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         The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu on Friday, February 15 advised Compliance officers of banks to report suspicious transactions to the EFCC as the general elections commence. The Acting Chairman stated this during a meeting with compliance officers of various banks in Benin City, Edo State. Magu who was represented by Mailafia Yakubu, Benin Zonal Head of the Commission said  based on information at the disposal of the Commission, politicians may want to use banks for illicit transactions before, during and after the elections. "Once the transaction is above the stipulated treashold, you have a duty to report to us. We want to warn you not to be used by politicians. So be circumspect, " he said. The acting chairman also warned the bank officials to desist from disclosing information to suspects wanted by the Commission who operates accounts with them. He explains: "there were times that the Commiss

       Commonwealth election observers, on February 15, 2019, paid a courtesy visit to Benin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The election observers, Marcella Damba-Saray and Joy Nopia, disclosed that their mission was to get a clearer picture on the issue of vote buying/selling that has in recent times tarnished the conduct of elections in Nigerian, specifically to know if the Commission ha s any plan to tackle the menace as the 2019 general election commences. Mailafia Yakubu, Head of the Benin Zonal Office of the Commission assured the Commonwealth observers that the Commission had deployed adequate men and logistics in the direction of dealing with vote buying and selling, assuring further that anyone caught in the act of buying or selling of vote by the operatives of the Commission will be prosecuted in accordance with the country's financial crimes regulations. It could be recalled that the EFCC has issued through the media, teleph

       Rivers State Government says it has intercepted the details of the deployment of hit squads put together by the Federal Special Anti Robbery Squad (FSARS) to hijack electoral materials and kill or maim PDP members across the State. This deployment is in keeping with the threat of the Transport Minister that there will be devastating violence before and during the elections. A statement issued in Port Harcourt today by the State Commissioner for Information and Communications Barr Emma Okah says it is sad that despite the assurances of President Mohammadu Buhari that tge elections will be free, peaceful and fair as well as the pleas of the international community for peace to reign, the APC and SARS in Rivers State are still intent on disrupting the elections in Rivers State and possibly killing or maiming innocent people including National Youth Corps members. The hit squad members are: 1. ETCHE AXIS DSP Bawa and ASP JUSTICE TEL. 08033403816 2. BORI AXIS SP Abdullahi

       February 15, 2019 Press Statement The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) alerts that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is hoarding the presidential and senatorial elections result sheets for undisclosed reasons. The party also alerts that PDP agents are being denied the INEC accreditation and identification cards, ostensibly to shut them out of the election monitoring process and allow the All Progressives Congress (APC) a field day to manipulate the process. The party says its monitoring and intelligence show that INEC has been distributing sensitive election materials in most states of the federation without the Presidential and Senatorial elections results sheets. The development is already heightening tension and suspicion of underhand method by the commission to open the elections for manipulations and allow the APC to enter fictitious results for onward transmission to collation centers. Intelligence available to us indicate that this is part o

      President Buhari attends Juma'at Prayers in Daura on 15th Feb 2019,a day to the General Election.More details later and more photos below.

     According to sources '' The recent furor over Gucci’s “blackface” sweater led a group of outraged celebrities—Waka Flocka Flame, T.I. , Russell Simmons, Spike Lee, designer Jerry Lorenzo, and fashion icon Dapper Dan—to rally against the brand and call for a boycott. Soulja Boy, who is in the process of getting the “Gucci” tattoo removed from his forehead, announced plans to give the millions of dollars worth of Gucci gear he’s purchased over the years to charity, proclaiming, “Gucci is done.”   50 Cent posted a video   of himself burning a Gucci T-shirt and says he is donating his Gucci to the homeless. In the opposite corner of the ring: Boxing champ Floyd Mayweather went out and allegedly dropped a fortune on Gucci goods in the wake of the scandal this past Monday. Fellow pugilist Adrien Broner  told TMZ sports yesterday , “I don’t care it’s just a sweater.” And  rapper Kodak Black agreed , publicly stating the controversial garment was “just a little ski mask—there’s

      ‪In order to enhance the support provided to INEC for the airlift of electoral materials to locations across the country, the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has deployed 2 additional aircraft for the exercise.‬ The two ATR-42 transport aircraft (NAF 930 and 931) began airlift of materials from Abuja today, 14 Feb 19, joining the C-130H, which has conducted several day and night missions delivering materials across the country since 11 Feb 19.More photos below.

      As part of efforts in furtherance of the overall interest of public order, public wellbeing and safety and national security as it relates to the general elections billed to take place on Saturday, February 16th, 2019, the Inspector General of Police, Ag. IGP M.A Adamu, NPM, mni has ordered therestriction of vehicular movement from 6am – 6pm on Saturday, 16th February, 2019. The IGP notes that the restriction will assist the security agencies in effectively policing the electoral process, thereby preventing hoodlums and criminally-minded elements from hijacking and disrupting the electoral process. He urges the citizens to troupe out en-masse on the day of the election to exercise their franchise without any fear or apprehension as the Police and other security agencies have already put in place adequate security measures to ensure a safe, secure and conducive environment for a peaceful and credible election. While regretting the inconveniences the restriction will cause the

    Real Housewives of Atlanta star Kenya Moore,shared this photo above on her social media on Valentines day as she wrote her husband shut-down his restaurant for the day just to have a privacy with his wife and daughter.She captioned the photo above '' When he shuts down a whole business to have a private romantic  #valentinesday  for his wife and baby 💕 Happy Valentines Day  #teamtwirl @socolounge  ''.More photos below.

         Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court, sitting in Ikeja, Lagos on Thursday, February 14, 2019, sentenced Festus Ojomola, an internet fraudster to one year imprisonment with hard labour for possessing fraudulent documents and engaging in dating scam. Ojomola was arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal Office, in May 2018 following intelligence report the Commission received on the activities of some persons alleged to be involved in love scam. He was arraigned on February 13, 2019 on an amended two-count charge. The first count reads: "that you, Festus Olaoluwa Ojomola (a.k.a Lizzy Miller), on or about the 29th June, 2018, in Lagos within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, had in your possession hang-out chats wherein you presented yourself as Lizzy Miller to David Waters, a representation you knew to be false and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 318 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State." T