Diamond Bank apologizes to Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa

The bank apologized in two dailies today for erroneously including her name as a director in a company owing their bank.

Photos: 23 year old Benue State first female Nigerian pilot

Rosemary Sugh, a 23-year old graduate of Nigerian College of Aviation Technology, Zaria, was born on November 14, 1992...and according to an interview she granted last year, she has flown three planes so far, a TD9, a TD20, and a Multi Engine, B68. Speaking about why she became a pilot, Rosemary, who is from Kwande local government area of Benue state. said;

It was my childhood determination. When I look up and see planes flying and making noise , I was like, God, I have to be a pilot. And it helped me in the sense that the kind of movies I watched, one of the movies was Starship Trooper. There was a lot of discouragement from my parents and other people. They assumed that if you are a lady and you are a pilot, you may not marry, you can’t cope with marriage. So, when I saw a lady in that Starship Trooper, I was moved. I said wow, if this girl can fly, then I can fly. And I put it into prayers, despite all the obstacles and discouragement."

Photos: Nicki Minaj gets a necklace from Meek Mill on stage

Nicki Minaj got something that looked like a Diamond necklace while she was on stage during her Pink Tour with beau, Meek Mill. The advantage of dating a boss-lady. You get to go on a tour...lol. More photos after the cut...

Khloe Kardashian raves about leggings made by a Nigerian business woman

This is really new and it's amazing that it got to Khloe Kardashian. According to Khloe on Instagram ' these Babies will suck you in and make your curves look amazing '. The point is, the cinch leggings is made by a Nigerian Entrepreneur and thus far it got to a Kardashian with an amazing testimonial which simply reflects it's originality. They made these babies right.

5 boys selected for advanced football training in England at the C.O.D/Bolton Summer Soccer Camp

5 boys have been selected to take part in an international football training camp featuring players from all over the world at the just concluded 5th C.O.D United/Bolton Summer soccer camp.

Held at the City Turf football pitch, the training camp was facilitated by a joint team of specialist youth team coaches Tony Kelly and Daniel Clarke from the Bolton Wanderers youth setup and C.O.D United youth team coaches.

Attended by over 50 young boys and a girl, the non-residential camp lasted 6 days and featured the latest drills in ball control, drilling, passing and movement, coordination and balance as well as in-class sessions. Speaking on the camp, Danny Clarke said he was very impressed with how quickly the children soaked in the knowledge being passed on.

Participating kids with their certificate of participation and medals

“We have had a great time passing knowledge on to the kids and seeing them make such a great improvement in such a short space of time was really fantastic. The kids have enjoyed themselves and they have picked up valuable lessons that will improve them as players. They have also made new friends and learnt a thing or two about discipline, excellence and teamwork. In all, I can say the camp is a huge success.”

Chief Executive of the club, Shola Opaleye also expressed satisfaction with the camp. “I am happy at how everything went at this camp. I am even happier that we are using football to teach these young ones our values as clue which is Displine, Integrity, Excellence and Teamwork. If you look carefully, these values are important for success not just in football but in any productive endeavour In essence, in own way, we are contributing to preparing our young ones for successful careers in whatever field they find themselves by teaching them the right values through an activity they love;football.

A lot of the parents are very happy and the young kids had a great time too so for us, it is mission accomplished and we are already planning and looking forward to the one in December.” A cross section of the parents interviewed said they were happy their children attended the camp and look forward to subsequent camps. “I must commend C.O.D United FC.

The week has been very impactful. I would also suggest that the event should take place every school holiday” said one excited parent. Another parent was amazed by the improvement in her child within a few days. She said “the event has been a wonderful program for my son and his siblings because he has developed some new skills during this camp and they thoroughly enjoyed themselves. I appreciate the management of the club for making this happen.”

CEO of C.O.D United, Shola Opaleye flanked by coaches Tony Kelly and Daniel Clarke of Bolton Wanderers 

Football Club.

Asked her own opinion about the camp, a mother said she was very happy mainly because her child told her he has had a taste of what professional football in Europe can be just by being at the camp. "He told me this the closest thing to playing in Europe in terms of organisation, facilities and quality of coaching." So far, 14 boys have enjoyed advanced football training at Bolton Wanderers' world class training facilities in England through the soccer camps.

A product of the camp, Nansel Selboh also made the provisional list of the 2013 World Cup winning U-17 team and has since started a professional football career in the United States of America. The 6th camp in the series which will hold from December 13th to 19th 2015.

Saraki's visit to Maiduguri not for 2019 presidential bid - Senate

The Senate has discredited claims in some quarters that Senate president Bukola Saraki's visit to some IDP camps in Maiduguri, Borno state on Monday August 3rd was geared towards his alleged presidential aspiration in 2019. Speaking through its chairman on publicity, Senator Dino Melaye, the senate said there was no truth in the claim.

“It is myopic to say the visit has a link with 2019. The visit was not the making of the Senate president but the resolution of the Senate during a plenary last week. The visit has nothing to do with the ambition of the Senate president.
The visit was as a result of the motion moved by Senator George Thompson Sekibo of Rivers East Senatorial District on the Boko Haram insurgency. It was during the debate at the floor that Senate resolved that a delegation led by the Senate president should visit the North East states,” he said.

Cultural appropriation - White girl posts a photo of her braids with an apology

This is what she tweeted as she shared a photo of herself in braids in Barbados...and she got really positive responses



Cultural appropriation according to Wikipedia "is the adoption or use of elements of one culture by a member or members of a different culture"

The girl probably apologized in order to avoid a backlash from Black twitter. Some white girls have been previously attacked online by Black twitter for wearing braids and corn-rows because, according to them; braids are part of black culture and therefore should not be worn by whites.

But her apology was unnecessary as no black was offended by it. 

Photos: Senior British Military officers visit to DHQ

                  

Senior British military officers led by British Deputy Chief of Defence Staff on Military Strategy and Operations, Lieutenant General Gordon Messenger, yesterday August 6th paid a courtesy call on the Nigeria Chief of Defence Staff, Major General Gabriel Olonisakin at the Defence HQ, Abuja.

The British military hierarchy pledged Britain's continued support to the Nigerian military in the fight against Boko Haram. More photos from the meeting after the cut...

NAFDAC discovers Factory with expired canned food in Lagos

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), on Thursday said it had uncovered an illegal factory within the Trade Fair Complex in Lagos loaded with various expired canned food.

The agency’s Spokesman, Mr Anslem Okonkwor, said disclosed this in a statement that the discovery was sequel to a special raid and enforcement operation in some markets in the metropolis by officers of the Investigation and Enforcement Directorate of the agency.


It said that the expired canned food were worth millions of naira, adding that a 24-year-old man, Victor Okeke had been arrested in connection with the expired products. “The factory, which was originally a one-room shop was used to stock, re-validate and distribute expired products, particularly, food condiments. Some of the expired products discovered in the unhygienic factory included expired Maggi sauce with manufacturing date of 15/08/2011 and expiry date of 15/08/2014.

Other products included Amoy Dark Soy Sauce, Costa Corned Beef and Exeter Corned Beef among others. For the Costa Corned Beef, whether expired or not, the 24-year -old suspect, changed their labels to Exeter Corned Beef,’’ it said. The statement also said that the suspect revealed that changing their labels was to attract patronage to the Costa corned beef because it was a faster moving brand than the name Costa in the market.

It said that Mr Shaba Mohammed, the leader of the NAFDAC team, who addressed journalists shortly after the exercise, revealed that the agency had been on the trail of the alleged owner of the factory following intelligence report on his activities in the market. Mohammed, an Assistant Director, Enforcement Operations, had also revealed that the suspect, who also claimed to be the managing director of the factory, was caught re-validating the expiry dates of Maggi Arome sauce and Amoy Soy sauce.

“These products were smuggled into the country from Ghana and the expiry dates of 2014 shifted to August 2016,’’ he said. According to him, the products expired since August 15, 2014. “We have arrested the suspect and also evacuated the remaining products in the illegal factory. We are also charging him for counterfeiting. Some of the products were not registered by NAFDAC. “What we found on ground here cannot be consumed. We saw two drums filled with ordinary water which he uses to immerse the products and the labels will remove without any traces and are replaced with re-validated labels,’’ Mohammed was quoted as saying.

He lamented that most of the re-validated products had been pushed into the market for unsuspecting consumers to buy. “Consuming such products could lead to terminal diseases such as liver and kidney diseases which are currently on the rise in the country.

“The sauces are sodium-based products that could lead to hypertension if consumed,’’ Mohammed was quoted as saying. He said that the suspect would be arraigned in court where the products evacuated would be used as exhibits against him. “Every single thing that is here is dangerous to human health,” the statement claimed.

NAN recalls that the agency in its determination to ensure stringent punishment for counterfeiters is currently reviewing its laws with a view to making convicted counterfeiters of drug and food products spend the rest of their lives in jail.

The Director-General of NAFDAC, Dr Paul Orhii, had declared that the current law, which stipulated a fine of N500, 000 or 15-year jail term upon conviction, was inadequate. According to Orhii, the new law will also make counterfeiting a non bail-able offence, adding that a whistleblower clause was also included in the new proposal.

Source: NAN 

Cultist apprehended for slitting man's throat in Lagos

                                 

A suspected cultist, Biodun Olayide pictured above has been arrested alongside some members of his cult group for allegedly killing one Meshack Ekpeyong, at Ago-Owu street in Bariga on July 25th.

According to Vanguard, Meshack was murdered while staying with a friend at Ago-Owu in Bariga, Lagos state. Narrating what happened, Kubirat said

"At about 8pm on July 25, 2015, I received a call from a man who identified himself as Lekan Olusho, that my husband has been killed and that I should go and pick his corpse. That was simply how I received the news of the death of my husband. I don’t know anybody called Lekan Olusho. I don’t even know the particular house in Ago-Owu area where he was staying with his friend.
My husband works with a private security company in Ogun state. It was Lekan and his gang of cultists that murdered him. All I want is justice. Those involved in the murder of my husband should not go free,”she said

The police was immediately contacted and investigations into the matter commenced. Officers of the State Criminal and Investigations Department, SCID, Panti, Yaba, Lagos, arrested nine suspected cultists in connection with the victim’s death. Among the suspects were ; Taye Ajayi, 20; Biodun Olaide, 25; Aliu Adisa, 26; Sunday Nwukuliye, 27; Micheal Odubamise, 22; Abu Mohammed, 14; Adetayo Adeboye, 24; Basiru Rewane, 20; and Ayomide Surulere.

The police also recovered a cutlass and two charms from the suspects. When interrogated, one of the suspects, Taye Ajayi denied killing Meshack but said it was Lekan Olusho, the man who called the victim's wife that was responsible for the murder.