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Amusaopeyemi:I understand you, girl. |
walexsho:from your own myopic and biased little understanding. |
Amusaopeyemi:your crush? you're such a funny girl. |
saintopus:the alliance shouldn't support corruption. |
'rada-rada' is a nonsense! |
It`s injustice indeed. |
The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation on Thursday warned depositors against patronising illegal fund operators, popularly called ‘wonder banks’. The corporation said that the wonder banks offering attractive interest on deposits were not licensed to operate by the Central Bank of Nigeria. The Managing Director, NDIC, Alhaji Umaru Ibrahim, spoke in Kaduna at the 36th Kaduna International Trade Fair, stressing that the corporation would not be responsible for depositors’ missing funds traceable to the wonder banks. Ibrahim said that wonder bank managers often disappeared after collecting customers’ money, leaving them in pains. He urged Nigerians to stay clear of them. He said the warning became necessary in view of the report of the continued operation of the outlawed fund operators in different forms and styles in various parts of the country. He said, “I wish to seize this opportunity to once again advise members of the public against patronising illegal fund managers, also known as ‘wonder banks’ who offer extra-ordinary interest rates on deposits or investments only to disappear after collecting the deposits or investments. “These illegal operators are not licensed by the CBN as deposit-taking financial institutions; and as such, they are not under the NDIC insurance cover. “People often approach the corporation to seek redress after failing victim. For the avoidance of doubt, the corporation wishes to make it categorically clear that only depositors of institutions that are licensed to collect deposits by the CBN such as deposit money banks, micro finance banks, primary mortage banks, and non interest/ Islamic banks are under the NDIC insurance cover.” Ibrahim said one of the things contained in the proposed amendments to the NDIC Act 2006 was building of the corporation’s general reserve funds to create a robust deposit insurance fund. www.punchng.com/business/money/stop-patronising-wonder-banks-ndic-warns-depositors/ |
A Federal High Court in Benin, Edo State on Thursday sentenced a younger brother of ex-Governor Lucky Igbinedion, Michael, to a six-year jail term for N25bn money laundering offences. An aide of the ex-governor, Patrick Eboigbodin, was also jailed for 20 years for the same of offences. However, the governor’s brother has an option of paying N3m or N1m for each of the three counts on which he was found guilty to avoid going to jail. Eboigbodin sentencing on Thursday is without an option of fine. The two convicts and four companies had been arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on an 81- count charge of money laundering during the tenure of Lucky Igbinedion as governor. The four companies are Gava Corporation Limited, Romrig Nigeria Limited, PML Securities Company Limited and PML Nigeria Limited. Justice A.M. Liman found Michael guilty on counts 79, 80 and 81 of the alleged charges while Eboigbodin was found guilty on counts 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58 and 59. The judge also ordered the forfeiture of the assets of PML Limited to the Federal Government. The company will also pay N250,000 fine. Liman noted that the prosecution had proved the alleged collaboration by the accused beyond reasonable doubts but he discharged them all on the other count charges on the grounds that the prosecution failed to prove the allegations. The judge further explained that the prosecution only proved suspicion but failed to prove illicit origin of funds deposited in the named banks. Earlier, the counsel to the first, third, fourth, fifth and sixth accused persons, Richard Ahonanuogho, acknowledged that the 10-count charges brought against his clients centred on money laundering as contained in Section 14 (1) of the Money Laundering Act (2004) and the law provided a sentence of two to three years imprisonment. He, however, urged the court to use its discretion to award a fine or apply a suspended sentence as the first accused, the ex-governor’s brother, was a first offender, in his late 50’s and had not benefited from the said offence. Counsel to the second accused, Abubakar Shamsudeen, had told the court that his client, Eboigbodin , had pleaded leniency based on his age and being a first offender and a victim of the office he occupied when the offence was committed. He, therefore, urged the court to apply an option of fine, not below N250,000 or N500,000, and not more than N1m, in lieu of imprisonment. But the counsel to the EFCC, Tayo Olukotun, urged the court not to be persuaded by the plea for leniency by the accused, arguing that their conviction would be in line with the provision of the law and that the call for suspended sentence was not within the court’s jurisdiction. The prosecution also submitted that the claim of non-criminal benefit by the first accused was not an issue because the crime had already been established. www.punchng.com/news/n25bn-fraud-lucky-igbinedions-brother-to-pay-n3m-fine/
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How many ways can you use salt? According to the Salt Institute, about 14,000! The salt website has tons of handy tips for using salt around the house, and the best of the bunch — plus my additions — are listed below. IN THE KITCHEN Aside from all of the alchemy that salt performs in terms of baking chemistry and food flavor, salt has a number of other great applications in the kitchen. Test egg freshness. Put two teaspoons of salt in a cup of water and place an egg in it — a fresh egg will sink, an older egg will float. Because the air cell in an egg increases as it ages, an older egg is more buoyant. This doesn't mean a floating egg is rotten, just more mature. Crack the egg into a bowl and examine it for any funky odor or appearance — if it's rotten, your nose will tell you. (Bonus fact: if you have hard-boiled eggs that are difficult to peel, that means they are fresh!) Set poached eggs. Because salt increases the temperature of boiling water, it helps to set the whites more quickly when eggs are dropped into the water for poaching. Prevent fruits from browning. Most of us use lemon or vinegar to stop peeled applesand pears from browning, but you can also drop them in lightly salted water to help them keep their color. Shell nuts more easily. Soak pecans and walnuts in salt water for several hours before shelling to make it easier to remove the meat. Prevent cake icing crystals. A little salt added to cake icing prevents it from sugaring. Remove odors from hands. Oniony-garlicy fingers? I like soap and water, then rubbing them on anything made of stainless steel (it really works), but you can also rub your fingers with a salt and vinegar combo. Reach high peaks. Add a tiny pinch of salt when beating egg whites or whipping cream for quicker, higher peaks. Extend cheese life. Prevent mold on cheese by wrapping it in a cloth moistened with saltwater before refrigerating. Save the bottom of your oven. If a pie or casserole bubbles over in the oven, put a handful of salt on top of the spill. It won't smoke and smell, and it will bake into a crust that makes the baked-on mess much easier to clean when it has cooled. PERSONAL CARE Extend toothbrush life. Soak toothbrushes in salt water before your first use; they'll last longer. Clean teeth. Use one part fine salt to two parts baking soda — dip your toothbrush in the mix and brush as usual. You can also use the same mix dissolved in water for orthodontic appliances. Rinse your mouth. Mix equal parts salt and baking soda in water for a fresh and deodorizing mouth rinse. Ease mouth problems. For cankers, abscesses, and other mouth sores, rinse your mouth with a weak solution of warm saltwater several times a day. Relieve bee-sting pain. Ouch? Immediately dampen area and pack on a small pile of salt to reduce pain and swelling. Clean stained cups. Mix salt with a dab of dish soap to make a soft scrub for stubborn coffee and tea stains. Clean refrigerators. A mix of salt and soda water can be used to wipe out and deodorize the inside of your refrigerator, a nice way to keep chemical-y cleaners away from your food. You can add yours to benefit our people here. |
lokito:hear yourself. |
[color=#006600][/color] wonder shall never end. That's how they normally form holy-holy. |