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budosky:
Na which kinda suspense be this? No update since

B. WHAT YOU NEED:

1. Laptop Computer. Available
2. Good internet Connection. Available
3. Decent writing skills Available
4. Persistence. I will try ma best
6. Patience. Always available
7. A little bit of luck (Pun intended). Prayer will do

Faithdamy:
No message bro!

whitebeard:
so the car is not even expensive..lemme call my daddy..!

brunofarad:
Hmmmmm Let's see how this plays out
In other news, OP ,the mindset that inspired your SIGNATURE Is the problem of this world.
Your bitterness towards the other CONVICTION is so brute and OBVIOUS. Learn how to torrelate other RELIGIONS
May peace of God be with u

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
(EFCC) yesterday re-arraigned Maj-Gen.
Emmanuel Atewe and three others before a
Federal High Court, Lagos over N8.5 billion
alleged fraud.

Atewe is charged alongside the former director
general of the Nigerian Maritime Administration
and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Patrick
Akpobolokemi, and two other staff, Kime
Engonzu and Josephine Otuaga.

The accused are standing trial on an amended
22-count charge bordering on the offence

Their re-arraignment was sequel to the transfer
of the former trial Judge, Justice Saliu Saidu, from
Lagos to the Port Harcourt Division of the Federal
High Court

The EFCC claimed that the accused committed the
alleged fraud between September 5, 2014 and
May 20, 2015.

The offence is said to have contravened the
provisions of Section 18 (a) of the Money
Laundering (Prohibition) (Amendment) Act,
2012, as well as Section 390 of the Criminal Code
Act Cap C. 38, Laws of the Federation, 2004.

A federal judge has put a nationwide block on
US President Donald Trump's week-old
executive order temporarily barring refugees
and nationals from seven Muslim-majority
countries from entering the United States.

The temporary restraining order issued by US
District Judge James Robart in Seattle on Friday
will remain valid nationwide pending a full
review of a complaint by Washington attorney
general Bob Ferguson.

"The constitution prevailed today," Ferguson
said, describing the judge's decision as historic.
"No one is above the law - not even the
president

"Not everybody may like this decision - I'm
certain the president will not like this decision -
but it is his job, it is his responsibility, it is his
obligation as president to honour it and I'll
make sure he does."

Friday's ruling was not the first to challenge the
travel ban, but it was the most sweeping as it
effectively vacated the main tenets of the order.

Ferguson said the order technically means that
anyone with a valid visa must be allowed entry
into the country by Customs and Border
Protection (CBP).

The White House said it would file an appeal as
soon as possible

Two persons were reportedly burnt to death and two others sustained injuries when a gas plant exploded at Nkwelle-Ezunka in Oyi local council of Anambra State.


Two houses close to the gas plant, including
personal belongings of the tenants, were also burnt to ashes. The two victims who died in the inferno were the driver of the tanker that brought the gas and another young man,Ezenwoke Nwigwe, who hailed from Ikeala Ngwa in Abia State. He recently completed his National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) programme in Ibadan, Oyo State and was residing with his sister in the area.

An eyewitness said the fire disaster occurred
when a tanker loaded with gas was being
discharged at the station. A security man at the gas station, Mr. Harrison Alphonsus, from
Adamawa State and the manager of the station, Mr. Tony Nwokonko, said the explosion caught one of the victims (Nwigwe) as he applied the fire extinguisher to quench the fire, only to be consumed by the fire.

According to them, the victims were rushed to the Orthopedic Hospital, Enugu where they were confirmed dead, while the injured ones are currently receiving treatment at an undisclosed hospital.

The landlord of the burnt houses, Chief Nnamdi Okafor, said he would have lost his entire family to the fire, but for God’s intervention. He, however, praised the men from the Okpoko Fire Service in Onitsha, who brought the situation under control, adding, however, that the fire destroyed everything he had before help came.

Gunmen have abducted four local government workers along Kabba-Obajana Road on their way to Lokoja, the Kogi State capital, for screening

It was gathered that during the incident which happened on Tuesday and Wednesday, one Olu Abraham, fehintola Osho and Balogun Blessing and the head of department of works, all workers of the Mopa-Muro Local Government Area, were kidnapped.

This was made known on Wednesday on the floor of the state House of Assembly by the member representing Mopa-Muro constituency, Pedro Obaro.

Obaro also observed the bad nature of the Kabba-Obajana Road had made it easy for kidnappers to have a field day. He said, “On Tuesday the HOD, Works, of the Mopa Muro LGA was abducted while on her way to Lokoja. His whereabouts is presently not known”...“This morning (Wednesday), I was informed that three staff members of the same LGA were kidnapped.”

Members of the Assembly agreed that the state government should deploy sufficient security personnel in the area and also ensured a 24- hour patrol on the road.

The House directed the House Committee on Security and Judiciary to liaise with the state Commissioner of Police, Abdullahi Chafe, to work out proactive measures to tackle the insecurity in the state.

The police in Kwara State have arrested a man, Mr. Peter Adogun, for alleged impersonation and use of forged documents.


The First Information Report obtained by our correspondent said on November 28, 2016, at about the Nigeria Bar Assome individuals alleging that one Mr. I. T. David, who practised as a legal practitioner in the state was not an authentic lawyer


It added that Adogun was apprehended by the police while appearing as a legal practitioner before the Area Court 1, Ilorin, and was subsequently transferred to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for a discreet investigation

The FIR said investigation conducted by the SCIID revealed the real name of the suspect as Peter Adogun and not Inufin Taiwo David, whom he impersonated..


The report further stated that photocopies of certificates of Inufin Taiwo David presented by the accused as his own were credentials the suspect allegedly deceitfully collected from a lawyer by the name who practised in Abuja.

He allegedly collected the documents on the pretext of assisting the original owner in securing employment in an oil company

The FIR said, “It was further revealed that Adogun practised and appeared in several matters in all levels of Nigerian courts up to the Supreme Court with the adopted name of ‘Bar I.T. David.’ The suspect has also prepared and signed several legal documents and court processes in the same adopted name.

The suspect was subsequently arraigned before a Magistrate’s Court in Ilorin. When the matter came up on Wednesday at the court presided over by Mrs. I.O. Olawoyin, a Principal Inspector of Prisons from the Mandella Maximum Prison, Ilorin, Mr. Samuel Bobinihi, said the accused was ill and had been taken to a hospital.

The matter was adjourned till February 16, 2017, for mention.

A former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, has returned a fresh sum of N30m to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, with a promise to pay a balance of N417m, The PUNCH can confirm.

Calculations by our correspondent showed that the former minister has now returned N167m to the Federal Government. A reliable source told our correspondent that the former minister paid the money from his Diamond Bank account to the EFCC Recovered Funds Account.

The source stated, “I can confirm that Senator Obanikoro has been meeting up his part of the agreement. You will recall that last year, he promised to return a certain amount of money every quarter.

“He has made a payment of N30m, his first instalment in 2017. He is also reporting at the EFCC as he should.”

The ex-minister, who returned to Nigeria in October 2016, after spending about 15 months in the United States, was accused of receiving N4.7bn from the Office of the National Security Adviser under the leadership of Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.).


Obanikoro had said in his statement of oath at the EFCC that after receiving the money in 2014, he gave N1.219bn to the then governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ekiti State, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, while N1.3bn was given to the PDP governorship candidate in Osun State, Senator Iyiola Omisore

He also confessed to giving Fayose a separate $5.377m at Spotless Hotel in Ekiti State in the presence of party stalwarts, including the then PDP state secretary, Mr. Tope Aluko .

Obanikoro was said to have kept about N785m for himself, which he allegedly spent while campaigning ahead of the PDP governorship primary in Lagos State, which Mr. Jimi Agbaje won.

However, the EFCC asked him to return about N584m, out of which he has returned N167m

Foreign countries and global financial institutions like the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are now to monitor the implementation of the 2017 budget to ensure proper application of funds to projects.

The Netherlands, United Kingdom, United States,China and other development partners have shown concerns over the budget, The Guardian learnt. One major reason for international interest in Nigeria’s budget this year is the humanitarian crisis affecting about 15 million Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the North East of Nigeria amidst alleged diversion of funds allocated for their upkeep.

Recent concerns on the implementation of
Nigeria’s budget is connected to allegations of misappropriation of donor funds and the Federal Government’s N1.3 billion intervention to the IDPs..

Netherlands reportedly donated €5.3 million to the 176,000 IDPs in the North East. To ensure effective utilisation of the money, the Dutch government is working with four Non-
Governmental Organisations (NGOs) – Save the Children, Oxfam Novib, Stichting Vluchteling/IRC and Tearfund.

They are mandated to implement the Nigeria
Joint Response (NJR) to support the country in tackling humanitarian crisis. Global Humanitarian Assistance record 2016 shows that the UK has pledged about £12 billion on foreign aid,including girl-child education in northern Nigeria. This project is to be monitored by DFID consultants in Nigeria...

months:
The Biggot Buhari wants to use resources of the south on is resources-less north.

At least include the people that own the resources u are using. It is called courtesy and equity.

cstr55:
The founding fathers were christians. Atleast that is what they professed as their religion.
That is why the bible is used to swear in presidents since over america became a country. Every single president of america have been sworn in with a bible, and so i wonder how you can in good conscience tell me america is not a christian nation founded on christian ideals.
Even obama the muslim was sworn in with a BIBLE. That is a norm that has not changed even with all the new-age reforms.
That is enough to give any sane man a peep into america's history.
The republicans are commonly called christian conservatives. Where do you think that term came from? From thin air?
The founding fathers were no doubt christians from europe with a small number of them being deists. Many of them may not be as fervent as some were, but there was no denying that the religion of the state was christian

Art. 11. As the Government of the
United States of America is not, in any
sense, founded on the Christian
religion;......

[s]My hopes of a future life are all founded upon the Gospel of Christ and I cannot cavil or quibble away [evade or object to]. . . . the whole tenor of His conduct by which He sometimes positively asserted and at others countenances [permits] His disciples in asserting that He was God.
John Quincy Adams

. . .[b]I [rely] upon the merits of Jesus Christ for a pardon of all my sins.9

The name of the Lord (says the Scripture) is a strong tower; thither the righteous flee and are safe [Proverbs 18:10]. Let us secure His favor and He will lead us through the journey of this life and at length receive us to a better.10

I conceive we cannot better express ourselves than by humbly supplicating the Supreme Ruler of the world . . . that the confusions that are and have been among the nations may be overruled by the promoting and speedily bringing in the holy and happy period when the kingdoms of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ may be everywhere established, and the people willingly bow to the scepter of Him who is the Prince of Peace.11

He also called on the State of Massachusetts to pray that . . .

the peaceful and glorious reign of our Divine Redeemer may be known and enjoyed throughout the whole family of mankind.12
we may with one heart and voice humbly implore His gracious and free pardon through Jesus Christ, supplicating His Divine aid . . . [and] above all to cause the religion of Jesus Christ, in its true spirit, to spread far and wide till the whole earth shall be filled with His glory.13
with true contrition of heart to confess their sins to God and implore forgiveness through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ our Savior.14
Samuel Adams[/b]

called on the people of New Hampshire . . .
to confess before God their aggravated transgressions and to implore His pardon and forgiveness through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ . . . [t]hat the knowledge of the Gospel of Jesus Christ may be made known to all nations, pure and undefiled religion universally prevail, and the earth be fill with the glory of the Lord.15
Josiah Bartlett

Those are a few of the words and actions of some of america's founding fathers.There are more in the link below.[/s]
https://wallbuilders.com/founding-fathers-jesus-christianity-bible/
Wikipedia is not an accurate site for academia or rigorous research work. A muslim could have edited it.

Four US states are suing the Trump administration over the president’s executive order banning refugees and travelers from a list of predominantly Muslim countries from entering America.

New York, Massachusetts and Virginia joined Washington state on a growing list of states in launching legal challenges
against executive order that wreaked havoc at airports at the weekend

Washington became the first state to sue the White House on Monday.

On Tuesday New York joined a federal lawsuit against Trump’s executive order brought by the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, the Urban Justice Center and others...


Eric Schneiderman, the New York state attorney general, described the order signed last Friday as unconstitutional, unlawful, and fundamentally un-American

“Virginia has a substantial interest in protecting its public universities and their faculty and students from the academic and fiscal disruption posed by the executive order,” according to the state’s motion filed in the federal court of Alexandria


Massachusetts attorney general Maura Healey said the state was also filing its own case seeking to have the ban struck down.

The executive order is harmful, discriminatory and unconstitutional. It
discriminates on the basis of religion and national origin, Healey said at a press briefing at her office

auntysimbiat:
nice of him

The White House denies LGBT protections will be scrapped..

The White House has said a 2014 Obama
administration order that created new
workplace protections for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people would be kept despite reports suggesting Donald Trump was preparing to axe them.

The White House said:
“President Trump continues to be respectful and supportive of L.G.B.T.Q. rights, just as he was throughout the election,”


the statement said::

“The president is proud to have been the first ever G.O.P. nominee to mention the L.G.B.T.Q. community in his nomination acceptance speech, pledging then to protect the community from violence and oppression.”

Barack Obama has re-entered the political fray
just ten days after he handed power over to Mr Trump, stating that he supports mass protests
against the "extreme vetting" orders.

President Obama released a statement last night which stated
''"Citizens exercising their Constitutional rights to
assemble, organise and have their voices heard
by their elected officials is exactly what we
expect to see when American values are at
stake"


And in an even more pointed dig at his
successor, he explained the difference
between his pause on granting visas to Iraqi
citizens in 2011 and Donald Trump’s Muslim
ban.

The statement says he “fundamentally
disagrees with the notion of discriminating
against individuals because of their faith or
religion”

elmas:
The fear of trump is the beginning of wisdom.
Unlike the daura nama

vengertime:
Wetin be UK, imagine? UK is dead already. Who wants to go there? People I know that are in UK, can't build a duplex house in Nigeria. I always feel sorry for people wey dey UK

efilefun:
Nope he's not putting any America first that's what you all are meant to believe. Why was Turkey not on the list we all know how an ambassador was killed there recently, why was Saudi Arabia not on the list?? We were told Saudi got 15 of its citizens in the 9/11 hijack, why is Egypt, UAE and Lebanon missing on the list also cuz their citizens completed the list of 9/11 hijackers. Well to oil your balls, Trump got businesses in those countries and will never raise a finger to sanction those countries. Can't you see how hard he's putting America first?? Lol

bettercreature:
You couldn't comprehend the whole story or your thinking faculty/IQ is very low,they said the deaths started about 2 years ago After the landlord copse was buried in the house they didn't say the house was built 2/years ago,these things are real that is why you must be very careful and prayerful if you want to rent a new house or buy land
I have seen a scenario where the house is breathing at night