Senegalese Football club banned for seven years after violence that left eight people dead last month

The Senegalese Professional Football League (LSFP) has handed a seven-year ban to US Ouakam football club following the crowd violence which left eight people dead during the League Cup final against Stade de Mbour last month.

The LSFP's disciplinary committee said it holds US Ouakam "exclusively responsible" for the tragedy at the Stade Demba Diop on July 15, 2017.  They were further punished with a demotion to the lowest tier of Senegalese football at the end of their seven-year suspension.

The 2011 Senegalese League Champions have also been issued with a fine of 10 million francs (CFA) with Stade de Mbour being awarded the trophy as winners.

The club has however said they will appeal the decision.  "We are going to appeal this penalty, which seems to us to be heavy and disproportionate, the Commission has been too heavy handed. We are not sure that these kinds of sanctions will put an end to the violence in our country," Club President Abdou Aziz Guèye said

Ongoing construction of engineered sanitary landfill in Epe

Jakande backs Ambode on new waste management initiative …Says Governor Has Lived Up To Expectations.
First civilian Governor of Lagos State, Alhaji Lateef Jakande has urged residents of the State to cooperate with the present administration under the leadership of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode in its bid to transform the solid waste management sector in line with global best practices.


Governor Ambode, through a new policy termed Cleaner Lagos Initiative (CLI), is seeking to revolutionize waste collection and management in the State with the aim of promoting public health and bequeathing the State with functional, livable and cleaner environment.



Under the initiative, which is billed to commence next month, 27,500 sanitation workers would be employed and deployed to all the political wards in the State to keep the inner streets clean 24/7, while mechanized sweeping equipment would be deployed to the highways.



Also, a consortium of reputable firms specializing in waste management led by Visionscape, has been assembled to collect waste in the residential areas, while the existing licensed Private Sector Participation waste managers, otherwise known as PSP operators, would collect commercial waste.




Speaking on the development, Jakande said any initiative geared towards bringing about clean environment should be supported by the people, just as he urged residents to cooperate with the State Government.



“Anything that is meant to clear refuse in any part of the State is welcomed. No State wants refuse and Lagos State cannot be an exception but I know that they have agencies in charge of keeping Lagos State as clean as it should and there is no reason why every citizen of Lagos State whether indigene or not should not support the government.



“So far, I have not seen any strong opposition to it but I believe that this present administration in Lagos State is doing very well and I want all of us in Lagos State to support the Governor. He has lived up to expectations. Lagos State will benefit in every sense from his activities and I must say we are lucky to have him,” Jakande said.



In an earlier statement, Governor Ambode had announced that the Olusosun dumpsite and others which had been major eyesores located within living neighborhood would be closed for engineered sanitary landfills, while the three transfer loading stations/material recovery facilities at Agege, Oshodi and Simpson and three waste depots at Mushin, Ogudu and Simpson are being rehabilitated and retrofitted to world class standard with the view to facilitating efficient waste collection and disposal operations.

He said that with the construction of sanitary landfills in place, issues of dumping of waste in drainage channels and on roadsides would finally be eliminated in the state.

Speaking at a sensitization workshop on 2017 Water Technology and Environmental Control Conference and Exhibition WATEC, held at Ikeja, Governor Ambode said the overall objective of the new environmental policy of his administration as encapsulated in the Cleaner Lagos Initiative, is basically to capitalize on the vantage position of Lagos as the world’s highest producer of waste by adopting a waste-to-wealth programme with the view to tackling environmental challenges and growing the state’s Gross Domestic Product GDP. “You see, I live in Ikeja and each time I have to pass through Motorways, I don’t like what I see. That is not a land fill site in Olusosun, it is a dump site. The place is an eyesore and it is the first thing you see when you are coming into Lagos and that is not what you should see in a city that is globally competitive. “The impression that has been given is that Olusosun is a land fill site but the answer is no. It is not scientifically treated. You only allow compactors to go and drop waste in a living neighborhood. Who does that? It has been there for almost 30 years and nobody looked at it, but we are now looking at it. The truth is this, with the CLI, we have to shut down Olusosun dump site and part of the contract is that Visionscape will give us new land fill sites that are scientifically treated”, Ambode said. He revealed that the integrated waste management services contract recently sealed by the State Government with a leading environmental utility group, Visionscape, is targeted at ending the perennial flooding confronting the state, and ensuring a clean and livable environment.

According to the contract spanning 10 years, Visionscape which specializes in providing turnkey solutions in areas of sanitation, energy and waste water treatment, will be responsible for door-to-door waste collection services to households in the state. While clarifying issues raised by some of the participants at the workshop, Ambode expressed excitement at the decision of Visionscape to key into the vision of his administration to revolutionize waste management in the state, pointing out that Lagos is generating the highest waste per day in the world more than New York.

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Mark Zuckerberg aims for YouTube's audience by launching a new video service on Facebook called 'Watch'

Everyone in the tech industry and beyond knows that Mark Zuckerberg is not here to play and he has just proved it yet again by announcing the launch of a new video platform called "Watch" that will feature live and recorded show episodes which clearly strays into YouTube's territory.

The new service will feature some live events that Facebook has acquired streaming rights for, including a weekly Major League Baseball game. Other shows will be produced by video partners including National Geographic, Time Inc., NASA and the NBA.

The shows that have been announced suggest that Facebook is primarily taking its cues from YouTube. A blog post about the new Facebook service stressed that it is organized around "friends and communities."

Users will be able to personalize their feeds and follow shows they like, much like YouTube's channel subscription model. They will also be able to comment in real time, and a tab will show what their friends are watching.

Facebook will initially make the platform available on its desktop and app versions to a "limited group of people" in the United States, before rolling it out globally.

Buhari must stay rally holds in Abuja

To counter the Resign or Resume rally being organized by a group of Nigerians led by musician Charly Boy, some Nigerians under the aegis, Coalition of Good Governance and Change Initiative, today held another rally in the FCT where they declared their support for President Buhari. See more photos below

One-year-old daughter of The Voice star died after being crushed by runaway Range Rover with brake fully applied

The one-year-old daughter of Paul Black, a former contestant on The Voice, has died after getting crushed by an unattended Range Rover that rolled down a driveway and into a wall.
Paul Black had taken his daughter Pearl Black to a local park on Sunday and they were on their way home when an unoccupied car rolled down a hill at an address in Heolgerrig, Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales, and demolished a wall which fell on Pearl. The toddler was taken to Prince Charles Hospital in Merthyr Tydfil by air ambulance after the incident at 1.39pm on Sunday but died a short time later. Pearl's brother also suffered minor injuries in the accident.

An inquest heard that the car had its handbrake "fully applied". The automatic transmission of the Range Rover was believed to be in park at the time it rolled downhill.
Coroner's officer Gareth Heatley said: "The vehicle had been left parked with the automatic transmission in park and the handbrake fully applied. As the vehicle gained momentum down the driveway it has travelled across the road and on to the footpath opposite, demolishing the boundary wall. That same wall has collapsed. Tragically it fell on to one-year-old Pearl who has been walking on the footpath, causing crush injuries, I am told."

Her parents Paul and Gemma Black paid tribute to the youngster on Monday, saying "she was the reason we all lived".
In a statement released by South Wales Police, they said: "Pearl was every single star in every single sky, she was as bright as the stars, when she looked at you with those eyes and she would melt your heart. She was the reddest pearl in the ocean and the sweetest melody ever written. She was the greatest dancer and she has left a massive hole in our hearts, the world will be a darker place without her."
Paul Black later took to Facebook to write: "My life is on hold. Indefinitely. Thank you to all wishers. I'm a broken man."

Before Marriage never put any woman before your mother" Davido's brother says as he returns from a trip with his mom

Davido's brother, Adewale Adeleke shared this photo with his mom and urged young men to treat their mothers right. He advised them not to put any other woman above their mother before marriage. He wrote;
"Had an amazing Trip wanna share a small message to all the young men out there. Love your mother!?? It's really that simple, we easily spend money on trips, bags, shoes on our lady friends, girlfriends, Etc...but we seem to forget our mothers! Young men cherish your mothers treat them well, after carrying you for 9 months it's the least you can do, & no forget you only get 1! Before Marriage never put anyone women before you mother"

Thank you for All The adventures" Annie Idibia says as she shares this throwback loved up photo with her husband, Tuface

Annie Idibia shared this adorable throwback photo with her husband, Tuface and captioned it; "Thank you for All The Adventures... All the magic.. and my constant Smile." See full photo below...

We are working undercover to arrest persons within and outside Nigeria who are behind the Ozubulu massacre- Police PRO, Jimoh Moshood says

The Public Relations officer of the Nigeria Police force, Jimoh Moshood, says three persons have been arrested and are currently in detention over the massacre at the St Phillips Catholic Church in Ozubulu in Anambra state last Sunday. Jimoh who was a guest on Channels TV this morning, said the persons arrested have a direct connection with those who perpetrated the crime. According to him, the police is currently working undercover to arrest some of the perpetrators of the attack that are currently not in Nigeria.
"The update is that we have three suspects in detention and we have more leads to get to the perpetrators of this crime and very soon, Nigerians would see that we have succeeded in ensuring that we arrest the actual culprit in this crime. Very soon we are going to have a breakthrough. Those suspects that we have arrested are not just people that we picked on. These are people that have played one role or the other in committing that offense and we would get to the root of this. Investigation is ongoing around the church premises while the church has deemed it in their wisdom to use an alternative building around the church to conduct mass for the deceased. The IGP has sympathized with the government and people of Anambra state and has put in all the seriousness needed. Outside of that, we are working undercover to ensure everyone involved, including those who are not in Nigeria presently, are arrested and prosecuted" he said
Recall that the attack is believed to have been caused by a drug deal that went south between two drug barons that are from Anambra state but reside in South Africa.

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Lassa Fever spreads to Yobe State; 4 people Quarantined - says Commissioner

At least 3 people have died from Lassa fever in Lagos state and another 100 under monitoring at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH).

Now, Dr Bello Kawuwa, Yobe state Commissioner for Health says Four people are being quarantined for clinical analysis in Yobe over suspected case of Lassa fever.

Kawuwa told newsmen in Damaturu that seven people were initially held, but three had been discharged after clinical analysis.  The commissioner said though, earlier results did not indicate that the four people have Lassa fever, a second laboratory test would be carried out on them.

'About seven cases of suspected Lassa fever were reported in Yobe. They were subjected to normal clinical appraisal and three of the seven were looking less of Lassa fever. We will let you know when the result of the second laboratory test is released. We have isolated the cases to prevent unnecessary contact.  Our epidemic response team has also gone to the affected communities to carryout contact-tracing as well as enlighten the people on how to deal with the  situation'. Kawuwa said

"99.9% of us have sold our conscience to the devil, money and greed" Georgina Onuoha says as she declares her support for Charly Boy

Actress, Georgina Onuoha has declared her support for Charly Boy's Resume or Resign protest. According to her, a lot of people who are supposed to be the mouth piece of the people given the platform they have will rather remain silent because they are in bed with those that rob our people of their basic human dignity. She urged Nigerians to join Charly Boy in demanding for the whereabout of the president. She wrote;
"The lonely voice in the wilderness.. I will rather walk alone than walk with the crowd and get missing. I salute his courage, I salute his wisdom and I commend his bravery. Only few men of honor are left. 99.9% of us have sold our conscience to the devil, money and greed. We who are suppose to be the mouth piece of our people given the platform we have, will rather remain silent because we are in bed with those that rob our people of their basic human dignity. We are quick and swift to show off our ill gotten money on social media, yet we can't speak truth to power. We've become a frozen generation, a greedy race and an incorrigible people. We will take deals and gigs an hail those who languish our nations wealth on trivial things. A non-entity becomes a Local government chairman in less than two, starts building mansions, we praise him and melt jungle justice to an average man that steals garri to feed his family due to hunger and poverty. "Where is Your President Nigerians"? I've said it always; those who do not learn from history are bound to repeat its mistakes. 1983 was just like yesterday, under Buhari we will always have SAP, yet Nigerians are mute and pleased to be govern in absentia. When will you all begin to demand your rights and speak truth to power? we all praise on social media our ignorant elected officials who are busy dancing on social media and displaying fleets of cars and wealth gotten from stealing from the people, yet we adore them. Una suffering no va start, this is just the beginning. Those who objected to the election of Buhari were seen as infidels and cursed out? How is the change working for you all now? Remain silent, instead of demanding answers from your government. Watch BBN, Kim K, Riri, Beyoncé, etc oh yeah.. they are being taken care of. Join this honorable man @areafada1and demand accountability from your elected officials. Don't come on my page to ask me about Buhari because I never voted for him and will never even if I were deaf and dumb. This is your opportunity to demand accountability and speak for your self. Come and beat me if you don't like my views.

Woman suffers horrific injuries after being glassed by jealous air hostess on Dubai night out with Amir Khan

A 22-year-old British woman, who was partying with boxer Amir Khan, suffered horrific injuries on her face after she was glassed by a jealous air hostess.
Make-up artist Bia Hannides was in an exclusive club in Dubai on Sunday night partying with recently single boxer Amir Khan, his brother Haroon, and beauty adviser Gulbahor Becknazar in a roped-off VIP area. Bia's 53-year-old mother Denise was also with them when a Lebanese air hostess tried to join their circle and when Amir Khan will not give her his attention, she attacked Bia with a glass.

Bia was rushed to hospital with a gaping wound over her eye, her designer white dress covered in her blood. She was there for 12 hours getting stitched and doctors have told her she will be permanently scarred. It was so bad she feared she might lose her sight. In all this, she said Amir Khan never offered any help. She said the boxer refused to follow her to the hospital when the ambulance picked her from the club neither did he come to check on her at the hospital afterwards because he was worried about attracting "bad press".

The next day Amir Khan sent Bia a message saying: "I get punched in the face for a living and still get the best girls. Same for you. You will get the best guys regardless, scar or no scar."
In another message he explained that the attacker was not with him, writing: "Babe she wasn’t with us. I’m sorry. How are you feeling?"
Bia was on holiday in Dubai with her mum when she said she was introduced to Khan on Sunday, two days after his very public split from his wife Faryal Makhdoom. They exchanged numbers and the boxer invited her to join him at the exclusive Billionaire Mansion club that night. When she arrived the club, Amir met her outside the venue at around 1 a.m. on Monday, and she and her mum joined him, his brother Haroon and Gulbahor Becknazar. Pictures taken that night show Bia with both Amir and his brother.

Explaining what led to the attack, Bia said: "We were all just having a really, really good night and it was just a small group of us. We were all with Amir and he was keeping it very close knit. If he lost sight of me he would always try and find me or pull my hand. He was looking after us. We were all dancing and happy and having a really good night. He had his hands around my waist and was flirting a bit – but in a really friendly way."
Everything was going OK until the Lebanese air hostess tried to join the group.
"I had this beautiful white dress on, we were all having a good time and maybe because Amir wasn’t giving her the time of day, she was jealous. Amir’s brother was saying to her, 'What are you doing in this circle in our area' and it must have upset her. It was really crowded and you were accidentally brushing into everyone around you – that’s just how it is.
"She said to me, 'You’re pushing into one of my friends' and I told her I hadn’t even touched her friend. Next thing she went to hit me, but I was with it, so I grabbed her wrist – and with her other hand she glassed me straight in the face."
Security staff helped Bia into an ambulance and she was taken to a hospital where she got five stitches in a gash above her right eye.  A second cut on her eyelid could not be stitched because of the delicate nature of the skin.
"It was absolutely horrible," she said. "Amir and his brother said they couldn’t come with us because it would be bad press. I understand, but I would have expected him to find out what happened to me when he left.
"I think all he could think about was how it would look in the papers."
Bia said police later ordered the attacker to pay a fine of 1,000 dirham (around £200).
See screenshot of the message Amir sent to her below.

Help needed to locate family of deaf and dumb woman in Kaduna

The lady pictured is deaf and dumb and can neither read nor write. She was abandoned by a tricycle (Keke) operator when she couldn't identifying her destination after driving her round Kaduna for a while.  A good Samaritan picked her, accommodated and fed her for a night.
Please anyone with useful information should contact the police or Abubakar Ladan of DITV, Kaduna.

Nigerian schoolteacher detained in Cambodia for overstaying

A 37-year-old Nigerian man is being detained by police in Kandal, Cambodia

Modestus Onwuliri, a private schoolteacher at Borei Village, Bek Chan Commune, Ang Snoul District was arrested on August 8, after he had overstayed his visa by five months.

Buhari's Health: Here's what Sections 144, 145 And 146 of the 1999 Constitution says about his absence

The continued absence of the President Buhari from the country continues to cause discord among Nigerians and various protests like the recent #ResumeOrResign continues to spring up.

Truth is most Nigerians are confused and not quite aware of what the Nigerian constitution says about a situation like this.

A little research  by LIB shows that section 145 of the 1999 constitution says that, 'whenever the President transmits to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives a written declaration that he is proceeding on vacation or that he is otherwise unable to discharge the functions of his office, until he transmits to them a written declaration to the contrary such functions shall be discharged by the Vice-President as Acting President'.

Truth is, President Buhari did send a letter to the senate before embarking on his medical leave, the constitution however did not specify a time limit for his absence

To understand it better, here's what Sections 144, 145 And 146 of the 1999 Constitution says below...

144. (1) The President or Vice-President shall cease to hold office, if -

(a) by a resolution passed by two-thirds majority of all the members of the executive council of the Federation it is declared that the President or Vice-President is incapable of discharging the functions of his office; and

(b) the declaration is verified, after such medical examination as may be necessary, by a medical panel established under subsection (4) of this section in its report to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

(2) Where the medical panel certifies in the report that in its opinion the President or Vice-President is suffering from such infirmity of body or mind as renders him permanently incapable of discharging the functions of his office, a notice thereof signed by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall be published in the Official Gazette of the Government of the Federation.

(3) The President or Vice-President shall cease to hold office as from the date of publication of the notice of the medical report pursuant to subsection (2) of this section.

(4) the medical panel to which this section relates shall be appointed by the President of the Senate, and shall comprise five medical practitioners in Nigeria:-

(a) one of whom shall be the personal physician of the holder of the office concerned; and

(b) four other medical practitioners who have, in the opinion of the President of the Senate, attained a high degree of eminence in the field of medicine relative to the nature of the examination to be conducted in accordance with the foregoing provisions.

(5) In this section, the reference to "executive council of the Federation" is a reference to the body of Ministers of the Government of the Federation, howsoever called, established by the President and charged with such responsibilities for the functions of government as the President may direct.

145. Whenever the President transmits to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives a written declaration that he is proceeding on vacation or that he is otherwise unable to discharge the functions of his office, until he transmits to them a written declaration to the contrary such functions shall be discharged by the Vice-President as Acting President.

146. (1) The Vice-President shall hold the office of President if the office of President becomes vacant by reason of death or resignation, impeachment, permanent incapacity or the removal of the President from office for any other reason in accordance with section 143 of this Constitution.

(2) Where any vacancy occurs in the circumstances mentioned in subsection (1) of this section during a period when the office of Vice-President is also vacant, the President of the Senate shall hold the office of President for a period of not more than three months, during which there shall be an election of a new President, who shall hold office for the unexpired term of office of the last holder of the office.

(3) Where the office of Vice-President becomes vacant:-

(a) by reason of death or resignation, impeachment, permanent incapacity or removal in accordance with section 143 or 144 of this Constitution;

(b) by his assumption of the office of President in accordance with subsection (1) of this section; or

(c) for any other reason,

the President shall nominate and, with the approval of each House of the National Assembly, appoint a new Vice-President

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Her name is Fatima Ajus and she is an engineer who works as an Aircraft mechanic.

Norwegian pop star receives death threats for using black actor in her music video

A Norwegian pop star said she has received several death threats for using a black actor in her latest music video.
Sophie Elise Isachsen told BBC's Newsbeat that she came under fire online due to the black actor’s portrayal of her love interest in the video for her new song, “All Your Friends.”
She said she was expecting some people to take offence to the lyrics, but never knew that her co-star’s skin colour would provoke reactions.

“There’s been so much hate, it’s the most brutal thing I’ve seen in my life.“The video was supposed to be about love. It just shows that it’s 2017 but we haven’t gone very far,” she said.
The 22-year-old added that she is afraid to leave her house and has suspended her Instagram account over the online abuse.
Comments on the YouTube post of the video included death threats, racist and sexist abuse and has since been disabled after it became filled with abuses.
“I actually didn’t want to remove the comments because I wanted people to see that this type of thing still goes on. “I’ve been a public figure in Norway for about six years so I am used to getting a lot of hate.
“But I really didn’t think people would care about the guy’s skin color in my video.”
According to her, she has not been put off using black models or actors in her future videos.
“You know my friends who are black got really sad because they were questioning like, ‘Are we worth less?’
“Also I’m really sad for my parents because they are worried about me and I don’t want them to see things like this.
“The best thing I can do is just keep making music and beautiful videos and keep sticking-up for what I believe in.”
The pop star was recently signed by the Universal Music Group, which has also signed Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber.