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        With joy the Formators, Staff and Seminarians of Good Shepherd Major Seminary, Kaduna, Kaduna State, announce the safe release of 3 of our Seminarians by their captors. One is still at large. We thank you our brothers and sisters for your prayers in our travails. Kindly continue to pray for the remaining one and all those who are still in the hands of Kidnappers. Thanks and may God bless you all. Rev. Fr. Dr. Joel Usman. Registrar.

       Justice Bello Duwale of the Sokoto State High Court, Sokoto, has sentenced a fraudster, Bashar Umar Abdullahi (a.k.a Abdu Abdullahi and Bashir Abdullahi) to one year in jail without option of fine for stealing N15, 000.00 (Fifteen Thousand Naira) from his victim via a fraudulent transfer at an ATM gallery. The convict specialized on scamming unsuspecting Automated Teller Machine, (ATM) users who run into difficult transaction s at ATM galleries. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Sokoto Zonal Office arraigned the convict on September 23, 2019, on amended one-count charge, bordering on cheating and defrauding an unsuspecting victim to the tune of N15, 000.00 at ATM gallery. The charge reads: "That you Bashar Umar Abdullahi (a.k.a Abdu Abdullahi and Bashir Abdullahi) on or about the 29th March 2019 at Sokoto State High Court, within the jurisdiction of the Sokoto State High Court with intend to defraud, did obtain the sum of 15,000,00 (Fifteen Thousan

       The fifth prosecution witness (PW5), Damola Otuyalo, in the on-going trial of Abiodun Agbele, an aide of former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, on Friday, January 31, 2020, told Federal High Court, Abuja, presided over by Justice Nnamdi Dimgba, how the sum of N1.2billion, stored in 65 ‘Ghana- must-go’ bags was airlifted using three helicopters. Agbele is facin g prosecution by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC for money laundering Ayuyalo, who was head, Cash-in-Transit of then Diamond Bank, (now Access Bank) explained to the court during cross-examination by defense counsel, Mike Ozekhome, SAN, that that the sum was moved to the airport through Cash-in-Transit vendor, Bankers Warehouse Limited. “I acted based on instructions from my boss, Premier Oiwoh. I contacted the vendor who made bullion vehicle available for the movement and I personally supervised the loading of the money, into the bullion van and we escorted the money in the company of pol

    Senator Shehu Sani has been released by the EFCC.He took to his social media to comment on his release.He wrote few hours ago ''  With gratitude to the Almighty and appreciation to all those who expressed solidarity,concern,support and prayers during my thirty days in the fascist’s gulag''.One more photo below.

     This is to bring to your notice and that of the United States of America, a serious case of judicial compromise and deliberate perversion of justice by the Supreme Court of Nigeria, which is now threatening our democracy as well as the peace, stability and corporate existence of our dear nation. You may recall that our party, the PDP, the leading opposition party in Nigeria, has been raising issues regarding the continuous interference and arm-twisting of the judiciary by the executive arm and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to influence the outcome of election petitions in various courts, annul elections won by our party and transfer victory to the APC. Your Excellency, it may have come to your notice that there have been serious protests in various states of our nation threatening the stability of our nation over a recent judgment of the Supreme Court. On the 14th of January 2020, the Supreme Court, led by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mohammed Tanko, i

      In a move to ensure the promotion of sanitation in Port Harcourt and neighboring suburbs, the Rivers State Executive Council on Wednesday approved the appointment of Sanitation Marshals. The Rivers State Executive Council meeting presided over by Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike also approved that a bill be sent to the Rivers State House of Assembly to give legal backing to the appointments. State Information and Communication Commissioner, Paulinus Nsirim made this known after Wednesday's State Executive Council meeting. He said: "The Rivers State Executive Council approved that a bill be sent to the Rivers State House of Assembly on the appointment of Sanitation Marshals to be empowered to enforce new sanitary practices and habits. "Council frowned at the situation where people dispose refuse indiscriminately along the median and other unlawful places. "The council agreed that the sanitation Marshals would be used to ensure that residents of the city p

       By Abiola Paul January 31, 2020 A newly wedded man has thrown residents of Ebelle community in Edo State into a state of wonderment after he reportedly returned his wife to her parents days after tying the knot. His reasons? The woman’s vagina was too wide. According to the reports, seen in various online blogs, the man, identified as Osamudiame Iyobosa, told his in-laws his wife’s vagina will swallow him up if nothing is done about it. The man, who dropped his wife at her parents’ house in Ubiaja in a green coloured Golf 4, told his in-laws that many people must have slept with Edeki for her virginal to be that wide. The couple before now were living at the upper mission road in Benin city. It was said that Edeki was merely recommended to Iyobosa. However, a man who sells palm wine near Ubiaja market, reportedly admitted that the man may be right. According to him, Edeki was a well-known flirt in the neighbourhood and that no indigene would have married her. He said the

     The Lagos State Government has vowed to remove all shanties and impediments erected on streets and roads within the Lagos Island Business District. Special Adviser to the Lagos State Governor on Central Business Districts, Mr. Olarenwaju Olugbenga Oyerinde disclosed this at the scene of fire incidents that gutted seven buildings at Sunny Adewale/Martins Street on the Lagos Island recently. Speaking on the need to open up the roads and streets blocked by traders, Oyerinde said the State Government is determined to bring safety and sanity to all nooks and crannies of the Lagos Island Business District by checking the illegal activities of shops and plaza owners who violate the physical planning laws of the State. He said no amount of resistance and intimidation by miscreants parading as developers and shop owners can make the State Government go back on its resolve to clean up the entire Lagos Island Business District. Oyerinde decried the nuisance constituted by shop owne

       The General Manager of Lagos State Drivers’ Institute (LASDRI), Mrs. Afusat Tiamiyu has said that the eye screening done at the Institute during the yearly training for professional drivers has helped to drastically reduce accidents on Lagos roads. She revealed this while speaking at an ongoing three-day Motor Park Health and Safety Initiative Screening programme organised by the Lagos State Ministry of Health, in partn ership with the Lagos State Drivers’ Institute, held at Berger Motor Park, Ojota. Tiamiyu disclosed that the eye screening, carried out as part of the training programme, was to ascertain the visibility and clarity of vision for each trainee while anyone discovered to have bad eyesight is referred to an optician for necessary treatment before they receive their recertification cards. She reiterated the importance of drivers having their eyes examined and thoroughly screened because a clear vision is one of the most important requirements for driving. Ti

      It was all outpouring of emotions and joy, on Friday, at the Banquet Hall of the State House in Alausa on Friday when Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, presented keys to beneficiaries of his administration’s maiden rent-to-own housing scheme. Governor Sanwo-Olu allotted all the apartments of the Lateef Kayode Jakande Housing Estate in Igando to 492 families certified by the State’s Mortgage Board to benefit from the scheme. The allocation came four months after the housing estate was completed by the Sanwo-Olu administration. A 56-year-old widow, Mrs. Fatimat Kosoko, betrayed emotion as her name was being announced to benefit in the scheme. The mother of four, who is a staff of the Ministry of Education, said the scheme had brought a “huge relief” to her family, eight years after she had been struggling to provide decent accommodation for her children, following husband’s demise. She got a 40 per cent rebate on the monthly payment to service the mortgage. Sa

       Four years ago, January 30, 2016, Danish aid worker Anja Ringgren Lovén was photographed giving water to a severely emaciated 2-year-old boy, who she rescued after he was branded a witch by his family and left to starve to death in Akwa Ibom. The child wandered the streets for months when Anja got a phone call and immediately led a rescue team including her husband David Emmanuel Umem, to bring the child to the Children's Education and Development Foundation (ACAEDF) aka "Land of Hope" named after the boy. On Thursday, January 30, 2020, Anja posted new photos of Hope to mark the anniversary. She described Hope as a "very strong, intelligent, funny and beautiful young boy who despite all odds, survived" and despite his young age, knows that hate is to great a burden to bear. Read her post below: "Today is the 30 of January 2020, and today is exactly 4 years ago we rescued Hope. I think most people in the world has seen or heard about the fa

      A female student of Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK) has been confirmed as the first Lassa Fever Patient in Anambra State. The student was diagnosed with the disease after being transferred from her school's medical center to Chukwukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital (COOUTH). Acting CMAC of COOUTH, Dr Ifeanyichukwu Ezebialu said the student's specimen which was sent out to Institute of Lassa Fever Research and Control at the Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital (ISTH) in Edo State, came back positive. He allayed fears of residents of the state by disclosing that necessary decontamination procedures were taken before the Emergency Response team which has been monitoring the health situation in the state moved the patient to the Virology Centre at the Federal Teaching Hospital in Abakiliki, Ebonyi State.

     President Buhari receives Governor of Imo State Hope Uzodinma in State House on 30th Jan 2020 Hope Uzodinma 2: President Buhari with Imo State Governor Hope Uzodinma and APC National Chairman Adams Oshiomole during a meeting in State House on 30th Jan 2020.More photos below.

     Today, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo delivered a lecture at The National Defence College, Abuja.More details later and more photos below.     

      The Enugu Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, January 30, 2020 arrested eleven suspected fraudsters. One of the fraudster, a female, was arrested at Airport View Estate, Thinkers Corner, Enugu. The arrest, which was the first by the zone in the new year, followed several intelligence report on the ostentatious lifestyles of the suspects. On the strength of the intelligence, operatives of the Commission, with duly signed search warrant, raided about four building within the same vicinity where they recovered several mobile phones, lap tops, computers, several MTN Sim packs, a Toyota Venza, Mercedes C350, two Lexus Jeeps, one GLK 350 Benz, two ES350 Lexus, a Mustang 455FA car and other incriminating items. Interim investigation revealed that the suspected female fraudster was discovered to have a software in her phone with an instruction and format used in duping gullible individuals. Further analysis is being carried out on

     The Maiduguri Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, January 30, 2020, arraigned the duo of Aisha Alkali Wakil and Prince Lawal Shoyade before Justice Dagat of the Federal High Court, Maiduguri, Borno State, on a three-count charge, bordering of money laundering. . . Wakil, better known as, Mama Boko, who is the Chief Executive Officer of a non-government organisation, Complete Care and Aid Foundation, is accused of operating her organisation without complying with money laundering clearance from EFCC’s Special Control Unit against Money Laundering (SCUML).

       The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC Kano Zonal Office on January 30, 2020 arraigned one Shehu Muhammad Aliyu, a former staff of a new generation bank alongside his wife, Ramatu Abdullahi, before Justice Nasiru Saminu of the Kano State High Court for conspiracy and obtaining by false pretence. Aliyu was arraigned on a five-count charge, while Ramatu was arraigned on a one-count charge. The first defendant, Aliyu, an account officer in the bank, allegedly obtained loans through non-existent account holders, which he created by himself, purporting same to be staff of Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, AKTH, Kano State, by presenting AKTH documents which turned out to have been forged. Investigation further revealed that his wife's account was used to deposit part of the loan sum. Count one reads: “That you, Shehu Muhammad Aliyu, Baba Abba Sambo (now at large), Ramatu Abdullahi and Hadiza Sani (now at large) sometime in 2013 or thereabout at Kano, Kano State

       No fewer than 44 officers of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have been awarded with certificates of recognition by the Federal Bureau of Investigations, FBI, for their involvement in a joint operation tagged Operation Rewired. Speaking during the presentation of certificates to the EFCC officers at the Lagos office of the Commission on January 31, 2020, Heather Armstrong, Assistant Legal Attaché, FBI, s aid: “The FBI wishes to present the EFCC with certification of our appreciation from continued collaboration against cybercrimes. “The purpose of this event is to show enhanced collaboration between the EFCC and the FBI on cybersecurity.” Operation Rewired, which was a coordinated law enforcement effort by the U.S. Department of Justice and the EFCC, was conducted over a four-month period. While the operation lasted, 281 arrests were recorded in the US and overseas, including 167 in Nigeria.More photos below.