NNPC’s $1.5bn loan fraudulent –NLC

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Organised labour on Thursday said the $1.5bn syndicated loan deal by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation was a conduit for looting the nation’s treasury. The Nigeria Labour Congress accused the NNPC of perpetrating a “fraudulent” dependence on fuel importation and looting of the treasury, saying the loan the government’s oil corporation said it needed to pay debts had further exposed the fraud in the management of fuel subsidy.

EFCC arrests former CBN governor, Charles Soludo

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Former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Prof Charles Soludo, was Thursday arrested  by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC). He was picked up from his Abuja residence a source in EFCC confirmed to Vanguard. Vanguard gathered that Soludo’s arrest was in connection with the controversial contract he awarded for the printing of polymer currency notes to an Australian firm while he was governor of the CBN between 2006 and 2008.  It was not clear as at the time of filing the report if the operatives would release the former Anambra State Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate. (Vanguard)

6month Nigerian, baby kidnapped, South Africa

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Six month old Nigerian baby, Revelation Jones, was on Tuesday January 8th abducted by his parents neighbours, a couple believed to be Pakistanis. The couple, who have three children of their own,  allegedly attacked Revelation's nanny, leaving her for dead and also locked up a six year old girl in the house, as they took the baby.

Press statement from Aviation Minister, Princess Stella Oduah

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The Minister of Aviation, Mrs Stella Oduah posted this message on her Facebook page yesterday. Some people are panicking...:-). See it below..

We have uncovered an advanced plot by a well-known hireling to blackmail, smear and tarnish the image and reputation of the Honourable Minister of Aviation, Princess Stella Adaeze Oduah with the sole aim of distracting her from consolidating the gains already recorded in the transformation of the Aviation sector in line with the Transformation Agenda of the Federal government.

Our very reliable sources indicate that the hireling, who has been paid huge sums of money running into several millions of naira to execute the hatchet job will employ a very familiar strategy of calling a Press Conference to carry out his mischief and peddle his falsehood.

Egba, Ijebu unfair to Ogun West – Obasanjo

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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Wednesday declared that the people of Ogun West Senatorial District had been marginalised by the other zones in the state. He said this while receiving the leaders of the party from the district, who paid him a solidarity visit at his Hilltop residence in Abeokuta. He accused the Ogun East and Central zones, made up of the Ijebu/Remo and Egba, of working against the interest of the senatorial district comprising the Yewa/Awori.

‘Motorcyclists Responsible For Insecurity In FCC’

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The Director of FCT Directorate of Road Traffic Services (DRTS) Col. Wilson Alade (rtd), has blamed the insecurity in the federal Capital City (FCC) on activities of motorcyclists operating in the city.The director who disclosed this to newsmen yesterday, said that the directorate had impounded over 270 commercial motorcycles in the last four days in conjunction with other security personnel, adding that it would soon begin impounding tricycles, popularly called Keke NAPEP.He said, “Of recent, we have been having challenges especially in the area of security and it has been traced more to the recklessness of Okada riders within the FCC. We have in our cache about 270 motorcycles and the number will keep increasing on a daily basis until they are ready to comply with our directives.

FEC Approves Three More Federal Varsities ( What Do You Think)

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The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday approved the establishment of three additional federal universities in the country. The approval was given at the council’s first meeting of the year presided over by President Goodluck Jonathan. Minister of Information, Mr. Labaran Maku, briefed State House correspondents on the outcome of the meeting alongside his counterparts- Mr. Edem Duke (Tourism and Culture); Prof. Ruqqayatu Rufai (Education); and Dr. Yerima Ngama (State, Finance).The three newly-appr

We’re not aware of AIDS cure breakthrough – UNIBEN

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University of Benin on Wednesday distanced itself from  Prof. Isaiah Ibeh’s claim that he had found a possible cure for  AIDS. Reports on Wednesday quoted Ibeh, who is  UNIBEN’s Dean of  Basic Medical Sciences, as saying he had  developed a herbal  drug capable of curing AIDS. He told the News Agency of Nigeria in Benin on Tuesday that the new drug had undergone “a series of successful tests”.

BoT: Jonathan, OBJ forces regroup for fresh battle

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THE power play over who becomes the next chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party’s Board of  Trustees is definitely not over. And it is definitely still between President Goodluck Jonathan and ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo’s groups.  Following the sudden postponement of the election of the party’s next BoT chairman on Tuesday night, The PUNCH learnt that members of the two groups had regrouped for a future battle over whose side would produce the BoT chairman.

President Jonathan May Spend 7 Years Min. In Prison After Tenure

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Respected for the accuracy of his predictions, Prophet Marcus Tibetan who is widely referred to as the Nostradamus of our time predicts that ten Ministers in the cabinet of President Goodluck Jonathan would be dropped this year for being ineffective and incompetent.President Goodluck Jonathan, says the prophet, should pray against losing loved ones in this year 2013.These are some of the predictions of Prophet Marcus Tibetan, the Parish Head of Celestial Church of Christ, Elisha Parish, for the year 2013.

Rapist Stabbed To Death As He Sexually Assaulted 18-Year-Old Girl

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A Polish sex attacker was killed by a passerby who intervened to stop him molesting an 18-year-old girl in the street, a jury heard yesterday. Janusz Smoderek died of stab wounds soon after he drunkenly assaulted the teenager while on his way home from a lap-dancing club. Stephen Sleaford admits stepping in to save the young woman, but insists he was not responsible for Smoderek's death, and says it was in fact the Pole who was carrying a knife, not him. The prosecutor praised the actions of Sleaford, 38, in helping the unnamed girl after Smoderek grabbed her breasts while she was returning home from a night out in Boston, Lincolnshire in September 2011. 

VIDEO: Late Bisi Komolafe’s Burial

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Fans and artists gathered at the famous St Mary Catholic Cathedral Oke Padre Ibadan to bid Bisi Komolafe farewell as she was laid to rest on 4th of January, 2013.Bisi Komolafe died early hours of January 1st, 2013 due to complication on her pregnancy, she died at the UCH.

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FANS AND ARTISTS GATHERED TO BID BISI KOMOLAFE FAREWELL

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Pregnant Woman, Daughter Burnt To Ashes In Imo

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A mysterious fire, which engulfed a house in Ubachima, Awo Omamma, Oru East Local Gouncil Area of Imo State, has consumed a pregnant woman and her two-year-old daughter.It was not clear how the fire started but two conflicting accounts were peddled by villagers as the cause of the inferno when Vanguard visited the scene of the ugly incident.The first account had it that the pregnant woman, Mrs. Nkechi Amajuoyi, her husband, Benedict, and their daughter, were cooling off outside the house until it became very chilly for the woman and her little daughter.

28-Year-Old Son Rapes Mum As Dad Enjoys His Sleep

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A 28-year-old man appeared in the court for allegedly raping his mother. It is alleged that the suspect raped his mother who was sleeping in the family's sitting room on Thursday night at around 10pm."The victim was sleeping in the sitting room while her husband was enjoying his sleep in their bedroom. It is reported that the victim only noticed that it was her son who violated her, when he went out of the house through the window," said Acornhoek Police spokesperson Lieutenant Mpho Koli.

Koli said the suspect was remanded in investigations continue.

Man Rapes 9-Year-Old Girl, Destroys Her Reproductive Organs, Infects Her With HIV

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A middle aged man has been arraigned in court facing multiple charges of indecently touching a nine year old girl’s private parts, repeatedly defiling her, infecting her with HIV and destroying her reproductive organs after luring the girl with Sh. 5 coin.

The Shanzu court, in Kenya, heard that on January 1st 2013 Sori Abdub Ganya lured the nine year old girl to unknown hideout in Mtwapa area where he severely defiled her.

Guys: Types of Women You Should Never Date

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If you find that the women you date always turn out to be annoying or weird in some way, maybe you’re just choosing the wrong type of woman.Although dating is not about putting people into categories, there are some personalities that just make a guy want to turn and run. If you steer clear of these 10 types of women, you’ll avoid some major headaches in the future.

Friends and Family remember youth killed by DPO

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Exactly a year today, 27-year-old Ademola Abe strolled to a newsstand few metres to his house at Yaya Abatan, Lagos to read newspapers, but never came back home alive. The young man was allegedly shot dead by the then Divisional Police Officer of Pen Cinema, Lagos, Segun Fabunmi, on January 9, 2012 during the protest against fuel subsidy removal. On Tuesday when our correspondent visited Yaya Abatan, the junction where Ademola was shot dead, a bust erected in his memory at the spot reminds passersby of a life lost prematurely.

Group threatens to sue MTN For Poor Services

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The South-South Youth Leaders’ Forum said it had concluded plans to sue a telecoms firm, MTN Nigeria, for continued poor services being rendered to the citizens.  The group explained that it would not remain silent and watch MTN deliver substandard telecoms services to the South-South people and Nigerians in general. Speaking with journalists on Tuesday in Port Harcourt, the Chairman of the forum, Mr. Odiedim Amachree, said that the service provider was operating dual standards.

21-Year-Old Student Dumps New Born In Pit Latrine

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Residents of Manchok in Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna State on Sunday recovered a baby from a pit latrine where its mother had dumped it. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the residents, who were attracted by the cry of the baby, had to break the latrine to remove the baby girl allegedly delivered by a 21-year-old student. The suspected mother, an unmarried secondary school student, allegedly induced the delivery of her seven-month-old pregnancy and threw it away. The suspect, however, ran out of luck when one Miss Rifkatu John, who runs a beer parlour, went to use the latrine and heard the cry of the baby.

FG, states, LGs shared N6.16tn in 2012 – Report

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A whopping sum of N6.16tn was withdrawn from the Federation Account and shared among the three tiers of government in the 2012 financial year, investigations have revealed. The figure is the total amount allocated under various distribution sub-heads, as approved by the legal framework upon which the account is being managed.

They are statutory allocation, which is shared in the following manner: Federal Government, 52.68 per cent; states, 26.72 per cent; and local governments 20.60 per cent; Value Added Tax (Federal Government, 15 per cent; states, 50 per cent; and LGs, 35 per cent); and extra allocation given to oil producing states based on the 13 per cent principle of derivation.

Nigeria owes China $6.2bn – Investigation

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With over $6.2bn credit facilities to Nigeria, the People’s Republic of China has emerged as the country’s highest creditor, investigations have shown. Although the Debt Management Office listed on its website the nation’s total external debt as at September 30, 2012 as $6.29bn, investigations showed that the country’s indebtedness to China alone stood at over $6.2bn.

Acid bath suspect re-arraigned for murder

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David Sulaimon, who allegedly bathed his fiancée, Chika Egbo, with acid in Ikotun, Lagos on November 5, 2012 has been re-arraigned for murder. This followed the death of 22-year-old Chika on December 20 at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, Lagos. The amended charge reads in part, “That you, Sulaimon, on November 5 at Bakare Street, Ikotun, Lagos, killed Chika Egbo by bathing her with liquid substance suspected to be acid and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 221 of the Criminal Code Laws of Lagos 2011.”

Ritualists mutilate body of 3-yr-old girl in Ilorin

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The sight of the mutilated body of a three-year-old girl,  Aliya Usman, killed by suspected  ritualists, yesterday, threw residents of Ile Onigboro, Ita Elefun, Ita Ogunbo, Ilorin West Local Government Area of Kwara State, into deep mourning.

The bereaved family had earlier lost the immediate younger brother of the deceased to a strange illness about 10 months ago, making the death more pathetic.

  
When Vanguard visited the scene, the severed head of the victim was spotted at a refuse dump covered with a polythene bag while the remains of her badly mutilated body was deposited at a newly constructed soak-away pit.

Recapitalisation hurdle threatens Savannah Bank’s reopening

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The failure of the core investors in Savannah Bank of Nigeria Plc to fully recapitalise the bank to the N25bn minimum share capital requirement is a major reason for its inability to reopen for business, more than three years after its operating licence was returned via a court order, investigations by our correspondent have revealed.The Central Bank of Nigeria had closed down SBN in 2002, citing infringements and non-compliance with banking laws by the management of the bank as reasons for its action.

Mum Is awoken By Cat To Find a 6 Foot Python Wrapped around her 2-year-old’s arm (PHOTOS)

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Injuries: Mrs Guthrie with her daughter Zara,
who was bitten three times in the hand as her mother
 tried  to prise the snake away from her child.
She was treated at hospital but the python’s bites were not venomous

An Australian woman was awoken by her hissing cat early Sunday to find a python wrapped around the arm of her 2-year-old daughter. Tess Guthrie, a 22-year-old from Lismore, New South Wales, said the 6-foot pytho was wrapped three times around her daughter’s arm. “I thought I was having a nightmare,” Guthrie told a local television news station. “It was only because the cat was hissing that I woke up and saw the snake with its body wrapped around my daughter Zara’s arm.”

Chime: Where are the people of Enugu?

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“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter”

—Martin Luther King, Jnr.

 It should be of utmost concern to the indigenes of Enugu State that the peaceful state   is gradually drifting into a state of anarchy, following the intrigues playing out on the whereabouts of the state governor, Sullivan Chime. It is obvious now that the absence of Governor Chime for more than four months has truncated the political hierarchy of the state, thereby turning Enugu  into a motionless and ungoverned state! Unfortunately, the people of the state have been pretending that all is well, while on the contrary, the state  is sitting on  the keg of gun powder!

Lagos light rail’ll be ready in June – Babatunde Fashola

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The Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola on Tuesday said the first phase of the state Blue Light Rail project would be completed by June this year(2013). He expressed confidence that Lagosians would start enjoying the services of the lrail project immediately.  The first phase would run from Marina and terminated at Okokomaiko area in Ojo Local Government. Fashola spoke during an inspection of ongoing projects in the state which took him and his cabinet members to Orile-Iganmu, Alimosho and Ejigbo areas among others to assess the level of works being done by contractors.

Asari Dokubo Adopts Benin Republic, Dumps Nigerian Citizenship

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Notorious for his role as a Militant commander in the Niger Delta who led his army of well armed youths against the Nigerian state and made even more famous recently for his volte face in supporting his benefactor, Goodluck Jonathan, Mujahid Asari Dokubo has taking his tantrums to a whole new level by denouncing his Nigerian citizenship. 

According to him, “In protest against the inability of Nigeria to grant IJAW REPUBLIC, I have relocated my corporate investments to Benin Republic. Benin is my adopted homeland today”.

Jonathan Attacks Obasanjo Again, Calls Him Confused And Unstable

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President Goodluck Jonathan has again lashed out at ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, describing him as a confused man unstable in his views regarding government’s handing of the protracted Boko Haram insurgency.Mr. Jonathan, who spoke through his spokesperson, Reuben Abati, was reacting to Mr.  Obasanjo’s comment in a CNN  interview that the president had been deploying excessive force and exploring little or no dialogue in solving the Boko Haram problem.

Three injured in Lagos, Ogun accidents

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Three persons sustained varying degree of injuries in separate auto accidents that occurred between Monday night and Tuesday in Ibafo area of Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Ogun State and Maryland, Lagos respectively. In the accident that occurred on Tuesday at the Maryland end of Ikorodu Road, an official of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps and an unidentified person were injured after four vehicles were involved in an accident.

PHOTOS: Senegal Women Tattoo Their Gums To Improve Their Smile

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Women in Senegal are taking their quest for beautiful smiles to extreme levels - by tattooing their gums black.Women in the west African country say their ancestors have been doing it for years and claim as well as giving a whiter smile, the procedure also protects the gums and stops bad breath. The procedure was not well known internationally until recently when a video emerged showing a woman called Mariéme who goes under the needle.

Catholic Priest, Teacher Face Trial For Raping 10-Year-Old Alter Boy

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Jury selection began Monday in the trial of a Roman Catholic priest and a former Catholic school teacher charged with sexually assaulting a former altar boy.

Four jurors were chosen on the first day of jury selection in the case against the Rev. Charles Engelhardt and Bernard Shero. The case had been spun off from last year's high-profile trial of a church official charged with helping the Philadelphia Archdiocese cover up abuse complaints. Engelhardt, 65, and Shero, 49, have pleaded not guilty to sexually assaulting the boy in the late 1990s.

Student Finds 'Wrinkled Brain' Inside KFC Chicken (Photo)

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The first certifiably gross item we've heard about this year comes courtesy of Ibrahim Langoo, a 19-year-old student who found what he described as a "wrinkled brain" inside a fried piece KFC chicken at a location in Colchester, Essex in the U.K. According to the Sun, Langoo was attempting to pull the chicken meal from the bone when he found a "horrible wrinkled body" inside:

My Wife Died Because Her Jehovah Witness Family Refused Blood Transfusion- Husband

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A police corporal assigned to the Wuse Zone 3 Police Division, Abuja, died on Monday at the National Hospital after rejecting blood transfusion.The husband of the deceased, Emmanuel Timothy, said in an interview, that his wife, Grace, who was a member of the Jehovah Witness, died because her family refused to consent to her having a blood transfusion.

Prophetess, Others Sell 2-Year-Old Boy For N.6m

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A female cleric with an undisclosed Pentecostal church in Abia State, Prophetess Mrs. Ezelu (other name withheld),, is currently telling police detectives what she knows about the sale of a two-year-old boy that was recently rescued in Ondo State.

The female minister was among the three women and a man that were arrested and paraded by the Abia State Police Command for alleged conspiracy, kidnap and sale of a two-year-old baby boy, Master Prosper Light, from Abia State.

Bisi Komolafe's Brother Speaks"How She Initially Escaped Death

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According to a report, the brother of deceased actress Bisi Komolafe has spoken up on her fiancé, Tunde Ijaduola. According to her brother, Bisi Komolafe initially escaped death from her fiance’s current wife when she visited his house in Epe few months before her death. He also revealed how her fiancé squandered all the financial resources the actress labored for and how he forced her to stop her house project in Ibadan.

Ondo Poll: Akeredolu Challenges Mimiko With 46 Lawyers

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The Ondo State Chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, and its Governorship Candidate, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, have presented 46 lawyers that will prosecute their petitions against Governor Olusegun Mimiko at the Governorship Election Tribunal.

The legal team, headed by Akin Olujinmi, has concluded its physical inspection of the documents used by Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to conduct the October 20 Governorship Poll. The findings are expected to be used at the trial of the case.

Pres. Jonathan pays close to N1b in ‘severance’ to Yar'Adua family

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The presidency has paid nearly N1billion to the family of late President Umaru Yar'Adua, according to an official memo obtained by SaharaReporters.  The slush funds were routed through the Katsina state government, the home state of the former president.The payment includes about N150 million to Mrs. Turai Yar'adua, as well as the late president's aged mother, his married daughters, and sons.

Nigerian man stabbed to death by his South African wife

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Nigerian man, Tony Rholand  (pictured above on the right) was stabbed to death by his South African wife, Lungi, at their home in Willims town, Cape Town, South Africa on Tuesday January 1st. The couple, who have a kid together, got into an argument in the early hours of January 1st and before anyone could stop it, Lungi stabbed Tony severally in the stomach. Tony died in the hospital a few hours later. Lungi has been arrested. 

Video: Explosive confrontation between Piers Morgan & the guy that wants him deported

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Mercedes Benz SUV, Range Rover Sport seized as EFCC arrest 8 over internet scam

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25 year old Hope Olusegun, and seven of his mates were arrested in December 2012 at the 1004 Housing Estate by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over allegations of fraud and internet scam.

The 'Yahoo Boys' who have been operating for quite a while lived a lavish lifestyle, bought the most expensive cars and showed off at every opportunity they got. One of the undergraduates, Hope Olusegun (pictured above) an indigene of Okene, Kogi State, had a Mercedes Benz SUV, and a 4Matic Mercedes Benz car and before he was arrested, he bought a Toyota Camry for his one year old son.

Yes, that's what they did with other people's money. Fortunately some residents at the estate alerted the EFCC about their activities. Continue Reading After The Jump Break..

2 Pastors Jailed Ten Years Over N1 Billion Deposit Scam

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A Nigerian High Court has sentenced two ‘men of God’, Pastor Glory Abrefera and Reverend Vincent Okpogo to 10 years imprisonment each over a N1 billion deposit scam.

Justice Ibrahim Buba of the Federal High Court in Asaba, capital of Delta state, found the duo and their company, Mustard Seed Micro Investment Limited guilty on a four count charge of carrying out banking practice without licence.

The accused persons were said to have collected over N1 billion from different individuals and organizations as deposits in an illegal banking practice.

They have also failed to account for all the deposits they collected.

R.I.P: Late Dele Giwa's mum dies at 87

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Madam Elekiya Ayisat Giwa died in the early hours of this morning Tuesday January 8th at Aruna Ogun Hospital, Ikorodu, Lagos after a brief illness. She was 87.  Dele Giwa was the late Editor in Chief of Newswatch magazine who was assassinated with a parcel bomb on October 19, 1986.

The Don: Lagos socialite Princewill Ojukwu claims Don Jazzy told thugs to brutalize him

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Popular Lagos socialite and former manager of Auto Lounge Nite Club, Princewill Ojukwu, is accusing ace music producer Don Jazzy of sending thugs to beat him up, this is according to an exclusive report by Stella Dimoko Korkus.  Princewill is alleging in a petition to the IG of Police, that on Friday December 21st, Don Jazzy asked his thugs to 'take his life' after he and the music producer exchanged words at Jazzy's night club, Pop, situated in Victoria Island.

Massive fire tears through Sawmill at Ebute Metta

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A massive fire this afternoon tore through the slums of Sawmill at the Ebutte Metta area of Lagos. The massive fire could be seen from the Third Mainland Bridge. A few LIB readers sent in photos which they took on the bridge as they went home this evening. As of 8pm this night, the fire was still raging. Don't know the situation right now and nobody knows what caused the fire. Waiting to hear from emergency officials.

UNILORIN: 34,000 Students Vie For 3,000 Bed Spaces

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Accommodation crisis has hit the University of Ilorin with 34,000 students vying for 3,000 available bed spaces. However, UNILORIN Vice-Chancellor AbdulGaniyu Ambali told reporters in Ilorin on Sunday that efforts were being made to provide adequate accommodation for the students. Ambali said, “Accommodation of students is one of our priority areas. The government has given us the go-ahead to encourage the public to come and partner with us under the Build Operate and Transfer arrangement.

President GEJ was aware of Obasanjo’s Kaduna visit –Investigation

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President Goodluck Jonathan was privy to ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo’s visit to Kaduna State, investigation has revealed. The visit has reportedly caused a rift between Jonathan and Vice-President Namadi Sambo. However, Sambo has since denied the allegation. Some sections of the media reported on Sunday that Sambo used the opportunity of Obasanjo’s visit to Kaduna (his state) to condole with the state over Governor Patrick Yakowa’s death to mobilise traditional rulers against Jonathan’s alleged second time bid.