Photos from Miss Criminal 2015 Prison Beauty Contest in Brazil

The Miss Criminal 2015 beauty pageant is held yearly at the Talavera Bruce women’s prison in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
All participants are inmates of the maximum security prison convicted for serious offences, and the event is held under tight supervision from armed guards.

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After Two Months: Obasanjo replies Jonathan's letter

Ex President Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday replied a letter written to him by immediate past President Goodluck Jonathan. Jonathan had written to Obasanjo to inform him of his next endeavour, The Goodluck Jonathan Foundation.

advising him (Jonathan) to use the new Foundation he is set to establish to engage in soul searching and in reviewing his past actions. In the letter, dated October 12, 2015, He also advised his estranged godson to consider the Foundation as a platform through which he can heal his conscience and demonstrate penitence over
his past actions.
The letter according to Premium Yes read thus
Dear President Goodluck Jonathan,
“I write to acknowledge the receipt of your
letter of September 22, 2015. I take this
opportunity to congratulate you on your
successful handover to the current President
of Nigeria, H.E. President Muhammadu Buhari.
“I am happy to note that you had a good rest
and time with your family during the break. I
hope you also had time to reflect and see what
lessons you have learned and what you can
bequeath to others.
“All of us who have had experience in our
service to the nation and to humanity must
not put it under the bushel.
“I have to commend you and your Foundation,
Goodluck Jonathan Foundation, for the faith
you continue to have in Nigeria.
“Maybe seeking how to be better and more
serviceable to the nation and humanity is also
a form of penitence and soul-searching to
give conscience a relief and to show remorse.
“I wish you well as you continue to forge
ahead with your activities in the coming
months and years. If there is any area you feel
I can be of help, you should not hesitate to
call on me.
Yours Sincerely,
Olusegun Obasanjo

PDP wins appeal in Ondo, Election Upheld

The Court of Appeal sitting in Akure on Tuesday upturned the judgment of the Ondo State Election Petition tribunal which nullified the election of Kolade Akinjo, as a member of the House of Representatives representing Ilaje/Ese Odo federal
constituency.
The tribunal had ruled that Akinjo was ineligible to contest.

Delivering its judgment on Tuesday, the Appeal Court, presided over by Justice Abiyiri Shehu, faulted the tribunal judgment, for ruling that Akinjo was not a member of the
PDP at the time of the election because his membership card was not signed by his ward chairman and secretary.

The panel of judges ruled that Akinjo's challenger, the All Progressives Congress candidate Lucky Aiyedatiwa would have tendered a better case if
he had presented another card to show that Akinjo’s card was fake and not credible enough to attest to his membership of the PDP before the March 28 National Assembly
election.

The Court therefore upheld Akinjo's election as the duly elected representative in the National Assembly elections.

Army nabs Fake Miracle Pastor

The 2 Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has arrested a pastor and two others for allegedly faking miracles and healing to deceive church members and the public.
PRO of the 2nd Brigade, Captain Eli Lazarus stated that the army acted on tip off from a member of the church about the pastor and his accomplices who have conned a lot of people.
“The self-acclaimed pastor and his
collaborators (names withheld) were
subsequently arrested and they confessed to duping unsuspecting members of the public of various sums of money.
“The suspects also confessed of stage- managing miracles and healing to attract members to their church located along Aluu
community close to Port Harcourt,”
He said the suspects would be handed over
to the police for further investigation.

Law makers move to reduce population rate.

On Tuesday at the sitting of the National House of Assembly, a Law maker raised an issue that Nigeria is under pressure from its growth rate which adds about five million people to the country’s population annually.

Honourable Babatunde Kolawole said that Nigeria must come up with an action plan to check the growing population.

“There is concern that unbridled population growth puts pressure on the country’s finances and infrastructure, especially food, housing, education and healthcare.

“It is also a catalyst for high unemployment, poverty, crime and others,” he said.

But one of his colleagues opposed the motion on religious ground, with the "free to born" ideology which led to a debate on the floor.

Even though some lawmakers supported the motion, those against it were more passionate.

Lecturers are more corrupt than politicians.

The Rector of the Federal Polytechnic, Ado Ekiti, Dr. Theresa Akande, at the 10th National Conference of School of Business Studies with the theme, “Anticipated Change(s) in Nigeria: the Roles of Tertiary Institutions,” said that Institutions are central to the change agenda in Nigeria because lecturers are more corrupt than politicians.

Read excerpt from what she said:

"Shocking as this will sound, many of the Ad-hoc employees of INEC during elections are usually employees of tertiary institutions. Where is the change coming from? Who are the people to bring the change? Who are the implementers of the change?

“For corruption and all other frauds to be eradicated, we must look beyond those who stole in billions and trillions; it should be tackled holistically. Lecturers who inflate marks, mess around with female students, demand sex for marks or make demands for money are corrupt. In fact, they are more corrupt because they are destroying lives.

“Students who engage in examination malpractices are corrupt. Employees, who report late or absent themselves wilfully from work, are corrupt,

“So, all forms of corruption must be battled to a standstill because if this is not done, we will only be scratching the surface of our problems, instead of uprooting the very tap root.”

OAU Student shot during a robbery attack.

News reaching us reports that a student of the Obafemi Awolowo University, department of Microbiology has just been shot in Asherifa, a student residential area in Ile-Ife.

 He is currently at the University Health Centre to receive treatment. He was robbed by some hoodlums in his flat of residence. The robbery continued in other parts of Asherifa which awoken residents of the community. While escaping however, the hoodlums got into a cross fire with some unknown individuals. 

The thief's were however not caught but the student was seriously injured in his hand. The gun used was that of a hunters own.