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Sunday, May 24, 2015

A-M-A-Z-I-N-G! Ifeanyi Ubah Disregards Petroleum Cabal, Moves To Make Fuel Available Across The Country

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You all remember Ifeanyi Ubah, yes the same Ifeanyi Ubah from Anambra state. The same politician who founded the Transformation Ambassadors of Nigeria(TAN). Mr. Ubah is in the news and this time, he has decided to come to the aid of Nigerians who have continued to groan under the current fuel scarcity (unavailability we meant to write) by making the product available across the country through his Capital Oil.
Read his press statement below...‎
Good day Ladies and Gentlemen of the press!
On Saturday 16th May 2015, we received an SMS ordering the suspension of loading activities in all depots from Monday 18th May 2015. We later realized that this directive was as a result of unpaid funds owed to transporters by oil marketers who in turn are owed by the Federal Government. This development has resulted in immense hardship to our fellow country men and women. We believe that a better solution can be pursued towards solving this problem in a way that does not adversely affect our dear citizens.
Capital Oil and Gas has watched with so much pain, the suffering and hardship our citizens have been subjected to as a result of scarcity of petrol, diesel, aviation fuel and house hold kerosene. We are deeply pained to hear that hospitals cannot perform surgeries, laboratories are unable to carry out much needed tests especially for emergency patients leaving such patients at risk of dying, radio stations are shutting down, communication is being affected as MTN and other telecommunications company have announced an impending shut down while homes, offices and key facilities nationwide are experiencing blackouts. In some parts of the country, petrol is already selling at an all-time high of N1,000 per litre. Our citizens have left their homes and are now sleeping in fuel stations, facing the risk of robbery attacks and other attendant risk.
In a few days' time, a new government headed by General Muhamadu Buhari will be sworn in. Apart from our citizens being unable to watch the handover on television and unavailability of transportation for attendees of this historic handover, the resulting chaos from this scarcity may shutdown the Nation and sabotage the efforts Nigeria has made to attain greater heights.
We are constrained at this point and have decided that two wrongs cannot make a right. We will not be part of this sabotage against our fatherland. Therefore from this minute, we shall take the risk of opening our facilities and commence swift loading and distribution of products Nationwide.
Our facility has the capacity to load over 13 million litres of product before dawn. This comes to approximately 400 trucks of petroleum products. With this act, it is our belief that once again our citizens will begin to smile, return to normal family and work life. We call on other petroleum marketers to follow suit and save our Nation from this impending economic and social crisis. This is a period that requires patriotism and service to fatherland. Let's join hands to help our fellow citizens and save Nigeria. We also call on striking bodies to call off the strike action. Let us work together for the betterment of our people.
As we brief you this moment, our truck park, port reception facilities and our depot complex have been ordered opened. We are ordering and resuming discharge of products from vessels at our berths. We have ordered our trucks to commence loading of products and move overnight to every state of the Federation.
Most importantly, we wish to use this medium to thank NNPC and PPMC for their steadfastness in ensuring the availability of petroleum products. Current PPMC stock level in our storage tanks and buffer stock on vessels awaiting discharge at our jetty is capable of meeting the Nation's need for 15 days.
Furthermore, we wish to emphasis that we have a total solution to the traffic menace on the oshodi apapa expressway. In the coming weeks, we hope to engage the Federal Government (Federal Ministry of Transport), Lagos State Government and other stakeholders in the affected area, to optimally utilize our truck park facilities which has the capacity to accommodate over 1,100 trucks per time and 5,000 on a shift basis.
Capital Oil and Gas continues to appeal to Nigerians to accept and support deregulation as this will curb corruption, enhance competition, lead to reduction of pump price for petroleum products and ensure constant supply to meet Nigeria's demand.
Long live the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Dr. Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah
Managing Director/CEO
Capital Oil and Gas Industries Limited‎
Lagos, Sunday 24th May 2015

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#FuelCrisis! Iyanya Cancels Liberian Show Over Scarcity

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The ongoing fuel crisis in Nigeria has bitten hard into the entertainment industry.‎
MMMG artiste, Iyanya Mbuk has been forced to cancel his show in Liberia.
He made the revelation in message oon twitter.
"I was meant to perform today in Liberia for the Ebola Free Concert, was due to travel on Friday that didn't happen, Saturday no way.All this was caused by Flight cancellations by one of the Airlines. Now the show has to be rescheduled for a later date. #sad" he lamented.
Across the country, the story is the same as the unavailability of fuel continue to hit businesses.  Yesterday, Megalectrics Limited owners of Beat FM, Classic FM and Naija FM have cut down its hours of operation.

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Chelsea Crowned English Champions As Legendary Drogba Bids Farewell

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Champions Chelsea ended the campaign eight points clear at the top after a final-day win over Sunderland.
Steven Fletcher's header put the visitors ahead but a Diego Costa penalty - after John O'Shea barged Juan Cuadrado - levelled before the break.
Costa replaced Didier Drogba, who was carried off by his team-mates after 30 minutes of his final Chelsea outing.‎
Sunderland finish the Premier League season in 16th, three points clear of danger.
Dick Advocaat's side were already safe before Sunday's game and played with freedom, peppering Petr Cech's goal with 17 shots.
But the goalkeeper, making what could be his final Chelsea appearance, was beaten only once - Adam Johnson's 26th-minute corner was allowed to travel to the back post and Fletcher was poised to thump a header into the net.
That was to prove the highlight for the visitors, who defended stoically but were ultimately overwhelmed as they searched for consecutive wins at Stamford Bridge.
Their lead lasted just 11 minutes. O'Shea fouled Cuadrado and Costa - who had only been on the field for seven minutes - slid the penalty past Vito Mannone for his 20th goal of the campaign.
Chelsea, led by the irrepressible Eden Hazard, dominated the second period but it took until the 70th minute for the champions to edge ahead on the day they were presented with the Premier League trophy.
The Belgian created the goal with a scything run, eliminating several Sunderland players before shunting the ball to Remy, who dragged a low shot past Mannone.
Sunderland pressed gamely for an equaliser - Fletcher headed wide from a promising position and Connor Wickham twice tested Cech - but Chelsea exploited that ambition to craft a lovely third goal.
The hosts broke down the left and Remy met Nemanja Matic's tempting near-post delivery with a composed flicked finish to spark the title celebrations.
Blues legend, Didier Drogba was honored by teammates as he was carried off the pitch by the excited team as the Ivorian bids farewell to the bridge.

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Busted! How Female Bankers Are Fast Turning Into Pr•stitutes

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It has become very evident that there appears to be a flagrant uneagerness by the banking industry to attempt redeeming itself from the grave and obvious danger of sinking very low in the esteem of decent people. Today, most people are wont to draw parallels between female bankers and the growing pack of unprincipled actresses, and between the banking industry and the fast becoming scummy pond we call our home video industry. This is most unfortunate, because, before now, the hallowed precincts of the banks epitomized the cherished ideals of civility, responsibility, decency and scruples.‎
We already know what to expect from an emerging brand of actors and actresses whose uninhibitable and licentious ambience often offers very alluring incentives to become celebrated weirdoes. We can appreciate their desperation; a desperation born out of the thirst to, in so short a time, hit a box-office ! success in a circle perennially plagued with aridity of clear imagination.
And because society has in excess supply voyeurs and men and women of obscene tastes, the tendency is to avoid the long tortuous trajectory of tasking the intellect to realize well-plotted drama, and relapse into the cold refuge of a filthy short-cut. The result is the unedifying sight of a bunch of actresses pulling off their dresses in order to feast the famished eyes of lustful men and even women. Of course, I am told that these hare-brained strippers are the "real professionals", who are only "interpreting" accurately their roles. One of them has been shouting herself hoarse that she has the support of her parents and her "pastor".
As if all these Edo "bush-meats" being periodically bundled back from Italy do not also have the support of their parents and their "pastors". Or as if these bunch of over-bleached flesh that swoop on you like rapacious vampires as early as 6.30 pm once you apply the breaks along Adeniran Ogunsanya Street, or Allen Avenue, Lagos, to beckon a bread vendor do not also have the support of their parents and their "pastors." The point is that I do not see any difference between all these categories of women. May be, what can be said is that some are more dignified than the others. But the truth is hard to deny that they are all using what they have to secure what they want.
That is why it must be painful exercise to many who are now forced to lump female employees of our banks, especially, the so-called "new generation" variety, into this pack. Sometimes, it is difficult to discern the real problem of women. One moment they seem to be proclaiming through their actions: Please, I am too cheap! With just a few notes you can have all of me! Just for the asking! Then the next moment, they are grumbling that men do not rate them highly. So, what are we really going to do?
But then the bank is the last place one would have expected to witness this malaise. It is difficult to visit any of these banks, especially, the so-called "new generation" variety, and not feel thoroughly disgusted. The other day, a friend went to one of these banks in Lagos, and was offered a seat by a merry, cheerful, flesh-advertising female employee. He turned down the gesture and offered instead to be attended to downstairs. When asked why, his reply was straight- forward: "I don't sit with naked women!"
It is indeed very painful that our banks would come to this sorry state in their pursuit of huge but of course dirty profits. The way women, young and old, hop about in these banks with skimpy skirts that barely cover their crotches, and blouses with necks cut low enough to rudely flaunt bulging boobs at your face, is sickening. I am told that the more female flesh you expose, the more fat deposits you attract. That is the new trend in jet-age banking. The other day, a staff of one of these banks came to my office to see a colleague on official matters. She might as well have not bothered to wear any skirt at all because the one she wore hardly covered anything. She was fair, very fair.
She may also be said to be pretty. I am told that she is married with one or two kids. My colleague told me that he had tried to ask her why it was necessary to appear that indecent. She had tried to utter ! some blurred babble about company policy, corporate image, smart appearance, customer-impressing robes and all such gibberish. Her husband, she said, used to complain initially, but has since got used to it. Poor man, his wife probably picks most of the bills. My colleague tried to talk about God and his attitude towards such obscenity. But the lady snapped back: she is born-again; she worships with one of those Chapel of This or Cathedral of That, or This and That Assembly that populate every cranny of Lagos. Her Bible of course was in her bag.
I guess that her "pastor" does not talk about Christ's promise of a milestone being hung on people's neck and they being dumped into the sea if they go ahead to cause people to sin. To be fair to the woman, she did confess that she does not really enjoy those outfits, but then what will she do? She must keep her high-paying job. Well, the funds are rolling in; the "pastor" is there giving an encouraging smile and some warped rational! izations, and the naïve husband at home is not complaining, so why on earth should the bird-brained doll of a woman allow any prick on her long dead conscience? That there are pastors today who encourage these obscene dressers can only vindicate the trite view that human beings of the identically dirty minds necessarily congregate together to worship their god, which is certainly not the holy God that made the heaven and earth. So, from a New Generation Bank to New Generation 'Church'.
Talk of depraved beasts of the same hue necessarily stalking together. But only God knows how many men who had urgently visited the prostitute after ogling at this shameless lady because of her vulgar dressing. Only God knows the trouble she had caused to so many emotionally immature men. Indeed, her so-called pastor may not tell her this, but she must pay for it on the day of reckoning. And that would come pretty soon. Please, let us not be deceived, the devil has populated the world with his! children parading themselves as 'funky pastors'. Beware! The consolation, however, is that if there is the bad, then, there is also the good. That there are adulterated goods does not foreclose the abundant existence of the genuine ones.
It appears that these banks are determined to take full advantage of their human (female) resources. I heard of a lady sent to "persuade" a chief executive to make a deposit in her bank. Though she was dressed in the usual "persuasive" attire, she still had vestiges of her morals intact. The chief executive was willing to make the deposit, but on one condition: the lady must let him see beyond her mini-skirt for a weekend at his hotel room. As he said it, unabashed, a fatuous smile played on his lips.
But the lady thought this was unfair, shameful, in fact an insult. She reported back to her manager and expected an outrage against such an unholy demand. But the manager had a different opinion. Looking straight into the lady's face he said: "I don't know what you are talking about. But let not this bank lose that deposit. How you do it is your business." Of course the lady perfectly understood her manager. She also detected the veiled threat. And she did not want to lose her job either. Well the end of the story is that her bank got that deposit. And the lady got a commendation and bonus. Do not ask me whether she is married to some unsuspecting fool of a man somewhere who is busy luxuriating in the deceptively pleasant feelings that his wife brings home a fat pay-packet every other month. That is the rot, the decay, the stench, the slime that now goes for banking policy. And this lady i! s just one in a thousand cases, in which women are now compelled to compromise their morals and marital fidelity, yes to hawk their bodies to rake in huge profits into their bank's coffers.
How can Nigeria, and indeed many other nation just sit still and watch some boardroom tin gods turn people's wives and daughters into corporate pros titutes? Some ladies of loose morals who have found their ways into these banks are making it big? They are faring better than their counterparts who hang out in the evenings at Allen Avenue, rushing at your car like a brood of vultures or bunch of determined hawkers of sub-standard or contaminated wares. The corporate colour, which these banks give them, enhances their prices. As they are doing well for their banks, so they are also doing well for themselves. And nobody is complaining. Many have metamorphosed from forced, conscripted victims to eager, solicitous whores.
It is that bad. Truth is: a whore is a whore, whether found in the hallowed precincts of a bank or at an unlit corner of a dingy street at Isale-Eko. They are united by their p! ossession of the same qualities: cheapness, worthlessness, indecency, disposableness and valuelessness. And since the banks are happy and the ladies are picking the bills at home, no row is made. Perhaps somebody will tell me that this is feminism, and that these women are introducing a revolution that will make them rule the financial sector, and wrest it from the domineering hands of men. Assuming they will not become HIV-positive before achieving that feat, what with the emerging fact that condoms are no longer an effective protection against AIDS.
Somebody must put a halt to all these. Can't some of the women who still have their morals intact organize themselves and say NO to this madness? Can't all these women groups who are dissipating their energies campaigning for a perennially vaporous woman president force these banks to the path of decency and level playing? Must the easiest way of becoming a corporate prostitute be to get an employment in a new generation bank and insist on working at the Marketing Division or The Customer Services Section where you would be sent once in a while to one Chief Executive to "persuade" him to deposit some huge sums in your bank? But assuming the Chief Executive is a woman? Should these banks then send her a smashing young dandy to seduce her off her hard-line posture? How dirty!
Sometimes, when women complain of marginalization and relegation, I tend to blame them for it. They are the ones who are eager to prove to men that they are too cheap, in fact, cheaper than "pure water". The few of them who still hold their heads high and remain on the side of decency are considered odd. Thank God, we still have this few. But they are too few to convince me that woman is still not the world's cheapest commodity.

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OAU Lecturer, 11 Year Old, Eight Other Kidnapped Victims Regain Freedom In Ekiti

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Ten persons, including an 11-year-old boy, kidnapped in Ekiti State a month ago were at the early hours of Saturday released by their captors, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.‎
They include Dr Folasade Alade, Dr Femi Omisore, Dr Kikielomo Adegun and a nurse, Margret Aladeneka.
The victims, who were kidnapped at different locations within the state, included two lecturers at the Ekiti State University.
A family member of one of the victims, Mrs Nike Aina, told NAN that the victims were released after their families had paid some undisclosed ransom.
But the Force Public Relations Officer, Emmanuel Ojukwu, said some of the kidnappers were  arrested, describing the operation as ongoing.
According to Ojukwu, in a statement in Abuja on Saturday, the victims were rescued.
Aina, however, explained that the kidnappers dropped their victims in a bush in the Esure Ekiti area of the state.
Also, a brother of one of the victims, Pastor Tokunbo Olofin, said, "My sister called me around 7am on Saturday, telling me they had been released.
"She used one of the villagers phone to call. We have seen them, we thank God for his faithfulness."
He told NAN that the victims havd  been taken to hospitals for treatment by their families after the Police had arrived at the scene.
Olofin added that the police advised them to wait for the arrival of the state governor, Ayodele Fayose, but the relations could not as they hurriedly took them to hospitals for examination.

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A lecturer of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Dr. Femi ‎Omisore, who was also kidnapped in Ekiti State about two weeks ago,  was also released in the early hours of Saturday.
He was reportedly rescued alongside the nine others, including three other nurses.
It was gathered that the victims were rescued by vigilantes at Esure Ekiti, who subsequently took the rescued victims to the palace of the Elesure of ‎Esure Ekiti. However, the lecturer's daughter has refuted reports that he was rescued disclosing that the family actually a paid an undisclosed ransom.
‎A family source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, and the Chairman of Academic Staff of Union of Universities, OAU chapter, Dr. Caleb Aborisade,‎ confirmed Omisore's rescue.
Though they could not ascertain if the perpetrators were arrested. ‎
Aborisade, in a telephone conversation with our correspondent, said‎, "Yes, he has been rescued."
Omisore was abducted on his way to a funeral ceremony at Oye Ekiti in penultimate Saturday.
He is a lecturer in the Department of Environmental Design Management of OAU.
Apart from Omisore that was abducted, his driver was killed and his car burnt.
The reason for the kidnap of the lecturer had earlier been trailed by controversy, especially among students and other sympathisers.
Some believed that the lecturer was kidnapped because he is a relation of the Osun State Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate in the 2014 election, ‎Senator Iyiola Omisore.
Others, especially a segment of his family, are of the opinion that Omisore was set-up by some of his colleagues that he had issues with.
Describing his kidnap, an eyewitness said, "A car was trailing him and his driver tried to escape but he was caught. The driver tried so much to avoid being overtaken by the unknown men but it was painful that he did not succeed. They eventually killed him."

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Daredevil Ibadan Robber Arrested On Wedding Day

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Oyo State Police Command  arrested a suspected  member of a robbery gang on his wedding day.
Olumide Asiyanbi, 42,  told newsmen that nemesis caught up with him when he was at the registry to sign the dotted lines.‎
The police alleged he was a member of  a six-man-robbery gang who had  terrorised residents of Challenge area of Ibadan, the state capital.
The state Commissioner of Police, Muhammed Katsina, said the suspects included  a 62-year-old Ghanaian.
Asiyanbi  confessed that he had been involved in 10 different robbery attacks before he was arrested.
He said, "I was arrested on my wedding day. I met the gang leader, James Agba, last year. He told me  he knew how we could be getting regular money. He then initiated me into the gang. I have taken part in at least 10 operations since I joined them.
"We  used gun but I don't know where James was buying them. Sulaimon and Alhaji, who are also in the gang, knew how the guns were bought for our operations. I have fired shots at our targets but nobody was killed."

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Married Woman, Daughter Kidnapped In Ibadan

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A woman identified as Mrs. Opeyemi Adeniran and her daughter, Oyinkansola, have been kidnapped at their residence, in the Odo-ona Elewe, area of Ibadan.‎
The incident happened as the Oyo State Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Katsina, inaugurated the command's Anti-kidnapping Squad, which is headed by Usman Dimka, at the state command, Eleyele, on Saturday.
A Save Our Soul message sent by concerned friends and relatives of the family on the social media claimed that Mrs. Adeniran and her daughter were kidnapped about 8pm on Friday and driven away in an ash coloured Volkswagen Golf 3 car with number plate FKJ 238 BD.
Mrs. Adeniran's brother, who identified himself as Mr. Tajudeen Banjo, told our correspondent that the case had been reported to the police and that the family was traumatised by the incident.
"She was kidnapped with her daughter and taken away on Friday night. Her husband is out of the country and we have reported to the police. We beg the police and the public to help us in time of this trial. My sister is an easy-going individual," he said.
Efforts to get the reaction of the state police were futile.

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Buruji Kashamu Threatens To Commit Suicide Rather Than Face Extradition

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Senator-elect, Ogun-East, Prince Buruji Kashamu,  was said to have threatened to kill himself  if  officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA)  forced their way into his house, claiming there was a court injunction against the NDLEA's action. Some of his friends who claimed to have  contacted him on phone between 7 and 9 am disclosed that Kashamu said he would remain indoors till Monday.
But the narcotic agency explained that the operatives mandate was to put the politician, who is also the Chairman, Organisation and Mobilisation Committee of the PDP in the South-West, under  house arrest pending when he  would appear in court on Monday.  The NDLEA  spokesman, Mitchel Ofoyeju , in a six paragraph statement, yesterday, said: "A special team of NDLEA has confined Ogun State senator-elect, Buruji Kashamu, to his Lagos residence pending his appearance in court on Monday, May 25, 2015 to perfect his extradition to the United States.
"The  agency has commenced extradition procedures against Senator-elect  Buruji Kashamu in line with the laws of country. He has been in contact with his attorneys and will appear in court on Monday.
"The residence of Buruji was raided by narcotic operatives at about 5am  today. 
Further information will be communicated to the media". ‎
But Kashamu's media aide, Mr Austine Oniypkor, described the siege on his principal's house as illegal, dismissing the claim  that the NDLEA  had arrest warrant to that effect. 
In a  statement, Oniyokor said: " Yes, at about  4:30am, some men, who claimed to be from the NDLEA, surrounded the Lekki Phase 1, Lagos residence of Prince Buruji Kashamu to allegedly effect his arrest following a purported extradition request from the US.
"This latest onslaught is a confirmation of the alleged plot to illegally abduct him in spite of the pending suit against this illegality. As a matter of fact, the court has ordered parties in the matter, including the NDLEA, to maintain  the status quo until judgment is delivered on Wednesday, 27th May, 2015. 
"We have confirmed that they do not have a warrant of arrest, just as the office of the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice has said that it did not give any order to carry out this illegality. We have confirmed that this illegality is being designed and executed by Chief Bode George whose wife is the Director General of the NDLEA, all in a bid to score cheap political points.
"We urge all well meaning Nigerians to prevail on NDLEA, Chief George and his wife to toe the path of the rule of law and follow due process. Nigeria is not a Banana republic! The United States (US), being the bastion of democracy, the rule of law and due process should not lend itself to this kind of illegality". 
Kashamu had, of late, alleged a plot to abduct and extradict to the US to answer drug related charges, citing information leaked to his lawyer by a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) close to the  Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed  Adoke.
His  travails began shortly after he fell apart with  former President Olusegun Obasanjo  over  the control of the leadership of the PDP  in Ogun State.
Buruji had been   in Obasanjo's faction of the PDP against the then Ogun State governor, Otunba Gbenga Daniel,  in 2008 .
After the emergence of President Goodluck Jonathan  via the 2011 elections,  he was   appointed  the Chairman of Organisation and Mobilisation Committee for Jonathan's re-election in the South-West.
In his famous resignation letter from the PDP, Obasanjo  said that as the Chairman of  an  anti-drug body in West Africa, he could not continue to be in a party where a wanted drug baron  was the leader in his home state, in what many interpreted as veiled reference to Kashamu.
In late 2014, the former president  had launched a book, 'My Watch', in which he described  Kashamu as a fugitive.
The senator-elect went  to court – the same way he had gone to court on several occasions-until he secured the control of PDP in Ogun State, obtaining an injunction  restraining Obasanjo from selling the book.
The order has since  been vacated.
Kashamu  emerged as  PDP  senatorial candidate for Ogun East and was returned elected at the general elections.
Since his victory at the poll, the high profile politician  has  taken pre-emptive steps to forestall any attempt to 'abduct' him for extradition to the US.
On May 9, he sued the Inspector General of Police, IGP and nine other individuals for  allegedly plotting his abduction.
In the suit filed at the Federal High Court, Lagos, the NDLEA  Chairman; EFCC Chairman; Director General of the DSS; the  Attorney General of the Federation were joined as co-respondents.
In an order made on April 17, the court directed an interim stay of all actions arising from the applicant's claims to extradition.

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Police Demands N65,000 Before They Can Rescue Kidnapped Cleric Says Family

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The family of an Anglican Church cleric, Rev. Louis Nebo, says policemen attached to the Anti-Kidnapping Squad of the Enugu State Police Command demanded N65,000 to rescue the man of God from the kidnappers' den.‎
It was learnt that N15,000 of the sum had allegedly been paid to the operatives before the kidnappers contacted the family, demanding N10m ransom.
Louis, 57, was reportedly kidnapped by some masked gunmen around Umumba Ndi Uno in the Ezeagu Local Government Area of the state last Saturday.
The pastor, who lives in Aguobu Umumba, was said to be returning from a meeting at a neighbouring community around 5.30am on the fateful day when his captors ambushed him.
Our correspondent learnt that the reverend's wife and a member of the church were with the reverend in his car when the gunmen struck. The eight-man bandit reportedly took the pastor into the bush along the road. .
Speaking on the incident, the victim's son, Ebube Nebo, said there was no progress on the rescue of his father since the abduction was reported to the police. He added that the family was devastated by the cops' request.
He said, "He was coming from his hometown in Obinofia Ndi Uno with my mother and her friend when he was kidnapped. They had gone for a community meeting. We reported the incident to the police.
"They initially requested N20,000 for mobilisation, but we paid N15,000. They told us that they would go on a rescue mission and left in our presence. When there was no success, we went back to them. They are now demanding N50,000 to track the phone number of the kidnappers, who had called us to demand N10m ransom. We do not have the money.
"They (kidnappers) even allowed him to speak with us on the phone and he said he was inside a thick bush. Just last month, he paid N500,000 ransom for the release of one of his junior pastors who was kidnapped."
Ebube's mother, Mrs. Charity Nebo, said her husband had made a U-Turn on sighting three gunmen from afar, but his escape mission was stalled by other members of the gang, who surfaced from the bush and warned him not to move.
She said, "There were three men standing on the road. They wore masks and were armed with guns. We decided to turn back. As we made a U-turn, we saw other members of the gang pointing guns at us. They chased us out of the car, collected the car key and our phones. They escaped through the bush with the my husband."
Charity implored the captors to release her husband, adding that the family did not have money to pay the ransom.
She said, "I believe in God that we are worshiping. He will protect and safe him. Personally, I don't have any money. The kidnappers should be merciful and release him unconditionally."
A relative of the reverend, Mr. Madoka Okoli, also said the policemen collected N15,000. He added that the family was not ready to make any further payment and urged the police authorities to arrest the kidnappers.
He said, "The policemen promised to comb the bush after collecting the money, but there was no progress. They are supposed to do their job based on the information we have provided, but it is quite unfortunate that they are still demanding N50,000 from a family that is already traumatised."
The Enugu State police Public Relations Officer, Ebere Amaraizu, confirmed the abduction.
He said the command had not relented in its effort to free the pastor and round up the kidnappers. Amaraizu urged the family not to pay money to any security operative, noting that the police should be provided with information that could assist in tracking the captors.
He said, "I am aware that frantic efforts are in place to get out the victim unhurt and alive and the efforts did not include payment of any money to security operatives under any guise. However, effort should be made to enable us to know those behind this act."

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Ronaldo Is Spanish Goal King Following Getafe Hat-Trick

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Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat-trick to win the European Golden Boot as Real Madrid beat Getafe 6-3 in their final league game of the season.
Ronaldo's eighth treble of the campaign took his tally for the season to 61 goals in all
competitions as he took the Pichichi with 48 strikes, seven more than Barcelona's Lionel Messi.
He was also involved in a moment of history just before the hour mark, when he was replaced by 16 year old Martin Odegaard, who
became Real's youngest ever Liga debutant.
Ronaldo, whose treble completed his most prolific league season, headed Real in front, but Getafe took a shock lead through superb strikes from Sergio Escudero and Diego Castro.

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Ancelotti Already Has A Job At Milan Should Madrid Fire Him

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Carlo Ancelotti will return to AC Milan this summer if he is sacked as Real Madrid boss, according to Silvio Berlusconi.‎
The Italian coach looks set to be sacked by the Santiago Bernabeu side after their last game of the season against Getafe on Saturday , and Milan CEO Adriano Galliani has said he is contact with him.
Club president Berlusconi insists he would be delighted to welcome the 55-year-old back to Milan, currently coached by Filippo Inzaghi, should he find himself out of work this summer.
"I think it will be a positive comeback. If Real Madrid let him go, then he will return to us." he concluded.

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Nigeria To Face Canada On Monday

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Fifa Women's World Cup hosts Canada will face the Nigeria senior women national team on Monday.
The Canadians who returned to their base on Thursday from training tour of Europe, announced the friendly match with Nigeria will be played behind closed doors at the Tim Hortons Field in Hamiton.
The North Americans will later take on England in a sold out friendly match before heading to Edmonton ahead of the Fifa Women's World Cup opening match on June 6 against China PR
before facing New Zealand at the same venue on June 11 and later Netherlands in Montreal on June 15.

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