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The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has raised alarm over the inordinate use of soldiers to cause mayhem and outright brigandage in Lagos. It fingered the Minister of State for Defence, Musliu Obanikoro as the arrowhead of this illegal use of soldiers to cause a breach of public peace and launch mayhem in Lagos. In a release in Lagos, signed by the Interim Publicity Secretary of the APC in Lagos, Joe Igbokwe, the party says that the latest employment of soldiers to disrupt a state mass housing project in Lagos Island, coming barely a week after such similar perpetration of illegality in Ilubirin is signaling the  launching of a state of terror by the PDP federal government using Obanikoro as the arrowhead. It warns that Lagosians would be forced to resist such illegality and stop the bizarre development by all legal means at their disposal.

Governor Adams Oshiomhole’s aide, Mr. Agharese Idubor, on Wednesday led no fewer than 150 registered members of the APC in Benin to pitch their tents with the  PDP. Idubor is the Executive Director, Protocol Matters to the Governor. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the defecting APC members are from Ward 7 in the Egor Local Government Area of Edo South Senatorial District. Idubor, who spoke on behalf of the defecting members, said their decision to return to the PDP was borne out of the alleged political betrayal of the leadership of APC in the state at the ward congress in the state on Tuesday. He argued that leadership positions should be attained through election and not by imposition “as was witnessed by APC members on Tuesday.’’ Idubor took a swipe at the leaders of the party in the state “whose roles in the just-concluded ward congress negated the principle of the one-man-one vote’’ policy of the party.

The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Emeka Ihedioha, yesterday insisted that the Imo State governor, Rochas Okorocha, must go in 2015. Ihedioha insisted that the process of sacking the governor from office was fully on course. The declaration was contained in a statement issued yesterday in Owerri by his media aide, Chibuike Onyeukwu, following Ihedioha’s consultative visit to Okigwe Council Area of the state ahead of the 2015 governorship polls. Governor Okorocha had during the week, put a dent on Ihedioha’s governorship ambition, saying that the Deputy Speaker lacked the credentials and competence to succeed him in office. But Ihedioha appealed to loyalists of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Okigwe Local Government Area of the state to remain steadfast in the party as “the process of reclaiming Imo and sacking Okorocha was fully on course and could not be altered.” Promising to do everything to make Imo the best state in the country, Ihedioha reminde...

Scarlett Johansson feels "insulted" by the name 'ScarJo'. The  Captain America: The Winter Soldier  star thinks the nickname given to her in the media makes her sound like a ''tacky pop star'' - such as Jennifer Lopez, who is considered to have started the trend with her title JLo - and is "insulting" to her as a serious actress. Scarlett told the May issue of Glamour Magazine: "I associate that name with, like, pop stars. It sounds tacky. It's lazy and flippant. There's something insulting about it." The 29-year-old actress claims she is also irritated by the media's obsession with how she looks and thinks it is completely unfair because it is something male actors don't have to endure. Scarlett fumed: "Actresses get stupid questions asked of them all the time, like, 'How do you stay sexy?' or 'What's your sexiest quality?' All these ridiculous things you would never ask a man....

Google is starting to show developers what they need to do to create swappable parts for  its upcoming modular smartphones , currently called Project Ara. On Ara's website, it's just posted  the Module Developers Kit , which contains the information that manufacturers need to get started on creating modular parts. "Ara’s success is predicated on a rich, vibrant, and diverse ecosystem of modules from a myriad of developers," one document in the kit reads. Ara phones begin as no more than a skeleton, before owners plug in everything from a display and processor to a camera and Wi-Fi unit in order to complete them. Google wants many of those modules — including some unorthodox ones — to come from third-party developers. Google previously announced that it would begin working with developers later this month, at  a virtual conference  that begins next week. Now, eager developers will actually be able to take a look beforehand to get a head start going in.

It's likely to be a long week for IT professionals dealing with the aftermath of  Heartbleed , the OpenSSL security flaw discovered earlier this week - but team Google appears to have a good handle on it for now. The  Google Online Security Blog  announced patches to many key Google services affected by Heartbleed, the security bug discovered April 7 that potentially allows for theft of data typically protected by SSL/TLS encryption. "We've assessed this vulnerability and applied patches to key Google services such as Search, Gmail, YouTube, Wallet, Play, Apps, and App Engine. Google Chrome and Chrome OS are not affected," explained Google Product Manager Matthew O'Connor in the post. The company's security experts are still working to patch "some other Google services" affected by CVE-2014-0160, the official name for the OpenSSL flaw which has been dubbed "Heartbleed."

Madrid - Atletico Madrid have progressed to the semi-finals of the Champions League for the first time in 40 years with a 1-0 win over Barcelona on Wednesday to seal a 2-1 aggregate victory. Koke put the hosts in front after just five minutes as he volleyed home Adrian Lopez's headed pass. Atletico also hit the woodwork three times in the first-half, but were made to hold on in the final stages as Neymar came within inches of taking the game to extra time when his header went just wide. Defeat ends Barcelona's run of reaching six straight Champions League semi-finals. Despite missing top-scorer Diego Costa through injury, Atletico made an incredibly fast-paced start and were ahead within five minutes. Next Atletico Madrid reached their first semi-final in Europe's elite club competition for 40 years after a 2-1 aggregate success over Barcelona. Adrian, who was only starting due to Costa's absence, smashed a shot off the post and when David Villa...