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No fewer than 13 students yesterday
collapsed suddenly at Ogba Junior Grammar
School in Lagos after inhaling gaseous
emission from unknown chemical at the
school premises.
The incident occurred about five months
after about 25 students in the same school
became unconscious after inhaling similar
emission, which the Lagos State
Government is yet to unravel.
Itwas gathered that the latest incident
occurred around 1p.m., when students in
one of the classes were suddenly
overwhelmed with gaseous emission and
started collapsing one after the other.
The affected students, who included 12
girls and one boy, were identified as
follows: Memuna Tijani, Subeadat Oladokun,
Taiwo Adebiyi, Rodiat Muiz, Omolade
Ogunbami, Blessing Onaigbe, Karimot
Akiyode, Modupe Idowu and Rasak
Gbolahan.
A source in the school said that the
students had been admitted at the Surgical
Emergency Ward, Lagos University Teaching
Hospital (LASUTH) and were responding to
treatment.
Butthe source said one of the victims was
in critical condition.
Otherstudents fled the class immediately, a
development which caused pandemonium
among the students, teachers and others in
the school.
It was gathered that the incident compelled
the school authority to order other students
to vacatethe premises immediately and the
school shut down.
According to checks, the gaseous substance
emanatedfrom the administrative block of
the school sharing the same fence with the
Ogba Shopping Mall, which housed several
small scale companies, shops and a new
generation bank.
Officials of the Lagos Emergency
Management Agency (LASEMA), National
Emergency Management Agency (NEMA),
Lagos Ambulance Services (LASAMBUS),
Lagos State Environmental Protection
Agency (LASEPA), Lagos State Environmental
Health Monitoring Unit (SEHMU) and the
Nigeria Police were at the scene to rescue
victims of the gaseous emission.
LASAMBUS officials quickly evacuated the
fainted students and rushed them to
LASUTH for treatment, while everyone was
evacuated from the school.
Officials of LASEPA were seen at the school’s
premises carrying out investigation to
unravel the type of chemical contaminant
emitted into the school environment.
The Ogba Shopping Mall, housing several
shops, companies and Ecobank Nigeria Plc
was shut down by LASEMA officials while
hundreds of people working in the
shopping complex were evacuated from
the complex.
The gaseous substance was also perceived
by some people at the shopping complex.
Alegal practitioner, Joshua John, whose
chamber is in the mall, said he perceived
the gaseous substance, which made his
breathing irregular, saying that they were
evacuated from the premises of the mall to
avoid casualty, noting that nobody was
affected at the mall.
LASEMA General Manager, Dr. Femi Oke-
Osanyintolu, said 13 of the affected
students taken to LASUTH were responding
to treatment, saying that the rescue
operation was swift and prompt.
He confirmed that the students “are
responding to treatment very well, but
however, we have condoned off the school
and the building associated with that area.
Why we are doing that is to allow us carry
out risk assessment and analysis on the
place. We are appealing to our people not
to panic that the state is on top of the
challenges.

252
The Executive Secretary, National Health
Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Dr. Femi Thomas,
has said the agency has discovered 100,000
fake enrollees.
He spoke yesterday in Abuja while
presenting an overview of NHIS at the
opening of the agency’s stakeholders’
meeting which includes the state Helth
Commissioners, Health Management
Organisations (HMOs), Health Care Providers
(HCPs) and other stakeholders.
The NHIS boss also gave Health Management
Organisations (HMOs) operating below
standards six months to up date or get
sanctioned.
He directed HMOs owing health facilities to
pay up.
The HMOs are owing Health Care Providers
(HCPs) over N1 billion.
Besides, he said the agency is tinkering with
setting up a vulnerable fund to take care of
the poor in the society.
Dr. Thomas told the gathering that the
agency is also working on deploying
Information Communcation Technology (ICT)
in addressing the issue.
He noted that andriod facilities would be
delpoyed to capture enrollees and other
health insurance administration.
He said: “Over the last few months we have
been able to discover more than 100,000
fake enrollee in that register.
“We are going to deploy ICT massively in all
our operations from this year nationwide.
We know that we have a bank of enrollee
but the truth is that the bank we have is not
clean.”
He explained that the depolyment of ICT like
android facilities will help identify locations
of enrollees as biometrics which is linked to
internet will also be carried out for tracking
of enrollees.
H stressed that streets that are not named
will be named by the office for the purpose
of tracking enrollees; “Even where there is
no Internet, it will work and on e there is
internet, it will off load to the central data
bank and no HMO or healthcare practitioner
can edit it.
The NHIS boss said there would be no
hidden figures anymore. The device will also
help in monitoring health facilities.
The system, he said, is also re-engineering.
“What we are trying to do is to make the
system fraud resistance,” he said.

253
 Two Nigerian men sentenced to have
a hand amputated each for theft have had
their convictions overturned, in the latest
acquittals to raise questions about
standards in the Islamic justice system.
Taxi drivers Nasiru Abubakar and Anas
Mohammed were freed by the sharia appeal
court in the northern city of Sokoto on
March 2, which ruled there were procedural
errors in their 2010 trial.
The pair, both 25, had spent three years
behind bars and were unaware that they
could challenge the conviction and sentence
until a prison official took up their case with
the state government.
“The (appeal) judge picked holes with the
judgement of the lower court, which he said
was not in conformity with the provisions of
Islamic sharia law, as a result of which the
two young men were discharged and
acquitted,” court clerk Bube Lawwali told
AFP.
According to the judge, the lower court did
not establish the case of theft and the
10,000 naira ($63) in cash which was
allegedly stolen was never found in the
men’s possession.
In addition, the complainant, who alleged
the suspects had stolen the money when he
used their taxi, did not even attend court to
give evidence during the initial trial.
- Low benchmark -
Sharia courts run parallel to the state and
federal judicial systems in northern Nigeria
and are largely used by Muslims to resolve
property, inheritance and matrimonial
disputes.
They made headlines internationally earlier
this year when a number of men appeared
before a sharia court in the city of Bauchi
accused of homosexuality, which is
theoretically punishable by death.
Lawyer Umar Ado said the taxi drivers’ case
was significant because it highlighted
glaring problems in the system.
“The appeal judgement has far-reaching
implications and exposes the inadequacies
in the capacity of the sharia judges and
procedural abuse in the sharia courts,” he
said.
Another lawyer, Abdulhamid Zubairu, added
that no witnesses were even summoned to
give evidence at the trial and the defendants
were unaware of their statutory right to
appeal.
“The judge ought to have told them they
could appeal the sentence within 30 days, as
a matter of procedure,” he said.
Ado attributed the situation to what he
called the “flagrant disregard to judicial
procedures” by many judges and a “lack of
full grasp of sharia legal provisions”.
Currently anyone with knowledge of Islamic
law and school examination certificates can
be appointed as a sharia court judge,
explained Ado.
But he argued that was not good enough:
some judges delivered judgements too
quickly, “playing to the gallery” and a public
who wrongly believe that sharia is all about
passing harsh sentences.
“Before a sharia judge is appointed, he
should undergo rigorous competence tests
and background checks to ensure he is the
right person for the job,” he added.
- Need for reform -
Another lawyer, Suleiman Hassan, said a lack
of appropriate sanctions against
incompetent judges was not helping
matters and made some judges “flaunt
procedures with impunity”.
Since the reintroduction of the sharia justice
system in 12 northern states 15 years ago,
dozens of amputation sentences have been
handed down.
But only two have been carried out, with the
remainder overturned on appeal largely for
“procedural error and outright
contravention of the sharia law”, said Ado.
The acquittals on appeal include the cases of
at least four women who were sentenced to
death for adultery after they gave birth out
of wedlock.
“In fact, some people currently languishing
in jail were unjustly imprisoned without any
help coming from anywhere,” said Kabiru
Dodo, a government official who initiated
the taxi drivers’ appeal.
A senior judicial official in Zamfara state,
which pioneered the re-introduction of
sharia, acknowledged that the issues
needed to be tackled.
“We are aware of such shortcomings on the
part of sharia court judges and I believe the
ongoing nationwide criminal justice system
reform intends to rectify this anomaly,” he
said on condition of anonymity.
“It is, however, not something that can be
rectified overnight. It is a gradual process
that requires a tactful but firm approach.”

254
The Yobe Government on Thursday donated
N100 million to assist victims of Boko Haram
attack at the Federal Government College in
Buni-Yadi.
It also deployed security operatives and
vigilante groups to search for missing
students.
The Chairman of the Committee set up by
the State Government to assist the victims
and Commissioner for Justice, Ahmed Goniri,
said this during his visit to the college.
Goniri said his committee would liaise with
the school’s authority to ascertain the
number of those missing and also meet
with their parents.
He said that the committee would assess the
extent of damage and advise government
on areas of assistance.
The chairman solicited the support and co-
operation of traditional rulers and citizens
to provide useful information to security
agencies with the hope to trace the missing
students.
The college was attacked on Feb, 25 by
insurgents during which many students
were killed. (NAN)

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HOW MANY OF THESE BAD KITCHEN HABITS
ARE
U GUILTY OF?
Make una talk true o... LOL!
1 - Open maggi cube with your teeth
2 - Hold pot or remove pot from fire with
your wrapper/cloth
3 - Clap your hands in the food when
putting
salt or
maggi
4 - Using your hand to see if your rice or
beans is
cooked
5 - Take the big cooking spoon, to take a
little soup and
place in your hand tasting it for salt??
hahaha
6 - Using your bare hands to make smooth
paste of semovita,
akamu (pap), tomatoes etc
7 - Eating directly from the pot
8 - Use your wrapper/cloth to clean sweat
from your face
9 - Using your wrapper/cloth to clean plate
10 - Using your mouth to put off the
cooking
fire. If you use a stove
11 - Frying dodo(Plantain) and eating almost
everything
before it's ready to be served
12 - Using bare hands to open the hot pot
forming superman pretending to be
immune
to the burning sensation on ur hands
13- watching tv or chatting away forgetting
you have something cooking on the fire
14- Finishing all all de meat
when there's still a lot of food left in the pot
15- Turning what you couldn't finish eating
back into the pot. Instead of disposing it.
Oya confess which one you do oh!

256
HOW MANY OF THESE BAD KITCHEN HABITS
ARE
U GUILTY OF?
Make una talk true o... LOL!
1 - Open maggi cube with your teeth
2 - Hold pot or remove pot from fire with
your wrapper/cloth
3 - Clap your hands in the food when
putting
salt or
maggi
4 - Using your hand to see if your rice or
beans is
cooked
5 - Take the big cooking spoon, to take a
little soup and
place in your hand tasting it for salt??
hahaha
6 - Using your bare hands to make smooth
paste of semovita,
akamu (pap), tomatoes etc
7 - Eating directly from the pot
8 - Use your wrapper/cloth to clean sweat
from your face
9 - Using your wrapper/cloth to clean plate
10 - Using your mouth to put off the
cooking
fire. If you use a stove
11 - Frying dodo(Plantain) and eating almost
everything
before it's ready to be served
12 - Using bare hands to open the hot pot
forming superman pretending to be
immune
to the burning sensation on ur hands
13- watching tv or chatting away forgetting
you have something cooking on the fire
14- Finishing all all de meat
when there's still a lot of food left in the pot
15- Turning what you couldn't finish eating
back into the pot. Instead of disposing it.
Oya confess which one you do oh!

257
A clash between military operatives and
some youths in Kaura Local Government
Area of Kaduna State on Thursday left six
persons seriously injured.
Chairman of the council, Mr. Kumai Badu,
said the situation had been brought under
control.
He said the injured, mainly youths from
Manchok town, were currently receiving
treatment at a health centre in Kagoro.
An eyewitness, who simply gave his names
as Mr. Kabosho Duniya , said trouble started
when the youth of the area protested
against the arrest of six members of a
vigilance group by soldiers for alleged
armed robbery.
Duniya said a day to the clash, soldiers in the
area received a distressed call on
Wednesday night from a motorist, who
claimed to have been robbed in Manchok.
According to him, the prompt response to
the call led to the arrest of six suspects, who
were later taken to the paramount Chief of
the community for amicable resolution of
the matter.
However, the youth, not satisfied, were said
to have protested against the arrest, and in
self defence, the soldiers fired gunshots,
leaving six persons sustaining injuries.

258

Fire broke out early Friday morning at the
National Control Centre of the Power Holding
Company of Nigeria in Osogbo.
Our correspondent gathered that the fire,
which affected a transformer there, started
around 3am.
The NCC, Osogbo, is one of the transmission
centres for the distribution of generated
electricity in the country.
Fire fighters were seen battling the inferno
when our correspondent visited the scene
at around7am.
The fire raged till around 9am when it was
contained.
Members of the Nigeria Security and Civil
Defence Corps, soldiers and staff of the
Federal Road Safety Commission were
controlling vehicular and human traffic at
the centre.
The incident, which is expected to worsen
the already epileptic power supply in the
country, has already thrown many areas
within the state into darkness.
The Deputy Governor of Osun State, Mrs. Titi
Laoye-Tomori, was among those who had
visited the place.

259

Concerned Nigerian citizens resident in the
United Kingdom, came out to voice their
concerns over the killings of innocent
children and the continued abduction of
young girls by Islamist terrorist group Boko
Haram. A petition signing event was held at
The Nigerian High Commission on
Thursday March 6th 2014 in London
United Kingdom.

260
Celebrity Talks / Lynxxx And Chidinma Are Officially Dating
« on: March 07, 2014, 01:09:23 pm »

Lynxxx shared this on his Instagram page. I
hope the love is real and would last.
Watch a video of Lynxxx on the Juice last
year where he mentioned Chidinma's name
so many time

261

Akeem Shittu, "Tiri" and
The suspects are being sought for their
alleged role in the torture and sodomy of
three women in Ejigbo market in 2013; one
woman died as a result of her injuries.
The main suspect is the coordinator of
Oodua People's Congress (OPC) in Ejigbo
area. The police descriptions are as
follows:
Ranti Lukeman Akande a.k.a. Otempa
He is between 45-50 years old, from
Ayetoro in Yewa North LGA of Ogun State.
He is dark in complexion, tall with a big
frame but without tribal marks. He has
white set of teeth with a gold tooth
indicating he has been on Hajj to Mecca.
Likes to be addressed as Comrade or Alhaji
or Chief Ranti Lukeman Akande a.k.a
Attempt. He is known to be a Panel beater
before joining the OPC and rising to
become Coordinator OPC for Ejigbo Zone,
Lagos. He speaks fluent Yoruba language
and understandable English language. He is
married with children and likes attending
parties.
READ MORE AFTER THE
CUT................ ................... ............
Akeem Shittu
About 42 years of age, from Ayete town,
Ibarapa Central LGA of Oyo State. He is dark
in complexion, slim but tall and has tribal
marks. He speaks Yoruba language fluently
and also speaks understandable English
language. He is married and is a member of
the OPC at Ejigbo Market.
Tiri (surname unknown)
About 37 years of age, from Ibadan in
Ibadan North LGA of Oyo State. He is
married with children. He is dark in
complexion, not too tall, no tribal marks,
has pointed nose with a set of scattered
teeth. He also has visible thick lower lips.
A photograph for the fourth suspect is
unavailable - only that he is known as
Abolore.
Policeare encouraging citizens to come
forward with any details about the
suspects by calling 08157178111 and
08098902777 or by reporting to the
nearest police station.
Last Tuesday, the Police Federal SARS in
Lagos paraded ten of the suspects in the
Ejigbo sodomy case, and declared four
others wanted.

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How About Your School? / Nigerian Air Force Recruitment 2014
« on: March 01, 2014, 12:10:27 pm »
Nigerian Air Force has announced the
ongoing of her Airmen/ Airwomen
Recruitment Exercise for 2014/2015
(BMTC 2014) for SSCE/ NECO/ NCE/ND
holders.The Nigerian Air Force therefore
invites application from qualified
candidates for Nigerian Air Force
Airmen/ Airwomen recruitment
exercise.
Qualifications for Nigerian Air force
Recruitment 2014
*.The minimum qualifications for
interested applicants are SSCE/NECO/
GCE/NCE/ND Applicants applying as non-
tradesmen and women must be
between 17 and 22 years of age by 31
December 2014 and must possess SSCE/
NECO/GCE.
*.Applicants applying as tradesmen and
women must be between 17 and 24
years of age by 31 December 2014 and
must possess NCE/ND or any relevant
trade certificates from reputable and
approved government institutions/
organisations.
*.Those who will be older than 22 and
24 years for non-tradesmen and
tradesmen respectively by 31 December
2014 need not apply.
*.Applicants with University diplomas
are not qualified to apply as tradesmen
and women.
*.Male applicants must not be less than
1.68 metres tall while female applicants
must not be less than 1.65 metres tall.
Application Starting Date
Online Registration for the 2014 Air
force Airmen and Airwomen
recruitment starts on 24th February,
2014
Application Closing Date
All applications for the Nigerian Air
force 2014 recruitment exercise closes
27th April, 2014
Method of Application
1.) Interested candidates are advised to
apply onlinehttp://
careers.nigerianair force.gov.ng/
2.) Applicants are to complete
application form online and make
payment at the following designated
banks:
*.United Bank for Africa
*.Access Bank
*.FCMB
*.First Bank
*.Enterprise Bank
*.Union Bank,
*.Sterling Bank
*.Zenith Bank
*.Unity Bank
*.Skye Bank
3.) Applicants should print out the
following underlisted documents after
payment of application fee at the
designated banks:
*.Local government attestation form.
*.Parent / guardian consent form.
*.Acknowledgment form.
4.) Applicants are to note that
applications submitted online without
payment of application fee at the above
mentioned banks will not be validated
for processing
Note:Zonal Recruitment Exercise will
hold from19-26 May, 2014.
*.For further information see the
instruction page on the website as from
24th February, 2014 or call the
following support lines:09-870 8475,
09-870 4817 and 08078406568 or e-
mail: airforce.support@swglobal.com

263
Fireworks at the Nigeria Centenary
celebration
The families of Gani Fawehinmi, Moshood
Abiola and Fela Anikulapo have given
indications they won’t accept the awards
on behalf of their patriarchs.
The Nigerian government will tonight
honour 100 distinguished Nigerians with
the Centenary Awards. Some recipients are
being awarded posthumously.
The families of Gani Fawehinmi, Moshood
Abiola and Fela Anikulapo have given
indications they won’t accept the awards on
behalf of their patriarchs.
Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, has also
rejected the award.
However, the award ceremony is holding
tonight (Friday, February 28) at the Banquet
Hall of the State House, Abuja, according to
an official government statement.
All award recipients are expected to be
seated by 6.30 p.m. and attendance is strictly
by invitation.
Accommodation has already been reserved
for the award recipients at the NICON Luxury
Hotelin th Garki District of Abuja from
where they will be conveyed to the venue of
the ceremony.
The full list of the awardees, including those
who have rejected the honour is
reproduced below along with the
categories:
A. CONTRIBUTORS TO THE MAKING OF
NIGERIA
1. Her Royal Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II
2. Frederick John Dealtry Lugard
3. Dame Flora Louise Shaw, Lady Lugard
B. HEROES OF THE STRUGGLE FOR NIGERIA’S
INDEPENDENCE/PIONEER POLITICAL
LEADERS
4. Herbert Samuel Heelas Macaulay
5. Rt. Hon. Dr. Benjamin Nnamdi Azikiwe,
GCFR
6. Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, KBE
7. Chief Jeremiah Obafemi Awolowo, GCFR
8. Sir Ahmadu Bello, KBE
9. Professor Eyo Ita
10. Jaja Anucha Wachuku
11. Pa Michael Imoudu
12. Chief Anthony Enahoro
13. Chief Joseph Sarwan Tarka
14. Mallam Aminu Kano
15. Margaret Udo Ekpo
16. Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti
17. Hajiya Gambo Sawaba
C. PIONEERS IN PROFESSIONAL CALLINGS/
CAREERS
18. Christopher Sapara Williams
19. Chief Frederick Rotimi Alade Williams,
SAN
20. Chief Akintola Williams
21. Major-General Johnson Thomas
Umunnakwe Aguiyi Ironsi
22. Vice Admiral Joseph Edet Akinwale
Wey
23. Brigadier General George
Tamunoiyowunam Kurubo
24. Louis Orok Edet
25. Major-General Abdullahi Mohammed
26. Professor Thomas Adeoye Lambo
27. Professor Kenneth Onwuka Dike
28. Capt. Chinyere Kalu
29. Brig. Gen. (Dr.) Oviemo Ovadje
30. Professor Grace Alele-Williams
D. PIONEERS IN COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
31. Louis Odumegwu Ojukwu
32. Alhaji Alhassan Dantata
33. Chief Adeola Odutola
E. PROMOTERS OF DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION
IN NIGERIA
34. Alhaji Shehu Usman Aliyu Shagari, GCFR
35. Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale
Abiola
36. General Shehu Musa Yar’adua, GCON
37. General Abdulsalami Alhaji Abubakar,
GCFR
F. HEROES IN GLOBAL SPORTS
COMPETITIONS
38. Madam Chioma Ajunwa
39. Nwankwo Kanu
40. Richard Ihetu (Dick Tiger)
41. Chief Michael Okpala (Power Mike),
MON
42. Monday Ochuko Emoghawve
G. ACCOMPLISHED PIONEER PUBLIC
SERVANTS
43. Chief Stanley Olabode Wey
44. Justice Egbert Udo Udoma
45. Chief Emeka Anyaoku
46. Sir Adetokunbo Adegboyega Ademola
47. Dr. Taslim Oluwale Elias
48. Dr. Rilwan Lukman
49. Alhaji Ibrahim Dasuki
50. Alhaji Aliyu Mai Bornu
H. ACCOMPLISHED CONTEMPORARY
ENTREPRENEURS
51. Alhaji Aliko Mohammed Dangote
52. Chief Mike Adenuga
53. Chief (Dr.) Innocent Chukwuma
I. DISTINGUISHED ACADEMICS
54. Professor Benjamin Oluwakayode
Osuntokun
55. Professor Kelsey Harrison
56. Professor Chike Obi
57. Professor Dagogo Fubara
58. Professor Jacob Festus Ade Ajayi
59. Professor Claude Ake
60. Professor Aliu Babatunde Fafunwa
61. Professor Godwin Olu Patrick Obasi
62. Professor Umaru Shehu
J. INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED ARTISTS,
LITERARY ICONS AND JOURNALISTS
63. Michael Taiwo Akinkumi
64. Professor Wole Soyinka
65. Professor Chinua Achebe
66. Prof John Pepper Clark
67. Cyprian Odiatu Duaka Ekwensi
68. Alhaji Abubakar Imam
69. Daniel O. Fagunwa
70. Ernest Sesei Ikoli
71. Alhaji Ismail Babatunde Jose
72. Kenneth Nnebue
73. Patience Ozokwor
74. Alhaji (Dr) Mamman Shata Katsina
75. Hubert Adedeji Ogunde
76. Fela Anikulapo Kuti
77. Stephen Osita Osadebe
78. (Dr.) Ladi Dosei Kwali
79. Ben Enwonwu
80. Oludotun Jacobs
K. OUTSTANDING CONTEMPORARY PUBLIC
SERVANTS
81. Alhaji Yusuf Maitama Sule
82. Professor Akinlawon Ladipo
Mabogunje, NNOM
83. Dr. Barnabas Sanyaolu Oloruntoba,
OFR
84. Honourable Justice Maryam Aloma
Mukhtar, GCON
L. OUTSTANDING BRAVERY AND PUBLIC
SPIRITEDNESS
85. Chief Gani Fawehinmi, SAN
86. Michael Chukwugekwu Ihuka
M. OUTSTANDING PROMOTERS OF UNITY,
PATRIOTISM AND NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
87. General Yakubu Gowon, GCFR
88. General Murtala Ramat Mohammed
89. General Olusegun Mathew Okikiola
Aremu Obasanjo, GCFR
90. General Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR
91. General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida,
GCFR
92. Chief Ernest Shonekan, GCFR
93. General Sani Abacha, GCFR
94. Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar’adua, GCFR
95. General Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma,
GCON, fss
N. EXEMPLARY SERVICE IN THE PROMOTION
OF PEACE AND MORAL EXCELLENCE
96. Sir Abubakar Sadiq III
97. Sheikh Abubakar Mahmud Gumi
98. Blessed Cyprian Michael Tansi
99. Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye
100. Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi
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Google has released a major update to the
iOS version of the Hangouts mobile app.
Whereas the previous app left a lot to be
desired and didn’t look or work as you’d
expect from an app on iOS, the updated
version completely changes that and also
adds some new features.
One of the most noticeable changes in the
new version is the new UI redesigned for
iOS 7. The conversation list view is different
and you’ll see your profile right up top. Click
on it and you’ll get options related to your
profile, such as account settings and snooze
settings. The chat list looks different and you
can now swipe on an item in the list and get
options to favorite, video call the contact,
mute or archive the conversation. All of this
works with silky smooth fancy new
transition animations.
The chat view is different, too, and much
classier than before. There is now an
attachment button next to the text box that
lets you add an image, location (previously
available on Android but now on iOS as well)
and a new addition, stickers. Yes, Hangouts
finally gets support for stickers and the iOS
app is the first one to have them. This
feature is not yet available on Android app
or the Chrome extension, although you can
still view them since they are simply
animated GIFs. The stickers in question are
just animated versions of the Hangouts/
Android KitKat emoji.
The iPad version gets the bulk of the UI
changes with a new split screen mode that
makes better use of the larger screen. The
previous Hangouts app would just fill the
whole screen and looked like a stretched
mobile app but the new one splits the
screen into conversation list on the left and
chats on the right. If you go landscape you’ll
also see a video call button on the right. To
start a video call, simple drag the button
across the screen towards the left. The iPad
app also gets picture-in-picture video calling,
the way you do on desktop Hangouts.
Lastly, there is also a new ten-second video
clip feature, that lets you record and send
ten-second clips to your contacts instead of
doing the whole video call thing.
The new Hangouts app for iOS is finally a
legit app that offers the quality that you
expect from an app on iOS, with a high level
of polish and good design decisions. It’s out
on the App Store now and if you use
Hangouts you should definitely update to it
immediately.

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Mobile Phone / Facebook Messenger for Windows to shut down on March 3
« on: February 28, 2014, 09:43:32 pm »
Those of you using the Facebook Messenger
on Windows probably got the same
message as myself this morning. According
to the notification, the Messenger will stop
working on Monday, March 3.
There is no explanation why Facebook
decided to kill its standalone messenger
app, but it isn’t unexpected.
The Facebook Messenger installer for
Windows has disappeared completely from
Facebook’s website a while ago. Even its
Help articles on the website were hard to
find, so it was clear back then Facebook will
be dropping support for the tool in the
future.
Well, it is time. The app will stop working on
March 3. The help section is available now
and explains how to uninstall the Messenger
off your PC.
As a user who really got used to the app, I
am quite disappointed. I guess my only
option now is to rely on the dedicated
Metro/Modern Facebook app. Bugger!

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A man is suing Macdonalds for $1.5million
for giving him only one napkin and refusing
to give him another when he asked for it.
Lol. The things you can sue people for in the
US.
McDonalds has made a new golden arch
enemy a California man is suing the
company for $1.5million because he says he
only got one napkin with his meal. Webster
Lucas claims he was stiffed on napkins at
the Mickey D’s in Pacoima, CA on January
29th after ordering a Quarter Pounder
Deluxe and when he went up to the counter
to ask for more, he was rudely rebuffed by
the manager who insisted he already got
some.
According to his lawsuit, Lucas, who is black,
then retorted, “I should have gone to eat at
the Jack in the Box because I didn’t come
here to argue over napkins. I came here to
eat. “That’s when Lucas says things got
racist claiming the manager (a Mexican-
American) mumbled something about “you
people. “Lucas subsequently emailed the
general manager to complain insisting he
couldn’t work because of the “undue mental
anguish” he was suffering as a result of the
napkin debacle and says he was insultingly
offered free burgers in return. Lucas wants
to super size instead $1.5 million.
in

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A single black woman that I’m friends
with on Facebook posted an encounter
she had with two separate men. It lit up
a firestorm of men vs. women in the
comments. Two men from her past, in
two separate conversations, both
claimed that they were interested in her
and wanted to ask her out, “but she
never gave them a chance.” She
frustratingly replied to both of them,
“You never ASKED for a chance!”
See…her assumption was, if a man
wants to go out with you…all he has to
do was ask a simple question, ‘Would
you like to go out?’. Was she wrong? Is it
really that simple?
The fact is, some men have game…and
some men don’t? Some guys know
exactly what to say to a woman…and
others are seized by fear and paralysis
of analysis just to come up with an
opening line? For men, this is very
frustrating because it hinders their
dating/love life. Take a man we’ll call
Duman for example…
Last Friday, I was in Friday’s sitting at the
bar eating dinner. I stumbled into a
conversation with the guy sitting next to
me about women. Duman is a 44 yr. old,
tall, clean shaven, slender build, divorced
gentlemen originally from West Africa.
But Duman has no game. Self admittedly
so. He cited an incident where one day
he was sitting in a lobby in front of a
beautiful woman. Every time he looked
up, she was looking at him. But he didn’t
know what to say to her. When he got
up to leave, she stopped what she was
doing, looked up, and said “How are you
doing?” “I’m fine. How are you?” he
replied. And then walked away. When he
got to his car, he beat the steering
wheel ferociously because he regretted
missing the opportunity to ask her out.
For a woman, this is frustrating…
because, all she wants is someone who
has the gonads and the confidence to
step to her like a man and say the right
things to get her to go out with him. So
here’s the #1 reason why a man is
afraid to ask a woman out…and the four
things woman can do about it without
playing herself.
Lack of Confidence
Men date out of their confidence level.
What I mean is…a man who acquires
knowledge in knowing what to say,
what to do, how to carry himself socially,
and what to do sexually with women…
builds up a certain level of confidence in
himself. An experienced man will exude
a high degree of confidence…because
he knows what to do and how to
handle himself in any situation with a
woman. To him, rejection isn’t a
deterrent. And to women, this
confidence is sexy…even if he is not
physically.
But for the man who has limited
experiences, he has a low level of
confidence in how to handle himself
socially and sexually with women. So
he’ll play-the-wall in social setting…
hoping to build-up enough confidence
to eventually ask a woman out. Or he’ll
make statements like, ‘I was going to
ask you out but you never gave me a
chance.’
Speaking of my friend…what is she
suppose to do? How can she…and you…
avoid being told this in the future?
1. Build Up His Confidence
His confidence is the key. The only way
to remove the fear is through social
experiences with women. So engage
him socially. You don’t have to seem
desperate or pressed…just friendly. The
more interaction he has with you, the
more confident he will be come.
2. Challenge His Manhood
No man wants his manhood
challenged…especially by a beautiful
attractive woman. But sometimes, the
right kind of challenge prompts a man
into action. Now…don’t go calling him
out in front of a bunch of people. Rather,
privately challenge whether he’s scared
to ask a woman out. Challenge if he even
knows how to ask a woman out. Then
have him role-play with you to check out
his game. Tweak it to your liking…if you
like. Depending on how savvy he is, he
might build up enough confidence to
ask you out.
3. Correct Him Privately
If you see him doing or saying
something that’s socially awkward or a
turn-off to women, pull him aside and
playfully tell him how stupid that was. A
great line to use is “If I was on a date
with you, I would feel…” Then tell him
what he should’ve did/said that
would’ve been more palatable or
attractive to women. He will endear
himself to you and build his confidence
at the same time.
4. Humor Always Helps
Being humorous makes you more
likable. You don’t have to be a standup
comedian, but play up your funny side. If
you can make a man laugh, he will want
to be around you more. And more
exposure to you…means more
confidence for him.
Confidence is intangible. But its
presence…or lack thereof…is very real. It
shows up in the presence or absence of
‘game’. Men feel it…but women
experience it. And in the case of my
friend, she experienced its absence
because those men didn’t feel it.

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The Department of Petroleum Resources
(DPR) has embarked on a nationwide tour
of petrol stations, expressing its
determination to close down petrol
stations that are hoarding fuel or selling
above the official pump price.
The development is in order to end the
queues seen at petrol stations, a situation
triggered by what has been described as
artificial scarcity.
In Kaduna metropolis, the Director of the
agency, George Osahon, who led his team in
the inspection programme, warned
independent marketers to stop hoarding
the product or face the full wrath of the law.
He also advised the general public not to
embark on panic buying as there was
enough quantity of the product in stock.
He attributed the scarcity to a chain reaction
by the marketers and the public over the
rumour of an increase in pump price.
“The current fuel scarcity is as a result of
lack of cooperation among the regulatory
agencies in the petroleum sector and
hoarding of the product by marketers.
“The situation could be brought under
control if there is proper coordination,” he
said.
Mr Osahon said that the agency would soon
introduce an electronic system to effectively
monitor fuel distribution.
The team, in their visits, examined the
dispensing pumps and the storage tanks of
the petrol stations.

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Latest Gists In Town / Japan launches rain-tracking satellite
« on: February 28, 2014, 09:13:37 pm »
A Japanese rocket roared into orbit early
Friday carrying what NASA calls its most
precise instrument yet for measuring rain
and snowfall.
The Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM)
satellite is the first of five earth science
launches NASA has planned for 2014. The 4-
ton spacecraft is the most sophisticated
platform yet for measuring rainfall, capable
of recording amounts as small as a
hundredth of an inch an hour, said Gail
Skofronick Jackson, GPM’s deputy project
scientist.
The $ 900 million satellite is a joint project
with the Japanese space agency JAXA, and it
lifted off from Tanegashima Space Center at
3:37 a.m. Friday (1:37 p.m. Thursday ET). In a
little over a half hour, it had reached orbit,
deployed its solar panels and began
beaming signals back to its controllers, NASA
said.
Also, once fully activated, GPM will use both
radar and microwave instruments to detect
falling snow for the first time. It will also
combine data from other satellites with its
own readings, beaming back a snapshot of
worldwide precipitation every three hours,
Jackson said.
“We can start using the data for all sorts of
applications — for floods, for landslide
predictions, for tracking hurricanes so we
know what part of the coastline to
evacuate,” Jackson said.
That data will boost not only immediate
storm forecasts, but also aid climate
scientists who have been working on long-
term models of a changing world.
“We can start validating and verifying what
the scientists are saying from the models
that say we’re going to have more extreme
precipitation,” she said. “Where there’s
heavy precipitation now, the climate models
are saying there’ll continue to be more
intense precipitation there, and where
there’s droughts, they think the droughts
will be more intense.”
The craft has enough fuel for at least five
years and is expected to last longer — so
when combined with earlier missions, it will
give NASA an unbroken 25- to 30-year
rainfall record, Jackson said.

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Latest Gists In Town / Jonathan cousin’s abductors demand N500m ransom
« on: February 28, 2014, 09:09:04 pm »
Abductors of Inengite Nitabai, the
septuagenarian cousin of President
Goodluck Jonathan, have requested a
whooping N500m ransom to set him free.
The outrageous demand, it was learnt, had
unsettled members of Nitabai’s family who
were said to be running from pillar to post
to find a solution to the matter.
A security source told our correspondent
that the abductors threatened to kill their
victim if the family failed to produce the
money.
The source, who pleaded anonymity, said
the family had constituted a committee to
evaluate the wicked demand, establish
negotiations with the abductors and
facilitate his release.
He said the kidnappers as usual warned
against the involvement of security
operatives in the matter.
“The kidnappers contacted the family four
days after and demanded a whooping sum
of N500m. It is believed that the family of
the victim has begun negotiations with the
hoodlums,” he said.
Distraught family members and
sympathisers had shortly after the incident
weighed the motives behind the dastardly
act.
The atmosphere became gloomier following
refusal of the assailants to establish contact
with the family of their victim three days
after the abduction.
The kidnappers’ incommunicado, it was
observed, created panic and heightened
apprehension among members of the
family.

272

French footballer, Nicolas Anelka has been
suspended by his club, West Bromwich
Albion after he received a five-match ban by
the Football Association and fined £80,000
for the quenelle gesture that he performed
after scoring against West Ham United in
December.
The club announced their decision following
confirmation from the FA that an
independent regulatory commission had
found Anelka guilty of making a gesture that
was “abusive and/or indecent and/or
insulting and/or improper, and that included
a reference to ethnic origin and/or race
and/or religion or belief”.
The punishment was the most lenient that
the FA could have imposed under their new
anti-discrimination rules. The governing
body, however, reported that the three-man
panel “did not find that Nicolas Anelka is an
antisemite or that he intended to express or
promote antisemitism by his use of the
quenelle”.
It remains to be seen whether Anelka will
appeal against the punishment, which
includes attending a compulsory education
programme. The 34-year-old said from the
outset that the quenelle was a “special
dedication to my comedian friend
Dieudonné [M'Bala M'Bala]” and maintained
that the gesture he made at Upton Park on
28 December was anti-establishment rather
than antisemitic.

273
Mobile Phone / 10 Dirty Secrets Apple Doesn't Want You To Know
« on: February 28, 2014, 03:35:02 pm »
#1 They Rip You Off on Accessories
There isn't information on the markup Apple
applies to their $40-$50 cases, but similar
ones can be found on eBay for $5-$10. They
pedaled different speakers, alarm clocks,
cords etc., then changed the plug shape and
now charge $29 for a converter so you can
keep using the products you bought.
#2 They Don’t Pay Much in Taxes
Apple Avoids Paying $17 Million In Taxes
Every Day Through A Ballsy But Genius Tax
Avoidance Scheme. According to business
insider, Apple has found the secret to not
paying taxes. You just avoid taxes by not
declaring a tax residency for the company
that oversees the entirety of your
international income.
#3 Exploit Cheap labor and Use Underage
Children for Production
To make up for the high quality of materials
used for the production of Apple products,
Apple uses cheap and underage labor for its
production. In 2010, Apple admitted to
using child workers, and at least eleven 15
year old children were discovered at three
of Apple's factories around the world.
Workers were also reported to earn as little
as $22 for a 12 hour shift.
#4 They Pollute Horrendously
Apple estimates that it was responsible for
23.1 million metric tons of greenhouse gas
emissions in the year 2011. According to
Apple, 98 percent of those emissions are
related to its products’ life cycle, with just 2
percent chalked up to the company’s
facilities.
#5 They Haven’t Really Innovated in Years
In 2007 Apple released the revolutionary
iPhone. It’s been six years and it’s the same
except thinner, faster, and with a better
camera. Oh the iPad? It’s not new. The iPad
was what an engineer originally brought to
Steve Jobs, who told him to make it smaller
and give it phone capabilities.
#6 They Helped Kill the Record Industry
Since the introduction of iTunes Music Store
on April 28, 2003, music sales have
plummeted in the United States -- from $
11.8 billion in 2003 to $7.1 billion last year,
according to the Recording Industry
Association of America. When adjusted for
inflation, revenue has been more than
halved since Apple launched the iTunes
Music Store.
#7 They Monitor and Track Your
Movement Without Your Consent
Apple's iPads and iPhone track a user's
every move. Two security researchers made
this shocking discovery while searching
through the iPhone's files. According to the
researchers, the feature popped up with the
release of iOS 4.
It has been known for some time that the
iPhones collect data on their user's position
and uses it to target iAds at them. Apple had
received a great deal of criticism for doing
that. But nobody knew just how far Apple
had gone in violating its users’ privacy --
until now.

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Latest Gists In Town / Gunmen Attack Adamawa State Governor’s Convoy
« on: February 28, 2014, 03:29:15 pm »
The convoy of the governor of Adama
State, Murtala Nyako was attacked by
gunmen believed to be Boko Haram
insurgents earlier today.
The incident occurred at Shuwari area of the
State, as the governor was returning from
paying a condolence visit to victims of Boko
Haram attacks two days ago.
The governor reportedly escaped in an
escort vehicle and no casualties were
recorded.

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Celebrity Talks / Rita Dominic The New Face Of Keystone Bank
« on: February 28, 2014, 01:24:01 pm »

It has been indeed a great year for Rita
Dominic, for a while she has not being
mentioned as one of those who has been
endorsed by any company.This has changed
because Dominic has signed an
endorsement deal with Keystone Bank, The
deal is said to worth millions and the actress
is already shooting new commercials for the
company.
She is the face of Keystone and the
campaign is focusing on the bank's new
initiative, which is an account targeting only
women, to help them invest wisely. Congrats
Rita.
More money for her as she smiles to
Keystone and picks her money

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