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President Jonathan Sacks IGP, names Arase
President Goodluck Jonathan has sacked the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Suleiman Abba.
He has also appointed DIG, Solomon Arase, as Acting IGP with immediate effect.
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 Elections: Disquiet over unpaid allowances of corps members 

The non-payment of training and logistic allowances to ad hoc staff of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) after the general elections in across the country  is causing crisis.
For instance over 5,000 corps two weeks ago at the Oshimili South Local Government Secretariat zonal NYSC office trooped to the street to protest the non-payment of their allowances.
Spokesperson for the corps members who does not want her name in print revealed that the process was fraudulent because the Batch A corps members that participated in the training have passed out and were not paid.
However, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Delta State had said the commission has deposited their allowances with the Directorate of NYSC, stating that the commission does not pay the corps members directly.
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Putin Says Russia Was Ready For Nuclear War

Moscow was ready to put its nuclear forces on alert to ensure Russia's annexation of Crimea from Ukraine last year, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a pre-recorded documentary aired on Sunday.
Putin also said that Russia had saved the life of Ukraine's former pro-Moscow president, Viktor Yanukovich, who he said had been in danger after 'revolutionaries' seized power following weeks of violent street protests in Kiev last year.
"For us it became clear and we received information that there were plans not only for his capture, but, preferably for those who carried out the coup, but also for his physical elimination. As one famous historical figure said: 'No person, no problem'," Putin said.
Protests over Yanukovich's decision to back away from a trade agreement with the European Union in favour of closer ties with Moscow forced him from power in February last year. Yanukovich's overthrow ultimately prompted Russia to seize and annex the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea.
"Of course it wasn't immediately understandable (what the reaction would be to Crimea's annexation). Therefore, in the first stages, I had to orient our armed forces. Not just orient, but give direct orders," he said.
When asked if he had been ready to put Russia's nuclear forces on alert, he said: "We were ready to do it."

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 Many Feared Dead As Bomb Rocks Kano Mosque

Many people were feard dead with scores others injured when multiple bomb blast, Friday, rocked Kano central mosque, near the Emir Palace, during Jumaat prayer.
It was  learnt that the explosion occurred while people were listening to the Friday sermon from the chief imam of Kano.
The number of casualties cannot be ascertained yet. However, witnesses say the mosque has been deserted as the Police have cordoned off the area.
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Polio Level Down To Lowest Ebbs In Nigeria --FG

The Nigerian government has in Abuja announced that there were only six cases of the wild polio virus disease have been recorded in Nigeria this year, and is optimistic that impressive gains made from the onslaught against the scourge would lead to its eventual eradication, just like was done to Ebola virus disease.
Vice President Namadi Sambo disclosed this at a meeting of the Presidential Task Force on Polio Eradication, which held at the State House, Abuja.
Supervising Minister of State for Health, Khaliru Alhassan, had earlier informed the meeting that, “wild polio virus is now confined to only five local government areas compared to the more generalised situation of the past.
“Today, we have six cases of wild polio virus in Nigeria. In the last one year, 96 per cent of the 774 local government areas have been polio free, while 35 per cent out of 37 or 95 per cent states have been without polio in the last one year.”
Based on these facts, the government assured Nigerians that “I efforts would be continued to push for total eradication via political support, ensure sustained funding of the programme, procurement of the polio vaccines and support the introduction of other new vaccines and work with the traditional, religious leaders, development partners and other community based organisations, to ensure that no polio case is recorded in Nigeria.”
He expressed delight that in the last two years, no new case of the virus has been recorded and 88 per cent has been achieved in 2014 compared to 27 local governments in 2013, noting that the country has greatly improved this year as compared to other parts of the world where polio is the problem.
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What is in a name?
By Eddie Akalonu,

AN Assignment for Dr. Ikechukwu obiaya
Name has been defined as a noun word by which a person, place or thing is known as identity and that which distinguishes from others. In our traditional African setting names play very important roles. Names take various forms but it must stick as what the bearer or giver intends it is.
Parents give names for varied reasons. These range from cultural background and affinity, circumstances of birth. So there are names like Godswill, ThankGod Blessing, Ihuoma Chioma  and then ownership as Nkem. That is perhaps the reason we had Nigeria Airways, Nigeria Ports Authority etc. Therefore if the founding Fathers said it is Nigeria this or that, it must retain that pronunciation and meaning.  There is a whole lot of difference if someone thus calls out Nigerian Airways.  Today the law has granted an individual the right to run an Air Nigeria which has that broad meaning as that owned by Nigeria as a country and its people.   In this case not ours but his.  There is the Ethiopian Airlines or ‘Ethiopian’ for short, the world should take it in same light as Nigeria Airways. Similarly, there are name such as the South African Airways, Qatar Airways that doubles as Etihad Airlines all carry the identity of Qatar as a country. These days however, the same country has gone further to assume a corporate identity known as Qatar Foundation. This is very visible in sports sponsorship and it is respected for it. Pan African University we are told was changed to Pan Atlantic University because a larger body thought it is the copyright owner of any name African.
Names also come by Abbreviation. National Population Commission or NPC is the reason the Paralympic Committee of Nigeria is not Nigeria Paralympic going by worldwide standard
However, mispronunciation can give a name different meaning. African Cup of Nations has been called Africa Cup of Nations and All Africa Games some to some has become All African Games.
A name therefore ought to be what the owner intends it is. Any deviation therefore cannot hold.
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 Why I like Watching Films

Film or films can be seen as a subset of media industry providing a form of entertainment, information and education composed of a sequence of images and shown in a cinema and, more recently, videos. By this, it can be deduced that films are a constituent of the media providing good mediated content that appeals to the senses, especially sight and sound. Still, films can also be in form of still images (camera)or slides (TV and Video), which in this case can only appeal to the sense of sight, and perform the same media functions of educating, entertaining or informing. Films, in whatever form they appear, generally are of the performing arts, and these can be classified into fiction and non- fiction or both (faction), spanning action, drama, musicals, documentaries, comedies, tragedies prose, poetry and, of course, historical films.
Films providing mediated content that interest me most are the action films. These provide me with varied entertainment and leisure at home by appealing to my imagination because I am fully immersed in the artistic work of the writer from the beginning until they reach a climax. Experts have posited that these days the media has made the world limitless or a convergent point of ideas. Therefore, I like watching documentary films because these keep me informed, especially about the cultures and traditions of the diverse peoples of our land, Nigeria, and indeed those of other lands.
And I like watching films in the categories of drama, novellas, comedies and, again, documentaries that provide me with a deep insight into the flora and fauna of the environment of Nigeria, because these also educate me about the attitudes, behavior of peoples in other societies and about the survival instincts and strategies in the animal world.
Films, to me therefore, are a necessity of life because these are media windows that adequately play important roles in my life.---------------------------------------------------

Assignment for Dr. Ikechukwu Abiaya

I found a piece of information about the Daily Times
An: ASSIGNMENT

My three days of taking a certificate course in the School of Media and Communication, Pan Atlantic University, is already yielding fruit, as I have been handed an information  that I had sincerely longed for concerning the of Daily Times newspaper’s original owners. The facilitator at S.M.C. who treated the topic, The Past, Present and Future of News Reporting in Nigeria,” glided over the history of newspapers in the world and Nigeria and during the discourse, told us that the Daily Times group had been founded by the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry in 1925/26. He said the founders had set up the paper as a business concern, which means it contrasted with the early newspapers set up by the nationalists in Nigeria and that had focused on politics of advocacy for Independence. For me, it was heart rending because writers of books on “history of the newspaper industry in Nigeria” and teachers in the journalism schools I attended, focused largely on when the paper was founded -1925/1926, but not about who was behind the paper. I was still in school when government took control of the paper, and I had little knowledge of these facts. Concerning the fight over the paper at various times, what I was able to get was the little that the gladiators let out in the news media.
This revelation about its foundations increased my curiosity because I wanted to fill in a void inside me about the paper.  So, I sought to know from the SMC lecturer why government had intervened in the affairs of the paper years back when it had assumed full control there, because, then, there was little I knew may be because, those involved in the battle for the soul of Daily Times, the government and the media in general had said only the part they wanted the public to know and shielded the real facts on ground . Again, he explained further to the class that government at that time had felt highly uncomfortable with the growing influence of the paper and had only been glad to take over in its time of serious crises. Another notable thing disclosed was that it was in-fact top journalists at the helm of affairs in the paper that had publicly called for a government intervention.

Although I have always pondered  on the dearth of literature on the ownership of Daily Times, what I finally reasoned from this disclosure is that writers and teachers of about the history of the newspaper industry have deliberately let this aspect remain a secret.
Finally, with what I thought was a mystery resolved for me, I would say I do wholly believe in the saying that “learning continues everyday even as we grow old.”
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How not to annoy a journalist
Date June 1, 2013

By Kate Jones

If the pen is mightier than the sword, it's a good idea to keep journalists onside.Knowing how to keep journalists happy is a very useful skill for any business owner. But Alex Wake, a lecturer in the RMIT school of media and communication, says many small businesses simply don't know how to handle the media.
They make common mistakes born of ignorance or anxiety that often earn the ire of journalists, she says.
Wake lists 10 things that annoy journos and editors. Avoid them and you may have a successful working relationship with someone in the newsroom.
  1. Repeatedly asking when a story will be published
  2. Do not ring a journalist constantly asking for publication dates and details. One Fairfax editor says this is her top annoyance.
“We don't know,” she says. “It depends on what news is happening on any given day . . . I must get this 10 times a day and it just wastes my time.”
To stop yourself from badgering journalists, set up a Google Alert so you are immediately informed when your article has been published.
2. Confusing editorial with advertising
Requesting information to be published that makes a business look good is a huge no-no. This often happens because businesses don't understand how the media works and they see a phone call from a journalist as an opportunity for a free plug.
3. Asking to see copy before it's published
An ethical journalist will never show you an article before it's published. Doing so would create pressure on the journalist to change the story to flatter someone, hide unpleasant truths or help push someone's agenda.
4. No news sense
You may think you know news, but don't try telling that to a journalist. Journalists have a sharp news sense and understand what their readers, listeners or viewers want to know about. News is topical and often involves conflicting opinions and values. Journalists understand this and don't appreciate being told how to do their job.
5. Time wasting
When a journalist approaches a business for a comment, some people dilly-dally about getting back to them with an answer. Their organisation doesn't have any processes in place for dealing with the media and that's really frustrating for journalists, especially if the comment is not for a hard-hitting investigative piece.
Often journalists are seeking a balancing opinion for their articles and need quotes from “both sides of the fence”. For example, they may speak to a florist about what's on offer on Mother's Day and need to
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DEAF ASSOCIATION CRAVES FOR EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES, FACILITIES
 
The Deaf Association in Nigeria has demanded for equal opportunities in all spheres of life including sports,employment and the provision of facilities hitherto extended to the able bodied counterparts, restating the point that there is ability in disability. This plea was made in Lagos by the Chairman Ajeromi-Ifelodun Deaf Association, Prince Olatunde Jelili Raimi during their second Ajeromi-Ifelodun Local Government Deaf Awareness Programme.
These, he said, include sporting facilities against the backdrop of increasing involvement of the deaf in sports across the country.
In his lecture which theme was titled; ‘Empowering the Hearing-Impaired (Deaf) for Nation Building in the 21st Century viz Economic Development at the Local Level’, Raimi said “there was need for government at all levels to work in concert with the Deaf Associations in order to empower deaf people so that they will be useful and contributory members of the society.’’
‘’Disability should not be equated with inability. We make bold to say that deaf persons can do anything except hearing. If government at all levels do not include deaf people in government, then there is no complete government.’’
Raimi, therefore called on the state governments to ensure strict implementation of the Special People bill (Disability Bill) which was passed by the Lagos state government at the local government level in order to add advantage towards the promotion of economic development of deaf people.
Speaking earlier, former Vice Principal (Deaf Unit), State Grammar Secondary School, Isolo, Surulere, Lagos, Elder Amos Akeju, said the concept of equal opportunities for the deaf needs to be reinforced, stressing that no deaf person should be denied of the right to personal needs and wants.
He charged the deaf to be up and doing, adding that they should not allow their plight to weigh them down.
In order to successfully compete in the economy and other activities, the deaf must strive to prepare themselves for the competitive employment opportunities available”, he said.


 

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