The First Executive Governor Of Bayelsa State,Diepreye Alamieyeseigha Is Dead

The first executive Governor of Bayelsa State,Diepreye Solomon Peter Alamieyeseigha is dead.
Alameiseigha reportedly died after he was rushed to the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH) in Rivers State.
Family sources claimed that the former governor  suddenly fell ill in his hometown in Ammassoma township of Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa and was rushed to Port Harcourt.
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Fed.Government And WHO Confirm Cross River Death Case Not Ebola

The World Health Organization (WHO) yesterday  insisted that the man who died at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) this week had no Ebola. Ten people were quarantined as a precaution. Cory Couillard, from the WHO African Region, told AFP in an email that the “laboratory investigation for EVD (Ebola Virus Disease) and Lassa fever turned out negative”. The Federal Government also confirmed yesterday that the  results of the laboratory tests on the deceased were negative.

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Chip-and-Sign Credit Card Systems Are Weak,FBI warns

The FBI has a stern warning for the credit card industry's latest security measure, the EMV chip. In a statement yesterday, the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center warned that the new chips don't prevent against online fraud or point-of-sale compromises of the type seen in the Target hack. The warning emphasizes the weakness of signature-based systems ("chip and sign" rather than "chip and PIN"), and instructs merchants to require a PIN number in place of a signature wherever possible. "This fully utilizes the security features built within the EMV card," the warning states.
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Vincent Enyeama Quits Super Eagles

Vincent Enyeama quits Super Eagles with a parting statement on his instagram page.

Salary And Allowances Of NASS Members Revealed

The controversy over the monthly salary of a Nigerian lawmaker has finally been laid to rest with a formal disclosure of what the legislators earn. The National Institute of Legislative Studies, NILS, apparently worried by growing public outcry against the Nigerian lawmakers, on Friday released a set of documents, showing what constitutes the earnings of the 109 Senators and 360 members of the Nigerian House of Representatives. The documents, which were made available to Vanguard in Abuja on Friday, indicated that the Nigerian lawmakers earn perhaps one of the least salaries among legislators in the world, as against the notion that their pay was outrageous.

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Ebola Is Still Around,Countries Be On High Alert - WHO

THE World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that the dreaded Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) is still lurking around and countries should be on high alert.                                                               The just concluded seventh meeting of the Emergency Committee of the global health body convened by its director-general, under the International Health Regulations (IHR) (2005) regarding the EVD outbreak in West Africa, has declared that the EVD outbreak continues to constitute a public health emergency of international concern. Representatives of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone made presentations on the current epidemiological situation in their countries, response operations and exit screening.

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Fish Out Biko Haram Sponsors In 2 Months - Northern Governors Forum

Governors of the 19 northern states on today, inaugurated a committee to identify Boko Haram sponsors within two months, with a view of prosecuting them.

Chairman of the Northern Governors’ Forum and Governor of Borno State, Alhaji Kashim Shettima, while inaugurating the committee at the late Gen. Hassan Katsina House, Kaduna, also noted that the days of the deadly sect were numbered considering the current bombardment of the insurgents by the Nigerian troops.

Shettima added that with the superior firepower of the Nigerian troops, the insurgents had been dislodged from their strongholds in the north eastern parts of the country.
He said the committee, which would be under the aegis of Committee of Attorneys-General and Commissioners of Justice of the 19 northern states, also had the mandate to review the criminal justice system in the North.
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Messi May Get 2 Years Jail Term Over £3m Tax Fraud

The Barcelona star faces 3 charges that carry a possible jail sentence. Lionel Messi and his father Jorge are to face trial over an alleged £3.1m tax fraud.

Lionel Messi

LIONEL Messi had thought the case against him would be dropped when he repaid £3.7 million to Spanish authorities.

But the Judge in charge of the case rejected a letter of request by the public lawyer to solely prosecute the footballer’s father.

National Human Rights Commission Says 70 Per Cent Of Inmates In Nigerian Prisons Are Awaiting Trial

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has said that 70 per cent of inmates in prisons across the country are awaiting trial.

Mrs Morphy Okwa, the commission’s Assistant Director, Investigation and Coordination revealed this while presenting a report at a stakeholders’ validation of the 2014 prison audit report and 2015 election report.

Okwa that though prisons in six states were visited in the last exercise, a compilation of reports from previous visits informed the commission of the current situation.

“It was found that there were 240 prison institutions spread across Nigeria as follows: 138 main prisons, 85 satellites, 14 Farm Centres, and 3 borstal institutions.

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Rocco Siffredi, An Italian Porn Actor Launches ‘University Of Porn’ For Aspiring Stars

Have you always questioned the educational angle of porn and what it extremely takes to become a porn film star?

Well, thanks to one ‘Italian Stallion’, a bunch of aspiring actors appear set to ‘graduate’ from the ‘University of Porn’, courtesy Rocco Siffredi, an Italian porn actor,

Worst Experience Of My Life Is Being Pregnant - Kim Kardashian

Last week, "Entertainment Tonight" claimed to have confirmed Kim Kardashian would be welcoming her baby boy into the world via scheduled C-section on Christmas Day, and that due date can't come soon enough for the reality star.

Kim Kardashian

The 34-year-old has been very open about fertility struggles and her quest to get pregnant a second time, but she's not having any more fun than she did the first time around.

As such, Kardashian didn't hold back when she wrote about just how much she hates being pregnant in a new post on her website.

Police Nab 6 Men For Robbery And Rape On A Canoe

A gang of armed robbers which specializes in attacking travelers on the waterways have been nabbed by the police.

It was gathered that six of the suspects were arrested following a report by a woman that the gang attacked and raped while she was travelling in a canoe at the Lamgbasa area of Lagos state on September 20.

The woman who requested anonymity said: “I was going home in a canoe that fateful day but unknown to me, the canoe I entered belonged to a gang of robbers. Half way into the trip, the men told me to cooperate with them and they brought out dangerous weapons and threatened to kill me.

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Issa Hayatou Of Cameroon To Take Over As Acting Fifa President Following Sepp Blatter’s Suspension For 90 Days

FIFA president Sepp Blatter and his UEFA counterpart Michel Platini have been hit with 90 day suspensions by FIFA's independent Ethics Committee.

Issa Hayatou
Blatter is being investigated regarding a contract he signed that was "unfavourable" to FIFA. He is also accused of making a "disloyal" payment to UEFA president and FIFA vice-president PlatiniBoth Platini and Blatter deny any wrong doing.

FIFA's General Secretary Jerome Valcke, who is already on leave, has also been suspended for 90 days.

Issa Hayatou of Cameroon will take over as acting FIFA President after Sepp Blatter was provisionally suspended for 90 days on Thursday by an ethics committee, soccer’s governing body confirmed in a statement, Reuters reports.

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Kola Aluko, Diezani’s Ally, Faces Extradition To Uk As Switzerland Gets Britain’s Request To ProbeThe Oil Baron

There were strong indications on Wednesday that Switzerland might extradite a Nigerian oil baron, Kola Aluko, to the United Kingdom.

Kola Aluko

The Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland, in an electronic mail to one of our correspondents, confirmed that the UK had sought for mutual legal assistance from its country.

In an e-mail sent to it, the office of the AGF of Switzerland was asked if it had received extradition request from the UK on the businessman.

It was also asked to specify the time the extradition process would begin and when he would be extradited.

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Fire Destroys 25 Shops As Ikorodu Market Gets Raided With Fire

No fewer than 25 shops and two houses were yesterday razed in an early morning inferno which razed a section of Sabo Market, Ikorodu.

Property worth millions of Naira was also lost to the fire, which also consumed a relaxation spot.

The incident which was attributed to a power surge occurred at about 1:20am when the traders had retired from the day’s business.

The prompt response of the state emergency respondents was said to have prevented the fire from escalating.

A mild drama ensued at the scene as some of the victims blamed their woes on the non-challant attitude of personnel of Ikeja Distribution Company who supplies electricity to the market.

According to the traders, the company failed to respond to a distress call until the situation almost got out of hand.

“Before going home on Tuesday, there was high voltage which affected electrical appliances such as bulbs, fans and sockets, a signal that havoc will soon be recorded but the distribution company turned deaf ears to this.

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Over 110 Million Devices Has Windows 10 Installed On It

Microsoft today announced Windows 10 is now installed on over 110 million devices. It took the latest and greatest operating system from Microsoft just 10 weeks to enter the 9-digit range.

The milestone was revealed at the company’s Windows 10 hardware event in New York City.

Previously, Microsoft had shared that 24 hours after its July 29 launch, Windows 10 was installed on more than 14 million PCs and that four weeks after launch, Windows 10’s install base passed 75 million PCs.

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National Identity Management Commission Enrolls 7m Nigerians, Says D-G

The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) says it has enrolled seven million Nigerians on its database out of the 13 million estimated for the pilot scheme.

Mr Chris Onyemenam, the Director-General of the commission, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja.

Onyemenam said the commission’s facilities had the capacity to register 300 million citizens, urging Nigerians to utilize the opportunity and register for their identification cards.

According to him, the Federal Government considered it necessary to centralise the process of ascertaining the identity of every Nigerian within a national framework.

“Right now in the database, we have about seven million Nigerians, which is quite poor because there have been a deliberate effort by NIMC, through third parties, to do better than this record.

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Vincent Enyeama Explains Rift With Oliseh, Might Quit Eagles

Vincent Enyeama, Super Eagles Captain, has expressed his displeasure over his clash with the new Super Eagles Coach, Sunday Oliseh.

Vincent Enyeama

Enyeama spoke with Colin Udoh of ESPN FC Saying;

 “I was surprised, so I stood up to explain my position and ask for an explanation, but the coach asked me to sit down.

Nigerian Soldiers Kill 100 Fleeing Boko Haram Members

The Nigerian Army said on Wednesday that troops of the Army 120 Task Force Battalion in Yobe, have killed more than 100 fleeing terrorists at Goniri area of the state.

The Acting Director of Army Public Relations, Col Sani Usman, confirmed the incident in a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja.

The statement said seven soldiers died while nine others were wounded when the terrorists attempted to invade the military base at Goniri, early on Wednesday.

“The fleeing Boko Haram terrorists in desperation to create an impression that they remain relevant, early today made a futile attempt on 120 Task Force Battalion troops at Goniri, Yobe State.

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Pictures; Container Falls Off Trailer On Apapa-Oshodi Expressway, Falls On Tanker

  

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Bomb Blast At Buhari Housing Estate This Morning

Multiple bomb blast have been reported to have occurred in Buhari Hosing Estate in Damaturu, Yobe state this morning.

According to report from Naij,explosions were heard in Damaturu, Yobe State Capital, at around 7:30 am this morning. About 16 people are assumed dead and the injured have been rushed to Sani Abacha Specialist Hospital for treatment.

Ambode Orders Audit Of N418b Lagos Debt Burden

Akinwunmi Ambode, the Governor of Lagos State, has ordered the audit of N418 billion that his government inherited from the previous administration.

Akinwunmi Ambode

The Governor, at the first town hall meeting in Ipaja, yesterday, mentioned that the audit  was necessary to free additional funds for the state to boost on infrastructural development in Lagos. 

Suspected Boko Haram Financier Arrested By Nigerian Army(Pictures)

Mohammed Maina was recently intercepted and arrested by Nigerian troops in Bama. He is suspected to be a Boko Haram financier and stimulants dealer.

Ukrainian Model Strips Semi Nude To Help Raise Money For Her Broke Local Football Club (Pictures)

A model has created an amazing way to raise cash for her native soccer club who has been under financial issue.

Angelina Petrova stripped down in a couple of semi-naked shots to help raise cash for Ukrainian minnows FC Metalurh Zaporizhya.

Okiro's Panel Report; Obasanjo Shared $74million In Halliburton Bribe

Nigeria’s Ex.President Olusegun Obasanjo, who ruled the country from 1999-2000, throughout which he swore to fight corruption within the country, obtained sizeable helpings of the ill-famed Haliburton bribe cash, the Special Investigation Panel headed by Inspector-General of Police, Mike Okiro, has declared in an  interim report.

Olusegun Obasanjo

According to the document, that was submitted to President Umaru Yar’Adua in May last year by Okiro, showed that Obasanjo shared the total of $74 million between 2000 and 2001 along with his Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar, likewise as Funsho Kupolokun and Gaius Obaseki, who were sequent heads of the NNPC throughout the government’s early years.

Arrested Blogger Sues Ogun State Police, Governor's Aide For Unlawful Detention, Demands N150million As Damages

Emmanuel Ojo

Emmanuel Ojo, the blogger who was aarrested and detained for writing about Gov. Ibikunle Amosun’s wife on Facebook, has sued the Ogun State Police command and the Chief Security Officer to Governor Amosun, Katib Biliamin for his arrest and detention, requesting a sum of N150 million as damages.