Boko Haram: FG Shuts 5 Unity Schools In Yobe, Borno, Adamawa

FG Shuts 5 Unity Schools In Yobe, Borno, Adamawa Over Boko Haram Threats Owing to the spate of Boko Haram attacks on schools in the North East, the Federal Government has shut down five Federal Unity Colleges in Yobe, Borno and Adamawa states. Supervising Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike, communicated the approval in a statement […]

Karrueche confirms split with Chris Brown

Awww! The stories about him wanting Riri back
has to be true then.Too bad she has sacrificed
alot..

Brymo Wins First Round, Court Lifts Music Ban

On Monday March 3rd, Brymo won round one of
his court battle between his former record label
Chocolate City, who took an injunction against
him, ‘restraining him from recording, releasing or
distributing any musical works pending the
determination of the suit against him.’

A judge sitting at the Federal High Court, Ikoyi
lifted the injunction against Brymo, saying he’s
free to continue doing music and releasing his
materials while the case continues hearing in
court.

The presiding judge, Justice Buba I.N said
Chocolate City can be compensated at a later
period. “Since the plaintiff can be compensated at
a later date, the defendant is free to carry out his
duties as a singer so that none of the parties will
be at a disadvantage’. the judge said
Next hearing will commence on 19th and 20th of
March.

source: LIB

Sham bride arrested trying to marry her fourth Nigerian husband

One of UK's most prolific sham brides, Raquel
Neto Furtado De Andrade, 22, has been arrested
and sentenced to two years in prison after trying
to marry her fourth husband...a Nigerian.

According to the UK Daily Mail, Raquel, who had
already married three Nigerians to help give them
the right to stay in the UK was caught just
minutes before she could marry her fourth
husband.

Suspicious staff at the registry noticed she'd been
there previously to wed other men and used the
same wedding dress at each ceremony. And after
she was arrested, records showed she hadn't
even bothered to formally divorce previous
husbands before marrying a new one...for money.

The fourth groom, a 32-year-old Nigerian
(pictured above), was arrested with her and has
been deported. UK Immigration is now looking for
her three other husbands so they can be
deported too.

As for Rachel, she is now behind bars serving a
two-year sentence and will be deported to her
native Portugal on her release from prison.

Sound Sultan and wife welcome baby boy...

The singer and his wife welcomed their third child
on Tuesday March 3rd. The couple already have
two kids. Big congrats to them...

US freezes $458m Abacha loot, declares it largest forfeiture ever

The U.S. Department of Justice has frozen more
than $458 million in corruption proceeds hidden in
bank accounts around the world by former Military
dictator, Gen. Sani Abacha and his conspirators.

The complaint alleges that Abacha, his son
Mohammed, their associate Abubakar Atiku
Bagudu and others embezzled, misappropriated
and extorted billions from the government of
Nigeria and others.

The corrupt proceeds were then laundered through
the purchase of bonds backed by the United States
using U.S. financial institutions.
A civil forfeiture complaint unsealed yesterday in
the United States District Court in the District of
Columbia seeks recovery of more than $550
million in connection with “the largest kleptocracy
forfeiture action brought in the department’s
history.”

The restraint of funds announced yesterday
includes approximately $313 million in two bank
accounts in the Bailiwick of Jersey, $145 million in
two bank accounts in France, four investment
portfolios and three bank accounts in the United
Kingdom with an expected value of at least, $100
million.

Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of
the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and
Assistant Director in Charge Valerie Parlave of the
FBI’s Washington Field Office made the
announcement.

“Gen. Abacha was one of the most notorious
kleptocrats in memory, who embezzled billions
from the people of Nigeria while millions lived in
poverty,” said Acting Assistant Attorney General
Raman.

“This is the largest civil forfeiture action to recover
the proceeds of foreign official corruption ever
brought by the department. Through our
Kleptocracy Initiative, we are seizing the assets of
foreign leaders who steal funds that properly
belong to the citizens they serve.

Today’s
(yesterday’s) action sends a clear message: we
are determined and equipped to confiscate the ill-
gotten riches of corrupt leaders who drain the
resources of their countries.
“We will not let the U.S. banking system be a tool
for dictators to hide their criminal proceeds,” said
Assistant Director in Charge Parlave.
“This action demonstrates the FBI’s ability to
combat international corruption and money
laundering by seizing the assets of those involved.
I want to thank the special agents, financial
analysts and prosecutors whose hard work over
the years resulted in today’s announcement.”

Gen. Abacha, who assumed office through a
military coup on November 17, 1993, died in office
on June 8, 1998.

Boko Haram: FG Shuts Down 5 Federal Govt Colleges in North East Nigeria

The Nigerian government
has approved the shutting
down of five Federal
Government Colleges
located within the high
security risk areas of the
North-east.

A statement issued by Mr
Simeon Nwakaudu, the
Special Assistant, Media
to the Supervising
Minister of Education,
Nyesom Wike listed the
schools as: Federal
Government Girls
College, Munguno;Federal
Government College,
Potiskum ;Federal
Government College, Buni
Yadi; Federal Science and
Technical College Lassa
and Federal Science and
Technical College,
Michika.

According to the
statement, the Minister
also approved that
candidates registered for
WASSCE, NECO SSCE and
BECE in FGGC Potiskum
should have their
examination centres
relocated to FGGC Bauchi,
while those from FGGC
Munguno and FGC Buni
Yadi should also be
relocated.

Other affected students
who are not writing
public examinations are
to be relocated to FGGC
Bauchi, FGGC Bajoga, FGC
Maiduguri, FSTC
Kafanchan and FSTC Dayi.
The order, however, left
the choice of the schools
for the affected students
at the discretion of
parents, but limited to
the listed schools.

Rivers state releases N1bn health intervention fund

The Rivers State Ministry of Health has confirmed
the release of funds for the continuous running of
the free health care programme of the state
government.

The State Commissioner for Health, Sampson
Parker made this known to newsmen in Port
Harcourt.
Parker said the state government released the sum
of one billion naira as an intervention fund to meet
the agitation of the health workers that went on
strike at the Braithwaite Memorial Specialist
Hospital, BMSH.

He said “It is true we went through some real
turbulent periods with our doctors going on strike
and downing tools. The reason was simple,
‘money don finish’. As human beings, we do go
through wavy periods but we come out of it
stronger.

Contempt of Court - Ex-APGA Bosses, Umeh, Shinkafi May Be Jailed

Former chairman of the All Progressive Grand
Alliance, APGA, Chief Victor Umeh, and his former
national secretary, Alhaji Sani Shinkafi, may be
jailed for contempt of court as the national
chairman of the party, Chief Maxi Okwu, had this
week served the duo with Form 48.
Addressing newsmen, yesterday, in his Nkpokolo
town, Achi, in Oji Local Government Area, Enugu
State, Okwu said Form 49 would be served on
them next week should they continue to parade
themselves as national leaders against the
January 15, 2014 judgement of the Federal High
court, Abuja, that enthroned his executive as the
authentic national leadership.
Besides, Okwu hinted that Chief Willie Obiano, who
was declared as governor- elect by the
Independent National Electoral Commission in the
last governorship election in Anambra State might
not be sworn-in on March 17 following a court
order that would this week be served on the state
chief judge till the determination of a substantive
suit on "who is the real governorship candidate"
still pending in court, was dispensed with.
"We are in a law-abiding society, we are not in a
jungle. Before the tenure interpretation of
Governor Peter Obi people assumed that it would
go the other way, so let us see what happens and
I will not prejudge it.
"The matter is squarely and squarely before the
court and the court will determine it based on its
merit. If there is a court order obtained by
Obidigbo which the Chief Judge of Anambra State
is a party in the suit along with Obiano himself,
myself and the APGA, the Chief Judge and all the
parties in the suit will obey.

Actor Chidi Mokeme talks about why he and his wife live apart

In an interview with Yes! magazine this week, actor Chidi Mokeme explained why his wife, Jean Chinwe Olumba, who he married in 2012, lives in the US while he lives in Nigeria....

Well, when I met my wife, this was our default setting. Let me put it like that. Our default setting was that I live in Nigeria and my wife lives in America and then we started a relationship and decided to take the relationship further and decided we were going to be man and wife. So, having taken that decision and having crossed that level, the next thing is to find a way to ease into a location. Everybody knows that you don’t just pack your bag and move in one day. There are things that need to be sorted, relocation needs to be sorted. So, we are taking our time with it. But then again, by virtue of my job, I have a pretty much very flexible timing. I own my time, I decide when to work, when not to work. So, really, I can be with my wife anytime, every time I so desire and it makes it easy. If I work 9-5, then we will always have to wait for when someone was on leave the whole year round, if I want, just to be with my wife.

Gumsu Sani Abacha calls out Prof Wole Soyinka

On Saturday March 1, Nobel laureate prof. Wole Soyinka said sharing the Centenary Award with late military dictator, Gen. Sani Abacha, is an insult. (See that here). One of his daughters, Gumsu Sani Abacha just lashed out at him on her Facebook page for making that statement...

Another day, another Boko Haram attack. This time in Jakana, Borno

Over 200 people have been killed in the last two weeks in some troubled northern states by Boko Haram insurgents. Another 35 was added to that list after gunmen carrying AK47 rifles, Rocket Propelled Launchers, Improvised Explosive Devices and petrol bombs, invaded Jakana village in Konduga LGA, Borno State around 7pm yesterday Monday March 3rd.

They slaughtered residents of the community and set their homes ablaze in a raid that lasted for hours. They also burnt down shops and a police station along the Maiduguri-Damaturu road.

The attack in Jakana comes barely 12 hours after gunmen killed over 36 people including 3 soldiers in the Mafa Council area of the state.

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Bianca Ojukwu elected APGA national leader

The leadership crisis bedevilling the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) has taken an intriguing dimension as the rival group led by Mr. Maxi Okwu has appointed the wife of the former leader of the party, Ambassador Bianca Ojukwu as APGA’s new national leader.

Rising from it’s national executive committee meeting (NEC), the faction said it has reconstituted the Board of Trustees of APGA and that the new BoT with 24 members will be inaugurated at its maiden meeting in two weeks time in line with provisions of the party’s constitution.

While reading out the communique of the NEC meeting, the Acting National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Stanley Chira, said the party resolved during the one year anniversary of its late leader, Dim Chukwuemeka Odimegwu Ojukwu that his wife being the next of kin should replace him

Singer Sefiya releases new promo photos

Stunningly pretty model, video vixen and singer Sefiya, whose last single Love Me Jeje is currently rocking the dancefloor across the country, releases new promo photos, ahead of her next single titled Lollipop dropping soon. See more photos after the cut...

N1.3billion fraud: Fred Ajudua sent to Kirikiri Prison

Fred Ajudua has been remanded in Kirikiri Prison
for allegedly defrauding former Chief of Army
Staff, Lt.-Gen. Ishaya Bamaiyi (retd.), of about
$8.395m (about N1.3 billion).

Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye ordered on Wednesday
that he should be remanded in prisons custody
following a fresh 13-count charge of fraud
brought against him by EFCC.

The EFCC in the fresh charges dated 14 October,
2013, alleged that Ajudua, along with others still
at large, defrauded Gen. Bamaiyi of $8.387m
between November 2004 and June 2005 while in
prison.

Ajudua is the only defendant in the fresh charges
as others who allegedly committed the offences
along with him are said to be at large. Continue...

Other suspects said to be on the run, are Alumile
Adedeji (a.k.a Ade Bendel), Mr. Kenneth and
Princess Hamabon William.
Ajudua, along with other suspects, were said to
have defrauded Bamaiyi at the Kirikiri Maximum
Prisons, where he and the other fraud suspects
were on remand for various crimes.

EFCC claimed that the suspects had fraudulently
collected the money from Bamaiyi instalmentally,
falsely claiming that the payments represented
the professional fees charged by Chief Afe
Babalola (SAN) to handle Bamaiyi’s case in court
and to facilitate his release from prison.

The anti-graft agency also alleged that Ajudua
and others fraudulently claimed that $1m out of
the total money collected from Bamaiyi was for
financial assistance for the treatment of Justice
Olubunmi Oyewole’s father. Justice Oyewole was
then presiding over Bamaiyi’s case in court.

The suspects were said to have told Bamaiyi that
Oyewole’s father was admitted at Saint Nicholas
Hospital in Lagos and the $1m was meant to
assist the judge in treating his father.

When the charges were read to him today, he
pleaded not guilty to the allegations.
His bail application was however not heard as the
presiding judge adjourned the matter till 20
February, 2014.

Ajudua is also standing trial in another court for
allegedly defrauding two Dutch businessmen,
Remy Cina and Pierre Vijgen, of $1.69m (about
N270m). The matter has been on since 2003.

Source: PM News

AfroCandy Releases A Photo of Herself and Mike Ezuruonye

Nigerian porn star AfroCandy recently released a photo of herself and Mike Ezuruonye, she said the picture is from a scene in a movie titled Dwelling in Darkness and Sorrows in 2004. I wonder why she chose this time to remind us she ever acted Nollywood and with one of its finest.

Fake lawyer apprehended in Lagos

30 year old Daniel Ikhidenor Ikhuoria (pictured
above) from Ekpoma Edo State, who has been
practicing law illegally since 2011 has been
apprehended by the police attached to the
Igbosere High Court Lagos Island, PM News
reports

The suspected fake lawyer was arrested when he
came in as a lawyer for a court hearing. His
moves were suspected by an orderly attached to
the Appeal Court, DCR Office, who got him
arrested.

Upon his arrest, he was interrogated and is
alleged to have confessed to the fact that he had
never trained as a lawyer but didn't know it was
an offense to pose as a lawyer and represent
clients in court without training or authority.
Continue...

According to PM News, following his arrest, the
state branch chairman of Nigerian Bar
Association, NBA, Mr. Alex Morka, was contacted
about the development and he instructed the
police orderly to take the suspect to the nearest
police station.

In his alleged confessional statement to the
police, the suspect allegedly said: “I have been
practicing as a lawyer since 2011 and I have
represented clients at the magistrate, high court
and Federal high courts without any problem. But
I have never attended law school or any
institution to read law in my life but I was called
to the bar through a source at a high court in
2011. I bought the gown and wig in the open
market and wore it and started practicing as a
lawyer. I did not know that it is an offence to
practice as a lawyer without authority. I promise
to change if I am set free.”

An act punishable under section 378(1), 78(b)
and 327 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State,
2011, the police charged him before a Tinubu
Magistrate court where he pleaded not guilty to
the charges leveled against him and was placed
on a 500,000 bail which he could not meet up
with.
He is currently been remanded at the Ikoyi Prison
until the case would be heard again on the 3rd of
March 2014.

"Not having sex for 2 years feels good" -Dencia says in new interview

The singer and businesswoman tells Encomium magazine

 "Sex is overrated and sex is for lovers who are trying to make babies. I am not trying to do so, it is not in my agenda. Not having sex for two years feels good. I am saving energy and mileage. I have better things to waste energy on. I want to wait till after marriage because I am not in a rush. Marriage is a commitment. I just don't see myself falling inlove, having sex and being both heart broken. I have never been heartbroken. I can't take a heartbreak..and men these days expect anything from them. To avoid heartbreak, if I meet any serious man we will meet the families, no sex for over six months, so in the process they might find out they don't like me so I can quit easily."

Back to Music-Maheeda takes it off for video shoot

Many have been wondering what she wants to gain by all the nude shots.Well I guess it's all PR stunts for her music career. She just started shooting a music video for one of her tracks and as you can see, she is all Maheeda. Expect NBC to ban this one before it's released lol

Pastor Drowns To Death Trying To Walk On Water

A pastor in Gabon who tried to imitate Jesus Christ drowned to his death after he tried to walk on water in front of his congregation. Pastor Franck Kabele, 35, told his congregation that he was capable of reenacting the very miracles of Jesus Christ. He decided to make it clear through way of demonstration on Gabon’s beach in the capital city of Libreville. Referencing Matthew 14:22-33, Kabele said that he received a revelation which told him that with enough faith he could achieve what Jesus was able to. According to an eyewitness, Kabele took his congregation out to the beach. He told them that he would cross the Kombo estuary by foot, which is normally a 20 minute boat ride. Sadly by the second step into the water Kabele found himself completely submerged. He never returned.