Classic FM’s Sylvester ‘Sly’ Ojigbede to be buried today...

(Sylvester Ojigbede to be buried today. Photo: Filed) The late Sylvester ‘Sly’ Ojigbede, the Classic FM OAP who passed away on May 3, 2015 will be buried today, May 8, 2015. His service of songs was held yesterday May 7, 2015 at the Kings College Annex, Adeyemo Alakija Street, Victoria Island while the final funeral service will hold at the Our Lady Of Perpetual Help, 14, Musa Yar’adua Street, off Kofo Abayomi Crescent, Victoria Island on May 8, 2015. The interment service follows immediately at Ikoyi Cemetery.... 

Police Brutality: Businessman killed during police stop and search in Lagos

A 48 year old businessman, Mr. Henry Dimoji was crushed to death during a police stop and search exercise along the Mile 2 axis of Lagos state on April 30th. Punch reports that the deceased and his wife were returning from a wake keeping service in Festac town when they were stopped by a team of 4 policemen attached to the Rapid Response Squad, Ikeja for an unapproved stop and search exercise.

According to his wife, Linda, who was with him, when he was stopped, he appealed to the policemen for him to park properly on the road but they insisted that he comes down and open his booth on the road. As he came down from his car, a tanker loaded with diesel lost control and dragged the deceased along the road, crushing him to death. The policemen fled the scene of the incident. Two of the policemen have since been arrested while two of them are currently at large.

A relative of the deceased simply identified as frank while speaking on the incident said

“When Dimoji got to the checkpoint, the policemen asked him to park and open his booth, but they did not allow him to park properly. He told them to allow him to park when one of them brought out a gun and threatened to shoot if Dimoji disobeyed. He then came out of the car to talk to the officers. Hardly had he come down when the trailer approached. The trailer driver, who was probably aware of the illegal checkpoint, tried to speed past the policemen. In the process, the trailer hit Dimoji in the thigh and dragged on the road for a few metres. When the policemen saw this, they entered their van and fled. The wife started screaming and calling for help. It was even the trailer driver and the conductor who stopped and assisted to rush him to a hospital. We have been to the SCID, and the police boss assured us that justice would be done on the matter. I saw the policemen that mounted the illegal checkpoint. They do not deserve to be in the Nigeria Police Force.”he said

The Lagos state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Kenneth Nwosu, while confirming the incident said “What the police are investigating is a case of a fatal accident, and the culpability of the officers in the incident. Two officers are in custody over the matter, and investigations are ongoing.”

MAN OF GOD CAUGHT WITH 1.978KG OF HEROIN AT ENUGU AIRPORT ON RETURN FROM UGANDA

A Lagos pastor has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at Akanu Ibiam International Airport (AIIA), Enugu over drug trafficking.

The suspect, Daniel Lanre Akintola, 43, was caught with 1.978kg of heroin concealed in the false bottom of his luggage.

NDLEA commander at the Enugu Airport, Nsikak-Abasi Udoh, disclosed that the 43-year-old pastor attempted to abandon his luggage at the arrival hall for fear of arrest.

“Mr. Daniel Lanre Akintola unlawfully possessed 1.978kg of heroin, while returning from Entebbe, a major town in Central Uganda.

“He wanted to abandon the luggage, but we detected his intention. The drug was carefully concealed in a false bottom of his luggage.

“The second suspect is a businessman who had parcels of ephedrine weighing 51.5kg, which he wanted to smuggle to Ma-puto, Mozambique.

“They are being investigated.”

Akintola did not deny ownership of the bag containing heroin, but said he was returning from a pastor’s conference.

“I am a pastor with one of the pentecostal churches, at Ipaja, Lagos. I attended a minister’s conference in Uganda.

“This bag, where heroin was found, is my bag but I am a pastor and not a drug trafficker.”

What 13 highly successful people read every morning

Successful people know they are what they read.

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett, for example, spends 80% of his day reading.

So what is the first source that highly influential people check when they wake up? We surveyed leaders across industries to find out more about their morning reading habits.

Alison Griswold and Max Nisen contributed to an earlier version of this article.

Warren Buffett starts his days with an assortment of national and local news.

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The billionaire investor tells CNBC he reads the Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, the New York Times, USA Today, the Omaha World-Herald, and the American Banker in the mornings. That's a hefty list to get through.

Barack Obama reads the national papers, a blog or two, and some magazines.

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The President of the United States told Rolling Stone he begins his day with the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post. He's a devoted reader of the Times' columnists, and also likes Andrew Sullivan, the New Yorker, and The Atlantic.

Bill Gates reads the national papers and gets a daily news digest.

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The Microsoft cofounder gets a daily news digest with a wide array of topics, and he gets alerts for stories on Berkshire Hathaway, where he sits on the board of directors. Gates also reads the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, and the Economist cover-to-cover, according to an interview with Fox Business.

Jonah Peretti reads the business or sports section of the New York Times on his morning commute.

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The Buzzfeed founder and CEO wakes up around 8:30 a.m. and heads into the office with the sports or business section of the New York Times, he tells The Wire. He also takes New York magazine. (Subscriptions to the New Yorker and Economist fell by the wayside after he had twins.)

Still, like many younger leaders, the principle way he discovers information is through Twitter and Facebook. 

Cheryl Bachelder uses the mornings to read and write about leadership.

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The CEO of fast-food chain Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen says "reading and quiet time to reflect are the most important part of my morning routine." For example, one of her recent morning reads was the book "Leadership Secrets of the Salvation Army" by Robert A. Watson and Ben Brown. Bachelder also says that the morning is her favorite time for writing on her blog, Serving Performs.

Jeffrey Immelt reads his papers in a very particular fashion.

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"I typically read the Wall Street Journal, from the center section out," the General Electric CEO told Fast Company. "Then I'll go to the Financial Times and scan the FTIndex and the second section. I'll read the New York Times business page and throw the rest away. I look at USA Today, the sports section first, business page second, and life third. I'll turn to Page Six of the New York Post and then a little bit on business."

Howard Schultz has kept his morning-reading routine intact for 25 years.

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In 2006, the Starbucks CEO told CNNMoney that he gets up between 5 and 5:30 a.m., makes coffee, and then picks up three newspapers: the Seattle Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the New York Times. The habit must work, because he's stuck with it for more than two decades.

Scott Adams reads business and political news to prime his brain for creativity.

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The creator of syndicated comic "Dilbert" says he wakes up at 5 a.m., eats a protein bar, and reads Business Insider for inspiration. 

"I prime my creative engine with external news, but I avoid the dreary and hyper-political stuff, because it would be a downer," Adams says. "I am looking for patterns in life, not jokes. For example, a story about war in the Middle East might give me a joke idea about meeting etiquette."

Kat Cole logs into social media first thing.

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Cole, the group president of FOCUS Brands, the parent company of brands like Auntie Anne's, Carvel, and Cinnabon, wakes up every morning at 5 a.m. and checks her calendar, all of her major social media platforms, news sites, blogs, emails, and any other messages that may have come in overnight.

"I'm looking for relevant news, urgent business and team needs, updates from startups I invest in, or anything awesome to get my brain going and know what's going on in the world," she says.

Charlie Munger is devoted to the Economist.

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When Fox Business asked the Berkshire Hathaway vice chairman and right-hand man to Warren Buffett what he likes to read in the morning, Munger kept it simple. "The Economist," he said.

Kevin O'Leary catches up on business news during his morning workout.

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The "Shark Tank" investor says he wakes up every morning at 5:45 a.m., checks the Asian and European bond markets, and watches business television for 45 minutes while he works out. He then spends another hour from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m reading the latest business news.

"Knowledge is power," O'Leary says, "and it's important to have a 360-degree view of the financial climate all over the world."

Gary Vaynerchuk devotes most of his attention to Twitter.

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"I start my day by consuming quite a lot of information," the entrepreneur and social-media guru says. He reads TechMeme, the email newsletter MediaREDEF, Business Insider, ESPN, and Nuzzel, an aggregator of headlines and links that his network is sharing. Next he heads to Twitter, where he spends "a significant amount of my morning responding to people and starting conversations." Lastly, he checks Instagram to see what his friends are up to.

Fran Tarkenton reads local and national papers cover-to-cover.

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The NFL Hall-of-Famer and entrepreneur has had the same morning-reading routine for decades. "First, I read the Atlanta Journal Constitution to get my local news," he says. "Next, I go to the New York Times, which skews liberal, and then I read the Wall Street Journal, which is more conservative. I'll read every part — domestic, foreign, business, sports, even the parts that might bore me a little — because feeding my brain is an absolutely essential part of my day."

Meet The youngest billionaires in tech

There may be some truth to the old adage that with age comes wisdom. If you're in tech, however, youth is no obstacle to success. 

Some of the most successful tech entrepreneurs of the last decade have taken their companies public or sold them for millions before their 30th birthdays. 

With the help of Forbes' billionaire list, we've ranked the youngest tech executives to accrue billions of dollars of wealth.

Each billionaire appearing on the list is under 40 years old.

18. Nick Woodman

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Age: 39

Net worth: $2.5 billion

Nick Woodman is the founder and CEO of sports-camera company GoPro. With an estimated compensation of $284.5 million, he was the highest-paid U.S. CEO of 2014.

17. Jan Koum

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Age: 39

Net worth: $6.8 billion

Jan Koum is the cofounder and CEO of WhatsApp, which Facebook bought for $19 billion in February 2014.

16. Yoshikazu Tanaka

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Age: 38

Net worth: $1.14 billion

 Yoshikazu Tanaka is the founder and CEO of Gree, a Japanese gaming and social networking company.

15. Jack Dorsey

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Age: 38

Net worth: $2.5 billion

Jack Dorsey is a cofounder of Twitter and still owns a 4% stake in the company. He went on to found Square, a mobile payments company.

14. Travis Kalanick

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Age: 38

Net worth: $5.3 billion

Travis Kalanick is the cofounder and CEO of Uber. The ridesharing app has been valued at as much as $41 billion, and he's been a billionaire on paper since June 2014.

13. Naruatsu Baba

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Age: 37

Net worth: $1.64 billion

Naruatsu Baba is the founder and CEO of Japanese smartphone game maker Colopl.

12. Robert Pera

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Age: 37

Net worth: $1.8 billion

Robert Pera founded wireless product maker Ubiquiti Networks. The company's 2011 IPO made him a billionaire.

11. Garrett Camp

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Age: 36

Net worth: $5.3 billion

Garret Camp is the cofounder and chairman of Uber. Before that, he cofounded StumbleUpon.

10. Scott Farquhar

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Age: 35

Net worth: $1.1 billion

Along with college friend Mike Cannon-Brookes, Scott Farquhar is the cofounder of Australian software company Atlassian. The company is worth $3.3 billion as of April 2014, and Farquhar and Cannon-Brookes each own about  a third.

9. Mike Cannon-Brookes

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Age: 35

Net worth: $1.1 billion

 Mike Cannon-Brookes cofounded Atlassian with college friend Scott Farquhar. According to Forbes, he owns a Tesla.

8. Sean Parker

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Age: 35

Net worth: $2.5 billion

 Sean Parker is the cofounder of Napster and founding president of Facebook.

7. Eduardo Saverin

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Age: 33

Net worth: $4.9 billion

Eduardo Saverin is a cofounder of Facebook. He has since renounced his U.S. citizenship, moved to Singapore, and invested in startups like Hampton Creek and Silvercar.

6. Drew Houston

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Age: 32

Net worth: $1.2 billion

Drew Houston is the cofounder and CEO of Dropbox. The company is now worth more than $10 billion.

5. Ryan Graves

Age: 31

Net worth: $1.4 billion

Ryan Graves was Uber's first hire. He got the job by tweeting at Travis Kalanick: ""heres a tip. email me :)."

4. Dustin Moskovitz

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Age: 30

Net worth: $8.1 billion

Dustin Moskovitz was Facebook's third employee. He went on to found software firm Asana and, with his wife Cari, Good Ventures.

3. Mark Zuckerberg

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Age: 30

Net worth: $34.4 billion

Facebook cofounder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been a paper billionaire since he was 23. It became official in 2012, when he sold 30.2 million Facebook shares for a $1.13 billion profit.

2. Bobby Murphy

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Age: 26

Net worth: $1.5 billion

Like his cofounder, Snapchat CTO Bobby Murphy owns at least a 15% stake in the disappearing photo messaging startup. 

1. Evan Spiegel

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Age: 24

Net worth: $1.5 billion

Snapchat cofounder and CEO Evan Spiegel is the youngest billionaire in the world. 

"I am a young, white, educated male," he once said at a conference. "I got really, really lucky. And life isn't fair."

Now see how the youngest spends his billions.

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The fabulous life of Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel, the youngest billionaire in the world »

Son of legendary highlife singer Victor Olaiya dies at 38

Legendary high-life musician, Dr Victor Olaiya, 84, lost one of his sons Alfred Abidemi Olaiya (pictured left) on Monday May 4th. He was just 38 years old. Alfred was also the brother of popular Yoruba actress, Mojisola Olaiya who announced his passing on her instagram page.

'Goodbyes are not forever. Goodbyes are not the end. They simply mean I will miss you until we meet again. I will miss you dear brother Abide mi Olaiya R.I.P.' she wrote

No word on what killed him. He will be buried tomorrow. May his soul rest in peace, amen.

59-Year-Old Woman Clubbed To Death By Houseboy In Enugu

59-year-old grandmother, Mrs. Agnes Elue aka Nwanyi Maluogo has been found dead in her bedroom at One Day Road, Awkunanaw area of Enugu State in southeastern Nigeria reports The NATION. A native of  Ogwashi-Uku, Delta State, she was reportedly clubbed to death last Sunday by her teenage houseboy (names withheld). Before her death, she was an academic staff of the Federal Government College, Enugu and was given the nicknamed ‘Nwanyi Maluogo’ being a woman nice to all. 

  According to the police, the houseboy kept the murder a secret for 96 hours but he later confessed that he used a pestle to hit the late woman when an argument ensued. He is a close relative of the deceased. The murder case was discovered on Wednesday when the same houseboy reportedly went to a flat in the same compound belonging to a widow and attempted to rape her. 

He had demanded for the sum of N2,000 from the widow but before she could respond, he pounced on her and tore her clothes. It was the alarm the widow raised that attracted the caretaker of the compound who rushed in and rained blows on the boy while the molested widow used a pestle on him. When he was arrested and taken upstairs to be reported to his madam, the sight the people met was her rotting body in the bedroom. He confessed immediately that he killed her on Sunday night while it was raining. Police say they are not ruling out rape in the case of the dead woman as she found naked. The boy did not give any reason for his action and investigation is still ongoing.

Four students, women killed in Edo cult clashes

No fewer than four persons, including two students and two women, have been reportedly killed by suspected cultists in different areas of Benin, the Edo State capital.

The victims were said to have been killed on Tuesday.

There has been an increase in cult-related killings recently in the state due to suspected reprisals.

It was learnt that the ‎women, said to be the mothers of two men, who had been targeted by suspected cultists, were shot dead at Virginia Junction and New Benin both in the state capital, when the gunmen could not find their targets.

The two students were said to be schooling at the Edo State College of Agriculture, Iguoriakhi, in Ovia South West Local Government Area of the state.

They were said to be on their way to attend lectures when their assailants, who had laid an ambush in a nearby bush, shot them dead.

The gunmen were said to have fled back into the bush after the attack.

Irked by the attack, some students of the school were said to have staged a protest calling for the arrest of the perpetrators.

The Provost of the College, Dr. Friday Obasogie, who confirmed the incident, said the case had been reported to the police.

He also noted that the management of the institution had postponed its semester examinations to reduce tension as a result of the incident.

Obasogie added, “The students were going to school when the perpetrators ran out of the bush, attacked them and ran back to the bush.

“It is cult clash; you know that it has been in Benin for over a week now. The police have brought the situation under control.

“The semester’s examination has been postponed by one week to enable the tension to die down.”

‎However, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Stephen Onwochei, said investigations had commenced to identify and apprehend the culprits. Punch