Thursday 6 August 2015

The Deplorable state of Owerri-Aba Road, Ugwunagbor, Abia State

This is the deplorable state of Owerri-Aba Road, Ugwunagbor, Aba, Abia State. It's learnt that this road links the road to the home of a former Minister of Labour and Productivity, Hon. Emeka Nwogu. More photos after the cut..

 







12 year old calls 911 from closet during home invasion

A 12 year old Arizona boy hid in the closet as two men invaded his family’s home, a recently released 911 call reveals.
The boy, who was not identified, can be heard on the call telling the 911 operator to “Please get help,” as the suspected burglars kicked in the back door of his Scottsdale home on Monday.
“They're trying to break down the door right now…I can hear them,” the boy says on the call.
“I think they might be inside,” he says, also whispering that he is in a bedroom closet. “Please send help.”
The suspects first knocked on the door of the boy’s home Monday morning, but the 12-year-old did not answer.
The boy, who was home alone at the time, listened to the suspects rummage around his house for 15 minutes while the 911 operator stayed on the phone as his lifeline.
“Does it still sound like they’re in the bedroom with you,” the 911 operator asks.
“No, I think they’re in the kitchen right now,” the boy responds.
The scary situation turned even more terrifying when the boy came face-to-face with the suspects.
“Please don’t hurt me,” the boy says.
“Did they open the door,” the 911 operator asks.
“Yes, they’re running. They’re running ... they saw me. ... What do I do? What do I do?,” the boy replies.
 
By the time the suspects left the boy’s home, police had the home surrounded.
 
According to the Scottsdale Police Department, Robbie Jay Johnson Jr., 36, and Cole Austin Lewallen, 31, were arrested and charged with multiple felonies.
 
Investigators say both men have criminal records.
 
The boy was not hurt in the incident.
 
 
ABC News

The Game sued by contestant on his new reality show on sexual assault charges

The Game is reportedly being accused of sexual assault by a contestant on his new dating reality show She's Got Game.
The 35-year-old rapper is being sued for $10 million by the alleged victim, Priscilla Rainey, who filed the lawsuit in an Illinois federal court.


According to a lawsuit filed in federal court in Illinois,Rainey says Game was "out of control," drunk, and on drugs. Rainey said she was hired to be on the show earlier in the year and that the alleged incident happened on May 22 and that she had been filming a scene at a sports bar with The Game.

She says over the course of the evening, Game sexually assaulted her several times ... including "forcefully reaching his hand inside her dress to rub her bare vagina and buttocks."
 

Lecturer rapes 18- year-old female seeking admission in Unilag

A part-time lecturer at the University of Lagos, Akoka, Afeez Baruwa, has been arrested by the police in Lagos for allegedly raping an 18-year-old girl, identified as Caroline (not her real name).
 
It was learnt that the victim, who was reportedly raped inside a study room, was seeking admission into the University.

Baruwa who was arrested by the Surulere Police Division on Monday, August 3 told the police in his statement that the sexual intercourse was by mutual consent, insisting that he did not rape the victim.
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Caroline got to know the lecturer through her Dad because they both belonged to the same landlords’ association in the Abesan, Ipaja area.
It was gathered that the victim’s father had allowed her daughter to follow the lecturer on July 23, to UNILAG for an admission process.
According to reports, Baruwa allegedly took the girl inside one of the study halls, bolted the door, and raped her.
After the incident, Caroline, who told her parents about the rape, was taken to a non-governmental organisation, Mirabel Centre, where she was tested and the medical result reportedly confirmed that the teenager had been raped.
 
After the confirmation, Caroline was taken to the Lagos State Office of the Public Defender, where the matter was reported at the police station. Baruwa was subsequently arrested.
 
A police source in Surulere said:
“The suspect is actually a friend of the father of the girl. The girl had written the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, and she needed assistance with the post-UTME.
“So, the father sent her to meet and discuss with the lecturer.
“But, it turned out that on July 23 when the girl visited the suspect, he raped the girl in the study room.
“The suspect confessed to the act, but his claim is that the sex was by mutual consent.”
The Director of the Office of the Public Defender, Mrs. Omotola Rotimi, said the OPD would write a letter to the UNILAG Vice-Chancellor on the incident, so as to ensure that such did not happen again to anyone.
She said,
“The victim’s father wanted the lecturer to assist with his daughter’s admission. On the fateful day, the girl left with the lecturer as early as 5.30am, and they got to the school at about 7am.
“No one had arrived at the hall except a woman. While the exams had yet to start, he raped her. She went home, and the father found out that her daughter had been raped. He took her to the Mirabel Centre, which then informed the OPD.
“The centre also contacted the police at the Surulere and Isokoko divisions, and the suspect was arrested.
“We are going to defend the girl, and we are writing the VC. The suspect is said to be in the Department of Accounting. He claimed the sex was consensual, but that is not a defence.”
Baruwa, who is currently in custody, will be charged to court on today, Thursday, Aug 6th.

The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Patricia Amadin, confirmed the arrest.
She said:
“The suspect claims to be a part-time lecturer, but not an employee of the University of Lagos.
“He has confessed to the crime and the medical result proved same.”
 
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Lagos releases N11bn to pay pensioners

The Lagos State Government has released N11bn to pay off pension liabilities in arrears in the state since 2010 to date.
The Head of Service, Mrs. Folashade Jaji, on Wednesday in Alausa, Ikeja, said the state Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, had directed that the sum should be used to pay the pension liabilities of the Lagos State Government mainstream retirees and the retirees in local governments areas.

 
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Jaji said,
“The development is part of efforts put in place by the present administration to find a holistic solution to the issue of payment of pension entitlements to retirees under the pay-as-you-go pension scheme which was discontinued in April 2007, as well as outstanding accrued pension rights due to retirees under the contributory pension scheme.
The Head of Service said the government had developed a comprehensive payment plan to resolve all outstanding pension issues in the short, medium and long terms.
 
She said:
“The short or immediate term plan is for pension payments to ministries, departments and agencies and parastatals, including local government areas and SUBEB, which will be made monthly commencing from August, 2015.”
Jaji said the efforts were the outcome of painstaking deliberations by the Public Service Pensions Office, the Lagos State Pensions Commission, the Head of Service and the governor to “reduce, if not totally clear,” the outstanding liabilities due to retirees the Lagos State public sector.
 
 
Punch.

Busta Rhymes arrested and charged with assault

Rapper Busta Rhymes was arrested and charged with assault after he threw a protein drink at a worker at a Chelsea gym last night, cops said.

The 43-year-old whose real name is Trevor Tahiem Smith Jr., threw the cardboard Lean Body protein drink container during a dispute with the employee at the Steel Gym around 8:30 p.m., police said.

The bottle hit the worker in the back of the head but the employee was not seriously injured.

Several witnesses said the 2 had been at odds in the past and questioned why Busta was arrested.

The star was charged with assault in the second degree after his arrest and it is believed that he is still in jail.

Busta Rhymes' lawyer says: 'This is another attempt to take advantage of Busta's celebrity status.'

NY Daily 

NEMA warns Nigerians to prepare for drought

 
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) yesterday advised Nigerians to prepare for possible drought all over the country.

NEMA’s warning followed the prediction of heavy rainfall by the Nigeria Meteorological Agency (NIMET). The North West coordinator of NEMA, Musa Illalah, gave the advice in Kaduna during a workshop on liquid and solid waste management in the context of flood mitigation.

Represented by the director, Administration of the agency, Amina Ahman, Illalah said the implication of the NIMET alert was because there may be excessive rainfall hence, states in the North ought to anticipate drought.
He said:
“The implication is that there might be water surplus and increase in stream flow which will affect dams storage for municipal water supply, may affect hydro power generation and irrigation.
“Therefore, the development and regular maintenance of dams for dry season irrigation and water supply must be accorded high priority during this time.
“In the same vein, there may be shortage of rainfall; we must also be prepared for drought and the mitigation of its impact.’’
He said that the workshop was to articulate the problem of solid waste management which exacerbate negative impact of flooding in the country.
The coordinator urged the participants to develop effective and efficient management model through collaboration with all stakeholders in order to address the problem.

Shehu advised residents to stop developing houses on water ways and to always maintain their drains to avert flooding.


The Leadership 

Drone drops drugs into Prison yard,sparks a fight

Officials say a drone dropped a package of drugs into an Ohio prison yard while inmates were outside, sparking a fight.
The package was dropped July 29 at the Mansfield Correctional Institution, in Ohio. A spokeswoman for the Department of Rehabilitation and Correction says it contained almost a quarter of an ounce of heroin, over 2 ounces of marijuana and more than 5 ounces of tobacco.
Officials say video footage shows the drone over recreation yards immediately before a fight began.

An investigation determined the drone dropped a package intended for an inmate on the north recreation yard, and it was thrown over a fence to the south recreation yard.
The inmates were separated and searched. No injuries were reported.


Huffington Post 

Cincinnati man shoots at 1-year-old boy, is shot by man with a gun

A 62-year-old man with a gun in each hand fired at 4 people, including a 1-year-old boy, before a civilian with a concealed carry permit returned fire and wounded the shooter.
The shooter, Thomas McCary is being held without bond on 4 counts of felonious assault.
McCary was arguing with a woman around 8 p.m. Sunday night and, when the woman’s brother, Patrick Ewing, approached, McCary pulled out a .38-caliber handgun and fired 3 shots at him, Cincinnati police said.

Fortunately, Ewing didn’t get hit, but he did get his own gun and returned fire, wounding McCary in the leg. Ewing had a permit to carry a concealed weapon.

Injured, McCary went into his house to get a second gun and, holding a weapon in each hand, he fired 3 more shots in the direction of the woman, Jeaneta Walker, her 1-year-old son and a 3rd man.

Ewing fired at McCary again to try to distract him as the victims fled indoors.

McCary squeezed off a few more rounds, hitting no one, before withdrawing into his apartment.
McCary was taken to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center, where he was arrested at 2:30 a.m.

He was treated, released and booked into the Hamilton County Jail by 3:42 a.m. McCary is scheduled to face a judge.


Cincinnati.com 

Job-Link Recruitment Organises Oil and Gas Open Week

Job-Link Recruitment Services invites all interested candidates to attend an Oil and Gas Open Week from Thursday 6th August till Thursday 20th August at its head office on 8 Kingsway Road, Ikoyi, Lagos.

All registered members of Job-Link as well as new job seekers can attend and attendance is free.

Job-Link is one of Nigeria's fastest growing social enterprises in the human resources sector. The company focuses on connecting candidates with non-managerial jobs in top companies as well as building the skill set of its members through employability trainings, career counselling and other services. Registration can be completed at our centre on 8 Kingsway Road, Ikoyi, Lagos or online at www.joblinknigeria.com