Thursday, April 30, 2015

N1.9bn Subsidy Scam: “Go And Face Trial”- Appeal Court Tells Wagbatsoma, Others

… Dismisses Appeal Against Jurisdiction of Lower Court

ADAOHA UGO NGADI OF ONTARIO OIL AND GAS

The Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal today affirmed the jurisdiction of Lagos High Court, Ikeja to entertain the N1.9billion oil subsidy theft charge brought against Walter Wagbatsoma, Adaoha Ugo- Ndagi and Ontario Oil & Gas Limited by the Economic and Finacial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

In a scandalous replay of the episode, a few years back, when Justice Abdullahi Kafarati, then of the Federal High Court Enugu, offered an option of N3.5million fine to Lucky Igbinedion, former governor of Edo State for corruption offences, his younger brother, Michael Igbinedion who is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC for siphoning N25billion from the Edo state treasury during the period his elder brother held the reins as chief executive, today received a fine of N3million from Justice J. Liman of the Federal High Court, Benin.

Air force corporal slaps inspector at filling station

There was confusion at a filling station along the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Road after a female police inspector attached to the Airport Police Command and identified as Mrs. Florence Anih, was slapped by a Nigerian Air Force lance corporal.

Gunmen kill apprentice, robbed his bloody corpse

Homicide detectives have launched investigation into the brutal shooting and killing of a 24-year-old apprentice killed at the Fadeyi area of Lagos State.

Killer who ate a man’s heart with a knife and fork in bizarre bid to prove he was not gay is jailed for 18 years in South Africa

A murderer who ate his victim's heart with a knife and fork in a bizarre bid 'to prove he wasn't gay' has been jailed for 18 years in South Africa.

Justice J. Liman of the Federal High Court Benin, Edo State, today convicted Michael Igbinedion, younger brother to Lucky Igbinedion, former Edo State governor, and Charles Eboigbodin.

Goje : More Exhibits Presented in Court

The trial of a former governor of Gombe State, Senator Danjuma Goje, along with three others, who are being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on charges bordering on conspiracy and money laundering, before Justice B. O. Quadri of the Federal High Court, Gombe, continued on April 29, 2015 with the prosecution presenting more evidence against the accused persons.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, April 29, 2015 arraigned one Oladepo Bamidele Osibeluwo before Justice Augustine Odukwo of the Akwa Ibom State High Court Uyo, on one count charge of stealing to the tune of N4,623, 600.00.

Robbers crushed to death while robbing motorists

Two armed robbers were crushed to death yesterday on the Third Mainland Bridge while robbing motorists.

Timipre Sylva: Court Defers Ruling

The case involving a former governor of Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva, who is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, before Justice A. Y Mohammed of the Federal High Court, Abuja, for allegedly stealing from the coffers of the state to the tune of N19.2bn while being the governor between 2007 and 2011, could not go on as expected, on Tuesday, April 28, 2015.

IGP ORDERS WATER TIGHT SECURITY AROUND MEDIA HOUSES NATIONWIDE

The Inspector-General of Police, Ag. IGP Solomon E. Arase is concerned about the recent attacks on the media houses, and journalists.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned a travel agent, Safiyanu Umar, at the Kano State High Court on a four count charge bordering on conspiracy and obtaining money by false pretence.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, April 27, 2015 arraigned Sa’idu Gado before Justice Kabiru Auta of the Kano State High Court, on a three-count charge bordering on criminal conversion of land, obtaining by false pretence and forgery.

A father lost his temper and beat his four-year-old daughter to death three months after being granted custody of her, a court has heard.

A suspected kidnapper has explained why he sold his 15-yearold cousin, identified as Precious Okoro, into sex slavery.

A five-year-old boy suspected to have been kidnapped and dumped at a church in Mowe, on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, has been rescued by the police in Ogun State.

The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has recovered a baby boy, David Johnny, who was stolen by a doctor with the connivance of his mother, Esther Johnny, and sold to a woman in Abuja.

Indonesian authorities on Tuesday executed four Nigerians and four others for drug-related offences despite pleas by the United Nations, the European Union, Amnesty International and the Federal Government.

Andrew Chan smiles as he places a ring on his bride Febyanti Herewila's finger, fulfilling one of his final wishes at their prison wedding on Nusakambangan island on Sunday

Reformed Bali Nine ringleaders Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran and their six fellow death row prisoners refused to wear blindfolds and were singing as they were executed by a 13-member firing squad in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

The Nigerian army has rescued 200 girls and 93 women who had been captured by terror group Boko Haram.

A British grandmother on death row in Bali for smuggling cocaine has accepted her fate and said she 'feels like just giving up' in the wake of the execution of the Bali Nine ringleaders today.

The 'human fireball' who finally has a new face: Extraordinary recovery of woman, 29, who was set alight by jealous wife who believed victim was seeing her husband

It’s been just over three years since Dana Vulin was set alight at her Perth home, resulting in horrific third degree burns to more than 60 per cent of her body and countless operations to reconstruct her scorched face, arms and torso.

Incredible images show shocking extent of destruction across Kathmandu – as it emerges city moved 10 FEET during earthquake

Wiped out: The city remains short on shelter, fuel, food, medicine and power as its people searched for lost loved ones in the rubble

These incredible images reveal the extent of destruction wreaked across Kathmandu following Saturday's earthquake, as it emerged that the city moved 10 feet in just 30 seconds during the devastating tremor.

A predatory hospital nurse who raped two patients while they were unconscious under general anaesthetic has been jailed for 18 years.

Three gunmen, who attacked a lone lady and tried to snatch her money from her moments after she left the ATM pool, were stunned as she returned the attack.

Groom spends honeymoon in detention

The family members of Ekenechukwu Uwakwe, a motorcycle spare parts dealer at Ebute-Meta, Lagos, have revealed how their brother was arrested and detained at the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), Ikeja, Lagos, moments after his traditional wedding.

A 35-year-old Nigerian woman, Temitope Adebamiro, has been arrested by the New Castle Police in Delaware, United States, for stabbing her 37-yearold Nigerian husband and father of her two children, Adeyinka Adebamiro, to death over allegations of abuse and cheating.

Facts at the weekend emerged in Calabar, Cross River State on how a 23-year-old man, Stanley Etim, died in police custody.

For the quick intervention of residents and passers-by, a 45-yearold commercial driver, Saturday Akpomose, would have been bitten to death by dogs which pounced on him in Ajah area of Lagos.

Although Michael Hanline did not opt for an entirely healthy meal when he walked out of prison, most people would probably have forgiven him.

Mrs. Vivian Ikpa thought someone was playing an April Fool’s prank on her when a policewoman led a team of cops to where she was conducting lessons for children on April 1, 2015 and told her that she was under arrest.

Forty-five-year-old Gbenga Olatunji has revealed why he used to sponsor armed robbers to snatch cars around Kwara and Lagos states.

Up in flames: Weighed down by their losses

Traders and small business outfit owners bemoan their fate as fire destroys millions of naira worth of goods and property at a Lagos community, writes JULIANA FRANCIS

“I was sleeping when my phone rang. I picked the phone and someone said my shop was on fire. I jumped out of bed and wanted to head for Iyana-Ipaja, to take a bus to my shop. Someone stopped me. The person pointed out that I was naked. I did not know that I had not put on my clothes. “All I could think of was my shop. When I got there, everywhere was on fire. I struggled and opened my shop. Fire roared, bottles shattered and got into my eyes. I was rushed to the hospital. I lost everything. I’m still in shock."

Rosemary, Nwosu, Henrietta and Otobo

The 16-year-old ‘maid,’ Henrietta Odili, arrested with the abductor of the Orekoya kids has been reunited with her family. Henrietta was allegedly abducted by Fumilayo Adeyemi and her family of kidnappers and turned to a housemaid at their residence at Akowonjo area of Lagos State.

An employee of the Delta Printing and Publishing Company Limited (DPPCL), publishers of The Pointer titles, Mrs Patricia Amitaye, has died in the hands of her abductors.

Obinna

A suspect said that he would not have gotten involved in drug trafficking if not for the fact that some suspected fraudsters duped him of his hard earned money.

Iloegbunam

Peters

The planned arraignment of one Julius Ola Peters and four others by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, before Justice Ishaq Bello of the FCT High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja on charges of conspiracy, forgery and fraud was again frustrated on Thursday, April 23, 2015 due to the judge’s absence.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on April 23, 2015 arraigned one Ernest Jor before Justice Valentine Ashi of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory sitting in Apo, Abuja on a two-count charge of fraud.

An internet fraudster, Okwuka Olisaebuka Ifeanyi, whose modus operandi is to hack into people’s email to commit fraud, was on April 23, 2015 sentenced to two years imprisonment by Justice H.A Nganjiwa, of the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt, Rivers State on a three count amended charge of forgery brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

$8.4m Scam: "Court Registrar Collected Money From Bamaiyi in Prison"- Prison Controller

An Assistant Controller of Prison , Mallam Abdulahi Garba, who is a prosecution witness in the on-going trial of a Lagos court registrar, Mrs Rosulu Idowu Oluronke, has told a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja, that Oluronke actually came to the prison to collect money from General Ishaya Bamaiyi.

Forgive me because of my wives, children, suspect begs

A patent medicine dealer arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has begged that he should be forgiven and pardoned because of his two wives and six children.

The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Lamorde, has urged bankers and major players in Nigeria’s financial sector to cooperate with law enforcement agencies in combating money laundering.

Abba bows out, Arase takes over

President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday sacked the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Suleiman Abba.

Abba, who became IG less than nine months ago, was replaced by a Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase, in acting capacity.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned a man for allegedly hacking into a second generation bank and stealing N68,028,000,000, has been charged to court.

Police in Ogun State yesterday said they had rescued the three-year-old girl who was kidnapped during a church service in Lagos on Sunday.

US man faces police action after shooting computer

A man in the US city of Colorado Springs faces police action after becoming so frustrated with his computer that he took it outside and shot it eight times, police say.

Members of a paedophile network whose crimes were described as the most “vile and depraved” police had seen have been convicted of arranging abuse.

Angry fighter stabs peacemaker to death

A man who attempted to separate two men fighting at the Ajegunle area of Lagos State on Sunday got stabbed to death.

A suspect who used to steal valuables kept in people’s vehicles said he wished he had listened to several warnings from his wife to desist from crime.

Olayinka

A female worker of Sweet Sensation eatery, who scooped her employer’s N8 million has bagged 266 years imprisonment.

The lady, Oluremi Olayinka was convicted yesterday by Justice A.A Akinyemi of Ogun State High Court, Abeokuta, for stealing N8million belonging to her employer.

Ezeji

A suspected fraudster, Julian Ndubueze Ezeji is currently cooling his heels in the holding facility of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, following his arrest for allegedly swindling one Onyeka Okoye of the sum of N81,250,000 in a phony oil transaction.

Ajudua

A former Chief of Army Staff, General Ishaya Bamaiyi, has told a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja, that Fred Ajudua, who is standing trial for duping the former Army boss of the sum of $8.4Million actually used a Lagos court registrar, Ms. Rosulu Idowu Oluronke, to obtain the sum of $330,000 from him.

N24bn Pension Scam: EFCC To Split Charges

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, April 22, 2015 sought the leave of the court to split the charges of conspiracy and theft of Police Pension Funds to the tune of N24bn brought against Esai Dangabar and six others before Justice Husseini Baba Yusuf of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja in order to ensure expeditious trial of the accused persons.

Slaughter on the beach: ISIS behead and shoot more Ethiopian Christians in sickening new propaganda video

A shocking new video appearing to show at least 30 Christians being beheaded and shot by ISIS in Libya has been released.

The infra-red camera shows rescuers trying to locate survivors in the water. It is thought the boat, heading towards Malta, capsized when passengers moved to one side of the vessel which lead it to overturn

Hundreds of terrified migrants drowned on board a smuggler boat because they were locked in the ship's hold when it capsized, a survivor revealed today.

A 10-year-old girl, Chidinma, has been admitted at an undisclosed hospital after a couple – Eucheria Chukwuma and Jerry Oko-Oboh – allegedly beat her up and stabbed her in the private parts with a broken bottle.

Gunmen attack Jonathan’s aide’s home, blindfold guards

Unidentified gunmen on Saturday stormed the home of the Senior Special Assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan on Domestic Matters, Mr. Waripamowei Dudafa, and carted away an undisclosed amount of money after destroying the safe kept in one of his rooms.

Fire kills six-month-old baby, four others

Five persons, among them a six-month-old baby boy, were killed in fire incident and accident between Friday and Saturday in Lagos.

Police in Enugu State have apprehended a notorious armed robbery suspect, Afam Omoba alias Obosi, who had been on the police wanted list.

Six-month-old baby burnt to death as mum steps out

A six-month-old baby was burnt to death at the CA Street, House 52, Shagari Estate, Mosan Okunola, Ipaja area of Lagos after a month lit a candle which burnt out on Saturday. The mother her of the baby was said to have laid the sleeping baby on the bed, lit a candle and stepped outside to receive fresh air.

Bloodied and left to die: Latest victim of anti-immigrant violence carried out by black locals crawls to hospital as South African police struggle to stop the armed gangs

Victim: A shop owner believed to be from Mozambique (pictured) has died from his injuries amid the xenophobic violence that has gripped South Africa

A bloody and wounded shop owner has been pictured just moments before he died from his injuries on another day of xenophobic attacks in South Africa.

Thursday, April 30, 2015

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Traders and small business outfit owners bemoan their fate as fire destroys millions of naira worth of goods and property at a Lagos community, writes JULIANA FRANCIS

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