Apple is investigating the death of a Chinese woman who was killed by an electric shock while answering a call on her iPhone 5, reports PCMag.

This is happening barely a week after Apple rival Samsung’s Galaxy S III allegedly exploded in a woman’s pocket, setting fire to her pants and leaving third-degree burns on her thigh.

In the latest incident, the 23-year-old Ma Ailun, a flight attendant with China Southern Airlines, was electrocuted on Thursday, 11 July, when she took a call on her Apple device while it was charging, according to Xinhua News.

“We are deeply saddened to learn of this tragic incident and offer our condolences to the [Ma] family,” Apple said in a statement emailed to PCMag. “We will fully investigate and cooperate with authorities in this matter.”
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The situation was recounted on China’s micro-blogging service Sina Weibo by a woman claiming to be Ma’s older sister.

She said the 23-year-old was planning her August 8 wedding, and fell to the floor when she took a call on her Apple smartphone.

Ma Ailun bought her iPhone 5 in December at an official Apple Store, and was reportedly using the original charger when the incident occurred.

“[I] hope that Apple Inc. can give us an explanation,” her older sister wrote. “I also hope that all of you will refrain from using your mobile devices while charging.”

Local police are conducting a probe into the alleged electrocution.

According to the South China Morning Post (SCMP), the woman’s phone and its accessories have been handed over to investigators.

Experts noted the risk in using any electrical device while it is being charged, including a razor or a phone, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology professor Johnny Sin Kin-on told the SCMP.

The iPhone 5 launched in China three months after being released in the U.S., and topped 2 million sales in its first weekend. Despite its popularity in the country, Apple in April apologised to its Chinese customers for misunderstandings regarding its repair and warranty policy.

The Court in a unanimous decision ruled that there was no direct circumstantial evidence that he conspired with anyone as evidence of prosecution witnesses in that regard were contradictory.

Judgement is still being read.

Our legal correspondent, Shola Soyele who is in the court reports that, Justice Rita Pemu who read the lead judgment held that there was no direct circumstantial evidence that he conspired with anyone as evidence of prosecution witnesses in that regard were contradictory.

She further held that based on facts and evidence before the court, it is certainly not Al-Mustapha who pulled the trigger and murdered Alhaja Kudirat Abiola.

The Court holds that he is liable to be discharged and acquitted.

Justice Amina Augie who is the presiding Judge has just concurred with the lead judgement as read by Justice Rita Pemu.

Third Judge, Justice Fatima Akinbami has also agreed with the lead judgement meaning that the ruling is unanimous.

The court awaits the judgement on Al-Mustapha’s co-accused, Lateef Shofolahan.

The duo of Al-Mustapha and Shofolahan had appealed against the judgment of a Lagos High Court which sentenced them to death for the June 4, 1996 murder of Kudirat Abiola, wife of the deceased winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, Chief MKO Abiola.

Justice Mojisola Dada of the Lagos High Court had found them guilty of the offence, and accordingly convicted and sentenced them to death by hanging.

Counsel to the appellants had however, appealed to the Court of Appeal, 24-hours after the sentence of the convicts.

In the notice of appeal, the appellants contend that the death sentence handed by the lower court was unwarranted, unreasonable and a manifest miscarriage of justice.
Source: Channelstv

President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday said his job as the leader of the country could only be complete when no Nigerian went to bed hungry.

Jonathan made the submission at the opening of a two-day summit by Rockefeller Foundation with the theme, ‘Realising the potential of African Agriculture.’

He said his administration’s successes in the agricultural sector were recognised on a global scale recently when the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations gave an award to Nigeria for achieving the Millennium Development Goal on hunger by reducing the number of hungry people in the country.

“This milestone was achieved three years ahead of the 2015 target date set for the Millennium Development Goals! While we are delighted at this recognition, we know our job is only done when not one Nigerian goes to bed hungry,” the President declared.

He added that to drive the nation’s agriculture, his administration had ended the approach of agriculture as a development programme, saying the government was now treating it as a business.

While saying that private sector investments were expanding rapidly from seeds and fertiliser companies and agro-processors, Jonathan said in the last one year, over $8bn of private investment commitments had been made to the sector.

He said unless agriculture was transformed in Africa, the continent’s economies would not grow as millions of Africans depended on the sector for their livelihoods.

Jonathan said, “The transformation of agriculture in Nigeria is a centrepiece of the economic transformation agenda of my government. Nigeria is known for oil. But today, many countries around the world have found oil.

“The recent discovery of shale oil and gas means that we can no longer depend solely on oil to drive the economy. With abundant land and water resources, and an abundant vibrant labour force, Nigeria has all it takes to use agriculture as its new frontier for growth.”

The President said to reduce the nation’s dependency on rice imports as the world’s largest importer of the commodity, his administration set out to make Nigeria self-sufficient in rice production by 2015.

Ambitious as this goal seems, he said his administration was on the way to achieving the target of rice-self-sufficiency.

“Dry season rice production in 2012/2013 unleashed a rice revolution across 10 states in the northern part of our country. Our farmers produced a record 1.1 million metric tonnes of paddy rice, which represents one third of the additional rice paddy we need to be self-sufficient in rice by 2015,” he said.

President, Rockefeller Foundation, Dr. Judith Rodin, commended the administration’s programmes aimed at transforming the agricultural sector.

She noted that the future of Africa depended on new innovation framework and financing strategy in transforming the agriculture sector.

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, said the Federal Government would train 750,000 young graduates in commercial farming scheme known as ‘Nagroprenuers.’

Adesina said, “This initiative will change the labour composition of the agriculture sector. The Federal Government will provide access to land, technical skills, business management skills and the finance for this programme.

“The programme will turn the agriculture sector into a more competitive sector.”[b][/b]
Source Punch Newspaper 9/7/2013

Alamieyeseigha said there would be no vacancy in Aso Rock, stressing that President Jonathan would remain as the Commander-in-Chief by 2015.

His words: “Aso Rock is not vacant. The northern agitators will all at the appropriate time join the moving train. “Those against President Jonathan contesting for presidency in 2015 may have their opinion, but I can assure you that President Jonathan will remain as the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, come 2015.”

Speaking on the state of insecurity in the country vis-a-vis the declaration of state of emergency in three states in the North, Alamieyeseigha said that he was confident that in less than two months insecurity problems would be over. “I think the restiveness would stop.

You can see what the military has done so far in those areas. I am confident that in less than two months insecurity would be over.”

The government of any country has a duty under the constitution to protect lives and property and if they failed to do so, there is no government and that is what government is doing. Declaring a state of emergency would give the military more powers to discharge their duites,” he said. Reacting to the growing criticism that followed his state pardon by President Jonathan, the former Bayelsa State governor said.

“Well, it (state pardon) started during Late President Yar’Adua. It was a pardon that was negotiated. People who don’t know what happened are the ones talking. But if I open my mouth, those who are talking will keep quiet. “President Goodluck Jonathan was part of the negotiating team.

There is no person in this country that knows issues surrounding Alameiseigha better than Mr President. He was my deputy governor and all that transpired were known to him. I am already writing my memoir. At the appropriate time, you will know.

“My pardon was in order. Like I said, the pardon was negotiated and if I fulfill my own part of the bargain, why shouldn’t federal government fulfill its part? President Yar’Adua actually brokered the state pardon deal for me, otherwise they would have even killed me. Without Yar’Adua, I would have died by now,” he said. So

Source: Sunnewspaper

These prophecies are from Apostle Johnson Suleiman, the founder and senior pastor of Omega Fire Ministries Worldwide. See it below...

These are not prophecies given out of personal interest or animosity but are direct words from the Holy spirit. If prayers are made negative prophecies can be averted.

1. House of Representative to lose some members to death, prayers needed
2. Alhaji Bamanga Tukur will be the last united PDP Chairman, as there will be great in-fighting in PDP.
3. There will be major boom and breakthrough in the agriculture this year
4. CNN will lose major staff.
5. Nollywood will keep losing people unless prayers are made and repentance; Many have gone fetish and there is high rate of immorality. I see three major stars dying this year unless prayers a
6. Many barren women will become joyful mothers.
7. Emir of Kano Alhaji (Dr) Ado Bayero to pray against attempt on his life. He will lose some men.
8. Rapist will be on the prowl. Raping women little children and even pregnant women. watch where your kids go..
9. A sec deadlier than Boko -Haram is being trained and prepared.
10. South Africa to mourn a hero. They should pray for former South African president Dr Nelson Mandela and Arc-Bishop Desmond Tutu.
11. I see a Governor dying.
12. This year, the looting of National treasury will be on a massive scale.
13. President Goodluck Jonathan's own men from his place will fight him.
14. Igbos should forget about presidency.
15. In 2015, an opposition will lose, PDPD will fail.
16. I see the crisis in PDP widening more and more.
17. A yoruba movie actor to die surprisingly.
18. A year judgment for politicians and wicked leaders.
19. There will be scarcity of money in 2013, but food will be in abundance.
20. Chief of Defence Staff to be retired.
21. There is vacancy in Aso Rock.
22. Prayers to be made because I see the National flag flying half mask.
23. I see NUJ lose notable member through accident.
24. President Goodluck will lose someone precious to him either this year or next.
25. Auchi my hometown to pray against serious flood disaster.
26. A member of the United State of America's senate house will die.
27. President Barrack Obama's life will be attempted.
28. Alhaji Aliko Dangote will have issues.
29. Central Bank of Nigeria's governor will be made an Emir, but he needs prayers.
30. MTN needs prayers.
31. Massive retrenchment in Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN), but prayers needed to avert it.
32. I see something happening in a foreign country ( natural disaster) and people could not fly in or out of that nation for days.
33. Nigerian Music entertainer Tuface Idibia will face blackmail and scandal.
34. Hon. Aminu Tambuwal ( Speaker) should not contest for presidency. If he goes for governorship, he will win.
35. Dame patience Jonathan will have health issues unless prayers are made.
36. Kidnapping will start in South Africa.
37. HID Awolowo, it is well.
38. The governor of Ondo to pray against poison.
39. President Robert Mugabe, I see death around him, he needs prayers.
40. Abuja the Federal Capital City will experience high scale attacks this year.
41. I see Traditional Rulers die.
42. Omega Fire Ministries (OFM) will witness worldwide recognition that will shock everyone.
43. Lots of Nigerians will be repatriated from African nations.
44. Oil will be found in a state
45. I see a new president.

Source: Nigerianeye

na wa ooo. lost of focus. meaning that when Ajumobi visit France,speaking yoruba will be made compulsory for France citizens. useless,jobless
and visionless people.

@Odusina
The question is,do u apply at CWAY? if yes ,then the company exist and not an agent.

This madness has been in existence for long mostly in surulere/Aguda/Ijeshatedo areas,only that people never take it serious.
Don't just mind the idiots.

President Goodluck Jonathan has appointed Godswill Orubebe as the new Power Minister. Reuben Abati, the president’s spokesman said this on Wednesday.
Mr Orubebe was the former minister of the Niger Delta ministry. The president also made a minor change to his cabinet.

The president swapped the Minister of State for Power, Gauis Dickson, with the Minister of State for Niger Delta, Zainab Kuchi.
The change takes effect from next week, Abati, the president’s spokesman said.

The president is yet to give reasons for the reshuffle.

the latter shall surpass the former. she has not seen noting. let her continue o.
useless woman.

2:1

Seamstreet

We have just been alerted that a series of massive gunshots are currently underway in Damaturu, Yobe State.

Though details of the attackers and their targets are still sketchy at this time, but it was gathered that some of the attacks are concentrated around Sabon Pegi around which the governor’s residence is.
SOURCE 24/7 news

You will be surprised to know that this particular Ajinomoto seasoning is used as seasoning ingredient in all noodles be it indomie,meemee,honeywell etc. So, as long as you eat noodles,you also eat Ajinomoto.

Uncle jona to me has achieved a lot and we all need to congratulate him for those achievements such as

1. Increased pump price
2. Increased power tariff
3. Increased violent in the north
4. Increased corruption
5. Mother of all protests as a result of fuel price

More grease to his elbow.

So buhari is the better hand??
Am so sorry to disagree with you
When was the last time a president of over 65 ruled america or any developed country?
Let's be very factual

So if Buhari is not a better hand,who among the so called youths you feel we can vote for come 2015? Abeg! leave age alone,in as much as ideas,passion,love for our country and zero tolerance to corruption are there! let us all support BUHARI come 2015.

Tension As Policeman Shoots Driver in Onitsha…Hoodlums Attack Hausas
Posted: February 9, 2012 - 15:14
Posted by siteadmin
caption: Bus driver killed by police
From Okodili Ndidi, Onitsha

The fragile peace in the commercial city of Onitsha was yesterday disrupted as residents took to the streets in protest of the killing of a bus driver suspected to be a member of the Movement of the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) by policemen in one of the illegal checkpoints.

According to an eyewitness account, the incident occurred when driver of a coaster bus with registration number AA 768AHD, simply identified as Edwin, escaped a checkpoint by ABS junction, and was pursued by one of the policemen who caught up with him and deflated his tires and subsequently shot him on the neck, killing him instantly.

The conductor of the bus, Samuel Ekwueme, who was weeping profusely, said that the driver, gave the policemen N20 which they refused and insisted that he should give them N50, “my oga said that he had paid in the previous trip and drove off but we did not know that one of them was following us on a motorbike and he intercepted us and shot my oga on the neck and quickly escaped”.

It was gathered that another passenger in the bus sustained bullet wounds when the trigger happy cop opened fire on the bus before he escaped.

The situation however took a dangerous turn when the angry mob comprising of drivers and okada riders, went on a rampage with the corpse of the driver , attacking Hausas and looting their shops in possible reprisal.

The bus was said to be fully loaded with passengers who took off from Nkpor junction and was heading to the Ose Main market, Onitsha when the incident happened as the passengers scampered for safety.

One of the passengers who gave her name as Ifeoma Obi told The Nation that the deceased did not do anything that warranted his murder, adding “its was just pure wickedness on the side of the policeman who because of just N20 wasted this young man’s life”

She also said that when the policeman first shot at the tires of the vehicle, the deceased who was the driver could not move again, a situation she said helped the killer cop to shoot at the deceased from closed range, shattering the glass of the vehicle.

However, the situation took an ethnic coloration as drivers and other hoodlums in the commercial city went on rampage demanding the elimination of Hausa people on the ground that the policeman who shot the deceased was a Hausa man.

The situation also escalated when the angry mob descended on the police team earlier sent by the Anambra state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Muhtari Ibrahim to reach and appeal to the rampaging crowd which led to the policemen retreating to avoid further casualties.

It was gathered that the Divisional Police Officer in charge of Central Police Station, Mr. Abdul Yusuf escaped death by the whiskers when the angry mob descended on him when he led his men to the scene of the incident.

The angry mob also went on the rampage in different parts of the commercial city hunting for Hausa people who led to many of them taking refuge at the Central Police Station, CPS and other police stations within the city, with many others around the Bridgehead crossing over to Asaba, the Delta state capital.

Reacting to the Development, the new Igbo leader, Chief Ralph Uwazurike advised the members of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB not to touch any Hausa people buts should dismantle every police check points within the area with immediate effect.

According to Chief Uwazurike who spoke through his second in command, Chief Rommy Ezeonwuka, the dismantling of all police check point became necessary at a time when the safety of Ndigbo is no longer safe even in their land.

“ For a Hausa policeman to kill an Igbo driver here because of mere N20 shows that the policeman is a Boko Haram member but we have urged MASSOB members to leave Hausa people alone because they are not our problem, they should concentrate on dismantling all police check points within the area” he said.

Meanwhile when contacted, the Anambra state Police Commissioner, Mr. Muhtari Ibrahim said the killer cop had been arrested and will soon undergo orderly room trial and prosecution and called on the rampaging crowd to calm down as efforts to resolve the matter had commenced.

President of the NFF, Alhaji Aminu Maigari told the board during their meeting this afternoon that there is no going back on the sacking of Siasia who failed to qualify Nigeria for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations after the Eagles were held to a 2-2 draw match by Syli Nationale of Guinea in Abuja on 8 October in Abuja, Nigeria.

A source at the meeting revealed that four out of 11 members of the board did not support the sacking of Siasia with an objection that the former Nigerian international brought about positive development in the senior national team since he took over from Austin Eguavoen.

They were also of the opinion that relieving Siasia of his job now will mean that a new coach will have to start all over again, which according to them, won’t be good for the Eagles and the nation’s football.

They are just looking for more money to siphon.
Billions of Naira is not enough,they want to move to trillion level.
May God almighty punish them and all those that support this evil program.

Islamic banking has the same purpose as conventional banking: to make money for the banking institute by lending out capital. Because Islam forbids simply lending out money at interest (see riba), Islamic rules on transactions (known as Fiqh al-Muamalat) have been created to avoid this problem. The basic technique to avoid the prohibiton is the sharing of profit and loss, via terms such as profit sharing (Mudharabah), safekeeping (Wadiah), joint venture (Musharakah), cost plus (Murabahah), and leasing (Ijar).

In an Islamic mortgage transaction, instead of loaning the buyer money to purchase the item, a bank might buy the item itself from the seller, and re-sell it to the buyer at a profit, while allowing the buyer to pay the bank in installments. However, the bank's profit cannot be made explicit and therefore there are no additional penalties for late payment. In order to protect itself against default, the bank asks for strict collateral. The goods or land is registered to the name of the buyer from the start of the transaction. This arrangement is called Murabahah. Another approach is EIjara wa EIqtina, which is similar to real estate leasing. Islamic banks handle loans for vehicles in a similar way (selling the vehicle at a higher-than-market price to the debtor and then retaining ownership of the vehicle until the loan is paid).

An innovative approach applied by some banks for home loans, called Musharaka al-Mutanaqisa, allows for a floating rate in the form of rental. The bank and borrower form a partnership entity, both providing capital at an agreed percentage to purchase the property. The partnership entity then rents out the property to the borrower and charges rent. The bank and the borrower will then share the proceeds from this rent based on the current equity share of the partnership. At the same time, the borrower in the partnership entity also buys the bank's share of the property at agreed installments until the full equity is transferred to the borrower and the partnership is ended. If default occurs, both the bank and the borrower receive a proportion of the proceeds from the sale of the property based on each party's current equity. This method allows for floating rates according to the current market rate such as the BLR (base lending rate), especially in a dual-banking system like in Malaysia.

There are several other approaches used in business transactions. Islamic banks lend their money to companies by issuing floating rate interest loans. The floating rate of interest is pegged to the company's individual rate of return. Thus the bank's profit on the loan is equal to a certain percentage of the company's profits. Once the principal amount of the loan is repaid, the profit-sharing arrangement is concluded. This practice is called Musharaka. Further, Mudaraba is venture capital funding of an entrepreneur who provides labor while financing is provided by the bank so that both profit and risk are shared. Such participatory arrangements between capital and labor reflect the Islamic view that the borrower must not bear all the risk/cost of a failure, resulting in a balanced distribution of income and not allowing the lender to monopolize the economy.

Islamic banking is restricted to Islamically acceptable transactions, which exclude those involving alcohol, pork, gambling, etc. The aim of this is to engage in only ethical investing, and moral purchasing. Islamic Banking and Finance Database provides more information on the subject.

In theory, Islamic banking is an example of full-reserve banking, with banks achieving a 100% reserve ratio. However, in practice, this is not the case, and no examples of 100 per cent reserve banking are observed.

Islamic banks have grown recently in the Muslim world but are a very small share of the global banking system. Micro-lending institutions founded by Muslims, notably Grameen Bank, use conventional lending practices and are popular in some Muslim nations, especially Bangladesh, but some do not consider them true Islamic banking. However, Muhammad Yunus, the founder of Grameen Bank and microfinance banking, and other supporters of microfinance, argue that the lack of collateral and lack of excessive interest in micro-lending is consistent with the Islamic prohibition of usury (riba).
[edit] Shariah Advisory Council/Consultant

Islamic banks and banking institutions that offer Islamic banking products and services (IBS banks) are required to establish a Shariah Supervisory Board (SSB) to advise them and to ensure that the operations and activities of the banking institutions comply with Shariah principles. On the other hand, there are also those who believe that no form of banking that involves interest payments can ever comply with the Shariah.

In Malaysia, the National Shariah Advisory Council, which has been set up at Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM), advises BNM on the Shariah aspects of the operations of these institutions and on their products and services. (See: Islamic banking in Malaysia). In Indonesia the Ulama Council serves a similar purpose.

A number of Shariah advisory firms have now emerged to offer Shariah advisory services to the institutions offering Islamic financial services. Issue of independence, impartiality and conflicts of interest have also been recently voiced. The WDIBF World Database for Islamic Banking and Finance has been developed to provide information about all the websites related to this type of banking.

why not all the churches in the country? stupid thing!

BB for live

you neva see anything. very soon GEJ will soon be going from school to school sharing GOODLUCK BALEWA sweet!

i heard it in the press report this morning but i am still trying to get the news authenticated in the newspapers.

GEJ is to give presidential pardon to Bode George,Alamaishia,Ibru and others.
Nigeria, I hail thee o!
I dey laugh ooooo

pls, is there any one in the house with ideal on what and what to expect in Guiness Nig plc test.

i was invited for a test tomorrow

thanks, na urgent matter.

fitc calling

pls, can anyone help me out with fitc consulting aptitude test details.
I received mail calling me for test on feb 7.
thanks

pls i need adequate information on how to access loan from microfinance banks, the terms and the conditions attached.

the maximum amount of loan and mode of repayment including the interest rate.

pls.very urgent

Guiness Nig Plc requires the service of Laboratory Technology

The closing date is 17 Sept

Qualification: N.D or H.N.D in physical,chemical or biological sciences.

Experience: 2 years in a laboratory environment.

I got the info from an insider.

Simply log in to www.diageo, com

best of luck

Pls, does any one in the house received mail invitation for 2nd stage of guiness test after the online test?

I was invited for the 2nd stage and dont have any idea on what to expect.

I need help on what and what to expect tomorrow.

Pls, does any one in the house received mail invitation for 2nd stage of guiness test after the online test?

I was invited for the 2nd stage and dont have any idea on what to expect.

I need help on what and what to expect tomorrow.

Thanks for the info.

Please, kindly post a copy of the online GMAT to my mail.olu_lordcome@yahoo.com