BOMB SCARE IN LAGOS

There was confusion on Thursday on the island of Lagos, following the alarm by some members of the public that somebody had planted  explosives in one of the markets.
Traders around Tinubu Market and Tom Jones Street were alerted to some bags  suspected to contain explosives and planted close to the Central Mosque in the area.
The timely arrival of policemen from Area A police command and Ebutte Ero divisional police station doused the tension, as the area was immediately cordoned off and men of the Anti-Bomb unit were invited.
The news of the explosion instantly spread like wild fire and traders had to  swiftly  relocatefrom the scene of the discovery.
Atrader at Idumota, who simply identified herself as Mummy Tope, while speaking with the Nigerian Tribune, stated that the news of the explosive really affeected traders around Idumota market.
She said: “when I got to the market, I saw that some places were deserted and I  was told that some people had planted bomb in the area.  I believed when I saw policemen there.”
She added that “ the thing really affected business around that area as people were scared to move close to that area and the police also prevented people from passing through that area
The image maker in charge of the state police command, Ngozi  Braide, while speaking on the incident, commended the people for their vigilance but denied that it was explosives.
She noted that men of the Explosive Ordinance Disposal of the Nigeria Police  were quickly drafted to the scene, adding  that it was discovered that no bomb was planted in the area.
Braide stated that the adhesive fell from somebody and that people who did not know what it was meant for raised the alarm, leading to bomb scare among many people.

Nyanya Blast Mastermind Arrested In Sudan-FG

 Federal Government Wednesday evening confirmed the arrest of Abubakar Sadiq Ogwuche, the co-mastermind of the Nyanya bombing where close to 100 persons were confirmed dead and many others wounded.

World’s top ten heaviest drinking countries revealed

Photograph by Arne Hückelheim

By Descrier

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has released a report on alcohol consumption around the world, revealing which are the world’s heaviest drinking nations.
According to the Global status report on alcohol and health 2014, Belarus tops the list as the heaviest drinkers, with Belarusians consuming an average of 17.5 litres of pure alcohol per year.
Eastern Europe and Russia make up the top of the chart, with the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Australia not even making the top ten. The UK was 17th on the list, joint with Slovenia, with the population consuming an average 11.6 litres of alcohol, a decline of 12% since 2005.
High levels of drinking can cause major health complications, as Dr Oleg Chestnov, WHO Assistant Director-General for Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health, said:

“More needs to be done to protect populations from the negative health consequences of alcohol consumption.
“The report clearly shows that there is no room for complacency when it comes to reducing the harmful use of alcohol.”

Dr Shekhar Saxena, Director for Mental Health and Substance Abuse at WHO, said:

“We found that worldwide about 16% of drinkers engage in heavy episodic drinking – often referred to as ‘binge-drinking’ – which is the most harmful to health.
“Lower-income groups are more affected by the social and health consequences of alcohol. They often lack quality health care and are less protected by functional family or community networks.”

World’s heaviest drinking countries 2014

1. Belarus – 17.5 litres
2. Republic of Moldova – 16.8 litres
3. Lithuania – 15.4 litres
4. Russian Federation – 15.1 litres
5. Romania – 14.4 litres
6. Ukraine – 13.9 litres
7. Andorra – 13.8 litres
8. Hungary – 13.3 litres
9. Czech Republic and Slovakia – 13 litres
10. Portugal – 12.9 litres

Woman sells her child for N150,000 in Enugu

A 22-year-old single mother, identified as Chinelo Ituma has been arrested by the police in Enugu State for allegedly trading off her new born baby.

DailyPost gathered that Chinelo, an indigene of Ebonyi State, residing at New Artisan Market Enugu sold the baby girl for the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand naira.

In a statement issued by the spokesman of the Enugu State Police Command, Ebere Amaraizu, DSP, he said the command has “commenced a full scale investigation into the alleged incident of human trafficking/selling of baby.

“The mother of the three months baby girl, a 22 year old woman identified as one Chinelo Ituma from Mgbo Town in Ebonyi State but residing at New Artisan Market Enugu, sold the child to one Maria Asomba from Ubahu Okija in Anambra State, who lives in Asaba”.

He added that “before then, one Esther Obi from Nise in Awka South, residing at woliwo in Onitsha had earlier collected the sum of four hundred and thirty thousand naira from one Nkechi Uzochukwu from Ezegbogu Aboh Mbaise as payment for the same baby”.

DailyPost learnt that Uzochukwu opted for buying a child after 10 years of childless marriage.
Amaraizu further stated that “the baby girl was eventually bought from Chinelo Ituma, who gave birth out of wedlock and who also claimed that she cannot handle the child’s upbringing.

“She eventually sold the baby girl to Maria, who resold the child to Nkechi Uzochukwu.

“All the suspects are now helping the police in their investigations as the baby girl has also been recovered by the operatives”.

 

World Cup: Nigeria Supporters club demand 62m condoms

The Nigeria Football  Supporters Club (NFSSC) on Monday demanded for the provision of 62 million condoms for fans attending the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.

If i may ask, are they going to sell the condoms or use them. If they are going to use them what is the sharing ration of the condom per person, per day

Na wa o. Any way body no be wood and prevention is better than....... sorry AIDS no get cure.

U.S. says deploys surveillance aircraft over Nigeria to find girls

 

 (Reuters) - The United States has deployed manned surveillance aircraft over Nigeria and is sharing satellite imagery with the Nigerian government to find more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by Islamist insurgents, a senior Obama administration official said on Monday.
"We have shared commercial satellite imagery with the Nigerians and are flying manned ... assets over Nigeria with the government's permission," the official said.
The United States has sent military, law-enforcement and development experts to Nigeria to help search for the missing girls who were kidnapped from a secondary school in Chibok in remote northeastern Nigeria on April 14.
Last week, U.S. Undersecretary for Africa Linda Thomas-Greenfield told Reuters in an interview that Nigeria had requested surveillance and intelligence from the United States. .
Both Nigeria and the United States have said they do not know the whereabouts of the girls, although Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has said he believes they are still in Nigeria.

Author who made up Holocaust memoir told to repay $22.5 mn

Citizen

The author of a global best-selling Holocaust memoir who later admitted it was pure fantasy has been ordered by a US court to repay $22.5 million to her publisher.