British Woman, 26, Becomes One Of World’s Youngest Airline Captains

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A British woman has become one of the world’s youngest commercial airline captains at the age of 26. Kate McWilliams, from Carlisle, said she is asked about her age by cabin crew and passengers almost daily and most people are “pleasantly surprised and impressed” when she tells them.

McWilliams began flying in the air cadets aged 13 before going on a training programme at CTC Aviation in Southampton on her 19th birthday then joining easyJet as a first officer in May 2011. She recently rose to the rank of captain after passing the airline’s command course. An easyJet spokeswoman said the budget carrier believes McWilliams is the world’s youngest commercial airline captain.

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BECOMING CHILDREN OF GOD

Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name,he gave the right to become children of God. John 1:12-13, NIV

To become a child of God is the best thing that can ever happen to a person. In fact, until you become a child of God, you will never find true fulfillment, no matter what else you become.

Condemnation Greets Purchase Of Bulletproof Cars For Govs, Wives | Punch

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Apart from corruption that has crippled Nigeria’s economy, another cankerworm that is devouring our nation’s treasury is the extravagant lifestyles of public office holders. The public officers do not show restraint in the usage of public resources as far as their pleasure and that of their families is in concerned. They are schooled in the art and science of ensuring maximum enjoyment of office to the detriment of the majority of the citizens. Their ostentatious lifestyles defy logic and commonsense.

APC Crisis: Tinubu Accuses Party Of ‘Injustice’, Rejects ‘National Leader’ Title ….. PremiumTimes

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A former Governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu, has accused the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, of perpetrating “injustice”, saying he would rather not hold the honorary title of “national leader” in such a party.
“I would rather not have any title yet reside in a party that honours democracy than hold a title in a party that says it honours me but that treats justice with indecency,” Mr. Tinubu said in an explosivestatement on Sunday, in which he chronicled the alleged political sins of the party’s national chairman, John Oyegun.

Mr. Tinubu had been accorded the position following the critical role he played in the emergence of the APC as a major challenger to the then-ruling Peoples Democratic Party’s decades-long hold on power.

Pastor Goes Dumb While Destroying Traditional Shrine | PremiumTimes

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There was drama in Ketu Community of Ogun State on Saturday after a pastor became numb after attempting to pull down a shrine.

The cleric, identified as Wale Fagbenro, reportedly claimed he was directed by the “Holy spirit” to destroy the traditional worshippers’ shrine.

A witness said Mr. Fagbenro became “speechless‎ and motionless” upon entering the shrine‎.
Residents of the area in Yewa North Local Government Area subsequently raised an alarm attracting a crowd to the scene.

People In The Church Are Going Through Pains Every Day, Says CAN president

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Samson Ayokunle, a reverend and president of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), wants the federal government to “buckle up” in addressing the nation’s economic crisis.

According to Ayokunle, the pains of the people are so widespread that people in the church are not excluded.

Ayokunle was speaking on Saturday at a thanksgiving service organised by CAN to honour him and Joseph Otubu, vice-president of the association, at the national christian centre, Abuja.

He called on the leadership of the country to face the challenges with optimism, and urged Nigerians to embrace hard work as a way of meeting the demands of the nation’s current economic condition.

Demolishing History in Lagos, By Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún

The attack on Lagos Island is unfolding as a terrorist act. Not in the commonly accepted sense of the word, with a foreign religion as motivation, but none the less malicious either. The symbolism isn’t lost that the demolition took place on 9/11, a day now globally recognised for its significance in the fight against global terrorism after two buildings were destroyed in New York in an attack against a country and culture.

I spent a few hours on Thursday, September 22nd talking to officials of LASPPPA and LASBCA, two agencies within the Lagos State government in charge of managing and supervising the building or demolition of buildings/structures across the State. The day before that, I spent some time again at the Ground Zero on Lagos Island where the Ọláìya Family House (Ilọjọ Bar/Casa di Fernandez) used to be. The green sign erected on a preceding Sunday by the State Government warning off intruders had been taken off the property, stolen overnight by unknown persons. All that is left on it now are crumbs of stone and dirt. Other than that, the space remains as it was on Sunday. Busier, this time, as traders had set up their wares and went about their day.

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Shit Inside Abuja: Two brothers spotted roaming the streets, naked

Two brothers have been spotted roaming the streets of Gwarinpa, Abuja, on Thursday, September 22, stark naked.

Despite speculations that the duo were ritualists, The Assistant Commissioner of Police, Complaint Response Unit,CRU, Abayomi Shogunle, has revealed that they were under the influence of drugs.

Domestic Violence: Young woman laments torture by pastor husband

A young lady has taken to her Facebook page to lament the domestic violence she suffers at the hands of her husband who is a pastor.

The housewife, Princess Oritsema Ekwejunor, told of battering, torture and pains she has endured at the hand of her husband identified asOmasan Mabiaku, since the beginning of their marriage.

Tribute To Patience And Nigeria’s Other First Ladies…., By Azu Ishiekwene

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Why did Patience do it? Why is she taking on the EFCC, even threatening to sue the agency over a matter that she was not a party to in court? I can only think of suicidal courage as her motivation, a gift, which appears to be at odds with her husband’s meekness.

It’s not nice to speak badly of first ladies. Not nice at all. Not because they will send you to jail or castrate you as a few of them could some time ago, but I guess there’s a quiet social taboo that just restrains us from throwing the kitchen sink at the mothers of the nation.

DMO has exposed the lies of Edo Government — Ize-Iyamu

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PDP candidate, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, yesterday said he has been vindicated on his claim about the high debt profile of the state by the Debt Management Office, DMO. In that respect, the candidate has tasked the outgoing governor to explain the N1.9 trillion allegedly received in the last 8 years.

A statement by the Ize-Iyamu Campaign Organisation also stated that the debt management office’s (DMO) release as reported by many national dailies, had settled Governor Oshiomhole’s claims that he never took foreign loans.

Update: Three remaining Lagos Landlords released by their abductors

The three remaining Lagos landlords abducted on Saturday, September 17, have been released by their captors. A source reportedly disclosed the news to The Eagle Online who was the first to break it.

Following the kidnap which took place in Lekki Gardens Estate, around the Isheri North area of Lagos State, by unknown gunmen, the culprits called the families of the victims demandingransom of N300 million each, threatening to harm the captives if they fail to meet their demands.

Economy On Its Knees As Recession Bites By Emmanuel Nwachukwu

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It is hard to find anyone in Nigeria today that is not affected one way or another by the worsening state of the economy. The goodwill that ushered this government to power has all but evaporated. In my recent VISITto Nigeria, I overheard a conversation between two roadside hawkers on the rising cost of living in the country and when one mentioned the word “change”, the other retorted angrily, “Holy ghost fire kill that change”!

Nigerians have become beggars because of the lack of work and non-payment of salaries. Even those that are lucky to receive their salaries regularly have seen their pay slashed by as much as 50 per cent. Our hospitals have become mere consulting centres where patients go to die because of the lack of basic medical equipment. With inflation spiralling out of control, because of the rising cost of inputs, business

What A Life! Tears as 8-months pregnant woman dies a month after wedding

An eight-months pregnant lady who just married last month has lost her life due to some pregnancy related sickness, according to her heartbroken cousin, Raphael Chima, who posted the sad news on his Facebook wall.

According to Chima, the lady got married when her pregnancy was well advanced and the family was looking forward to her giving birth but instead of the atmosphere of celebration they had

Segun Oni: Ex-Gov says many will be refugees if Jonathan is still in power

Ex-Governor of Ekiti State, Segun Oni has said many Nigerians would have become refugees in the country if ex-President Goodluck Jonathan's administration had succeeded in winning 2015 Presidential election.

The Deputy National Chairman, (South) of the All Progressives Congress APC made this known in an interview session with Vanguard Newspaper.

Oni said: "The reality on ground is that if the previous Government were in power, by now, Nigeria would have virtually packed up; may be many of us would be refugees by now. So, it is very easy not to remember where we are coming from. Yes, we were elected to do the impossible, we will do our own best."

You Are Not Authorised To Kill, IG Tell SARs

The Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has warned the Special Anti-Robbery Squad operatives against torture and extra-judicial killings, saying no policeman in the world had the right or authority to kill crime suspects.

He admonished the SARS personnel to always respect the right of every Nigerian, noting that this was the way they could change the negative public perception about them.

Recession: Senators Oppose Saraki On Sale Of Assets, Demand TSA Review, True Federalism …. PremiumTimes

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Senators on Thursday opposed their President, Bukola Saraki, kicking against the call for the sale of some national asset.
Mr. Saraki had yesterday joined the call by some Nigerian elite for the federal government to sell some assets to raise funds to help the country out of recession.

Many of the senators, who contributed as the debate on the recession in the country continued in the upper chamber, blamed the elite, including some lawmakers, for the economic problems of the nation.

Policemen Kill Undergraduate While Chasing Internet Fraudster

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Tragedy struck at the Ogoja Market, LASU-Igando Road, Lagos State, after operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad shot dead an undergraduate of a polytechnic in Edo State, Eldanojie Joseph.

The 20-year-old business administration student was said to be on a visit to his cousin, Friday Ojah, who lived on Alape Street, Iba Ojo, when he was hit by a stray bullet.

PUNCH Metro learnt that the operatives were chasing a suspected Internet fraudster, identified as Badoo, who had parked his car and fled upon sighting the officers.

Galaxy Note 7: Samsung Confirms Exploding Phones Reported In China | Independent

Samsung confirmed on Wednesday that it had received three reports of Galaxy Note 7 battery fires in China and investigated two of them.

Samsung and its battery supplier, Amperex Technology, investigated and found the cause of the fires in those two cases was an external heat source, not the phones’ lithium-ion batteries.

Samsung spokeswoman Jee Hae-ryoung said by phone that the company was unable to study the reported third Note 7 fire because the consumer refused to hand in the phone.

Should FG Sell National Oil Assets? | Punch

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I am not in support of the call for the sale of the nation’s oil assets. I don’t see any wisdom in selling the assets because of recession. That would amount to a desperate move to weather the storm.

What are we going to use the money for if the assets are sold? It would be spent to fund recurrent expenditure.

If we must sell the assets, it must be in line with the existing privatisation policy of the country. The Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Limited is one of the assets those who are canvassing the sale listed. And that is the most viable oil asset we have.

Lagos, Kaduna, Edo Owe Foreign Creditors $1.84bn | Punch

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Lagos, Kaduna and Edo, with a combined foreign debt profile of $1.84bn, are the most indebted states of the federation as far as subnational foreign debts are concerned, investigation has revealed.

Statistics obtained from the Debt Management Office in Abuja on Wednesday showed that the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory owe $3.65bn in foreign debts as against the $7.61bn owed by the Federal Government as of June 30, 2016; bringing the country’s total foreign debt to $11.26bn

Nigeria Needs Progressive Economic Policies – Sanusi

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A former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria and Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has said that the country needs policies that will boost economic growth.

Sanusi spoke in Lagos on Wednesday at the public presentation of Funmi Oyetunji’s book, ‘A Conscious Life’.

“We need to think through what we do and on the bigger picture too by coming up with policies that will lead us to where we simply want to go,” he said.

How Nigeria Police Torture Detainees, Rob Them – Amnesty International

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A Nigerian police unit set up to combat violent crime has instead been systematically torturing detainees in its custody as a means of extracting confessions and lucrative bribes, Amnesty International said in a report published on September 21.

In Nigeria: You have signed your death warrant, former detainees told Amnesty International. They said they had been subjected to horrific torture methods, including hanging, starvation, beatings, shootings and mock executions, at the hands of corrupt officers from the feared Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS).

Crucifying Buhari: Foul Play Or Fair Game (2) By Fola Ojo

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If adherents of the President and backers of this administration are in search of men who will always concur and stand in agreement with all their steps and missteps in government; if they are in a frantic dig for those who will always say “yes” to things sometimes they ought to voice “no” against; if they are dredging for applauding docile minds and scouring for saluting submissive souls, there are many Nigerians, including this writer, who don’t belong in that league.

#RestructureNigeriaNow: Ndokwa land and the Tragedy of Nigeria’s Federalism, By Tony Osborg

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Nigeria is not working and will never work in the way that it is presently configured. The unitary system that we practice is evil and takes everybody backward. It does not just underdevelop us but also generates tension and crises. The earlier we restructure Nigeria and entrench true federalism, the better.

The Ndokwa nationality is supposed to be one the richest ethnic groups in Nigeria by virtue of their natural wealth. They have abundant natural resources beneath their soil. Yet, they have become one of the poorest due to the skewed nature of Nigeria’s unitary system that exploits the minorities and their resources and leaves them impoverished.