Delta State Governor Opens Up: We Can No Longer Pay Salaries Because of Niger Delta Avengers

 

The Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa has cried out saying that the impact of the renewed destruction of oil assets in the state's oil producing parts has gone so bad that the state is now unable to pay salaries regularly.

Speaking at the Government Office Annex in Warri on Wednesday where he convened a stakeholders meeting, the governor said: “The larger Nigerian government has been in financial crisis over dwindling oil prices. Increased production would have helped cushion the impact but instead we are faced with destruction of oil assets.

“Dealing with dwindling oil prices and destruction of oil assets, we are now producing just half of our quota. And we are all really worried because of the greater effect is on Delta State.

"Before now we receive up to N20billion monthly, but what we have now is so low.

Last time we got only N3.4billion. Last month what we received has dropped to N3billion. We now get 1/7th of what we use to have.”

The governor said, going by the current financial position, the state was no longer in a position to pay salaries regularly just as Internally Generated Revenue, IGR, has also nosedived.

“We met a wage bill of N7.4 billion. Our workforce has been unchanged. With biometrics and rationalization, we trimmed that to about N6.8 billion. With the situation, we have in our hands, we are not in position to pay workers regularly anymore.

“If we produce our normal volumes, we won’t have it this bad. We have had to reduce support to the councils. And apart from poor income from Federation Account, IGR has also gone down because money is not circulating.

“I do know that we were receiving reasonable Pay As You Earn, PAYE of up to N1.5bn and N1.6bn monthly. That has gone down. We should realise there’s a challenge. Political office holders, traditional rulers should build peace. Delta State has been on the news for the wrong reasons and that’s not where we want to be.”

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Olisa Metuh Pleads To Refund N400m, Says He Supports Buhari's War Against Corruption

  

The former PDP spokesman, Olisa Metuh, has offered to refund to the federal government, the sum of N400 million he had received from the office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) in the build up to the 2015 elections.

Metuh, who is facing trial at the Federal High Court, had said he did not know that the money given to him by the ONSA, when Sambo Dasuki was NSA, was meant for arms procurement.

He claimed ex-President Goodluck Jonathan gave him an assignment with the money.

Speaking through his lawyer, Emeka Etiaba, on Thursday, Metuh said at the time the money was released to him after his presentation to the ex-president, he had no knowledge of the source.

“Our client had every cause to believe that the money was from the ex-President to whom he made presentation, received directives and rendered report and accounts accordingly,” Mr. Etiaba said.

He also said it was while in court that a document was brought regarding the source of the money and he had indicated “his willingness to refund the money and has indeed approached his family, friends and associates to mobilize funds to refund the entire N400m to the government regardless of the fact that the money had been expended based on the directives of the former President and that part of the money had been recovered from one of the prosecution witnesses.”

Metuh, through his lawyer, is trying to meet the Ministry of Justice and EFCC on how to return the money

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Presidency Tells Saraki, Ekweremadu: You Can Tender Your Resignation Letter

 

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, has told Bukola Saraki and his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu, to stop being sentimental and leave National Assembly out of their court trials.

The SGF faulted statements credited to the two leaders of the Senate after their arraignment, which he said gave the erroneous impression that the entire Senate was on trial.

He said: “It is important to emphasise that this case involved only the four accused persons and should not be presented to the unsuspecting public as involving the entire Senate.

“The complaint leading to the forgery investigation was reported to the Police by some aggrieved Senators, who specifically accused certain persons. It is not the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria that is involved and definitely not the House of Representatives.”

Lawal continued: “A case of forgery is usually preferred against individuals as was the case with a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, who was accused of certificate forgery. What he did was to resign, honourably.”

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TOUCHING - Embattled Fani Kayode Writes Secret Letter to Nigerian Christians from Prison

This letter which has gone viral on social media is credited to Femi Fani Kayode, former Minister of Aviation who is currently remanded in prison by the court over financial crimes.

Read the emotional piece which is currently being shared by sympathisers on Facebook:

God willing am in custody of EFCC. But to me is a great time to commune with God just the way Paul and other brethren did in their days.

I am here not only because my party gave me money to campaign for them like every other politician even in APC. But if it might interest you to know,what is going on is the persecution of Christians. Before I forget,this message should be taken to Apostle Johnson Suleiman the founder of Omega fire ministry. I had a revelation that they are planning to attack him. Because he is one of the major voice crying out for justice in the body of Christ. The Muslims are out to persecute the Christians.

I am here under custody because the likes of Kabiru are not comfortable with my position as a Christian. God willing,the dark age will soon be over.

They refused taking me to court to defend my civic right. They want to keep me for the next 4 years. But they don't know it is dangerous. I now have time to pray more,study more, and even meditate.

Before my arrest, Lai Mohammed offered me an amnesty if only i decamp to their anti-Christ party. I refused because i know who i am. No man can cover your sin for you. If am guilty, i will surly come out strong.

This is not just anti-corruption fight. Where are the PDP governors and leaders from the North? They are walking freely today. This is a fight to pocket the voices of Christians. A situation where an office picked offence on me for relating with my God through the name Jesus. He threw my bible to the floor today.

If it where to be the Quran,will he do that? The head of who did that would've been at the gate of Aso rock by now. So many secret plots to eliminate top politicians and pastors who are Christians is on going.

Tukur was right when he raised alarm that, a meeting was held in Dubai to overthrow Jonathan by all means. Part of what they discussed at the meeting,is what Aregbesola and El-Rufai are displaying in their various states.

I am not an infidel and i will never be one. I am a man of dignity. I will not stop fighting even here in prison. I am the John the Baptist of my generation. I will not keep mute and watch anti-Christ imposing policies that are not religious friendly. What has bible got to do with my case with the EFCC?

Why are they keeping me here when we have a competent court to prove if am guilty or not? I am blowing the whistle now for Christians to go on their knees. This was how i warned my brothers against Sheriff whose mission is to destroy the PDP and give room for Buhari to install one party system.

We gave them opportunity to be opposition.

Why are they depriving us such right if they don't have interior motive. A democratic system without vibrant opposition is said to be dictatorship government.

God willing, i will be alive to witness Nigerians glamouring for referendum like what took place in great Britain.

And such referendum will tell if we truly saw the future under president Buhari's government. Arresting Kayode is the greatest achievement they've achieved. But for me,God used them to keep me here, in order to prepare for the challenges ahead.

Today is pregnant. Let's see what tomorrow will deliver. They were not elected to be permanent. They have maximum 8years to stay. And is already counting.

Thank you all for your prayers.

-Femi Fani-Kayode. (The Voice Crying From The Prison).

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SHOCKING - The "Blood of Jesus" is Now Being Sold in Plastic Cans To People (PHOTO)

The photo above has caused serious stir on social media after it emerged.

It shows plastic cans filled with what is supposedly the blood of Jesus cleanly packaged and labelled.

The substance is reportedly being sold by a pastor, who has remained unnamed, to many people who throng his church to make purchases.

According to him, it can cure every sickness.

The big can reportedly goes for N7000 while the small one is N4000.

Which Jesus get this kain blood?? I cant just imagine :(

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OMG!!! Meet The World's Fattest Boy Weighing 192 Kilos At Just 10 And Clothes No Longer Fit Him (PHOTOS)

Arya Permana from Indonesia is the world's fattest boy

The parents of the world's fattest boy, Arya Permana, 10, and weighing 192 kilos has cried out for help as his clothes doesn't fit no more. All he could wear is just a sarong and has since been put on a crash diet over the fear that he may die.

Dailymail reports that the boy's dramatic weigh gain has seen several doctors examine him but found nothing abnormal with him. The boy from Cipurwasari in West Java, Indonesia, eats five meals a day consisting of rice, fish, beef, vegetable soup and Tempeh - a soy patty large enough to feed two adults.



Arya, the second son of Rokayah, 35, and her husband Ade Somantri, 45, a farmer, was born at home via natural birth and weighed a normal 3.2kilograms. But, he has become a kind of worry for the parents because of his overweight status.

The parents have now asked for help from people all over the world to assist their son before it is too late.

 

 

 

 

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Omg! 70 Churches and 20 Mosques Shut Down in Lagos...Find Out Why

Up to 70 Churches, 20 Mosques and about 11 hotels, club houses and beer parlours were shut down by the Lagos State Government on Wednesday.

According to Vanguard, this was in a move aimed at reducing noise in the state.

The General Manager, Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA), Bola Shabi, who made this known, said that henceforth, the state government would no longer allow make-shift buildings to be used as places of worship.

Shabi said: “Precisely about 70 churches, 20 mosques and about 11 hotels, club houses and beer parlours were shut and we’ve given them some directives to follow.

“We’ve been so strict now that we are not going to even allow make-shift churches in the state any longer. “What I mean by make-shift, using tents and uncompleted building, we are not going to allow that any further in the state.

“But I will strongly tell you that the level of compliance is more on the mosque area, because immediately you shut them, they instantly bring down their speakers or reduce the noise they make.’’ Shabi said that LASEPA planned to reduce noise in the state to 70 percent and to zero per cent by the year 2020.

“As at today, we are only able to reduce the noise level to about 35 per cent. That is not a pass mark yet. So, until we reach that target of 70 to 80 per cent, we will continue the enforcement. Enforcement is a continuous exercise and we have set a target for ourselves. We want to ensure that Lagos is noise-free by the year 2020. With our status as a mega city, by year 2020 we will be free of noise,’’ he said.

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Opinion Poll: Nigerians Rate Buhari High on Economy and Governance

According to a reportorial published on Leadership newspaper, Nigerians have passed a vote of confidence on President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration and are also optimistic that the nation’s economy and democracy are moving in the right direction.

This was the outcome of an opinion poll conducted in the six geo-political zones of the country by the International Republican Institute (IRI), an arm of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

During the poll, there were 13, 409 contacts and 7,901 completed interviews, comprising 51 per cent male and 49 per cent female.

Unveiling the poll result yesterday during a press briefing in Abuja, the acting regional director, IRI, John Tomaszewski, said that despite regional divisions and dwindling economy, 54 per cent of Nigerians feel that the country is headed in the right direction.

Of the respondents, 68 per cent were from the North and 38 per cent from the South, but there are stark divisions in perceptions about the country’s trajectory.

On corruption, 53 per cent of the respondents believe that corruption has decreased significantly; twenty-seven per cent think it has increased, while 18 per cent believe corruption in the country has remained the same.

The poll result revealed that 40 per cent of the respondents in the North-East believe the country is headed strongly in the right direction, compared to just 10 per cent in the South-East, while 49 per cent strongly believe that the country is moving in the wrong direction.

This will come as a massive boost to the Nigeria president who has been widely accused of a misrule in less than 14 months of assuming power.

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WEIRD: Pastor Lays Hands on Male Church Members' P*nis and Prays for them to Have Bigger Manhood (Photo)

A Ghanaian pastor and head of the International Godsway Church, Bishop Daniel Obinim has stunned people with his new and bizarre style of conducting prayers.

During a recent healing service in his church, the Bishop asked his male members who wanted bigger p*nis to file out.

He then laid his hands on their genital region and offered special prayers.

In March this year, same pastor told his congregation he has the power to pray for anyone who wants bigger breast, buttocks or genitals.

“If you do not like the looks of any part of the body, come to me, what do you want that I can’t offer…if you want a big buttocks I can do it for you, if you want big breasts, I can help…if you have a small manhood, I can change them all when I come to the spiritual realm…,” he is quoted as saying in one of his services.

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OMG! 20 BRT Buses Damaged After BRT Bus Crushes Hawker To Death At Maryland (GRAPHIC PHOTOS)

Body of the street hawker crushed to death at Maryland, Lagos

About 20 BRT buses have been destroyed by suspected touts following an accident that claimed the life of a street hawker by one of the buses at Maryland area of Lagos. 

According to a report by The Independent, officials of the Kick Against Indiscipline, (KAI), on operation clean-up Lagos streets of hawkers arrived Ikorodu road early and began to chase away hawkers who were selling their wares along the road.

One of the male hawkers ran into the BRT lane, near Idioroko bus-stop, Maryland, Lagos, in an attempt to escape from the wrath of the KAI official when he was crushed to death by an on-coming BRT bus.



This angered people who witnessed the scene as suspected area boys and touts used the opportunity to vandalize blue BRT busses plying the Ikorodu road, even as some BRT buses from various parts of Lagos had to disappear from the streets.



According to a resident of Palmgrove, several people have been critically injured following the protest, which caught the police unaware.

The police are now trying to put the situation under control.

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Mother & Her Newly-Born Twins Detained in A Lagos Hospital Over Hospital Bill

 

According to Vanguard, a nursing mother of a set of twins, Gloria Okore and her twins have been detained at a private hospital in Lagos, seven weeks after her delivery.

Reason? Her inability to settle the outstanding N35,000 hospital bill. Gloria gave birth on May 10th at the Bessylva Hospital and Maternity Home situated at 60, Surulere Street in Dopemu-Agege, Lagos, to preterm (7 months old) set of triplets but one, a girl, died due to lack of incubator to nurture her.

Speaking about her current situation, 27yrs old Gloria said:

“I had the triplets through normal delivery, but the babies were born prematurely. We were charged N120,000. My husband hawks fairly-used clothes (okrika). It took him time to raise N85,000, which he paid in installments.

I am from Owerri in Imo State, while my husband is from Abia State. We got married three years ago. Before I had these triplets, I had twins who died immediately after birth. When I was pregnant for the triplets, I was very sick. I could not walk long distance because my belly was very big.

I want government to help pay the balance of the hospital bills and also help us with basic necessities for the babies. Right now I cannot work because the babies are still young.”

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The Ghanaian Plus-Size Bride Finally Weds

 

Just few days after she shared some pictures of herself going to do some shopping for her, the Ghanaian plus-size lady, Abena Mzznaki Teteh, who dazzled us with her sensational pre-wedding pics is finally married. She and her cute husband tied the knot today at a small wedding in Ghana.

Congrats to them <3

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Alleged Forgery: Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu Writes US Congress, EU Parliament, Foreign Missions

 

Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, has written a 2-page letter to leaders of the United Nations, European Union, United States’ Congress, European Union (EU) Parliament, governments of United States, United Kingdom and other foreign missions, over what he described as an attempt to truncate Nigeria’s democracy, clamp down on opposition and silence him as the leader and highest ranking member of the opposition in the country, all in the name of prosecuting an alleged forgery case. He wants the international community to decide whether or not the trial he and Saraki are facing was justified or if it's one purely borne out of political vendetta.

Part of Ekweremadu's letter titled “Re: Trumped up charges against the presiding officers of the eighth Senate: Nigerian democracy is in grave danger,” reads;


“I wish to forward to you the court summons containing the trumped up charges preferred against my person; the President of the Senate, His Excellency, Senator Bukola Saraki and two others. I also wish to appeal to you to kindly find time to read through the annexures- petition by members of the Senate Unity Forum, statements by persons interrogated and the police report- to see if our names appeared anywhere in these documents.

You may, thereafter, judge for yourself whether the Federal Government, acting through the Attorney-General of the Federation, has any justification whatsoever to generate our names for trial. The list of the accused persons appear to have been politically generated because you cannot by the documents attached, relate any of our names to the offence for which we are now being charged.

Moreover, the rules and principles of fair hearing have not been adhered to because the police have not interacted with me or the President of the Senate as at the time of writing this letter. You may also wish to judge for yourself whether this trial orchestrated against me is not a political trial, calculated witch-hunt, barefaced intimidation, and a clear attempt to emasculate the parliament and silence me as the leader and highest ranking member of the opposition in Nigeria.

Meanwhile, it could also be recalled that an attempt was made on my life on November 17, 2015. The Nigerian security agencies did nothing, even though the incident was duly reported. This is for your information and reflection”.

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See the Face of a Criminal Who Specializes in Robbing Bank Customers in Lagos (PHOTO)

The suspected robber
A member of a gang of robbers, Olaide Mutairu, 27, known for terrorizing bank customers in a community in Lagos metropolis, has been arrested after a collaborative operation between okada riders and the police. 

According to reports, the Oyo State indigene had allegedly entered Abimbola Street in the area with other gang members on two motorcycles and were about to attack their victim when policemen in the area engaged them in a gun battle where three of the suspects escaped and Mutairu fell off the motorcycle and was apprehended.

A police source said the suspect was the leader of the gang. “On Friday, June 17, we got a tip-off that some robbers had been sighted in the area. Some of our officers mounted motorcycles and went to the street where the suspects were purportedly sighted.

“When the robbers saw the police team, they opened fire on them. The police returned same and overpowered them. Three of them, who fell off the motorcycle quickly ran across the express and joined a crowd. We had to cease fire to avoid civilian casualties,” the source said adding that the suspect was unlucky and was apprehended.

Speaking on condition of anonymity, an okada rider in the area, said motorcyclists in the community joined forces with the police due to the high rate of robbery in the area.

“We got a bad name because of these robbers, who I believe operate on information. They always go after bank customers.

“When we saw the suspicious movements of the gang that Friday, we alerted the police. Our suspicion proved accurate when the robbers started shooting,” he said.

The suspect, however, denied the allegation, saying he was riding a motorcycle when he was attacked and arrested. “I don’t know what they are talking about. I was on my way to Mile 2, where I live with my mother, when the police stopped me and injured me. I didn’t know what my offence was until I got to the police station. I was the only one on the motorcycle and I don’t have any gun.”

SP Dolapo Badmos, the Police Public Relations Officer, who confirmed the arrest, urged residents of the state to always be on the alert to inform the police on any suspicious movements in their area, adding that the suspect would be arraigned in court at the end of investigations.

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Naira Crashes Badly Against the Dollar Again...See Latest Value

On Tuesday, the naira again crashed at the parallel market as it traded at N355 to the dollar, down from N351 the previous day. At the new interbank market, naira closed N282.50 to the dollar slightly weaker than the 282 it ended on Monday.

According to a report by Punch, the Central Bank of Nigeria had last week floated the naira and adopted a single structure through the interbank/autonomous window for the nation’s foreign exchange market.

The CBN has been selling dollars on the interbank market since it ended its 16 month-old currency peg last week, and it on Tuesday asked currency traders for bid-offer quotes at around 11:18am, according to Reuters.

The apex bank sold an undisclosed amount of hard currency on the interbank market on Tuesday to ease dollar shortages and provide importers the dollars to pay for the products they bring into the country, traders were quoted to have said.

A total of $51m traded on the interbank market just before the market closed, which traders attributed to the central bank’s intervention.

The old currency peg had set a rate of N197 to the dollar, which over-valued the naira and led to a shortage of dollars that choked off growth in the economy. The shortage was exacerbated by plunging prices for oil, Nigeria’s biggest export and its main source of hard currency.

The CBN abandoned the peg to allow the currency to trade freely on the interbank market, but lack of liquidity has curbed activity, traders say, leaving the central bank as the main supplier of hard currency.

Removing the peg has narrowed the gap between naira rates available on the official and black markets.

The bank on Monday introduced an over-the-counter futures market for the currency to help manage dollar demand, quoting the naira firmer at 279 to the dollar in a month’s time and at 210 by April next year.

In the non-deliverable forwards market, the naira rose against the dollar on Tuesday, with the one-month contract quoting the currency as firm as 283, after hitting 296 a week ago.

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Jail Calling: Senator Shehu Sani Lectures Saraki and Ekweremadu on Life in Prison

Senator Shehu Sani

Senator Shehu Sani (APC, Kaduna Central), has lectured the Senate President, Bukola Saraki and his Deputy, Ike Ekweremadu on how to live in a prison, as the lawmakers are standing trial at a Federal High Court in Abuja over alleged forging of the Senate Rules book.

It was gathered that Sani, who spent four years in various prisons across the country during the era of late General Sani Abacha tutored the Senate leaders at the Court during their forgery case.

According to a Senator who was at the Court on Monday, Sani lectured the accused persons when Justice Yusuf Halilu stood down the forgery suit for one hour.

"Sani came and lectured the presiding officers on life in the prison. He told them that in the prison there is ranking rule like at the National Assembly. He advised them to cooperate with the Governor in the prison.

"He said after registration, they will be given plates for meals. Sani also told them that they are going to share toilet, bathroom with other inmates and that it is the Governor of the prison that will allocate bed space to them,"he said.

When contacted on phone by DailyTrust on Monday, Sani confirmed lecturing the presiding officers on prison."Yes, is anything bad in what I did? They are my colleagues and as a former inmates, I felt I should educate them on how to live in the prison, so that they will not be caught unaware," he said.

Recall that Saraki had in a statement he issued after appearing at the Court, said he is ready to go to jail in order to defend the country's democracy.

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Ex-NSA Dasuki Asked Me To Pay $40m To Jonathan's Cousin – Witness

 

After all the delays, the trial of Azibaola Robert, ex-President Goodluck Jonathan's cousin, began on Tuesday with the EFCC presenting its first witness, Ibrahim Mahe, who narrated how he transferred $40million to “One Plus Holdings Nigeria Limited”, a company owned by Mr. Robert.

He and his wife, Stella, are standing trial on a 7-count charge before Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja. They are accused of money laundering and corruption.

Mahe, a retired permanent secretary, special services in the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, while being led in evidence by EFCC counsel, Sylvanus Tahir, told the court that:

He did not know the first and second defendants (Robert and Stella), but got to know the third defendant, One Plus Company, through a transaction.

Narrating how he got to know the company, Mr. Mahe said that, “on August 20, 2014, the National Security Adviser endorsed a memo to me which originated from the Office of the Director of Finance and Administration of the ONSA detailing the bank details of one company called ‘One Plus’ and the purpose for which the company was to be paid a sum of $40million (forty million US dollars).

“The NSA instructed me to prepare payment and I prepared the payment mandate for the $40million in favour of ‘One Plus’ for the signature of the NSA. I sent it to the NSA, he signed and sent it to back to me and subsequent action was for me to counter-sign the mandate and then send it to the Central Bank of Nigeria for Payment,” Mr. Mahe said.

The witness had earlier told the court that his responsibilities involved matters that had to do with the office of the NSA.
He told the court that his office served as a warehouse for funds of the “Intelligence Community”.

“When funds get into the account, the NSA is informed of the arrival of the funds and proposal on the distribution to the various agencies is made to him. When he approves, the monies are sent to the end users,” said Mr. Mahe.

The case continues on July 4 and 5, 2016.

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Wife Breast-fed Baby After Taking Cocaine... Police Arrests Her & Her Husband

42-year-old man, Som Lisaius and his wife Krystin Sorich Lisaius, 26, were arraigned on 3 criminal felony charges each after police said their daughter ingested cocaine through her mother's breast milk.

Krystin, a former reporter allegedly had taken the drug before breast-feeding the baby girl.

The Tucson couple's daughter became unresponsive and lethargic after breast-feeding on May 15, so they took her to Oro Valley Hospital.

The television personalities said the child was 'wabbly,' 'became limp' and that her 'eyes were rolling into the back of her head,' according to The Tucson Weekly.

The pair did not want to allow the hospital to draw and test the baby's blood, so they left against the hospital's recommendation, but agreed to have her transferred to another facility.

Officials transported the baby girl via ambulance to Diamond Children's Hospital, and once there, the couple was still uncooperative and refused a toxicology test for the child.

Eventually, a urinalysis and a toxicology screen was conducted in the presence of hospital staff along with officials with child welfare. The tests showed that the baby girl had cocaine in her system.

A detective wrote in his report: 'It should be noted that at no time according to the report did either parent tell the hospital staff about the mother's cocaine use the night before and Krystin continued to breast feed while at the hospital.'

The mother first denied using cocaine and said she didn't know how the baby was exposed to it. But she later confessed to police that she snorted cocaine with her husband on May 14 while hosting friends in their Oro Valley home, according to a police report obtained by the Arizona Daily Star.

Sadly, further tests conducted on the baby's hair also tested positive for cocaine.

The husband and wife have now been charged for child abuse and other stronger charges. Irresponsibility!

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Explain why you froze Fayose's account, court orders EFCC, Zenith bank

 

Read the statement below...

The Federal High Court, Ado-Ekiti has ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Zenith Bank plc to show cause why an Order Exparte to defreeze Governor Ayodele Fayose's accounts, filed yesterday to the court by the governor's legal team, should not be granted. The judge gave Monday July 4 for the anti-graft agency and Zenith bank Plc to appear in court with the said evidence.

Mr Mike Ozekhome (SAN), had through an exparte order deposed to on the 24th of June, 2016 by Bimpe Olatemiju sought a mandatory order de-freezing the accounts belonging and operated by him pending the determination of his interlocutory application. Joined in the suit are the EFCC (1st defendant) and Zenith bank (2nd defendant). The order was supported by 18-paragraph affidavit , a lone Exhibit, which was a letter issued to Governor Fayose by Zenith bank confirming that the EFCC actually placed a restriction order on the accounts and a written address .

He also sought the leave of the court for the service of the originating summons on the defendants in their various addresses outside the jurisdiction of the court as contained on the order papers, supported by 17-paragraph affidavit.

Ozekhome said the order was brought pursuant to order 26 rule 8(1) of the Federal High Court Civil Procedure Rule 2009 and Section 44(1) of the 1999 constitution which gives the court the discretionary powers to adjudicate on such matter.

Citing the case of Abdulaziz Nyako Vs EFCC to buttress his position that the anti-graft agency has no power to freeze Fayose’s account without valid court order, Ozekhome added the action was a flagrant negation of the Section 308 of the constitution, which conferred absolute immunity on the government against civil and criminal procedure.

He said it was appalling that the EFCC could play ostrich to these valid constitutional requirements and took cognizance of the African Charters on Human and People’s Rights before taking the punitive stand against Fayose, adding that these infractions had rendered the action unconstitutional, wrongful , null and void .

Delivering his ruling, Justice Taiwo Taiwo, said that he quite understood that the applicant (Fayose) enjoys immunity and that the court can adjudicate on this matter as canvassed by the counsel to the plaintiff, but he pointed out that the relief he basically sought was a mandatory order of the court.

“I quite agree that the applicant has immunity pursuant to provisions of the constitution, but it is glaring that the application he is requesting for is a mandatory order to undo what had already been done and the court can’t abdicate its duty under this circumstance. I am of the opinion that this mandatory order is better granted with the interlocutory order being sought through an application pending before the court , because the applicant has filed all papers to this effect.

“I hereby ordered the 1st and 2nd respondents to appear before this honourable court on July 4, 2016 and show cause why the order should be refused. “This is not a refusal of the order, I have not refused it, but I only put it in abeyance which I said without prejudice to what will be the position of the respondents . “But a leave is granted for the service of the defendants with the originating summons in their respective addresses as contained on the order papers”, the Judge ruled. Describing the presiding judge as very at home with the law and a highly experience lawyer, Ozekhome said told newsmen that: "our motion was an exparte for the de-freezing and removal of restriction placed on citizen Ayodele Fayose 's two accounts with the Zenith Bank Plc.

“The bank claimed through a letter made available to our client that it acted on the instructions of the EFCC and we are here by way of originating summons to say that the EFCC has no powers, whether under the EFCC Act, money laundering Act, under the constitution or any other known law to freeze the accounts of a sitting governor who enjoys immunity under section 308 of the Constitution of Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 as altered because that section makes it clear that for the time that person is in that office, the President, Vice-President, Governor and Deputy-Governor he enjoys absolute immunity from any civil or criminal procedure and that no court process can issue against such person. 

“So, EFCC could not have obtained an order Exparte to freeze his account, if they did that, it is illegal, null and void. It could also not have frozen his accounts without having an order Exparte, " he said. 

Asked what would be the the legal team's next step should the EFCC fails to honour the court's order on Monday, July 4, Ozekhome said the government agency cannot dare a Federal High Court's order. In a related development, the same court today, vacated an Order of Exparte sought by the factional Ekiti State chapter of the Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) allegedly loyal to Senator Buruji Kashamu restricting the executives of the party in Ekiti, loyal to governor Fayose, from parading themselves as authentic Excos of the party.

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13-Year-Old Boy Arrested For Raping Neighbour’s 6-Year-Old Daughter

 

A 13-year-old JSS1 student living with his parents at Iju Ishaga Area of Lagos has been arrested for allegedly defiling his neighbour's 6-year-old daughter and was arraigned before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday.

The prosecutor, Sgt. Rafael Donny told the court that the crime took place on June 6 at his parent’s house when no one was at home. Donny said the suspect tricked the 6 year old child into his room and defiled her. He said the crime contravened Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.

The accused, whose name was not released due to his age, pleaded not guilty.

The Chief Magistrate handling the case, Tajudeen Elias, granted the suspect a N250, 000 bail with two sureties in like sum.

The case was adjourned till July 20.

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Saudi Arabia Arrests 50 Men For Not Wearing Islamic Clothing (PHOTOS)

 

Saudi Arabia has cracked down on young men who wear haircuts, necklaces and clothes that are considered un-Islamic during the month of Ramadan.

The suspects were arrested in the Saudi city of Makkah, Islam's holiest site, according to Saudi news website Sabq.

 

According to the report, the arresting officers noticed a number of offences like strange haircuts, chains that are hung upon the chest or arms, head wraps and short clothes and immodest ones - for both men and women.


 

According to Sabq the offenders in Mecca were "handed over to the department of criminal investigations" after they were spotted shopping in the city.

People spotted by the police wearing shorts, t-shirts, crocs and different haircuts were taken in for questioning.

The newspaper also quoted a young man in gym shorts, who, after being detained, apparently saw the error of his ways.

He told Sabq: "Frankly this outfit is sickening. Today I have decided to wear long sports trousers instead."

 

Translated by Khaleej Times

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This Beautiful Lady Wants a Serious Relationship That Can Lead to Marriage...See Her Contact

 

Joro Olumofin's matchmaking session has showcased the profile of a beautiful young yoruba lady in her 20s who needs a real man to make her happy.

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Omg! 15-year-old Girl Falls Critically Ill After Her Classmate Allegedly Threatened to Deal with Her (PHOTO)

Hannah Achaa Boateng

A 15-year-old girl identified as Hannah Achaa Boateng is suffering from a serious illness after getting a threat from her classmate over a disagreement. Hannah's life hangs in the balance after writing the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in the Tema Metropolis, Ghana as she might not live to see her results a few months away.

According to Adom Online, Hannah, a former pupil of Egyir Preparatory School at Tema Newtown is suffering from a condition believed to be spiritually motivated, which according to reports, is making treatment quite impossible after a few medical attempts.

Hannah always woke up with a swollen face and blisters on other parts of her body. This condition, her father claims begun just a few days before the commencement of the BECE. He is pointing fingers at a particular person.

Although Tema Metropolitan Chief Executive, Isaac Ashai Odamtten who visited her together with Tema Metro Education Director, Victoria Adzato Ntem had requested for medical treatment for the girl during the BECE, none of the tests run is able to detect her condition.

But her father, Simon Boateng has alleged that Hannah’s classmate are responsible for her illness. He alleged that, the accused prior to the exams, threatened to deal ruthlessly with Hannah at school.

Mr. Boateng added that, it was after the unprovoked threat from Hannah’s classmate that the condition begun.

The distraught father in an interview with Adom News’ Louisa Ayensu Peters is appealing for both spiritual and medical help to bring some respite to his daughter.

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Popular Hausa Musician Goes Missing Few Hours After Releasing Anti-corruption Songs

Ado Daukaka

A popular Hausa singer in Adamawa State has gone missing under mysterious circumstances few hours after releasing a song that condemns corrupt practices and incompetence. 

According to his wives, the music star went missing after some unknown persons visited his home in the wee hours of Saturday after he set out for prayer.

It was gathered that his family members, neighbours and fans are linking his disappearance with his latest song tilted "Gyara kayanka" where he alleged that some elected politicians of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) were deceiving the electorate.

"It is not surprising that he could be abducted because of his song because in his new song in which he compared the present and past elected members of the Adamawa State House of Assembly.

"The way and manner things are happening will not augur well for the state. They just want to intimidate those that are criticizing the charade playing out in the state," Atiku Mustapha, a relative, said.

The leader of the Adamawa Concern Citizens, a pressure group in the state, Hussaini Bello, said, "We totally condemn the abduction of this famous singer. We are investigating the matter and whoever that has hand in it must be exposed.


"In our society singers use their God-giving talents to capture the mood of the society, the songs sometimes don’t go down well with those in power except if the singer praises them."

Ado Daukaka, who came to limelight during the reign of ex-Governor, Murtala Nyako, with his popular praise song for the former governor, "Baba mai mangoro ndottijon arziki", was last seen on Saturday after he left for early morning prayer.

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My Boyfriend's Sperm Smells Like a Dead Rat or Expired Sardine...Am I Safe? - Lady Reveals Explicit Details

A confused lady is having the feeling that her boyfriend maybe infected with a S*xually Transmitted Disease (STD) following the stench emanating from his semen. 

The young lady stirred up controversy on Joro Olumofin's page with the claim that her boyfriend has been releasing rotten sperms to her. She is currently on a quest to analyse his substance at the hospital with or without his knowledge.

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Senator Ben Bruce's Alleged $5M Beverly Hills Mansion in the USA Exposed (PHOTOS)

Senator Ben Murray-Bruce

According to an exclusive report by SaharaReporters, self-proclaimed Commonsense Senator, Ben Murray-Bruce may have illegally diverted a loan he obtained from Union Bank to purchase a posh property in Beverly Hills, California in 2007.

The investigative report further revealed that several banking sources in Nigeria disclosed that the N11 billion loan Ben Bruce took out from Union Bank around 2007 was supposed to be used to construct the Abuja Entertainment Center.

According to the sources, instead of using the loan to fund his Nigerian business operations, the senator diverted it to purchase an opulent property in the Beverly Hills area of Los Angeles and London.


Senator Ben Bruce's alleged LA mansion

The publication further reported that the Los Angeles County Property Assessor’s Office, the Real Estate Records office, and the Special Investigation unit confirmed that the Nigerian senator from Bayelsa State purchased a property on August 6th, 2007 and remains the owner. The address is 605 North Camden Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90210.

A public records search, also confirmed by municipal employees in Los Angeles County, assessed the value of Senator Murray-Bruce’s land at $3.1 million. The value of the mansion and other structures at the property was estimated at no less than $795,000.

The senator’s Beverly Hills swanky property has four bedrooms, three bathrooms, and a swimming pool and is estimated to be at least 2,777 square feet. Assessments of real estate platforms show that the property is worth $5 million as of today.

Senator Ben-Bruce's Beverly Hills mansion document

A bond receipt document that confirmed Ben Bruce’s ties to the property has been obtained. The document also listed Stella Albright as having a connection to the property. A public records search of Mrs. Albright found that she was a board member of a company, Dream Magic Studios LLC, alongside Ben Bruce.

Recall that the outspoken Bayelsa Senator has been in the spotlight lately after the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) on June 23, 2016 seized several of his Silverbird media companies for failing to make payments on billions of naira in loans.

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Kwara Residents Lament The Increasing Theft Of Cooked Food On Fire

 

The hardship brought about by the current economic recession in Nigeria has given rise to a spate of insecurity. According to a report by The Guardian.

In Kwara State, cooking a pot of soup is now an invitation to robbers, as cases of eagle-eyed hungry men absconding with cooked food still on the fire is now a daily occurrence.
The incident is widespread in areas without perimeter fencing and among women who cook or have opted to cook with coal pots. At each of such areas such as Tanke, Basin, Sango, Offa Garage, and Kilanko, the incident according to The Guardian investigations occurred over five times in just a week.

According to Alhaja Hamidalat Olawale at Sango:

"I was cooking around 5.00p.m. in readiness for the breaking of the fast for the day. It was beans and I decided to use coal pot at the open backyard. I had added all the food condiments and was waiting for the broth to dry up. But to my greatest surprise, I did not see the pot of the beans again.

"I was shocked discovering this. What amazed me was that the thief did not come for it before it was ready; he or she came when the food was ready and we were already salivating, meaning the person must have been closely monitoring me."

Another victim, an undergraduate of the University of Ilorin, Anita Bazuaye, said it was her pot of soup that disappeared beside her window.

"It was painful because as a student, it was difficult for me to get money again for another soup. In fact, when I managed to start cooking again, I did not leave the place until I had securely packed the pot inside my room." 

Reacting to the development, the Police spokesman, Ajayi Okasanmi (ASP), said no formal report to that effect had come to him or anyone within the state command, but warned that.

"It is a serious matter and we will not take it lightly with anyone caught in the act. The Penal Code frowns at theft and we will treat anyone in the act accordingly." 

A former chairman of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in the state, Emmanuel Ayeoribe, said the development could not be divorced from the non-payment of workers’ salaries.

"If nothing is urgently done to commence regular payment of salaries, very soon, people will start leaping over the fence to steal food, not just from unfenced quarters," he warned.

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Kenyan Woman Arrested After She Hired Assassin To Kill Her Husband (PHOTO/VIDEO)

 

Estranged wife of a Kenyan Airports Authority (KAA) employee and her relatives have been arrested over a plot to assassinate him.

Buburu Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) boss Jeremiah Ikiao on Thursday, June 23, said Bilha Njoki had hired hitmen to kill her husband but police got wind of the plot and laid a trap to catch her.

Detectives, a day earlier had tricked her that he had been killed and his body dumped in Dandora. After she received the ‘good news’, she sent her brother and a friend to the ‘crime scene’ to confirm if it was indeed true.

Unbeknownst to them, undercover detectives who acted as the hitmen, had taken her husband to the supposed scene and covered his body with blood. When the two arrived and saw the ‘body’, they celebrated and called the woman to ‘confirm’ that he was, indeed, dead.

It was then that the officers arrested the two and confiscated their phones before ordering them to reveal the woman’s whereabouts. Police had made sure that they had gathered adequate evidence before making the arrest.

The police informer had been told to meet the planners at a restaurant along Manyanja Road that had a CCTV camera and had also been given a recorder.

The sleuths had also kept a record of all calls and had established that she had bought a new phone and line for the planning of the execution of her estranged husband.

The woman was arrested near Mama Lucy Hospital while inside a black Toyota Harrier together with her sister. The detectives recovered Sh400, 000 and six mobile phones.
The hitman was to be paid Sh500,000, but the woman only paid Sh100,000 as down payment. The remaining Sh400,000, which was recovered from the car when they were arrested, was to be paid after she had confirmed that her husband had been killed.

In his statement to the police, the husband, a resident of Buruburu Phase 5, said that he married her in 2007 and that they have two children. However, they separated early last year and the children have been under his custody.

Mr Ikiao said that his officers had worked closely with her estranged husband to gather enough evidence about the plan and also to trap the hitmen while at the same time ensuring that he was safe.
Police said the intended killing could be due to properties and businesses the two still co-own. Among the properties owned by the estranged couple are a house in Buruburu Estate and a mobile phone shop along Luthuli Avenue.

The suspects are expected in court on Friday to be charged with conspiracy to commit murder

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Fleeing Boko Haram Terrorists Now Disguise As Vigilantes And Hunters - DHQ

 

Defence Headquarters (DHQ) on Monday said it has discovered that Boko Haram terrorists fleeing from Sambisa Forest now disguise as vigilantes and hunters in order to evade arrest. Below is the statement issued by the Director of Defence Information, Bri.-Gen. Rabe Abubakar, in Abuja:

"Following the coordinated military offensive against the remnants of Boko Haram Terrorists in Sambisa forest, the fleeing terrorists now disguise as vigilantes or hunters to evade easy detection. The terrorists, after being smoked out of Sambisa forest, in their desperation to wreak havoc on innocent Nigerians and to remain relevant, devised a new tactics of dressing like vigilantes or hunters to deceive unsuspecting members of the public of their true identity.

The case of Kuda-Kaya village in Madadali community of Adamawa State where a group of Boko Haram terrorists, dressed like vigilantes, opened fire on elated people during a ceremony readily come to mind.

The general public is hereby advised to be wary of unsubscribed services or presence of vigilantes or hunters in their neighbourhood in order not to ignorantly harbour killer gang in their midst. Members of the public are also advised to be security conscious, at all times, and report promptly to security agencies of any suspicious persons or group of persons in their community or raise alarm, where necessary"

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Photo: Man Arrested For Sleeping And Impregnating His 15-year-old Daughter In Lagos

 

Raymond Anyanwu, 41, has been arrested by the Lagos state police command after it was discovered that he impregnated his 15-year-old daughter at their home in Ajao estate Isolo in Lagos.

According to a report by Vanguard, Anyanwu confessed that he had started sleeping with his daughter since January this year after he lost his job. He says frustration drove him to commit the act.

He was exposed after an aunt of the girl suspected that she was pregnant. A test was run on her which showed positive. When she was asked who had been sleeping with her, she said her father.

Confessing to the crime, Anyanwu said “I started sleeping with my 15-year-old daughter sometime around January, after I lost my job. I am a transporter but I took to alcohol after I lost my job and could not meet up with my responsibilities as the head of the house”he said

When his act was exposed, Anyanwu beat up his wife and warned her not to mention it to anyone. The girl's mother quickly arranged for an abortion for her. He was arrested last Wednesday June 22nd after the Lagos State Ministry of Youth and Social Development got wind of the matter and alerted the police.

The 15 year old girl is currently in protective custody by the Lagos State government. The case, which is currently being investigated at the Gender Unit of Lagos State Police Command, will be charged to Ikeja Magistrate’s Court today June 28th.

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