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The nanny A Nigerian nanny has been found guilty of murdering an 8-month-old baby by force-feeding her half a pint of milk in less than 30 seconds. Oluremi Adeleye, 73, was trusted with the care of 8-month-old, Enita Salubi in Maryland. But the nanny was captured on a nanny cam taking the teat off a bottle as she forced the child to guzzle down baby formula in October 2016. Prosecutors say the carer performed the sickening punishment after the baby’s crying woke her from a nap, according to the Washington Post. In footage from the nanny cam, Enita could be seen struggling as Adeleye tipped the contents of a nearly full bottle into her mouth – drowning her with the milk. The toddler then collapsed but Adeleye picked her up and even tried to force her to drink another bottle of milk. Prosecuting attorney Artemis Moutsatsos told Prince George’s County Circuit Court: She was getting her to shut up by pouring down the milk. In the harrowing footage, played in court, baby Eni...

The young man in a funny dramatic display A man shocked after the campaign team of President Muhammadu Buhari handed him a sachet of garri, sugar and groundnut to hold his tummy against hunger. The young man created a show on video as he burst into tears as he became paranoid about the future of the country under the present administration. It would be recalled that politicians in Nigeria tend to share several eating materials to sway votes especially in rural areas. See more photos below: source:https://samueljackson12.blogspot.com/2019/02/man-cries-bitterly-after-receiving-apc.html

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) on Wednesday stated that each corps member carrying out election duties would receive a total of N35,000 as duty allowances for the Feb. 16 and March 2 elections. The Ogun NYSC State Coordinator, Mrs Josephine Bakare, disclosed this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abeokuta at a sensitisation programme for corps members. Bakare also said no fewer than 17,000 corps members had been confirmed as ad hoc staff for the forthcoming elections in Ogun. She also assured corps members that adequate provision for welfare and accommodation had been made with the NYSC Local Government Inspectors which they could access. Bakar, however, appealed to pregnant corps members to refrain from participating in the exercise for their safety and those of their unborn babies. Also speaking, Mrs Franca Olaleye, the NYSC Assistant Director of Human Resource Management, who represented the Director-General, Maj.-Gen. Suleiman Kazaure, ur...

Tinubu with PDP suppoters Bola Tinubu, the National leader of the All Progressives Congress has been spotted posing with some Peoples Democratic Party members in Lagos. According to social media reports, the former governor of Lagos called them Atikukated Nigerians before proceeding to take pictures with them. Earlier on, a video surfaced showing Tinubu allegedly throwing away an APC flag at the party’s presidential rally in Ogun State. Responding  to the video, Tinubu through his media aide said: ”If the issue of the flag has become the hotspot of the PDP campaign, then they are in serious trouble. “During that portion of the Ogun rally, the National Chairman and others were looking for a party flag. ”I spotted one within my reach. I picked it up and attempted to toss it to the National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole so that the Chairman can present it to the party’s gubernatorial candidate, Prince Dapo Abiodun. “If you want to fault me for anything in this matter, ...

Union members stand at Brussels national airport in Zaventem, on the outskirts of the Belgium capital, on February 13, 2019, during a national general strike. THIERRY ROGE / BELGA / AFP Belgium slowed to a standstill on Wednesday as a national strike closed airports, shuttered businesses and caused major disruption to railways. The strike, called by three unions, severely disrupted the country’s public transport, particularly in Brussels, where a meeting of NATO ministers was set to take place. The national railway company expected half the trains nation-wide would be cancelled because of the movement, but high-speed train traffic to London and Paris should be mostly spared. The air traffic control agency, Skeyes, announced on Tuesday that it would not allow any flights to or from the country because it could not determine with certainty which employees would come to work. No aircraft flying below 8,000 metres altitude would be allowed to fly over the country, the agency wa...

Anthony Joshua will defend his IBF, WBA and WBO heavyweight titles against Jarrell Miller in his US debut at Madison Square Garden in New York on June 1. The 29-year-old last fought in September at Wembley, stopping Russia’s Alexander Povetkin in seven rounds. “It has been an honour and a blessing to fight at some of the best venues in the world at home in the UK, not least Wembley Stadium, but the time has come to head across the Atlantic and defend my Heavyweight titles in the USA,” said Joshua. Source:https://samueljackson12.blogspot.com/2019/02/anthony-joshua-to-fight-jarrell-miller.html

File photo: Ibrahim Magu As part of efforts to ensure a successful general election, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has warned against vote-buying and has promised to reward any Nigerian with useful information about anyone involved in the act. According to a statement issued on Wednesday by the Ag Head. Media & Publicity of the anti-graft agency, Tony Orilade, the reward is in accordance with the Whistle Blowing policy. Also according to the statement, the Acting Chairman of the Commission, Mr Ibrahim Magu, warned against voter inducement, saying that the full weight of the law will be applied against perpetrators and receivers of illicit funds to undermine the elections and its national security. The statement read, “We wish to warn Nigerians against those who intend to engage in voters inducement. “There are existing laws in the Electoral Act, 2010 (EA), which forbid voters inducement. “For the avoidance of doubt, Section 124 of the Electoral ...

Former Aviation minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, has told President Muhammadu Buhari, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its national leader, Bola Tinubu, to bear in mind that Nigerians have rejected them. He said this ahead of Saturday’s presidential election. Buhari of the ruling APC, will slug it out with Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate. The former presidential spokesman advised APC and its leaders not to be shocked by the outcome, insisting that they had failed the people. In an article on Tuesday, titled “Obasanjo’s expired milk and a slave dealer called Bola Tinubu”, he recalled former president Olusegun Obasanjo’s comment that “if we expose those in Buhari’s government they will not only go to jail but they will also go to hell”. Fani-Kayode wrote: “I have no doubt that this is true. The hottest place in hell has been reserved for Buhari and his political associates who I can best describe as a congregation of incorrigible c...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday disclosed that his administration has given the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, all the resources needed to conduct the forthcoming elections. He made the disclosure during the signing of the Peace Accord deal with other presidential candidates, including the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar at the International Conference Center, ICC, Abuja. Buhari also urged other presidential candidates to ensure that the elections are peaceful. He disclosed that security operatives have been briefed to ensure a peaceful conduct of the elections. The president further cautioned the youths against allowing themselves to be used to cause trouble during the polls. According to Buhari: “We are witnessing an exciting development in the area of the engagement of our youths and women in the democratic process, hitherto these groups have not been in the mainstream of our political composition. It’s in ...

PSG’s defender Juan Bernat (R) vies with United’s midfielder Ander Herrera (L), United’s midfielder Juan Mata (2L) and United’s midfielder Nemanja Matic during the first leg of the UEFA Champions League round of 16 football match between United and PSG at Old Trafford in Manchester, north-west England on February 12, 2019. PSG won the match 2-0. FRANCK FIFE / AFP Ander Herrera believes Manchester United can still progress in the Champions League despite their chastening home loss to Paris Saint-Germain, saying it will not throw their season off track. After winning 10 out of his first 11 matches in all competitions, caretaker manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer tasted defeat for the first time in the first leg of the round of 16 tie against the French champions on Tuesday. Angel di Maria was the scourge of his former club as he provided assists for Presnel Kimpembe and Kylian Mbappe in a 2-0 loss to PSG that could have been worse but for David de Gea’s performance in goal. Paul Pogb...

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) on Wednesday warned corps members on election duty to desist from receiving snacks and drinks from unknown persons during elections. *NYSC members Maj.-Gen. Suleiman Kazaure, NYSC Director-General, gave the warning while addressing the corps members in Gombe. Kazaure, who was represented by Mr Zakaria Alphonso, Assistant Director, Mobilisation, NYSC, Abuja, said that such gifts could harm them. “Because such items can be poisoned or flavoured with drugs that can induce sleep,” he said. He advised the corps members to make personal feeding plans and water, and make they do not over feed. “Rather, you should go along with your lunch packs to your various polling units,” the NYSC chief advised. The D-G told the corps members to display high-level of integrity, patriotism and commitment to ensuring free, fair and credible elections. Kazaure advised the corps members to ensure that their phones were charged, with enough airtime and they s...

Former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, is leaving no stone unturned in his bid to clinch the highest political office in the country. He and his Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) entourage were at River state today to solicit for votes ahead of the forthcoming presidential election scheduled for Saturday next week. He was welcomed by a Mammoth crowd at the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium, where former president Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, his wife, Dame Patience Jonathan and Rivers state Governor, Nyesom Wike, received him Pictures: source:https://samueljackson12.blogspot.com/2019/02/atiku-and-wike-own-rivers-state-clearly.html

Ahead of Saturday’s presidential election, the United States has declared that it’s not supporting any candidate participating in the poll. A statement signed the US Ambassador to Nigeria, Stuart Symington on Tuesday, said the US was not backing any candidate because his country supports a level-playing field during the elections. According to the statement: “The United States Embassy in Nigeria wishes to reiterate unequivocally that we are not taking sides in Nigeria’s election. We do not support any party or candidate. “We support a level playing field and the democratic process. That is the bedrock principle of our Government’s advocacy on democratic elections. “In the final run-up to the Feb. 16 vote, fake news and rumours are operating in overdrive. But it must be repeated: we are not taking sides. “This is Nigeria’s election and the citizens of Nigeria will decide who will lead their nation. It is important for the future of every Nigerian and it is important that e...

By Anthony Ogbonna President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed worries over the ruling delivered by the Supreme Court, barring his party, the All Progressives Congress, APC, from participating in all the elections in Rivers state (aside presidential election). President Muhammadu Buhari Buhari has no time for letter writing – Fashola President Buhari, who expressed his worries over the ruling on Tuesday while in Rivers state also said that , his party will ensure that justice is done over the issue. The Supreme court, in her ruling, had upheld the earlier ruling delivered by a High Court in the state which barred the APC from fielding candidates for the coming elections. Also, the Justice Aliyu Sanusi-led Supreme Court, had, Tuesday, struck out the  appeal filed by the All Progressives Congress, APC, to be allowed to field candidates in the forthcoming general election in Rivers State. The court had struck out the appeal by the APC challenging the earlier judgment o...

A seven-year-old girl, Mazichukwu, is battling with burns allegedly inflicted on her by her aunt, whom she lives with on Josiah Aina Street, Alakuko, Lagos State. The aunt, Mrs Loveth Ozoihu, reportedly punished the girl by beating her with a hot knife for allegedly stealing chewing gum belonging to their neighbour’s child. PUNCH Metro learnt that Ozoihu, a trader, had sent Mazichukwu to give the neighbour the change for the goods she bought from her. The girl reportedly met the woman’s kid holding the candy and collected it from her. She was said to have returned home, chewing the gum, which she confessed to have collected from the neighbour’s kid when her aunt asked her where she got it from. Enraged by Mazichukwu’s conduct, Ozoihu reportedly lit a gas cooker at midnight and put a knife on the burner. She reportedly placed the hot knife on the girl’s buttocks, leaving her to groan with pains. It was learnt that the Enugu State indigene later took the girl to a chemist...

File Photo Nigeria’s GDP has grown 2.38 per cent in real terms within the fourth quarter of 2018, showing a 0.27 per cent jump over the fourth quarter of 2017. - The Real GDP growth posted 5.31 per cent on a quarter-on-quarter basis, with an annual growth rate of 1.9 per cent printed for the fiscal year of 2018. - While the aggregate nominal GDP was at NGN 35.230bn, a higher 12.6 per cent from NGN 31.275bn recorded in the fourth quarter of 2017. - Nigeria’s nominal GDP for fy 2018 was at ngn127.76bn, posting a nominal growth rate of 12.36% above fy 2017 level of NGN 113.71bn In the fourth quarter of 2018, Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by2.38% in real terms (year-on-year). This represents an increase of 0.27% points when compared to the fourth quarter of 2017 which recorded a growth rate of 2.11%. It also indicates a rise of 0.55% points when compared with the growth rate recorded in Q3 2018. On a quarter on quarter basis, real GDP growth was 5.31%.  The...

file photo of Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun. Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun, has denied allegations the All Progressives Congress (APC) that he sponsored thugs to the presidential rally of the party in the state. He faulted the claims in a statement by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Mr Rotimi Durojaiye, and obtained by Channels Television on Wednesday. Amosun said it was ridiculous that a party would accuse a governor of sponsoring thugs to the rally organised and hosted by him in his state. The reactions followed the APC presidential campaign which held on Monday in Abeokuta where the party’s National Chairman, Mr Adams Oshiomhole, was booed and stoned by some angry people at the gathering. A day after the incident, APC National Publicity Secretary, Mr Lanre Issa-Onilu, issued a statement in which the party threatened to take punitive measures against Governor Amosun. Responding to the threat, Amosun’s aided, “The position of the governor i...

By Albert Akanbi AS I watched Kaduna State governor Mallam El-rufai threaten, on national television, that “foreigners who ‘interfered’ with” the upcoming general elections “would return in body bags”, I wondered how things have degenerated to this low in less than four years. It is sad that the veteran broadcaster who anchored the interview did not make attempt to distance the NTA from such reckless statement, but sadder still is the fact that the presidency, and even the man himself, have made attempts to either justify or rephrase a statement that is so clear, to even a child. There is no body with a conscience, Nigerian or not, observing the way things are going in the last four years, that would not wish for the APC to be voted out of power this Saturday. Many of us need not struggle with our memories to recall that four years ago in this same country, it was 200 naira to one dollar. A bag of rice sold for 10,000 naira, a litre of petrol sold for 87 naira, a tin of milk...

The victim Edo State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosun, has declared that investigation into the missing phone saga that led to pepper being inserted in the v-gina of a female s-x worker showed that no phone was actually missing, a report by TheNation has revealed. The sex worker identified as 24 years old Favour Ada Friday was beaten and  stripped naked by her accusers and raw pepper inserted into her vaginal despite her repeated denial that she didn’t steal any phone. She was beaten after a native doctor through magical means said she was the person that stole the phone. Three persons including head of vigilance group in Ugbiyoko community, Mr. Lucky Igbinovia popularly known as One Man squad, Joel Otoghile and Iyamu Kingsley have been remanded in prison custody over the saga. Odumosun who spoke while addressing female protesters led by the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) and Edo State Commissioner for Justice, Prof. Yinka Omorogbe, said the vi...

Emiliano Sala Cardiff City Striker Emiliano Sala died from massive injuries to his head and chest and could only be identified by his fingerprints, it has been revealed. But the body of his pilot pilot David Ibbotson was not found in the wreckage of the Piper Malibu that disappeared over the Channel last month. The 28-year-old could only be identified by his fingerprints after his body was recovered from the sea. MySportDab report: "The inquest has heard Emiliano Sala was identified by finger print evidence. "The cause of death, which was established after a post-mortem, is given as head and chest injuries. A pathologist described the cause of death as “head and trunk injuries”. "The inquest has been adjourned. The full AAIB investigation into the plane crash is expected to take between six and 12 months, although an interim report is due within a fortnight." Brendan Allen, acting senior coroner for Dorset, adjourned proceedings in Bournemouth until...

Real Madrid left-back, Marcelo, has said what the club needed to do at the moment was to “pay me up” and he will leave this summer, if they want him to. The 30-year-old has won 20 trophies, including four Champions Leagues, after spending over more than a decade at the Bernabeu. However, he has been on the bench for the team’s last five LaLiga games, with coach Santi Solari preferring youth team graduate, Sergio Reguilon. Marcelo has been regularly linked with a move to join Cristiano Ronaldo at Juventus and told Brazilian outlet Esporte Interativo, that he would quit if he is asked to. “If I am on the list of players [Madrid] want to sell, then they can pay me up and all is sorted. “I trust in myself, in my work, but if a day comes when Real Madrid do not want me, I’ll go. I will be sad, but I’ll go. But I am sure I will not be kicked out,” Marcelo said. Source:https://samueljackson12.blogspot.com/2019/02/marcelo-gives-real-madrid-one-condition.html

By Tabia Princewill THIS question should be of particular interest to Nigerians as we prepare to vote in yet another election. Nigerian governments have traditionally taken a very conservative stance on social issues, choosing to support private businesses belonging to their associates over ordinary people: rather than attempt to fix the structural conditions enabling poverty, the choice has often been to pretend, for example, that foreign direct investment, FDI, alone can lift Nigerians out of poverty. Government A vote for Atiku remains a sure path to economic revival- Obasohan However, without investing in healthy, well-educated citizens, attracting all the businesses on earth to Nigeria will not produce real progress or long-term development, particularly if citizens have not been empowered to produce wealth themselves. Health and education budgets have suffered considerable underfunding in Nigeria (one really can’t compare the average Ghanaian university to its Nigeria...

…Directs supporters to vote only its candidates …New CP appointed for Ogun State …Osinbajo flays Amosun By Kingsley Omonobi, Omeiza Ajayi & Daud Olatunji ABUJA—THE All Progressives Congress, APC, yesterday, accused Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State of sponsoring thugs to pelt President Muhammadu Buhari and other dignitaries during its campaign rally in Abeokuta on Monday. Governor of Ogun State, Senator Ibikunle Amosun This was as the party asked its supporters to vote for only its candidates, a departure from the Presidential admonition to them to vote candidates of their choice after the presidential elections. Similarly, following the stoning incident that happened on Monday at the MKO Abiola stadium, the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar Adamu has ordered the redeployment of Ogun State Commissioner of Police, CP Ahmed Iliyasu. President Muhammadu Buhari had at the Monday rally, in an apparent attempt to calm frayed nerves, told the supporters ...

By Joseph Erunke ABUJA—THE crisis in the Social Democratic Party,SDP,appeared worse on Tuesday,as a faction loyal its Vice Chairman (South), Professor Tunde Adeniran, expelled former Minister of Information and National Orientation, Prof. Jerry Gana. Donald Duke and Jerry Gana Nigeria in dire need of 21st century leadership — Moghalu The faction also expelled Chief Supo Shonibare,who was announced as the new national chairman of the party only on Monday,this week, by another faction backing Prof. Gana. Also,the Adeniran backed faction announcd that the party’s presidential candidate in the Saturday’s election and former Cross River State governor,Mr Donald Duke,was placed on indefinite suspension. Addressing the media,at the party’s headquarters, Abuja, the National Publicity Secretary of the faction,Yemi Akinbode, while said Gana and Shonibare were suspended for alleged gross misconduct and anti-party activities. The party also accused the former Minister of Informatio...

Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG), Mr Anthony Ogbizi, has assured the people of Enugu State that the police personnel deployed in the state for Saturday’s poll will demonstrate absolute professionalism and neutrality in the discharge of their duties.NAN reports that Ogbizi, who is in-charge of the Force Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department and the South-East for the elections, gave the assurance on Tuesday in Enugu during a stakeholders’ meeting on election security. “I am also here to assure you of the resolve by the police authorities and the Federal Government to ensure free and fair elections. “We have deployed two additional commissioners of police to two senatorial zones in the state as well as deputy and assistant commissioners of police to the three senatorial zones,” he said. Ogbizi said that adequate security measures had been put in place by the police, other sister-security agencies and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for a...

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA—Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, yesterday, docked former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, before an Abuja High Court at Maitama, following his alleged complicity in a N272 million contract fraud. Babachir Lawal Lawal, whose arraignment came about two years after he was accused of illegally diverting a contract the Presidential Initiative for North-East, PINE, awarded for the removal of grasses in Internally Displaced Persons, IDP, camps, to his own company, pleaded not guilty to the 10-count criminal charge the EFCC preferred against him. The ex-SGF was docked alongside three other defendants, including Hamidu David Lawal, Sulaiman Abubakar and Apeh John Monday as well as two firms that were allegedly involved in the grass-cutting scandal, Rholavision Engineering Limited and Josmon Technologies Limited. Shortly after the arraignment, trial Justice Jude Okeke ordered that all the defendants be remanded...

No fewer than 20 persons sustained varying degrees of injuries in Omuo Ekiti, headquarters of Ekiti East Local government area of Ekiti State, as supporters of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, clashed during a campaign rally. Members of the APC were said to be holding a joint rally for the senatorial candidate in Ekiti South District, Prince Dayo Adeyeye and the House of Representatives candidate in Ekiti South Federal Constituency, Hon Femi Bamisile, on Monday evening, when the suspected PDP thugs invaded the rally and launched attacks on them. Those who allegedly carried out the attacks were said to be loyal to the Senate Minority Leader, Senator Biodun Olujimi and senatorial candidate of the PDP in Ekiti South. Some APC supporters: Adeniyi Saliu , Kayode Ojo and Adeniyi Ayo , who sustained deep cut in the heads , back and stomach , have been referred to Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Ado Ekiti for intensive medicare. An...

Real Madrid’s players celebrate at the end of the Spanish league football match between Club Atletico de Madrid and Real Madrid CF at the Wanda Metropolitano stadium in Madrid on February 9, 2019. (Photo by GABRIEL BOUYS / AFP) Leonardo Bonucci has returned to Juventus training after two weeks out with an ankle injury, the Serie A champions have confirmed. The centre-back had to be replaced before half-time in Juve’s 2-1 win over Lazio on January 27 after being hurt earlier in the game. Juve’s initial medical update said he had suffered from a sprain to his right ankle, while reports claimed he was looking at up to a month out. That put him in real doubt of facing Atletico Madrid in Juve’s Champions League last-16 first leg on February 20. However, he was able to take part in Juve’s entire training session yesterday, suggesting he could yet win his race to be fit for the trip to Madrid. Juventus take on Frosinone in Serie A action on Friday, a game that may come too soon ...

NIGERIA Labour Congress, NLC, has called on pensioners across the country to vote against any state governor still owing backlog of unpaid pension in the forthcoming general elections. President of NLC, Ayuba Wabba President of NLC, Ayuba Wabba, who spoke while addressing delegates and other guests at the 12th Quadrennial National Delegates Conference of NLC in Abuja, insisted that state governors had no justification to still owe pensioners after receiving bailouts and Paris Club refunds from the Federal government. According to him “Government workers in some states are owed arrears of salaries, pensions and gratuities despite the bailout, budget support and Paris Club Refund to states. Despite the money released by the Federal Government for states to offset salary liabilities, some states refused to clear their salary arrears. “In the past four years, the NLC embarked on a number of industrial actions in states that are owing workers arrears of salaries. The NLC organized...

Tottenham Hotspur’s English defender Eric Dier (2nd R) and teammates take part in a training session at Tottenham Hotspur’s Enfield Training Centre, north London, on February 12, 2019 on the eve of their UEFA Champions League round of 16 first leg football match against Dortmund. (Photo by Glyn KIRK / AFP) Harry Kane, Dele Alli and Danny Rose were not involved in Tottenham’s open training session as Mauricio Pochettino’s squad completed their preparations for their Champions League game with Borussia Dortmund. Kane and Alli are both making quick returns from respective ankle and hamstring injuries, which raised hopes they could be involved in the last-16 first leg at Wembley. But neither were on the field as Spurs trained at Hotspur Way, leaving Mauricio Pochettino without two of his main attacking threats against the Bundesliga leaders. Rose was also absent after the left-back came off against Newcastle at the weekend. Pochettino will confirm whether he will be fit at his pre...