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The Attorney-General of the Federation,
Mr Mohammed Adoke, has taken over the
prosecution of a businessman and Cross Country
boss, Bube Okorodudu, standing trial on a
N82.8 million theft charge.
Mr D.E. Kaswe, a lawyer from the AGF’s office,
made this known on Wednesday at the
resumption of Okorodudu’s case before Justice
Lateef Lawal-Akapo of an Ikeja High Court.
Okorodudu and his transport firm — Cross
Country Ltd – are being prosecuted by the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
(EFCC).
The defendants were charged alongside another
company, Car Link Ltd, on an eight- count
bordering on conspiracy, stealing, forgery and
uttering.
The EFCC had alleged that they stole the money
through the fraudulent sale of 17 units of
Volkswagen transporter buses belonging to AG
Moeller Ltd and Mr Adeloye Olukemi.
At the resumed hearing of the case on
Wednesday, Kaswe told the court that the
Attorney-General took over the case from the
EFCC on Sept. 8 while the court was on
vacation.
He said: “Having taken over the matter, we have
written to the EFCC which hitherto was handling
it to give us the original case file.
“The AGF took over the matter because there is
another case at the Federal High Court in Lagos
and we want to examine the files and reach our
own conclusions.”
Kaswe, therefore, asked the court for an
adjournment to enable the AGF’s office to get
the file from the EFCC.
Also addressing the court, the defence counsel,
Mr Taiwo Taiwo, said Okorodudu had voluntarily
turned himself into the police as directed by the
court on July 1.
“The first defendant (Okorodudu) was in their
custody and came to court on July 14 but the
court could not sit due to the strike by judiciary
workers.
“He was thereafter granted administrative bail by
the police and the reason he is not here today is
because I was not aware that the matter would
be coming up today,” Taiwo added.
Reacting to the development, Lawal-Akapo,
noted that the directive by the National Judicial
Council was that judges should give priority to
high profile criminal cases.
” I am not in any way impressed with the
explanation given by the prosecution counsel
that the AGF office is still trying to take over
the original case file from the EFCC since Sept.
8.
“Counsel from both sides should assist the
court in dealing speedily with this matter.”
The judge also held that the bench warrant
issued against Okorodudu on July 1 was still in
force.
Lawal-Akapo ordered the police to arrest and
produce him in court at the next date of
adjournment fixed for Dec. 2. (NAN)
source: www.vanguardngr.com/2014/10/n82-8m-theft-agf-takes-prosecution-cross-country-boss/

ONITSHA – Leader of the Movement for
Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra,
MASSOB, Chief Ralph Uwazuruike has charged his
subjects not to be afraid to proclaim the name
of Biafra any where they may find themselves.
He maintained that fear of mentioning Biafra’s
name in any part of the country should not arise
because MASSOB is itself the fear and mere
mentioning its name is enough to scare those he
identified as saboteurs, adding that there is
nothing whatsoever to be afraid of since an Igbo
adage says that “fear does not fear anything”.
He therefore charged his members to go all over
the place and campaign for the independence of
Biafra without violence, as contained in the
popular voice of former Biafran Head of State
and respected Igbo leader, Late Dim
Chukwuemeka Ojukwu.
Uwazuruike who gave the charge yesterday at
Ojukwu’s Memorial Library, in new Owerri, Imo
State, further declared: “The signs of Nigeria’s
break-up are everywhere”. In Nigeria, it is only
the Igbo of Eastern Nigeria that is seeking for
independence through MASSOB. While MASSOB
seeks for freedom, self determination, secession
and the sovereignty of Biafra, adding, South
West seeks for true federalism, but in their
minds they want an Oduduwa Republic”.
He further declared: “Our brothers in the South-
South seeks for resource control of what God
had given them, but in their minds they want a
country where their children and children’s
children can proudly call their own. Therefore,
anybody who fights against Biafra fights against
God and the people and let me assure you that a
free state of Biafra will assist America in the
global war against terrorism”.
Meanwhile the leadership of MASSOB has
accused the police in Anambra state of invasion
of its Ayamelum regional office at Anaku in
Ayamelum Local Government Area of the state.
In a statement issued to newsmen yesterday in
Onitsha, Anambra state, MASSOB’s Deputy
Director for Information and Anambra North
Zonal leader, Mazi Chris Mocha said the body
does not pose any security risk to the Nigerian
State to have warranted such action to be meted
out to an organization that preaches and
practices non-violence.
Mocha listed some items suspected to have
been taken away by the police team to include;
cash worth N93,020, adding that the police
team also set ablaze the Biafra, US and Israeli
flags hung by MASSOB members on top of its
one storey building housing its office, just as
the police equally made away with six foreign
chairs valued at N30,000 and 12 executive
chairs valued at N23,200.
.
The statement further alleged that the
policemen drafted from Ayamelum Divisional
Headquarters, Anaku broke the doors of the
building and allegedly gained access into the
building where they also arrested six passersby
including, two females and four males who were
not even members of the movement.
He warned Nigerian security agencies,
particularly the police to desist from further
clamping down on armless MASSOB members for
no just course or else they would go to court in
each occasion to challenge their unlawful
harassment, intimidation and illegal raiding and
looting of their offices, henceforth.

source: www.vanguardngr.com/2014/10/dont-afraid-proclaim-biafra-uwazuruike-tells-massob/

i knew i would make fp...after spending all my day on nairaland,i should have something to show for it

Awolowo was (37),
Akintola (36), Ahmadu Bello (36), Balewa (34)
and
Okotie Eboh (27), Enahoro (27), led the
stuggle for
independence after the death of Albert
Macaulay, only
Zik wae 42yrs at that time. In 1966, the first
coup was
led by Nzeogwu (29) and countered by M.
Muhammed
(28), Theophilus Danjuma(28), Babangida(25),
Nanven Garba(23), Sani Abacha(23), Sheu Musa
Yaradua(23) and brought into power Gowon
(32),
Ojukwu(33), Obasanjo(29), Buhari(24).Most
from the
military regimes. Most of whom are governors
now
were under 30years. The brief democratic
dispensation
which interjected the military interregimes also
saw
the House of Reppresentatives in paticular
populated
by majority of members under 30yrs, as well
as some
Senators. Under 30's were also not in short
supply with
appointments, we have example of M.T. Mbu
who
became foreign affairs minister at 23 and Pat
Utomi
who became a presidential adviser at (27) and
so on
and so forth. Now, why is it that this age
bracket is
today still sleeping on 3 seater chairs in their
parent
homes? Why is it that this age bracket is
today still
collecting pocket money from their parents?
Why is it
that this age bracket is today still writting
JAMB? Why
is it that this age bracket is today still sagging
their
trousers? Why is it that this age bracket is
today still
searching for jobs? Why is it that this age
bracket is
today no longer qualified to even be leaders of
youth
wings of political parties? Why is it that this
age
bracket is today so docile? Why is it that this
age
bracket is today still in capable of feeding
itself? Why
is it that this age bracket is today barred by
law from
even aspiring to certain political offices? Why
is it that
this age bracket is today incapacitated,
unwilling,
unable and incapable of asking questions? Let
us wake
up from our slumbers and chase out these
avaricious
seniors away forever. God Bless Nigeria.

Abuja – The Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi
Okonjo–Iweala, has assured Nigerians that the
economy is growing positively in spite of the
reduction of oil price in the international market.
Okonjo-Iweala, who stated this on Tuesday at
the 2014 Ministerial Platform in Abuja, said the
nation was not broke as being speculated in the
media.
She said “if you look back two years ago, that
title `is Nigeria broke‘ was written in a
newspaper article, it is like people are trying to
force Nigeria into brokerage.
“I think since two years, we have managed to
keep things going, let me explain these; Nigeria
is a country that depends on a stream of
income.
“That income is being able to collect taxes from
companies, individuals and our income is also
based on selling a product and that product you
take to market and you take whatever price a
buyer is willing to pay.’’
According to her, government is doing
everything within its power to ensure economic
stability in the country.
She said that presently, government had been
budgeting below the existing oil price to help
build buffers in case of uncertainty.
“We are operating an economy that depends on
a product that fluctuates with oil price and we
don’t have the right to control the price.
“Just like you have in your own household, when
the quantity diminishes or the price drops, you
remember in 2007 to 2008, the price of oil
dropped from 140 dollars to 38 dollars.
“At that time, nobody asked if the country was
broke because we had saved up 22 billion dollars
in the Excess Crude Account and we were able
to continue spending and to stablise the
economy.’’
The minister said that presently Nigeria was
faced with fluctuations in quantity and price of
oil, adding that it had affected the amount paid
into government coffers.
“Does that mean that the country is broke? We
still have resources that we depend on; we still
have the ability to tax.
“Sometimes, things need to be a little tighter,
easier and we just have to weather it and
manage ourselves but that does not amount to
the country being broke.’’
The finance minister said if government was not
able to pay salaries to people and continue to
manage, “then we can say that the country is
broke but we have not gotten there yet.’’
She urged Nigerians to bear with the nature of
the economy, adding that it was the reason
every effort was challenged to ensure the
economy was diversified.
Commenting on the management of the fiscal
deficit, she said that the Ministry of Finance
would continue to ensure that it was kept as
narrow as possible.
She said that in 2013, the debt to Gross
Domestic Product (GDP) ration was 1.4 per cent
and 1.03 per cent in 2014 and projected to be
one per cent in 2015 budget. .
She added that borrowing had been on the
decline and external debt stood at N1.46 trillion
or 14 per cent of the total debt.
The ministry had adopted prudence to debt
management and Nigeria’s debt to GDP remained
one of the lowest in the world. (NAN)

source: www.vanguardngr.com/2014/10/nigeria-is-not-broke-okonjo-iweala/

A new device similar to a simple pregnancy
home-test could allow doctors to diagnose a
patient with suspected Ebola in under 15
minutes, its French developers said Tuesday.
Trials at a high-security lab have validated the
technique and prototype kits should be available
in Ebola-hit countries by the end of October for
a clinical trial, France’s Atomic Energy
Commission (CEA) said in a statement.
The diagnostic tool, not yet approved by
regulators, works by monoclonal antibodies
reacting to the presence of virus in a tiny
sample, which can be a drop of blood, plasma or
urine, it said.
A European pharma company Vedalab is turning
it into a user-friendly kit called Ebola
eZYSCREEN.
Similar to a DIY pregnancy test, a positive result
sees a small stripe showing up in a results
window on the hand-held device.
The kit is simple to use in the field without any
additional equipment, said the CEA, which also
does non-nuclear research with a possible
military or security application.
“It can give a result in less than 15 minutes for
anyone showing symptoms of the disease,” it
said.
“Current tests, which are based on genetic
detection of the virus, are highly sensitive but
need special equipment, take between two and a
quarter and two and a half hours and can only be
carried out in a lab,” the CEA explained.
Scientists at the agency began working on the
diagnostic tool in mid-August, when the
epidemic in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone
worsened. The test is for the so-called Zaire
ebolavirus, the strain now circulating in West
Africa.
The achievement builds on previous Ebola
research funded in part by the French defence
ministry as part of its anti-bioterrorism
programme.
This research had “saved more than a year” in
development time of the diagnostic test, the
CEA said.
More than 4,500 people have been killed by
Ebola since the start of the year, almost all of
them in west Africa.
The epidemic has thrown the spotlight on poor
infrastructure in the three hardest-hit nations
but also the lack of weapons to tackle a disease
that until now had been extremely rare and
claimed relatively few lives.
Other pharmaceutical teams are also working on
fast diagnostic tools for Ebola. They include
Primerdesign, a spinoff company of Britain’s
University of Southampton, and Corgenix Medical
Corp of the United States.

source: www.vanguardngr.com/2014/10/scientists-develop-devise-diagnose-patient-ebola-15-minutes/

esere826:
If you're an atheist or none xtian... then I'm not interested in any religious arguments with you
we have no common philosophy to sustain any.

If a xtian, then my answer is this:
Yep, it mentioned Eve, but not any daughters.
This is very possible if the bible is accurate.

The books about Nigerian history do not mention your dad or grand dads names.
This doesn't mean that they never existed
It simply means that the writers of the history books did not consider your lineage as important
even if you do think otherwise

u just hit d nail,my parents aint part of the history,so the existence of the daughter who multiplied the world isnt part of the biblical history...m an xtain

belhomme:
Thanks for the question. If u read the Bible very well u will discover that the genealogies in the Bible does not contain female ancestries unless they play an important role in the lineage of Jesus(Ruth) and saving the people of Israel. looking at the the book of Genesis 4 vs 3, after cain and abel were born, the bible says AND IN THE PROCESS OF TIME... which means as time went by or as the Apostles Bible version puts it, after some time, there were other children (who are probably females) and their names were not mentioned and because seth was born and he was a male his name was also mentioned.

Any more question?

y was their names not mentioned?are they unimportant to the scripture?

esere826:
great question
Its something like this. Say we freeze Nairaland database and no more information can be posted.

Is there any NL prove that you bruno419 were born of a woman?
Probably none.

However, we will then be free to think around the issue.
Most if not all people in the world are born of women
We are yet to be aware that any human child was carried through gestation by a cow or a male human.

Consequently, we can safely assume with full confidence that bruno419 was born of a woman

read ur article again,are u saying the bible is wrong or what?why did the bible mention of eve and still give u the knowlwdge dat eve was created?y didnt this same bible tell us how males were able to generate ?

esere826:
now that belhomme has answered your question
your next line of question could be:
"So who did Seth marry? his sister?"

And my answer to that would be:

"Well, if the bible has given a true account of creation, then yes he mated with at least one of his sisters"

then if you recoil with disgust and say: "isn't that a sin?"

then I'll tell you: "Well Adam mated with his female clone eve" and "I hope and pray that the world is not destroyed with only you and your sister as the only beings left"

context is extremely powerful

is there any biblical prove dat adam nd eve had a daughter

thank u

belhomme:
Nice one Op it shows you atleast study ur Bible and are willing to learn

Cain and Abel werent the only children of Adam and Eve...Seth was also a son...read Genesis 4 vs 25.

hope i was Able to help?

still confused,seth is a male,how did they mate?

please my dear nairalanders,i have been doing some researchers lately,in the bible,cain and abel were the only children of adam and eve,cain killed his brother abel.Now he was the only one on earth according to the bible.so how did he come about to produce offsprings??


Pls i need to get convinced and not confused!

xcelsia:
Hi there, men work hard to provide for their families, it's worse if the wife is a housewife and he has a meager income. Men bottle up their emotions, hardly cry out and they think a lot. Always calculating sums in their heads, trying to add 1+1 to make 5 and most times keep hardship secret from their wives so the respect will be there.

These issues and more can cause heart attack, blood pressure, stroke. It's worse if they have a nagging wife and ungrateful kids that they spent so much money sending to good schools only for them to remain a thorn in the flesh.

Some men bring early death to themselves by carrying different curses from sleeping around with different women, drinking alcohol/smoking all the time and always eating unhealthy foods.

If a man wants to live long, he has to form a close union between himself, his family and God. He has to eat right, exercise and ensure everyone in his family follows a healthy routine daily, iron sharpens iron. He needs to be a responsible and devoted father and husband, he needs to marry a virtuous and hardworking woman. Who can find a virtuous woman? For her price is higher than rubies (Proverbs 31 vs 10-31)

He needs to let his guard down and cry out occasionally. Crying is actually refreshing sometimes, he also has to involve his wife and seek her help/opinion during trying times, two heads are better than one. A virtuous woman won't mock her husband when he's down, she knows that a wise woman builds up her home. Lastly, he needs to join hands with his wife to raise their kids in an upright manner/in the way of the Lord. This will mold the kids and keep them disciplined and on the right path, you can easily tell when a child is from a good home from his/her character.

All these can be achieved by the grace of God, that's why constant prayers and close relationship with God is a must, the family that prays together stays together. It's possible for a man to live long and even outlive his wife but sadly, the reverse is the majority. Sorry for the lengthy reply but hopefully this answered your question

wow quite an article..buh tanx sweerie

boko haram#faceless pple

This is no joke,i have seen many widows whom their husbands died NATURALLY,and yet the will live for years...is this a kind of miracle,culture or

kennedymac

Nigeria manufacturing its problem since 1914

nigeria,,,,,,manufacturing its own problem since 1914

Atleast 25 members of the Boko Haram
terrorists group were on Sunday night killed by
troops of the 7 Division, Nigerian Army in
Damboa Local Government Area of Borno state.
Security officials have said.
The attack on Damboa had cast much doubts
that many concerned had expressed over the
much talked- about ceasefire deal the federal
government said it signed on Friday with the
Boko Haram gunmen.
It would be recalled that Boko Haram had on the
17th of July 2014 hoisted their flags in Damboa
after a deadly gunbattle that left, five
policemen, several soldiers and Lieutenant
Colonel Commanding the military base in
Damboa dead with property worth billions of
naira destroyed.
A reliable security source in Maiduguri told our
Correspondent that the insurgents invaded
Damboa town at about 5:15pm on Sunday.
Damboa is south and 85km drive from
Maiduguri, the state capital. It also share
borders with Sambisa forest where Boko Haram
has its largest suspected training camp.
A resident of Damboa, Mallam Aji Bukar Kura who
was among hundreds that fled to Chibok for
safety during the attack however said, they were
considering coming back to Damboa today
(Monday) as they were informed by security
operatives that the attack was repelled and more
than two dozens of them were killed.
Another source said “terrorists numbering over
100 in 7 Hilux pickup vans and motorcycles fully
armed with Rocket Propelled Launchers,
Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), AK47 rifles
stormed the town on Sunday night, they realized
that the town has started picking up live
following returning back of many fleeing
residents after military took over from the
terrorists who had captured the town in June
this year, but we are happy that they were
confronted”.
He however commended the gallantry effort of
the military troops in Damboa for successfully
repelling the attack which led to the killing over
over 20 terrorists with the recovery of arms and
ammunitions.
A text message sent to the Director Defence
Information, Major General Chris Olukolade
successfully delivered and a phone call put to
him for confirmation was not answered as at
press time.
But a top security source who is not authorized
to talk to the press confirmed the incident in
Maiduguri yesterday. He said, “There was an
attack on Damboa on Sunday evening and our
soldiers had effectively repelled them and killed
25 of them during a shootout.
“The soldiers were able to recover several
ammunition including a ‘Buffallo Armoured
Personnel Carrier which the terrorists
abandoned”, he said. End

www.vanguardngr.com/2014/10/soldiers-kill-25-boko-haram-recover-arms-fresh-attack-damboa/

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bros u get time o,is like u are among those dat stole over 3gb from hentihen

As the people of Ekiti State are waiting patiently
for the inauguration of the Governor-elect, Mr
Ayo Fayose tomorrow, no fewer than 1,000
prophets, pastors and muslim clerics are
expected to do spiritual cleansing for him at the
newly constructed Oke Ayoba Government
Lodge.
The multi -million naira Lodge built by the
regime of Dr Kayode Fayemi was commissioned
by the Speaker of the House of
Representatives,Hon Aminu Tambuwal.
Speaking during a television programme at NTA,
Ado Ekiti on Tuesday, the Governor-elect , Mr
Fayose said the Pastors and Prophets are
welcome from all the 16 local government areas
of the state.
“I am inviting all our men of God to follow us to
Oke Ayobo, Government House on Thursday to
do some spiritual cleansing there.
“But let me emphasis that we are only inviting
pastors who are divinely called to lead us to
Government House
“They (clerics) would be in front, we shall follow
them, our men of God would use the power of
prayer to conquer.
Meanwhile,arrangement are on top gear for
the inauguration of the governor-elect which is
expected to take place at the Oluyemi Kayode
Stadium, Ado Ekiti.
Dignitaries from all walks of life are already
moving in to Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State capital in their
hundreds for the success of Thursday’s
inauguration ceremony.


source: www.vanguardngr.com/2014/10/1000-prophets-lead-fayose-govt-house/

op if dats u @ur dp,i bet ur chest is as flat as a bathroom slipper

nedu2000:
Muslims that want to go to hajj should sponsor themselves,christians that want to go for pilgrimage should do the same.....we waste money in Nigeria,imagine Borno state where its people are refugees,jobless and dying

supported

The Borno government said Saturday that it
spent about N500 million toward the successfu
The state’s Deputy Governor, Alhaji Zannah
Mustapha, made this known in an interview with
the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Makkah.
Mustapha, who was the leader of the state’s Hajj
Committee said that the money was used to
secure good accommodation for the state
pilgrims, as well as ensure good welfare for
them.
He said that the state government provided a
subsidy of 300 Saudi Riyals to each of the 2,645
pilgrims to enable them to perform the hadaya
(slaugthering of animals during the Hajj).
The deputy governor added that the state
government had remained steadfast in ensuring
hitch-free Hajj in the past four years in spite of
prevailing security challenges.
He thanked Gov. Sule Lamido of Jigawa and Gov.
Rabiu Kwankwaso of Kano State for their
assistance to the state during the transportation
of Borno pilgrims to the Holy Land.
He said “we are appealing to the Federal
Government to reopen the Maiduguri
International Airport.
“We want the Federal Government to assist us
by reopening the airport so as to avert the
difficult situation the state found itself,
especially the risky movement of pilgrims from
Maiduguri to Jigawa and Kano for the airlift to
the Holy Land.’’

source: www.vanguardngr.com/2014/10/borno-spends-n500m-hajj/

tot she z a p.orn star

simpleseyi:
You are saying nonsense. This woman is our angel. This wonderful woman released over one billion naira as feeding budget to Mr & Mrs Jonathan last year so that our first family could eat well and the result is showing on the sheppopotamus first lady and baby hippopotamus first son. The same woman released over $9.7 million to the presidency to smuggle to South Africa using our dearest CAN president's evangelism jet; unfortunately, these jealous South Africans want to use style to embezzle our smuggled money. This same God-sent woman in conjunction and collaboration with our God-chosen presido has been deducting states' monthly allocation since Jonathan became president. Price of a carton of frozen foods (fish & turkey) was at 3,000 naira average during Yar'Adua period but it is now 10,000 naira average, a bag of rice was 3,500 during Yar'Adua period but it is between 8,000 and 10,000 naira today. While this woman is minister for fiance, $48 or $20 billion disappeared from the national treasury and is till yet to be found. Graduates are now agberos, okada riders, keke-marwa riders and executive runs girls. Even NYSC is teaching graduates hair dressing, nail beautification and tailoring in NYSC camp after spending 4 to 8 years in Uni/Poly.The economic is growing astronomically only in the pockets of the ruling class while the masses are wallowing in poverty. This God-sent woman deserves all awards on earth.

ONE DAY, THE POOR WILL HAVE NOTING TO EAT BUT THE RICH.

did i hear u say a bag of rice was sold at 3500 in 2008?



chai,u can lie o

chibwike:
unfortunately, i dont understand itsekiri

noted

chibwike:
wat language is dat

itsekiri