591 Recruits Graduated From The Nigerian Air Force Ground Training Centre Over The Weekend

A total of 591 recruits passed out over the weekend from the Nigerian Air Force Ground Training Centre, Kaduna having successfully completed their initial 6-month military training. The new entrants into the Nigerian Air Force constitute the Basic Military training course 35/2016, have all been assigned specialist trades and posted to NAF formations across the country pending the time they would be programmed for specialist training.

Addressing the recruits during their passing out parade attended by Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Baba Abubakar urged the recruits to brace up for the challenges ahead in their call to duty. He informed the passing out recruits that military service is not just a means of livelihood, but a clarion call to serve the fatherland, and which sometimes may require making the supreme sacrifice.

Court Dismisses FFK's Suit Challenging His Detention By EFCC, Says EFCC Has Right To Detain Him

Justice Olukayode Adeniyi of a Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed the fundamental human rights enforcement suit filed by Femi Fani-Kay‎ode, challenging his detention by EFCC. Fani-Kayode who was arrested on May 9th, asked the court to release him from EFCC custody as his continuous detention was unconstitutional. The presiding judge, while delivering his judgement this afternoon, said FFK's detention was not illegal since it was backed by an order of court.

Fani-Kayode alongside former Minister of Finance, Nenadi Usman were arraigned in court yesterday over and N4.9 billion fraud.

Robbers Kill Final Year Student Of Niger Delta University, Bayelsa

A final year student of Niger Delta University in Bayelsa state, Obele Wilson, was shot and killed by armed robbers during an attack on banks along the Sani Abacha Expressway, Yenagoa, the state capital yesterday June 28th.

The robbers somehow gained access into one of the banks were the deceased was doing a transaction, where he and other bank customers were ordered to bring out all their cash and other valuables...

An eye-witness claimed Wilson argued with the robbers after which he was shot at close range. He died before medical help could get to him. His remains has been deposited at the state owned morgue.  May his soul rest in peace, amen!

Kwara State Local Govt Workers Protest Over The Non-Payment Of Their Salaries

Local government workers in Kwara State went to their Governor's office in Ilorin today, to protest over the non-payment of their salaries. According to reports, the government is not only owning salaries to local government workers, but also other public servants. See more pictures below

U.S First Lady Michelle Obama, Daughters In Africa To Promote Girls’ Education

America’s first lady, Michelle Obama, her mother, Marian Robinson and her daughters Sasha and Malia are in Africa to promote girls’ education with her signature “Let Girls Learn” campaign.

MARRAKECH, MOROCCO – JUNE 28: The US President Barrack Obama’ s wife Michelle Obama delivers a speech during a program held for girls whose education is interrupted in Marrakech, Morocco on June 28, 2016.

The aim of Michelle’s trip is to tackle the exclusion of girls in education worldwide. “We will emerge together as a group of women to tackle this exclusion,” Michelle said during a talk on the Let Girls Learn Initiative.

On Monday, they visited a leadership camp for girls in Liberia, urging the teens to keep fighting to stay in school.

“I’m just so thrilled to be here with you. I’m here to shine a big bright light on you,” Michelle told the girls.

The First Lady also visited the Moroccan city of Marrakech, where she met with King Mohammed VI‘s wife Princess Lalla Selma.


MARRAKECH, MOROCCO – JUNE 28: The US President Barrack Obama’ s wife Michelle Obama (L) speaks with Princess Lalla Salma of Morocco (R) upon her arrival at the Menara Airport in Marrakech, Morocco on June 28, 2016. Michelle Obama arrived in Marrakech to promote the education of girls.

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Instanbul Airport Attack Leaves Atleast 36 Dead And Dozens Injured

A gun and bomb attack on Istanbul's Ataturk international airport has killed 36 people and injured about 90.



Three attackers opened fire near an entry point to the terminal and blew themselves up after police fired at them, officials say.
Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said early signs suggested the so-called Islamic State was behind the attack.
Recent bombings in Turkey have been linked to either IS or Kurdish separatists.
Tuesday's attack looks like a major co-ordinated assault, says the BBC's Mark Lowen.

Ataturk airport was long seen as a vulnerable target, our Turkey correspondent adds, reporting from a plane stuck on the tarmac in Istanbul.
There are X-ray scanners at the entrance to the terminal but security checks for cars are limited.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the attack should serve as a turning point in the global fight against militant groups.

"The bombs that exploded in Istanbul today could have gone off at any airport in any city around the world," he said.
The US called the attack "heinous", and said saying America remained "steadfast in our support for Turkey".
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said: "We grieve for the victims. We stand by Turkey".

Media captionWill Carter, eyewitness: "We saw a flash of fire"
He also said foreigners were likely to be among the dead.
Flights in and out of the airport were suspended after the attack.
The US Federal Aviation Administration grounded all flights between the US and Istanbul.
Taxis were used to rush casualties to hospital after the attack.
Eyewitness Paul Roos told the Associated Press news agency that he was due to fly home to South Africa when the attackers struck.
"We came up from the arrivals to the departures, up the escalator when we heard these shots going off," he said.
"There was this guy going roaming around, he was dressed in black and he had a handgun."

Charles Michel, the Prime Minister of Belgium whose capital city was targeted by bombers in March, tweeted from the EU summit in Brussels: "Our thoughts are with the victims of the attacks at Istanbul's airport. We condemn these atrocious acts of violence."

In December, a blast on the tarmac at a different Istanbul airport, Sabiha Gokcen, killed a cleaner. That attack was claimed by a Kurdish group, the Kurdistan Freedom Falcons (TAK).

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Fleeing Boko Haram Terrorists Now Disguise As Vigilantes And Hunters - DHQ

Defence Headquarters on Monday said it has discovered that Boko Haram terrorists fleeing from Sambisa Forest now disguise as vigilantes and hunters in order to evade arrest. Below is the statement issued by the Director of Defence Information, Bri.-Gen. Rabe Abubakar, in Abuja:

"Following the coordinated military offensive against the remnants of Boko Haram Terrorists in Sambisa forest, the fleeing terrorists now disguise as vigilantes or hunters to evade easy detection. The terrorists, after being smoked out of Sambisa forest, in their desperation to wreak havoc on innocent Nigerians and to remain relevant, devised a new tactics of dressing like vigilantes or hunters to deceive unsuspecting members of the public of their true identity.
The case of Kuda-Kaya village in Madadali community of Adamawa State where a group of Boko Haram terrorists, dressed like vigilantes, opened fire on elated people during a ceremony readily come to mind.
The general public is hereby advised to be wary of unsubscribed services or presence of vigilantes or hunters in their neighbourhood in order not to ignorantly harbour killer gang in their midst. Members of the public are also advised to be security conscious, at all times, and report promptly to security agencies of any suspicious persons or group of persons in their community or raise alarm, where necessary"

16 Year Old Homeless High School Student Graduates Two Years Early With College Scholarship

Resilient Washington, DC resident, 16-year-old Destyni Tyree who lives in a homeless shelter with her mum recently overcame extraordinary odds to not only graduate from high school two years ahead of schedule with a 4.0 grade point average, but she also received an academic scholarship to college.Destyni and her family were forced to make the shelter their home after her mother lost her job a few years ago, but the hard-working teenager refused to let her situation affect her. She said she used her unfortunate circumstances as motivation rather than letting it get her down.

Destyni said:
"I don't want to live in a shelter when I get older". "I want to better my life, so that gave me the drive to do what I want to do," she told NBC 4 Washington.
With the outstanding support of her mother and the principal of her school, Destyni worked hard to meet and exceed her goal of graduating two years early.

Destyni plans to attend Potomac State University later this year, but is still saving up money for additional educational expenses not covered in her scholarship, like the cost of books.

Her mum said she is very proud of Destyni's achievement.

President Buhari Dines With Nigeria's Business Leaders

President Buhari broke the Ramadan Fast yesterday evening with Business Leaders; Femi Otedola, Mrs Folorunsho Alakija, Tony Elumelu, Aliko Dangote, Jim Ovia, Wale Tinubu and others, at the State House, Abuja.

AMCON Takes Over AfriJet Airlines Over Unpaid Debt

The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) on Friday continued its debt recovery drive by taking over the assets of some big debtors.

Pursuant to the order of Justice Chuka Obiozor of the Federal High Court, Lagos Division, AMCON took over the assets of Afrijet Airlines Limited owned by Vitalis Ibe, over a debt of almost N10billion.
AMCON had purchased the bank assets sometime in 2011 from the defunct FinBank and Bank PHB.

The court order also affected Mr. Ibe’s Continental Aviation Services Limited for which Gbolahan Elias, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, has since been appointed Receiver/Manager.

On Friday, the Receiver/Manager took possession of Afrijet Plaza, the corporate head office of the airlines located on Sheraton-Opebi Link Road Ikeja, Opebi, Lagos, along with another asset located at Plot 22, Jimoh Odutola Street, off Eric Moore Road, Surulere, Lagos, as well as Mr. Ibe’s office at the Airport.
The court had ordered the takeover of other offices, branches, stores, warehouses, factories belonging to Mr. Ibe, wherever they may be to help recover the debt.


While granting the order on the application by counsel to AMCON, Justice Obiozor restrained Mr. Ibe and his companies, directors, agents, servants and/or privies from operating, withdrawing from or otherwise tampering with the funds belonging to and/or deposited in any of his bank accounts in Nigeria.
Negotiations on the debt have gone on with AMCON for a long time.

To enforce the order, the court also ordered the police authorities in Lagos State to assist the Receiver/Manager and the bailiffs of the Federal High Court in doing their job.

Afrijet Airlines formally operated from the NAHCO Building in the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Ikeja, Lagos, was also a cargo operator  in the Democratic Republic of Congo.


Afrijet Airlines still maintains an aviation maintenance shop with its sister company, Elite Aviation.

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Notorious Awawa Gang Arrested By Operatives Of Lagos State Task Force

A suspected member of the notorious Awawa gang, 30 year old Jimoh Sanni, alias Last Born, who specialises in harassing and raping young girls, has been arrested by operatives of Lagos State Task Force alongside 14 others after they received intelligence report on the activities of the notorious gang. The operation that got the gang apprehended took place at midnight and was led by SP Olayinka Egbeyemi.Sanni, after his arrest confessed that he has raped over five girls within the Dopemu area of Agege, Lagos State.
Sanni said:
“I live at 4, Akinlabi Street, Agbotikuyo, in Agege. “I am from Okene in Kogi State. I am a sectional head of Awawa Boys and have raped more than five girls around Dopemu area. My gang has burgled many shops at Aluminium Village and sold Indian hemp at beer parlours and night clubs at N100 per wrap before we go for our usual night robbery operations.
“We collect N2,000 to N3,000 everyday from individual aluminium shop owner at Dopemu area and that they buy Indian hemp from another Awawa Boys kingpin named Olata, at Oloosha area at Mushin.”
The other suspects arrested alongside Sanni are 29 year old Ajayi Babatunde Lukumon; 24 year old Ajose Anthony; 32 year old Adebayo Nurudeen; 38 year old Olayemi Lasege; 23 year old Sanusi Afeez; 30 year old Popoola Fatai; 27 year old Popoola Yakubu; 20 year old Ajibade Oluwafemi; 33 year old Opeye-mi Oluwasola; 21 year old Adewunmi Oluwatobi; 25 year old Akerele Sunday; 32 year old Timothy Ogar; 21 year old Actor Amechi; 30 year old Jimoh Sanni and 27 year old Owolabi Adediran.

Alhaji Musibaudeen Popoola, 66, who is the father of two of the suspects, Popoola Fatai and Popoola Yakubu said:
“I found it extremely difficult to believe when I was told that two of my sons were among those arrested members of Awawa Boys.
“I only came, as a disciplined father, to tell them that the end has come. It is going to be a big lesson to other children that they must obey their parents.”


Source: Vanguard

Siblings Attacked By Suspected Cultists In Makurdi, Benue State

Three children of a pastor were on Thursday, June 23 attacked by suspected cultists near Benue State University second campus in Makurdi.

The victims, who are children of NKST Church pastor, Reverend Akpen Leva reportedly confronted a group of suspected cult boys who had earlier snatched the phone of the youngest sibling and the cultists attacked them with machetes.

The siblings sustained various degrees of injury and were rushed to the Benue State University Teaching Hospital were they are currently receiving treatment.

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, who paid a visit at the hospital condemned the attacks and assured that the culprits will be immediately arrested and charged.


Source: Benue News

Legendary Street Fashion Photographer, Bill Cunningham Dies At 87

NEW YORK, NY – SEPTEMBER 15: Photographer Bill Cunningham attends Rodarte Spring 2016 during New York Fashion Week at Center 548 on September 15, 2015 in New York City.

Bill Cunningham, the street-style photographer whose photo essays for The New York Times memorialized trends ranging from fanny packs to Birkin bags, gingham shirts and fluorescent biker shorts, died in New York on Saturday (26th June 2016). He was 87.

He had been hospitalized recently after having a stroke. His death was confirmed by The New York Times.

One of the pioneers of street style photos, known for his blue jacket, capturing well-heeled philanthropists at play and ardent fashionistas dressed for work or shopping. “We all dress for Bill,” Vogue’s Anna Wintour once said in a documentary film made about the iconic street style photographer titled ‘Bill Cunningham New York‘.

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According to The New York Times, where he worked for nearly 40 years,

“He didn’t go to the movies. He didn’t own a television. He ate breakfast nearly every day at the Stage Star Deli on West 55th Street, where a cup of coffee and a sausage, egg and cheese could be had until very recently for under $3. He lived until 2010 in a studio above Carnegie Hall amid rows and rows of file cabinets, where he kept all of his negatives. He slept on a single-size cot, showered in a shared bathroom and, when he was asked why he spent years ripping up checks from magazines, he said: “Money’s the cheapest thing. Liberty and freedom is the most expensive.”

Photo Credit: Ben Gabbe/Getty Images
Sources: The New York Times, Vogue

Actress Iyabo Ojo Says Her EX Married Her Because She Was Pregnant..

Divorced Yoruba star actress, Iyabo Ojo, has given her opinion on broken marriages even as she stressed that her failed marriage had nothing to do with her acting profession.

She added that there are various reasons people get married.

In a chat with Hip TV, the actress majorly said, “If I had problems with my marriage, it had nothing to do with my acting profession.
“I wasn’t even a star when I got married. And when I got out of my marriage, I still wasn’t a star. Up until I got married, I’d only featured in one film, Satanic, and I pulled out of the industry the moment I got married.


“So I wasn’t acting in those years that I was married. I was a full-time housewife and businesswoman. I actually chose to come back into acting because I had started having issues with my marriage and knew it wasn’t making me happy.
“And I knew that wasn’t the way I wanted to live my life. Yes, there are lots of problems in celebrity marriages; and the reason is that as celebrities, we live in our own world.

“We work hard a lot, moving from one location to the other; and usually when a female in the industry meets a male guy who just comes from the blues, he usually comes with a lot of loaded lies and sweeps some of these colleagues of mine off their feet.

“And they in turn are not patient enough to study these guys well enough, because ‘society expects them to be married. So people tend to marry for specific reasons, and as far as I am concerned, you mustn’t be able to define the reason you love someone to the extent of marriage.

“Once you get married for a reason, then there is a problem. I got married because I was pregnant. That was a reason. My husband married me because I was pregnant for him; that was also a reason. Most men get married to ladies in the industry because of the celebrity aura around them, only to realise that there is a lot to marriage than that.

“They also discover that in reality, these ladies aren’t as perfect as the screens project them and then the men cannot get used to the ego that comes with the profession and typically want to be the man and break those wings. And if the woman is such that wouldn’t be tamed, then there is a crisis and a collision,” the  actress added.


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Unilever PLC Launches Lipton Ramadan Campaign Across Nigeria

Ramadan is here again! As Muslims all over the world including Nigeria, embark on the annual Ramadan fast, Unilever Nigeria Plc. is encouraging consumers to take action in line with the spirit of Ramadan through the just launched Ramadan campaign for her flagship Lipton Yellow Label tea brand.


The Lipton Ramadan campaign is about encouraging our Muslim brothers and sisters to #ThinkLessDoMore by taking actual, concrete actions this season without expecting anything in return. The campaign kicked off first week in June with some popular social media celebrities using the hashtag #ThinkLessDoMore on their twitter and Instagram handles and this will continue through the Ramadan period on television, radio, social media and other communication channels.

Speaking about the rationale behind the campaign during one of the mosque activation at Markaz Central Mosque Agege, the Category Manager Tea and Spreads, Vivian Ihaza explained that the Ramadan period is a very important one for Muslim Lipton consumers across Nigeria. It is not only a time of reflection and prayers but also a time to reach out to someone in need. She added that
 “It is a fundamental human truth that we all have good intentions and thoughts that are related to social goodness but most times, our busy lives get in the way of turning these thoughts into actions”.
This week, the Lipton mobile Ramadan lounge is stationed at select mosques in Lagos, Abuja and Kaduna, where refreshments are being provided to Muslim faithful’s at IFTAR every evening. There was a lot of excitement and smiles on the faces of the Muslim faithful’s, as they received their refreshments from the Brand Ambassadors.
As the Lipton Brand Manager, TayoAdesokan also pointed out, “It’s not just about Lipton preaching but also taking concrete actions too. This is Lipton’s way of also “Doing” in line with the campaign idea”.
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See below pictures from the Lipton Ramadan Campaign activations in various mosques in Lagos, Abuja and Kaduna:

Unilever’s Brand Building Director Food, Mrs. NsimaOgedi-Alakwe engaging with Consumers at a Lipton Ramadan Lounge in Lagos.

Category Manager, Tea & Spreads, Vivian Ihaza being interviewed by Channels TV

Brand Manager Lipton, AdetayoAdesokan, presenting a gift to the representative of the Chief Imam of National Mosque FCT Abuja.


                             

                                                   Lipton Brand Ambassadors in Jos


                 Muslim faithfuls queuing up to collect their refreshments at the Lipton Lounge

Field Sales Manager GbengaFolorunsho, presenting a gift to the representative of the chief Imam of Jos Central Mosque, AlhajiSamboShuaib


               

 Muslim faithfuls in Jos with their refreshments from Lipton Yellow Label

                                     Muslim faithfuls at Oluyole Central Mosque, Ibadan.

   

The National Mosque Executive Secretary Alhaji Ibrahim Jeda, being interviewed by AIT.

 The National Mosque Executive Secretary Alhaji Ibrahim Jeda, handing out refreshments to Muslims in the Lipton lounge at Iftar.


                             

  Muslim faithfuls queuing up in Abuja at the Lipton Lounge.

                             

A gift being presented to the mosque representative in Kaduna

               

  A Muslim faithful appreciating the brand for the refreshment given to him at Iftar.

Muslim faithfuls queuing up to collect their refreshments at the Lipton Lounge.


 

    Muslim faithfuls queuing up at the National mosque Abuja to collect their refreshments at Iftar.

Lipton Activation Team presenting a gift to the Chief Imam in Sultan Bello Mosque, Kaduna.