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Two women, Helen Otorhila and Imuwahen Atoe, were arrested for being in possession of 280 live cartridges which they claimed they sold to hunters.
A civil engineering student of Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti, John Imhona and one Monday Evbuomwan were arrested for threatening to kidnap and kill their victims if the said victims did not pay the ransom demanded.
John said he demanded the money because cultists in his school were disturbing him to pay some money while Monday said he threatened his aunt to raise money his business.
Police Commissioner, Foluso Adebanjo said the suspects would soon be charged to court.
He disclosed that several persons have been arrested in connection to the killings of several persons at Ukhorumi community in which several buildings and cars were razed.
The anti-kidnapping law is good for now.
The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) 2011 conference brought out some key details on the U.S. biotech industry.
Celgene's cancer drug Revlimid was reported to have a positive benefit/risk profile. Earlier this year it was reported that patients who took the drug were slightly more at risk of developing secondary primary malignancies (SPMs) which had caused Celgene's shares to tumble.
The final word on Celgene's Revlimid: "There was nothing truly game changing about the presentations and believe the SMP issue, at this point, continues to further lessen as an overhang on CELG shares. To date, we have not really seen an impact from SPMs on to Revlimid sales, and not do not expect this going forward (s...
Celgene's cancer drug Abraxane showed relative improved response rate in non-small cell lung cancer patients, but did not delay tumor growth, or help lung cancer patients live longer. Celegne will file for approval at the end of 2011. Celgene acquired Abraxis BioSciences for $2.9 billion last year to acquire the solid ...
Amgen's AMG 479 is an investigational antibody that targets type 1 insulin-like growth factor receptor (IGF-1R). JP Morgan analysts are bullish on their outlook for AMG 479 in "pancreatic cancer which is a frontier market with significant unmet medical need." The company's bone drug Xgeva was recently found to delay ti...
Physicians at the conference were enthusiastic about biopharma company Medivation's MDV3100, a drug developed for the treatment of hormone-refractory prostate cancer and Abiraterone, a drug used for castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC). MDV3100 may have beneficial effects on other populations as well and JP Morg...
Analysts were positive on Aveo but expect crucial data to be released in the second half of 2011. Tivozanib, is an oral small molecule drug designed to optimally block the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) pathway by inhibiting VEGF receptors. JP Morgan analysts seem positive on the drug: "We continue to believ...
Tuolumne County, CA – Deputies from the sheriff’s Tuolumne Narcotics Team (TNT) made a traffic stop that paid off big time. Thursday night deputies pulled over a 1984 Chevrolet Silverado on O’Byrnes Ferry Road near Lake Tulloch. Behind the wheel was, 60-year-old Roy Gillespie and in the front passenger seat was 53-year...
During a search of the car, deputies discovered nearly 25 grams of methamphetamine. The men were handcuffed and transported to Tuolumne County Jail. Gillespie faces possession and transportation for sale of methamphetamine charges while Bryan was booked for his outstanding warrant. Gillespie’s bail was set at $70,000.
Apple will launch its upcoming iPhones— including a rumored 10th anniversary model—and new Apple Watch models at a industry briefing on Sept. 12, according to news reports based on information from people with knowledge of the company's plans.
The upcoming iPhones have been the focus of rumors for months as analysts and Apple watchers have speculated the features that Apple has built into the handsets, how much the new phones will cost and whether they will have what it takes to trigger a new round of upgrades.
The Sept. 12 launch date was reported in an August 28 Wall Street Journal article. However, Apple hasn't publicly confirmed the date. Apple did not immediately respond on Aug. 28 to an email inquiry from eWEEK about its upcoming launch date.
Apple is expected to introduce three new iPhones as well as several new Apple Watch models. One of the new iPhones is expected to be a more-costly 10th anniversary edition commemorating the introduction the first ground-breaking iPhone in September 2007.
Apple has also been considering using advanced OLED screens in some of its new iPhone models and supplies of those screens could perhaps be hard to come by in the quantities needed by Apple based on its quarterly sales averages of 70 to 80 million handsets. The company could likely raise prices on OLED models to differ...
Apple will also probably keep existing, older iPhone 7 models in its lineup as well with lower price tags, as it has done in the past.
The latest rumors about OLED displays in the next-generation iPhones began earlier this year, when reports mentioned details revealed by unnamed sources who allegedly had direct knowledge of Apple's production plans.
By using OLED screen technology and manufacturing processes, handset makers design their handsets with curved displays. The OLED displays will offer Apple a noteworthy new feature, which smartphone makers always try to deliver to spur sales. However, smartphone makers have tried to outdo each other with so many feature...
The iPhone 7 models, which currently start at $649, are water- and dust-resistant, include 12-megapixel cameras with dual lens cameras in the iPhone 7 Plus model and the new A10 Fusion processor. The handsets come in 32GB, 128GB or 256GB versions.
The holiday season is supposed to be all about giving but oftentimes, we forget that in the hustle and bustle of shopping for gifts and baking Christmas cookies. Gold-hearted singer Lauren Alaina didn't forget what's truly important about season.
Alaina spent Tuesday, Dec. 17 visiting Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt as part of Musicians on Call's weekly Bedside Performance programs.
The former 'American Idol' contestant with the big, bold voice spent time with the families at the hospital, talking to them about their unique holiday traditions. She also sang Christmas songs for the patients and encouraged them to join her in song.
Alaina pointed out that being in the hospital for the holidays is especially tough for children, which is why she made it her mission to spread some festive cheer and did her level best to put a smile on the face of everyone she encountered.
"Everyone deserves a smile for the holidays," Alaian said. "And smiling isn’t exactly the first word that comes to mind when you think of a hospital, but I went there with that goal to make that happen for everyone I met."
She continued, "It wasn’t as easy in some rooms as it was in others, but at the end of the day, I made it happen somehow. I can’t imagine spending my holidays in the hospital. I honestly don’t know if I’d feel like smiling either, but I know it would mean a lot to me to have someone visit. I hope I made a difference."
With her sunny disposition, gorgeous voice, infectious smile and generous, kind heart, we're thinking that Alaina more than succeeded in her goal to make a difference in the lives of the children she visited!
The testing craze and resegregation stripped schools of a key mission: creating engaged citizens.
When I was about 10, a classmate in my small-town school in Latvia liked to tell me in between classes that he hated Jews. I was the only Jewish kid in school, and one day as I walked home I heard steps behind me. My eyes caught his, and we stood there for a moment. I still remember his face—hazel eyes, closely cropped...
My mother and I eventually left Latvia, and bullying was a big reason for me. It’s been 22 years since I’ve thought about this particular incident—but the recent surge of media reports about xenophobic language and harassment across the United States brings those old fears roaring back. And now that we have an administ...
In a 2015 survey, 1 in 5 Muslim students in California said they experienced discrimination by a school staff member.
Such behavior is a far cry from the ideals of American public schools, which were founded to maintain a pluralistic democracy and protect citizens against the tyranny of the majority. Advocates for the public education system argued that the unique American experiment wouldn’t work without it—that schools were the most...
Until the late ’60s, three different courses in civic studies were common in American high schools, and they often focused on helping students apply the dry mechanics of government to solving problems in their own communities. Many social studies classes also aimed to highlight the fragility of the democratic process a...
True, these classes were often heavy on jingoism and light on people of color, women, and LGBT communities, but that in itself prompted a civics lesson: a powerful movement for ethnic and gender studies that continues to expand.
From 2001 to 2007, 36 percent of districts decreased elementary classroom time spent on social studies, including civics.
But all that changed most notably in the 1980s, when, in addition to earlier cuts in civic studies, policymakers began shifting the focus from social studies toward easily testable subjects like math and reading. As Stanford University’s David F. Labaree argued in his intellectual history of American education, Someone...
In Detroit, for example, a veteran teacher named William Weir has struggled to keep civic education alive amid mandatory tests and funding cuts. Over the last three years, Weir’s school has lost its music, arts, and gym classes, as well as its teaching aides. Even though Weir is a social studies teacher, the principal ...
Despite all this, Weir—who previously worked as a police officer—says teaching is the best job he’s ever had because he finds meaning in helping his students develop a sense of agency and confidence. Last year, Weir taught a course called “Take a Stand.” Students read about Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., and Cesar Cha...
So Weir’s students read studies about the cognitive, physical, and emotional benefits of music and gym classes. They researched their school district’s financial woes, budget cuts, and emergency managers. Then they held a protest in front of the school and wrote letters to their federal, state, and local officials. Wit...
1 in 6 now say it would be fine for the “army to rule,” up from 1 in 16 in 1995.
The good news is that help may be on the way: The ideology of how to teach American history and civics might vary, says Ted McConnell, executive director of the Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools, but there is strong bipartisan support for expanding social studies. If recent research is any indication, that supp...
I’ve seen that work firsthand, at some of the country’s most diverse and equitable schools. I spent four years observing classes at San Francisco’s Mission High School, a destination for immigrants from more than 40 countries. There, civics is an integral part of instruction not only in history, economics, and ethnic s...
Mission High students are also encouraged to practice civic engagement skills by serving on the youth advisory council that helps the principal make decisions about course offerings and the budget, and by meeting with school board members to provide feedback on how to make the city’s classrooms more effective for all s...
On countless occasions, I saw students show me, their peers, and other adults what it means to derive power from a sense of community, moral generosity, and an ability to integrate multiple perspectives—instead of via competition, threats, or exclusion.
One winter morning I watched students discuss a film based on the 1968 protests of thousands of Latino public school students in East Los Angeles. While the class went over the movie’s themes—courage to take a stand, commitment to collective goals, the importance of community support—a girl named Brianna jumped in.
“I love George,” Brianna said with a hand on her heart, as students shifted to the next activity.
When I observed moments like these, I felt a sense of regret that I was often the only white person in those classrooms. Kozol has long warned us about what’s lost when opportunities for learning mutual understanding disappear through resegregation. By most measures, our public schools today are more racially segregate...
Even three years after I finished my reporting at Mission High, these manifestations of deeper understanding burned in my memory more than any lessons of diversity and tolerance from lectures, history books, and pop culture. They can’t be conveniently translated into grades, test scores, and acceptance letters to elite...
*This sentence has been corrected to more accurately reflect the data available on classroom time spent on civics.
DAVID LE/Staff photo. Swampscott senior quarterback tries his best to duck out of a sack from Gloucester's Jacob Emerson (62). 9/26/15.
More than 900 million people — over 10 percent of the world’s population — could head to the polls over several weeks. The government is committed to polling every voter, no matter how isolated.
India’s election is the largest in the world. With roughly 900 million eligible voters, polling is a challenge. Our animated video explains how the government pulls it off.
Democracy doesn’t get much simpler than one person, one vote. But what happens when that one person is a hermit living alone in a jungle temple surrounded by lions, leopards and cobras, miles from the nearest town?
In India, the election comes to him.
Bharatdas Darshandas, the lone inhabitant and caretaker of a Hindu temple deep in the Gir Forest, has become a symbol of India’s herculean effort to ensure that the votes of every one of its 900 million eligible voters is counted. Voting began Thursday in the world’s largest — and arguably most colorful — democracy and...
With an electorate four times the size of the United States, 10 percent of the world’s population is eligible to vote in this year’s poll.
Those values are being put to the ultimate test — the largest democratic election in history.
In seven phases over 39 days, as many as 900 million people will casts ballots nationwide at a million polling stations, spread across densely populated megacities and far-flung villages. Each phase lasts a single day, with the date varying by location.
It is a feat of gargantuan proportions, requiring 12 million polling officials and cutting-edge technology. But just getting to the voters — some of whom live among the world’s tallest mountains, its densest jungles and sweltering deserts — presents its own set of challenges.
To provide ballots to voters in the most remote areas, the politically independent Election Commission of India will deploy 700 special trains, as well as boats, planes and teams of camels and elephants.
Among those remote locales is the country’s highest polling place — 15,256 feet above sea level — found in a village in the Spiti Valley of the Himalayas, where just 48 voters live.
Election officials have to not only account for the most isolated voters, but also provide efficient systems for voters in the country’s teeming cities. The busiest polling stations will see as many as 12,000 people arrive to cast votes.
With a population of 1.34 billion people, India is set to overtake China as the world’s most populous country sometime before the next general election, scheduled for 2024. Its electorate is four times the size of the United States, meaning more than 10 percent of the world’s population is eligible to vote in this year...
During the last general election in 2014, 553 million Indians, or 66 percent of all eligible voters, cast ballots.
In addition to the poll workers, tens of thousands of troops are deployed throughout the election to prevent party activists from interfering in the process and subdue potential outbreaks of violence.
India held its first election in 1951. From the beginning, the country was committed to bringing the process to voters, not matter how remote. Today, voters will cast ballots on electronic machines at more than a million polling places.
How do you count 900 million votes?
The tool most credited for improving the ease with which Indians vote is also part of the reason the process takes so long.
While voters in the United States and elsewhere continue to argue the merits and security of electronic voting, India has been using secure electronic machines since 1999. Beginning in 2014, the government introduced a second machine, a printer that deposits a hard copy of each ballot into a sealed box, ensuring an add...
Though nearly a billion people could cast ballots, there are just 1.63 million “control units,” the computerized brain of the electronic voting machine. The machines are toted across the country for use during each geographic phase of the election.
Each machine is made up of a “control unit,” which tallies and stores votes, and one or more “balloting units,” on which voters select their candidates by pressing a button. The third piece of equipment is the secure printer that creates a paper trail.
The individual machines tabulate the votes almost instantly, but the tallies are only officially announced four days after the last votes are cast, or six weeks after the election began.
After a weekslong process the counting takes just hours. Election Commission officials begin the count at 8 a.m. and the winners are announced by lunchtime.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi of the Bharatiya Janata Party and his principal challenger, Rahul Gandhi of the Indian National Congress, represent Parliament’s two largest factions.
But there are more than 8,000 candidates representing more than 2,000 political parties vying for 543 available seats in Parliament’s lower house, the Lok Sabha.
To secure a majority, a party or coalition must control 272 seats.
Ayesha Venkataraman contributed reporting from Mumbai, India.
Fresh off the debut of his latest feature, Ali & Nino, at the Sundance Film Festival, Amy and Senna director Asif Kapadia is getting the pieces in place for his next project. And it sounds like a good one: Kapadia is teaming up with Martin Scorsese for Silver Ghost, which will chronicle the true history behind the Roll...
THR reports Kapadia will direct Silver Ghost, while Scorsese will produce. Also producing is Anthony Haas, who developed the project with the late Richard Attenborough. The film will follow the brilliant partnership between two different men, Charles Royce and Henry Royce, along with a parallel storyline involving a ro...
What struck me when I read Silver Ghost was how this true story weaves together the lives of five remarkable people that changed the destiny of the Western world, and I am delighted to be working together with the legendary filmmaker Martin Scorsese and Anthony Haas to bring it to the screen.
I’ve been captivated by the story of Silver Ghost ever since Lord Richard Attenborough came to me with the project, and I’m thrilled that we’re going to be seeing it through. It’s a project that requires a great and innovative storyteller, and that’s exactly what we have with Asif Kapadia.
Rolls and Royce met at the turn of the 20th century and unveiled the first Rolls-Royce car in late 1904. Their vehicles quickly gained a reputation around the world for quality and reliability. However, the partnership was cut short when Rolls, an aviation pioneer, became the first Briton to die in an aeronautical cras...
As for the romantic storyline, we learned back in 2012 that the film would also follow “the love affairs of the famed Beaulieu family.” That probably refers to the passionate relationship between John Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 2nd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu, and his mistress Eleanor Velasco Thornton, who served as the mode...
Kapadia is probably best known for his documentaries Senna and Amy, the latter of which is a favorite to win Best Documentary at the Oscars this year. His narrative features include Far North, The Return, and The Warrior. It’s unclear when exactly Silver Ghost will begin shooting, let alone when it’ll be released, but ...
RAYMORE, Mo. -- Controversy is brewing in Cass County over a pending decision that would consolidate the county’s 911 dispatch centers.
Emergency calls in the county are filtered through five dispatch locations in Belton, Raymore, Pleasant Hill, Harrisonville as well as the Cass County Sheriff’s Office. However, the county’s Emergency Services Board is considering moving all five centers to one location.
“Basically, it would disband the current PSAPs and build a consolidated dispatch center where everyone in the entire county would be dispatched from one location, both police and fire,” Raymore Police Chief Jan Zimmerman explained.
Belton Fire Chief Norman Larkey, who also serves on the ESB, made a motion calling for the change during a board meeting on Nov. 21.
Zimmerman, city managers for Raymore and Belton, and the Cass County Sheriff’s Office oppose the consolidation. They cite a possible loss of jobs, reduced public safety and additional costs to taxpayers.
“If the ESB members continue to force this issue onto our residents, the City of Raymore is fully prepared to pursue any and all legal remedies at our disposal to ensure the continued operation of our dispatch center, which is a cost-effective and critical service that keeps our residents safe,” Raymore City Manager Ji...
Belton’s city manager, Alexa Barton, released a similar statement saying the city “unequivocally” agreed with Raymore.
Both pointed to two recent studies — one conducted by the state and another commissioned by the board — that show the current dispatch centers in the county are performing well. The feasibility study conducted for the board also estimates a new building for a centralized center would cost at least $4 million.
Zimmerman said the proposal could also affect a 911 sales tax approved by voters in 2012. The half-cent tax was used to upgrade the county’s radio system and is supposed to be reduced to an eight of a cent tax in fall 2019.
FOX4 talked with several residents who were surprised to learn of the proposal.
“It doesn’t make sense to spend a lot of money on changing something if it’s working,” Piper Showen added.
Zimmerman said she and other law enforcement leaders would have liked to have been included in the process. She believes the systems that are place right now are just fine.

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