HUAWEI AIMS TO EXPAND ENTERPRISE BUSINESS WITH NIGERIA PARTNERS

Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, announced the expansion of her cooperation with her Nigerian partners, to integrate ICT products and solutions, to enable the rapid growth of enterprises business at the E-Nigeria Summit 2014 in Abuja.

 The E-Nigeria Summit is the National Information Technology Development Agency’s (NITDA) annual flagship awareness campaign on the diffusion and deployment of Information Technology in Nigeria. With the theme of "Creating Market Opportunities for Indigenous ICT Products and Services", NITDA collaborated with relevant stakeholders from the private and public sector, as well as non-governmental organizations, to create ICT awareness, develop appropriate framework, and to set goals for best practices, in order to encourage the right positioning of Nigeria in the global information society.

 Huawei's Enterprise Business Group, one of Huawei’s major Business Groups, is growing steadily, allowing Huawei to solidify her position as the leading ICT solutions provider in the industry. The enterprise business also remains a key strategic direction for Huawei’s overall growth plans, with four major product lines namely:  UC&C Product Line (i.e. Telepresence, Video Conferencing, Contact Center), IT Product Line (Servers, Storage, Cloud Computing & Data Center), Networking Product Line (Switches, Routers, WLAN) and Energy Product Line (UPS, Solar ).

 To support these products and solutions, Huawei has set up sales and technical service platforms, to further establish her commitment in the Enterprise market, and also to support enterprise business operations in Nigeria. With a firm dedication to customer-centric innovation, Huawei Enterprise caters to customers from the government and public sector, financial institutions, transportation, energy industries, oil & gas sector, hospitality, education and SMEs.

 Upholding the business strategy, Huawei focuses on strategic and committed cooperation and integration with Enterprise Channel Partners, and the firm implementation of a transparent and stable channel policy. Huawei strives to share benefits with partners, and works hard to build a harmonious ecosystem for win-win partnerships which have yielded significant milestones in winning and co-deployment of so many projects in Nigeria with the channel partners. For example, Huawei and her partners in Nigeria have deployed ICT solutions for six universities (education sector), solutions for six of the top ten Nigerian Banks (Financial Services sector), and solutions for four Oil & Gas Companies, among other industries.

 As part of her Channel strategies, Huawei provides Channel Partners with free pre-sales and post-sales training to their engineers, so as to improve their technical capabilities on Huawei Enterprise solutions and products. Also Huawei offers free certification exams to Channel Partners. This is a major requirement for Tier 2 partnership.

 

Huawei equally encourages and motivates her Channel Partners to attain great heights of success in the enterprise market through promotional incentives like the Deal Registration Reward (DR). The Deal Registration Reward encourages Channel Partners to register proposed projects. When a project is won, the incentives then go to the sales person as a bonus reward.

 “Huawei welcomes the Nigerian partners to integrate our world class ICT products and solutions to serve Nigeria. Huawei has Sales Performance Incentive Fund (SPIF); the SPIF is used to motivate the employees or teams of Channel Partners that have made outstanding contributions to Huawei's sales, to encourage the Client-Facing Tier (CFT) to promote Huawei's products more proactively. Salespersons are granted bonuses or gifts based on their sales bonus points, this bonuses are redeemed from Huawei Distributor - Technology Distributions (TD). Huawei also participates in a Joint Marketing Fund (JMF), for Partners who showcase Huawei Solutions or products at various events.

Huawei is committed to serving as the most innovative and optimal ICT Technology partner for global enterprises, accelerating ICT development and improving operational efficiency in Nigeria. Huawei will work with our Channel Enterprise Partners to jointly embrace the challenges brought about by ICT transformations, build a favourable industry ecosystem, and promote the sound development of the ICT industry and society at large, so as to ensure customer satisfaction.” Mr. Richard Cao, the Vice President of Huawei West Africa, stated.

 Mr. Peter Jack, Director General of NITDA said, “I congratulate Huawei for entering Interbrand's Top 100 Best Global Brands List, and being named one of Thomson Reuters’ top 100 Global Innovators of 2014 recently. I expect Huawei to do more investment in Nigeria, and I welcome your Win-Win business partnership with Nigeria ICT companies.

Pictures From The CCC Canaan-Land Cathedral 8TH Adult Harvest Thankgiving Service

                                  
From Left, Chairman Parochial Committee, Celestial Church of Christ Canaanland Cathedral, Leader Leye Ogedengbe, Shepherd in Charge, Prophet Saheed Abiodun, Financial Secretary, Assistant Evangelist Akeem Anifowose and Vice Chairman, Brother Taiwo Balogun, at the CCC Canaanland Cathedral 8th Adult Harvest Thanksgiving Service held at the Church Auditorium Koye Oke Olambe Ogun State on Sunday 16th of November 2014.  
                                  
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 

NEW MUSIC ALERT:Davido – Owo Ni Koko

                                     
Man of the year Davido announced  few days back that he would be releasing a new tune on friday which is the day he turns 22. This tune ‘Owo ni Koko‘ surfaced a few hours ago. Listen below and let us know your thoughts.
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Nudity Is Not The Limit In Kim K's World,

                             

Kim Kardashian poses full-frontal in the latest picture to be released from her provocative Paper shoot. As Gossip Cop reported, the reality star bares her bottom for the cover of the Winter 2014 issue of the magazine.
The publication said that the outrageous butt pic was just a tease of what was to come, and they weren’t kidding. The newest addition to the collection features Kardashian with her black dress pulled down to her thighs, exposing her breasts and vagina. A similar picture shows Kardashian from the side, with the profile angle capturing both her breast and her infamous bottom.
                      

Rapper Handcuffed While Filming a Video.

Tyga was arrested while shooting a music video in Los Angeles. According to an eyewitness, the rapper, who was handcuffed while filming a scene in a Rolls Royce, was pulled over for reckless driving.

TMZ reported that he was later released.

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WORLD PNEUMONIA DAY: SANOFI Reinforces Commitment To Nigerian Children

Cross section of sanofi delegates and Pediatric Association of Nigeria Delagates at the press conference on World Pneumonia Day Celebration

As the world marks, World Pneumonia Day on November 12, 2014, Sanofi strengthens its commitment in the fight against pneumonia with the Pediatric Initiative tagged ‘Healthy Children, Happy Children’ in partnership with the Pediatric Association of Nigeria (PAN).

Speaking on this initiative, Medical Director, Sanofi Nigeria and Ghana, Dr. Fifen Inoussa said, ‘Pediatrics is a priority for Africa because one child out of four in the world is African and 50 percent of the worldwide infant mortality occurs on this continent. The Sanofi Pediatric Initiative corresponds to the strong desire to reinforce our commitment to child healthcare.”
President, Paediatric Association of Nigeria, Prof. Adebiyi Olowu, stated that Pneumonia is one of the preventable but major causes of child mortality in Nigeria and it is essential that parents, guardians and care givers take essential precautions to ensure good health-seeking behaviour. He urged that preventive efforts such as proper nutrition, exclusive breast feeding, hand-washing and routine immunizations be emphasized to avoid pneumonia.

Stressing that pneumonia is a killer Prof Olowu called on government, relevant agencies and stakeholders to make concerted efforts that would significantly improve on the health of children.
Dr. Amina Biobaku of Isalu Hospital, Ogba, Lagos, one of the numerous beneficiaries of the PAN medical education programs on pneumonia supported by Sanofi, testified that the training has positively impacted her clinical practice.

Estelle Dogbo, Product Manager at Sanofi said: “The Pediatrics Initiative which adapts healthcare offer to children relies on three commitments. The first commitment is the development of medicines and vaccines offer adapted to pediatric care. The second commitment involves provision of quality medical information and dedicated training to healthcare professionals by way of continual medical education programs in pediatric topics. The third commitment entails the deployment of awareness campaigns to the general public.

MTN Surprise: Dr SID Turns BRT Bus Conductor, Wows Commuters With Freebies.

                                
Commuters Delight! Commuters saying goodbye to Dr SID, in Lagos.
The amazement and excitement in the on-going MTN SURPRISE campaign continued today, as one of MTN’s ambassadors and the Mavin Records’ Doctor, Dr. SID was the centre of attraction, boarding one of the free BRT buses that was coming from Ikorodu. The free buses were provided by MTN.
The Surulere crooner who boarded the bus at Idiroko bus/stop, announced himself as the official bus conductor. The commuters were stunned.  They could not just stop imagining themselves being in the same BRT bus with Dr. SID. It was an unthinkable surprise.The excitement was such that many of the passengers refused to alight at their bus-stops, in order to continue the fun with Dr. SID while enjoying the surprise packages he was giving out.
Dr Sid created a sing along atmosphere to the delight of the passengers, as he treated them to some of his hits like ‘Surulere’ and ‘Over the moon’.
Before alighting at Fadeyi bus stop, Dr Sid urged the passengers to borrow a leaf from MTN, by creating surprise moments for their loved ones. He also commended Nigeria’s leading telecommunications and ICT Company, MTN for initiating the Surprise Campaign.
Meanwhile, over the weekend, some MTN ambassadors were at various MTN Connect Centres attending to customers while giving out various gifts.The excitement and surprises still continue. Subscribers on MTN network are to text the number 11 to 400, to receive pleasant surprises and can join the gist on social media platforms via #YelloEleven.

Fastest Finger First…Commuters loading MTN card in a BRT bus, in Lagos.

Surulere…Dr SID sharing airtime to commuters in a BRT bus, in Lagos.

New Fanta Apple Flavour Hits Nigerian Market.

                                     
Nigeria’s vibrant soft-drinks market got sparked-up this week with the launch of the new Fanta Apple flavor by beverage giant, Coca-Cola Nigeria Limited.
According to the company's Marketing Director, Patricia Jemibewon, the new apple flavoured drink has been specifically formulated for the youthful consumer segment with a great fruity apple taste that Nigerians would love.

“The apple-flavoured drink is targeted particularly at the youth and has been developed for Nigerian taste buds.We have had an excellent response on our other variants and with the national launch of Fanta Apple, we are extending our market leadership in the fruit-flavoured sparkling drink segment,” Jemibewon said.

She disclosed that the new Fanta Apple flavor is the result of extensive market research in the beverage sector which confirms that current offerings in that segment did not completely meet expectations of discerning young consumers who constantly desire unique refreshment.”

Senior Brand Manager, Flavours at Coca-Cola Nigeria, Toyin Nnodi spoke on the brand essence of the sparkling drink. “The Fanta Apple Flavour variant has been specially formulated with a focus on the young, active, daring and unconventional young adults who desire and yearn for a change from the conventional soft drinks. It comes at a time when Fanta Orange has established itself; the new product complements the company's sparkling portfolio.”

With the addition of Fanta Apple, Coca-Cola Nigeria now offers consumers a wide range of flavor choice under the Fanta brand which already boasts of the all-time consumer favourite and segment leader, Fanta Orange, as well as Fanta Pineapple. The new Fanta Apple will be available to consumers across the country in the 50cl PET pack, 35cl and 50cl glass bottles and the 33cl on-the-go cans.

The Return Of Frank Donga -Watch the Interview – “Vacancy”

Watch the return of Frank Donga, after some break..

COUNTDOWN:Olamide Reveals “Street OT” Album Art + Release Date

                             
YBNL General, Olamide is set to release his latest album, Street OT on 14-11-14; his 4th studio album in as many years. Talk about consistency.
View the official artwork below. I’m guessing the official tracklisting comes next.

Breaking News: PopularBlog Site "LINDA IKEJI BLOG" Removed

Prone to the hacking synerio going on with Linda Ikeja Blog-site, the blogging site noticed this afternoon displayed ''blog has been removed', could this be as a result of the so-called hacker or just internet restructuring. Oye Olorun...

OMOLAYOLE, ADETU, OTHERS SET SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP AS PANACEA FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

                                 
Social entrepreneurship has been identified as a veritable initiative to building community, self-reliance as well as creating vehicle for organizations to meet their needs in a financially sustainable way. This was a major discourse at the 30th edition of the Omolayole management lecture series organized by ‎Alumni of the International Association of Students in Economics and Commercial Sciences, AIESEC.

Speaking at the event, MD/CEO of Guinness Nigeria Plc, Mr. Seni Adetu who was the guest speaker in his key note address said, “social enterprises help create a vibrant and diverse economy with more opportunities for people of all abilities and backgrounds. All nations must be able to work with social enterprises through private investors to address the social, environmental, cultural and economic challenges no government can solve alone”

Adetu made insightful note of several incidents that have helped him in his career panning from changing the look and feel of his brands to creating enormous results for the organization. He further explained, “the essence of social entrepreneurship has unfortunately largely been misunderstood in the past. At its heart it is an approach to social and environmental problems, which combines innovation and opportunity just the way any entrepreneur would. The difference is that the primary purpose is not profit maximization for shareholders but using revenues generated to drive transformational social change. Put very simply, I see it as what you get when you combine Richard Branson and Mother Teresa.”

“However, I realized that to drive change in the nation, the key is to educate future business leaders, and which informed my coming here today. Everyone must stand up to contribute to making Nigeria a better place which is not an exclusive right of the government but everybody, hence the need for us to take social entrepreneurship serious.” He added.

Also addressing the participants, President, Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association, Mr. Larry Ettah who chaired the occasion, stated that the theme of this year’s lecture is apt and timely as it has become nationally imperative to address unemployment and it is necessary to proffer pragmatic approach to resolve the issue. He added that NECA has been championing enhancement of resources and sustainable national development as its contribution towards addressing the unemployment in the country.

Ettah explained the real reason why his organization is hosting this year’s lecture “It is expected that entrepreneurship will contribute to growth and employment creation in advanced, emerging and least developed economies alike. This is a reasonable expectation, one that is supported by recent findings of historians, economists and management scientists. And it is only great to associate with initiative like this that will catapult the fortune of our dear nation particularly in job creation”

Dr. Michael Omolayole in whose honour the lecture series was instituted stated that this years’ lecture series is significant as was the first time all the lectures in the series would be compiled in a book and launched. “I feel so fulfilled that this book could see the light of the day and we are being able to place it on Jumia book store for everyone that may want to access the book”

“In this book, the importance of innovative, high-growth entrepreneurship is emphasized and the important role of the state to support entrepreneurs (differently through different phases of development) is discussed. The book also argues for the need for entrepreneurial solutions to intricate global challenges, such as climate change, migration, and terrorism” He submitted.

Omolayole hinted further that “with too many entrepreneurs, levels of aspirations in a country may rise – it is well-known that with increasing material wealth (or opportunities) people’s aspirations increase.”

AISEC Alumni Nigeria for several decades has played a leading role in defining the province's field of social enterprise as a tool to build community and self-reliance. Social Enterprises — businesses operated by non-profit organizations for the dual purpose of generating income and achieving social, economic, or environmental goals — can be a creative vehicle for organizations to meet community needs in a financially sustainable way

Pistorius brother was suspected of wiping phone data after killing

                           
Police suspected the brother of Oscar Pistorius of wiping data from the Olympian’s phone in the days after he killed his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, a South African radio station claimed on Thursday.
Investigators believed Carl Pistorius synchronised his computer with his brother’s iPhone, wiping out the entire call history and all WhatsApp messages, according to an investigation by Eyewitness News (EWN).
Police “considered charging him with defeating the ends of justice but ultimately declined to proceed with a case against him,” EWN said.
It also revealed that Oscar Pistorius spoke to an ex-girlfriend, Jenna Edkins, just minutes before he came home to Steenkamp on the fateful night of February 14, 2013.
Edkins, who dated the runner on and off for several years, was stored in his phone under the pseudonym “Babyshoes”.
The call was never raised during the trial, but EWN reported that both the prosecution and Pistorius’s lawyers knew about it, and that Edkins was prepared to testify in the runner’s defence if the phone call was used.
Pistorius is due back in court on October 13 to be sentenced after the judge ruled last month he was guilty of culpable homicide, but not murder.
The new revelations are included in a book on the trial by two EWN reporters released on Thursday.
It says police sought assistance from Apple in the United States to gather information on Carl Pistorius’s actions.
In a statement on Wednesday night, the Pistorius family reacted in advance to the EWN article.
“We are not sure of the allegations which are to be made or the source of such allegations, but we are not aware of any deletions having been affected by Oscar or effected on his instructions that could be relevant to this trial or could have impacted on this trial,” the statement said.
Pistorius, a 29-year-old double amputee, admitted to firing through a locked toilet door and killing is model girlfriend on Valentine’s Day 2013.
He said he thought he was shooting at an intruder and that Steenkamp was safely in bed.

Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau emerges, dismisses claims of his death

                                   
Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau dismissed Nigerian military claims of his death in a new video obtained by AFP on Thursday and said the militants had implemented strict Islamic law in captured towns.
“Here I am, alive. I will only die the day Allah takes my breath,” Shekau said, adding that his group was “running our… Islamic caliphate” and administering strict sharia punishments.
Nigeria’s military said last week that Shekau was dead and that a man who had been posing as the group’s leader in the videos had been killed after fighting with troops in the far northeast.
Security analysts and the United States questioned the credibility of the military’s claim.
The new 36-minute video showed Shekau, in combat fatigues and black rubber boots, standing on the back of a pick-up truck and firing an anti-aircraft gun into the air.

Standing in front of three camouflaged vans and flanked by four heavily armed, masked fighters, he then speaks for 16 minutes in Arabic and the Hausa language widely spoken in northern Nigeria.
There was no indication of where or when the video was shot.
The heavily bearded Shekau, who appeared to be the same as those in previous clips, said the military’s claim that he was dead was propaganda.
“Nothing will kill me until my days are over… I’m still alive. Some people asked you if Shekau has two souls. No, I have one soul, by Allah,” he said, apparently reading from a script.
“It is propaganda that is prevalent. I have one soul. I’m an Islamic student.
“I’m the Islamic student whose seminary you burnt… I’m not dead,” he added, apparently referring to the destruction of the group’s mosque in the Borno state capital, Maiduguri, in 2009.
There have been two previous claims by Nigeria’s security forces that Shekau was dead — once in 2009 during unrest in Maiduguri — and again in 2013.
Following each previous claim Boko Haram has issued denials in video messages.
Elsewhere in the new video, the militant leader said the group had implemented strict Islamic law in the towns that it had captured in recent weeks.
“We are running our caliphate, our Islamic caliphate. We follow the Koran… We now practise the injunctions of the Koran in the land of Allah,” he said.
The group also claimed to have shot down a Nigerian air force jet that went missing nearly three weeks ago.
An air force spokesman said the jet was missing.
“For any group to claim they shot it down is mere propaganda and rubbish,” Air Commodore Dele Alonge told AFP.

Peter Okoye of P-Square Falls Off Stage during Beat 99.9 Triple 9 Concert

                              
Peter Okoye, one half of ‘Pop duo, Psquare’, fell off stage while performing at the recently held Triple 9 Concert.
Psquare were the final performers at the music concert which held at the Landmark Event Centre, on September 30, 2014.
The Pop duo were performing ‘Bring it on’, a song off their new album ‘Double Trouble’ when Peter Okoye apparently stepped too close to the centre edge of the five-foot elevated stage and fell off.


He had this to say to fans via Instagram – “What defines us is how well we rise after falling… I’m human,I’m not perfect. But I’m thankful. I knw I will be fine b4 my next concert dis weekend in Congo Lubumbashi,Dubai …… Thanks peeps”
                                   

How 'Evil' caretalker unleashed dogs on kindergarten pupil

                                        
When Mrs. Helen Ibraham left her children in their three bedroom apartment on Thursday, 25th September, 2014, little did she knew that danger was lurking in the corner. If she had any premonition that the giant dogs kept in the compound will be let loose to feed on his children, perhaps, she would have locked up her three lovely kids in the apartment before going to the nearby store where she had gone to buy some biscuit for the trio.
Perhaps, she could alternatively had given up going on the errand and stay home with them and make do with other food items she had at home.

But as faith will have it, no sooner had she left the house than the children came downstairs to play. According to their father, Abraham Odia, the three children aged between 4 and 12 years, the children routinely come down to play with other children in the evenings  when there was no light.

Thus, when they came down that evening to play, it was nothing they had not done before. Nevertheless, on this particular occasion, as  they came down to ride their bicycle, they were accosted by three giant dogs kept by the landlord’s brother, one Stanley Jegede said  to be the care taker of house 35, Adegboyega Street, Akesan, Igando where the victims parent reside.

Stanly allegedly let the dogs loose on the three children as they played.

One of the children, four year- old Omoniho Isaac Abraham narrowly escaped death but he was badly battered by the dogs.

Omoniho is currently receiving treatment at the intensive care section of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital LASUTH, Ikeja, Lagos.

The two elder brothers to the victim ages between 7 and 12 years were also injured as they jumped from upstairs to evade the attacking dogs.

Daily Independent investigation revealed that Jegede and his two dogs had been arrested and detained at Igando Police Station.

Narrating the incident to Daily Independent at the LASUTH premises on Monday, Abraham, said that his wife went to buy something for the children, and that shortly after she left, the children came down stairs with their bicycle to play as he live upstairs.

But unknown to them, the giant dogs belonging to the Landlord’s brother were on loose.

“Immediately they came down, two of the dogs chased them. The third dog was chained. They ran back up stairs, but the dog chased after them. Three of them ran up, but the dogs still attacked them forcing the other two who were 12 and 7 years old to jump down leaving their younger one who could not jump. They sustained fracture injury on the legs. The dogs pounced on the boy, tore his skull and battered his face”.

According to him, sympathizers who were helpless had to call in the police.

He said that even with that no one could go in for fear of attack by the dogs, until his wife rushed back after she received a distress call.

“No no body could go in including the police, she had to summon courage and defied the dogs’ barking and threat to go in and saw her son in the pool of his own blood, carried him and rushed out of the house. She was then accompanied by the police to Igando general hospital from where they were referred to LASUTH. He and his two brothers were admitted at the emergency word of LASUTH and later moved to the Pathology burns and surgical ward.

Abraham said he will wait for his children to recover before deciding on his next line of action.

“You can see now, I dont go anywhere again, I sleep in the hospital here. The child cannot do without seeing me and at every point in time my attention is needed by the hospital authority for one thing or the other”, the Edo State born automobile engineer lamented.

According to him, he parked into the house about 3years and 4months as a yearly tenant paying N200,000 rent per annum.

He added that the man had kept only one giant dog which has known everybody in the compound but suddenly about three weeks ago, he went ahead and brought two more giant dogs.

He said the dogs have been harassing everybody in the compound. “Few days before this incident, a lady tenant was coming out from her flat downstairs but the dogs chased her back. She had to run upstairs and closed the doors behind the dogs. Just three days before the incident, my wife advised the man to buy a padlock and lock the dogs inside their cage so that they would not injure somebody but he dismissed the advice saying there was no problem.

“When the dogs were feeding on my son, people were afraid to go near until a neighbour, medical doctor who is a lecturer at LASU alerted the police. Seven police men responded but like other sympathizers, they could not go in to rescue the child for fear of dog attack,” he narrated.

The attack has left the victims who just completed his nursery education and waiting to continue his education at Focaland Montessori Private School when schools resume in pain.

The mother of the kids narrated how she was alerted. “I was called on phone where I went to buy some things for the children that my children were in danger; I rushed down, saw people gathered. I asked what was happening; they said the dogs were inside with my baby that they have called the police. We were waiting for the police, people even prevented me from going inside as somebody who was even living in another house close to ours chained out gate and did not allow sympathizers in claiming the wild dogs will attack them.

At a stage, one of the sympathizers said look at one of the dogs coming out with blood in its mouth. At that point, I had no choice than to force my way inside the building. Two of the dogs charged at me, I shouted at them, one ran away, but one was following me. I ignored it and went straight to the dining area, saw my child lying in the pool of blood, I picked him, he was crying mummy give me water. I took him outside even as the dogs were still barking at me.”

Further investigation revealed that as all these were happening, the Landlord’s brother was nowhere to be found. Further investigation revealed that when the police called him on his mobile phone, he told them he was away to his family house in Ajegunle, Apapa.

He was then ordered to report to the Igando Police Station, when he arrived, he was told to go and bring his dogs where he was detained along with the dogs.

VIDEO: Patoranking – Happy Day

                               
We have all been yearning for fresh material from Patoranking, here it is, no one saw this one coming, he premieres the visuals to “Happy Day”.
“Happy Day” is a wedding song as portrayed in the video, and it should be  top of DJ’s playlists at weddings in due time.

                

Police destroys Newspapers, Magazines over N5000 monthly bribe in Anambra

Newspapers and Magazines of different media houses worth thousands of naira were for three days destroyed under the Flyover Bridge New Parts Market, Nkpor, Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State by men of the Nigerian Police Station Ogidi following the vendors refusal to continue parting with some money to the police.
The disobedient policemen carried out the operation on Tuesday September 23, Thursday 25 and Friday 26 in spite of a letter to the vendors from the Local Government exempting them from those prohibited from doing their business there, and also in contravention to an order by their Divisional Police Officer DPO incharge of Ogidi Police Station, Mr. H Musa to allow the vendors to do their business.
The vendors were said to have out of pressure to sell their papers, entered into unofficial agreement to pay the police N2,000 weekly for them to be allowed to sell their newspapers and magazines under the flyover Bridge, having been prevented earlier from transacting their business there on the alleged instruct from the Idemili North Council Chairman.
Addressing newsmen Monday, Chairman of Onitsha Newspapers Directors Distributors Association (ONDDA) Mr. Jude Oguzie said “sometime in July this year we got a report from our vendors selling under the bridge that they were being harassed by policemen for selling their papers and magazines under the bridge, and I went with my Vice Chairman and Secretary Mr. Christian Ikpe and Elder Emma Uwakwe to meet with the police.
“The police told us during our meeting that they were under instruction from the Idemili North Council boss not to allow anybody to sell papers under the bridge, when we probed further to know their reason for preventing our vendors, the policemen told us that they can only allow our vendors if we will be paying them N5000 weekly.
“We reminded them that vendors are among the people on essential duties that are not disturbed even during elections, population census, national and state sanitation exercise and even time of curfew but they insisted on being paid, we however, told them that we will present their demands to the media houses to see if it will be approved.
“We did not know that the vendors later entered into agreement with the police to pay them N2000 weekly after initial payment of N5000, but when it became very unbearable to them they decided to stop and the police swooped on them and destroyed their papers” said Oguzie.
Mr. Oguzie said when we got this latest information about the destruction of our papers by the police, we went again to meet them and to our greatest surprise the police men recognized us and ordered the vendors who gathered around to leave the scene for them to discuss with us, and they told us that they cannot allow our vendors unless we pay them the N5000.
Oguzie said the vendors have been paying the police N2000 since June this year and they decided not to pay for last week and the police got angry and resorted to destroying their papers, they did the first day being Tuesday 23 and we went to the Local government to report and we were issued with a letter permitting but the policemen ignored the directive and came the third time being on September 27 to destroy more papers and claimed that their order came from the Area Commander in charge of the place and no more the Local Government.
Oguzie said they are experiencing similar harassment from overzealous local government workers from Onitsha North and South Council Areas and Idemili North and South Council Areas and we wonder if there is any restriction for vendors to sell their papers.
“There is no designated place we are told to sell our papers, we hawk around with our papers, we wonder why we will be harassed this way by people who should know” he said.
Mr Emeka Onwuzuligo who is the Head of Legal Matters in the LGA said that the directive was given in error and he has given a counter directive through a letter that vendors should be exempted from the order not to do business there.
When Vanguard visited the Ogidi police state to get reaction from the DPO, Mr H Musa, he expressed anger against the policemen and promised to withdraw them from the place.

Jonathan places Nigerian flag designer, Pa. Akinkunmi on a ‘life salary’

                                 
President Goodluck Jonathan has placed  Pa Taiwo Akinkunmi, the designer of the Nigerian Flag, on the salary of a Special Assistant forever, according to a tweet by the Special Assistant to the President on New Media, Reno Omokri (@renoomokri).
Taiwo Akinkunmi is a Retired Nigerian civil servant(born 10 May 1936) and famous for designing the Flag of Nigeria, popular called Mr Flag Man.


The national flag is an adaptation of the winning entry from Taiwo Akinkunmi in a competition held in 1959. The original had a red sun with streaming rays placed at the top of the white stripe. This was removed by the judges and the flag has not been altered since.

Taiwo-AkinkunmiThe designer of the national flag was Michael Taiwo Akinkunmi, a twenty three-year-old student. He was studying at Norwich Technical College in England when he saw an advertisement in a newspaper that entries were being accepted for the design of a new National flag.
In 1959 Akinkunmi’s design was chosen as the winner and was first officially used

Jonathan keeps 6 planes hovering for 2 hours

                                    
At least six planes full of passengers were made to hover around the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, western Nigeria, on 20 September to allow President Goodluck Jonathan and his advanced team solely use the airspace.
The process, known as VIP movement, ‎lasted for about two hours, starting some minutes to 9:00 a.m. and ending after 11:00 a.m.
‎A VIP movement in Nigeria’s aviation parlance means that the airspace is closed to other commercial or private planes until the VIP has landed and is away from the apron.
During such movements, other planes are made to hover except if there is an emergency.
The risky incident happened while President Jonathan was visiting the Synagogue Church of All Nations where a guesthouse collapsed on 12 September and killed at least 115 people most of them South Africans.
The airspace was first closed some minutes to 9:00 a.m. for the President advanced team. It was opened for some minutes but closed again almost immediately.
A Dana plane scheduled to leave Lagos for Abuja at 9:00 a.m. did not take off until minutes after 11:00 a.m.
The aircraft had to be refuelled to compensate for the two hours lost while the VIP movement lasted.
A Lagos – Abuja flight last only about an hour, and the aircraft is fuel sufficiently enough for that distance.
When the airspace was reopened, our correspondent counted at least ‎six big planes that landed before other parked aircraft were allowed to proceed.
VIP movements are not new in Nigeria and did not ‎start with the administration of Jonathan, but many Nigerians have said the risk for hundreds of passengers in hovering planes outweigh the benefits.
This, they say, is also because many people are not yet convinced that the Nigerian Airspace is safe again.
But a security official who wanted to remain anonymous said with current security challenges in Nigeria, VIPs should be adequately protected.
He said there was nothing wrong in protecting the life of the president, especially as he puts his own life on the line to protect Nigerians.
VIP movement also covers the wife of the president, Patience, other heads of state and some high ranking political office holders.

VIDEO: Sean Tizzle ft 9ice – Loke Loke

                              
“In just a couple of weeks after he dropped his long awaited Perfect Gentleman video and his most anticipated UK tour dates gets closer, Sean Tizzle hits again with Loke Loke. In the quest for more, Sean Tizzle perfectly delivers as an actor in his new flick Loke Loke ft multiple award winning superstar 9ice. This is the first video the star act would feat anyone since he emerged in feb 2013. The video portrays the hustle and challenges of an upcoming artiste and what he faces before fame/stardom. ”


         

Illegal train passengers kill journalist in Lagos

                             
Some illegal train passengers, who were hanging on a moving train at the Ikeja Along bus stop, Lagos have attacked two journalists, causing the death of one of them.
PUNCH Metro learnt that the miscreants had jumped off the train on Tuesday at about 9am and attacked the journalists.
The miscreants were said to have accused the journalists of filming them with the intention of exposing their antics through their medium.
It was learnt that the pressmen had fled for their lives, but the attackers gave them a chase, causing one of the journalists to run into the path of an oncoming commercial bus.
He was said to have died while being taken to a hospital in the area.
When our correspondent visited the area, the victim’s corpse was said to have been deposited at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja.
Some officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority at the bus stop also confirmed the death of the pressman, adding that illegal train passengers on moving trains usually mobbed whoever they suspected was filming them.
A LASTMA official, who preferred anonymity, said, “I saw when the two men arrived here. They parked their vehicle inside a compound here and brought out their equipment to do an interview by the highway. They told the security men at the compound that their interview would last 15 to 20 minutes.

“Minutes later, I heard that there was an accident. Some eyewitnesses told us that some illegal train passengers had pursued some men into the path of an oncoming vehicle. When I got there, I realised that it was one of the two pressmen. He had been knocked down by a commercial bus; he was bleeding and unconscious.
“We later learnt that while the two men were having their interview by the roadside, some illegal train passengers had jumped down and accused the pressmen of filming them. They hit the two men with planks and as the duo fled, they chased them. In the process, the two men were pursued into the path of an oncoming bus. One of them was crushed and died before he could get medical attention.”

A seller along the highway, identified simply as Olamide, said, “A woman driving a jeep took the victim to the LASUTH, but he died on the way. Actually, this is not the first time miscreants hanging on train would attack people suspected to be filming them.
“Sometime they even attack LASTMA officials. If your phone is ringing and you dare pick it while the train is passing, they will jump down and attack you.”

30th Omolayole Management Lecture

This lecture is held annually in honour of Dr. Michael Omolayole who is the former Chairman/Managing Director, Lever Brothers Nigeria Plc - now Unilever Nigeria Plc, former Presidential Advisory Committee member and Chairman/Director (past and present) of numerous multinational companies to address contemporary socio-economic issues of national and international concern.

AIESEC NIGERIA HOLDS ANNUAL MANAGEMENT LECTURE

The 30th Omolayole Management Lecture holds this Thursday, September 25, 2014 at NECA House, Plot A2, Hakeem Balogun Street, Central Business District, Alausa Ikeja, Lagos by 2pm.

The event will feature a Pre-Lecture, an entrepreneurial challenge (The Impact), the Lecture proper and then the launching of the 1st compilation of the OML Series.
Pre-Lecture Panelists include;
Chika Nwobi Founder/Managing Partner L5Lab
Adetunji Eleso Director, Pre-IncubationCo-creation Hub Nigeria
Tayo Olosunde Lead Coordinator MindtheGap Community and Youth Development HUB
Sekyen Niyang Ajao Administration and External Liaison Manager
Youth Enterprise With Innovation in Nigeria - YouWiN! Programme
You don't want to miss out.
You can still register to attend the Pre-Lecture commencing at 10 am!
30th Omolayole Lecture Pre-Lecture Form