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Saturday, September 10, 2016
Benue lawmaker appeals to Dangote Industries to rehabilitate roads in Benue.
Assemblyman Terkaa Ucha representing Tiev state constituency in the Benue House of Assembly, has appealed to Dangote Industries Limited to construct roads in the state as was being planned for other states.
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Labels: Benue latest updates
Suswam chides Gov Ortom over continuous arrest of opposition members in the state,says he is not on the run.
Fmr Benue state Gov,Dr Gabriel Suswam has condemned the continuous arrest of opposition members in Benue State by Gov Samuel Ortom.Suswam who is currently in US for medical check up also dispelled rumours making rounds that he is running from arrest,he sent a note through his social media team ..Please read it here
Suswam chides Gov Ortom over continuous arrest of opposition members in the state,says he is not on the run.
Fmr Benue state Gov,Dr Gabriel Suswam has condemned the continuous arrest of opposition members in Benue State by Gov Samuel Ortom.Suswam who is currently in US for medical check up also dispelled rumours making rounds that he is running from arrest,he sent a note through his social media team ..Please read it here
Look who visited Maddragon........#Oleku,tell me something wey I no fit do! Yes Ice Prince in the Maddragon studios too.
....and today it was the turn of another super super star Ice Prince to be at the Maddragon studio#startrek
Team Maddragon(Kiral and Runz) getting set for Star Trek show. PHOTOS
Nigerian artists will shut down Makurdi tonight at the StarTrek show taking place at IBB square Makurdi,Maddragon Entertainment artists will join the likes of Tubaba,WandeCoal,Kcee and others to Perform....Check out Kiral,Runz and 3rish warming up here....
Gov Ortom is set to be awarded best performing governor in Nigeria.
Benue Governor, Samuel Ortom is set to be awarded Best performing governor In Nigeria by Thisdaywatch.com.
Unpaid Salaries: Ortom empathises with civil servants, says, “I’m also facing hardship”
Benue State Governor has empathised with civil servants in the state over the hardship caused by the government’s inability to pay salaries.
EFCC seizes N6.8bn from GEJ’s cousin, others over diverted benefits of PHCN workers
This is not the best of time for Roberts Azibaola, a cousin to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan. EFCC has frozen N6,811,846,443 found in the accounts of companies belonging to him and Bestworth Ins. Brokers Ltd.
The frozen cash was part of the N27,188,232,208 benefits of the deceased staff of the defunct Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN), which were diverted.
This is coming a week after soldiers sealed off the construction site of Kakarta Civil Engineering ltd. owned by him for alleged security threat.
Of the N27,188,232,208, the sum of N951,637,223 was deducted as Value Added Tax (VAT) and Wihtholding Tax and paid through Diamond Bank and UBA Plc for direct credit to the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS).
About N26,236,594,986 was allegedly looted by some top officials of the Jonathan administration, while N1.8billion was spent on the purchase of vehicles for the Goodluck Campaign Organisation.
The EFCC also confirmed yesterday the seizure of a N585million property which the Chief of Staff to the ex-President, Brig. Gen. Jones Oladehinde Arogbofa (rtd) allegedly bought with his share of the diverted cash.
Another N1billion from the N26b cash was allegedly paid to Kebna Studios and Communication ltd controlled by a former DG of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), Mr. Benjamin Ezra Dikki.
These highlights were contained in the findings of the EFCC in its ongoing probe of the looting of the terminal benefits of the defunct PHCN.
Those under probe are Jonathan's ex-Chief of Staff, Arogbofa; Dikki; Kebna Studio and Comms ltd.; a former Accountant-General of the Federation, Otunla Dapo; the Managing Director of Kakatar Group, Azibaola Roberts; Director of Funds in Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation, Mohammed K. Dikwa; Innovative Alternative Limited and a top official of Bestworth Ins. Brokers Limited who was said to be on the run as at press time.
The EFCC said in part: “Sometimes in 2014, the above named conspired amongst themselves and used Bestworth Insurance Brokers Ltd to divert N27,188,232,208.20 from the Federal Government of Nigeria through the BPE.
“The said account was originally approved to be released to Great Nigeria Insurance Plc (GNIP) as Group Premium Insurance (death and accident) claim to the next- of- kin of ex-PHCN staff who died in service and those that suffered incapacitation to accidents.
“Both covert and overt investigations aimed at determining the veracity of the information were discretely carried out into the Insurance Brokers Ltd domiciled with Skye Bank, Unity Bank and Keystone Bank.
“Efforts were also made to locate, identify and profile the operation of the company at both their Kaduna and Lagos offices.
“Consequent upon this, Benjamin Ezra Dikki (former DG of BPE) and Brig. Gen. Jones Oladehinde Arogbofa (rtd), erstwhile Chief of Staff to the President, Federal Republic of Nigeria were indicted in connection with N1.5b traced to their benefit. The totality of these efforts led to the following findings:
“That the FGN decided to privatize the PHCN through BPE. The proceeds from sales were remitted to the OAGF.
“That the Federal Ministry of Power and the Federal Ministry of Labour in a bid to resolve a dispute emanating from the staff of the PHCN over unpaid insurance claims diverted the matter to BPE which advised that the claim be paid from the proceeds of the privatized PHCN.”
EFCC also gave details of how the fraud was perpetrated.
Looting The Loot? EFCC driver, others nabbed for breaking into property seized from Alex Badeh
A driver working with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Nasiru Isa, is in hot soup for allegedly breaking into a property seized from ex-Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh (rtd).
Also in trouble are: mobile police officer, Corporal Aliyu Ismaila; Abubakar Jibrin; Abdulsalam Ado; Ibrahim Babangida; Reuben Dauda; Hassan Aliyu; Sani Yusuf and Murtala Mohammed.
They will be arraigned for offences bordering on criminal breach of trust, attempted theft, conspiracy and impersonation.
Head of Media and Publicity of the EFCC, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, said a mobile policeman, Corporal Aliyu Ismaila, and a carpenter, Yakubu Muhammad, were implicated in the alleged theft.
Uwajaren described the driver, who joined the commission about 18 months ago, as “a member of a criminal syndicate that attempted to break into a sealed property by the EFCC, with the intent of carting away goods suspected to be proceeds of money laundering.”
He added: “The syndicate includes a mobile police officer, Corporal Aliyu Ismaila, Abubakar Jibrin, Abdulsalam Ado, Ibrahim Babangida, Reuben Dauda, Hassan Aliyu, Sani Yusuf and Murtala Mohammed.
“Located in the choice area of Garki, Abuja, the property is currently under investigation by the agency, and became a subject of interest, in the aftermath of findings into the N3.9 billion fraud case involving a former Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh (rtd). The property was also linked to the wife of the former CDS.
“Investigations by EFCC operatives revealed that shortly after the property was sealed, some individuals moved about 12 bags believed to contain items linked to money laundering offence, into the property.
“On August 30, 2016 operatives of the EFCC as part of monitoring activities on the sealed property, had gone to site to execute a search.
“However, members of the syndicate took to their heels on sighting the operatives of the anti-graft agency.
“A carpenter, Yakubu Muhammad, who was hired by the syndicate was left behind and was subsequently arrested by the operatives.
“The carpenter, who has been cooperating with operatives, confessed that he was not in the know of the illicit activity, as he was only brought in by the syndicate to assist with the use of his carpentry tools to break into the property.
“Investigations revealed that one of those in the know about the goods was the brain behind the scheming to steal them.
‘The syndicate decided they would need to subdue the security man at the property, which would mean they would need to involve security man in the syndicate. Subsequently, Isa was contacted.
“To further beef up the security aspect of the crime, he also contacted his friend, Ismaila, who came for the ‘operation’ fully armed. In perpetrating the crime, Dauda had posed to be a senior staff with the EFCC, while Jibrin posed as an intelligence police officer in the office of the Inspector General’s office.
“However, nemesis caught up with them on August 30, 2016 when they were caught in the act of breaking into the property, having successfully overpowered the security guard at the entrance of the property.
“They would be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded.”
SHOCKING: Read what robbers did to 23-yr-old girl before sleeping with her (pictured)
August 28, 2016 will remain an unforgettable day for 23-year-old Judith (pseudonym) after her near death experience in the hands of hoodlums.
RIOOlympics | ‘It wasn’t a great experience in the build-up in Atlanta. There was no food for the guys, no bus to go to training, no pitch to train on.-Mikel Obi.
John Mikel Obi recalls in this interview with Chelsea.fc, the poor treatment Nigeria’s Olympic team got in Atlanta after their sponsored trip expired and government was expected to take over. He insists that the bronze medal with Nigeria in Rio this summer ranks among his career highlights.
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Federal High Court orders freezing of Dame Pateince Jonathan's $31.4 million account .
Former First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, is claiming ownership of the $31.4 million involved in an alleged fraud case before a Federal High Court in Lagos.
Brands Must Take Digital Marketing Serious, LadiSpeaks advices
While speaking at an interactive session held last week in Lagos, Mr. Israel Ogunseye, widely known as LadiSpeaks, advised brands to strongly consider digital marketing as a big deal in its marketing plan.
2017 BUDGET :FG Budgets N6.5trn For 2017 Fiscal Year.
The Federal Government is to spend N6.5 trillion in the 2017 fiscal year.This was contained in a circular issued by the office of the Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, to all Ministries, Departments and Agencies.
PHOTOS : Sokoto state and MTN foundation renovates and equips some hospitals in Sokoto state.
Sokoto state government's close collaboration with MTN Foundation has led to the total renovation and equipping of hospitals in Shagari, Gwadabawa and Tambuwal local government councils. The pictures attached are from Shagari LGA after it was unveiled.
Special Court Martial Demotes Major General To Brigadier General.
A Special Court Martial of the Nigerian Army has demoted the Director, 68 Reference Hospital, Yaba, in Lagos State, Major General Patrick Falola, to the rank of Brigadier General.
FRESH NDA Cadet, ‘brutalised’ to death a day after arrival.
A fresh Cadet of Nigeria Defence Academy, NDA, Kaduna, James Didam Bulus, has died of alleged brutalisation from senior cadets, 24 hours after he finished registration and reported to hostel.
Sources informed Saturday Vanguard in Kaduna that people wept uncontrollably at the funeral of the 18 year-old James, with registration number NDA/ 11537, at the Military Cemetery, on Whaff Road, Kaduna, on Thursday while a contingent of Nigeria Army buried the late cadet with full military honour, even though he had served his country for only 24 hours.
Brigadier General, MG Kangye, Cadets Commandant of the school, handed over the Nigeria National Flag, a pair of army boot and army ceremonial cap to the mourning father of the deceased, Mr Didam Joshua, as women cried uncontrollably in the fenced cemetery.
Relations of the deceased cadet were too distraught to speak to our correspondent, but a close family friend of Joshua said he was beaten to death on his “introductory” night.
He said: “He arrived NDA on Saturday, 3rd September, 2016 and on Monday, 5th September; I was told that he was dead. It was my friend that drove his son to the gate of old NDA and they parted ways happily. But, I was told that he died on Sunday after he did not survive what I was told was ‘introduction’ beatings from his seniors. At the mortuary, you could see stitches on his head and he had bruises on other parts of the body. The NDA said that he died of stomach pain and that before he could be taken to the hospital, he died on the way.
“I asked ‘how can such a brilliant, young boy who was very eager, proud and happy to serve his country get killed just a day when he reported to start what we all thought will be a brilliant military career?
“How can a healthy, smart boy who was never a trouble maker have such wounds on his body, and someone is saying he had stomach problem? God knows the best. But it will be difficult for my friend (Joshua) to pull through this agony, especially his wife, “, he said.
When contacted, the Public Relations Officer, PRO, of NDA, Captain Musa Yahaya, said that James, who hails from Kaduna municipality, had an accident on the day he was to report and came to NDA with injuries.
He said: “It was when the new cadets were queuing to receive their kits that Cadet Didam slumped. He was immediately rushed to the clinic and was given the best of medical attention. When the doctors examined him, they found out that he had internal bleeding. He had earlier confided to one of his colleagues that he had an accident on his way to NDA. But that he was afraid to tell the authority so that they would not reject him. He was never brutalized. It was an accident that he had. That was what the autopsy confirmed. He died on Monday.”
Labels: nigerian army, nigerian defense academy
Friday, September 09, 2016
Nigerian leaders, senators also feel the pain caused by current economic recession - Saraki
Senate President Bukola Saraki says he and other leaders in the country are also feeling the pain caused by the current economic recession.
.......and Tuface was also at The Dream Center in Makurdi.
Tuface is spotted here today 9 Sept 2016 with Love Idoko CEO of The Dream Center and Emma Adukwu of Jos Chillin .Tuface is going to perform at the StarTrek event .
CHAI,CHAI ! Somebody is releasing a list of married men who are serial Cheaters in Lagos,PHC,Kaduna,Abuja and Kano.
So LIB just revealed that @jekeiniome, whose bio reads: "lawyer in equity. forbes 30 under 30', has revealed that she plans on making a thread of married men in Lagos, Kaduna, Abuja, Kano and Port Harcourt, who are serial cheaters...with proof of course.
Meanwhile, check out tweets by a man who said "married men don't cheat. A married man is licensed to have sex with another girl as long as she is single". Maka Y? Anyway let's see his tweet.
Source LIB
First pictures,Tuface arrives Makurdi for StarTrek,makes stopover at MADDRAGON ENTERTAINMENT Studios. PHOTOS.
Tuface who shut down Lagos last Sunday with Buckwyld and Breathless is currently in Makurdi town for the StarTrek show...His first stopover was at the Maddragon Entertainment Studios,the leading Entertainment group in Makurdi where he met the Maddragon Artists.
Maddragon artists put up a fantastic performance at Tuface show in Lagos last Sunday,looks like there's a collabo going on. see more pictures
IGP visits Edo State. PHOTOS
The Inspector General of Police, IGP Ibrahim K. Idris, NPM, mni paid a visit to Edo State on Friday 9th September, 2016 ahead of Governorship election seeking the cooperation of Stakeholders for a peaceful election.
Indian man who claims to be magnetic can hold a 10kg IRON on his body.
India's magnet man is becoming more attractive by the day, graduating from spoons and nails to irons weighing more than 10kg.
Buhari orders disposal of some Presidential fleet Jets.
President Muhammadu Buhari has given the Order for the Disposal of some of the Presidential Aircrafts in the Presidential Fleet.
President Buhari arrives Katsina for the Sallah break . PHOTOS
President Buhari arrived Katsina en route Daura this evening for the Sallah break with the Grass roots.
Courts Grant Bail To Man Accused Of Chaining Stepson For One Month
A Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos State, has admitted a 50-year-old man, Emmanuel Adeyemi, to bail in the sum of N500, 000 for allegedly chaining his step-son and burying four corpses in his residence.
The Chief Magistrate, Taiwo Akanni, who granted bail to the accused on Friday, also ordered him to produce two sureties in like sum.
She adjourned the case till October 10 for mention.
Adeyemi, who lives at No 16, Aderinola Olamiju Close, Unity Estate, Ojodu, a suburb of Lagos, was arraigned for deprivation of liberty and unlawful burial in his residence.
The Prosecutor, Rafael Donny, told the court that the offences were committed at the accused residence between July and August, 2016 and unspecified dates.
Mr. Donny said the accused was arrested following information that he chained a 16-year-old step -son in his residence.
The victim was chained for a month, the prosecutor said.
“On investigation, it was also discovered that the accused buried four different corpses in his residence without the permission of the Local Government”, he said.
The offences contravened sections 162(1) and 270 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.
The accused, however, pleaded not guilty.
(NAN)
Labels: #metro news#bail#chief magistrates’ court#emmanuel adeyemi#step-son
Lady Gaga steps out in shorts,with wardrobe malfunction. PHOTOS
Labels: Celebrity News, gossip, lady gaga
Top 6 men of God that have a strong hold on Nigerian politics.
There has always been controversy whenever a spiritual leader decides to mix politics with religion. Many religious people are of the opinion that the two should be kept separate. For others, it is allowed.
Labels: CAN, men of God, pastors
Aliko Dangote set to begin coal mining in Kogi.
The Dangote Cement Plc, a subsidiary of the Dangote Group, has disclosed its plan to start mining coal at Ankpa, Kogi State, in November.
Labels: coal mining, Dangote
Ronaldo launches new fragrance as he prepares for Real Madrid return (VIDEO)
Cristiano Ronaldo has launched his new fragrance as he prepares to make his return from injury this weekend.