Ministers Transferred N1.5bn From Ministry’s Account To Fund Jonathan’s Campaign – Witness Claims

The witness told Justice Rilwan Aikawa of the Federal High Court, Lagos, that the fund was transferred to an account belonging to one of the accused for campaign purposes.

An investigator with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Shiabu Shehu, has alleged that two ex-ministers and others transfered N1.5 billion from imprest account of Ministry of External Affairs with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to fund former President Goodluck Jonathan’s re-election campaign in 2015.

Shehu, who is the third prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of former Minister of State for Finance under Jonathan, Mrs. Esther Nenadi Usman, former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, under ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, Danjuma Yusuf and a company, Joint Trust Dimensions Nigeria Limited, told Justice Rilwan Aikawa of the Federal High Court, Lagos, that the fund was transferred to an account belonging to one of the accused for campaign purposes.

He said that the beneficiary of the funds was neither a contractor nor service provider to the ministry.

The witness, who was led in evidence by the EFCC’s lawyer, Rotimi Oyedepo, said he became familiar with the charge preferred against the accused in February 2016, after a petition against them over an alleged fraudulent transfer of funds from the ministry’s account was assigned to his team to investigate.

Shehu said their investigation linked the former minister, Usman, and Yusuf to the account, and Yusuf and some members of his family who were directors in the company.

'I am not ready to die for Nigeria'' soldier stationed in the North East says

A Nigerian soldier who is stationed in the North East says he loves Nigeria but he is not ready to die for Nigeria. In a post shared on his Facebook page, Wise Rich King, wrote

''I have made up my mind to die for what I believed and to live for what I love, and to fight for my right, don't copy my style & don't follow my way, since there is no way we can make peace with one another let us go into war after the battle I believed the truth will speak for itself and therefore peace and unity will reign, I love my Country Nigeria and even if I fight for this country with my last strength , I am not ready to die for this country Nigeria!!! Help me oh my God. I am On my way to fight for this country, oh God bless my way, save my soul, don't let me die in the battle field, Amen!!

Local Goverments were paid about N20million to ‘purchase’ people for President Buhari’s rallies - Buba Galadima alleges

Buba Galadima while appearing as a guest on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics said the mammoth crowd seen at venues of recent APC rallies are charades, he claims that the people were paid to attend the presidential campaigns of the ruling party.

Jose Mourinho makes rare public outing with his wife after his 'secret friendship' with a blonde lady is revealed (Photos)

Sacked Manchester United coach, Jose Mourinho has been spotted on a rare outing with his wife Matilde after his 'secret friendship' with a blonde lady was revealed back in December.

The 56-year-old Portuguese coach and his 54-year-old partner were on Sunday pictured at posh Harry's Dolce Vita in Knightsbridge, West London where they met some friends.

It is the first time the couple who share two children together have been seen together after The Sun revealed Jose's 'secret friendship' with blonde Prue Carter-Robinsonin December.

25-year old Nigerian lady celebrates 3rd wedding anniversary with six children

A Nigerian lady on Facebook identified as Chidimma Offor is celebrating having six children in a space of three years.

According to reports, her first pregnancy was about three years ago and she gave birth to triplets but she lost one of the babies. Now, she's just welcomed a set of quadriplets making it a total of 6 children in three years of marriage.

In her words, 'at 25, within 3years of marriage, we've bn blessed with 6 beautiful babies. Trust me when i say it wasnt an easy journey, but it's bn worth it. Say hello baby somkenechukwu (female), sobenna(male),somfechukwu (female),chimsonarii(female) newest addy to my not so lil family. My God is awesome! Ehee! Ndi gym i'm now ready o. Taking this slay game to an entirely new level'.

Valentines Day is coming, It is another opportunity for satan to deceive you that sex is love' - Reno Omokri

As Valentine's day approaches, Reno Omokri has taken to Twitter to write that lovers should celebrate love and not sex, while noting that the main purpose of sex is to recreate.

See what he wrote below.

Touching!! Woman finds out her boyfriend saved her life six years before they met

man donated blood to save a random woman's life 11 years ago, not knowing that the woman will one day become his girlfriend.

Lin Xiaofen was involved in a life-threatening accident 11 years ago in Taiwan. After the horrific crash, Lin was in a critical condition and doctors had to pump her with 10 pints of blood and two isolated platelets. She eventually recovered but was left with a disorder which meant she was in need of further blood donations.

A man named Lian Zhicheng was one of those who donated blood for Lin Xiaofen when she needed more blood years after her accident.

6 years later, when Lin moved to Hsinchu in north-west Taiwan, she met Lian and they felt an 'instant connection' and began dating. When she told her new boyfriend, a regular donor, about her accident and what happened after, Lian joked that he might have been the one who donated the blood that saved her life.

few tests later, and the couple confirmed that in fact, Lian was one of the blood donors who had saved Lin years after her accident.

Talking about the accident which occured in 2008 and how she needed subsequent donations a few years later, Lian joked he was giving his blood at the time and whether she’d been given his.

So they checked the donor’s ID number with the staff at the station which took in the donation and confirmed that it was Lian.

Lin told Pear Video:

When they told me it was a Mr. Lian from Hsinchu, I felt surprised.

And Lian joked, asking the public to donate blood because 'you might have a chance to save your future wife.'

Two Nigerian lecturers die, one injured in ghastly motor accident on their way home after attending a friend's wedding in Jigawa

Two friends, Zaharadeen Hussaini Kaita and Saib Abbantea, were killed in a fatal accident on their way home after attending a friend's wedding in Malam Madori local government area of Jigawa State. The third friend,Yusuf Dot Java was seriously injured and hospitalised.

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The accident occurred along Ringim-Kano road. Zaharadeen Kaita was until his tragic death, a lecturer with Isa Kaita Polytechnic Katsina- while Java was a lecturer at Nuhu Bakalli Polytechnic Zaria.

See the last picture the three men took together at the wedding held on Saturday.

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The groom, Babangida Isyaku, took to Facebook to pay tribute to the men and pray for the speedy recovery of the third. Also see posts by friends, family members and colleagues."Assalam. Thank you so much for attending my wedding. I hope you reach home safely. I really appreciate you for adding colour to my wedding. As for those that were unable to attend i thank you for the messages and prayers. However, i regret to announce the untimely exit of two of my friends who had a fatal accident on their way back home after the wedding (Zaharadeen Hussaini Kaita and Saib Abbantea (Isah Sani Birningwari)). they happen to be my good and close friends during my MSc at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. indeed this is a great lost and sad not only to their family members but including me. I always remember any time we spoke on phone the last question is ''when is your wedding day, in shaa Allah that day we must come to Mallam Madori''. I therefore, please solicit for your kind prayers, May their gentle soul rest in peace and may Jannatul firdausi be their final abode. as for Yusuf Dot Java i wish you speedy and quick recovery"

Photos from the funeral of 25-year-old Nigerian graduate who committed suicide in Italy after residence permit denial

A 25-year-old Nigerian man identified as Prince Jerry killed himself in Italy after authorities denied him a residence permit. Read here

Jerry's funeral was held Friday morning, at the Chiesa dell'Annunziata in Genoa.

Prince Jerry was a chemistry graduate and was continuing his studies at a University having arrived from Libya on a boat two and a half years ago.�

In mid-January his appeal to stay in the country was rejected and he ?fell into a deep depression?, according to sources close to Jerry, who was staying in Tortona in Piedmont at the time of his death.

Italian authorities have been denying residence permits in their hundreds and have started removing migrants from centres as the government?s hardline immigration measures kick in.Approved in December, the Salvini decree ? named after Matteo Salvini, the interior minister and leader of the far-right League ? abolishes humanitarian protection for those not eligible for refugee status.

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?After discovering he couldn?t even count on the humanitarian permission that was cancelled by the recent decree, one of our boys took his own life,? said Fr Giacomo Di Martino of the charity Migrantes.

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Fr Alex Zanotelli, a member of the Comboni missionaries in Verona, described Jerry?s death as ?a state murder, the bitter fruit of the Salvini decree, which besides insecurity produces deaths?.

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?Many of the migrants and refugees we treat in our projects have already passed through traumatic experiences in their journey, in many cases with episodes of violence and torture in Libya,? Lilian Pizzi, a psychologist with M�decins Sans Fronti�res in Rome, told the Guardian.

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?When they arrive in Europe they are often retraumatised by arbitrary policies that reduce their rights and by an atmosphere of hate and racism amplified by the media. And all this exacerbates a sense of powerlessness and exclusion.?More photos below...

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Rowan Atkinson "Mr Bean" to take a year off work to look after his young daughter

Rowan Atkinson, popularly known as Mr Bean, is taking a year off work to become a stay-at-home dad.

The 64-year-old actor who welcomed a daughter with his partner Louise Ford, 35, in December 2017, shocked friends when he told them that he is ‘going to take care of Baby Bean while Louise has the chance to concentrate on acting’.

Reacting to Mr Bean's decision, a source close together actor said:

Rowan has a habit of surprising people – and he has done it again with this announcement.

He has said he will take a back seat from work to be with Isla, and this will obviously allow Louise to focus on her career which is going well.

Rowan already has a son Ben, 23, and a daughter, 21, from former wife Sunetra Sastry. He split from Sunetra in 2014, who cited ‘irreconcilable differences’ in the divorce papers the following year.

Rowan and Louise began dating in 2014 after meeting on West End production Quartermaine’s Terms in 2012.

Photos: Young girl declares interest in man with down syndrome who married 15-year-old girl in Ozubulu, says people should stop insulting him

A 19-year-old lady has declared interest in the man with down syndrome,  who married a minor in Ozubulu, Anambra state.

In a post on a Facebook group, Onuh Chisom Maryjane, slammed those insulting the man. She didn't spared the young nursing mother, Chinwe, either.

She also stated that she'll marry the man on the condition that his 'rich' family members, open up a business for her, buy her a car and credit her account.

Read her post below:

"Since u people doesn't want him to marry a 15 year old girl,fine

Bring him to me let him marry a 19 yrs old girl
If u people doesn't want him,i want me
Somepeople are wicked,they don't want him to enjoy what other s are enjoying,people should stop insulting him,any ways that girl no fine at all and am finer than her,
I also heard that his brother Is rich,that good to know, but before i marry him, their must buy me a car,credit my account and open up a business for me
Pls am interested in him"

Photos: Six suspected internet fraudsters including two females arrested by EFCC operatives in Port Harcourt

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Port Harcourt Zonal Office have arrested six suspected internet fraudsters at their hotel hideout in Rumuigbo, Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

A statement from the antigraft agency says they were arrested on Friday, February 1, 2019 in a sting operation.

 The suspects, comprising four men and two ladies are: Oghenekewe Innocent Akinnawo, Kemka Godseat Amadi, Revelation Macaulay, Damilola Adedoyin Oyinloye, Mary Ndubuisi and Jennifer Vandi.

Their arrest followed series of intelligence report linking them with alleged fraudulent activities ranging from love scam on numerous dating sites, obtaining money by false pretences and other fraud still being investigated. 

Several items were recovered from them at the point of arrest. Some of them are three exotic cars: Benz- E350-4Matic; Toyota Camry XLE and Benz- GLE 450. Others are four iPhones, four laptops; one iPad, one iron sealed stamp; cheque books, car number plates and two un-used bullets. 

They will soon be charged to court.

Lagos State records 134% rise in sexual abuse and domestic violence - New Report

The 2018 report of the Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team of the Ministry of Justice, Lagos State, has shown a 134 per cent increase in cases of rape, defilement and domestic violence handled by the agency compared to the previous year.

The report indicated that DSVRT handled 2,356 cases in 2018 – 1,312 higher than 1,044 cases treated in the preceding year. In the year under review, the agency recorded 1,750 domestic violence cases, 279 child abuse cases, 78 defilement cases, 44 cases of rape, 51 attempted rape cases and 154 other cases.

While the number of domestic violence cases increased by 817, the incidence of child abuse and defilement rose by 251 and 37 respectively. Rape cases was 24 higher compared to the 2017 report.

According to the 2018 statistics, the office on the average received 166 new cases monthly and got 840 genuine reports via the 6820 emergency short  code.The report stated, “The team recorded a major increase in the number of cases handled in 2018. A total number of 2,356 cases, including 1,750 domestic violence cases, 279 child abuse cases, 78 defilement cases, 44 rape cases, 51 attempted rape cases and 154 other cases were handled. It was discovered that the number of cases increased by 134 per cent in the year 2018.

“DSVRT has responded to 439 reports of domestic violence, 215 reports of sexual abuse and 186 reports of child abuse – all reported via the 6820 platform. What is most exciting about the platform is that it breaks the initial barrier of people not wanting to make formal reports at an office or police station. We are now able to interact directly with survivors and concerned witnesses and take vital steps in dealing with a case.”

The report  added  that DSVRT focused on children who experienced violence  at  the hands of close relations, noting that a total number of 2,646 children were exposed to domestic violence within the home. Some of the children were said to have been taken through counselling programmes to ensure  that their experiences  did not have permanent and negative impacts on them.

The report said, “From January 2018 to December 2018, the attention of DSVRT was drawn to incidents of child abuse in 19 schools. All the erring schools are under investigation by the Office of Education Quality Assurance in the Ministry of Education. All the defilement cases have been taken to court.”

Photos: EFCC arrests 13 suspected fraudsters in Enugu, Toyota and Mercedes benz cars recovered from them

The Economic and Financial Crimes, EFCC, Enugu Zonal Office, has arrested 13 suspects for allegedly engaging in cyber crime and internet fraud.

Three of the suspects were arrested on January 17, 2019 at Awka, Anambra State, following intelligence reports and surveillance carried out on them. Six were arrested at Ngwo in Enugu State, while four were arrested at an estate in Abakpa area of Enugu State.

Items recovered from them include nine exotic cars ranging from Toyota Avenza, Toyota Lexus, Toyota Hillux, Toyota avalon,Mercedez Benz among others. Others include laptops, printers, cameras, phones, expensive drinks and other personal effects.

The Zonal Head of the South East Zone of the commission, Ahmed Imam Usman, while addressing the Press on February 1, 2019 said the raid was consequent upon the resolve ofthe acting EFCC Chairman, Ibrahim Magu to intensify the Commission’s fight against internet and cyber fraudsters across the country.

He said:

“We have resolved as part of carrying out the commission’s mandate to stamp out internet scams, advance fee fraud and other related crimes and help in rebuilding the image of the country.

“Apart from public corruption which affects us locally, and denies us access to basic social amenities, Nigerians are treated badly because of the activities of cyber criminalsand this gives us a bad name internationally. We are determined to stamp that out.”

Charges have been drawn against the suspects and have been filed in court; they will soon be arraigned.

Kenyan designer splits from her Nigerian lover months after advising women to bathe their men and be submissive if they want to keep them

Kenyan fashion blogger cum designer, Lisa Gaitho who made headlines after advising women to bathe their men if they want to keep them, has split from her Nigerian lover.

Recall that Lisa caused an uproar online last July after she advised women to bathe their men, dry them well, clean their ears if they want to keep them and get whatever they want from them.

In the video that went viral, the young lady admitted to doing the same to her man which was one of the many reasons that kept him. See previous report here

 She also explains that it took her time to realize that she was actually treating the “man” in her life as an “idol”.

“When I was reading the Bible, the story of Shadrack, Meshack and Abednego, God showed me that bowing down is not just to the king. It’s compromising…And I said if I have sex and ignore what God is saying I would be bowing down to my idol and at this time, this man had become my idol,” said Gaitho.

The breakup caught many Kenyans by surprise as countless thought she was a relationship guru who could fix hers.

Following reports that she was single, Kenyans took to social media to troll her to hell and back, reminding her of her days as a relationship adviser. Read some below.