* Xenophobic Attacks: Nigerian Embassy allegedly refused to help Nigerians in SA | Weeks after defecting from APC, former Zamfara lawmaker dumps PDP | Yahoo boy abandons car, arrested by EFCC | Luxury bus crushes father, son, motorcyclist

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019 Xenophobic Attacks: Nigerian Embassy allegedly refused to help Nigerians in South Africa The Nigerian Embassy in South Africa has [Forward](  [Like](  [Tweet](  [Pin](  [+1](  [in](  [1st News.com](  [NEW QUOTE-aliko]( SEPTEMBER 3, 2019 [***] Xenophobic Attacks: Nigerian Embassy allegedly refused to help Nigerians in South Africa [Xenophobic-attacks-Nigerian-Embassy]( The Nigerian Embassy in South Africa has shut its door to Nigerian victims of ongoing xenophobic attacks in the former apartheid colony. The latest attacks against nationals of other African countries based in South Africa, which started on August 28, has spread to several parts of that country, raising fears of more violence in the coming days. Some Nigerians who spoke to the press on Monday disclosed how they now live in a state of fear. [Read more]( [***] [diezani-efcc]( Diezani: Court adjourns forfeiture ruling on $40m jewelry to Sept 10 Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court, sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos on Monday, September 2, adjourned ruling to September 10, on the final forfeiture of Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke’s jewellery and a customized gold iPhone, all valued at $40million. The defendant is a former minister of Petroleum Resources. At Monday's sitting, the prosecution counsel, Rotimi Oyedepo prayed the court for the final forfeiture of the jewellery and phone and produced in court, the search warrant detailing all the items recovered in the defendant’s home. [Read more]( [***] [pdp-and-apc]( Gidanjaja: Three weeks after defecting from APC, former Zamfara lawmaker dumps PDP A former lawmaker in Zamfara, Alhaji Manir Gidanjaja, has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) after just three weeks in its fold. Gidanjaja has returned to the All Progressives Congress (APC) which he dumped for the PDP. Gidanjaja had announced his defection to the PDP on August 8th, 2019. Thereafter, he was received into the party at the Zamfara Government House in Gusau. [Read more]( [***] [GEOFFREY-ONYEAMA]( Onyeama condemns renewed xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in SA Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama on Monday, September 2, condemned the renewed xenophobic attacks on Nigerians living in South Africa, describing the perpetrators as mindless criminals. The minister made this known on his twitter handle after videos of the burning and looting of Nigerian businesses emerged online. Onyeama who pledged that ‘definitive measures’ would be taken to address the situation said there was a need to end the attacks. [Read more]( [***] [akeredolu-1]( Akeredolu, Ondo Gov, says security vote not for personal use by any Governor The Governor of Ondo State, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has disclosed that security votes allocated to governors are meant for the citizenry. Akeredolu revealed this on Monday during the South-West Geopolitical Zone Security Summit in Ibadan. He disclosed that they are not meant for their personal use as being insinuated by a section of the media. On the contrary, he affirmed that the money was rather meant for securing the lives and property of the citizens. [Read more]( [***] [Corps-Members-NYSC]( NYSC DG assures corps members of increase in allowance The Director-General (DG) of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Brig. Gen. Shuaibu Ibrahim, on Monday, September 2, assured corps members that their monthly allowance of N19,800 would be reviewed upward. In a statement, Mrs Adenike Adeyemi, NYSC Director of Press and Public Relations; said Ibrahim, gave the assurance while interacting with corps members during a working visit to Lagos. [Read more]( [***] [EFCC-Yahoo-Boy]( Yahoo boy abandons car, arrested by EFCC The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal office, has arrested one Darlington John Irmahia, for alleged internet fraud. Darlington, 26, a graduate of Fine and Applied Art, was arrested on Tuesday, August 8, at a restaurant in Lekki, Lagos. Also Read: Court remands herdsman for allegedly killing farmer in Niger The EFCC operative in an earlier operation had seized a vehicle allegedly belonging to Darlington who fled the scene, abandoning his vehicle. [Read more]( [***] [Mr.-Leo-Stan-Ekeh]( Ekeh, Zinox boss, taps new MTN board as best in Africa Serial digital entrepreneur and Chairman of Zinox Group, Leo Stan Ekeh, has described the composition of the new Board of Directors of MTN as the best ever on this side of the Atlantic in the first quarter of the 21st Century. Ekeh revealed that the board chaired by former Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) boss, Ernest Ndukwe is a pride to Africans. The Zinox boss disclosed this in a chat with some senior tech editors. [Read more]( [***] [Customs seize 875 bags of foreign rice other goods worth N40m]( Customs seize 875 bags of foreign rice, other goods worth N40m The Customs Service, Seme Border Area Command, says it has intercepted 875 bags of foreign parboiled rice and other goods valued at N40m, in two weeks. ASC Nuruddeen Saidu, the Customs Public Relations Officer, Seme, Area Command, disclosed this in a statement on Monday, in Lagos. The statement quoted that the Customs Area Controller of the Command, Comptroller Mohammed Garba, as saying that the efforts of the enforcement unit of the Command, with regard to suppression of smuggling, was yielding remarkable results. [Read more]( [***] [Ekeson]( Luxury bus crushes father, son, motorcyclist in Ife A luxury bus heading to Abuja from Akure has crushed a father, his son and a commercial motorcyclist to death on the Ife-Ibadan expressway. The incident occurred on Monday, August 2nd 2019. Specifically, the fatal accident occurred at the RCC junction on the busy highway. The father had accompanied his son to write the post-UTME test at the Obafemi Awolowo University at a Distance Learning Centre at Moro in Ile-Ife. [Read more]( [***] [back2sch]( [***] [boris-snap-election]( Boris Johnson: Back me on Brexit or face snap election BORIS Johnson has raised the stakes over Brexit, paving the way for a general election on Monday October 14. He made clear that if MPs backed a move to block a no-deal Brexit, he would call a Commons vote within 24 hours to authorise a snap poll. The Prime Minister stressed he did not want an election but warned progress in the talks with the EU would be made “absolutely impossible” if the so-called Rebel Alliance won the vote, [Read more]( [***] [boat-fire]( At least eight dead from California boat fire, 26 missing Eight people were confirmed dead from a predawn fire that sank a boat off a Southern California island and 26 others who were on the scuba diving vessel were missing, a local sheriff said. Also Read: What you should know about the fires raging in Amazon The fire broke out aboard the Conception, a 75-foot (23-metre) boat, at about 3:15 a.m. while it was moored just off the shore of Santa Cruz Island, the U.S. Coast Guard said in a statement. [Read more]( [***] [Technology]( [***] [US-POland]( US and Poland sign agreement to cooperate on 5G technology The U.S. and Poland signed an agreement Monday to cooperate on new 5G technology as concerns grow about Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei. Vice President Mike Pence and Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki signed the deal in Warsaw, where Pence is filling in for President Donald Trump, who scrapped his trip at the last minute because of Hurricane Dorian. [Read more]( [***] [facebook-elections]( Facebook considering removing the number of likes from posts Facebook users might soon say goodbye to like counts on the platform. Developer and app researcher Jane Manchun Wong uncovered code for the hidden and unreleased feature on the platform's Android app. Also Read: Facebook working on new app that combines best of Instagram, Snapchat "I observed that Facebook has recently begun prototyping this hidden like/reaction count feature in their Android app by reverse-engineering the app and playing with the code underneath," Wong wrote in a blog post explaining her discovery. [Read more]( [***] University babies: What will happen to the teens we're sending to school? [peju]( My friend’s daughter was 16 when she gained admission to the University of Ibadan (UI) late last year. We all celebrated her brilliance. She had scored distinctions in both WAEC and NECO exams. She sat for the post UTME exams and came out tops. A few of us happy ‘mothers and fathers’ took her out to lunch. One bought items for her and another cash gifts. Of course, my friend was very thankful…Then she began to be plagued with doubts. She was asking herself hard questions following the release of the admission letter. [Read more]( [***] [RAY]( [***] [Sport]( [***] [Messi-Ronaldo-Van-Dijk]( Messi, Ronaldo, Van Dijk in FIFA The Best final 3 Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk has been shortlisted for the 2019 FIFA Men's The Best award, alongside Juventus forward Cristiano Ronaldo and Barcelona's Lionel Messi. The trio were also nominated for the UEFA Men's Player of the Year award, with Van Dijk coming out on top. Two members of the United States' World Cup-winning side have been shortlisted for the FIFA Women's The Best award in Megan Rapinoe and Alex Morgan, with England's Lucy Bronze also in contention. [Read more]( [***] [Kelechi-Nwakali]( Kelechi Nwakali leaves Arsenal, joins Huesca Premier League side Arsenal have confirmed the transfer of Nigeria youth international Kelechi Nwakali to SD Huesca, subject to the completion of regulatory processes. The central midfielder is joining the Spanish Segunda Division side on a permanent deal, ending his three-year association with Arsenal in the process. [Read more]( [***] [Naomi-Osaka]( Osaka crashes out of US Open, loses number one position Naomi Osaka was dethroned as champion and toppled from the world number one ranking with a US Open loss Monday, September 2, but she’s calm about the setback after learning some valuable lessons. Swiss 13th seed Belinda Bencic beat Osaka 7-5, 6-4 in a fourth-round match at Flushing Meadows, sending the 21-year-old Japanese star away unhappy but wiser. “For me, right now I have this feeling of sadness, but I also feel like I have learned so much during this tournament,” Osaka said. [Read more]( [***] [Health]( [***] [person-putting-out-a-cigarette]( Depression may be on the rise among people who used to smoke A recent study that used data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health suggests that people who quit smoking are likely to develop depression or pick up another habit. Also Read: New insights into how exercise can lift mood in depression Over the years, a huge number of scientific studies have concluded that smoking is harmful. Nicotine, which is one of the most prevalent chemical compounds in cigarettes, is notoriously addictive. [Read more]( [***] [woman-running]( Physical activity earlier in life prevents colon polyps later on A new study finds that a pattern of lifelong exercise reduces the risk of adenomatous polyps, which are a known precursor of colorectal cancer. It is not uncommon for a gastroenterologist to discover one or more adenomatous polyps during a routine colonoscopy. While these polyps are not cancerous, doctors consider them to be cancer precursors. Although about half of people aged 60 years or older have them, just 6% of the polyps become cancerous, and surgical removal prevents this from happening. 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