright spark for Mauricio Pochetttino’s side as he levelled the scores early on but a Federico Fazio red card, a Roberto Soldado missed penalty and three spot-kicks given away goes some way to showing they are as hapless at the back as they are dangerous at the front.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Man City started tenaciously and didn’t give the Tottenham midfield any time to settle on the ball but slowly Spurs improved before Ryan Mason scuffed wide of the upright.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />The youngster should have scored the opener after eight minutes when he was slipped through the centre by Roberto Soldado’s marvellous pass, but Joe Hart did well to toe away his right-foot flick before Christian Eriksen lashed another chance well over the bar.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Tottenham paid for their profligacy though when Sergio Aguero, given acres of space, was able to flick the ball out of his feet and whip a low strike beyond Hugo Lloris.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Mauricio Pochettino’s Lilywhites got back on level terms within two minutes when Mason’s tackle on Fernando allowed Soldado to play in Eriksen, who made no mistake from inside the area.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />But Tottenham, as they so often do, fell behind again almost immediately when Erik Lamela was adjudged to have fouled Frank Lampard inside the penalty area with Aguero sending Lloris the wrong way with the resulting spot-kick.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />It looked like it was about to get even worse for Spurs when a rash Younes Kaboul challenge saw David Silva tumble in the box but second time around Aguero was unable to beat Lloris from 12 yards and looped his acrobatic rebound over.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />The French goalkeeper was all of a sudden under extreme pressure and, after Aguero tormented the hapless Kaboul, the 27-year-old superbly denied the Argentine who was in tantalising form for Pellegrini’s side.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />At the opposite end though, Eriksen was also looking bright and after sidestepping two challenges in the area he forced a smart stop from Hart, who was alert, if a little clumsy with his handling.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Three minutes after the break it was more of the same from Aguero as his swerving strike from 22 yards was, just about, saved by a bamboozled Lloris and, although Spurs threatened on the counter, they continued to leave themselves open at the back.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Nacer Chadli failed to offer much throughout but his bobbling half volley saw Hart scampering to his right but seconds later it was Lloris again who was at full stretch to deny the voracious Jesus Navas, who looked eager to score his first goal of the season.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />In a end-to-end game full of twists and turns, Tottenham were then handed what looked an extremely soft penalty when Soldado was tripped fractionally inside the penalty but Hart’s right glove palmed away the Spaniard’s tame spot-kick.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />And England’s No.1 then stopped the former Valencia striker again just seconds later when he blocked a close-range snapshot with his legs.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />But just as Spurs looked to be in the ascendency Federico Fazio pulled back Aguero in the box resulting in the game’s fourth penalty, which the Argentine dispatched with glee.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />This season there has been plenty of talk about Diego Costa’s emergence as the Premier League’s best striker but, against a calamitous Spurs side, Aguero was simply irresistible and he curled home his and City’s fourth with 15 minutes to go as this time he left Jan Vertonghen sprawling.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />An arcing James Milner effort cracked the upright as Man City pushed for more goals in front of a home crowd but Tottenham avoided further humiliation, despite intense pressure, and will now have to regroup ahead of games against Newcastle United and Aston Villa.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />via nigerianeye</div><br /></div>

Aguero inspired Manchester City trash Spurs

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[WATCH] Abubakar Shekau Video Saying He is still Alive Released

<script type="text/javascript"> <script size='468x60' src='http://srvpub.com/adServe/banners?tid=22528_31474_5' type='text/javascript'></script> <script type='text/javascript'> google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6630608044863529"; google_ad_slot = "4870332095"; google_ad_width = 300; google_ad_height = 250; </script> <script src='//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js' type='text/javascript'> </script> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><p>The video of Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau saying he is alive and well has been released by SaharaReporters.</p><br /><div style='clear: both; text-align: center;' class='separator'><a href="http://ift.tt/1pX0Ebb" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://ift.tt/1pX0Ebb"/> </a> </div><br /><p>In a prepared speech read in Arabic, the sect leader says he will only die according to the will of God. The Nigerian military had claimed Shekau had been killed in a series of battles in Konduga near Maiduguri last month. Watch the video after the cut.<a id="more" name="more"> </a> </p><br /><p><iframe width='640' src='//www.youtube.com/embed/zC0GJtoTttM?feature=player_detailpage' height='360' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen=''> </iframe> </p><br /><p>Source Nigerian: News | Laila’s Blog</p><br /></div>

[WATCH] Abubakar Shekau Video Saying He is still Alive Released

The video of Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau saying he is alive and well has been released by SaharaReporters. In a prepared speech read...

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Photos: Nigerian airforce pilot reportedly beheaded by Boko Haram

<script type="text/javascript"> <script size='468x60' src='http://srvpub.com/adServe/banners?tid=22528_31474_5' type='text/javascript'></script> <script type='text/javascript'> google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6630608044863529"; google_ad_slot = "4870332095"; google_ad_width = 300; google_ad_height = 250; </script> <script src='//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js' type='text/javascript'> </script> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><div xmlns='http://ift.tt/lH0Osb'><br/><br /><br/><br /><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'><a href="http://ift.tt/1xL8vRS" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://ift.tt/1xL8vRS"/> </a> </div><br /><br/><br />A new video is reported to have been released to AP by Boko Haram men showing the beheading of a man said to be a military pilot who co-piloted the missing Naval air force jet.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />The video also shows burnt out and crumbled plane parts with Nigerian military markings.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'><a href="http://ift.tt/1xL8ttt" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://ift.tt/1xL8ttt"/> </a> </div><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Two pilots and an Alpha jet have been missing since Sept. 11 2014. In the Earlier Video released by Boko Haram, They claimed to have shot down the Jet.<br/><br /><br/><br /><a id="more" name="more"> </a><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />A new video allegedly shows Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau disputing claims of his death, and the beheading of a man who identifies himself as the pilot of a missing Nigerian Air Force jet. It shows burnt out plane parts with Nigerian military markings, the first indication that Nigeria's homegrown Islamic extremists have the capability to shoot down aircraft. The man beheaded with an axe identifies himself as a wing commander, saying he has not seen his second pilot since the jet was shot down.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'><a href="http://ift.tt/1xL8tJM" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://ift.tt/1xL8tJM"/> </a> </div><br /><br/><br />Before his beheading, the pilot reportedly gave his name, rank and date of birth, which is 1975 and also said<br/><br /><br/><br />"I'm a pilot of the Nigerian air-force. On September 11th, I was assigned on a mission to Kawuri, Borno state. During the mission we were shot down and our aircraft crashed. To this day, I don't know the whereabouts of my second pilot. I was taken into the care of (Boko Haram). At the time of the crash, I sustained cuts and broken hand and some other injuries to the head.<br/><br /><br/><br />After saying this, the pilot was forced to the ground and his head chopped off with a pick axe. The pilot is said to be a Wing Commander<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />The jet after it was allegedly shot down...<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />via nigerianeye</div><br /></div>

Photos: Nigerian airforce pilot reportedly beheaded by Boko Haram

A new video is reported to have been released to AP by Boko Haram men showing the beheading of a man said to be a military pilot who co-pi...

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Must Read! Abubakar Shekau: Nine Lives Or Nine Liars

<script type="text/javascript"> <script size='468x60' src='http://srvpub.com/adServe/banners?tid=22528_31474_5' type='text/javascript'></script> <script type='text/javascript'> google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6630608044863529"; google_ad_slot = "4870332095"; google_ad_width = 300; google_ad_height = 250; </script> <script src='//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js' type='text/javascript'> </script> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><div xmlns='http://ift.tt/lH0Osb'><br/><br /><br/><br /><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'><a href="http://ift.tt/1pM710R" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://ift.tt/1pM710R" width="627"/> </a> </div><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />So long as the Francophone media is bent on dragging Nigeria to its begging knees, Shekau will never die. The controversy on the death of Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau is one that is entirely manufactured by Globalist media. It is nothing less than media terrorism by the desperate colonialists. But these globalist media cannot be solely blamed.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><a id="more" name="more"> </a><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />It is us who have Boko Haram sponsors in the Presidency and as our army Chiefs after all. Protected, supported and paid with billions by our President. We have no credibility and as long as this nation keeps such clueless and adamantly wicked men at its helm, the globalist media will continue to disgrace and terrorize us and will keep Shekau immortal.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />The globalist media has stubbornly insisted on denying the fact that we have killed two of the very Shekaus they have themselves shown in videos as the actual person. They pretend not to notice the very different people who all impersonate Shekau in the many videos they release as a singular person, but when we kill these very people they just publicized then they say it wasn’t him and push out the next available video of another of his impersonators, gleefully, as soon as Boko Haram sells it to them.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />The latest bump-head Shekau we killed has been promoted by them on many occasions as the one and only Shekau. Now they are releasing video of droopy left lip, almond eye Shekau. The minute we kill this one again, they will bring out the next and the next, in frank terrorism and with an ultimate plan to frustrate Nigeria into submission for foreign complete invasion and destruction as was done to Libya; thanks to our participant, wealth blinded, terrible leadership.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />It is ironic that in 2011 when America “killed” Osama who we all know was already dead since 2001, and never showed us even a single picture of his dead body, none of these very media questioned the blatant lies. But now they invest heavily in giving our Shekau nine lives.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />It’s not their fault; it is our fault for electing leaders with no shoes because we were colonially battered into a dumb foreign tribalist culture. With our President who scores world worsts every time, recently of note, doing abominable things like using the #BringBackGoodluck” slogan, how will they ever fear and respect us? After all, when late President Umaru Yar’Adua killed Mohammed Yusuf, the actual Boko Haram leader believed and touted to be immortal, dem no born any globalist media well (translated: No media had the guts) to broadcast video’s of his aspiring impersonators.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />A little time, 2015 or 2019, this will all be over. #VictoryForNigeria. We stand by our Civilian-JTF and active soldiers, those engaged in the battle front, not the morbidly obese, cash bloated, Abuja barrack land usurping Boko Haram sponsor Army ogas at the top.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Dr. Peregrino Brimah; http://ENDS.ng [Every Nigerian Do Something] Email: drbrimah@ends.ng Twitter: @EveryNigerian<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />via nigerianeye</div><br /></div>

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Divorce saga gets messier as Anita Oyakhilome’s name is removed from church website

<script type="text/javascript"> <script size='468x60' src='http://srvpub.com/adServe/banners?tid=22528_31474_5' type='text/javascript'></script> <script type='text/javascript'> google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6630608044863529"; google_ad_slot = "4870332095"; google_ad_width = 300; google_ad_height = 250; </script> <script src='//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js' type='text/javascript'> </script> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><div xmlns='http://ift.tt/lH0Osb'><br /><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'><a href="http://ift.tt/1q3bX6a" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style='font-size: large;'><b><img border="0" height="290" src="http://ift.tt/1q3bX6a" width="640"/> </b> </span> </a> </div><br /><br/><br /><span style='font-size: large;'><b><br/> </b> </span> <span style='font-size: large;'><b>The divorce saga between Pastors Chris and Anita Oyakhilome of Christ Embassy Church has worsened.</b> </span><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />On Sunday, two days after it was reported that Anita Oyakhilome had filed for divorce, Christ Embassy deleted her pictures and personal information from its official website, http://ift.tt/1B7V3H5.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Many describe the action as the beginning of a process to shut her out of the church, after she accused her husband of “adultery” and “unreasonable behaviours” in a divorce suit filed in London last April but only made public on Friday.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Christ Embassy’s new website now shows only Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, with a broad smile welcoming his followers to the month of August, and tagging it, ‘Month of Praise’.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />In the message on the website, Oyakhilome also urges his followers to “rejoice for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Also, on the website of the Rhapsody of Realities, a daily devotional co-authored by the esrtwhile couple, there’s nothing to show that Anita is still recognised as the only visible face on the website among the family members is that of her husband.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />It was too early to know if the September edition of the Rhapsody of Realities still has the photographs of both the pastor and his wife as it used to be.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />In the past, when the going was good, Anita and Chris Oyakhilome held hands on the church website and smiled broadly. They projected the image of a perfect couple.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />But checks at the weekend revealed that there is confusion in the church following the divorce suit filed by Anita to end her over two decades marriage to the founder of Christ Embassy Church.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />In the past, Pastor Chris headed the Nigerian branch of the church, though he travelled to other branches occasionally, while Anita headed the branch in London and its environs.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Christ Embassy and its founder have been embroiled in a myriad of controversies in the past. In 2010, Oyakhilome was accused of engineering a money laundering scheme in Nigeria, and questions swirled around his finances because of his glamorous lifestyle.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Many pastors and theologians also excoriated Oyakhilome for his “New Creation” doctrine—a form of gnosticism that says after a person becomes a Christian, any sin they commit is only in the body and will not affect the spirit.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />In 2008, Oyakhilome’s reputation as a faith healer was tarnished badly in Johannesburg, South Africa, when a man told a Soweto newspaper that Christ Embassy offered him more than $1,200 to sit in a wheelchair and pretend to be crippled until Oyakhilome prayed for him.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />“The man went to the media instead of taking the money, sparking concerns that healings were being faked to impress growing crowds,” said Lee Grady in an article in 2012 published by Charisma Magazine.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Pastor Chris Oyakhilome has also been a target of criticism by the Treatment Action Campaign for his support of faith healing to cure HIV.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Allegations that Christ Embassy members are reportedly being forced to give huge sums of money in offerings with the biggest donors receiving the biggest awards have left many people concerned.<br/><br /><br/><br />Many Nigerians have also alleged that the church operates like a cult and pressures members to marry only within Christ Embassy.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Many people also remember the scandal involving Christ Embassy and Sheraton Hotel some years ago when a member of the church, who worked at the Sheraton Hotel, stole money from his employers and gave it to Christ Embassy. But when Sheraton approached the church for reimbursement, the church allegedly claimed that the money had been given to God and could not be refunded.<br/><br /><br/><br />Many also excoriated Pastor Chris some years ago when the church began collecting gate fees from members for their New Year Eve’s Service.<br/><br /><br/><br /><span style='font-size: large;'><a href="http://ift.tt/1ge03lX" target="_blank"><br/> </a> </span> <span style='font-size: large;'><a href="http://ift.tt/1ge03lX" target="_blank">More recently, Oyakhilome came under attack after he claimed that Christians were free to masturbate because it was not a sin.</a> </span><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />But the latest scandal involving Anita and Chris, who have two daughters, seems to threaten the very existence of one of the biggest churches in Nigeria.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Christ Embassy runs several arms including the Healing School, Rhapsody of Realities, and an N.G.O called the Innercity Missions as well as three Christian television channels: LoveWorld TV, LoveWorld SAT and LoveWorld Plus.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />The church is scattered all over the world, including in the United Kingdom, the United States, South America and the whole of Europe.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Stories about women bringing men of God down are not new. In 1988, Jimmy Swaggart, a famous American preacher was implicated in a sex scandal involving a prostitute that resulted initially in his suspension, and ultimately defrocking, by the Assemblies of God.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Three years later, Swaggart was implicated in another scandal involving a prostitute. As a result, Swaggart’s ministry became non-affiliated, non-denominational and significantly smaller than it was before the scandals.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />via nigerianeye</div><br /></div>

Divorce saga gets messier as Anita Oyakhilome’s name is removed from church website

The divorce saga between Pastors Chris and Anita Oyakhilome of Christ Embassy Church has worsened. On Sunday, two days after it was ...

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Lagos govt seeks for volunteers to fight Ebola

<script type="text/javascript"> <script size='468x60' src='http://srvpub.com/adServe/banners?tid=22528_31474_5' type='text/javascript'></script> <script type='text/javascript'> google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6630608044863529"; google_ad_slot = "4870332095"; google_ad_width = 300; google_ad_height = 250; </script> <script src='//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js' type='text/javascript'> </script> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><div xmlns='http://ift.tt/lH0Osb'>Authorities in Lagos appealed Saturday for volunteers to help fight an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in Nigerian's megacity of over 20 million people after admitting they lacked medical personnel.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />"We have a shortage of personnel. I won't lie about that. And that is why we are asking for volunteers," Lagos state health commissioner, Jide Idris, said on a live television programme.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />The state of Lagos, which is home to Nigeria's largest city, has recorded nine confirmed cases of Ebola, including two deaths.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />In its fight againsty the spread of the virus, Idris said that the state government was offering incentives to medical volunteers, including life insurance.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />It is unclear if public sector doctors have resumed work across the country after the president of their union on Thursday announced the suspension of their pay strike which began on July 1.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />In the capital Abuja on Friday, President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan declared efforts to control and contain Ebola in Nigeria a national emergency, his office said in a statement.<br/><br /><br/><br />He also approved the immediate release of 1.9 billion naira ($11.6 million, 8.7 million euros) to fund measures against the spread of the virus.<br/><br /><br/><br />Among measures to be undertaken include setting up additional centres to isolate people with the virus, screening at the borders, tracing people exposed to the virus, and boosting public awareness.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />via nigerianeye</div><br /></div>

Lagos govt seeks for volunteers to fight Ebola

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Nasarawa impeachment panel dismisses allegations against Al-Makura

<script type="text/javascript"> <script size='468x60' src='http://srvpub.com/adServe/banners?tid=22528_31474_5' type='text/javascript'></script> <script type='text/javascript'> google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6630608044863529"; google_ad_slot = "4870332095"; google_ad_width = 300; google_ad_height = 250; </script> <script src='//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js' type='text/javascript'> </script> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><div xmlns='http://ift.tt/lH0Osb'><br /><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'><a href="http://ift.tt/1ARGrfL" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="178" src="http://ift.tt/1ARGrfL" width="400"/> </a> </div><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />The panel, set up by the Chief Judge of Nasarawa State to investigate the allegations of gross misconduct levelled against the State Governor, Tanko Al-Makura, has dismissed the allegations for want of evidence.<br/><br /><br/><br /><a id="more" name="more"> </a><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />The seven-panel was constituted by the CJ , Justice Sulaiman Dikko, following the directive of the State House of Assembly, to investigate the allegations, which will form the basis for the impeachment of the governor.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />In a dramatic turn of event on Tuesday, however, the panel dismissed the 16 allegations of gross misconduct against Al-Makura by the Assembly for want of evidence.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />While the embattled governor had appeared before the panel to defend himself, the lawmakers refused to turn before the investigating committee to back up their allegations, asking the CJ to disband the panel.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />The Assembly had alleged that some members of the panel were card-carrying members of political parties, but declined to identify the culpable members.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Legal practitioners had, however, faulted the position of the Assembly, arguing that there was no provision in Section 188 of the Constitution that makes provision for the disbandment of an impeachment panel after it would have been constituted.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />via nigerianeye</div><br /></div>

Nasarawa impeachment panel dismisses allegations against Al-Makura

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