Governor Chime Of Enugu State In London Hospital With Heart Disease

Governor Sullivan Chime, who has been missing from Enugu State since September 2012 when he applied accumulated leave that ought to have lasted only one and a half months, is battling heart disease in London’s Cromwell Hospital, sources have told SaharaReporters.

Despite efforts to ferry him home to quell public restlessness in the State, the condition of the governor, whose medical sojourn started in India, has remained dire.

The prolonged absence of the Governor has left the state under the complete control of his Chief of Staff, Mrs. Ifeoma Nwobodo. Deputy Governor Sunday Onyebuchi, who is a neophyte, is limited to monetary spending limit of not more than N500,000k at a time.

Before becoming governor, Mr. Chime was Enugu state's Attorney General in the government of now-indicted former Governor Chimaroke Nnamani. During Chimaroke's reign in the state and for eight years, several assassinations, including that of Victor Nwankwo, the business manager of the vocal activist Arthur Nwankwo, helped to chill public dissent.

Following the disappearance from public view of Governor Chime in 2012, several assassinations have also been experienced in the state. Emeka Agwu, a man described as vocal and fearless, was assassinated in December 2012. He hailed from Udi, the same local government area as the governor.

Other assassinations, including those of Ogbo Edoda and Ikeckucku Alagwu, a coordinator of MDG projects in two LGAs, have sent fear throughout the state and chilled notable voices. So far, there are no investigations into those murders.

Enugu indigenes are fearful about what lies ahead for the State, and many prominent church leaders who hail from the same area as the governor have gone silent. The state assembly is also in the pockets of the governor.

A few days ago, a pro-democracy association of Enugu State citizens which calls itself the Save Enugu Group, called on Acting Governor Onyebuchi to make a “categorical explanation” on the condition and whereabouts of Governor Chime.
The Acting Governor has yet to respond.
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Many Feared Dead In Ogun State Pipeline Explosion

Over 50 suspected vandals were, yesterday, feared dead in an explosion that rocked the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation,NNPC, pipeline at Arepo village, Owode, Ogun State.


According to Vanguard, the explosion came following a fire which was sparked off by some vandals who stormed the creeks by boat to siphon fuel from the NNPC pipeline.

Arepo was the scene of the killing of three NNPC officials by vandals last year. One of the survivors of yesterday’s incident was said to have participated in the officials murder. He was arrested by the police alongside a doctor who, according to a reports, was taking him to hospital for treatment. The doctor claimed he had only responded to distress calls. There were fears, last night, that damage to the pipeline could worsen petrol scarcity as it supplies the product from Atlas Cove Jetty in Lagos to other South-West states.

An eyewitness account stated that the explosion came after an argument erupted between two of the vandals who were struggling to siphon fuel from the pipeline and it resulted into a heated argument that made one of them who was armed with a rifle to shoot indiscriminately into the air.

The pipeline fire at Arepo yesterday.

Sunday Vanguard learnt that bullets from the rifle hit the ruptured pipeline and led to an explosion. Meanwhile, operatives of the Inspector General of Police Special Task Force on Anti-Pipeline Vandalism Unit, who have been on patrol of the area, responded to the explosion.

It was in the course of the response that they made the arrests. Those arrested included the survivor identified as Sunday Reuben and the doctor.

The source alleged that the doctor was trying to smuggle the survivor to his private clinic for treatment. The survivor, with severe burns, told Sunday Vanguard that there were more than 50 of them stealing petrol from the ruptured pipeline when the explosion took place, pleading for the rescue of his colleagues “blown away by the force of the blast and dying in the creeks.”

His claim could not be confirmed as the fire was still burning at press time thus hindering access to the place.
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He narrated the story of how he came to be involved in yesterday’s incident: “I was in my house when Suleiman my friend called me that there was a job at Arepo creeks. He asked me to look for a canoe and come with as many gallons as I could carry. Shortly after I arrived I saw people fighting before I heard a gunshot.

The next thing was an explosion, I was lucky that I wasn’t close to the pipeline. It was the heat of the fire that affected me. I managed to run to my boat where my mother was waiting. There were so many of us both men and women. We are more than 50 persons over there and most of us are still inside that fire. Most of them are still in the creeks dying, please help them. Iya Olabode called a doctor who was about taking me to the hospital when we were arrested by the police.”

The doctor said he acted on his oath to protect life. He explained that Iya Olabode, his customer called him to attend to a patient in her house at Abule Oba, Ikorodu area of Lagos.

“I am a family doctor to Iya Olabode for the past three years. So when she called me that there is an emergency, I quickly rushed to her house where I saw Reuben badly burnt. I advised her that we should take the man to my clinic for better treatment. We were on our way when the police accosted us.”

He further claimed that he never remembered to ask the patient how he sustained the burns.

“I forgot to ask him because I was in a hurry to save his life. I never knew that he could be a vandal because Iya Olabode is a good and respectable business woman. I am terribly sorry; I was only trying to save life.”

Confirming the arrests, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Friday Ibadin, who is in charge of the Task Force, said that the explosion started at about 2am yesterday.

“Shortly after the explosion, policemen led by Sector Commander, Lagos, DSP Onaghise Osayande, cordoned off the area to reduce casualties while they awaited the arrival of fire fighters to quench the fire. It was in the process that they stumbled into a jeep carrying one of the survivors and a medical doctor who was on his way to hospital. In the course of interrogation, we discovered that the survivor was one of those who participated in the killing of the NNPC officials last year.

One of the surviving vandals

“The taskforce arrested six suspected vandals who were alleged to have participated in the incident that led to the killing of three Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) staff at Arepo Village, Owode in Ogun State”.

Looming petrol scarcity Meanwhile, a source close to the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Ogun State, which deployed its men to the scene of pipeline explosion, hinted that the NNPC had been asked to stop further supply of petrol to the pipeline to reduce the inferno.

Experts said the interruption of supply was bound to worsen fuel scarcity of petrol in the south west states. Confirming the incident,the Public Relations Officer of the NSCDC in the state, Olanrewaju Kareem, in a press statement, in Abeokuta, said there was an explosion at “the NNPC pipeline on waterways at journalists Estate, Arepo in the state”.

He said, “the fire was noted yesterday by our surveillance team posted to monitor the situation around the place.

“The fire might have been caused by vandals activities as we received an earlier call by the same surveillance team of suspicious movement around the waterways.

“Our combat team were on their way at about 8:15 am when the out-break occurred, the team was instructed to move in by commandant Aboluwoye Akinwande for possible arrests.

“However, no arrest was made as the vandals made their escape through Majidun side of the water ways.

The Corps Commandant, Aboluwoye Akinwande, was there early this morning to have on the spot assessment of the situation.

“He immediately called on NNPC to stop supply through the route. In due course, NNPC has made us to know that the fire will come down gradually”.

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PHOTOS: Nollywood Stars Attend Candle Night For Late Actor, Enebeli Elebuwa

On Wednesday, January 9, 2013 the Nollywood actors and other entertainment big shots attended the Artiste Night-Candle Night procession for the late veteran actor Enebeli Elebuwa. See photos below:

Those in attendance included Segun Arinze, Richard Mofe-Damijo, Zack Orji, Stephanie Okereke, YAW, Joseph Benjamin, Monalisa Chinda, Halima Abubakar, Rita Dominic, Julius Agwu, Uche Jombo and many others.

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How four cups a day can reduce the risk of a stroke

 

Drinking four cups of tea a day can reduce the risk of a stroke by more than a fifth, according to new research.

Scientists who studied how consumption of black tea - the kind mostly drunk in the UK - related to strokes found downing at least four cups every day lowered the chances of a brain blood clot by 21 per cent.

But drinking any less than that did not seem to have a beneficial effect.

The findings, by scientists at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, come from a population study involving nearly 75,000 men and women.

Strokes kill around 200 people every day in the UK. Many more are left disabled and living in fear that a second or even third attack could kill them.

It's estimated to cost the NHS £2.3 billion a year to treat and look after the 100,000 people annually struck down by the life-threatening condition. Only cancer and heart disease kill more people.

Around 85 per cent of victims are affected by ischaemic strokes, where a clot travels to the brain and shuts off its blood supply.

The rest are called haemorrhagic strokes, where a blood vessel bursts in the brain, causing potentially fatal bleeding.

Although numerous studies have highlighted the protective effects of green tea on the brain, the evidence on black tea has been less conclusive.
The Swedish team studied 74,961 Swedish adults who were in good health when they signed up to a long-term health study in 1997.
Over the next ten years, just over 4,000 of the volunteers suffered a stroke, mostly ischaemic.

Tealeaves: Britons drink an estimated 165million cups of tea a day

 

As part of the study, researchers monitored tea drinking habits.

Once they allowed for other factors that might determine stroke risk - such as whether volunteers smoked or had high blood pressure - they found that four cups or more a day had a significant effect.

British consumers get through an estimated 165 million cups every day of mostly black tea.

It is packed with components called flavonoids that are thought to be good for the heart and brain.

In a report on their findings the researchers said: 'Tea is thought to have beneficial effects on cardiovascular risk because of its flavonoid content.

'Daily consumption of one to three cups a day was not associated with stroke risk. But men and women who consumed four cups or more a day had a 21 per cent lower risk compared with those who never drank tea.'

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6 Makeup Mistakes That Make You Look Older

Do the wrinkles on your face scream, “LOOK AT ME!” after your standard makeup application? Rather than chalking it up to age, the main thing to consider are your makeup choices. Just like hairstyles, makeup techniques can add or subtract years to your appearance.
Prepare to hop aboard your own personal time machine with these makeup do’s and don’ts. Destination? 10 years younger.

1. Don’t skip or cake on foundation. Skipping out on foundation in your daily makeup routine can have harsh effects. Foundation helps even out your skin tone, whereas going sans coverage can put all of your skin’s flaws in the spotlight. A sheer, translucent foundation corrects the flaws and helps liven up the skin for a youthful, even tone. If you have oily skin, shoot for a mineral powder. For dry skin, tinted moisturizers are the best way to go. Another thing that can put creases & wrinkles on full display? TOO MUCH foundation. Heavy makeup is a one-way ticket to Ageville; it makes you appear older than you are.

Heidi Klum loves shiny things, but her face shouldn’t be one of them! Going too natural and skipping foundation can be a harsh option.

2. Using too light of a base. Foundation that’s lighter than your skin tone will only exaggerate wrinkles and fine lines. Try a hue that’s 1-2 shades darker with a hint of shimmer. It will give your skin a fresh glow.

Try the foundation stripe test with 3 hues to see which looks best! Can you guess which shade works best for this model?

3. Applying blush incorrectly. Blush applied to the apples of the cheeks can draw attention to cheek wrinkles and sagging skin under the eyes. Apply color on the highest point of the cheekbone and brush upward. A rose-tinted shade of blush works great for all skin tones and ages, but don’t over-do it! Heavy color on the cheeks gives off a severe, clownish appearance. A general rule of thumb with makeup: Too much = AGING.

Xtina commits makeup suicide with numerous mishaps – the most noticeable being too much blush. The end result is clownish and severely unflattering.

4. Metallic eyeshadow. Frosty-colored eyeshadows magnify creased eyelids and wrinkles. Instead, try a matte or solid color in peach or taupe which work great on all skin tones.

J-Lo’s metallic eyeshadow is definitely costing a thing: her age!

5. Mascara & eyeliner on lower lashes. Applying mascara and eyeliner to your lower lashes highlights two of the things you want to hide most: Crow’s Feet and dark circles. Plus, it makes your eyes looks smaller. For big, bright eyes – coat your top lashes with the blackest mascara to make the whites of your eyes look bright and clear. Also be sure to curl your lashes to make them look fuller – which of course means YOUNGER!

Sigh…a classic case of bad makeup happening to good people! We love Emma Stone, but her clumpy lower lash look highlights every wrinkle.

6. Bright lip colors. As you know, our lip fullness deflates with age. Bright, dark, or iridescent shades can be too heavy for thinning lips – allowing the color to bleed from the natural lip line. Bright hues can also be aging in general due to the severity and heaviness of the color. A neutral rose shade is very flattering, and a sheer gloss to top it off adds fullness.

(J)WOWW, that lipstick is unflattering! This bright, lavender hue paired with her overly dramatic eye makeup makes Jenny Farley look 10 years older than she is.

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