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It is not a movie neither is the lion fake so
you can stop doubting now.
A South African Zoologist, Kevin Richardson
also known as the lion whisperer, has done
what many could term insane in studying
the behaviour and needs of animals, sharing
a large amount of closeness with the
animals and has earned the respect
accorded to him too.
Like the biblical Daniel, the zoologist calls the
lions his friends and says he is the
ambassador of lions. The way he rolls
around playing with these creatures could
put fear into the hearts of any man and he
amazingly gets to keep his body parts intact
and live to tell the tale.
Now that’s an incredible feat to achieve!


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Health and Welfare / 7 Tips To Make Him Stay Faithful To You!!!
« on: March 08, 2014, 05:53:39 pm »
Every man has needs; both emotional
and physical. When these needs aren’t
met, men seek to fulfill them however
they can. It may be a need for respect,
affection, happiness, or intimacy that
leads a man to cheat. It could be
something that he never even mentions.
Luckily, not every woman has to worry
about the possibility of cheating in her
relationship. Boyfriends and husbands
stray when they don’t feel fulfilled, so to
keep your man faithful you just have to
keep his emotional needs in mind.
1. Stay Affectionate
Even when a man knows how much you
love him, he still needs to be reminded
every once in a while. Tell him that you
care every day (like you mean it). Make
sure you communicate affection
through your actions as well as your
words. Just don’t let anger or frustration
get the best of you. Relationship stress
can take a serious toll on couples, so you
and your partner may grow distant, but
that shouldn’t stop you from cuddling
and saying “I love you” often. However
challenging life gets, never withhold
affection. Your man could start seeking
it elsewhere!
2. Respect Him
It’s easy to boss men around or talk to
them like they’re children. After all, quite
a few of them have a serious maturity
problem. To make matters worse, after
men make so many mistakes, women
often feel as if they’ve lost control in
their relationships. That’s when
something absolutely needs to be done.
It’s easy to lose respect and get mean
rather than work to solve the issue.
More often than not, the man already
knows what he’s done wrong, and he
probably feels guilty. That’s no excuse to
treat him like a 4-year-old. When he
messes up big-time, try concentrating
on why you love him.
3. Give Him Space
Every man needs time to enjoy his
hobbies, hang out with friends, and do
his own thing – whatever that may be. If
you’re around your boyfriend or
husband during all of your free time, he
will feel smothered. You might even
annoy him so much that he considers
bailing. Don’t let jealousy or insecurity
get in the way of a successful
relationship. Give the man some time to
himself! This tip is actually a two-for-one
bonus because you’ll have the
opportunity to spend time on yourself
too. If you spent all of your free time
finding love (a.k.a. dating) before your
current relationship, that’s fine, but now
it’s time to find a hobby. You could try
writing, kick-boxing, photography,
traveling, or theater.
4. Keep Him on His Toes
Leave him little notes, sexy messages,
and surprise him every so often. Once
your routine becomes boring, your man
may start looking for “spice” with
another woman. However, if you keep
things interesting at home, he’ll have no
reason to stray. Keep him entertained!
Besides the small things you can do, why
not try new things together? It doesn’t
matter whether you take a dance class,
start a book club, or go skydiving. Just
make sure you both feel alive and happy
together. Even a timeshare meeting
could be an interesting experience at
the right place and time.
5. Challenge Him
Especially when it comes to s*x, if a man
gets whatever he wants, anytime he
wants it, he’ll get bored fast. Men thrive
on the thrill of the chase. When men
finally get something they’ve been after
for a long time, it makes them feel
accomplished. That’s because all their
hard work has finally paid off. To tease
him without actually being a “tease”,
consider your man’s wildest fantasy.
Then fulfill it  but only if you’re OK with it
and only once or twice a year. No matter
how much he begs and pleads, don’t
give in. His dirty thoughts will always be
on you. And even better, you’ll find him
wanting to return the favor.
6. Take Care of Yourself
While dating, people tend to groom
themselves much better than they do
five years into the relationship. It might
because of work, stress, laziness, or
knowing that their partner will love
them no matter how unkempt they look.
Whatever the reason, women often stop
shaving as much, keeping their breath
fresh all the time, doing their hair, and
dressing up like they did at first – and
that’s understandable. It’s a lot of work!
Nonetheless, while you don’t need to
look amazing every day, try to do what
you can whenever you find time. Pretty
hair and smooth legs go a long way. And
looking good will make you feel good
about yourself.
7. Learn About Your Boyfriends Before
You Get Serious
Ask them about their views on
unfaithfulness and see if they have a
history of cheating. If your gut tells you
any man is being dishonest, keep a close
lookout for signs of cheating. Women’s
intuition is nothing to ignore. Some men
just aren’t mature enough to stay
faithful. Certain ones will never be the
loyal type, no matter how long you wait
for them to grow emotionally. You could
be the most beautiful, rich, hilarious
woman to walk the planet, and these
men would still cheat on you. Guard your
heart so you don’t end up offering it to
the wrong guy.

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The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) is set to
enhance efficiency in real time delivery of
stock transactions to investors after rolling
out a mobile an email alert notification
system.
“Each time investors buy or sell a security, an
alert is sent to them via a Text Message to
the recipient’s mobile phone or via an e-mail
to the recipient’s mailbox,” explained Mr Ade
Bajomo, Executive Director of Market
Operations and Technology at the NSE.
Dubbed X-alert, the system will boost
transparency in transacting activities as well
as check unsecured trading loopholes,
reducing the risk of fraudulent dealings.
“So what that does is to bring real time
notification plus transparency to the market
at market rates while safeguarding against
unauthorised sale or purchase of
securities,” added Bajomo.
Aside a safer environment, the new
innovation will further slash transaction cost
for investors. Previously buyers and sellers
alike were required to pay a 0.06 percent on
any transaction carried out for alerts,
costing investors N1.25 billion ($7.6 million)
annually.
X-alert will rather charge a flat fee of N4 ($
0.002) per transaction, meaning annual cost
is reduced to about N5.5 million ($33,600).
This saves approximately N1.24 billion ($7.5
million) for investors.
Nigeria experiencing one of the highest
mobile penetrations in the world, with over
155 million people out of 170 million
populations using a mobile phone, as well
as a surging smartphone market of over 25
percent of mobile users. These would fast
track the delivery of NSE’s mobile system and
ensure it is inclusive of every stratum.

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The FRSC Corps Marshal, Mr Osita Chidoka,
on Friday said the agency’s June 30
deadline for all motorists to change over to
new number plates would not change.
The Corps Marshal told newsmen in Uyo,
Akwa Ibom that it would be a criminal
offence for anybody to refuse to change
over to the new number plate after June 30.
Chidoka, who was represented by FRSC’s
Zone F Commander, Mr Nsebong Akpabio,
said it would be punishable by the Federal
Road Safety Act 2007 and the Highway Act
of 1972
“The area we want members of the public
to know is that June 30 is the deadline for
full compliance. We want the media to help
us create awareness,’’ he said.
The Corps Marshal also said it would be
criminal for any person to refuse to give the
complete data on his vehicle.
“It is criminal for any motorist to refuse to
disclose the chassis number of his vehicle,”
he said.
Chidoka, however, expressed satisfaction at
the level of compliance with road safety
measures in the two states of Edo and
Delta, which are in Zone F.
He also said there were 31 selling points
and three centres for the issuance of
driving licences in Akwa Ibom.
“I advise members of the public to make
use of them,’’ the corps marshal said.
Chidoka said the state government had also
made a request for five more centres in the
state.
He warned those going to neighbouring
states to purchase driving licences illegally
and sell to others to desist from the act.
“Anybody caught in the act will be
prosecuted,’’ the FRSC official said.

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Movie lovers call her Margaret Thatcher of
Nollywood, but she is so tender and kind-
hearted when she is not on set. Patience
Ozokwor, aka Mama G, in a new interview
with Yes magazine, explained why she
usually plays wicked, evil woman roles.
People should admit that I have something
to play! People are known for stunts,
romance, bad boys and girls, gigolo and so
on, but I have that as my strong point. It
was when I was coming up that I thought I
might get hurt or be hated for playing those
roles but I never knew it was going to even
make me popular and loved.
The roles I play most times are very vibrant
and make people want to watch all my
movies; even if I play the role of a good
woman now my fans will start complaining,
you understand? And if your fans start
complaining that they don’t want you in a
particular role, it makes the producers want
to give me those bad woman roles the
more.
 I don’t ask for it, they just give it to me and
if the script I get has something new and
my fans are anxious of what the role is
going to be like, I can make it different from
what I used to do.
It is not easy to play bad roles at all times.
Ask any artiste around you and they will tell
you it’s not easy to cry and shout on set at
the same time when it isn’t your normal self.
It is not an easy task at all.

206
A construction company, Chinese Civil
Engineering Construction Company on
Saturday ordered the arrest of a journalist
with LEADERSHIP Newspapers, Mr. Kunle
Olasanmi, for demanding the repairs of his
damaged property located in Garam
community, a suburb of Bwari Area Council
of the FCT.
Residents of the area were also dispersed
with Soldiers after staging a peaceful
protest against the insensitivity of the
company since the property were damaged.
The aggrieved residents are those whose
properties were damaged by a twin rock
blast carried out by the company in the
months of January and February while
constructing railway line.
The blast had left many houses shattered
while some suffered serious structural
damages.
Among other journalists whose houses
were shattered by the blasts are Adelanwa
Bamgboye of Daily Trust and Yekeen
Nurudeen of New Telegraph.
Olasanmi was however released after some
hours and is now receiving treatment in an
undisclosed hospital.
The angry residents of the area, numbering
about 50 had mobilised themselves as early
as 6:30am to the construction site where
CCECC workers have been working to
register their protest against what they
described as the insensitivity with which the
company was handling the issue of
compensation.
But they were promptly dispersed with
soldiers who blocked all the entry and exit
points to different sites of the company in
the locality with rocks forcing workers
comprising Nigerians and Chinese to
abandon work for the day.
Some of the company’s trucks that had
arrived sites very early were also prevented
from going in or out.
The first blast took place on January 20
while the second blast was carried out on
February 28.
But one week after taking stock of what
was damaged, residents have been waiting
on the company to fulfill its promises. They
were therefore irked by the commencement
of rainfall which according to them has
since made living in those damaged houses
very uncomfortable.
While the protest lasted, the company’s
Personnel Manager, Davids Oladokun, who
addressed the protesters apologised on
behalf of the company for the damages and
discomfort the blasts have brought to them.
He gave assurance that the company had
already started work on all the stock of
damages taken with the view to give
adequate compensation to the victims.
Oladokun who said he shared in the
predicament of the victims pleaded with
them to exercise patience for the company
to reach out to them on Sunday even as he
advised against violence.
However, not long after the Personnel
Manager’s departure from the scene of
demonstration, a detachment of men of
Nigerian Army attached to the site office of
the company arrived in a Hilux Toyota Van.
The heavily armed soldiers ordered that all
the roads earlier blocked by the protesters
be removed.
They had come to the scene on the
invitation of a Chinese national, who was
earlier denied exit by the protesters.
This led to a argument during which a
digital camera belonging to one of the
protesters, Christian Asogwo was smashed
by one of the security personnel.
Olasanmi was beaten and whisked away by
the soldiers with his shirts torn to shreds
He had bruises all over his body due to the
beating he received from soldiers who came
to disperse the protesters.

207
Nobody knows exactly what happened to a
Malaysia Airlines plane that disappeared
Saturday, but families of the 239 people on
board are waiting and expecting the worst.
Air traffic controllers lost track of Malaysia
Airlines Flight MH370 not long after it left
Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia, on its
way to Beijing. More than half the
passengers were Chinese nationals.
“We have no idea where this aircraft is right
now,” Malaysia Airlines Vice President of
Operations Control Fuad Sharuji said on
CNN’s “AC360.”
There’s even confusion about where the
plane might have gone down.
Vietnamese and Chinese state media, both
citing Vietnam’s military, reported the plane
crashed off the southern coast of Vietnam.
But the reports are incorrect, said Malaysia’s
acting transport minister, Datuk Seri
Hishammuddin Hussein. “The CA (Civil
Aviation Authority) says that is not true, and
our foreign office says it is not true,” he
said.
Later, China’s state-run CCTV reported that
Vietnam’s National Search and Rescue Center
saidthe missing plane might have crashed
at the overlapping waters between Malaysia
and Vietnam.
A Vietnamese aircraft flying over those
waters spotted “rubbish” and a liquid
floating on the ocean’s surface, a search and
rescue official told CNN. It is too early to
know whether the finding is related to the
missing airliner.
China, Vietnam, Singapore and Malaysia are
conducting search and rescue operations
south of Tho Chu island in the South China
Sea, reported Xinhua, China’s official news
agency. Ships, helicopters and airplanes are
being utilized.
Officials appeared resigned to the accepting
the worst outcome.
“I’d just like to say our thoughts and prayers
are with the bereaved families,” Malaysian
Prime Minister Najib Razak said during a
news conference.
Relatives of the 154 Chinese nationals on
board gathered Saturday at a hotel complex
in the Lido district of Beijing as a large
crowd of reporters gathered outside.
“My son was only 40 years old,” one woman
wailed as she was led inside. “My son, my
son. What am I going to do?”
Family members were kept in a hotel
conference room, where media outlets had
no access. Most of the family members have
so far refused to talk to reporters.
The Boeing 777-200 departed Kuala Lumpur
International Airport at 12:41 a.m. and was
expected to land in Beijing at 6:30 a.m., a
2,300-mile (3,700 kilometer) trip. It never
arrived.
The plane carried 227 passengers, including
five children under five years old, and 12
crew members, the airline said. Air traffic
control in Subang, in Malaysia, had last
contact with the plane.
At the time of its disappearance, the
Malaysia Airlines plane was carrying about
7.5 hours of fuel, an airline official said.
The passengers are of 14 nationalities, the
airline said.
Among the passengers there were 154
people from China or Taiwan; 38 Malaysians,
and three U.S. citizens.
The airline’s website said the flight was
piloted by a veteran.
Cap. Zaharie Ahmad Shah, a 53-year-old
Malaysian, has 18,365 total flying hours and
joined Malaysia Airlines in 1981, the website
said. The first officer is Fariq Ab.Hamid, 27, a
Malaysian with a total of 2,763 flying hours.
He joined Malaysia Airlines in 2007.
Aviation experts weren’t optimistic.
“It doesn’t sound very good,” retired
American Airlines Capt. Jim Tilmon told CNN’s
“AC360.” He noted that the route is mostly
overland, which means that there would be
plenty of antennae, radar and radios to
contact the plane.
“I’ve been trying to come up with every
scenario that I could just to explain this
away, but I haven’t been very successful.”
He said the plane is “about as sophisticated
as any commercial airplane could possibly
be,” with an excellent safety record.
“The lack of communications suggests to
me that something most unfortunate has
happened,” said Mary Schiavo, former
inspector general of the U.S. Department of
Transportation, in an interview with CNN
International.
“But that, of course, does not mean that
there are not many persons that need to be
rescued and secured. There’s still a very
urgent need to find that plane and to render
aid,” she said.
An Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 carrying 291
passengers struck a seawall at San Francisco
International Airport in July 2013, killing
three people and wounding dozens more.
It’s unknown if mechanical failure was
involved.

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* Malaysia Airlines flight loses contact
between 1-2 hours after takeoff
* Flight failed to check in as scheduled in
Vietnamese airspace
* Kuala Lumpur-Beijing flight carrying 227
passengers and 12 crew
* Malaysia, Vietnam and China helping in
search efforts
By Stuart Grudgings and Anuradha Raghu
KUALA LUMPUR, March 8 (Reuters) - A
Malaysia Airlines flight carrying 227
passengers and 12 crew crashed in the
South China Sea on Saturday, Vietnamese
state media said, quoting a senior naval
official.
The Boeing 777-200ER flight from Kuala
Lumpur to Beijing had been missing for
hours when Vietnam's Tuoi Tre news
quoted Admiral Ngo Van Phat as saying he
had asked boats from an island off south
Vietnam to rush to the crash site.
If the report is confirmed, it would mark the
U.S.-built airliner's deadliest crash since
entering service 19 years ago.
Malaysia Airlines had yet to confirm that the
aircraft had crashed. It said earlier in the day
that no distress signal had been given and
cited early speculation that the plane may
have landed in Nanming in southern China.
Flight MH370, operating a Boeing
777-200ER aircraft, last had contact with air
traffic controllers 120 nautical miles off the
east coast of the Malaysian town of Kota
Bharu, Malaysia Airlines chief executive
Ahmad Jauhari Yahya said in a statement
read to a news conference in Kuala Lumpur.
Malaysia and Vietnam were conducting a
joint search and rescue, he said but gave no
details. China has also sent two maritime
rescue ships to the South China Sea to help
in any rescue, state television said on one of
its microblogs.
"We are extremely worried," Chinese Foreign
Minister Wang Yi told reporters in Beijing
before the Vietnamese report that the plane
had crashed. "The news is very disturbing.
We hope everyone on the plane is safe."
The flight left Kuala Lumpur at 12.21 a.m.
(1621 GMT Friday) but no trace had been
found of the plane hours after it was due to
land in the Chinese capital at 6.30 a.m. (2230
GMT Friday) the same day.
"We deeply regret that we have lost all
contacts with flight MH370," Jauhari said.
Malaysia Airlines said people from at least 14
nationalities were among the 227
passengers - at least 152 Chinese, 38
Malaysians, seven Indonesians, six
Australians, five Indians, four French and
three Americans. Two infants were among
the passengers.
If it is confirmed that the plane has crashed,
the loss would mark the second fatal
accident involving a Boeing 777 in less than
a year and by far the worst since the jet
entered service in 1995.
An Asiana Airlines Boeing 777-200ER crash-
landed in San Francisco in July 2013, killing
three passengers and injuring more than
180.
Boeing said it was aware of reports that the
Malaysia Airlines plane was missing and was
monitoring the situation but had no further
comment. The flight was operating as a
China Southern Airlines codeshare.
An official at the Civil Aviation Authority of
Vietnam (CAAV) said the plane had failed to
check in as scheduled at 1721 GMT while it
was flying over the sea between Malaysia
and Ho Chi Minh city. (Additional reporting
by Ben Blanchard, Jonathan Standing and
Natalie Thomas in BEIJING, Nguyen Phuong
Linh in HANOI and Alwyn Scott in NEW YORK;
Writing by Paul Tait; Editing by Mark
Bendeich)

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A world champion typist has set a bizarre
world record by typing with his nose.
Mohammed Khurshid Hussain, 23, wrote a
103-character sentence in just 47 seconds
after practicing his technique for six hours
a day, the International Business
Times reported.
If this amazing feat is confirmed by the
Guinness World Records organisers, he will
smash the record previously set by an
Indian in 2008 at a time of one minute and
33 seconds.
They were both made to use their nose to
type the sentence: ’Guinness World Records
has challenged me to to type this sentence
using my nose in the fastest time.’
It took Mr Hussain, from the southern city of
Hyderabad, months of training to break
through the 53-second barrier after
reaching it at least twice.
During his attempts the hobbyist, his hands
tied behind his back, was surrounded by
crowds of fans with stopwatches and an
extra-large monitor attached to the
keyboard.
Videos and ecstatic press conferences after
the attempts have been posted on his
Youtube feed.
Mr Hussain already holds the Guinness
World Record for typing the entire English
alphabet – although that feat was achieved
with his fingers.
He achieved a time of 3.43 seconds during
the challenge in February 2012, which was
held in front of several journalists in a
public event his home city.
He told the International Business Times: ‘If
you want to set a record, every millisecond
counts. I typed with one eye closed, as it is
difficult otherwise to locate the keys.’ culled
from dailymail

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Lol...Who Is Missing Michael Jackson
Here?..RIP King Of Pop!

211
Latest Gists In Town / US refiners buy more Nigerian crude oil
« on: March 08, 2014, 01:48:40 pm »
Nigerian crude values have been picking up
steadily this week on strong US demand for
Nigerian and West African crudes, trading
sources said Friday.
Platt reported that there has been a lot of
activity in the past week, with only about 12
out of the 62 Nigerian loading cargoes
unsold from the April program.
A narrower WTI/Brent spread and logistical
problems causing delays in the transport of
domestic US crudes has sparked interest
from US refiners in Dated Brent-related
grades.
The grades heard to be traveling to the US
for March and April loading were Nigeria’s
Abo, Brass River, Qua Iboe, Usan and Yoho,
and Angolan grades such as Dalia, Girassol,
Hungo and Pazflor, sources said.
crude oil barrels: US refiners buy
more from Nigeria
crude oil barrels: US refiners buy more from
Nigeria
“The US seems to be back [buying more]
and this is pushing the price up,” said a
trader.
This has pushed some Nigerian crudes to
recent highs. Qua Iboe was assessed at
Dated Brent plus $2.64/b, the strongest
value seen since October 24, according to
Platts data.
“The market has been a little stronger than
last week. The US buyers are more involved
this week. It seems that the US crude stocks
have been going down in the past few
weeks at Cushing, and they seem to need
more crude,” said a second trader.
“And, they are looking for sweet barrels. The
other reason [for the demand has been the
colder weather in the US. There has also
been interest from the US for the heavier
grades [as can be seen with their demand
for Dalia and Pazflor],” he said.
Sources said refiners like Phillips 66, Sunoco,
Valero, Tesoro and even oil majors like
ExxonMobil and Chevron were seen buying
more West African crudes for March and
April loading than usual.
The US was a significant buyer of West
African crudes, especially Nigerian light
sweet crudes, until a few years ago. But that
demand has been largely replaced by
soaring production of US domestic shale

212
Mobile Phone / CyanogenMod 11 M4 now pushing to download servers
« on: March 08, 2014, 01:31:48 pm »

M4 builds of CM 11 are getting pushed to
servers tonight, according to a blog post
from the folks over atCyanogenMod. The
change log looks a little bit like this —
Immersive Mode – prevent accidental
clicks on swipe gesture (EdgeGesture
service)
Bluetooth LE – Wipower SDK apis, various
fixes
System NavBar – Left Hand mode
(landscape only – not available on tablets)
Motion Accelerometer support (device
dependant)
Volume Panel – transparency support
Translations – new language additions,
localization and long-string fixes
MediaPlayer – new apis for Suspend/
Resume
CM Easter Egg
QuickSettings – volume Tile sync fix, Quick
Config, Alarm tile shows alarms, User
Profile fix
Recent Apps Panel – low-end device
tweaks
Theme Engine – Fix crashes
Performance – Speed up booting on multi-
core devices, add option to force high-end
graphics option on low-end devices
Trebuchet – decouple icon mask and
background (should fix some icon packs)
Settings – multiple hands-free device
support
Privacy Guard – confirm on permission
reset
Profiles – add expanded desktop support
The files are populating the download
servers right now, and will continue
through the night. You'll be able to find
yours at CyanogenMod's download page
when it's uploaded.

213
Mobile Phone / LG G3 leak possible with QHD display spec Under
« on: March 08, 2014, 01:26:22 pm »
The anticipation has been growing over the
last couple of months for what LG has to
offer this year in terms of flagship
smartphones, and while we have already
seen the LG G Pro 2 many are looking
forward to the release of the LG G3. Now a
possible leak has hinted at a QHD display
spec.
For a while now it has been rumoured that
the LG G3 will come with a 5.5-inch display
at a QHD resolution, and now the guys over
at Phone Arena havereceived information
from a reliable source about a LG handset
with the codename B2.
This has model numbers of LG-D851 and LG-
VS985 with one of the devices being for the
Verizon Wireless network over in the US. The
mystery handset features a 1440 x 2560
QHD resolution display along with a rear
facing 13-megapixel camera.
It can’t be 100% certain that this is the LG
G3 but early indications are suggesting that
it will be, and the same source has
discovered clues that are indicating that an
LG G Pro 2 Lite is in the pipeline with model
numbers of LG-D631 and LG-VS880 with the
latter a Verizon device.
Recently there has been talk that the LG G3
will bereleased at some point during the
month of June, so there is plenty of time still
left for more leaks and images to appear of
the handset.
Are you thinking of giving the LG G3 a look
this year?

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The Special Adviser to the President on
Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, has
defended the posthumous award given to
Abacha during Nigeria’s centenary
celebration last week. And according to
him, the award was not meant to celebrate
moral virtues.
A crosssection of Nigerians had questioned
the government for honouring some
controversial recipients, one of whom was
Abacha. Even Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole
Soyinka, rejected his nomination for the
centenary award, saying he could not share
the award with Abacha, who he described
as a “murderer and thief of no redeeming
quality”.
 Reuben Abati told Saturday PUNCH:
“This (award) does not in any means
translate to supporting sharp practices or
corrupt practices. It is important to make
the clear distinction in this regard. The
centenary award, like every award, has its
own criteria. That centenary award was in
relation to the amalgamation, the national
unity, the history of Nigeria and the roles
played by certain individuals. The centenary
award was not a test of sainthood.
In giving the award to the former Head of
State, Gen. Abacha, the committee in charge
made it very clear that the award in the
category in which the former Head of State
appeared was awarded with regard to the
contributions of those individuals in
keeping Nigeria together. You will find out
that under that category, there were largely
former Heads of State, persons who have at
one time or the other presided over Nigeria
and under whose watch, in spite of
whatever challenges they might have faced,
helped to sustain the unity of the country
and helped to defend the integrity and
sovereignty of the country. That was a
specific criterion in this particular category.
Of course, every award at all, be it for beauty
or any other thing has its own criteria.
Abacha was honoured during the nation’s
centenary award last Friday under the
category of “outstanding promoters of
unity, patriotism and national development.”
The reason given for his nomination was
that “he took over power when the nation
was on the brink of precipice. He mobilised
the nation’s most prominent political class
into his cabinet and succeeded in ensuring
the continued unity of the nation. He also
raised Nigeria’s international standing for
his peace keeping military interventions in
Sierra Leone and Liberia.”

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Sports Updates / Mourinho Bags Yahoo Football Deal
« on: March 08, 2014, 12:33:16 pm »
Yahoo are proud to announce the biggest
football deal of the year with Jose
Mourinho, football’s very own Special One,
signing up as a Global Football Ambassador
for 2014.
Mourinho —a Champions League winner
with both Porto and Inter, and two-time
Premier League champion with Chelsea— is
oneof the most successful and respected
managers in the history of football and
Yahoo is the only place you will be able to
access his thoughts on the FIFA World Cup
this summer as he has joined our team as
an exclusive analyst for the tournament in
Brazil.
At an official launch event with broadcaster
Mark Pougatch, Mourinho explained why he
choseto sign with Yahoo. “I decided
because it is very prestigious and I want to
connect myself at every area with prestige;
so I was looking for prestige,” he said.
“At the same time if I want to communicate
with people —and that is the objective, to
share some of my ideas about football and
especially about the World Cup— I want to
share with many, many millions. “I don’t
want to share with a few thousand that
buy a normal newspaper or a couple of
million who follow a certain TV channel. I
share with many millions or I don’t share,
so let’s share with many millions.”
“For sure some will disagree; for sure some
will say how can this guy be a top
manager? but for sure some will agree
with me and for sure I think we can have
some fun.”

216
Latest Gists In Town / Police Shoot Residents In Ibeju-Lekki
« on: March 08, 2014, 12:26:02 pm »

The controversial land grab by the Lagos
State Government taking place in Ibeju-Lekki
had its latest victim yesterday.
Mr. Abacha Awosanya lost a finger when
police arrived in Idotun Community and start
shooting at residents.
The Lagos State Government is trying to
forcefully take over land in Ibeju-Lekki area
for the Free Zone project.
Residents have been resisting efforts unless
they are properly compensated or give a
new place to live.

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Nigerian domestic carriers lose over N20
billion annually to poor, inadequate or non-
existent air field lighting at some Nigerian
airports.
The losses are incurred by the inability of
the airlines to operate to some airports in
the country beyond 6:00 pm, so they lose
revenue estimated to be over 10 billion
annually as airlines like Arik Air and Aero
could operate to all the airports till 10 pm
and beyond every day.
Aircraft which is meant to operate at least
16 hours a day is forced to operate for only
eight hours, which means they are grossly
underutilised and such underutilisation is
neither good for the equipment nor to the
coffers of these airlines.
In addition to the economic losses is the
breach of safety standards, as non-lighting
of the runway could endanger aircraft
operation under sudden poor visibility and
this is what has contributed to the refusal of
the International Civil Aviation Organisation
from certifying any of the nation's airports.
But the Nigerian Airspace Management
Agency (NAMA), which has the responsibility
of providing runway lighting to the airports,
said it has started installing airfield lighting
at some of the airports.
In late 2012 the agency installed mobile
lighting at the domestic runway of the
Murtala Muhammed International Airport,
Lagos, known as Runway 18L and last
month it installed passive reflector lighting
at the taxiways of the domestic runway,
thus completing the lighting systems at the
runway.
The General Manager, Public Affairs of NAMA,
Supo Atobatele, also said that the agency
engineers have finished rehabilitation and
installation of runway in some airports
which include Enugu, Abuja, Ilorin, Calabar,
Port Harcourt and Yola, "and right now they
are maintaining approach and centre lines
of the international runway at the Lagos
airport, known as Runway 18R.
An official of Arik Air once told THISDAY that
the airline would rarely cancel flights if there
is airfield lighting in all the airports in the
country.
The official said Arik would have been flying
late to Benin, Enugu, Calabar and other
airports in the country where there is high
demand of travellers, especially on
weekends.
Industry security expert, Group Capt John
Ojikutu (Retrd) had observed that technically
any airport runway that does not have
airfield lighting is useless during emergency
as aircraft under distress cannot land there
after 6:00 pm.
"Imagine that there is accident at the
Runway 18L (of Lagos) and it has to close
during the night which is the busiest period
when all the international flights are landing
and taking off? It means that the airport will
close. So it is absolutely important that the
runway lights are installed as urgently as
possible," Ojikutu said.
NAMA said that it plans to provide airfield
lighting at the airports that do not have it
now and all others where existing lighting
has become obsolete will be rehabilitated.

219

A Boeing 777 plane belonging to Malaysia
Airlines carrying 239 people from Kuala
Lumpur to Beijing went missing over the
South China Sea early Saturday, and the
airline was notifying next of kin in a sign it
expected the worst.
Quoting a Navy official, Vietnam stateside
media are reporting that the plane crashed
into sea near Vietnam's Tho Chu island.
The Boeing 777-200ER departed Kuala
Lumpur International Airport at 12:41 a.m.
and was expected to land in Beijing at 6:30
a.m., a 2,300-mile (3,700 kilometer) trip. It
was carrying 227 passengers, two of them
infants, and 12 crew members, the airline
said.
At the time of its disappearance, the plane
was carrying about 7.5 hours of fuel,
Malaysia Airlines Vice President of
Operations Control Fuad Sharuji said.
Flight MH370, operating a Boeing
777-200ER aircraft, last had contact with air
traffic controllers 120 nautical miles off the
east coast of the Malaysian town of Kota
Bharu, Malaysia Airlines chief executive
Ahmad Jauhari Yahya said in a statement
read to a news conference in Kuala Lumpur.
Malaysia Airlines said people from 14
nationalities were among the 227
passengers, including at least 152 Chinese,
38 Malaysians, 12 Indonesians, six
Australians and three Americans. It also said
a Chinese infant and an American infant
were on board.
If it is confirmed that the plane has crashed,
the loss would mark the second fatal
accident involving a Boeing 777 in less than
a year and by far the worst since the jet
entered service in 1995.

220
The open screening for the new Flying
Eagles entered the fifth day on Friday
morning.
Flying Eagles coach, Manu Garba, has picked
12 uninvited players for his next phase of
the training camp, while retaining 17 of the
35 players he called up.
Among the uninvited players are Amos
Benjamin, Raphael Ayagwa, Samson
Obagbemiro, Segun Bankole, Uche Okeke
and Ogunka Adibe.
While among the invited players retained are
AdamuAbubakar, Aremu Afeez, Sulaiman
Abdullahi, Omaila Anthony and Timothy
Danladi. Over 250 prospective players from
all over the country, have so far attended the
Flying Eagles trials.
“This shows how open the screening has
been so far,” said the team’s co-ordinator
Sulaiman Abubakar. “But we are still open to
give a decent chance to any player within
the age bracket to come around and show
us what he is capable of.”
Europe-bound U17 striker, Isaac Success,
was discovered from a similar open
screening exercise supervised by Coach
Manu when he was in charge of the Golden
Eaglets. Manu has said he plans to build a
standing team of players who are locally
based, while eligible foreign-based players
will be injected into the team when the need
arises.
The open screening for the new Flying
Eagles entered the fifth day on Friday
morning at the FIFA Technical centre in
Abuja.
Comment

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Celebrity Talks / Re: Photos: Celebreties at AMVCA Pre-party
« on: March 08, 2014, 07:34:55 am »







222

A report reaching us has just described
how Nigerians and other Africans studying
in Malaysia are being treated with no
mercy.
An Anonymous reporter has this to say;
“These students are all legal students
studying here in Malaysia, the annoying
partof it is that when student submit
their passport to emgs (immigration)
for renewal, same emgs still arrest
these students as illegal student. today
a student was shot dead in my school,
this has been going on since this year
started. African students are not safe
here anymore especially we Nigerians,
other African countries flew down
here to see how they can help the
situation but our Nijia embassy is not
even making any sense. please nijia
make una help una people abeg!!”
We hope the Nigerian Embassy in Malaysia
and the Federal Government of Nigeria will
respond to this situation in time.

223
Celebrity Talks / Photos: Celebreties at AMVCA Pre-party
« on: March 08, 2014, 07:23:10 am »



The celebrity pre-party for the 2014 Africa
Magic Viewers' Choice Awards took place
last night and celebrities stormed the party
looking all gorgeous. Who is this chick with
the BIG HIPS? Does anyone know?
The main show will take place tomorrow at
the Eko Hotel.

224
The Federal Government has concluded
arrangements to impose a two per cent tax
on the values of mobile phones, computers,
software, cameras, photocopiers, printing
machines and CD players manufactured in
the country or imported.
The order for the tax to be known as the
Copyright Levy has already been gazetted by
the office of the Attorney General of the
Federation and the modalities for its
implementation are being negotiated with
the Nigeria Customs Service.
The Director-General, Nigeria Copyright
Commission, Mr. Afam Ezekude, said this at a
press conference on the achievements of
the agency in Abuja on Thursday.
Ezekude, who was represented by the
Deputy Director, Public Affairs, Mr. Aderemi
Adewusi, said the new levy would be on a
broad range of products capable of being
used to infringe on the copyright of
products and services, including computers,
mobile phones and printing machines.
Generally, the levy will apply to such
products whether they are imported into
the country or they are manufactured within
the shores of the nation.
The NCC boss said, “The Copyright Levy on
Materials Order 2012 received the necessary
approval from the Minister of Justice and
Attorney-General of the Federation, Mr.
Mohammed Adoke, SAN.
“The levy order is applicable to all imported
materials used or capable of being used to
infringe copyright in a work, both imported
and manufactured in the country, and it is
designed to compensate the right owners
for the envisaged infringement.
“It is one of the commission’s ways of
generating income for the government,
stakeholders and the commission. This was
done after due consultation with
stakeholders who have expressed
satisfaction and appreciation over the levy
order.”
Ezekude also said the agency destroyed by
public burning, 722 million units of various
copyright infringing products impounded
between 2007 and 2011. The estimated
value of the destroyed products was put at
N6.5bn.
According to him, the value represents
income that would have been diverted from
legitimate rights owners as well as taxable
income and revenue that would have been
lost by the Federal Government.
The disposition of the offending materials,
he added, showed the commission’s
commitment to transparency in the
discharge of its mandate and its
determination to ensure that the offending
products did not get back into circulation.
He also said the commission arrested 351
suspected pirates and secured 46
convictions between 2011 and January
2014 as against the 10 convictions recorded
between 2000 and 2010.
Ezekude said, “For pirates and other
copyright infringers, it is no longer business
as usual. The pressure is being felt in all
major hubs of piracy across all the
geopolitical zones, and the impunity with
which piracy and acts of infringement are
being carried out is being curbed.
“The good enforcement regime is attracting
more investments in the copyright-based
industries. There is an increasingly
favourable perception of Nigeria in the
global fight against piracy. Consequently,
Nigeria has been off the United States’
annually published list of copyright
organisations and governments.”
He said the agency had also embarked on
the reform of the copyright system with the
aim of updating and upgrading the Nigerian
Copyright Act to facilitate new innovations
and models of access to knowledge, and to
encourage and reward new forms of
creativity.

225
The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC)
on Friday said 34 persons died in an auto
crash at Gadan Kuiwo, along Rijau-
Kontagora road.
Mr Pius Bagoohlepeng, the FRSC’s Unit
Commander, in Kontagora Local Government
Area of Niger, disclosed this to the News
Agency of Nigeria (NAN).
The commander said the accident involved
78 persons with 34 reported dead on the
spot while 30 were injured.
He said both the remains of the dead and
the injured have ben conveyed to the
hospital
He said the accident involved two articulated
vehicles, a trailer conveying cattle and an oil
tanker.
According to him, the vehicles had a head
on collusion, which sent the trailer tumbling
into the bridge bed at about 11 p.m. on
Wednesday.
Bagoohlepeng said the trailer was coming
from Gadan Zaimari, Zamfara State, and was
heading to Lagos.
He alleged that the driver of the trailer was
believed to be on high speed, minutes
before the crash. (NAN)

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