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- 10 Things To Ask Your Partner Before Marriage
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| Nigerian Lady Gets Brand New SUV After Sowing Her Car As Seed In Church Posted: 02 Dec 2017 04:08 AM PST  First thing you should know is that, over 75% of successful people are not rich by their efforts, but by Unmerited Favour. They have same 24 hours like you, do same businesses people are doing, most times they are not even educated beyond secondary school of maybe first degree. What's different? Why are some even with PMP, MSc, PhD struggling? People can be blessed into their generations. People can cursed into their generations. Mystery! I will reveal more later. This lady sowed her car as a seed during Thanksgiving and she's just got something better: "My lovely friends and families, please join me thank this faithful God that never fails, just on Sunday on our harvest thanksgiving God told me to sow my car as my thanksgiving seed, and it is not even up to 7 days, one of my lovely daughter in the lord came back from US and she said God told her: 'mummy I should change your car'. I really want to thank my lovely daughter that did this, and my great apostle David Obuks, that came to bless me and my church. Thank you Jesus for all your goodness."   culled from Olu famous Mr Olumide's Blog |
| Model who tattooed her eyeball cries out,might have eyeball removed | Mr Olumide's Blog Posted: 02 Dec 2017 03:44 AM PST  Catt Galinger's boyfriend coloured the white part of her eye, known as a sclera, with "pure ink" and a large needle, rather than doing it in phases over the course of a few days. The ten minute job happened just over two months ago - but it will have lifelong repercussions for the 24-year-old. Within 24 hours she was in extreme pain, her eye had swollen shut and she had blurred vision.  Sharing photos of her swollen and weeping eye on Facebook, she wrote: "This is beyond heartbreaking."I CANNOT open it at all without significant effort.  Now Catt is waiting to have an operation that will remove the flap of her eye that is filled with ink.Speaking to GlobalNews.ca, she admitted that she would prefer to just have her eye taken out than to deal with the pain and discomfort she is currently enduring.  culled from MPNB Mr Olumide's Blog |
| Beautiful Photos of Actor Sam Dede, His Wife & Their Kids Posted: 02 Dec 2017 03:43 AM PST |
| How Prof Jega Escaped Being Abducted During 2015 Election Posted: 02 Dec 2017 02:18 AM PST  Jega was to be forced to resign or declare the election as inconclusive. Another dimension to the plot was botched plans to bomb the International Conference Centre (ICC) where the results of the poll were collated. Also, the idea of a military takeover was mooted by Goodluck Jonathan's men to scuttle the emergence of Muhammadu Buhari, but the two most senior military officers at the meeting said it was too late. Worried by the failure to truncate Buhari's victory, a former Chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshal, Alex Badeh, was said to have sent a terse text message to a former Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Suleiman Abba, in which he accused the ex-IGP of treachery. But the book clarified that Jonathan was not aware of the multi-dimensional plots. These were contained in a book, 'On a Platter of Gold: How Jonathan won and lost Nigeria,' written by a former Minister of Sports, Mr. Bolaji Abdullahi, who is now the National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress(APC). The book implicated some top military officers, a Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Sotonye Wakama (who is from Okrika like the former First Lady, Patience Jonathan), heads of security agencies and senior politicians from the South-South. According to the book, ex-Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Mr. Godsday Orubebe, was to spearhead the plot to cause chaos in ICC while others, including policemen will withdraw and allow a mob to cause the commotion which will lead to the abduction of Jega. But while Orubebe acted his script, the ex-IGP Abba chose to uphold the rule of law and instead of deploying policemen to the ICC to disrupt the collation of results, he reinforced security. Abba overruled a DIG of Police, Sotonye Wakama, who was allegedly part of the plot. The scuttling of the plot made Orubebe carry the can alone as no one else joined him in the plot. The book reads in part: "In the early hours of Tuesday, 31st April, an urgent meeting had just been concluded in a private house in the Maitama area of the nation's capital. At the meeting were some top military and security chiefs believed to be loyal to President Jonathan and some senior politicians from his South-South region. "The meeting had been convened to save what was turning out to be a disastrous situation for their 'son'. Something had to be done and it had to be done quickly. The situation appeared desperate, truly, but all was not lost yet. As long as the final results had not been officially announced, there was still a chance to do something. "The first option on the table reflected the desperation of the moment. If an explosion were to go off near the International Conference Centre (lCC) where the results were being collated, this would create the situation that could allow some agents to move in and remove or burn election materials. "This option was, however, rejected. Not only was it considered extreme. It carried a high risk of unintended consequences, especially with the menace of Boko Haram running wild and loose in the country, it could also lead to loss of lives. "If the goal was to render the election inconclusive and stop the announcement of the final results, there must be some other way of achieving this. "The other way was to mobilize as many people as possible to invade the venue and disrupt the collation process. This was seen as a better option. It was low risk and had the added advantage of live television coverage to show the whole world the injustice that had happened in Nigeria and how the lNEC was part of the conspiracy. "No matter what happened, President Jonathan could not he informed of these plans. Everyone agreed that they had to save the President, even against his own will. It was a moment of blind passion. But this was not all about Jonathan. Apart from the personal benefits that had turned many of them into millionaires overnight, they saw the Jonathan presidency as the culmination of the Niger-Delta struggle that had started many years earlier and cost so much in human lives. "It was the ultimate recompense for so much bloodshed, which would, perhaps, require more blood to preserve. But they also knew that President Jonathan was no militant. To some of them, he wasn't even ljaw enough. Therefore, if he knew what was being planned, he would no doubt stop it. The only way to get him to act 'more presidential was to keep everything away from him till the last minute, thereby forcing his hands.' For the plan to succeed however, the inspector General of Police and the Director General of the Department of State Services (DSS) had to withdraw their officers from the International Conference Centre. While they did not envisage any problem with the DSS, the same could not be said of the police. This was why the Deputy inspector General, Sotonye Wakama, was invited to the meeting instead of the Inspector-General himself. Wakama was an ljaw man from Okirika in Rivers State, just like the First Lady. He could be trusted. The same could however not he said of his boss, Suleiman Abba, from Jigawa. "About the decisions arising from the meeting he had been invited to, Abba declared in no uncertain terms that the police would not be party to such obnoxious plan. Instead of withdrawing his men, he decided to send in reinforcements. This was a major setback, but not enough to scuttle the entire plan. "Text messages had already been sent out to some key people, inviting them to join the protest at the International Conference Centre. Even though only a few had acknowledged the text messages, they believed everyone would turn up. After all, those invited also had a lot to lose with President Jonathan out of power. "Unknown to the plotters, a few of those that received the text messages planned to heed the call. Not having attended the meeting, they had little or no background information about the protest they were being invited to participate in. "Many also wondered who the brains behind the plot were. The Jonathan campaign had been fractious and disjointed and it was often difficult knowing who was doing what. "Those within the party hierarchy were particularly bitter at their perceived alienation from the presidential campaign. Therefore, they were not going to join a battle they were not considered important enough to be part of in the first place. A good number ignored the call to am because they did not want to make a spectacle of themselves live television transmitting to the whole world. And so it was that almost everyone stayed away. Except one man, Peter Godsday Orubebe." The book also revealed the botched plans to abduct the ex-INEC chairman, Prof. Jega. It says: "The stoic calmness displayed by Jega during the stormy session soon attained the metaphorical status believed to have contributed in upending the plot hatched to truncate the electoral process, "What the INEC chairman probably did not know at the time was that part of the plan was to abduct him under the smokescreen of the confusion that would ensure the moment the police began to fire tear gas canisters into the venue. "Once abducted, he would either be forced to resign or to declare the election as inconclusive. However, with other actors not playing their part and the police not reacting as envisaged, all had gone awry within minutes." Having failed in all fronts, some loyalists of the ex-President came up with the idea of a military takeover to prevent Buhari from becoming the President.  culled from Olu famous Mr Olumide's Blog |
| 10 Things To Ask Your Partner Before Marriage Posted: 02 Dec 2017 01:38 AM PST  But it has often been said that good communication and openness, among other factors, are essential ingredients of a happy marriage, which explains why marriage counsellors and psychologists always advise that intending couples need to discuss certain things before marriage. And this goes beyond the questions new acquaintances ask themselves. The experts maintain that any marriage-related issue that intending couples refuse to deal with before marriage would wait for them after marriage. Here are some of the issues experts believe people need to talk about with their partners before they tie the knot, not entirely because it must influence their decision, but to manage expectations. Any habit that makes the other person uncomfortable: Given that no two human beings are the same, whether in reasoning or character, the future of a relationship lies partly on how both persons are able to accommodate each other's differences. Hence, intending couples should ask their partners anything about their character they are not comfortable with, to see if there is a reason for such behaviour or see if it could be moderated, so that they could both dwell in an atmosphere devoid of rancour. This could include dressing style, personal hygiene, pets, ability to forgive easily or say sorry, etc. A psychologist, Dr. Andrea Bonior, said, "It's a good thing when we can be exposed to a perspective far different from our own, but eventually, our own habits may remain what we're most comfortable with — and if our partner's style continues to be quite different, what used to be enticing may turn downright annoying. Are you assuming that your partner will magically become a different person, even in terms of something relatively small? Think again. And if you choose to marry someone, you must choose to take them as they are, end of story." How family finances would be shared: According to Bonior, one of the things that can readily cause friction in the home is how bills would be shared, and this ranges from house rent, money for food items, children's school fees, money for parents' upkeep, money for domestic needs, etc. While some believe a man should be responsible for paying all the bills in the house, as the head of the family, some believe the wife should also take up some bills as long as she has the capacity and some others believe the person with the higher income should volunteer to do more. If this is not sorted out, experts say it is a potential cause of conflict. "The more you talk about it, and the more honest you are with yourselves and each other about what you bring to the table in terms of your money attitudes and how they will be resolved, the better foundation you build in your marriage," she added. Temperament: People's nature differs as it affects their behaviour, how they react when angry, how easy it is for them to move on when offended and how well they handle stress, which explains why couples should talk about how they react in certain situations, more so that people tend to change when under stress. She said, "Even more important is how the two of you handle stress together; do you retreat and isolate, or connect to resolve things as a team? In general, the healthiest marriages have respectful and honest communication without game-playing, passive-aggressiveness, personal attacks, or power trips. Examine your styles of handling conflicts and see if there is room for improvement." Thoughts on number of children and if gender matters: This is one very important factor that could easily cause unrest in a home. Experts advise that couples should have an open, comprehensive discussion about how many children they want to have and agree on whether the gender of the children would matter and what would happen in case infertility issue comes up before they get to the number they agree on. Without this discussion, there have been instances where people, especially men, resort to extramarital affairs to have the number of children they truly desire or to have a particular gender. Bonior added, "If each of you vaguely imagines having two children, that might sound like you're perfectly compatible on that score. But what if after one child, one of you absolutely wants to stop? What happens if infertility is an issue – how hard will you continue to try, and how do you feel about adoption? What happens if one person still has the itch for more children after the second one? It's important to dig deeper." Exposure to drugs, alcohols and social media: Not all persons can cope with a partner that is given to drugs, or alcohol, especially if they don't take. Thus, it is important for couples to discuss beforehand if they can bear the partner's appetite for such substances, so as to avoid conflict, more so that these substances are addictive. And for social media, whereby some prefer to post every picture they take on the social media, while some rarely do, citing privacy as their reason. Perhaps this is important because a partner who posts everything personal on the social media would likely post pictures of their children, which might not go down well with the other partner. When to involve third party: Usually, in marriage, the golden rule is that whatever transpires, including need for help or even conflict, stays within the home. But, there are instances where innocently or out of genuine concern people spill the beans, which could be to the chagrin of the partner. Thus, to avoid issues, people should set some rules. Bonior said, "Are you okay with a husband who asks his mother for marital advice? There is no right answer about how much to share with friends and family, but the more you are on the same page, the better off and less blindsided you will be." Disposition towards in-laws: In the African setting and in some other climes, in-laws are almost an integral part of the home. Thus, people are always advised to speak out on whatever reservations they have about their partners' family before they tie the knot, else it might pose problem to the marriage, because it may not fade out. The solution might be for the two families to talk about the issues. How to share house chores: In the past, this was hardly an issue of discourse, as women were traditionally expected to do most of the chores at home, but things have changed. Thus, intending couples are advised to deliberate on how to share the chores at home so as to avoid incessant quarrels and expectations that may never be met. Bonior said, "Unfortunately, even couples who have a comfortable division of responsibility pre-marriage can often be thrown into resentful conflicts once circumstances change: the addition of a baby, a change in a partner's job or commute, or a bigger house with new types of maintenance needed." Thus, there is need to talk about this issue. Closeness to opposite s*x: The nature of one's job could influence how much one would mingle with persons of the opposite s*x. Thus, people are often advised to agree on what they would not be able to bear, such as taking out a colleague of the opposite s*x for lunch. Bonior added, "Every couple must define for themselves what they are or are not comfortable with. And the more you pretend that it will all magically work out even when there are differences, the more you set yourself up for feeling betrayed. Expectations or preference about s*x: No doubt, religious teachings advise that people should shun premarital s*x, but one question intending couples could ask each other, without having slept together, is if the other person likes s*x and how often they would wish to have it when married. This would help to balance each other's expectations and help them to know what to expect. [written by Tunde Ajaja]  culled from Olu famous Mr Olumide's Blog |
| How "Ritualists" Abducted Me, 12 Others – Female Student Posted: 02 Dec 2017 01:23 AM PST  The incident which happened on Thursday affected a student of Kwara State University. Narrating her experience, one of the abducted persons that later regained her freedom, a 200 level student of the department of Mass Communication, Dorcas Oluwatimilehin Olanrewaju, said she was abducted in a taxi on her way to the campus in Malete. She said: "While in the taxi I boarded, a woman in the vehicle complained of feeling cold, so the glass windows were closed up. I lost consciousness since. I later found myself among some people in the night. We were about 13 in the place as at Thursday night but the ritualists have taken six victims away. "They told us that they are heading to Ekiti State. I was kept inside the booth of the vehicle. When we got to Offa, they asked of my origin and I told them that I am from Omu Aran. So, when they wanted to take water for the faulty radiator of the vehicle at Omu Aran, I was dropped and set free, unknown to them, in front of my father's house," she said. Dorcas is the daughter of the chairman, Correspondents' Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Kwara State and State Correspondent of The Sun newspaper, Layi Olanrewaju. She reportedly left her off-campus residence to write an examination in school but rather than take her to the campus, the driver of the campus shuttle vehicle drove her to an unknown destination. Feeling unsafe in the circumstances she found herself, she allegedly sent a text message to one of her friends informing her that she had been taken away by some unidentified persons suspected to be ritualists. She was later dumped in Omu Aran, Irepodun local government area of the state on Friday morning but she could not explain the whereabouts of the other victims. In his reaction, Director, University Relations, Dr. Isiaka Aliagan, claimed that only a female student was reportedly abducted by unknown persons. He said security has been beefed up on Malete route, around the campus and environ to keep criminals at bay, adding that armed police patrol has also been deployed to the route and regular checking of vehicles intensified since yesterday. Aliagan said: "The university learnt that she sent a distress call through her mobile phone indicating that she could not identify the location at which she had been drop. Immediately they were alerted, officials of KWASU Safety unit swung into action by contacting the security operatives and telecommunication agencies to track the phone. "KWASU management would like to stress that all efforts were made to secure the lives of its students staying on both campus and off-campus hostels, while all commercial transport operators were duly registered with the university to ensure proper monitoring of their activities. "At the moment, the identity of the vehicle involved in the kidnap incident or its driver is unknown. We believe the security operatives are up to task and will work round the clock to track the perpetrator(s) of the crime. Management will give maximum support and cooperation to the police to track the kidnapper(s) and ensure justice," said Aliagan. He added that: "Management wishes to urge students to be security conscious, to patronize only registered transport and to report strange persons or movements around their hostels and campus." Reacting to the incident, the state police command's spokesperson, Ajayi Okasanmi, said that the command has commenced investigation on the matter, adding that the report had been circulated to police formations within and outside the state towards possible arrest of the culprits.  culled from Olu famous Mr Olumide's Blog |
| Jonathan Dismisses Saraki's Boy's Book As "Mere Gossip... Full of Lies" Posted: 02 Dec 2017 01:23 AM PST  Jonathan described the controversial book as a mere gossip that is full of lies. The book, titled, "On a Platter of Gold – How Jonathan won and lost Nigeria," was launched in Abuja on Thursday. At the launch, Borno State Governor, Mr. Kashim Shettima, described the former President as a bad leader who made poor choices while in power. But, Jonathan, in a statement signed by his media aide, Mr. Ikechukwu Eze, in Abuja on Friday, described the governor's claims as parochial and jaundiced. The former President debunked the allegations of poor governance and highlighted what he described as his key achievements, which he said were yet to be matched by any other leader. He further challenged the governor to come clean about the roles he allegedly played in the abduction of the Chibok schoolgirls, stressing that it went beyond the dismissive claim that "Jonathan thought I kidnapped Chibok girls." Jonathan also accused the governor of frustrating the war against Boko Haram. The statement read in part, "He [Shettima] should be able to tell us if it was Jonathan's poor choices that led the governor to expose the students of the Government Girls' Secondary School in Chibok to an avoidable danger, in total disregard of a Federal Government's directive to the governors in the three states most affected by Boko Haram to relocate their students writing the West African Senior School Certificate Examination to safe zones. "The governor is now denying that he had no hand in the kidnap of the Chibok girls even before anybody accused him of culpability. However, we share the view of those who insist that the governor had other things up his sleeve when he promised the West African Examinations Council that he would secure the girls and ended up doing the very opposite, by deliberately abandoning them to their fate, without any security presence in their school." The former President said that it was instructive that while other governors in the zone heeded the security advice, Shettima was the only one who "flagrantly" flouted it. "Should we also fail to point out that his decision to reward the principal of Chibok Secondary School, who was uncharacteristically absent on the night the terrorists stormed the school, with the post of a commissioner, did throw up more questions than answers?" he asked. He challenged the governor to explain to the people of Borno State and Nigerians what he did with the over N60bn Local Governments Fund, which he said were left by his predecessor, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff. The former President further described Abdullahi's book as sour grapes — full of lies and gossip. He said it was unfortunate that Shettima claimed at the presentation of the book that he [Jonathan] wasted the goodwill he commanded because of bad governance and poor choices in office. The statement said, "As a man who had never seen anything good in the administration of Jonathan on account of party and other differences, it has remained our consistent view that in a democracy, Governor Kashim Shettima and others like him are entitled to their opinion, no matter how jaundiced. "However, it is a sad commentary on the character of some of our politicians that they go to any length to make spurious statements in pursuit of the sad narrative to remain politically correct. "We cannot be deceived by his crocodile tears and patronising claim that 'Jonathan is essentially a decent man,' which is a ploy he deployed to justify his false allegation of a lost glory. "The man who today speaks of squandered goodwill should be able to tell Nigerians what percentage of the votes Jonathan got in 2011 from Borno State at the height of that his envisaged glory, according to Shettima, and what it became in subsequent elections. "What was obvious yesterday and has remained today is that Governor Shettima and those who think like him never liked Jonathan based on some parochial and paternalistic sentiments." The statement further said that the Jonathan government assembled a "yet-to-be-matched crop of dynamic cabinet and economic management team made up of tested technocrats like Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (former Minister of Finance), Dr. Shamsuddeen Usman (former Minister of National Planning), Mr. Olusegun Aganga (former Minister of Trade and Investments) and Dr. Akinwumi Adesina (President of the African Development Bank and former Minister of Agriculture)."  culled from Olu famous Mr Olumide's Blog |
| Fellow Nigerians sold us into slavery in Libya – Returnees Posted: 02 Dec 2017 01:23 AM PST  This emerged as more Nigerians are repatriated by the International Organisation for Migration with the backing of the European Union in an ongoing exercise that has seen 1,295 retrieved from Libya in November alone. Since the beginning of 2017, IOM-facilitated repatriation has brought back 5,578 Nigerian migrants, who were trapped in and outside prisons across Libya. On Thursday night, 150 migrants from mostly Edo and Delta states arrived the country aboard a Buraq Airplane at the cargo terminal of the Murtala International Airport, Lagos. It was two days after 239 migrants had also been brought into the country. Many of the returnees, who were thankful for being back, confirmed to Punch that they were sold by their fellow countrymen, who were getting rich in Libya. One of them, 26-year-old Odion Saliu, a hairdresser from Edo State, said she was kidnapped and handed over to a Nigerian, who forced her to call her mother. According to her, her mother in Benin paid N200, 000 but she was again sold by the same Nigerian for 3,000 dinars (about N794, 000). Saliu explained that the Nigerians spoke Pidgin English and some Nigerian languages. She said, "When I was kidnapped with others and held for some weeks, the Arabs asked if I wanted to be taken to a Nigerian and I readily said yes. I was very happy that I was going to someone from my country. But it was a lie. "The Nigerian they took me to locked me in a cell and told me to call my mother and ask for N60, 000. The man said he would sell me to a connection house if my family did not get the money. I called to inform my mother and the trafficker who facilitated my journey from Nigeria. "But the trafficker spoke with them on the phone and told them the amount they demanded was too small. They increased it to N200, 000. My mother paid into an account after they provided her with the account number over the phone. "The Nigerian said if I wanted to cross the sea, I had to pay him again. But when we got to the seaside, he sold me again." Another Edo State indigene, Sunday Anyaegbunam, left Nigeria along with his wife in April. He said during their nine-day journey through the desert, they were sold twice by Nigerians. According to him, when their Nigerian "burger" (trafficker) sold them to another set of Libyan traffickers at Agadez, Niger, the traffickers sold him and his wife to a Nigerian who took them to Sabha, Libya, where they were separated in different cells. "We were made to contact our families on the phone and I had to ensure the payment of N400, 000 for my release and N300, 000 for my wife," Anyaegbunam said. Like others, he could only identify the Nigerians trading in their countrymen in Libya through the Nigerian languages they spoke and their accent. He said, "The Nigerians selling people in Libya are more wicked than many of the Arabs. I have never seen people so heartless as the Nigerians who bought and sold me. "There are many of them in Agadez and Sabha, who are making so much money from selling their own people. But there are other West Africans doing the business too. "When you approach them and say, 'Please, my brother, help me.' They would tell you, "No brother in the jungle." A 25-year-old woman, Esosa Osas, who was in Libya for six months, said she also met many Nigerians selling their countrymen. "You dare not talk to them, else they would beat you and lock you up. They sell women for 5,000 dinars and men for N4, 000 dinars. I noticed that the connection houses were also controlled by Nigerian women." All these accounts were corroborated by 35-year-old Harrison Okotie who lived in Libya for three years until his repatriation. "Nigerians and Libyans are doing the business like they are one big happy family," he said. Most of the migrants who arrived Nigeria on Thursday were from Edo State. Officials of the state's task force on illegal migration were on hand with luxurious buses to transport their people back home. A member of the task force, Okoduwa Solomon, told Punch that his team had made six such journeys to the airport within the last one month to take their indigenes repatriated from Libya back home. He said, "The first process is to take them through counselling, then we profile them. "After that, we put them in a home that the state government has provided for the returnees. The Edo State Government is paying each of the returnees from the state a stipend. They are going to undergo a training in agriculture, poultry, fishery and others to make them useful to themselves and the system." Officials of the National Emergency Management Agency coordinate the reception of the returnees at the airport.South West Zonal Coordinator of the agency, Yakubu Sulaiman, said the returnees would be lodged in a hotel where they would have the chance to clean up before their journey back home. Meanwhile, President, Women Arise and Centre for Change, Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin, has called on the Federal Government to use all diplomatic channels to prevail on the Libyan authorities to ensure the dignity of our people. She said in a statement on Friday that it was an embarrassment that Nigerians who were treated like royalty in the past were being dehumanised in a foreign land. "We must build a country where our people have opportunities to prosper and lead useful and productive lives and will only travel on leisure and business and not as illegal migrants desperate to live anywhere other than Nigeria," she said. Over 400,000 Nigerians, others still stranded in Libya – AU Commission Meanwhile, Head, African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, has said that over 400,000 Nigerians and others remain stranded in Libya. Hundreds of thousands more — "400,000 to 700, 000," according to Mahamat — remain stranded. European and African leaders have set themselves a tall order to stamp out horrific abuse of African migrants, some of them are Nigerians in Libya, where thousands are suffering in a vast, lawless territory. On Thursday, a summit of the African Union and the European Union set a goal of immediately repatriating 3,800 migrants languishing in a camp near Tripoli. But experts pointed to a daunting array of hurdles, from extracting migrants in perilous situations to giving them incentives to stay put when they return home. Even so, the summit's commitment, initiated by outrage over a CNN report on black Africans being sold as slaves in Libya, is being welcomed. "It is a step in the right direction," International Organisation for Migration Europe Director, Eugenio Ambrosi, told Agence France Presse by phone from Brussels. "It is a little bit too much to think it will solve the slavery issue, but it would definitely mitigate (it) to some extent," Ambrosi said. He said the summit also showed there was now "international watchdog pressure" that could be brought to bear on the criminal gangs, but it must be "sustained." The drive was announced at a meeting on the summit sidelines organised by French President, Emmanuel Macron. It brought together eight other EU and African countries as well as the AU, EU and United Nations representatives. Macron said the UN-backed Libyan government of Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj had identified and granted access to the worst camps to enable the returns of people who want to go home. The Macron group also decided to work with a task force, involving the sharing of police and intelligence services, to "dismantle the networks and their financing and detain traffickers," he said. They pledged to freeze the assets of identified traffickers. The AU is expected to set up an investigative panel and the UN could take cases before the International Court of Justice. Returnees get N100m, 150 hectares of land for farming Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has approved a seed capital of N100m and 150 hectares of land for 150 victims of human trafficking, who recently completed skills acquisition training in the state. Obaseki announced this on Friday during the graduation of the participants of the programme, which was organised by the Edo Agricultural Development Programme in Benin City, the state capital. He also directed the Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources to immediately liaise with the relevant authorities towards securing the land for the returnees to commence their agricultural businesses. According to the governor, the beneficiaries would be put under the supervision of the Benin-Owena River Basin Authority and the EADP. Obaseki stressed the need for coordinated efforts to end modern slavery. He stated that the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, marked on December 2 annually by the United Nations, should be seen as a day for deep reflection on how to bring the illicit trade to an end. Obaseki said, "We ordinarily should not be talking about the menace of slavery given the experience we have had. But it is a reality today and we have no choice but to tackle it."  culled from Olu famous Mr Olumide's Blog |
| Lady with the ' biggest butt in Africa ' shares bikini photos | Mr Olumide's Blog Posted: 02 Dec 2017 01:09 AM PST |
| Lagos rescues teenager from sexual abuse by her uncle | Mr Olumide's Blog Posted: 02 Dec 2017 12:44 AM PST  A statement signed by the Head of Public Affairs of the ministry, Mrs Olabisi Adeola said the teenager was rescued at Shasha- Akowonjo in Alimosho Local Government Area. According to The Nation, her rescue came as a result of reports from an anonymous source who informed the Child Protection Unit's hotline to inform government on illicit acts observed at Block 2, Flat 9, Millennium Estate, Afonka, Shasha where Favour resides with her cousin, Mrs. Eze Kelechi and the younger brother to Eze's husband, Nelson. Favour said she had been subjected to series of sexual abuse by Nelson since Eze had accommodation issues after she separated with her husband in December 2015 and chose the option of moving into a two bedroom apartment occupied by Nelson, pending the time she will resolve issues on accommodation. She said the first time she was abused was in October 2015, when Nelson pushed her to the bed, while she struggled with him, but her strength was never a match to that of Nelson, who warned her never to report the incident to Eze (her cousin). The statement reads: ''Subsequently, Nelson continued the act as he was enjoying it, to the extent that he drugs drinks for her and Eze's children to fall asleep. At times, she would wake up to find herself naked without knowing what transpired. The Lagos State Government has taken custody of the girl for protection and care pending conclusion of investigations ongoing by the police and the state government. It will be recalled that earlier this year, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Youth and Social Development, Mr. Hakeem Muri-Okunola had warned that perpetrators of child abuse of any kind will not be spared but severely punished.  culled from MPNB Mr Olumide's Blog |
| Wizkid officially gives his 'militant' fans a name | Mr Olumide's Blog Posted: 02 Dec 2017 12:39 AM PST   If there was an award for the most passionate fans, just like Beyonce's Beyhive who are even likened to a terrorist group,Wizkid's fans are so passionate about him that they make other celebrity fans invisible.  culled from MPNB Mr Olumide's Blog |
| 5 Foods That Reduces Blood Pressure Posted: 01 Dec 2017 10:53 PM PST  High Blood Pressure which causes stroke, hypertension and heart attack is quite prevalent in the society today because of anxiety and overthinking. But do you know that there are some foods that you can eat to lower blood pressure? Jumia Food shares some of these foods. Milk A daily dose of a cold glass of milk offers a solid serving of both calcium and vitamin D, nutrients that work as a team to help lower blood pressure by 3 to 10 percent. Eggs Egg whites can help reduce blood pressure as it is a solid source of protein, vitamin D, and other healthy nutrients. These nutrients can effectively counter high BP and take it down to a minimal level. Bananas Eating foods that are rich in potassium is better than taking supplements. Slice a banana into your cereal or oatmeal for a potassium-rich addition. You can also take one to go along with a boiled egg for a quick breakfast or snack. Dark chocolate Dark chocolate is rich in antioxidants called flavanols, which make blood vessels more elastic. Eat a bar of chocolate every day and make sure it contains at least 70 percent cocoa. Olive oil Olive oil is an example of a healthy fat. It contains polyphenols, which are inflammation-fighting compounds that can help reduce blood pressure.  culled from Olu famous Mr Olumide's Blog |
| Fellow Nigerians abducted, sold us into slavery in Libya –Returnees | Mr Olumide's Blog Posted: 01 Dec 2017 10:29 PM PST  On Thursday night, 150 migrants from mostly Edo and Delta states arrived the country aboard a Buraq Airplane at the cargo terminal of the Murtala International Airport, Lagos. It was two days after 239 migrants had also been brought into the country. Many of the returnees, who were thankful for being back, confirmed to Saturday PUNCH that they were sold by their fellow countrymen, who were getting rich in Libya. One of them, 26-year-old Odion Saliu, a hairdresser from Edo State, said she was kidnapped and handed over to a Nigerian, who forced her to call her mother. According to her, her mother in Benin paid N200, 000 but she was again sold by the same Nigerian for 3,000 dinars (about N794, 000). Saliu explained that the Nigerians spoke Pidgin English and some Nigerian languages. She said, "When I was kidnapped with others and held for some weeks, the Arabs asked if I wanted to be taken to a Nigerian and I readily said yes. I was very happy that I was going to someone from my country. But it was a lie. "The Nigerian said if I wanted to cross the sea, I had to pay him again. But when we got to the seaside, he sold me again." Another Edo State indigene, Sunday Anyaegbunam, left Nigeria along with his wife in April. He said during their nine-day journey through the desert, they were sold twice by Nigerians. According to him, when their Nigerian "burger" (trafficker) sold them to another set of Libyan traffickers at Agadez, Niger, the traffickers sold him and his wife to a Nigerian who took them to Sabha, Libya, where they were separated in different cells. "We were made to contact our families on the phone and I had to ensure the payment of N400, 000 for my release and N300, 000 for my wife," Anyaegbunam said.Like others, he could only identify the Nigerians trading in their countrymen in Libya through the Nigerian languages they spoke and their accent. He said, "The Nigerians selling people in Libya are more wicked than many of the Arabs. I have never seen people so heartless as the Nigerians who bought and sold me. A 25-year-old woman, Esosa Osas, who was in Libya for six months, said she also met many Nigerians selling their countrymen. "You dare not talk to them, else they would beat you and lock you up. They sell women for 5,000 dinars and men for N4, 000 dinars. I noticed that the connection houses were also controlled by Nigerian women." All these accounts were corroborated by 35-year-old Harrison Okotie who lived in Libya for three years until his repatriation. "Nigerians and Libyans are doing the business like they are one big happy family," he said. Most of the migrants who arrived Nigeria on Thursday were from Edo State.  culled from MPNB Mr Olumide's Blog |
| IPOB relocates to Germany | Mr Olumide's Blog Posted: 01 Dec 2017 10:29 PM PST  According to IPOB Media And Publicity Secretary, Comrade Emma Powerful, the office will be officially by the organisation's, Deputy Leader, Uche Mefor and members of the ruling Directorate of State (DOS) nest Friday and Saturday. Daily Sun reports that, the group's spokesman implored the public to desist corresponding with any other office, pointing out that IPOB now only has official regional liaison offices in London, United Kingdom, Tel Aviv, Israel, Ankara, Turkey, New Delhi, India, Los Angeles, California, USA. Many more are expected to be opened in major countries of the world before the last quarter of 2018, said Powerful. The offices will continue to serve as regional points of contact, but are not authorised to issue any diplomatic directive. That prerogative, he reiterated, is the exclusive preserve of the world headquarters in Langenfeld Germany, under the direct supervision of Mazi Chika Edoziem, the head of the Directorate of State of the Indigenous People of Biafra. According to him, any correspondence from any other quarter not sanctioned by Langenfeld Germany and signed by Mazi Edoziem should be regarded as fake. He said: "As we are preparing for Biafra referendum next year, we are expecting every Biafran both home and abroad to begin the crucial sensitisation and education of not only Biafrans but non Biafrans alike. IPOB is working tirelessly hard round the clock in every major country and continent of the world to restore the dignity and sovereignty of the Republic of Biafra…  culled from MPNB Mr Olumide's Blog |
| Posted: 01 Dec 2017 10:29 PM PST  Heidi Hepworth, 44, left husband Andy for 30-year-old Mamadou Jallow from Gambia after a 'mid-life crisis'. Mrs Hepworth had never been abroad before, but abandoned her nine children to fly out to be with him in the Gambian capital, Banjul. Mr Hepworth, also 44, who says the ordeal has been difficult for their children, as young as six, is convinced his wife's lover has brainwashed her.  'A caring mum wouldn't go off gallivanting around Africa with her new boyfriend. The person she has become is horrible. She was a loving, caring mum.'But Mrs Hepworth defended her actions, telling The Sun: 'I don't have a single regret. I'm not a terrible parent.The couple have six children together and Mr Hepworth has raised the three children she had from a previous marriage as his own.  culled from MPNB Mr Olumide's Blog |
| VP Osinbajo attends 50th birthday of Nkechi Okorocha in Imo Posted: 01 Dec 2017 10:23 PM PST |
| Lady Risks Blindness As Tattoo On Eyeball Goes Wrong Posted: 01 Dec 2017 10:23 PM PST  A model who ended up crying purple tears after a botched tattoo job says she is now at risk of losing her eye completely. Why even go for a tattoo on your eyeball? Catt Gallinger's boyfriend gave her the tattoo, but it very quickly became clear that something had gone wrong. She's now revealed on Instagram that she had surgery. She said: "If this doesn't work, my cornea is way too thin and at high risk of rupturing. If it does rupture before, during or afterwards, I lose my eye." Catt said the decision to get the tattoo was a "massive mistake" and she is facing a long recovery from the procedure. At one point, it appeared as though she was crying purple tears from her sclera tattoo, as residue escaped. She said that she got the tattoo so that she would "feel more at home in my body," but now she's warning others of the dangers and urging them to do research. Catt, from Ottawa, Canada, said: "As it stands, I will have to see a specialist and I'm at risk of being blind if it doesn't get corrected. "This was caused by undiluted ink, over-injection, not enough/smaller injections sights. "I am sharing this to warn you to research who you get your procedures by as well as how the procedure should be properly done. "I have been to the hospital three times, I had no furry pets to cause any dander, and I wash my hands every time I do anything with my eye, both before and afterwards. "I was on antibiotic drops for the first week and a half and have been on steroid drops for four days now, with little success at bringing down the internal swelling. "The external swelling lasted for almost a week. Just please be cautious who you get your mods from and do your research. I don't want this to happen to anyone else." In a recent update, Catt said the pain and irritation were lessening, but her eyesight is not better. She added: "The colour appears to be lighter but that may just be due to the ink shifting around." Source: Metro  culled from Olu famous Mr Olumide's Blog |
| ‘How suspected ritualists abducted me, 12 others’ | Mr Olumide's Blog Posted: 01 Dec 2017 09:54 PM PST  The incident which happened on Thursday affected a student of Kwara State University, Malete. Narrating her experience, one of the abducted persons that later regained her freedom, a 200 level student of the department of Mass Communication, Dorcas Oluwatimilehin Olanrewaju, said she was abducted in a taxi on her way to the campus in Malete. She said: "While in the taxi I boarded, a woman in the vehicle complained of feeling cold, so the glass windows were closed up. I lost consciousness since. I later found myself among some people in the night. We were about 13 in the place as at Thursday night but the ritualists have taken six victims away. Dorcas is the daughter of the chairman, Correspondents' Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Kwara State and State Correspondent of The Sun newspaper, Layi Olanrewaju. She reportedly left her off-campus residence to write an examination in school but rather than take her to the campus, the driver of the campus shuttle vehicle drove her to an unknown destination. Feeling unsafe in the circumstances she found herself, she allegedly sent a text message to one of her friends informing her that she had been taken away by some unidentified persons suspected to be ritualists. She was later dumped in Omu Aran, Irepodun local government area of the state on Friday morning but she could not explain the whereabouts of the other victims. In his reaction, Director, University Relations, Dr. Isiaka Aliagan, claimed that only a female student was reportedly abducted by unknown persons. He said security has been beefed up on Malete route, around the campus and environ to keep criminals at bay, adding that armed police patrol has also been deployed to the route and regular checking of vehicles intensified since yesterday. Aliagan said: "The university learnt that she sent a distress call through her mobile phone indicating that she could not identify the location at which she had been drop. Immediately they were alerted, officials of KWASU Safety unit swung into action by contacting the security operatives and telecommunication agencies to track the phone. He added that: "Management wishes to urge students to be security conscious, to patronize only registered transport and to report strange persons or movements around their hostels and campus." Reacting to the incident, the state police command's spokesperson, Ajayi Okasanmi, said that the command has commenced investigation on the matter, adding that the report had been circulated to police formations within and outside the state towards possible arrest of the culprits. The Nation  culled from MPNB Mr Olumide's Blog |
| More stunning photos of Rihanna for Vogue Paris | Mr Olumide's Blog Posted: 01 Dec 2017 09:54 PM PST |
| SUV Driver Rams Into Another Car In Abuja (Photos) Posted: 01 Dec 2017 09:48 PM PST |
| White House infested with cockroaches, ants, rats – Reports Posted: 01 Dec 2017 09:48 PM PST  Cockroach infestations were found in at least four parts of Donald Trump's official residence, while a colony of ants were living in Chief of Staff John Kelly's office. This is according to hundreds of work orders obtained by NBC 4 Washington. Mice were also discovered to be living in the Situation Room – the US President's crisis management centre – and the White House Navy mess food area. White House officials sent hundreds of requests to the General Services Administration, which helps maintain the White House and other government buildings, documents show. Requests included the redecorating of National Security Adviser HR McMaster's office and a new toilet seat in a bathroom in the Oval Office. Former White House press secretary, Sean Spicer, had also asked for new furniture and pictures to be hung in his office shortly after Mr. Trump's inauguration. General Brian Miller, a former General Services Administration inspector, told NBC maintaining the White House was an "enormous job." "GSA hires contractors and subcontractors for the work. Then the agency must watch over the contractors." He added: "They are old buildings. Any of us who have old houses know old houses need a lot of work." Despite the large number of requests in 2017, the Obama administration filed a similar number in its last year in office, NBC reports. Source: Yahoo News  culled from Olu famous Mr Olumide's Blog |
| Posted: 01 Dec 2017 09:39 PM PST  ⠀⠀⠀⠀ "My first reaction was I assumed it must have been an oversight," Johnson said. In an effort to remedy the situation, Johnson emailed the White House to find out about his invitation. However, he never received an explanation as to why he had not been invited, the Independent reports. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Johnson is not the only correspondent to be left off the invitation list for the holiday party. White House correspondent April D. Ryan, who has been invited to the party for the past 20 years, was also left off the list this year. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ "I don't think I was overlooked," Ryan told the Washington Post. "I think they don't like me. For whatever reason, they have disdain for me." ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Johnson didn't think he was overlooked either, in fact, he said it has happened before. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ "It is consistent with the White House press secretary not calling on me during the on-camera press briefings," he said, adding that he had only been called twice in the last six months, the publication reports. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ While, Johnson believed he'd been ignored because it is "consistent with the policy of the administration to exclude LGBTQ people," Ryan, who is black, just said she believes Trump sees her and other reporters of color as "the opposition." ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Several reporters have confirmed their receipt of an invitation for the party, with one revealing that the paper she worked for received fewer invitations this year. Correspondents from Washington Blade and American Urban Radio Networks said no one from their organizations was invited, The Independent reports. In the meantime, CNN has reportedly decided to boycott the party altogether.  culled from MPNB Mr Olumide's Blog |
| Nigerian PhD Students Stranded In UK (Photos) Posted: 01 Dec 2017 09:18 PM PST |
| Posted: 01 Dec 2017 09:08 PM PST   culled from Olu famous Mr Olumide's Blog |
| No Tariff Increase In Power Sector For Now – VP Osinbajo Posted: 01 Dec 2017 09:08 PM PST  *We are making the point to our neighbors, that smuggling is an existential threat, we can't permit the level of smuggling going on. REMARKS BY VICE PRESIDENT YEMI OSINBAJO AT THE 6TH PRESIDENTIAL QUARTERLY BUSINESS FORUM FOR PRIVATE SECTOR STAKEHOLDERS, AT STATE HOUSE, ABUJA, ON NOVEMBER 27, 2017. Let me again thank you all for your attendance at this Quarterly Business Forum on agriculture, agribusiness, and the agro allied value chain. I think we are at a special moment in our journey to food security, and to becoming a power of sorts, especially of processed agricultural products in particular. We are in a special moment because the Federal Government has shown commitment towards agriculture and its entire value chain. We have seen enthusiasm of all the players, including the small farmers all across the country. Getting feedback concerning issues that have been raised, there is cheaper credit, and the President directed that we set up a small committee to look at the issue of intervention funds in agriculture. It is clear, that we are not able to bring down interest rates overnight, the way out is by some kind of intervention agreement. I chair a committee to look at how to monitor and use intervention funds. We will ensure that the funds go to the right people and also monitor the use of the funds. We are also refining the Anchor Borrowers' Programme, and other intervention schemes that we have. Listening to questions concerning lower tariffs, we must pay higher tariffs, these sorts of things are inevitable. What we are trying to do is not increase tariffs for now, but how we can ensure we clean up the entire value chain. I'm sure you are aware of the Payment Assurance Guarantee which we put in place for over N700billion to ensure gas is paid for and for liquidity in the whole value chain. Today, we will be meeting with the World Bank on a scheme they have been working with us on to fund the entire value chain, and ensure we transit smoothly from where we are, to a much more market-determined policy for electricity. This will involve a fair amount of subsidy and help the Federal Government and World Bank are working together on that. There is no way of sustaining the current subsidies long term, but we want to ensure the process is smooth. Dealing with the gridlock in Apapa port, the first thing to recognize is that the port is meant to be a 34 million metric tonnes capacity port. Now it is doing 80million metric tonnes, so it is obviously a port far too small for the size of business it is doing. We have met with all of the important stakeholders, asides from those who do their business there like Flourmills, Dangote and BUA. We have also met with the Navy, Police, NPA, Lagos State Government, all federal agencies working in the ports and port concessionaires. At our last meeting, we worked on a number of initiatives and agreed on a number of things that have to be done. I went personally to see for myself what was going on in the port area. There is a major problem there, but everyone has agreed on what to do and there is a plan which we are executing. Nothing would happen overnight, but we have a good plan that will make it work. We have taken a number of decisions; empty containers are to be relocated to holding bays, shipping companies would no longer be allowed to operate holding bays within the port, tank farms would not to be permitted within the Apapa area and process licensing access to trailer parks by NPA to commence. A task force has been set up to manage traffic within the Apapa and Tin Can Island environs. The PEBEC team has been monitoring what's going on and we are watching closely to solve the problem. As you can imagine, it is a long running problem and the roads in that neighborhood are extremely bad but we are trying to fix them. We agreed that Dangote Group will carry out palliative works and reconstruction of some major sections of the Apapa road, which is expected to be completed by June 2018. Procurement processes have also been concluded for construction of Liverpool road to Tin Can, to Mile 2, Oworonshoki up to the toll gate. The Honeywell Group has committed to construct a trailer park, they have started and will complete it very shortly. BUA Group agreed to do the works around the Tin Can Island road. We have it in hand, and we are watching and following up on it. On excise duty, I have read the PWC study, which goes in one particular direction. And being a professor and having read several studies, I know how studies can generally represent the point of view that you prefer. We will consult the study, and make sure that this does not hamper business and raise costs in any way to discourage production. On poultry, we go back to the problem around smuggling and what to do when supply does not meet demand. There is a huge demand for poultry and despite local production, people are still buying imported poultry. Just as we did, with tomatoe paste industry, we must work something out with poultry. In developing the policy for the tomatoe industry, we were quite sure of what it would take to bring local production to the point where cost don't go high because we are banning imports. We have got a fair balance and soon all will see the policy as a good one. With poultry, it is a similar situation, it is something we must work on and the Honourable Minister of Agriculture will work on that, so that we can get some sort of balance. Smuggling is a serious threat to our economy, and Mr. President has asked me to head a team to work out what needs to be done. We are making the point to our neighbors, that smuggling is an existential threat, we can't permit the level of smuggling going on. Last year, there was over 500,000 metric tonnes of rice around Christmas, which the Minister of Agriculture told us about and how it came in through one of our neighbours, but we blocked it. Now, three shiploads of rice have left Thailand, 120,000 metric tonnes, going to this same neighbour of ours who have very large warehouses where they store this rice. It is very clear that this rice is for us because our neighbours don't consume parboiled rice, they consume the white broken rice. It is clear that our neighbours do excellent business, with allowing rice to come into Nigeria and other products including poultry I think it is important for us as a country, to make the point clear, that we are not going to accept that. We are all within the same economic zone and work together, so we go in a friendly and polite manner as possible, to ensure that this practice stops. For those who are familiar with it, the duty in some of these neighboring countries, especially for rice, is deliberately set lower than ours, it is about a fourth of ours. We have increased duty tax so as to discourage importation but they would naturally drop duty to encourage import and then it would come to Nigeria. I think we are at a point where we are making a fair amount of progress with the land issues also with the State Governors. It is not a problem we can solve overnight. For titling of land, banks find it difficult to accept lands just as it is, banks won't accept the lands without titles, one of the issues we are working with State Governments is to ensure titles are done effectively and effectively as quickly as possible. Lagos, Kano and Rivers are working very well with us. We have an Ease of Doing Business initiative for the sub-nationals, and at the moment, a road show is going on, trying to encourage State Governments to work with us. There is no national policy on land titling. With respect to land clearing, we have heard from BOI and Minister of Agriculture on how we need to assist States, particularly the Southwest, to ensure that we support land clearing. I have noted the suggestions that have been on a standing -consultative forum on agriculture and agri-business. This will be extremely useful and we should do. How we should go about it will be left with the Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment to work those out. So let me again express my gratitude to your all for you time and for all of what you have done to make the Nigerian economy work well. All of us know how difficult it has been, but I am encouraged by the efforts which individuals, associations and groups are making to improve things, our circumstances and our situation as an economy. We are all firmly of the view that this country can do a lot more than what it is doing if we get the infrastructure and incentives right. This country can be one of the major agriculture and agric-business centres in the world. I am sure if we work together we can achieve all of that. Fundamental to our economic policy is private sector leadership, and we have emphasized that time and time again. We have tried to establish several public - private sector platforms including this one, the quarterly business forum. The constant engagement in my view is the way to go. If we continuously engage and interact this way, we will resolve most of the problems that stand in the way of our becoming the great economy that our country surely has the potential to be. Thank you once again, and I hope that you will be able to spend a few minutes at lunch.  culled from Olu famous Mr Olumide's Blog |
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