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  • WWW Movie exposes women’s wants

    WWW Movie exposes women’s wants

    BEAUTIFUL actresses Oge Okoye, Adaora Ukoh, are back in the movie ‘Wetin Women Want’, produced by Seun Oloketuyi, starring alongside other top actors like Daniel K Daniel, Katherine Obiang, Mercy Aigbe, Oge Okoye, Adaora Ukoh, Anthony Monjaro, Jumoke Odetola and others.

    Directed by Abiodun Jimoh, the movie is scheduled to be screened on February 9, 2018 and it is an expose on what women wants in a relationship and the confusion that comes with understanding the needs of women.

    Speaking on the movie, Jimoh expressed optimism on the movie’s performance at the cinema.

    “We have made a very good movie,” he said.

    “Wetin Women Want is not a regular Nollywood movie of romance but a movie that delves into managing relationship and depicting what women want in various fashions. It opens in the cinemas from February 9, 2018 and I am promising everyone who come out to see this movie will be blown away.”

    According to Jumoke Odetola, one of the casts, “the movie opens the human mind to a lot of the dynamisms of women. It is beyond expectation, a loving woman wakes up one morning and becomes a monster. And you begin to wonder what went wrong.”

  • Luscuito exposes B/Faso to Eagles

    Luscuito exposes B/Faso to Eagles

    Super Eagles assistant coach, Jean Pierre Luscuito has stated that his experience of working in Burkina Faso for a year would be brought to bear today when Nigeria face the Stallions in the first leg of the African Nations Championship(CHAN) qualifier in Port Harcourt.

    Luscuito in a chat with SportingLife through an interpreter said he had directly worked with four of the players the Burkinabes came with for the qualifier and was also elated that the joint highest goals scorer of the 2015 African Games,  Mohamed Sydney Sylla was dropped from the team’s squad to Nigeria for reasons best known to them.

    He failed to disclose the information he has acquired about the Burkinabes but pointed out that everything about Nigeria’s foes would be dissected at the final team talk before the encounter.

    The Belgian informed Nigerians that the game would be tough but that the Eagles would be fired up to secure a good  lead ahead of the second leg in Ouagadougou next week.

    Luscuito told SportingLife: “I worked personally with four of them and they are rich in experience and are very good. I know them and I hope my experience working in Burkina Faso will help to beat them hands down. I won’t go into details with what I know about them I will keep that for the technical crew and the players. We shall all sit down to do a proper analysis of our opponent.

    “I have looked at them and I am certain that they came with most of their U-23 players but they dropped some members of that team including the highest goals scorer of the 2015 African Games,  Mohamed Sydney Sylla. I am happy because he is a very good player and thought he would make the team.

    “We are very ready for them and the enthusiasm in the Nigerian team is that everyone wants to go to Rwanda 2016 CHAN. We are going to play a very good game but we are not expecting a stroll in the park but we will be victorious,” he said.

  • Group exposes plans to smear SON

    Group exposes plans to smear SON

    The Coalition Against Building Collapse (CABCO) has alleged that there are plans to run a campaign against the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) which include paid demonstrations and continuous attacks on its image.

    In a statement, CABCO General Secretary Clement Orimade, said: “Following several reports in certain sections of the media concerning the recent attacks against SON, CABCO would like to inform the general public of plans to discredit SON by certain manufacturers.

    “First of all we are of the understanding that a certain multinational company is sponsoring the activities of these manufacturers which include the recent protests and are supporting these manufacturers with the intent of fabricating false stories to indict the activities and the image of the agency as corrupt and crooked in the eyes of the public. Mr Orimade enthused.”

    He added: “Secondly, the group plans to undertake a series of nationwide protests and demonstrations by organised crowds in Lagos and Abuja for one week which will be similar to the recent protests, financed by the same people.”

    “Thirdly CABCO is aware that these substandard merchants have been sending frivolous petitions to the office of the president and vice-president in an attempt to tarnish the image of SON.”

    “We have also gathered they seek to do same with the national assembly in order to achieve their selfish interest. He continued”

    “CABCO would like to urge these manufacturers to desist from all of these unnecessary shenanigans or we will expose your operations further because these unpatriotic actions are not of the benefit to the Nigerian economy or citizens in any way”

    The CABCO General Secretary added: “Not too long ago, the different grades of cement was approved and it was a timely intervention because prior to this, there was heavy misapplication of cement by many artisans leading to building collapse, loss of life and property, which is a testament to the works of SON in fighting the influx of substandard products and materials and we witnessed the integrity in their activities first hand.

    “The agency is relentless in its quest in fighting substandard products as I recall SON reduced the level of substandard goods in the country from 85per cent to 45per cent,”  CABCO  added.

  • Cyber insurance scepticism exposes firms to attacks

    Distrust of insurers is leaving businesses vulnerable to the effects of cyber attacks, a KPMG survey has revealed.

    Nearly 80 per cent of organisations belonging to KPMG’s International Information Integrity Institute (I-4) do not have cyber insurance in place.

    Belief that insurers will not pay out on a claim is the top reason information security heads are not buying cyber insurance, the survey revealed.

    This is despite 79 per cent believing that cyber security threats are likely to increase over the next year and 74 per cent regarding organised crime and state-sponsored activity as the biggest threats.

    For those I-4 members whose businesses have purchased cyber insurance, 48 per cent think the policies may not pay out if they need it.

    “It is worrying to see that so many businesses would rather risk having no insurance in place to protect themselves against a threat they believe is very real,” said I-4 head Mark Waghorne.

    “It is also disappointing that cyber insurance is viewed as providing little comfort to those who have it, as almost half don’t believe they would be compensated properly if push came to shove.”

    According to the survey, about a third of respondents believe the market for cyber insurance is not yet mature enough.

    Waghorne said insurers will need to deliver more comprehensive packages to convince the business community that they can and will protect against losses on cyber crime.

    However, he said discussions during a later debate at the most recent I-4 Forum showed that the availability of specialist, focused cyber-related insurance has much improved during the past year with clear evidence that carriers do pay out.

    “This indicates that those organisations which have avoided cyber insurance in the past should perhaps revisit their positions,” said Waghorne.

     In February 2015, a study by The Corporate Executive Programme (CEP) revealed that United Kingdom (UK) companies are lagging behind US companies in taking out insurance to cushion the financial impact of cyber attacks.

    Only 13 per cent of large and mid-sized companies in the UK with annual turnover of $1million to $1billion have dedicated cyber insurance, the study showed.

    Some 40 per cent of United States (U.S.) companies polled said they had dedicated cyber insurance, indicating greater familiarity with cyber security product offerings than their UK counterparts.

    Overall, only 20 per cent of respondents said their organisation had dedicated cyber cover – an equal number had no cover at all.

    In November 2014, the UK government joined forces with the insurance industry to improve how UK businesses manage cyber security risk.

    The initiative builds on the government’s 10 Steps to Cyber Security and the Cyber Essentials Scheme as part of the UK Cyber Security Strategy.

    The UK government believes working with the insurance industry to develop a comprehensive cyber security insurance model will encourage private sector firms to manage cyber risk.

    However, the government has emphasised that cyber insurance does not replace the need for good cyber security practice.

  • Tinubu’s return exposes PDP lies, says APC

    Tinubu’s return exposes PDP lies, says APC

    The grand return of former Lagos State governor and national leader of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu after a three-week vacation in London has further exposed the Lagos Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as a party of gossipers and false fabricators, who live on chasing the wind, the Lagos State APC has said.

    In a statement yesterday by the Publicity Secretary of the party, Joe Igbokwe,  the APC said it is shameful that the PDP, which was “hallucinating” about taking over an educated, enlightened and sophisticated state like Lagos should thrive on gossips and lies about the health status of Asiwaju Tinubu.

    Igbokwe said the PDP tried to con Lagosians by manufacturing lies and gossip about the health status of Tinubu.

    “How good it is to debunk lies, how wonderful it is to counter mischief? How sweet it is to disprove rumour and false fabrication than the arrival of a hale, agile and spotless Asiwaju to Lagos the very day Lagos PDP released their usual nauseous gossip insinuating that Asiwaju is ill? It goes to expose their minds as that of hollow and clueless gossip and vendors of lies,” Igbokwe said.

    He also described as satanic the allegations by the PDP as published in some national newspapers that Lagosians were paying the medical bills of Asiwaju. “The party manufactured an illness for Tinubu when there was none and went further to con stories of Lagos tax-payers paying illusory bills for a concocted hospital bill paid by imaginary tax-payers.”

  • FIFA probe exposes Nigeria

    FIFA probe exposes Nigeria

    A confidential FIFA report detailing incidents four years ago in South Africa has named Nigeria in another match-fixing scandal.

    A report published by The New York Times on Sunday, claimed that the friendly match between the Super Eagles of Nigeria and North Korea on the eve of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa was alleged to be fixed. Nigeria won 3-1.

    The newspaper claimed it obtained a copy of the 44-page internal report over incidents from the 2010 World Cup in South Africa by the world governing body and other related documents raising issues of bettors influencing outcomes and referee honesty.

    Steve Goddard, an Englishman who served as acting head of refereeing for the South African Football Association at the time, said he turned down a bribe from Football 4U International (a Singaporean company).

    He said he allowed the Singapore group to select the referee for a warm up match between North Korea and Nigeria following a death threat to his life after he tried to stop the fix.

    “That was basically to save my neck,” Goddard told the Times.

    Nigeria won 3-1 after what the FIFA report called a “very harsh” red card and “very liberal” penalty kick award from the referee.

    Goddard had pulled Niger referee Ibrahim Chaibou from a later exhibition game between South Africa and Denmark at the last minute after the scheduled referee took ill, using a home-nation referee in a 1-0 South Africa win.

    Goddard told the Times that as he left the stadium after the match his cellphone rang and his life was threatened by the Singapore match-fixing group’s ringleader, identified as Wilson Raj Perumal by the Times. Neither police nor FIFA received a report of such a threat, according to the Times.

    In one cited example, referee Chaibou brought a bag with thousands of dollars in US$100 bills into a bank and made suspect handball calls later that night in a friendly between South Africa and Guatemala in May 2010 at Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane, another referee said.

    Chaibou, who denied fixing a match to the newspaper and who has since retired, was chosen for the match by a Singapore company – Football 4U International – that is a front for a match-rigging group, according to the FIFA report, the Times said.

    In all, fixers manipulated “at least five matches and possibly more” in South Africa ahead of the 2010 World Cup and targeted up to 15 matches, according to the FIFA report.

    A FIFA spokesman told the Times that a probe into activities around the 2010 World Cup was ongoing, but no punishments or bans have been imposed despite the probe.

    The plan involved Football 4U International offering to provide referees for pre-World Cup matches in South Africa and pay the referees’ travel, lodging, meals and match fees, a major financial savings to South Africa’s Football Federation.

    The federation made deals with the Singaporean firm for five matches, contracts that FIFA’s report dubbed “so very rudimentary as to be commercially laughable” and South African officials were “easily duped or extremely foolish” to make the deals.

    Betting rose on the number of goals to be scored in the South Africa-Guatemala match enough to raise suspicions of FIFA gambling monitors as the match began. Two dubious penalty kicks were awarded for handballs in a 5-0 South African romp.

    “We can conclude that this match was indeed manipulated for betting fraud purposes,” the FIFA report  said.

    It would be recalled that Chaibou, who officiated the Nigeria – Argentina friendly in Abuja, also adjudged to have been fixed as the Eagles triumphed 4-1.

    Singaporean gambler cum match fixer, Wilson Raj Pemural, said in a personal memoir published this year that he aided the Super Eagles’ qualification for the South Africa 2010 Mundial. Pemural played significant role in all of the Times findings.

    Nigeria’s 2014 warm up match against Scotland last week which ended 2-2 is under investigation for suspected match-fixing.

  • Malaysia’s airliner response exposes a ruling malaise

    Malaysia’s airliner response exposes a ruling malaise

    IF YOU are perplexed by Monday’s announcement on the missing Malaysian airliner, no wonder. Prime Minister Najib Razak declared that the flight “ended” in the southern Indian Ocean, and the state-owned airline said that “we have to assume beyond a reasonable doubt” that the plane went down in the ocean, far off its course to Beijing. Both announcements were vague; neither said much about why or how.

    From the moment the plane went missing, the Malaysian government has been ham-handed in its dealings with grieving families and the global glare of attention. It delayed for hours saying anything after the plane first vanished, and over the next few weeks much of the information it disseminated was conflicting, wrong or misleading.

    Such a bizarre disaster would be difficult for any government to deal with, and a fair amount of uncertainty and confusion is expected. But the Malaysian government has shown signs of a deeper malaise that comes from a half century of rule without challenge or transparency. When the prime minister was about to make a statement recently, his spokesperson told reporters there would be no questions. According to Joshua Kurlantzick of the Council on Foreign Relations, writing in Bloomberg Businessweek, when reporters pressed for more access, the reply came back: “Go watch a movie.” When China, no champion of transparency, complains — as it did recently, asking for “more thorough and accurate information” from Malaysia — you know the depth of the problem.

    Malaysia, ruled by the same governing coalition since independence, has enjoyed strong economic growth, and we had hopes before last year’s election that, if the vote was free and fair, the country would be on a path toward a more competitive democracy. Mr. Najib has taken steps toward modernization and reform, but the election fell short. Mr. Najib’s coalition won a majority of seats in Parliament largely through gerrymandered districts, while the opposition coalition led by Anwar Ibrahim won a popular majority and disputed the outcome. Clearly there is rising popular discontent with corruption, authoritarianism and ethnic favoritism of the ruling powers.

    It is especially disturbing that the government has renewed its politically motivated prosecution of Mr. Anwar on dubious charges of sodomy in order to sideline him from politics. On March 7, he was sentenced to five years in prison by a court, overturning a 2012 acquittal. The move had the effect of removing him from eligibility to run in an important by-election. The use of the sodomy charge is shameful and archaic, but as Graeme Reid of Human Rights Watch pointed out this month in Foreign Policy, if upheld, it could effectively remove Mr. Anwar from politics for 10 years. Malaysia should not tolerate this brazen manipulation.

    It is entirely premature to say what happened to the airplane. But it is not too early for Malaysia’s rulers to draw lessons from their unsteady performance of recent weeks and commit themselves to transparency and openness. Their alternative is not working.

    – Washington Post