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3526

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
(EFCC) has arrested a popular Abuja socialite who
is also a top official of the Nigerian Prisons Service,
Dr (Mrs) Imaobong Akon Esu-Nte.
The suspect, a Grade Level 14 Officer with the
Federal Ministry of Finance seconded to the
Nigerian Prison Service as Head, Capital Accounts,
was picked up Tuesday May 6 by operatives of the
anti graft agency. And for several hours, she was
grilled by investigators over allegations bordering
on corruption, abuse of office and money
laundering.
EFCC officials said they received tip-off regarding
the suspect’s lifestyle which was inconsistent with
her position as a public servant on a monthly
salary of N121, 460 ($751).
The suspect owns several exotic cars and
properties scattered over the (Federal Capital
Territory) Abuja. Among her properties is a palatial
mansion, a duplex with two-bedroom Boys
Quarters at Sun City Estate, Abuja and another
duplex at Karu Extension, Abuja, which is nearing
completion.
Three luxury automobiles were recovered from her
at the time of arrest. They include a Mercedes Benz
ML 350 4matic wagon, Mercedes Benz GL 500 SUV
and a Toyota Sienna.
EFCC sources said Imaobong’s arrest was triggered
by intelligence report on suspicious inflow of huge
funds into her account with a new generation bank.
Close scrutiny of the account by investigators
literally opened a can of worms, as it came to light
that the suspect is the promoter and signatory to
the accounts of three companies: Abasiaga Global
Resources Limited, Abasiono Nigeria Limited and
Ememima Global Ventures Limited, the companies
were established after she was posted to the
Nigerian Prison Service and all the directors are
her children (Dr. Etsu Daniel, Eme Faith and Uwen
David).
She is also the owner of two other companies-
Darima Properties and ID Petroleum.

3527

The Barcelona star is keen on a switch to the
Premier League, with the Gunners his first
choice, but his lofty wage demands look set to
put a host of sides off
Lionel Messi remains keen on a move to the
Premier League, with Arsenal his preferred choice
according to the Daily Star.
The Barcelona star is keen to leave Spain behind
after his recent tax issues, and though he would
not be adverse to joining any of England’s biggest
sides, the Gunners are his first choice.
However, the Argentina international is demanding
£600,000 per week, which it is claimed would put
off even the wealthiest of clubs.

3528
Sports Updates / Arsenal Set To Reward Mesut Ozil With New Contract
« on: November 17, 2015, 08:51:19 am »

Arsenal are ready to reward Mesut Ozil with a new
deal, according to the Daily Mirror.
The German international will have two years left
on his current deal at the end of the season and
after a number of impressive performances this
season, the Gunners want to secure the player’s
future at the Emirates.
Reports suggest Arsenal a preparing a deal that will
see the German stay in north London until at least
2019.

3529
Celebrity Talks / Dangote Resigns From Flour Mills
« on: November 17, 2015, 08:41:57 am »

Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote has resigned
from Dangote Flour Mills, a subsidiary of the
Dangote Group.
He announced his resignation on Monday following
the withdrawal of the funding from South Africa’s
Tiger Brands. South Africa’s Tiger Brands a
consumer goods maker owns around 90% stake at
Dangote Flour Mills.
Dangote resigned alongside Olakunle Alake, Asue
Ighodalo and Arnold Ekpe immediately after the
announcement, which may mean the end of DFM.
“Tiger Brands has decided not to provide further
financial support with respect to its investment in
Tiger Branded Consumer Goods Plc of Nigeria,” the
company said in a statement.
According to Reuters, Tiger Brands has not made
money from Dangote Flour Mills (DFM) since
paying nearly $200 million for a 65 percent stake in
the firm back in 2012.
Anthony Geard, an industry analyst with Investec
Securities, said “without Tiger Brands injecting
money, it is the end of the line for DFM”.
Dangote Group is investing heavily in the African
cement industry, with a plan to build production
factories in 18 African countries and Nepal. Tiger
Brands has large equity stakes in leading Nigerian
companies including Deli Foods and UAC Foods.

3530

Recently this photos of former Minister of
Petroleum, Diezani Alison-Madueke was published
on the maiden publication of The Boss, where
Diezani said she didn’t steal Nigeria’s money and
her state of health as she battles with cancer.
Upon seeing this photos people have started
pouring sympathy on the embattled minsters but
someone is not moved by the picture nor words of
pity from internet users.
This Twitter user blamed it upon on the hypocrisy
of Nigerians, that if Diezani deserve sympathy then
the late notorious robber, Lawrence Anini deserves
it too.
Outed: “Hypocrisy is when you write; DIEZINI get
well soon & you refuse to write LAWRENCE ANINI
rest in peace.” Yomi Kuku
We think no one should be castigated until she is
fully convicted. Or what do you think?

3531

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation
(NNPC), has called on Nigerians to desist from
panic buying of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also
known as fuel, stating that it has about 23 days of
product supply in all its depots across the country.
Reacting to the resurgence of fuel queues in some
cities across the country, the NNPC, in a statement
by Mr. Ohi Alegbe, Group General Manager, Group
Public Affairs Division, stated that its depots have
about 927.461 million litres of PMS which is
enough to serve the country for the next 23 days if
no drop of the product is imported within the
period.
The NNPC blamed the resurgence of queues at
petrol filling stations on rumour of an impending
scarcity, a$$uring that it has enough products to
meet the demand of the country.
It also warned oil marketers not to engage in sharp
practices, stating that anyone found wanting would
be dealt with decisively.

3532

Globacom’s Head of Corpo
Shonibare, flanked on the left
Legal Services, Globacom,
Globacom’s Brand Specialist,
National telecoms operator, Globacom, has
enhanced the network experience of its data
subscribers with juicy benefits which include free
data and free airtime which subscribers can use to
call all networks.
While announcing the new offer, called Twin Bash,
in Lagos on Wednesday, Globacom’s Executive
Director, Legal Services, Gladys Talabi disclosed
that any subscriber who recharges N200 data will
get 200 MB of data worth N800, another N200
airtime to call or send SMS to any network and
N200 airtime to call 10 friends and family. The
subscriber will subsequently receive N1,200 value
for a data recharge of N200 which will be valid for
four days.
Similarly, any subscriber who recharges with N500
data plan will get 500 MB of data, N500 airtime to
call or send SMS to any network and N500 airtime
to call 10 friends and family, Gladys Talabi said,
adding that this is valid for 10 days.
According to her, subscribers who recharge with
N1,000 for data will receive 1GB of data: while they
will equally receive N1,000 free airtime to call or
send SMS to any network and N1000 free airtime to
call 10 friends and family, adding that this is valid
for 15 days.
For a N2,000 data plan, the subscriber will enjoy 2
GB of data with N2,000 airtime bonus to call or
send SMS to any network and another N2,000 free
airtime to call 10 friends and family. She added that
this package is valid for 30 days.
“This is an unbeatable offer in the Nigerian
telecommunication industry. Imagine paying N200
for a service and getting a value worth N1,200“, she
said.
She encouraged subscribers to dial *223*pin# to
enjoy the Twin Bash benefits, adding that with the
new promo, Globacom has taken subscriber’s data
enjoyment on the company’s network to a new
height by adding bonus airtime for voice calls to
every new data recharge. “It is the novel and
quintessential mobile package. You pay for data
and get voice and sms free“, Talabi said.
According to her, the company has invested
enormously on network upgrade in the last one
year, adding that this has led to significant
improvement in the quality of voice and data
service.
The new offer is coming on the heels of the Free
Tomorrow promo which was launched recently.

3533

Africa’s biggest youth event, The Future Awards
Africa has announced the amba$$adors for the
10th anniversary – a stellar cast of past winners of
the awards across business, development,
governance and the creative industries.
The 10 selected amba$$adors are international
recording artiste Bukonla ‘Asa’ Elemide (Nigeria),
music producer Michel ‘Don Jazzy’ Ajere (Nigeria),
beauty entrepreneur Tara Fela Durotoye (Nigeria),
founder of LEAP Africa Ndidi Nwuneli (Nigeria),
agriculture entrepreneur Nnaemeka Ikeguonu
(Nigeria), activist Sangu Delle (Ghana), power
entrepreneur Patrick Ngowi (Tanzania), singer
Diamond Platinumz (Tanzania), change-maker
Fogblanbenchi Lily Harity (Cameroon), and
lawmaker Oramait Alengoil (Uganda).
“These 10 African icons have been selected from
across East, West and Southern Africa because
they represent the essence of TFAA,” says Sean
Obedih, a member of the awards Central Working
Committee based in Ghana. “They speak to the best
that Africa has, but more importantly their lives
work have inspired millions to take charge of their
destinies and to get involved in rebuilding their
communities and their countries.There are no
better amba$$adors than these to drive our #
AfricaNeedsYou message as we celebrate 10 years
of the awards and prepare for 10 more years of
impact.”
The amba$$adors will drive the 10th year
anniversary campaign for the awards across TV,
radio, online and through targeted events targeted
at galvanizing the global TFAA brain trust to solve
problems across Africa.

3534
Jokes and Comedy / 15 Most Crazy Bus Stop Names In Lagos
« on: November 17, 2015, 07:50:31 am »

If you get aboard a Lagos bus and after a while you
hear the conductor call out “under!”, “Killer!”, ”
Masha!” don’t panic, it is not the beginning of
madness, he is just calling out bus-stops; so where
is your stop?
There are so many humorous things that take place
while traveling on a Lagos commercial bus, certain
things that happen or that are said, are just enough
to keep you laughing if you take a second thought
at them.
For me the bus-stops in Lagos and the way these
conductors call them out, gets me laughing always.
So you have bus-stop like “Westminster”
pronounced as “West Minister” and you can’t but
laugh to tears.
There many more bus-stops which i find funny,
either in their pronunciation or in the meaning of
their names as it were.
Perhaps I should give you some heads-up, every
major landmark in Lagos eventually is used as a
bus-stop, and in the case of no major building/
edifice; then the nearest Iroko tree becomes the
bus-stop for the area.
This theory holds majorly for residents in the
mainland, as the Lagos-Island tends to have a
good number bus-stops with straight names.
Without spoiling the fun, here are some of the
craziest and funniest names i have found of the lot
that exist around the Lagos megalopolis.
Come “along”, yes, ‘along’ is yet another bus-stop’s
name.
Cemetery bus stop
There are so many cemetery bus-stops across
Lagos. The simple rationale for the bus-stop name,
being that the cemetary located around the corner
is about the most popular place to reckon with
within the area. Seriously, I mean, how can you say
you live at “Cemetery bus stop”?
Moshalashi
Moshalashi means mosque, and there are major
mosques in virtually every part of Lagos. You can
rarely go to on any Local government are which
doesn’t have a Moshalashi- bus stop.
Mechanic bus stop
There is one just after Okokomiko and like the
other bus-stops, just for the mere fact that a group
of automobile mechanics make one spot their
workshop, it automatically becomes a bus-stop.
Tell me, what can be easier to describe than a
group of men with shirts soiled with so much
grease.
Abattoir
I asked someone recently, where do you live and
he said “abattoir” and I could not hold back my
laughter, apparently he was referring to the
popular bus-stop around the Abule Egba area of
Lagos, where the Lagos abattoir is located.
Church bus stop- Along Mile 2
The name says it all, you can already guess what
inspired this bus-stop located along Agboju Mile 2
(Badagry expressway).
Coconut bus stop- Along Mile 2
The presence of a long row of coconut trees gave
rise to the name of this bus-stop located on your
way to Mile 2. Infact, you will hear the conductors
call out “Mile-2 Coconut!”, on their trips from
Oshodi through iyana-isolo and down past Cele-
bus stop.
Cele bus stop- Along Mile 2
Lagosians have an abbreviation for the Celestial
churches, and that is “Cele” and that is the concept
behind naming this bus-stop after some celestial
church within.
Takuti Jesu- Ajah
It remains somewhat unclear to me why this bus-
stop was named “Taku ti Jesu”, a name which
basically means never letting go of Jesus. Perhaps
some new form of admonition, so don’t let go till
you get what you want. Somebody, must have read
Jacob’s story.
Mongoro- Along Oshodi- Egbeda road
Now this is one very funny one. Just like coconut,
this is supposed to be Mango bus-stop, but the
conductors never fail to call it “mongoro”, I can’t
forget how much i laughed the first time I
deciphered it.
Ile-epo- Along Ejigbo-Ikotun road
Just along the Ejigbo-Ikotun road, is this bus-stop
whose name is derived from the mere fact that a
“filling-station” ( fuel station) is sited there. Ile-epo
literally mean, house-of-oil (a gas station).
7/8- Along Airport Road
For as long as I have known this bus-stop, it has
fascinated me, as I have tried tirelessly to solve the
maths behind its name. Please if you have a clue,
then let us know. Same goes for the bus-stop
named 23-24.
Onigbongbo- Maryland
In all honesty, I can tell you for real what the name
entail. However, I am more concerned with the way
it sounds when pronounced. Go on, try it, O-ni-
gbon-gbo. Don’t bite your tongue.
Onipanu- Along Yaba-Ikorodu road
Unlike Onigbongo, I think Onipanu means some
one who trades in aluminum and building
materials. So you can be sure that there is/was a
popular “onipanu” to earn it a place as a popular
bus-stop in Lagos.
Alakara bus stop
If you understand yoruba well enough, then you
will understand that this bus-stop was named after
someone, who most likely is a woman that sells
“bean-cakes” locally called “akara”.
Ogolonto- Ikorodu area
Like O-ni-gbon-gbo, I know little of O-go-lon-to, I
can only say that it is located along the famous
Ikorodu road. Ogolonto just has a peculiar way it
sounds in the ears and as each syllable drops,
smile from ear to ear.
These are but a few of the very crazy bus-stop
names in Lagos. We want to hear from you, what is
the name of your bus stop or the nearest one to
where you live or place of work.
Let us know if they are funny and crazy and if you
will be proud to tell some outside you live there.
Meanwhile, Christmas is almost here again, so you
need to beware of certain spots within Lagos.
Credit: Soonest Nathaniel/NAIJ

3535

Dangote Cement is set to reward about 3,783 of its
customers in Nigeria for their loyalty and
patronage.
As a way of compensating its ever-growing
customers across the country, Dangote Cement will
from today, Monday November 16, 2015
commence its biggest promo that will benefit 3,
783 customers.
The Dangote Mega Million Dash (#DMMD) promo,
which will be activated across the country will run
for three months, with total benefits of N300
million to be shared among 3,783 customers.
Two prizes of one million naira each will be won
daily for 90 days by 180 lucky winners for the
duration of the promo while a whopping N30
million will be won by a lucky winner every month.
Explaining details of the promo, Dangote Group’s
Chief Marketing Officer, Mr. Oare Ojeikere said:
“To be part of the promo, all it requires is for the
customer to buy a bag of cement and cut out the
token at top right of bag.
Five tokens will make one entry in the draw. Each
entry of 5 tokens must be attached to a piece of
paper with the participant’s name, phone number
and address, placed in a sealed envelope and
dropped off at a designated Drop Centre.”

3536
EarlyFace Examination Center (EEC) / Re: 2015 NABTEB GCE GEOGRAPHY
« on: November 16, 2015, 01:49:23 pm »

(6a)
Draw and label the structure of the earth.
(6b)
(i) It provides water for drinking.
(ii) Water is also required for irrigation in rainfall
deficit areas.
(iii) Hydrosphere plays an important role in
maintaining the global water
cycle and bringing precipitation through the process
of water cycle.
(iv) Aquatic bodies plays a great role in our
ecosystem by supporting
several aquatic floral n faunal life.
(v) It acts as a global pollution sink, and dissolves
several pollutants
which are present in the atmosphere

3537
The newly appointed Minister of Defence,
Monsur Dan-Ali has been handed a 7-day
ultimatum by a human rights group in Nigeria,
to bring out the controversial Senior Secondary
School Certificate (SSCE) of President
Muhammadu Buhari.

President Muhammadu Buhari’s Senior Secondary
Certificate Exam (SSCE) has been a point of debate.
The group known as Centre for Human Rights and
Social Justice (CHRSJ), called on the new minister
and the authority of the Nigeria Army to produce
Buhari’s certificate.
According to Daily Post, the rights group stipulated
a 7-day period in which Dan-Ali must make the
certificate available.
CHRSJ said that a failure to make the certificate
available within the 7-day window, will mean that
the Nigerian president is operating a government
based on fallacy.
General Buhari had before the election insisted
that his controversial original Certificate was with
the authority of the Nigeria Army.
They said that the failure of President Buhari to
order the authority of Nigerian Army as their
Commander-in-Chief, to release his original Senior
School Certificate, which he used to be enlisted in
the Army, would amount to “blatant lie of the
highest order from the acclaimed incorruptible
President Buhari.”
Their stand on the issue was disclosed in a
statement issued and signed by the CHRSJ’s
executive chairman, Comrade Adeniyi Alimi
Sulaiman.
He said: “Following the recent statement credited
to the new defence minister, Monsur Dan-Ali over
disappearance of the purported original Secondary
School Certificate of General Muhammadu Buhari
(rtd) in the custody of Nigeria Army, which General
Buhari claimed to be with the Country’s Military
authority, prior to the 2015 presidential election.
General Buhari has become elected President of
the Federal Republic of Nigeria now and he is the
Commander-in-Chief of armed forces, no Military
authority will have temerity to keep his Military
Service file now and he should not hesitate to
order them to bring out his (Buhari) original
controversial Secondary School Certificate now
within seven (7) days for doubting Thomas’ to see.”
“We believe that if you are preaching equity, you
must come with clean hands. Failure to bring the
Certificate out within the stipulated time would
tantamount to the country being governed by the
un-certificated President and former Chief of Army
Staff, Lt. General Kenneth Minimah will be
vindicated for saying the truth that the
controversial Buhari’s certificate was not with the
authority of the Nigeria Army then and new
Defence Minister, Monsur Dan-Ali, will be
disappointed,” Comrade Adeniyi stressed.
The CHRSJ boss, noted that the group would not
hesitate to write the international communities as
being empowered by the Freedom of Information
Act, to prevail on the authority of the Nigeria Army
to bring out the controversial original Secondary
School Certificate of President Muhamadu Buhari.
He explained that the human rights group would
not allow the Nigeria Army and President
Muhammadu Buhari to lay down bad precedent in
our democratic system.
It would be recalled that there was some
controversy over Buhari’s SSCE, prior to the
elections. The president had before the election
insisted that his controversial original certificate
was with the authority of the Nigeria Army.
Mansur Dan- Ali had revisited President
Muhammadu Buhari’s certificate scandal on Friday,
November 13, criticising the immediate past chief
of army staff, Lt-Gen Kenneth Minimah (rtd) and
the Nigerian Army under him for not showing
respect for Buhari during his WAEC certificate
controversy before the 2015 general election.
The human rights group had in a statement made
three-weeks ago, opined that the Nigerian leader
should know that Nigerians are not going to eat his
integrity alone but they need good administration
with good economic course that would make life
acceptable for them.
This they said to stress that five months after being
inaugurated, the current administration still had no
economic blueprint.
Meanwhile, the CHRSJ has called on the Economic
and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to
prosecute the new Ooni of Ife, Prince Adeyeye
Ogunwusi, based on the allegations of forgery.

3538
Religion and Philosophy / 32 must read motivational quotes by Bruce Lee
« on: November 16, 2015, 12:06:30 pm »

1. As you think, so shall you become.
2. If you love life, don’t waste time, for time is what
life is made up of.
3. A wise man can learn more from a foolish
question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.
4. A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often
serves simply as something to aim at.
5. The successful warrior is the average man, with
laser focus.
6. Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the
courage to admit them.
7. Knowledge will give you power, but character
respect.
8. Real living is living for others.
9. Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the
beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce,
but still only light and flickering. As love grows
older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as
coals, deep-burning and unquenchable.
10. If you spend too much time thinking about a
thing, you’ll never get it done.
11. It’s not the daily increase but daily decrease.
h*ck away at the unessential.
12. The less effort, the faster and more powerful
you will be.
13. Obey the principles without being bound by
them.
14. Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith
in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful
personality and duplicate it.
15. I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000
kicks once, but i fear the man who has practiced
one kick 10,000 times.
16. If you always put limit on everything you do,
physical or anything else. It will spread into your
work and into your life. There are no limits. There
are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you
must go beyond them.
17. All fixed set patterns are incapable of
adaptability or pliability. The truth is outside of all
fixed patterns.
18. To hell with circumstances; i create
opportunities.
19. Take things as they are. Punch when you have
to punch. Kick when you have to kick.
20. Man, the living creature, the creating individual,
is always more important than any established
style or system.
21. Showing off is the fool’s idea of glory.
22. A wise man can learn more from a foolish
question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.
23. Take no thought of who is right or wrong or
who is better than. Be not for or against.
24. A quick temper will make a fool of you soon
enough.
25. I’m not in this world to live up to your
expectations and you’re not in this world to live up
to mine.
26. Ever since i was a child i have had this
instinctive urge for expansion and growth. To me,
the function and duty of a quality human being is
the sincere and honest development of one’s
potential.
27. To know oneself is to study oneself in action
with another person.
28. The key to immortality is first living a life worth
remembering.
29. Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily
****, while the bamboo or willow survives by
bending with the wind.
30. The possession of anything begins in the mind.
31. To me, the extraordinary aspect of martial arts
lies in its simplicity. The easy way is also the right
way, and martial arts is nothing at all special; the
closer to the true way of martial arts, the less
wastage of expression there is.
32. You just wait. I’m going to be the biggest
chinese star in the world.
By Felix Hoi

3539

If you love listening to music, you’re in good
company. Charles Darwin once remarked, “If I had
my life to live over again, I would have made a rule
to read some poetry and listen to some music at
least once every week.” Albert Einstein declared, “If
I were not a physicist, I would probably be a
musician.” Jimi Hendrix called music his “religion.”
I’ve always been in awe of people who can sing and
play guitar. As a young girl, I secretly listened to
singer-songwriter music in my bedroom into the
wee hours. As a rebellious teenager, I cranked rock
‘n’ roll in the house whenever I had to do chores. I
always felt great afterwards – now I know why.
Recent research shows that listening to music
improves our mental well-being and boosts our
physical health in surprising and astonishing ways.
If we take a music lesson or two, that musical
training can help raise our IQs and even keep us
sharp in old age. Here are 15 amazing scientifically-
proven benefits of being hooked on music.
1. Music Makes You Happier
“I don’t sing because I’m happy; I’m happy because
I sing.” – William James
Research proves that when you listen to music you
like, your brain releases dopamine, a “feel-good”
neurotransmitter. Valorie Salimpoor, a
neuroscientist at McGill University, injected eight
music-lovers with a radioactive substance that
binds to dopamine receptors after they listened to
their favorite music. A PET scan showed that large
amounts of dopamine were released, which
biologically caused the participants to feel
emotions like happiness, excitement, and joy.
So the next time you need an emotional boost,
listen to your favorite tunes for 15 minutes. That’s
all it takes to get a natural high!
2. Music Enhances Running Performance
“If people take anything from my music, it should
be motivation to know that anything is possible as
long as you keep working at it and don’t back
down.” – Eminem
Marcelo Biglia$$i and his colleagues found that
runners who listened to fast or slow motivational
music completed the first 800 meters of their run
faster than runners who listened to calm music or
ran without music. If you want to take your running
up a notch, listen to songs that inspire you.
3. Music Lowers Stress and Improves Health
“I think music in itself is healing. It’s an explosive
expression of humanity. It’s something we are all
touched by. No matter what culture we’re from.” –
Billy Joel
Listening to music you enjoy decreases levels of
the stress hormone cortisol in your body, which
counteracts the effects of chronic stress. This is an
important finding since stress causes 60% of all
our illnesses and disease. One study showed that if
people actively participated in making music by
playing various percussion instruments and
singing, their immune system was boosted even
more than if they pa$$ively listened.
To stay calm and healthy during a stressful day,
turn on the radio. Be sure to sing along and tap
your feet to the beat to get the maximum healing
benefit.
4. Music Helps You Sleep Better
“Music washes away from the soul the dust of
everyday life.” – Berthold Auerbach
Over 30% of Americans suffer from insomnia. A
study showed that students who listened to
relaxing cla$$ical music for 45 minutes before
turning in slept significantly better than students
who listened to an audiobook or did nothing
different from their normal routine. If you’re
having trouble sleeping, try listening to a little Bach
or Mozart before bedtime to catch some Zs.
5. Music Reduces Depression
“Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space
between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.”
– Maya Angelou
More than 350 million people suffer from
depression around the world. A whopping 90% of
them also experience insomnia. The sleep research
above found that symptoms of depression
decreased significantly in the group that listened to
cla$$ical music before bedtime, but not in the
other two groups. Another study by Hans Joachim
Trappe in Germany also demonstrated that music
can benefit patients with depressive symptoms,
depending on the type of music. Meditative sounds
and cla$$ical music lifted people up, but techno
and heavy metal brought people down even more.
The next time you feel low, put on some cla$$ical
or meditative music to lift your spirits.
6. Music Helps You Eat Less
“There’s a friendly tie of some sort between music
and eating.” – Thomas Hardy
Research at Georgia Tech University showed that
softening the lighting and music while people ate
led them to consume fewer calories and enjoy
their meals more. If you’re looking for ways to curb
your appetite, try dimming the lights and listening
to soft music the next time you sit down for a meal.
7. Music Elevates Your Mood While Driving
“That’s what I love. Not being interrupted, sitting in
the car by myself listening to music in the rain.
There are so many great songs yet to sing.”  –
Alison Kraus
A study in the Netherlands found that listening to
music can positively impact your mood while
driving, which can lead to safer behavior than not
listening to music. The next time you feel frustrated
in traffic, turn up the tunes to improve your state of
mind. It won’t hurt your driving performance – it
may even help you drive more safely.
8. Music Strengthens Learning and Memory
“Music is the language of memory.” – Jodi Picoult
Researchers discovered that music can help you
learn and recall information better, but it depends
on how much you like the music and whether or
not you’re a musician. Subjects memorized
Japanese characters while listening to music that
either seemed positive or neutral to them. The
results showed that participants who were
musicians learned better with neutral music but
tested better when pleasurable music was playing.
Non-musicians, on the other hand, learned better
with positive music but tested better with neutral
music.
Memorize these results. You now have a strategy to
study more effectively for your next test.
9. Music Relaxes Patients Before/After Surgery
“He who sings scares away his woes.” – Miguel de
Cervantes
Researchers found that listening to relaxing music
before surgery decreases anxiety. In fact it’s even
more effective than being or*lly administered
Midazolam, a medication often used to help pre-op
patients feel sleepy that also has gnarly side effects
such as coughing and vomiting. Other studies
showed that listening to soothing music while
resting in bed after open heart surgery increases
relaxation.
Globally, 234 million major surgeries are
performed each year. If you or someone you know
is going into surgery, be sure to bring some
soothing tunes to ease anxiety. It may work better,
and will certainly have fewer adverse side effects,
than the meds they dispense.
10. Music Reduces Pain
“One good thing about music, when it hits you, you
feel no pain.” – Bob Marely
Research at Drexel University in Philadelphia found
that music therapy and pre-recorded music
reduced pain more than standard treatments in
cancer patients. Other research showed that music
can decrease pain in intensive care patients and
geriatric care patients, but the selection needed to
be either cla$$ical pieces, meditative music, or
songs of the patient’s choosing.
Bob Marely was right about this one – listen to
music you love to take your pain away.
11. Music Helps Alzheimer’s Patients Remember
“The past, which is not recoverable in any other
way, is embedded, as if in amber, in the music, and
people can regain a sense of identity.” – Oliver
Sacks, M.D.
A non-profit organization called Music & Memory
helps people with Alzheimer’s Disease and other
age-related dementias remember who they are by
having them listen to their dearest songs. The
awakening is often dramatic. For example, after
Henry listens to music from his era, this
wheelchair-bound dementia sufferer who can
barely speak sings Cab Calloway songs and happily
reminisces about his life .
Dr. Laura Mosqueda, Director of Geriatrics at the
University of California at the Irvine School of
Medicine, explains that because music affects so
many areas of the brain, it stimulates pathways
that may still be healthy.
One in three seniors die with Alzheimer’s Disease
or another dementia, so odds are you know
someone who has it. To connect with loved ones
who suffer from age-related dementia, try playing
some of their best-loved music.
12. Music Improves Recovery in Stroke Patients
“I know why the caged bird sings.” – Maya Angelou
Research at the University of Helsinki showed that
stroke patients who listened to music they chose
themselves for two hours a day had significantly
improved recovery of cognitive function compared
to those who listened to audio books or were given
no listening material. Most of the music contained
lyrics, which suggests that it’s the combination of
music and voice that bolstered the patients’
auditory and verbal memory.
Stroke is the number 5 cause of death in the United
States. If you know someone who has suffered a
stroke, bring their favorite songs as soon as you
can. Listening to them can significantly ramp up
their recuperation.
13. Music Increases Verbal Intelligence
“Music is to the soul what words are to the mind.”
– Modest Mouse
After only one month of music lessons (in rhythm,
pitch, melody and voice), a study at York University
showed that 90% of children between the ages of 4
and 6 had a significant increase in verbal
intelligence. Researcher Sylvain Moreno suggests
that the music training had a “transfer effect” which
enhanced the children’s ability to understand
words and explain their meaning. Other research
found that musically trained adult women and
musically trained children outperformed those
without music training on verbal memory tests.
No matter whether you’re an adult or a child, if you
want to boost your verbal skills, try taking music
lessons!
14. Music Raises IQ and Academic Performance
“Music can change the world because it can change
people.” – Bono
Research shows that taking music lessons predicts
higher academic performance and IQ in young
children. In one study, 6-year-olds who took
keyboard or singing lessons in small groups for 36
weeks had significantly larger increases in IQ and
standardized educational test results than children
who took either drama lessons or no lessons. The
singing group did the best.
To help your children achieve academic excellence,
encourage them to sing or learn to play an
instrument.
15. Music Keeps Your Brain Healthy in Old Age
“Music is the true breath of life. We eat so we won’t
starve to death. We sing so we can hear ourselves
live.” – Yasmina Khadra
A study with healthy older adults found that those
with ten or more years of musical experience
scored higher on cognitive tests than musicians
with one to nine years of musical study. The non-
musicians scored the lowest. “Since studying an
instrument requires years of practice and learning,
it may create alternate connections in the brain
that could compensate for cognitive declines as we
get older,” says lead researcher Brenda Hanna-
Pladdy.
Business magnate Warren Buffet stays sharp at age
84 by playing ukulele. It’s never too late to play an
instrument to keep you on top of your game.
Plato had it right when he said, “Music and rhythm
find their way into the secret places of the soul.”
No matter whether you’re young or old, healthy or
sick, happy or sad, music can improve the quality
of your life in numerous ways. It reduces stress
and anxiety, lifts your mood, boosts your health,
helps you sleep better, takes away your pain, and
even makes you smarter.
New research shows that music “can communicate
basic human feelings regardless of the listener’s
cultural and ethnic background.” We’ve only just
begun to understand all the ways this universal
language can profit the world. Rather than cut
funds for music and art programs in schools, why
not invest in exploring all the secret places that
music reaches so that we may continue to reap its
amazing benefits?
By Michelle Millis Chappel

3540

It happens far too often: I reach into my pocket for
my phone, and when I try to turn it on, I remember
that it’s been dead for hours.
Everyone has felt anxiety over being phone-less.
Gone are the days when mobile phones served
solely as lifelines in emergency situations or
platforms for the occasional, monochrome game
of Snake. In today’s day and age, phones are more
than that — they’re windows to the rest of the
world, and, for many of us, our primary means of
interaction.
So when it’s the middle of the day and your low-
battery notification pops up on your screen, it’s
only natural to feel a bit apprehensive about going
through the rest of your day without a charged
phone. We’ll do just about anything just to make
sure that doesn’t happen. We’ll dim our backlights
to conserve battery. We’ll close out of apps. We’ll
buy cases with chargers built into them.
And before a long night out, there’s always at least
one person ripping shots from the bathroom
because it has the only available outlet.
As crazy as it may seem, the fear of being without a
phone is real. (Though I’m not sure this is so much
of a fear of being without our phones as much as
it’s a total dependency on them.)
According to Piercarlo Valdesolo, a professor at
Claremont McKenna College, in an article for
Scientific American, there is now a name for this
condition. And that’s “nomophobia” — the scientific
term for “no-mobile-phone-phobia.”
Nomophobia hinges on two main premises. First, it
stems from “the feelings of anxiety or distress that
some people experience when not having their
phone.”
Essentially, this is that uncomfortable feeling that
consumes you when your phone hits the 15%
mark. You can already see the writing on the wall.
A second important aspect of nomophobia
revolves around “the degree to which we depend
on phones to complete basic tasks and to fulfill
important needs such as learning, safety and
staying connected to information and to others.”
And, in my opinion, this idea is especially
intriguing.
As Valdesolo explains, the dependency has deeper,
more significant psychological consequences than
the fear of missing out on Twitter or failing to
receive a text:
Research on transactive memory finds that when
we have reliable external sources of information
about particular topics at our disposal, then this
reduces our motivation and ability to acquire and
retain knowledge about that particular topic.
In other words, when we have a dependable
source of information – like our phones – available
to us, over time we’ll begin to lose motivation to
learn things for ourselves.
For example, the more we rely on CNN’s Twitter
page and Facebook’s trending topics for our news,
the less likely we are to pick up a newspaper, hit a
library or learn things outside of what’s delivered
on our screens.
Some people might argue that phones make news
and information more convenient. But in the grand
scheme of things, they might be more limiting than
anything else.
In order to be “diagnosed” (and I use that term
lightly) with nomophobia, you have to take a 20-
question test that distinguishes between levels of
severity. That way, you can figure out to what
degree you have nomophobia.
However, there is certainly a large amount of
controversy over whether or not nomophobia is a
real disorder, or just a result of bad habits.
In an article for The Washington Post, Brian Fung
urges us not to confuse nomophobia for an actual
medical addiction to smartphones, regardless of
how controlling they may appear to be.
“Maybe the greatest risk of all may lie in deciding
that nomophobia represents an actual medical
condition,” Fung writes.
To many critics, nomophobia is far from a new
concept. It’s not much different from any of our
ancestors’ struggle to adapt to new technology.
And while new, exciting technology may create
crazes shortly after their development, calling them
“addictions” might distract people from more
serious addictions.
Ultimately, it’s impossible to deny we’ve become
dependent on our smartphones — or even to say
that the majority of us don’t have some type of fear
about being without them .
But are “addiction” and “phobia” the right words to
use?
As Fung says, “physical dependence can lead to
craving the drug to relieve the withdrawal
symptoms,” and that’s hardly something anyone’s
ever had to deal with after being without their
phone for a few days.
Then again, I’ve never been without my phone for
more than a day or two, at most.
Huh. That has me thinking…
By Dan Scotti

3541

A human rights group in Nigeria, the Centre for
Human Rights and Social Justice (CHRSJ) has
called on the newly appointed Minister of
Defence, Monsur Dan-Ali and the authority of
the Nigeria Army to bring out the controversial
Senior Secondary School Certificate (SSCE) of
the President and Commander-in-Chief of
Armed Forces, General Muhammadu Buhari
(rtd).
General Buhari had before the election insisted
that his controversial original Certificate was with
the authority of the Nigeria Army.
The rights group in the seven (7) days ultimatum
said that failure of President Buhari to order the
authority of Nigerian Army as their Commander-in-
Chief, to release his original Senior School
Certificate, which he used to be enlisted in the
Army, would amount to “blatant lie of the highest
order from the acclaimed incorruptible President
Buhari.”
In a statement issued and signed by the CHRSJ’s
Executive Chairman, Comrade Adeniyi Alimi
Sulaiman, he said, “Following the recent statement
credited to the new Defence Minister, Monsur Dan-
Ali over disappearance of the purported original
Secondary School Certificate of General
Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) in the custody of Nigeria
Army, which General Buhari claimed to be with the
Country’s Military authority, prior to the 2015
presidential election. General Buhari has become
elected President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
now and he is the Commander-in-Chief of Armed
Forces, no Military authority will have temerity to
keep his Military Service file now and he should not
hesitate to order them to bring out his (Buhari)
original controversial Secondary School Certificate
now within seven (7) days for doubting Thomas to
see.
“We believe that if you are preaching equity, you
must come with clean hands. Failure to bring the
Certificate out within the stipulated time would
tantamount to the country being governed by the
un-certificated President and former Chief of Army
Staff, Lt. General Kenneth Minimah will be
vindicated for saying the truth that the
controversial Buhari’s certificate was not with the
authority of the Nigeria Army then and new
Defence Minister, Monsur Dan-Ali, will be
disappointed”.
CHRSJ boss, therefore, maintained that the group
would not hesitate to write the International
Communities as being empowered by the Freedom
of Information Act, to prevail on the authority of
the Nigeria Army to bring out the controversial
original Secondary School Certificate of Mr.
President, explaining that the human rights group
would not allow the Nigeria Army and President
Muhammadu Buhari to lay down bad precedent in
our democratic system.

3542

A human rights group in Nigeria, the Centre for
Human Rights and Social Justice (CHRSJ) has
called on the newly appointed Minister of
Defence, Monsur Dan-Ali and the authority of
the Nigeria Army to bring out the controversial
Senior Secondary School Certificate (SSCE) of
the President and Commander-in-Chief of
Armed Forces, General Muhammadu Buhari
(rtd).
General Buhari had before the election insisted
that his controversial original Certificate was with
the authority of the Nigeria Army.
The rights group in the seven (7) days ultimatum
said that failure of President Buhari to order the
authority of Nigerian Army as their Commander-in-
Chief, to release his original Senior School
Certificate, which he used to be enlisted in the
Army, would amount to “blatant lie of the highest
order from the acclaimed incorruptible President
Buhari.”
In a statement issued and signed by the CHRSJ’s
Executive Chairman, Comrade Adeniyi Alimi
Sulaiman, he said, “Following the recent statement
credited to the new Defence Minister, Monsur Dan-
Ali over disappearance of the purported original
Secondary School Certificate of General
Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) in the custody of Nigeria
Army, which General Buhari claimed to be with the
Country’s Military authority, prior to the 2015
presidential election. General Buhari has become
elected President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
now and he is the Commander-in-Chief of Armed
Forces, no Military authority will have temerity to
keep his Military Service file now and he should not
hesitate to order them to bring out his (Buhari)
original controversial Secondary School Certificate
now within seven (7) days for doubting Thomas to
see.
“We believe that if you are preaching equity, you
must come with clean hands. Failure to bring the
Certificate out within the stipulated time would
tantamount to the country being governed by the
un-certificated President and former Chief of Army
Staff, Lt. General Kenneth Minimah will be
vindicated for saying the truth that the
controversial Buhari’s certificate was not with the
authority of the Nigeria Army then and new
Defence Minister, Monsur Dan-Ali, will be
disappointed”.
CHRSJ boss, therefore, maintained that the group
would not hesitate to write the International
Communities as being empowered by the Freedom
of Information Act, to prevail on the authority of
the Nigeria Army to bring out the controversial
original Secondary School Certificate of Mr.
President, explaining that the human rights group
would not allow the Nigeria Army and President
Muhammadu Buhari to lay down bad precedent in
our democratic system.

3543
Sports Updates / Fifa Rejects Nigeria’s Bid To Change Match Venue
« on: November 16, 2015, 11:46:02 am »

Football’s world football governing body, FIFA, has
turned down Nigeria’s request for Tuesday’s World
Cup qualifier against Swaziland to be moved from
Port Harcourt to Abuja.
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), according to
africanFootball.com, demanded the match be
moved to Abuja for “logistical reasons,” but FIFA
said the application was not received within the
mandatory 10 days allowed for such a request.
“The request failed because it was not done within
the 10-day window allowed for such a request,” an
official told africanFootball.com .
The southern Nigerian oil city of Port Harcourt has
hosted Nigeria’s home games this year thanks to
the generosity of Rivers State Governor, Nyesom
Wike, but his election has now been nullified by a
tribunal which ordered a new vote.
Swaziland held star-studded Nigeria to a goalless
draw in the first leg of the 2018 World Cup qualifier
in Lobambo and the return clash is slated for
Tuesday afternoon in Port Harcourt.
The overall winners of this match-up will advance
to the group stage of the qualifying series for
Russia 2018.

3544

On Friday, November 13, 2015, some gunmen and
suicide bombers made French capital, Paris the
cynosure of all eyes when they attacked and ma$$
acred 127 people at seven different locations.
The Islamic State group has mentioned Nigeria
while claiming responsibility for the attacks by
eight a$$ailants who terrorized Paris leaving 127
people dead after a coordinated suicide bombings
and shootings.
In its message, the terrorist group saying ‘when
you deploy forces in other to control the city…or
dream to reclaim wilderness in the interior Nigeria
or masters …’
According to a tweet by Trac terrorisim.org, the
statements were credited to the ISIS blog and
several Nigerians are concerned about the
message.




3545

Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi and Real Madrid
hero Cristiano Ronaldo have taken to social media
to offer their sympathies to the victims of Friday’s
attacks in Paris.
French officials report that 128 people were killed
and another 99 left in a critical condition following
what appeared to be co-ordinated terrorist acts
across the French capital.
Four fatalities were reported outside the Stade de
France, where the national team were playing an
international friendly fixture against Germany.
Barcelona forward Messi posted on Facebook to
offer his condolences.
“All our thoughts are with yesterday’s victims and
their families,” the Argentina international wrote.
“We want to reiterate today, more than ever, that
there’s only one way: love and peace between
mankind and the world will stick together to
achieve it. #PrayForParis.”
Ronaldo, Real’s record goal scorer, also expressed
his support.
“I can’t be indifferent to the horror of the Paris
attacks,” the Portugal star posted on Twitter. “My
thoughts go to the victims and families.”

3546
Celebrity Talks / Pictures From The Paris Terror Attacks
« on: November 16, 2015, 11:33:58 am »

As the world comes together to condemn Friday’s
terror attacks on Paris, we bring you chilling
pictures of the carnage that unfolded at the six
different targets across the French capital.














3547

Sesan Sobowale, the Director, Corporate Relations
at Guinness Nigeria, on Friday denied that the
company ever used raw materials considered to be
expired by NAFDAC.
He said that the company had already gotten
extension on the ‘best before date’ from the
supplier of the malt extract in question.
You will recall that NAFDAC imposed one billion
naira fine on Guinness over alleged usage of
expired raw materials in the company’s production
lines.
Sobowale told journalists in Lagos that the
company usually considered due process in the
way it destroyed expired raw materials.
Sobowale said that the company usually destroyed
its expired products and materials at Ado-Ado in
Ogun State with relevant documents from
government.
Sobowale, also the Company Secretary, said that
prior to the day NAFDAC visited the warehouse, it
had fumigated the place on Oct. 25 to prevent
rodents from entering the warehouse.
He also said that the company, upon receiving a
letter from NAFDAC, replied NAFDAC with the
documents seeking approval on the extension of
“best before date”.
Sobowale said that Guinness also got relevant
papers from the Ado-Ode Local Goverment on
disposal of expired raw materials.
Other papers presented included the certificate on
the pest control treatment from a company
called AC Fumen International and the FSSC 2200
ISO certificate
The Managing Director of Guinness Nigeria, Peter
Ndegwa, said that the company would not
compromise on the highest standards of quality
which were in line with globally accepted code of
manufacturing practice.
He said that those standards had also been co-
certified by NAFDAC. Ndegwa said that company
believed more in its reputation than the financial
benefits it gained from the sale of its products.

3548
Jokes and Comedy / Nigeria teacher in Korea
« on: November 16, 2015, 10:51:05 am »

Nigeria teacher was sent to China to teach.
The first day he entered class, he began by roll-
calling. He said “Sheng.”
A student said ”present.
”He called the second name, “Chu muon”
Another student said ”present.”Suddenly, he sneezed,
”hatchia” one
student seated at the corner stood up and said,
”present.
”He then exclaimed and said, ”hmmmm…”allthe
students shouted
”absent.”He got confused and said, ”chai…” three
students stood up and
said, ”which of us sir?” The teacher became more
confused and he asked,
”what is wrong?” A student stood up and said, ”sir,
I’m not wrong,
I’mcalled Wong.”The teacher now laughed and said,
”hahaha ”..
A girl said. ” Present sir.”The teacher fainted.

3549
Life is short. Some people die at 25, but aren’t buried
until
they’re 75. If you find yourself staring in the mirror,
but not happy
with what you see, it’s not too late to change.
Here are 5 ways to make change in your life today :
1. Get clear on your goals
First and foremost, you need to get clear on where
you’re at and
where you want to be. Fail to plan, plan to fail. As you
get clear
on your journey, it is important to write things down .
It has been
said that people who write their goals down are 60%
more likely
to achieve their goals. Also, another great piece of
advice is to
create a “not to do list”, doing the things that are
norms in your
life is what got you to where you are today.
Like anything, the first step in turning it around is
accepting and
recognizing where you went wrong. Write down all
the things you
should not to do. This will help you more than the “To
Do’ list on
your journey to a better life.
“We are no longer able to change a situation – we are
challenged to change ourselves.” – Viktor E. Frankl
2. Believe in yourself
Believing in yourself is key to becoming better. If you
want to
change your life, don’t be bitter, learn to be better. If
you do not
believe in yourself, it doesn’t matter the ideas that
you have or
even the opportunities that will present themselves
to you.
Believing in yourself entails a determination to make
a situation
work for you, rather than playing victim.
Believing in yourself is moving forward and trusting
that you will
figure it out along the way. Don’t fret, because there
will be times
that you want to quit, but just continue to push
forward knowing
that the most successful people have made mistakes
along their
way.
3. Don’t let setbacks de-rail you
Many times, the biggest failures in life have led to the
biggest
breakthroughs. Ask Thomas Edison. If you are in
business, losses
and setbacks are inevitable. You however should not
allow
setbacks to kill your dreams or make you quit.
Instead of getting
stuck and looking at the glass half empty, focus on
the positives
and the glass half full.
Find the good. One way to do this is to keep a
gratitude journal.
Here, you will capture your wins every day, weekly, or
even
monthly. You will have a sense of joy and you will
remind
yourself of some of the incredible things that you
have
accomplished in the past. Adopting an attitude of
gratitude will
let you see that you can do more in the future and let
your little
wins keep you going for the bigger ones.
4. Be mindful
Being mindful involves being aware of your thoughts,
sensations,
environment and feelings in the here and now. More
importantly,
you need to accept them, believing that there is no
wrong or right
way to think or feel in a particular moment. You need
to be
present, not thinking about the past or dreaming
about the future.
How does being mindful help you change the
direction of your
life? It helps to increase positive emotions, which are
associated
with resilience. You also learn faster, have a sharper
memory,
regulate your emotions better , and become
empathetic. You are
able to keep distractions at bay, and improve your
attention
skills. Being mindful allows you to have closer, and
more intimate
relationships. Becoming more conscious of your
mindset will help
you become a better person in many aspects. It is a
vital part of
the journey to changing the direction of your life.
“Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them.” –
Albert
Einstein
5. Reward yourself
Rewarding yourself even after achieving one small
goal keeps
you motivated, and avoids burnout as you try to steer
your life in
a different direction. The reward needs to be
proportional to the
goal achieved. If the goal is big, and achieving it has a
large
impact on your life or goals, then the reward should
be big.
Smaller goals should be rewarded once achieved too.
They keep
us motivated as we try to reach the milestones of
success. For
instance, if your goal was to lose 10 pounds, and you
have
achieved it, buy a sma

3550
Some 10 fighter jets pummeled the ISIS-held city of
Raqqa in Syria with at least 20 bombs, according to
the French defence ministry.
France retaliated to the Paris terror attack by
launching deadly airstrikes on an Islamic State jihadi
training camp in Syria tonight.
Yesterday president Francois Hollande vowed to
crush the extremist group who massacred 129
people on Friday night.
Less than 24 hours later, some 10 fighter jets
pummeled the ISIS-held city of Raqqa with at least 20
bombs, according to the French defence ministry.
The warplanes are seen launching from an airbase in
the United Arab Emirates in the above video.
They struck an Islamic State command and control
centre, a jihadi recruitment centre, a munitions
depot and a training camp, France government
sources claim.
The full statement read: "The raid... including 10
fighter jets, was launched simultaneously from the
United Arab Emirates and Jordan. Twenty bombs
were dropped."
Syrian activists today claimed a museum, a stadium
and a medical centre were hit by air strikes.
They also said as of yet, there are no reports of any
civilians being killed or injured.
President Hollande was told his country is under
attack while watching France take on Germany in a
friendly at the Stade de France.
His bodyguard is seen whispering into Francois
Hollande's ear 15 minutes into watching France take
on Germany.
Mr Hollande was immediately escorted upstairs to
the stadium control room where he was briefed to
the full extent of the situation before being
scrambled away to a secure location.
Yesterday, he condemned the Paris attacks as a
'cowardly act of war carried out by ISIS barbarians'.
Addressing the nation just hours after 129 people
were killed, he said they had been organised and
planned from abroad.
Three days of national mourning will take place,
President Hollande confirmed.
In a televised address to the nation, Mr Hollande said
the attacks were "committed by a terrorist army, the
Islamic State group, a jihadist army, against France,
against the values that we defend everywhere in the
world, against what we are: a free country that
means something to the whole planet".
He added that France "will be merciless toward the
barbarians of Islamic State group", and "will act by all
means anywhere, inside or outside the country".
Mr Hollande said the French army and security
forces were mobilised "at the highest possible level"
and insisted France would "triumph over barbarity".
"What we are defending is our country, but more
than that, it is our values," he said.
In a night of carnage in the French capital:
:: Police stormed the Bataclan concert hall where
hostages were being held, but attackers wearing
suicide belts blew themselves up, leaving 80 people
feared dead. A witness said one of the gunmen
shouted "Allahu Akbar" and said "This is for Syria" - a
possible reference to France's participation in air
strikes against Islamic State
:: Two suicide attacks and a bombing took place at
the Stade de France stadium, where Mr Hollande was
among thousands of football fans watching the
national side play a friendly against Germany
:: Gunmen targeted bars and restaurants in the 10th
and 11th arrondissements of central Paris
:: As many as 18 people died when the terrace of La
Belle Equipe was sprayed with gunfire, while around
14 people were killed at Le Carillon bar-cafe. There
were also shootings at the nearby Cambodian
restaurant Le Petit Cambodge and the La Casa Nostra
pizz



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