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  Dr Uchechi Iweala the Son of Dr. Okonjo Iweala, Breaks Medical Record In USA Dr Uchechi Iweala has become the first to perform a robotic spinal surgery in Maryland, USA. The Abia born surgeon, who hails from Ohuhu in Umuahia North LGA, is the son Dr Okonjo Iweala By this feat he has broken medical record in far away United States. Dr Uchechi Iweala, successfully performed a navigated lumbar spinal fusion using a robot, the first in the history of mankind in USA Credit: News Gazette

Appeal Court nullifies N20bn damages against DSS on Igboho The Ibadan Division of the Court of Appeal on Tuesday set aside the judgment which declared the attack on the house of Yoruba nation agitator Chief Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho illegal. The court also nullified the N20 billion exemplary and aggravated damages awarded against the Department of State Security (DSS) for the attack, describing it as outrageous. Justice Muslim Hassan, in his judgment, held that the Oyo State High Court lacked jurisdiction on the matter, adding that the judge should not have awarded damages based on his personal parameters

9-day groom market where women go to buy bachelors A market where bachelors gather in wait for women to buy and make them their husbands has sparked reactions online. Educational qualifications and family background determine how a man is priced, and women, accompanied by their families, storm the market to browse through the men before deciding which one suits their specifications. The groom market, located in Madhubani district, India’s Bihar state, is called Saurath Mela or Sabhagachhi. Men reportedly gather under pipal trees in the local market for nine days for spinsters to make their selections. The annual tradition, which is reported to have been ongoing for over 700 years, was allegedly started by Raja Hari Singh of the Karnat dynasty to help women find the right husband from various backgrounds. It is reported that engineers, doctors, and government employees are the most sought after, and they impose heavy dowries on the families of any woman who wants to buy them, although p...

™️ When you find true love, may it also come with financial comfort and stability. May you never have a child who would be counted as a number amongst the many hardened criminals burnt alive via jungle justice. Instead of having a son who when announced, apprehended and publicly killed as an armed robber would bring you shame and disgrace, may all your children be daughters. And if it is a daughter that would smear your name in ridicule and drag your heart to smithereens with shame and regret, then may your children be boys. If your own car will cut short your life and have you die untimely, then may you continue to take public buses. If getting married would hastily end your life because your spouse became jealous and insecure and hence decided to stab or poison you, then may marriage never be attractive to you. May your child not end your life, if by chance it is predestined that they would kill you by their own hands, then may you remain childless. Stories abound of those who travel...

 If You Have a SIM Card, PLEASE READ!, Very Important  I wanted to get a new SIM to complement the one I already have. Then I decided to patronise a road side sim vendor and the unexpected happened.  During registration, I gave out the needed details to the vendor and the registration was going on smoothly until it got to capturing. Usually, you are expected to be captured once but the vendor captured me twice and that made me suspicious. So I queried him but he gave a flimsy excuse. Immediately after the registration, I got a welcome text message indicating I registered two numbers instead of one and I asked why two numbers registered in my name instead of one, the vendor said "it's normal, that sometimes the issue is from the network operators”.  The next day, I went to Glo office to lay a complain and the moment I mentioned what brought me, the manager there said "these guys again? Why doing these to innocent people"?, that was when I realized the gravity of what ...

  Highlights Of Peter Obi’s Speech To Nigerians In Germany 🇩🇪  We will have zero tolerance for corruption, and will cut the cost of governance. Africa will remain the centrepiece of our foreign policy. We will improve Nigeria’s diplomatic sphere of influence via peacekeeping, trade, and investment initiatives.  We will move our country robustly from consumption to production, and especially with strong support from exportation of Nigerian manufactured goods and commodities. We will aggressively pursue human capital development in the education and health sectors with a view of meeting global funding targets and best practices. We will pursue intangible assets of good governance, security of lives and properties through an aggressive increase in personnel and equipment and inclusive training of operatives in our security agencies. We will continue to engage the Nigerian Diaspora in ways that is mutually beneficial. By 2027 election, Nigerian Diaspora must have a voice vi...

 MY DAUGHTER WILL NOT MARRY A POOR MAN Bill Gates explains why his daughter cannot marry a poor man. Couple of years ago I attended a conference in the US on Investment and Finance. One of the speakers was Bill Gates and in the Q&A phase, I asked a question that had everyone laughing. If he, one of the richest men in the world, could accept his daughter marrying a poor or modest man? Bill replied: First of all, understand that being rich doesn't mean having a bank account with a lot of money. Wealth is first the ability to create wealth. Example: Someone who wins money from a lottery or playing a game. Even winning 100 million is not a rich man, he is a poor man with a lot of money. This is why 90% of lottery millionaires are poor again after 5 years. You also have rich people who have no money. Example: most entrepreneurs. They are already on the path to wealth, even if they don't have money, because they are developing their financial intelligence and that is wealth. What...

  Buhari Government Shuns Military, Awards N718million Contract To Private Security Outfits To Protect Abuja-Kaduna Rail From Terrorists The Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Mohammed Bello, said the approval was granted by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday. Mr Bello said the Buhari-led regime had been considering its best options with regard to surveilling Nigeria’s rail system. This includes concessioning it in a Public Private Partnership (PPP) arrangement. The minister explained that a total sum of N718,193,250 was approved to engage two security outfits to provide security to the entire 45 kilometers of trail track and 20 stations across the country. “Council approved Messers Al-Ahli Security Guards Limited and Messers Seaguard Security and Protective Company Limited. They are going to provide security to their entire 45 kilometers of track including 12 stations,” Mr Bello said. “These security services are meant to protect the key infrastructure on the rai...

I deliberately wore sneakers to NBA Conference, Shettima reveals The vice-presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Kashim Shettima, has said that he deliberately wore sneakers to the Nigeria Bar Association conference on Monday. The former Borno State governor had become a trending topic on social media and even the subject of a ‘challenge’ over his choice of outfit for the conference. Shettima said, ” I’m a banker, trained by one of the best bankers in the world. I’m a Jim Ovia boy. I deliberately wore sneakers to the NBA to mock (sic) at them.” Credit: Facebook | Ayekooto Akindele

EFCC Hands Over Forfeited Properties of Convicted Fake Army General to Victim in Lagos The Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has handed over a property located at 1A, Joke Ayo Street, Riverside Estate, Alagbado, Lagos as well as a Range Rover Sport Utility Vehicle, SUV, a black BMW car, a black Toyota Land cruiser car and a white Toyota Hilux recovered from a convicted fake Army General, Bolarinwa Abiodun, to one Bamidele Safiriyu Olusegun. Abiodun had posed as an Army General to defraud Olusegun of the sum of N266,500,000 (Two Hundred and Sixty-Six Million, Five Hundred Thousand Naira. Upon his conviction on July 8, 2022, the trial judge, Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Special Offences court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, had sentenced Abiodun  to seven years imprisonment and also ordered him to forfeit all the proceeds of the crime. The Lagos Zonal Commander, Ahmed Ghali, while handing over the vehicles on Tuesday, August 23, 2022 at the EFCC’s...

A healthy relationship is one where love, respect, kindness, and generosity are mutual. Anything less than mutual giving and taking, and the relationship will be full of problems. When one party is always  apologizing  for one wrong after the other, the other party will get frustrated. Many people say they want a partner who is understanding, kind, and totally accepts both their good and bad sides. What most people don’t like to focus on is the fact that they need to bring the same energy to the table. Many people say relationships should be a  give-and-take  thing, but they are ready to take more than they’re willing to give. Love covers many wrongs, but not all wrongs. If you continue to say or do negative things that hurt your partner, you will lose him when he’s  had enough . Are you in a long-term relationship that is about to end because of something you said? Does your Partner always walk away from you after you make a particular statement?...

 US President Mr. Joe Biden Give young people freedom from student loans. When a kid graduates with zero loans, the kid has more choices because life can move on without being worried about how to begin paying loans. As always, I remain thankful to the beautiful Americans who through their generosity ensured that I never received a bill throughout my program. I was told that the school fee is about $67,000 per year. For the 4.5 years I stayed there, they took care of it and also put me on a salary of $36,000 per year while providing the best education available in the world. Then, they added more, crediting extra $4,500 per quarter which they classified as coming from extra fellowship and scholarship. It was from that money that I used to hire my first 11 engineers to start Fasmicro in Nigeria. Be thankful if you graduated with $0 in America. It offers choices! While $10k is not enough for many, it is a step in the right direction. BIW - Biden is Working.

  American Actor, Stallone's Wife, Files For Divorce After 25 Years Jennifer Flavin, the wife of American actor, Sylvester Stallone, has filed for divorce after 25 years of marriage. According to Daily Mail, Flavin filed for divorce on Friday in Palm Beach County, Florida, and is claiming that Stallone has hidden their marital assets.  In the divorce documents, Flavin says Stallone 'has engaged in the intentional dissipation, depletion and/or waste of marital assets which has had an adverse economic impact on the marital estate. “Moreover, the Husband should be enjoined from, selling, transferring, assigning, encumbering, or dissipating any assets during the pendency of proceedings.” This is Stallone's third marriage. They married on May 17, 1997 at the Dorchester Hotel in London and share three children.

 EFCC arraigns Cubana manager,  one other for alleged $164,000.00 money laundering in Lagos The Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ( EFCC) on Wednesday, August 24, 2022, arraigned Lucky Uchechukwu Ndukwe, a manager with Cubana Group, alongside one Precious Omonkhoa Ofure before Justice Justice O.A. Fadipe of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, for an offence bordering on conspiracy to launder and money laundering. Ndukwe, also known as Cubana Prime Minister, and Ofure were arrested recently by operatives of the Commission, following credible intelligence received about their involvement in the fraudulent activity. Items recovered from them include the sum of $164, 000. 00 (One Hundred and Sixty-four Thousand Dollars), iPhone mobile devices and laptop computers.  The charge against them reads: “That you, Precious Omonkhoa Ofure and Lucky Uchechukwu Ndukwe, sometime in 2021 in Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court,...

The government of Sardinia is offering grants of up to €15,000 (£12,700) as an incentive for those considering a move to the idyllic Italian island. Officials have prepared £38 million for the initiative which aims to help entice people to rural areas of Italy and bolster commerce in small towns as the region is suffering from a dwindling population and shrinking economy because younger generations are travelling to large cities for work.   Sardinian President Christian Solinas said in a statement: 'Thanks to these contributions to [homebuyers'] first houses, [Sardinia] becomes fertile ground for those who will move there or decide to build a family. 'There can be no growth without a real enhancement of the territories, of the interior and most disadvantaged areas, which must pass through new policies for their repopulation. 'We have created the conditions for young people to decide to stay and develop the economic fabric of the most fragile territories.' The attrac...

Adamawa State, Elisha Tari explains Why I stoned my two sons to death. A 25-year-old father in Adamawa State, Elisha Tari, has explained why he stoned his two sons to death last week. He said he stoned the boys, who are three and five years, because they disobeyed him. "I asked them to say 'God' but they said 'fire' instead," he told newsmen at the Police headquarters in Yola where he is being held over the incident. The indigene of Himike village in Michika Local Government Area was nabbed last Thursday for allegedly hitting his two children with stones, leading to their death. Elisha is a local musician whose wife left, leaving the two children with him. Speaking to newsmen while being paraded with 30 other suspects, Elisha said the children came to him in the kitchen on that fateful day while he was cooking for them and they started a conversation. He added he got to a point of asking them to say 'God' but that they instead said 'Fire'...

Authorities of the police have once again said that its personnel have no right to check people’s phones arbitrarily on the road.  Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Muyiwa Adejobi, reechoed the notice on Tuesday during an appearance on Sunrise Daily. “Stop checking phones on the road. You can’t check somebody’s phone. It is his personal property. You cannot do it,” Adejobi said of an activity which Nigerians have repeatedly accused policemen of doing. The Force PRO was commenting on the activities of the police, recent disciplinary actions taken against some policemen for assaulting Nigerians, among other issues. Asked if the police are taking steps to prevent more policemen from violating the rights of Nigerians, he said efforts were in place, stressing that in every organisation and society there will be deviants. He said, “In the Police, we have those who are deviants. There is no policeman who doesn’t know that you must not dress improperly, you must not smoke while on duty, ...

AR CON bans use of foreign models and voice over artists for adverts 👇 Advertisers, advertisement agencies, media houses, advertising community and the general public are hereby enjoined to take note.”the statement in part read The Federal government has banned the use of foreign models and voice-over artists for advertisements targeted at Nigerians. Olalekan Fadolapo, Director-General of the Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria (ARCON), disclosed this in a statement released on Monday, August 22. According to Fadolapo said the new policy will take effect from October 1, 2022. He said the move was aimed at promoting local content and talents and increasing economic growth. “In line with the federal government’s policy of developing local talent, inclusive economic growth and the need to take necessary steps and actions aimed at growing the Nigerian advertising industry, the Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria (ARCON), being the apex advertising, advertisement and marketing ...

I didn’t install Buhari, you’re talking rubbish, your parents should apologize – Soyinka slams critics. Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka has hit out at those criticizing him for “installing” former military Head of State, Muhammadu Buhari, as Nigeria’s President in 2015. Soyinka said those insisting he installed Buhari are talking rubbish, adding that their parents should apologize for inflicting morons on the world. He spoke on Channels Television’s Newsnight, a pre-recorded interview aired on Monday. The octogenarian said, “When people talk about Wole Soyinka installing Buhari, they are talking rubbish; they don’t know what they are talking about. They are talking from ignorance. When I think of the governed themselves, I ask myself, ‘What am I doing among these people who don’t understand that if somebody misrules, you have a right to tell people not to vote for him?’ And it is their business after that who they vote for, but they have the option of spoiling their votes. “So, ...

PHOTO NEWS: The 62nd annual general conference of the Nigerian Bar Association, has officially kicked off in Lagos with an opening ceremony, which is ongoing. The theme is “Bold Transitions”. Delegates include the NBA president, Olumide Akpata, the incoming president of the Body, Yakubu Maikyau, and oldest female lawyer in Nigeria, Folake Solanke (SAN). Also present are The chief judge of Lagos state, Justice Kazeem Alogba, who is also representing the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, and the Attorney-General of Lagos, Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN) who is representing Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Among the Notable personalities are the former Vice President of Nigeria and presidential candidate of People’s Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar; Governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong; the Vice Presidential candidate of Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives’ Congress, Kashim Shettima; and the former governor of Anambra state, Peter Obi who is now the presidential candidate of the...

  Ugandan Businessman Undergoes Vasectomy After Five Kids A Ugandan businessman, Aita Joel, has revealed he has undergone a vasectomy after having five children. In a Twitter thread on his handle on Friday, the entrepreneur revealed that sometimes a man has to take responsibility for birth control. He said, “VASECTOMY. After birth of kid 5, I decided to end the journey and concentrate on giving them quality life.  “At times the man has to take responsibility for the birth control and besides a good quality life for the children can only be given to a number you can manage. It’s simple. “If you want real good education for your children, you have to pay a very good school. Definitely when a primary school charges you over 20m per term per kid. Then you need to have a number you can manage. In my case, I can manage five. Someone else can manage ten. Another less.” In an update on Saturday, the author added, “The process is a simple OPD operation and within hours you are jumping ...

ATIKU PLEDGES TO WORK TO UNIFY THE COUNTRY AS HE RECEIVES HEROIC WELCOME IN JADA  It was a triumphant entry for the Peoples Democratic Party's flag bearer in the forthcoming presidential elections, His Excellency Alhaji Atiku Abubakar (GCON), as he storms Jada, his home town in a grand style.  Welcoming the Wazirin Adamawa in a civic reception organized in his honor, the Jada Local Government Area council chairman, Hon. Salihu Mohammed So'o, stated how proud they are of their son Atiku and pledged their loyalty and support for his candidature in the presidential elections.  In his address at the occasion, Senator Dino Melaye highlighted the significance of the home coming which shows that the former vice-president  knows his roots, unlike some other candidates whose background are shrouded in mystery and confusion. He stated that Atiku is the most credible candidate, being a detribalized statesman who has what it takes to save the country from the seemingly intractab...