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       The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Kaduna Zonal Office, on Friday, 2nd March, 2018, arraigned a legal practitioner, Rose-Marie Iwezie, before Justice Tukur of the Kaduna State High Court on a one count charge of criminal breach of trust and conversion of funds to the tune of N4 million. The petitioner alleged that sometimes in April 2016, he instructed Rose Marie Iweze to sell his prope rty located on ring road unguwar rimi, Kaduna, at the rate of N30 million. After selling the property, the accused remitted the sum of N26 million to him leaving a balance of N4 million and all efforts to get her pay his remaining balance proved abortive. Investigations revealed that Rose Marie Iweze, a lawyer practicing under the name of Rose Marie Iweze & Co. plot G5, Ahmadu Bello Way, Kaduna, had indeed sold the property at the agreed price of N30 million in February 2017; and the money paid through her firms account domiciled in Union Bank but re...

       The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal office, on Wednesday, February 28, 2018, arraigned one Chimezie Chuta before Justice Mojisola Dada of the State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos on a one-count charge bordering on stealing to the tune of $56,000.00 (Fifty-six Thousand United States Dollars). The offence is contrary to Section 285(7) of the Criminal Code Law of Lagos State  No. 11 of 2011.The defendant, a former employee in the publishing unit of Dominion Book Stores, an online book store belonging to The Living Faith Church Worldwide, allegedly hacked into the company's mail and diverted payments for some goods bought by online customers to his personal account.The defendant, who was said to have been an active member of the Living Faith Church Worldwide for six years, sometime in 2013, proposed to the church to build an online digital media store that would showcase all of Bishop David Oyedepo’s books and audio messages ...

      President Muhammadu Buhari presided over a meeting on the Presidential Fertilizer Initiative (PFI). The Meeting brought together Government officials and the private sector (Investors, Senior Execs of Fertilizer Companies and Financial Institutions). President Muhammadu Buhari said Friday that the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, must run a leaner and smarter organisation by cutting costs and becoming more efficient to achieve the objectives of the sub-regional body. Speaking while receiving the new President of the ECOWAS Commission, Mr Jean Claude Brou at the State House, Abuja, the President also called on the member states of the organisation to pay their annual contributions as and when due. President Buhari said a lot of work had already been done towards cutting running cost for which a committee had recommended the reduction of the number of commissioners, and a drastic reduction in the cost of keeping them in office. “We mus...

   Few days ago,Kim Kardashian showed off her new born baby girl Chicago on social media,and today the second of March,she decided to make another announcement concerning her new upcoming series.She wrote '' Get ready for my new Facebook Watch show You Kiddin’ Me from Lionsgate coming soon! It’s a prank series where the kids are in charge and celebrities must do everything their own children say. The series will peek into the family relationships of Hollywood stars as children prank their famous parents. Can’t wait for you to see it when we launch it only on   Facebook Watch !''. The ten-episode series, produced by Lionsgate, will be executive produced by Kardashian West, Jennifer O’Connell, Brian Tannenbaum, Peter M. Cohen, and Melissa Stokes. You Kiddin’ Me   will be available via mobile, desktop and Facebook’s TV apps. Members of the Facebook community will be chosen to participate in pranking their favorite celebrities. In addition, the producers and the celebri...

       Rihanna posted this photo above on her social media with the caption '' The new SS18   Fenty X Puma   Collection is about to arrive. The countdown to March 15th starts now!''.

      Israeli police on Friday stormed the official residence of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s to question him, according to media reports, for the eighth time over allegations of fraud and bribery. According to AFP, policemen arrived Netanyahu’s official Jerusalem residence in two vehicles at around 9 am (0700 GMT).Police issued no official confirmation that questioning was under way.Investigators were at the same time to take a statement from his wife Sara at national fraud squad headquarters near Tel Aviv, media said.A former Netanyahu aide and a top businessman are both in custody, linked to allegations of suspected fraud by the premier.Nir Hefetz, a former media adviser to the Netanyahu family, and Shaul Elovitch, the controlling shareholder of telecoms group Bezeq, were among seven suspects arrested last week as fraud suspicions against Netanyahu snowballed.Police suspect Elovitch was given business concessions in return for Netanyahu receiving good press ...

       The Duke of Cambridge launched a new Heads Together &   Mind workplace mental health initiative. The new initiative will consist of a 'Mental Health at Work' website and online training that will equip workplaces with tools, training and a good understanding of mental wellbeing in order to create a healthy and supportive working environment. The visit started with The Duke of Cambridge taking part in a roundtable discussion about the current workplace mental health landscape. His Royal Highness learnt about recent research conducted by mental health charity Mind into the subject of workplace mental health. Over 80% of the UK's working age (16-64) population in employment and 1 in 6 British workers are affected by mental health issues.  Mental ill-health is the leading cause of sickness absence in the UK with 127 million hours of work lost in 2015 due to mental health related absence – the equivalent of around 75,000 individuals losing the ...

      Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun has said his government would collaborate with development partners, the Department for International Development (DFID), towards strengthening and repositioning the Civil Service in the state. Receiving a team of the DFID in his Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta office, yesterday, Amosun highlighted the importance of the Civil Service to governance and development.   "We want to review the w ay we work in the service and embrace world best practices, so as to bring back the glory of the Western region", he stated.The governor reiterated his government's commitment to create a system-driven environment in all the sectors of the economy, where institutions, rather than individuals are developed.Earlier in his remarks, Head of the Department for International Development Regional office, Mr. Robert Watt, thanked the governor for setting up a committee to work with the team towards the success of the reformation plans and strategie...

      The Lagos State Government on Thursday arraigned 70 suspected cultists before Chief Magistrate Olufunke Sule-Amzat of the Ogudu Magistrate Court for conspiracy to commit a felony and for holding a meeting of an unlawful society suspected to be AIYE Confraternity. The 70 suspected cultists, with ages ranging between 19 and 40 years were arraigned on a three-count charge by the Directorate of Public Prosecution in the State Ministry of Justice. They were earlier arrested by officers of the State Police Command who acted promptly on a tipoff given by members of the public on 23rd February 2018 at about 2 am, where the suspected cultists at Elemoro area of Ajah were caught holding a meeting of the unlawful society of AIYE confraternity. In count one, the defendants were accused of conspiring to commit felony contrary to and punishable under Section 411 of the Criminal Law, Cap CH. C17 Vol.3, Laws of Lagos State, 2015. In count two, the defendants were al...

      Exercises AYEM AKPATUMA (Cat Race) has continue to record tremendous success as herdsmen are being arrested destroying farmland and large number of weapons recovered in different locations where the exercise is conducted. Troops of Sub-Sector A, deployed at Yelwata while on routine patrol along road Gbajimba-Kaseyo-Awe in Benue State, arrested 4 herdsmen gra zing in farmland on Wednesday 28 February 2018. Four cutlasses were recovered from the herdsmen. Similarly,troops of Sub-Sector B deployed at Anyilamo while on fighting patrol along Buruku-Uba-Abeda-Ameh and Fadama Kuturu also in Benue State apprehended 3 herdsmen destroying farmland with their cattle on Wednesday 28 February 2018. In a related development troops of Army Headquarters Special Force Team B of Command Army Record Lokoja, while on routine patrol on Tuesday 27 February 2018, along road Okene-Lokoja responded to a distress call of kidnappers operating along the road. On arrival to the area troop...

    The wife of the President Aisha Buhari,took to her social media yesterday to share ssome photos with the caption '' We thank God for the return of our son Yusuf today after his medical trip. On land at the airport he was received by the Minister of Health (State) Dr. Osagie, while at the Villa he was welcomed by family members, Wife of the Vice President, the Interior minister , Governor Yaya Bello & associates. On behalf of the family I wish to express our appreciation for the goodwill & prayers since the unfortunate accident. May God Almighty bless all & continue to guide us all aright''.I thank God for his life.More photos below.

       The ongoing search for the 110 girls who were abducted from the Government Girls Science and Technical College (GGSTC), Dapchi, Yobe State, has been extended to the neighbouring countries, the Federal Government has announced. In a statement issued in Abuja on Friday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said top military and security officials on Thursday travelled to the North-east to add more urgency to the search, which has now been extended beyond the North-east theatre. The officials include the nation's top military officer and Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Abayomi Olonisakin; Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas; Chief of Army Staff; Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai and the Director-General of the Department of State Services, Alhaji Lawal Daura. They joined the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, who had earlier relocated to the North-east, as well as the National Security Adviser (NSA), Maj.-Ge...