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Cameroonian cleaner kills boss over non payment of salary advance

Dec 23, 2016 topnews

A Cameroonian cleaner, Joel Ludguo, has allegedly killed his boss, Miss. Temidayo Adeleke for not paying his December salary in advance. The 22 year old is currently in police custody at the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Yaba, Lagos State. Ludguo was a cleaner and lived with the victim on Prince Tayo Adesanya Street, Park View Estate, Ikoyi, Lagos. It was gathered that Ludguo had approached his boss, whose marriage was scheduled for early 2017, in her apartment around 10.30am on Tuesday, asking her to give him N15,000 out…

Ivanka Trump confronted by passenger on New York flight

Dec 23, 2016 topnews

A story picked up and widely circulated by US media has it that the male passenger was ejected from the Florida-bound plane before it departed New York, after berating President-elect Donald Trump’s daughter. “Your father is ruining the country,” the man told Trump. “Why is she on our flight? She should be flying private,” he shouted. Trump, 35 — traveling with husband Jared Kushner and her three children — ignored the man and tried to distract her children with crayons. Eventually the passenger was removed from the flight. The man…

Driverless vehicle towing system launched by Nissan

Dec 23, 2016 topnews

Intelligent Vehicle Towing (IVT), a fully automated vehicle towing system, was launched by Nissan Motor Company limited at its Oppama Plant, in Japan. Nissan has worked on making the relationship between people, cars and society more exciting under its Intelligent Mobility vision, a framework for how cars will be driven, powered, and integrated into society. This new project, which utilizes mapping and communication technologies to link an intelligent and all-electric car to infrastructure, is a step towards the realization of Nissan Intelligent Integration. The IVT system uses a modified Nissan LEAF…

Jegede not challenging Akeredolu’s victory in the just concluded Ondo governorship poll

Dec 23, 2016 topnews

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate in the recently concluded Ondo State Governorship election, Mr. Eyitayo Jegede, has opted not to challenge the outcome in court, as is usually the practice in Nigeria. Jegede, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, said that he had accepted the victory of Mr Rotimi Akeredolu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in good faith and had moved on in the spirit of good sportsmanship. Jegede, who polled over 150,380 votes to Akeredolu’s 244,842 during the poll, said there was no need to continue to…

Breaking: Police rescue abducted Delta monarch

Dec 22, 2016 topnews

Kidnapped Delta traditional ruler, Ovie of Agbarha Kingdom, Delta State, Orhifi Enemor II, who was kidnapped, Wednesday, by suspected herdsmen has been liberated by the police and local vigilante. It was gathered that he was rescued Wednesday evening following manhunt by the police and locals in the area, who combed the bush for him. Our informant said: “The search party saw him at a spot in the bush where the kidnappers, knowing that security agents were hot on their trail, abandoned him and fled. ” Police Public Relations Officer in…

Appoinment of a Nigerian Bishop approved by Queen of England

Dec 22, 2016 topnews

Appointment of Reverend Prebendary Dr Woyin Karowei Dorgu was announced on Tuesday in England. The Queen of England has approved the appointment of a Nigerian-born medical doctor as the first black Bishop of the Church of England. The Vicar of St John the Evangelist Upper Holloway, in the Diocese of London, he will take charge of the Suffragan See of Woolwich, in the Diocese of Southwark. Dorgu is aged 58, a General Practitioner, studied at the London Bible College for his BA, and studied for his ordination at Oak Hill…

Patent Infringement: Nokia sues Apple in German and US courts

Dec 22, 2016 topnews

For patent infringement, Nokia announced Wednesday it is suing Apple in German and US courts, claiming the US tech giant was using Nokia technology in “many” products without paying for it. Finnish Nokia, once the world’s top mobile phone maker, said the two companies had signed a licensing agreement in 2011, and since then “Apple has declined subsequent offers made by Nokia to license other of its patented inventions which are used by many of Apple’s products.” “After several years of negotiations trying to reach agreement to cover Apple’s use…

Delta monarch abducted by Herdsmen

Dec 22, 2016 topnews

The traditional ruler of Agbarha Kingdom, Delta State, Orhifi Enemor II, was yesterday kidnapped by suspected herdsmen, while another royal father escaped abduction. It was gathered that the kidnappers laid ambush for Enemor II, who was on his way to Asaba for the monthly meeting of traditional rulers, just after Osisa Bridge in Ndokwa East Local Government Area. Meanwhile, a family source said, yesterday, that the kidnappers have demanded for a N50 million ransom. The source said: “They have made contact, asking that they want N50 million. “The monarch told…

No vaccine to cure Bird flu virus yet, Audu Ogbeh tells poultry farmers

Dec 22, 2016 topnews

Audu Ogbe, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, has put poultry farmers across the country on alert over the recent outbreak of bird flu in Kano State. Ogbeh said poultry farmers should apply preventive measures to curtail any penetration in their farms by migratory birds from Europe and other parts of the world believed to be carriers of the virus which decides to rest as they come in contact with birds in the poultry farms before migrating to other places. He said such occurrence leads to outbreak of avian influenza,…

El-Rufai’s convoy stoned in Kaduna

Dec 22, 2016 topnews

Kano State Governor, Nadir El-Rufai’s convoy was yesterday stoned at Kafanchan, Jema’a Local Government area of Kaduna State. Governor Nasir el-Rufai entourage was pelted with stones in Kafanchan, Jema’a Local Government Area and some of the vehicles damaged after addressing demonstrators immediately after he chaired Kaduna State Security Council meeting in the area. The Council has imposed curfew in the area based on intelligence report about risks to lives and properties in the affected areas. Spokesman to Governor el-Rufai’s, Mr. Samuel Aruwan, disclosed this in a statement after the emergency…