How to Talk to a Girl and Look Smooth Doing It!

Learn how to talk to a girl like a real smooth talker,
no matter where you are. All you need are just 10
moves to work your magic and impress her!
Have you ever walked into a room and instantly
found yourself smitten by a beauty standing across
the room?
Ever wondered how to talk to a girl you like at a
time like this?
Making a move to talk to a girl
One of the biggest hurdles most guys face is
making the first move.
Chatting up a girl is easy if you’re going to be
introduced to her.
But when you have to walk up to a girl you’ve never
spoken to before, and want to start a conversation,
your heart can start to beat faster than a
hummingbird on heat.
[Read: Everything you need to know to approach a
girl you don't know and wow her!
]
Follow these ten steps one at a time, and before
you know it, knowing how to talk to a girl you like
will be as easy as taking a walk in the park.
What you need to know
You’re interested in talking to great girls, aren’t
you?
And just like you, girls are interested in talking to
great guys too.
So really, there’s nothing to be worried about here!
Remember the biggest rule when it comes to
knowing how to talk to a girl – you can’t jump
steps. Just like you have to learn to walk before
you can run, you need to learn to warm her up
before you talk to her. Read on.
#1 Let her know you’re interested in her. Talking to
a girl isn’t as simple as walking up to just about any
girl and asking her out on a date. It may work in the
movies, but in all probability, it won’t work in real
life. A girl needs to know you’re interested in her so
she can evaluate you.
If you just walk up to a girl who doesn’t have a hint
that you’re approaching her, you may just end up
shocking her. And she’s going to say the first thing
her mum taught her to say to intruding boys. “Go
away!” [Read: 8 classy moves to get a girl to notice
you without even talking to her
]
#2 Play the staring game. Once she knows you
exist, take the game a notch higher. Glance at her
now and then to arouse her curiosity. Does she
glance back at you now and then? Does she smile
to herself when you catch her eye? Do her friends
look at you and smile? Watch out for the happy
signs. [Read: 10 subtle eye contact flirting moves
that always work!
]
There’s no point in trying to figure out how to talk to
a girl if all she does is gives you a dirty stare or
doesn’t care whether you’re looking at her. Asking a
girl out in such cases usually ends up being a
disaster and for a novice’s confidence, it’s best to
be avoided.
#3 Don’t pick her up. Using a pick up line may be
smart and cocky, but in most cases, pick up lines
fail. The best way to figure out when and how to talk
to a girl is to avoid pick up lines and use pick up
circumstances instead!
If it’s a conference or a gallery and she walks up to
a display, stand next to her and say something out
of the blue like “do you know how long it took to
make this?” or something just as casual. Likewise,
whether it’s in the office, a park or even a bar, look
around and ask her a question that’s relevant to
something around her.
But always remember to keep it vague. A vague
question makes a girl wonder for a few seconds,
she’s going to end up responding to you. [Read:
How to tell if a girl likes you for more examples and
tips]
#4 Don’t come on too strong. Now this works best
just after you’ve spoken to her after asking her a
really vague question. Once she answers it, both of
you are in talking mode but not really friends. She
would have answered your question and looked
away. She obviously knows you’re hitting on her, so
she won’t really try to continue the conversation.
She may just smile and look away. [Read: 16 tips to
keep a flirty conversation going with the opposite
sex
]
You can do one of two things, introduce yourself or
continue to play the game and introduce yourself
after asking her a few more questions. Prolonging
the game can make it so much more exciting for
both of you. But of course, she could just walk out
of the conversation if she’s in a bar counter waiting
for a drink. If you’re introducing yourself, go ahead
and introduce yourself. And be frank, tell her you
have a confession to make, that you’ve been
waiting to meet her for a long time or all evening.
She obviously knows you’ve been staring at her, so
why pretend like you’re picking her up. Telling her
the truth may flatter her instead of making her feel
like she’s being picked up. [Read: 15 very obvious
flirting signs between a guy and a girl
]
#5 Give her the space
When you’re talking to a girl, make sure she knows
she can walk out whenever she wants. Don’t corner
her in awkward places like outside the ladies room,
or a quiet corridor. If you can handle it, you can
even talk to a girl when she’s with her friends.
Always remember, if she feels like she has the
space, she’s going to be a lot more comfortable to
talk to you. [Read: How to charm a girl and flatter
her into liking you ]
But then again, this is tricky. If you give a girl
enough space, you may not be able to build a
connection and she may just end up walking away.
But as long as you’ve got the first four steps right,
she won’t really walk away.
After all, if you’ve warmed her up, she’s going to
want to talk to you too! As long as you’ve used
these first four steps on how to talk to a girl to the
tee, you’ll be able to talk to a girl and impress her,
without really making it appear like you’re trying to
pick her up. [Read: 12 things a girl does when she
likes you already ]
We’re only half way through the guide on how to
talk to a girl and look smooth at the same time.
These tips may be enough to impress a girl and
start a conversation with her. Read these next five
steps on what to talk about with a girl to rouse her
interest and charm your way into her heart.
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Word Of Advice

One who goes back to his home: does not consider the night too dark. He knows his way. -unknown
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Pope visits Jerusalem holy sites

Pope Francis has visited the most important holy sites for Muslims and Jews in Jerusalem's Old City on the final day of his Middle East tour. At the al-Aqsa mosque compound, the Pope urged people of all religions to "work together for justice and peace". He then prayed at the Western Wall, which lies just beneath it, bowing his head as he touched the stones. The pontiff has been feted by Israel and the Palestinians, and has invited their presidents to the Vatican. Both Israel's Shimon Peres and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas have given a positive response. 'Brothers and sisters' Pope Francis began the third day of his trip by visiting the compound, considered the third holiest site in Islam. Known to Muslims as the Haram al-Sharif (Noble Sanctuary) and Jews as the Temple Mount, the status of the site is one of the most contentious issues in the Israel-Palestinian conflict . Pope Francis took off his shoes to enter the Dome of the Rock, from where Islamic tradition says the Prophet Muhammad ascended to heaven. The Pope then walked to the nearby al-Aqsa Mosque. Speaking to the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, the Pope deviated from his prepared remarks to call on Christians, Jews and Muslims to "love one another as brothers and sisters". "May we learn to understand the suffering of others. May no-one abuse the name of God through violence," he said. Afterwards, he headed to the Western Wall, one of the holiest sites in Judaism. It is part of the retaining wall of the Temple Mount dating back to a time when a Jewish temple stood there. The Pope spent a few minutes praying at the wall, as he did on Sunday at the controversial Israeli security barrier that separates the biblical town of Bethlehem in the West Bank from Jerusalem. He also left a written prayer in a crack in the Western Wall's ancient stones, before embracing two close friends from his native Argentina - an imam and a rabbi - who have been travelling with him. The Pope then went to Mount Herzl cemetery, where he lay a wreath at the tomb of the founder of modern Zionism, Theodor Herzl. The BBC's Yolande Knell in Jerusalem says the visit is now part of the protocol for official visitors, but is nevertheless an act of symbolic importance. Afterwards, the Pope made an unscheduled stop at a memorial for Israeli civilians killed in attacks by Palestinian militants. The move was at the request of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his office said. 'Never again' Later, the Pope travelled to Yad Vashem, Israel's national Holocaust memorial, where he kissed the hands of several survivors in a sign of honour. At a solemn ceremony at the Hall of Remembrance, he spoke of the "boundless tragedy of the Holocaust", describing it as an "unfathomable abyss". "Never again, Lord, never again!" he said. "Here we are, Lord, shamed by what man - created in your own image and likeness - was capable of doing." Our correspondent says the visit to the memorial holds special significance because of questions over the Vatican's position during the Holocaust. The Pope then met Israel's two chief rabbis before attending a private audience with President Peres, whom he asked to guarantee pilgrims free access to Jerusalem's holy sites. Shortly before departing for Rome from Ben Gurion airport, he celebrated Mass at the site known as the Cenacle, where Jesus is reputed to have taken part in the Last Supper with his Apostles on the eve of his crucifixion. The Cenacle is located in a historic building on Mount Zion that is also sacred to both Jews and Muslims. The reputed burial place of King David is on the ground floor of the Cenacle, while a mosque is situated on the roof.
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Nigeria 'called off deal' for girls

A deal for the release of some of the abducted schoolgirls in Nigeria was close to being secured when the Nigerian government called it off, the BBC has learned. Some of the girls were set to be freed in exchange for imprisoned Islamist militants, reports the BBC's Will Ross. Boko Haram group snatched more than 200 girls from a school on 14 April. Nigeria's government is under pressure to do more to tackle the group and bring about the girls' release. Thousands of people have died since Boko Haram began a violent campaign against the Nigerian government in 2009 and in the subsequent security crackdown. 'All options open' The BBC has learned that officials have held talks with the group to secure the release of the schoolgirls. An intermediary met Boko Haram leaders earlier this month and visited the location in north-east Nigeria where the girls were being held, says the BBC's Will Ross in the capital, Abuja. A deal was almost reached to set some of the girls free in exchange for the release of 100 Boko Haram members being held in detention, our correspondent says. But the government cancelled the planned agreement shortly before the swap was due to take place. The reasons for the withdrawal are unclear. It came just after Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan attended a meeting in Paris hosted by President Francois Hollande of France where leaders said they had agreed a "global and regional action plan" against Boko Haram. Who are Boko Haram? • Founded in 2002 • Initially focused on opposing Western education - Boko Haram means "Western education is forbidden" in the Hausa language • Launched military operations in 2009 to create Islamic state • Thousands killed, mostly in north-eastern Nigeria - also attacked police and UN headquarters in capital, Abuja • Some three million people affected • Declared terrorist group by US in 2013 The girls, who were mainly Christian, were taken from their school in Chibok, in north-eastern Borno state and are thought to be held in a remote forested area of the state, close to the border with Chad and Cameroon. Nigeria previously in return for their release. However, the information ministry had earlier said all options were on the table, after the group earlier this month and suggested a swap. The video showed 136 girls, and was interspersed with militants explaining that they had "converted" to Islam. The UK, the US, China and France are among the countries to have sent teams of experts and equipment to help to locate them. 'Morally bankrupt' Meanwhile, Nigeria is reeling from continuing violence - on Sunday, 24 villagers died in a raid by suspected Boko Haram militants. On Saturday there was another bomb in the central city of Jos where earlier in the week 118 people had died a twin car bomb attack blamed on the group. A special day of Muslim prayers was held on Sunday in Abuja where the Sultan of Sokoto - the spiritual leader of Nigeria's Muslims - said the country faced a crisis worse than the civil war in the 1960s as they were fighting an enemy without boundaries. "What is happening in the country is a very serious case of terrorism; terrorism has no place in Islam… we must fish out those bad elements amongst us," Muhammed Sa'ad Abubakar told worshippers. But the sultan said Nigerians cannot hope for their prayers to be answered if they continue to be "corrupt and so morally bankrupt". "Corruption breeds injustice, injustice has no place in Islam. Injustice is a big barrier to good governance and if you don't have good governance in any society, you don't have the people," he said.
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Never Outshine the Master

Always make those above you feel comfortably superior. In your desire to please or impress them, do not go too far in displaying your talents or you might accomplish the opposite – inspire fear and insecurity. Make your masters appear more brilliant than they are and you will attain the heights of power. Sent from the Laws Of Power app for Android

Word Of Advice The Day.

If birds travel without coordination, they beat each others wings.
-Swahili
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Deadly blast in Nigerian city of Jos

The world is watching to see what Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan will do next An explosion in the central Nigerian city of Jos has killed at least three people in a suicide attack, police say. Police said the blast happened near an open-air TV viewing centre where people were watching the Champions League football final. No group has said it carried out the attack. However it comes days after a twin car bomb attack blamed on Boko Haram militants killed 118 people in Jos. A spokesman for Plateau state governor Jonah Jang said the latest blast happened on Bauchi Road at about 21:30 local time (20:30 GMT). Police commissioner Chris Olakpe told AFP news agency that the bomber's improvised explosive device detonated prematurely. "He died in the wake of the heinous crime. It exploded before the viewing centre because of pressure from local youths and the alertness of the local people," he added. Last month suspected Boko Haram gunmen stormed a venue in Potiskum, north-east Yobe state, and shot dead two people watching the two Champions League quarter-final matches. Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has previously described football and music as a Western ploy to distract Muslims from their religion. The latest attack comes five weeks after Boko Haram kidnapped more than 200 schoolgirls, prompting international outrage. The UN Security Council has approved sanctions against the Islamist group.
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Pope praises Jordan as tour begins

Pope Francis has praised Jordan for its "generous welcome" to Syrian refugees at the start of a three-day visit to the Middle East. The Pope was welcomed by King Abdullah II and in a speech at the royal palace, he stressed the need for an "urgent" solution to the Syrian conflict. He went on to celebrate Mass at a stadium in the capital Amman and will later meet Syrian refugees. The tour's official purpose is to improve ties with the Orthodox Church. However, correspondents say many will expect Pope Francis to use his influence to try to ease tensions in the Middle East. His highlighting of Jordan's role in accepting Syrian refugees came weeks after the kingdom opened a new camp which could accommodate up to 130,000 refugees. Jordan is already host to almost 600,000 people fleeing the conflict, according to the UN. In his speech, he also called for more respect for religious freedom, calling it "a fundamental human right". "I cannot fail to express my hope that it will be upheld throughout the Middle East and the entire world," he said. Christian minorities have been subject to increasing attacks in some parts of the Middle East in recent years. He thanked Jordan for its "efforts to seek lasting peace for the entire region" and said this would also require a "just solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict". On Sunday he is to begin two days in the West Bank and Israel. He told journalists that the trip would be "challenging" but rewarding, AP reports. By BBC Middle East Editor Jeremy Bowen, travelling with Pope Francis Pope Francis comes across as an approachable, amiable man. Not long after takeoff he came to greet the 50 or so journalists travelling with him. They're mostly reporters who follow the Pope full-time. One woman said that Pope Benedict, Francis's predecessor, never came back to talk to journalists. She asked him to pose for a selfie, which he did with a smile. He told me he had been in Jerusalem only once before, in 1973 at the time of the Yom Kippur war. The Pope insists his trip is about religion, officially marking the fiftieth anniversary of a visit by Pope Paul VI 50 years ago. But he's heading for Jerusalem, where everything is political. It will take diplomatic skill to avoid controversy. Palestinians hope he will have something to say about their desire for independence. In Bethlehem, which is in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Palestinians say they are threatened by the encroachment of Jewish settlements. The Israeli government will hope he stays as neutral as possible - a position which would disappoint Palestinian Christians. Restraining orders The Pope will be accompanied by a rabbi and an imam - friends from his native Argentina - and hopes to improve relations between Christians, Muslims and Jews in the Holy Land. His journey comes only a few weeks after the latest round of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks collapsed. Israel has issued restraining orders against several Jewish right-wing activists this week over concerns that they could try to disrupt the visit. Police said offensive "anti-Christian graffiti" was discovered on the wall of a church in the southern city of Beersheba on Friday. Preparations were well under way at Manger Square in Bethlehem ahead of the Pope's visit The Pope's journey marks the 50th anniversary of the historic meeting in Jerusalem between Pope Paul VI and the head of the Orthodox Church, Patriarch Athenagoras. The meeting ended 900 years of separation and enduring antagonism between the Eastern and Western branches of Christianity. On Sunday, Pope Francis will travel to Bethlehem in the West Bank and preside over Mass in Manger Square, near the site where Jesus is believed to have been born. He will also meet the current Ecumenical Orthodox Patriarch, Bartholomew, and they will sign a declaration of friendship. His schedule on Monday is set to include a visit to the al-Aqsa mosque complex in Jerusalem's Old City followed by the Dome of the Rock and the Western Wall. Pope Francis will be the fourth leader of the Roman Catholic Church to visit Jerusalem, after Popes Paul VI, John Paul II and Benedict XVI, who went there in 2009.
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Real Madrid win Champions League with 4-1 win (aet) over Atletico

Real Madrid European Cup wins: 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1966, 1998,
2000, 2002, 2014.
It took a while, didn’t it? Real Madrid can finally celebrate their 10th European
Cup success as Iker Casillas holds the trophy aloft, the ticker tape flies around
everywhere and the traditional Champions League music hits. Real are
champions of Europe again!

Another Bomb Blast In Jos Now.

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Word Of Advice For The Day.

One's character is just like any writing on a stone [it is obvious]
-. Jaba

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Real Madrid v Atletico Madrid

Champions League final: Real Madrid v Atletico Madrid preview
Atletico Madrid will give Diego Costa and Arda Turan every chance to be fit for Saturday's Champions League final against city rivals Real Madrid.
Costa has been treated in Belgrade using horse placenta after tearing a hamstring during last weekend's 1-1 draw with Barcelona.
Turan injured a hip against Barca.
"They trained better yesterday but we will see how they both train here and how they feel. We will decide on what we see," said coach Diego Simeone.
Costa has scored 36 goals this season but Simeone is confident his title-winning squad has enough ability to cope if either man fails to make it.
"They are just names. Both are important players with the team but there are other players who know they will be playing if Diego or Arda don't so we are working in preparation for whatever happens."
Real coach Carlo Ancelotti expects Cristiano Ronaldo to be fit.
Ronaldo has been troubled by a hamstring injury ahead of the showpiece in his home country and missed Real's last two La Liga games, withdrawing from the game against Espanyol shortly before kick-off.
"Cristiano Ronaldo doesn't have a problem - we need him. . He has trained well and now we will just have to wait and see," said Ancelotti.
Pepe and Karim Benzema have also been doubts in the build-up and Ancelotti added: "We will have to see how Pepe and Karim are doing because they haven't trained this week.
"Today's training session will be crucial for Pepe. "
After winning La Liga for the first time since 1996, Atletico are attempting to win their first European Cup.
They reached the final in 1974 but were beaten 4-0 by Bayern Munich in a replay, after the first match finished 1-1.
Real, meanwhile, could win the trophy for a record 10th time but it will be their first success since 2002, when Zinedine Zidane scored a spectacular goal to secure a 2-1 win over Bayer Leverkusen.
A victory for Real would mean a third Champions League title as a coach for Ancelotti, who also won the competition twice as a player.
"There's no pressure on me, just the joy of living this moment of happiness,'' said Ancelotti.
"A lot of teams have to watch this game in front of the TV and we're lucky to be able to play it. I've watched this game on TV a lot of times and I didn't enjoy it."
Saturday's match between Real and Atletico is the first European Cup final with two teams from the same city. It will also be the fifth meeting between the two sides this season.
Real emerged as 5-0 victors over two legs in the Spanish Cup, with Atletico claiming a win and a draw in the league meetings.
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The world's worst stadium disaster

The world's worst stadium disaster occurred exactly 50 years ago in the Peruvian capital Lima. More than 300 people died - but the full story has never been told, and possibly never will be. "The police didn't let their dogs loose but they did let them tear his clothes off," recalls Hector Chumpitaz, one of Peru's football legends. "The people were getting disturbed by the way in which they were taking the pitch invader away. It was driving them mad. "We don't know what would have happened if they had removed him in a peaceful fashion, but we can't think about that now." Chumpitaz went on to gain more than 100 caps for Peru. He captained the side at the 1970 and 1978 World Cups, but he almost gave up football after this disastrous match, at the start of his international career. Hosting Argentina on 24 May 1964, Peru were second in the table at the half-way stage of South America's Olympic qualifying tournament. Confidence was high, but with Brazil awaiting in their last game, Peru realistically needed a draw at least against Argentina. The stadium was packed to its 53,000 capacity, a little over 5% of Lima's population at the time. "Though we were playing well, they took the lead," Chumpitaz recalls. "We attacked, they defended and this continued until a play came where their defender went to clear - and our player, Kilo Lobaton, raised his foot to block and the ball rebounded into the goal - but the referee said it was a foul, so he disallowed it. This is why the crowd began to get very upset." In quick succession, two spectators entered the field of play. The first was a bouncer known as Bomba, who tried to hit the referee before being both stopped by police and manhandled off the field. The second, Edilberto Cuenca, then suffered a brutal assault. "Our very own policemen were kicking him and beating him as if he were the enemy. This is what raised everybody's anger - including mine," says one of the fans in the Estadio Nacional that day, Jose Salas. Within seconds, the crowd were launching a variety of missiles at the police. A couple of dozen more people were trying to reach the pitch. Reading the mood, Salas and his friends decided to leave. "The five of us went down the stairs to go out on to the streets - as did many others - but we found the exit gate closed," he says. "So we turned round and started to climb the stairs, which is when the police started throwing the tear gas. At that point, the people in the stands ran into the tunnel to escape - where they met us - causing an enormous crush." Salas was in the north stand, where the greatest number of tear gas canisters fell - between 12 and 20. Salas thinks he spent some two hours in a human glacier that slowly edged down the stairs - so tightly packed, he says, that his feet did not touch the floor until he ended up at the bottom, trapped in a pile of bodies, some living some dead. Records state that most victims died from asphyxiation. But what makes this stadium disaster different from others is what happened on the streets outside. Newspapers the following day showed the panic caused by the tear gas While some fans who escaped from the stadium managed to open the gates and free those trapped inside, others became involved in a battle with armed police. "Some lads from my neighbourhood were going by and spotted me. I was quite skinny, and eventually they pulled me out," he says. "But then the shooting began and they started running. The shots were outside - bullets were everywhere. I started to run and didn't look back." For most of this time, Chumpitaz was also unable to leave. "After we made it to the dressing rooms, some people went outside and came back saying there had been two deaths. 'Two deaths?' we asked. One would have seemed a lot. We were in the dressing room for two hours before we could leave, so we didn't know the magnitude of what was going on. "On the way back to our training base, we were listening to the radio and it was 10, 20, 30 deaths. Every time there was news, the number was rising: 50 deaths, 150, 200, 300, 350." The official number of those who died is 328, but this may be an underestimate, as it does not include anyone killed by gunfire. There are many eyewitness accounts of people dying of gunshot wounds, but the judge appointed to investigate the disaster, Judge Benjamin Castaneda, was never able to find the bodies to prove it. Hearing of two corpses with gunshot wounds in Lima's Hospital Loayza, he rushed to inspect them, he told me when I interviewed him 14 years ago. As he arrived, a vehicle was just leaving. "Reaching the mortuary, I met someone I knew," he said. "I asked him if there were two corpses with bullet wounds. 'Yes,' he told me, 'but they've just taken them away.'" Some months after the tragedy, Castaneda was visited by an elderly man who said his two sons, both medical students, had travelled from the provinces to attend the game and never returned. "Even though he had looked for their names among the dead, he could not find them," Castaneda told me. "He had made further inquiries, but found nothing. So I told him I had news that some people had died after being shot and that, lamentably, I could never discover their identities as everything had been hidden from me." In his report, Castaneda said the death toll given by the government did not "reflect the true number of victims, since there are well-founded suspicions of secret removals of those killed by bullets". He went on to accuse the then interior minister of orchestrating the pitch invasion and the brutal police response, in order to incite the crowd to violence - thus providing a pretext for a violent crackdown. The show of strength was intended, he said, to "make the people learn, with blood and tears" the risks they ran if they challenged the authorities. For its part, the government laid the blame for the trouble on Trotskyist agitators. Jorge Salazar, a journalist and professor who has written a book about the disaster, says Peruvian society was at the time unusually turbulent. "It was the sixties, it was Beatles time, Fidel Castro was in fashion - everything was changing in the world," he says. "In Peru, people were talking for the first time about social justice. There were a lot of demonstrations, worker movements and communist parties. The left was quite powerful, and there was a permanent clash between the police and the people." Many of the football fans who escaped from the tear gas, certainly wanted revenge on the police. Two policemen were reportedly killed inside the stadium, and battles continued on the streets outside. Fifty years on, Peruvian Congressman Alberto Beingolea, who has called this weekend for a minute's silence to honour the dead, doubts that the violence was pre-planned by either the government or revolutionaries. But he doesn't discount the idea that people died from gunshot wounds. "Two such deaths are possible, especially if you are in a climate of chaos - as happened in that era," he says. "When one generates chaos, the police have to respond - and at any moment, that can result in shooting." Peru has never made a serious attempt to get to the bottom of the Estadio Nacional disaster, and this may never now be possible. The stadium today What we do know is that those punished can be counted on two fingers. Jorge Azambuja, the police commander who gave the order to fire the tear gas, was sentenced to 30 months in jail. The other was Judge Castaneda himself. He was fined for submitting his report six months late, and for failing to attend all 328 autopsies as he ought to have done. His report was thrown out. Now dead, he told me in 2000: "I asked everywhere about the bodies but never found anything. They said - without official confirmation of any kind - they were interred in Callao." This year, the head of the Peruvian Institute of Sport - one of the country's four Olympic medallists, Francisco Boza - has made an unprecedented effort to contact families affected by the tragedy and to invite them to a long overdue mass, to be held at the Cathedral of Lima on Saturday. But there is still no plaque on display at the Estadio Nacional to commemorate those who died in football's worst disaster. Interviews with Benjamin Castaneda, Jose Salas and Jorge Salazar conducted in 2000 You can hear Piers Edwards reporting on the Estadio Nacional tragedy on World
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Word of advice for today

If a woman doesn’t love you, she doesn’t want to see you in debt.
Guy isn't it true
-Akan Tribe Proverb

Deadly attacks on Nigeria villages

Nigeria village attack 'kills 17' May 21, 2014 13:00 Gabriel Gatehouse in Jos: "Is the Nigerian military capable of coping with this threat?" The Islamist group Boko Haram has been accused of killing at least 17 people in an attack on a village in north-east Nigeria, close to where hundreds of schoolgirls were seized. It comes a day after 118 people died in a double bombing in the central city of Jos, also blamed on Boko Haram. In the latest attack, Boko Haram fighters reportedly spent hours killing and looting in the village of Alagarno. Alagarno is near Chibok, from where the schoolgirls were abducted last month. The abductions of more than 200 girls caused international outrage and prompted foreign powers to send military advisers to assist Nigeria's army. People in north-east Nigeria are extremely vulnerable to attacks because many areas are no-go zones for the military and the insurgents operate freely, correspondents say. Analysis by Will Ross, BBC News, Abuja The big question is where is Nigeria heading? The ferocity, frequency and geographical spread of the attacks is alarming. The military continues to fail to protect civilians in the north-east despite endless promises from the government that additional help is being sent there. Boko Haram has in the past said it wanted to create an Islamic state. The current bombing campaign is indiscriminate, killing Christians and Muslims. Following most of the devastating attacks in the remote north-east this year, the government has been silent. These days the president and government officials take less time to condemn, but there is no real sign that the military has the capacity to turn the tide against this brutal campaign of violence. That is terrifying. 'Fully committed' Witnesses in Alagarno said the suspected Boko Haram fighters had arrived close to midnight, forcing many residents to flee into the bush. The militants left the village some four hours later with stolen food and vehicles. One survivor told the BBC that every single building in the village had been torched. Meanwhile, the search for bodies is continuing in Jos following Tuesday's twin bombings that reduced buildings to rubble. Witnesses in Jos described scenes of horror and confusion in the aftermath of the attack Twisted wreckage from the blasts in Jos was still strewn across the road on Wednesday Relatives of victims gathered at a mortuary in Jos to identify their loved ones The attacks targeted a crowded market and a hospital, and the second blast went off 30 minutes after the first - killing rescue workers who had rushed to the scene. "People were using wheelbarrows to move bodies and limbs," eyewitness Janzen Weyi told the BBC. Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan condemned the bombings, and said those who carried out the attacks were "cruel and evil". His office said he was "fully committed to winning the war against terror". The president announced increased measures to tackle the militants, including a multinational force around Lake Chad which comprises a battalion each from Chad, Niger, Cameroon and Nigeria. The US also issued a statement condemning the Jos attack, as well as a suicide bombing in the northern city of Kano on 18 May. It said it was working closely with Nigerian authorities to find a solution to the "regional security threat" posed by Boko Haram. President Jonathan's government has been accused of not doing enough to tackle the Islamist extremists - criticism that has grown since the abduction of the schoolgirls. Earlier this month, the Nigerian senate unanimously approved a six-month extension of a state of emergency in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states. Boko Haram is fighting to overthrow the government and create an Islamic state. More than 1,000 people have been killed in attacks linked to the group this year alone. Nigeria under attack • 20 May: Twin bomb attacks killed at least 118 people in the central city of Jos • 18 May: Suicide blast on a busy street in northern city of Kano kills four, including a 12-year-old girl • 5 May: Boko Haram militants slaughter more than 300 residents in the town of Gamboru Ngala • 2 May: Car bomb claims at least 19 lives in the Nigerian capital, Abuja • 14 April: Twin bomb attack claimed by Boko Haram kills more than 70 at an Abuja bus station; the same day, the group abducts more than 200 schoolgirls from the remote northern town of Chibok • 17 March: At least 20 people die in a suicide car bomb at a bus stop in Kano Are you in the area? You can contact us by emailing us  naijadon10@gmail.com  using  'Nigeria' in the subject heading. 

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A fake pic was tweeted as Nigerian troops in search of missing girls?

Yesterday presidential spokesman, Reuben Abati tweeted some photos of Nigerian troops in action ready to engage Boko Haram men of Sambisa forest...turns out one the pics posted is an old picture used in 2012 on this site. See the original pic after the cut...

Fresh Attack In Taraba,Four Deads Several Houses Razed

Suspected herdsmen yesterday morning, May 11th, launched fresh attack in Dinya village in Gassol Local Government Council of the state killing at least four people and razing 30 houses. Confirming the attack, the state's Police Public Relations Officer ASP Joseph Kwaji said several ammunitions were recovered from the herdsmen.

"The police, on arrival at the scene of the attack, recovered 13 empty shells of AK47 rifle, four cartridges and an assault rifle,” he said.

Also confirming the incident, the Ward Head of Danacha, Gassol LG Council Daniel Mbaterem said the gunmen stormed the village at about 8:00 a.m. and began killing the villagers and burning houses.

Only recently, the people of  Jukun, Tiv and Fulani communities in the state signed a peace deal to end hostilities in the state. A detachment of the police and army have been drafted to the area and police says investigation was ongoing.

In a related development, Muslim and Christian youths in Kachia town in Kachia LGA of Kaduna state yesterday May 11 engaged themselves in a fracas leading to churches and mosques being razed. Police Public Rela­tions Officer in Kaduna state Aminu Lawal confirmed the incident and said no life was lost in the incident. A 24 hour curfew has being placed in the area

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It's A Big Lie, Soldiers Have Not Rescued The Female Students

“For the military that is supposed to find and rescue our children to be spreading such lies that they have gone and rescue them shows that they have no intention of rescuing our girls,” said Lawan Zanna, a Chibok resident whose daughter was among those abducted.

Also, Borno State government and management of Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, where over 100 female students were abducted by Boko Haram on Tuesday, have said the military’s claim on freeing 107 of the missing girls is false.

The spokesman of the Defence Headquarters, Brigadier General Chris Olukolade had Wednesday issued a statement claiming that 107 of the kidnapped SSS-3 girls had been freed. The military statement reads: 

“More students of the Government Girls’ Secondary School, Chibok have been freed this evening in the ongoing search and rescue operations to free the abducted students. With this development, the principal of the school confirmed that only eight of the students are still missing. One of the terrorists who carried out the attack on the school has also been captured. Efforts are underway to locate the remaining 8 students.”

 

But the principal of GGSS Chibok, Mrs. Asabe Kwambura, whom Brigadier Olukolade said had given him the information on Wednesday, has denied ever feeding Nigerian Army with such figure, even as she insisted that only 14 of the abducted girls had been freed as announced earlier by the state government.

Mrs. Kwambura, who spoke to journalists in Maiduguri, said:

“There is nothing in the statement issued by the military that is true about our abducted girls. Up till now, we are still waiting and praying for the safe return of the students; all I know is that we have only 14 of them, and the security people, especially the vigilante and the well-meaning volunteers of Gwoza, are still out there searching for them. The military people too are in the bush searching. So we have not received any information that they have the students yet. So let it be clear that all the information passed on through the media by the military concerning 107 girls is not true. I, as the principal, did not give anybody any figure on released students other than what His Excellency, Governor Kashim Shettima had informed the media.”

“They contacted me from the army headquarters in Abuja and I told them that I don’t want to be seen to be contradicting myself on that because what the governor had said was what we knew. I also told them there could be further rescue of the girls, but up to this moment, we have not received any of them apart from what we had before. What the governor said is still the true picture of the whole issue and the information given by the military is totally wrong.”

Borno State Governor Kashim Shettima was also heard speaking in an interview aired on the Hausa Service of the BBC on Thursday morning that only 14 girls had been recovered so far.

“We have recovered 14 of the girls and we have announced N50 million reward for any credible information that will help us get our girls released and rejoined with their families,” the governor said.

Many residents of Maiduguri who are angered by the lies of the Military Headquarters in Abuja are now of the opinion that this development has confirmed what people have been saying the the federal government has been feeding Nigerians with lies about the activities of Boko Haram.

Northern govs hold emergency meeting on security, confab

The Northern State Governors’ Forum will hold an emergency meeting on Tuesday, March 25 in Abuja to discuss current national issues.
Forum Chairman and Niger Gov., Dr Babangida Aliyu, said this in a statement signed by Mr Danladi Ndayebo, his Chief Press Secretary.
The statement said two separate meetings would be held to consider the security situation in the region and the region’s agenda at the on-going National Conference.
“The 13-man delegation of the Northern States Governors Forum will brief the forum on its collaboration with the Governments of the United States, Norway and Denmark,” it added.
It commended the new attention by the U.S on the situation in the North, including economic and investment opportunities, and security challenges in the region.
“The 19 Northern Governors will also meet with delegates to the ongoing National Conference from the North to fine tune the region’s position at the talk shop,” it said.
The statement added that the first meeting would hold in the morning at the Niger State Governor’s Lodge, while the second is expected to take place in the evening at the Kano State Governor’s Lodge, in Abuja

Nine killed in Turkey train crash

At least nine people have been killed after a passenger train crashed into a minibus carrying people to work in Turkey, local media say.
The accident happened at a level crossing near the Mediterranean port city of Mersin.
It appeared all the dead – and a further five people who were injured – had been aboard the bus, and that train passengers were not hurt.
Local media suggested the level crossing barrier may have been open.
Basri Guzeloglu, the local governor, said the cause of the accident would be investigated.
The minibus was carrying the workers to an industrial zone on the edge of Mersin when it was hit.
Video footage showed the destroyed minibus lying by the side of the railway line and emergency services trying to reach the victims.

$1.69m fraud: Ajudua knows fate on bail application Mar 31

An Ikeja High Court on Thursday fixed March 31 for ruling on the bail application filed by a Lagos businessman, Fred Ajudua, charged with $1.69m fraud.
Justice Kudirat Jose fixed the date after hearing arguments from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission counsel, Mrs E.A. Sanusi and Ajudua’s counsel, Chief Charles Edosomwan (SAN).
Ajudua and one Charles Orie are being prosecuted for allegedly defrauding two Dutch businessmen – Messrs Remy Cina and Pierre Vijgen, of $1.69m (about N252.8m).
They were re-arraigned before Jose on February 5 following the transfer of the case from the former trial judge, Justice Joseph Oyewole.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Orie was on March 12 granted bail while Ajudua is still being remanded at Kirikiri Maximum Prison, Lagos.
Addressing the court on Thursday, Sanusi said the EFCC had filed a 16-paragraph counter affidavit on March 10 opposing Ajudua’s application for bail.
Sanusi argued that there was likelihood that the first defendant (Ajudua) would jump bail and interfere with the prosecution witnesses.
“My Lord, it is a 2003 case and we have not been able to do anything. We have only called six witnesses to testify against the defendants,” she said.
Responding, Edosomwan said there was no proof before the court that his client had interfered with any witness.
According to him, there is overwhelming medical evidence that Ajudua is suffering from a life-threatening ailment.
He argued that Ajudua was ready to face trial contrary to the claim by the EFCC that he absconded after he was granted bail on medical grounds in 2005.
“My Lord, find it in your kind heart to grant the defendant bail,” Edosomwan said.

CBN to sell Treasury bills worth N313bn

The Central Bank of Nigeria said on Thursday it will sell N313.88bn worth of treasury bills.
The CBN posted the information on the sale of the treasury bills for the second quarter of the year on its Website.
It said the bills would have 91-day, 182-day and one year tenor and would be re-opened at the regular debt auction.
The apex bank explained that the 91-day treasury bills would be worth N50.28bn, 182-day worth N33.27bn and the one year bills were worth N63.73bn
It also said it would sell new bills including 91-day Treasury bill worth N33.27 bn, 182-day bills worth N50.28bn and one year bills worth N83.05bn

CBN submits N930bn budget to National Assembly

The Central Bank of Nigeria on Wednesday submitted and defended its 2014 budget proposal before the House of Representatives Committee on Banking and Finance.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that it is the first time the CBN would be doing so in the apex bank’s history.
The budget was presented to the house by Mr Suleiman Barau, Deputy Governor in charge of Corporate Services, who also defended the bank’s 2013 performance at the session.
Barau said that the CBN had projected N553bn as‎ expected income with a projected expenditure profile of N377bn for 2014.
Presenting its performance chart for its 2013, Barau said that the CBN overshot its 2013 expenditure by more than N326bn.
He said the bank projected N413bn as its expenditure for 2013 but ended up spending N739bn.
Barau told the committee that the bulk of the 2013 excess expenditure was spent on “liquidity management” of the country’s economy.
He said the bank earmarked N180bn for‎ liquidity management but ended up spending N536bn.
The Chairman of the‎ Committee on Banking and Currency, Rep. Jones Onyereri‎ (PDP- Imo), then requested for complete details of the bank’s staff nominal roll.
The CBN under its suspended governor, Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, had a running battle with the Senate as he insisted on CBN’s independence based on the Banking and Other Financial Institutions Act and the CBN Act.

Police parade six suspected kidnappers

Suspected kidnappers

The Bayelsa State Police Command has paraded six suspected kidnappers, who were accused of robbing a home in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area and abducting a woman, Mrs. Ebitimi Salvation.

The suspects were identified as Young Hope,  Felix Julius, Joel Diekemo,  Timipre Unity, Okala Oponi and Tonye Orukekeme.

The ringleader, whose name was given simply as Bright, was said to be a brother of the victim.

It was learnt that he (Bright), who is still at large, wore a mask while the operation lasted.

The suspects were said to have met at Okutukutu in Yenagoa before they set out for the operation on the fateful day.

During the police parade on Wednesday, an operative with the police anti-kidnapping squad, said the suspects had fled with their victim, but met their waterloo at the Peremanbri area of the state.

He said, “They were led by a brother of the victim who disguised himself by wearing a mask. He was the only one who wore a mask during the operation.

“When they got to the home of the victim, they stole over N500,000 from the victim’s husband. Thereafter, they whisked the wife, Mrs. Ebitimi Salvation, away.

“Unfortunately, their boat developed a fault. Few minutes later, the marine police, who were on their trail, swooped on and arrested them (kidnappers) along the Southern Ijaw waterways. The policemen also freed their captive, Ebitimi.”

It was learnt that when they were nabbed, they (kidnap suspects) were armed with AK47 rifles.

Commissioner of Police, Mr. Hilary Opara, after the parade said the command was ready to tackle criminality, especially kidnapping, in the state.

He said the police had recently arrested over 12 kidnappers in connection with two incidents that occurred in the state.

Fuel subsidy removal cruel to the masses – NIM

Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke

The President and Chairman of Council, Nigerian Institute of Management (Chartered), Dr. Nelson Uwaga, said on Wednesday that removing fuel subsidy at the moment would be cruel to the masses.

Uwaga, however, said during a courtesy visit to the head office of PUNCH Nigeria Limited in Ogun State that the enormous corruption around the subsidy regime would make it unsustainable on the long run.

“People are abusing the whole thing; so, I think the government should put its house in order. It should not totally remove the subsidy but work towards stabilising the local production of petroleum products,” he said.

The Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, on Tuesday gave a hint of the plan by the Federal Government to remove subsidies on petrol and kerosene at the ongoing Nigerian Oil and Gas Conference in Abuja.

She said the subsidies being paid to the marketers by the Federal Government on both products were no longer sustainable.

The NIM president pointed out that the revenue sharing formula had to change with the federating units given priority.

Uwaga said the Federal Government should focus on security, among other things, while the states and the local governments should take on more responsibilities.

“In all honesty, the sharing formula has to change and tilt towards the state and local governments, while we should leave the centre to focus on security so that we can live together as one,” he said

Speaking on the clamour for state police, Uwaga said, “State police is a good idea but we have to be careful. We have a situation where most state executives have become small gods in their states.”

“In such a situation, we may have governors using the police against their opponents in election time, for instance.”

Ukraine proposes demilitarised zone in Crimea

Ukraine has proposed that Crimea, scene of a Russian-backed armed takeover, be declared a demilitarised zone by the United Nations with a pull-out by both Russian and Ukrainian forces.
“The Ukrainian government will immediately appeal to the United Nations to recognise Crimea as a demilitarised zone and take necessary measures for Russian forces to leave Crimea and prepare conditions for redeployment of Ukrainian forces,” security chief Andriy Parubiy said on Wednesday.
Earlier, several men in civilian clothing, later joined by military-looking personnel believed to be Russian, had seized the Ukrainian naval headquarters in the Crimean port of Sevastopol.
Parubiy told journalists that in the face of the growing likelihood of military confrontation with Russia, the Ukrainian foreign ministry had been given the task of introducing visas for Russians visiting the former Soviet republic.
Referring to his demilitarisation proposal, Parubiy, secretary of the National Security and Defence Council, said he hoped the UN would support the idea.
“This formula is the best for de-escalation … We hope that common sense will prevail,” he said.
‘Self-defence’ units
A naval spokesman on Wednesday said there had been no violence during the takeover of the base and that he believed the men belonged to so-called “self-defence” units, mainly made up of volunteers who have supported Crimea’s transition from Ukrainian to Russian control, the Reuters news agency reported.
Dozens of despondent Ukrainian soldiers, one of them in tears, filed out of the base.
“We have been temporarily disbanded,” a Ukrainian lieutenant who identified himself only as Vlad told the AFP news agency.
“I was born here and I grew up here and I have been serving for 20 years,” he said as a Russian flag went up over the base without a single shot being fired in its defence. Where am I going to go?”
Sergiy Gayduk, the Ukraine navy commander appointed after his predecessor switched allegiance in favour of Crimea’s pro-Kremlin authorities at the start of the month, was detained.
Three Russian flags were later seen flying at one of the entrances to the base.
Ukraine’s acting president on Wednesday said Crimea’s separatist leaders had three hours to release Gayduk or face “an adequate response”.
Oleksandr Turchynov said in a statement that “unless Admiral Gayduk and all the other hostages – both military and civilians ones – are released, the authorities will carry out an adequate response … of a technical and technological nature.”
As tensions continued to rise, the AP news agency reported that Ukrainian Defence Minister Ihor Tenyukh had been denied entry to Crimea.
Earlier, at a cabinet meeting in the capital Kiev, acting Ukraine Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk had asked his first vice PM Vitaliy Yarema and Tenyukh to fly to Crimea immediately to de-escalate the crisis and try to prevent the conflict from turning into a military one. The officials immediately left for the airport.

Osun voter registration ends

The voter registration by the  Independent National Electoral Commission ended in Osun State  on Monday.

The Chief Public Affairs Officer of INEC in Osun State, Mrs. Adenike Tadese, said in an interview with our correspondent in Osogbo on Monday that the registration  would not be extended.

There has been speculations that the commission would extend the exercise because of the hitches suffered in the first two days of the registration  exercise but the commission said that the exercise would not be extended.

The Director of Publicity, Research and Strategy of the All Progressives Congress, Mr. Kunle Oyatomi, called on the INEC to extend the registration exercise.

He said that the exercise was disrupted in some areas which prevented some people from registering.

He also said that some of the irregularities which the party observed could mar the election if not corrected.

The statement read, “ The APC in Osun State is calling  on INEC to extend for a few more days the registration exercise because it had been substantially disrupted and disallowed many prospective voters from registering.

“From day one of the exercise, the PDP had disrupted the exercise in several registration centres  accross the state even up till today (Monday), the last day of the exercise, they still created crisis at Ede, in the Ede North Local Government Area of the state.

“The APC has known long before now that the PDP had a strategic plan to employ violence as a means of intimidation to scare away supporters of the APC from voting in the August 9 governorship election and this it has successively done in good measure for the better part of the exercise so far.

“In the interest of justice and fairplay, all those centres affected by the PDP violence should at least be opened for a few more days with the protection of the security forces to allow those who have been prevented from the exercise to duly register and collect their voter cards.”

But the Publicity Secretary of the PDP in the state, Mr. Bola Ajao, when contacted on the telephone by our correspondent, said that although the initial hiccups in the exercise discouraged some people from participating in the registration, he said the number of such people was insignificant.

Ekiti gov aspirant asks PDP to disqualify Fayose

Mr. Ayodele Fayose

A Peoples Democratic Party governorship aspirant in Ekiti State, Mr. Deji Ajayi, has asked the National Chairman of the party, Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu, to disqualify a fellow aspirant, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, from taking part in the PDP primaries scheduled for Saturday.

Ajayi, in a petition, which he also sent to President Goodluck Jonathan, threatened to seek legal redress if Fayose was not barred from the primaries to produce the PDP candidate in the June 21 governorship election in Ekiti.

He said that Fayose had ceased from being a member of the party, having defected to the Labour Party in the past and that there was no constitutional recommendation to the National Working Committee of the PDP for Fayose’s readmission to the party.

Ajayi’s letter read in part, “Sir, the subject person, Mr. Ayo Fayose, who is not a party member has been parading himself as an aspirant on the platform of the party for some time without going through and/or fulfilling the constitutional prerequisites to becoming a member of the party.

“It may be apposite to state the facts of how Mr. Fayose, who was once a member of the party lost his membership and has never been re-admitted to full membership of the party to confer the status of participating in the electoral process leading to emergence of the party candidate.

“Sir, the subject person was the Governor of Ekiti State between 2003 and 2006 when he was impeached by the State House of Assembly and went on a self-imposed exile. Upon his return, he left the party and joined the All Nigerian Peoples Party and campaigned across the state for that party’s candidate in the 2007 gubernatorial election.

“In 2013, he did not only join the Labour Party, he was also the candidate of that party for the Ekiti Central Senatorial seat which he lost with a wide margin to the candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria. Sir, it is a fact that cannot be denied that the subject person, with these antecedents lost his membership of the party.

“It is conceded that the subject person has, to the general knowledge and to the personal knowledge of our client, taken the initial steps towards becoming a member of the party (PDP) in line with the provision of section 8(17) of the Constitution of the party, however, no recommendation has been made to the National Working Committee for his readmission to the party.”

President warns ministers, cancels NIS recruitment

President Goodluck Jonathan
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President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday read the Riot Act to ministers and heads of government departments and agencies to desist from organising fatal exercises similar to the one conducted by the Nigeria Immigration Service on Saturday, under the guise of recruiting staff.

The President said any sloppy minister, whose carelessness caused the death of citizens, would henceforth be arrested and prosecuted for manslaughter.

Jonathan reportedly issued the threat during the Federal Executive Council meeting in Abuja. Sources at the meeting said discussion centred mainly on the tragic NIS recruitment during which 19 applicants died.

One of the sources told our correspondent that the President spoke after he had asked the embattled Minister of Interior, Mr. Abba Moro, to brief the council on the circumstances that led to the death of the applicants.

The source said that while Jonathan was silent on whether Moro was culpable and would be punished or not, he warned that all government officials must ensure that such unfortunate incident did not occur again in the country.

“The council meeting was devoted to the tragedy. The President started by asking the Minister of Interior to brief the council on the circumstances that led to the incident. The visibly angry President thereafter warned ministers and the heads of departments and agencies that he would henceforth order that any of them who conducted such a fatal exercise be arrested and tried for manslaughter,” the source said.

The President had reportedly queried Moro and the Comptroller-General of the NIS, Mr. David Parradang, on Monday, asking for an explanation over the Saturday’s incident when 19 potential recruits to the NIS died in the stampede that occurred at the overcrowded venues of the screening across the country.

Minister of Information, Mr. Labaran Maku, confirmed to State House correspondents that the meeting was devoted to the tragedy.

Maku said the President directed that three employment slots be reserved for the families of those who died during the exercise nationwide. He said one of the three beneficiaries must be a female.

The minister added that Jonathan also directed that all those who sustained injuries and were receiving treatment in hospitals be given automatic employment in the immigration service.

Maku said the President also ordered the cancellation of the ill-fated exercise and set up a committee to be headed by the Chairman of the Federal Civil Service Commission, Mrs. Joan Ayo, to conduct a fresh exercise.

Members of the committee, according to the information minister, are the Comptroller-General of NIS, Mr. David Paradang; a representative of the Inspector-General of Police; the Commandant-General of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps; Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Prisons Service; the Director-General of the State Security Service; and the Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Commission.

 Maku did not answer questions on the fate of Moro and on whether applicants’ N1, 000 registration fee would be refunded.

“I have only told you what the President announced during the council meeting,” he responded to further enquiries on Jonathan’s directives.

He however confirmed that Jonathan had instructed MDAs to desist from organising sloppy exercises as did the NIS in order to avert a similar tragedy.

Maku said, “The President has also directed that as soon as he returns from his trip abroad he will meet the families of the deceased to express his personal condolences to them over the sad tragedy that took place on Saturday.

“He instructed all MDAs never to embark on an exercise of this nature in recruiting people into the public service because what happened could have been avoided. So, Mr. President directed that no one outside the armed forces and the police, who usually recruit people through such an exercise, that no other MDA is allowed to embark on this kind of exercise that we witnessed on Saturday.

“All of us expressed our regrets about what happened; our hearts go out there to the families of the deceased. This nation is fully behind them, the grief is not their own, the grief is that of all Nigerians and is the grief of the government and the people of Nigeria. “We regret it and we pray for the repose of the souls of those who have departed.

“Council noted that it is regrettable that this took place at a time that every effort was being made by government to increase spaces available for employment. For example last year, we were able to get 1.6 million employed in the various sectors of the economy and the public service.

“However, the incident that took place is so painful and we will not want to see in this country young job seekers losing their lives in the process of seeking for jobs after school training.”

Court hears PDP suit against defected govs April 7

Ex-PDP govs.

The Peoples Democratic Party has moved to serve hearing notices on the governors who defected to the All Progressives Congress at their liaison offices in Abuja in a bid to accelerate proceedings in a suit in which it asked an Abuja Federal High Court to remove them from office.

The suit filed by PDP against the governors – Alhaji Murtala Nyako (Adamawa); Rotimi Amaechi (Rivers); Aliyu Wamakko (Sokoto); Rabiu Kwakwanso (Kano); and Abdulfatai Ahmed (Kwara) – has been stalled repeatedly as a result of a dispute over the address of the national secretariat of the APC.

The governors’ grouse was that the PDP did not serve the hearing notice at the address stipulated in the order which directed them to appear before the court.

However, the PDP explained that the defected governors’ new political party, the APC, had moved from the address mentioned in the court order – No. 6 Guinea Bissau Street, Wuse Zone 6 – to a new location – No. 40 Blantyre Street, Wuse 2, where it served the hearing notice.

The five governors are insisting that they cannot be served at an address that was not authorised by the court, and their lawyers, including Yusuf Ali, SAN, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, Awa Kalu, SAN, John Bayeshia, SAN and Akin Olujinmi, SAN, have challenged what they described as ‘wrongful’ service of the hearing notice.

However, in a bid to resolve the impasse and make progress in the case, the PDP counsel, Dr. Alex Izinyon, SAN, at the continuation of hearing in the matter on Wednesday, informed the court that PDP had filed a new application on March 17 to seek the leave of the court to serve the hearing notice on the governors at their liaison offices in Abuja.

“We want to serve them now at their liaison office.

“The essence (of the application) is that we want to tell that this is what we want to do,” Izinyon said.

Explaining the decision to serve the defected governors at their liaison offices, he said, “We don’t want to follow them to the new address because they can say they are no longer there.

“So we said let’s look for an address that is permanent.

“This is a matter of constitutional importance and we have been here for three months – we cannot continue following them from pillar to post.

“I hope the liaison offices will still be there on the next adjourned date.”

With the defected governors’ lawyers arguing that they were not empowered to receive service on behalf of their clients, Justice Kolawole adjourned to April 7 to hear all pending applications, including the defendants’ motion against the service of the hearing notice.

The confusion over the address of the national secretariat of the APC became a major issue in the suit after the governors and their lawyers failed to appear before the court when proceedings in the suit commenced on January 27.

Following the governors’ absence, Justice Kolawole fixed February 6 for hearing and ordered that a  hearing notice to that effect should be served on them.

The judge directed that the hearing notice should be pasted at the national secretariat of the APC as a means of substituted service on the five governors, in addition to its advertisement in two national dailies

Jonathan sacks NNPC director, appoints five new GEDs

President Goodluck Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday sacked the Group Executive Director, Exploration and Production, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Mr. Abiye Membere, and appointed five new ones to fill existing vacancies.

According to a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, the new appointees and their portfolios are Mr. Ian Udoh, Group Executive Director, Refining and Petrochemicals; Dr. Dan Efebo, Group Executive Director, Corporate Services; and Ms. Aisha Abdurrahman, Group Executive Director, Business Development.

Others are Mr. Adebayo Ibirogba, Group Executive Director, Engineering and Technical; and Dr. Joseph Dawha, Acting Group Executive Director, Exploration and Production.

Abati said the appointments took immediate effect.

Among the GEDs, the one in charge of the Exploration and Production is one of the most influential in the hierarchy of the NNPC because the department is responsible for producing the crude oil that is the mainstay of the Nigerian economy.

It was gathered that some of the old GEDs had retired from the corporation without the government filling their positions, while some served in acting capacities.

For instance, the former GED, Refining and Petrochemicals, Mr. Anthony Ogbuigwe, and GED, Business Development, Mr. Aminu Babakusa, were said to have retired from the services of the NNPC.

The former acting GEDs, Corporate Services and Engineering and Technical were replaced with substantive directors.

Those that retained their portfolios are the GEDs, Commerce and Investment, Dr. Attahir Yusuf; Finance and Accounts, Mr. Bernard Otti; Gas and Power, Dr. David Ige; and Comapny Secretary/Legal Adviser, Anthony Madichie.

Udoh, according to the statement, is a native of Akwa Ibom State and has been the Managing Director of the Port Harcourt Refining and Petrochemicals Company Limited since November 2012.

He has considerable experience of managing the nation’s refineries, having previously held the position of Executive Director, Operations, at both the Kaduna Refining and Petrochemicals Company Limited and the PHRPC.

In addition, Udoh had previously served as a general manager in the Refining and Petrochemicals Directorate of NNPC.

Efebo, who hails from Bayelsa State, was until the latest appointment the Group General Manager in charge of the NNPC’s Human Resources Division. He was previously General Manager, Human Resources, Brass LNG.

Abdurrahman is a native of Kogi State and was the Managing Director, Nikorma, NNPC’s shipping subsidiary.

She also served as Managing Director of Hyson, an NNPC trading subsidiary; and as Executive Director (Services), Pipelines and Products Marketing Company.

Ibirogba, a chemical engineer, until now was the Group General Manager, Engineering, NNPC’s Engineering and Technology Directorate, and hails from Ogun State.

He served at various times as General Manager (New Business), General Manager (Gas Development), and Group General Manager, Greenfield Refineries.

In 2010, Ibirogba became the first African to be elected to the Board of Directors of the World LP Gas Association.

Dawha, who replaces Membere as Group Executive Director, Exploration and Production, was previously the Managing Director of Integrated Data Services Limited.

He is an indigene of Borno State and has served the corporation over the years in various capacities in the upstream and downstream sectors of the industry.

Meanwhile, the Managing Director, Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas, Mr. Babs Omotowa, on Wednesday said the firm paid N220bn as tax on its operational profit in 2013.

According to him, the firm prides itself as the biggest tax payer and gas income earner in the country.

Omotowa said this in Abuja at the inauguration of the company’s university support programme.

“Our corporate income tax will exceed N220bn per annum, which is by far the highest in Nigeria and sub-Saharan Africa,” he said.

He added that the NLNG had also commercialised over four trillion cubic feet of natural gas to lead the country’s aspiration for flare reduction at oil production sites.

 

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