Sunday, 12 March 2017
Friday, 10 March 2017
Police re-arraign Nollywood filmmaker, Egbegbe, over alleged fraud
Seun Egbegbe
A Nigerian film maker, Olajide Kazeem, alias Seun Egbegbe, was on Friday, re-arraigned in a Federal High Court in Lagos, over charges of fraud.
Egbegbe, who was charged alongside one Oyekan Ayomide, were arraigned on Feb. 10, before Justice Oluremi Oguntoyinbo.
The duo were accused of swindling more than 30 Bureau De Change (BDC) operators of various sums both in local and foreign currencies between 2015 and 2017 in Lagos.
The accused, however, pleaded not guilty and Justice Oguntoyinbo had on Feb. 24 granted each of them bail in the sum of N5million.
When the case was called on Friday, the prosecutor, Mr Innocent Anyigor informed the court that the charges had been amended and the counts raised from 36 to 40.
He, therefore, urged the court to allow the charges to be read to the accused for their pleas to be taken afresh. The accused were thus re-arraigned and they both pleaded not guilty to the charges.
After their re-arraignment, the prosecutor told the court that he had 30 witnesses in court who are BDC operators, adding that he was ready to commence trial.
But the judge said that she would prefer to begin with the testimony of the Investigating Police Officer so as to avoid cases where such police officers are transferred out of jurisdiction. She consequently fixed March 24 for trial.
In the charge, marked FHC/L/40c/2017, the accused were said to have defrauded the BDC operators by falsely representing to the victims that they had foreign currencies to sell.
The police alleged that on Feb. 2, for instance, the accused fraudulently obtained the sum of N2.5million and 3,000 pounds from one Alhaji Isa Adamu in Lagos under the guise that they wanted to see the naira and buy the pounds.
Other victims of the alleged fraud include: Mohammed Sani, defrauded of N2.5million; Jubrila Ado, defrauded of N1.3million; Hassan Amodu, defrauded of N600,000; Sani Hassan, defrauded of N1.43million and 2,750 pounds, among others.
The offences are said to have contravened the provisions of Section 8 of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Related Offences Act, 2006.
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Guardiola plays for time over Hart future
English goalkeeper Joe Hart / AFP PHOTO / Anthony Devlin
Pep Guardiola has tried to play down talk of Joe Hart’s Manchester City future, despite previous indications that the goalkeeper is set to leave at the end of the season.
Hart told the BBC on Thursday that he is “surplus to requirements” at the Etihad and does not expect to play for City again, having joined Italian Serie A club Torino on a season’s loan last August.
The England international was effectively frozen out because, in the view of Guardiola, he is not suited to a possession-based style of football.
Claudio Bravo was brought in from Barcelona for £17.1million ($20.8 million, 19.5 million euros) as Hart’s replacement, but the Chile international has been unconvincing, losing his place to Willy Caballero, the veteran back-up goalkeeper.
Guardiola said at the end of February that he would be happy to go into next season with Caballero and Bravo as his two senior goalkeepers, and it is widely expected that Hart will be sold at he end of the current campaign, for a fee of around £20 million.
Yet asked to respond to Hart’s comments, the City manager told a news conference on Friday: “I said many times we will explain at the end of the season about all the cases.
“There are the cases of the players that are here, the players that are happy or unhappy and the players that are loan.
“Joe is a player for Manchester City and we are going to decide that at the end of the season.”
– Attack better, defend better –
Guardiola is happier that his team’s defensive record has improved of late, with four clean sheets in their last six matches in all competitions.
City struggled defensively earlier in the season, keeping just one clean sheet in 17 matches between mid-September and mid-December.
“I’ve said many times before as well that football is not a game where now it is defending and now it is attacking,” Guardiola explained.
“When you attack better, you defend better, When you defend better, you attack better,” the Spaniard added.
“But of course, it’s important for us to concede as few goals as possible, and as few chances as possible.
“I think the average is quite similar for the whole season. We didn’t concede too many chances to opponents during the games, but in the past, they would arrive two or three times, and every time it was a goal.
“In the last game, Stoke arrived for the first time and they didn’t score a goal. The important thing is that they don’t create too many chances.”
Former Barcelona and Bayern Munich manager Guardiola, meanwhile, has declared that one of his ambitions as City manager is to lead the club out at Wembley, a venue he describes as “beautiful”.
A victory over Middlesbrough in the FA Cup on Saturday would secure a semi-final place at Wembley in April.
Failing that, Guardiola will aim to take City there next season, and rekindle the fond memories of Wembley he has from his time as both a player and manager at Barcelona.
Guardiola won the European Cup as a player at Wembley in 1992, and the Champions League at the London venue as Barca’s manager in 2011.
“It’s so beautiful and that’s why I’d like to be there,” Guardiola said.
“As a football player I won our first Champions League in Wembley, the old Wembley, and as a manager I won my second Champions League there. So of course Wembley is special for me.
“When I was a kid seeing English football played at Wembley in all competitions, important games, the tradition there with the two managers going out, I loved that,” he added.
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Wednesday, 22 February 2017
Gbenga Adeyemi – I Will Trust You [Mp3, Lyrics, Wiki, Bio]
With his last single “New Nigeria” Produced by Dayo, still retaining its evergreen appeal, he has come out with this heaven inspired and anointed song, titled “I will trust You”. The song which he wrote while reflecting on the awesomeness of God and His faithfulness. produced by the prolific produced Mac Roc.
Gbenga Adeyemi – I Will Trust You
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Micaiah ft. Mike Abdul – Thank You [Mp3, Lyrics, Wiki, Bio]
“Thank You” is an expression of gratitude, a befitting song of praise born out of a sincere acknowledgement of the benefactor. Micaiah enlisted the expertise of Spaghetti Records‘ boss and member of Midnight Crew Mike Abdul to make the Afrocentric vibe an outstanding effort. Below is Micaiah ft. Mike Abdul – Thank You to download.
Micaiah ft. Mike Abdul – Thank You
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Adetoun – Worship Medley [Mp3, Lyrics, Wiki, Bio]
“It’s a song for God’s own people to come and receive at the Throne of Grace, inspiration and impartation as we all glorify the most high God through it”. – ADETOUN.
Get Worship Medley below.
Adetoun – Worship Medley
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Sunday, 19 February 2017
Smartphones are revolutionizing medicine
Smartphones are revolutionizing the diagnosis and treatment of illnesses, thanks to add-ons and apps that make their ubiquitous small screens into medical devices, researchers say.
“If you look at the camera, the flash, the microphone… they all are getting better and better,” said Shwetak Patel, engineering professor at the University of Washington.
“In fact the capabilities on those phones are as great as some of the specialized devices,” he told the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) annual meeting this week.
Smartphones can already act as pedometers, count calories and measure heartbeats.
But mobile devices and tablets can also become tools for diagnosing illness.
“You can use the microphone to diagnose asthma, COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder),” Patel said.
“With these enabling technologies you can manage chronic diseases outside of the clinic and with a non-invasive clinical tool.”
It is also possible to use the camera and flash on a mobile phone to diagnose blood disorders, including iron and hemoglobin deficiency.
“You put your finger over the camera flash and it gives you a result that shows the level of hemoglobin in the blood,” Patel said.
An app called HemaApp was shown to perform comparably well as a non-smartphone device for measuring hemoglobin without a needle. Researchers are seeking approval from the US Food and Drug Administration for its wider use.
Smartphones can also be used to diagnose osteoporosis, a bone disorder common in the elderly.
Just hold a smartphone, turn on the right app in hand and tap on your elbow.
“Your phone’s motion picture sensor picks up the resonances that are generated,” Patel said.
“If there is a reduction in density of the bone, the frequency changes, which is the same as you will have in an osteoporosis bone.”
Such advances can empower patients to better manage their own care, Patel said.
“You can imagine the broader impact of this in developing countries where screening tools like this in the primary care offices are non-existent,” he told reporters.
“So it really changes the way we diagnose, treat and manage chronic diseases.”
– Lower costs –
Mobile smartphone devices are already helping patients manage cancer and diabetes, says Elizabeth Mynatt, professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
“Someone who is newly diagnosed with diabetes really needs to become their own detectives,” she said.
“They need to learn the changes they need to make in their daily lifestyle.”
For women newly diagnosed with breast cancer, researchers provided a tablet that allows them real-time access to information on the diagnosis, management of their treatment and side effects.
The technique also helps patients who may not be able to travel to a medical office for regular care, reducing their costs.
“Our tool becomes a personal support system,” Mynatt said. “They can interact to get day-to-day advice.”
Research has shown this approach “changes dramatically their behavior,” she added.
“The pervasiveness of the adoption of mobile platform is quite encouraging for grappling with pervasive socio-economic determinants in terms of healthcare disparities.”
A growing number of doctors and researchers are turning to smartphones for use in their daily work, seeing them as a useful tool for managing electronic health data and figuring out the most effective clinical trials, said Gregory Hager, professor of computer science at Johns Hopkins University.
Clinical trials currently cost around $12 million to run from start to finish, he said.
“The new idea is micro-randomized trials, which should be far more effective, with more natural data,” he said.
Although the costs could be dramatically lower, too, the field is still new and more work needs to be done to figure out how to fully assess the quality and the effectiveness of such trials.
Source: AFP
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Int’l friendly: Burkina Faso will seek revenge against Super Eagles – Akanni
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An ex-international midfielder, Waidi Akanni, says the Stallions of Burkina Faso would do everything possible to defeat the Super Eagles in their upcoming international friendly match on March 27.
The former midfielder said this on Friday in Lagos that the Stallions would want to avenge their 2013 South Africa AFCON finals loss to the Super Eagles.
“The fact that we also played them at the last Nations Cup final also mean they will want to come and take revenge.
“So by and large I think they will want to come and play us with their full team thinking you know; it’s time for them to get revenge back on Nigeria.
‘’So, it’s going to be an interesting game.’’
Akanni, who was a member of the Flying Eagles squad that won the bronze medal at the Moscow 1985 FIFA U20 World Cup, added that the match would be a good tune-up for the Eagles.
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Saturday, 18 February 2017
Manchester City held by Huddersfield in Cup
Huddersfield Town's Danish midfielder Philip Billing (R) vies with Manchester City's Argentinian defender Pablo Zabaleta during the English FA Cup fifth round football match between Huddersfield Town and Manchester City at the John Smith stadium in Huddersfield, northern England on February 18, 2017. OLI SCARFF / AFP
Manchester City face an unwanted replay in the last 16 of the FA Cup after labouring to a 0-0 draw at second tier Championship side Huddersfield on Saturday.
Pep Guardiola’s side struggled to find any tempo against Huddersfield and must now try again at the Etihad Stadium to book their place in the quarter-finals.
A disappointing day all round for City saw unused substitute Raheem Sterling apparently targeted with a plastic bottle thrown by a supporter from the main stand as as he warmed up in the second half.
The bottle missed the England winger, leaving Guardiola to worry more about his team’s lacklustre display with star forwards including an off-key Sergio Aguero unable to break down the Terriers’ stubborn defence.
The Championship side began the game brightly and might have led early on through Rajiv van la Parra.
He was teed up on the edge of the City penalty area by Collin Quaner but his shot was too close to City goalkeeper Claudio Bravo.
But it was the visitors who should have led moments later as they were denied by some desperate goalkeeping and defending.
Nolito found himself in the clear but his shot was blocked well low down by Joel Coleman in the Huddersfield goal before Mark Hudson made a crucial goalline clearance from Jesus Navas’s follow-up effort.
Aguero lifted a shot just over for City from the edge of the area moments after being admonished by Guardiola for not pressing defenders quickly enough.
But then came two scares for the Premier League side, first when Jack Payne’s shot was tipped over by Bravo and then when Philip Billing found the City net but was denied the opening goal by an offside flag against team-mate Martin Cranie.
Nolito saw another shot deflected just wide as the game remained an end-to-end affair.
Van la Parra was then denied again by Bravo as the City keeper held comfortably onto his tame shot following a cross by Quaner.
The next chance fell to Aguero after a clever sequence of passes on the edge of the Huddersfield box, but the striker’s effort was saved smartly by Coleman.
Aguero was back in the action just a few seconds into the second half when he weaved into the Huddersfield box but saw a firm shot turned away well by the diving Coleman.
Some more fine footwork by the Argentine then took him away from two Huddersfield players but his pass for Fernandinho was overhit and Coleman gathered.
The game became disjointed and lacking in tempo, although there then came the talking point on the touchline as Sterling went through his paces.
A plastic bottle was thrown from the home fans in the main stand towards the England winger, who did not respond as fellow substitute Bacary Sagna stared at supporters.
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Turkey’s PM holds pro-Erdogan rally in Germany
Participants wave Turkish flags while waiting for the Turkish Prime MInister for a campaigning event in Oberhausen, western Germany, on February 18, 2017. Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim speaks to an expected crowd of some 10,000 people of Turkish origin in Germany to promote support for an April 16, 2017 constitutional referendum on expanding President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's powers.<br />Sascha Schuermann / AFP
Turkey’s prime minister drew criticism Saturday for holding a rally in Germany urging Turks there to support a referendum that would expand President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s powers.
Binali Yildirim also told the several thousands of people at a stadium in Oberhausen, in western Germany, that Turkey would track down the participants in last July’s failed military coup “in all the holes where they are hiding”.
Germany is home to about three million people of Turkish origin, the legacy of a massive “guest worker” programme in the 1960s and 70s and the biggest population of Turks in the world outside of Turkey.
They will be able to vote in the April 16 referendum, which would discard the post of prime minister for the first time in Turkey’s history.
Critics say the new presidential system will cement one-man rule in the country.
Some 750 opponents of Erdogan rallied peacefully near the Oberhausen stadium, according to police.
Sevim Dagdelen, a lawmaker in Germany’s far-left Die Linke party, called the rally “a publicity campaign for a dictator”.
Another lawmaker, Cem Ozdemir of the Greens, wrote in the Kolner Stadt Anzeiger paper: “I find it shocking that a Turkish prime minister has no qualms about taking advantage of our democracy while he and his henchmen make their opponents disappear behind bars,” he said.
But Yildirim told the supporters of the governing Justice and Development Party (AKP) that “the era when some could give lessons to Turkey is over. Turkey is not a country that will be intimidated”.
The German daily Die Welt said Friday that Turkish police were holding its correspondent in the country.
Deniz Yucel, 43, has been detained in connection with reports on a hacker attack on the email account of Turkish Energy Minister Berat Albayrak, a son-in-law of Erdogan, the paper said.
Yildirim met Chancellor Angela Merkel earlier Saturday during the Munich Security Conference, where she raised the correspondent’s case.
“The chancellor noted that it was fundamental for Yucel to receive consular or embassy assistance… that he be treated fairly and in accordance with the law,” her spokesman Steffen Seibert said.
Yildirim was to meet US Vice President Mike Pence at the conference later Saturday.
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Monday, 30 January 2017
Mane delay disappoints Liverpool boss…See full details
Liverpool's Senegalese midfielder Sadio Mane celebrates scoring his team's first goal during the English Premier League football match between Everton and Liverpool at Goodison Park in Liverpool, north west England on December 19, 2016.<br />Oli SCARFF / AFP
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp admitted on Monday that Sadio Mane might miss their crunch clash with Premier League leaders Chelsea at Anfield on Tuesday, despite their best efforts to rush the Senegal star back from the Africa Cup of Nations.
The Merseysiders sent a private jet to Gabon on Sunday following Senegal’s exit from the competition, with Mane heartbroken after missing the decisive penalty in a 5-4 shoot-out quarter-final loss to Cameroon.
But problems with the flight delayed his arrival back in Britain and now Klopp will have to decide whether Mane can be on the bench against Chelsea in a match where a faltering Liverpool will kick-off 10 points behind the league leaders.
“I don’t know exactly (when he will be available),” said Klopp of Mane. “The club did an outstanding job to bring him back as soon as possible and he is now on his way.
“We thought it would be possible yesterday: we had a plane there but he was not allowed to go in the plane so we had to wait.
“He will be here tonight but I spoke to him and it is all good so far.
“He will be in tomorrow morning and we have to make a decision. We have to look in his eyes and see whatever is possible.”
Mane’s absence on international duty has coincided with a dramatic slump in Liverpool’s form that has produced just one win in seven matches (against fourth-tier Plymouth in the FA Cup) and a mere seven goals since he last appeared for the Reds in a 2-2 draw against Sunderland on January 2.
For many at Anfield, the sooner Mane — Liverpool’s joint top-scorer so far this season, is back in a red shirt the better.
But Klopp cautioned against billing the 24-year-old Mane as the saviour of a season that saw Liverpool knocked out of both the League Cup and FA Cup last week.
“It was a strange situation in the Senegal game against Cameroon and I wish not for one second he missed the penalty at the end but it happened so he is coming back,” said Klopp.
“He is a quality player. It is easier if you have him in the team or around the team than when you don’t have him. That’s fair,” the German boss added.
“But it is not that he can decide games by himself or we should expect this.
“We came through December and most of January without Phil Coutinho (sidelined for nearly seven weeks with ankle ligament damage).
“I spoke about a few reasons about why it was not good in January but I don’t want to think about the last few games any more.
“He is kind of an option for the Chelsea game. He is back at least for the Hull game and that is good for us.
“We have to decide whether we can involve him for tomorrow somehow or not.
“Everything is like it was before he left. It is a very good player back for selection, that can only be good news.”
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