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 Politics › EFCC Searches Badeh’s House, Recovers $1m Cash by Princehojay(op): 6:58am On Mar 07, 2016 |
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has recovered $1m cash from one of the houses belonging to the immediate past Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh(retd.), The PUNCH has learnt. Our correspondent learnt the money was recovered after detectives searched a mansion located at 6, Ogun River Street, Maitama, Abuja. A detective at the EFCC, who did not want his name in print, said, “We have seized several properties belonging to Badeh. A few days ago, we returned to the mansion located at 6, Ogun River Street, Maitama. Home Top Stories Top Stories EFCC searches Badeh’s house, recovers $1m cash March 7, 2016 Immediate past Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh (retd.) 35441 Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has recovered $1m cash from one of the houses belonging to the immediate past Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh(retd.), The PUNCH has learnt. Our correspondent learnt the money was recovered after detectives searched a mansion located at 6, Ogun River Street, Maitama, Abuja. A detective at the EFCC, who did not want his name in print, said, “We have seized several properties belonging to Badeh. A few days ago, we returned to the mansion located at 6, Ogun River Street, Maitama. “In the presence of several witnesses, including neighbours, we searched the house and recovered $1m in cash. The money has been lodged as evidence.” When our correspondent visited the mansion on Sunday, the EFCC seal was seen on the gate, with the warning, ‘EFCC, Keep off!” written all over the fence. The property, which is said to be worth over N1.1bn, is one of the five properties seized from the ex-defence chief. Some of the properties were said to have been purchased, renovated and furnished for a son of the former CDS, Alex Badeh (Jnr.). Badeh also allegedly bought a commercial plot of land at Plot 1386, Oda Crescent, Cadastral Zone A07, Wuse II, Abuja for N650m. They were said to have paid N878m for the construction of a shopping mall at Plot 1386, Oda Crescent, Cadastral Zone A07, Wuse II, Abuja, and another sum of N304m to complete the construction. The anti-graft agency also accused them of paying N260m to purchase a duplex at No. 19 Kumasi Crescent, Wuse II, Abuja, for Badeh’s son. The sum of N60m was said to have been paid for the renovation of the property and another N90m to furnish the property. The retired Air Force officer also allegedly paid N330m to one Honourable Bature to purchase a duplex at No. 14 Adzope Crescent, Off Kumasi Crescent, Wuse II, Abuja. They were also accused of paying N240m to Rabiu Isyaku Rabiu to buy a semi-detached duplex at No. 8A Embu Street, by Sigma Apartment, Wuse II, Abuja. They also allegedly renovated a private property at No. 2, Nelson Mandela Street, Asokoro, Abuja, with N62m. In the charges, signed by EFCC’s Deputy Director, Legal and Prosecution Department, Aliyu Yusuf, the anti-graft agency alleged that Badeh removed the sum of N3.9bn from the accounts of the Nigerian Air Force. But Badeh had, last week, denied ownership of the properties seized by the anti-graft agency. Badeh, who has remained in the EFCC custody since February 8, has been charged along with a firm, Iyalikam Nigeria Limited, before Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court in Abuja. He is set to appear in court on Monday (today). Source:- http://www.punchng.com/efcc-searches-badehs-house-recovers-1m-cash/ 1 Like |
| Business › Re: Today Is #NoBanking Day! by Princehojay(m): 8:34am On Mar 01, 2016 |
| Crime › Please Don’t Hang Rev King - Igbo Group Begs FG by Princehojay(op): 8:41pm On Feb 27, 2016 |
Ndigbo Cultural Society of Nigeria (NCSN) has called on the Federal Government of Nigeria not to carry out the death sentence passed on Rev. Chukwuemeka Ezeugo, the General Overseer of Christian Praying Assembly, by the Supreme Court on Friday. General Overseer of the Christian Praying Assembly, Rev. Chukwuemeka Ezeugo, a.k.a Reverend King Leader of the group, Chief Udo Udeogaranya, made the appeal after the Supreme Court threw out Rev King’s appeal against the death sentence passed on him in 2007 by a Lagos High Court. According to Udeogaranya, the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government should “commute the sentence and grant him pardon as Nigeria stands to gain nothing by shedding blood. “This plea is premised on the ground that many Nigerians still hold Rev. Ezeugo as their spiritual leader even in various prisons and that the initial trial in Lagos as purportedly put forward by his lawyer Mr. Olalekan Ojo and published by national dailies was a miscarriage of justice in which the lawyer made certain points that demanded a second thought. “ Ojo argued that his client did not commit the crime and was not at the scene of the incident. He insisted that the deceased, Ann Uzoh, had in two statements she made after the incident and before her death, stated that she got burnt in a generator accident and that the cleric was not responsible for her injuries. “ Ojo said the Investigating Police Officer, IPO, had tendered statements which stated that Ezeugo was not responsible for the burns that led to Uzoh’s death. He alleged that the trial Judge refused to admit in evidence, the statements he said exonerated Ezeugo of the crime. “The lawyer further contended had those ‘vital exhibits’ been admitted rather than expunged by the trial judge, they would have operated to cast serious doubt on the case of the prosecution. He maintained that Justice Oyewole’s refusal to admit the exhibits in evidence ‘occasioned a great miscarriage of justice’ against his client.” Source:- https://4.bp..com/-qbceKrwYr4E/VtHd49DVyII/AAAAAAABvFQ/3AJF1xerxX8/s1600/rev.%2Bkings.jpg
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| Crime › Please Don’t Hang Rev King - Igbo Group Begs FG by Princehojay(op): 8:36pm On Feb 27, 2016 |
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| Crime › Re: Dollar 'palaver': Prostitute Stabs Man Over Price Increase by Princehojay(m): 9:28pm On Feb 26, 2016 |
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| Culture › Re: Olubadan-In-Council Declares Eze Ndigbo Illegal by Princehojay(m): 7:47am On Feb 19, 2016 |
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| Politics › Re: Prof. Wole Soyinka To Buhari, Convene An Emergency Economic Conference by Princehojay(m): 7:23am On Feb 19, 2016 |
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| Crime › Again Gunmen Abduct Jonathan’s Foster Father In Bayelsa. by Princehojay(op): 3:55pm On Feb 17, 2016 |
The peace of Otuoke in Ogbia local government area of Bayelsa State was violated in the early hours of today (Wednesday) by gunmen who abducted a prominent chief of the community and foster father of former President Goodluck Jonathan. The victim, identified as Chief Inengite Nitabai, aged 72 was kidnapped at about 3.30am at his residence by seven heavily armed men. It would be recalled that the septuagenarian was also kidnapped some two years ago by four gunmen. Details later. Source:- http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/02/again-gunmen-abduct-jonathans-foster-father-in-bayelsa/ |
| Politics › Re: Abisola Kola-Daisi Wears N15million Wristwatch (Photo) by Princehojay(m): 1:27pm On Feb 12, 2016 |
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| Culture › Re: Photo Of Senior Yoruba Obas In 1937 by Princehojay(m): 12:51am On Feb 12, 2016 |
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| Culture › Re: Photo Of Senior Yoruba Obas In 1937 by Princehojay(m): 12:43am On Feb 12, 2016 |
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| Politics › EFCC Arraigns Saraki’s Cousin, Tope Saraki Ex-commissioner For N371m Scam. by Princehojay(op): 8:29am On Feb 10, 2016 |
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday arraigned a former Special Adviser to the Kwara State Governor on Millennium Development Goals, Ope Saraki, who is also a cousin to Senate President Bukola Saraki for an alleged N371m scam. The EFCC said in a statement by its spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, that a former Commissioner for Information, Olatunji Moronfoye, was also arraigned before Justice Oluremi Oguntoyinbo of a Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin for offences bordering on abuse of office, diversion of public funds and money laundering. While Moronfoye served as commissioner under Saraki when he was the governor of Kwara State, Ope served under the current Governor of Kwara State, Abdulfatah Ahmed. Moronfoye and Saraki, who were first arraigned on May 13, 2015, had to re-enter their plea on Tuesday following the transfer of the former trial judge, Justice A. O. Faji. According to the anti-graft agency, Moronfoye, while being the Special Adviser to former Governor Saraki (now Senate President) allegedly used his position to enrich himself. The EFCC alleged that Moronfoye awarded contracts to the tune of N200m for the renovation of Ijagbo Primary Health Centre and specialist hospitals within the state to a company in which he had interests and was the sole signatory to its account. It said Ope allegedly abused his office and laundered state funds for his personal benefit by awarding inflated contracts to companies owned by his cronies. The commission said in one of the transactions involving the purchase of buses for the state, Ope fraudulently procured 13 Hiace buses from a “local car dealer” and converted the vehicle to an ambulance instead of a factory-built ambulance for which a contract of N171, 990, 000 was awarded to Chemiroy Nigeria Limited. One of the charges read in part, “That you, Ope Saraki, being the Special Adviser on Millennium Development Goals to Governor of Kwara State sometime in 2012 at Ilorin within the jurisdiction of this honourable court did by undue interest conducted procurement fraud in the procurement of 13 units of ambulance for 13 General Specialists Hospitals in Kwara State at the sum of N171,990, 000, a contract awarded to Chemiroy Nigeria Limited and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 58 (4) (b) of the Public Procurement Act, 2007 and punishable under Section 58 (5) 0f the same Act.” Moronfoye and Saraki pleaded not guilty to the three and five counts preferred against them respectively. In view of their pleas, counsel for the EFCC, Joseph Uzor, urged the court for a date to commence trial Source:- http://www.punchng.com/efcc-arraigns-sarakis-cousin-ex-commissioner-for-n371m-scam/ 1 Like |
| Celebrities › Nollywood Yoruba Actor, Sikiru Adesina Popularly Known As Arakangudu Dies. by Princehojay(op): 7:53am On Feb 10, 2016 |
Arakangudu, who died in the early hours of Tuesday, in Kaduna, will be buried on Wednesday (today) in his hometown, Osogbo, Osun State, The PUNCH has learnt. The news of his death has provoked emotions online, with some of his fans paying glowing tributes to him. Speaking with our correspondent on the telephone from his base in Ekiti State, veteran thespian, Chief Jimoh Aliu, said those with the late actor broke the news of his death to him on Tuesday morning. He said, “I was called by those who were with him. They told me that he died after making a noise from his sleep. They told me he died early this morning.” Home News News Arakangudu dies, for burial Wednesday AUTHORGbenga Adeniji February 10, 2016 Arakangudu 32292 Top Yoruba actor, Sikiru Adesina, popularly called Arakangudu, who died in the early hours of Tuesday, in Kaduna, will be buried on Wednesday (today) in his hometown, Osogbo, Osun State, The PUNCH has learnt. The news of his death has provoked emotions online, with some of his fans paying glowing tributes to him. Speaking with our correspondent on the telephone from his base in Ekiti State, veteran thespian, Chief Jimoh Aliu, said those with the late actor broke the news of his death to him on Tuesday morning. He said, “I was called by those who were with him. They told me that he died after making a noise from his sleep. They told me he died early this morning.” Our correspondent learnt that the deceased, who shuttled between his base in Osogbo and Kaduna State, was shooting a movie before the unfortunate incident. Another celebrated actor, Jide Kosoko, said some theatre practitioners in Osun State called to tell him that Arakangudu died on Tuesday. He also said his remains would be brought to Osogbo on Tuesday night as preparations had been concluded for his burial today (Wednesday). Kosoko said, “It was a long time I saw him before this incident. He played his part and contributed to the Nigerian theatre industry.” On his part, popular comedian, Bolaji Amusan, a.k.a Mr. Latin, told our correspondent that an actress, Toyin Adegbola, popularly called Asewo to re Mecca, called him at 5am on Tuesday to break the news to him. Amusan added that the deceased would have been buried immediately according to Islamic rites but for the fact that his remains would arrive Osogbo late Tuesday night from Kaduna where he resided till his death. He stated, “He was a talented actor and a wonderful person. Like him, I belong to Osun Arts Council since I am from Osun State. He spoke Hausa fluently because he lived in the North. I am in touch with Toyin and Antar Laniyan to monitor the movement of the remains of Arakangudu to Osogbo from Kaduna. “He would have been buried immediately but for the 10-hour journey of moving his corpse by road. He would be buried 10am on Wednesday (today).” The PUNCH gathered from a reliable source that Arakangudu died after an asthmatic attack. Source:- http://www.punchng.com/arakangudu-dies-for-burial-wednesday/
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| Business › MTN Must Pay NCC Fine, Federal Government Insists. by Princehojay(op): 10:29am On Feb 09, 2016 |
Mobile giant, MTN, must pay substantial part of the N780billion fine imposed on it for subscriber identity module (SIM)registration guideline infractions before any out of court settlement could honoured, the Federal Government said yesterday. The Minister of Communications and Technology, Mr. Adebayo Shittu, said the telco violated extant laws for which it accepted responsibility and wrote a letter of apology, promising to be a responsible corporate citizen. The infractions were committed under the Dr. Goodluck Jonathan administration, which, according to Shittu, looked the other way. It took the courage of the government to apply the law, he said. MTN begged for a revision of the sanction, “which Mr President graciously acceded to”, but the company turned around to say it had no money to pay. The minister said the government replied, asking MTN to write a letter stating why it will go down after paying the fine and attaching a statement of its account so that the government will realise the dangers the payment will constitute to its financial health. He said since the matter is now before the court, the government will wait for the court’s decision. According to Shittu, nobody wants MTN dead. The company violated the laws for which there are consequences, he said. MTN was sactioned about $5.1billion or N1.7trillion for fraudulently keeping some 5.2million preregistered SIMs on its network – a development analysts said amounted to sabotage in view of the security challenges facing the country. Also yesterday, the MTN confirmed that it has been served with court summons based on a lawsuit filed by Emerging Markets Telecommunications Services Limited (Etisalat Nigeria) over the acquisition of Visafone. In a statement, its Executive Amina Oyagbola, said Etisalat has filed a lawsuit against MTN and Visafone and we have filed appropriate processes before the court for necessary determination. “The acquisition of Visafone was concluded after obtaining all necessary statutory and regulatory approvals. I am not able to comment further as the matter is sub judice,” she said. Oyagbola added that the acquisition allows Visafone and MTN to leverage resources for service enhancement whilst also deepening the growth and roll-out of broadband services across the country in support of the National Broadband Plan for the benefit of Nigerians. She also made reference to media reports credited to regulatory authorities that the acquisition would help sustain the continuity of CDMA services in Nigeria in addition to being beneficial to operators and subscribers. Source:- http://www.forumspotz.ng/mtn-must-pay-ncc-fine-fg-insists/ 1 Like |
| Business › MTN Must Pay NCC Fine, Federal Government Insist. by Princehojay(op): 10:08am On Feb 09, 2016 |
Mobile giant, MTN, must pay substantial part of the N780billion fine imposed on it for subscriber identity module (SIM)registration guideline infractions before any out of court settlement could honoured, the Federal Government said yesterday. The Minister of Communications and Technology, Mr. Adebayo Shittu, said the telco violated extant laws for which it accepted responsibility and wrote a letter of apology, promising to be a responsible corporate citizen. The infractions were committed under the Dr. Goodluck Jonathan administration, which, according to Shittu, looked the other way. It took the courage of the government to apply the law, he said. MTN begged for a revision of the sanction, “which Mr President graciously acceded to”, but the company turned around to say it had no money to pay. The minister said the government replied, asking MTN to write a letter stating why it will go down after paying the fine and attaching a statement of its account so that the government will realise the dangers the payment will constitute to its financial health. He said since the matter is now before the court, the government will wait for the court’s decision. According to Shittu, nobody wants MTN dead. The company violated the laws for which there are consequences, he said. MTN was sactioned about $5.1billion or N1.7trillion for fraudulently keeping some 5.2million preregistered SIMs on its network – a development analysts said amounted to sabotage in view of the security challenges facing the country. Also yesterday, the MTN confirmed that it has been served with court summons based on a lawsuit filed by Emerging Markets Telecommunications Services Limited (Etisalat Nigeria) over the acquisition of Visafone. In a statement, its Executive Amina Oyagbola, said Etisalat has filed a lawsuit against MTN and Visafone and we have filed appropriate processes before the court for necessary determination. “The acquisition of Visafone was concluded after obtaining all necessary statutory and regulatory approvals. I am not able to comment further as the matter is sub judice,” she said. Oyagbola added that the acquisition allows Visafone and MTN to leverage resources for service enhancement whilst also deepening the growth and roll-out of broadband services across the country in support of the National Broadband Plan for the benefit of Nigerians. She also made reference to media reports credited to regulatory authorities that the acquisition would help sustain the continuity of CDMA services in Nigeria in addition to being beneficial to operators and subscribers. Source:- http://www.forumspotz.ng/mtn-must-pay-ncc-fine-fg-insists/ |
| Politics › We’ll Soon Probe Okonjo-iweala And Diezani, Says EFCC. by Princehojay(op): 8:05am On Feb 09, 2016 |
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission will soon begin the probe of the nation’s oil and gas industry as part of the current anti-corruption war of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration. The roles of some principal officers in the former Goodluck Jonathan administration, including the former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke; her counterpart in the Ministry of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo- Iweala; and an oil magnate, will come under intense scrutiny. The Acting Chairman of the EFCC, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, said this in Abuja when he appeared before the House of Representatives Committee on Financial Crimes to defend the commission’s 2016 budget proposals. In his presentation before the lawmakers on Monday, Magu tactically avoided giving direct answers to questions on whether Alison-Madueke would come under the searchlight of the agency. The anti-graft agency’s boss merely responded to such questions by saying, “The commission will soon move into the petroleum sector”, but called on the National Assembly to support the efforts of the agency by making more funds available for its operations. Shortly after the presentation of the EFCC’s chairman, however, a member of the committee, Mr. Razak Atunwa, told reporters that Magu actually informed the committee that Alison-Madueke, Okonjo-Iweala and the oil baron would be investigated. Atunwa was the lawmaker, who asked Magu the question on whether the commission would probe the oil sector. Atunwa added, “I said the EFCC has recovered a lot of money for Nigeria and he (Magu) mentioned that in that regard, more sectors of the economy are likely to come under investigative activities. “I said ‘will it include the petroleum sector’? He said, ‘yes’. And I said ‘would it include investigating the following people – Diezani Alison-Madueke, Okonjo-Iweala and a particular oil magnate’, and he said ‘yes’; those people are already under their investigative radar.” The PUNCH had, in October last year, reported that Switzerland might extradite the oil marchant to the United Kingdom. The Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland, in an email to the newspaper, had confirmed that the UK had sought for mutual legal assistance from its country. In an e-mail sent to it, the office of the AGF of Switzerland was asked if it had received extradition request from the UK on the businessman. It was also asked to specify the time the extradition process would begin and when he would be extradited. In his response, Nathalie Guth of the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland, said, “I refer to your request of today and we can confirm that the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland has received a request for mutual legal assistance from England in this context.” Magu told the lawmakers that at a time the commission was stepping up the anti-graft war, the Ministry of Budget and National Planning cut its overheads by over N1bn this year. He added that while the EFCC proposed N2.9bn as overheads, the ministry slashed it to N1.3bn, a figure, he said, represented a shortfall of N1.6bn, “or 116 per cent.” He complained that the budget cut would affect the operations of the agency, particularly investigations into corruption allegations. “The areas that will be adversely affected are investigative activities, manpower development and maintenance of logistics.” Although he admitted being aware that government’s revenue had dwindled due to a sharp fall in crude oil prices, Magu argued that corruption-fighting was capital-intensive. He appealed to the committee to consider approving additional N500m for “operational activities as more sectors of the economy may come under investigative activities during the year.” Magu also spoke of plans by the agency to recruit 750 personnel this year in its bid to build its core members of staff and reduce the number of its operatives on secondment from other organisations. Ironically, the budget ministry cut the EFCC’s personnel cost for this year by 6.5 per cent. In 2015, the personnel cost for 2,173 employees was N7.1bn. But in the 2016 budget, the budget ministry reduced it to N6.6bn, a decrease of “N463.2m.” The Chairman of the committee, Mr. Kayode Oladele, nonetheless, made promises that the House would look into the complaints of the EFCC. He said, “As we all know, the current economic downturn has drastically reduced projected earnings for the 2016 fiscal year. “Despite the paucity of funds, the funding of the EFCC remains a priority for the government. “The committee shall support the vision of elevating the EFCC to sustain the current anti-corruption crusade.” Source:- http://www.punchng.com/well-probe-okonjo-iweala-diezani-soon-says-efcc/ |
| Crime › Victims Of Boko Haram Attacks Move To Maiduguri. by Princehojay(op): 1:13pm On Feb 07, 2016 |
Recent attacks by the outlawed Boko Haram in Borno villages has thrown locals of rural communities in panic as many are now migrating to Maiduguri. Three elderly women have been burnt alive in their huts while a boy got shot in a late evening attack on Mairi-Mai-Mmube village, 11 kilometres away from the capital city of Borno. Friday began like any other day until the terrorists came calling, announcing their arrival with gunshots as explained by the locals. “After the Magrib prayers yesterday we all sat outside with friends when we heard gunshots. We escaped in different directions and only returned when we felt they have left. We met all our homes burnt and our possessions looted,” one of the locals said. From the rubble of what used to be home, they picked the pieces of their only possessions, determined to flee to safety. Even the children were well aware that all was not well with their village. Surrounding villages are not taken chances as they have also started migrating in droves to Maiduguri, the safest town in Borno. Mairi-Mai-Mmube is only five kilometres from Dalori where more than 60 people were killed in a similar attack one week earlier. Community leaders say at least 10,000 people have been displaced as rescue workers commence documentation for the newest set of Internally Displaced Persons in the state. The Senator representing Borno Central at the National Assembly, Bashir Garbai, is not happy with recent directives suggesting that the internally displaced persons living in Maiduguri can now return to their homes. He told Channels Television that concluding the insurgents have been decimated is living in denial. Recent events in the theatre of operation has shown that the anti-terrorism war is far from over. The renewed vigour with which attacks are carried out lately has dampened the hope of people making the much desired peace a mirage. Source http://www.channelstv.com/2016/02/07/victims-of-boko-haram-attacks-move-to-maiduguri/
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| Christianity Etc › Re: Why Did You Not Go To Church Today? by Princehojay(m): 12:44pm On Feb 07, 2016 |
Because of end time Prophecies from the mouth of end time Pastors............... |
| Politics › Ibori Neither Released Nor Re-arrested, Says Ex-gov’s Media Aide. by Princehojay(op): 10:05pm On Feb 05, 2016 |
An aide of former Delta State governor, Chief James Onanefe Ibori, said yesterday that reports of his release from prison were not true. In a statement yesterday, Tony Eluemunor, Ibori’s media assistant, said: “News of the former governor’s release from prison caused sleepless night to scores of Ibori’s supporters as they stayed up all night working the phone to find out the true situation. “The truth is that no British authority has confirmed either the news of the release or of the purported re-arrest.” Eluemunor, added: “Many people have asked me how such story could have been cocked up (not Daily Sun). My only reply is that Ibori’s political and legal persecutors tried to counter the favourable wind that arose from Ibori’s corner when the case turned against the London Metropolitan Police and the Crown Prosecutors by late January, when even they agreed that they were corrupt in the way they investigated Ibori and his associates. “That forced them to withdraw from obstructing the cause of justice charges they had brought against one of Ibori’s lawyer, Mr. Bradesh Gohil. “Most importantly, the judge that day ruled that all the documents that had been withheld from Ibori and all his associates should be turned over to them and that they were free to go on appeal to challenge even their earlier convictions. It was this ray of hope that even Ibori’s conviction may be struck down that some manipulators attempted to extinguish in the hearts and minds of Ibori’s supporters when they concocted their lies and passed same off as news. “To prove that the case has turned and the hunters may be feeling the heat, respected British news media such as the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), The Times of London and Guardian of London, last week announced that calls have arisen that Ibori’s and his associates’ accusations of corruption against the prosecution be investigated. The New Indian Express of Monday, January 25, 2016 reported that, “in representations to the judge, Stephen Kamlish, Gohil’s defence team accused the Crown Prosecution Service of positively misleading the court and the parties as part of their deliberate cover-up of discloseable material…” Source:- http://sunnewsonline.com/new/ibori-neither-released-nor-re-arrested-says-ex-govs-media-aide/ |
| Politics › BIAFRA: Conduct Referendum For Secession Now, MASSOB Tells FG by Princehojay(op): 9:54am On Feb 05, 2016 |
The Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra,MASSOB, yesterday, asked the Federal Government to quickly conduct a referendum in the south-east geopolitical zone as a precursor to secession or face the total shutdown of socio-economic activities in the region and beyond. The pro-Biafra group vowed to unleash its potent force towards making Nigeria ungovernable if its stance was not heeded by the Federal Government. MASSOB Director of Information, Samuel Edeson in a statement to newsmen in Enugu yesterday, said: ”We shall use everything at our disposal to fight Nigeria government especially through civil disobedience. We are going to call for sit at home in all Biafra land and Lagos. MASSOB will drag former President Olusegun Obasanjo to the International Crime Court, ICC, for all the atrocities he committed against Biafra since 1970. “We are asking for justice for the massacre of Odi people, the Tiv, Jukum and the massacre of MASSOB members in Aba, Okigwe and Onitsha including the killing of six Igbo traders in Apo, Abuja. MASSOB will be taking her campaign to United States of America, United Kingdom, France and China embassies in Abuja. MASSOB therefore calls on all people of old eastern region, Delta, parts of Kogi and parts of Benue State to support the referendum that would soon take place in Biafraland. Our freedom is non negotiable” Source:- http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/02/biafra-conduct-referendum-for-secession-now-massob-tells-fg/ |
| Politics › Re: James Ibori Released From Prison, Reasted by Princehojay(op): 12:03pm On Feb 03, 2016 |
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| Politics › $620,000 Scam: Lawan’s ‘accomplice’ Now ICPC Witness. by Princehojay(op): 10:37am On Feb 03, 2016 |
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission has amended the bribery charges it preferred against a former Chairman, House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on Fuel Subsidy, Mr. Farouk Lawan, dropping his co-accused, Mr. Boniface Emenalo, from the case, and turning him into a prosecution witness. Rather than continue to put Emenalo on trial along with Lawan, the prosecution led by Chief Adegboyega Awomolo (SAN), on Tuesday presented him before a Federal Capital Territory High Court in Lugbe, Abuja, as its first witness. Emenalo, who remains an official of the House of Representatives, served as secretary to the Lawan-led committee in 2012. Lawan and Emenalo were initially in February 2013, arraigned on seven counts of corruptly accepting sums of money up to $620,000 from a business mogul and Chairman of Zenon Petroleum and Gas Limited, Mr. Femi Otedola, in the course of performing their committee’s duty in 2012. Both men were accused of collecting the money in Apri 2012 from Otedola in order to remove his (Otedola’s) companies’ names from the list of firms indicted by the committee for allegedly abusing the fuel subsidy regime. But a later amendment to the charges by the ICPC saw Emenalo’s name removed as a defendant. Source:- http://www.punchng.com/620000-scam-lawans-accomplice-now-icpc-witness/
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| Politics › Re: $2.1bn Scam: Dasuki Asks Court To Discharge Him. by Princehojay(op): 9:17am On Feb 03, 2016 |
| Politics › $2.1bn Scam: Dasuki Asks Court To Discharge Him. by Princehojay(op): 9:14am On Feb 03, 2016 |
The immediate past National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.), has filed a fresh application asking a Federal Capital Territory High Court in Maitama to discharge him for the alleged crime of diversion of funds said to be meant for the procurement of arms. The ex-NSA, through his lawyer, Mr. Joseph Daudu (SAN), filed the application dated January 11, 2016, before Justice Peter Affen, urging the court to bar the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission from prosecuting him. The ex-NSA contended that the EFCC which is prosecuting him and other co-accused persons in the name of the Federal Republic of Nigeria could not continue to prosecute him after a “brazen disobedience” of orders of the court granting him bail on December 21, 2015. He filed the application before Justice Affen with respect to the 22 counts of fraud filed against him and others including a former Director of Finance and Administration in the Office of the NSA, Shuaibu Salisu, and a former Minister of State for Finance, Bashir Yuguda. Others charged along with them are a former Governor of Sokoto State, Attahiru Bafarawa, his son, Sagir, and a firm, Dalhatu Investment. Dasuki had filed a similar application before Justice Baba Yusuf of the same Maitama Division of the FCT High Court to the 19 counts of diversion of N32bn arms fund, instituted against him, Salisu and a former Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Aminu Baba-Kusa. Aminu-Kausa’s two firms – Acacia Holdings Ltd. and Reliance Referral Hospital Limited – are also part of the accused named as defendants. Dasuki in his separate applications before the two judges contended that his continued detention in the custody of the Department of State Services amounted to a “brazen" violation of orders of Justice Yusuf granting bail to him on December 18, 2015 and the orders by Justice Affen, also granting bail to him on December 21, 2015. He urged the court to stop the EFCC from prosecuting him until the orders of the courts were complied with. He also sought as alternative prayers, an order of the court to stay proceedings in the case. |
| Politics › How Dariye Shared N1.162bn To Atiku’s Firm, Mantu – Witness. by Princehojay(op): 8:34am On Feb 03, 2016 |
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday continued its case against a former Governor of Plateau State, Joshua Dariye, with one of its detectives, Musa Sunday, telling a Federal Capital Territory High Court in Gudu how the former governor allegedly shared N1.162bn belonging to the state. Dariye, who is now the senator representing Plateau Central Senatorial District in the Senate, allegedly obtained N1.162bn ecological funds as Governor of Plateau State in 2004. Dariye, who served between 1999 and 2007, is being prosecuted for allegedly diverting Plateau State’s ecological funds while in office as governor. Sunday, an investigator with the EFCC was cross-examined by Dariye’s lawyer, Garba Pwul (SAN) on Tuesday. The detective who had earlier been led in evidence by the lead prosecuting counsel, Mr. Rotimi Jacobs (SAN), under cross-examination gave a breakdown of how Dariye allegedly disbursed the N1.16bn to his political associates and officials of his party, the Peoples Democratic Party, in Plateau State. He said investigations by his team of detectives revealed that the ex-governor gave N100m traced to a company – Marine Float Nigeria Limited owned by former Vice- President, Atiku Abubakar. “The Ecological Fund Office is under the Presidency but the Office of the Vice-President oversees it and the vice- president chairs the agency’s activities. The vice-president at that time was Alhaji Abubakar Atiku,” the witness said. He also said N100m was traced to the South-West PDP, which was received by then Minister of Special Duties, Yomi Edu, N80m to then Permanent Secretary of the Ecological Fund Office in the Presidency, Kingsley Nkoma; N10m to a former Deputy Senate President, Ibrahim Mantu, N6.8m to the PDP Plateau State and N66m to 274 PDP wards in the state. Sunday, who is the first prosecution witness, read out the portion of the statement made by Dariye to the EFCC where he confirmed the distribution of the money among his political associates in a statement he wrote to the EFCC in July 2007. When given Dariye’s statement to read, the witness read from page 10 of the statement marked Exhibit P13(A) which highlighted how Dariye gave a breakdown of how he disbursed the N1.162bn received from the Ecological Fund Office. “In the course of investigation, Marine Float was found to be a company owned by the former Vice-President, Alhaji Abubakar Atiku. As at when the money was paid, the Vice- President was the Chairman of Ecological Fund Office,” the witness said. He denied knowledge whether the N100m was recovered from Atiku. When Pwul suggested to the witness that the then President, Olusegun Obasanjo, returned to Plateau State in 2004 the N100m paid to the South-West PDP by Dariye, the witness denied knowledge of such development. He added that investigation into the issue revealed that Dariye paid N80m to the then Permanent Secretary of the Ecological Fund Office, Kingsley Nkoma, “for facilitating the prompt release of N1.62bn ecological funds to the state. “The N80m paid in favour of Union Savings and Loan, was traced to Kingsley Nkoma, Permanent Secretary of Ecological Fund Office. We recovered the N80m from Nkoma, who said that was his share for facilitating the release of the money. That was the bribe he collected. “Investigation proved, while he was invited, that the N80m paid to him through Union Savings and Loan was a bribe money paid to him by the defendant. The money was recovered from him. The N80m registered from Nkoma is registered as exhibit and it is with the EFCC. When we invited him, Nkoma said that that was his share of the money and he was made to return it.” The witness restated his earlier claim that Dariye made his banker, All States Trust Bank (now defunct) to conceal his identity. He said their investigation revealed that the mandate card for the account allegedly operated by a firm linked to Dariye – Ebenezer Ritnan Venture – did not carry anybody’s photograph as required. He said they were able to uncover the company’s true ownership by Dariye’s signature on the mandate form. He said Dariye allegedly diverted his share of the N1.162bn into the company’s account. The witness said the bank and its officials, who claimed to have granted Dariye waiver by not including his photograph in the account opening documents, had since been convicted by a Federal High Court in Kaduna for aiding fraud. The trial judge, Justice Adebukola Banjoko, adjourned further hearing till noon on Wednesday (today). Source:- http://www.punchng.com/how-dariye-shared-n1-162bn-to-atikus-firm-mantu-witness/ |
| Politics › 2016 Budget: Saraki Warns Against Emphasis On Crude Oil Sales by Princehojay(op): 8:06am On Feb 03, 2016 |
The Senate President stated that though the 2016 budget proposal was ambitious, it could be achieved if all that is necessary to make it work was put in place. “Some of the things that we will begin to look at and which we are going to advise the executive is that while we are working on the budget now, they too should begin to start working on how to make a plan for implementation. “What tends to happen is that even after we have passed the budget, the administration bureaucracy sometimes make the budget delay,” he said. The Senate President further stated that it was likely that the Senate would come out with an amendment bill as regards certain areas of the procurement bill. “That is something that is likely to come out very soon. “Some people are looking at that now to see again how we can help the executive to see that the budget is implementable. “The second areas is the issue of funding the deficit,” he told reporters. He further expressed happiness that the Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, had made some comments about the deficit in the budget and how it would be funded. “That is another area that even though we do our part as regards the passing of the budget, funding the deficit is key to ensure that the ability to raise those funds are there,” he stressed. Source;- channelstv.com/2016/02/02/2016-budget-saraki-warns-against-emphasis-on-crude-oil-sales/
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| Politics › James Ibori Released From Prison, Reasted by Princehojay(op): 7:22am On Feb 03, 2016 |
Former governor of Delta State, James Onanefe Ibori has completed his prison terms in the United Kingdom. But he is yet to be a free man, as he was immediately re-arrested.http://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2016/02/03/breaking-james-ibori-released-from-uk-prison-re-arrested/ 19 Likes 6 Shares
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| Music/Radio › Re: Osinachi-Remix - Humblesmith Ft. Davido (Video) by Princehojay(m): 7:51pm On Jan 31, 2016 |
Hmmm |
| Politics › Re: Ikpeazu Presents Made-In-Aba Shoes To Enelamah (Pics) by Princehojay(m): 8:46am On Dec 29, 2015 |
You are right jawe............. Too much fake... shamack: |
| Christianity Etc › Re: Absence From Court: TB Joshua Speaks After Failing To Be At The Court by Princehojay(m): 7:03am On Dec 01, 2015 |
Madeu:Don't mind him jawe, he's a fool............. He has forgot to come online with his shallow brain again |
| Christianity Etc › Re: Absence From Court: TB Joshua Speaks After Failing To Be At The Court by Princehojay(m): 6:57am On Dec 01, 2015 |
ticking:Why can't you try and borrow some little brain before you started posting this nonsense you call comment................ Is there no difference between Nnamdi Kanu and TB. Joshua ? ? ? What exactly do they have in common that makes you think in a shallow way like this ? ? ? And this country you called a zoo, do not forget that your family as a whole, most especially, your Dad & Mum, your young ones and senior ones are also part of the swines and baboons that are living in the zoo.........Brainless barbarian of a stinking swine and baboon parents... |
| Crime › Re: FED Poly Ado-Ekiti Student Commits Suicide Because Of An Extra Year (graphic) by Princehojay(m): 8:56am On Nov 27, 2015 |
madridguy:Yeah you are right bro, it happend to Mr. Joy Lobo, an Engineering student that hung himself becouse his project supervisor told him that was going to spend one more in school because he was unable to finish his project on time when his mates has done theirs........ So painful.... |
