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Yenagoa—Men of the Anti-Pipeline Vandalism Unit of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, have arrested one Seigbagha Perekeye over his alleged involvement in the vandalism of a pipeline belonging to Nigerian Agip Oil Company, NAOC, at Olugboboro community in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. Meanwhile, leaders of Olugbo Kingdom in the council have condemned the rising spate of attacks on the oil company's facilities by suspected vandals as well as the tragic Easter holiday explosion allegedly triggered by dynamite left behind by the vandals that breached the Tebidaba-Brass delivery line in the area. Security sources told Vanguard that the arrested suspect, an indigene of Olugboboro and four others now at large, were alleged masterminds of last Thursday's attack on Tebidaba-Brass pipeline. The suspect and his cohorts were said to have ruptured a section of the Tebidaba- Brass pipeline around the Olugboboro- ...

MR. Joseph Edionwele represents Esan West, Esan Central and Igueben Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives. In this interview, he says Edo people have passed through pains under the APC administration, expressing optimism that the Peoples Democratic Party,PDP would be victorious in the forthcoming governorship election in the state. By Emman Ovuakporie & Johnbosco Agbakwuru In the next few months, Edo people will elect a new governor. How prepared is the PDP for the exercise? It is not an issue of how prepared we are. In Edo state, we are ready for change. We have passed through a lot of pains and troubles. PDP will take over certainly by September. Governor Adams Oshiomhole has not done anything. Nothing has changed. On roads, nothing has changed. In the health sector, nothing has changed. There is no legacy the governor is leaving behind. But people have been praising the governor. What is your take on that? What are they praising him for? Is it that he paid bursar...

Mother of two of 2Face's kids, Sumbo Adeoye has opened up on how she felt the day Annie got the ring. Sumbo at a program organised for single parents at the Royalty Christian Centre while admonishing attendees not to be desperate said, "I remember the day when my baby daddy proposed to his girlfriend, I was on the list of those that will take praise in church for that Wednesday. Well I had known what was going on but it didn't affect me because I had known what I want, so I had let go of that choice for God's will for me. So I came to church, I was leading the Praise session and everyone was just looking at me with pity eyes like 'omo yi o mo nkan ti on sele (this girl doesn't know what's going on o)'. After service, one sister even came to me and said It is well and in my mind, I am like what happened, did somebody die. The person felt I was faking that I wasn't hurt by the proposal but she and the others didn't know I h...

LAGOS—A Police Sergeant, Jude Nwandudu, who slumped in a hotel in Iju area of Lagos State, weekend, has died at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, where he was rushed to. Preliminary investigation revealed that the late Nwandudu, a father of four, went to the hotel in the company of the wife of an unnamed policeman, who lives in the same barracks with him, to unwind for the just-concluded Easter celebrations. However, tragedy struck when, after relaxing with his lover, Nwandudu slipped and fell in the bathroom while having a shower. He hit his head on the bath tub and collapsed. His lover raised the alarm that attracted members of staff of the hotel. Report said Nwandudu, who was attached to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, Ikeja, was rushed to a nearby hospital, from where he was transferred to LUTH, where he died. His lover, as gathered, had been invited for questioning but was later released. Widow's a Sergeant, too Meanwhile, hell was said to have been let loose...

Police in Lagos have arrested a 37-year- old barber who allegedly raped a seven- year-old primary school pupil in Papa Ajao area of Mushin, Lagos, Tuesday. The victim said she was given a packet of biscuit before the suspect, identified as Adelopo Yusuf, defiled her, saying on arrival from school Tuesday, she met their apartment locked with the whereabouts of her older siblings unknown. Hungry, she then went to Yusuf's barbing saloon to wait for her siblings, who gave her biscuit and accompanied her to her parents flat, which was still locked. The father of one then laid her on a bench, pulled off her pant and had canal knowledge of her. He cleaned her up with a rag before taking her back to his shop, where she waited until one of her older siblings arrived. However, the bubble burst after the little girl narrated what transpired between her and Yusuf to her sibling who, thereafter, informed their parents. Yusuf was said to have initially denied, until do...

A leading governorship aspirant on the platform of All Progressives Congress, APC, in Edo State, Mr Chris Ogiemwonyi, has said that the coming June congressional election will determine whether or not Edo people have truly imbibed the doctrine of "one- man one- vote," even as he urged them to take their destinies in their hands. Addressing Edo South delegates across the seven local governments of Oredo, Uhunwonde, Egor, Ikpoba-Okha, Orhiomwon, Ovia South-West and Ovia North-East, Ogiemwonyi said that people who acquire power through the back door were accountable only to their masters. He promised to wipe out poverty from the state by engaging the jobless youths, who have certificates into the civil service and those who do not have certificates to be inducted into the skill acquisition programme he will establish, adding that at the end of the programme, such category of persons will be given N5 million loan at 0% interest rate payable after one year...

ABUJA— Nigeria has experienced 3,500 cyber attacks within the last one year, with over 70 per cent success rate and a loss of $450 million, Acting Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA, Dr. Vincent Olatunji, has said. Olatunji said this during a capability and capacity building training workshop organized by NITDA in partnership with its Malaysian counterpart, Malaysia Cyber Security Agency, in Abuja, yesterday. Similarly, an IT consultant, Abdul- Hakeem Ajibola, said 0.80 per cent of Nigeria's Gross Domestic Product, GDP, equivalent to the cement sector, was lost to cybercrime. According to th NITD boss, the country's GDP lost $568.51 billion in 2014, which amounts to annual loss of $450 million, an equivalent of N89.55 billion annual direct loss to the Nigerian economy, at the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, exchange rate of N199 to $1. With the increasing penetration of technology into the economy and continuous loss to cybercriminal...

THE Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has made calls for the convening of an international donor's conference that would holistically tackled the economic and infrastructural needs of the northeast of Nigeria which has borne the brunt of the six-year violent uprising from adherents of the Jama'atu Ahlus- Sunnah Lidda'Awati Wal Jihad, known popularly as Boko Haram. Dogara first made the call in a motion he sponsored in August last year, on the urgent need for rehabilitation, recovery, reconstruction and resettlement of the violence ravaged region. Since then, at every fora, the Speaker has continued to champion the course of the north east while arguing that the region deserves global attention as a member of the international community. His call is in line with what has been happening since the end of the World War II where international conferences like that held for Western Europe and Japan which were rebuilt following adoption of the American Mars...

ABUJA — The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related Offences Commission, ICPC, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, with Nigerians in Diaspora Organization (NIDO), Germany branch on whistle- blowing on money laundering activities, recovery of proceeds of corruption, assets tracing and monitoring, technical assistance, anti-corruption ICT solutions, communication and research. Chairman of the ICPC, Mr Ekpo Nta, who signed on behalf of the commission, called on members of the community to cooperate with the Federal Government in the fight against corruption. A statement by the commission's head of communications, Mrs. Rasheedat Okoduwa, quoted the chairman, who performed the ceremony in Germany, as saying the commission was committed to creating strong institutions that would deter corrupt practices. He said ICPC would continue to treat all petitions from NIDO members expeditiously through continuous investigation, prosecution and conduct of corruption risk assessme...

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA—The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mr. Nnamdi Kanu, has urged the British Government to intervene in his case by asking President Muhammadu Buhari to release him from prison. Kanu who is facing treason charge alongside two other pro-Biafra agitators, Benjamin Madubugwu and David Nwawuisi, approached the British government through his lawyer, Mr. Ifeanyi Ejiofor. Kanu, in a letter dated March 24 and addressed to the British High Commissioner in Abuja, described himself as a victim of travesty of justice and gross human rights violation. He insisted that the President Buhari-led administration has violently abused his fundamental human rights through his prolonged detention in prison custody. Even though Kanu said he was ready to answer to the charge against him, he however expressed doubt in the ability of the Nigerian government to accord him fair trial, saying he has so far been subjected to immense persecution. British citi...

Nigeria Police yesterday, March 28, caught two women and some men carrying arms and ammunition hidden inside a coffin. The suspected robbers were intercepted on their way to Ondo from Lagos conveying the weapons under the guise of travelling for a burial. One of the criminal was found in possession of a Bible pretending to be a Pastor… Sent from my BlackBerry wireless device from MTN

Nigeria Police yesterday, March 28, caught two women and some men carrying arms and ammunition hidden inside a coffin. The suspected robbers were intercepted on their way to Ondo from Lagos conveying the weapons under the guise of travelling for a burial. One of the criminal was found in possession of a Bible pretending to be a Pastor… Sent from my BlackBerry wireless device from MTN

ABUJA—Another cloud of uncertainty is hanging over the 2016 Budget estimates approved by the National Assembly last Thursday as the Appropriation Bill may not be signed into law for full implementation any time soon. Instead, there may ensue a showdown between the Presidency and the National Assembly on the budget. Investigations by Vanguard had revealed that the law-makers may have played a fast one on the Presidency by transmitting only the highlights of the budget and kept the details in their custody. Release of the budget highlights without details makes it difficult for President Muhammadu Buhari to know what adjustments were made by the law-makers. To this end, it was learned that the President and his ministers, who investigations revealed, were eager to sign and begin implementation, are now boxed into a corner. Investigations further revealed the Budget Office, which also needs the details to work with, is handicapped at the moment. This gives an impression that it was eithe...

Which Nigerian University has the highest number of yahoo guys; left to me i would say LAUTECH. What do you think? Sent from my BlackBerry wireless device from MTN

Cultism is one of the Biggest challenges in our Institutions for years…. Unnecessary killings without any concrete or reasonable reason has taken over the learning enviroment. This post will serve as an Eye opener to some Students seeking Admissions into the Universities… They will know the institutions with fair rate of cultism and the institutions with the highest rate. Lets Go!!! Mine:- University of Benini (Uniben) and Federal Polytechnic, Offa has the highest Rate according to my own knowledge. Whats yours? – Nigerians, Drop your Comments. Sent from my BlackBerry wireless device from MTN

Did you know that salt has always been important to human life on this planet, and that the word "salary" comes from the word "sal" because Romans were paid in salt. Well, yes – African and European explorers traded an ounce of salt for announce of gold—salt was literally worth its weight in gold. Now often referred to as "the single most harmful substance in the food supply",salt has been the subject of controversy in recent years, and has increasingly been blamed for a number of poor health outcomes, such as high blood pressure, heart disease and stroke. But is salt really as dangerous as we have been led to believe? see these facts and myths compiled by 9jatraffic about salt…. – More than 80 percent of the salt most people consume is from processed foods. Indeed, there is far too much sodium in processed foods. Sodium is just one of many ingredients in packaged foods that will adversely affect your health. The salt added to these convenience foods is mo...

Did you know that salt has always been important to human life on this planet, and that the word "salary" comes from the word "sal" because Romans were paid in salt. Well, yes – African and European explorers traded an ounce of salt for announce of gold—salt was literally worth its weight in gold. Now often referred to as "the single most harmful substance in the food supply",salt has been the subject of controversy in recent years, and has increasingly been blamed for a number of poor health outcomes, such as high blood pressure, heart disease and stroke. But is salt really as dangerous as we have been led to believe? see these facts and myths compiled by 9jatraffic about salt…. – More than 80 percent of the salt most people consume is from processed foods. Indeed, there is far too much sodium in processed foods. Sodium is just one of many ingredients in packaged foods that will adversely affect your health. The salt added to these convenience foods is mo...

"Kachikwu's flippancy was out-of-line. He was basically telling Nigerians that they should be lucky that they are getting the inadequate supply they now suffer…"  Apparently appalled by his seeming lack of empathy and manifest arrogance, a former governor of Lagos State and national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, yesterday, lampooned  Ibe Kachikwu, Minister of State, Petroleum, for telling Nigerians that he  "was not trained as a magician", a  reference to the lingering fuel scarcity that appears to be defying efforts of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC. Tinubu, who is not known for flippancy, wondered why a public servant would talk down on those he was meant to serve, charging: "Kachikwu's flippancy was out-of-line. He was basically telling Nigerians that they should be lucky that they are getting the inadequate supply they now suffer and that they should just be quiet and endure the shortage for...

The resurrection gives my life meaning and direction and the opportunity to start over no matter what my circumstances. Happy Easter To All 9jatraffic fans! Sent from my BlackBerry wireless device from MTN

At this point Grand Theft Auto is more than just a video game—it's a cultural phenomenon. Back in 2013 when GTA Vcame out, we decided it was the most perfectly disturbing game you'd play all year for plenty of reasons, including the fact you could walk on water. We showed you what it would look like ifGTA Vscenes were recreated in real life, and some geniuses even used the game to recreate the Fresh Prince opening,N.W.A's "Straight Outta Compton" video, andKanye West's "Flashing Lights" video. Well you can start getting excited again: A source speaking to Tech Radar confirmed some previously unknown information about the game's past and that Grand Theft Auto 6 is on its way. The unnamed source first confirmed that there was at one point a plan to make a Grand Theft Autogame set in Japan. The project was scrapped when the brand realized the difficulty in moving the game outside of the United States. "T here are a number of series staples, ...

LONDON: Singer Adele is reportedly planning to take a five-year break from music. According to a source, the "Hello" hitmaker has only just returned from a three-year hiatus but is keen to step away from the limelight yet again once her world tour wraps up later this year because she wants to spend time with her three-year-old son Angelo, reports 9jatraffic" She has told her closest pals she will step away from the limelight for five years before she next brings out an album. She's still very new to motherhood and doesn't want to miss out on Angelo growing up. It will be a hard thing for fans to hear," The Sun newspaper quoted a source as saying. However, the 27-year-old had earlier teased fans about the possibility of a new release by the end of the year. Speaking to her fans during her performance at Belfast's SSE Arena in Northern Ireland earlier this month, she said: "There may be a new song towards the end of the shows." S...

The three gunmen have opened fire at motorists that were queuing for petrol on March 26, in Ilorin, Kwara state. The incident occurred at one Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) filling stations in the city. The gunmen reportedly left two young men and a lady with serious wounds. Some others on the queue and other officials of the station were said to have run for their safety. The witnesses said the incident happened in the early morning of the Saturday. The three men were part of some youths who had made themselves on the station, situated along Offa Garage road, to manage the gates to cut the practice by many motorists to jump the queue in their desperate bid to get fuel. "It was due to an argument among the boys; you know they are thugs and they have been at the gate but we don't really know what led to the argument but we just suddenly heard the gunshots and it was later discovered that some people were seriously injured," the source said. ...

In a recent interview with Channels Television's Entertainment News, the E.M.E label boss hinted that he would be taking time off his musical career to set off on a marital journey. "Living an artiste's life does not lend itself to (kind of) working on a relationship. It's tough."he began. 'It's something that I actively (really) want to do, so I want to take some time off, after I'm done releasing this music and touring, I want to take some time off. 'Like I want to have some kids you know, get married, you know. Get married first and then have some kids," he disclosed. Banky W is one of the most eligible bachelors in the Nigerian entertainment industry. Sent from my BlackBerry wireless device from MTN

Famous socialite, Toke Makinwa has finally spoken up about her failed marriage to estranged husband Maje Ayida. She went online yesterday to introduce her next Vlog Before You Say I Do and she thought it wise to address the issue of her failed marriage. "I won't lie since my personal life suffered a public setback last year, talking about relationships left me feeling a type of way, kind of like I failed at mine so who am I to talk?" Makinwa said. The 31-year-old's marriage crumbled last year after Ayida cheated on her and also put his mistress in the family way. On her birthday last year, Ayida sent her a loving note which she responded to, and next, they turned heads at the Future Awards event. There were previous speculations that she made peace with Ayida, but the OAP set the records straight in early March. "I am single," she wrote, driving the point home about her status. Now, she says she it getting stronger and bold enough to dish r...

If you feel like you're on a constant quest for inner bliss, you might be asking yourself: If there was one secret on how to be happyin your relationship or marriage, workplace, home life and family wouldn't you have learned it by now? Are you constantly searching, asking people who seem happy, reading articles and watching videos on how to be happy? If so, you're certainly not alone. Online search engines get millions of people asking this question, and the internet is full of promises that this strategy or that formula will deliver you to a place of lasting happiness. Yet, many miss the main point: they never even touch on the fact that the real key to happiness with others is happiness with yourself. If you haven't noticed or been here yourself (most of us have), an insecure person's need for constant approval is exhausting. Those who are happy and love themselves don't hang around with that kind of negative energy. Since we can't change other people, lea...

Barnabas Bala Bantex had traded slaps during an argument at a cabinet meeting in the state. According to a reliable source via a telephone conversation, the Governor and the deputy have been having a cold war over the plans by the governor to sack top civil servants in the state.  The governor who is embarking on a civil service reform agenda had decided to retire these top civil servants, who still had some years left in service but the deputy was said to have been disturbed and deeply uncomfortable with the situation.  The deputy governor had confided in his close associates that the list of top  top civil servants marked for this retirement exercise reflected a majority of up to 70 per cent from the Southern Kaduna extraction.  During the cabinet meeting, the deputy governor bared his mind and told governor El-rufai he is not in support of the exercise, he said that he cannot control the backlash that will arrive as a result of that action. Arc. Bantex was quoted ...

What are you good at, best at and want to improve at? What are your talents and what skills have you developed? What would you like to do in your life that you haven't done yet? What is the best thing you've ever done? Are you noticing that you might ask some of these questions on a date to get to know someone and determine if you like them or not? We get to know people by asking questions although we rarely ask them of ourselves. And when someone else asks, we sometimes answer differently than when we're asking ourselves. 5. Ask Yourself Questions To find out more about yourself, ask yourself the questions you would ask on a date. The quality of your relationships is determined by the quality of the questions you ask. Ask good questions and lots of them (more than you would ask on a date; it's OK to be a chatterbox with yourself) to build that strong, healthy relationship with yourself. Take time away from other people and be happily alone. At first, it might ...

Kiss Daniel's Real Age Revealed – A recent interview had created controversy over the age of singerKiss Daniel, but his Wikipedia page has cleared it all up. In the interview, Kiss Daniel, whose real name is Anidugbe Oluwatobiloba Daniel, had been referred to as "the 21-year old singer." Kiss Daniel Unveils Debut Album Art – New Era This had struck up controversy on social media, with fans saying it was impossible for the Laye singer to be 21 years old. This was because Kiss Daniel graduated from the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta three years ago, after studying a 5-year course. That would make him 13 years old at the time of admission, which seemed almost improbable. However, the singer's Wikipedia page now shows his correct age, 28. Kiss Daniel's Real Age Revealed In other less controversial news, Daniel will be releasing his debut album, New Era, soon. Are you excited about it? Sent from my BlackBerry wireless device from MTN

Kiss Daniel's Real Age Revealed – A recent interview had created controversy over the age of singerKiss Daniel, but his Wikipedia page has cleared it all up. In the interview, Kiss Daniel, whose real name is Anidugbe Oluwatobiloba Daniel, had been referred to as "the 21-year old singer." Kiss Daniel Unveils Debut Album Art – New Era This had struck up controversy on social media, with fans saying it was impossible for the Laye singer to be 21 years old. This was because Kiss Daniel graduated from the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta three years ago, after studying a 5-year course. That would make him 13 years old at the time of admission, which seemed almost improbable. However, the singer's Wikipedia page now shows his correct age, 28. Sent from my BlackBerry wireless device from MTN

The wife of Anambra governor, Mrs Ebelechukwu Obiano, has described a baby abandoned at a refuse dump and later rescued on March 22 as a perfect Easter gift to the state. The day-old baby, who has been named "Baby Moses", was discovered at Nibo in Awka South local government area of the state. He was the third abandoned baby rescued under the two-year old administration of Governor Willie Obiano. Obiano said this during a visit to ascertain the health status of "Baby Moses'' at the Chukwuemeka Odimegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital (COOUTH), Amaku, Awka, on Friday. The governor's wife assured that she would take full responsibility for the care and upkeep of the baby like the previous ones through her NGO, Caring Family Enhancement Initiative (CAFE). "As the mother of six million Anambra citizens, it is my responsibility to care and nurture the baby who may eventually turn-out to be governor of the state in future,'' she said. On what may h...

Thousands of Muslims rallied in Bangladesh's capital on Friday to denounce a court petition seeking to remove Islam as the country's official state religion. About 3,000 Muslims protested outside the national mosque in Dhaka against the petition, filed by a group of prominent citizens, which is to be taken up by the High Court on Sunday. The Hifazat-e-Islam Bangladesh group called for a mass strike on Friday, warning that "Millions of Muslims will come out of mosques against the Supreme Court" and punish the judges. The Islamic fundamentalist group Hifazat-e-Islam Bangladesh has threatened retaliation and a general strike if the Supreme Court seriously considers dropping Islam as the state religion. "Bangladesh is a country where 92 per cent of the people are Muslim. If anybody removes our religion from the constitution, we shall oppose them. If the government and the Supreme Court do it, they will offend our religious sentiment," sai...

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