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  • What can ladies do without in their handbags?

    What can ladies do without in their handbags?

    It’s a popular belief that women carry the entire world in their handbags and purses, most men have this weird imagination that a woman’s bag contains everything required to start up a family, That’s an exaggeration, though.

    Well, truth is, women don’t have all those things we imagine in their bags. Ideally, it’s lipsticks, mascaras, chocolates sunglasses and its likes that we expect to see.

    In this interview with Jennifer Joseph, shocking discoveries were made when women were asked what they can definitely do without in their handbags and purses. Below are some of their responses.

     

    Guinevere Ugwu, Student

    Basically, I don’t need perfume, spray deodorants and anti-perspirants in my bag, I have a good natural scent and the deodorant I use can last for 48hours, although I might need a handkerchief to wipe off perspiration

    Thelma Lucy Deborah, housewife 

    There are too many things I can do without in my handbag. I don’t need safety pins, needles, bobby pins, hair pins. Those things will just prick my fingers when I’m searching for something else.

    Abugu Nkem Edith, student

    I don’t need lipgloss, my lips are always moist even during the dry season and I’m not into makeup at all, so what am I doing with it?

    Somkene Uche, Student
    I don’t walk around with my sunglasses in my bag, I know it’s the trend!, but then, it’s just creepy and most people look blind when they’re wearing it

    Ibe Cynthia, student


    I can do without a book, it just adds extra weight and can be overbearing, if I need to write anything, I’ll just use my phone. The world has gone digital, you know

    Obidiebube Jennifer, Youth Corps member
    I don’t need breath mints in my bag at all times, my breath’s always fresh, and even if I do, I could get them from a nearby grocery store.

    Vanessah Chinaemelum, student
    I need everything in my bag, except drugs. I hate drugs, even Panadol or paracetamol. I don’t need them at all. My bag can take most things except drugs.

    Bella Okeke, student
    Every bag has side-zips or at least, the bags I always buy have side-zips, so, what do I need a wallet for?  My I. D cards, my ATM, my charger, money, they all belong to the side-zips
    I’ve not gotten used to the idea of the whole wallet thing

    Zillion Antonia
    I don’t know why ladies carry sanitary pads in their bags daily, wandering about the globe. It’s funny, I can’t do that, except I’m on my period, I mean, we all know when to expect our “little friend”, so why should we carry them 356 days in a year? What are they trying to prove? that they’re being careful?

    Santity Joseph, applicant

    I need too many things in my bag, but I don’t need those creepy makeup items, they can just spill and stain everything you have in your bag. I just like to have my charger, ATM and earpiece.

    Olaoye Shade Maryann, student
    I don’t keep food in my bag, at all. It’s dirty and disgusting. I’ll just buy food when I need to buy from the nearest grocery store.

    Rahman Peace Taiye, student

    I just don’t carry bags, too heavy and uncomfortable. I’ll just go with a small wallet or a purse!

     

     

  • Police arrest murder suspect nine months after

    Nine months after he allegedly conspired with others to kill a man, a murder suspect, Ibrahim Tafiyau has been arrested by operatives of the Niger state Police Command.

    Tafiyau, a native of Tutungo village of Paiko Local Government Area of Niger state had conspired to kill one Abdullahi Mohammadu of Izom in Gurara Local Government of the state.

    It was said that one Abdullahi Mohammadu on November 11, 2018 Ahmadu Abdullahi, reported to the police that his son Abdullahi Mohammadu left home on his Bajaj motorcycle and was attacked  by armed men along Izom-Suleja road and his motorbike snatched.

    According to the bereaved father, the armed men inflicted injuries on his son leading to his death.

    The police on December 5, 2018, arrested one Babangida Shaibu who was in possession of the said motorcycle and was charged to court.

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    Investigations had been on since then and the suspect, Ibrahim was trailed and apprehended by a team of policemen attached to Gawu-Babangida Division .

    Confessing to the crime, Ibrahim said he and two others who are still at large killed the victim and made snatched his motorcycle.

    He said: “I thought that the case is over. Frankly speaking, I thought that this matter has died down since 2018; I do not even know that Police were still dragging the matter. I never knew that police was trailing me until I was arrested.

    “Me and my gang members actually killed the victim and dispossessed him of his motorcycle; we thought it was all over not knowing that the long arm of law will one day catch up with us one by one.”

    Police spokesman, Muhammad Abubakar said the matter had been charged to court adding that efforts were being made to arrest fleeing members of the gang.

  •  Six die, 24 others injured as two buses collide on Lagos-Ibadan expressway

    Six people were confirmed dead and 24 others, including children, injured on Friday when two commercial buses collided along Isara – Ogere stretch of the Lagos – Ibadan expressway.

    The accident which involved a Toyota bus with vehicle number ABC932XJ and a Mazda bus with vehicle number FST820XD, occurred when the Mazda bus veered off its lane and collided with the Toyota bus coming from Abuja.

    The Route Commander, Public Education Officer, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ogun State Command, Florence Okpe, attributed the fatal crash to “excessive speed and wrongful overtaking.”

    Okpe added that the Mazda bus travelling from Lagos perilously left its lane while overtaking another vehicle and collided with the Toyota bus coming from Abuja which was travelling on the opposite direction of the Lagos – Ibadan Expressway.

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    She stated: “A total of 30 people were involved made up of 19 male adults, nine female adults, one male child and another female child.

    “The people injured in the crash were 24 comprising 16 male adults, female adults, a male child and a female child.

    “Unfortunately the crash led to the death of six people made up of three male adults and three female adults.

    “The FRSC rescue team rescued 11 injured victims and took them to Victory Hospital Ogere, six other victims were taken to Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital (OSUTH) Sagamu.

    “Seven other  victims were taken to Idera Hospital Sagamu for medical attention.”

  • Police clash with service commission over recruitment of 10,000 constables

    There are indications that all is not well between the Police Service Commission and the Nigeria Police Force.

    The disagreement may not be unconnected with the recruitment of 10,000 Nigerians as constables into the Nigeria Police Force.

    The Commission on Friday issued a statement signed by its spokesman, Ikechukwu Ani, to announce the suspension of the recruitment exercise which it started last year.

    The statement reads: “The Police Service Commission has enjoined applicants for recruitment into the Constable cadre of the Nigeria Police Force to exercise some patience as it finalises the remaining stage of the recruitment exercise.

    “The Commission also wishes to advise all the candidates who participated in the recruitment exercise up to the aptitude test to ignore any list or information on the exercise emanating from outside the Commission.

    “It is the constitutional responsibility of the Commission to recruit Nigerians into the Police Force whether as Constables, Cadet Inspectors or Cadet ASPs, and the Commission is not ready to abdicate this very important mandate.

    “The Commission will resist any attempt to ambush the ongoing recruitment exercise or dilute its content. It notes that such attempt will be an affront on the Constitution and a waste of national resources.

    “Meanwhile the Commission wishes to put the ongoing exercise on hold in order to finalise the remaining stage of the exercise. Candidates are to wait for further directives from the Commission.”

    Mutual suspicion

    A source close to the latest development explained to The Nation that the suspension was announced following indications that the Nigeria Police Force may tamper with the process and list submitted to it.

    According to the source, the Nigeria Police Force decided to hijack the whole process of recruitment after the Chairman of the Commission, Alhaji Musiliu Smith refused to do the bidding of the police leadership.

    Narrating the circumstances that led to the suspension, the source who is privy to the whole recruitment process said: “On Tuesday, the Inspector-General of Police came with his management team to the Police service commission but before then, he had written a letter to the commission saying that the recruitment is the responsibility of the Nigeria Police Force, quoting the Nigeria Police Act.

    “He said that it is after recruitment that the PSC will be given the material or the list to place, which is the appointment. That, to the commission, appeared like a rubber stamp approach to things.

    “They came and met with PSC, at the meeting, there were argument back and forth about what recruitment was and what appointment was.

    “Recruitment is a process of appointment and even in the public service, recruitment is filling of vacancy. Appointment is filling of vacancy too.

    “The commission told them that appointment is recruitment and that there can be no appointment without recruitment.

    “The IG also came with a letter written by the former Attorney General of the Federation, Mohammed Adoke, where he described recruitment as a screening while appointment was placing.

    “The Commission told them there was an earlier legal opinion by Kanu Agabi where he described recruitment as a process of appointment.

    “Ben Nwabueze also had similar opinion with Kanu Agabi.  The letter by Adoke that the IG quoted was written in 2010, and even when he wrote that, it was not and has not been in operation.

    “The commission told the team that we are in 2019 and that what it was quoting was nine years ago letter.

    “At the end of the day, the commission told the team that there was no time to argue the letter as Nigerians were eager to be employed to fill vacant positions in the Force.

    “The recruitment started since 2018 with advert placement which was followed by short-listing those who showed interest, followed by screening and exams.

    “Aptitude tests have just been concluded. It is now that the commission is about to start aptitude test that the Nigeria Police Force realised that it is their responsibility to recruit.”

    He continued: “To me, it is an ambush. Rather than allow it to collapse, the Commission now suggested that we jointly do it together.

    “To be honest, the whole process had seen the involvement of personnel from the Force Headquarters.

    “CP in charge of recruitment from Force headquarters were posted alongside others to other states for the joint exercise.

    “We told them that we should go ahead with this and then go for judicial interpretation after the completion of this process. The management team agreed and said henceforth, whatever we do must be done from the Force Headquarters and the commission agreed.

    “A team consisting of a commissioner from the commission agreed to co-chair the committee with the Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of training. The commissioner came low to the rank of the DIG who is an employee of the commission.

    “A commissioner was confirmed by the National Assembly after he was screened just like the ministers and their tenure is five years. Despite all these, he still agreed to work with the DIG.

    “Despite all these, a date between 28 and 29 August was fixed to meet at the Force Headquarters for them to jointly look at the list from exams conducted and also to check the work of the consultant and come up with a list of candidates who would be invited for medicals.

    “The day came and the Director of police recruitment from the commission started calling the DIG designated as agreed but he did not pick his call all through the day.

    “About four of them left for the force headquarters but there was no place arranged for the meeting and those they went there to meet could not be located. The DIG refused to pick his call. With that, it was obvious their visit to the commission was just to sell a dummy.”

    Crux of the matter

    He said further: “The truth is that when the result from the exam conducted was released by the consultant, we submitted the soft and hard copy to them. Now, the team is supposed to work together but since they have a copy, it appears they want to hijack it from us.

    “We got information that they locked themselves up in a place and were inserting names of unqualified candidates and those who did not even take part in the screening process.

    “The main crux of the disagreement is because the Police Force came up with lots of names of those that did not apply and asked that the chairman insert their names, but the chairman being a man of integrity refused to put those names because they did not undergo screening.

    “They just want to input names of those who we are not sure have met the requirement. Who knows whether some of those they brought their names are dwarfs and have other forms of disability? So it appears they want to put names of those who did not apply.”

    When The Nation contacted Ani to know why the exercise was suspended, he said: “The commission is interested in making a success of the recruitment of 10,000 Nigerians as constables into the Force.

    “We will however resist any attempt to dilute merit in the process of the recruitment. The Commission and the Force had jointly handled the exercise.

    “Even it is the exclusive responsibility of the commission but we felt we should carry the police along since we are recruiting for them.

    “The commission will not in any circumstance abdicate the mandate given to it by the Nigerian constitution.”

    Section 153 (m) of the 1999 Constitution empowers the PSC to recruit for the Nigeria Police Force.

    It reads: “The commission is one of the federal executive bodies established under section 153(m) of the 1999 constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, as amended. By virtue of paragraph 30, part I of the Third  Schedule to the constitution and clause 6(1) of the Police Service  Commission (establishment), Act 2001, the commission is charged with the responsibilities of appointment, promotion, dismissal, and disciplinary control of members of the Nigeria Police force (except the Inspector-General of Police).”

    The constitution also says that the commission shall not be subject to the direction, control or supervision of any other authority or person in performance of its function other than as is prescribed in the Act.

    Another source who didn’t want his name mentioned told The Nation that actions taken so far by the Commission shows that it wants peace and amicable resolution.

    According to him, “We are interested in peace because a lot of manpower has gone into this process since we started last year.

    “It will amount to waste of national resources if the Force jeopardizes this whole process. Also, the candidates whose hopes have risen might end up unemployed thereby increasing the unemployment rate in the country.”

    On the next action the commission is likely to take and when it would resume the process, he said: “The Commission is likely to sit next week because of this development.”

  • LASG intercepts truck loaded with 123 persons, 48 motorbikes

    A truck loaded with 123 persons and 48 motorcycles coming from Jigawa State was intercepted in Agege area of Lagos State on Friday by operatives of the Special Taskforce on Environmental Sanitation and Special Offenses.

    The truck was impounded following the alarm raised by members of the public about the conduct of the occupants of the truck.

    It was said that the truck and its occupants had been moved to the office of the Taskforce in Oshodi for interrogation.

    Chairman of the Taskforce, Yinka Egbeyemi, said the vehicle was accosted in the wee hours on Friday, after a security alert from the public. He said his men swiftly responded to the information, which led to the seizure of the truck and its occupants at Agege area of Lagos.

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    He said: “While my team was on operation, we got information from the public that some people had entered into Lagos in trailer loaded with over 300 people. We swiftly responded to the alert and trailed the truck from Berger area to Agege. We eventually intercepted the truck which carried no few than 123 men and 48 motorcycles.

    “We have interrogated most of the truck’s occupants; from the information we gathered, some of them said they were coming from Jigawa State, with 48 of them claiming to own seized motorcycles. The rest of them said they came to Lagos in search of greener pasture.”

    Egbeyemi disclosed that the Lagos Police Command had directed that a fact-finding panel be constituted to profile the detained occupants of the truck, but he added that nothing incriminating was found on them apart from the motorcycles.

    One of the occupants of the truck, Shuaibu Haruna, said he left Jigawa State to work in Lagos with his motorcycle. He claimed to have a wife and a son, but said he needed to double his income to cater for his family.

    Haruna said he intended to stay in Isolo area to which he had already paid N7,000 as accommodation fee.

  • 10 ways to avoid being scammed by ‘yahoo boys’

    It is no longer news that ‘scams are real’ and ‘scammers exist’, they are humans like us and they are apparently in every corner of the world.

    Down the memory lane, the term “yahoo” was localized in Nigeria in the early 2000s as the name for ‘internet fraud’.

    While the internet has made it simple for us as humans to connect easily, the simplicity has brought in bigger challenges.

    The internet offers us a wide range of benefits but sadly, internet fraudsters devise clever plans to defraud millions of people every day.

    Online fraud and scams operate under many different disguises and go by many names such as yahoo-yahoo, cyber-crime, internet fraud, online crime, e-crime.

    Here are a few facts about online scammers:

    1. They are very patient strategically looking for a perfect time to strike.

    2. Older women are usually the ‘chief target’ for scammers.

    3. These scammers are usually too quick in trying to convince you about his or her identity backing it up with fake ‘proof’

    4. In Nigeria, scammers who are usually referred to as ‘Yahoo boys’, make use of voodoo or traditional powers called ‘Yahoo Plus’ or ‘Yahoo Plus Plus’.

    5. The most common type of ‘Yahoo Plus’ or ‘Yahoo Plus Plus’ is ‘do as I say’ which means you’ll be manipulated to give in to their demands, and only come to your senses to realize the errors after you’ve been defrauded.

    6. Everyone is potential target for scammers and they are getting increasingly sophisticated in their attempts to get your money.

    7. Examples of the scam used by internet fraudsters are; Job offer scams, lottery scams, beneficiary scams, online dating scams, charity fraud scams e.t.c.

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    So to avoid being scammed by these fraudsters via the aforementioned means above, here are few tips to eliminate the risk:

    1. Spot/detect imposter – Scammers often pretend to be someone you trust; a family member or a company you do business with. Don’t send money or give out personal information in response to an unexpected request.

    2. Be ‘red alert’ to the fact that scams exist – When dealing with uninvited contacts from people or businesses, whether it’s over the phone/mail/social networking site, always consider the possibility that the approach may be a scam.

    3. Know who you’re dealing with – If you’ve only ever met someone online or are unsure of the legitimacy of a business, take some time to do a bit more research. If a message or email comes from a friend and it seems unusual or out of character for them, contact your friend directly.

    4. Do not open suspicious texts, pop-up windows or click on links – Be careful not to click on spammed links which could lead to compromising your personal details.

    5. Keep your personal details secure – It is necessary to advice that you keep your passwords and pin numbers secured. Be very careful about how much personal information you share on social media sites.

    6. Review your privacy settings on social media – If you use social networking sites, such as Facebook, be careful who you connect with and learn how to use your privacy and security settings to ensure you stay safe.

    7. Be extremely cautious when dealing with anyone you’ve met online – Scammers use dating websites, social media, and many other sites to reach potential targets. They can quickly feel like a friend or even a romantic partner, but that is part of the tactics to get you to trust them.

    8. Don’t be pressured to act immediately – Scammers typically try to make you think there’s a limited time offer. They want to push you into action before you have time to think, it’s never a good idea to make an important decision quickly.

    9. Fake social media profiles – Some scammers create fake profiles and send you a friend request or message. If you respond, they then send you offers to make quick money or invest, or ask for money to help them with trouble they are having. They could also gain access to your personal information and steal your identity.

    10. Text Message To Update Your Bank Verification Number – If you get a text message on your cell phone from your bank saying “there’s been a problem with your bank verification number (BVN), and you need to call right away with some account information”, the truth is your supposed “bank” is a scammer hoping you will reveal your account information.

  • Akeredolu pays N4b arrears of gratuity to pensioners

    The Ondo State government has been commended for prioritizing the welfare of pensioners by paying over N4 billion arrears of gratuity owed pensioners by the immediate past administration in the state.

    Members of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners, Ondo State chapter, led by its chairman, Chief Raphael Adetuwo,  gave the commendation during a courtesy visit to the state Head of Service (HoS), Mr Dare Aragbaiye in his office in Akure. He  also said that the state government has not defaulted in the monthly payment of pension to its members since the inauguration of the Akeredolu led administration in 2017.

    Speaking on behalf of the union, its Secretary, Comrade Akin Sunday, appealed to the state government to commence the implementation of the approved 33 per cent pension increase for pensioners, which their counterparts at the federal level have been enjoying since 2014.

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    Comrade Sunday equally enjoined the state government to increase the allocation for the payment of gratuity to pensioners at both the state and council levels in order to enhance prompt payment of gratuity to workers immediately after their retirement, lamenting that so many of the retirees have died before the payment of their gratuity.

    In his response, the state Head of Service, Mr. Dare Aragbaiye, charged pensioners to join hands with the state government to block all leakages of pension fund, and to alleviate the plight of their members in the state, by exposing all those who engage in collecting the pension of the dead pensioners.

    Mr Aragbaiye said members of the union should desist from colluding with serving officers of the government who are extorting money from other pensioners for the purpose of facilitating payment of their gratuity, saying that the state government would no longer tolerate such corrupt practices in the system.

    He said: “l know that when people are retiring, they contribute money to give officers to process their gratuity and pension. This practice is ungodly.”

  • 5 killed, houses burnt in fresh Southern Kaduna attack

    No fewer than five persons have been confirmed killed while several houses burnt during an attack by unidentified gun men at Kiri village in Attakar Chiefdom of Kaura local government of Kaduna State.

    The attack on the village bordering Ryom Local Government Area of Plateau State is coming after the several months of relative peace in the southern part of Kaduna state.

    Kaduna State Police Command, Public Relations Officer, DSP Yakubu Sabo who confirmed the attack however said, investigations had been launched to unravel the identity of the attackers and bring them to book.

    An eye witness, Mr. Sunday Bulus told our Correspondent that, the attackers invaded the community around 4M on Thursday evening and shot sporadically at the armless villagers

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    “In the process, five persons were killed while two others are still missing. A number of houses including, the new Police Outpost were burnt and vandalised respectively.” He narrated.

    Meanwhile, the police spokesman also confirmed that, the armed hoodlums stormed the village, shooting sporadically and the process killed the villagers.

    According to him, “some armed hoodlums came to the village on Thursday,  shooting sporadically and shot one man, named Daniel  who was later rushed to the hospital.

    “Upon receiving information, the area commander of Kafanchan rushed to the scene and chased the hoodlums who ran into a hill bordering Kaura and Ryom Local Government area of Plateau State. “And this morning while our men were combing the area they discovered four corpses and the 35 year Daniel whom was injured  yesterday later died, making five persons dead.

    “Police have taken over situation in the state as everywhere in the village is calm and patrol is ongoing in the surrounding area.” He said.

    The PPRO stressed that, preliminary investigation shows that the attackers may have come through Ryom Local Government area of Plateau State.

  • Two die in Zamfara gov’s convoy accident

    An accident involving the convoy of Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State has claimed the lives of two police personnel attached to him.

    Dead are Police Inspector, Aminu Usman and Sgt. Nura Mohammed.

    Yusuf Idris, the Director-General on Press Affairs to the governor said in Gusau,the State capital that the accident occurred on the  Funtua/Gusau road at about  6pm on Thursday.

    Idris said that the deceased had escorted the governor to Abuja on a five day official trip.

    Idris said that while they were returning with the governor, one of the vehicles in the convoy broke down in Zaria, Kaduna State.

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    He said: “The two policemen were among the seven persons left behind to oversee the repairs of the broken down vehicle before coming to Gusau.

    “About two hours later, however, the sad news was brought to the governor that those left behind were involved in the crash while driving in a heavy downpour and that the two policemen had died.

    “Amidst tears, the governor directed the evacuation of the wounded persons from Funtua General Hospital where they were receiving treatment to a referral hospital for better care under the supervision of the governor’s personal physician.

    “The doctor was also directed to update the governor on the progress of the treatment.”

    He further explained that while one of the victims escaped the accident unhurt, the remaining four sustained varying degree of injuries.

    Idris said the governor had condoled with the families of the deceased and said the state government would pay all medical bill of those hospitalized.

  • Kogi 2019: IPAC walks out on REC

    Members of the Inter Party Advisory Council in Kogi State, on Friday, walked out of the stakeholders’ meeting organised by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over alleged negative role of the Resident Electoral Commissioner, Prof. James Apam, in the last general election.

    The Kogi IPAC spokesman, Ibrahim Itodo, said they had lost confidence in the REC and demand he be posted out of the state.

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    According to him, they found the REC consistently compromising his position and duties and acting in ways inimical to the feelings of majority of voters in the state.

    He accused the REC of hobnobbing with the Governor Yahaya Bello administration and deliberately shutting out the opposition in the state.