NLC must query FG on oil theft —Oshiomhole

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has tasked the Nige­ria Labour Congress (NLC) to ask questions from the Federal Government on how hundreds of barrels of crude oil are allegedly stolen with­out check, on a daily basis.

Reducing pneumonia deaths among children

The abject state of health care, particularly primary health care, in the country has once again been brought to the fore with the revelation that of the 800,000 under-five children who die of pneumonia-related ailments globally every year, 177,000 of the deaths occurred in Nigeria. The im­plication of this is that Nigeria has about 20.13 per cent of the global pneumonia mortality figure. Dr Rui Vaz, the Country Representa­tive of the World Health Organisa­tion (WHO), while reeling out these dismal statistics, observed that the most affected amongst this vul­nerable group are children under two years, especially in developing countries.

Keshi off to USA

Frustrated by the long delay in offering him a fresh contract, out of job former Super Eagles coach Stephen keshi has taken refuge with his family in the United States of America.
The coach jetted out of the country last night and is expected to remain there until after the nations cup. The coach had reportedly rejected a proposal to take a pay cut to guarantee him a fresh contract.
All speculations linking him with jobs in countries like Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, and South Africa had fallen flat.
A source close to the coach disclosed that he was still keen on the Eagles job, but decided to take a break since the NFF was not forth coming on his appointment. Keshi failed to qualify the Eagles for the nations cup and was fired, only to be reinstated by the government.

Inexperienced people can’t govern Lagos –Tinubu

National Leader of All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu yes­terday said inexperienced people could not govern La­gos State.
Speaking during the flag-off of the APC governorship cam­paign in Ikeja, Tinubu said the state could not be used for ex­periment and governed by inex­perienced people.

Police foil plot to bomb Imo INEC office

Imo State Police Com­mand yesterday morning detonated a bomb plant­ed under a palm tree, 10 metres from Independent National Electoral Com­mission (INEC) office in the state.
An eyewitness account said a loud noise was heard from where the bomb was planted in front of the Owerri Capital Development Agency (OCDA), which sent workers scampering for safety
Spokesman of the state po­lice command, Mr. Andrew Enwerem (DSP), however, said the police got a tip-off and immediately swung into action. He confirmed that the Bomb Disposal Squad of the police detonated the bomb planted under a palm tree at the gate of Owerri Capital Development Authority office complex.
When Daily Sun visited the scene at about 11am yesterday, there was a heavy presence of policemen to cordon off the entire Owerri/Port Harcourt Road leading to INEC office.

I am now a Pastor, not a robber – declares suspected gang’s armourer

A father of three who was arrested alongside three suspected members of a notorious robbery gang that had been terrorizing Lagos and its environs has confessed to be the gang’s armourer.

The 32-year-old suspect, Sunday Ajewole, also disclosed during interrogation at the Special Anti-Robbery Sqaud, Ikeja, Lagos that he usually hid the gang’s weapons in an uncompleted building in Ayobo area of state, at the end of each operation.
Preliminary investigation also revealed that Ajewole, a drop out from the Osun State College of Technology, is a member of the Aiye confraternity.
Members of the gang according to the Police, have allegedly participated in several operations ,where vehicles were snatched from their unsuspecting owners at gun point. They were also alleged to have been responsible for some of the bank operations as well attacks on Bureau-de-change operators in Lagos and Ondo states.
Police sources hinted that “ the gang robbed a bank in Ondo state recently and a bureau de- change office in Ayobo” .
They however met their waterloo, after the Lagos State Police Command got wind of their hideout somewhere around Gowon estate, consequent upon which the command boss, Kayode Aderanti, detailed operatives of the Special Anti Robbery Squad,SARS on their trail.
Operatives were said to have stormed a hotel in Gowon estate, Egbeda, where three suspected members of the gang were arrested. Three operational vehicles suspected to have been stolen , were reportedly recovered from them.
Their confessional statement reportedly led the operatives to a social gathering at Ayobo,where Ajewole, said to be spraying money on the celebrate was arrested. A cut -to- size locally made double barrel gun and some live cartridges were reportedly recovered from him.
I am now a changed man
In this interview with Crime Alert, the father of three displayed rare boldness as he declared that he had turned a new leaf while in the cell, announcing to the surprise of all that he had been ‘anointed’ to be a Pastor.
Hear him: “ I know I have sinned . But God has forgiven me. Today, I am a changed man . I am not only born again, I am one of the Pastors in the cell! If I come out of this alive, I am going to continue preaching the gospel of God.
Yes! I was once a cultist. But that belongs to the past because God has forgiven me.
“I joined the cult four years ago after my friend, Tunde, initiated me. I was compelled to join because business was no more booming. I own a house in Ayobo, a suburb of Iyana Ipaja,which was built ten years ago, while I was working in a filling station. Three years ago, I sold my golf car and used the proceed to build a shop in front of my house.
“I went into supply of kerosene and diesel in Ayobo area of Lagos. But all of a sudden, things began to fall apart.
“I was arrested because my friend Omoloja, (one of the suspects ) brought a gun to the Aiye confraternity temple in Isefun Ayobo. Omoloja is a land grabber, he is also a member of our cult . When I asked him how he got the gun, he said it was meant for security purpose.
Owing to the fact that I was the third in command, the gun was kept in my possession . I kept it in an uncompleted building. But I never went to any operation with them. My involvement is simply because I kept their weapons”.
But other arrested members described his claim as a lie, insisting that he went with them to the Ayobo operation where some Bureau-de-change operators were attacked and cash, both in foreign and local currencies carted away. They also disclosed that three of their weapons were in Ajewole’s possession.
The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Kenneth Nwosu, a Deputy Superintendent of Police , DSP said investigation into the case was still ongoing , with a view to apprehending other fleeing members of the gang.

Culled from vanguardngr.com

‘My mum slept with my fiancé’ – Kylie, 26,

‘My mum slept with my fiancé': Woman, 26, reveals agony at discovering mother had two-and-a-half year affair with her boyfriend

• Kylie, 26, from Sheffield is still struggling to overcome her mum’s betrayal
• Her mother admitted recently that she had long affair with daughter’s fiancé
• The relationship went on for several years while Kylie was pregnant

Finding out that the father of your children is cheating on you is heart-breaking, but when the person he is doing the dirty with is your own mother, the deceit is enough to shatter your world.

Kylie, 26, from Sheffield is still struggling to come to terms with the betrayal of the two adults she loved most in the world, after learning that they conducted an affair behind her back that lasted at least two and a half years.

The mother-of-two has now told her story in a new Channel 5 documentary called Wedding Disaster Specials which airs tonight at 8pm, in an attempt to help others who may be going through a similar situation.

Kylie, 26, from Sheffield is still struggling to overcome her mother’s betrayal. Her mum admitted recently that she had long affair with her daughter’s fiancé. The relationship took place while Kylie was pregnant