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Judge JO Abdulmalik of the Federal Supreme Court in Ibadan on Wednesday refused to give bail to the defendants in the $ 8 billion mutilated money fraud case involving officials of the Nigerian Central Bank and some commercial banks. When the case arose to decide on the application for bail, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission brought two witnesses to court. One of the witnesses, Mr. Ademola Oni, is a former banker of Wema Bank Plc, while the other, Mr. Edwin Ennah, retired as head of the unit of possession and disposition of currency in the CBN. Oni had entered into an agreement to regain custody, while Ennah was among those arrested when the fraud was detected in 2014, but was later released. Oni told the court during an interrogation by the defense lawyer that he contacted Olaniran Muniru and Togun Kayode when he visited the CBN to deposit money. Some of the defendants 'lawyers said the judge could have rejected the defendants' bail request in preference fo...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission delivered two checks totaling N11.9m to a parish of God's Redeemed Christian Church in Rivers State. It is said that the amount was stolen by a deacon of the RCCG, Cyril Idakwoji. EFCC South-South Zone Head, Mr. Ishaq Salihu, explained on Wednesday that Idakwoji, a former employee of Access Bank, was the church's account officer for the bank. He said the suspect diverted church funds for private use rather than transferring them to the church's bank account. Giving the checks to the pastor in charge of Province 4 of the RCCG, Salihu said: "He (suspect) falsified the letterheads of the region of the church and the signature of the pastor in charge of the region. accountant of the church to execute their criminal plans in the RCCG ". The stolen funds were returned by the bank, which had fired the suspect. Speaking after receiving checks from the anti-graft agency, the pastor of Province 4 of the RCCG, Port Har...

Anthony Joshua has refused to rule out a British full-weight bout against Tyson Fury despite his complications to return to the ring, reports The Independent. Fury's latest fight, a blatant win to snatch Wladimir Klitschko's heavyweight title, was in November 2015 and has since been stripped of his license by the British Boxing Control Board. Joshua, who is defending his IBF and WBA titles against Carlos Takam in Cardiff on Saturday, said he would like a fight if Fury can get in shape. "If you want to fight and get your license with 30 or 40 stones, if you want to get into the ring and show that you can move and control that weight, people will watch you." "What was the weight of his fight (Fury) - 18 stones? Even if he returned to 22 kilos, (George) Foreman came back bigger when he was at his best," added Joshua. Fury, 29, previously flirted with the idea of ​​getting into the ring with "bodybuilder" Joshua and said he would eliminate th...

The 76th National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Democratic People's Party (PDP) has approved rates for the purchase of nomination forms for all charges to be challenged at the December 9 convention. In a statement signed and made available to journalists by the party's national secretary of publicity, Prince Dayo Adeyeye said that the nomination form for the post of national president amounts to N3 million, while that of the national vice president is N2 millions. He said, "The cost of the nomination form for the office of the National Secretary is N2 million. All other national officials, including the National Advertising Secretary, the National Treasurer, among others will pay the sum of N1.5 million each , while ex-officio members will pay N500, 000. "

A 50-year-old stepfather, identified as David Ekong, has been tried before a chief magistrate court in Ikeja for allegedly having carnal knowledge of two of his stepdaughters. Ekong, bricklayer and resident of 30 Abule Oki Street, Iyana Ipaja, a suburb of Lagos, is being tried for corruption, rape and assault. The police prosecutor, Inspector Clifford Ogu, previously told the court that the crimes were committed on 2 and 4 September 2017 at the accused residence. According to Ogu, the accused, who married the mother of the two girls, raped the first 16-year-old girl and desecrated the second girl, 12, on different occasions. He said: "The defendants threatened to kill them if they tell their mother." Ogu said that when the first girl resisted his advance a few weeks after raping her, the accused beat her to stupor. He added: "It was then that the girl told her mother what the accused had been doing with her and her younger sister. "The mother reported ...

On Wednesday, Finance Minister Ms. Kemi Adeosun stated that the Federal Government would apply the sum of $ 3 billion to refinance debts inherited from the previous administration. The spending is part of the $ 5.5 billion foreign loan obtained from international financial markets, according to the minister. Adeosun, who appeared on a television program in Abuja, according to a statement made by his Special Media Adviser, Mr. Oluyinka Akintunde, said that the proposed $ 5.5bn loan consisted of the refinancing of equity debts for a sum of $ 3 billion and a new loan of $ 2.5 billion for the 2017 budget. The minister said that the 2017 budget faced liquidity problems, which partly explained why the Federal Government sought to borrow $ 5.5bn from the international financial market. She said the other reason was to get $ 3bn to refinance part of the domestic debt incurred by the government of President Goodluck Jonathan. The minister said that under Jonathan, the country's de...

The controversial personality in the air (OAP), Daddy Freeze, has stated that premarital sex is not condemned in the Bible. He also said that there is nothing wrong with having sex every day, insofar as both parties enjoy it The OAP said this in response to a statement attributed to popular 34-year-old American celebrity Amber Rose, in which she admitted to having demanded sex every day from a 21-year-old Savage, who is her boyfriend. In his shared reaction on Instagram, Daddy Freeze said: "This publication raises two fundamental questions: "1: Can you have sex every day? "Well, the answer is yes, there are people who are very sexual and enjoy sex every day, sometimes a day. "So if you are one of these people, do not be embarrassed or embarrassed to ask your partner, that's what they signed up for." According to the ancient Jewish system based on the Torah, once a couple is engaged, they can have sex but can not live together until it is seale...

Forbes has named Manchester United as the most valuable team brand in the world. The Premier League club is rated the fourth most valuable team in all sports behind the Dallas Cowboys, New York Yankees and Los Angeles Lakers. However, they top the table when it comes to football clubs, with Barcelona in second place and Real Madrid in third place. United has a brand value of £ 425 million, an increase of 12.8%. The value of Cristiano Ronaldo's Real brand has increased by a massive 13.2% to a massive £ 16million, but Messi has seen its brand value drop by 10% to £ 10 million. However, Ronaldo is the fourth in terms of the athletes' brand value. Roger Federer tops the charts after an extraordinary year, while LeBron James enters second and Usain Bolt third. MORE VALUABLE BRANDS: EQUIPMENT - Current value of the brand 1) Dallas Cowboys: £ 676 Million 2) New York Yankees - £ 519m 3) Los Angeles Lakers - £ 449m 4) Manchester United - £ 425 Million 5) Barcelon...

Arsenal owner Stan Kroenke has insisted the club was right not to pressure and dismiss manager Arsene Wenger after last season. A disappointing 2016/2017 campaign saw the Gunners not qualify for the Champions League for the first time in two decades, although the club secured the FA Cup. Frustrations were high during the season among fans, with banners flying during the days of the game to ask for Wenger's dismissal. In the end, Kroenke decided to give Wenger a contract extension for two years. "Arsene is strong, he's focused and I think he showed all that," Kroenke told the Daily Mirror before the club's Annual General Meeting. "We always evaluate, and it's fair to analyze all the factors involved, but when you make decisions like that, you're weighing a lot of different factors, but you expect them to weigh them correctly and make the right decision. "It's easy to change coaches and people do it all the time, but the hard part i...

A 59-year-old assistant pastor at Liberty Pentecostal Church in Keighley, West Yorkshire, England, Laurence Peterson, has been imprisoned for more than 8 years for helping a church minister, Rev. John Wilson, assault parishioners . On several occasions, Peterson blocked the doors and arrested the victims when a 70 year old Rev. John Wilson performed "grotesque" exorcisms on a member of the congregation. A jury heard that Peterson could also have mixed women's tea with drugs to make them more compatible. Offenses have reportedly left the victims with mental fear. Peterson was convicted on charges of conspiring to commit indecent assault and two counts of aiding and abetting Wilson to commit sexual acts. Reverend Wilson was also imprisoned for 21 years for a series of sexual crimes against six women. The pastor's wife, Mary Wilson, was also found guilty of helping and instigating her husband, and was given a 22-month probation. Peterson is also barred from...

President Muhammad Buhari said on Monday that his administration's achievements were there for all to see and were not mixed with lies and propaganda as propagated by detractors. Buhari said this in Abuja at the Nigeria Governors Forum Conference for Media Handlers of States' Chief Executives. The president was responding to the allegation of non-compliance by the All Progressive Congress government (APC) led by former President Goodluck Jonathan. President Buharionath It will be recalled that former President Jonathan last week struck the APC government, claiming that the Federal Government under President Buhari was "characterized by lies and propaganda." Buhari, who was represented by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed said that the new strategy of the pessimists was to label their government's achievements as 'propaganda and lies' to discredit them. "We are delivering security, fighting corruption and the economy, whic...

Juergen Klopp should accept any guilt that stems from Liverpool FC's current defensive weaknesses and stop changing guilt, former Manchester United goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel said. Jurgen Klopp The Dane said that Klopp unfairly transferred the guilt of Liverpool's defensive weaknesses to Dejan Lovren by defeating him in his Premier League defeat by Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday. Harry Kane scored a double while Son Heung-min and Dele Alli also managed to give Liverpool their second loss in the league after a 4-0 defeat by Manchester City in September. Defender Lovren was responsible for Tottenham's second goal when he failed to cut long serve from goalkeeper Hugo Lloris, who allowed Kane to find Son. Liverpool manager Klopp responded by replacing Lovren with Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain in the 31st minute. "What he has done now is to put all the blame on Lovren, now he's in the headlines for this, and that's really unfair. manager, "said Schmeichel.

STRICTLY COME BAILING star Brian Conley became the fourth celebrity to be fired from the BBC series tonight. The comedian and his professional partner Amy Dowden were eliminated after the three judges chose to save Simon Rimmer and Karen Clifton after the feared dance. Both couples headed to the dance floor for the second time in an attempt to advance to the next round of competition, but after making a mistake, the panel decided it was time for Brain to leave. In explaining his decision, Craig Revel Horwood said: "Both couples really made mistakes in that, one defeat and then the other bleached before they entered a deadlock, so it was a very, very difficult decision. "But the couple I'm going to save for just that little swivel is Simon and Karen." Darcey Bussell added: "This is incredibly difficult with these two fabulous men and it is not easy to choose between them." However, she noticed that Simon and Karen gave a "finished performance...

... Attempt to Track Stolen Crude In this interview with attorney Jerome Stanley, General Counsel of the LOUMOS Group, Houston, Texas, speaks of the frustrations he encountered in Nigeria when he visited; but it nevertheless suggests the best way in which the nation can recover the funds that have accumulated from  the sale of stolen oil from Nigeria. Jerome Stanley Understanding the problems Initially, it was decided that we would start cases against companies that we thought were selling undeclared (stolen) oil and decided to sue Nigerian subsidiaries and adjudicated cases in Nigeria. But because of what has happened and gone by and has not progressed as much as we hope to achieve, we have decided that we believe that the best way to do this is that, instead of suing sellers in Nigeria, it can involve buyers in the United States and ask them to give us information about the transactions that took place so we can work back so we can find out where the money they actually paid ...

Judge Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal Supreme Court in Abuja accepted a request from the Federation Attorney General Abubakar Malami for the temporary confiscation of all funds held in bank accounts not linked to BVN. Customers place banks as the BVN registration deadlines expire. Funds are also lost in accounts whose property could not be identified. The latter are accounts without sufficient credentials of know-your-customer, reported PREMIUM TIMES. . The order followed a motion of notification lodged by Mr. Malami on behalf of the Nigerian government on 28 September. Judge Dimgba granted the nine reliefs sought by Mr. Malami, represented by an attorney, Usman Dakas, on October 17. the court ordered all 19 DMB banks operating in the country to disclose to Nigerian governments the names of accounts not yet connected with BVN; account numbers; their outstanding balances; local addresses; and home accounts without BVN and where they are domiciled. Nigeria deposits money banks that were...

The issue of domestic violence has been a trend in households for many years, but now receives a lot of attention from human rights activists, government and international agencies in recent times. Many have gone through the agonizing and traumatizing situation in silence due to the African stereotype that men are the head of the household and women should be submissive. Through campaigns and upheavals, many Nigerians have begun to express their difficulties and have received attention and subsequently rescued from their life-threatening situations. Nigerian celebrities are not left out of this saga, as many have begun to reveal the hell they have lived in and the trauma they experienced on the part of their abusive partners. Some of these celebrities include: Monalisa Chinda The always brilliant Nollywood actress who seemed to have had it all green, opened in 2014 and revealed that she was a victim of domestic abuse in her previous marriage, which caused her to fall. However, he r...

After a grand opening on Wednesday, October 4, a new Hollywood science fiction film, Blade Runner 2049, hit theaters around the country last Friday, and has since attracted moviegoers to the box office. The premiere, which took place amidst soft music, drinks and canapés at the prestigious Silverbird Cinema on Victoria Island, Lagos, attracted celebrities such as Mr. Jonathan Murray-Bruce, executive director of the Silverbird Group; Ugochi Ihezue, the most beautiful girl in Nigeria (MBGN) 2017; Emmanuella Yaboh, MBGN Miss ECOWAS, and Stephanie Agbasi, MBGN Miss Universe, who dazzled the red carpet, posing for the paparazzi and answering questions from the press. In fact, Blade Runner 2049, visually striking and with great narrative satisfaction, will touch the sensitive fiber in the hearts of film lovers, as they crowd in theaters from Friday 6 October, when the film officially opened in the whole country. Set in California in a futuristic year 2049, Blade Runner is a remake of...

COUNTRYFILE left the spectators anguished by the BBC's graphic episode tonight. The family program transmitted images of dead sheep covered with blood or limbs hanging after being attacked by pets. In order to highlight how dog owners should take more responsibility for their dogs' actions, the images bother many show freaks. Joining the segment, John Craven warned: "Now, after a big meal, there is nothing better than a good walk. But access to our field may be about to change. "Here's Tom, and this report contains images that some viewers may find annoying." Tom said, "It's emotional." The statistics are staggering. Another 15,000 sheep have been killed by dogs on British farms since I last covered this last February. "Out-of-control livestock-killing pets cost farmers an estimated £ 1.4 million last year." Viewers instantly took social networks to shoot annoying images with a tweet: "Farmers should be able to shoot a...

Actress Yoruba budding, Adebola Adewuyi is an unusual girl who considers compliments by which other girls would die by offensives. And its reason is simple: it hates to be seen as a sexual object. Actress Adebola Adewuyi In a recent interview with Popurri, the beautiful Ila-Orogun, Osun, born in the United States, graduated from the university Joseph Ayo Babalola, poured her heart on love, sex and money, saying that when people she says she's sexy, she feels like they have other things in their minds. "Well, I really do not like people to tell me things like, I'm sexy and things like that.the truth is that when men know you're an actress, that they come up with is that she must be a prostitute I do not want you to see me and the next thing that comes to mind is sensuality Beautiful is fine but sexy is obscene she said In what will go when it comes to love , money and sex, the radiant candy, said that it is love for her. "I will seek love because love is everyt...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has quickly reacted to international outrage over the appointment of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe as a goodwill ambassador, who rescinded the charge less than a week after his announcement. Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO's first African director-general in Geneva, announced the appointment of the 93-year-old leader on 18 October. The WHO leader faced criticism following the decision of the international community and public figures in Zimbabwe, where Mugabe has been in power for 37 years and the public health system is plagued with problems. "I have decided to rescind the appointment," Ghebreyesus said in a statement on Saturday, saying he had "pondered" his decision. "I have listened carefully to all those who have expressed their concerns and I have heard the different problems they have raised," said Ghebreyesus. "I have also consulted with the government of Zimb...

Czech citizens have handed over power to a Eurosceptic multimillionaire in Central Europe in a blow to the European Union. The centrist ANO (YES) movement led by billionaire populist Andrej Babis, dubbed "Donald Trump of Europe", won the election on Saturday. The former finance minister won by an avalanche, obtaining 29.65 percent of the votes. The decisive victory of his movement ANO moved the country to the right. It now faces the challenge of forming a coalition government with more than one of the other eight parties that achieved at least five percent of the vote. Speaking at his party's headquarters, he said: "I think we will build a government that will be a single team." "We want to fulfill our program for a better life in our country." The results of the elections paved the way for the Eurosceptics to lead the country, with 99.6 percent of all seats counted by the Czech Statistical Office, ANO had 29.65 percent. In a blow to the ...

 Representatives conclude the investigation, they can report soon ... 727,460 metric tons of gas allegedly missing (Cost $ 461 million, supposedly traced to 7 countries) ... Cost of allegedly traced crude: EE. US $ 12 billion; China, $ 3 billion; Norway, $ 839,522,600 The idiocy of the Nigerian state is magnified by the fact that Nigeria has crude oil of more than $ 15 billion stolen from its coasts, at a time when the same country pursues loans that represent only a fraction of what its citizens in collaboration with strangers have stolen from it. Therefore, the specter of sadness that continues to stare at Nigerians as a result of the current economic situation may not be nearing completion unless the Federal Government of Nigeria ensures that the movement to recover the product of the stolen oil, some traction. The story is as amazing as it is incredible. An estimated 1,492,000,000 (Trillion, four hundred ninety-two million barrels of crude oil) was transported between 2011 a...

BENIN CITY-INMEDIATE Former Edo state governor Comrade Adams Oshiomhole explained Monday that President Muhammadu Buhari's request to the World Bank to support the north-east of the country was based on the president's genuine concern to attract international assistance to the more than two million internally displaced people (IDPs) in the Northeast as a result of the Boko Haram insurgency. Oshiomhole,  who described as an alleged unfair and evil attempt to misinterpret the President's effort, said that he was at the meeting when the issue was discussed and that it was aimed at finding a solution to the humanitarian crisis ravaging the Northeast and other IDP camps in the South. In a statement personally signed by the former Governor, he recounted that "it is a matter of fact that I was present at the meeting of President Muhammadu Buahri with the President of the World Bank, Dr. Kim Jong, on July 21, 2015 at the Blair House , Washington DC It is quite unfortunate tha...

Former FIFA Executive Committee member Amos Adamu said Monday that Nigeria now has a decent team that would perform well at the 2018 World Cup in Russia. Adamu made the comment in the context of the remarkable departure of the Super Eagles during the World Cup qualifier Russia 2018, from a group that was described as the "death group". He told reporters in Lagos that coach Gernot Rohr should strive to make a difference with the team at the World Cup. "It's a good thing and they have shown that we have a team now." Therefore, coaches should do everything possible to make sure we get where we are going. "Yes, I think it's a good thing." Reporters report that the Super Eagles won the only ticket for the 2018 CAF Group B Russian World Cup after a 1-0 win over Chipolopolo of Zambia in Uyo with a game to spare. The final Group B game against Algeria's Desert Foxes on 11 November will be more of a formality as Nigeria has already qualified for the F...

The Kwara government said on Monday that no less than 200,000 people had been vaccinated within three days of the current reactive yellow fever vaccination in the state. Dr. Sulaiman Alege, the Health Commissioner, who gave the figure to journalists in Ilorin, said that 960,000 doses of the vaccine would be administered in nine communities in the state. "Vaccination is carried out in the local government of Ifelodun and eight others, including Isin, Ilorin South, Ilorin East, Irepodun, Oke-Ero and others." About 960,000 vaccines have been deployed, and for the moment, we have immunized about 200,000 people in the first three days, "he said.The commissioner described the involvement as impressive, saying that people were massively mobilized through the use of community members and community informants. the ministry's health education unit was also on the ground to ensure efficient participation. Alege said that the Nigeria Disease Control Center and the National Hea...

Brexit Vote "in June and the election of Donald J. Trump in November 2016 the US President, On the national front, the year 2016 will arguably be one of the toughest years for businesses in recent history. and declining volume output due to production shortage in the Niger Delta has grievously affected Federal Government revenue resulting in unprecedented foreign exchange shortages The country recorded its first negative GDP rate in 20 years Following two consecutive quarters of negative GDP growth, the economy unfortunately slipped The fiscal deficit and monetary authorities deployed many tools whose impact was minimal due to the fact that they were not able to obtain a favorable outcome. the devaluation of the Naira against the US Dollar was i snowy The Naira official rate took plunge from N197 to N280 for $ 1 before stabilizing in the N360-N380 band. This development resulted in huge financial losses to companies with foreign currency liabilities which translates to poor corp...

From time immemorial, love has been a phenomenon that involves the mental reasoning of any being, whether rich, poor, educated, influential or rich. The same is true of the rather large model, Adaeze Eneh, affectionately called 'Eve', which has become an authority in things of the heart. In an exclusive conversation with Potpourri, the beautiful model stated that it is practically impossible to fall in love with two men at the same time. According to her, love is sacred; therefore, once you are in love with someone, it is impossible to feel the same about another person. "If you believe that you love two people at the same time, you are wrong, because true love does not allow any entrance, so it is only a person you love." In physics, being in two places at the same time would be a miracle; but I feel that there must have been a gap at some point.There is a small line between love and lust and I think we have that plot.You can be in love and there ar...

An economic expert, Franklyn Akinyosoye, has said that the gap between Small and Medium Enterprises (MIPYMES) and the Federal Government is hindering the level of economic development in the country. Akinyosoye, the president of the Association of Business Development Professionals in Nigeria (ABDPIN), told reporters in Abuja that commercial development service providers (BDSP) were the key to closing that gap. The BDSP are consultants of MIPYMES and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that provide intermediation services for small businesses. They are professionals charged with the responsibility of bridging the gap between small business owners, international organizations and the government. According to Akinyosoye, SMEs and MSMEs have the potential to increase the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP), but this is not happening because the government has failed to involve BDSP. He said that if the BDSP were to take and commit themselves accordingly in the government'...

The South-South Reform Movement (SSRM) has praised the Minister of Sports and Youth Development, Mr. Solomon Dalung, for Nigeria's qualification for the final of the 2018 Russian World Cup. The Secretary-General of SSRM, Pastor Magnus Oku, said in a statement Sunday in Abuja that Dalung had fulfilled his promise that Nigeria should be in the 2018 Russia tournament. The Nigeria Super Eagles on Oct. 7 were qualified for the World Cup 2018 in Russia after beating the visitors, Chipolopolo of Zambia 1-0. "Dalung has been following the series of World Cup qualifiers with skill, ensuring that the allocation is paid on time and that the well being of the players is taken seriously." He has undoubtedly been proven to be an effective manager, as their efforts have yielded positive results. "The qualification of Nigeria was not without administrative sacrifices, as the minister has made great sacrifices to minimize the domestic fights in the soccer family that have persisted f...

RANTING Richard Richard Branson has provoked rage online after suggesting Brexit could be reversed because his supporters are dying. The claim was the latest in a series of anti-Brexit rolls of millionaire magnate Virgin, who said leaving the block would be "the saddest thing that ever happened to Europe."   Mr. Branson, who lives in the British Virgin Islands, suggested that people who voted to leave were older Britons who would pass away in the next few years. He told RTE: "The older generation is dying. "So if there's a second referendum before Brexit happens - I'm sure the Tory party will do everything possible not to let that happen - but I think within five years there will be a government in power in Britain that will ask to Europe for an opportunity to let Britain in. "Because there will be so many young people who will be a little older by then and so many of the older grandparents who voted for Brexit will have died, I think B...