Oscar Pistorious pre-sentence hearing to continue today

Oscar pistorious is to return to court today for a pre-sentence hearing over whether he should go to prison for killing his girlfriend.
The athlete was found guilty of culpable homicide of steenkamp last month but was cleared of murder.
The South African defence team is trying to show that prison is an inappropriate punishment.
The pre-sentence hearing is expected to last several days.
The sprinter denied murdering his girlfriend on valentine's day last year claiming he shot her by mistake.


SOURCE: PUNCH

America Index Ebola victim dead

The first Ebola victim in America, Thomas Eric Duncan has died despite huge effort to save his life.
The 42 years old man died in a presbyterian hospital in dallas yesterday.
He was placed on dialyses and on an experimental drug Brincidofovir after his condition became critical.
According to the World Health Organisation, EVD has infected 7,000 people in the     llatest outbreak and has claimed the lives of 3,400 of its victims mostly in West Africa.

And just when we taught the Nigerian troops has made a huge progress in the fight against Boko Haram, another blow has come up.
Well the supposed dead leader of the Boko Haram group, Abubakar shekau has come out in a video claiming he is strong and aiive.
He described the news as a propaganda, stressing that he would only die when Allah decides.
He also said that Boko Haram was responsible for shooting down the Nigeria Airforce jet fighter which was reportedly missing.
Director of defence information Maj.Gen Chris Olukolade had last week said that Abubakar shekau was killed in one of the operation in Kodunga, Borno state

Hurray! Nigeria is 54 today

Happy birthday to Nigeria as she turns 54 today october 1st..Do you think Nigeria has achieved  a lot at 54?

60 soldiers charged with mutiny are set to appear before a military court today

60 Nigerian soldiers including 2 corprals, 9 lance corprals and 49 privates who refused to take part in an operation in Maiduguri on August 4th are set to arraign before a military court today in Abuja for committing two crimes, conspiring for mutiny and mutiny.
Meanwhile a senior advocate of Nigerian Godwin obla, said he is working towards appealing the death sentence handed to 12 soldiers on september 12th.
He however noted that the inability of the military to tell where the soldiers are stalling the process as he would need them to sign some documents for their appeal

Jordin spark quits her three years old relationship with jason durelo

Jordin spark has called it quit in her three years old relationship following jason durelo's cheating which infact is going to make him a father.
Well jason durelo was cheating on jordin spark with model carmen ortega.
From the documentary he did on E, he seemed so in love with jordin..its really unfortunate that this happened..they were one of my best celebrity couple..Men though


SOURCE:MTO

Hurray Jim Iyke is 38!

hmmmmmmm..Nollywood play boy Jim iyke turned 38 today and here is a message from his boo Nadia Buhari

              " My skitt..the one who knows the song in my heart and can sing
                 it back to me when av forgotten the words. You were created
                 with a purpose and a specific set of gifts and talents to contribute
                 to this world..to brighten it and make the difference only you can
                 make!..HBD soldier!..*BFF until we are too old to remember what
                 BFF even means*
Wow this is so romantic..Even when we think they are not together, turns out their love is waxing stronger and stronger.. HBD to him

Abubakar Shekau Killed

Remember that i posted a story some days back that Abubaka shekau, the leader of the dreaded islamic group, Boko Haram, might have been killed? well yes its been confirmed.
Defence authorities say he was killed in one of the four encounters with the insurgents in Kodunga,Borno.
His body was identified to be that of Abubakar Shekau who has also beared different names in the past.
In the mean time, Cameronian troops are claiming victory noting that they killed the leader of the islamic sect.
However, the director defence information Maj. Gen Chris Olukolade has dismissed the claim that the camerionian troops killed Abubakar Shekau within Nigeria adding that Nigerian troops who repelled an attack in Kodunga last week captured a high ranking terrorist leader who is now receiving treatment in a military medical facility.

52 Boko Haram members arrested

52 Boko Haram members have been arrested in Biu, Bornu state at seperate at operations.
According to military sources, they were arrested between 23rd and today 24th september.
According to a military source, the sect men boarded a truck in a bid to leave the state but were arrested after the truck driver notified the soldiers at the check point that passengers of his truck threatend to kill him if he did not take them out of the state.
46 of the Boko Haram members were hiding in the compartment of the truck meant for goats and the remaining six were arrested in Biu bus Station where they were boarding a bus to leave Borno.

Sierra Leone three days curfew successfully completed

A three-day curfew aimed at containing the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone has been declared a success by authorities.

The wide-ranging curfew ended at midnight on Sunday (GMT) and will not be extended, authorities said.

Sierra Leone has been one of the countries worst affected by the outbreaks, with more than 550 victims among the 2,600 deaths so far recorded.

Meanwhile, neighbouring Liberia announced a four-fold increase in the number of beds for Ebola patients.

Liberia is the country worst-hit by the epidemic, accounting for more than half the number of total deaths.

SOURCE: PUNCH

Kastina State governor orders the detain of student for criticising on facebook

According to premium times, a student of the National Open University of Nigeria, Abdulmalik Sa’idu, has been languishing in a police cell for over 20 days on the orders of the Governor of Katsina State, Ibrahim Shema, for posting details of an alleged fertilizer scam in the state on his Facebook wall.

This was disclosed  by Mr. Sa’idu’s family and lawyer to premium times

They said Abdulmalik was first invited to the Katsina Government House on August 28 by a phone caller who claimed he had a message for him. But when Abdulmalik arrived at the governor’s office, he was promptly arrested, handcuffed and taken to Batagarawa Police Station just outside the state capital, Katsina, and detained on the orders of Mr. Shema’s aide-de-camp, Shehu Koko, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, DSP.

According to his father, Maiyawo Sa’idu, while the young student was not charged with any offence, he was accused of cloning the governor’s phone number and using same to call the state Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affair, Sani Makana, with instructions that Mr. Makana deposit N3 million in his account. Mr. Sa’idu said his son was innocent. He said if indeed Abdulmalik cloned the governor’s number to dupe a commissioner he wouldn’t be tricked to come to the Government House to be arrested. “I think they are trying to frame him. I know my son cannot clone the governor’s number and call a commissioner to put three million into his account,” Mr. Saidu told PREMIUM TIMES.

Akin Ajayi, a Kaduna based lawyer, who is helping the family on the case, said the DPO of Batagarawa Police Station told him he had order from above not to release Abdulmalik on bail.

The lawyer added that the governor was breaking the law by holding the boy captive beyond 48 hours on frivolous claims

SOURCE: PREMIUM TIMES

Abubakar shekau suspected dead

The Nigerian military may have recorded a major victory in the war against Boko Haram as the man suspected to be mimicking late Abubakar Shekau in recent videos from the sect, may have been killed during the September 17th battle in Konduga, Borno state.

A senior military source said "it is getting more certain that the terrorists' commander who has been mimicking Shekau in those videos is the one killed in Konduga on September 17."

Security sources did not deny the suspicion but cautioned that "the process of confirming that the dead body we have is the same as that character who has been posing as Shekau is ongoing. He is definitely a prominent terrorist commander. I don't want to say anything about this yet please."

Military officers say the Defence Headquarters will address the nation after a full investigation of their latest discovery has been done.

Meanwhile the Defense headquarters say five members of the sect group surrendered their arms to the Nigerian troops yesterday, pleading for mercy. They said some captured members of the sect group are helping with useful information regarding future planned attacks by the sect

SOURCE: LINDA IKEJI

Paul Okoye and wife looking gorgeous in new pix

Paul Okoye shared this photo of himself and his wife Anita as they were heading to church this morning. Beautiful couple... or don't you think so?

Another church building collapses in Edo State

Again? Another building has collapsed in Edo state but this time, its a one storey building which served as offices of pastors belonging to Christ chosen church of God.
Rescue mission is still ongoing.
However three people have been rescued alive and two people are still trapped in the building.


SOURCE: LINDA IKEJI

EBOLA: Guinea health experts killed

Eight members of a team trying to raise awareness about Ebola have been killed by villagers using machetes and clubs in Guinea.

Some of the bodies of health workers, local officials and journalists - were found in a septic tank in a village school near the city of Nzerekore.

BBC say many villagers are suspicious of official attempts to combat the disease.

More than 2,600 people have now died from the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.

It is the world's worst outbreak of Ebola, with officials warning that more than 20,000 people could ultimately be infected.

Neighbouring Sierra Leone has begun a controversial three-day curfew to try to stop the spread of the disease.

SOURCE: BBC

Update on synagogue of all nation building collapse

According to Linda Ikeji, the South African High Commissioner to Nigeria, Lulu Mnguni, said the number of South Africans that died in the Friday September 12th building collapse at the Synangogue church has increased to 84 and that 265 South Africans survived the incident.

“The number has risen from 67 to 84, with more bodies discovered . The number of South Africans who were in the church might be higher, as we believe that some people organized the trip themselves without using travel agents.

"There are 265 South African survivors. Initially, there were 96 injured South Africans, but now there are only 29 still in hospital, including a three-year-old,” Mr. Mnguni said

H also said that 17 South Africans are unaccounted for. It is believed that there were about 349 South Africans visiting the popular church at the time of the collapse.



SOURCE: LINDA IKEJI

Anna banner tagged Flavour her boo on instagram

The 19-year-old model, actress and entrepreneur took to her Instagram page some hours ago to post a photo of popular Nigerian Musician, Flavour which she tagged, ‘my boo’.

It would be recalled that just recently, Flavour was said to be expecting a baby from his long time girlfriend…which made some of the followers of the beauty queen to come for her when she posted the photo.

source: naija.com

Linda Ikeji is 34!

Happy birthday to my blogger role model. She turned 34 today September 19 2014. i wish her the long life and prosperity. May God bless you honey.

Ebola survivors hosted by Lagos State government

Lagos state Governor, Babatunde Fashola, yesterday, hosted some Ebola survivors at his office at the state Secretariat in Alausa, Ikeja.

Speaking with the survivors, the governor commended them for coming forward to share their experiences, saying that they are proof that the disease is not a death sentence.

The survivors in attendance included the widow of late Port Harcourt doctor, Dr Emenuo Kelechi (left), Dr Ibeawuchi Morris (second left), Dr Fadipe Akinniyi (centre), Mr. Dennis Akagha (late Nurse Justina Ejelonu's fiance) and Dr Adaora Igonoh.

Attacked GOC fired!

The Nigeria Military authorities have retired the former General Officer Commanding the 7 Division of the Nigerian Army, Maiduguri, Maj. Gen. Abubakar Mohammed, who was attacked by soldiers at their barracks in Maiduguri on May 14th. The soldiers have since been sentenced to death for that action by a military court.

According to Linda Ikeji, Mohammed was retired after he was recalled to the Headquarters of the Nigerian Army without posting for months after the soldiers’ attempt on his life.

It was gathered from a top military source in Abuja that the Army authorities quietly retired him last month.

CAN releases a statement cocerning the seized private jet in SA

The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has released a statement reacting to reports about the seized private jet in South Africa that implicated its National President, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor.

CAN called out El Rufai and APC national spokesperson, Lai Mohammed for attacking Oritsejafor and Sahara Reporters for reporting in their own words 'falsehood'. Find the statement below

"Our attention has been drawn to the desperation of some elements working for a particular political party within our society to tarnish the image of the President of Christian Association of Nigeria, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor. They are working for the All Progressives Congress and they are not unknown to us."

The aircraft in question is owned by Eagle Air Company and the CAN President is an interested party in the company.

Since August 2 2014, the Aircraft has been leased to Green Coast Produce Limited. They lease this aircraft and people rent it from them.


 

Omawumi now a Mrs.

According to the NET, Omawumi secretly married her baby daddy, Tosin Yussuf, in a private ceremony on Saturday, September 13.
The couple traditionally tied the knot at a very low-key event, which held at her late father’s house in Warri, Delta State.

The event  which had only a few people and family members in attendance, including Omawumi’s best friend, singer Waje and her manager, Sunday Are, was done along side the singer's late dad 10th year memorial in Warri
It would be recalled on September 8, it was reported that her baby dady, Tosin yussuf proposed to her

US to take front role in the Ebola fight

President Barack Obama on has called the efforts to combat the Ebola outbreak centered in West Africa “the largest international response in the history of the CDC.”

Speaking from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta, Obama added that “faced with this outbreak, the world is looking to” the United States to lead international efforts to combat the virus. He said the United States is ready to take on that leadership role.

SOURCE: PUNCH

update on Synagogue Church of all Nation building collapse

A 45-year-old woman walked out of the rubble of the guest house of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, Ikotun, Lagos, which collapsed on Friday.
South-West spokesman for NEMA, Ibrahim Farinloye, said the woman “walked out” of a section of the pile of rubble at about 2.00am on Tuesday.
  In the meantime,the death toll from the building collapse at the Synagogue Church of all Nations has been put at 60 with 31 people alive.


SOURCE: PUNCH

12 soldiers who attacked their GOC sentenced to death

12 out of 18 soldiers who attacked their GOC in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, have been sentenced to death by an Abuja court.
The 18 soldiers were charged for mutiny(Revolt action) and other offences
Five of them were acquitted and discharged while the. remaining one was sentenced to 28 days in prison with hard labour.
The soldiers had on 14th may fired shots on Maj Gen. Mohammed Ahmed, the General officer commanding the newly created Division 7 in maiduguri.
He however escaped unhurt

9ice welcomes 4th child

Singer 9ice welcomed his 4th child with sunkanmi Ajala last week in the U.S.
The singer turned politician had his 1st child with his ex wife Toni payne, a set of twins with his ex girlfriend  Victoria Godis and now a daughter with Sunkanmi.

23 old prostitute goes to jail for theft

A 23years old Prostitute has been sentenced to 100days in prison for stealing 500,000 naira from her client.

Rosemary Ebikeme was sentenced by an Abuja high court after pleading guilty to the charge against her.

The senior magistrate. Abdullahi llaleh of life camp senior magistrate court in Abuja, convicted her after she pleaded guilty to the one-count charge.

He however gave her an option of a 5000 naira fine

SOURCE: VANGUARD

Nuella nd Tchidi chikere expecting their first child

Nollywood actress Nuella and her husband Tchidi chikere are expecting the first fruit of their marriage.

Nollywood producer,Tchidi chikere broke the news on twitter with a pics of himself and Nuella with her growing bump

The couple got married in march..

Pictures later

Nicki Minaj's dream becomes a reality

Nicki Minaj's long time dream came to reality after she performed on stage with Beyonce on Friday night during the Paris leg of Jay Z and Beyonce's On The Run Tour 
 Nicki Minaj says being on stage with Queen Bey was a dream come true. The rapper took to instagram to explain. What she wrote below...

Deluxe song on Pink Friday called GirlsFallLikeDominoes - last line of the song I said: "I'm out in Paris, mudafuka, Wit Beyonce!" ~ coincidence? Or something else? What? God heard me? ����. The queen, could never thank you enough."

Update on the collapsed synagogue of All nation building

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says the death toll in the collapse of the Synagogue Church of All nation building in Ikotun area of Lagos has risen to 40.
124 people have so far been rescued alive from the rubble of the building said to be a guesthouse for foreign followers of the church.
The building collapsed as construction work was going on to raise the 2-storey building to a five storey building.

Cultist leave four dead in Rivers State

At least, four persons were feared killed when a group of armed men suspected to be cult members stormed Ibaa community in Emohua Local Government Areas of Rivers State.
The hoodlums shot sporadically into the air as soon as they entered the community in the wee hours of Sunday while indigenes of the area were still in bed.
 PUNCH gathered that the gunmen had embarked on a revenge mission with arms suspected to be AK-47, just as sources said the deafening sound of their gunshots jolted members of the community from their sleep.
A source disclosed that the suspected cultists operated for about five hours without being challenged before they eventually left the community majestically

president of Liberian has appealed for US help in the fight against Ebola

Liberian President Ellen Jonhson sirleaf has called on U.S president Barack Obama for urgent aid in tackling the worst outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus.
She said Without it her country would loose the fight against the Virus.
She appealed to President Obama to build and operate an Ebola center in Monrovia, the Liberian Capital.

Professor Wole Soyinka condemns the #Bringbackjonathan2015# campaign Slogan

Noble Laureate, professor wole soyinka has condemned the

 #bringbackjonathan2015# campaign slogan and GEJ's recent trip to Chad with Ali modu sherrif , an alleged sponsor of the Boko Haram terrorist goup.

Professor soyinka added that he knows the Australian Negotiator,Stehen Davies, stressing that they worked together under late president Yar Adua's regime in a bid to restore peace to the Niger Delta region.

All this he wrote in a piece he titled WAGES OF IMPUNITY.

President Jonathan has however denied the knowledge of the slogan and has since asked them to be removed.

The President has also denied travelling to Chad with the alleged Boko Haram sponsor, Ali Modu Sheriff, claiming that he met him there.
The presidency has also set up a committee to monitor the activities of all pro-jonathan group in other to avoid more issues

Top government officials narrowly escape death

There was serious confusion in Niger state today(saturday) as top dignitries and gvernment officials including senator Pius Ayim narrowly escaped death as the podium which was designed for them for the North central rally for president jonathan's re-election collapsed.
The rally was organised by the controversial group, Transformation ambassadors of Nigeria,TAN.
The incident did not however stop the rally as they were relocated to another.
The number of casualities as of this time is yet to be confirmed.

synagogue church of All nation collapses

According to NEMA and LASEMA,death toll hits 17 while 120 victims  have been rescued in the collapsed building incident that rocked the synagogue church of all nations  yesterday in lagos
The six storey  building was meant for its foreign guest and was undergoing renovation before the incident

Nigeria distinguished over south Africa by pegeot citoren for car manufacturing

French pegeot citroen has chosen Nigeria over South Africa for the manufacturing of 301 passenger cars
Francis Harnie, the managing director the pegeot citroen said the 301 cars produced in Nigeria would be used in Nigeria only and would not be imported to South Africa
He stressed that it was a left hand driving model and is only for the Nigerian market

South African woman test Negative to Ebola Virus

The South African woman who was quarantined in Lagos after showing Ebola like symptoms has tested Negative to the Virus.
The unamed South African woman flew in from Morroco to Nigeria and was held at the Ebola treatment center after her temperature was found to be very hgh.
She however agreed to the fact that she had been to sierra leone and guinea, th two worst hit countries of the Ebola virus which gave room for more suspicion.
She has however tested Negative to the virus.

Three feared dead in Imo crash

Three passengers are feared dead in a car crash involving an owerri-bound passenger bus which was crushed by  truck owned by a manufacturing company.
The bus which belongs to God is good motors was enroute owerri from onitsha before it was crushed.

Two US Navy Jet crashes

The US Navy has said two of its jets worth 57 million dollars each has crashed in the western pacific ocean,with one pilot still missing
The rescued pilot is receiving medical attention aboard a ship while efforts are being made to find the second pilot.
Investigations are still ongoing as paterning the cause of the crash

50 feared dead as synagogue church of All nation collapses

50 people are feared dead and scores injured as six sorey building belonging to synagogue church of All nation collapse.
Acording NAN, ambulances were seen taking people out of the  premises.
An official number of casualties is yet to be confirmed
The building which was meant to accomdate the church's foreign guest,was a four storey building before  the renovation into six storey building
Began in other to accomodate more guest.
And according to punch, a member of the church's media team, oladakpo Bankole alleged that three helicopters hovered around the building 20mins before it collapsed
Bankole added that one of the helicopter came close to the building before t collapsed 20mins later.
He also added that some construction workers and children were in the compound at the time of the incident

New BBA house found

Report has it that a new Big Brother house has been found in south Africa for the 9th season of Africa's biggest reality show.
Big brother hotshot will officially be launched on october 5th.
All This is as a result of the fire incident that rocked d BIg Brother's house on september 2nd

Desmond Elliot embarks on a political journey

Desmond Elliot

some weeks ago, rumours and insinuation went viral that the actor and film director DESMOND ELIOT has political intentions

However, evidences have emerged that the actor and film director has truly joined the league of  entertainers who are trying their hands on the terrains of politics
First photos of the actor’s political step has come out. He is indeed going into politics and he is doing so under the umbrella of the All Progressives Party APC.
While many are of the opinion that it is refreshing to see a new set of fresh aspirants flooding the political scenes for seats, considering the fact that the likes of Julius Agwu and Kate Henshaw have also made their political ambition known; Many are of the opposite opinion that this new development might really not be a good one.
TheActor and movie producer Desmond Elliot is contesting for the Lagos State House of Assembly in 2015 under the APC. See the fliers below:


The University of Lagos Economics graduate is of a Yoruba father and Igbo mother.

cuba to send165 health aid to sierra leone

Cuba will send 165 doctors and nurses to Sierra Leone to help fight the Ebola outbreak, Cuba’s health minister and the World Health Organization announced Friday.
WHO chief Margaret Chan hailed Cuba’s commitment to send the health professionals to the hard-hit west African country for six months, telling reporters it was “the largest” made so far in the global fight to stop the deadly outbreak.

Liberian woman hangs herself in Lagos

| credits: Toyosi Ogunseye

There was confusion on Bankole Street, Isheri-Oke, Lagos when residents woke up to the sight of a woman hanging on a tree.

The woman, popularly called Kate in the area, was found dead in a black sweater and orange skirt under a pear tree.

PUNCH gathered from the residents that the woman did not live on the street.

Residents also said that the woman was a Liberian who worked in a sachet water factory before she died.

While they said that the woman had been sickly for some time, the residents said she did not appear to have any problem with anyone in the community.

But after the outbreak of the Ebola disease that was brought to Nigeria by a Liberian diplomat, Patrick Sawyer, some of the people in the area opted not to have anything to do with her.

Micheal jackson's 16 year old daughter may be pregnant

Late pop star MICHEAL JACKSON'S daughter Paris sparked pregnancy rumours after she was spotted with a bulging baby bump
Paris, 16, and her boyfriend, who hasn't been named, were spotted together on a dinner date recently,

Rivers state schools may not resume on the scheduled date

Rivers state may not abide by the September 22nd date given by the federal government for resumption of all public and private primary and secondary schools in Nigeria.
The Rivers State Commissioner for health Dr. parker at a sensitization and enlightment campaign on Ebola said the Rivers State government will not be in a hurry to order the reopening of schools in the state.
The Commissioner said the state will do a proper review of the Ebola case before pupils will be allowed to returned to school
He however warned that people who ignore the instructions to report all deaths in Rivers State before burial will be jailed.

FIFA in collaboration with WHO to contain Ebola scourge

FIFA has said that a large football stadium in Monrovia will be converted to two large Ebola treatment units
The International Football Federation said in a statement that it was cooperating with the world health organization to transform the antoinette tubman stadium in liberia capital for use in the fight against the worst deadly outbreak of the Ebola virus.
The stadium which FIFA had donated to Liberia's football association would serve as the site for two urgently needed large-scale Ebola treatment units.

oscar pistorious found guilty of culpable murder

A judge has found Oscar Pistorius guilty of culpable homicide, the South African term for unintentionally but unlawfully killing a person.
The verdict comes a day after Judge Thokozile Masipa cleared Pistorius of murder in the killing of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
The maximum prison sentence for culpable homicide is 15 years.
The verdict also dealt with three other charges, all weapons-related.
He was found not guilty of two — a car sunroof shooting incident and illegal possession of ammunition at his house.
The judge found Pistorius guilty of the third: a charge involving a shooting at a restaurant.
In a shooting from a car’s sunroof, Judge Thokozile Masipa said the state failed to prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt. She said she didn’t find the state’s witnesses persuasive, saying the the pair’s version of events differed too much.
In another shooting at a restaurant, she said the state had proven its case. Pistorius, she said, was trained in the use of guns and should not have asked for the gun at the restaurant, let alone handle it.
In the third, Pistorius was found not guilty of an ammunition charge. Masipa saids the state failed to introduce evidence that proved he intended to possess the ammunition
Masipa, who has presided impassively for months over the high-profile trial, finally let the world know what she has been thinking on the first day of reading her verdict .
Pistorius did not intend to kill Steenkamp, Masipa said, accepting his defense that he thought someone had broken into his house and that he believed he was defending himself.
Pistorius, 27, has always admitted firing the bullets that killed his girlfriend Steenkamp, then a 29-year-old cover model about to turn reality TV star. He pleaded not guilty to murdering her in his home on Valentine’s Day last year, claiming that the killing was a tragic mistake.
But in grabbing his gun and heading toward the supposed threat, Pistorius “acted too hastily and used excessive force,” Masipa ruled
the final hearing has therefore been scheduled for the 18th of October