CHECK OUT THE NEW CAR TONTO DIKEH GOT AS A CHRISTMAS PRESENT FROM HER HUBBY

Tonto’s husband got her a Toyota Prado 2016 car worth about $65,000. Big congrats to her. See more exclusive photos after the cut…

MTN DARES FG $3.9BN FINE

South African telecoms giant, MTN has said that the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) lacks the powers to fine the company. The controversial $3.9 billion fine was slapped against the telecoms company over failure to disconnect unregistered users. The company which was given the December 31 deadline to pay the fine says it will sue the Federal Government to court as it has received legal advise from its lawyers, TheWhistle reports.
MTN Nigeria acting on legal advice has resolved that the manner of the imposition of the fine… is not in accordance with the NCC’s powers,” a company issued by the company reads. “There are valid grounds upon which to challenge the fine”. The company revealed that its lawyers would take the case to the High Court in Lagos. Nigerian authorities ordered unregistered SIM cards to be deactivated for security reasons, as the country battles Boko Haram Islamists as well as criminality including kidnappers who make use of unregistered sims to ask for ransom from families of victims. The Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC) in October fined MTN Nigeria with $3.9 billion after it missed the deadline to disconnect 5.1 million SIM cards.

WOMAN TO MARRY TWO MEN IN KENYA!!!!

Sylvester Mwendwa and Elijah Kimani have agreed to enter into a polyandry marriage contract with Joyce Wambui. Polyandry is a form of polygamy whereby a woman takes two or more husbands at the same time. Wambui who is in her late twenties, is a widow and mother to twins. She had affairs with both men for four years. When the two men found out, the woman refused to leave either of them, leading to a contractual agreement between the three. Abdhallah Abdulrahman, a local police officer attempted to make peace between the trio. “I heard people fighting and went to check, but I was surprised to see two men fighting over a woman who is said to be a widow and a mother of twins. We discussed everything, and they agreed that even if the woman were to fall pregnant they will raise the child as their own since they have been taking care of the woman’s children together.” Kenya’s NTV station published an excerpt of the contract. It states: “We have agreed that from today we will not threaten or have jealous feelings because of our wife, who says she’s not ready to let go of any of us. Each one will respect the day set aside for him. We agree to love each other and live peacefully. No one has forced us to make this agreement.” Mdendwa told BBC the agreement was a logical conclusion as he and Kimani had been at odds over Wambui.
“It could have been very dangerous if the other man would have come to her house and caught me,” he said. “So our agreement is good as it sets boundaries and helps us keep peace. She is like the central referee. She can say whether she wants me or my colleague.”

LAGOS STATE TO COMMENCE THE A MEAL A DAY PROGRAMME IN STATE PRIMARY SCHOOLS

The Governor of Lagos state Akinwunmi Ambode announced on his twitter page today that Lagos will commence the A-Meal- a-Day Programme in the state Public Primary Schools from 2016. Which was one of the campaign promises of President Buhari.

DERENLE REVEALS THAT THIS GUY IS HIS SIDE-CHICK

I guess we can now go ahead and say Denerele is GAYYY!

This was the caption of the picture he posted

That moment when the Side Chick is not a Chick! #TheMorningAfter #TransTuesday into#WednesdayWant’.

Ekiti Election Rigging: APC vows Fayose can’t Escape Justice

The All Progressives Congress in Ekiti State has responded to Governor Ayo Fayose’s allegations in his press conference purporting that APC was planning to use the Supreme Court to upturn his mandate. APC accused the governor of blackmail, saying his fraudulent and pre-emptive tactics will not stop justice from taking its course in the resolution of the biggest electoral fraud in the history of Nigeria. The party’s Publicity Secretary in Ekiti, Taiwo Olatunbosun, in a statement released to the median, said that Fayose’s fraudulent attempt to draw the support of the international community to poll fraud was an impish attempt to legitimise fraud, stressing that the same international community had since realized that world leaders were also victims of Fayose and PDP’s fraud by misleading them in Fayose’s electoral victory in Ekiti State. “Even though the international community declared that Ekiti poll that produced Fayose was fair, the same world leaders have since changed their position after listening to Ekiti poll fraud tape as secretly recorded by Captain Sagir Koli detailing how Fayose and PDP leaders rigged the election, including Fayose himself talking in the tape how he collected INEC soft copies and got them printed to win the election,” Olatunbosun explained. He said Fayose is running from his shadow after failed bids to beg President Muhammadu Buhari. “Why did Fayose try to pressurize members of the Military Panel to rescue him? After his emissaries returned empty-handed in their failed bids to achieve their aims, Fayose has now resorted to blackmail, accusing the President of trying to destroy democracy and we wonder who among him and the President is the enemy of democracy.

PRESIDENT BUHARI TURNS 73 TODAY

Happy birthday to our dear president. Age Gracefully

Photo: Check out the garage in the photo DJ Cuppy (FEMI OTEDOLA'S DAUGHTER) shared

The billionaire daughter who is also a DJ shared a photo of herself at her Lagos home and of course you can see the super cars in the background. "So Glad To Be Back Home In Lagos!” she captioned the photo. If the cars are hers then we are sure the DJ business is really booming *Wink*. 

N8 Billion Has Been Refunded To Government Treasury – Melaye

Member of the Nigerian Senate has said that about N8 billion has been refunded back to the treasury of government and more monies will be refunded.“As I speak to you, about eight billion Naira has been refunded back to the treasury of government and I know more monies will be refunded”, he said.Senator Dino Melaye said that ” basically, I want to say that when I raised this motion on the floor of the Senate, I got a lot of insults on social media, everywhere, that I was blabbing and there was no truth in the content of my presentation.
“But I tweeted that the truth has no colour and every lie has an expiry date. “I want to thank God that I have been vindicated by the public hearing where my revelations on the floor of the Senate have given room for confession even by the Central Bank of Nigeria’s Governor, Godwin Emefiele”, he said. While answering a question on how he got an insight on the alleged illegality and exorbitant commission charged for the deployment of Remita, the Senator said that “I will want to say that the Treasury Single Account (TSA) is a very laudable program which is going to help blocking leakages and I support it. “My prayer on the day I moved the motion was to commend President Muhammadu Buhari for an implementation of the TSA, but I was challenging that the instrumentality of the TSA is being used by some individuals to undercut Nigerians and our national patrimony”, he claimed. Senator Melaye had argued that the use of Remita was a violation of Section 162(1) of the constitution, which stated that “the federation shall maintain a special account to be called the federation account into which all revenues collected by the government of the federation except the proceeds from the personal income tax of the personnel of the Armed Forces of the Federation, the Nigeria Police Force, the ministry or department of government charged with foreign affairs and the residents of the FCT, Abuja”. He further stated that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) could only appoint a registered bank as an agent for collecting and disbursing the funds.
The Senator said that since Remita was not a bank, its appointment as a collection agent was in violation of the CBN Act and the Banks and Other Financial Institutions Act (BOFIA) 2007. Giving his view on the amount he would recommend for private bodies for doing government jobs, Senator Melaye said that “the Senate is geared towards blocking leakages and also negotiating to the barest minimum, the advantage of Nigerians and the national treasury. “We are not saying that private companies engaged in almost all platforms used by the government shouldn’t be paid, but what we are saying is that nothing outrageous should be paid at the detriment of our national purse”, he said.

“Anti-Social Media Bill”
The Senator also cleared the ground on the Social Media Bill by saying “there is nothing called the social media bill and there is no such bill before the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria; at least the 8th Senate.
“I want to assure you that the 8th Senate were operating on the three cardinal objective of the agenda (the first, second and third agenda focuses on the people)”, he explained.

DSS Withdraws Charges Against Nnamdi Kanu

Magistrate Court in Abuja has discharged the Director of Radio Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, following the withdrawal of the charges proffered against him by the Department of State Services on Wednesday.Counsel to the accused, Vincent Obeffa, with the court’s ruling, the accused has no criminal cases against him in Nigeria or anywhere in the world and as such, he is a free man. He said all processes to secure his release are currently being cleared. Mr Kanu was standing trial on a three count charge of criminal conspiracy, intimidation and belonging to an unlawful society, allegations the prosecutor had withdrawn. Meanwhile, ruling on the prosecutor’s application for the matter to be taken up at the Federal High Court, will be delivered on Thursday.

EXPOSED: $1.1BILLION FRAUD: BRITISH JUDGE QUESTIONS ETETE AND JONATHAN’s INTEGRITY, STOPS ETETE FROM CLAIMING THE N17BILLION

A British Judge on Tuesday refused to release $85 million (N17 billion) to Malabu, a fraudulent company controlled by Nigeria’s former petroleum minister, Dan Etete. In refusing to release the money to Malabu, Justice Edis of the Southwark Crown Court declared that he was not sure the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan acted in Nigeria’s interest when it approved the transfer of the money to Malabu. “I cannot simply assume that the FGN which was in power in 2011 and subsequently until 2015 rigorously defended the public interest of the people of Nigeria in all respects,” the judge ruled. The Jonathan administration controversially approved the transfer of $1.092 billion from Nigeria’s JP Morgan account in London to Nigerian accounts controlled by Malabu. The money was paid by global oil giants, Shell and ENi, for Africa’s richest oil bloc, OPL 245. The former Attorney General of the Federation, Mohammed Adoke, and the former Minister of State for Finance, Yerima Ngama, signed the documents approving the transfer to Malabu. The fraudulent deal, shaded in various layers of corruption, has been condemned by Nigerians and international transparency advocates and is being investigated by authorities in four different Countries. The $85 million was seized at the request of Italian prosecutors who are also investigating the deal. The money was the last part of the OPL 245 largesse not yet distributed. Sensing that the Muhammadu Buhari administration was yet to find its feet on international legal matters, Mr. Etete approached the British court and asked that the money be returned to him. At a two-day hearing that started on November 23, Mr. Etete’s lawyers argued that there was no fraud in the deal and asked that the money be released to him. While Mr. Etete argued that the money be released to him, the Italian prosecutor argued that “their investigation could lead to a potential forfeiture of the money down the road.” a source who has followed the case and was present at the proceedings. Malabu’s lawyers told the court that freezing the money was an assault on Nigeria and questioned how the court could imagine that Messrs. Adoke and Ngama would be a party to a corrupt deal. While giving his ruling on Tuesday, Justice Edis said while he could not say for certain if the deal was fraudulent pending conclusions of investigations, it would be inappropriate to release the money to Malabu. “I am not making any findings of fact about misconduct by anyone. I am simply assessing the evidence before me to determine whether a restraint order should be discharged which was granted by way of MLA (Mutual Legal Assistance between the UK and Italy) to support an investigation by the Italian authorities,” the judge said. The judge also made reference to evidence provided by the Italian authorities that ex-President Jonathan was directly involved in the fraudulent deal. “The suggestion from the wiretaps is that “Fortunato” was implicated and I am told that this was a reference in code (not subtle) to the former President of Nigeria, President Goodluck Jonathan,” the judge said. “Aliyu (Abubakar) is said to be associated with him and Aliyu received, in a way which was not transparent, $523m of the money paid for the OPL 245 licence in August 2011.” How fictitious companies owned by Abubakar Aliyu, a man referred to as ‘Mr. Corruption’ by anti-graft officials, received over half ($532 million) of the total $1.092 billion. Mr. Aliyu, a close ally of Mr. Jonathan was recently quizzed by EFCC operatives for the first time despite being a central character in the deal whose investigation was virtually stalled during the Jonathan presidency. Reacting to the ruling, Simon Taylor of Global Witness stated that “Given the gathering pace of the EFCC investigation in Nigeria under new leadership and a call by the Nigerian House of Representatives to cancel the deal in 2014, investors in Shell and Eni should demand to know why they were exposed to such risk.” The UK based Global Witness has been at the forefront of the demand for transparency in the deal and other similar deals across the world. Also reacting to the judgement, Dotun Oloko, an anti-corruption campaigner in Nigeria said, “In light of these allegations in a UK court, the role of the senior Nigerian officials 

involved in this deal, including Goodluck Jonathan, must now be fully investigated.”

With the ruling, Nigerian now has the opportunity to not only claim the money but also another $110.5 million of the funds held in a Swiss bank while investigations continue.
Below is a statement by Global Witness after the court ruling: Court refuses to unfreeze funds from “smash and grab” raid on Nigerian oil block. Prosecutors allege that “fronts for President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria” received US$523m in proceeds of “smash and grab” OPL 245 deal Southwark Crown Court today rejected an attempt by a company owned by the former Nigerian oil minister Dan Etete to unfreeze US$85m in proceeds of the corrupt deal for the Nigerian offshore oil block, Oil Prospecting Licence 245 (OPL 245), which was sold to Shell and Eni for $1.1bn in 2011. The funds were restrained at the request of Italian authorities, who are investigating the sale of the block by Malabu Oil & Gas, a company secretly owned by Mr Etete, to the international oil companies. The Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) under Goodluck Jonthan acted as a middleman in the deal, and the court received evidence based on wiretaps that prosecutors allege show that the then President, Goodluck Jonathan, was directly involved. The deal deprived the Nigerian people of a sum equivalent to 80% of the country’s 2015 health budget. “In light of these allegations in a UK court the role of the senior Nigerian officials involved in this deal including Goodluck Jonathan must now be fully investigated,” said Dotun Oloko, a Nigerian anti-corruption campaigner. Evidence from US authorities presented to the court and included in the judgement “shows payments following circuitous routes which total $523m and which arrived at Abubakar Aliyu, aka ‘Mr Corruption’”. “Aliyu’s companies are allegedly fronts for President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria”. The Crown Prosecution Service, acting at the behest of the Public Prosecutor for Milan (PPM), described OPL 245 as a case of “grand corruption”. The OPL 245 deal is currently under investigation by the Public Prosecutor of Milan, the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA), and the Nigerian Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The EFCC have reportedly recently interviewed Abubakar Aliyu in connection with the case, and earlier this year interviewed Dan Etete. Justice Edis of Southwark Crown Court turned down Malabu’s application to discharge the freezing order rejecting Malabu’s arguments that the Crown had failed to follow proper procedures in securing the freezing. Justice Edis concluded in his judgement: It is extremely important that what I am about to say is not misunderstood. I am not making any findings of fact about misconduct by anyone. I am simply assessing the evidence before me to determine whether a restraint order should be discharged which was granted by way of MLA to support an investigation by the Italian authorities. That investigation is not complete (and appears to be still at quite an early stage). What misconduct it may ultimately prove, if any, will be a matter for the PPM and the Italian court if proceedings are brought. However, precisely because I cannot reach firm factual conclusions, I cannot simply assume that the FGN which was in power in 2011 and subsequently until 2015 rigorously defended the public interest of the people of Nigeria in all respects. Mr. Fisher QC who appeared for the CPS used the phrase “grand corruption” to describe the form of corruption in which the state itself is culpable. The suggestion from the wiretaps is that “Fortunato” was implicated and I am told that this was a reference in code (not subtle) to the former President of Nigeria, President Goodluck Jonathan. Aliyu is said to be associated with him and Aliyu received, in a way which was not transparent, $523m of the money paid for the OPL 245 licence in August 2011. “Given the gathering pace of the EFCC investigation in Nigeria under new leadership and a call by the Nigerian House of Representatives to cancel the deal in 2014, investors in Shell and Eni should demand to know why they were exposed to such risk,“ said Simon Taylor, a Director of Global Witness. Suspects named in the Italian case include Eni and its current and former CEOs Claudio Descalzi and Paolo Scaroni, as well the company’s Chief Development, Operations & Technology Officer Roberto Casula and former executive Vicenzo Armanna. Other suspects in the Italian case include Dan Etete and middlemen Emeka Obi, Gianluca Di Nardo and Luigi Bisignani. Shell and Eni have denied any wrongdoing. “It is clear from evidence in the public domain that high level executives in Shell personally took part in negotiating this deal. Citizens in the UK, US, Netherlands and Nigeria should demand that Shell and its executives are investigated in their respective countries,” said Nicholas Hildyard of The Corner House. Shell and Eni have invested at least $1.8bn in purchasing and developing the block, which they own 50-50. It reportedly holds probable reserves of 9.23 billion barrels of oil, which if proven, would represent the equivalent of a third of Shell’s proven reserves, and two thirds of Eni’s. Antonio Tricarico of Re:Common said: “$85 million paid by Eni and Shell for the benefit of Dan Etete’s company Malabu remains frozen in London. The time has come that Eni and Shell come clean about what they knew about this deal and who else this money was intended for.”

9 FOREIGNERS SENTENCED TO 20yrs IMPRISONMENT FOR STEALING NIGERIA's CRUDE OIL

5 Filipinos and 4 Bangladeshis accused of stealing Nigeria’s crude were sentenced by the Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday to 20 years imprisonment each, with fine options of N20m per person. The Judge also ordered their vessel, MT Asteri, to be forfeited to the Nigerian Government, together with the crude oil on board. The EFCC had alleged that on or about March 27, 2015 in Lagos the convicts conspired to commit an offence involving dealing in 3423.097 metric tons of crude oil without lawful authority or appropriate license, contrary to Section 1(19)(6) of the Miscellaneous Offence Act, Cap M17. It was also alleged that the suspect on the same day and time stored 3,423. 097 metric tons of crude oil in MT Asteris’ cargo tanks, and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 4 of the Petroleum Act of the Federation of Nigeria 2004. The convicted Philippine nationals are: Axel Joseph Gibo Jabone, Juanito Camireno Infantado, Suarin Fernado Alave, Gatila Jaypee Gadayan and Rolando Jose Commendador; while the Bangladesh nationals are Md Zahirul Islam, Islam Shahinul, Islam Rafiqul and Shaikn Shibli Nomany. They all pleaded not guilty to all the charges against them, following which defense counsel Femi Adegbite applied for their bail, which was not opposed by the prosecution. Prosecuting Counsel Rotimi Oyedepo called seven witnesses and tendered many exhibits to prove his case, while the suspects testified for themselves in the rigorous trial. Finding them guilty, Justice Buba described the convicts as numbering among the saboteurs who have turned Nigeria into the laughing stock in the comity of Nations, warning that people must begin to respect Nigeria and its laws. He sentenced each convict to five years on each of the four counts, with an option of five million Naira fine on each of them. 

WHY NIGERIA IS SUFFERING NOW – FG, REVEALS HOW GEJ’s MEN TURNED CBN To ATM

The Federal Government has said the poor state of the country’s economy, especially the depreciation in the Naira exchange rate, is the direct consequence of the incomprehensible mismanagement of the economy and the mindless looting of the national treasury under the immediate past Administration, rather than any so-called mismanagement by the Buhari Administration. ”If there was still any honour left among thieves, there is no way the leaders of a party under whose watch the nation’s economy suffered a monumental mismanagement and the Central Bank was turned to the ATM or piggy bank of a few people will have the temerity to insult a government that is working hard to turn things around or the citizens who are bearing the brunt of such mismanagement,” the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said in a statement on Sunday. ”It is now clear to all Nigerians that if the PDP had won the last general elections, Nigeria’s economy would not have survived one more month, considering the battering it received under the immediate past Administration. It is therefore unconscionable that those who should show contrition and hunker down to avoid public opprobrium are the same ones pointing an accusing finger at the Buhari Administration,” he said. Alhaji Mohammed described the comments credited to Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu, that businesses may collapse in the next six months because the Buhari Administration has mismanaged the economy, as the clearest indication yet that the PDP and its leaders are still in denial about the massive body blows they inflicted on the Nigerian economy. ”Senator Ekweremadu complained about the depreciation of the Naira without telling Nigerians who ‘dollarized’ the Nigerian economy by bribing many individuals and groups with dollars during the last elections, thus inflicting a knock out punch on the local currency. He also failed to tell Nigerians which government presided over the frenzied mop-up of dollars, either for ‘armsgate or for slush fund purposes, from the CBN to a point where it almost ran out of the hard currency,” he said. The Minister said even though the Buhari Administration met an economy that was in coma, it had refused to use that as an excuse for inaction, hence has been working hard on measures that will turn the economy around and greatly offer relief to Nigerians by lifting millions, not thousands, of people out of poverty through a massive social intervention policy. ”The outcome of the months of hard work will manifest soon in the 2016 national budget that will give succour to millions of Nigerians who are reeling from fallout of the solecism of the immediate past Administration that turned the country into a cash bazaar,” the Minister said. He advised the leaders of the PDP and members of the immediate past Administration who are involved in the emerging cases of looting binge to urgently return, to government coffers, the funds they have squirreled out of the commonwealth. ”They are lucky that Nigerians are not as incautious as they are, otherwise they would not be able to walk around freely, not to talk of having the effrontery to fire darts at the government that inherited their rot or the people who are suffering the consequences. ”They looted the billions of Naira that were allocated for the fight against insurgency, causing many innocent and patriotic soldiers to die needlessly, yet they are not remorseful. They looted the treasury to influence the last elections, doling out money as if it was going out of fashion, yet they continue to grandstand. ”In the latest revelation, a Minister under the immediate past dispensation admitted to sharing 600 million Naira to six Chairmen of the Contact and Mobilization Committee of the PDP for the last general elections, 300 million Naira to an account given by a former PDP chairman, 200 million Naira to a PDP governorship candidate and 100 million Naira to a former PDP governor. This is just one case out of many, yet these revelations are but a tip of the iceberg of what Nigerians will hear in the days ahead,” Alhaji Mohammed said. The Minister assured that despite the mind-boggling revelations about looting and the mismanagement by self-styled economic wizards, the economy will bounce back under the watch of President Muhammadu Buhari, who is bringing probity and transparency back into governance.

DOCUMENT SHOWING OFFICE OF THE SGF UNDER PIUS AYIM RELEASED N6.1 BILLION TO DASUKI 2 Days AFTER JONATHAN LOST ELECTION TO BUHARI

Rumour has it that two days After Jonathan Lost Election To Buhari, Pius Anyim Releases N6.1 Billion To Dasuki. Former President Goodluck Jonathan who was first implicated by Dasuki today has been dragged into a mass looting scandal. A secret document released by the Presidency revealed that GEJ authorized Ex-SGF Pius Anyim to release a whopping N6.1 billion naira to Dasuki 48 hours after his defeat.

DID CASSIE JUST REVEAL HER RELATIONSHIP WITH DIDDY IS OVER?

Cassie Ventura has been using social media to send out some cryptic messages about her love life. The longtime girlfriend of Sean “Diddy” Combs posted and quickly deleted a photo of a baby smiling while sleeping with the caption, “How I sleep knowing that I’m single and nobody cheating on me,” according to PerezHilton.com. Did she just blast her man for stepping out on their relationship and declared she’s back on the market?It’s hard to say since she took the post down shortly after. But it’s not the first time she’s shared posts indicating her romance with Diddy may be on the rocks. She recently posted another message that read, “I’ve learned the most, unlearning what I knew.”                                                  

2 WEEKS AFTER: EFCC ARRESTS SACKED NIMASA DG

The immediate past director general of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Patrick Ziakede Akpobolokemi has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

Heads are seriously rolling this last quarter of the year o... Chai. His arrest comes two weeks after he was fired from his post. A source in NIMASA informed Premium Times that Akpobolokemi was arrested in Lagos on Thursday morning and was detained at the Lagos office of the EFCC in the Ikoyi area of the city. According to the source, the DG was taken in at about 10 a.m. and a discreet investigation was being conducted by EFCC operatives.
“Rumour has it that the former DG is still there, sweating profusely as he was being questioned by investigators. “For instance, they wanted to know how a whopping N13 billion was spent on the acquisition of land for the permanent site of the Nigerian Maritime University in Delta,” our source said. “They also asked about other transactions they believed were fraudulent, including transfers of millions of dollars from NIMASA accounts to other accounts,” the NIMASA source said. Confirming the DG’s arrest, an official in the prosecution unit of the EFCC in Lagos who pleaded anonymity said: “I’m aware he is with us but I don’t have details about the case against him or what investigators are asking him.”
Akpobolokemi had been fired on July 16, by President Muhammadu Buhari and directed to hand over all government property in his possession and vacate office. During Akpobolokemi’s tenure as DG, there were several allegations of financial impropriety against NIMASA. It was alleged that the agency funded the lavish lifestyles of some Niger Delta militants and also bankrolled most of the hate campaigns against Buhari in the run-up to the 2015 elections.

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BREAKING NEWS: ALLEGED N2.1BN FRAUD: DOKPESI SECURES N400M BAIL

The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court has granted the former Chairman of DAAR Communications Plc, ‎High Chief Raymond Dokpesi‎, bail to the tune of N400milion.

In a ruling this afternoon, trial Justice Gabriel Kolawole ordered Dokpesi who is facing a six-count criminal charge, to produce two sureties who must deposit N200m each. The court stressed that one of the sureties must be a public servant, either serving or retired, not below the level of a Director, adding that the second surety may be an entrepreneur who must submit three years tax clearance. Justice Kolawole held that either of the two sureties must tender title deeds of a landed property in any part of Nigeria, the value of which must not be below N200million. The sureties, the court said must depose to an affidavit of means, submit two recent passport photographs to the Deputy Chief Registrar, DCR, Administration, of he high court. Dokpesi further directed to surrender his international passport, “If already in custody of the EFCC, it should be delivered to the ‎DCR of the Federal High Court in charge of Litigation”. Meanwhile, Justice ‎Kolawole ordered that Dokpesi should be remanded in prison custody pending the perfection of the bail conditions. It will be recalled that Dokpesi who is a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was arraigned before the court on December 11, over alleged N2.1billion fraud. He is facing trial ‎alongside ‎his firm, DAAR Investment and Holdings Ltd, owners of African Independent Television, AIT, and Raypower FM. Specifically, EFCC, in the charge signed by its Deputy Director, Legal and Prosecution, Mr. Aliyu Yusuf,‎ alleged that Dokpesi received about N2.1billion from the office of the National Security Adviser, NSA, for PDP’s ‎presidential media campaign.‎ According to the charge, the funds were released to the accused persons ‎between October 2014 and March 19, 2015. The funds were allegedly transferred from an account the ‎office of NSA operated with the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN‎, to a FirstBank‎ of Nigeria Plc‎ account owned by DAAR Investment and Holding Company Limited‎. The prosecution maintained that the transaction was in breach of ‎section 58 (4) (b) of the Public Procurement Act 2007 and punishable under section 58 (6) and 7 of the same Act, as well as under section 17 (b) of the EFCC Act, 2004. Dokpesi had since pleaded not guilty to the charge, even as the court slated February 17, 18 and March 2 and 3, 2016, to begin full-blown hearing on the matter.

PUBLIC FIGURES IMPLICATED IN THE $2.1M SCANDAL HAVE REPORTEDLY BEEN REACHING OUT TO OBASANJO TO HELP THEIR PLIGHT

Some public figures who have been implicated in the $2.1bn arms fund scandal have reportedly reached out to former President, Olusegun Obasanjo to wade in and help their plight. According to Punch, these group of prominent Nigerians who received funds from the former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, want soft landing with their prosecution. The reports states that ‘a trusted aide’ of Obasanjo made the revelation that many of those fingered in the arms funds diversion scandal, have sought help from his principal. 
The aide however, said Obasanjo is unlikely to want to get involved in the ongoing investigation, and as such, those running to him for help are wasting their time. The unnamed source was quoted to have said: “Of course, some of the people involved in the scandal are reaching out to Baba (Obasanjo). They want soft-landing. People would always reach out to him. But we all know Obasanjo’s disposition to some people and what he thinks of them. “Moreover, the revelations are serious. Even if only 10 per cent is true, it is still serious. Also it is important to stress that what have been revealed are the things that we know. How about other deals that we do not know? We are talking about the office of the National Security Adviser, how about what happened in other places: Education, Finance, Aviation etc?” 

CHECK OUT THE NEW PATROL CARS GIVEN TO POLICE BY ANAMBRA STATE GOVERNOR' OBIANO

The Anambra State government has donated 25 advanced patrol vans and other tactical operation equipment for combating crime to the Police in the state.

Commissioning and test-driving the vehicles, Governor Willie Obiano said the latest security development was part of his commitment to eradicating crime in the Nigeria’s southeast commercial state. “We have entered a new phase in the pursuit of security in Anambra State. “These cars are modeled after the Rapid Response cars used by the police in the United States of America. “The mere appearance of these cars gives a strong warning of the resolve of my administration to free our people from the fear of criminals for good,” Governor Obiano said. Commending the Governor, the Inspector General of Police, IGP Solomon Arase, said Anambra State had set a worthy pace in security management in Nigeria.

He expressed optimism that the development would enhance police visibility in every area of the state as well as counter any threat to individual or collective security and safety.
The Police boss urged other State Executives especially in the South-eastern region, to emulate the Governor Obiano administration’s strategy in tackling security challenges.
While the Anambra State Deputy Governor, Dr. Nkem Okeke, shared the security exploits of the current administration, the state Commissioner of Police, Mr Hassan Karma, gave an insight into what the advanced security cars could do in saving lives.
Senior police officers and other security agencies as well as government functionaries, traditional rulers, clergy and a large crowd of Anambra State citizens were all present at the security event.

Girl, 2, DIES AFTER BRUTAL RAPE BY MOTHER'S BOYFRIEND

GOD help us. We have to be careful who we leave our kids with. There are too many sick people walking the face of the earth. 
A two-year-old girl in Oklahoma City has died after she was allegedly raped by her mother's 22-year-old boyfriend. Shaleah Cudjo was pronounced dead shortly after she was taken to the hospital following a welfare check at about 10.13am on September 3, when police received a call saying the girl was not breathing. Justin Lawson, 22, was arrested on complaints of first-degree murder and rape shortly after the incident. Shaleah's mother, Keah Cudjo, told police that her boyfriend, Lawson, told her while she was away that the girl was sick and not doing well. The little girl had lost a large amount of blood after sustaining internal injuries and other injuries that displayed evidence of sexual assault. 'They told me by the time I got here, she was already dead and there was nothing I could do. She had lost too much blood,' mother Keah says. Justin Lawson had been at home with Shaleah but left the scene shortly after 911 was called. He was later found and arrested on outstanding warrants.

Gambia Declares Itself ‘Islamic Republic’

Gambia's president has declared the West African country an Islamic republic saying the decision was made because Islam is the religion of most citizens and the nation must break away from its colonial past. President Yahya Jammeh made the declaration at the end of a political rally held on Friday at the coastal village Brufut, about 15km west of the capital Banjul. "In line with the country's religious identity and values, I proclaim Gambia as an Islamic state," the Gambian leader said. About 90 percent of Gambia's 1.8 million people are Muslim. The country gained independence from Britain in 1965. "Gambia cannot afford to continue the colonial legacy," Jammeh said. In an attempt to allay the fears of religious minorities, Jammeh said the rights of Gambia's Christian community - who make up about eight percent of the country's population - will be protected. Jammeh said there will be no mandates on dress. "We will be an Islamic state that would respect the rights of all citizens and non-citizens."

CHECK OUT DAVIDO'S CARS

Its no doubt that the entertainment business in Nigeria is really booming and most entertainers especially musicians show off their lavish lifestyles on social media. 
Here are Davido's cars.

The most recent car he got over a month ago

      His Mercedes

 Audi

 Yellow Chevrolet

 White Chevrolet

 Black and White Porsche

Black Range Rover

DOZENS FEARED DEAD AS NIGERIAN ARMY FINALLY ARREST SHI'TE LEADER, IBRAHIM El-ZAKZAKY

The leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, a Shi’te Islamic group in Nigeria, Ibrahim Elzakzaky, has been arrested by Nigerian troops, following a siege on his Zaria residence. Inside sources reveals that a top leader of the movement, Muhammadu Turi, and the head of the medical team of the sect, Mustapha Saidu, and several others were killed during the siege. The Nigerian Army and members of the sect have accused each other of instigating attacks that led to the death of members of the movement on Saturday. While the Army accused the Shi'te followers of attempting to assassinate Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, the Islamic movement said soldiers simply decided to attack “defenseless people”. It was gathered that the Nigerian troops sustained a crackdown on the members of the sect throughout the night as heavy shootings and sounds of explosions were heard in Gellesu and Sokoto Road, where Hussainiyya – the spiritual centre of the sect – is located. Residents of the area told our reporter that they saw armoured tanks demolishing the Hussainiyya shrine and the residence of the leader of the sect. 

MAN CAUGHT ON CCTV ASSAULTING OLD PEOPLE IN CHANDIGARH

You wont believe what this animal did to this old people. This guy is sick and seriously needs to be dealt with. Very very disgusting and annoying. Some people really and truly need help.