Arik Air overbooks flight; 16 people standing in plane.

This is going on right now at Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos. I'm getting info from passengers on the plane.

 Apparently Arik Air overbooked their Lagos-Benin flight by 16 people..and all sixteen passengers have refused to come down.

 Passengers have been at the airport since 6:30. Flight was initially supposed to take off at 7:30, then delayed to 11am. It was eventually boarded at almost 12 with 16 people more than available seats.

 The Arik Air involved is the one you see in this photo - the John Paul 2. No passenger is leaving and the plane is refusing to fly. Lol. Naija! So Arik doesn't know when to stop selling tickets? Or they were hoping some passengers will not show up?

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Flood displaces 3,000 students, 500 staff of FEDPOLY, Oko

 More than 3,000 students and staff of the Atani Campus of the Federal Polytechnic, Anambra State, have been displaced by flooding arising from the overflowing of the River Niger.

Ten offices and 15 classrooms were totally submerged after the downpour of Thursday night, the Public Relations Officer of the polytechnic, Mr. Obini Onuchukwu, said on Friday.  

“Documents and other equipment of the institution were lost. Our students are currently being evacuated by the school authority to safe areas awaiting emergency relief from the government,” he said.  

Onuchukwu said the management was contemplating closing down the campus in view of the development, which did not seem to be abating.  He said the institution was in dire need of support and assistance from relief agencies. 

Meanwhile, the Anambra State House of Assembly has passed a resolution calling on the FG to declare five local government areas of the state – Anambra West, Anambra East, Ayamelum, Awka North and Ogbaru – as flood devastated areas.

  Voting on a motion brought by the member representing Anambra West, Mr. Victor Okoye, the house called on the FG to send relief materials to the victims and create camps for the thousands of victims who have lost their homes and farmlands to the flood.

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Nigeria stops pilgrimages to Mecca over women row

ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria has suspended flights to Saudi Arabia for the annual haj pilgrimage, following a diplomatic spat over the detention of hundreds of female pilgrims for arriving unaccompanied by men.

Saudi authorities have deported more than 600 female Nigerian pilgrims and detained hundreds for trying to visit the holy city of Mecca without male relatives.

Aminu Tambuwal, Nigeria’s parliament speaker and the second most powerful Muslim in the government, was due to visit Saudi Arabia on Friday to try to resolve the spat.

“The airlift operations have been temporary stopped … It does not make sense to airlift people to be detained on landing. We will resume when all outstanding issues are resolved,” Uba Mana, spokesman of National Hajj Commission, said by telephone.

Women in Saudi Arabia are regarded as minors and require the permission of their guardian – father, brother, or husband – to leave the country, receive some kinds of medical treatment or work. They are not allowed to drive and are usually expected to be accompanied by a male chaperone.

“The Nigerian pilgrims came with their visas stating that they have to have a male guardian accompanying them, either a brother, a husband, or another relative,” Saudi Haj Ministry spokesman Hatim Kadi said.

“Some came with their guardians and were allowed to enter. Those who came without their guardians were not. They violated the regulations which were clearly printed on their passports.”

In Nigeria, where there are 80 Million Muslims, many practice a less restrictive form of Islam in which women are more or less free to move around as they like.

“I use this platform to plead with our compatriots, to leaders in Nigeria to be mindful of statements that we make on this issue so that we don’t aggravate the situation,” Tambuwal said late on Thursday.

All Muslims who are able are required to perform the haj at least once, as one of the five pillars of Islam.

The numbers taking part have risen sharply over the last 80 years from around 20,000 in 1932 to nearly three million in 2011.

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A Giant Sea Turtle Captured In Oniru Beach, Lagos(PHOTO)

This giant sea Turtle was caught at Oniru beach this morning. Your guess is as good as mine, this will end in the cooking pot

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Nigeria Army seek retirement age of 70years for its officers

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Azubuike Ihejirika made the announcement at the commissioning of the Nigerian Army Transformation and Innovation Centre in Abuja.

Lieutenant General Ihejirika noted that the review is necessary for the army to save some experience and resources, which are being lost on the basis of regular retirement.

He enjoined the officers to be up and doing in the discharge of their duties because Nigerians look up to them for their security.

Speaking on the centre that was being commissioned, the Chief of Army Staff stated that the centre will serve as a think-tank for the Nigerian army security strategies.

The Army Transformation and Innovation Centre is a place designed to assist the army to strategize on how to combat contemporary challenges using latest innovations and strategy.

The army is hoping to engage retired officers in the centre and believes that if the retirement age of officers is increased, it will offer the force more experiences.

Explaining the reason the Nigerian Army must harness the resources in its old officers, the Chief of Army Transformation and Innovation; Major General Ibrahim Sani argued that judges in Nigeria have a mandatory 70 years retirement age and until recently, university lecturers have a similar retirement age.

The minimum age for enlisting into the Nigerian Armed Forces is put at 18 years old for voluntary service and at 55 years or after putting in 35 years of service according to the Federal Civil Service; public servants are expected to retire.

However, analysts view the plan for an upward review of the retirement age for the armed forces to 70 as needless.

In other countries, such as the United States, military officers are expected to put a minimum of 20 years of service and a maximum of 30 years, according to the department of defense directive. An officer can be enlisted in the force at the age of 17.

In Britain, officers are enlisted into the force at the age of 16 and are expected to put in at least 18 years of service.

In Africa, Ghana enlists officers at the age of 18 and retires officers at 50 years while in South Africa, officers stay in active service until they are 60 years and could be enlisted at the age of 18.

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Two Brothers Arrested For R**ping 19-Year-Old

Two suspected r**pist brothers, Adebayo Tosin, 25, and Adebayo Opeyemi, 19, have been arrested by the police in Ogun State.

 The arrest followed the alleged gang-r**ping of a girl, 19, while hawking palm oil along the Secretariat Road in Imeko. Narrating how the palm oil hawker was r**ped, the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Okoye Ikemefuna, said she was stopped by one of the suspects under the pretext of wanting to patronise her. 

“It was in the process of negotiation that the boy forcefully dragged me into a place where other boys numbering five joined him and tore my underwear and illegally had carnal knowledge of me,’’ the commissioner quoted the r**pe victim as having said. 

The police commissioner further stated: “On receipt of the information, detectives from the Imeko Division immediately raced to the home of the suspects and arrested two of them while other gang members escaped.” Ikemefuna, who said efforts were on to arrest the fleeing gang members, advised the public to be more security conscious and ready at all times to collaborate with the police to make sure “we sustain the existing sound security networking in the state.”

 In a related development, a suspected ritualist in Ago-Iwoye, Ijebu North Local Government Area of Ogun State is now with the police after he was caught with human abdomen and other vital parts. Jimoh Olorunwa was caught after he allegedly excavated a grave and dismembered an unknown corpse buried in the Christian cemetery in the town. 

Addressing a press conference yesterday, Ikemefuna said nemesis caught up with Olorunwa following a formal complaint lodged with the police in the town by chairman of the Christian Committee. When he reported to the police, the Christian Committee chairman had told the police that when he visited the cemetery on a routine check, he discovered that some graves had been broken into and he suspected foul play by some ritualists. 

According to the police boss: “On receipt of the information, surveillance was mounted within the cemetery area and this led to the arrest of one of the ritualists at the cemetery with human flesh (abdomen).” He added that the suspect confessed to the crime and mentioned one Abore, of Odosinusi area of the town, who was currently at large, as an accomplice.

 Olorunwa said: “I regret my action and I was pushed by the devil and the harsh economic situation in the state and in the country. I lost my job as a carpenter many months ago and I was lured into the business by a friend who is now on the run.” Ikemefuna said efforts were on by his command to arrest the fleeing suspects, while assuring residents of the state that security would be beefed up at most cemeteries.

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I Think My Girlfriend is Still in Love With Her Ex

I hate that I'm doing this, but I kinda don't have anyone to talk to about it. So some background info: 

My girlfriend broke up with her ex of several years to be with me. We are madly in love with each other (or so I thought). 

 We've been together for about a year. So now for the problem: I recently read my girlfriends conversation with her ex and I found out some things that shocked me. 

 1) She asked him if he thought they would get back together This obviously means she wants to. 

 2) She basically told him that she's dating me cause I'm fun and that she doesn't see us going far. Now this confused me.

 She tells me all the time that she is madly in love with me. We're planning on moving in together in a year. And occasionally she'll tell me that she wants to spend the rest of her life with me. 

On the other hand, when we talk about moving in together, she'll ask me "how do you know we'll still be together"?

 But she'll play this off as a joke. What do I do? 

Do I tell her I read her texts?

 How do I do this? And do you think she's just using me? 

 I know it's hard to tell with this little info, but please help!

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Wow! “My job was to fish out for well-to-do persons, monitor their movements and get back to the gang.

The kidnappers and victim

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested three men -Ogbuesor Sadiq, Abdulwahab Mutairu and Adenola Lanre- for the alleged kidnap and murder of a businessman, Akinsanjo Akinlade.

 

 

Akinlade was alleged murdered in Ogijo, a border town between Lagos and Ogun states on August 31, 2012.

According to police authorities, the suspects kidnapped, k**lled Akinlade and dumped his body in Ogijo.

 

 

It was learnt that the suspects ransacked their victim’s apartment and dispossessed him of jewellery, laptop and other valuables.

The suspects later abducted the man, drove him in his car to an unknown destination from where they called his wife to demand for a ransom of N200, 000.

 

 

The spokesperson for the state police command, Ngozi Braide, said, “When they demanded for ransom from the deceased’s wife, she insisted on speaking to her husband in order to get directive as to where to source for money. However, the kidnappers stopped all communication.”

One of the suspects, Mutairu, said he plotted the kidnap of the deceased.

 

 

He said, “My job was to fish out for well-to-do persons around Ikorodu, monitor their movements and get back to the gang. Then, one day, I saw the man driving a jeep and followed him to his house.

“I reported to them and they asked me to monitor when he always came home. I monitored him thrice and discovered he was always coming in at a particular time and informed the gang.”

Mutairu, who claimed the gang did not plan to k**ll the businessman, said the kidnap turned awry when he (Akinlade) attempted to escape.

 

 

He said, “As we all sat in the bush waiting for response from his wife, we heard footsteps of people passing by and he raised the alarm.

 

 

“I held his mouth to prevent him from shouting but he kept struggling and in the process, Sadiq started cutting him with a machete and at a point, he became motionless. When we confirmed he was dead, we all left.”

 

 

PUNCH Metro learnt that the matter was immediately reported at Ipakodo Police Station from where it was transferred to the State Intelligence.

 

 

During investigations, the police were said to have obtained the call logs of Akinlade’s wife’s phone from which they were able to trace one of the suspects, Ogbusor, to Edo state.

Ogbusor was said to have revealed the location of other gang members to the police.

 

The suspects reportedly confessed and took the policemen to where they k**lled the Akinlade. His  corpse was found in decomposing state.

 

The suspects also confessed to have kidnapped one Sekiru Yusu and attempted to kidnap another person in Ikorodu before they were arrested.

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Beast Killed At Madonna University9PHOTO)

Freshgists.com received two separate emails today from female students who claimed two monster beats were k**lled at Madonna University’s Elele campus in Rivers state, Nigeria on Wednesday. 

 According to the email, a small ravaging beast was initially k**lled by security personnel at the campus. Few minutes later, a bigger beast that came for revenge was also killed.

 The sender claimed everyone at Elele campus were very terrified of the horrible beasts. We have sent an email to the school officials in order to confirm the authenticity of the email content. 

 More details will be updated!!

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441 Lagos drivers test positive to cocaine, marijuana

 Lagos State Government has said it would prosecute and jail any motorist found to be driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol in the state. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris who disclosed this at a news briefing yesterday said 441 drivers tested positive to marijuana and cocaine in the screening recently conducted by the state government.

He explained that the state government was not relenting in educating drivers on dangers associated with consumption of alcohol while driving. “So far we have screened 2002 drivers with the following results obtained. 781 were found to be driving under the influence of alcohol. 601 were found to be hypertensive.

441 were positive to psychotropic drugs, especially cocaine and marijuana. 940 were screened for visual impairment and 13 percent had to be given special glasses,” he added. Idris noted that as a result of the far-reaching consequences of driving under such influences, the state government had no option than to invoke Section 21, Sub-section 1 of the state traffic law which prescribed a conviction fine of N100,000 or two years imprisonment or both on the offenders. 

The commissioner who pointed out that road accidents had become a major cause of deaths in the country, lamented that the state government could not achieve the desired health indices if it ignored the menace of deaths by road accidents.

He said, “alcohol and substance abuse have been documented as a cause of road traffic accidents and several studies have shown that an intoxicated driver is a danger to himself, his passengers and other road users.” Idirs said a major breakthrough was recently recorded in the sensitisation campaigns in the motor parks against irresponsible driving with a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed with Guinness Nigeria Plc.

 

He added that the partnership by both parties was geared towards changing people’s attitude to alcohol to reduce menace of harmful consumption of alcoholic beverages. In his remarks, the state Commissioner for Transport, Kayode Opeifa, lamented the number of accidents recorded mostly over the weekend on Lagos roads caused by excessive drinking by motorists.

The commissioner revealed that government was focusing on motor parks to make the awareness campaign effective because of its involvement in mass transportation of people to various destinations within and outside the state. He reiterated that the new road traffic law was meant to return sanity and ensure discipline among road users.

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NDLEA Arrests Akure High Chief With 8 Bags Of Indian Hemp

The NDLEA in Osun has arrested an Akure high chief for allegedly being in possession of eight bags of Indian  hemp.The agency’s  acting Commander, Mr Samuel Gadzama, told the News Agency of  Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Osogbo that the 52-year-old suspect  was arrested  with his cousin  on Sept. 23 in Iwo town.

``The surveillance team of the command was monitoring the movement of the two suspects in a Honda saloon car  marked BC 57 FST  coming  from Ilesa  before it was finally stopped at Iwo.

``The team initially wanted to trace them to where they were going to supply the eight bags of Indian hemp weighing 45.45 kg, but swooped on them when the suspects wanted to escape after  discovering  that the officers were tracing them,’’ Gadzama said.

He said that investigation was still going on, adding that the suspects would be charged to court at the appropriate time.

But when questioned, the high chief  denied any involvement in the case.

He claimed that  he only assisted the second suspect who was his cousin in transporting the weeds to Iwo.

``I got to know what was inside the bags when he (second suspect) supplied two bags to a customer in Ilesa before heading to Iwo with the remaining eight bags.

``I am from a popular family in Obaile-Akure, a respected chief in Akure land,  so I cannot indulge in criminal act,’’ he added.

Gadzama further disclosed that 45 hectares of Indian hemp farm were destroyed between August and September in the state while 309.685kg of Indian hemp was recovered from traffickers and cultivators.

He said that the latest farm destruction exercise held  on Tuesday  at the Oloro-Araromi Forest Reserve in Isokan Local Government Area of the state where five hectares of Indian hemp were  destroyed.

The NDLEA boss further said that 10 suspects were arrested between August and Sept.

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Top ten private jets owned by wealthy Nigerians: how much they cost

I culled this report from Encomium magazine. Quite revealing. See it below...

More exciting revelations have emerged that the penchant for private jets acquisition has cost wealthy Nigerians over N1 trillion in five years. 

The luxury trend actually rose by 650% between 2007 and 2012, this has increased the rate of private jet acquisition from 20 in 2007 to over 150 in 2012 which has placed Nigeria  and china as the fastest growing private jets markets in the world.

Top ten private jets by wealthy Nigerians.

Type                                                              Price                           Owner
1. Falcons 7X.                                          $51m(N8.2billion)           Mike Adenuga
2. Bombardier Global 6000                       $45.5m(N7.3billion)       Unknown
3. Bombardier Global Express 5000          $45m(N7.2billion)          Aliko Dangote
4. Gulfstream G550                                   $40m(N6.4billion)         Bishop Oyedepo
5. Gulfstream V                                        $30m(N4.8billion)         Bishop Oyedepo & Pastor Adeboye

6. Bombardier Challenger 604                $30m(N4.8b)             Mike Adenuga

7. Embracer Legacy 650                        $30m (N4.8b)            Ifeanyi Uba
8. Hawker 900XP                                 $20m(N3.2b)             Dr Kashim and Sir Aremu Johnson
9. Gulfstream G450                               $15m(N2.4b)              Bishop oyedepo
10. LearJet                                           $13.3m (N2.1b)          Bishop Oyedepo and Dr Kashim

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Nigerian Churches: Who Are They Building Universities For?

INBOX: 

 This perhaps must have crossed a lot of minds at the thought of the ridiculous tuition fees that most of these private universities (most especially churches owned schools) charge their student. Come to think of it, these schools are built with church funds yet it is only the rich, I mean 'very rich' that are only capable of sending their children to these schools. 

If I may use JABU- Joseph Ayo Babalola University owned by CAC- as an example, I was in year 1 @ LAUTECH when they where still raising money for the school. After every sunday service the pastor would come and remind every member of their commitment towards building the school. So then it was a normal routine that they raised a special offering for the building of the university then.

 This happens in virtually all CAC churches throughout the federation during this time. Those that are CAC members can bear me witness. They'll task everybody and I tell you, pple supported this mission with the mind that @ least if the school is built it will still help my children. We all know that ratio of the rich to the poor in most CAC churches are like 30:70. The reason is not far-fetched. 

CAC is predominantly a yoruba church for the not too educated class except for some few top notch in the society that specifically like their service, the church is filled with petty traders. Back to my point exactly: Now that the school is in operation, how many of these poor petty CAC traders can send their children to the school for enrolment? What exactly is the aim of the church mgt.: Is it to bridge the gap btw the poor and the rich or to widen it? 

Do they ever think of rewarding these poor pple that contributed towards the creation os these schools or are they of the opinion that their reward is in heaven when even the 'G.O.s' are rreaping theirs here on earth? What kinda message are we sending out to our immediate environment. Before the emergence of these so called private schools in Nigeria tertiary schools were pretty okay. LAUTECH was paying 2,500 naira.

 In 2006 it became 6k. Before I left it was 40k thanks to Baptist Missionary, CAC, the 7th adventist mission, catholic churh, abi no be dem get Ajayi crowther? Winners, in fact na u try pass. Pls we need to wake up and stop been fooled in the name of Christ. I don't know your take on this but I believe there could better ways to this. Ur views are welcom..

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FIRST LADY HEALTH UPDATE:Patience Jonathan Didn't Make It To UN Assembly

President Goodluck Jonathan arrived in New York on Sunday for the 67th session of the United Nations General Assembly without the First Lady, Dame Patience, who is in a hospital in Germany, where she is presently being treated for undisclosed ailment. 

 Dame was expected to join her husband in New York for the UN Assembly, but a team of doctors attending to the ailing first lady in Germany warned of dire consequences on her health should she embark on the trip, under any guise.

 It was also gathered from a competent Presidency source that President Jonathan and his wife had planned to use the trip to New York to prove critics wrong and end speculations about the health of his wife. At the 66th session of the General Assembly last year, President Jonathan was accompanied on the trip by his wife, state governors and other top government officials.

 However, since it was not possible for Dame Patience to attend the UN Assembly with her husband, based on what a source described as her critical health condition, Jonathan had to make a stopover in Germany to see his ailing wife before arriving in New York. 

 Dame Patience is spending her fourth week on hospital bed in Wiesbaden, Germany while the Presidency had kept mum over the health status of the first lady and has not issued any official statement on the matter.

 Nigerians have been fed several lies about her true condition. The first lady's Media Aide, Ayo Osinlu, had said she was on vacation and had taken time to rest abroad after hosting the First Lady’s Conference in Abuja.

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35-year-old Man Arrested For Alleged Theft Of Landlady’s Underwear

A 35-year-old man, Azuka Mbadugbe, was on Monday docked before an Ogudu Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, for allegedly stealing his landlady’s eight pants valued 80 dollars (about N12,480). Other items allegedly stolen by the accused include six leggies valued at 160 dollars (N24,960), one Canon camera phone worth N250,000 and 36 pieces of umbrella costing N12,600. Mbadugbe who lives at 2, Igi-Olugbi St., Bariga, Lagos, is facing a one-count charge of stealing.

 The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge. The prosecutor, Insp. Kemi Adeniran, told the court that the accused had on Sept. 8 at about 4:30 p.m. burgled his landlady’s apartment at No. 2, Igi-Olugbi St., Bariga, Lagos, and stole the above-named items totalling N300,040. Adeniran said that the items belonged to one Mrs Adeola Alowonle. She said that the accused had been living in one of the boys’ quarters for the past three years. 

 The prosecutor explained that the accused unlawfully broke into the complainant’s apartment when she was on a foreign trip. “When the landlady came back, she discovered that her apartment had been broken into and subsequently discovered that some of her properties were missing,” she said. The prosecutor said that upon investigation, the duplicate key to the landlady’s apartment was found with the accused. 

 She said the offence contravened Section 285 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Lagos State, 2011. Magistrate I.O Afunwa granted the accused bail in the sum of N50,000 with two sureties in like and adjourned the case till Oct. 22. What will cause a 35 year old man to steal his Landlady’s underwear.

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Woman Steals Baby During Night Vigil Inside Church

Detectives at the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Iyaganku have investigated the case of a 28-year-old lady, Ms Kemi Adeoye, who was arrested by policemen from Sanyo Division for stealing a baby in a church during a vigil service on Friday September 7, 2012. 

 The lady, according to police sources, had attended a church service on the fateful day and had picked a baby where she had been laid while her mother was praying in front of the altar. After picking the baby, the lady had reportedly left for one of the chalets within the church premises and locked herself in, after she had put the baby on her back. 

 The mother had raised an alarm when she got back to her seat and beheld an empty bed without her baby on it, a situation which caused members who were at the vigil to halt the service while they trooped out in search of the missing baby.

 Simultaneously, a drama had ensued at the chalet area where one of the church workers had noticed that there was an occupant in a chalet which he had not allocated to anyone. Curious to know the occupant and how he or she got the key, the workers was said to have knocked on the door. 

 To his surprise, a voice from inside the room replied his enquiry on the identity of the occupant with another question, asking who the man was. The door was said to have been forced open and a woman with a baby on her back was discovered in the room.

 It was at that time that members of the church searching for the baby got to where the chalets were, only for the baby’s mother to see that it was her baby the woman was putting on her back. 

 The suspect was said to have been taken to the police station where she told the police that she was sent by a woman to go and steal a baby. She also told them that she had once taken a child from a CAC church at Apete but could not say where she took the baby to.

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Formal IG Of Police, Sunday Ehindero Jailed For Stealing N516M

Talk about having a taste of one’s own medicine. After sending so many people to jail, its time to go join them. How sad. The Former Inspector General of Police, Sunday Ehindero has been remanded in Kuje prisons for charges of embezzling and misappropriating funds while at the helm of affairs. 

Ehindero is on trial for allegedly embezzling N16 million meant for the police force. He and a former Commissioner of Police in charge of Budget, John Obaniyi, were, on Friday, docked before an Abuja High Court. There have been several versions of the actual amount misappropriated by the duo during their tenure. 

Daily Times reports that the money was the interest that accrued to N567 million donated to the police, for the procurement of arms, ammunition and riot control equipment, by the Bayelsa State Government. Tribune claims that they misappropriated about N558 million while The Nation says they misappropriated about N574.4 million Police fund while in office. 

 Furthermore, they were accused of placing another N200 million from the donation in a fixed deposit account at the defunct Intercontinental Bank Plc where it yielded N6.5 million. They allegedly converted the interests that accrued from the two fixed deposits to their personal use. They were arraigned by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) over a six count-charge of criminal conspiracy and misappropriation Police funds while in office. Both men pleaded not guilty. 

 The trial judge, Justice Mudashiru Oniyangi had granted the former police chief bail in the sum of N10 million and was to also provide a surety in like sum. But when he failed to meet the bail applications by Friday evening, he was sent to Kuje Prisons to spend at least the next 48 hours, until Monday, with other prisoners. Ehindero succeeded Tafa Balogun, who was also convicted for corruption, as Inspector General of Police. He served his tenure between 2005 and 2007.

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Boko Haram `accountant’ arrested with N4.5m cash

The onslaught of the security services against Boko Haram seems to be paying off with the arrest of a top operative of the Islamist group described as the accountant. `The accountant’ was said to be in transit between Kano and Zaria, last week, with N4.5 million cash belonging to the Islamist group when men of the JTF intercepted and arrested him. sources said he was travelling in a commuter bus as a cover. The arrest came barely two days after security agents tracked and killed Boko Haram spokesman, Abu Qaqa, in an operation in Kano.

 The Islamist group’s `accountant’, it was learnt, embarked on the journey which originated from Maiduguri, Borno State, to make cash transfers. The sources said his cover blew after he and another associate made some money transfers in Kano, an action that aroused the curiosity of bank officials who alerted security agents. 

 The associate was arrested but, by then, the `accountant’ was already on his way to Zaria. Subsequent manhunt yielded fruit as the `Boko Haram accountant’ was arrested in transit. The Islamist group’s kingpin, according to the sources, is under intense interrogation by security agents in Kano.

 Newsmen understood that the security services believe the arrest of the `accountant’ is a major breakthrough in the efforts to contain terrorism in the country. Boko Haram is believed to be behind deadly attacks in the northern part of the country.

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EFCC Gets Order to Probe Minister of Aviation Over Corrupt Practices

The corruption crisis in the aviation sector which led to the suspension Arik Air on Thursday has taken a new twist, FRESHGISTS.COM gathered. These are not the best of times for the Mrs Stella Oduah, the Minister of Aviation as sources say the Presidency have instituted a probe into her alleged corrupt practices.

 The probe, according to reliable Presidency sources, follows indications that some top government officials have allegedly been demanding extraneous cut in the stake of some airlines.

 Already, the the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and other relevant agencies are said to have been set in motion to begin background work. The source also said that the minister might be summoned for questioning on Monday.

 Sources close to Arik Air had alleged on Thursday that the Aviation minister demanded a 5 percent cut in the airline’s stake failing which she would be hostile. The alleged involvement of the minister in questionalble requests is not the first in recent times. 

Investigation had revealed that a company she has interest in, SPG, was involved in the fuel subsidy scam which was uncovered by the House of Representatives Committee on fuel subsidy regime.

 The Hon. Farouk Lawanled committee which indicted Oduah’s company said that some claims made by the company, among other indicted ones, “could not be verified as the depots into which they purportedly dischared the products could not confirm receipt.”

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PATHETIC!!! 8 year old Girl Raped by Mother's Boyfriend

A Glen View man who reportedly was so addicted to having quality time with prostitutes found his 8-year-old daughter r**ped whilst he allegedly was bonking Harare prostitutes. The incident took place last year after the man, (name withheld to protect the identity of the minor), left his little daughter at home and went on to hook up with ladies of the night. While he was away, a man only identified as Mambo reportedly took advantage of the absence of the minor's father and raped her. 

 The incident came to light after the alleged irresponsible father had dragged his ex-wife to Harare Civil Court seeking to be granted custody of their 8-year-old girl. His ex-wife, however, begged for the court not to honour his request. "Your worship, I cannot let him stay with my daughter because he loves prostitutes more than his own child.

 Last year I left him with the child and she got raped after he had gone to hook up with pr*st*tutes. He now wants to stay with the child because the court ordered him to pay maintenance. 

Granting his wish would be putting the life of my daughter at risk, Your Worship," said the girl's mother (name withheld). Interestingly, the man admit that his daughter indeed got raped on the day in question, but however claimed that he had not gone to hunt for s**x workers.

 He further claimed that the man who r*p*d his daughter was in fact his ex-wife's boyfriend. "I had not gone for pr*st*tutes. I had just taken a walk intending to return home early. That is when her boyfriend came and r*ped my daughter while I was away. 

She must give me back my child because she is indulging in prostitution before the eyes of my child. She is influencing the young girl to have bad morals," he said. Magistrate Vongai Muchuchuti who presided over the case, ordered that the child should remain in her mother's custody as she is still too young.

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TOUCHING STORY:Confessions Of A Married Woman

“Hi readers, I just want to share my true life story with you so that you can learn from it. We are human beings, we make mistakes every day but it left for you to learn from your mistakes. “My name is ‘anonymous’ I wont mention where I come from for security reasons.

 I met this guy in 2001 when I was writing WAEC, his name is GuyA. We fell in love. “He was everything a woman would ask for; he is fair, handsome, intelligent and God fearing, he loved me so much, he shared the little he had with me, he was willing to do anything I ask for though he didn’t have much because he was still in second year at university of Nigeria, Enugu campus. 

 “He did everything possible for me to gain admission into the university. I eventually gained admission in 2003 at Enugu State University of Science and Technology and graduated in 2007. , “I don’t know what came over me. I had a fling with this guy named GuyB. Though I never loved him, but I became pregnant for him. I didn’t know what to do, but terminating the pregnancy was not an option. 

I didn’t want to lose GuyA. It was as if my world has crumbled. “I didn’t tell anybody not even my best friend because I never could tell what would happen if I did. I made a smart move by telling GuyA that I was pregnant for him. “Of course, he believed me because he trusted me so much but I betrayed his love for me.

 He came to see my people, though my parents are dead. “I eventually put to bed; a baby girl. This was in 2008. Do you know what my baby was exactly the carbon copy of GuyB; the guy I had a fling with? “I was not surprise because I knew the pregnancy wasn’t GuyA’s but I thought the baby would’ve resembled me. 

Of course, I was wrong. GuyA accepted us even when he knew the baby does not look like him or me. “Ever since, I have been dying in silence. My conscience kept killing me. At a point, I hated my own child seeing a picture of another man in her.

 My husband, GuyA loved her so much more than anything. “In 2010, I had another baby boy for my husband. My joy knew no bounds. I was really happy, my husband was happy as well. “In 2012, I had another baby boy for my husband, GuyA. Even at that, he loved my daughter more than her two biological sons.

 At a point, I became jealous but what can I do. I just couldn’t bear it any more so I decided to give my life to Christ and beg God for forgiveness which I know he has done. “This I did because I couldn’t continue to die in silence. It was now for me to confess to my husband but how would I achieve that without breaking my home?

 I didn’t want to loose my home, I loved my husband and my kids. “He is a wonderful man but I betrayed him. I prayed and asked God to give me the strength to confess to him… On the set day, I first called him on phone to ask him if he would ever forgive me. He asked what I meant by that. He asked if I was alright and I said yes. 

He hanged up on me. I cried like a baby. “When he came back from work that same day, I served him his dinner. After that, I went with him in the room and told him to forgive me that he should not punish our daughter for what she does not know about but punish me. He Already Knew That He Is Not The Father Of Our Daughter: “He asked again what I meant by that. I narrated everything that transpired between GuyB and I.

 To my greatest surprise, he dropped a bombshell. He said he knew all these years that he was not the biological father of our 4-year old daughter. “I asked him if he knew about it and didn’t bother to ask me? He said that he knew that someday I was going to tell him but he never knew it would come this soon. “It was as if the ground should open and swallow me.

 I was so ashamed of my self that I bowed my face in tears but he cuddled me and said he’d forgiven me long ago. He said that we pray every day OUR FATHER FORGIVE US OUR SINS AS WE FORGIVE THOSE TRESPASS AGAINST US, why won’t he forgive me? “He said no one is perfect and that we make mistakes in life. 

He said that I was a nice person and that we have been through a lot in life. So, he cannot abandon me now that i needed him most. He told me that he could possibly throw me out so that people will laugh at me but he has always loved me. “As for my daughter, as far as he is concerned, she is his daughter.

 He’s has always seen her as one and that he will always love us. These were his words. “I was short of words, all I could do was to cry and thank him and thank God for the kind of man he has given me because I know that no man would take that from any woman no matter what except by the special grace of God. 

 “I am now a happy person and I have given my life to Jesus Christ. We must learn how to confess our sins no matter what so that Satan will be put to shame and as well learn how to forgive. “We now live in the UK. I also had my two boys in the UK.”

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Floods kill over 47 in Niger State

The Director General of Niger State Emergency Agency (NSEMA), Muhammed Shaba, in an exclusive interview disclosed that over 1, 000 families had been displaced by the flood which affected over 500 communities across the state.

Over 47 persons and farm products worth billions of naira has been lost in Niger State this year as a result of floods in the state.

 

He added that the state government has set up relief camps in five local governments of Mokwa, Lavun, Munya, Edati, and Wushishi to cater for the immediate needs of the over 5, 000 thousands displaced persons

Mr Shaba, while calling on the federal government to come to the aid of the displaced people who have lost their livelihood to incessant flooding across the state, however said that the state government has put in measures to avert a re-occurrence of the sad development.

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I’m a Graduate & My Boyfriend Is a Driver, I don’t Love Him anymore – How do I Dump Him?

I am a 27year old female. My parents died when i was 8 then I dropped out of school because no one could afford to pay my fees. 

I then met this guy when i was 16 and he sent me back to school. He was selling fruit then but still he was Able to pay my fees. 

 He then got a job as a truck driver and sent me to University. My problem is that i feel i can’t continue with this relationship because he is not my type and i don’t love him anymore, he isn’t fluent in English, plus some other Personal stuffs.

 I feel I have paid him back for his Good Deeds because I give him s*x anytime and anywhere he wants. But now he can’t meet up to my demands.

 How best can i tell him that he is not my type without hurting his feelings??

 I am grateful that he sent me to school but i can’t be in a relationship with him anymore. I want somebody in my own class not a truck driver.

 Please help!

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He Is Never Going To Leave His Wife But I want Him for Myself

For the past 6 months I have been having an affair with the owner of the company I work for who happens to also be married. I realize that it is wrong but for some reason we keep coming back to each other within days of “ending” our affair.

 The s**x is amazing and I think that is part of the reason we can’t stop. I know I am an attractive female but I can’t figure out why I allow myself to be used by him, he is never going to leave his wife for me and I don’t expect him to.

 My best friend said that I need to work on my confidence and it is always the pretty girls that have the lowest self esteem. Any words of advice to help me end it for good?

 It is apparent that I lack respect for myself. Thanks!

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Frustrated motorist slaps 81-year-old woman in the face for driving at just 5mph

An aggressive driver slapped an elderly woman across the face after he became enraged over her slow driving. Usman Yasin, 30, attacked the 81-year-old after unleashing a barrage of abuse at her for travelling at 5mph on her way to visit her husband at a care home. 

Patricia Pearson, of Burton upon Trent, suffered serious facial injuries in the road rage assault – which Yasin claimed he committed in self-defence after she struck the first blow.

 He was found guilty of hitting Mrs Pearson following a trial at Burton upon Trent Magistrates’ Court in Staffordshire. The court heard how Yasin became increasingly frustrated as he travelled behind Mrs Pearson in All Saints Road, Burton upon Trent at around 2pm on June 17. 

 He claimed that she had been driving at no more than 5mph along the narrow residential street, which has a number of speed bumps. As the two vehicles reached a point where the road opened up Yasin darted past Mrs Pearson and pulled in front of her, coming to a stop and switching off his engine.

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