US Election: Donald Trump Deletes Policy On Banning Of Muslims, Nigerians From Website

 
The US President-elect, Donald Trump’s team has reportedly removed the statement on his website to ban all Muslims and blacks, especially Nigerians from the country if Trump becomes president.
The page now redirects to another page encouraging voters to donate to his campaign, Independent is reporting.
Trump and his allies had consistently defended the ban, insisting the measure was about Americans’ “safety” and not about discriminating against religion.
Recall that Daily Mail had reported that Trump had sent a subtle warning to the Nigerian Community in the US, after he said all Nigerians would be made to leave the country if he becomes President.
He reportedly made the ‘threat’ during a rally at Wichita, Kansas, saying Nigerians and Mexicans have taken all the jobs meant for honest hard working Americans.
He was quoted to have said, “We need to get the Africans out. Not the blacks, the Africans. Especially the Nigerians. They’re everywhere.
“I went for a rally in Alaska and met just one African in the entire state. Where was he from? Nigeria! He’s in Alaska taking our jobs.
“They’re in Houston taking our jobs. Why can’t they stay in their own country?
“Why? I’ll tell you why. Because they are corrupt. Their Governments are so corrupt, they rob the people blind and bring it all here to spend.
“And their people run away and come down here and take our jobs! We can’t have that! If I become president, we’ll send them all home.
“I think that we should definitely disallow any Muslims from coming in. Any of them. The reason is simple: we can’t identify what their attitude is.
“We’ll build a wall at the Atlantic Shore. Then maybe we’ll re-colonize them because obviously they did not learn a damn thing from the British!”
Trump was widely condemned for his call shortly after the terrorist attacks in Paris in November 2015 to temporarily ban all Muslims.
On the same night that millions of votes were pouring in for the real estate mogul turned politician, the page linking to his December statement regarding a temporary and complete Muslim was removed and US Muslims were warned not to wear hijab after Donald Trump’s shocking victory.
According to online caches, the page was available on the morning of the election on 8 November but the redirected was added later the same night.
Trump won the US presidential election on Wednesday in an incredible victory that has shocked pundits and observers all around the world.

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END TIME! 70-Year-Old Man Arrested For Raping 8-Year-Old Girl

 

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 70-year-old man, Gabriel Akindele, for allegedly raping an eight-year-old girl, who is deaf and dumb. The incident was said to have happened on Tuesday on Michael Ayegusi Street, Owode Ijako, in the Ado-Odo/ Ota Local Government Area of the state.

The state Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the suspect was arrested following a complaint from the mother of the victim. He said, “The mother, who noticed an unusual behaviour from the girl after the incident, used sign language to inquire from her daughter.

“The girl informed her of the incident, which prompted the mother to report the matter to the police.” Oyeyemi, an Assistant Superintendent of Police, said  after a complaint was made about the matter, the Divisional Police Officer, Sango Ota, Akinsola Ogunwale, detailed detectives to the scene; and the old man was subsequently arrested.

The PPRO said the suspect allegedly confessed to the crime. Oyeyemi added that it was discovered that he lured the girl to the toilet where he raped her.

He added that the Commissioner of Police,  Ahmed Iliyasu, had directed that the case be transferred to Anti-Human Trafficking and Child Labour Unit of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Abeokuta, for proper investigation.

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Court grants Fani-Kayode N50m bail

James Tsoho, justice of the federal high court, Abuja, has granted Femi Fani-Kayode, spokesman of former President Goodluck Jonathan’s campaign organisation, bail in the sum of N50m, and one surety in like sum.

In his ruling on Thursday, Tsoho held that the offence Fani-Kayode was alleged to have committed was a bailable one.

He, therefore, granted the defendant bail as requested by Afedayo Adedipe (SAN), his counsel.

However, he ruled that Fani-Kayode be remanded in prison until he perfected his bail condition.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is prosecuting  Fani-Kayode on five-counts of money laundering to the tune of N26m.

The anti-graft agency is also prosecuting him on 17-counts of money laundering ‎to the tune of N4.9bn at the Lagos division of the federal high court.

Before his arraignment on Thursday, he has been in the custody of the EFCC for 21 days after he was arrested‎ in Lagos and transported to Abuja.

The judge fixed December 14, for the commencement of trial.

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Why Do Sleepy People Drink More Soda?

 

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People who don't get enough sleep drink more soda and energy drinks than those who get the recommended amount of sleep per night, a new study finds.

In the study, researchers analyzed information from nearly 19,000 U.S. adults who participated in a national health survey from 2005 to 2012, which included questions about diet and sleep habits.

People who said they generally slept 5 hours or less per night drank an average of 21 percent more sugar-sweetened beverages, including soda and energy drinks, than those who generally slept 7 to 8 hours per night, the study found.

"We think there may be a positive feedback loop, where sugary drinks and [loss of sleep] reinforce one another, making it harder for people to eliminate their unhealthy sugar habit," study co-author Aric Prather, an assistant professor of psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco, said in a statement.

In particular, those who slept less drank more caffeinated sugary drinks, the researchers found. The participants who usually slept 5 hours or less per night consumed 33 percent more caffeinated sodas and sugary energy drinks than those who got the recommended amount of sleep. People in the study consumed about the same amount of decaffeinated sodas, regardless of how much they slept, the researchers found.

The researchers noted that because the study was conducted at a single point in time, they can't tell whether sugary caffeinated drinks actually cause people to sleep less or whether people who don't get enough sleep are turning to sugar and caffeine to stay alert. But the researchers said it's possible that both are true, and that some people get caught in a vicious cycle in which their sleep habits affect their beverage choices and their beverage choices affect their sleep. [10 Interesting Facts About Caffeine]

"This data suggests that improving people's sleep could potentially help them break out of the cycle and cut down on their sugar intake," Prather said.

The findings held even after the researchers took into account factors that could affect how much people slept or their consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages, including their age, household income, marital status, physical activity levels and whether they had been diagnosed with asleep disorder.

There was no link between how long people slept and their consumption of juice, tea or diet drinks, the researchers said.

It's important to note that the participants in the study reported their own sleep habits, and it's possible that some people did not report their sleep accurately. Future studies could assess people's sleep habits objectively, with either a device that records brain waves or a wearable sleep monitor, Prather said.

Future studies also need to follow people over time to see how people's sleep habits and beverage consumption affect each other, Prather said.

The study is published online today (Nov. 9) in the journal Sleep Health.

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