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      The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, has appealed to the British Government to help Nigeria achieve the repatriation of the country's stolen money stashed away in banks in United Kingdom. Magu made the appeal while receiving a delegation from British’s Serious and Organised Crime Joint Analysis, SOCJA for West Africa at EFCC’s headquarters. He noted that it was worrisome that the wealth of the country has for a very long time, remained trapped in foreign countries, hindering infrastructural development of Nigeria and creating paucity of funds to run the country. Nigeria, he said, would have been better if the stolen monies have been returned. “Our worry is that our money has been held for a very long time in foreign countries and if our money is returned, there will be improved infrastructural development in many sectors of the economy. If all the repatriated funds are pumped into the country, it will significantly en

      Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Friday, flagged off a free healthcare programme aimed at combating organ impairment and life-threatening ailments in children. The initiative tagged “Healthy Bee Project” is a component of the Governor’s development agenda to reposition healthcare and give disadvantaged children access to quality medical care. The free medical mission is organised in collaboration with Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu Kadiri Obafemi Hamzat (BOSKOH) Healthcare Mission International, a non-governmental organisation (NGO). The four-week programme will commence with a six-day screening in seven Primary Healthcare Centres (PHCs) across the state, after which those whose conditions require higher medical examinations and surgeries will be taken to the tertiary healthcare facilities for the exercise free of charge. Flagging off the healthcare project at a ceremony held at LTV Blue Roof in Agidingbi, Governor Sanwo-Olu, represented by his Deputy, Dr. Oba

        The Solicitor-General and Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Justice, Lagos State, Mrs. Funlola Odunlami has announced plans to hold Moot Court Sessions twice a year for its State Counsel. Mrs. Odunlami disclosed this in her keynote address at the second edition of the Moot Court Session held for State Counsel today at the Folarin Coker Staff Clinic Hall, the Secretariat, Alausa, Ikeja. She explained that a Moot Court, which is a Mock Court in which lawyers argue imaginary cases for practise, will allow the participants take part in simulated or arbitrary proceedings usually involving drafting memoranda or participating in oral argument. According to Odunlami, “It is hoped that you will gain something worthwhile from the Moot Court Competition. But more importantly, l want to enjoin you to see the programme as preparation to be a better State Counsel and not just for competition and entertainment alone”. She also implored the State Counsel comprising of Legal Officers f

       A Facebook user is set to wed a man she met on Facebook and ignored for two years. Clare Chidinma began receiving Facebook inbox messages from Maxwell four years ago. But she did not reply his messages for two years. When he wouldn't give up even after two years, Clare decided to respond to him and that was the beginning of a relationship that'll lead to the altar on Saturday, August 10. Sharing the story to Facebook, Clare wrote: God has decided to take this journey of four-years to its permanent site. It all started on Facebook.He kept saying hi on via messenger for good two-years, I kept ignoring his messages. God bless the day I replied to you. Me: Hey young man what's your problem? Him: You are the solution to my problem. Long story short. In a few days, I'll marry the love of my life.  # MaxClare19 August 10th is d date.. Facebook love can be real o, ladies take note.One more photo below.

       Priests of the Catholic Diocese of Enugu are currently staging a protest and marching towards the Enugu State Government House over the gruesome murder of one of their own, Late Rev. Fr. Paul Offu. Father Offu was murdered by yet-to-be-identified men along the Ihe-Agbudu Road in Awgu on Thursday night, August 1st. Until his death, Father Offu was the parish priest of St. James the Greater Parish, Ugbawka. The protesting priests are demanding the immediate arrest of Offu's killers. EARLIER REPORT: Breaking: Suspected Herdsmen Kills Catholic Priest In Enugu A catholic priest was Shot Dead yesterday evening in Enugu by Suspected Herdsmen The Catholic Diocese of Enugu announced the tragic death of REV FR PAUL OFFU who was shot dead yesterday evening (1st August 2019) by some hoodlums suspected to be the notorious and murderous herdsmen, along Ihe-Agbudu Road in Awgu LGA. Fr. Offu hailed from Okpatu in Udi LGA of Enugu State and until his death, was the parish

        President Buhari participates at Graduation Ceremony of Course 27 of the National Defence College in Abuja on 2nd Aug 2019 NDC 4: President Buhari presenting Medal of Honour to Best Graduating Course Participant GC OC Ubadike as he participates at Graduation Ceremony of Course 27 of the National Defence College in Abuja on 2nd Aug 2019 NDC 5: President Buhari receives a presentation from Perm. Sec. Ministry of Defence Mrs Nuratu Batagarawa as he participates at Graduation Cer emony of Course 27 of the National Defence College in Abuja on 2nd Aug 2019 NDC 9: President Buhari with Senate President Ahmed Lawan and Chairman Senate committee on Defence Hon. Jimi Benson shortly after his participation at Graduation Ceremony of Course 27 of the National Defence College in Abuja on 2nd Aug 2019. UPDATED: ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA AS SPECIAL GUEST OF HONOUR AT THE GR

     Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday said there’s need to rejig the operation of the State’s emergency response team for better performance and service delivery in disaster management. The Governor who spoke during his visit to the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) operational headquarters at Cappa, Oshodi, praised the emergency response personnel for the quality of servic e the agency rendered, while saying that there was need to raise the standards of its operation in line with best practice. He pledged that his administration would support the agency to deliver on its mandate. He said: “On behalf of the people of Lagos, I commend LASEMA and its emergency workers’ performance in disaster management. But, we know there is still a lot that we can do to raise the standard and there is still a lot that is expected of us but I can assure you that we will support LASEMA for quality service. “This is why we are here to assess the level of response m

      The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC have taken note of THISDAY’s publication of Wednesday, July 31, 2019, titled: “Malabu Scandal: Prosecution Hampered by Evidence,” whose crux is that, the former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Mr. Mohammed Adoke is irreproachable in the fraudulent matter of the implementation of the settlement and resolution of agreements on Oil Prospecting License OPL 245 and OPL214 between Malabu oil and Gas Ltd, belonging to former Petroleum Minister, Dan Etete and the federal government of Nigeria in 2010 on the account that Justice Binta Nyako in a 2017 civil suit, marked FHC/ABJ/94/446/2017 absolved Adoke of liability for his roles in the OPL 245 deal on account that he was acting on the directives of the then President Goodluck Jonathan. The Commission wishes to state that logic was stood on its head in the said publication, given that Justice Nyako spelt out in no unclear terms that the reliefs Adoke got in

       The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ilorin Zonal Office on August 1, 2019 arraigned an immediate past member of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Hon. Muhammed Adebayo before Justice Sikiru Oyinloye of the Kwara State High Court, on a six-count charge bordering on land fraud. Count two of the charges reads: “That you, Mohammed Adebayo, sometimes in July 2013 in Ilorin withi n the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court with intent to defraud, obtained the sum of N950,000 (Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira) only from one Mary Omowunmi Kolade on the false pretence that three plots of land (situated at Molete, Moro Local Government Area of Kwara State) which you sold to her belonged to you, a representation you knew to be false punishable under section 1 of the Advance Fee Fraud and other Fraud Related Offences.” He pleaded “not guilty” to the charges. Counsel for the EFCC, S.T. Ola thereafter, urged to court to fix a date

      The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III has attributed the failure of the last National Assembly to confirm the appointment of Ibrahim Magu as the substantive chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, as a way of hiding the ‘skeleton in their cupboard’. The first class monarch made the declaration in his palace on Thursday, August 1, 2019, when the Ibadan Zonal Head of the Commission, Friday Ebelo, led a delegation to pay him a courtesy visit. ‘The eighth National Assembly tried, they did everything possible not to get (Ibrahim) Magu appointed. Why? It is because they have skeleton in their cupboard,” he declared. While commending the efforts of the EFCC, the Alaafin further noted that the recent stories of recovered stolen funds in local and foreign currencies attested to the efficacy of the Commission under the leadership of its current acting Chairman. He added that the Commission deserved the cooperation of all well-meaning Nigerians

       The Ilorin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has secured the final forfeiture of “Asmau Plaza”, valued at about N150million, traced to Rasaq Momonu, Controller, Finance and Account, Kwara State Government House, which is believed to be proceeds of crime. The order of final forfeiture of the plaza, located at University Road, Tanke Area, Ilorin, was given by Justice Sikiru Oyinloye of  a Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin, on August 1, 2019 following an application brought before the court by the EFCC seeking for its forfeiture. Moving the motion, dated July 19, 2019, Nnaemeka Omewa, counsel for the EFCC, urged the court to grant the prayer for final forfeiture, pursuant to Section 17 of the Advance Fee Fraud and other Fraud Related Offences. “I urge the Court to grant the motion,” he said. Delivering the ruling, Justice Oyinloye granted the application and resolved all the issues raised in favour of the EFCC, noting that the EFCC

      Nigerian Army has unveiled four (4) Mine Resistant Anti Ambush Protected (MRAP) Vehicles designed and manufactured in Nigeria in partnership with Proforce Limited on 1 August 2019. Nigeria's Chief of Defence Staff General Abayomi Gabriel Olanisakin commissions the vehicles at the Nigerian Army Resource Centre Asokoro Abuja. The MRAP vehicles are a result of collaboration between the Nigerian Army and Proforce Limited and is in line with the Local Content Policy of the Federa l Government of Nigeria and the desire and commitment of the Chief of Army Staff Lieutenant General Tukur Yusufu Buratai for the Army to be self relient and the need to develop indigenous production of Defence hardwares. Recall that under the leadership of Lt Gen TY Buratai, Nigerian Army has successfully established the first ever Army vehicle Manufacturing company in Nigeria and indeed in Africa and it has already comnenced manufcture/production of various types of Armoured Personnel Carrriers, MR