THE SECOND NAIJA BRIDGE FINALLY KICKS OFF.

President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday 10th March 2014, laid the foundation stone for the construction of second Niger Bridge linking Asaba in Delta State with Onitsha in Anambra State after many years of waiting and agitation by the people of South East.

The project is to be constructed by Julius Berger PLC.

A Mother of 18-yr-old boy who killed virgin for ritual confesses

MOTHER of the 18-year-old boy, Ikechukwu Lucky, who was arrested by the police in Lagos State for strangling a 12-year-old girl, Bose Ogoja, to death for money ritual, in Badagry area of the state, has said her son is possessed of an evil spirit that has been tormenting him.

The mother of the boy, Esa Egbo, told newsmen, yesterday, that her son had been arrested four times for attempting to rape little girls between the ages of 10 and 15 years by the police in Badagry Division.

Delta State Civil Service Commission Massive Recruitment.

DELTA STATE
CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION

INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL ADVERTISEMENT

Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates to fill the following vacancies in the Delta State  Civil Service:

S/N	Posts	Salary Grade Levels
1.	(a)  Assistant Technical Officer ‘X’ (b)  Assistant Executive Officer ‘X’ (c) Confidential Secretary	06 06 06
2.	(a) Assistant Education Officer (b) Mechanical Officer ‘X’ (c) Superintendents (d) Catering Officer (e) Community Development Inspector	07 07 07 07 07
3.	(a) Higher Executive Officer ‘X’ (b) Higher Technical Officer ‘X’ (c) Technologist (d) Architect II (e) Building Officer II (f) Programme Analyst II (g) Town Planning Office II (h) Quantity Surveyor II (i) Engineer II (Mechanical, Electrical/Electronics,    Civil Petroleum and Water). (j). Hydrogeologist II (k) Agricultural Officer II (l) Fisheries  Officer II (m) Forest Officer II (n) Agricultural Engineer II (o) Information Officer II (p) Printing Officer II (q) Estate Officer II (r) Social Welfare Officer II (s) Scientific Officer II (t) Community Development Officer II (u) Education Officer II	08 08 08 08 08 08 08 08 08 08 08 08 08 08 08 08 08 08 08 08 08
4.	Senior State Counsel	10
5.	Pharmacist	10
6	Medical Officer	12
7	Veterinary Officer	12

2.      To be eligible for appointment, candidates must possess the following qualifications:
1(a)   Assistant Technical Officer ‘X’
(i) Ordinary National Diploma in any relevant field obtained from a recognized institution OR
(ii) Full Technological certificate (Craft of the City and Guilds Institution of London in the relevant subject).
(b)     Assistant Executive Officer (GD) SGL. 06
(i) Ordinary National Diploma in Business Administration/Studies or Public Administration from a recognized institution.
(ii) Assistant Executive Officer (Accounts) SGL. 06
A Pass in sections I and II (Intermediate) of the Association of Certified and Cooperate Accountants OR Intermediate Certificate  of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries  and Administrators OR Ordinary National Diploma in Accountancy or Business  Administration obtained from a recognized institution OR R.S.A. stage III (Advanced) in Accounts and other related subjects.
(iii) Assistant Executive Officer (Audit), SGL.06
Ordinary National Diploma in Accountancy or Business Administration with Accountancy as one of the subjects, obtained from a recognized institution OR a Pass in the Intermediate
Examination of any recognized Accountancy bodies OR  intermediate Certificate of the Chartered Institute of Secretaries and Administrators OR R.S.A. stage I (Advanced) in Accounts and Book-Keeping.
(iv)    Assistant Executive (Revenue), SGL. 06
Intermediate Certificate of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators OR General Certificate of Education (Advanced Level) in two subjects obtained at one sitting or three subjects at two sittings preferably, including Economics, Accountancy or Mathematics OR Ordinary National Diploma in Business Studies or Accountancy obtained from a recognized Institution OR R.S.A. stage III (Advanced) in Accounts and related subjects.
C.      Confidential Secretary III, SGL 06
Ordinary National Diploma (OND) in Secretarial Studies including passes in Shorthand and Typewriting at a speed of 100 and 50 words per minute respectively from a recognized institution OR West African School Certificate/Senior School Certificate plus R.S.A. or Civil Service Training School Certificate in Shorthand and Typewriting at a speed of 100 and 50 word per minute respectively, Plus a recognized certificate in English Language,
Office Practice, Secretarial Practice and any other optional subjects like Social Studies, Civil Service Rules, Economics or Book-Keeping.
2(a)   Assistant Education Officer, SGL 07
National Certificate of Education (NCE)
(b)  Technical Officer (Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, Water        
       Resources, etc.) SGL 07
Full Technological Certificate (Craft) of the City and Guilds Institute of London in the relevant subjects plus at least one year post-qualification cognate experience OR Ordinary National Diploma in the relevant field obtained from a recognized institution plus at least one year post-qualified cognate experience.
(c) (i) Works Superintendent ‘X’, SGL 07/1
Ordinary National Diploma in the relevant field from a recognized institution plus at least one year post-qualification cognate experience.
(ii) Superintendent of Press, SGL, 07/2
Ordinary National Diploma in Machine Printing, Graphic Arts, Printing Technology or Book-Binding from Yaba College of
Technology or any other recognized institution, plus at least two years post qualification cognate experience OR Higher National Diploma in any of the fields mentioned above from a recognized institution.
(d) Catering Officer, SGL 07/1
Certificate in Institutional and Catering Management OR Higher National Diploma in Institutional Management.
(e)     Community Development Inspector, SGL 07/1
Higher National Diploma (HND) in the relevant field.
3a (i)  Higher Executive Officer (GD), SGL 08/2
Ordinary National Diploma in Business Administration/Studies or Public Administration from a recognized institution plus at least five years Post Qualification cognate experience OR Higher National Diploma (HND) in Business Studies/Administration or public Administration from a recognized institution plus at least three years post qualification cognate experience.
(ii) Higher Executive Officer (Accounts) SGL, 08/2.
Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Secretaries and Administrators in Accountancy OR Higher National Diploma (HND) in Accountancy or Business Administration obtained from a recognized
institution OR the professional Examination (PEI) Certificate of the institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria.
(iii) Higher Executive Officer (Audit), SGL 08/2
Higher National Diploma in Accountancy or Business Administration with accounting subject obtained from a recognized institution OR Associate Membership of the Chartered Institute of Secretaries and Administrators in Accountancy.
(iv) Higher Executive Officer (Revenue), SGL. 08/2
Associate Membership of the Chartered Institute of Secretaries and Administrators in Accountancy OR Higher National Diploma in Accountancy obtained from a recognized institution
(b) Higher Technical Officer ‘X’, SGL 08/2
Higher National Diploma in the relevant field from a recognized institution.
(c)  Medical Laboratory Technologist II, SGL. 08/2
(i) Associate Membership of the Institute of Medical Laboratory Technologist (ATMLT) of Nigeria
(ii) West African School Certificate or Senior Secondary School Certificate plus the National Diploma of the Institute of Medical
Laboratory Technology (obtained after a four years course) and the registration of the Medical Laboratory Council of Nigeria for Health Technologists.
(d) Architect II, SGl. 08/3
(i) Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in Architecture obtained from a University recognized by the Architect Registration Council of Nigeria.
(ii) A Pass in the Final I Examination of the Nigerian Institute of Architects (N.I.A.)
(iii) A pass in the Final I Examination of the Royal Institute of British Architect (R.I.B.A.)
(e)     Building Officer II, SGL 08/2
(i) A degree in building or Building Technology from a recognized University.
(ii) A pass in the final part II examination of the Nigerian Institute of Builders.
(iii) A pass in the final part II examination of the Chartered Institute of Builders of England.
 (f)  Programme Analyst II, SGL 08/2
A degree in Computer Science or Statistics with a Post-Graduate Diploma in Computer Science from a recognized university.
(g)  Town Planning Officer II, SGL. 08/2
(i) A degree in Urban and Regional Planning or Town Planning from a recognized university.
(ii) A pass in the Final Examinations of the Nigerian institute of Town Planners.
(iii) A Professional Diploma in Urban and Regional Planning or Town Planning from any recognized Institution (not equivalent to Higher National Diploma Certificate).
(h)  Quantity Surveyor II, SGL 08/3
(i) A degree in Quantity Surveying from a recognized University.
(ii) A pass in the final examination of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors,
(iii) A pass in the final examination of the Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors.
 (i) Engineer II (Mechanical, Electrical/Electronic, Civil, Petroleum and Water), SGL 08/3
A degree in the relevant field or equivalent qualification, registrable with the Council of Registered Engineers of Nigeria (COREN).
(j)  Hydrogeologist II, SGL 08/3
A degree in Geology or Applied Geology from a recognized University.
(k)  Agricultural  Officer II, SGL, 08/2
A degree in Agricultural Science, Agricultural Economics, Horticulture, Crop Science or Crop Production from a recognized University.
(l)  Fisheries Officer II SGL, 08/2
A degree in Zoology, Fisheries, Biology, Agricultural Bio-Chemistry or Agriculture from a recognized University.
(m)  Forest Officer II SGl 08/2
A degree in Forestry, Forest Resources Management, Agriculture, Agronomy, Plant Zoology, Botany/Biology, Forest Engineering, Forest Utilization, Timber Technology or Wood Science from or recognized University.
(n)  Agricultural Engineer II SGL 08/3.
A degree in Agricultural Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering or Structural Engineering from a recognized University.
(o)  Information Officer II, SGL 08/2
A degree, Preferrably in Arts, Journalism, Social Science or English Language from a recognized University.
(p)  Printing Officer II, SGL 08/2
A Bachelor’s degree in Printing Technology, Graphic Arts or Engineering from a recognized University.
(q)  Higher Estate Officer SGL 08/2)
(i) Higher National Diploma in Estate Management obtained from a recognized Institution.
(ii)  Scientific officer II, SGL 08/2
A good Bachelor’s degree (or its equivalent) in medical and appropriate natural sciences.
(s)  Education Officer II, SGL 08/2
(i) A degree in Education or in any other relevant subject from a recognized University.
(ii) A degree in a relevant subject plus a post-Graduate Diploma or certificate in Education.
(t) Community Development Officer II, SGL 08/2
A degree in Social Work, Home Economics or in any of the Social Science or relevant subjects from a recognized University.
4.      Senior State Counsel, SGL 10/1
Legally qualified to practice as a Barrister plus at least one year Post-Call cognate experience.
5.      Pharmacist, SGL 10/1
Bachelor of Pharmacy degree, registerable with the Pharmacist Registration Board of Nigeria (PRBN) plus at least one year post-registration cognate experience.
6.      Medical Officer, SGL 12/1
A degree in medicine, registrable with the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) from a recognized institution plus at least one year post-registration cognate experience.
7.      Veterinary Officer 12/1
A basic degree in Veterinary Medicine who has been registered by the veterinary Council of Nigeria (VCN) and successfully completed the
National Youth Service Scheme (NYSC) or obtained Exemption Certificate of the NYSC
Method of Application: Interested and qualified candidates who must not be below 15 and not more than 50 years of age should apply on-line at the Commission's website. You are only required to come with your academic credentials, birth certificates, certificates of Local Government of origin and any other relevant document if you shortlisted.
Application Fee: One Thousand Naira Only (N1,000) will be charge for online processing of your application through InterSwitch enabled Cards issued by all banks on the network. The cards accepted include Verve Cards, MasterCard, MasterCard Verve.

Click on this link to apply..........>>>

for more Information or how to register, call 07034538881
I wish u Good luck

Woman collapses, dies while testifying in church

Tragedy struck in Umuogwuta, Ndegwu, Owerri West local council area of Imo State, as a lady who was giving her testimony during the New Year service suddenly collapsed and died.

A villager, who spoke to Nigeriannews on ground of anonymity, said: “The Lagos-based lady, Ifeoma Anozie, collapsed and died while giving her testimony inside Saint John’s Anglican Church, Ndegwu.”
Nigeriannews also gathered that Ifeoma returned to her country home not to only give testimony about her achievements in the passing year, but also felicitate with her kith and kin.

“The lady had hardly commenced her testimony when she suddenly slumped and died in front of the officiating  cleric and left the congregation completely perplexed,” the villager said.

Speaking also on the issue, a woman who simply identified herself as Felicia, lamented that what ordinarily should have been a double celebration for the Anozie family suddenly turned sour.

“The church service was designed to be a double celebration for the Anozie family. It, however, turned out to be a tragedy for the family, the church and Ndegwu community,” Felicia lamented.

However, the remains of the lady had been deposited in an undisclosed hospital morgue.

Robbers take over Mile 2, attack Vanguard staff, motorists

THREE Vanguard Newspapers staff were, Tuesday, attacked by a gang of armed robbers, who laid siege on Mile 2 Bridge, dispossessing commuters of valuables and damaging vehicles in the process.

The incident, which happened at 8:35p.m., occurred in a traffic gridlock when the victims were going home after the close of work.

Narrating the ugly encounter with the hoodlums, who were brandishing dangerous weapons, one of the victims said: “On our way home, we were stuck in the usual traffic on Mile 2 bridge.

“The highway that leads to Oshodi was slightly free, so we had to stay on that lane with the aim of diverting to the lane that would take us to Lagos/Badagry Expressway.

“While we were waiting on that traffic, we heard knocks on the passenger side of the front seat. We did not suspect anything fishy.

“When the knocks persisted, we demanded to know what the two boys that were knocking wanted.

“They continued with the knocks and were ordering us to roll down and give them our phones. We did not oblige them.

Do you have any such experiences on Lagos roads ?

“When they noticed that we were hesitating to do their bidding, they shattered the side-glass of the front passenger seat with a heavy metal.”

The robbers then swooped on the occupants of the car and dispossessed them of their phones, wallets containing some amount of money, bank ATM cards, National Identity cards and other valuables.

The victim continued: “After collecting our property, they turned to the driver’s side. When the vehicle in front moved, we zoomed off. We were left with nothing.”

Few days ago, two staff of Vanguard were also robbed at the same spot, which has become a den for robbers.

The hoodlums, who also operate in day time, do so while some armed policemen patrol the Mile 2 bridge. The robbers capitalise on the traffic gridlock created by the ongoing re-construction work on the highway.

Motorists, who spoke to Vanguard, lamented the constant harassment and humiliation meted on them by these hoodlums.

They said that the attacks had turned the popular Mile 2 into a dreaded zone as the daredevils freely make use of hammer, knife, gun or any weapon to dispossess victims of valuables.

13-yr-old girl and 2 others injured by Kerosine explotion

In Abakaliki, a young lady, identified as Miss Ifeoma Nwofe, was yesterday reported to have lost her life following a kerosene explosion at her parent’s Azuiyiokwu, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, residence.
Nigerian new gathered that the victim, who suffered severe burns all over her body, could not receive treatment at the Federal Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, where she was rushed to because of the ongoing doctors’ strike.

She later died at a private hospital due to lack of prompt medical attention.

Other victims and siblings of the deceased, who are still in a critical condition, include Linda 8, and Chiemerie, 10.

According to report, the explosion occurred as Ifeoma was trying to light the family’s lantern after electric power cut.

This development has raised suspicion that the kerosene might have been adulterated.

Narrating his ordeal, father of the victims, Mr. Simeon Nwofe, said that Ifeoma returned home to observe her school’s midterm break.

“After hugging her younger ones, she decided to put on the lantern in the house and then the incident occurred,” he said, adding that her remains have been taken to their hometown for burial.

The Special Adviser to Ebonyi State Governor on Petroleum Products, Pricing and Distribution, Mr. Chief Ejem, promised to get to the root of the matter.

He said: “We will conduct a thorough investigation into the incident and prosecute those culpable.

“The government has been doing its best to rid the state of fake petroleum products, but have been thwarted by unscrupulous elements who deal on such products.”

An 18-yr-old victim of gang rape commits suicide

An 18-year-old girl, allegedly gang-raped by three boys, has committed suicide at her Amarata residence. It is a suburb of Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital.

The deceased, simply identified as Janet, was a native of Oduali in Abua/Odua Local Government Area of Rivers State.

She was reportedly gang-raped at gunpoint by the boys, who forced her into an uncompleted building last week, while she was on an errand for her elder sister.

A source said: “The girl was sad and devastated after the incident. After she narrated her experience, her sister’s husband, who is a pastor, asked her to describe any of her attackers. She described one of them.

“The boy was traced to his house, but he had absconded. The pastor counselled her and promised to pursue the matter to a logical conclusion.”

It was gathered that, unknown to her guardian, the distraught girl had decided to take her own life.

The source said the rape victim left behind a suicide note, after which she took a poisonous substance known as Sniper.

She was discovered groaning in pain, and taken to GlorylandHospital, where she died.

The state Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Alex Akhigbe, confirmed the incident. He said the Police has launched investigation into the alleged rape charges filed by the girl’s family.

Lagos Closes Mile2-Lagos-Badagry Expressway

Lagos State government has said the Badagry bound carriageway on the Lagos-Badagry Expressway will be closed to traffic between 7am and 12 noon today, to allow for construction of pedestrian bridge for the blue line rail project along the axis.

Disclosing this, Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, Comrade Kayode Opeifa, said the move was part of concerted efforts to deliver the first phase of the Blue Line Rail Project, as part of the 10-lane, expansion road project of Lagos-Badagry Expressway.

Opeifa said the contractor, Messrs China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation, CCECC, would be installing pre-cast beams for the pedestrian bridge to take commuters into the rail station at Mile 2 and across the road.

“The Badagry bound carriageway on the Lagos Badagry Expressway, will be closed to traffic between 7am and 12 noon on Sunday 20th October, 2013 to enable the contractor install the beams.

“This notice serves as awareness information on the beam launch. We therefore advise motorists and other road users to use alternative routes to avoid traffic delays.

“We appeal for caution and cooperation from all road users to obey all traffic regulations and ensure traffic flow during the period of closure.

“We are working with relevant Lagos State agencies to ensure free flow of traffic.

“The Lagos State Government sincerely regrets any inconveniences,” Opeifa said.

Motorists have therefore been advised to take alternative routes available, either through Festac Town or Kirikiri Road.

Robben Island Prison: A peep into Mandela’s cell

It was a visit that evoked emotions of many kinds. It was also a visit to one of the most popular prison facilities in the world – Robben Island Prison.

And one of the inmates who made the prison to attract global attention was prisoner 466/64, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela. Mandela, referred to as Madiba or Tata (Father of the nation), who was later to become President of South Africa, spent 18 of his 27- year jail term in Robben Island prison. He never gave up. The bold inscription on the walls of the docking area, THE HUMAN SPIRIT CANNOT BE MENACLED, or another, THE TRIUMPH OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT, are testaments to the struggle and the never-say-die mentality of Mandela and his other freedom fighters during the anti-apartheid struggle.  Even the very voluble and rambunctious President Jacob Zuma of South Africa, as well as the immediate past president of the same country, Thabo Mbeki’s father, served various jail terms on the island.

For an island that was purely a colony for lepers, the conversion of the island into a prison facility came in 1961.  It was a maximum security prison for political prisoners until 1991. The medium security prison for criminal prisoners was closed in 1996

A prison tour guide, Kolekile Mahlahla, who himself spent eight years as an inmate there, knows his trade very well.  He knows the history of the prison from inception, though he was hauled in there sometime in the late 1970s.  His own story was one of betrayal – a supposed friend he had met on one of his sorties in and out of South Africa for insurgency training, sold him out during interrogation. Narrating the story of what the inmates of the facility experienced, a story of immeasurable punishment both physically and mentally, Mahlahla was very graphic in explaining the suffering of the inmates.

Delta magistrate’s kidnappers to die by hanging

AN Asaba High Court, yesterday, sentenced two persons to death by hanging, having found them guilty of kidnapping and robbing a female magistrate at gunpoint on Boxing Day two years ago.

The convicted persons, Saidu Haruna and Raphael Egwuba, who claimed to be phone technicians and welder at Osubi, respectively, were arraigned on a three-count charge of conspiracy to commit kidnapping, kidnapping and armed robbery on charge no A/37C/2012.

Prosecution told the court that the female magistrate was, on December 26, 2011, driving into her compound at noon, when the armed men abducted her.

She was eventually taken to a bush where they dispossessed her of valuables, including an ATM card, which the convicts used to withdraw an undisclosed amount before they were caught.

Trial

During trial, prosecution called two witnesses, including the victim (female magistrate), to prove its case and also tendered some exhibits before the court, including the magistrate’s Blackberry phone, which eventually helped in tracking the convicts.

Identification parades were also conducted at the office of the Department of State Services, DSS, and in the open court, where the victim identified them.

The trial judge (identity withheld) in passing the sentence yesterday, said: “I disbelieve the evidence of the first and second accused persons as their testimonies were full of contradictions and meant to cover their tracks.

“From the totality of the evidence before this court, I hold that the first and second accused persons were involved in the kidnapping and robbing of one Onoriode Yvonne Asheshe of her Honda Pilot SUV, ATM card, jewelries and BlackBerry phone, while armed with a gun.

“I hold that prosecution has proved ingredients of counts one, two and three against the accused beyond reasonable doubt.

“For count  three (armed robbery), I hereby sentence the accused persons for execution by hanging on the neck until they be dead. May God have mercy on their souls.”

Nursing mother,  another remanded

Meantime, an Asaba chief magistrate’s court presided over by Chief Magistrate S. C. Okebu, has remanded two persons, including a nursing mother, who were arrested in Asaba for allegedly operating a patent medicine store without license, in prison custody.

The two accused persons, Mrs Juliet Ekhomu and one Mr. Emeka Oburah, upon arraignment before the court, were ordered to be remanded and prosecution asked to duplicate file and send to the Director of Public Prosecution, DPP, for necessary legal advice.

Prosecution told the court that the “offence was contrary to Section 2 (1)(b) and punishable under Section 3(1)(b) of the counterfeit and fake drugs and unwholesome Processed Foods (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, Cap C34, Volume 4, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004.”

Some of the drugs allegedly seized and recovered from their respective shops in Asaba, included several bottles and packets of high profile antibiotics: Zinat suspension, augmentin tablets and suspension, Zitromax, Ampiclox, Amoxil, Erythromycin, Misopresol and Ciprofloxacilin amongst others.

PDP’s founding chairman, Solomon Lar dies at 80

The Plateau State government has announced the death of the former governor of old Plateau State and founding chairman of the ruling People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Solomon Daushep Lar, at the age of 80.

Lar’s death was announced by Governor Jonah Jang at the Government Lodge, Jos following a call from a member of the family from the United States where he passed on at 3.30am, yesterday.

”I received a call from the US that Baba (Chief Solomon Lar has gone to be with The Lord. Baba died at 3.30 a.m. this morning”, he said in a solemn voice.
He said he felt duty bound to inform the people of the state following the confirmation of the death.

Anxiety over the health of the elder statesman heightened on Monday after he reportedly passed out and had to be resuscitated and placed on life support.

Family sources disclosed that it became apparent that it was a matter of time as the doctors treating him doubted if he could make it.

It was learnt that they made it clear that he was not fit to travel when some family members suggested that he should be brought home following the hopeless picture painted by the medical team.

Dangote To Chair World Economic Forum

Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, has been appointed a co-chair of next year’s annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos-Kloster, Switzerland.

The Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum, Prof. Klaus Schwab, in a letter inviting the business mogul to co-chair the sitting, said that Dangote’s participation would contribute significantly to the substance of the discussions.
Schwab said in the letter, “The discussions aim to stimulate an unparalleled global dialogue among the relevant leaders from the government, business, academia, civil society and the media.
“In these unprecedented times, I feel that as co-chair, you will contribute significantly to the substance and relevance of the exchanges. You are well positioned to take on this role. Co-chair would in principle consist of your presence and participation in activities to be defined with you.”


The global meeting which is scheduled to hold between January 22 and 25, 2014, is themed ‘The reshaping of the world: Consequences for society, politics and business’.
In the same vein, Dangote has been appointed to the steering committee of the United Nations Secretary-General’s Global Education First Initiative.
Launched on September 26, 2012, the Global Education First Initiative is a five-year initiative sponsored by the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon.
A global advocacy platform which aims to generate a renewed push to achieve the internationally-agreed

Warri boys letter to President Jonathan on ASUU strike. Hilarious!!

Oga Presido,

First of all I hail ooo! I no say u no dey cary last. You be confirm warri pikin. But ur middle name Ebele means mercy and make u pity ur children settle their lecturers naa! The matter neva tire u? Suppose say ur pikin wey u born for belle follow us dey house, Sheeh you for never answer our we lecturers them? Una say make we bone kidnapping, militant things and all the bad bad things go enter school, now now na una com dey f**k up. All the things wey them lecturers don teash us for klass we don forget am finish. Last last, na una go still call us “half-baked”, “half-roasted”, abi na “half-fried”. Na una sabi.

Them talk say person no fit run pass him shadow.
We go dey lasgidi dey for you. Na ur time be dis use am well, but we go catch you for 2015. U don forget say youths na we dey vote pass. Na we too dey snatch ballot box, dey do rally and som kain kukere things them wey them dey take win election. U go still nid our help. That time too we go go strike. Shebi u sabi waka for bare feet, u go carry ur leg do ur rally. No thugs for u. We no go snatch ballot make you for win. If any maga try am we go fall am.

So Oga Jona, na ur opportunity be dis ooo. Make u code this stubborn ASUU make dem cary their wahala goback. We no say na rush them go rush us we no send. All join. Na who get leg dey pass exam no be who read. Na still who get leg dey get beta work. Na Naija we dey. So make u do something because our mate dem for private university don graj finish. We don tire to dey beef them. If u no shake bodi fast make u no forget say university of militancy still dey admit. Dey neva release 2nd batch ooo!

May u grit maale Patience for we, thank baba God say she and gran papa Soyinka don settle that their quarrel, 2 agbayas, plus all those bad belle advisers wey u get. God pass them! Bros Amaechi still dey Niger-delta here, the guy don tire for ur mata. We dey grit u for am too. We go stop for here. E go be na. Naija! student for life!
Na ur waffi boy.

Another Auto-crash, Taraba Acting Governor Escapes Death

The Acting Governor of Taraba State, Alhaji Garba Umar, Monday escaped death in an accident that involved his convoy and that of the Emir of Bauchi, in Bauchi State.
The autocrash is coming about one year after the state governor, Danbaba Suntai was involved in an aircash involving Cessna 208 5N-BMJ aircraft with six persons on board at Yola, Adamawa State.
Suntai is still recuperating from the crash which led to his being flown abroad.

However, sources said that some vehicles in Umar’s covoy collided with others on the convoy of the Emir of Bauchi, Alhaji Suleiman Rilwanu Adamu, at about 11.32 am at Shafuri village in Bauchi.
The village is about 25 kilometres from Bauchi metropolis.
Some vehicles in the governor’s convoy were trying to overtake the Emir’s convoy, when the incident happened. Umar escaped unhurt even as two people sustained injuries while about seven escort vehicles were destroyed. Three of the damaged escort vehicles belonged to the Taraba State government while the others were on the Emir’s.
Some of the damaged vehicles had their registration numbers as TSGH 01 or Escort 1, Escort 2, Escort 3 and S. FADARI.

Umar was on his way to pay a condolence visit to Governor Isa Yuguda of Bauchi State over the death of his sister last week when the accident occured.

According to an eyewitness, the accident occured when one of the vehicles escorting the Taraba State Governor tried to overtake another vehicle on the Emir’s convoy and in the process collided with one of those on the Emir’s convoy, causing multiple accident.

Confirming the autocrash, the state Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, Mr Henry Olatunji said that only two out of the 16 persons that were involved in the crash, sustained injuries.

Dead Man found riding Bike During His Wake Keep

The man pictured above is dead, he was a lover of bikes during his lifetime, so his family decided to hour him while dead by placing him on a bike during wake keep. ..  weird .

IF I EVER WALK INTO A FUNERAL HOME AND SEE THIS....IM OUT.!!!!
DAM IT.

Portable generators: Standby power or standby death?

Who monitors incidents of unintentional carbon monoxide poisoning in Nigeria? A review of medical records of patients receiving diagnosis of unintentional carbon monoxide poisoning shows Nigeria is in dire need of active surveillance for proper generator use. VF findings show that misplacement of portable, gasoline-powered generators, for instance, indoors, in garages, or outdoors near windows, is often responsible for fatal and non-fatal generator fumes exposures.

Public health practitioners are yet to come up with educational campaigns on the safe operation of portable generators and prevention of hazards of carbon monoxide poisoning in the community. Sola Ogundipe report…

RECENTLY, a new-wed couple choked to death from generator fumes in their new home on the outskirt of Calabar, Cross River State. Around the same time, in Ibadan, Oyo State, a 69-year-old man passed away along with seven other members of his family after they were overcome by fumes from a portable generator that was running on the first floor of their home. Reports indicated that the level of fumes inside the home was three times the danger limit.

Prior to this incident, in Abeokuta, Ogun State, two teenagers died from generator fumes poisoning because the generator they were using to power ceiling fans was too close to the room in which they slept. Much later, in Agege area of Lagos State, a middle aged man who was running a generator in his basement died in his sleep when the generator fumes infiltrated his bedroom.

Separate incidents

In yet another incidence somewhere on the Lagos mainland, a 30-year-old man who went to bed with his family while a generator was running in his garage, also died along with them as a result of the close proximity of the device. In Abuja, between June 2012 and March 2013,  four people died in separate incidents as a result of  poisoning from generator fumes.

Almost daily, there is one report or the other of a generator-induced death. Someone is either burned to death while refueling a generator, or electrocuted connecting an appliance to a live generator. But by far the most common reports have to do with people inhaling generator fumes and choking to death in their sleep right inside their bedrooms.

Over the years, the monumental failure of the antiquated National Electric Power Authority, NEPA, and its equally moribund descendant – the Power Holding Corporation of Nigeria, PHCN, Plc. compelled the average Nigerian to invest in portable generators to provide electrical power more on a substantive rather than standby basis. For millions who have come to learn never to expect power at all, the generator is a life-saver because it has become the mainstay of electricity provision. For most purposes, the standby generator has become the “NEPA”, while the “NEPA” is now standby.

It is on record that Nigerians have acquired more standby generators in their life time than other nationals in the world. Owning a portable gasoline generator in Nigeria today is not only essential, but the norm. Recent statistics from the Centre for Management Development reveal that an estimated 60 million Nigerians invest about N1.6 trillion to purchase and maintain standby generators annually.

The typical portable generator ranges from the cheap and lowly “I beta pass my neighbour” to the high end noiseless series. To most Nigerians, “I beta pass my neighbour” is a life saver. Affordable and cheap to maintain, there are very few homes in the city, town and even village where the robust little contraption has not found a place.

But those who know better describe it as a potential life taker. Being a 2-stroke design, “I beta pass my neighbour”  has no separate lubrication system, so it uses a petrol-engine oil mixture

Findings by VF reveal that in a typical “face-me-I-face-you” apartment building in Lagos, there is one or even two “I beta pass my neighbour” per room. In a building with 20 rooms, up to 10-15 generators could be on at the same time, emitting thick clouds of environmentally unfriendly gases for hours on end.

Standby generators

But that is not the end of the story. Nigerians are not only world champions for acquiring the highest number of standby generators, the nation holds  the gold medal for recording the highest number of generator-induced deaths.

Generator fumes comprise a lethal cocktail of poisonous and environmentally unfriendly gases, including carbon monoxide and other noxious products produced from incomplete combustion of hydrocarbon fuels notably petrol (gasoline), diesel or a mixture of petrol and engine oil.

By far the most toxic of these product gases is carbon monoxide which is virtually invisible. You cannot smell it or see it because it is odourless and colourless and becomes fatal with sustained concentrations. VF gathered the carbon monoxide produced during operation of a portable generator can be a serious health hazard. For instance, the exhaust produced by a typical 5.5 kW generator contains as much carbon monoxide as that of six idling cars. When used indoors or in close proximity to residential dwellings, this exhaust can quickly infiltrate living spaces and incapacitate occupants. Misplacement of portable generators indoors, in garages, or outdoors near windows accounted for most exposures.

In normal use, majority of portable generators placed outdoors are reportedly located near windows or window-mounted air conditioners. More often than not, portable generators are placed inside a room or the corridor/balcony inside the home or garage to protect the devices from the weather or to prevent them from being stolen. Findings reveal that majority of fatal poisonings occur overnight.

Health records provide evidence that constant exposure to emissions from generators has proved hazardous to human wellbeing affecting the lungs and causing lasting health problems such as cancer, premature birth, low weight babies and neonatal abnormalities, cerebral palsy, etc., as well as numerous deaths.

DOES FRSC HAVE THE POWER TO ISSUE DRIVERS LICENCE

 With the October deadline on phasing out the old drivers licence and plate number for vehicles, agencies of government in Lagos State have found it lucrative to pounce on vehicles on the road to challenge owners or drivers of such cars to produce their driver’s licence.

The Vehicle Inspection Officers, VIO, and Nigeria Police especially have in such circumstance declared as “fake”, drivers licences issued by FRSC causing their victims to part with huge sums of money. Vanguard Conference Hall has taken up the issue of Road Traffic Management and Law Enforcement on Lagos State roads. Exercpt:


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A 35 YEAR OLD MAN IN JAIL FOR RAPPING A 9 YEAR OLD GIRL

An Ibadan High Court, yesterday, remanded a 35-year-old man, Segun Majeed, in prison over alleged rape.

The prosecutor, Mrs Olumide Ojo, told the court that the defendant allegedly raped a nine-year-old girl on May 29, 2012, at the ArmyBarracksPrimary School, Iwo Road, Ibadan.

She told the court that she was yet to respond to the application filed by defence counsel, Mr. Olaniji Olabinjo.

Ojo said she had just been served, that the court should give her time to respond.

Justice Mashud Abas ordered that the defendant be taken back to prison and adjourned the case till tomorrow.

Two dead, 8 injured in Delta pipeline explosion

TWO persons were feared dead and eight others injured in an NNPC gas pipeline explosion, yesterday, at Okwokolo community, Mereje, Okpe Local Government Area of Delta State.

Officials of the Petroleum and Pipelines Marketing Company, PPMC, were battling to put out the fire ignited by the explosion as at 6.30 pm, but they disputed the claim that two persons died.

Many of the villagers fled for the fear of the unknown.

Two pick-up vans of PPMC were burnt in the fire disaster.
While a source said the explosion was caused by pipeline vandals, a villager said the pipeline sparked fired as PPMC officials were effecting repairs on a ruptured section.

It was gathered the fire started at about 3.30 pm. Our source said the injured persons were rushed to hospital for medical attention.

His words, “They were roasted like chickens. I wonder what they were doing near a gas pipeline. Our people don’t learn from the mistake of others and what they hear. As I speak with you, they are being rushed to the hospital.
“I was on my way to Sapele when suddenly I saw a thick smoke ahead of me and by the time I got nearer, I saw that it was pipeline explosion.”

Man Steals N6.8M From ATM In Abuja After Watching Tutorial On Youtube

The Police command at Jabi District, Abuja recently caught a man in a Bank with N6.8m
The 27-year old suspect, (Name witheld), said he has learnt the process of ATM fraud through Youtube, and he bought the tools.
DSP Altine Daniel, the command’s spokesperson, explained in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). “On Sept. 21, at about 10 a.m., some staff of the bank came to report at our office at Utako that their ATM had problem. “When our men moved to the scene and started looking for clues and anything that will assist them in their investigation, they noticed that the CCTV monitor room had been tampered with.

“After a thorough search, they also noticed that the door of the toilet in the room was locked from within and when they opened it, they found somebody seated. “The suspect was picked up and taken to the station where he confessed to the crime,” she said. Investigations are still going on. The Suspect used a plier and a screw driver.