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Tuesday, 1 October 2013
Guiness Book of Record: Faith Tabernacle Remains the Largest Church Auditorium
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OJB Jezreel’s Kidney Transplant Surgery Delayed In India
The delay is necessary so as to facilitate safe transplant since doctors have to carry out all the necessary blood tests to ensure his safety.
At this stage, he is undergoing pre-transplant treatment.
OJB Jezreel is expected to have a major kidney transplant operation in the upcoming days.
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Pregnant’ Boy, 2, ‘Gives Birth’ To His Parasitic Twin
Xiao Feng, 2, went through a difficult and painful procedure to "birth" his parasitic twin. The fetus of his twin had developed inside his stomach, and the twin's growth caused his belly to swell and give him tremendous trouble breathing.
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Independence Day Celebration:Nigerian Government Abandons Eagle Square For Fear
On October 1, 2010, the site became the scene of multiple car bomb explosions that claimed more than 20 lives and maimed many more during a ceremony to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Nigeria's Independence from Britain. Since that bloody attack, the Jonathan administration has abandoned the use of Eagle Square. In effect, the government has cancelled any form of formal ceremony to mark the anniversary of a troubled, crises-racked country.
The 2010 bomb explosions took place a few meters away from the venue of the celebration which was attended by several African leaders, foreign diplomats, and other notable people. The guests were startled when two cars rigged with explosives went up in flames, killing passersby and some security agents.
A Nigerian insurgent group called the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) later claimed responsibility for the deadly attacks. The militant group had been waging a low-level insurgency against the Nigerian government and oil companies for much of the previous five years. The 2010 explosions marked the first time MEND struck at the heart of Nigerian power, aiming a clear blow at Mr. Jonathan who is running for re-election in 2015.
Prior to the bombs going off, the militants had issued warning messages via cell phone texts. "There is nothing worth celebrating after 50 years of failure," their statement read. It continued, "For 50 years the people of the Niger Delta have had their land and resources stolen from them." The group had warned further that some of their operatives working inside the government security services had planted "explosives devices in some cars near the venue of the events."
Since then, Eagle Square has remained a ghost of itself. The parade and other activities to mark Independence Day have been permanently shifted to the Presidential Villa by President Jonathan.
A security source within the Presidency told reveals that the situation has worsened because of the threat posed by the extremist Islamic sect, Boko Haram. The group, which last week stormed a school in Yobe State and shot dead more than 40 students, has promised to bring Mr. Jonathan's government to its knees.
Our correspondent reported that the Nigerian capital, Abuja, was unusually quiet today. "The streets have little traffic and few people as most residents seem to have stayed indoors for fear of possible terrorist strikes. Most of the city's recreational centers have been deserted while business places like shopping malls remain scanty and desolate," he said.
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FG stops University Lecturers’ salary
Some of the federal university vice chancellors have not paid the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) members their August and September salaries in compliance with the government's directive.
Some branch chairmen of ASUU see the government and vice chancellor's move as an attempt to break the rank of their members, insisting that their members are resolute on the ongoing strike.
Some ASUU branch chairmen told Daily Sun that text messages were sent to vice chancellors to apply the 'no work, no pay' labour rules to academic staff on strike and that the decision had affected the payment of salary of non-academic staff in the university system.
According to one of the branch chairmen, he and his exco confronted their university management over the salary delay and the he showed them the text message asking them not to pay salary to ASUU members.
He stressed that the 'no work, no pay' labour rule had never worked, pointing out that ASUU has a counter-measure, which was 'no pay, no work,' and that the union was not on strike because of salary increment.
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These 3 Boys Were Caught Trying To Escape From Nigeria
Commissioner of Police for the command, Salahu Waheed, said the boys, Lateef Popoola, 13; Amadi Joshua, 14; and Ukpabio Onyedikachi, 14, were arrested at different times at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Ikeja.
One of the boys, Lateef said: "I am not in school, I dropped out in Primary 3. I was arrested last Wednesday. I actually wanted to travel but I have
yet to decided where I will go.
"So, I just went to the tarmac to see the aeroplanes [before I was arrested]."
The police commissioner confirmed that, "Their aim was to get into any plane and travel out of Nigeria. I decided to hand them over to their parents so they will be well taken care of and stop dwelling on the fantasy that you can just come into the airport, enter a plane and travel.
"Their state governments should try to rehabilitate them just like Edo State did for the stowaway in Benin. Lateef Popoola is from Ogun State; Amadi Joshua is from Ebonyi while Ukpabio Onyedikachi is from Abia State." As for Onyedikachi, it was revealed that is brother is in Malaysia and possibly the young chap want to go and join his big bros.
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PHCN workers protest unpaid entitlements
Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) workers protested yesterday the non-payment of their entitlements, to stall the take-over of the company by new owners.
In Abuja, they barricaded the entrance to the headquarters at Maitama District.
A few minutes away, President Goodluck Jonathan was presenting the certificate and licences to the new owners at the Banquet Hall of the State House.
Watched over by a military team, the workers were peaceful in the protest. They carried placards, one of which read: "Jonathan, please pay PHCN staff severance packages."
The Chairman, National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE), Comrade James Ademola Ayeni, said the workers were protesting the handover of PHCN facilities to investors who claimed to have bought them over.
He noted that by July, the Federal Government reached an agreement with the union that government should privatise PHCN before handover to the buyers and ensure that all the labour issues are sorted out as agreed.
Ayeni said it was agreed that the government should regularise the staff so that they will be entitled to severance packages but the government is yet to comply with this understanding.
According to him, the Federal Government agreed that every worker will be paid severance package based on the time spent since the incoming investors cannot inherit the liabilities of the workers who did not work for them.
Asked how many PHCN workers have been settled, he said "25% of the workforce". "They just paid their severance package but they have not paid they pension, which is supposed to go to the PFA.
"We do it peacefully and the way we do it is to ensure that all PHCN installations are shut down all over Nigeria; then we carry out a protest peacefully for the government to come and ask us what is happening and we will be able to tell them so that you will know who is lying," Ayeni said.
In Gombe, workers locked up the company's offices. They carried placards with various inscriptions, saying they would not allow the handover of the company to private investors until their entitlements were settled.
Addressing workers in Gombe, the leader of the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE), Mr Yakubu Dung, urged the Federal Government to settle the labour issues.
In Kano, the North Zonal Chapter of the NUEE held a peaceful demonstration over the matter.
The General-Secretary of the union, Mr Joe Ajaero, said the demonstration was because of the government's "silence" on their entitlements.
The Chairman of the NLC in Kano State, Malam Yunusa Danguguwa, expressed the congress' support to the unions, saying it was determined to ensure the resolution of the stalemate with the government.
The protesting workers, who besieged the PHCN premises, carried placards, with inscriptions such as: "No to enslavement, settle our entitlements before habding over, we will resist forceful handover.''
''We are using today as stage one to protest and express our dismay in the protest, described as peaceful, that is why all the workers are within the compound of the headquarters of PHCN, representing, Kano, Jigawa and Katsina.'
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