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http://ift.tt/2rly1MX …mother’s scream attracted son, who went to hug her By Ola Ajayi Ibadan—IT was a pathetic scene at Alare Compound of Aremo in Ibadan North-East Local Government Area yesterday, as sympathisers gathered to mourn the death of a pregnant woman and her two-year-old son by electrocution. French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte arrive for a concert of La Scala Philharmonic Orchestra at the ancient Greek Theatre of Taormina during the Heads of State and of Government G7 summit, on May 26, 2017 in Sicily. TIZIANA FABI / AFP <p>France’s new President Emmanuel Macron will hold delicate talks with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Monday with the two countries harbouring longstanding differences over Ukraine and Syria.</p> <p>Coming just three weeks after an election in which the Kremlin was widely seen as backing centrist Macron’s far-right rival Marine Le Pen — with Putin hosting her during a surprise visit to Moscow — the enco...

http://ift.tt/2rly1MX …mother’s scream attracted son, who went to hug her By Ola Ajayi Ibadan—IT was a pathetic scene at Alare Compound of Aremo in Ibadan North-East Local Government Area yesterday, as sympathisers gathered to mourn the death of a pregnant woman and her two-year-old son by electrocution. The incident reportedly happened when the woman was spreading some clothes she had washed on a line at her residence. Vanguard gathered that it was the deceased that was electrocuted first. Her scream was said to have drawn the attention of her son, who ran to his mum and hugged her and was electrocuted, too. A neighbour told Vanguard that “a nearby hotel had connected a wire to a house to provide illumination for passers-by at night. “Unknown to the deceased, who was four months pregnant, the insulator on the wire had worn off. As she was spreading her clothes on it, she was electrocuted. She screamed, attracting the innocent boy, who ran to his mum. “He too got electrocuted o...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Peter Okutu ABAKALIKI —NO fewer than four persons were, yesterday, reported  killed following a deadly clash between Ofunakpa Inyimagu community in Ikwo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State and its counterpart in Nsobo community in Obubra council area of Cross River State. The clash also led to the destruction of 50 houses and displacement of Ofunakpa Inyimagu community members, allegedly, by Nsobo community members who attacked them. The victims are now camped in a community school in the area as police have been stationed in the troubled zone to forestall further breakdown of law and order. The four victims of the incident were said to be indigenes of the Ofunakpa Inyimagu community as the dispute had been on since 1984. When Vanguard visited the community at noon, yesterday, it was a ghost of itself as only policemen were sighted at different points in the once lively community. Other items torched  included cars, motorcycles and sundry mater...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J O WERRI— One person was confirmed dead, houses burnt and no fewer than 19 persons arrested, as violence erupted at the Imo State Governor’s country home, Ogboko. Commuters were stranded as traffic was held up for hours at the Ogboko axis of the busy Orlu-Mgbe-Urualla-Osina Road that leads to Anambra State. Confirming the incident in a telephone conversation with Vanguard yesterday, the state’s Commissioner of Police, Mr. Chris Ezike, said: “One person died and three houses, including the community’s town hall, were burnt. It must be said that only the roof of the town hall was affected by the fire. We have arrested 19 suspects in connection with the incident. “The identifiable crimes in this incident are murder and arson and they are serious crimes.” While saying that they have commenced grilling of the suspects with a view to ascertaining who played what role in the incident, the CP was, however, of the view that the murder of a young man in the area sparked...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Samuel Oyadongha & Emem Idio Y ENAGOA —THE Eric Omare-led faction of the Ijaw Youth Council Worldwide, IYC, has rejected the Chief Joshua Fumudoh-led Ijaw Eminent Persons Committee set up by Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa  State to resolve the crisis rocking the IYC, saying that it has rather caused further  division among Ijaw youths. The committee, which was set up to reconcile the two factions of the IYC to achieve a unified IYC, on Wednesday, recognised the Okrika, Rivers State convention which produced the Roland Pereotubo-led executives to the chagrin of the Omare-led faction. Omare, whose executives were elected at  the Burutu, Delta State, convention, in a statement yesterday, said that the Chief Fumudoh-led Ijaw Eminent Persons Committee, instead of reconciling the two factions, had succeeded in causing further division in the IYC by recognising the Okrika faction of the IYC without taking into account its position. He said:...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Gab Ejuwa Itsekiri youths, under the aegis of Niger Delta Omega, NIDO, have issued a 14-day ultimatum to the Federal and Delta State Governments and International Oil Companies operating in their land to rename the location of the Nigerian Maritime University, Okerenkoko to Okerenghigho, as allegedly recognised by the law of Nigeria. NIDO gave other reasons for the ultimatum include immediate provision of licenses to Itsekiris to own and operate oil blocs and modular refineries in their land, completion of the Koko-Ogheye-Lagos road project, pilling of all Itsekiri riverine communities, employment of Itsekiri indigenes by the IOCs, provision of light, drinkable water, hospitals, motorable roads with bridges to connect Itsekiri areas in the Niger Delta. NIDO, in a statement by its spokesman, Agbogunyo Oliriogun, said that failure to meet their demands within 14 days would attract their wrath on all assets of the Federal Government and those of the IOCs, addin...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Power Oil has stormed Port Harcourt NYSC Orientation Camp in Rivers State to sensitize the new batch of corp members alongside the members of staff on the significance of leading a healthy lifestyle during the on-going three weeks orientation exercise. The 2017 Batch B Corp members were taken on a health talk centred on significant factors contributing to a sound and healthy life in relations to the heart. Power Oil presented the platform for the corp members to receive free basic medical check-up, which include BMI, blood pressure, body temperature test, and medical consultation/nutritional advice. Speaking at the camp, Ms. Omotayo Azeez, Public Relations Manager, Power Oil, said: “As the need to further reach out to more Nigerians becomes more imperative, we are delighted to also partner with the Rivers State National Youth Service Corps by extending our reach to cover more youths, considering the alarming rate of heart complications which we believe could be ...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Evelyn Usman, Olasunkanmi Akoni, Gbenga Oke & Monsuru Olowoopejo lagos—The bitterness that arose from the primary elections for chairmanship and councillor candidates in the Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, continued yesterday as aggrieved party members stormed the state party secretariat and sacked staff and officials present. Meanwhile, the casualty from the Monday council primary elections rose to two yesterday following the midnight killing of a party stalwart simply identified as Desokan Baba Owo. He was shot dead midnight of Monday in the Mafoluku area of Lagos in what was alleged to be a reprisal attack that followed the earlier killing of local party enforcer, Razaq Bello otherwise known as Hamburger. Those aggrieved against the killing of Hamburger, Vanguard learnt, also stormed the house of a leader of the rival gang, Samson Agbetoye, popularly called Golden but did not meet him as he had since fled the community. Re...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Lagos State Chapter yesterday, denied involvement of the wife of the State Governor, Mrs Bolanle Ambode in the sacking of former Presiding Chaplain of Chapel of Christ the Light, Alausa, Venerable Femi Taiwo, saying that the allegation was not only untrue but unjust and erroneous. A publication  had alleged in its series of reports that Taiwo was sacked for allegedly disrespecting Mrs Ambode by failing to accord her due recognition during an anointing service. But addressing newsmen at the church premises, CAN leadership in the State, denied the allegation, saying that the Governing Council of the church acted within the law to relieve the chaplain of his duties. CAN Chairman in the State, Apostle Alex Bamgbola said the information contained in the media reports was  far from the truth, and that it was unfortunate that the public was fed with totally untrue story. He said for the records, the chapel was estab...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Nkiruka Nnorom Diamond Bank Plc has given out N15 million to five entrepreneurs, as part of the bank’s Building Entrepreneurs Today, BET, programme aimed at supporting the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, MSMEs, operators. The bank, in conjunction with the Enterprise Development Centre, EDC, of the Pan-Atlantic University, selects 50 entrepreneurs from different sectors and take them through six months of training, after which the top five are selected and capital of N3 million given to each. Speaking at the cheque presentation in Lagos, the bank’s Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Uzoma Dozie, said the scheme is to help the beneficiaries streng-then their manpower, expand the product lines and create increased service and product values that would make MSMEs more competitive. The post Diamond Bank empowers 5 entrepreneurs with N15m appeared first on Vanguard News . Vía Vanguard News http://ift.tt/2rm7umr

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J •Jacks up capital by N595m By Emmauel Elebeke IF the recently approved 2017 national budget finally gets the nod of the Presidency by way of asset, then the ministry of communications and its two affiliate agencies, the Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited, NigComSat and the Nigerian Postal Services, NIPOST, respectively, they would  actually be spending more on capital and less on recurrent as earlier proposed. This followed the adjustment of its appropriation bill sent to the National Assembly which saw an increase in the total budget for the ministry from N18.8 billion to N19.3 billion for the fiscal year. Vanguard checks showed that the increase reflected in the capital budget which was increased to N8.1 billion from N7.5 billion earlier appropriated by the ministry. Also, the approved budget revealed that the recurrent expenditure for the ministry was slashed to N11.192 billion from N11.206 billion earlier budgeted for the year. The budget which...