09/30/17

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The Oyo State Government has announced the immediate closure of Agodi Zoo.

The government said this decision is based on the report received from the company managing the Zoo, AM & C, that one of the lions at the Zoo had accidentally attacked one of the attendants, Hamzat Oyekunle, popularly known as Baba Olorunwa, who later died from injuries sustained from the incident.

Meanwhile, the lions have been evacuated pending further investigations.

The government’s decision was contained in a statement at the weekend by the Executive Secretary, Bureau of Investment Promotion, Yinka Fatoki, who expressed shock at the unfortunate incident.

Fatoki said the incident is particularly surprising and sad as Oyekunle had fed the lion for over five years and was known to have had a very good relationship with all the animals in the zoo.

Meanwhile, government representatives have visited the family to commiserate with them over the demise of Oyekunle.
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Jatory Evans

A man in Louisiana, United States of America, Jatory Evans, has hanged himself after been accused of killing his pregnant girlfriend and fatally shooting her parents.

The 29-year-old Evans also burned down their house.
Reports quoted Jefferson Parish Coroner, Dr. Gerry Cvitanovich, as saying that the 29-year-old Evans hanged himself on Wednesday at the Jefferson Parish Jail.

Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office spokesman Glen Boyd said he was found around 4:25pm and pronounced dead later.

Authorities in Louisiana say Evans stabbed his estranged girlfriend, 20-year-old Sydney Hanson, in the bedroom of a home on November 7 before igniting the room while she was still alive.

Hanson was seven months pregnant.
Evans is also accused of shooting and stabbing Hanson’s mother, Samantha Hanson, and shooting her father, Dwayne Hanson, in the head.

Cvitanovich says his office will conduct an autopsy on Evans. (Fox News).
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IGP. Mr Ibrahim Idris

The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris, on Thursday expressed the commitment of the force to improve the welfare of the officers to ensure a functional police force.

Idris made the commitment while inaugurating Muhammadu Buhari Housing Estate at Agemowo, Badagry, Lagos.

The estate consists of 1,083 units of three bedrooms, semi-detached and two bedrooms fully detached on a 64 hectares of land.

Idris said: “In my inaugural speech on July 22, 2016, I said the Nigerian Police Force will henceforth be guided by international core values of policing with integrity.

“This is to ensure that the rule of law prevails in all our actions and activities.

“I also assured police personnel of my determination to accelerate all issues as regards the welfare of police men and their families, such as promotion, prompt payment of salaries, provision of affordable housing units among others.

“These promises I pursued with zeal because of my firm belief that police officers deserve the support in terms of welfare and other logistics, given the nature of our job.

“My administration has sustained major result-oriented initiatives, aimed at reinvigorating the police welfare system through police cooperative and insurance which involves investments made by police personnel.

“The product of this painstaking effort has culminated into these housing units, named after the President whose moral support has brought us this far.

“I inaugurated the Muhammadu Buhari Housing Estate Agemowo, Badagry in keeping my promise to my hard working police officers across the country.

“Similar projects were inaugurated in other parts of the country such as Katsina, Zamfara, Niger and FCT, while that of Enugu will kick-off soon.

“The welfare of the personnel of the Nigeria Police force, especially the rank and file, is utmost for a more functional, proactive and effective police force.”

Idris enjoined the officers to be at their best by applying best practices in their dealings with the civil populace with total loyalty to the nation.

He thanked the police cooperative society and the partners for their efforts in making the dream come through.

The Commissioner of Police, Cooperative, Shola David, commended the Inspector-General for the initiative, saying that the project was in fulfillment of the police boss’ promise to improve the welfare of Nigeria police officers.

David said: “Today is a remarkable day in the history of the Nigeria Police under the leadership of the Inspector-General as he inaugurates the 1,083 units of flats at Muhammadu Buhari Estate.

“This is the first phase which has 312 units, consisting of three and two bedroom flats and officers of the Nigeria Police had shown interest.

“We will be calling on the Inspector-General for another inauguration soon as the same project has been embarked upon in Kaduna, Kano, Zamfara and Sokoto.”

In her remarks, the Chief Executive Officer, Remax Realtors, Adefunke Adesoji, also commended Idris for making the project a success and appreciated his support throughout the execution of the project.

Adesoji said: “We commend the Inspector-General for making this project possible.

“We also appreciate his unflinching commitment to the improvement of the Nigeria Police welfare by providing its personnel with a place to call theirs.”

According to her, the first phase, which has 312 units presently, has over 100 units fully serviced with befitting middle and high income facility.

Two police officers: DSP Felicia Obembe and Sergeant Blessing Okurube, received keys to their flats and thanked the Idris on behalf of other beneficiaries.
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The police have warned Nigerians against buying used phones popularly dubbed as 'London used'. Some Nigerians prefer 'London used' phones because it is relatively cheaper than new ones

The Rapid Response squad (RRS) warned Nigerians on Friday, September 29 on their Facebook page against buying used phones which are popularly known as 'London used' without knowing sources of such phones.

To drive home their point, the RRS shared a story of 30-year-old Jamiu Adebayo who was arrested after buying a supposed 'London used' phone that was in actual sense stolen from a banker.

The police in their statement said: "Please, whenever you want to buy a fairly used phone, try to know the source. Avoid using your money to buy trouble for yourself.

Some of these so-called ‘London Used Phones’ might actually be stolen phones. "If there are no buyers, there would be low demand for stolen phones and robbers would cease to be interested in other peoples’ phones".

Going further, the RRS narrated the story of Adebayo for other Nigerians to learn from his story.

The RRS wrote: "Jamiu Adebayo, 30 was arrested in Lagos state last week by the operatives of Rapid Response Squad for buying phones from armed robbers and ‘one chance’ gangs and repackaging them as ‘London Used Phones’.

"Adebayo was tracked and found in possession of an iphone 7 belonging to one Kolade Johnson, a banker working in Lagos Island.

"Johnson, had on August 23 boarded a ‘one chance’ commercial bus around 5:45 a.m. on his way to work.

The robbers, operating with the commercial bus dispossessed him of a laptop and 2 phones, one of which was traced to Adebayo while trying to sell it to a customer in Lagos Island as a ‘London used phone’.

Also found in the possession of Adebayo were 6 additional iphones, 4 assorted phones and three MTN SIM packs, which he stated he collected from some of the robbers.

"The suspect in his confession to the police stated that he regularly bought stolen phones from three people who he is aware are members of an armed robbery and ‘one chance’ gang.

"Uche, Alubi and Pinheiro are three major guys I collect these phones from. Five out of the eleven phones traced to me were bought from Uche.

"If I tell you that I don’t know these phones are stolen phones and that some of those I get the phones from are robbers, I would be lying to you.

I know some of these phones were forcefully collected from people’, he explained. 'I buy iphone 7 with icloud at N45,000 and sell for N55,000.

Those without icloud, I buy at N150,000 and sell for N180,000. I buy iphone 6 at N65,000. I buy Samsung phones at N22,000 and sell for N27,000. I sell other phones too.

I work on the phones and disguise them as London used phones. "Adebayo also confessed that he works with a phone technician to unlock iphones with active icloud. ‘what we do is talk the owner to unlock it’.

"Our source disclosed that Uche, Pinheiro and Aluba have been on the run since the arrest of Adebayo last week Tuesday," the police said.
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Governor Godwin Obaseki

The Edo state Government has sacked Dr. Osayuware Idahosa, Permanent Secretary in the State Ministry of Youth and Special Duties, over allegation of padding the budget for the conduct of primary school examination.
The government also announced the suspension of three officials involved in the alleged scandal, which was opt at N283 million.
The decision announced by the Commissioner for Communications and Orientation, Mr Paul Ohonbamu, was the outcome of an extraordinary session of the State Executive Council.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Governor Obaseki vowed to unmask the people that sent a N283 million request for the conduct of primary school examination in the state, which was eventually conducted at the cost of N30 million.
Ohonbamu said that the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Prof. Yinka Omorogbe, submitted a report of the panel of enquiry on the conduct of the 2016/2017 Primary School Leaving Certificate Examination and after due consideration of findings and recommendations, the council discussed and arrived at the decision.
He said that Idahosa was Permanent Secretary in the state Ministry of Education at the time the alleged fraud was committed and was referred to the State Civil Service Commission for appropriate action, according to the rules and guidelines of the service.
The three other officers involved in the alleged fraud are Barr. S. A. Erhunmwunse Edokpayi, Mrs. E.I. Ero-Ugiagbe and Mr. Lucky Adagbonyin.
He said that the exco resolved that they should proceed on indefinite suspension without pay and their case forwarded to the State Civil Service Commission for appropriate action.
“EXCO also set up a committee to be chaired by the Commissioner for Employment and Wealth Creation, Mr Emmanuel Usoh to investigate the delisting of about 350 private schools from the list of eligible schools to participate in the Primary School Leaving Certificate Examination.”
The commissioner said that the committee would also invesigate the conditions that led to the relisting of the schools shortly after they were delisted.
Ohonbamu further said that the meeting ordered that an audit exercise be carried out into the accounts of the examination committee.(NAN)
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US Health Secretary, Tom Price

Tom Price, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services has  resigned  following revelations that he had taken expensive private jet travel at the taxpayer’s expense to conduct official business.
“Secretary of Health and Human Services Thomas Price offered his resignation earlier yesterday and the President accepted,” a statement on Friday from Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders read.
“The President intends to designate Don J. Wright of Virginia to serve as Acting Secretary, effective at 11:59 p.m. on September 29, 2017. Mr. Wright currently serves as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health and Director of the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.”
Price’s resignation follows a flurry of negative and damaging headlines over that use of private and military jets.
On Thursday, Price cut a check for the costs he incurred. But he had chosen only to pay for the price of his seats on the plane (just under $52,000) and not the total cost of the trips themselves (which exceeded $1 million).
In his resignation letter, Price expressed his regret “that the recent events have created a distraction.”
“You may rest assured that I will continue to support your critical priorities going ahead because failure is not an option for the American people,” he added.
Price’s tenure was also damaged by his inability to shepherd the process of repealing and replacing Obamacare.
Price had championed repeal legislation when he served in the House of Representatives. But he was notably distant from the debate while at HHS—an absence that reportedly irritated President Trump.
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The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) said a total  system collapse of the national  grid was recorded on Sept. 28 at 8:03 p.m., resulting in  temporary  loss of  electricity generation for the nation’s power grid.
A statement from TCN’s  management on Friday in Abuja said that reports obtained from  power stations and the sequence of events generated by the Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) had  revealed the cause of the collapse.
It said the SCADA system report  indicated that the system collapse was triggered by the tripping of Egbin power plants Units ST4, ST6 and ST5.
It, however, said that restoration of grid system had also commenced at 8:22 p.m. on Sept. 28.
According to the statement, a post mortem analysis of the issue indicated that grid generation was curtailed to about 4,262.7 Mega Watts (MW) before the disturbance.
It explained that the capacity under-utilisation and the operational capability required to maintain grid stability, which had waned, made the grid system vulnerable.
It said the vulnerability and disturbance of the system resulted in severe system frequency dip that culminated in the system collapse.
It further revealed that the analysis conducted clearly  showed that there was insufficient level of rotating reserve provided by grid-connected generation companies arising from low tariffs for providing ancillary services.
It said TCN had filed an application to the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) for an extraordinary tariff review to avert further occurrence of such incident.
It said the proposal for a tariff review would ensure that Generation Companies (GENCOS) were given the necessary incentives to provide sufficient spinning reserves and other ancillary services  critical for managing the national grid.
“TCN hereby solicits for the understanding of all Nigerians as it continues with efforts to provide the electricity industry with a world class national grid.
“It will strive to ensure that the stride attained recently in frequency control is sustained in line with world industry standards and codes,“ the statement further stated.
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University of Nigeria, Nsukka, is to conduct the 2017 post-University Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) from Oct. 3 to Oct. 9, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Administration, Prof. Charles Igwe, has said.
Igwe made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Nsukka, Enugu State, on Friday.
He said that measures had been put in place to ensure a successful 2017 screening examination.
“Qualified candidates for the exam are those who scored 200 and above, made UNN  their choice university and have registered online for the exam.
“Invigilators, supervisors  as well as other personnel that will be involved have been mobilised  and are ready for the exam,” he said.
He said the Nigerian Army, Nigeria Police Force, Department of State Services, and Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps would provide security for the exercise.
“The army,  police, civil defence and SSS will help to ensure adequate security as they will patrol 24 hours in UNN and Nsukka town,’’ he said.
Igwe said that the university would provide hostel accommodation at the cost of N3,000 for two nights for candidates who had no relatives to accommodate them  in Nsukka.
“The two nights include night of the day of arrival for the exam and night of the day the candidate writes the exam,” he said.
He appealed to Nsukka residents, especially the motorists, tricycle operators and motor-cyclists to assist candidates by directing them appropriately as some of them might be coming to Nsukka for the first time.
“We should treat candidates who will come from different states across the country as our sons, daughters, brothers and sisters.
“We should be fair and assist them instead of exploiting them financially  by collecting N100 where we are supposed to collect N50 as transport fare.
“Candidates for the exam should also conduct themselves orderly before, during and after the exam as anyone caught in any form of violence or crime will be arrested by law enforcement agents.
“UNN management, staff and students wish candidates success in the screening exam,” he said
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