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PRESIDENT BUHARI WRITES SENATE, SEEKS CONFIRMATION OF 12 NOMINEES FOR GOVERNING BOARD OF NORTH-EAST DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION     President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the Senate to confirm the appointment of 12 nominees as members of the Governing Board of the North East Development Commission (NEDC).   The President’s request is contained in a letter addressed to Senate President Ahmed Lawan dated May 3, 2023.   ‘‘In accordance with the provision of Part 1, section 2(5)(b) of the North East Development Commission Establishment Act, 2017, I am pleased to present for confirmation by the Senate, the appointment of twelve (12) nominees as tabulated below, in the Governing Board of the North East Development Commission.    ‘‘The Senate is invited to note that the tenure of the current Governing Board of the North East Development Commission  will end on 7th May, 2023.’’   The nominees include: Barr. Bashir Bukar Baale, Chairman, (North East, Yobe), Suwai...

EFCC Arrests Ex-Convict, 61 Other Suspected Internet Fraudsters in Ilorin Operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested no fewer than 62 persons over alleged involvement in offences bordering on internet fraud in Ilorin, Kwara State. The arrests, which were carried out in two separate operations involved one Raji Wasiu Babatunde whom the Commission arrested sometime last year, prosecuted and got convicted, but went back to his vomit and got arrested again.  The convict was arrested together with 25 other suspects in an early morning operation carried out at different locations in Ilorin on Thursday, May 4, 2023.  They are Yusuf Ahmed, Abdulazeez Ademola, Sulyman Mustapha, Yekeen Ibrahim, Samuel Adebayo, Raheem Moshood, Badmus Yusuf, Nurudeen Abdulmajeed, Abiodun Ayomide, Samuel Anuoluwapo, Ayodele Samuel, Ramadan Tijani, Soyinka Idris, Abdulhameed Junaid, Bashit Ismail, Temidayo Victor, Pelumi Adeboye, Lekan Oyedepo...

 Masquerade banishes woman over alleged poisoning of community food in Anambra 5 May 2023  A masquerade has ostracized a woman over the alleged poisoning of community food in Anambra State. The Incident, which happened at Umunankwo village in Ogbaru Local Government Area of the state, occurred barely one month after another woman was similarly dehumanized, molested, and ostracized in another community in the state. The recent victim, simply identified as Mrs Nneka, was banished by two masquerades, accompanied by the villagers and an esoteric wooden gong player who played at intervals during the banishment. According to a video trending on social media, Mrs. Nneka was ostracized over an allegation that she ‘poisoned community food.’ A man who ran a commentary on the banishment was heard in the video, accusing the victim of poisoning the food of the community and vowing that she would never step foot into the community again throughout her lifetime. He said, “Today marks the 30t...

Man agonizes over missing pregnant wife in Lagos 5 May 2023  A 48- year – old businessman, Tunde Bakare, has continued to agonize over the disappearance of her pregnant wife, who has been missing since January 2023 in Lagos State. The missing woman, Nwachukwu Faith Chidimma, had in January this year gone missing on her way to the market, just about a year when the couple got married. For the last four months, the missing woman’s husband has been a regular visitor at the headquarters of the state police command in Ikeja for updates from the police on his missing pregnant wife. The businessman, while speaking with newsmen during one of his visits to the police, said that his apartment had become empty following the disappearance of” Nma,”  as he fondly called his wife. He also stated that life may never remain the same for him unless his missing wife and unborn baby are found. The businessman said, ” How can I be satisfied with myself if I don’t know her whereabouts nor do I kno...

LESSONS WE LEARNT FROM 2023 ELECTIONS, BY PRESIDENT BUHARI President Muhammadu Buhari Friday in London expressed satisfaction with the conduct of the 2023 general elections in Nigeria considering the turnout of voters and the generally peaceful atmosphere under which it took place. He added that the country learnt lessons which would make subsequent polls even better. The President stated this while addressing his colleagues at the Commonwealth Leaders Summit as part of the major events leading to the coronation of His Majesty King Charles III as King of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Commonwealth. The theme of the event focused on the future of the Commonwealth as a body and the role of the Youth. According to the President, “these elections saw a remarkable turnout of voters and proof that Nigeria’s democracy is maturing. Despite some pockets of violence, we have demonstrated that a government can be elected peacefully and fairly. “Lessons have been learnt and moving forward, w...

 Messi Apologises For Saudi Arabia Trip That Led To PSG Suspension May 5, 2023      World-famous football icon, Lionel Messi has issued a public apology to his Paris Saint-Germain. He apologized to the club and teammates for his unauthorized trip to Saudi Arabia. Recall that his club, PSG slammed the suspension on the Argentine super star for missing training on Monday and proceeding to Saudi Arabia for the paid event.  The contract of the seven-time Ballon D’Or winner expires at the end of the season with speculations rife he may make a sensational return to the club of his life Barcelona.  Breaking his silence after the club slammed the suspension on him, Messi in a statement on his Instagram page said he went on the trip thinking there was a day-off.  He however apologised to his teammates and the club, stating he was open to it’s decision on the development.  The Argentine super star said: “I thought we were going to have a day off after the g...

SEMA warns Anambra Flood Prone Communities To Prepare For Flood By Chinyere Nwoye The Anambra State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) has alerted flood prone communities in the state on this year's impending flood. The Executive Secretary, SEMA, Paul Odenigbo reeled out the warning during an interactive sensitization meeting to address impending flood in the state.  The event tagged "Make We Stop Flood Before Flood E Go Finish Us” sensitized the people on the dangers of irregular waste disposal and the importance of regular clearing of water channels.  Speaking at the various LGAs visited, Chief Odenigbo said, ''the visit is a collaborative movement to mitigate and avert losses of life and property through adequate coordination and to issue early warning.  "The February 17 Annual Flood Outlook for the year by the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) is the foundation for their planning.  " It is high time riverine communities embarked on annual care of the...

UK sentence Sen Ike Ekweremadu to 10 years imprisonment. In all, my empathy goes to Sonia Ekweremadu, who will surely bear a lifelong burden of guilt and who still has a battle to fight against a life threatening ailment.  I wonder how difficult it has have been for her since this case started and how it would actually be now without the parents. Prof Ike Ekweremadu, may your strength not fail you. #FathersLove Watch below.

Sonia, daughter of former Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu has shared her account of the circumstances leading to her parents' arrest and after they were arrested. In an interview with BBC, Sonia said it was shocking getting arrested alongside her parents. Commenting on the conviction of her parents for organ trafficking by a UK court, the former deputy senate president's daughter said she disagrees with the conviction even though she understands it. She also admitted that she will be biased in such situation because she will always be on her parents' side. She also said they will be moving on from the case.  On her kidney condition, she revealed that she has lymphatic syndrome, which means her kidney is small with large holes. When asked if she was involved in the search for a kidney, she said she wasn't, adding that it was basically her family that took care of everything. She also said that her father's side were ruled out from donating because they have a ...

WHY MARRIAGES ARE CRASHING - CHARLY BOY 5th May, 2023      Veteran Nigerian singer, Charles Oputa, aka Charly Boy, has revealed why many marriages are crumbling nowadays. According to him, marriage is all about understanding and perseverance. The ‘Nwata Miss’ crooner stated this on his Twitter handle on Thursday. Sharing photos of him and his wife, he wrote: “Marriage na Management. “Many dey see marriage as a scam these days. So many marriages dey scatter/crash these days. “Many men are becoming too overwhelmed with all their responsibilities and keeping up their Macho philosophy while many women have no time to be patient. They have become highly mobile. “As a result, Gbas Gosh full everywhere.”  

May 5, 2023 Press Conference  PDP to Tinubu, You Can’t Speak on Corruption The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and indeed all sensible Nigerians are alarmed, scandalized and embarrassed by recent claim by the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Candidate, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, at the commissioning of some judiciary projects in Rivers State, that he will fight corruption in the country. This statement by Senator Tinubu is completely sacrilegious and an assault on the sensibility of Nigerians, having regards to his records of alleged corruption and having been described variously as an embodiment of corruption in his public life. It is in the public domain that as Governor of Lagos State, Senator Tinubu promoted and institutionalized corruption as an act of governance. It is on record that Senator Tinubu is alleged to be deeply involved in the infamous cases involving Alpha Beta Consulting Limited and Alpha Beta LLP, allegedly owned and controlled by him and through whic...

LASG SEEKS STAKEHOLDERS' COOPERATION IN IMPLEMENTING SEAMLESS E-CALL UP SYSTEM AT LEKKI-EPE CORRIDOR Following Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s approval of the E-call up system for effective traffic management along the Lekki-Epe corridor, the Lagos State Government has sought the cooperation and collaboration of all Stakeholders' for the successful implementation of the process. The State Government solicited cooperation at a Stakeholders' engagement meeting held on Thursday at the premises of Lekki Worldwide Investment Company in Victoria Island, Lagos. Speaking at the meeting, the Commissioner for Transportation, Dr. Frederic Oladeinde said for seamless execution of the E-call up process, there is a need to brainstorm with all relevant Stakeholders' carrying out business activities within the Lekki-Epe axis, especially with the emergence of Lekki Deep Sea Port and the upcoming Dangote refineries amongst other industries. Oladeinde reiterated the need to understand the d...

LAGOS COLLEGE OF NURSING ALERTS GENERAL PUBLIC ON FICTITIOUS COLLEGE ADMISSION . The Provost, Lagos State College of Nursing (LASCON), Igando, Mrs. Oyefunso Orenuga has warned the general public to disregard fictitious posts on social media relating to the commencement of the admission process into the College for the year 2023/2024 Academic Session.  Orenuga gave the warning while reacting to a fake viral post on Facebook by a faceless scammer with the name Dr. (Mrs.) Mary Adelowo and Telephone No. 08033112363 who claimed to be the Admin of LASCON. The viral post falsely stated that the Management has commenced the sale of Admission Forms into the School of Nursing.  She reiterated that the general public should disregard the viral post in its entirety, stressing it is the handwork of dubious individuals who want to scam gullible citizens of their hard-earned money.  According to her, the faceless Dr. (Mrs.) Mary Adelowo with phone number 08033112363 is not known or rela...

American teenager commits suicide after extortion by 3 Nigerians May 5, 2023      Three Nigerian men await extradition to the United States for sexual extortion after 17-year-old Jordan DeMay, committed suicide in Marquette, Michigan. The suspects are identified as Samuel Ogoshi, 22, Samson Ogochi, 20, and Ezekiel Ejehem Robert, 19. The United States Attorney for the Western District of Michigan, Mark Totten on Wednesday, 3 May 2023, announced the unsealing of a federal indictment charging the three Nigerians with sexually extorting numerous young men and teenage boys in the Western District of Michigan and across the United States. One of the men has been charged with causing the death of DeMay. On March 25, 2022, 17-year-old DeMay was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. His death prompted an investigation by the Marquette County Sheriff’s Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, which culminated in the indictment unsealed today,” the statement rea...

Cubana Chief Priest replies 19-year-old man who claimed to be his son May 5, 2023      The famous bartender and businessman Pascal Okechukwu Chibuike, also known as Cubana Chief Priest, recently commented on the guy claiming to be his child. A young man recently made an appearance and posted a video in which he was heard requesting that a DNA test be done while claiming to be the son of the well-known businessman Cubana Chief Priest. According to the young man by the name Emelin, people have been telling him that he looks like the socialite. Cubana Chief Priest responded to the video in the comments area by resharing it on his story and adding a laughing emoji. A lot of people have been telling me I look like Cubana Chief Priest”- 19-years-young man cries out A 19-year-old youngster has begged billionaire and socialite Pascal Chibuike alias Cubana Chiefpriest for assistance owing to their startling resemblance The child claims in a video that is going viral online that ma...

Ekweremadu: I’m scared, can’t return to Nigeria says Victim May 5, 2023      Davison Nwamini, the would-be kidney donor in the organ trafficking case that sent Senator Ike Ekweremadu, 60, to jail, has said he wanted to remain and work in the UK, as “they could arrest me or kill me in Nigeria”. His impact statement was read in court, at the sentencing that saw Ekweremadu, his wife, Beatrice, 56, and the doctor-middleman, Obinna Obeta, 51, jailed, 10 years and 8 months, 4 years and six months, and 10 years, respectively. According to the young Nigerian, he never knew he was brought to UK to donate his body part to Sonia Ekweremadu, the senator’s daughter who is suffering Kidney disease. Amid Ekweremadu’s sentence, David plea to work and study in UK, as he is afraid of returning to Nigeria. He, however revealed that certain person visit his home in Nigeria to ask his parent to drop the case.  

N2.1bn Fraud: Appeal Court Upholds Maina’s Eight-Year Sentence  The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has upheld the eight-year jail term imposed on the former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina who was prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for money laundering to the tune of N2.1billion. In a unanimous judgment today, Friday, May 5, 2023, a three-member panel of the court affirmed the November 8, 2021 judgment by Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja, which convicted and sentenced him. Justice Elfreda Williams-Daudu who delivered the lead judgment resolved the two issues identified for determination against Maina and held that he was not denied fair hearing by the trial court and that the prosecution proved its case beyond reasonable doubt. It would be recalled that Justice Abang on November 8, 2021, found Maina guilty of money laundering, concealing his true identity as a signatory to accounts opened in two...

" For the rest of my life Daddy, I will keep asking God why?  I don’t think I will ever understand why he has taken you from me. And if he responds, I don’t even think I will accept it. They say love saves but my love did not keep you here with us. The great pain I feel now is the greatest pain of all. Rest In Peace my gentle father, NWO Johnson Ametuo Daniel. D.A Johnson, God clearly loves you more, that’s the only explanation that makes any sense to me." - Mercy Johnson.  Watch video below. 

Millions Lost As Fire Guts Alaba International Market May 5, 2023 Traders are currently counting their losses as goods worth millions of naira were Thursday, burnt as the electronics section of the Alaba International Market, Ojo, Lagos State, was gutted by fire. Information revealed that some of the traders are making personal efforts to put out the raging inferno. It is still unclear what led to the fire outbreak, but there are reports that the fire started following a gas cylinder explosion in one of the shops in the market. Confirming the incident, the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service said that upon getting report of the fire emergency, deployed Fire Crew from Ojo, Sari-Iganmu and Ajegunle, but angry mobs are preventing them from doing their job. “Report reaching Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service indicates shops at the popular Alaba International Market, Ojo, Lagos are on Fire. However, Fire Crew from Ojo, Sari-Iganmu and Ajegunle are being turned back by angry mobs from perfo...

Fire Incident at EFCC’s Enugu Command A fire incident occurred today, May 5, at the Enugu Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, which affected one of the buildings of the Command. The incident which occurred at about 12.30 am Friday, was triggered by a surge in public power supply, but the ensuing inferno was later put out through the combined efforts of the Enugu State and Federal Fire Service. No life was lost in the incident. One more photo below..

Court Adjourns Ex-Lagos Speaker, Ikuforiji’s Alleged N388.8m Fraud Trial Till June 1 Justice Muhammad Liman of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Thursday, May 4, 2023, adjourned till June 1, 2023 further hearing in the alleged N388.8m fraud trial of a former Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji. Ikuforiji, alongside his former aide, Oyebode Alade, is facing trial on a 54-count charge bordering on conspiracy and  money laundering to the tune of  N338.8 million. One of the counts reads: “That you, Rt. Honourable Adeyemi Sabit Ikuforiji, and Oyebode Alade Atoyebi, sometime between April 2010 and July 2011 in Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable court, conspired among yourselves to do an illegal act to wit: accepting various cash payments amounting in the aggregate to the sum of N338, 801, 442 (Three Hundred and Thirty-Eight Million, Eight Hundred and One Thousand, Four Hundred and Forty Naira only) from the Lagos State Hous...

EFCC Arraigns POS Agent for N-Power Scam A Point of Sale Agent who also doubles as Closed Circuit Television Technician,   Abdulfathi Aminu Ahmad was on Thursday, May 4, 2023, arraigned before Justice R.M Aikawa of the Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna, Kaduna State on one count charge of money laundering by the Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Ahmad is alleged to have created fraudulent profiles of 72 N-power beneficiaries with bank accounts through which he had been collecting monthly stipends to the tune of N N8, 900,000.00. The lid on the scam was blown when an N-power benefit enrollee from Zamfara State, raised the alarm that his profile had been hijacked by an unknown person and his stipends diverted. He pleaded not guilty to the charge when it was read to him. The prosecution counsel, N. Salele consequently asked the court to fix a date for trial to commence. But the defence counsel, Jamilu Ahmad Shafa urged the court to adm...

Senator Ike Ekweremadu,Wife ,Doctor Jailed For Organ Trafficking  Senator Ike Ekweremadu  his wife and their Doctor have been jailed for an organ-trafficking plot, after bringing a man to the UK from Lagos. Senator Ike Ekweremadu, 60, and his wife Beatrice, 56, wanted the organ for their 25-year-old daughter Sonia.  Ike Ekweremadu, who was described by the judge as the "driving force throughout", was sentenced to nine years and eight months in prison. Dr Obeta was sentenced to 10 years after the judge found he had targeted the potential donor who was young, poor and vulnerable. Beatrice Ekweremadu was jailed for four years and six months due to her more limited involvement. "Middleman" Dr Obinna Obeta and the senator's wife, Beatrice, were also previously found guilty The victim, a poor street trader in Lagos, was brought to the UK to provide a kidney for the Ekweremadus' daughter. He fled in fear of his life and walked into a police station exactly a year a...

ADAMAWA POLLS: SUSPENDED ADAMAWA INEC REC GRANTED BAIL, INVESTIGATIONS ONGOING The Nigeria Police Force hereby confirms that Barr. Hudu Yunusa-Ari, the Suspended Adamawa State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), who has been in  custody for interrogations by the police in the course of  investigations into allegations of impropriety during the supplementary gubernatorial pools in the state, has been granted administrative bail by the Police while investigations subsist. He is expected to report at the Police Headquarters every weekday while investigations are ongoing on the matter. CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, mnipr, mipra, Force Public Relations Officer  Force Headquarters,  Abuja 5th May, 2023.