by Admin | Aug 25, 2016 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI A brother to the Cross Rivers State Governor, Professor Ben Ayade has been arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, nigerianewspaper.com.ng has gathered on Wednesday. The relation, Dr. Francis Ayade was arrested on Tuesday in connection with an alleged N2.4billion contract scam. Ayade, Managing Director of Leophina Nigeria Limited and Hally Brown International Limited, was involved in shady deals involving diversion of public funds into his companies’ accounts. Specifically, four different allocations from the Nigerian federal government accounts were allegedly diverted into Hally Brown International Limited’s account owned by him. Investigations showed that Hally Brown International Limited was awarded a road construction contract to the tune of N2.4billion in 2011. To finance the contract, Ayade allegedly took a loan of N350,000,000( Three Hundred and Fifty Million Naira only) from First Bank Plc, on behalf of Cross Rivers Rural Access and Mobility Project. The loan, was however, never used for the contract, but transferred into the Mobility Project. Ayade has also been implicated in alleged suspicious transactions involving Obudu Micro Finance Bank, among other allegations. He has been offered administrative bail but still in the custody of the EFCC until he fulfills the bail...
by Admin | Aug 25, 2016 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI A group of internet fraudsters a.k.a Ghana Burgers were apprehended by policemen at Koko Junction, Warri, Delta State..According to the evidences found on them and their confessions, they went to Oyo State for rituals. Read below what was shared by Ossai Ovie Success Mobile police apprehend some group of Ghana Burgers at Koko Junction. According to the visuals and photo of evidence we find out that these guys according to their confession went to Oyo State for rituals. They used two Ecolax buses and boarded the vehicle from Benin and asked the driver to move straight to Sapele. One of the culprits said his name is Simeon and he stay at Uruhakpa and Otefe Poly student. According to their own confession after police interrogations , they said they went for rituals at Oyo State. The two Ecolax buses contain the following items. 1. Four used girls pants. 2. Old mat 3. Used girls wig 4. Used girls brassier And other concoction...
by Admin | Aug 25, 2016 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI The Kaduna State Police Command says it has arrested the stepmother who brutalised her two young stepchildren in NDC, IgabI local government area of the state. It will be recalled that the woman Identified as Hasiya, broke the hand, leg and bruised the eye, stomach, back and private part of her stepson. She also broke the head of her stepdaughter by hitting her with the sole of a pointed shoe on her head. The Command’s spokesman, DSP Aliyu Usman, who confirmed the arrest to newsmen, noted that the woman is in the custody of the State Criminal Investigation Department, (SCID) and would be charged to court as soon as the investigation is...
by Admin | Aug 25, 2016 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has quizzed two former local government chairmen and a former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in Bauchi State over an alleged N85.75m election fraud. The affected people are a former Chairman, Bauchi LGA, Bala Maigoro, a former Caretaker Chairman, Alkaleri LGA, Bala Abdullahi and an ex-chairman of the PDP in the Warji LGA, Alhaji Sama’ila Maigwanjo. The men were interrogated by the EFCC at its Gombe Zonal Office. This is just as a former chairman of the PDP in Bogoro LGA, Andrew Adamu, refunded N6m to the EFCC as part of funds disbursed to the LGA in the build-up to the 2015 presidential election. This was made known by the spokesman for the Gombe Zonal Office of the EFCC, Gbenga Aroyehun, in an email sent to journalists in Bauchi on Wednesday. He said Maigoro who was quizzed for N48.02m told the operatives of the EFCC during interrogation that he signed and collected the said amount on behalf of the local government in the presence of a former member of the House of Representatives from the state, Aminu Mohammed, and the former caretaker chairman of the local government, Umar Aliyu, who signed as a witness. He said, “Maigoro also told the EFCC that the money was disbursed through the stakeholders of the local government among whom were, the former Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in Bauchi State, Mr. Mukhtar Abubakar, a former member of the state House of Assembly, Danlami Ahmed, and Mohammed Umar who was the Secretary of the Stakeholders Committee. “They said the money was given to them...
by Admin | Aug 25, 2016 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI United Bank for Africa (UBA) has been omitted from the list of nine Nigerian Banks barred from the Foreign exchange market for allegedly hiding over $2 billion belonging to Nigerian National Petroleun Corporation (NNPC) from the Treasury Single Account (TSA). The development was conveyed by Tokunbo Martins, director, banking supervision of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Wednesday. He said: “Further to the directive of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to all Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) to return all outstanding unremitted NNPC/NLNG foreign currency, this is to confirm that the United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has remitted all outstanding NNPC/NLNG deposits in its possession to NNPC’s Treasury Single Account (TSA) at the CBN. “Accordingly, the United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has been re-admitted into the Foreign Exchange Market effective Thursday, August 25,...
by Admin | Aug 25, 2016 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI The police in Lagos State have arrested a syndicate based in Enugu State, which allegedly called some medical doctors in the state and threatened them with abduction unless they parted with some money. PUNCH Metro learnt that the three-member syndicate had defrauded four doctors of N220,000 before a petition was written to the police on the criminal activity. Our correspondent gathered that two women, who were suspected members of the syndicate, identified as Rita Ojobo and Emmanuella Ossai, had been arrested, while a third member, Kelechi Ojobo, who allegedly made the call, was on the run. The police said Kelechi was based in Togo and he was the one who withdrew the money each time a doctor who had been threatened with abduction or murder, paid the amount billed for him. Our correspondent learnt that the two women were arrested in Enugu State by police operatives on Monday and brought to Lagos. A police source said the mode of operation of the gang was to call the targeted doctor and threaten him with abduction or murder, unless he was ready to appease the gang with a certain amount of money. Speaking with PUNCH Metro while being paraded at the Lagos State Police Command headquarters, Ikeja, 30-year-old Rita said Kelechi paid only N40,000 into her account from the sums collected from the victims. The second suspect, Ossai,“The whole thing started since the middle of last month. Four people had paid N220,000 into my account. I cannot say whether he called some doctors to pay the money or not. He said he got the money from the spare parts...
by Admin | Aug 24, 2016 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI A 26- year- old man has thrown decorum to the wind by impregnating his 16-year- old sister at Shibiri, in Ajagbandi area of Lagos State. The mini-bus driver identified as one Rotimi Oriade was said to have impregnated his only sister who lives in the same one room apartment with him. The pregnancy alleged to be about four months old was noticed by women in the residence, after they saw the minor, Mariam (not real name) vomiting severally and confronted her with questions on Saturday.. A neighbour, Clifford Amechi revealed that, “One of the bold women in the compound identified as Mama Amarachi called the girl on Saturday and advised her to tell the truth now so that they would know how to help her condition. After much persuasion, the young lady opened up and said that it was her elder brother, Rotimi who put her in the family way. The girl explained that her brother was usually jealous if he sees her with any boy. The expectant mother said she was afraid of her brother because he usually threaten her, warning that he did not want to see her with any man. Amechi said the expectant mother explained that, “One day she was sleeping on the mat when he returned and ordered that she should be sleeping in the bed. That morning she had taken her bath and never knew that her brother was still around and she was stark Unclad admiring herself in the mirror when he came in and closed the door behind him. He told her that so this was the beautiful body...
by Admin | Aug 24, 2016 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI The Niger State Police Command has started investigations into the killing of the owner of Deploo Hotel and Suites, Mr. Lucky Okonkwo, who was murdered in his hotel in Suleja, Niger State. Punch Metro learnt that 59-year-old Lucky was stabbed to death on Friday by a three-man gang, suspected to be workers at the hotel, shortly after he returned from a trip to Kaduna. He was said to be at the hotel for the purpose of supervision. It was learnt that after killing the victim, the suspects took away the Closed Circuit Television decoder of the hotel, the victim’s phones and fled in his Peugeot 406 saloon car. They also took away a file containing certain information about the hotel. The security men at the hotel, who were the prime suspects, were reported to have fled immediately the incident happened and had since been unreachable on their telephone lines. They were identified as Frank Anavukko, Victor Anerah and Emmanuel Adeh. Punch correspondent was told that the incident was discovered on Saturday morning by a housekeeper who saw a pool of blood streaming out from the victim’s office. The matter was reported at the Madalla Police Division and some of the hotel workers were arrested. Lucky, an indigene of Delta State, was said to be the immediate past Vice-President of the Nigerian Association of Technology Engineering, North-West zone. The victim’s first son, Paul, told Punch Metro that his father was killed around 7pm. He explained that workers at the hotel claimed not to have known when his father was murdered. He said, “He just returned from a trip...
by Admin | Aug 24, 2016 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI The Bishop who became quite famous after he was caught sleeping with his niece has come out to defend himself concerning the allegations. Bishop Jonathan Musyoki Muthoka, a known man of God in Kenya made headlines recently after images of him emerged showing him lying in a compromising position with his niece. Muthoka’s wife had allegedly caught him sleeping with the househelp whom he claimed was his niece, with the help of a CCTV camera she had installed in their bedroom and sitting room. The Bishop’s wife went on to sue him for the act on a charge of infidelity. Now the Bishop has come out to deny the allegations and has accused his wife of attacking his ministry According to The Nairobian, Muthoka claims his wife is accusing him falsely and has the intention of bringing down his ministry. Here’s what he said below: “In fact we have hired more than 70 house helps because she has been suspicious for no reason, why did she pinpoint the girl in question and not any other. I cannot even sleep with her because of blood ties. “How is it even possible to do that in the house in the presence of my wife? From the looks of it, she is after money and destroying our family judging from demands in the court documents. “She has been suspecting me for no reason because I travel a lot even one time I went for crusade in Mombasa and she accused me to have gone for other...
by Admin | Aug 24, 2016 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI The Republican presidential nominee, Donald Trump has accused President Barack Obama of being the founder of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant group (ISIL), also known as ISIS who are wreaking havoc from the Middle East to European cities. “In many respects, you know, they honour President Obama”, Trump said during a raucous campaign rally outside Fort Lauderdale, Florida. “He’s the founder of ISIS, okay?” Trump emphasised. “He’s the founder. He found ISIS.” However, Trump has long blamed Obama and his former foreign minister Hillary Clinton for pursuing Middle East policies that created a power vacuum in Iraq that was exploited by ISIL. CNN recorded that he has sharply criticized Obama for announcing he would pull US troops out of Iraq, a decision that many Obama critics said created the kind of instability in which groups like ISIL thrive. The White House however declined to comment on Trump’s accusation. Donald Trump, the former property mogul and reality TV star went on to criticize Clinton, his Democratic Party rival for the presidency. “And I would say, the co-founder would be crooked Hillary Clinton,” he said. He has however in the past accused Clinton of “founding” the group. In June, when a gunman who claimed allegiance to ISIL killed 49 people in a Florida nightclub, Trump seemed to suggest Obama was sympathetic to the group when he said Obama “doesn’t get it, or he gets it better than anybody understands”. In the past, Trump has also falsely suggested Obama is a Muslim or was born in Kenya, where Obama’s father was from. Trump lobbed the allegation halfway...
by Admin | Aug 24, 2016 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI 31-year-old man, Malami Yusuf, who allegedly lured and raped 11-year-old girl in a market place has been granted N500, 000 bail by a Magistrate Court in Apapa area of Lagos State. The Senior Magistrate, Mr Patrick Adekomaiya, also asked the accused to produce two sureties as part of the bail condition. Adekomaiya said the sureties must be gainfully employed and should show evidence of two years tax payment to the Lagos State Government. Yusuf had pleaded not guilty to a two-count charge bordering on defilement and sexual assault The prosecutor, Insp. Tony Elibeh told the court that the accused committed the offences on April 17 at Rago Market, Ojo, Lagos. He said that the accused lured the girl to the back of a building at the market place and forcefully had carnal knowledge of her without her consent. “The accused was caught by a man, who saw him having carnal knowledge of the girl. The man immediately rescued the girl and called some market women to help her. The accused was badly beaten up by an angry mob, before the police came by to arrest him,” Elibeh said. The prosecutor said the offences contravened Section 137 and 263 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011. The Magistrate however adjourned the case till Aug. 31, for...
by Admin | Aug 24, 2016 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI The Imo state police command has rescued a 3-day old baby, born to the family of Mr and Mrs Oluebube Ekwedike of Umuezealaowerre Ehime Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State. While reuniting the baby with his parents on Monday, the Imo State Police Commissioner, Taiwo Lakanu, said the baby was said to have been stolen by unknown child thieves barely 48-hours after the baby was given birth to at the Chukwunonso Maternity in Isiala Mbano Local Government Area of Imo state. While reuniting the baby with his parents on Monday, the Imo State Police Commissioner, Taiwo Lakanu, said the baby was said to have been stolen by unknown child thieves barely 48-hours after the baby was given birth to at the Chukwunonso Maternity in Isiala Mbano Local Government Area of Imo state. The mother of the baby, Uchechi Ekwedike, 21, who could not hide her joy seeing her baby again, said she was tricked by the culprits in order to steal her baby. After reuniting the baby with his parents at the command headquarters in Owerri, the capital of Imo State in southeast Nigeria, Mr Lakanu said despite the numerous warnings for people to desist from child stealing and trafficking, some persons were still adamant in causing pain and sorrow on innocent members of the society. He said: “My team, the entire Imo State Police Command, will not rest on its oars to ensure that criminal offenses are brought to its barest minimum in the state. “It is so unfortunate that such barbaric behaviour still exists amongst our people. But the arrest of these ones should...
by Admin | Aug 24, 2016 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI Wonders shall never end oooo, my eyes saw something that my mouth cant just say Few minutes ago, it happened at where i work at bcj area in apata, ibadan, an hausa man came to buy a bag of rice and he paid the woman selling the rice #20000(1000 and 500 denomination), after he left, d money changed to #10 & #5….. What a world we are...
by Admin | Aug 24, 2016 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI A 33-year-old teacher at Nasarawa Annex Primary School, Identified as Hamisu Galadima, has been arrested by the Katsina State Police Command for allegedly raping a nine-year-old schoolgirl (Names Withheld). The teacher who was said to be a serial rapist always warned his victim not to tell anyone about the act. The schoolgirl who could not hold the trauma narrated what happened to her father, Hashimu Mohammed, who reported the incident at the Faskari Police Division, leading to Galadima’s arrest. The teacher was arraigned before a Katsina Magistrate’s Court and was remanded in prison custody while the case was adjourned till September 26, 2016. The security operatives noted that the suspect was being investigated on five other rape cases, adding that Galadima, had already been arraigned before three other magistrates in connection with rape...
by Admin | Aug 24, 2016 | Blog
Follow @NigeriaPI A 56-year-old man, Abdullahi Zakari, who allegedly had se xual intercourse with his 18-year-old daughter, is to remain behind bars pending the perfection of his bail condition, a Lagos court has ruled. A Surulere Magistrates’ Court, which gave the order, said the man should be remanded in Ikoyi Prisons until the bail conditions were met. The Magistrate, Mrs. M.I. Dan-Oni, had admitted the accused to a bail of N500,000 with two responsible sureties in like sum. One of the sureties, she said, must be a blood relation of the accused and the other must be living in his own house. In addition, the magistrate said the sureties must show evidence of tax payment to Lagos State Government. Zakari, who lives at No.42, Gaskiya St., Ijora-Badia in Apapa area, pleaded not guilty to the charge. But the prosecutor, Sgt. Anthonia Osayande told the court that the accused committed the offence at his apartment between February and August. She said, “It is a shameful act that should not be condoned. “This is a serious offence and an abomination. The complainant said the father used to fondle her breast anytime she was in the room. “The accused had sex with the daughter against her wish.” The offence contravened Section 258 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011. The case was adjourned to Sept.19 for...
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