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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has sealed two houses allegedly belonging to the embattled former chairman of the Presidential Task Reform Team, Abdulrahseed Maina in Kaduna State, North West Nigeria.



The two properties include a two-storey shopping plaza at number 2c Ibrahim Taiwo road and another one storey duplex at Katuru road all located in the state capital.

An official of the commission confirmed the sealing to Channels Television’s correspondent via telephone which took place today and further stated that five more houses in the state capital belonging to Maina were being traced and will soon be sealed.

More at: http://www.xirkings.com/2017/10/breaking-efcc-seals-mainas-plaza.html?m=1

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President @MBuhari attends the 4th Meeting of the Presidential Task Force on @ecowas_cedeao Single Currency in Niamey, Niger Republic


Source;http://www.xirkings.com/2017/10/president-buhari-at-ecowas-meeting-in.html?m=1

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A Nigerian lady identified as Vivian Madujibeya has taken to her Facebook page and shared some photos of an 'evil' owl hired to attack her parents as the bird met its waterloo.

Here is how she narrated the story;

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"Make una com help me thank God oo. He is truly an awesome God, I can't even thank him enough now, I am still shocked, cos I do hear of these things happening, but now I am a witness, because I just experienced it.

Truly evil is roaming around, its just for those that have not experienced it physically that would not believe cos it happens in the spiritual realm every sec and minutes.



I just want to thank God for saving my family last night from the clutches of the enemies, most especially my dad and mum, cos I don't know the kind of story I would have been telling this morning.

As about 12am my mum woke up to do her daily midnight prayers which she ends by 1am, and as of then there was no nepa power, and daddy was sleeping inside their own room,immediately after my mum finished her prayers, and went in, they brought the light, the next thing she saw was this Bird fly inside their room, to attack, fortunately for us my mum who doesn't see well without her glasses saw it and started shouting, then my dad woke up and started to battle it until he brought it down.

Now the question is, what would have happened if they hadn't brought the light?? Who knows what I will be saying by now.

I just want to glorify my God, because their plans has failed may him alone that has done this be glorified forever and ever. Amen! Please my bretherens let's us always pray, because prayers maketh the enemies plan to fail.

Thank you Lord Jesus."


Source: http://www.xirkings.com/2017/10/evil-owl-allegedly-sent-to-attack.html

The Senate has on Tuesday set up an ad hoc committee to investigate the sudden reappearance in the country and reinstatement of the former Chairman of the Presidential Taskforce on Pension Mister Abdulrasheed Maina.

More details soon

Source: http://www.xirkings.com/2017/10/breaking-senate-set-up-committee-to.html

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A Nigerian columnist has written an explosive and thought provoking piece on the controversies and mixed reactions trailing Governor Rochas Okorocha for erecting a statue of South African President, Jacob Zuma.


“His Excellency, good evening. It is me on the phone. Owelle Rochas Anayochukwu Okorocha, Executive Governor of Imo State of Nigeria.”

“Governor Roaches, glad to hear from you. How is Mmo State?”

“Ah! His Excellency! My name is Rochas not Roaches. And the name of my state is Imo State and not Mmo State.”

“Sorry, Governor Rochas. But you should pardon me if I mispronounce your name. It is not an English name and I don’t speak your local language.”

“Rochas is not my local language. And it is not difficult to remember and pronounce.”

“I know. The first time they mentioned your name, I realised that the closest thing to the name in English is Roaches. So I decided to always use Roaches to remember it. Sorry I called you the particular name I was supposed to use and remember your actual name.”

“Rochas is my name, his excellency. Using Roaches for my name sounds demeaning and offensive.”

“So sorry. And on the issue of names, please don’t call me his Excellency. Such names are elitist loved by the likes of Thabo Mbeki. My name is Msholozi. Call me Msholozi.”

“I can’t pronounce it. What does it mean?”

“M-S-H-O-L-O-Z-I!”

“Msh … I can’t pronounce it! What does it mean?”

“It is my local name. My preferred name. I thought you said you read a lot about me before deciding to honour me. And you never came across my favourite name, Msholozi?”

“Okay, his Excellen – Sorry Msh …”

“How is Msholozi too difficult for you to call? Okay. Just call me JZ. A lot of my people call me JZ. It’s a name I loved so much before Beyonce’s husband appropriated the name. So no more his Excellency. Just JZ so that I would no longer call you Roaches.”

“Okay, JZ. Please any name for me but Roaches. My detractors in Nigeria have been spreading an image of my head with the body of a cockroach on social media. I have not been sleeping well since I saw that image.”

“Someone showed it to me yesterday. It looked quite creative. You said you are losing sleep because of that?”

“Not just sleep. I’m losing my mind. JZ, I’m in serious trouble. The condemnation over your visit and the statue has been upsetting. I have been everywhere in Nigerian news for the wrong reasons. In my country where every issue is reduced to political, ethnic and religious schisms, no one is coming to my defence. None at all. I am finished.”

“What of President Buhari? What is he saying about it?”

“The president has refused to pick my calls since the day we unveiled your statue. I was thinking that his illness has returned and he was too ill to speak to me. But I got across to one of his aides who told me that the president was rejoicing over a recurring ear infection that made him too indisposed to accompany you for the award ceremony and the unveiling of the statue.”

“What of the former Nigerian president that handed the award over to me?”

“Obasanjo’s reaction doesn’t matter. He is beyond embarrassment in Nigeria. The man can dance naked in the streets of Lagos and Nigerians would not be surprised. That must be why none of those criticising the statue and the award has ever mentioned the fact that he was present during the events.”

“It is unfortunate that things are turning out this way for you. And you just unveiled one statue. What would happen when you unveil the other ones?”

“Hmm. Unveil what? I can’t unveil any other thing. If unveiling just your statue can attract so much uproar and opprobrium, the sight of the other ones may lead to a riot.”

“Who are the other six people beside my statue?”

“No need to mention them. You are far better than them. With this kind of reaction over a statue of the president of the Republic of South Africa, how would they react when they see that one of the statues is that of a Nollywoood actress from my state who happens to be my one-time girlfriend?”

“This is serious. So you actually erected the statue of your girlfriend to stand shoulder to shoulder with that of Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Msholozi Zuma, President of South Africa; recipient of the Nelson Mandela Award for Outstanding Leadership at Washington D.C. USA and recipient of the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath from the United Kingdom. That was an insult, Governor Roaches.”

“Please don’t see it that way. She is not really an ordinary person. Her name is Nkiru Sylvanus. She has appeared in more than 500 Nollywood movies, meaning that her face is recognisable all over the world. And in her movies, she interprets the weeping role more than any other actress in the African continent. We are blessed that she hails from my state. She is no ordinary person.”

“But I don’t know her. I haven’t heard her name before. I haven’t seen her before. Why didn’t you introduce her to me?”

“JZ, she was all around during the ceremonies. We deliberately hid her from you. She is married but some people in your country told me that you make no distinction between married and unmarried women. And I haven’t forgotten that before you came to Nigeria, you mentioned that the trip might provide you an opportunity to take a 7th wife.”

“And you disappointed me. You never gave me an opportunity to familiarise with the array of beautiful ladies everywhere in your state.”

“Haba, your exce – JZ! My wife was of the opinion that you should make do with your four current wives, one ex-wife, and numerous concubines since you aren’t getting younger. And she also mentioned your wife that committed suicide. It would be unconscionable for us to put any of our ladies in jeopardy.”

“Jeopardy? You can’t be serious. Even if I don’t want to touch my personal wealth, I have about $1.5m in my official budget as president for spousal support. And one of your ladies would have become my choice wife for official engagements. It was a missed opportunity for the ladies in your state. So aside from your weeping actress lady, who are the rest five statues?

“No need to discuss them. You may be upset when I mention them. Well, the rest of the statues may never be unveiled.”

“How? Why?”

“Can’t you see the furore the unveiling of your statue created? I’m afraid I’m damaged politically. Then I go ahead and unveil the statues of those that have worse moral standing than you. That would be political suicide.”

“What gives you the impression that I have deficient moral standing?”

“Everyone knows about the reinstated 800 count criminal charges. You were really unfair to me. Why didn’t you tell me that they were about the reinstate the charges when we were discussing the award and the statue?”

“Who told you there are 800 count charges? It is not 800. The actual number is 786.”

“786 count charges! My God! How did you commit 786 offences?”

“Mr. Governor, they are politically motivated charges. From what I have read about you since this statue controversy, you might be charged with more than that
number of charges in future.”

“His Excellency, I must tell you the truth. If I knew that the charges were about to be reinstated, I would have thought twice before bringing you to my state.”

“Mr. Roaches, if I knew that you are regarded as an embarrassment to governance in your country, I would not have stepped a foot in your state. They said you don’t pay the workers their wages. That you use their wages to build huge, useless Christmas trees and organise shameless Christmas carnivals.”

“Lies! Who told you these lies from the pit of hell?”

“It doesn’t matter. They also said that you force pensioners to forfeit their entitlements. That you destroy people’s houses and markets at will and killed a little boy when they protested. That you erect fake hospitals. That you build substandard roads. That you and your family forcefully acquired obscene number of properties in your state. That you want to install your son in-law to succeed you in order to cover up your atrocities.”

“Enough!”

“Let me stop at that for now. So don’t mention the 786 politically motivated charges again. I only wanted that statue badly to exorcise the haunting memories of The Spear painting.”

‘The Spear painting?”

“You really don’t know me. Are you the only person on this planet not aware of the painting by that idiot Brett Murray, which he called The Spear? The painting that had my genitals exposed, which was shared globally.”

“I think I now remember the picture. It looked disgusting. It wasn’t funny at all.”

“Do you know how it feels to see your image with your sacred object of supreme power and ultimate joy being cruelly exposed? Do you know the number of sleepless nights I had then? I jumped at your idea of a statue because I hoped it would give me a final relief from the trauma of that image.”

“But what do we do now?”

“Do about what?”

“How do we get the controversy to go away? How I wish President Buhari can just fall ill again and be flown to London. Then Nigerians would have something else to talk about. So that we can see less of Zuma and statues on social media.”

“First things first. What do you intend to do about the rest of the statues?”

“That is no problem. This is Nigeria. I am the governor of Imo State and a top member of the ruling party. I will arrange with some people and they would go at night and vandalize the statues in such a manner that no one would know the original people on the veiled statues. The next day we will blame it on the opposition PDP and get the police to arrest some of their leaders. To remove the remaining statues is no problem.”

“I hope they would not touch my own statue?”

“They may have to vandalize that one too. It may help the controversy to die down. There is no way that statue would stand there and I would have peace. When you are acquitted of the 786 count charges, we shall re-erect it.”

“That is an insult. You are beginning to sound like a coward.”

“This is beyond cowardice, his Excellency. I have stood against the interest of my people to please the people from the northern part of the country because as I once told you, I hope to run for the country’s president in future and the votes of people of northern Nigeria are crucial. Now with just your statue, everything seems to be crumbling.”

“The statue doesn’t really matter. You can use my life story as an inspiration.”

“How?”

“You know that once in life, I faced a rape allegation, a serious corruption allegation and the belligerence of the country’s president. All at the same time. But what would ordinarily finish a politician and land him in long term imprisonment only propelled me to the South African presidency.”

“I read about them. I also read about the rape incident. That you took a shower after sleeping with the HIV-positive woman to cleanse yourself from possible HIV infection. And that it happened at a time you were head of South Africa AIDS Council. You seem to have cast a spell over the whole of South Africa. How I wish I can have such luck with Nigerians.”

“There is nothing strange with having sex with HIV-positive ladies. Who doesn’t have sex with HIV ladies in my country? We have 3 million ladies living with the virus here. If men are to avoid having sex with them, do you want all of us to become homosexuals?”

“Please let’s leave matters of sex for now. You seem to love this thing hidden by the skirt a lot. At the age of 75 and with 21 children, you are still fixated with women. The woman you were accused of raping was a daughter of your fallen comrade. You have had children with the daughter of your family friend. You don’t seem to have boundaries in matters of sex.”

“You seem to have done a lot of research on me. Yet you didn’t know about Msholezi. You are not really as smart as you claim.”

“My smartness doesn’t matter at this point. Please how can you help me to quench this uproar? Can you get South African Airways to fly directly to Imo Airport? Or move the South African Airways to fly directly to Imo Airport? Or move the South African Embassy to Owerri? Or get MTN to move their headquarters to Owerri? Or get Shoprite to open a mall in all local governments in Imo State? Or get DSTV to give free subscription to all citizens of Imo State? Pease do something for me to justify the statue. I am really in trouble.”

“You are really desperate. Most of the things you mentioned are undoable. I can’t allow South African Airlines to land at your decrepit airport. I was told that the most striking thing about the airport was a billboard you erected there showing you shaking hands with Obama. How stupid of you. Having our embassy at your state would be a senseless gamble. I don’t want to risk our embassy being set on fire the next time South Africans kill some of your unrepentant drug pushers in our cities.”

“But you can do something else beyond the so-called collaboration between Rochas Foundation and Jacob Zuma Foundation. No one in Nigeria seems to see the benefit of the partnership to my state.”

“You should do better to sell the person behind the statue. Tell them that your state is now blessed with the statue of Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Msholozi Zuma. The President of South Africa. A man with no formal education who fought apartheid, was imprisoned but rose to become president of the richest country in Africa. A man who shared a prison room with Nelson Mandela at Robben Island. Once a referee of a football match at Robben Island Prison in which Nelson Mandela was one of the players. A great man.”

“It doesn’t seem your own people like Julius Malema remember all these.”

“Julius Malema is a big fool. He is just an empty barrel. Mr. Governor, what my people remember doesn’t matter now. What matters now is your ability to convince your people that they are lucky to have my statue in your state. If they refuse to be convinced, tell them Lethu Mshini Wami!”

“What does that mean?”

“Bring me my machine gun. You really don’t know much about me. Go and carry your cross or rather statue. I have 786 crosses to carry. Goodnight, Governor Roaches.”


Source: http://www.xirkings.com/2017/10/statues-of-corruption-overheard-phone.html?m=1

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Now this is what I call a wedding ceremony. People marrying their peers regardless of weather you are white or black. But come to think of it, how Fine White Men Go De Come Marry Our Fine Girls, our Guys Go Go De Marry Their fat white turkey Old Mamas….
Anyway, it was a glamorous traditional wedding as a Nigerian lady identified as Jennifer Asinugo tied the knot in style to her beau Bryan Oliver who came with his family from the United States.
The colorful wedding was held at Amauzari in Isu Local Government Area in Imo State.
More photos below…

Source:http://www.xirkings.com/2017/10/oyinbo-man-from-us-his-pretty-bride.html?m=1

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President Muhammadu Buhari’s guests are here in the Presidential Villa.

Maya - 3 years old

Aisha - 10 years old

Nicole - 12 years old

More at; http://www.xirkings.com/2017/10/pics-of-12year-old-10year-old-and-12.html?m=1

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A lawmaker representing Logo Constituency in the Benue State House of Assembly, Kester Kyenge, Mr David Sev-Av, Mr Andrew Ayande, Mr Terfa Bosua and Mr Alex Ogaba are to be remanded in prison pending the determination of their bail application.

Justice Joseph Aneke gave the order while ruling on a bail application brought before him by counsel to the accused persons, Andrew Wombo, praying the court to grant his clients bail, for their role in the alleged N107 billion fraud, which the Justice Elizabeth Kpojime commission of inquiry indicted 52 persons and companies.

Earlier, the prosecution counsel, Kehinde Fagbemi, told the court that the accused persons were standing trial on corruption charges bordering on money laundering and diversion of public funds as part of the alleged missing N107 billion.

The defence counsel after the sitting alleged political persecution of his clients. He noted that a key member of ALGON who was also indicted was conveniently left off the hook because he defected into the ruling party in the state.

Source:http://www.xirkings.com/2017/10/benue-lawmaker-four-others-remanded-in.html?m=1

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The Aquarius, a boat operated by charity group SOS Mediterranee along with Doctors Without Borders (MSF), brought 606 people including 241 minors to Palermo after a series of rescues at sea on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Nearly 180 of the youngsters were unaccompanied, the group said. Rescuers could be seen carrying the youngest charges off the ship, including toddlers in pyjamas and a week-old baby wrapped up tightly in a pink blanket.
“The many rescue operations carried out by Aquarius in recent days over a very wide geographical area show that the humanitarian crisis is still underway or even worsening in the central Mediterranean,” SOS Mediterranee said.
Among the women pulled to safety from unseaworthy dinghies, 11 were pregnant, two in their ninth month.
The migrants, who set sail from Libya for Italy, came from countries including Benin, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Syria, Somalia and Yemen.
Numerous migrants told aid workers they had been victims of sexual violence and torture in conflict-hit Libya, where they were held prisoner for months.

Source: http://www.xirkings.com/2017/10/606-migrants-from-nigeria-others.html?m=1

The All Progressives Congress, APC, has urged Nigerians to exercise patience for a better country.








The party stated that the Buhari’s administration was not desperate for a second term but focused on delivering promises.

The party in a series of tweets via its official twitter page @APCNigeria spurred Nigerians to keep believing and supporting President Buhari’s administration.

“Please don’t lose hope yet. Great food takes time and special ingredients to cook. One thing is sure, is now better positioned to succeed

“We understand times are very hard, dear Nnamdi. Govt doing everything humanly possible to make things better. We’re out of recession already

“There are lots of signs. Our appeal is that you make time to learn about various govt policies and ongoing projects. Thanks for your support

“This government and party are not desperate for a 2nd term. Our focus is to get your support to continue delivering on our promises.

“Recession don’t just occur… It takes time to happen. In same vein, its exit is felt gradually. We encourage you to continue working hard.

“Slander cannot destroy an honest man… when the flood recedes the rock is there… #TheBuhariWeKnow.”


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More at: http://www.xirkings.com/2017/10/buharis-govt-not-desperate-for-second.html?m=1

Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo SAN (middle), Minister of Power, Works & Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, SAN(2nd right),Chairman, Senate Committee on Works, Senator Kabiru Gaya (left) , Chairman, House Committee on Works, Hon. Toby Okechukwu (right) , Deputy Governor, Rivers State, Mrs Ipalibo Banigo(2nd left) , His Majesty, King Edward Asimini William Dappa Pepple, Perekule XI, Amayanabo of Grand Bonny Kingdom(3rd left), Senator representing Rivers South East Constituency of Rivers State, Senator Magnus Abe (3rd right) and others during the Flag -Off Ceremony for Construction of Bonny - Bodo Road, Rivers State on Thursday 12th, October 2017.


Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo SAN(middle), Minister of Power, Works & Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, SAN(2nd right),Chairman, Senate Committee on Works, Senator Kabiru Gaya(left) , Chairman, House Committee on Works, Hon. Toby Okechukwu (right) , Deputy Governor, Rivers State, Mrs Ipalibo Banigo(2nd left) , His Majesty, King Edward Asimini William Dappa Pepple, Perekule XI, Amayanabo of Grand Bonny Kingdom(3rd left) and others during the Flag -Off Ceremony for Construction of Bonny - Bodo Road, Rivers State on Thursday 12th, October 2017.


Vice President, Prof. Yemi Oshinbajo SAN(left), and Minister of Power, Works & Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, SAN(right) during the Flag -Off Ceremony for Construction of Bonny - Bodo Road, Rivers State on Thursday 12th, October 2017.


Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo SAN (right), Minister of Power, Works & Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, SAN(right) and His Majesty, King Edward Asimini William Dappa Pepple, Perekule XI, Amayanabo of Grand Bonny Kingdom(2nd left) during the Flag -Off Ceremony for Construction of Bonny - Bodo Road, Rivers State on Thursday 12, October 2017.

More at; http://www.xirkings.com/2017/10/photo-reports-vice-president-yemi.html?m=1

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The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, has disclosed that more than N30 billion looted funds have been recovered since the commencement of the whistle blowing policy.








He stated this yesterday at the launch of the whistle-blower support project tagged ‘Corruption Anonymous’ (CORA).

In a speech at the event, Magu said the EFCC has created an environment for those with information to approach the Commission, confident that the information they give would be put into effective use.

“Since the commencement of the whistle-blower policy, we have received hundreds of actionable tips that led to the following cash recoveries: N527, 643,500; $53,222,747; GBP 21,222,890 and Euro 547,730,” he said.

His speech comes about two months after Magu some of the tip-offs passed to anti-graft detectives by whistle blowers were leading nowhere.

The EFCC boss, however, explained his stance at the event.

He said: “I am glad to report that Nigerians have so far been very responsive. We have always treated every tip referred to us with strict sense of responsibility bearing in mind that such undertaking on the part of the whistle-blower is usually a matter of trust and even risk.

“At the same time, we have been careful not to be used by mischief makers who would want to abuse this process.

“Let me reiterate that just as there is consequence for corruption, there will be consequence for those who want to take advantage of this noble initiative in the fight against corruption to create mischief. We have responded to this possibility by developing a water-tight mechanism of both reporting and cross-checking information.”

More at; http://www.xirkings.com/2017/10/see-how-much-looted-funds-efcc-has.html?m=1

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Benue State workers have suspended their two-week-old strike embarked upon to protest the failure of the government to pay their salaries.

The labour unions, in a communiqué read on Tuesday night in Makurdi by its National Secretary of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Peter Ozo-Eson, directed workers in the state to resume work on Wednesday (today).

The communiqué jointly signed by the state Chairman of the NLC, Godwin Anya; his Trade Union Congress (TUC) counterpart, Ordue Tertenger, said: “The strike will be suspended on Wednesday, October 11, 2017; government undertakes to source for funds and pay two months arrears between Thursday, October 12 and Friday, October 13, 2017.”

It added that the state government promised “to exercise fiscal discipline, control its overheads, mop up all areas of leakages as well as increase its Internally Generated Revenue to be able to ensure regular patent of monthly salaries.

“Both parties shall continue to dialogue on all issues or matter affecting the welfare of workers and pensioners in the state.”

More at; http://www.xirkings.com/2017/10/benue-workers-end-two-week-strike-action.html?m=1