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BENUE COUNCILLOR 'DISAPPEARED' AFTER DEFRAUDING WIDOWS, YOUTHS OF MILLIONS OF NAIRA USING INVESTMENT SCHEME 18th February  An exclusive report by SaharaReporters has uncovered how David Namstav Shirsha, a former Supervisory Councillor in the Ushongo Local Government Area of Benue State, defrauded widows and youths in the community, using an online networking business, ‘Covis Club International’. David was said to have asked women and youths in the community to invest their money in the online networking business of the organisation with the promise that they will make profits every month, to be determined by their investment capital. SaharaReporters gathered that about 35 persons were affected...

IMO STATE GOVT FLAGS-OFF COVID-19 COMMUNITY MASS VACCINATION CAMPAIGN  In protecting the lives of Imo People from the deadly COVID-19 pandemic, the Imo State Government has flagged-off the Covid-19 Community Mass Vaccination campaign. His Excellency, Distinguished Senator Hope Uzodimma during the flag-off ceremony said the capacity of the State Government was first tested by the virus but his administration was not found wanting as it tackled it head-on. Governor Uzodimma commended @iamcaritas , the Inter-Faith Association, for agreeing to partner with the State Government in working with the National Healthcare Development Agency(NHDA), United Nations Children Education Fund (UNICEF),  World Health Organisation (WHO), the United States Embassy and other voluntary organisations to ensure that vaccination in Imo State is a success.  Speaking earlier, Dr. Prosper-Ohayagha Success, Imo State Commissioner for Health disclosed that health workers and volunteers had been traine...

"Olakunlechurchill : The past few years of my life on this platform were quite tumultuous luckily I found my happy place and that's with Rosy my WIFE which will NEVER change regardless of what anyone concludes, designs, thinks, or wishes. Speculations and rumors we know make social media interesting and people have the freedom to cook up stories about us, I can't change the narrative.. People have left their life issues to make other people's story their priority.. Know This-Anyone or Anything that is important to me is also important to my wife, Rosy Looking back at the all the problems I faced, I thank God that opened my eyes to see the Angel for me was around me for a very long time. I was very depressed, shamed, trolled, my business was going down and everything around was going wrong! No one fought for me on this platform, no one was there for me except Rose! I thank God that helped us go from being very good friends to Husband and Wife. She is my soldier ny child...

Nigerian businessman, Emeka Okonkwo, popularly known as E-Money is an entrepreneur who is the chief executive officer of Five Star Music. The billionaire businessman, who was born on February 18, 1981, in Lagos state, is the immediate younger brother to Nigerian award-winning musician KCee. He shared all these pictures with the caption " It's still my birthday are you guys ready to dance with me tonight and tomorrow?#shutdow" More photos below.   

February 18, 2022 Press Statement PDP Extends Tenure of North West Zone, Lagos State Caretaker Committees The National Working Committee (NWC) of our great Party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has approved the extension of the tenures of North West Zonal Caretaker Committee as well as the Lagos State Caretaker Committee for a period not exceeding 30 days. To this effect, the current members of the respective Caretaker Committees are to continue in their capacities for an additional duration not exceeding 30 days, upon the expiration of their current tenure. Consequently, the tenure of the North West Zonal Caretaker Committee has been extended from Monday, February 28, 2022 to Monday, March 28, 2022 while the tenure of the Lagos State Caretaker Committee has also been extended from Friday, February 19, 2022 to Saturday, March 19, 2022. All critical stakeholders and members of our Party in the North West Zone as well as Lagos State are requested to take note. Signed: Hon. Debo Ologu...

"Acknowledging our developmental strides across all sectors of the state, the Board of Editors of Vanguard Newspapers Limited has named me Governor of the Year 2021.  Receiving the letter of notification from the Newspaper’s Deputy Editor, Adekunle Adekoya, I assured that my administration will continue to prioritize infrastructural and human capital development in Edo".-GOV. GODWIN OBASEKI More photos below   

"When you are young and single it is a big difference from being a married man, and a bigger difference when you start to have children. When you have babies, you are becoming a man, and when you are becoming a man, you are thinking big. There were certain things I wouldn’t do that I do now, because I am the head of my family and family comes first. Also, my children look up to me, learn from me and emulate me. "When I started my journey into fatherhood, I was a careless father, but by God’s grace I was able to retrace my steps, build up myself and today I am proudly a responsible father. If you are a careless father, who doesn’t care for his children, who doesn’t have love for his and family, who doesn’t have love and passion for building a home, such a person is not a man. I have been able to live up to my responsibilities as a father by providing for my family and making sure they never lack. "My first and second marriages failed; they (my wives) left me after having ...

Prophet Ritabbi has advised ladies who are still young in their early 20s to get married immediately when a man shows interest so as to avoid nagging in their 30’s. The prophet said this while ministering to his congregation recently.  According to him, when ladies are in their early 20’s they’re usually in their prime with many men swarming around them, seeking their hands in marriage. Those men seeking their hand in marriage would be in their 30s then, so, if the ladies now gets to their 30s, those men would be in their 40s & 50s and would be married, then, who will marry the ladies in their 30s? He then said, the ladies will begin to nag.  

IN BRUSSELS, PRESIDENT BUHARI WELCOMES NIGERIA’S DESIGNATION AS VACCINE MANUFACTURE BASE, CALLS FOR CLOSER COLLABORATION ON COVID EFFECTS   President Muhammadu Buhari Friday in Brussels, Belgium, welcomed the designation of Nigeria as one of the six countries in Africa designated as manufacturing bases for the COVID-19 vaccine, while also calling for collaboration to address the effects of the pandemic. With the addition of Nigeria to the four countries earlier approved for the vaccine production on the continent, efforts by the Buhari administration to change the selection that the country considered unrepresentative of the needs, capabilities and population distribution in Africa has thus yielded the desired result. In his contribution to the ROUNDTABLE ON HEALTH SYSTEMS AND VACCINE PRODUCTION at the ongoing 6th Europe-Africa Summit, President Buhari said: “I am delighted to receive the news of the selection of Nigeria among recipients of MRNA Vaccine technology transfer. We sha...

Former Chief Accountant of Bauchi Pilgrims Board Bag 7 Years for N73.7m Fraud A former chief accountant of Bauchi State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board, Kawu Chindo and a support staff from the State Accountant General’s office, Ali Baba, were on February 16, 2022, sentenced seven years, three months imprisonment by Justice Mu'azu Abubakar of the High Court of Bauchi State on a five count charge of conspiracy and obtaining by false pretences brought against them by the Gombe Zonal Command of EFCC. The duo were accused by the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development of issuing fake tellers and receipts as evidence of payment to intending pilgrims to the 2019 Hajj. They were further accused of not remitting the total sum of N73, 715,286.62 (Seventy Three Million, Seven Hundred and Fifteen Thousand, Two Hundred and Eighty Six Naira, Sixty Two Kobo) into the board's account.   

EFCC Has No Accountant In Charge of N13bn NIA Loot The attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has been drawn to a report by an online news medium, Peoples Gazette, alleging that a certain Jafaru Mohammed whom it claimed stole N10.9billion from the NIA Ikoyi loot is an accountant of the EFCC. The claim is false and intended to mislead the public. For the avoidance of doubt, the EFCC has no accountant by name, Jafaru Mohammed and could not have appointed him to serve in another agency. It is infantile to suggest that the Commission would appoint an accountant for the National Intelligence Agency, NIA, which is not a department of the EFCC. The public is enjoined to discountenance the report which is dripping with mischief for which Peoples Gazette has become notorious.   

EFCC Returns Recovered N1.5bn to NHIS The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on February 10, 2022 returned the sum of N1, 550,000.000 (One Billion, Five Hundred and Fifty Million Naira) to the National Health Insurance Scheme, NHIS. The fund is part of monies which some commercial banks fraudulently withheld and refused to transmit to their Treasury Single Account, TSA, since 2015. The Commission had earlier on September 16, 2021 released N1, 300,000,000, also recovered from the banks to the Agency.  

Oxford University Gets First Igbo Language Lecturer Emmanuel Ikechukwu Umeonyirioha has become the first Igbo language lecturer at Oxford University. He made the announcement on his Twitter handle on Thursday.  More photos below   

Fire Guts 10 Shops At Eke Oyibo Market Amawbia.  Traders at popular Eke Oyibo Market, Amawbia, Awka South Local Government Area are crying over their losses after fire razed ten shops and destroyed goods worth millions of naira.  The incident occurred in the early hours of today, Friday 18th February 2022.  The cause of the fire incident are still sketchy as at the time of filing this report. At the science, the Transition Committee Chairman, Awka South Local Government Area, Mr Leo Nwuba expressed deep sorrow at the magnitude of losses suffered by the victims and commiserated with the traders for the loss of goods ,assuring them of government's intervention.  Mr Nwuba harped on need for fire safety consciousness to reduce the rate of fire incidents in the state.  In an interview, the President General of Amawbia Town Union, Sir Godwin Aronu assured that a lasting solution to prevent future occurrences would be fashioned out to safeguard lives and material los...

UPDATE ON SETTLEMENT OF SUPREME COURT JUDGEMENT ON SHANGISHA/MAGODO Following the intervention of Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, officials of the State Government and representatives of the Shangisha Landlords Association (the judgment creditors) held a series of meetings at which both parties explored the possibility of complying with the judgment of the Supreme Court.  At the said meetings two issues arose: ·        There was a serious division among the judgment creditors as to who controlled or had the right to represent the Association; and  ·        the demand by the judgment creditors that a single global Certificate of Occupancy should be issued in the name of the Association as opposed to the position of the State Government that each of the 549 members of the Association would be given allotment letters individually.  Given the sharp divide between the two factions of the judgment creditors on who has authority t...