Court jails ex-banker 115years for N8.9m scam (EFCC press release)

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 115 years for N8.9m fraud? Choi. Well, thankfully it will run concurrently. See the EFCC press release below...

A Lagos High court sitting in Igbosere, presided over by Justice Adebisi Akinlade on Monday February 17, 2014 sentenced Jamiu Seun Odunayo (pictured above), a former banker, to One Hundred and Fifteen Years (115) imprisonment with no option of fine over an offense which borders on fraud, stealing, and obtaining money by false pretense.

Must read! Chimamanda Adichie writes on the anti-gay law.

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Article written by award winning writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie titled 'Why can’t he just be like everyone else?'  Find it below...

I will call him Sochukwuma. A thin, smiling boy who liked to play with us girls at the university primary school in Nsukka. We were young. We knew he was different, we said, ‘he’s not like the other boys.’ But his was a benign and unquestioned difference; it was simply what it was. We did not have a name for him. We did not know the word ‘gay.’ He was Sochukwuma and he was friendly and he played oga so well that his side always won.

Femi Kuti, D'banj, other African artistes collaborate on ONE theme song

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 Femi Kuti, D'banj, Omawumi, Victoria Kimani, Buffalo Soulja, Yvonne Chaka Chaka and additional African artistes collaborate on ONE Agric official theme song. They are all currently in the studio in South Africa.
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World press digest February 19: 'Pentagon experiments with electric brain stimulation'

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Check out some several stories worth reading. The US Air Force is experimenting with electric brain stimulation on several dozen volunteers in the hopes it may improve alertness and acuity in personnel who must spend hours monitoring drone footage and surveillance data.

A proposal to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, championed by President Obama, could reduce total employment by 500,000 workers by the second half of 2016, although it would also lift 900,000 families out of poverty and increase the incomes of 16.5 million low-wage workers in an average week.

Thai protesters drop at embattled PM's Bangkok office after deadly police crackdown

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Anti-government protesters in Bangkok on Wednesday surrounded the temporary office of caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, the day after a police crackdown left five dead in the capital's centre.

Suthep Thaugsuban, secretary general of the People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC), led a convoy of 200 cars to the Permanent Secretary of Defence office in northern Bangkok, which Yingluck and the cabinet have been using as a temporary office since protesters closed down Government House in December.

LIVE UPDATES: Kiev fierce clashes: govt and opposition talks fail, new wave of unrest in Ukraine.

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Twenty-five people have been killed in clashes between rioters and police in Kiev by 6 am local time on Wednesday, the Ukrainian press office said.

"Twenty-five people have died: eight of them after hospitalization in city healthcare institutions, four at an Interior Ministry hospital, 13 dead were delivered to the Kiev city clinical bureau of forensic medicine," a spokesperson said. A total of 351 people who were injured during clashes in the city center sought medical assistance, according to Kiev paramedic brigades and healthcare institutions.

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  "Border guards have been trying to divert transport vehicles to other checkpoints," the spokesperson said.
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CEO Of JP Morgan Replies Pretty Girl Seeking To Marry A Rich Man

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Jeezz this chik means business...She really researched her questions but CEO of JP Morgan's reply is so true, straight to the point but kinda annoying to me cos am a beautiful girl also!.

A young and pretty lady posted this on a popular forum:
Title: What should I do to marry a rich guy?

I’m going to be honest of what I’m going to say here. I’m 25 this year. I’m very pretty, have style and good taste. I wish to marry a guy with $500k annual salary or above. You might say that I’m greedy, but an annual salary of $1M is considered only as middle class in New York.

APC Was Shaped For Nigeria's Prosperity, The Best Is Yet To Come - Tinubu

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Former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has said that the All Progressives Congress, APC was formed so that Nigerians from all walks of life and social station might gather under one tent to develop the nation on the basis of equity and shared prosperity.

He said "What we seek is a fair social impact that we may avoid social calamity".

Tinubu spoke weekend in Sierra Leone, as he was honored with honorary doctorate degree of Civil Laws, (Honoris Causa) by the 50-year-old Njala University.

Why I Am Afraid Of Death - Veteran Actor, Pete Edochie speaks

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Veteran actor, Pete Edochie who is popularly known for his 'no-nonsense, strict father' roles he plays in movies has been off the scene for a while in a recent interview reveals why he is afraid of death.

"I smoked for 21 years before I quit, and each time I got tensed up, I looked for a cigarette, and psychologically I was puffing away the anger; but there is no other thing it does for you physically but to destroy your lungs".

Kiev death toll rises to 14, police say 6 officers shot dead

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Six Ukrainian policemen were shot dead in clashes with anti-government protesters on Tuesday, police said, raising the overall reported death toll to 14.

All of the officers died from gunshot wounds.

Story: Guy Invites ladies

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A guy invited a girl he
liked out and she came
with 2 friends. A few
minutes later she invited
another one making 3
girls with him. As the

NNPC must be tamed now

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WHO authorised the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation to unilaterally subsidise the price of kerosene? Unable to satisfactorily answer this simple question, the corporation and its backers in government have been dishing out unconvincing justifications and rebukes to its critics. But the emerging picture is that of a state-owned agency that operates unencumbered by checks or censure and where corruption and impunity have reached unimaginable levels.

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Stoppoing US drone attacks would be a sign of weakness - Expert

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The United States is planning to transform airbases in Central Asia to perform drone attacks in Pakistan. The US claimed that their main goal is Al-Qaeda destruction, but the total number of civilians killed is already about 2.500. The Voice of Russia talked to military extpert and political analyst Muhammad Aslam Khan.

Why does the US perceive its drones as an effective military solution?

It is very economical. It is a question of saving a lot of effort implementing drones for attacking each target. Another aspect is that America is pulling out from Afghanistan and most of the Western press is labeling it as a departure of the troops. But actually, the situation on the ground dictates that this should rather be called a hasty withdrawal, if not a retreat. America wants to save its face, particularly in the domestic politics, because after an over a decade battle against the Afghan Taliban there hasn’t been any clear success.
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Ukraine to restrict traffic into violence-torn Kiev

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Ukraine will restrict incoming traffic to Kiev from midnight to prevent the escalation of clashes of anti-government protesters with police, the government press agency said on Tuesday.

"To prevent human casualties and the escalation of conflict we ask the citizens of Ukraine to take into account that transport in the direction of Kiev will be restricted from midnight," it said.

Nine people died during clashes in Kiev on Tuesday, seven civilians and two policemen, police said.

Ukraine's opposition asks for truce till morning

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Opposition leader Arseny Yatsenyuk asked Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovich for a truce till morning.

The leader of the Ukrainian Batkivshchyna (Fatherland) opposition party, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, has asked President Viktor Yanukovich for a truce until morning.

Yatsenyuk appealed to Yanukovich while speaking from a stage on Maidan amid a standoff between armed protesters and police.

Police start assault against main Kiev protest camp

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Ukrainian riot police are moving in against thousands of protesters on Kiev's Independent Square.

Fresh clashes rocked Kiev's main protest camp on Independence Square with riot police confronting anti-government protestors.  Police warned women and children to leave the area as they moved on opposition positions with water cannon while protestors responded by throwing Molotov cocktails and setting fire to part of the tent encampment.

I was responsible for Amaechi's 2007 complications – Obasanjo

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FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that he should be held responsible for the travails of the Rivers State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, before and after the 2007 governorship election.

Obasanjo explained that rather than blame Dr. Peter Odili, who was Amaechi’s predecessor, the state governor should realise that he (Obasanjo) was fully in charge and responsible for his (Amaechi) woes.

It will be recalled that Obasanjo surprisingly denied Amaechi the PDP governorship ticket during the build up to the 2007 general election in Rivers State, declaring the Ikwerre-born politician’s case as having a K-leg.

K-leg is an euphemism used by Obasanjo in 2007 to describe the reason why he did not give Amaechi the governorship ticket.

God’ll forgive me for robbery, fraud – Pastor Prays to God

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Culled from Punch
Like any other minister of God, the job of Pastor Isaiah Willie of Happy People Bible Church in the Ayobo area of Lagos State was to preach spiritual redemption to members of his congregation.

However, police investigations have revealed that the 40-year-old preacher was not only into bank fraud but was also part of an armed robbery gang.
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R.I.P: Ex- Minister of State for Works, Isaiah Balat kicked the Bucket.

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Ex-Minister of State for works & Property throughout Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo government, Isaiah Balat, has died, @61. He died today around 1pm in Abuja. Late Isaiah Balat offered as Minister from 1999-2000 and was also decided a Senator in 2003 wherever he represented Kaduna South Senatorial Area from 2003-2007. May his soul sleep in peace, Ase.

Bizarre: Man hangs self in Ibadan two days after his wife’s death

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A 40 year old man named Anthony Bankole killed himself today February 17th just two days after his wife died, according to a report by Premium Times.

Mr Bankole, whose wife was confirmed dead by doctors at the University Teaching Hospital, UCH, Ibadan, committed suicide at his uncompleted building site at Olodo area, Kumapayi, Ibadan, after leaving his rented apartment at Abayomi area of Iwo Road around 5.49 a.m.