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Two men arrested for death of co-worker who was mistakenly cooked in an industrial oven Bumble Bee Foods and two managers were charged by Los Angeles prosecutors yesterday with violating safety regulations in the death of a worker who was cooked in an industrial oven with tons of tuna. Jose Melena was performing maintenance in a 35-foot-long oven at the company’s Santa Fe Springs plant before dawn Oct. 11, 2012, when a co-worker, who mistakenly believed Melena was in the bathroom, filled the pressure cooker with 12,000 pounds of canned tuna and it was turned on. When a supervisor noticed Melena, 62, was missing, an announcement was made on the intercom and employees searched for him in the facility and parking lot, according to a report by the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health. After a 2 hour search, the pressure cooker, which had reached a temperature of 270 degrees, was turned off and opened and that's where is body was found. The ...
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B’Haram kills 21 in fresh Yobe attack, military receives 1,000 desert shirts, others to fight insurgency Members of Boko Haram OVER a dozen of suspected Boko Haram gunmen in a convoy of Toyota Hilux vehicles and motorcycles laden with explosives yesterday attacked Bultaram Village in Gujba Local Council of Yobe State killing 21 people who attempted to return to the village to evacuate their abandoned foodstuff and livestock. According to the council official, who does not want to be identified because of security reasons, on phone yesterday in Damaturu said: “The insurgents did not “torch or destroy” the houses, but shot dead 21 villagers who returned to evacuate their food items and live animals abandoned last February. “When 21 of the villagers were returning to evacuate their food items, they were however stopped in the village by these armed insurgents; and shot each one of them at close range. It was one of the escaped villagers that informed me on phone yes...
B’Haram kills 21 in fresh Yobe attack, military receives 1,000 desert shirts, others to fight insurgency Members of Boko Haram OVER a dozen of suspected Boko Haram gunmen in a convoy of Toyota Hilux vehicles and motorcycles laden with explosives yesterday attacked Bultaram Village in Gujba Local Council of Yobe State killing 21 people who attempted to return to the village to evacuate their abandoned foodstuff and livestock. According to the council official, who does not want to be identified because of security reasons, on phone yesterday in Damaturu said: “The insurgents did not “torch or destroy” the houses, but shot dead 21 villagers who returned to evacuate their food items and live animals abandoned last February. “When 21 of the villagers were returning to evacuate their food items, they were however stopped in the village by these armed insurgents; and shot each one of them at close range. It was one of the escaped villagers that informed me on phone yes...
Market capitalisation falls by N88bn Trading floor, Nigerian Stock Exchange The equities segment of the Nigerian Stock Exchange opened the week on a negative note as equities failed to rally after declining on Thursday and Friday. At the close of trading, the market capitalisation of the listed equities fell by N88bn or 0.75 per cent to close at N11.663tn, down from N11.751tn. Also, the NSE All-Share Index depreciated by 168 basis points or 0.49 per cent from 34,485.72 basis points to 34,317.72 basis points. Monday’s losses were broadly spread as all market indicators fell, with the exception of the NSE Industrial Index, which rose from 2,123.83 basis points to 2,129.94 basis points, and the NSE Alternative Securities Market Index, which closed unchanged. Investors exchanged 200.966 million shares valued at N2.197bn in 4,151 deals on Monday with 19 stocks recording price appreciation and 27 others recording price depreciation. Cadbury Nigeria Plc le...
FG names streets after Jonathan, others President Goodluck Jonathan The Federal Government has named major streets in Abuja after some eminent Nigerians and accomplished Africans, with the soon-to-be inaugurated Inner Southern Expressway named after President Goodluck Jonathan. The decision is coming barely one month to the end of Jonathan’s administration, when a new President, Muhammadu Buhari, would be inaugurated. The longest Wuye District Boulevard Express Road measuring 1,730 metres was named after former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. ADVERTISEMENT Another major road in the same district was named after Vice President Namadi Sambo. The Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Senator Bala Mohammed, according to a statement issued on Monday night by his Special Assistant (Media), Mr. Nosike Ogbuenyi, made the announcement during the FCT Executive Committee meeting held at his official residence in Life Camp, Gwarinpa. The major streets na...
Banks use female marketers to woo senators, Reps-elect National Assembly building, Abuja Commercial banks have sent marketers, mostly females after newly-elected senators and members of the House of Representatives in Abuja to open discussions on investments and other business deals. The energetic, sweet-talking and mostly female marketers, flooded the International Conference Centre, venue of an ongoing induction course for the new arrivals on Monday. Investigations by The PUNCH showed that the target of the banks largely was to woo the lawmakers to open accounts with them. ADVERTISEMENT Some of the smartly dressed marketers also offered loan opportunities they claimed their banks could guarantee with “friendly repayment terms.” Over 290 members of the House for example, are newcomers, out of the total of 360. In the Senate, about 69 senators are also newcomers, out of 109. Findings showed that the marketers started tracing the lawmak...
Collapsed bridge: Contractor must compensate victims, says Kwankwaso | credits: Shaheed The Kano State Police Command said that it had started investigation into the cause of the collapsed bridge that killed seven persons in Kano on Sunday. Also, the state Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, said the government would force the contractor handling the project to pay for the medical bills of the injured victims. The contractor, the governor added, would also be forced to pay compensation to families of those who died in the incident. The command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Magaji Majiya, who spoke with our correspondent on Monday, said that the police was interested in knowing the cause of the collapse in order to stop recurrence of such a tragic incident. He explained that initial reports showed that the driver of the ill-fated cab driver’s disobedience to an instruction by workers at the site not to drive under the bridge was responsible for ...
Kidnappers free Ogun schoolgirl abducted in Lagos Precious | credits: File photo Precious Nwaigwe, the 15-year-old girl kidnapped in the Ajah area of Lagos State, while on her way to school in Ogun State, has been returned to Lagos about a year after her abduction. PUNCH Me tro learnt that detectives at the State Criminal Investigation Department, together with men of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, rescued the girl. She was said to have been dropped off in the Obalende area of Lagos State on Friday. Our correspondent had exclusively reported on January 27, 2015, that Precious had come to Lagos from her school to spend the holiday with her father in the Ajah area of the state. Her father, Okoro, had told our correspondent that he took her to the Sangotedo Motor Park when it was time for her to go back to school. He said he bid his daughter farewell on the fateful day, May 24, 2014, without knowing the vehicle she boarded was owned by kidnappers. ...
Nigerian Idol: 12 ready for battle It was certainly not an easy road for 12 finalists who eventually made it to this stage at the ongoing Etisalat-sponsored Nigerian Idol. In fact, the last episode was filled with tension, drama and tough decisions for the judges who had to defy the tradition of selecting only three contestants from the wildcard round by also putting two other contestants on stand-by. After announcing Pscholes, Modele and Sther as winners of the wild card show to complete the top-12 stage, the judges selected Preye and Precious as stand-by contestants, due to their impressive performances. The Wild Card show is a lifeline where contestants who had been previously voted out during the Top 30 round earn a call back by the judges to perform for the last three spots on the show. Yinka Davies just had to explain why the judges made the decision as she said, “Tonight, these talents have forced us to say no to the status quo of the show...
No excuse for failure, Chukwu tells Keshi Stephen Keshi A former coach of the Super Eagles, Christian Chukwu, has urged the returnee coach of the national team, Stephen Keshi, to give his best. Chukwu told The PUNCH that Keshi and his team have no excuse for failure in the qualifiers for the Rwanda 2016 African Nations Championship and the Gabon 2017 Africa Cup of Nations. Keshi signed a two-year contract with the Nigeria Football Federation last week to continue as the Eagles’ coach, ending months of controversy which followed the expiration of his previous contract that ended in July 2014. Keshi’s immediate tasks are to prepare the Eagles for the AFCON qualifiers, which will start in June, and CHAN qualifiers, in which the Eagles are billed to face the Stallions of Burkina Faso in October. Chukwu, who led the Eagles to a third place finish in the Tunisia 2004 AFCON, told our correspondent that the delay in reappointing Keshi was unnecessary, but noted...
Oshoala shortlisted for BBC Women’s Footballer of the Year Asisat Oshoala | credits: AFP Super Falcons and Liverpool FC forward, Asisat Oshoala, has been shortlisted for the first edition of the British Broadcasting Corporation Women’s Footballer of the Year. The BBC is widely noted for their African Footballer of the Year award which comes up before the Confederation of African Football edition. The new event was announced during one of their monthly programmes ahead of the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Canada. The African Footballer of the Year was nominated along with four others: Spain’s Verónica Boquete, German Nadine Kessler, Kim Little of Scotland and Marta of Brazil. ADVERTISEMENT Like the BBC Africa Footballer of the Year award, fans are expected to vote for their favourite player to increase their chances of winning the award with the voting closing on May 11 and the winner being announced on May 26. Controller of BBC World Service English...
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Van Gaal Says David de Gea Has Been Offered ‘A Lot Of Money’ To Stay At Manchester United Manchester United boss, Louis van Gaal says the club has offered David de Gea “a lot of money” in a bid to keep the goalkeeper at Old Trafford. The goalkeeper who is in the running for the PFA Player of the Year award after an impressive season has been linked with a move to Real Madrid. Van Gaal had said in January that he expects the 24-year-old to extend his current deal, which expires at the end of next season. When asked how negotiations were progressing, Van Gaal said: “It can always happen. I am not the boss. I want him to stay. The player is the boss – he can say ‘yes’ or ‘no’. “You will have to ask David de Gea (if he is staying), not me. He has to sign. We have offered him a lot of money.”
All You Need To Know About The Supplementary Elections in Abia, Imo, Taraba The April 11 governorship elections in Abia, Imo and Taraba states were declared inconclusive by the Independent National Electoral Commission. Today, INEC is holding supplementary elections in areas in those states where elections either did not take place or results were cancelled due to irregularities. The supplementary elections will hold in 51 Registration Areas (RAs) in nine Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Abia State; 79 RAs in 23 LGAs in Imo; and 32 RAs in 10 LGAs in Taraba. Already, the electoral agency has deployed three National Commissioners to each of the states on supervisory duties. The National Commissioners will be assisted in each of the states by three Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs). These are besides the substantive RECs for the affected states. The commission says it has also deployed three Directing staff from the Headquarters to each of t...
Man who trekked from Lagos to Abuja meets Buhari President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday received Suleimab Hashimu, the young man who trekked from Lagos to Abuja to celebrate the victory of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the recently concluded presidential election. Buhari, who received Hashimu in Abuja, congratulated him for his achievement and courage. Buhari said: “I want to congratulate you for making it. You are a young man and you are lucky that your health did not fail you. I heard many stories about you. I understand you wore many shoes. I also understand that there were many people who were generous to you.” Hashimu told the President-elect that he made a promise about two years ago to trek from Lagos to Abuja, if you emerged the winner in the presidential election. He said: “I made the promise because of the love I have for you. I thank God that I made a promise and I fulfilled it”. He said it took him 18 d...
April 25, 2015 : Tunde Ajaja UNILAG Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Rahamon Bello | credits: kuchipi.com A 21-year-old graduate of Chemical Engineering, Akinpelumi Korede, has emerged as the overall best graduating student of the University of Lagos in the 2013/2014 academic session, the school authorities said on Friday. Korede led 124 others who also had First Class degree from the institution in the said graduation year. Addressing journalists ahead of the institution’s convocation ceremony scheduled for next week, the university’s Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Rahamon Bello, said a total of 10,600 students would graduate from the institution this year. According to him, 5,836 undergraduate students, representing about 55 per cent of the total figure, would be awarded various diplomas, certificates and degrees, and 4,764 would be awarded postgraduate degrees across its 12 faculties and the distance-learning institute. ADVERTISEMENT Bello added that t...
Consider Ndigbo for appointments, Obiano, coalition beg Buhari April 25, 2015 : JOHN ALECHENU and Chukwudi Akasike Anambra Governor, Willie Obiano Anambra State Governor, Willy Obiano, has urged the President-elect, Gen. Mohammadu Buhari (retd), to appoint Igbo into prominent positions while forming his cabinet. He said the forthcoming Buhari’s administration would require the support of all Nigerians irrespective of their party affiliations to success. Obiano spoke after a closed-door meeting with the President-elect at his private residence in Abuja on Friday. The governor said he was in Abuja not only to congratulate the President-elect and reassure him of the support of the South-East, but also to plead with him to consider Anambra indigenes for appointments. Obiano said, “I am also here to reassure him that Anambra and the South-East would support him. I also pleaded with him on some pressing problems that are of importance to the South-E...