Accident leaves 8 injured at NNPC Mega station

Accident leaves 8 injured at NNPC Mega station
 December 22, 2015 at 9:48 am in News 

Abuja – Two vehicles were on Monday involved in a head on collision near the NNPC Mega Station in Central Business District of Abuja.
The accident involved a Kebbi State Transport Service vehicle and a TATA Indigo saloon car with four passengers aboard each vehicle.
The eight occupants of the two vehicles sustained serious injuries and were conveyed to the Wuse General Hospital for treatment. (NAN)

Son chops father’s killer into 12 pieces

Son chops father’s killer into 12 pieces
 December 22, 2015 at 10:12 am in News 
The son of an Indian murder victim has confessed to stabbing his father’s killer to death and chopping his body into 12 pieces, one for every year since his father was slain, media reported Tuesday.
Alam Khan was aged 12 when he saw his father being murdered by a family friend in 2003. He had secretly planned his revenge ever since and finally seized his chance last week when he invited the killer over for a drink.
After getting Mohammad Rais drunk at his home in the state of Uttar Pradesh, Khan knifed him to death before using a hammer and hacksaw to dismember the body, he told reporters on Monday after his arrest.
He and an accomplice then packed the body parts into plastic bags which they threw into a river. When the bags washed up on the river’s banks, police were only able to identify Rais from a surgery scar on his torso.
Khan was arrested after witnesses recounted how Rais had last been seen visiting his home, and made a full confession.
“I played some music at full volume and cut his body into 12 pieces,” Khan was quoted as saying by the Times of India.
Khan had never told anyone about the identity of his father’s killer and had instead waited for 12 years to “realise his dream” of taking revenge. He was “happy it was now done”.
Police Superintendent Ram Suresh Yadav told the newspaper Khan had confessed to his crime with an “utter lack of remorse”.
The murder weapons, including the hammer and hacksaw, had been recovered from Khan’s home in the district of Moradabad, Yadav added

ICPC stops firm from swindling 1,379 job applicants of N5.2m

ICPC stops firm from swindling 1,379 job applicants of N5.2m
 December 22, 2015 at 10:21 am in News 

By CALEB AYANSINA
 ABUJA – Plans by a firm, Firstgate Business Intermediaries Limited (FBIL), few months ago to pocket the sum of N5.2 million from 1,379 applicants in Nigeria through tempting international job offers has been halted through prompt intervention by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offenses Commission (ICPC).
Prior to the ICPC intervention, the company, through newspaper advertorials, had raked in the huge sum by offering job seekers mouth-watering remunerations through internship with foreign multinational companies and manufacturing industries.
ICPC in a statement yesterday in Abuja by its Media Consultant, Folu Olamiti, said that many applicants had rushed to apply, each paying the sum of N3, 500 demanded as non-refundable fee.
FBIL initially succeeded in enticing desperate job applicants by claiming that it was in partnership with the then Federal Ministries of Power, Youths & Sports Development and that of Trade and Investment to arrange the recruitment of Nigerian youths for international job opportunities.
The company, however, ran out of luck when the former Ministry of Youths Development disassociated itself from the antics of FBIL on job offers and published a disclaimer in some national dailies, which eventually attracted the attention of ICPC.
Findings have revealed that although the Federal Ministry of Power appointed the MD/CEO of FBIL, Mr Kelvin Asogwa its Consultant to undertake and drive its initiative for building the capacity of youths in six geo-political zones of the federation, it was never part of the plan to recruit and collect monies from applicants for unverified international job offers.
According to ICPC, the Federal Ministry of Power in its disclaimer had stated that it never authorised FBIL to advertise and charge fees from Nigerian youths on the initial assignment given to it.
The Ministry insisted that there was no communication from it to other Ministries who were listed as partners in the newspaper advertorial.
 Consequently, the commission decided to freeze the account of FBIL after they had agreed to refund the monies it collected to affected applicants through ICPC Recovery account.
ICPC has advised affected applicants “to make formal written request for the refund of the fees which they had paid into the company’s First Bank Plc account Number 2027076297 by letter addressed to the Chairman (Attention: Head, FIU), ICPC, Plot 802, Central Business District, Abuja or send an email to info@icpc.gov.ng stating their full names, address, bank account and BVN numbers, telephone numbers and amounts paid.
“They should get further details through its website: www.icpc.gov.ng where the list of those applicants who paid has been posted,” the statement added.
However, the ICPC advised government Ministries or Agencies to always follow due process in appointing Consultants for specific jobs and to closely vet their backgrounds to avoid embarrassment involving raising of funds from desperate job-seekers.