Former Benue Governor To Be Jailed In UK For Battering His Wife Over Mistress

Former Benue state governor Gabriel Suswam has been arrested by the Metropolitan Police in the United Kingdom for allegedly battering his wife.

After his arrest, the Metropolitan Police Domestic Violence Office immediately booked him into its London detention centre, where he was to remain in detention. The resident judge at the time however set a £5,000 (N1.5 m) bail bound for him before he was released.

He got arrested when his wife, Yemisi placed an emergency call to the police from their house in London to report that the e- governor had physically assaulted her.

She explained to the police that during a minor argument in which she confronted her husband’s questionable relationship with possible mistress ‘Shidoo’, Suswam battered her and thus made her to run for her life.

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Buhari appoints Daura as DSS boss

President Muhamadu Buhari on Thursday appointed Mr. Lawal Musa Daura as the new Director-General of the Department of State Security Service.

He is to take over from Ita Ekpenyong, the outgoing DG.

The announcement was made in a terse statement issued by the Director Communications in the Office of Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Alhaji Haruna Imrana, on behalf of the HoS, Mr. Danladi Kifasi.

The statement said Lawal Musa Daura was born in Daura on August 5, 1953, but was not specific whether it was same Daura in Katsina State and hometown of President Buhari.

The new DSS DG, who attended Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria from 1977 – 1980, started his career in the State Security Service in 1982 and rose to the rank of Director.

He was at one time the Deputy Director, Presidential Communication, Command and Control Centre, at the Presidential Villa Abuja between 2003 and 2007.

Daura also served as the State Director of Security Service at various times in Kano, Sokoto, Edo, Lagos, Osun and Imo States.

He attended various professional courses both home and abroad including the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru.

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Death has forgotten me - 179-year-old man cries out

An Indian man Mahashta Mûrasi  who claims to be born in 1835 is not only the oldest man in the world but also the man who lived the longest since the history of mankind (according to the Guinness World Records ).

According to the information transmitted, the man was born in Bangalore on January 6  1835. He lived in Varanasi, where he worked until 1957, until his retirement after 122 years.

According to WorldNewsDailyReport, all official documents to identify this man support his version.

My grandchildren have died a few years, “said Mûrasi.” In a way, death has forgotten me. And now I have lost all hope to die," he said

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Borno Gov eats with N10 Million daily despite financial crisis in the state

The Borno State House of Assembly recently cut down the number of aides Governor Shettima has from 40 to 20 in an effort to control outrageous expenses from the State government.

Since the start of Ramadan on June 17th the Governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima, has thrown a lavish breakfast party everyday for elite individuals in Maiduguri according to sources.

This breakfast party is held everyday despite the desperate financial state in Borno, which has been exacerbated by routine terrorist attacks by Boko Haram.

The Borno State House of Assembly recently cut down the number of aides Governor Shettima has from 40 to 20 in an effort to control outrageous expenses from the State government.

Recently Governors from other northern States, including Governor El-Rufai of Kaduna State and Governor Ganduje of Kano State, have taken measures to control spending by their State governments which include eliminating the State-sponsored Ramadan breakfast

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Former Miss Nigeria, Rita Anuku is dead

The family of Rita Anuku, the 1986 Miss Nigerian has released a statement that the beauty queen passed away yesterday, July 2nd at an undisclosed Abuja hospital.

According to a family source, the beauty queen has been battling with cancer for the past two years and gave up the ghost.

Late Rita Anuku was a first cousin of Hon. David Anuku, former commissioner of Special Duties in Delta State and younger sister of Nollywood actor, Hank Anuku. She is survived by four children, three girls and a boy.

Twenty five years ago she was sensationally crowned as Nigeria’s queen of beauty as an 18-year old secondary school leaver. May her gentle soul rest in perfect peace.

Google came under fire after photos app tags two black people as gorillas

Google came under fire this week after its new Photos app categorized photos in one of the most racist ways possible.

On June 28th, computer programmer Jacky Alciné found that the feature kept tagging pictures of him and his girlfriend as "gorillas." He tweeted at Google asking what kind of sample images the company had used that would allow such a terrible mistake to happen.

Google’s chief social architect Yonatan Zunger responded quickly, apologizing for the feature.

As part of the new Photos app, users’ photos can be tagged and arranged automatically based on objects in the photos.

For instance, pictures of skyscrapers are all arranged in an album appropriately labeled "skyscrapers." The tag feature learns as it receives more data, refining its method for recognizing and categorizing objects. The feature is flawed, but categorization isn’t the only step in photography that companies have had trouble with.

For years, Kodak used a coating on its film that favored Caucasian skin tones, making it more difficult to shoot darker skin. Nikon and other consumer camera companies have also had a history of showing bias to white faces with their facial recognition software. Zunger says that Google has had similar issues with facial recognition due to inadequate analysis of skin tones and lighting. "We used to have a problem with people (of all races) being tagged as dogs," Zunger says.

Google attempted to fix the algorithm, but ultimately removed the gorilla label altogether. Zunger noted that the company is working on longer-term fixes that revolve around which labels could be problematic and better recognition of dark-skinned faces.

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9-Year-Old Girl who published book on Terrorism in Nigeria at DHQ

A 9-year-old pupil of Unique Blossom School Maitama, Miss Splendour Joe Abisoye has presented to the Defence Headquarters a copy of her book titled “Effects of Terrorism on Children”.

Accompanied by her parents Rev. and Mrs Joe King Abisoye, Splendour stated that she was inspired to write the book as a result of the issue of terrorism occurrences in Nigeria and her interactions with children when she visited an Internally Displaced Persons Camp (IDPs).

She noted that the minds of these young ones have been debased.

For instance, Splendour said, many of them were said to prefer to join Boko Haram group so as to be protected.

Her inspiration was further boosted to write with the understanding that these terrorists were once children and only proper education could guarantee a terror free society.

She however sought to use the Defence Headquarters as a platform to reach out to other stakeholders in the fight against terrorism in the distribution of her books and to send them to all IDP camps, Almajiri schools and all military schools in Nigeria.

Ambode appoints Igbo man as State's Electricity Board GM

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Thursday approved the appointment of Engineer Peter Nkedishuka Okonji as the new General Manager of the State Electricity Board.

In a statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Habib Aruna, Okonji’s appointment which takes immediate effect, follows the resignation of Mrs Damilola Ogunbiyi as the General Manager of Board.

Engineer Okonji is a holder of a Bachelor of Science degree of the University of Ife; now renamed Obafemi Awolowo University.

He is also a member of the Nigeria Society of Engineers and registered member of the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria.

He joined the services of the State Government in 1986 and has served in various capacities among which was as Acting General Manager of the State Electricity Board before his deployment to the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources where he served as the director and head of Power Department until his new appointment.

Police arraign 3 farmers for raping 10-year-old girl

The police yesterday arraigned three farmers in a senior magistrates’ court in Katsina for raping a 10-year-old girl.

The accused are Yahuza Musa, 20; Tasiu Abubakar, 20; and Sadiq Isyaku, 20.

The trio, who reside at Dakiya village in Safana Local Government Area of Katsina State, appeared before Senior Magistrate Nafisa Bagiwa on one-count charge of rape.

The prosecutor, Insp. Hashimu Musa, told the court that the accused committed the offence on June 11 at about 11.30 a.m.

He said the matter was reported by one Isa Ali of Kitaki village in Safana Local Government Area at Safana police division at noon on June 12.

He added that the complainant informed the police that his daughter, in company of her three sisters went to purchase mango at Dakiya village.

The prosecutor said the three accused accosted the sisters in the bush, where they held the hand of the victim and pushed her to the ground.

He pointed out that Musa held the hand of the victim, while Abubakar and Isyaku tore her skirt and pant and had carnal knowledge of her one after the other.

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7-yr-old girl narrates how mum was abducted in Lagos

Seven years old Olumide Basorun has cried out to Lagos, Ogun and federal governments to assist her locate her mother, who was kidnapped last Tuesday at Ikorodu, Lagos.

Olumide’s mother, Mrs Gbemisola Basorun, 38, was kidnapped by four unknown men at the entrance of her home at 5, Basorun Abimbola St., Agodo-Alara via Odogunyan/Ikorodu, on her way from a church service around 8p.m.

According to the primary four pupil, the mother of two, who was driving home in her Pathfinder SUV, with number plates KTU 476 CM, was with her children after evening service, when she noticed that four strange men were trailing her on a motorcycle.

She stopped at a neighbour’s shop to report her observation, was assured of her safety, but charged to notify others of de-velopment when she got home.

Olumide said while the discussion was ongoing, the men drove past the Basoruns, which heightened their fear.

Their assailants hid somewhere, only to resurface when Olumide alighted from the car to open the gate for her mother.

Olumide said: “The okada came out from nowhere, blocked our car and three of them alighted. One of them pointed a gun at my mother and ordered her to the back seat.

“They threw out my younger brother. While two of them sat with my mother, one took over the driver’s seat and both the car and okada sped off.”

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Rivers CP orders withdrawal of policemen attached to politicians

The Rivers State Police Commissioner, Mr. Chris Ezike, on Thursday ordered the immediate withdrawal of policemen attached to politicians and other individuals.

Ezike specifically warned policemen attached to politicians without any authorisation from the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase, to shun such deployment.

He expressed the need for officers and men of the Rivers State Command to remain neutral, maintaining that any policeman interested in partisan politics should resign from the Force and register with any political party.

Ezike, who was posted to the Rivers State Police Command last week, spoke during his inaugural meeting with senior officers, area commanders, divisional police officers and heads of department at the Officers’ Mess Port Harcourt.

He promised to partner relevant stakeholders to ensure the state was safer, more secure and prosperous.

“We shall with immediate effect review our personnel deployment profile and recover wastage and unauthorised deployments. Accordingly, all Squadron Commanders are directed to withdraw PMF personnel deployed to persons not entitled and without approval from the Inspector-General of Police.

“Similarly all Area Commanders, Heads of Department and DPOs are directed to also withdraw their personnel so deployed. A monitoring task force shall soon commence action to ensure compliance.

“The 2015 elections have come and gone. However the aftershocks still remain. The Police under my watch must remain neutral, professional, fair, but very firm. Any policeman or woman who has political interest or is so committed to the ideals of any political party is advised to resign his or her commission to enable him/her to register as a political party member.

“All officers and men are to ensure that their actions and conduct remain within the provisions of the Nigerian Constitution, Police Acts and Regulations and other extant legislation,” Ezike said.

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