Police rescue 2 men from being set ablaze by commercial motorcyclists

Abuja (NAN) – Policemen from Karu Abattoir outpost in Abuja on Tuesday rescued two men, accused of stealing motorcycles, from being set ablaze by an angry mob at the Old Karu Road.

A source at the police outpost, who pleaded for anonymity, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the policemen got a distress call that motorcycle thieves had been caught.

“On our arrival at the place, we saw people putting together disused tyres and petrol to burn the alleged thieves.

89,700 babies die at birth in Nigeria – Report

A NEW State of the World’s Mothers Report released yesterday ranked Nigeria 2nd among the top 10 countries with the most first-day of life deaths. According to the Report not less than 89,700 (9 percent) babies die on their first day of life every year in Nigeria,.

The report, which is 14th in series of the “Save the Children entitled “Surviving the First Day” compared first-day death rates for 186 countries and found that in most countries, children are at greatest risk on the day they are born.

The report, released yesterday, also ranked Nigeria 169 on the Mothers’ Index out of the 186 countries assessed in key areas such as mother’s health, education and economic status, as well as critical child indicators of health and nutrition.

Nigeria may have 500 private jets by 2020

The Federal Government has said that Nigerians will acquire about 420 private jets within the space of seven years from 2013 to 2020, which will add to the 80 currently in operation.

This came just as international experts said that Nigeria and China topped the list of countries currently buying private jets, following recession in North America and Europe.

The Federal Government, in the National Civil Aviation Policy, 2013, unveiled in Abuja on Friday, a copy of which was obtained by our correspondent, said the general aviation or private jet sector currently had about 80 planes with a potential to grow to 500 by 2020.

The Federal Government said the NCAP 2013 was produced after a detailed diagnostic review of the aviation sector in collaboration with the World Bank.

Septuagenarian seeks dissolution of marriage to 24-year-old over infidelity

A septuagenarian, Mr Lawrence Aigbogun, on Wednesday urged an Agege Customary Court in Lagos to dissolve his five-year-old marriage over alleged infidelity by his wife.

Seventy-three-year-old Lawrence, who lives at No. 9, Omomo St., Ifako, Agege, Lagos, told the court that his marriage to Blessing, 24, had been a nightmare.

“After the death of my first wife, I was lonely. I needed a companion; so, one of my friends introduced Blessing to me.

“She is adulterous and had the courage to bring her lover to my house one afternoon, but was caught by one of our neighbours,” he said.

Son, 27, jailed 2 years for threatening to kill father

Abuja — A Kubwa Upper Area Court, yesterday, sentenced a 27-year-old student, Gideon Sambo, to two years imprisonment for threatening to kill his father.

The Presiding Judge, Malam Munir Lawal, did not give the convict any option of fine. He admonished him to take advantage of the opportunities in the prison to become a reformed person.

Sambo was arraigned before the court for mischief and criminal intimidation.

The Police Prosecutor, Mr Danjuma Abdullahi, had told the court that the case was reported to the Dutse police station by the convict’s father, Mr Yohana Sambo, on April 28.

Redeemed Church lost 46 branches to crises in North – Adeboye

Pastor Enoch Adeboye
  

General overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has said that the church lost over 46 branches in crises that occurred in various parts of the northern part of the country, especially during the post-elections violence in 2011

Adeboye spoke in Jos on Wednesday while inaugurating the headquarters of Maranatha Covenant Churches International and the consecration of the senior pastor of the church, Bishop Jonas Katung.

Adeboye said christians in the North are under fire especially the clergy and advised them to be closer to God at all times.

The bitter truth about sugar

                                                  The bitter truth about sugar

Sugar is sweet, and that’s an obvious statement! Yet, researchers say its consumption is fraught with health problems.

Sugar is colourless or white when pure, and brown when less refined. It is obtained commercially from sugarcane or sugar beet and less extensively from sorghum, maples, and palms.

Sugar comes in granules, cubes, and all the various mixes of glucose, fructose and sucrose, not forgetting the so-called high fructose corn syrup found in many salad dressings, ketchup, coffee creamers, etc.

Of course, there is natural sugar in fruits, but they are also rich in fibre, which slows down the release of the sugar molecules. When consumed, fruits nourish the body — as opposed to the way prolonged and excessive use of processed sugars destroy health.

For surviving stroke, Idowu Animashaun sings Thanksgiving

                                                   Idowu Animashaun

Juju musician-turned evangelist, Idowu Animashaun, is still fulfilling the musical side of his life, writes AKEEM LASISI

Fans of Apola King, Idowu Animashaun, who have been missing his deep, clear voice will be opportune to hear him sing again soon. There is a indication that the musician, who was a popular juju maestro before he became a born-again Christian, is planning to release a new album – a gospel album, though.

Perhaps unknown to many people, Animashaun did not really quit music, despite the fact that he became a full evangelist in 1985, after a memorable romance with juju, the genre he shared with other legends that include King Sunny Ade and Ebenezer Obey. Apart from preaching the gospel – as the President of the World Hope Ministry in Badeku, Ibadan – he has, in the past few years, produced six gospel albums. These include From Darkness to Light, God is Faithful and Ileri Oluwa. Now he is working on the seventh, which, he says, is very special to him.

Deaths in Nollywood: actors, actresses have rejected Guild’s health scheme – Ibinabo

Actors Guild of Nigeria President, Ibinabo Fabrisima came under fire at the Nigeria Entertainment Conference held recently in Lagos when legendary film maker Amaka Igwe in her opening presentations accused the guild of having no proper health insurance schemes for members.

Mrs Igwe had in her paper titled: The Nollywood Paradigm – reflections from an unapologetic commercial Nollywood film maker accused the Guild of for long not taken the health concerns of members with utmost importance; citing the death of J.T Tom-West who died in an undisclosed hospital after an auto accident in September 2006.

Mrs Igwe said the Guild had no identity documents for members or any form of health insurance arrangements that members can fall back on in cases of extreme exigencies which she said had delayed help for late Tom-West.

Shocking-Three girls who went missing 10yrs ago found ALIVE in basement dungeon: Captor arrested

This is shocking. 3 girls were kidnapped and chained in a dungeon of a house belonging to the man in the middle.They went missing 10 years ago and one gave birth to a child in that house.

Amanda Berry, 26,(left) went missing in 2003 when she was 16
Gina DeJesus, 23,(right) disappeared when she was aged 14 in 2004
Michelle Knight, 32, disappeared in 2000 when she was 20

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One dies, others trapped as Foursquare building collapses

At least one person died, while several others were trapped in Lagos on Tuesday as a four-storey building under construction belonging to Foursquare Gospel Church, collapsed.

The building on Bashiru Street, Berger, collapsed as some artisans were carrying out carpentry work on it.

We learnt that the incident happened around 3.30pm.

The cause of the collapse could not be ascertained, but observers said it might have been caused by the use of substandard materials.

A 15-year-old apprentice, Joshua Ayandokun, who was among the artisans that were working on the building, escaped being trapped in the building.

I have murdered poverty – Saka

                                               Hafiz Oyetoro

Hafiz Oyetoro’s controversial move from Etisalat to MTN as a brand face seems to have changed his fortune for good, writes CHUX OHAI

South Africa-based scholar, Prof. Kole Omotosho, and lecturer at Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education, Hafiz Oyetoro, do not belong to the same generation. The distance between Nigeria and SA also implies that they cannot be meeting each other constantly. Yet, they both have something in common.

They have the enviable record of successfully combining their work as lecturers with advertising. Apart from the fact that Omotosho is a writer, best known for his controversial novel about Nigeria – Just Before Dawn – he has made a name for himself in SA where his face has graced several advert bill boards. The latest is the one in which he is advertising for Fidelity Bank Plc.

Sir Alex Ferguson factfile

                                         *Sir Alex Fergoson
LONDON (AFP) – Factfile on Alex Ferguson, who announced his retirement as Manchester United manager on Wednesday:

Name: Alexander Chapman Ferguson

Age: 71

Date of birth: December 31, 1941

Place of birth: Glasgow, Scotland

Playing career

Position: Striker

How women can earn more

Meg, a married woman with two children, presently earns N60,000 as monthly salary. In order for her to earn this amount she left her husband behind and relocated to a cosmopolitan city with her children. Her reason? She wanted to make enough money to supplement her husband’s income to support the children’s education.

A quick analysis of the monthly salary, in relation to the costs of living in the city, means a big chunk of the salary doesn’t belong to her. She will give a portion to transport owners, a part she will give for clothing to enable her dress well to fit into where she works, she will pay market women for food items and other basic needs. Also, she may have to buy lunch for herself while at work and if she is a religious gal, she will pay her dues of offering and ten per cent. At the end of all payments, she will be left with less than N20, 000 as real income.

I-N-C-R-E-D-I-B-L-E: Bank detain female customer 3 days for default in payment of loan

                                         *The Micro Finance Bank (Insert Mrs Rose Abbey)
A Petty trader, Mrs. Rose Abbey got what she didn’t bargain for when she was allegedly detained in a Micro Finance Bank at Ipaja area of Lagos, for failing to pay a weekly N2,000 earlier agreed on towards offsetting the N17,000 loan she borrowed from the bank.

It was alleged that she was abducted and beaten up before she was locked up in a room at the bank located at 170/ 172, Ipaja Road Baruwa on April 25. She was, however, released three days later. Before then, she was allegedly neither allowed to have access to members of her family nor given food. The housewife who hails from Edo state later regained her freedom, after her friend paid the N2,000 to the bank.