The Nigerian Police on Friday denied reports that robbers invaded a bank in Ilorin, the capital of Kwara State.

The Nigerian Police on Friday denied reports that robbers invaded a bank in Ilorin, the capital of Kwara State.
An Assistant Commissioner of Police and the head of Nigerian Police Public Complaint Rapid Response Unit (PCRRU), Abayomi Shogunle, made this known in a tweet on Friday.
Some internet users had on Friday circulated reports across social media that some banks were under attack in Taiwo Isale area of the city.
The reports, which had gone viral by noon, threw many people into confusion with claims that business activities had been disrupted in the affected area.
But Mr Shogunle said the reports were "fake news". He said police's preliminary investigations revealed that a bank worker might have mistakenly activated the alarm button.
"There is no ongoing bank robbery incident in Ilorin, Kwara State. Please disregard the #FakeNews in circulation," he tweeted.
"@PoliceNG_PCRRU checks reveals that a bank worker might have mistakenly activated Alarm Button. @PoliceNG patrol units are fully on ground in #Ilorin."
Mr Shogunle's clarification was also retweeted via the official handle of the Nigerian Police Force.
A resident of Ilorin who moved around the Taiwo Isale area told PREMIUM TIMES at about 3.13pm on Friday that although it was unclear whether there was any incidence earlier, there were no signs of unrest in the area.
The development is coming few weeks after robbers invaded banks in neighboring Offa town, killing some residents and police officers

To an in-law and caring mother, a tribute

It is common place to hear complaints about mothers-in-law, even among young mothers, who aspire to become mothers-in-law themselves.

In fact, there is a story about a man, whose relationship with the mother-in-law was so bad. The family had gone on a holiday to Jerusalem, where the mother-in-law, unfortunately passed on. Given two options of either burying her in the holy land at a comparatively cheaper funeral cost or taking her body back home to a distant continent for burial at a much higher cost, the son-in-law surprisingly went for the more expensive option. His explanation was that a Man, (apparently referring to Jesus Christ), had died and was buried in the holy land some 2,000 years ago, only for him to rise from the dead after three days! The son-in-law had had enough of his mother-in-law, and would not have anything to do with her, not in this world, and even in the world to come!

This might be an allegory, but the roles often depicted by the Mama Gees of Nigeria’s Nollywood typify the figure of these dreaded mothers-in-law.

But I am blessed that my experience is different. Mrs Dorothy Andrea Enweazu Nwakunor (Nee Elumeze), was not just a mother-in-law that most would cherish, she was a true mother to me. Unlike the man cited in the story above, if money was the issue, “Mama di Mama,” as we fondly called her, would be with us today.

A loving, generous and wonderful mother, wife, aunty, colleague, community leader, a trusted friend and virtuous woman, famous for her philanthropy and big heart for the poor, Mama passed on to eternal glory on 6 April, 2018, after a brief illness, at the age of 82.

We love her but God loves her most. I could write a voluminous book on Mama’s godliness and goodness, over the 30 years that I knew her, including the period of my courtship with her daughter, my wife, Chionye-edue, my God’s gift and jewel of inestimable value.

It all started as “a talk by three prospective suitors,” who felt it was time for them to settle down. With my first car (1985), a Subaru 1800 saloon, the three of us, embarked on the adventure on that fateful evening that would result in my blessed marriage. Escorted by a relative who knew the Nwakunors, and who had often joked with Mama that “one of my brothers will marry this, your daughter, who is very respectful, hard-working and well-behaved.” Talk about a good seed, bearing good fruits!

I had packed the car a reasonable distance to the then residence of my in-laws-to-be in Surulere, Lagos. But in spite of the fact that our visit was unannounced, the hospitality Mama showered on us lingers in our memory till date.

Before the visit, young charming Chionye-edue, had nothing other than her education and the possibility of going to a Convent to become a reverend Sister on her mind. But the all-knowing God has better plans for us. As we exchanged pleasantries during the visit, our chemistry was infectious and our two hearts connected. One thing led to another and the rest, as they say is history.

Mama will always remain in our hearts for her invaluable guidance and support. To the glory of God, my wife and I will be 30 years next September in a union that continues to receive and unleash abundant divine blessings.

It is time to celebrate Mama. A retired officer of the Nigerian Customs Service, Mama di Mama and her husband, the late Engineer M.B.O. Nwakunor, were equally blessed with children, my amiable in-laws, whom they spared no effort to bring up with great discipline and good education.       

As newlyweds, my wife and I learnt teachable life lessons from Mama, who called and treated me as her son. From her, we learnt several secrets that have made our marriage exemplary, anchored on God’s grace and foundation. For instance, Mama taught us very early in our marriage to avoid the pitfalls associated with exposing a marriage to third-party influence. Consequently, our two families are so closely-knit that in my wife, I see Mama’s legacy of a home-builder, a peace-maker, a godsend wife, and a gifted marriage counsellor. From Mama, we also picked up a key lesson in parenting – always correct your children with love and pray for them at all times.

As the only child of her mother, in the large family of Chief Francis Okonjo Elumeze of Ishekpe Quarters, Ogwashi-Uku, Headquarters of Aniocha South Local Government Council of Delta State, Mama epitomized industry, hard work and selfless service. She radiated love and care and touched many lives. While Mama showered all with love, she never condoned indiscipline or injustice.

Our Mama di Mama will be greatly missed, especially her prayers. My wife is inconsolable, that her best friend and confidant has gone. But we take comfort that Mama lived a fulfilled life and has joined her beloved husband in the bosom of the Lord.

Survived by many children, grand-children and great-grand-children, Mama will be laid to rest at the Nwakunor Family Compound in Azungwu Quarters, Ogwashi-Uku after a wake and funeral service.

Please join us in celebrating the life of our woman of honour, who having completed her divine mission here on earth, has gone to heaven to meet our Creator, Who has His purpose and the best plans for our lives.

Adieu Mama di Mama, Iya Paul, Iya Nnamdi, Iya Angie, Iya Sussan (Pinky) and mother to many. Rest in perfect peace.

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Baby Can't Wait: Woman Gave Birth To Baby At Hospital Corridor... See How it All Happens

A heavily pregnant woman who arrived quite late for her delivery has ended up giving birth right inside the hospital corridor.

The woman arrived late for the delivery and gave birth in the corridor
Dramatic images show how a mother of six gave birth to her youngest child in a hospital corridor, when she arrived too late to make it to a bed.

Jesica Hogan, based in Riley, Kansas, welcomed her fifth child and only son Max in July last year and has just opened up about her incredible birth story in a new video shared by her birth photographer Tammy Karin.

The mother, who gave birth at the Via Christi Hospital in Manhattan, Kansas, had contractions for several days before Max's birth, without going into labor. She and her husband Travis even went to the hospital a first time, but ended up coming home for several days of waiting.

Around that time, Jesica began to worry she wouldn't be able to tell when labor would actually start.

'I was losing faith in my ability to tell when I would actually be in labor, and losing faith that my body knew what it was doing,' she explained in a blog post on Tammy's website.

Eventually, one night, Jesica started having contractions again but didn't think they would amount to anything.

She even told her husband that she believed labor would need to be induced, or that she wouldn't realize she was in the early stages of giving birth until it was too late.

'I stayed awake contracting, yet again, until about 2 am. It was at that time that I wrote to a group of other expectant and fellow moms, complaining of those very same contractions and my fears of not making it to the hospital in time,' Jesica added.

'Oh that intuition is real, if only I had given some credit to that voice in the back of my head that night! Instead I finally decided that I would just drift off to sleep for a bit, assuring myself that I would know when it was time.'

However, the discomfort of the contractions increased, prompting Jesical to tell Travis: 'I think this is it.'

At that point, the mother felt her water break and worried that she and Travis wouldn't make it to the hospital on time.

Travis, however, remained calm and drove her to the hospital around 3 am. Things happened so quickly, Jesica said, she didn't even have time to put shoes on.

On the way to the hospital, the mom felt the baby moving down every time she had a contraction.

When Travis pulled up to the hospital, no one came out, so he ran around the car to help his wife get out of the vehicle.

'I told him Baby was almost there. I also said I couldn't get out, I felt as if Baby was ready to emerge. That feeling made it nearly impossible to move,' Jesica added.

'He disappeared for a moment into the E.R. doors. I tried to maneuver out of the passenger seat so I could somehow walk inside in the few seconds break I had between contractions.'

Tammy arrived to the hospital right at that time to capture the birth. Travis, meanwhile, helped his wife walk to the E.R. and through the hospital's doors.

'I made it just past the second set of automatic doors, into the next hall, which luckily was not carpeted like the one we had just stepped out of,' Jesica wrote.

'I know at this point I said something to the effect of, "Oh God, he's here." I then started to take my pants off because I could feel my body pushing the baby's head out.

'I reached down and could feel his head crowning with my hand. I looked at my husband and said, "Travis catch him!"

'Without any hesitation he did just that as I felt my body involuntarily pushing his head the rest of the way out.'

Nurses ran down the hall to help Jesica with the rest of the birth, helping the mother lie down in the corridor and telling her to push.

'With one more push as instructed by the nurse, and the only intentional push I gave, I felt the rest of his body come out,' Jesica said of Max.

'He arrived on the floor just inside the entrance of the emergency room at 3:38 am. Less than 25 minutes from the time my water broke at home, and only a few moments after we stepped inside the hospital.'

Max took a little time before letting out his first cry and was 'incredibly bruised' due to his rapid birth, but he ended up doing just fine and the family was transferred to the labor and delivery department.

Sweet photos show Max's five sisters getting to know their newborn brother next to their proud parents.

'It was my craziest birth, but also, the most perfect,' Jesica added. 'It was not at all what I had planned, but it ended without any intervention, with a healthy baby, and amazing support people by our sides. It was beautiful and I'll forever love every memory of it...

Chimamanda Adichie Reacts To Nigerians Slamming Her For Being Upset At Hillary Clinton’s Twitter Profile

While interviewing the former first lady at a PEN World Voices Festival lecture at the Cooper Union in Manhattan on Sunday, April 22nd, Chimamanda who is well known for her stance on gender equality, told Mrs. Clinton she was upset that her Twitter bio leads with the title Wife as the first description.
Following this, many Nigerians felt that she was beginning to take her feminism campaign a bit too far.
Now Chimamanda has now reacted via a post she shared on her Facebook page. In an apparent response to a certain Nigerian woman who condemned her while tagging her as ”family”, Chimamanda said such a woman should try to understand things in context before revealing her ignorant misogyny to the world.
Read: Author Chimamanda Adichie Is Upset Over Hillary Clinton’s Social Media Profile Title As ‘Wife’
Read her post below.
“Dear Unnamed Person Who I Am Told Is On Social Media Saying I am Her Family and Telling Me to Shut Up:
Cynicism is ugly. It doesn’t flatter anyone. Yours doesn’t suit you at all.
I remember you vaguely; I think you were in my class in primary school. And now you claim to be my ‘family’ and you are asking me to shut up.
Did you watch the video of the conversation? Did you read a full transcript?
I am tired of Nigerians who read a headline and, without bothering to get details and context, jump on the outrage bandwagon and form lazy, shallow opinions.
I am tired of Nigerians cynically thinking of anybody in public life as a ‘brand.’ No, I am not a brand. I am a person who feels strongly about certain issues. I choose to talk honestly about them. I made the choice to talk about feminism knowing very well the kind of hostility it brings – but I think it’s important and I will continue to speak my truth and hope to bring about some change, no matter how small. Adirom agba egwu ka m data ego.
No, of course you don’t actually deserve a response, but I have some free time today. So I want to make you feel a little important because it sounds like you need it.
And I want to reflect on an absolutely lovely hour spent on stage with Hillary Clinton.
I was happy when I was told that Hillary Clinton had specifically requested to be in conversation with me at the PEN World Voices festival. I am an unapologetic fan of Ms. Clinton’s. I have been for many years.
I felt quite emotional when I met her. Having read and followed her for years, it was moving to see her: the warm, human, observant, present, thoughtful person (and looking wonderful, with her hair and makeup on point!).
She said she had read my books and I restrained myself from doing cartwheels.
“Is there anything you don’t want to talk about?” I asked backstage.
“Ask me anything,” she said.
Towards the end of our conversation, I told her how, having read her writing about her own life, I think she has a great love story with Bill Clinton. A wonderful friendship. I said I feel irritated and protective of her when people dissect her personal life, but I also confessed to having an interest myself, particularly about her public Twitter profile. (I first noticed it when I was researching a piece about her during the presidential campaign). I was upset that the first word used to describe her was ‘wife.’ Was it a choice she had made or was it something done for her campaign and, if it was a choice she had made, did she think my reaction to it was fair?
Her response was very thoughtful.
I was too excited, emotional, slightly nervous, to be on stage with this remarkable woman. Had I kept in mind how easily outrage-mongers would jump on a headline, I would have phrased my question better. I would not have made it about my being upset, because it can come across as navel-gazing.
But the truth is that we were supposed to be having a ‘conversation,’ the context of our conversation was personal and warm, I had made the decision to speak from the heart, and it would be dishonest to pretend that I had not reacted personally to so many issues around Ms. Clinton, whose life has become a kind of crucible of all the questions that affect women.
We all react personally to public figures. And I WAS upset that the Twitter bio of a woman who is the most accomplished person to run for President of the United States, would begin with ‘wife.’ And considering her personal history, it just didn’t seem to fit.
I felt that ‘wife’ was used as an attempt to placate all the men and women who will not vote for a woman unless they are able to see her FIRST in domestic terms.
Yes, it’s just Twitter. But it matters. It’s a public platform. It’s where people go to hear directly from her.
And there is context to consider.
In LIVING HISTORY, Ms.Clinton writes that the two most difficult decisions she has made in her life were staying married to Bill Clinton and running for the senate seat in New York.
Women, especially women in public life, face a lot of societal pressure about how to be, how to live, much more than men do. Women in public life are considered ‘cold’ and ‘un-relatable’ unless they define themselves in domestic terms. Women’s accomplishments are often considered incomplete unless they have also ticked the ‘marriage’ box. These things are not true of men, even though marriage can be a wonderful thing for both men and women.
Feminism is indeed about choice. But it is intellectually lazy to suggest that, since everything is about ‘choice,’ none of these choices can be interrogated. Choices are never made in a vacuum. And sometimes, for women, choices are not always real choices.
After she got married, Ms. Clinton kept her name, but she was so viciously criticized for this that she then took on her husband’s name. Was this a ‘choice?’ Would she have done so if she wasn’t being attacked and if she didn’t want to feel responsible for her husband’s potential losing of votes?
During the last presidential campaign, she was expected to account for the policies of her husband’s administration. She was labeled an enabler of sexual harassment. She was accused of cynically staying married because she wanted to benefit politically.
Much of Ms. Clinton’s public image is a caricature of a person who is untrustworthy, calculated, cold, dishonest. That caricature has its roots in her early public life when she was the First Lady of Arkansas.
Her crime was that she did not conform to the traditional role of First Lady. She had kept her name. She clearly considered herself to be her husband’s equal partner. She did not intend merely to be a Wife. She had her own dreams, her own ambition. She dared to say that she wasn’t planning on ‘staying home and baking cookies,’ which was not about denigrating stay-at-home mothers but simply about saying that that was not what she wanted to do.
A small comment about a small thing, but it was significant and revolutionary because she was consciously resisting the status quo.
But she was attacked for that. Horrendously. And those attacks were repeated so often that they stuck and they contributed to her being reduced to a caricature.
It was therefore upsetting to see her first descriptor as ‘wife.’ The question isn’t about including ‘wife’ in her Twitter bio. The question is about giving ‘wife’ a certain primacy as the first word that describes her, and it speaks to larger questions about the societal expectations placed on women.
Ms. Clinton wrote in her most recent book WHAT HAPPENED, that she ran for president because she thinks she would have been a ‘damned good president.’
She certainly would have been. And so I suggested, half-joking, that ‘Would have been a damned good president’ is a perfect Twitter bio start. And then mother and wife and grandma and Senator and hair icon etc could follow!
I completely stand by my question and by my conviction that it is a subject that matters.
I had a truly enlightening evening on that stage with Ms. Clinton, and was once again awed by her grit, her humanity, her sparkling intelligence.
After the conversation, Ms. Clinton told me, “It was like talking to a friend.” She is now my Aunty For Life.
Oh, as for YOU, Unnamed Person, saying that I am ‘family’ to you, mbakwa biko. The people I consider family don’t ‘do petty.’
Saying “shut up” to a woman who airs an opinion is so unoriginal. Try and be a bit more inventive.
Try reasoning. Try intelligent debate. Try understanding things in context before you reveal your ignorant misogyny to the world. Try reading more than a headline. Try reading a whole book. Or two. And please keep talking. Keep speaking. Don’t ever shut up.
~CNA”
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New report alleges Police officers 'took N400,000 from robbers' before attack

A new report has emerged that indicates police officers might have been informed about the presence of armed robbers in Offa, Kwara state, before the recent robbery attack that led to the death of dozens of people.
A group of at least 30 armed robbers » had attacked Union Bank, Eco Bank, Guarantee Trust Bank, First Bank, Zenith Bank and Ibolo Micro Finance Bank , as well as the Owode Police Station and killed dozens on April 5, 2018. Nine police officers lost their lives in the attack.
According to a report by Vanguard , the proprietor of Xontec Hotel on Igosun Road in Offa, Kadir Surajudeen, had called the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Owode Police Station to report the presence of suspected criminals that had lodged in the hotel. The report had been prompted by the discovery of some incriminating materials that had reportedly been found on the robbers while they were checking into the hotel.
A source told Vanguard that when the DPO and Divisional Crime Officer (DCO) sent officers to the hotel to assess the situation, the suspects negotiated a deal and offered them the sum of N400,000. The officers reportedly returned to the station and lied that the suspects were internet fraudsters, known as Yahoo boys, and not robbers as was reported.
"It was not surprising that the robbers visited the police station the following day and killed about nine policemen in retaliation for collecting N400,000 from them,"
the source told Vanguard.
The spokesperson of the the Kwara State Police Command, Ajayi Okasanmi , denied the allegation and questioned why Surajudeen didn't deny the robbers lodging.
He said, "If the hotelier actually gave the Police information about the suspects in his hotel, why didn't he deny them lodging? To me, it is an afterthought."
Hotel owner, staff, guests dragged to court
Surajudeen, four members of his staff and four guests who stayed in the hotel at the time the robbers allegedly lodged in were arraigned before a Magistrate's Court »
» in Ilorin last week charged with two counts of criminal conspiracy and causing disappearance of evidence, including giving false information to screen an offender.
The hotel staff charged along with Surajudeen are the accountant, receptionist, room keeper and clubhouse operator.
The accused were unable to help investigators with useful information that could assist investigation into the crime, offences that contravened sections 97 and 167 of the Penal Code Law.
The charge sheet read, "The hotel staff could not, however, satisfactorily give account of questionable lodgers in their hotel prior to the robbery by their failure to maintain or keep proper official lodger register expected to be presented to the police and other law enforcement agencies on demand.
"Others found in the hotel during the investigation failed to give credible information to the police operatives to assist in the investigation concerning their observation in the hotel within the period in question."
The Magistrate, M.B. Folorunso, granted the accused bail in the sum of N200,000 each with two sureties each in like sum and adjourned the case till May 3, 2018.
ALSO READ: Watch footage of Offa bank robbery that claimed over 30 lives »
12 suspects arrested through stolen phones
Vanguard also revealed that 12 of the suspects that are currently being interrogated in connection to the robbery were apprehended through the tracking of mobile phones the robbers collected from victims.
The suspects took away the mobile phones and handed them over to their girlfriends who were later interrogated by the the police. The police interrogation led to arrests of suspects in Ibadan , Lagos and Abeokuta .
At least 19 suspects have been arrested » in connection to the robbery incident which sparked outrage across the country.
Even though the official death toll for the incident is nine policemen and eight civilians, reports have indicated between 30 to 50 people died as a result of the attacks...

How much money does it take to be rich in these 10countries

Being considered “rich” in any part of the world is a very relative term. It depends largely on the cost of living in the area. For example, $60,000 per year may be considered well off in a very rural community while this may be just scarping by in a more urban setting. That is why this list has been created to see what income levels would be considered “rich” in the top ten wealthiest nations per capita in the world. This does not mean the country as a whole is the wealthiest but instead that the average resident of that nation is wealthier than most. For this list, a value of triple the average income will be used to define “rich”. All income levels to be considered “rich” are listed in U.S. Dollars (USD). Find out below how much you need to make in each of the richest countries to be considered wealthy, starting with Hong Kong:

 

Hong Kong

Because it is so tax advantaged for thousands of companies, Hong Kong has quickly grown into one of the premiere business hubs of the world. With the average salary of $61,020 it would take an annual salary of $183,060 to be considered “rich” in this country.