Policeman & Suspected Armed Robber Die In Gun Battle In Calabar

An attempt by a suspect to disarm a police corporal in Calabar, weekend, ended in the death of the Policeman, while colleagues of the dead policeman also gunned down the suspect.

An eye witness who gave his name as Ikechuckwu, told Vanguard that a team of policemen on patrol stopped a taxi in front of 268 Murtala Muhammed highway (8 Miles) and asked two men seated at the back of the taxi to alight but they refused.

Their refusal allegedly prompted the police to use force to bring them out and when one of the men was forced out of the cab, he tried to disarm the policeman which ended in a scuffle between the two and in the process, the gun discharged and killed the policeman on the spot.

According to Ikechuckwu, “the police van blocked the taxi and asked the two men at the back seat to alight but they refused and the police had to force them out and after they alighted, one of them tried to collect a gun from one of the policemen.

“A struggle ensued and in the process, the gun discharged and killed the policeman, and in anger, another policeman shot the man dead.” When contacted, Mr Hogan Bassey, the state Police spokesman, said the incident was a gun duel between the police and armed robbers.

“Robbers fired and killed one of our men and our men fired back and killed one of the robbers,” he said.

Source: Vanguard

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APC reacts to election shift, says it's “highly provocative”

A press statement from APC...

The All Progressives Congress, APC, has just heard over the news media that The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has decided to postpone the elections by six weeks on the strength of a letter by the security chiefs that they cannot provide security for the elections nationwide because of the commitment of its resources to fight insurgency in the north eastern part of the country.

This is clearly a major setback for Nigerian democracy, and our Party is meeting in emergency session to study its implications and will inform Nigerians of its decisions in the next few days.

In the meantime, though what has happened is highly provocative, I strongly appeal to all Nigerians to remain calm and desist from violence and any activity which will compound this unfortunate development. We must not fall into this obvious trap. Change we must. They can only delay it; No one can stop it.

I want to assure all Nigerians that the All Progressives Congress will not abandon its commitment to change and will sustain the struggle to establish a new Nigeria. 

John E. K. Odigie-Oyegun. CON.
National Chairman, APC

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Russia dismantles Apple statue after CEO comes out as gay

I said it when Apple CEO Tim Cook came out as gay that there might be consequences, unfortunately it has started. A human-sized iPhone statue featuring a screen that displays a photo and video tribute to Apple Inc founder, Steve Jobs, which was erected in St Petersburg, Russia in 2013, was dismantled by the people who put it up, a day after Apple CEO, Tim Cook, came out as gay.

The Russian group of companies that erected the monument released a statement today saying it was taken down on Friday Oct. 31st, because they needed to abide by 'a law combating gay propaganda". Whatever that means. I guess more to come...

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Dangote Group reduces cement price from N1700 to N1000

For those of you who the price of cement has been stopping you from building, Dangote Cement Plc has announced a 41% reduction in the prices of cement, with the different grades now selling for between N1,000 and N1,150, exclusive of Value Added Tax. Now, 50kg of the 32.5 cement grade sells for N1,000, while the higher 42.5 grade will go for N1,150 per bag instead of the current N1,700 that both grades were sold for.

 
The new price structure was announced by the Group MD, Dangote Cement, Mr. Devakumar Edwin, who said 
“We recognise the need for a dramatic increase in the response to the huge infrastructure and housing deficit in the country, and one of the ways of addressing the issue is bringing the price of building materials down to much more affordable levels, especially cement, which is within our own control as part of our contribution to the transformation agenda of the President Goodluck Jonathan administration and the attainment of key milestones in the Millennium Development Goals.”

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We don't know yet when Chibok girls will be released- Minister of Interior

Minister of Interior, Comrade Abba Moro, in a meeting this weekend, ruled out any specific date for the release of abducted Chibok girls but noted that their release was priority on government agenda.
“The true picture in Nigeria as far as insurgency in the North-East is concerned is that the war on Nigeria by the terrorists is still on. And, of course, from the onset of this crisis, government had indicated tackling the insurgency on three fronts: point of engagement, point of consultation and point of containment. And so, consultations definitely will continue: And don’t forget that because of the prolonged nature of the insurgency, a lot of activities are going on, both at the level of government and the level of the insurgents.
"So now, the insurgents are divided into various sectors especially with the death of their leader, Shekau. (But I thought Shekau resurfaced in a video just recently? someone asked) the minister ignore and continued
"However, at the moment, our foreign partners and collaborators are helping and collaborating with Nigeria to arrive at a peaceful resolution of the matter and to bring the insurgency to an end. And one of the issues on the table in arriving to an end to the crisis is the release of the Chibok girls. It is one issue at stake as part of the resolution of the crisis.But for anybody to put a date on the release of the Chibok girls, that person is just being speculative, but we will certainly get there soon”.

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Another One, another bird turns into woman in Lagos. (see photos)

Me, I don't understand all these witchy witchy stories. Is it not possible that these people are mentally disturbed individuals instead of witches? I just received these photos and according to the people who claim they witnessed it, a bird suddenly dropped as it was flying by and it turned into the woman above. When people gathered around her, she allegedly confessed to killing four people this week.
This incident happened at Imulokanle street, Ishaga bus stop off Ebule Egba Ekoro road, Lagos. They say she's been wondering around since she fell and they want the police to come take her out of their area. See more photos after the cut...

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Customers Overwhelmed as MTN Ushers Nigerians into Season of Surprises

From Lagos, Port-Harcourt , Abuja, Ibadan to Benin, Nigerians were yesterday overwhelmed as the leading telecommunications and ICT Company in the country, MTN, ushered Nigerians into its much expected Season of Surprises.

To the surprise of many, popular Nigerian artists, most especially MTN ambassadors were on ground at various locations all over the country to unveil surprise packages to Nigerians, while giving out various eye-popping gifts to the delight of many.
Surprise, Surprise: An MTN customer received one of the best surprises of her life as Timaya, an MTN ambassador, attended to her, at an MTN Connect Centre, located in Opebi, Lagos.
Limpopo crooner, Kcee, Timaya, Sound Sultan, and Saka were among the celebrities that kick-started the MTN Surprise Campaign, where-in MTN is giving Nigerians pleasant surprises, while encouraging the general public to surprise one another, as life is more meaningful when you surprise someone.

Subscribers on MTN network are to text the number 11 to 400, to receive pleasant surprises. The MTN Surprise Campaign is also trending on social media platforms via #YelloEleven.

An MTN customer being attended to by KCee at an MTN Connect Centre, in Port Harcourt. Rivers State

Customer Delight! A customer playing the MTN Surprise Game at MTN Connect Centre, at E-Centre, Yaba, Lagos.
It’s Naija Ninja! Sound Sultan attending to a customer at MTN Connect Centre, at E-Centre, Yaba, Lagos.

Some customers having fun with KCee at MTN Connect Centre, in Port Harcourt. Rivers State

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Government declares curfew in Adamawa state

The Adamawa State government yesterday Nov. 1st declared curfew in every part of the state following the increase in insurgency activities in some parts of the state, especially in Mubi.

According to a statement released, the curfew is now from 5am to 9pm in every part of the state, and every resident has been advised to comply strictly with the directive.

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MTN To Lavish Subscribers With Pleasant Surprises

The good times are here again as MTN is set to usher its subscribers into a season of surprises. Information emanating from the leading ICT company says like never before, from November 1,existing and would-be subscribers on the MTN network are about to have the best moments of their lives that can only be described as memorable experience worth the while.

Interestingly, this experience is coinciding with the Yuletide season that is naturally associated with love and care among family and friends. MTN will use this opportunity to demonstrate its brand promise in ways that would make its customers’ lives a whole lot brighter. 

Speaking on the rationale behind this campaign, the Chief Marketing Officer of the company, OlubayoAdekanmbisaid,“In every business, the consumers are always the kings. For this singular reason they deserve to be treated with respect, love and care. Riding on this understanding,MTN is poised like never before to make its customers’ lives a whole lot brighter with its surprise campaign.”

Speaking further, Olubayo stated that it is a fact that life is made better by the moments of surprises we create for others and ourselves. “There is no better period to exhibit this other than this season. As a company that is committed to making life better for our subscribers, we are pleased to kick off the campaign as a platform for our subscribers to find moments to surprise their families, friends and loved ones.”

Observation has shown that at the moment, on different media platforms, MTN Surprise is already reaching out to customers. Watch out for these mind-blowing awesome moments. 

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Pics: Soldier dies in accident while conveying colleagues injured by BH to hospital

The man pictured above with his wife and son died recently while conveying some of his colleagues who had been injured in a battle with Boko Haram, to a hospital in the North. He leaves behind a young wife and a son. May his soul rest in peace Amen...

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Startimes unveils eight amazing new channels

Open Week is here again! Startimes just unveiled eight (8) amazing new amazing channels across its StarTimes and StarSat platforms. All eight channels will be open to all subscribers, free across all bouquets  from November 10th to 16th, 2014. 

The eight new channels have been selected  to enhance digital television experience for all Nigerians, from sports to music, these new channels promises the best digital entertainment you won’t be forgetting in a hurry! The brand new channels include: Davinci learning, QYou, Dadin kowa (a hausa channel), Poptv, Wazobia tv, Cool tv, Trace sport and Star sport 2.

These amazing new channels are top-notch in any pay-tv content category. The QYOUis first of its kind, highly rated and most fascinating videos of YouTube are being watched and enjoyed . The Star-Sport 2 brings Live the European Qualifying series exclusively to everyone face, other channels promise unending entertainment.

Amazing! Isn’t it? Non-stop excitement for 7 days at zero cost! If you’re not on StarTimes or StarSat yet, you better get on board to enjoy the best programmes and channels at really affordable prices.
StarTimes has it all; the best of music, films, sport, news, documentaries, reality shows, cartoons and kiddies shows for the entire family. You are guaranteed to enjoy quality programming, no delay in decoder scanning, affordable subscription rates.

#StarTimesOpenWeek starts on the 10th of November and ends on 16th; don’t miss out on the excitement!

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Apple CEO Tim Cook Just Came Out As Gay

Apple's CEO Tim Cook publicly came out as gay on Thursday in an essay for Businessweek.

Writing in Businessweek, Cook said the following:

While I have never denied my sexuality, I haven’t publicly acknowledged it either, until now. So let me be clear: I’m proud to be gay, and I consider being gay among the greatest gifts God has given me.

He goes on to say:

Being gay has given me a deeper understanding of what it means to be in the minority and provided a window into the challenges that people in other minority groups deal with every day. It’s made me more empathetic, which has led to a richer life. It’s been tough and uncomfortable at times, but it has given me the confidence to be myself, to follow my own path, and to rise above adversity and bigotry. It’s also given me the skin of a rhinoceros, which comes in handy when you’re the CEO of Apple.

What do you think, could this lead to a fall on sale of Apple Products? Or what...?

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DONT MISS OUT! MISS IT NOW, STRUGGLE TO GET IT LATER

Many more years of failing?
If you can afford to wait another more years to have some actual money coming in, then ignore this...

But if you want to get started *TODAY*, and learn how you can run a stable, profitable online business entirely from home, in just a few hours a week...

Drop whatever you're doing, and read this:

WE HAVE A GOOD NEWS FOR YOU.

HERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN THE BIG BOYS LEAGUE.
This is limited to the first 20 people. We are prepared to respond to only 20 people.

Do you know that every month, about 5 billion naira worth of SMS is sent in this country? Here is an opportunity to get your own share of the dice without stress. Before now, only a select few knew and have jealously guarded the secrets of how to set up a fully customizable and profitable sms portal with your own gateway. Now you too have the opportunity...Everybody is making money from the bulk sms business except you! Even GT Bank have launched their portal.

See, there is money in this business. Even if we are wrong, a financial institution like GTB cannot be wrong!!

Why not allow us bring you into this same business with ever growing demand and have a fair share of this money!

Yes, you can have it very easily and this is why;

Our service operators charge as high as N5 to N7 per SMS, yet over 40 million Nigerians still send SMS daily.

What if we now teach you how to offer this same SMS service (with improved features) to these over 40 million hungry SMS senders at a stupid price, do you think they will be happy?

That is to say that after embracing this business like you're sure going to do in few hours from now, and you succeed in offering 0.1% of the 40 million Nigerians the same service, you will be smiling home with N400,000!

Okay, let's look at this:

Assuming you have just 5 churches as clients each with 1000 members and you get them to send SMS to members twice a week (mind you they send SMS more than twice a week).

It means in a year (52 weeks) you would have sold 520,000 SMS units. If you make a profit of just N1 per SMS unit sold, it means you will earn N520,000 per year from Church contacts alone, EVERY YEAR for as long as your service is used and the great thing is that with our Reseller Programme you can make it automatic! Cos we are setting up for you a roboust system that support unlimited resellers under you.

The income possibilities are just endless and you can get started immediately!

This is just from church contacts alone. What about election campaigns invitations where people send bulk SMS to over 4 million people at a go?

We guess you can catch the gist now?

So, let's talk about how you too can come into this business and launch BIG..

... You can now have Your Own Bulk SMS Business setup for you now for as low as N10,000! (Discount introductory price!)

Gone are those days when people pay as N20,000, N25,000, N35,000, N40,000 to have this same business set up for them.

 

If you're smart enough, the following are what you will be getting from us:

FEATURES OF YOUR SMS PORTAL


Fully Customizable CMS Portal
This is not a reseller turnkey website. We will design for you a fully customized portal using your content, logo, pictures as well as any color and font combination you want. You can also choose the navigational structure and layout you desire. You have access to over 2 million design possibilities, we take time to design each site separately, so no two sms portals we design will look alike.

UNIQUE GATEWAY
Your portal will be created and assigned to a unique gateway. I.e your own mini gateway. You can load SMS units for a flat rate of 80kobo. The good thing about having a mini gateway is that from 1 units you get it @ #0.90kobo!
Payment Processor: We will also activate any payment processor you need. Your clients and resellers can load their accounts online:
Accept Interswitch Payments
Accept Credit Cards Payments
and scratch card (PIN) recharge options can also be intergrated so you can sell your credits by voucher
FB APP: We will also develop a facebook application for you. Your registered users can send sms from their facebook account without logging in to your site. They can check their balance and access their phone book from facebook. This is what we call the SIMPLE SMS 247 Social media advantage!
Content Management System
The website will be designed using a content management system... meaning, you as the Admin of the portal will have access to a Content Management Portal where you can edit the site:
>Change pictures and logos
>Edit pages
>Change pictures
>Manage advertisements
>Manage users
>Create Recharge Vouchers
>Manage support
>...and other configurations.
Have Your Own Resellers
You will have your own resellers who have access to API and developer links. It can support more than 10,000 resellers under you without gateway overload. You resellers can also resellers under them.
FREE DOMAIN REGISTRATION
We will register a top level domain name like www.yourcompanyname.com for FREE + We will HOST IT FOR FREE on our reliable UK Server.
24 Hours Set Up
We will register the domain name, design the website, host it and hand it over to you in 48 Hours after your order. It could be less. Our team is made up of professionals who work together round the clock to ensure that this dateline is met. So your website will be up and running in 48 hours time... so you can start making money right away.
AFTER SETUP SUPPORT
We don't just setup sites and go. We will always be available for support in case you have any technical issue to be resolved.

You will get everything (Design + Hosting (1 Years) + Domain Registration)

Everything is set up and runs on autopilot. we have thought everything out and we will do everything for you.... the good thing is that you Wont have to pay anything for ONE YEAR. Incredible!

And the good part is

We don't only feed you with fish but we as well teach you how to fish effectively...So that you can be limitless.

After setting up your premium bulk sms portal we also expose to you the same marketing secrets we have used to achieve much in the sms industry.

Offer Valid for a Limited Period Of Time.
To Get Started, Make your payment into any of our Account BELOW.

STEP 2 - After payment, send a payment notice with the SUBJECT of your email as: "Paid for Bonus Bulk SMS Portal Setup"

The BODY of the message should contain the following:

Full Name, Email address, GSM number, bank paid into, teller number, Proposed Domain Name;  to: admin@raphexsms.com
(Don't worry, once you send this notification and your payment has been confirmed, you will receive a text message confirming your payment has been received and within 24 hours, your site will be delivered)

To your Online Success,

 

Raphex

08166953573

 

PS: If you ask me, I'll tell you this is one business you must regret later if you don't pop in right away.

PPS: More than 900,000 readers of mine are on this site with you, hence we would only accept the number of orders we can manage. So, it's going to be on first come, first serve basis!

PPPS: Are you still reading? Okay grab your bulk SMS website TODAY; and we'll show you a strategy to get over 2000 clients from Facebook in 30 days. That's to say that even if you make N200 from each person monthly, that's N400,000 monthly stress less income! We are very particular about this strategy that we don't give it out anyhow...

 

Do you need any further explanation? Do well to contact us on 08166953573

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