IMO Senator, Benjamin Uwajumogu, is dead

The Senator representing Imo North Senatorial District, Benjamin Uwajumogu, is dead.

His death was confirmed to journalists outside the Senate chamber on Wednesday by the Senator representing Imo West Senatorial District, Rochas Okorocha.

He was said to have slumped in the toilet while taking his bath and rushed to a private hospital in Apo, Abuja where he died.

Until his death, Uwajumogu was the Senate Committee Chairman on Employment, Labour and Productivity.

Kalu prayed court to free him to enable him attend to his health.

A former governor of Abia State, Orji Kalu, who is serving 12-year imprisonment for N7.65billion fraud and money laundering, on Tuesday prayed the Federal High Court in Lagos to grant him bail, pending the hearing of his appeal against his conviction.

Kalu told Justice Mohammad Liman that he is battling serious health challenges and he needs to seek the medical services of his herbalist.

The Senate’s Chief Whip and senator representing Abia North Senatorial District claimed that the medical facilities in the correctional centre cannot handle his ailment.

Kalu, who was convicted of the offences by Justice Mohammad Idris on December 5, is serving his term at the Ikoyi Custodial Centre, Lagos

The judge convicted Kalu, a Director of Finance and Accounts at the Abia State Government House during Kalu’s tenure, Udeh Udeogu, and Kalu’s firm, Slok Nigeria Ltd on each of the 39 counts.

Justice Mohammed Idris sentenced Kalu to 133 years imprisonment, Udeogu to 56 years imprisonment and ordered that Slok be wound up and its assets forfeited to the Federal Government.

The sentences will run concurrently, the judge said, meaning Kalu will only spend a maximum of 12 years in jail.

Tuesday, Kalu’s counsel, Mr Lateef Fagbemi (SAN) informed the court of a bail application he filed on behalf of the former governor, seeking to be released on bail pending the outcome of his appeal against the judgment.

He told the court that the application was premised on 23 grounds and supported by a 38-paragraph affidavit.

Fagbemi said after receiving the counter-affidavit filed by the prosecution, he filed a 34-paragraph further affidavit with one exhibit attached.

The SAN also drew the court’s attention to a notice of appeal against Kalu’s conviction, and relied on the provisions of Sections 241 of the Constitution in urging the court to grant the bail.

“If there is a right of appeal, then there is a corresponding right of bail pending appeal,” he said.

Citing Sections 6 of the Constitution, Fagbemi argued that the court had the powers to entertain such an application since post-judgement jurisdiction were anchored on the section.

He said the bail would enable Kalu to attend to his health as well return to the National Assembly to serve the nation.

But EFCC counsel, Mr RotimI Jacobs (SAN), opposed the bail application.

“Although bail is generally a right of an accused as guaranteed by the Constitution, it is not a right available to a convict because the presumption of innocence had crystallised into guilt and conviction,” he said.

EFCC kicks as convicted Orji Kalu begs court for bail
According to Jacobs, an application for bail pending appeal is sparingly granted.

He said that such a bail could be granted in a situation where the term of imprisonment would have elapsed before determination of the appeal.

He argued that that was not the situation with Kalu’s case.

On Kalu’s health condition, Jacobs said that there was no recent medical report to show his state of health, arguing that the medical report tendered in his case was done more than a year ago.

Jacobs added that the request by Kalu to be released on bail so as to seek traditional medicine was not a tenable, as visitors were allowed into the custodial centre.

“He says he needs his herbalist to treat him but he has not said that his herbalist came to the prison and was not allowed to see him.

“In one breath, the applicant is saying that he wants to be released on health grounds while in another breath, he is saying that as a senator, he needs to be released on bail so as to carry out his official functions,” the SAN said.

Citing the case of Federal Republic of Nigeria vs Joshua Dariye, he argued that the Nigerian criminal jurisprudence was robust enough to handle appeal and dispense with same within a reasonable time.

Buhari signs 2020 appropriation bill into law.

President Muhammadu Buhari has signed into law the 2020 Appropriation Act of N10.594 trillion.

The signing ceremony held on Tuesday at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, a day after Channels Television reported that the President would assent to the Act.

It is the first time since 1999 that the appropriation bill is signed in December, paving the way for the return of Nigeria to a January – December budget cycle.

In his remarks, the President commended the patriotic zeal of the National Assembly for the quick passage of the budget.

He, however, informed the lawmakers that he looks forward to receiving the Finance Bill for assent in the shortest time.

President Buhari, therefore, called on the Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) to ensure the effective implementation of the 2020 budget.

He expressed confidence in his administration’s ability to finance the 2020 budget.

In view of this, the President directed that the 2021 budget estimates be submitted to the National Assembly by September next year.

The signing of the 2020 budget was witnessed by the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo; the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Boss Mustapha; and the Minister of Finance, Budget, and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed.

Also present were the President of the Senate, Senator Ahmed Lawan; and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, among other National Assembly leaders.

Why APC can't win presidency again_ Doyin Okupe

------ Doyin Okupe, former Senior Special Assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan on Public Affairs.

He also speaks on his corruption trial, Sowore’s trial, the Buhari administration, and why his party, the PDP, cannot provide effective opposition to the ruling party.

Excepts:
Q) It is about five years since your party, the PDP, was voted out. What is your impression of the current state of the nation?

Okupe: There seems to be tension everywhere and virtually in every area of our daily existence.

Q) Can you expatiate? Why is there tension?

Okupe: Reasons for tension are obvious. The recent Sowore court drama has created a lot of fear and bad blood among citizens in the country. The assault on the rule of law and the fear of the emergence of totalitarianism are issues heating the polity.

Q) Sowore has accused the government of ineptitude and poor governance. He wants a revolution. How should the government have responded to his call for protest?

Okupe: His call for a revolution should simply have been ignored. At the time he made the call he was merely filibustering. His call was a mere attention-seeking and rabble-rousing escapade.

Q) The government says it was treason, an attempt to unsettle or dethrone the Buhari regime.

Okupe: The courts are competent enough and the institution empowered by the Nigerian constitution to make a decision on that.

Q) You are a PDP chieftain. How do you rate the APC/Buhari administration so far?

Okupe: I am no longer interested in rating or criticising Buhari or APC government. One is that the government has no tolerance for criticism and has not shown any evidence of taking advantage of copious beneficial resource materials, criticisms and advice thrown at it from various segments of the society.
I am more interested and wish to devote my time and energy towards educating the upcoming political class and the general public on non -partisan issues that have bedevilled our polity for years and have resisted solutions. I am also interested in helping to rebuild PDP so that it can be remodelled, rebranded and better suited to take over governance from the present incumbent APC.

Q) It is almost five years since the APC dethroned your party. The APC has repeatedly claimed that it has rescued Nigeria from the path of destruction on which your party placed it for 16 years.

Okupe: The APC can claim what they like. The taste of the pudding is in the eating. Nigerians now know better, even non-Nigerians too. All indices and parameters for assessing government functionality and effectiveness are there for everybody to see. The only misfortune here is that approval or disapproval by the electorate based on their rating of government performance cannot be reflected electorally largely because of an absence of free and fair elections and judicial interference by the government.

Q) Are you saying the last generation elections were not free and fair?

Okupe: No argument. Most of the recently held elections in Nigeria have not been free or fair. In this saga, the electoral umpire is also culpable notwithstanding the outward facade of purity or innocence the leadership of that organisation puts on. It’s not me just saying this. Local and international observers have repeatedly and resoundingly echoed this position.

Q)  But there are many people who believe that the PDP was too weak and disorganised to have won the last presidential election.

Okupe: Absolute fallacy. After the Port Harcourt Convention, the PDP became a highly mobile, resilient and unconquerable fighting machine. Only the massive rigging machinery of government with the connivance of INEC and security forces could have subdued and defeated the pdp.

President Uhuru Kenyatta inaugurates 50MW Garissa solar power plant in Mbalambala.

The plant, which is the largest solar energy installation in East and Central Africa, adds to Kenya's rich profile as the epicenter of green energy generation in Africa. 

Gunmen kidnapp popular Nigeria singer -Duncan mighty.

The "Port Harcourt 1st son" crooner was abducted in Owerri, Imo State capital where he performed last night.

No group has claimed responsibility so far for his abduction .

Some angry Governors plotting to replace Oshiomhole with Yari_ Kabiru Mafara Alleged.

Kabir Marafa, a former senator, has alleged that some governors are plotting to replace Adams Oshiomhole, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) with AbdulAziz Yari, former governor of Zamfara state.

Speaking with journalists in Zamfara, Marafa alleged that the governors nursing this idea are out to take control of the structures of the ruling party.

However, the former lawmaker refused to disclose the identities of the governors but said those opposed to the leadership of the national chairman are indirectly targetting President Muhammadu Buhari with the aim to make the president and his supporters politically irrelevant before the 2023 general election.

“The fight is not against Oshiomole, it is actually against the president himself. It is only that they don’t have the guts to say it now, but they will when the time is ripe,” Marafa said.

“It is evident that the plot to unseat Comrade Adams Oshiomole by a gang of President Buhari’s adversaries has thickened. This plot is merely aimed at hijacking the party structures and handing it over to Yari – who till now is the arrowhead of all the people that harbour a lot of bitterness against the president.

“The Governors in concert with their cronies, within and outside the party, are doing everything possible to hijack the party structures to ensure that the president and his sympathisers are edged out of power equation in 2023.”

Marafa asked the president to be wary of Yari, citing instances in the past where he (Yari) “acted against Buhari”.

“Yari and his co-travellers’ stock in trade is treachery and backstabbing. The earlier the president and his men realizes it and act accordingly, the better for them and the party itself,” he said.

“Remember 2003 when the president and his party the ANPP lost the general election? While the president and his men where nursing the wound of loosing the election, one of the ANPP Governors now a major pillar of Yaris support and collaborator, was sighted on national television cutting PDP Victory cake in the Villa! That is how all of them are.

“All these machinations are geared toward hijacking the party or bouncing back to relevance and once that is done, the party’s future is doomed. President Buhari should buckle up to save the party from falling into the hands of his adversaries in his own best interest, interest of the party, and that of the nation in general.

“The party is built on justice, equity and fairness and that will surely be eluded if the likes of Yari are allowed to succeed. Make no mistake sir, those asking for Oshiomhole’s head today, are actually looking for your jugular.”

The clash between Marafa and Yari made the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to take control of Zamfara, which was a stronghold of the APC.

Court convicts five Yahoo boys in calabar .

The Uyo Zonal Office of the EFCC, on Thursday December 12, 2019, secured the conviction of 5 cyber criminals, popularly called Yahoo Boys before Justice S. M. Shuaibu of the Federal High Court Calabar, in Cross River State.

The convicts are: Omengala Emmanuel (a.k.a.Frank Hoffman), Obonga Valentine ( a.k.a Patrick Seaman), Segun Dele Jude (alias Hal Burlington), Promise Nkanga and Omengala Paul (alias Christopher Mason).

Before they were convicted and sentenced, the convicts pleaded guilty to the one count charge preferred against them separately by the EFCC for their various involvements in cyber crimes.

FG Bars Onnoghen from travelling, seize his passport.

The immediate past Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen, has been barred from travelling out of the country by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.).

Saturday PUNCH reports that the move may be part of a fresh probe into Onnoghen’s affairs. Onnoghen was convicted for not declaring his assets by the Code of Conduct Tribunal in April.

An internal report issued by the Nigeria Immigration Service, which was read out to our correspondent by a top officer, stated that Onnoghen, his wife and daughter were attempting to travel to Accra, Ghana when they were accosted by immigration officers.

The report stated, “On November 11, 2019, retired Honourable Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen, was attempting to travel to Accra, Ghana. He was in company with his wife, Nkoyo, and daughter.

“His passport, with number A50445233, was flagged because Justice Onnoghen’s name was on the watch list. The passport is currently in custody of the NIS.”

The senior officer told Saturday PUNCH that the passport seized from Onnoghen was not a diplomatic passport but the ordinary green passport.

The immigration officer told our correspondent that the directive to seize Onnoghen’s passport came from the Presidency.

“Justice Onnoghen will have to meet with the Presidency to know why his passport was seized. We are only following instructions,” the officer said.

Saturday PUNCH was informed by a top judicial officer that Onnoghen’s decision to challenge his conviction by the CCT might have angered the retired Muhammadu Buhari regime.

The Appeal Court had condemned the Buhari regime for the manner in which the trial of Onnoghen was conducted.

In a judgment by the three-man bench led by Justice Stephen Adah, it was unanimously ruled that the CCT’s ex parte order breached the ex-CJN’s right to a fair hearing.

While reading the lead judgment, Justice Adah stated that the proceedings of the CCT shouldn’t have been conducted “in a shady or clandestine manoeuvre” the way the ex parte order was obtained by the prosecution.

However, the court said it could not upturn Onnoghen’s conviction since the trial had already taken place.

A source said, “Even though the NJC (National Judicial Council) recommended that Onnoghen should be paid his benefits in full, I can tell you that he has not been paid anything and all his allowances have stopped.

“His accounts remain frozen. It was some judges who even contributed money for him recently for medicals expenses.

“I was told that his ordeal might be connected with his decision to challenge his conviction at the Court of Appeal which the government of the day might have found embarrassing because the Court of Appeal accused them of depriving Onnoghen of a fair hearing.”

Onnoghen, who was CJN from March 1, 2017 to April 5, 2019, was suspended by Buhari in January, a few weeks to the presidential election, on allegations that he failed to declare five bank accounts in his asset declaration form at the Code of Conduct Bureau.

Buhari hinged his decision to suspend Onnoghen on an ex parte order by the CCT Chairman, Dannladi Umar.

Onnoghen’s many attempts to stop his trial were futile.

He also faced a mini-trial at the NJC where the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission presented evidence against him.

The NJC subsequently recommended his retirement with full benefits and Onnoghen immediately complied and tendered his resignation before Buhari on April 5.

However, his resignation letter was not acknowledged by the buhari regime until his conviction by the CCT on May 28.

The CCT ordered Onnoghen’s sacking and barred him from holding public office for 10 years.

It also ordered that the sums of money in different currencies found in his Standard Chartered Bank accounts, a total of N46m, be forfeited to the Buhari regime.

It was reported by an online news outlet,

Oshiomhole under house arrest as APC rally fails to hold.

The National chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole was on Friday morning placed under temporary house arrest as the police prevented him from attending the planned APC mega rally in Benin.
Following the violent political clashes between the supporters of Oshiomhole and those of the Edo state governor, the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu on Thursday morning announced the suspension of the rally organised to welcome a former chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Pastor Osagie Ize- Iyamu and his loyalists to the APC.

According to a credible source who is monitoring the development in Edo state said the State Commissioner of Police, Lawal Tanko Jimeta went to Oshiomhole’s residence on Friday morning and stopped him from going out to attend any rally in view of the prevailing security situation in the state.
“As we speak, Oshiomhole is under house arrest because the Commissioner of Police told him you can’t go anywhere”.

“Also, the rally they were proposing to hold in Garrick couldn’t hold because the police authority has placed a ban on it. The state government also issued a statement banning any open rally”.
“On the strength of that, the rally failed and all the artistes and musicians who were supposed to play at the venue were dispersed including media houses like Channels TV, AIT who were already scheduled to do live broadcast of the event”.
“A few people now went to Ize-Iyamu’s residence where he addressed them. That is the situation for now” our source said.

Okorocha's son graduate from US University.

The last of the the three biological sons from the tribe of ROCHAS,Mr Amamchi Rochas Okorocha has bagged a bachelors degree at far away United States of America.

The latest graduate is flanked by his immediate elder brother,Amen,Senior Sister,Mrs Uloma Nwosu (R) & mother,former First Lady,Nkechinyere Rochas,Mrs Uju Anwuka  & Ucy Rochas(L) alongside grandchildren.

Gov. Ortom receive another award.

Barely 48 hours after receiving award of Uncommon Courage in Governance and Protection of Humanity from the Tribune newspapers in Lagos, Governor Samuel Ortom is set to receive another prestigious award from the Nigerian Pilot newspapers.

The award of "Prestigious Man of The Year (defender of the people)," will be conferred on the Governor tomorrow at Sheraton Hotels and Towers, Abuja.

In a letter of nomination to the Governor by the management of the newspapers, the title described Governor Ortom as determined and selfless with people-centred policies despite persecution from high quarters, stressing that he never betrayed the trust and confidence reposed in him by people of the state.

The award ceremony is put together to mark the 10th anniversary celebration of the Nigerian Pilot newspapers.

Mamman duara gave directive without my husband concert.

First Lady, Aisha Buhari has alleged that Alhaji Mamm

an Daura gave a presidential directive without her husband’s knowledge.

Until recently, Mamman Daura, a nephew of President Muhammadu Buhari lives in Glass House inside the presidential villa.

The feud between the first lady and Daura’s family worsened in October when she returned from a two-month foreign trip.

It became public knowledge when a video of the president’s wife asking questions and making comments about being locked out of a room and demanding that some people should pack their belongings went viral. She engaged Daura’s daughter, Fatima.

Daily Trust had exclusively reported in September that the first lady angered by the development in the villa, left for abroad in August. The feud festered when she returned.

PDP probe senators who voted lawan president.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is launching investigation into the role played by its members in the election of leadership of the National Assembly.

PDP had adopted Senator Ali Ndume and Hon. Umar Bago as President of the Senate and Speaker of House of Representatives respectively, and directed its members in the National Assembly to vote accordingly.
However, the Senators and Reps elected on the platform of the PDP defied the opposition party and voted for other candidates.

In the contest, Senator Ahmad Lawan, who is the All Progressives Congress (APC’s) preferred candidate for Senate Presidency, polled a total of 79 votes to beat his only challenger, Ndume, who scored 28 votes.
In a similar circumstance, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege (APC, Delta Central), also floored Ike Ekweramadu, in the election of the Deputy Senate President.

Omo-Agege, whom many did not give a chance in the race, defeated Ekweramadu, the immediate past Deputy Senate President, by 68 votes to 37 votes.

The same scenario played out in the House of Representatives where Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila floored PDP’s choice and APC member-elect, Umar Bago.
Gbajabiamila secured 281 votes to Bago’s 76 in the House where PDP has 135 members.

The implication was that many PDP lawmakers defied the opposition to cast their votes for their preferred candidates.

In the race for Senate Presidency, PDP’s candidate and APC senator – Ali Ndume – did not garner the entire 44 votes of the PDP senators. Even with Ekweremadu on the ballot, the numbers still fell short of PDP’s population.

Consequently, the National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, at the PDP’s 86th National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting yesterday, described the election as a bazaar, adding that the positions went to the highest bidder.

He expressed displeasure at what it called the embarrassing roles played by some PDP members in the National Assembly during the election.

Secondus reminded the members in the National Assembly that party loyalty demands that they stick to the party at any given situation.

“When personal interest clash with party interest, personal should drown into that of the party, that’s what real democrats are expected to do,” he added.

According to the National Chairman, the level of corruption that preceded the emergence of the National Assembly leadership was capable of undermining the desired robust legislative activities.

He regretted that the APC that claimed to be fighting corruption was the one perpetrating the vote buying.
“The bazaar that took place during the election of National Assembly leaders clearly gives a picture of the anti-corruption status and how the APC has become home for looters,” Secondus stated.

He noted that the introduction of ‘green card’, ‘vote and snap’ fraud by the ruling party during the election was an unprecedented dimension to the growing corruption index of the administration.

The party chairman pointed out that the consequences “this brazen corruption would have in the legislative activities of the 9th Assembly” began with the refusal of the Senate to kill a motion to debate the June 12 speech of President Muhammadu Buhari.

“Only a conquered parliament with credibility challenge can shy away from discussing a major address of a president just sworn into office, but that is a sign of what is to come when choosing legislative leadership in heavily monetized by a regime that claims to be fighting corruption.

“Having ‘purchased’ the leadership of the parliament, we expect the cabals to now fully take over and dictate the show at the legislature,” he said.

He noted that the hopelessness in the security situation in the country was underlined in the recent statement of the military hierarchy early in the week trying to blame the soldiers for the continued Boko Haram incursions.

“This is after they had severally declared the Boko Haram sect to be technically defeated.
“The killing of soldiers and civilians by Boko Haram terrorists in the North-E

ASUU condemn sack of Nigerian prof. In Ghana.

The Academic Staff Union of Universities , University of Lagos , has described as illegal the arrest and detention of a Professor of English, Austin Nwagbara , in Ghana. 

ASUU threatened that if anything untoward happened to the don , the Ghanaian government would be held accountable.

Nwagbara was on sabbatical at the University of Education, Winneba , Ghana , when a discussion he reportedly had with some members of the Nigerian community was leaked. 

A video clip of the meeting reveals the don berating Ghanaians for mistreating Nigerians despite their contributions to Ghana ’ s economy .

He asked Nigerian media houses to investigate the allegations against the Ghanaian authorities and broadcast to embarrass the government .

After the video went viral , the Winneba University sacked him. 

In a statement by the school ’ s registrar , quoted by Ghana -based Starr News , the varsity said the don ’ s sabbatical at the school , which started in October 2018, had been terminated over the controversy. 

“ In the said video, Prof . Nwagbara makes several unsavoury , unethical and damning comments about our country , its history as well as its educational system. 

“ The university totally dissociates itself from the grossly irresponsible comments and condemns it in no uncertain terms. 

“ The university after subjecting Prof . Augustine Uzoma Nwagbara to internal disciplinary process finds him culpable of gross misconduct and has, accordingly , dismissed him , ” the statement said in part.

According to Ghana ’ s Star FM , the Ghana ’ s Majority Leader and Minister for Parliamentary Affairs , Osei Mensah -Bonsu , backed the decision of the university. 

“ We can ’ t continue to have such persons in our midst . No country will encourage that sort of a thing in its backyard, ” he said. 

The lecturer was said to have been later invited by the Criminal Investigations Department of the Ghana Police Service. 

He was reportedly accompanied by the Nigerian High Commissioner in Ghana , Ambassador Micheal Abikoye, and was allegedly subjected to hours of interrogation. 

A statement by the Head of the Public Affairs Unit of the CID , DSP Juliana Obeng, said the professor was arrested for “ offensive conduct conducive to the breach of the peace . ”

It added that he was later released on bail. 

Colleagues of Nwagbara at the UNILAG said the alleged harassment of the professor was wrong .

The UNILAG ASUU Chairman , Dele Ashiru, in a statement on Thursday , said the union received the reports of his alleged detention with “ anguish . ”

“ It is the opinion of our union that no matter how scathing the views of Professor Nwagbara may be to the authorities of the university at Winneba , the government and people of Ghana , the fact remains that Professor Nwagbara ’ s views should be viewed within the context of academic freedom guaranteed by Article 3 and 4 of the Kampala Declaration on Intellectual Freedom and Social Responsibility which states that

‘ No African intellectual shall in any way be persecuted , harassed or intimidated for reasons only of his or her intellectual work , opinions, gender , nationality or ethnicity. 

‘ Every African intellectual shall enjoy the freedom of movement within his or her country and freedom to travel outside and re - enter the country without let , hindrance or harassment. No administrative or any other action shall directly or indirectly restrict this freedom on account of a person ’ s intellectual opinions , beliefs or activity . ’

“ In the light of the above, our union condemns in absolute terms the unwarranted harassment, intimidation and illegal detention of the erudite professor . Our union calls on the authorities of the University of Education, Winneba , relevant government agencies and the people of Ghana to ensure the safety of Professor Nwagbara ’ s life and property .

“ They should take notice that should anything untoward happens to Professor Nwagbara , the authorities of the University of Wi

Data mining, Facebook allow netflix and Amazon to use private data

Facebook gave technology companies more access to personal user data than was previously made public, according to “hundreds of pages of Facebook documents” obtained by the New York Times.
Facebook’s privacy practices are the subject of an ongoing investigation by the Federal Trade Commission. Per the Times, the new records portray the “most complete picture yet” of Facebook’s practices of sharing its users’ data.


Almost every friend of Facebook users could be accessible in Microsoft Bing searches without permission, the NYT reports.
Netflix and Spotify had access to users’ Facebook messages while Amazon had user contact information and names through their Facebook friends, and even though Facebook said earlier this year that it had stopped sharing friends’ posts, Yahoo could see them “as recently as this summer.”
Facebook has been under intense scrutiny in recent months after it disclosed a major security breach that could have left as many as 50 million users’ accounts vulnerable.

Man nabbed for stealing undies in lagos

A man on Thursday was allegedly caught stealing female underwear by locals in Ikeja area of Lagos State.
According to eyewitnesses, the man was challenged to unveil what he was carrying in his bag, instead he declined and began to rain insults on his accusers.Unknown to him, he has been seen from a distance when he was removing the underwears from where they were.
Lagos residents did not give in to the man’s threat, but forcefully took the man’s bag and it was discovered that the man was in possession of female underwear.
Mayo Ojo, an eyewitness said “We were upstairs and all of a sudden, one of us, Tunde, saw a man picking up bras, pants and some clothes that were spread outside.
“When he was done, he looked in different directions to ensure that nobody saw him. As he began walking away with those items, we came down and alerted other residents, who stopped him.
“Rather than being remorseful, the man began threatening that he would deal with us for insulting him.
“When the people asked him to open the bag he was carrying, he bragged that he was going to beat them up. But when the people forced him to open the bag, they were surprised to see bras, pants and clothes in the bag.”Lagos Residents Nab Man For Stealing Female Underwear​.

Hotel staff killed while coming back from work.

Hotel workers have been accused of killing it's London returnee-owner, Mrs Abimbola Olusola, alongside one Tunji Omikunle the manager of the facility in Lagos.
A gang which included some workers of Etashol Hotel and Suites, located on Budland Street in the Ojodu Berger area of Lagos State, were accused of drugging, tying up and strangling the deceased. The hotel workers who were accused of killing the London returnee-owner who launched the business in March 2018, had issues with it.
It was learnt that some of the workers defrauded the hotel of millions of naira and two of the workers were reportedly sacked, after the police were invited to look into the matter. In an alleged revenge move, the gang said to have consisted some of the sacked workers and some still in the employment of the hotel, stormed the hotel, deactivated the Closed Circuit Television cameras on the premises, dragged the manager into a toilet, where his hands and feet were tied.
Sources claim that after Tunji was strangled, the gang proceeded to Olusola’s room and strangled the lady who stayed in the UK for 35 years before returning to Nigeria. Relatives of the victims who found their bodies at the hotel, reported the incident at Ojodu Abiodun Police Station.
A relative who pleaded anonymity, told Punch that Olusola was planning to lease out the hotel and return to London when tragedy struck.
“The incident happened on Thursday night cum Friday morning. I was called that my sister had been murdered by the boys working for her in the hotel.
“From what I learnt, the manager had dragged one of them, called Light, to a police station for involvement in fraud in the hotel. There were also cases of stealing involving these guys. Two of them were sacked.
“On Thursday night, the men tied Tunji’s hands and feet and strangled him. I think it was after they had killed Tunji that they got access to the card that opens my sister’s room. They went to her bed, tied her up and strangled her.”

Inec releases final list for 2019 general election.

The chairman of the commission, Professor Mahmood Yakubu said the list will be published in all the state offices of the commission across the country and on the commission’s website.
He said this at the swearing-in ceremony of the new Resident Electoral Commissioner in Bayelsa State, Monday Udo on Wednesday.
Professor Yakubu also noted that the commission is awaiting the confirmation and appointment of the nominee for Osun State.
He further stated that the commission has implemented 10 out of the 14 activities outlined in its scheduled programs of activities.

Bbnaija past question sold.

Big brother naija past question sold on traffic for aspiring house mate.

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