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“October 1st is a day for joy and celebrations for us Nigerians, whatever the circumstances we find ourselves in because it is the day, 55 years ago; we liberated ourselves from the shackles of colonialism and began our long march to nationhood and to greatness.

 “No temporary problems or passing challenges should stop us from honouring this day. Let us remind ourselves of the gifts God has given us. Our Creator has bequeathed to us Numbers – Nigeria is the ninth most populated country on the planet. We have in addition arable land; water; forests; oil and gas; coastline; and solid minerals

“We have all the attributes of a great nation. We are not there yet because the one commodity we have been unable to exploit to the fullest is unity of purpose. This would have enabled us to achieve not only more orderly political evolution and integration but also continuity and economic progress.

“Countries far less endowed have made greater economic progress by greater coherence and unity of purpose.

“Nonetheless, that we have remained together is an achievement we should all appreciate and try to consolidate. We have witnessed this year a change in our democratic development.

“The fact that an opposition party replaced an entrenched government in a free and fair election is indicative of the deeper roots of our democratic system. Whatever one’s views are, Nigerians must thank former President Jonathan for not digging-in in the face of defeat and thereby saving the country untold consequences.

“As I said in my inaugural speech, I bear no ill will against anyone on past events. Nobody should fear anything from me. We are not after anyone. People should only fear the consequences of their actions. I hereby invite everyone, whatever his or her political view to join me in working for the nation.

“My countrymen and women, every new government inherits problems. Ours was no different. But what Nigerians want are solutions, quick solutions not a recitation of problems inherited.

“Accordingly, after consultations with the Vice President, senior party leaders and other senior stakeholders, I quickly got down to work on the immediate, medium-term and long-term problems which we must solve if we are to maintain the confidence which Nigerians so generously bestowed on us in the March elections and since then.

“As you know, I toured the neighbouring countries, marshalled a coalition of armed forces of the five nations to confront and defeat Boko Haram. I met also the G-7 leaders and other friendly presidents in an effort to build an international coalition against Boko Haram.

“Our gallant armed forces under new leadership have taken the battle to the insurgents, and severely weakened their logistical and infrastructural capabilities. Boko Haram are being scattered and are on the run.

“That they are resorting to shameless attacks on soft targets such as I.D.P. camps is indicative of their cowardice and desperation. I have instructed security and local authorities to tighten vigilance in vulnerable places.
On power, government officials have held a series of long sessions over several weeks about the best way to improve the nation’s power supply in the safest and most cost-effective way.

“In the meantime, improvement in the power supply is moderately encouraging. By the same token, supply of petrol and kerosene to the public has improved throughout the country. All the early signs are that within months the whole country would begin to feel a change for the better.

“Preliminary steps have been taken to sanitize NNPC and improve its operations so that the inefficiency and corruption could be reduced to a minimum.

“Those of our refineries which can be serviced and brought back into partial production would be enabled to resume operations so that the whole sordid business of exporting crude and importing finished products in dubious transactions could be stopped.

“In addition to NNPC, I have ordered a complete audit of our other revenue generating agencies mainly CBN, FIRS, Customs, NCC, for better service delivery to the nation. Prudent house-keeping is needed now more than ever in view of the sharp decline in world market oil prices. It is a challenge we have to face squarely. But what counts is not so much what accrues but how we manage our resources.

“We have seen in the last few years how huge resources were mismanaged, squandered and wasted. The new APC government is embarking on a clean up, introducing prudence and probity in public financing.

“At an early stage, the federal government addressed the issue of salary arrears in many states, a situation capable of degenerating into social unrest. The APC government stepped in to provide short-term support to the debtor states and enabled them to pay off the backlog and restore the livelihood of millions of Nigerians.

“Fellow Nigerians, there have been a lot of anxiety and impatience over the apparent delay in announcement of ministers. There is no cause to be anxious. Our government set out to do things methodically and properly. We received the handing over notes from the outgoing government only four days before taking over. Consequently, the Joda Transition Committee submitted its Report on the reorganization of Federal Government structure after studying the hand over notes. It would have been haphazard to announce ministers when the government had not finalized the number of ministries to optimally carry the burden of governance.

“Anyway, the wait is over. The first set of names for ministerial nominees for confirmation has been sent to the senate. Subsequent lists will be forwarded in due course. Impatience is not a virtue. Order is more vital than speed. Careful and deliberate decisions after consultations get far better results. And better results for our country is what the APC government for CHANGE is all about.

“I would like to end my address this morning on our agenda for CHANGE. Change does not just happen. You and I and all of us must appreciate that we all have our part to play if we want to bring change about. We must change our lawless habits, our attitude to public office and public trust. We must change our unruly behaviour in schools, hospitals, market places, motor parks, on the roads, in homes and offices. To bring about change, we must change ourselves by being law-abiding citizens.

“Happy Independence Celebrations. Long live the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”
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It was a huge mix of class yesterday at the premiere of Omoni Oboli’s highly anticipated movie, The First Lady. People from political, corporate, business and entertainment industry all converged at The Silverbird Galleria to watch the hilarious movie, The First Lady.

Former governor of Cross River State, Donald Duke, immediate past MD of AMCON, Mustafa Chike-Obi, official of Arik Airline, Tara Fela-Durotoye, join entertainment celebrities such as Uche Jombo, Desmond Elliot, Toyin Aimaku, Alexx Ekubo, Joseph Benjamin, Ynonne Jegede, Mary Lazarus, Foluke Daramola, Toni Tones, Foluke Daramola, Ufuoma McDermott, Yaw, Audu Maikori, Sasha, Bolanle Ninolowo, Chigul, Deyemi Okanlawon, Kene Mkparu, Moses Babatope, Julius Agwu, Blessing Egbe, Emem Isong, Tosyn Bucknor, Dimeji Alara, Udoka Oyeka, Sammie Okposo, Uche Nnaji, Yomi Fash-Lanso, Segun Arinze, Orezi, Yaw, Emmanuel Ikubese, Yomi Casual to walk the red carpet.
The First Lady will be showing in all cinemas from Thursday, October 1.
Synopsis:  In a classic Cinderella like story, a prostitute, Michelle, is stuck in a world she couldn't escape from. Her hope that one day a Prince Charming would rescue her from it all, seems lost.
An heir to an empire, Kenechi, is transformed into a child by an overly ambitious uncle who wants the empire to himself.
Bound by a shared destiny, Michelle finds that she might be doing the rescuing until she realises there's no escaping her pimp (Obama), who would do anything to keep her as his First Lady.
In the aftermath of lull performance for Nollywood movies in cinemas, The First Lady, has been described as a movie that will do Nollywood proud at the box office by the cinema stakeholders that saw the movie. With the hilarious twists and turn at the that was greeted with loud bust of laughter at the cinema hall yesterday, the stakeholder might just be right.












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22:22

34-year-old Nelson who is allegedly known as a drug addict , who stabbed his father, Sunday Oamen, to death and took his heart, in Abesan Estate, in Ipaja, Lagos has been arrested and detained at the State Department of Criminal Investigation, Yaba,
 
Sunday said he had smoked four wraps of Indian hemp before committing the crime and confessed that he killed his father because he always scolded him. He blamed his parents for not giving him enough training, adding that he hated them for always been condescending towards him.

On Wednesday, the suspect voluntarily turned himself in to the police.
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Nelson said he surrendered himself to the police because he lost his peace after killing his father.
 
He said:
“I am the fourth child in a family of eight children. I have had several fights with my dad in the past. There was a time I confronted him that I had been going through a lot of challenges in life and I needed help, but he said I should sit at home and he would be feeding me. I was angry because he wanted me to be dependent on him and I needed to fend for myself.
“My parents knew that I smoke hemp and it sometimes affected my behaviour. They asked me to quit it, and I did for some time. People advised them to take me for medical care, but they said they did not have the money.
“I became addicted to hemp about six months ago. On Thursday night, a day preceding the incident, I had gone to a joint where I smoked four wraps of hemp. I bought each for N50.
“On Friday, around 11am, I was sitting outside the house when I started feeling restless and a spirit told me to go inside and kill my father. I went in through the window and when I got to where he was lying, I stabbed him in the neck and chest.”
He said after committing the act, he ran away because he was overcome with guilt.
Nelson, who dropped out of primary school, denied removing his father’s heart, adding that after killing his father, his eyes became remorseful.
He added:
“The spirit that pushed me to kill my father began to tell me that I will not have rest until I report myself to the police. When I could no longer bear it, I decided to report to the police.
“It is not my fault. Whenever I talk to my parents, they always scolded me. And sometimes, I felt they were not my parents. I killed my father because he always chastised me and because I lost control of my senses.
“If I get out of this mess, I will surrender my life to Jesus. But if not, I resign myself to fate,” he added.
Even though he has been arrested, a police source said the suspect’s family are reluctant to prosecute him.
 
He said:“Some members of the family want him to face the consequence of his action, but they are also considering the implication on their mother who had become old and might not want to suffer double tragedies.
“However, the police will prosecute him. It is a straightforward murder case.”

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22:18

A mum's breastfeeding selfie has gone viral for shaming people who stare at her disapprovingly and reported her to facebook for posting such photos on her own page.
Jennifer posted a photo showing that Facebook alerted her that someone had reported her breastfeeding selfie for nudity.

She wrote: "So y'all post half naked pics but want to report a pic of me breastfeeding my child? Hilarious."
Jennifer Taylor then posted a photo of her staring into the camera while breastfeeding her young daughter.
She posted the photo on Facebook and captioned it:
"My face when people stare at me feeding my child.
"Females walk around with their titties damn near popping out their shirt for attention, but the moment I pull my breast out to feed my daughter it's a problem?
"Mind your own tits b*****s and let me nourish my daughter."
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22:14

A woman whose boyfriend allegedly owed 2 people, Ronald Ford and Shavontae Green money was kidnapped and subjected to a horrific sex assault in a row over the price of a laptop.

Ford, 33, and girlfriend Green, 26, drove to the home of the victim's boyfriend in order to collect money for the laptop.
When they found the 38-year-old woman home alone, they beat her and kidnapped her, Deputy Douglas County Attorney Molly Keane said.

At their home, they proceeded to sexually assault the woman, forced her to perform a sex act on Ford, burned her with a cigarette butt, whipped her with a chain and sodomised her with a leg broken off from a table.
The sick pair assaulted their victim with chemicals, pouring boiling water over her shoulder and chest and bleaching her genitals.
Green took the woman into her bedroom, where she put makeup on her before forcing her into the bath and pouring more bleach on her.

The victim’s boyfriend raised the alarm after returning home to find his apartment had been broken into and his girlfriend was missing.

The pair from Omaha, admitted the rape , torture and kidnap of the woman, and now face decades in jail following the attack in January.

The pair were arrested and now face the rest of their lives in prison.
Sentencing will take place in November with Ford facing up to 170 years in prison, and Green 75 years.

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22:09

The Nigeria Immigration Service has arrested two alleged accomplices of Lebanese terrorist, Ahmed Al Assir, who was arrested after he obtained a Nigerian visa in Beruit, Lebanon, in August, 2015.
Assir, who had been on the wanted list of the Lebanese security forces, was arrested at the airport while attempting to visit Cairo, Egypt, enroute to Nigeria on a forged Palestinian passport.

The Comptroller-General of Immigration, Martin Abeshi, said Assir’s accomplices were apprehended in Kano and have since been handed over to the National Security Adviser for further investigation.
Assir, who had been on the wanted list of the Lebanese security forces, was arrested at the airport
 
Abeshi told journalists while responding to questions on Wednesday in Abuja that Assir’s accomplices were arrested the moment the NIS learnt that the terrorist was visiting Nigeria.
 
Abeshi said,
“The Immigration service did not issue the visa to the Lebanese terrorist because we don’t have immigration officers at the embassy. Maybe the visa was issued by Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials or some other officials, but the moment we learnt about the incident, we identified the people the suspect was coming to visit in Kano and they were handed over to the NSA.”
The NIS boss said he has made a proposal on how to secure and protect the border and is only waiting on the approval of the Federal Government.
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He said he planned to deploy sensors and security cameras across Nigerian international borders and may erect walls at volatile border areas.
 
Abeshi warned his men against passport racketeering, adding that the new Immigration Act 2015 provides penalties including prison terms for officers who abuse passport process.
 
 
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22:06

The death of Kelly Mayhew, a woman who died after getting an 'illegal fake bum implant ' in a basement flat hundreds of miles from home has been ruled as a homicide, authorities have ruled.
Kelly who travelled from Maryland to Rockaway in Queens, New York to have an operation to enlarge her buttocks had a botched surgery which took her life.

The surgery was performed by a plastic surgeon operating without a licence, and Mayhew, who was employed by the entertainment company, BET, died during the procedure.
"The cause of death is systemic silicone emboli due to cosmetic silicone injections of buttocks,” Medical Examiner spokeswoman Julie Bolcer told the Daily News.
"The manner of death is homicide.”
Mayhew's mother Latrice explained that the woman who performed the surgery had done so through a friend, but that during it she seemed to "panic".

After the injections of silicone were administered, Mayhew's breathing became laboured and her mother had to perform CPR and called the emergency services but they were unable to resuscitate her.

The fake doctor - who has not been named - allegedly fled the apartment in a grey SUV and still hasn't been found.
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15:06

Respite appears to be coming the way of residence of Ago palace way in Lagos as the state governor, Akinwunmi Ambode has vowed to complete the ongoing repairs of the road that has been in a deplorable state for so many years.

In a statement released by the State Ministry of Works and Infrastructure today September 30th, the state government said the final repairs along Fedrick Fasheun junction to Amuwo-Odofin Bridge and other road projects across the State will receive adequate and prompt attention by his government.

Ambode said efforts are on to ensure that contractors on all its road projects return to work and deliver high quality roads within reasonable timeframe. It explained that in view of the link between Isolo axis and the Apapa-Oshodi and Lagos Badagry Expressway, the Ago Palace way was segmented into phases to ensure ease of financing and delivery.

“Phase 1 of the road is 1.7km long road. It spans between Durban junction and the bridge. Phase 11 is the expansion of the 700m long bridge, while Phase 111 is 1.65km long road that spans between Okota Rd Junction and Fredric Fasehun junction. The three phase have been completed and in use. The phase IV is a 3.05km long road. Currently the project has attained 45% completion with significant works done on all the drainage/culvert and New Jersey barrier works. Also work is at advance stage on relocation of services, soil stabilization, and provision of crush stone before laying of 80mm interlocking paving stone on a segment of the road". The state government noted that erosion and flooding within the carriageway has subsided with the completion of drainage works on both sides of the 3.05 km road, adding that the inclement weather had reduced the pace of activities on the road.

 While assuring that pace of work will soon pick up, the statement stressed that optional routes have been provided and made motorable by the contractor. They include Lamidi Ariyo, Folarin Fatunisi, Femi Kila, Ostra Lane, Zoostra Lane, Hakeem Dosunmu, Prince Joseph Adebayo, Awka Etiti, Okiki and Jemtok Street.
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Press statement from the Nigerian Army
Information reaching the Theatre Command, Operation Lafiya Dole indicates that Boko Haram terrorists have now resorted to poisoning water sources like wells and streams in areas they were dislodged by gallant troops or areas threatened by offensive operations. The latest being the poisoning of the cattle water ponds in Kangallam village along Marte and Abadam axis in Borno State where a large number of cattle died after drinking water from the ponds.
Credible information available to the Theatre Command indicates that though no human life was lost as a result of the barbaric act of the terrorists, however, some cattle were killed after drinking water from some poisoned sources. The action of the terrorists is no doubt aimed at taking their own pound of flesh on the innocent citizens and livestock as a result of the unbearable offensive operations through the combined effort of the Nigerian Army and the Nigerian Air Force to route them out completely from their enclaves and hide-outs all over the North East. In view of this development citizens are called upon to avoid as much as possible drinking water from unverified sources especially in locations that troops routed out Boko Haram terrorists. You are please requested to disseminate this information to the public through your medium. Thank you for your usual cooperation. Colonel TUKUR GUSAU Deputy Director Army Public Relations
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14:26


Former Governor of Bayelsa state, Timipre Sylva has won the rescheduled Bayelsa State All Progressives Congress (APC) Governorship Election primary held in Yenagoa, the state capital today September 30th. The first party governorship primaries on September 22nd was marred by thugery and violence forcing the leadership of the party to cancel it. A rescheduled primary held today in which Sylva won. He polled a total of 981 votes out of 1147 accredited delegates.
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13:48


Mercy Bundi committed suicide after a foreigner lured her through Facebook and assaulted her, the family revealed on Monday, September 28. The 19-year-old college student left a suicide note in which she named the man and gave details of where he assaulted her and why she took her life.
"The day we met was the day my problems started. He was not the man I knew on Facebook," Mercy said in her suicide note.
She said she was traumatised after the man, who identified himself to her as Marco Ritz, threatened to post her naked photos online for the whole world to see.
"He took my nude pics and told me if I say this to anyone he will sell them on the internet and say I am a prostitute, she wrote.
Mercy was too afraid to wait for that moment. On September 12, she was found dead in her bed, a bottle of poison by her side. Her Sh3,190, the suicide note and her phone were all by her side. Although she was born in Tanzania, she attended primary school in Kisii, joining Nyakach Girls High School but later transferring to St Michael’s School in Nakuru where she sat her KCSE exams in 2013. This year, she joined Bugema University in Uganda, where she died. Police are investigating the incident amid reports that there is an increase in insidious crimes that have left thousands of Kenyans suffering in silence.

Mercy joined the Facebook page, “Love beyond skin colour (white men and black women)”, where she met Marco. On September 9, he travelled to Kenya and sent money to Mercy, who was then in Kampala. Marco had claimed that he was from Trittenheim but lived in Berlicht, Germany. Mercy’s sister, Sarah Mauya Bundi, on Monday told the Nation that Mercy had travelled to Mombasa and met Marco there. She said she had warned Mercy against meeting the man and, in her suicide note, Mercy said she regretted not listening to her sister.
"As I am writing this, I cannot sit, eat or walk as normal. I am regretting not to listen to my sisters" the note continues
On the day Mercy travelled to Mombasa, Marco posted a photo on Facebook, indicating that he was at the Kinondo Poa Hotel, near the Galu Kinondo Beach. On Monday, an assistant director at the hotel, Ms Laura Nanyuli, said Marco had been to the hotel twice in April and September this year with a woman whom he described as a lawyer and model. On his last visit, she said Marco did not spend the night in the hotel.

On September 11, Mercy travelled to Nairobi and spent a night in her sister’s house in Embakasi. She could hardly walk and was in pain but when asked what was the problem, she told her sister that she was having a bad dream. In her suicide note, however, she revealed that she was sexually assaulted for two days at a Mombasa hotel. After she travelled back to Kampala, she tried to contact Marco so that he could help her pay for treatment, in vain.
"I have tried to contact him for help to treat myself, he has blocked me in everywhere. I cannot face my sister and tell them I must rest because of him" says the suicide note.
After her family was informed of her death, they flew the body to Nairobi on September 14 and reported the matter at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport police station. They also gave police a photo of the suspect, hoping that he would be arrested before he could leave the country. He wasn’t. Find attached the suicide note she left. I can't confirm the photo used.
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13:35

Jennifer Berry, 33, tossed her newborn baby out the window of her seventh-floor apartment window after delivering it in the shower, on Monday, September 28, police and prosecutors said. The former child welfare worker has been charged with second-degree murder and manslaughter after an autopsy determined the death was a homicide caused by multiple blunt-force trauma. The baby’s father was in the apartment when the killing occurred, but police sources said Giovanni Johnson, 28, knew nothing about Berry’s bizarre behavior.


"I didn’t know about the pregnancy," a rattled Johnson told The News by phone Tuesday, his voice cracking. "I didn’t know any of this. I’ve been cleared of all charges."

Johnson told police Berry had been pregnant months ago, but she told him she had had an abortion, according to sources.

Neighbors rallied behind Johnson, who grew up on W. 183rd St. and has a 3-year-old boy with another woman. Berry, who lives in Yonkers, started showing up at the apartment about a year ago, they said.
    "I don’t think he knew," 27-year-old Tiffany Martinez said of Johnson. "He looked as surprised as anybody else. He looked shocked."

When cops showed up at the building, Johnson was outside talking to Martinez and didn’t have an inkling about what happened, she said.

Horrified neighbors found the newborn’s remains in the building courtyard around 2:30 p.m. and called police.
      "I saw the blood ... when you went up the stairs you could see everything," said Bolton’s wife, Janiqua Torres, 33.
"When I heard the police say ‘baby,’ that’s what crushed me. It was that serious, it crushed me," Torres added.

Bolton said Berry refused to go with police until cops kicked the door in. The mother initially denied she was pregnant before confessing that she gave birth in the shower of her apartment Monday afternoon, according to police sources.

She claimed the newborn wasn’t breathing and she threw the baby, as well as the placenta, out the window, the sources said.
But at Berry’s arraignment Tuesday night in Bronx criminal court, Assistant District Attorney Georgia Barker flatly denied it.

     "She gave birth to an 8-pound girl and dropped the newborn seven stories to the pavement. The medical examiner has determined that the baby was alive," Barker told the judge as an impassive Berry stood by in grimy gray sweatpants and a darker gray hoodie.
     "There was air in the lungs, this was a healthy baby girl," Barker said.

Berry was remanded without bail. She next appears in court Oct. 5.

Source: Daily News
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13:12 ,

Wife of the vice president Mrs Oludolapo Osinbajo represented the Wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari who was unavoidably absent at a side event of the 70th United Nations General Assembly in New York today. She delivered Mrs Buhari's speech which was focused on Long Term Strategy to Improve Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent health and Nutrition in Nigeria.
The event was held at the Grand ballroom at the Westin hotel in New York. More pics after the cut..

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