Remember The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) that 44 nations initially signed up for in March 2018?

This is the state of adherence to the free trade pact as at July, 2018.

https://legitinfobase..com/2018/08/facts-about-africa.html

The police in Abuja yesterday paraded eight suspected robbers and kidnappers, said to be allegedly responsible for the death of a former Commissioner in Katsina State, Prof. Halimatu Idris. They said 35 bandits had been arrested in Zamfara State, adding that six AK47 rifles, 15 locally-made guns, 183 AK47 live ammunition and seven cartridges were recovered from them.


The suspected highway kidnappers were alleged to have been responsible for the attack on the Director, National Agricultural Research Extensions and Liaison Services, Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, Prof. Mohammed Othman, and abduction of a mum and her seven-month baby.

The police said six of their victims were rescued and the suspects were caught after a gun battle with special forces.

The suspects, Lawal Tukur, 40; Sulaiman Sani, 27; Abubakar Ahmad, 30; Abubakar Adamu, 33; Yahaya Musa, 33; Kabiru Bala, 23; Rufai Tukur, 26 and Shehu Audi, 32, had unleashed terror on road users on Abuja-Kaduna-Kano Highway before their arrest by operatives of Operation Absolute Sanity.

Sani and Adamu confessed to have killed four persons, the police said, adding that Bala kidnapped Rahinatu Shehu, 51, a mother, Aisha Sani, 23, with her seven-month-old baby at their Mararaba Guga town, Giwa Local Government home.

Police spokesman Jimoh Moshood said two AK47 rifles, three pairs of fake military uniforms, cutlasses, motorcycle as well as Shedda cloth and other items belonging to their victims were recovered from the suspects.

He said their arrest followed an order by Inspector-General of Police Ibrahim Idris (IG) that those responsible for the July 22 murder of the former commissioner and other heinous crimes in the axis should be arrested.

“Investigation is in progress and effort is being intensified to nab other suspects. They will be arraigned after investigation,” said Moshood.

He said operatives and equipment had been deployed in the axis to ensure safety, adding that the IG has directed the return to Kaduna State, the Police Mobile Force (PMF) squadrons in MOPOL 1, 47 and 61, who were on special duties outside.

The spokesman said: “PMF units of the Squadrons in MOPOL 1 Kaduna, MOPOL 47 Zaria and MOPOL 61 Kafanchan on special duties outside the state have been ordered by the IG to return to Kaduna State to tighten security, particularly on Kaduna-Abuja highway, Kaduna-Zaria-Kano, Kaduna-BirninGwari-Zamfara-Funtua-Zamfara highway and other flash points.”

On the situation in Zamfara, he said peace had been restored, adding that more policemen were deployed following the attack on Kodi village in Zurmi Local Government on July 24, during which four people were killed.

Moshood said: “The Force is embarking on police crime prevention, visibility and confidence building patrols. The people in the affected villages have started returning to their homes.

“Thirty-five bandits have been arrested in connection with the recent attacks in villages in Zamfara State. Six AK47 rifles, 15 locally-fabricated guns, 183 AK47 ammunition and seven live cartridges were recovered from the bandits.

“The suspects have made useful statements to the police and confessed to the killings.”


https://legitinfobase..com/2018/08/i-have-killed-4-others-alleged-killer.html

Many people fail to consume enough liquid.
Your body’s water balance is determined by how much you consume, your age and activity level and environmental conditions.


IN SUMMARY
You can help to counter dehydration and enhance the healthfulness of your diet by consuming nutritious foods that are laden with a hidden water source.
Plant foods like fruits, vegetables and seeds are a source of so-called gel water — pure, safe, hydrating water that is slowly absorbed into the body when the foods are consumed.
Inadequate hydration can cause fatigue, poor appetite, heat intolerance, dizziness, constipation, kidney stones and a dangerous drop in blood pressure.
I wonder how we all survived — and even thrived — in our younger years without the plethora of water bottles that nearly everyone seems to carry around these days.
In reading about the risks and consequences of dehydration, especially for the elderly and anyone who exercises vigorously in hot weather, it’s nothing short of a miracle that more of us hadn’t succumbed years ago to the damaging physical, cognitive and health effects of inadequate hydration.
Even with the current ubiquity of portable water containers, far too many people still fail to consume enough liquid to compensate for losses suffered especially, though not exclusively, during the dehydrating warm months.
For those of you who know or suspect that you don’t drink enough to compensate for daily water losses, the good news is you don’t have to rely entirely on your liquid intake to remain well-hydrated.
Studies in societies with limited supplies of drinking water suggest you can help to counter dehydration and, at the same time, enhance the healthfulness of your diet by consuming nutritious foods that are laden with a hidden water source. Plant foods like fruits, vegetables and seeds are a source of so-called gel water — pure, safe, hydrating water that is slowly absorbed into the body when the foods are consumed.
That’s the message in a newly published book, Quench , by Dr. Dana Cohen, an integrative medicine specialist in New York, and Gina Bria, an anthropologist whose studies of the water challenges faced by desert dwellers led to the establishment of the Hydration Foundation, a non-profit group that promotes understanding and consumption of nonliquid sources of water.
HYDRATION
More about these foods later. First, I must convince more of you that remaining well-hydrated is crucial to your health. However solid your body, the majority of it is water, ranging from 75 per cent of the body weight of infants to 55 per cent of the elderly. Every bodily process, every living cell, depends on water to function properly. Water transports nutrients, regulates body temperature, lubricates joints and internal organs, supports the structure of cells and tissues and preserves cardiovascular function. People can survive for only three or four days — a week at most — without water.
But more to the point is the quality of survival. Inadequate hydration can cause fatigue, poor appetite, heat intolerance, dizziness, constipation, kidney stones and a dangerous drop in blood pressure. Brain effects include mood shifts, muddled thinking, inattentiveness and poor memory. A loss of only 1-2 per cent of body water can impair cognitive performance, according to studies at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
Your body’s water balance is determined by how much you consume, your age and activity level and environmental conditions. The body loses water through the skin, lungs, kidneys and digestive tract; in other words, by sweating, breathing and elimination of waste, both liquid and solid.
“Water needs can vary from person to person — and no one person will need the same amount of fluid from one day to the next,” the Virginia scientists wrote in the
American College of Sports Medicine’s Health and Fitness Journal.
The typical American consumes about one litre — a little over four cups — of drinking water a day. But people like me who engage in quasi-vigorous physical activity daily need more, and those who exercise strenuously for more than an hour a day need even more than that, perhaps supplemented by a sports drink containing the electrolytes sodium and potassium (but avoid those with more than a pinch of sugar). Keep in mind that skimping on your liquid intake or relying on sugary drinks can take a toll on your physical performance.
If you’re planning to engage in strenuous exercise or do physical work outdoors on a hot day, it’s best to start hydrating the day before. Check the colour of your urine; the paler it is, the better. Also continue to drink water or other fluids throughout your activity and for hours afterward.
A critical factor in remaining well-hydrated is not to rely on thirst to remind you to drink but rather to be proactive by consuming enough liquid before, during and after meals and physical activity. The long-standing advice to drink eight glasses of water a day was something I (among many others) was never able to achieve. I’m happy to say that experts have since modified that rule. Current thinking calls for getting about 70 per cent of daily water needs from liquids (including coffee and tea, by the way, though not alcohol) and the rest from solid foods.
PLANT WATER
The authors of Quench suggest two dozen fruits and vegetables that are especially hydrating, ranging from cucumbers with 96.7 per cent water to grapes with 81.5 per cent. Surely you can find many you would enjoy in a list that includes lettuce, tomatoes, cauliflower, spinach, broccoli, carrots, peppers, watermelon, strawberries, pineapple, blueberries, apples and pears.
Even chia seeds, an ancient so-called superfood said to sustain the ultra-running prowess of the Tarahumara Indians of Mexico, can be a force against dehydration; they absorb 30 times their weight in water and can provide the body with slow-release hydration, especially during long bouts of physical activity in high heat and humidity.
Naturally packaged plant water hydrates more efficiently than plain drinking water, the Quench authors maintain, because it’s already purified, is packed with soluble nutrients and gradually supplies the body with water.
That said, while there is considerable anecdotal evidence for the effectiveness of plant water, especially among enthusiasts of green smoothies, well-designed clinical studies are still lacking. Yet I feel comfortable in recommending an increased reliance on these hydrating foods because, at the very least, they can result in a more nutritious diet and foster better weight control.
Getting more of your water from plant foods can also help to cut down on pollution. The earth is being overrun with disposable plastic water bottles that can be found littering streets and parks and floating in rivers, oceans and lakes everywhere. Unless you are visiting a region of the world where it is unsafe to drink the water, try to avoid buying water. If you are in doubt about the safety of your municipal water supply, if you rely on well water that has not been tested, or if you dislike the taste or your local water, consider installing a faucet filter or using a portable filter container like Brita.
Now, join me as I take a big drink to your health.


https://legitinfobase..com/2018/08/how-to-meet-your-bodys-water-needs.html

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that the Aug. 17 deadline for the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) will not be extended.

The commission said the exercise would resume after the 2019 General Elections scheduled for Feb. 26 and March 2.
Mr Mohorret Bigun, Public Affairs Officer of INEC in Gombe told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday that the exercise would henceforth include weekends and public holidays to allow for more people to register beginning from Aug.1.
He said INEC was not planning to extend the exercise beyond Aug. 17 as being anticipated in some quarters.
“There will be no extension of ongoing registration beyond the Aug. 17 deadline. Those who are anticipating extension should go and register.
“From Aug. 1, we are going to operate from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Sunday. This is to give room for those who are yet to turn up for the exercise.
“We have been directed to suspend the registration of voters until the 2019 general elections are concluded,’’ Bigun said.
He said the commission decided to suspend the exercise till next year to enable it to produce the Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) for distribution.
“The commission would not want to deny anyone the right to vote; hence the need to suspend the exercise temporarily to prepare for the general elections in 2019.’’
According to him, 141,345 persons, comprising 55,407 (39 per cent) females and 85,947 (61 per cent) males have so far registered as at July 30.
He appealed to those who were yet to register to take advantage of the adjustment in the timetable

https://legitinfobase..com/2018/08/pvc-why-august-17-deadline-will-not-be.html

Members of The Lord’s Chosen Charismatic Revival Ministries have launched a new ‘land craft’ for publicity purposes.
The Lord’s Chosen Charismatic Revival Ministries has launched what has been described as a “new land craft” in Lagos.

According to the church, the ‘land craft’ was constructed and launched in order to aid the members during evangelism and publicity.
The new ‘land craft’ was dedicated by Pastor Amadi Chidozie, the Lagos State coordinator of Chosen church.


https://legitinfobase..com/2018/08/see-new-land-craft-lords-chosen-church.html

Lalasticala

The University students who are cousins, both aged 21 and students of Tamale Technical University, were handed the death sentence by Tamale High Court in the Northern region. The convicts who stole the Pastor’s Toyota Highlander vehicle before fleeing, attacked and killed 65-year-old Ebenezer Ocran, head pastor of End Time Bible Believers Fellowship, Tamale, at his residence in Kumbuyili.
They were however arrested in November 2017, after they forced themselves into the room of the deceased at about 12noon on November 10 2017, and killed him by stabbing him in the chest with a knife and also fractured his skull with a pestle.
The University students gave the car they stole to a sprayer at the Tamale Industrial Area, to sell at GHS10,000. During the trial, the prosecution called nine witnesses, while the convicts called no witnesses, and at the end of it all the jury returned a verdict of guilty of conspiracy to commit crime.
Few months ago, it was reported that a cleric with the Nigerian Baptist Conference in Ondo State, Pastor Deji Joshua, was killed in Okitipupa, in the Okitipupa Local Government Area of the state by suspected armed robbers.
The deceased was the pastor in charge of the Goodnews Baptist Church, Igbegunrin, Ilaje/Apoi Association of the Ondo State Baptist Conference. According to a police source, the deceased was on his motorcycle when the suspected robbers killed him on Ode Aye Road.
The source, who said the incident occurred at about 11.30pm on Monday, added that the robbers stole the motorcycle. The Public Relations Officer of the Ondo State Police Command, Mr. Femi Joseph, said the command had commenced investigation into the sad incident.

https://legitinfobase..com/2018/07/21yrs-old-university-students-sentenced.html

More details

https://legitinfobase..com/2018/07/reno-omokri-tweets-when-nigerians-where.html

The cashier of a popular hotel in Enugu state, have been apprehended by security operatives and arraigned by the EFCC on a three count charge bordering on stealing by converting millions of naira from a man.

The Enugu Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Monday, July 30th , 2018 arraigned one Florence Okorie before justice H.O Eya of the State High Court Enugu State, on a three-count charge bordering on stealing by converting the sum of N3,320,000.00 from one Mr Nnaemeka Nnamani, while being the cashier of Nice and Cool Hotel.

Sometimes in 2016, information reached the complainant that the accused, Florence Okorie of Obeagu Amechi, Awkunanaw, Enugu State who had worked in his hotel as a cashier for eight years had all the while, been converting the hotel’s proceeds to her personal use.

The complainant decided to place close supervision on her and precisely on 14th Dec, 2016 he received a call that the accused was in a bank making transaction and he quickly went to meet her.

On reaching the bank, the petitioner discovered that the defendant had deposited the sum of 300,000 into her personal account and when asked the source of the money she said it was given to her by somebody she could not t reveal, hence the petition to EFCC.

Further investigations by the Commission revealed that though the defendant was paid N7,000 (Seven Thousand Naira) monthly as salary at inception, she had unfettered access to funds and records/accounts book of the hotel. She was also found to have over N9,700,000

(Nine Million, Seven Hundred Thousand Naira) withdrawn from her account with which it was believed, she used to procure a landed property, ‘Keke’ tricycle, a shop and a seven-room apartment at Obeagu Amechi.

When the charges were read, the accused pleaded not guilty to the three-count charge preferred against her. The defence counsel Barr. N A Ogbodo prayed the court to grant the defendant bail due to her health challenge, a plea which was not opposed by the prosecution counsel, M. M Gwani.

The accused was granted bail on the following terms: One surety and N500,000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand Naira) in like sum. The surety must be a grade level 12 officer in civil or public service who must deposit his or her appointment letter and two recent passports.

The surety, the judge ruled, must be verified by the prosecution and in three days, must produce the court with the medical report of the accused. He further ordered that if the accused was unable to perfect her bail, she has to be remanded in prison custody till the next adjourned date. The case was thereafter, adjourned to 22nd and 25th of August 2018.

https://legitinfobase..com/2018/07/female-hotel-cashier-florence-okorie.html

Lalasticala fynestboi mynd44

Britain Drops Terror Charges Against Ex-Soldier For Fighting IS


James Matthews
A former British soldier alleged to have fought alongside Kurdish forces battling the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria had terrorism charges against him dropped on Tuesday.
James Matthews, from east London, was due to face trial in November after being charged with receiving training in Iraq and Syria on or before February 15 2016 “for purposes connected to the commission of preparation of terrorism”.
The 43-year-old was believed to be the first person to be prosecuted for terrorism in Britain for assisting a group already helped by the British government.
But state prosecutor Tom Little said at a hearing at London’s Old Bailey on Tuesday that there was no longer a realistic prospect of conviction on “evidential grounds”.
Hundreds of foreign fighters from countries including Britain, Canada, France, Germany and the United States have fought alongside the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) in northern Syria.
The group is a key component of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces alliance which waged a successful campaign against Islamic State jihadists.
Joel Bennathan, who was defending Matthews, said his client was “happy” charges had been dropped.
“We have always said the decision to prosecute Mr Matthews for fighting with the YPG against Isis was extraordinary and totally unjustified,” he said.
“Mr Matthews is happy this has now come to an end.
“Mr Matthews was always open about what he had done and it is baffling that the CPS (Crown Prosecution Service) took two years to decide to prosecute him, then seven months later they have suddenly realised there is not enough evidence to do so.”
The ex-soldier said he joined the YPG after seeing a photograph of an IS fighter holding the decapitated head of a woman.
“It seemed like one of the most single evil things I’ve ever seen and it affected me quite a lot,” said Matthews, who appeared on a Channel 4 documentary called “The Brits battling ISIS”.

https://legitinfobase..com/2018/07/britain-drops-terror-charges-against-ex.html

18-year-old Tega Teddy, his parents, Mr. Uroye Teddy, 45, and Mrs. Margaret Teddy, and his girlfriend Karima Edom, have been arrested by the police officers attached to Lagos State Police command for stealing.
Parents, son and girlfriend arrested for stealing in Lagos
The suspects stole from a neighbour who went on a 3-month vacation, leaving her house vacant. A statement from the Lagos State Police on the arrest of the Parents, their son and his girlfriend reads;
Quote
“When Mrs Folashade Odunuga of No. 8 Ade Onitiri, Harmony Estate, Langbasa, Ajah, embarked on a 3-month vacation which commenced on May 27, 2018, little did she know that her apartment would be broken into and her household property including her car, stolen by eighteen-year-old Tega Teddy aided by his parents Mr. Uroye Teddy, 45 years old and his mother Mrs. Margaret Teddy.
“Also fingered in the offence is Tega’s girlfriend, one Karima Edom, a close neighbour of the victim who allegedly passed information of the victim’s absence from home to her boyfriend.
“The stealing had been going on for weeks until the victim’s househelp, one Eniola Abisola visited her mistress’ house and discovered that a lot of items were missing. She couldn’t understand how the thieves entered the apartment as all doors to the house remained closed.
“She immediately alerted the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in-charge of Langbasa Division, SP. Adaobi Okafor who mobilised her detectives to check on all in the neighbourhood whose names are in the station’s watch list.
“When the detectives checked on Tega, they saw the stolen Chevrolet Aveo saloon car with registration number AKD 512 AP, parked in the front his parents’ house at New Osho layout, Langbasa. He was promptly arrested.
“During interrogation, he revealed that he entered the victim’s house through the ceiling and gradually, he began to pack the household items to his father’s house. He narrated that his mother helped him to hide the stolen items in an uncompleted building while his girlfriend Karima, hid some in her house. The suspect, Tega, further revealed that his father went with him to the victim’s house to tow the aforementioned car. It was seen that Mrs Margaret Teddy had put the stolen properties for sale.
“Exhibits recovered from the suspects include: Chevrolet saloon car reg no. AKD 512 AP, 42 inches flat screen TV, LG Home theatre sound system, electric generator, one standing fan, 5 leather bags, an iPad baby shoes and other personal items.
“The Commissioner of Police, CP Imohimi Edgal, charges Lagosians to take their personal security seriously by ensuring that their houses are entrusted in the hands of trusted relations, friends or aides whenever they travel. He admonished that people should go back to our old way of visiting their neighbours to check on them. He added that if that was the case in this instance, Teddy and his girlfriend Karima wouldn’t have had the effrontery to cook, eat and wine in Folashade Odunuga’s house during her long absence from home.”


https://legitinfobase..com/2018/07/shame-police-arrest-parents-son-and.html