Wednesday, 19 December 2012
In less than 3 generations, 41% of the world’s youth will be African
Sex-starved man demands N1.2 million compensation from wife’s parents
Malam
Mukailu Naibi of Keke Village, Kaduna, whose wife allegedly starved him
of sex for two years, on Wednesday demanded N1,2 million as
compensation from the wife’s parents before an Abuja Area Court.Naibi, while testifying at the resumed hearing of the case, told the court that the amount, covered the bride price he paid before marrying Maryam, his wife.
He also told the court that the amount also covered the cost of damages done to the house after Maryam allegedly set the house on fire before fleeing to court to seek divorce.
He also tendered written documents with records of all expenses made on his estranged wife and her parents, in addition to a witness to testify in his favour.
Naibi, aged 37, had told the court that his wife had refused to make love to him since they got married two years ago.
He also accused her of setting their house on fire.
“Your Worship, since we got married two years ago, my wife never allowed me to make love to her for once and all my attempts to do it always led to fighting.
“I married her out of love and I still love her, but with this development, I have no choice, but to ask the court to grant her divorce wish for the sake of peace,” Naibi said.
In her testimony, Maryam, who is 16 years old told the court that her husband made love to her once, but that she was not impressed and so she wanted a divorce.
“I don’t love him, I don’t love anybody who bears his name and I hate anybody who loves him,” she told the court.
Maryam’s mother who was her only witness in court denied most of Naibi’s claims but admitted some, saying that Maryam’s father was in a better position to clarify some issues.
The Judge, Haruna Masanawa, after hearing all the submissions of the parties in the case, ordered the court’s registrar to summons more witnesses, including Maryam’s father.
He adjourned the case to Jan. 16, 2013 for further hearing.
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We will uncover NNPC’s secret accounts – National Assembly vows
National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).
The Chairman of the committee, Sen. Magnus Abe, who said this during the defence of the NNPC 2013 budget proposals, stated that intelligence reports reaching the committee show that the NNPC management was allegedly maintaining a secret.
Abe said the government agency was in the habit of failing to tender relevant details of its financial operations.
The chairman described the presentation made by the management of the corporation as “unserious, full of contradictions and one that failed
to reconcile its revenue generation.”
He said “We want to know where the reserve is located, how much money is there, the account number, the signatories to the account among
other details relating to the reserve.”
“The budget you presented contains only the details of expenditure. There is no corresponding outline of its revenue profile for the
outgoing year.”
Abe further directed the NNPC to produce a proper documentation of its expenditure within two days or risk appropriate sanctions.
Speaking earlier, the NNPC Group Coordinator, Planning and Strategy, Timothy Okon, said 162 million barrels of crude was lifted by the
corporation between January and September 2012. Out of this, only 44 million barrels of crude were processed in the country while the rest
was refined abroad.
Okon added that, out of the revenue projection of N4.02 trillion for 2012, the corporation had collected N2.3 trillion as of September.
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Nigeria moves up five places in the new FIFA rankings
Nigeria
moved five places up on the Fifa global rankings to place 52nd at the
end of 2012 in the latest statistics released on Wednesday.The Super Eagles have climbed up steadily in recent times after gaining six places in November and have now added a further five to end the year on a rising note ahead of the Africa Cup of Nations in January.
Stephen Keshi’s team defeated Venezuela 3-1 in an international friendly in November and this added to the positive climb.
The country’s football suffered in 2012 owing to the inability of the Eagles to qualify for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon & Equatorial Guinea. While the team ended 2011 in the 42nd position and fifth in Africa, its ranking slid as low as 63rd and 13th in Africa in October this year.
The Super Eagles now remain 10th in Africa behind Cote D’Ivoire, Algeria, Mali, Ghana, Zambia, Egypt, Gabon, Tunisia and the Central African Republic.
Nigeria will play in next year’s Afcon in Group C where they will face defending champions Zambia (ranked fifth in Africa), Ethiopia (31st) and Burkina Faso (24th).
Spain retained the number one spot for the fifth year, an achievement which earns them the ‘Team of the Year’ title according to Fifa. They are followed by Germany, Argentina and Italy.
The ‘Mover of the Year’ goes to Colombia for the second time since ranking was introduced in 1993. Los Cafeteros finished 2011 in 36th, but thanks to six wins, one draw and only one defeat thereafter – and the 455 points they consequently earned – they end 2012 in fifth.
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Navy Helicopter Tragedy: Nigerian Navy Air Squadron, A Disaster Says Naval Source
Crashed Navy AW 109E helicopter
By SaharaReporters, New York
A top Naval source who spoke on the tragedy that befell the nation described the Nigerian Navy Air Squadron which operated the crashed Agusta 109 helicopters from Ojo, Lagos, a disaster. To buttress his assertion, he disclosed that the squadron has lost three helicopters, seven pilots, crew members and six passengers in six years. He recalled that on 20 April, 2006 a Nigerian Navy helicopter crashed near Owerri airport because the pilots were coerced to fly at night to deliver election materials. The helicopter crashed leaving no one onboard alive.
“This means the Nigerian Navy tasked the pilots to perform duties which were not commensurate to the training they were given. Has the Nigerian Navy learnt from this incident? Has the Navy taken any steps to avoid reoccurrence? No official report has been released about this crash. A board of inquiry was set up and investigations were conducted by a team of Navy officers who did not have any know-how, let alone the expertise to conduct proper air crash investigations. As stated earlier, the reports of the investigation never saw the light of the day. May be they are safely lying somewhere in a vault in naval Headquarters, Garki, Abuja. For us, this attitude indicates that the Nigerian Navy is not ready to learn from this incident. Though, shortly after the crash, the Navy has made efforts at training some pilots at Night Flying.”
Two years later, specifically on 26 January, 2010, the officer reminded P.M.NEWS, that another fatal crash occurred near Port-Harcourt, killing all onboard. “As usual, a BOI was set up and no official report has been released from Garki. This shows the Navy is adamant and impervious to learning,” he said.
Following the tragedies recorded by the squadron, the Naval officer, who spoke on condition of anonymity, appealed to President Goodluck Jonathan to order the Navy to stop air operations now because the Navy has not developed the proper professional attitude required to conduct air operations.
He called for a proper investigation, “not a Board of inquiry by a bunch of clueless Navy officers but a proper air crash investigation by professionals,” to look into the crash that occurred on Saturday.
“Maybe the Presidency, the Senate President, the CDS and the Chief of Naval Staff, may be interested to know that the Navy Air Squadron lacks a proper logistics line; that there are no enough spare parts for helicopters, that spare parts take ages to reach the country even after they have been paid for; that the Navy Air Squadron lacks an efficient technical/logistics support system; that the Nigerian Navy Air Squadron has mastered the practice of removing a part from one aircraft to another, a practice commonly known as cannibalisation. That sometimes, even fuel which is always budgeted for is an impediment to air operations due to late arrival; that technicians/engineers are not properly empowered; they have not been properly exposed to the standards required of an air technician by frequent re-trainings and that their certificates do not meet ICAO standards. (In fact, their certificates should surpass ICAO standards because they are military),” the officer said.
According to him, the Nigerian Navy helicopters are sometimes deployed outside their home base to Warri and Port-Harcourt for long periods of time. During this period, the aircraft is totally exposed to weather elements of rain and too much sunshine. This is so because the base in Warri does not have a hanger. The Air Squadron at Ojo is popularly known within the Naval circle as ‘the Evil Forest’. Nobody wants to be posted there. Junior officers go to the extent of offering bribes just to cancel their postings to “the Evil Forest”, because of the tyrannical, despotic, nature of senior officers.
The atmosphere in the Nigerian Navy Air Squadron is fouled by the despotic and arrogant attitude of the seniors who have created a division in the Squadron, where the juniors see their seniors as their enemies. The trust and rapport between them is broken. This greatly hampers safe operations and inhibits a conducive working environment that is an important factor for aviation safety. The juniors hence find it difficult to engage the seniors in a fine conversation during flight or even offer any suggestion. No aviation organization can operate in this kind of atmosphere, where victimization, intimidation are the order of the day.
He observed that “the pilots/engineers (juniors) just do their work for the sake of doing it. This is dangerous. In fact, most aviators (pilots/engineers) won’t mind leaving the Air Squadron or even leave the Navy entirely. It may equally be of interest to know that “the Evil Forest” (Navy Air Squadron) officers have to fight or bootlick to go on leave and sometimes they are not allowed to go on full leave. This is contrary to the best aviation practices. Aviators need rest in order for them to work efficiently.
Furthermore, the officer revealed, the aviators are sometimes given orders to fly under difficult circumstances. Two pilots were grounded for refusing to fly during bad weather. An inquiry was set up and investigation revealed that the pilots were right for refusing to fly. But, typical of the Navy, the pilots were grounded and their flying wings confiscated. It took the noble administration of the CDS (then as CNS) to re-incorporate them back to the Air Squadron. The pilots are made to fly even when they are tired.
They are made to go for maritime patrols into sea, when they are not trained for that. The Nigerian Navy pilots have performed deck landings on the Nigerian Navy ships NNS ARADU and NNS THUNDER several times. The question to ask is: Are any of these pilots certified for deck landings?
Finally, the officer noted, that “in the Navy Squadron, the pilots are only given basic training. They do not attend redundancy training, night flying, deck landings, search and rescue and other training packages which will make them well rounded pilots. No pilot in the navy can safely conduct a proper emergency landing (due to lack of proper continuous training). The air crew, which includes the Marshallers, ATC and hoist operators, lack adequate and certified training. Some of them receive local training at the squadron, which falls far below the required aviation standards.”
Presidency ‘Betrayed’ By Govs Over Crashed Chopper Probe
Crashed Navy Helicopter
A presidential source, who spoke on condition of anonymity on Tuesday, said the Presidency was not comfortable with the demand.
He said, “The thinking within the Presidential Villa is that the governors are not helping the Federal Government.
“The Presidency is of the opinion that the governors are even inciting Nigerians against the Federal Government and asking them not to have faith in what we do as a country.
“I must tell you that the Presidency felt betrayed by the statement and I think the President would say so anytime he meets with the governors.
“The import of the statement, according to government thinking, is that if the governors can’t believe in what the Federal Government does, how can ordinary Nigerians do?”
When asked if the Federal Government would succumb to the demand of the governors, the source said the Presidency was in a dilemma over the issue.
The source said, “If the Federal Government says no, it may be interpreted to mean that it has something to hide. If it says yes, it may also anger the military, whose helicopter crashed.”
The governors had called for thorough investigation and openness into the air crash.
InformationNigeria.org
Wealth in Garbage: Waste Disposal Worker Finds 18 Million Naira Cash In Rubbish
A worker at a waste disposal site has found 10,000 yen cash in a stream of pulverised rubbish, police say.“There were about a thousand (10,000) yen (N 18, 080, 000) bills that came out of a pulveriser unscathed,” a spokesman at the Asaminami police department in Hiroshima prefecture, in Japan’s west, said today.
He added that there were also 2300 fragments of bills destroyed by the machine at a municipal facility that processes large waste, such as cupboards and mattresses, that cannot be collected by regular garbage pick-up.
Police suspect the owner of the cash might have forgotten the money was there when he or she threw away some furniture.
“We believe it is unlikely there is anything criminal in this, although we must say we don’t know much about this money at all,” the spokesman said.
The cash was found on Monday. If no one comes forward within three months, the waste disposal facility will have the right to claim the money, the spokesman said.
InformationNigeria.org
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