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Find the EFCC Press statement below ... A  60-year-old man, Vincent Odionu was on Monday September 29, 2014, arraigned before Justice M.A. Onyetenu of the Federal High Court, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a 2-count charge that borders on stealing, forgery and impersonation The accused person who is an agent to a brokerage firm, Lion Stockbrokers Limited, allegedly conspired with others to sell the shares of Onwubu Gibson Anake ( deceased) in several blue chip companies ( RT Briscoe, CFAO, Cement Company of Northern Nigeria, First Bank, Oando, Nigerian Breweries, etc) without authorisation. The total value of the shares sold by the accused is put at Thirty Seven Million, Five Hundred and Fifty Five Thousand Naira only. One of the counts in the charge reads,” That you Vincent Odionu sometime in March 2008 in Abakaliki, Ebony State within the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court of Nigeria with intent to defraud obta...

The first case of the deadly Ebola virus diagnosed on US soil has occurred. A Texas man who just returned from Liberia to the US has tested positive to the deadly Ebola virus. Announcing the development today September 30th, America's Center for Disease Control said the unidentified man was asymptomatic when he arrived back from Liberia recently and only started showing suspicious symptoms yesterday, prompting his immediate check-in into a Dallas hospital where it was confirmed he had the dreaded viral disease after preliminary test was carried out on him. He has now been placed on strict isolation while a trace of all contacts he's made since his return back to America has commenced.

The man in the pic is a suspected thief who allegedly tried to steal from a woman along the tollgate axis by 7up road in Ikeja, Lagos. He was reportedly apprehended by passersby after the woman raised an alarm. And we all know that jungle justice was the next thing. He wasn't killed though

The Federal High Court in Lagos today Tuesday September 30th sentenced 3 Boko Haram members to 25 years imprisonment each,  The Nation  reports. However, journalists were not allowed to cover the judgment. Only lawyers in the prosecution and defence teams were allowed in court. A source, who witnessed the verdict, but craved anonymity because he was not authorised to speak on the matter, told reporters that the fourth defendant was acquitted. The court, on December 3 last year, barred journalists from covering the trial of 17 suspected members of the sect. Justice Ibrahim Buba made the order following an application by the Lagos State Attorney-General and prosecuting counsel, Mr. Ade Ipaye. Men of the Department of Security Services (DSS) had prevented journalists from covering the suspects’ arraignment last November 27. The accused are – Ali Mohammed, Adamu Karumi, Ibrahim Usman, Bala Haruna, Idris Ali, Mohammed Murtala, Kadiri Mohammed, Mustapha Daura, Abba Dug...

After a keenly contested election which held today September 30th in Warri, Delta state, the Chairman of the Delta state Sports Commission, Mr Amaju Pinnick, won the presidential election of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF. He takes over from Alhaji Aminu Maigari. Congrats to him.

A 38-year old suspected armed robber paraded recently by the police in Lagos State, western Nigeria,    has confessed that he got his major training and contacts as a hardened criminal    in prison custody when he was serving a jail term for a criminal offence. He also confessed that his prison training toughened and helped him to reduce the mistakes that previously landed him in trouble and prison. The suspect, Joel Eghon, was paraded alongside six other members of his gang, including their leader, Chief Jude Dike, by the Police. Other members of the gang include, Ifeanyi Onwuegbuchi, 34, Solomon Igwe,32, Emmanuel Ifeanyi, 34, Ejike Emegwo, 31 and Leonard Afoaku, who buys the stolen items from them. On what landed him in prison, the Edo State-born Eghon said he was arrested and charged to court where he was convicted and sent to prison for a criminal offence. He said he spent some years in prison custody and while he was there, he met s...

A    divorce-seeking commercial motorcycle operator, Hakeem Yusuf, has narrated to an Alagbado Customary Court, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, how he caught his wife, Munirat red handed with his colleague in    a hotel. But his 40-year-old liquor vendor wife, who admitted to the crime, however said that the issue had been resolved amicably. Yusuf who is seeking an end to the 23-year-old union, told the court that problem started 15 years after they got married. His words: “I hear some married women engage in extramarital sex, but I had never imagined my wife getting involved in such an undisciplined act. I was embarrassed when my friends said they saw my wife and a man walk into a hotel. “On that faithful day, I had gone to join my friends at an open bar in the neighbourhood and while we were having fun, they started talking about my wife,” he added “I smiled and told them that I left my wife at home with our children. But they insisted that my wife ha...

Nigeria’s military authorities have postponed till Thursday the General Court Martial of some 60 soldiers charged with alleged mutiny. The trial was to have been held at the Mogadishu Cantonment today in Abuja. The postponement of the trial was confirmed to newsmen on Tuesday by a military source, who did not want to be named. However, when contacted, the spokesman of the Garrison, Col. Aliyu Yusuf, claimed ignorance of the court martial but promised to inform journalists, whenever a date was fixed for the trial. The source also said lawyers representing the accused soldiers met with legal officers of the court martial on Tuesday morning and agreed to shift trial till Thursday because of the independence holiday on Wednesday. One of the lawyers appearing for the soldiers, who spoke to newsmen on condition of anonymity, also confirmed that the trial was postponed till Thursday. “When I got here (trial venue) this morning, I was told that the court martial has been ...

Two teenage Nigerian girls, Rejoice Chioma Israel, 16, (centre) and Rosemary ‎Uchenna Emmanuel, 19 (right), who were trafficked to Burkina Faso to become sex workers in the country have been rescued,  PM News  reports. The two girls left Nigeria on 11 July with a man who promised to take them to Malaysia via Burkina Faso for a better life. The trafficker explained to them that they will be given fresh passports and some vaccines in Burkina Faso before proceeding to Malaysia for well paid jobs. But once in Ouagadugu, the capital of Burkina Faso, they were handed over to a Nigerian woman called Onome who introduced them to prostitution. “The madam told us we will have to do ashawo (prostitution) or pay her N1.2 million each to take us back to Nigeria,” Rosemary said in an interview in Lagos on Tuesday. They refused and explained they were on their way to Malaysia and were just making a brief stop in Burkina Faso for new passports and vaccines. “Sh...

Synagogue church have a way of capturing these moments...don't know what they are trying to prove with this video. Below is an article from journalist Ihechukwu Njoke who writes for the church... Dramatic footage of a young man dangerously jumping from The Synagogue, Church Of All Nations (SCOAN) gallery was shown to congregants on Sunday 28th September 2014, coupled with a stern message from T.B. Joshua to his detractors. Right is the guy that tried to commit suicide last Sunday in the church (read  HERE ). Continue to read Ihechukwu's report and watch the video that shows the alleged suicide attempt... As the under-fire pastor moved in the midst of worshippers during a time of prophecy, commotion ensued when a young man blindly leapt off the high gallery of The SCOAN. Crying out whilst writhing on the floor with church workers gathered around him, he claimed he needed ‘deliverance’ from Joshua. Later in the prayer line, the young man, who sustained only a minor i...

Model Danii Phae wrote on her Tumblr page that she was battered by her ex-boyfriend, a struggling rapper named Justin Joseph aka J$tash. Below is what she said happened to her...in her own words. "This is very hard for me at this moment in my life to express my heart/mind to the world, but I will say these last few months have been the worst months of my life. I was dating someone (J$tash) that abused me verbally, emotionally and physically throughout the end duration of our relationship. Monday morning on September 15th 2014 my life was forever, changed. A person I thought and believed I could trust, whom I gave my love/time/energy to brutally punched me in my face repeatedly with his fists while I became slowly unconscious covered in blood in his brooklyn apartment bed. "After he was done he told me to not tell anyone to not tell my friends, He also started to prepare legal action to protect himself in case I pressed charges against him. He cried and beca...

Victor and his younger brothers Victor (11 years-old, centre), Sheku (5 years-old, left) and Ibrahim (4 years-old, right) have just been released from the government-run treatment centre in Kenema, #SierraLeone, after surviving #Ebola. They spent over three weeks at the centre, where they lost their mother in the first few days. Victor - the eldest, said he did not cry when his mother died because he didn’t want to scare his little brothers, and because they were sick too. He spent his days taking care of them, making sure they were fed and well cared for.  Now the boys will be cared for by their grandmother as their father also died. Victor says he is anxious to start school again, whenever classes resume.

The #BringBackOurGirls campaign group, yesterday, said it has concluded arrangement to sue the President, Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Pastor Ayo Orisatjefor and the federal government over the $9.3 million cash found in pastor Ayo’s private jet in South Africa, that was claimed to be meant for the purchase of arms for the Nigeria government. #BBOG# disclosed this in Abuja during its sit out, the group said there should be more public outcry on the issue. BBOG also said they can confirm that the alleged Chibok girl, Susan Ishaya, that was found in Yola is now in Abuja. According to them, “We need more pressure than ever; this is tax payers money, we must speak up anytime an injustice is done especially when its about infiltration of arms because that is what brought us here. There is need for a louder cry about this because quietly people are forgetting about the $9.3 million, it will continue if we don’t do anything. “By next week you will have something differen...

L-R: Faithful Steward Mr. Onuh who has been serving at the State House since Shehu Shagari administration, Faithful Taxi Driver who returned 18 Million Naira a passenger left in his cab, Faithful Traffic Warden Solomon Dauda who loves his Job and goes about it diligently, were recipients of the National Honours Award (MON Medal Category) yesterday

Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has proven that age is just a number as he is set to go back to school. Obasanjo, 77, will today resume class as graduate student at the headquarters of the National Open University of Nigeria in Lagos for a higher degree in Christian Theology. Having obtained a Post Graduate Diploma in 2009, the Owu-born high chief will now be working towards a doctorate degree, beginning first with a Masters degree. Obasanjo told news site, Premium Times that he was going back to school because it was important for him to make some commitments towards achieving his aspirations in life. “I’m going back to school because I need something to aspire to in every endeavour of life. I always aspire to something new in my farm. I do that in my international activities. I do it in my writing. I do it in the improvement of my academic work which helps to sharpen my brain and strengthen my faith.” On combining his studies with his tight international engag...

It's confirmed that Tiwa Savage and TeeBillz are on a rocky path in their relationship ( due to domestic violence and cheating allegations ), well, it has gotten uglier. Hours after we unveiled details of her new manager, Meka Millions, our source confirmed that Tiwa Savage has moved out of the house. “It’s like she’s decided to stay with a friend or something… but she has left the house as we speak, she left yesterday afternoon and has not returned… No, she didn’t go for a show,” our source exclusively told us. When asked how Tunji is faring, the source said, “What will he do? He caused the whole thing now. Tunji is a randy guy… it’s family members that are trying to salvage the situation now. He really hurt her this time.” This is not the first time a celebrity couple is finding it hard to keep their marriage intact due to constant media checks and scrutiny. Tiwa and TeeBillz began their love affair over two years ago but kept it under wraps and even denied it ...

I want to kill my wife. Imagine the pretentious unfaithful woman I married. I've been shattered and broken since Friday. I'm a man but I've cried. Where did I go wrong? I've tried to be a loving. Caring and faithful husband and father but what did I get? We seemed a happy family nau, we've had our shortcomings as a couple, like every other couple but we were happy. My wife has always been very God fearing and churcheous,or so she made me believe. On Friday,like most others,she told me she was going for a Vigil after work. She had left the house before I got in from the office, the kids dropped off with grandma. I was therefore home alone when my friends called to hang out with them at a Bar in Ikeja, i reluctantly did because am usually not the hanging out type. We were at the bar having fun over drinks and generally catching up on school days when we noticed a car's flash on another car thereby exposing the people inside,a man and a woman ob...