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  • Foursquare Surulere district closes 9th convocation

    Activities lined up to close the 9th Surulere District of Foursquare Gospel Church takes off on Friday, August 16 with a vigil at the district headquarters 56 Karimu Street, off Ojuelegba Road, Surulere.

    In a statement by the District Secretary, Pastor ‘Femi Akinwande, the programme started on Saturday August 10 with business meeting during which both spiritual and financial performances were presented to hundreds of delegates drawn from over 30 churches in the district as well as sharing of the strategic plans for new church year.

    In addition, specialised training in Discipleship and Leadership Training (DLT) was facilitated by the Yaba Axis Coordinator, Rev. Zacheus Olaniyan during the business meeting.

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    As a way of reaching vast number of people with the gospel, six crusades will be held simultaneously on Saturday in different locations in Isolo, Aguda, Ijesha, Tafawa Balewa Crescent, Ojuelegba, and Ikotun areas.

    On Sunday, members and worshippers from all churches in the district will gather for the service of grace at the district headquarters church.

    The District Overseer, Rev. E.O.O. Adejoro El-Shaddai will be ministering at the service of grace on the theme of the convocation “The Mighty God” (Isaiah 9:6).

    Newly elevated ministers from the Exhorter cadre to Licensed cadre of the Foursquare Gospel Church in Nigeria ministerial status from the district will be recognised and anointed for the service of the Lord.

    Equally, zone with the best performance both spiritually and financially for the church year ended June 2019 shall be appreciated while people with diverse needs and challenges shall be prayed for.

    The service is expected to start by 12:00noon.

  • KEDCO rolls out prepaid meters to Katsina, Jigawa, Kano

    The management of Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO) has commenced the rollout of metres to its numerous customers in Kano, Jigawa and Katsina states.

    According to a statement by KEDCO’s Head of Corporate Communications, Ibrahim Sani Shawai, the launching of the metre rollout is in line with the directive by Nigerian Electricity Regulation Commission (NERC) to enforce the provision of meter to customers.

    He said: “This will cover all KEDCO franchise areas and immediately after the launch, the vendors will begin the metering across board.

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    “This is one directive amongst many that KEDCO have been abiding by as a company that is law abiding and one that seeks to reduce all complaints from estimated billing system in our quest to ensure that our customers get value for their money in line with best global practice that befits a distribution company of the contemporary time.

    “The five vendors and the breakdown of the meter roll out plan include: Mojec International   175, 000 for Kano Central and East, Cresthill Engineering Ltd 100, 000 for Katsina North and South, Armese Consulting Ltd 100, 000 for Kano Industrial and Jigawa South, Momas 50, 000 for Kano West and Katsina Central  and Meron Nigeria Ltd 50, 000 for Jigawa North.

    “The prices set by NERC remains the official prices. The prices for single and three phase meters were fixed at N35,033.35 and N63,863.72 respectively excluding VAT.

    “The management remains resolute that the metering scheme initiated by the Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission is a good initiative in that it will go a long way in addressing the high level of complaints received from customers which often crops up from estimated billing.

    “KEDCO, however appealed to its numerous customers to embrace the launch with the expected response having anticipated such project for a while as a panacea to complaints on estimated billing.”

  • North Korea snubs peace talks with South Korea

    North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un has complained about South Korea’s “ridiculous” military exercises with the US

    North Korea has rejected any further talks with South Korea, calling its decision “completely the fault of South Korea’s actions”.

    It issued a statement in response to a speech by South Korea President Moon Jae-in on Thursday.

    Meanwhile, early on Friday North Korea test-fired two missiles into the sea off its eastern coast, the South Korean military said.

    It is the sixth such test in less than a month.

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    The two “unidentified projectiles” were fired about 08:00 (23:00 GMT Thursday) and travelled 230km (140 miles) reaching an altitude of 30km (18 miles), South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said.

    Six days ago, North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan.

    The series of tests comes after US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un agreed during a meeting in June to restart denuclearisation negotiations.

    North Korea has faced international sanctions for its development of nuclear weapons.

    In a speech marking Korea’s liberation from Japanese rule, President Moon vowed to unite the Korean peninsula by 2045.

    Korea divided into two countries at the end of World War Two.

    President Moon said the goal of achieving denuclearisation on the Korean peninsula was at its “most critical juncture”, as talks between North and South appear deadlocked.

    “A new Korean peninsula, one that will bring peace and prosperity to itself, east Asia and the world, awaits us,” he said in the televised speech. (BBC)

  • Neymar ‘would take 15m euros pay cut’ to rejoin Barcelona

    Neymar would take a pay cut of 15 million euros (£13.7m) to rejoin Barcelona from Paris St-Germain, says BBC Radio 5 Live’s Guillem Balague.

    The Spanish giants are believed to have made several offers for the Brazil international, including one of 100m euros (£92.4m) plus Philippe Coutinho.

    However, those bids have been rejected with PSG holding out for more money.

    “The player is happy to reduce his wages from 38 million euros net to 23 million euros net,” said Balague.

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    “It is an interesting situation at Barcelona. They feel they have to try really hard to get him back.

    “Lionel Messi, Gerard Pique and Luis Suarez want him back but also the president Josep Maria Bartomeu has two more years in his mandate and he wants to leave a big legacy. Can you imagine all those players that have been mentioned and Neymar as well?”

    Neymar is currently training alone at PSG, although that is understood to be part of a scheduled programme rather than related to the transfer saga.

    Real Madrid have also put forward a deal that includes money as well as Gareth Bale and James Rodriguez but, like Barcelona’s bid, that has been rejected.

    (BBC)

  • Woman strangled in hotel

    A yet to be identified female body has been discovered in a hotel room in Port Harcourt, River state.

    A source said the body of the young woman, suspected to be a commercial sex worker, was abandoned in the room with a white cloth tied round her neck.

    The incident reportedly happened on August 13.

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    Contacted, spokesman Nnamdi Omoni, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), confirmed the incident.

    He said suspects have been arrested, “but the hotel has not been shut down.”

    Omoni assured the public that justice would be done

  • ‘Evangelist’ beaten to pulp for allegedly stealing phones

    A self-acclaimed evangelist, Mr. Akinjide Durojaiye, was on Thursday beaten to a pulp for allegedly stealing two new techno phones in an office within Femi Johnson Building, at Dugbe, Ibadan.

    The 49-year-old man, who claimed to be an evangelist at Dominion Assembly, Ilare-Ijesa in Osun State, said he was at the office where phones and accessories were sold, to preach the gospel to the occupants.

    It was gathered that Durojaiye further claimed that he came all the way from Ilare-Ijesa on an evangelism mission to Ibadan, adding that it was the ‘spirit’ which directed him to the office to preach to them.

    He was reportedly apprehended by the attendants and onlookers at the office while trying to make away with the two packs of phones valued at N70,000.

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    One of the shop attendants, who gave his name as Tunde, said he did not notice when the evangelist stole the phones, which were on display.

    He added that they were already carried away by his preaching.

    While being chased by the people, Durojaiye was said to have hidden in a store within the office complex, but was discovered by another attendant in one of the offices, after which he was brought out and beaten blue and black, while the stolen phones were recovered from him.

    The self-acclaimed evangelist, who clutched a copy of the Holy Bible to his chest, attributed the incident to the work of the devil, saying it was his attempt to get money to treat his seven-year-old son, who was on admission at a hospital in Osun State that pushed him into committing the act.

    Durojaiye, a father of four, said the son, whom he gave his name as Oluwadurosinmi, jumped from a two-storey building in Ilare-Ijesa which, he said, led to his being hospitalised.

    He further claimed that his wife had divorced him, thus leaving him to take care of the children.

    The man was, however, released after thorough beating due to the intervention by the people in the neighbourhood, who thronged the scene of the incident.

  • Boy, 15, stages own kidnap

    A 15-year-old boy has allegedly staged his own kidnap.

    He demanded N500,000 as ransom.

    The minor, who was paraded in Jos, the Plateau State capital, on Thursday, told reporters that he initiated the plan with his friends, to enable him buy clothes and celebrate his graduation.

    “I was the one who initiated the plan and not my friends. I wanted my father to give me money for clothes and to also celebrate my graduation,” he said.

    Briefing reporters on the arrest of the minor, Police Commissioner Isaac Akinmoyede said five persons were arrested in a case of criminal conspiracy and kidnapping, including the victim, who stage-managed his own kidnap.

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    He said the father of the victim, Mr. Jerry Vichi, on July 19 reported at ‘A’ Division, Jos that his son, working as an apprentice at a motor vehicle electrical wiring shop, did not return after the day’s job.

    The police commissioner said the suspect’s father reported that he received a phone call from a hidden number informing him that his son had been kidnapped and taken away from Jos.

    “The father said the caller demanded N500,000 ransom and threatened the boy’s life,” he said.

    Akinmoyede said the command had arrested 44 suspects in connection with alleged kidnapping, armed robbery, culpable homicide and other cult-related activities as part of its efforts to protect lives and property of the people.

    “We have arrested 11 notorious kidnap suspects and a syndicate responsible for the recent kidnap at Plateau State Polytechnic staff quarters, Haipang, Zawan and other places in Jos South Local Government Area.

    “We have also nabbed two suspects in a case of threat to life and kidnapping at Bokkos Local Government and another for criminal activities, armed robbery and allegedly belonging to an unlawful society, with locally-made pistol and two live ammunitions recovered.

    “Three suspects were also arrested for shooting dead Chinedu Okoye at Chorbe junction in Jos North Local Government Area, while other robbery suspects were also apprehended,” he said.

  • Fire guts bus in Ikeja

    A Bus, which came to supply diesel to Greenville Schools, GRA, Ikeja, on Thursday caught fire.

    The incident occurred at Bisi Ogunjobi Lane, off Ladoke Akintola Street.

    Thick smoke enveloped everywhere, as residents tried to put out the inferno.

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    Lagos State Fire Service officials later came after residents had tried in vain to put out the fire using extinguishers.

    Policemen were on the scene, as residents trooped out to either help or watch.

    There was no casualty.

  • Nanny ‘steals’ employer’s foreign currency

    A nanny, Kemi Odetayo, on Thursday appeared at an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court, for allegedly stealing her employer’s 1,300 dollars, 2,300 Euros and 200 pounds (about N1.499million).

    Odetayo, 46, who lives at 2, Akanni Dosumu Street, Ilupeju, Lagos, is charged with unlawful entry and stealing, to which she pleaded not guilty.

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    Prosecuting Sergeant Mike Unah said Odetayo committed the offence on May 20 and 25.

    He alleged that the nanny broke into her employer’s bedroom and stole the money belonging to Mr. Babatunde Sofola.

    Fashola adjourned hearing till September 11.

     

  • Man faces theft charge

    Lagos State Police Command on Thursday arraigned a 25-year-old man, Justice Gaglozu, for allegedly breaking into a house and stealing an electrical conduit wire worth N384,000.

    The defendant, of no fixed address, appeared at an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on a three-count charge of breaking in, wilful damage and stealing.

    He denied committing the offences.

    Prosecuting Inspector Matthew Akhaluode said the defendant committed the offences on June 21 at 1, Kamoru Ajibade Street, Ipaja, Lagos.

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    He alleged that the defendant broke into the house of Mr. Karimu Bashiru and stole his electrical conduit wire.

    “Gaglozu cut the wire into pieces where it was installed and stole it.’’

    Magistrate Mrs. A. A. Adetunji admitted the defendant to N150, 000 bail with two sureties in the like sum.

    She said the sureties should be employed and have evidence of two years tax payment to the Lagos State Government.

    The case continues on September 2.