Three corp Members death: Police has begun Probe

In line with the presidential directive, police authorities have commenced an investigation into the death of three National Youth Service Corps members who died while serving in Kano, Zamfara and Bayelsa states.
The President last week ordered an investigation into the circumstances that led to the controversial deaths of the three corps members.
A first class graduate of Transport Management, Ifedolapo Oladepo, died during the NYSC orientation in Kano last week.
Another first class graduate of Petroleum Engineering from the University of Uyo, Ukeme Monday, reportedly died in Zamfara State orientation camp of a yet-to-be-ascertained ailment.
Another serving corps member, Okonta Samuel, was gunned down by suspected cultists in Rivers State while helping to facilitate the rerun election.
The Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, directed operatives of the Special Investigation Panel to carry out a comprehensive probe of the incidents.
The Special Investigation Panel headed by a retired Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Ali Amodu, was set up by the IG to handle high profile investigations in the country.
Reports say the panel has already contacted a renowned pathologist, Dr. Wilson Akhiwu, to assist in the investigations.

US Congressman, Chaka Fatah Sentenced To Ten Years In Prison

Veteran US Congressman Chaka Fatah has been sentenced to ten years in prison over charges including racketeering, bribery, money laundering and fraud.
The sixty-year-old Democratic Congressman represented the state of Pennsylvania for twenty two years, and was one of Congress’ most senior black lawmakers.
The penalty was handed down by a federal judge in Philadelphia, the city that he represented until June 2016.
During sentencing, the US Congressman District Judge that he had helped tens of millions of people during his 37-year political career.
He however vowed to appeal the conviction and will report to prison next month.

Breaking:MMM Nigeria Freezes All Members' Money

Panic and probable loss of confidence on MMM Nigeria by members of the Ponzi scheme over a freeze on all money in the system.
The shocker came early Tuesday morning as a the system placed suspension of members' cash till next year.
According to a statement, the Ponzi Scheme administrator said the reason for the Pause mood is to avoid risk at this festive season with a hope of coming back next year.

In sokoto :Fire kills 12, and Properties worth N 2.1 bn destroyed

Sokoto - No fewer than twelve persons died as a result of 385 fire incidents in Sokoto State from January till December 2016, according to the Director-General of the State Fire Service Department, Alhaji Ibrahim Dingyadi.
Dingyadi told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Sokoto on Monday that, properties worth over N 2.1 billion were also lost in the infernos.
Properties worth over N 2.8 billion were also saved from the blazes by the Department.
Dingyadi attributed most of the infernos to electrical faults and mishandling of fires in homes, markets and other commercial areas.
“The Department has embarked on series of sensitisation campaigns to raise awareness of the residents on fire prevention and mitigation.
“They are also being sensitized on the need to report fire outbreaks on time, as well as follow laid down rules and regulations in constructing structures.”
The director-general further disclosed that the state government has recently ordered for ten new fire engines for the department.
Similarly, five of the existing ones have been refurbished, while eight new fire stations were being established.
“We are also in the process of rehabilitating the existing fire stations, recruitment of new firemen, training and retraining.
“We are also in the process of taking over the fire engines in the 23 local governments, to boost fire prevention and control,” Dingyadi said.

New UN Secretary General takes charge of Affairs

Antonio Guterres has taken the oath of office as the United Nations’ new secretary-general on Monday during a formal ceremony at the General Assembly.
The former prime minister of Portugal pledged to “exercise in all loyalty, discretion and conscience” his duties as UN chief when he takes over from Ban Ki-moon on January 1. He also pledged to carry out reforms to improve the world body.

Muslims reject Christian court, in Nigeria.

Nigerian Muslims have rejected the Bill for Ecclesiastical (Christian) Courts in Nigeria.
The umbrella body of all Muslims in Nigeria, Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) described the Bill as a recipe for anarchy and should be stopped in the interest of the nation.
The group has also threatened that it would demand that Wednesday should be declared a work-free day in Nigeria, if Christians continue to insist on ecclesiastical courts.
The Secretary-General of NSCIA and Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede said the demand for Christian courts amounted to the height of intolerance because Christians enjoyed Sunday as Sabbath Day while the cross was the sign of the hospital “and yet Muslims are not complaining.
He stated that if it was because Muslims have Shariah court, that Christian want Christian courts, then Muslims also have the right to say they don’t want Saturday and Sunday as work-free day.
“If Christians say whatever Muslims want, they will be antagonistic to it, then what it means is that Muslims can stand up and say they don’t want Saturday and Sunday, they want Wednesday as work-free day.”
He said the promoters of the Bill should be cautioned not to create a situation that will lead to anarchy.

Guitar auctioned for N52m

A vintage fender guitar owned by, King Sunny Ade, was on Sunday auctioned for N52.1 million in Lagos.
The guitar which was auctioned by Dr. Jogun Onabanjo, Certified Auctioneer and Chief Executive of Onabanjo and Onabanjo & Co, is known to have been designed by Nigerian artist Victor Ehikamenor.
The artistic piece was revealed at the King Sunny Ade‘s 70th birthday concert tagged Sunny on Sunday, which had an audience comprising of Nigeria’s richest and top celebrities.
The starting bid of nine million Naira was followed by a very competitive bid by the well-heeled audience consisting of influential businessmen such as Aliko Dangote and Femi Otedola, and more closing at N52.1 million.
The concert was held at the Temple Balmoral Marquee, Federal Palace Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY :Victor Moses

We celebrate you today the 12th day of December, as you celebrate your 26th birthday ! You have ended up on the winning side in all 9 Premier League games he’s started this season.

Reject same-sex marriage; IOF urges world leaders.

The International Organization for the Family (IOF) has urged religious, political, social, and civic leaders across the world not to yield to external pressures on same-sex marriage.
This appeal is contained in a statement issued tagged “Cape Town Declaration” reaffirmed the critical role of traditional man-woman marriage as the bedrock of civilization.
According to the statement, ‘the family is the “first and primordial community” and that marriage is “the conjugal bond of man and woman.
“This definition is not a matter of preference or temperament or taste,” the signers declared, but “the heart of any just social order.”
“Throwing down the gauntlet to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and trangender (LGBT) lobby, a thriving culture will firmly resist every push to redefine marriage to include: same-sex or group bonds, or sexually open or temporary ones.’’
The document also declared that the nature of marriage as between one man and one woman is “a truth that no government can change,”
It said that the declaration was a historic step in the global fight to preserve the truth about marriage.
It said that forcing the agenda of same-sex marriage on nations by manipulation of foreign aid or the likes was a deplorable practice.
Those that signed the declaration had pledged to work toward recovering the true understanding of marriage in places where governments had imposed an unwanted and unwarranted distortion of marriage upon society, it said.
“Beyond affixing their names to the document, signers also pledged to resist the rising cultural imperialism of western powers whose governments seek nothing less than the ideological colonization of the family.
“Bowing to no earthly power, using every just measure, we shall not falter or flag until the truth about marriage is embraced in our laws and honoured in our lands,’’ the document stated.
“While the Manhattan Declaration targeted three points: 1)the sanctity of life;
2) the dignity of marriage;
 3) freedom of religion; and
 The Cape-Town Declaration chose to focus specifically on marriage and the family.

CBN Discovers Over 2 Million Fake Naira Notes In Kano

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has discovered about N2 97120.00 counterfeit currency notes in circulation in Kano state between January and November 2016.
This was disclosed by the CBN branch controller Kano state.
The statistics recorded when compared to that of last year signified that the trend needs to be nipped in the bud.o

Just in :Bauchi kidnappers killed, victims freed.

 Bauchi State Police on Sunday killed two suspected kidnappers, arrested another and rescued two women held hostage in Buzun forest.
This followed a gun battle at the forest in the Ganjuwa Local Government Area.
The troops attached to Ganjuwa Division had the support of Danga security as they stormed the alleged kidnappers’ hideout.
However, a security guard was killed.
Among weapons recovered are rifle, magazine and 15 rounds of live ammunition.
Haruna Mohammed, Acting Public Relations Officer, Bauchi State Police Command, said the case was under investigation and efforts intensified to apprehend other fleeing suspects.

Rivers Rerun: George Sekibo, winner Rivers east senatorial district.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Candidate, George Sekibo, winner of the rerun election in Rivers east senatorial district.
Oji Ekumankama, returning officer of the election, announced this at council hall, Port Harcourt, venue of the collation, on Monday.
Ekumankama said Sekibo polled 93,098 votes ahead of Andrew Uchendu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who had 34,193 votes.

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360DegreeNaija: Defence headquarters denies alleged sack of two Se...: Abuja - The Defence headquarters has dismissed news making the rounds that President Muhammadu Buhari has removed the Chief of Defence Staf...

Defence headquarters denies alleged sack of two Service Chiefs

Abuja - The Defence headquarters has dismissed news making the rounds that President Muhammadu Buhari has removed the Chief of Defence Staff, General Gabriel Olonisakin and the Chief of Naval State, Vice Admiral Ibok Ete-Ibas.
It asked people to discountenance the rumours as the two Service Chiefs remain in their duty posts.
There was news on Monday that President Buhari has approved the retirement duo.
Buhari according to New Telegraph had directed the Minister of Defence, Brig.- Gen. Mansur Dan-Ali (rtd), to send letters to the two Service Chiefs to notify them of their disengagement from service.
In the letter, the duo were directed to handover on or before Friday, December 16.
Olonisakin and Ibas’ disengagements were based on their attaining the official years of retirement from the military.
While Olonisakin was commissioned Second Lieutenant on December 18, 1981, Ibas’ commissioning took place in 1983.
But Brigadier General Rabe Abubakar, Director of Information, Defence Headquarters, according to
Vanguard said nothing like that happened.
He said the Defence headquarters will soon issue a press statement on the situation of things as it concerned the two Service Chiefs.

Rivers Rerun :The All Progressives Congress (APC) leads

A total of 21 seats were contested in the election – three in the senate, eight at the house of representatives and 10 at the state house of assembly.
So far, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the result of one senatorial district, three federal constituencies and five state constituencies, making nine in all.
Of the nine, PDP has won two seats, while its opponent has won the remaining five.
In Okrika Ogu/Bolo federal constituency, Okwulehie Ikechukwu, the returning officer, declared Gogo Tamuno of the PDP winner, saying he polled 11,668 votes to defeat Maureen Tamuno of the APC, who secured 5,995 votes.
Khana/Gokana federal constituency
In Khana/Gokana federal constituency, Maurice Pronen polled 68,219 votes to defeat Dumnamene Dekor, his PDP opponent, who secured 20,329 votes.
With 48,760 votes, Barry Mpigi of the APC defeated Jacobson Nbina of the PDP rival, who had 11,737 votes in Tai/Oyigbo/Eleme federal constituency.
In Khana state constituency 2, Friday Nkeeh of the APC defeated Dinebari Loolo of the PDP. Nkeeh got 15,000 votes, while his opponent polled 4,000 votes.
Bonny state constituency
In Bonny state constituency, Abinye Pepple of the PDP polled 6,610 votes to defeat APC’s Henry Halliday, who came second with 2330 votes.
With 24,624 votes, Innocent Barikor of APC won Gokana state constituency.
 Magnus Abe of the APC secured 125,938 votes to defeat Olaka Nwogu of the PDP, who secured 25,394 votes in Rivers east senatorial district.
Official results of Rivers east and Rivers west senatorial districts are yet to be released, but results trickling in from the polling units show the PDP leading in the areas.
In Rivers east, results of all but two of the eight local governments, have been declared, with PDP winning.
As of 5:25am on Sunday when collation was suspended, George Sekibo of the PDP was leading Andrew Uchendu of APC by 49,937 votes. While Sekibo polled a total of 77,691 votes, Uchendu managed to secure 27,754.

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This is man inhumanity to Man

This World is cruel and wicked. Human eating human . Has it gotten to this barbaric level?
Share until this evil is stopped.

3 die in Synagogue church stampede

Lagos - Three persons have been confirmed dead at the Synagogue Church of all Nations (SCOAN), Ikotun, Lagos following a stampede on the church’s premises on Saturday.
The incident occurred early Saturday morning during the church’s healing service as worshippers trooped to see the General Overseer of the church, Prophet T.B. Joshua.
The stampede occurred around 4.30am.
Sources said the dead were among those screened to  see the man of God.
The sources added that those screened were much and started struggling through the doorway to see the prophet.
In the process, three people collapsed.
They were rushed to the Isolo General Hospital, where they were confirmed dead.
Two of the victims were identified as Emeka Okonkwo and Emmanuel Oherin, while the third victim had yet to be identified.
Their corpses were said to have been deposited in a morgue in the state.
The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dolapo Badmos, has confirmed the incident, adding that investigations were ongoing.
The stampede is coming more than two years after one of the church's buildings collapsed.
About 120 people according to News 24 died after the collapse.
Eighty-one of the dead were South African visitors to the SCOAN.

MMM founder, Mavrodi writes Buhari, lists benefits

Abuja - Ponzi scheme company (MMM) Founder, Sergey Mavrodi has allegedly written an open letter to the Federal Government of Nigeria explaining the benefits of the scheme.
According to the letter, Mr Mavrodi implored the government to look at the benefits of the scheme rather than be against it without knowing how it was helping Nigerians.
He insisted that if the government was really interested in the welfare of the Nigerian participant, then the scheme should be left alone arguing that MMM was helping the over 3 million Nigerian participants.
Read below the full script of the letter .
Open Letter from Sergey Mavrodi to the Nigerian Authorities
Honorable authorities,
So far MMM has come under a constant attack from you. In this regard, I would like to ask you a few simple questions.
Since you are concerned with the interests of millions of your fellow citizens, I hope that you would be so kind to answer them. What are you trying to get? Do you want the MMM System to collapse and millions of people to suffer?
Who will support them then if now MMM is their only means of livelihood? Will you?
You even don’t pay wages to people? Or might you not care about them? Might you be using a trendy topic to make a good name for yourselves? What will you say to a mother who will have no money to buy food for her child?
Will you let her child die for the sake of the higher interests of the economy? You say that MMM is a scam. What is the scam here, if all members are warned in advance about all the risks, the possible and impossible ones?
They know there are no investments at all. The warning is a red text on a yellow background placed on most prominent place of the website.
You say that MMM is bad. Why? Yes, it produces nothing, but nothing gets out of the country either.
The money is just redistributed among the citizens of Nigeria. It gets from those who are richer to poorer ones, in this way restoring social justice. What”s wrong with that? You have repeatedly stated that “it should be investigated!.. researched!..” It means you know nothing about this System yet; you even haven’t understood how it works.
And finally. If you know what is right for people, why is the life so bad in the country?
Sincerely yours,
Sergey Mavrodi

P.S. As for your statement that “everything will collapse soon”. The system has been working in Nigeria for a year, and according to your estimates, the total number of members now is about 3 million people. In Nigeria the population is approximately 195 million. Can you calculate? Will it be “soon”?

Buhari drops two Service Chiefs

Abuja - Indications have emerged that President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the retirement of the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Gabriel Olonisakin and the Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas.
Buhari has directed the Minister of Defence, Brig.- Gen. Mansur Dan-Ali (rtd), to sent letters to the two Service Chiefs to notify them of their disengagement from service.
In the letter, the duo were directed to handover on or before Friday, December 16.
Olonisakin and Ibas’ disengagements were based on their attaining the official years of retirement from the military.
While Olonisakin was commissioned Second Lieutenant on December 18, 1981, Ibas’ commissioning took place in 1983.
Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadiq Abubakar is expected to take over from Olonisakin in acting capacity.
Abubakar is the most senior Service Chief after Olonisakin.
A former President of a Special Court-Martial, Air Vice Marshal James Gbum, is to assume the position of CAS, also in acting capacity.

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NCAA suspends five cabin crew members for using marijuana

Lagos - The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), has suspended the medical certificates of five cabin crew members over alleged drug related offences.
The NCAA announced this in a statement by its General Manager, Public Relations, Mr Sam Adurogboye, and obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Lagos.
Adurogboye said the crew members (names withheld) tested positive to marijuana (Tetra Hydro Cannabinol – THC) during a Multi- Drug Screening Test (MDST).
He said the test was conducted on participants of the Cabin Crew Training Basic Course – 30 (CCTB – 30 ) at the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT) Zaria, Kaduna State on June 2.
“Upon receipt of the test result from NCAT Zaria where they went for training before they got involved, NCAA issued a letter of investigation (LOI) to the involved crew members and they responded.
“The authority accordingly considered their responses which were in writing after it had been duly established that they all tested positive to Tetra Hydro Cannabinol (THC – Marijuana).
“This is a substance deemed under the Nigerian Civil Aviation Regulations (Nig. NCARs) 2015 to be a psychoactive substance which made the defaulters disoriented and thereby violated NCARs 2015,” Adurogboye said.
According to him, consequent upon the findings, the defaulted crew members no longer meet the requirements for the issuance of a Cabin Crew licence.
He said in the light of the above and in accordance with the provision of Nig. NCARs 2015, the authority resolved to suspend their medical certificates for a period of 180 days from the date of receipt of NCAA letter to them.
Adurogboye said it also put on hold the processing of their initial cabin crew licence and requested them to repeat the examination.
He added that they would not be issued the cabin crew licence even if they passed the examination until they were successfully rehabilitated and re-issued the medical certificate.
“NCAA has, therefore, mandated the suspended Cabin Crew members to undergo rehabilitation for psychoactive substance abuse under the strict supervision of a consultant psychiatrist at designated medical centres forthwith.
“At the end of the rehabilitation, a report is expected to be forwarded in strict confidence by the medical centre to the authority for consideration of re-issuance of their medical certificate in accordance with the Nig. NCARs 2015.
“The authority expects strict compliance by the suspended crew members without which their medical certificates would not be issued.
“This is assuring the travelling public that NCAA is very detailed in its oversight activities over the industry in the interest of safer skies in Nigeria and violations are viewed seriously,” Adurogboye said.

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4,000 civilians exit eastern neighborhoods of Aleppo, Army and relevant authorities transfer them to makeshift centers

Aleppo, – Thousands of civilians besieged by terrorist organizations in the eastern neighborhoods of Aleppo city exited through the humanitarian corridors identified by the Syrian Arab Army in cooperation with the Russian side.
During the past few hours some 4,000 civilians escaped the grip of terrorists spread in the eastern neighborhoods of Aleppo city from the corridors of Qadi Askar, Bab al-Nairab Roundabout, al-Aziziya and Bab al-Hadid.
The evacuation of the civilians is continuous as the army units and the relevant authorities in Aleppo Governorate are transferring them via buses towards makeshifts centers supplied with all basic requirements.
Medical workers are providing healthcare to the civilians and submitting the injured and the patients through ambulances to medical points and hospitals for getting the suitable treatment.
Hundreds of families are still besieged by the terrorists of Jabhat al-Nusra and other terrorist organizations such as ” Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement” which Washington and its allies consider as “moderate opposition” despite committing tens of massacres against civilians in Aleppo city and its countryside.

No agreement reached between Russia and US on exit of militants of Aleppo’s eastern neighborhoods

 Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said that Russia did not reach an agreement with the United States regarding the exit of militants from the eastern neighborhoods of Aleppo.
In a statement on Sunday, Ryabkov said that the United States keeps insisting in its talks with Russia on unacceptable conditions regarding the ceasefire.
Earlier, Reuters claimed that Moscow and Washington have reached an agreement by which militants would exit Aleppo within 48 hours with their light weapons, with Jabhat al-Nusra members going to Idleb while other militants would be allowed to choose their destination.

Trump chooses hardliners but talks softer on immigration

New York - Donald Trump embraced new Cabinet officers on Wednesday whose backgrounds suggest he's primed to put tough actions behind his campaign rhetoric on immigration and the environment, even as he seemed to soften his yearlong stance on immigrants brought to the US illegally as children.
It's clearer by the day, underscored by Trump's at-times contradictory words, that his actual policies as president won't be settled until after he takes his seat in the Oval Office.
Retired Marine General John Kelly has been selected to head the Department of Homeland Security, and Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, a climate-change denier whose policies have helped fossil fuel companies, is to be announced as head of the Environmental Protection Agency.
Separately, Trump named the former chief executive of World Wrestling Entertainment, Linda McMahon, to head the Small Business Administration - and may have breathed new life into the candidacy of a secretary of state contender.
Trump said he planned to name his choice for the key Cabinet post next week and insisted that former rival Mitt Romney still had a chance.
Searing rhetoric
READ: Trump is Time magazine's Person of the Year
Trump, who has met twice with the 2012 GOP presidential nominee, denied he was stringing Romney along to make him pay for earlier remarks that Trump was unfit to be president.
"No, it's not about revenge. It's about what's good for the country, and I'm able to put this stuff behind us - and I hit him very hard also," Trump said in a telephone interview on NBC.
Three sources close to the selection process said late on Wednesday that Romney's stock is on the rise again within Trump's circle after a period in which the celebrity businessman had cooled on the candidacy of the former Massachusetts governor.
But Trump has changed his mind repeatedly throughout the process and has expanded the pool of contenders beyond the previously identified final four of Romney, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, Senate Foreign Relations Chair Bob Corker and former CIA Director David Petraeus.
Trump's long presidential campaign was in large part defined by searing rhetoric and his steadfast promises to build an impenetrable wall on the border with Mexico and crack down on immigrants living in the US illegally.
But he struck a softer tone in an interview published on Wednesday after he was named Time Magazine's "Person of the Year".
"We're going to work something out that's going to make people happy and proud," Trump said. "They got brought here at a very young age; they've worked here, they've gone to school here. Some were good students. Some have wonderful jobs. And they're in never-never land because they don't know what's going to happen."
He offered no details about a policy that would make that clear.
Scepticism
During the campaign, Trump's tough comments - including a vow to overturn US President Barack Obama's executive orders on immigration - have led to fears among immigrant advocates that he will end Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) programme.
Hundreds of thousands of young immigrants have gained work permits and temporary protection from deportation under the 2012 programme, which aides to Trump have said would be revisited.
Others continue to press the immigrants' case. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emmanuel presented Trump a letter Wednesday from 14 big city mayors urging him to keep the programme intact.
"They were working hard toward the American dream," Emmanuel told reporters in lobby of Trump's skyscraper. "It's no fault of their own their parents came here. They are something we should hold up and embrace."
Though some immigrant advocates hope Trump's words were an olive branch, others were sceptical.
"We've seen this movie before," Frank Sharry of the immigrant-rights group America's Voice said in a statement. "Unfortunately we expect no pivot and no softening."

Nigeria denies paying Swisss goverment to collect Abacha’s $321 million loot

Lagos - Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, has denied that the Federal Government has agreed to pay a $79 million commission to the Swiss government as part of conditions for repatriation of the Abacha looting.
The Minister of Finance clarified that the amount payable to Nigeria from Switzerland is $321 million, and is being returned to Nigeria for projects which are subject to verification by the World Bank.
The recovery process is ongoing with the Swiss authorities and the World Bank has agreed to undertake the required verification, the minister said.
She stated that there is no deduction of $79 million as suggested in a newspaper report and described it as both “misleading and inaccurate”.

Gambia: Ban dismayed at Jammeh’s ‘U-turn’

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed issatisfaction at outgoing Gambian President Yahya Jammeh rescinding his earlier decision of Dec. 2, in which he conceded defeat to President-elect Adama Barrow.
Ban, in a press statement issued by his spokesman, Stephane Dujarric, called on Jammeh to respect the outcome of the Dec. 1 presidential election.
“The Secretary-General is dismayed by the Dec. 9 statement by President Yahya Jammeh of The Gambia rejecting the outcome of the Dec. 1 Presidential election.
“The Secretary-General calls on President Jammeh and all political actors and their supporters to fully respect the outcome of the election and to resolve all disputes that may arise from the electoral process through established legal procedures in an expeditious and transparent manner.”
The UN chief reiterated his earlier call for a peaceful, timely and orderly transfer of power, in full respect of the will of the Gambian people as expressed in the election. The secretary-general urges all stakeholders, including defence and security forces, to refrain from any statements or actions that may lead to violence or unrest, according to the statement.

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How avoiding orgasm can up your sexual pleasure

Want to take your solo and partner sex to the next level? Try edging.
Edging is a new name for an old concept: orgasm control. Practised by the Taoists since the Han Dynasty (more than 2 000 years ago), the idea was that while sex was an inevitable fact of life, dudes didn’t have to spill their ‘life force’ at the mere glimpse of a woman's ankle.
The solution? Develop techniques to prolong pleasure without orgasm, eventually achieving a state of such supreme control that the male could orgasm without ejaculation.
Of course, like many good ideas, these Taoist sex techniques survived history and there are some super-humans still practising them today.
We mere mortals, however, can dabble in orgasm control along simpler terms.
Today ‘edging’ draws on the idea of maintaining arousal without orgasm, but for both men and women. And while the practice now may be more prosaic than spiritual, its fundamental principle can have a profound effect on your sex life.
Learning to take your time
It’s a simple technique: just before you peak, you pull back from the edge, relax, and then work up to your climax again.
Think of edging as riding the wave of pleasure and choosing when to pull back and when to body surf to shore, instead of being whipped up by a wave and dumped before you’ve had a chance to enjoy your surf.
It’s part tease, part savouring the sexperience, without rushing to ‘end’ it with orgasm. In the pause moments between building your climax again, lie back, close your eyes and feel the sensations in your body.
Practicing solo
I’ve heard of edging as a form of self-care. I like this. Women, especially, are not used to taking the time they need to build desire to a high enough pitch for orgasm. Edging during masturbation helps you construct that experience for yourself.
For guys who struggle with ejaculating ‘too quickly’ during penetrative sex, solo play with edging will help them identify that ‘point of no return’ and practice working a pause into that.
Riding the wave together
Whether you’re vibing together or focusing your attentions on each other one at a time, edging during partner play is a great way to work those communication skills and learn how to be present.
Don’t freak out if your guy’s junk goes flaccid occasionally or you to need some lube. Those are the natural peaks and troughs of sex that takes longer than a few minutes.
Also read : What are this year's sex trends?
Pay attention to over-stimulation which can lead to kind of drop off in pleasure and for some people can feel painful. Keep talking about what feels good.
Have fun with it
Don’t take your practise too seriously, especially if you’re trying to prolong the time he takes to ejaculate. If the experience is riddled with anxiety, you’re doing it wrong.
And accessorise your experience! Use lube, include toys and play with different forms of erotica. Above all, listen to what your body needs to feel good, even if that means trying out positions that might feel weird for you.

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Intelligence agency blames Russia for trying to destabilise Germany

Berlin - Germany's

domestic intelligence agency says Russia is trying to destabilise German society and the state with propaganda campaigns and cyber attacks.

The blunt warning from Germany's BfV agency comes less than a year before the country is expected to hold a general election.

Agency chief Hans-Georg Maassen said in a statement on Thursday that "there is growing evidence for attempts to influence the federal election next year".

His agency has seen an increase in "aggressive cyber-espionage" targeting German politicians.

Russia has been blamed for the hacking and release of Democratic National Committee emails before the US presidential election.

Maassen said "automated opinion forming" with so-called bots could be used to spread fake news on social media.

Russia has in previously strongly denied its involvement in orchestrating cyber attacks on foreign soil.

At least 50 killed in church building collapse

Uyo, South - South Nigeria- At least 50 people have been killed in a church building collapse in Uyo.
There were huge crowed at the Reigners Bible Church, located along Village Road, as a bishop, Akan Week, was being consecrated.
Eye witness says the church is being renovated because of the high number of people expected at the event.
“Pastor Akan Week was being consecrated today so the programme was holding inside the Church when suddenly, the whole building collapsed”.
“Many people are buried under the debris as emergency workers continue rescue exercise,” he said.
Governor Udom Emmanuel narrowly escaped death when the church building collapsed, according to
Channels .
Many victims have been taken to various hospitals and mortuaries in the town.
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Early Morning Tragedy as Twin Explosions Rock Maiduguri, Many Feared Dead

Two deafening explosions on Sunday morning occurred in a crowded area near Maiduguri’s main market, witnesses and officials have said.
The two blasts occurred in quick succession at about 8:48 a.m.
The Police public relations officer, Victor Isuku, confirmed the blasts which he said was near Old NEPA office not far from Monday market.
Full details of the blast are not clear yet as rescue workers are mobilised to the site.
The attacked area is one of the busiest places in Maiduguri and is usually crowded with commuters and pedestrians.
The source of the explosions are yet to be determined.

Same sex marriage tops agenda in Nigeria’s new constitution

Lagos - The National Assembly on Friday, assured Nigerians that a new constitution will be ready between February and March, 2017, reports Vanguard
The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives and Chairman, House Ad-Hoc Committee on Constitution amendment, Yussuf Lasun speaking at the opening ceremony of a working session/retreat of the House Committee on Constitution review in Abeokuta Ogun State, disclosed that issues of legalizing same sex marriage, demand for more in the scheme of things and access to control of resources as well as local government creation will top the agenda in the alteration process.
He said, “It pleases me to inform you that the Committee has been working tirelessly to ensure that the Fourth Alteration Bill is given speedy passage and subsequent assent by the President.”
 He explained that because the process started late Nigerians could not contribute to the constitutions alterations, and in order to avoid the mistakes the leadership of the 8th assembly wants to start the process early enough.

President al-Assad meets participants in ALU meeting currently held in Damascus

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President Bashar al-Assad received on Saturday participants in the permanent office of the Arab Lawyers Union (ALU) meeting currently held in Damascus under the title ”The Rights of States in Confronting Terrorism”.
The meeting dealt with the important role of popular unions and associations, especially under the current conditions in the Arab region, with President al-Assad stressing that these organizations should play a fundamental and vital role in raising public awareness about the goings-on, without them waiting for governments to do so.
The President said the ALU has a significant role, as it comprises educated and politically-enlightened elites who can have a role in returning the Arab street to the concept of national belonging to confront Western schemes which seek to undermine the Arab social fabric by extremism.
The President added that the battle fought by the Syrian people is a “national battle par excellence”, because, he explained, one of the war’s goals was to strike the robust social fabric of the Syrian society.
Syria’s enemies have failed to achieve this, added the President, because the Syrian people have largely succeeded in preserving their unity and social fabric, and managed to emerge more united and fortified on that score, which is one of Syria’s key strengths.
The delegation members, for their part, said the current stage in the region is one of “intellectual struggle”, adding that the Arab nationalist thought must be disseminated to counteract an obscurantist ideology which seeks to invade Arab societies.
This, they said, is needed for incapacitating the project which aims at fragmenting the Arab region along sectarian and ethnic schisms.
The delegation members also stressed the necessity of launching a legal battle before international courts, in parallel with the military and political one fought by Syria, by filing lawsuits against terrorism backers in Syria, stressing their support for the Syrian people who are being targeted for embracing Arab causes and commitment to their country’s sovereignty and independent decision.

Syrian army and its allies continue advance in Aleppo’s eastern neighborhoods

Syrian army and its allies continue advance in Aleppo’s eastern neighborhoods

 Army units, in cooperation with the supporting forces and allies, on Sunday continued advance in the eastern neighborhoods of Aleppo and restored security and stability to the neighborhood of al-Assila to the southeast of Aleppo Citadel and the southeastern part of Karm al-Da’da’ neighborhood and chase down the fleeing terrorists.

U.S. condoles with Nigeria, victims of Madagali blasts

New York - The U.S. has condoled with Nigeria and families of victims of the twin bomb blasts in Madagali, Adamawa, which claimed scores of lives and injured several others on Friday.
The spokesperson for the U.S. Department of State, Mark Toner, during a press briefing on Friday, regretted that the attacks came after a relative calm in the northeast.
“First of all, we condemn the attack today in Madagali, Nigeria, that has reportedly killed at least 30 individuals and wounded many more.
“After a period of relative calm for the people of northeastern Nigeria, this tragic attack is a reminder of the need to remain vigilant and maintain a sense of urgency in the fight against Boko Haram.
Also read : Twin bomb blasts kill 56 in Adamawa
“The United States supports Nigeria and its Lake Chad Basin neighbours in their effort to defeat the group and ensure the safety and security of all its citizens.
“We also send our condolences, obviously, to the victims and their families and the people of Nigeria,” Toner said.
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Moscow: 20, 000 civilians evacuated from East Aleppo, 1,217 gunmen drop arms

The Russian Defense Ministry stressed on Saturday that military operations against the terrorist organizations in the eastern neighborhoods of Aleppo city have been suspended to allow the evacuation of civilians who are held by the terrorists as human shields.
The Ministry spokesperson Major General Igor Konashenkov confirmed that “More than 20,000 residents left eastern Aleppo in the first part of Saturday, and 1,217 militants laid down their weapons.”
The Hmemim-based Russian Reconciliation Center is monitoring the evacuation of civilians from the blocked districts round-the-clock with the use of drones.
Earlier today, a new groups of civilians who are besieged by the terrorist organizations have left the neighborhoods of al-Sukkari, al-Fridous and Salah-Eddin.
Those have been relocated in well-equipped makeshift centers in Jebrin area with the help of the army and the authorities concerned.
Meanwhile, a statement issued by the Russian Reconciliation Center said the Russian mine disposal experts continue their work alongside the engineering members within the Syrian army to clear liberated areas in the eastern neighborhoods of Aleppo.
It noted that mines have been removed in an area of 8 hectares, while explosive devices have also been removed from 24 buildings, bakery, two schools, two mosques, power stations and 4.5 km of roads.

Air Strikes On Islamic State-Held Border Town In Iraq ‘Kill Dozens’

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More than sixty people are reported to have been killed in air strikes on an Islamic State-controlled Iraqi town that is close to the Syrian border.
Witnesses said unidentified jets had targeted the centre of al-Qaim, about three hundred kilometer north-west of Baghdad, late on Wednesday afternoon.
The witnesses added that one strike had missed a mosque used by Islamic State militants as a headquarters and hit residential buildings.
Reports say nineteen children and twelve women were among the casualties.
The Islamic State-affiliated Amaq news agency published video purportedly showing the aftermath of what it called a massacre perpetrated by Iraqi aircraft in al-Qaim.
The footage showed vehicles on fire on a main road lined with shops, damaged buildings, and the bodies of several children.
It said that more than one hundred and twenty people had been killed in the air strikes

Pakistan Crash Pilot Made Mayday Call After Engine Problem

The pilot of a flight that crashed in Pakistan made a mayday call just before losing contact.
Pakistan International Airlines Chairman Muhammad Azam Saigol told reporters that the pilot told flight controllers of an engine problem on Wednesday.
All forty eight people on the twin-propeller plane flying to Islamabad were killed.
An investigation is ongoing, but the carrier has insisted strict checks left no room for any technical error.
The Airline said a flight data recorder has been found. Pakistani authorities have said the apparent engine issue will be a focus of inquiries.
Irfan Elahi, from Pakistan’s Civil Aviation Authority, told Newsmen that at the moment, there is no other reason for the plane crash other than the failure of the left engine.
The plane crashed in the Havelian area of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, about seventy kilometer from Islamabad. Police said the passengers’ charred remains have been taken to a hospital for DNA identification.
Famous pop singer turned Islamic preacher Junaid Jamshed was on board, along with three foreigners two Austrians and one Chinese citizen.

Cuba Business Owners Urge Us President-Elect To Continue Bilateral Thaw

More than one hundred Cuban business owners have appealed to US President-elect Donald Trump not to reverse a recent thaw in bilateral relations.
In a letter, they said additional measures to boost travel, trade and investment would benefit both nations.
US President-Elect Donald Trump, who takes office on twenty January, has said he will end a deal under which ties were restored in 2015 unless Havana offers a better deal.
Cuba hopes to sign twelve agreements with the US before Mr. Trump’s inauguration.
Cuban and US government officials on Wednesday held talks in Havana to discuss how this could be achieved during President Barack Obama’s remaining weeks in office.
Cuban Foreign Ministry’s Director of US Affairs, Josefina Vidal, said a number of agreements had already been signed with Washington since 2015.
She also expressed hopes that the bilateral relations would continue improving but within the respect of the existing differences and without having to make any kind of concession to the principles in which Cuba firmly believes.
President Obama has worked to improve relations with the communist government in Havana, culminating in his historic visit in March 2016.

Sports Leicester City vs Man City Result: Pep Guardiola's Comments After 4-2 Thrashing

Manchester City on Saturday evening were thrashed by Premier League defending champions Leicester City at the King Power Stadium.
Jamie Vardy opened the scoring in the 3rd minute before Andy King doubled it two minutes later. Jamie Vardy got his second goal by rounding off Man City keeper Bravo after receiving a sublime pass from Mahrez.
Vardy got his hat trick in the second half by rounding Bravo off for the second time and slotting home.
Kolarov pulled one back via a freekick and set up Nolito who made it two with less than 5 minutes to go. City piled on the pressure towards the end of the game but didn't score more goals.
Speaking after the game, Manchester City boss, Pep Guardiola said:
"Four minutes 2-0, it is not easy. England is very good on the counter-attack and second balls. They are tough on the counter defend so well. we tried until the end but there are good things in every game. it is difficult after 2-0 and 3-0.
"They would play long balls, we knew that. with the second balls, they were looking to our back four and did well.
"It is not about the system.
Do you need more defenders? "No. we defended well with these players at the start of the season and during the season, we have to stand up and analyse and players to step forward.
"All managers need time."
When asked why Manchester City started the game so badly, Pep Guardiola said: "Long balls, second balls, they won the second balls and scored fantastic goals.
"Football is a game with mistakes, especially today. I would never complain to my players and I will look inside myself and analyse the reason why we have problems with the second balls when they arrive.
"Our game is not bad but in the box we have a lot of problems."
When asked how long it is going to take his players to adapt to the "Pep way":
"I don't know. In the beginning it was quickly, now it will be a little bit longer," he said.
"To change the mentality, to change what we want, maybe it will take a little more time."

World Gambia: Yahya Jammeh's Rejection Of Poll Results 'Null and Void' - African Union

The African Union on Saturday called a statement by Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh rejecting his loss in December 1 polls "null and void" since he had already conceded defeat.
"The Chairperson of the Commission strongly urges President Yahya Jammeh to facilitate a peaceful and orderly transition and transfer of power," said Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma who also called on Gambia's security forces to remain neutral.
Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh had on Friday night rejected the result of the presidential election held earlier this month, a week after admitting defeat.
Mr Jammeh cited "abnormalities" in the vote and called for fresh elections.

World Why I Rejected Gambia's Election Result After Conceding Defeat – Yahya Jammeh

Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has said that he rejects the outcome of last week's election that he lost to opposition leader Adama Barrow, only days after he conceded defeat to him in a public address.
"After a thorough investigation, I have decided to reject the outcome of the recent election.
There are serious and unacceptable abnormalities which have reportedly transpired during the electoral process".
Jammeh said, he changed his position to allow a god-fearing and independent electoral commission perform a fresh poll.

INEC Confirms Election Violence; Issue Press Release (Full Speech)

INTERIM REPORT ON THE RIVERS RE-RUN ELECTIONS
Following the release of the timetable for the conclusion of the National and State Assembly re-run elections in Rivers state on 3rd November 2016, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) proceeded to conduct the elections in the state as scheduled today, Saturday, 10th December 2016.
The elections were generally peaceful and the turn-out was impressive except in Akuku-Toru, Gokana, Rhana, Andoni and Tai Local Government Areas. There were alleged reports of dynamite explosions in Akuku-Toru; INEC officials were attacked in Khana; electoral materials were snatched in Andoni; and our staff were prevented from conducting the elections in Tai State Constituency.
In a few other areas where hoodlums threatened the conduct of the exercise, the security agencies intervened and ensured that the elections were conducted in a peaceful atmosphere. In the meantime, actual voting has ended in most Polling Units (PUs).
We urge the good people of Rivers state to continue to cooperate with the Commission so that ultimately, we would have results that are acceptable to the Stakeholders.

Result Sheet Misses In Amaechi’s Unit In Rivers Rerun

There is anxiety at unit 14 ward 8, Ubima community, Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State, the unit of the Transportation Minister, Hon. Chibuike Amaechi, as it has been discovered that Form EC8A is missing.
Voting has been suspended due to the development.
The Presiding Officer Siminore Oshinokho said the form was misplaced and will be provided.
Meanwhile, Dr. Lasisi Rhymo, the SPO in the area confirmed that the PO had collected the original result sheet for ward 8 unit 14 and signed
Angry youths have apprehended the PO urging him to provide the missing materials.

Rivers Rerun: Drama as Voters Cast Ballots In Bagco Sacks

Drama ensued in Ulakwo ward, Etche Local government area as voters casted their ballots inside a bagco sacks at the polling unit.
According to Situation room report Voters are casting their votes into sack bags in PU32/11/13/012, Ulakwo Ward, Etche LGA due to lack of ballot boxes from Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.

Holy Ghost Congress

You can resist the Devil if…, —Adeboye
The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye Wednesday night at a special deliverance service of the ongoing Holy Ghost Congress, led participants in a holy war against all forms of evil forces and rulers of darkness and charged all those who are called by the name of Jesus Christ to stay away from every appearance of evil and embrace righteousness for them to experience wholesome restoration.
Drawing inspiration from the book of James 4:7, Pastor Adeboye, in a topic titled; “Resist the devil”, explained that most Christians still experience various demonic challenges because they have refused to totally submit their lives to God, saying that any child of God who has genuinely submitted him/herself to God and consistently does His will, will not be afraid of the activities of witches and wizards but will easily keep the devil at bay.
According to him, Christians ought to deal with all the activities of the evil ones in their life and that one of the reasons most Christians are afraid of witchcraft is because such people were not 100 per cent committed to God and that those who are still wallowing in all forms of evil practices have devil as their master.
In his words: “We have to deal with the devil because he is the original trouble maker, everything God created was okay before he came to distort God’s plan for mankind. God will not ask you to do what He knows you cannot do.
“Devil must be resisted and not worshiped; do not glorify devil, he is not to be tolerated but dealt with; not to be accommodated, served, nor loved. The only person you must love is God. Devil must not be advertised but Jesus Christ—witness more of Christ. Do not associate with the devil. You cannot be a Christian in the day and a member of a secret society in the night and you still want to command the devil. Devil knows those who truly belong to God.
Earlier, the Chairman of the Board of Trustees and Head of the Executive Council of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) in the UK and Special Assistant to the General Overseer, Pastor Agu Irukwu speaking on “The Destiny Changer”, lament that Nigeria, a nation with so much potentials in its early days, is today running at the very rung of its developmental index.
According to him, Nigeria which has been prophesied time and time again to be destined to excel in the continent is today struggling, saying that that’s not the destiny of the nation. He prophesied that God of complete restoration would soon turn the table around and restore the destiny of the nation.

TODAY’S EVENTS
MORNING SESSION
9.00am-10.00am Prayer & Intercession
10.00am-10.30am Praise & Worship
10.30am-11.30am Talk & Prayers: Signs And Wonders
11.30am-12.00 noon Offering
12.00 noon- 1.00pm Ministration
EVENING SESSION
6.00pm-7.00pm Prayer & Intercession
7.00pm – 8.00pm Praise, Worship & Choir
8.00pm- 8.10pm Opening Prayer
8.10pm- 8.30pm Special Prayer One
8.30pm – 9.00pm Talk One & Prayers: The All-sufficient God
9.00pm – 9.40pm First Greetings
9.40pm – 10.10pm Special Prayer Two: The Nation
10.10pm – 10.40pm Offering
10.40pm – 11.20pm Second Greetings
11.20pm – 11.50pm Choir
11.50pm – 1.50am Talk Two & Prayers: Complete Restoration
1.50am – 2.20am      Thanksgiving & Testimonies

FATHER, MOTHER AND CHILD DROWN IN BADAGRY

LAGOS — THREE members of a family, consisting of the husband, wife and their child, were yesterday, feared drown after a boat mishap on Badagry waterways, Lagos State.
However, their identities were unknown at press time.
Vanguard gathered that the mishap occurred on Wednesday at about 7:30 pm after a wooden canoe and fibre boat collided on Badagry waterways.
Sources told Vanguard that one of the boats took off from Pathfinder enroute Gberefu shore in Badagry and collided with a fibre boat that left from Iyafin, another riverine community within the axis.
Confirming the tragedy, Managing Director of Lagos State Waterways Authority, LASWA, Ms Abisola Kamson and Police Public Relations Officer, Lagos Command, Dolapo Badmos, said the mishap occurred at night.
Kamson lamented that the passengers should not have been on the waterways at that time, saying: “We have outlawed night movement on our waterways.”
She disclosed that since the ban on night movement, they had often sensitized residents of riverine communities on the need to jettison night movement.
We’re investigating cause of mishap
—LASG
According to him, “preliminary investigation revealed that both canoes ran into each other. Both boats are wooden. And that is not the standard on Lagos waterways. We don’t allow wooden canoes on our waterways. We are still conducting investigation on the number of passengers that boarded the canoe. Also, we are still investigating if they were putting on life jacket when the mishap occurred.”
On her part, Dolapo said: “The two boats capsized after they collided. The two boat operators quickly escaped, but the passengers are yet to be recovered.
“Efforts are on by the police and the local divers to recover the missing passengers even as we have intensified our investigation to unravel the true cause of the mishap. Three persons suspected to be father, mother and son are suspected to be the missing passengers.”

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Bill To Separate The Office of AGF From Minister of Justice Pass Second Reading

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