EFCC Dropped all Charges against Diezani and other's

The funds were allegedly hidden by Diezani, and others are alleged to be a group of oil companies and allegedly to fund the presidential campaign of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Goodluck Jonathan.

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If the daily report is something to go by, the Economic and financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has born all 14 charges count against the previous Minister of crude oil Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke.

EFCC also said to have dropped the charges against ben Otti, Nnamdi Okonkwo, Stanley Lawson, Lanre Adesanya, and Dauda Lawal, everything is former commercial bank officials and the Nigerian National crude oil Corporation (NNPC).

Since 2015, Diezani has been bulldog by a series of corruption charges, as well as the alleged diversion and distribution of N23 billion.

The former minister has also been hiding in the UK, where he faces a separate looked for alleged felony, corruption, and hiding.

At the resumed hearing of the matter before the Muslim Justice Hassan from Lagos Federal high court on 5 Nov 2019 anti-corruption agency through his professional, Rotimi Oyedepo dropping corruption charges against most of the defendants, as well as Diezani, through the amended charges four counts.

Bordering amended charges of money laundering, now just trying to prosecute the former administrator of initial Bank Plc, along Diezani and ben, who served as an administrator in NNPC’s financial group.

Madueke and ben Otti have each reported having been big in the first case was first filed in the Court on 28 Nov 2018.

Similarly, Nnamdi, Stanley, and Lanre, all did not create a look in court and has not been charged.

In what seems like a twist on the back heard of the matter, sources close to Dauda,   who noted that the former executive director of First Bank did not fail to appear in court all the material in the postponed date surprised that everyone other accused person had been discharged.

The matter before the court

EFCC contains a 14 count charge the suspect bank, executives and NNPC officials conspiring to cover $ 153 million in bank Fidelity, they have to know the stand is the result of corruption punishable under the money laundering Act.

In 2015, the EFCC discovered that $ 153 million was deposited, for allegedly funding the presidential campaign second term of former President Goodluck Jonathan.

It was investigated by the EFCC and bankers are imagined to have conspired with Diezani and NNPC officials to cover and distribute apart of the funds.

Lawal who is the administrator of the First Bank is accused of helping Diezani to shop for property, Meridien hotel Ogeyi Palace in Port Harcourt, once he received $ 25 million from Fidelity Bank and deposited the same amount with Sterling Bank, allegedly on the instructions of Stanley.

Sources familiar with the deal said it was sad that Dauda,   who failed to have contact with Diezani and only working on the instructions of the customer can be charged for conspiracy, while they were allegedly directly associated with the funds are discharged.

Although, once contacted for comment, an interpreter for the EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren said he was not aware of this downside

Million Investment Jimmy Flops.

The 49ers went all-in on a former New England Patriots second-string Quarterback a year ago and so far it hasn’t shown signs of being a wise investment. Former Tom Brady backup Jimmy Garoppolo was given a 5-year $137 million contract with San Francisco after performing at a high level for the franchise in 2017.

Garoppolo was traded to the 49ers midseason and finished with a formidable 67 percent completion share and many solid wins which prompted the new contract. the following season, Garoppolo as the day one starter played in just 3 games before suffering an ACL tear against the Kansas City Chiefs.

In his 1st game action since the September 2018 injury, the 27-year-old looked rusty, to say the least posting a 0.0 Quarterback rating (QBR) with one completion on six attempts for zero yards, and an interception against the Denver Broncos.

Garoppolo admitted that he was frustrated by his play and wished he could’ve contended the full game to “bounce back.”

“It is what it's. It’s season right now, therefore, you’ve just got to take it in stride,” Garoppolo told reporters after the sport.

The 49ers finished 4-12 last season, but are expected to be a lot higher this year with an improved defense and hopefully a healthy and productive quarterback. before last night’s game, reports on Garoppolo from the camp weren't promising when he reportedly threw 5 straight interceptions in apply.

The 49ers are in a tough division with the defending NFC champion Los Angeles Rams, the Seattle Seahawks who also created the playoffs last year, and an Arizona Cardinals team that has a promising rookie QB in Kyler Murray.

Despite the poor play, Jimmy G says his knee has nothing to do with his poor play that if true is a good sign for his health.

AIR PEACE BOSS ONYEMA WAS INDICATED.

The Chairman of Air Peace limited in Nigeria, Mr. Onyema is facing multiple charges of money laundering and bank fraud in more than $20 million. A United States jury recently indicted man Onyema and Ejiroghene Eghagha, Air Peace’s head of finance and administration.

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Both suspects denied the allegations during a statement Saturday and indicated their determination to fight the charges in court. Although Messrs Onyema and Eghagha are presently believed to be in Nigeria, judges within The U.S. is issuing warrants for their arrest, according to court filings.

The U.S. and Nigeria have an extradition agreement.

On September 5, Russell vineyard, a magistrate at the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia issued a corresponding warrant of arrest for Messrs Onyema and Eghagha in Canada. American prosecutors had wanted the warrant to alter Canadian law enforcement authorities to take the suspects into custody if sighted in their jurisdiction.

As part of a longstanding tradition on cross-border crimes, American authorities have briefed their Canadian counterparts about their case against the 2 Nigerians, documents said. Similarly, on November 19, Justin Anand, a magistrate at the same district issued a separate warrant against Messrs Onyema and Eghagha for their arrest in the united states, especially by the U.S. Marshals Service.

Although the key aspects of the alleged fraud were committed in the U.S., some of the bank accounts used in some of the suspicious transactions were domiciled in Canada.

Several Nigerians have been extradited to the U.S. to face criminal charges, but no high-profile citizen of man Onyema’s standing has ever been two-handed over. Buruji Kashamu, a Nigerian politician, has spent decades fighting his surrender to the U.S. on drug charges, using Nigerian courts to frustrate the process. He was elected into the Nigerian Senate in 2015 and served a full four-year term despite several outstanding court warrants, including appellate court rulings in Nigeria and America, for his extradition.

                                                                                                

It was unclear whether American authorities have filed extradition requests for Messrs Onyema and Eghagha supported the court warrants. A spokesperson for the Nigerian attorney-general’s office did not immediately return requests for comments on Saturday afternoon. American prosecutors said the two connived to launder funds and defraud American banks with falsified letters of credit for aircraft and equipment purchases.

The indictment leveled serious charges of money laundering.

Already, several companies which the U.S. authorities alleged man Onyema set up to carry out fraudulent transactions between Nigerian and American banks have had their bank accounts frozen.
At least $14.2 million (N5 billion) had been confiscated in 3 bank accounts run by Mr. Onyema’s companies in the U.S. and Canada. A final forfeiture of the funds is being pursued as part of the charges against the airline executives. Mr. Onyema did not comment about the arrest warrants and funds seizures.

In an earlier statement on Saturday, man Onyema denied the charges and said he was ready to defend his “innocence”.

Why the Royal Family Finally Reacted Prince Andrew.

Prince Andrew and The Queen

Questions have swirled for years concerning Prince Andrew, the Duke of York’s relationship with condemned sex offender Jeffrey Epstein—including an allegation that the royal had sex with a 17-year-old lady who was trafficked by the disgraced financier. The Queen’s second son, with the backing of Buckingham Palace, has continually forcefully denied wrongdoing.

But just days after Prince Andrew gave a calamitous BBC interview concerning his relationship with Epstein, which included him oral the communication he did not regret the “very useful” friendship, for the palace to react. On Wednesday, Andrew released an announcement saying he would “step back” from public duties for the “foreseeable future.”

He did not willingly speak to U.S. authorities investigating Epstein.

“We all assume she’s this lovely and charming old lady, but she is [the] monarch and she will get terribly, very angry. It takes quite a lot to get her angry, and I think that maybe she feels her son is not telling the truth and maybe she feels he has to pay for it,” says Ingrid Seward, editor-in-chief of Majesty magazine, adding that the Queen likely consulted her eldest son Prince Charles, who is poised to succeed her on the throne, on what action to require. “I expect [Charles] is completely furious, as a result of its damaging—whatever manner you cross-check it, it’s damaging.”

The hour-long interview on Saturday was meant to place to rest allegations that have surfaced in court documents since at least 2015. Following Epstein’s death by suicide in August, pressure has been mounting on Andrew to answer questions on his relationship with Epstein. Instead, it resulted within the famously-discreet royal family dominating headlines around the world, as well on U.S. lawyers seeking justice for Epstein’s alleged victims calling for the Duke to answer questions under oath.

Following Wednesday’s announcement, U.S.-based attorney Gloria Allred, who is representing some of Epstein’s victims, advised that the Duke could be served with a subpoena.

“It was unsustainable when the interview he gave that he might continue in any variety of public position,” says writer Bates, former royal correspondent for the U.K.’s Guardian newspaper. “The fact that he didn’t think it necessary on screen, as his initial priority, to sympathize with the victims of Epstein—I would have thought had he taken any advice at all, that would have been the first factor he would have been told to do.”

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It’s not the first time that the Duke or other members of the house have faced controversy. In a 1994 TV documentary, Prince Charles admitted his infidelity throughout his wedding to Princess Diana. The following year, Diana gave an explosive TV interview to the BBC, revealing more details concerning their wedding. Both instances gained significant, and largely unwelcome, attention from the British press and the public.

The scandal is of quite a different nature, with allegations involving sex trafficking by Epstein and calls for enforcement from the other side of the Atlantic to get involved.

Dickie Arbiter, a royal commentator and former press secretary to the Queen, tells TIME that the family hasn’t faced such backlash “on this scale” since Edward viii abdicated the throne in 1936 to marry American woman Wallis Simpson; a scandal that caused a national crisis.

It’s also new territory for the Duke; the royal who was nicknamed “Air Miles Andy” by the British press in the 2000s because of his expenditure on foreign visits is now facing pressure to speak to the U.S. prosecutors who are still investigating Epstein’s alleged crimes. “Andrew has always been pretty obtuse. He includes a sense of title and customarily speaking imperviousness to criticism,” says Bates. “I suspect what he was expecting was an easier ride than he got, but he probably felt he dealt with it okay, which is just delusional.”

Royal observers say Wednesday’s swift announcement seems to be “damage limitation,” amid many businesses retreating their support for Andrew’s charitable endeavors likewise as students at the University of Huddersfield lobbying to get rid of him as chancellor. “Normally the palace doesn’t move that quickly, however as a result of the appalling message surrounding the interview, the Queen and her advisers set that the sole answer to the matter was a fast answer,” says Seward. “To actually have derision heaped upon him like Prince Andrew has [had], I don’t suppose it’s ever happened before.”

In addition, Arbiter and other experts counsel that Andrew likely didn’t clear the interview in detail with other members of the royal family, or seek the palace’s advice on how to handle the questions.

The Kogi Election: In favor of Dino Melaye

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate within the just completed Kogi West senatorial rerun election, Dino Melaye, on wednesday declared that no-one can take his “seat within the National Assembly.”

Melaye anchored his declaration on the actual fact that he won the Saturday’s senatorial election by a good margin.

Dino Melaye

He spoke at the headquarters of the freelance National Electoral Commission, INEC, in abuja while submitting a petition with 21 video CD’s documentary proof on electoral malpractice that marred the Saturday’s election.

The despoiled lawmaker insisted that thugs led by the Speaker of the Kogi State House of Assembly snatched ballot boxes and crammed them up with those thump printed in favour of the All Progressives Congress, APC.

He said: In Igbeda ward, the Speaker of the state House of Assembly led thugs in snatching ballot boxes and these ballot boxes were taken to a chosen centre wherever they were filled with ballot papers thumped in favour of APC.

INEC had declared the Kogi West senatorial rerun election inconclusive.

“All these results were returned by INEC in favour of APC. All areas were you witnessed killings, shootings, helicopters releasing bullets and teargas results were returned.

“I won the election as a result of we had the polling units results, I won the election with a wide margin and nobody can take my seat in the National Assembly, this is voodoo results.”


The returning officer, professor Olayinde Lawal has said the margin between the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, smart Adeyemi and Melaye of the PDP was 20,570.

He had said Adeyemi polled a total of 80,118 votes, whereas Melaye got 59,548 votes from the seven authorities Areas within the senatorial district

10 Things you Need to know about News.

1. The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief David Lyon, has been declared the winner of the 2019 gubernatorial elections in Bayelsa State. Chief Lyon, won six of the eight government Areas of the state. the total votes recorded by the APC candidate, Chief David Lyon is 352,552 as against 143,172 recorded by the PDP candidate, legislator Douye Diri. legislator Diri won in just 2 LGA, which are Sagbama and Kolokuma/Opokuma government Areas of the State. but the PDP has since rejected the result, accusing the Nigerian Army of rigging for the APC.

2. further announcement of the results of the governorship election in Kogi State has been postponed till 9 a.m. on Monday (Today) The postponement was necessitated by the non-arrival of results from Lokoja and Ibaji local Governments.

The returning officer, Prof. patriarch Umar, said that the postponement would allow the staff to kind things out and give other stakeholders' time to rest. Before the postponement, the incumbent Gov. Yahaya Bello of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was leading Mr. Musa Wada of the Peoples Party (PDP) and 23 other candidates.

3. The Peoples Party (PDP) on Sunday rejected what it termed fictitious results being reeled out by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, from Okene and other areas to favor the All Progressives Congress (APC). PDP demanded the immediate cancellation of such allocated results, particularly in Okene government area. a statement by PDP’s voice, Kola Ologbondiyan, maintained that nobody will accept the provocative alteration of results from polling units as well as the allocation of fictitious votes, particularly the award of 112, 000 votes to APC in Okene.

PDP explicit that the people of Kogi State have glaring evidence of alterations of figures to reduce their vote of and allocate foreign figures to the APC, warning INEC never to declare such a result.

4. Dino Melaye, candidate of the Peoples Party, PDP, for Kogi West legislator district, has described Saturday’s exercise as ‘helicopter election.’ The lawmaker said the result released by INEC was fictitious. Rejecting the results of the election, Melaye added that the election was marred by massive violence and rigging.

5. The Kogi State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Prof. James Apam, on Sunday, confirmed the death of an ad-hoc Electoral Officer (EO). The deceased (names withheld) and others were involved in a boat accident in Ibaji local government area on Saturday. The REC disclosed that the ad-hoc staff was a student of the Kogi State polytechnic, Lokoja which efforts are on to convey the body of the deceased ad-hoc staff to Lokoja.

6. Mastercard and its agents are ordered to prevent the issue of Nigeria’s National identity card. The order was issued by Justice R.M. Aikawa of the Federal high court in Lagos. The ex-part, which also embrace an Anton Piller order followed a motion by Chams Plc and Chams syndicate limited (CCL) filed on August 28, 2019.

In their statement of claim, the appellants are asking Mastercard to pay a total of N114billion for damages.

7. A coalition of civil society organizations has involved the rejection of results from areas where elections didn't hold in Bayelsa State. The coalition, representing various groups accredited by INEC as Observers for the Bayelsa election, made this call on Sunday evening, at a press informing in Yenagoa, as interim election report.

8. The election observation group said vote didn't turn up in Nembe and Ekeremor Government Areas, as well as some units in Yenagoa, wherever violence marred the process. At the briefing was, Mr. S. B Bafunsho of Organization of Justice for Equity Sustenance; Dr. patriarch Onyike of Centre for Strategic Conflict Management and Comrade Peter Nwokolo of citizens’ Rights & Leadership Awareness Initiative. Sandra Osunde of global Policy Advocacy & Leadership Initiative; Dr. Nwambu Gabriel and Rev. John Pofi of Reverend John Pofi Foundation.

9. The Social democratic party, SDP, governorship candidate in Kogi State, Natasha Akpoti, has called for the cancellation of the politician election in Kogi Central and a part of Lokoja, the state capital. Akpoti claimed that “what happened in Kogi Central and other parts of the state was a far cry from a credible election,” hence the independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, should cancel the elections and conduct a rerun. She made the call in a statement she personally signed and issued on Sunday. according to Akpoti, ballot boxes were destroyed and burnt in Okene, Adavi, Ajaokuta, Ogori Magongo, Okehi local government Areas and other parts of the state.

10. Rev. Fr. Theophilus Ndulue, the Parish Priest of St. Patrick Ihuonyia, Amansi-Odo, Ezeagu local government area, Enugu State, has regained his freedom. The priest was abducted on Friday, on his way back from the Diocesan Pastoral Council meeting held at holy ghost Cathedral, Enugu. Police public relations Officer, Ebere Amaraizu, who confirmed the Priest’s unleash, said he was released unhurt.

American Want Optional Vaccine for 25 Percent.

A quarter of Americans assume that parents should be able to choose whether to vaccinate their children for diseases like measles, epidemic parotitis, and measles, per a brand-new poll. The united states are presently experiencing the worst measles outbreak in 25 years.

Seventy-two percent of Americans polled during an NBC News/Wall Street Journal survey discharged on Sunday said that they thought parents should be required to immunize their kids, while 3 percent said them weren't certain.

Sterile water is prepared for a one-dose bottle of measles, mumps and rubella virus vaccine at the Salt Lake County Health Department on April 26GEORGE FREY/GETTY IMAGES

The release of the poll, that was conducted from April 28 to May Day, comes amid a national resurgence of measles, a vaccine the Centers for disease control (CDC) and prevention declared eliminated in 2000. Between January one and May 3, the agency has reportable 764 cases of measles in 23 states. The 764 cases are the highest figure registered in the U.S. since 1994

Infections in New York comprise a major portion of those across the country. Rockland County, an area north of the latest House of York town along the Hudson River, has registered 215 cases as of May 6.

"Forty-four cases were directly imported from different countries, and nine out of ten of these people were in susceptible persons. All forty were old enough to get vaccinated," metropolis Meissonier, director of the CDC's National Center for immunization and respiratoryDiseases, said during a telebriefing last week.

Measles is highly contagious, requiring a herd immunity rate of about 95 percent. Its spread had increased concern among people with compromised immune systems and parents of young kids. every state and Washington, D.C. need faculty students to be vaccinated however also permit medical exemptions, per pew center. There are a unit seventeen states that permit philosophical exemptions, and most states permit nonsecular exemptions.

The current occurrence has prompted the ire of the public health specialists, who stress that the unwellness is preventable and have combated false info concerning vaccines that have been proliferating on social media in recent months.

"There is powerful evidence to counsel that a minimum of a part of the supply of this trend is the degree to that medically inaccurate info concerning vaccines surface on the websites where many Americans get their info, among them YouTube and Google search," Representative Adam Schiff wrote in a letter to Facebook chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg in February.

In March, once criticism that Facebook was allowing vaccine conspiracies to proliferate on-line, the platform said it might ban ads with false info about vaccines and take steps to prevent users from finding anti-vaccination groups.

Source:  Newsweek

HALF OF ANTI-VACCINE IN FACEBOOK ADS POSTED.

Much  of the increase in anti-vax sentiment on social media has been orchestrated by simply 2 ad consumers, according to a study revealed within the journal vaccine. The consumers exploited Facebook targeted advertising in a way similar to the strategies utilized by campaign teams within the Brexit referendum and 2016 U.S. presidential election.

Robert Kennedy Jr., right, speaks at a rally held in opposition to a proposed bill that would remove parents' ability to claim a philosophical exemption to opt their school-age children.

Researchers analyzing anti-vaccine ads running in late 2018 and early 2019 found over half were posted by 2 groups—the World Mercury Project and Stop Mandatory Vaccination.

Both these teams are run by private individuals—the former by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., son of Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Skakel.

"The average person may assume that this anti-vaccine movement may be a grassroots effort led by parents, however what we see on Facebook is that there are a couple of well-connected, powerful people who are responsible for the bulk of advertisements," lead author birth defect dancer, a school analysis assistant within the Maryland Center for Health Equity said in a very statement. "These consumers are more organized than people think."

For the study, Jamison and colleagues searched Facebook's Ad Archive— a platform introduced in 2018 to improve transparency related to sure forms of advertising considered of "national importance"—for "vaccine" two times. Once on December 13, 2018 and once on February 22, 2019.

The search force info for 505 ads, that were then split into 3 categories: professional vaccines, against vaccines and orthogonal. The researchers then analyzed 309 of these ads (163 (53%) pro-vaccine advertisements and 145 (47%) anti-vaccine advertisements) for themes.

The analysis revealed that there were "significantly" higher numbers of consumers for pro-vaccine ads compared to anti-vaccine ads—83 in total. In contrast, just 2 groups (the World Mercury Project and Stop obligatory Vaccination) were responsible for 54 % of ads categorized as anti-vax. Pro-vaccine ads also tended to have a lot of varied and a lot of specific aims related to a single vaccine. for example, the Gates Foundation campaign to fight acute anterior poliomyelitis (theme: philanthropy) or Walmart’s advertising for its local flu vaccine clinic (theme: promotion).

In their conclusions, the researchers criticize the way Facebook handles the vaccine "debate," noting that because of the company categorizes these ads as "political," many pro-vaccine ads are rejected.

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"By accepting the framing of vaccine opponents—that vaccination is a political topic, rather than one on which there is widespread public agreement and scientific consensus—Facebook perpetuates the false idea that there's even a debate to be had," David Broniatowski, professor of engineering management and systems engineering at GW concerned in the study said in a statement. "This leads to increased vaccine hesitancy, and ultimately, more epidemics."

"Worse, these policies really punish pro-vaccine content since Facebook needs a revelation of funding sources for 'political' ads, however immunizing agent proponents seldom consider themselves as political. to boot, immunizing agent opponents square measure a lot of organized and a lot of able to make certain that their ads meet these needs."

The researchers conjointly highlight considerations over the influence, Facebook has once it involves the unfold information and misinformation—and the social and political impact that influence can have.

"While everyone knows that Facebook is used to spread misinformation, few people realize the management that advertisers have to be compelled to target their message," aforesaid Mark Dredze, the John C. student-professor of technology at Johns Hopkins.

"This puts public health officers, with restricted workers resources for social media campaigns, at a true the disadvantage, simply when we need to communicate the urgency of vaccines as a way to shield our kids and our families," said Sandra dramatist Quinn, academician and chair of the Department of Family Science at UMD's faculty of Public Health, involved in the study.

The team hope to continue their analysis and find out how changes to Facebook's policy relating to vaccine-related ads (introduced earlier this year) can affect the unfold of anti-vaccine sentiment.

The Rise of the Anti-Vaccine Movement

Despite the actual fact that the most anti-vax arguments are completely debunked, medical professionals from around the world have according to declines within the variety of kids being immunized. This trend has diode the globe Health Organization (WHO) to list "vaccine hesitancy" among the highest threats to human health, aboard global climate change and antimicrobial resistance.

At the same time, there has been an enormous uptick in the number of measles cases. In 2000, the disease was declared eliminated within the U.S. This year, 1,261 cases were reported between January one and November 7—the highest variety since 1992, per the Centers for disease control and hindrance (CDC).

This is how Catholic Priest Molested a Young Girl.

An 11-year-old Italian girl has been hailed as a hero after using her cell phone to document the alleged sexual abuse inflicted on her by a Catholic priest. Father Michele Mottola, 59, was arrested in the week in Trentola Ducenta, near Naples, when audio recordings said to be of him and the girl got to local press.

The Bishop of Aversa, Angelo Spinello, was made aware of the allegations as early as of May 2018 and suspended Mottola at the time, as well as reporting the allegations to the general public prosecutor of the commissariat of Aversa. However, no further action was taken against the priest.

Almost a year and a half later, the action was only taken once the recordings were ventilated on autoimmune disorder Irene, a political TV program. it had been then that the general public Prosecutor's office in Naples gave orders to arrest.

"Look, there is nobody there," a voice that is allegedly Mottola's said in one, according to translations by Church Militant. "You are scared? Embrace me, kiss me."

"Do you recognize that I like you?" the voice said in another. "Do you want a bit of a kiss?"

In one clip, you can hear a child whimpering and telling the man to stop repeatedly.

"Take this to dry yourself," you can allegedly hear Mottola speech in another, after more tears and protestations are detected from the woman.

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The child resorted to recording the repeated abuse that allegedly took place after her mother's attempts to inform local parishioners failed. In her innocence, one of the recordings also show her pleading with the man to stop abusing her, telling him that she had told others inside the church, but he responded by telling her not to tell lies.

"You didn't have to do it, as a result of currently they'll perceive alternative things," he told the woman. "Things will get very bad. I will come to your home to talk to your parents."

The priest also allegedly tried to coax the girl into silence by comparing her to Islamic State suicide bombers.

"You will tell lies. do you understand you can lie? you're like Islamic suicide bombers, throwing a bomb, killing people and leaving. The mud ends up also on your family and on you."

Another the clip appears to show Mottola taking a gentler approach: "Can you say that you have invented everything to the limit?

"Everything ... that I took you to the bedroom ... everything.

"So, we tend to take this mess out of the way. we can pretend that it never happened. we don't say it anymore, okay?"

After the clips were broadcast on La Iene, the girl's mother said she was proud of her daughter's wiliness.

Source: Newsweek

The Federal Aviation Agency want to Ground 38 Southwest Airlines

 FAA recently considered grounding 38 Southwest Airlines

The Federal Aviation Agency recently considered grounding 38 Southwest Airlines jets due to missing maintenance documentation, according to a Wall Street Journal report. Without the full paperwork, the Federal Aviation Agency couldn't verify that the planes met federal safety necessities.

The missing documentation applies to some planes that Southwest bought used from foreign airlines. The airline said it considers the issue} a work problem, not a safety risk. Sign up for Business Insider's transportation newsletter, Shifting Gears, to get more stories like this in your inbox.

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The Federal Aviation Agency recently thought of grounding over 3 dozen Southwest Airlines jets, once the airline failed to provide documentation confirming that the jets meet safety standards, the Wall Street Journal reported.

The issue stems from used aircraft that Southwest has purchased over several years from foreign airlines. The previous homeowners didn't keep reliable maintenance records. Consequently, Southwest and regulators, unable to establish an accurate history of minor repairs, fixes, and inspections, cannot definitively confirm that the planes meet all safety necessities.

Southwest has faced increased scrutiny from Congressional investigators and the Federal Aviation Agency for months, following a range of whistleblower complaints related to maintenance and safety. the most recent issue arose over the past many weeks, after Southwest informed the Federal Aviation Agency that it previously found dozens of "problematic" repairs on planes, done by previous house owners.

Those findings, combined with the inadequate documentation, has raised concerns among regulators. though the airline believed it had backup records, it later found that it was missing numerous important documents and that some work was incomplete, The Journal said.

Southwest acquired 88 used Boeing 737 metric weight unit planes between 2013 and 2017, part of its fleet of more than 750 Boeing 737 jets.

Of those 88, 41 have been fully inspected to verify paperwork and another 9 are undergoing inspections. The remaining 38 planes, that are the ones lacking complete documentation, have drawn scrutiny from the Federal Aviation Agency, the Department of Transportation's officer, and Congress.

The Federal Aviation Agency threatened to ground those 38 planes in late October, according to The Journal, "if the agency's considerations weren't adequately addressed." In 2018, the regulator briefly grounded 32 of the airline's planes following audits of maintenance records.

The airline told the Federal Aviation Agency that it considers the issue} a paperwork problem, rather than maintenance and safety risk, because each of the planes had undergone extensive regular maintenance over the years since joining Southwest's fleet. The agency agreed to let the planes continue flying following discussions with Southwest officers, and conditional upon the airline accelerating required inspections to bring work into compliance by January.

Southwest also owns 34 Boeing 737 max jets, which are grounded through March. A grounding of additional planes would place a big strain on the airline's operations.

In June, the Federal Aviation Agency reassigned 3 managers in its office overseeing Southwest, amid numerous considerations.

Source: Pulse ng

Nigeria’s Mineral exports in 2017 visited China

The common fraction of Nigeria’s mineral exports in 2017 visited China, a recent report on solid minerals shows. The audit report by the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) conjointly showed that 3 of the twenty-six minerals exported in 2017 accounted for seventy-three .81 percent of total exports.

The 3 commodities are zinc ores and concentrate, Lead ores and concentrate, and silica Sands and Quartz. China was the major destination of Nigeria’s export during the year under review, followed by Malaysia and Vietnam.

While China accounted for 68 percent of the total export value throughout the year, Malaysia and Vietnam accounted for 6.5 percent and 4.4 percent severally. The total value of mineral exports, however, decreased by 26.95 percent in 2017 in comparison with 2016.

The large volume of export to China {may be|could also be|is also} based on demand but also based on the increasing trade and partnership between China and Nigeria. 

Nigeria has obtained 17 Chinese loans of about $6.5 billion to fund projects across sectors since 2002.

Limestone dominates

In terms of volume, limestone was the most produced and sold mineral in Nigeria during the year. Over 19.4 million tonnes of limestone were used/sold in Nigeria in 2017, attracting a market value of over N11.6 billion.

The mineral conjointly attracted over N583 million as payment for royalty and constituted 55 percent of Nigeria’s mineral production in the year under review.

Limestone, the major constituent in cement production, is found in substantial deposits across Nigeria. it's being exploited in some states, but some are still untouched or not discovered yet.

Amongst other things, limestone is crushed to produce a base for roads and can even be found in paper, paint, plastics, tiles and even dentifrice.

It is found in an exceedingly business deposit in Abia, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Benue, Borno, Edo, Enugu, Imo, Ogun, Ondo, and Sokoto states.

According to the report, limestone, granite combination, and soil accounted for eighty-five .72 percent of mineral production in Nigeria, with stone alone tributary concerning 55 percent.

Quarry in Nigeria may be a major subsector within the housing industry, it's wherever solid minerals area unit blasted or crushed for construction use. Asides pollution, production activities have a variety of effects like land degradation, pollution, and activity pollution that can cause health-related issues.

According to the planet Health Organisation estimate, seven million folks die untimely once a year from air pollution-related diseases, as well as strokes and heart conditions, disease and cancer.

“Many pollutants that harm health conjointly damage the setting and contribute to temperature change. These embody black carbon from diesel engines, preparation stoves, and waste combustion, and ground-level gas, that area unit harmful however area unit ephemeral within the atmosphere,” WHO said.

Also, the report disclosed that four out of the fifty-nine firms that paid royalties within the mining sector created a combined total of over N20 billion, out of the N32.78 billion created in 2017.

These firms created the majority of the whole production volume utilized in 2017 as they conjointly created over twenty-seven million tonnes, representing seventy seven.31 percent of the whole thirty-five .33 million tonnes created for the year.

The production worth of those firms accounted for over sixty percent of the whole worth of created minerals. The companies' area unit Dangote Cement Plc, Lafarge Cement Plc, CGC Nigeria restricted and Julius Berger Plc. 

Source: PREMIUM TIMES 

NBA things I like and don't like, including Luka Doncic

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As we put the first 10% of the season in the books, here are 10 things to check out: Nikola Jokic has most likely racked up more "likes" during this space than any other player.

And so it's with a heavy heart that I note: Jokic does not look right, and the issues appear to go beyond his early-season, umm, learning.

His shots, free throws, and assists are down. Jokic is recording only 8.8 post touches per 100 possessions, down from 12 last season, per Second Spectrum, and that's a problem considering he is a devastating scorer and passer on the block. Things are just ... weird.

Against Orlando on Saturday, Jokic did not even look to post up for the entire first half. The coaches should have gotten on him at halftime. On Denver's 1st possession of the third quarter, Jokic jacked a contested above-the-break triple as soon as he touched the ball.

He did it again two possessions later. Those shots seemed like messages: Buckeye State, you want me to shoot? How about this?
He is pouting more even by his mopey standards: waving his arms in frustration at inaccurate passes, and slapping opponents to stop play after what he considers bad calls.

We haven't even addressed the defense. Jokic has never exactly been agile, but he makes up for it to some degree with canny positioning, quick meat-hook hands, and voracious rebounding. Awkward appearances aside, the Nuggets have forever been stingier with Jokic on the floor.

They still are, per NBA.com. But Jokic is barely moving. He paws at bodies as they fly around him, like a toddler reaching for bubbles.
Jokic is contesting only 3.9 shots per game around the basket, per NBA.com, a remarkably low number for a starting center logging 30 minutes per game.

Some players contesting at least that many close shots: Bruce Brown, James Harden, Lonzo Ball, Darius Garland, and Mason Plumlee -- Jokic's backup. (Jokic opposes six such shots per game last season.).

It's easy to laugh this off -- Buckeye State, that Jokic! -- and assume all will be well by the postseason. It is a great sign that Denver is 5-2 despite unremarkable starts from everyone other than will Barton. Their starting 5 has mauled opponents by 38 points in 98 minutes.

But winning a title is hard. It takes full engagement from everybody on the roster. Franchise players set the tone. Fissures openly easily in the NBA.

The super-deep Nuggets will probably be fine. Jokic is still having a solid season. But this bears watching.

2. The arrhythmic greatness of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
There just aren't many humans this shifty:

A lot of players toggle between 2 gears: fast and slow, or (in the case of men like Kyle Anderson) slow and a little less slow. Gorgeous-Alexander operates along nearly the entire speedometer, and he's so limber, with such arrhythmic patterns, it sometimes looks as if different parts of his body are moving at different rates.

That's just filthy. Utter filth. That hesitation dribble followed by a one-handed lefty gather? Come on.
Gorgeous-Alexander is mostly deliberate, but he will explode in straight lines when he needs to -- and finish over and through bigger defenders.

His growth in Year 2 has been incredible. Gorgeous-Alexander is averaging twenty-two points and shooting 400th from deep. He has already canned six pull-up 3s after hit just seven all of last season. He's a menace on defense, good for a steal and a block per game. His arms are everywhere.

He has functioned well on and off the ball in Oklahoma City's triple purpose guard lineup, with Chris Paul and Dennis Schroder; Oklahoma City is plus-28 in the 47 minutes those three have played together. Hopefully, Gilgeous-Alexander gets more solo point duty later in the season. Sources: ESPN

Hand Sanitizer or Soap is Good for Washing of Hand

No one likes to get ill; you feel miserable and it always seems to happen at the most unfortunate moments.

Hand Washing with Soap

You’re out of the running for a couple of days at least and there’s so much to catch up on when you’re back to full health again. To avoid getting sick in the 1st place, some people wash their hands with hand sanitizer or soap a lot.

But this is not a very good idea…healthy you shouldn’t wash your hands with soap or hand sanitizer too often.

How often do you wash your hands with hand sanitizer or soap?

No one likes to get ill; you feel miserable and it always seems to happen at the most unfortunate of moments. You’re out of the running for a couple of days at least and there’s so much to catch up on when you’re back to full health again.

To avoid getting sick in the first place, some people wash their hands with hand sanitizer or soap a lot. But this is not a very good idea…You’d better go easy on the hand sanitizer. Cleaning your hands, Of course, you’ll wish to clean your hands after a visit to the restroom.

We get that; it’s just the hygienic thing to do. But whether you should wash or disinfect your hands after each little task may be a different story. You’ll enjoy not doing that too often.

Damaging have you had very dry hands lately or have you ever noticed little cracks in your skin? Then you might be using too much soap or hand sanitizer.

Most hand sanitizers and soaps contain ingredients that will dry out your skin, like alcohol, for example. This extracts moisture from your hands and when you repeatedly use the sanitizer or soap, your hands can start to get dehydrated. Some people’s hands get dehydrated so much that they get cracks or splits in their skin or cuticles.