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A businessman, Ismaila Mustapha, has instituted a fundamental rights enforcement suit before a High Court of Lagos State, against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for detaining him beyond the constitutionally stipulated days.

Ismaila popularly called Mompha, in the suit filed by his lawyers, who include: Mr Gboyega Oyewole (SAN), Ademola Adefolaju, Kolawole Salami and four others, is demanding the sum of N5 million as damages from the EFCC.

He is also seeking a court order directing the EFCC to release him unconditionally forthwith from its custody.
And an order of perpetual injunction restraining the anti-graft agency or any person whatsoever acting for or on behalf of the agency from arresting and detaining him in relation to the subject of the suit without recourse to due process of law.

Source: https://www.ogbeta.ng/2019/11/mompha-demands-n5m-from-efcc-for.html

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See More Photos and Watch Video Here>>>https://www.ogbeta.ng/2019/11/tonto-dikeh-enjoys-life-in-dubai-after.html

After Nollywood Actress, Tonto Dikeh was released from jail in dubai for fighting a security guard she decided to live best of her life to the fullest
The Actress shared a video of her eating and how her dinning is been set by a chef, she also share photos of herself hanging out with a friend.

She captioned it:

I CANT COME AND KILL MYSELF ONTOP UNA MATTER!!
THIS LIFE NA ONLY ONE, SO WHILE YOU GOSSIP AND PUT OUT FAKE NEWS..
I will be in my New Luxury Apartment CHOPPING THIS LIFE LIKE BANKU

See videos and photos below:

https://www.instagram.com/p/B5IQJqPHWkY/

https://www.ogbeta.ng/2019/11/tonto-dikeh-enjoys-life-in-dubai-after.html

Read More On Invictus and His Court Cases>>>>HERE

A Federal High Court Sitting in Lagos has ordered the final forfeiture of N280.5million “warehoused” in the bank accounts of Invictus Oil and Gas Limited and Invictus Investment Limited alleged to have been owned by Obinwanne Okeke “a strong leader of a cybercrime syndicate specialized in business email compromise.”

Justice Rilwan Aikawa made the order of final forfeiture on Thursday.

The order of the court was as a result of the submissions by the EFCC Legal officer Rotimi Oyedepo

Okeke, popularly known as Invictus, is standing trial in the United States of America over an alleged $11.5m cyber fraud.

The 31-year-old Nigerian, was in 2016 celebrated by Forbes as one of Africa’s most outstanding 30 entrepreneurs under the age of 30 and described by the magazine as “proof that there is hope for Africa.”

https://www.lindaikejisblog.com/2019/11/invictus-obi-federal-high-court-issues-final-forfeiture-of-n2805million-warehoused-in-different-bank-accounts.html

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The Ooni of Ife has raised serious concerns about the high rate of unemployment in the country and calls on the government to address the issue urgently.

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, yesterday urged various arms of government and public and private bodies in Nigeria to consider the alarming rate of youth unemployment and schools’ dropouts as a serious national issue that must be addressed without delay.

The monarch raised the alarm during a courtesy visit to him by officials of Longrich International Nigeria Ltd in Lagos. He stressed that the greatest threat to Nigeria’s democracy is unengaged youths, saying:

“Until something is done to address it, Nigeria’s future is bleak, its corporate existence is at risk.

“We are not save in Nigeria with the present condition of our youths. Current statistics show that Nigerian children between age of 18 and 20, who were school dropouts, is threatening and they are those born from 1999 upwards when Nigeria returned to democratic rule while majority of those between ages 21 to 45 are jobless. This is a serious threat to any country. I have told President Muhammadu Buhari and his deputy, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, that Nigeria needs to provide enabling environment for her youths to thrive.”

Oba Ogunwusi told his visitors, among who were wife of immediate past Governor of Lagos State, Mrs. Bolanle Ambode; General Managing Director, Africa of Longrich, Alex Jia; Mrs. Titi Ejimagua, Mr. Seun Osofisan, Spokesman of Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere, Mr. Yinka Odumakin and his wife, Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin, that there were lots of inheritance in Yorubaland that could bring solutions to the challenges facing the country.

“There is need to modernise this inheritance for them to be useful in this modern age. How can we have this inheritance that could proffer solutions to our problems and we are not utilising them?”
he said. Ooni, who added that a lot of Nigerian youths are lost and the country is not doing anything to give them hope, urged officials of Longrich to start targeting the rural areas in the country as part of strategies if it really wants to make impact.

In his remark, Jia said that aside the multi-million dollar plant the company is building in the Lekki Trade Zone, which is targeted to employ not less than 5,000 young people, the company is also proposing to invest over $50 million to address the issue of poverty. Ejimagua specifically appealed to the Ooni to help in looking at what could be done to convince other well-meaning Nigerians to join hands in the fight against poverty eradication.“It is not what the government alone could handle,” she said.

Source: https://www.ogbeta.ng/2019/11/ooni-of-ife-oba-adeyeye-enitan-call-for.html

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The Abuja division of the Court of Appeal on Monday affirmed the judgment of the Taraba State Governorship Election Tribunal which affirmed the re-election of Governor Darius Ishaku of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the March 9 governorship election in the state.



A three-man panel of the Tribunal led by Justice M O Adewara had in a unanimous judgment of September 20 dismissed the petition by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidate, Abubakar Danladi, on the grounds that the petitioners failed to prove their claims that the election was marred by irregularities and substantial non-compliance with the Electoral Act.



In affirming the judgment of the Tribunal, the five-man panel of the Court of Appeal led by Justice C N Uwa held that the appellant had no candidate in the March 9 election in Taraba State by virtue of the disqualification of its candidate, Abubakar Danladi, by the Jalingo division of the Federal High Court on March 6.



Before the judgment, the appellant court had dismissed the preliminary objections filed by the three respondents against the appeal for lacking in merit.



But delivering judgment on the main appeal, the appellate court held that the APC had no candidate in the March 9 governorship election given the judgment of the Federal High Court sitting in Jalingo, Taraba State, which disqualified it’s candidate, Abubakar Sani Danladi, and equally restrained his political party, the APC, from fielding him as its governorship candidate.



That having failed to overturn the order of the Federal High Court that disqualified him at the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court, respectively, Danlandi himself withdrew his participation at the Tribunal.



“The first petitioner, having withdrawn from the Tribunal by virtue of his disqualification, the three reliefs he sought were no longer grantable as they stand abandoned by his withdrawal,” the court held. The court further held that “the judgment of the Federal High Court remained binding on all parties having not been set aside by the Court of Appeal.



“The judgment of the Federal High Court having not been upturned took effect on March 6, 2019. It is errenous to hold that the disqualification took effect in July.” On the issue of stay of execution of the order of the Federal High Court by the Court of Appeal, the court held that the stay did not overrule the judgment of the Federal High Court and that of the Supreme Court.



“A disqualified candidate cannot be said to have participated in an election. Section 141 of the Electoral Act prohibits the court from declaring a party a winner of an election in which he has not fully participated,” it was stated.



On the issue of substitution of Danlandi with his deputy, the court held that “a disqualified candidate cannot be substituted long after an election. A disqualified party in an election has no candidate and cannot claim votes cast as the votes all amounted to wasted votes.



“By section 285 (13) of the 1999 constitution, a deputy candidate cannot be substituted for a principal candidate. The proposed deputy governor was only a nominee of the principal candidate after the primary election. The deputy governor sunk with the disqualified candidate. “Substitution is not allowed where there is an incompetent candidate.



When the nomination of a party is invalid, the party has no candidate. “The law does not allow a political party to challenge an election which it did not participate.” The court also held that the appellant failed to prove allegations of over-voting by not tendering relevant electoral documents, including voters registrar, statement of results, among others to demonstrate and prove the alleged over-voting.



“Rather than tendering voters registrar and other relevant documents, the appellant relied on Smart Card Readers at the Tribunal,” it was held. “I agree with the counsel to the 2nd respondent, Chief Solo Akuma, SAN, that no evidence was led to show were over-voting occurred. The appellant failed completely in proving over-voting.



“I hold that the appellant has no candidate in the March 9 governorship election in Taraba State since it did not sponsor a competent candidate. “I hold that the appeal is unmeriterious and is hereby dismissed. The judgment of the Tribunal is affirmed. Parties are to bear their cost.”



Meantime, the Tribunal dismissed the cross-appeal filed by Governor Ishaku for lacking in merit. A three-man panel of the Tribunal led by Justice M.O. Adewara had in a unanimous judgment of September 20 dismissed the petition by the APC and its candidate, Abubakar Danladi, on the grounds that the petitioners failed to prove their claims that the election was marred by irregularities and substantial non-compliance with the Electoral Act.



The Tribunal further held that Danladi was not qualified to contest the March 9 governorship election. It would be recalled that before the March 9 governorship election, the Federal High Court sitting in Jalingo had disqualfied Danladi and equally restrained his political party, the APC, from fielding him as a governorship candidate.



Attempts by Danladi to overturn the order of the Federal High Court that disqualified him were unsuccessful at both the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court. Following the above development, the petitioners had on July 10 withdrawn the petition on the ground of the disqualification of Danladi by the Supreme Court.



The petition was accordingly disimissed. However, on July 13, the petitioners filed a motion and prayed for an order setting aside the order of dismissal and asked that the petition be relisted. The Tribunal on August 9 granted the petitioners motion, set aside the order of dismissal of the petition, relisting it.



But thereafter, Danladi ceased to participate in the proceedings. Delivering its judgment after close of hearing, the Tribunal held that a Federal High Court in Taraba State had given a judgment on March 6, in a suit marked FHC/JAL/CS/01/2019, disqualifying Danladi from contesting the election. It noted that the affirmation of the judgment by the Supreme Court implied that the APC had no valid candidate in the election.



The Tribunal further explained further that even if the petition was to be considered on its merits, the petitioners failed to show sufficient evidence to establish their claims that the Governor was not validly elected by a majority of lawful votes.



Dissatisfied with the judgment of the Tribunal, the APC, without its candidate, Danladi, approached the Court of Appeal on October 3 for an order setting aside the decision of the Tribunal. Meantime, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged the Court of Appeal to dismiss the appeal with punitive cost, calling it frivolous and unmeriterious.



The party in its brief of argument filed by its counsel, Chief Solo Akuma, SAN, noted that the appeal by the APC did not include the name of its candidate, Danladi as a person who would be directly affected by the outcome of the appeal.



Citing several case laws, Akuma argued that a party to a suit is not allowed to unilaterally alter a case as constituted from the trial court and that names of parties must be maintained on appeal except as may be ordered by the court.



He submitted that the unilateral alteration of the parties in the petition, as shown on the face of the notice of appeal, without the name of Danladi, who was the first petitioner at the Tribunal, renders the said notice of appeal incompetent and liable to be struck out.



Akuma specifically drew the attention of the Court of Appeal to its decision wherein it held thus: “It is now trite law that an appellant or a party seeking to appeal as an interested party cannot rearrange or reconstitute the parties to an action as constituted in the lower court at appellate court.



The parties on record at the lower court must be retained at appellate level…the structure of the parties cannot by unilaterally changed or amended by any of the parties to an appeal.” On the merit of the appeal, the PDP urged the Court of Appeal to hold that the appeal lacks merit and should be accordingly struck out. The Court of Appeal is expected to give judgment today after the adoption of briefs of arguments by counsel to parties in the appeal.

Source: https://www.ogbeta.ng/2019/11/darius-dickson-ishaku-wins-taraba.html

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Akporo and his wife, Josephine Ijeoma are celebrating their fourth wedding anniversary.

The couple took to Instagram to celebrate each other. Both shared loved-up photos and wrote beautiful words appreciating each other. One of the photos shows Akporo carrying Jojo on his hips. He planted a kiss on her lips in another.

He wrote:

Happy 4years anniversary to us @jojosplace_vantage it’s just like yesterday I remember traveling to Ibadan 4/5 times in one week just to be with you love won kill me, I am so blessed with you because you came into my life at the right time. Happy 4years anniversary and forever to go.

Sharing a photo of them, Jojo wrote:

“Put GOD first and every other things will fall in place we’re grateful oh LORD, Paddy that will last forever, we will forever grow together by the grace of GOD, this love can never be broken , unlimited grace,love,happiness,joy,blessings,glad-tidings,fruitfulness and above all peace with you BAE , 4 forever to go I LOVE YOU BABY and HAPPY 4years ANNIVERSARY TO US.”

https://www.instagram.com/p/B41jjOthIvO/

Source>>>https://www.ogbeta.ng/2019/11/comedian-akpororo-and-wife-josephine.html

Read More Here>>>https://www.ogbeta.ng/2019/11/bank-worker-3-others-emptied-customers.html

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An official of a commercial bank and three others have allegedly emptied the account of a Nigerian man who resides in Saudi Arabia.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission said the suspects had concluded that the owner of the account, Sanusi Yakubu, was dead when he did not operate the account for years.

One of the suspects, a worker in the bank, reportedly contacted his suspected accomplices, namely, Ado Shehu, Ali Muhammad and Abba Sanusi, who work with the Sharia Court, Kano State, to obtain court documents stating that the account owner was dead, and that, as his heirs, should be given access to his money.

Yakubu subsequently petitioned EFCC’s Kano zonal office, which has since arraigned Shehu and Muhammad before Justice Amina Aliyu of the Kano State High Court on three counts bordering on theft and receipt of gratification.

The complainant, Yakubu, in his petition, alleged that one Williams Aondo (now late), who was a staff of a commercial bank (name withheld), conspired with Shehu and Muhammad, both of whom are staff of Sharia Court, Kano State, and instituted a civil action claiming that he (Yakubu) was deceased, after Aondo had noticed inactivity on his account for a few years, whereas he was alive and well in Saudi Arabia.

Yakubu also alleged that the court, acting upon the information presented before it by the said Shehu and Muhammad, ordered his account to be closed and that the sum of N1,255,728.00 that was in the account be remitted to the court for distribution to his heirs.

Count one of the charge reads: ”That you Ado Shehu, Ali Muhammad and Abba Sanusi (now at large), sometime in December 2017 at Kano, Kano State, within the jurisdiction of this honorable court, conspired among yourselves to do an illegal act, to wit: conspiracy to commit theft against one Sanusi Yakubu and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 96(1)(a) and punishable under Section 97 of the Penal Code Law (1987).”

The defendants pleaded not guilty to the charges against them.

In view of their plea, prosecution counsel, Zarami Mohammed, asked the court for a trial date and for the defendants to be remanded in the custody of Nigerian Correctional Service.

Defence counsel Rabiu Sani, however, made an oral application for bail for the defendants, which Justice Amina Aliyu granted.

He admitted the defendants to bail in the sum of N100,000 each and two sureties in like sum.

One of the sureties must be a staff of the judiciary, not less than Grade Level 12; and the other must also be a judiciary staff.

She ordered them to be remanded in the custody of NCS pending the fulfillment of their bail conditions.

The case was adjourned until November 14, 2019 for hearing.

Source>>>https://www.ogbeta.ng/2019/11/bank-worker-3-others-emptied-customers.html

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Actress Genevieve Nnaji has beauty in abundance. That’s never been in doubt. That’s before we even add her talent, which is sublime and one of the best from Naija.

Every time there’s talk of the top stars from Nollywood her name is right at the top. But beauty and talent intersecting with style is just too much for one person, yet that’s exactly what Genevieve has.

In this new photo on IG, Genevieve looks cool in an all black ensemble accessorized with killer shades and what looks like an expensive handbag.

https://www.instagram.com/p/B40SB4_H97k/

Source>>>https://www.ogbeta.ng/2019/11/genevieve-nnaji-looks-ravishing-as-she.html

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Big Brother Naija star Nina is back to Nigeria after about 2 months beacation, touring different states in America with new lover Mr Tony.

The reality star shared some photos to announce her arrival, and her fans think she is fatter

Take a look for yourself below:

https://www.instagram.com/p/B4wg-QCnpdy/

Source>>>https://www.ogbeta.ng/2019/11/bbnaija-nina-announces-her-return-to.html

Read More Here>>>>>https://www.ogbeta.ng/2019/11/automobile-dealer-amobi-moghalu-urges.html

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The Interim National Coordinator of Professional Platform of Automobile, Amobi Moghalu, has urged Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, to end the closure of car shops in the country adding that the action shows more loophole in the government. Moghalu stated this yesterday in Lagos at a joint action committee of car dealers on the shop closures stating that the six weeks long measure by NCS has put members in penury.

He added that the body might try other method which includes litigation, rapprochement, civil disobedience, and consulting higher bodies. He stated:

“We may choose to go the route of civil disobedience, knowing fully well that there is a limit to how many of us that the agency can victimize, intimidate or maim.

‘‘We may employ the time-tested method of dialogue with higher bodies and authorities like the Supervising Ministry, National Assembly and other eminent personalities.
” Moghalu added that the members have been subjected to poverty. “We have not talked about the economic hardship these people are going through because we dare not considering the economic state of the country’’,
he said.

The Interim National Secretary, Ben Chijioke, added that litigation tops the list of the solution to the problem. He stated:

“It is not the first time shops have been locked but it is time to say no. We are tired of feeding those who do not care for us.

These cars came out of the port and were cleared by the agency; if there was a fraud they should ask their staffers and not shops. Customs can locked a shop for a year without providing any reason for it at the end of the day and nobody will ask questions. We are always at the losing end at all times.”

Barrister Joe Eboigbe, who was also present at the meeting as the legal consultant told newsmen that suing the Customs is still within the law. He stated: “I advise the Customs to solve the problem because they have already committed an error and suing them should be the last result.”

Source>>>https://www.ogbeta.ng/2019/11/automobile-dealer-amobi-moghalu-urges.html

Read More Here>>>https://www.ogbeta.ng/2019/11/nicki-minaj-threatens-to-boycott.html

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Nicki Minaj has threatened to stop using Instagram if bosses start hiding how many users have ‘liked’ her photos.

Earlier this week, Instagram's CEO announced the company would begin testing a new feature that stops likes from showing up on certain accounts.

Users will reportedly no longer be able to see how many users have liked a photo, unless they are the ones posting it themselves.

Global rapping sensation Nicki, 36, who currently has 107 million followers on Instagram , took to Twitter to voice her frustration on the news.


She told her 20.6 million followers that she would boycott the app following the new trial, writing: "I’m not posting on IG after this week cuz they removing the likes.


Nicki went on to blast the social media service's decision online.

She shared: "They took away your engagements in the first place by disrupting the algorithm. Then they boost it to show you how much better this new iPhone is.

"I mean how much better this new IG feature is... Lemme guess, u don’t believe your iPhone messes up when the new iPhone comes out…"

The Superbass hitmaker slammed the company's intentions and insisted situations like this are why "musicians make no money".

She also hinted at a conspiracy as she believed the "labels and streaming services knew what to say to pacify us."

Source: https://www.ogbeta.ng/2019/11/nicki-minaj-threatens-to-boycott.html