Pastor, Accomplice Jailed 14 Years For Forex Scam

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has secured the conviction of Pastor Emmanuel Markus Anga and Atin Victor Generous before Justice Abubakar Jauro of Gombe State High Court on a two-count charge bordering on conspiracy and obtaining money by false pretence.

Anga and Generous were alleged to have in November 2013, deceived David Madison, into believing that they were employees of Gora Commanding Resources, a foreign exchange investment concern allegedly owned by Philemon Gora (who is still at large) and tricked their victim into expecting that his investment of five hundred thousand (N500, 000.00) would yield 10 percent interest on a monthly basis. He only received the 10 percent interest in the first month of his investment, while all the efforts to recover his money proved abortive.

Count two of the charge reads, “That you, Pastor Emmanuel Markus Anga, Atin Victor Generous and Engr. Philemon Gora (Now at large) sometime in November 2013 at Gombe, within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, did fraudulently obtain the sum of five hundred thousand naira (N500, 000.00) from one Mr. David Madison under a false pretence that the said sum was to be invested in foreign exchange trading which sum you never invested, instead diverted same to your own personal use, thereby committed an offence contrary to the provision of Section 1 (1) (a) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, LFN 2006 and punishable under Section 1 (3) of the same Act”.
Justice Jauro sentenced the convicts to seven years imprisonment on count one (conspiracy), while Generous bagged another seven years on count two (obtaining by false pretencse). The sentences are to run concurrently from July 11, 2016.
Justice Jauro also ordered Generous to restitute to the victim to the tune of five hundred thousand naira (N500, 000).
Source: Pmnews

Robber Who Attacked Female Students In Nasarawa Caught

This young man named Paul John, was caught by vigilantes during an operation in Lake Garden town in Keffi local government area of Nasarawa State. He was nabbed while robbing with a friend named Gambo in the area on Monday (yesterday).

They were in the process of robbing female students who live in the area after holding them to ransom at gunpoint before a neighbour heard the commotion from the room and alerted the security operatives who swooped in immediately and arrested Paul John while the other fled
According to the arrested robber, he finished school since 2012 and hasn’t been able to secure a job hence the reason for delving into armed robbery.

Source: National Helm

Lamar Odom Kicked Off New York bound Delta flight

TMZ is claiming the former NBA star had to be taken off a Delta Airlines flight leaving Los Angels on Monday night after getting drunk in the airport lounge and vomiting on the plane.

Two passengers in first class told TMZ, Lamar went to 4B and sat down, but as the plane was about to pull back, the sportsman stood up and headed to the gallery where he threw up, then staggered to the rest room, where he threw up again.

By the time he cameout, eye witness say, he had vomit all over him.
The flight attendants “gently” escorted Lamar off the plane, and a cleaning crew came on board to deal with the mess. The flight attendants put Lamar’s carry-on belongings in a plastic bag and removed them from the plane.
Ten minutes later, Lamar suddenly reappeared and walked down the aisle — with vomit still on his sweatpants — and took his seat again. Minutes later, the controversial athlete got up and staggered back to the bathroom, using the heads of other passengers to steady his balance.

Lamar was again removed from the plane and the flight took off, arriving to NYC 40 minutes late.
Source: TMZ

Fayose Declares 3-Day Prayers Over Death Of Ekiti Varsity Students In Accident

The Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has declared three days of prayers for the repose of the souls of eight students of the Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, who died on Monday in ghastly road accident.
Describing the accident as unfortunate and one death too many, the governor urged people of the state to reflect and pray for God’s mercy as well as his intervention in consoling the families and friends of the victims.

“I sympathize with them (families and friends of the victims). It is unfortunate; it is not a good news, it is one too many”, said a distraught Governor Fayose. “We’re saddened but we have to take solace in God”.
It was gathered that the victims, final year engineering students of EKSU, were returning from an outing when their Lexus car rammed into a bus belonging to a private school in front of the university.
Fayose, who was at the State University Teaching Hospital (EKSUTH) to get a first-hand account of what happened and ensure that those who survived the accident receive the best medical treatment available, said the prayers was also meant to forestall a recurrence of such terrible incidences.
The governor expressed regrets that the accident claimed the lives of eight students even as some others are in the intensive care unit battling to stay alive.
“Reckless driving and over-speeding has cost us eight lives and some others in ICU. I just want to commit them into the hands of God because there is nothing to say for now rather than to pray that God should intervene and console the families and the people of Ekiti”, he said.

Police Parade 11 Suspects In Connection With Kidnap Of Sierra Leonean Envoy

Eleven suspects were on Tuesday paraded by the Police at the Force Headquarters, Abuja over the kidnap of the deputy High Commissioner of Sierra Leone to Nigeria, Maj.-Gen. Alfred Nelson-Williams (retd.).
Williams was abducted along the Abuja-Kaduna highway on Friday, July 1 while traveling to Kaduna to attend the graduation ceremony of Senior Course 38 at the Armed Forces Command and Staff College (AFCSC) in Jaji.

The former head of the Sierra Leonean Armed Forces regained his freedom about a week ago.
The Force Public Relations Officer, Don Awunah, paraded 11 suspects arrested in the kidnap Tuesday afternoon.
Details later…

Stunning Pre-wedding photos of Seyi Tinubu & his fiancée, Layal Jade Holm

APC National leader and former Governor of Lagos state, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu is indeed a happy man. That’s because, one of  his sons, Seyi is getting married to his longtime girlfriend, Layal J. Holm in a destination wedding in Italy.
Although no official date has been given for the wedding, Information Nigeria gathers the movers and shakers in Nigeria as well as Lebanon would be invited.

Layal who is of Lebanese and Nigerian descent, is a consultant at an auditing firm. Congrats to them!
Checkout their pre-wedding photos.

Oshiomhole Reconciles With Deputy, Recalls Sacked Aides

In a move that is bound to repair the frosty relationship between Governor Adams Oshiomhole and his deputy, Dr. Pius Odubu, all aides of the governor sacked or suspended for supporting Odubu, have been recalled.
Odubu contested the primary election of the All Progressives Congress, APC, last month but lost to the perceived candidate of the governor, Godwin Obaseki, who will now fly the party’s flag in the September 10 governorship election of Edo State.

During the primary election campaigns, some aides of Oshiomhole openly showed their support for Odubu while denouncing the choice of Obaseki, a move that earned them disciplinary actions from the governor.
One of such officials was the Executive Director on Poverty Alleviation and Mobilization, Chief (Mrs) Evelyn Igbafe, who was sacked for “dereliction of duty, incompetence and abdication of responsibilities”.
However, the affected political appointees were recalled at a reconciliatory meeting the governor held with his deputy on Tuesday.
Mr. Oshiomhole said the party primaries was to demonstrate internal democracy and distinguished the APC from other political parties.
He noted that the step taken towards reconciliation was in the interest of the party and honesty of purpose on his part.
He said, “The deputy governor and I have worked together, dined together and socialized together. For some time it’s being in the news that the deputy governor and I are not in good term. I believe watchers of Nigeria politics will agree that Pius and I have had an extremely cordial relationship and I have had without any prompting agree that in my working with Pius I found him to be absolutely loyal, dedicated and committed.
“Nobody was able to infiltrate us and nobody ever came to settle a quarrel between the deputy governor and I in the past seven and half years. Some times when we joke we don’t relate as boss and subordinate but as brothers as we have been.
“Pius and I fought many battles, both political battles as well as battles to reposition this government and together we can effortlessly point out what our stewardship accomplished for the benefit of the people of Edo State. I believe all these formed the foundation for the electioneering campaign that is about to begin. Having worked so hard and related so closely, there is no question Pius and I in and outside government will remain friends and comrades.
“The primaries have come and gone. As a governor, I took some decisions some of which clearly affected some of the supporters of my brother, the deputy governor.
“As part of my own atonement and to demonstrate my commitment to our friendship, some of the people who were affected in the cause of this contestation I have decided to reinstate them to their former positions and even to get their remuneration reinstalled.
“I believe that when a leader shows compassion and demonstrate spirit of forgiveness and calls his younger ones, pat them on the back and say return home, it is not a mark of weakness, it simply shows that we are ever conscious that as humans there are times to make mistakes and times to correct them”.
In his response, Odubu reaffirmed his commitment to the APC and victory at all elections.

Billions of looted funds found buried in Abuja farmland-Dogara

Yakubu Dogara, has described as unimaginable, the scale of corruption so far uncovered by anti-graft agencies. At a meeting with newspaper editors in Abuja, on Saturday, the speaker of the House of Reps said he was shocked by the monumental looting of the treasury in the past, citing the discovery of billions of looted fund buried in a farm in Abuja.
He explained that operatives of anti-graft agencies had been busy moving the cash out of the farm.
Dogara said he had never heard of such impunity in which people “stole for the sake of stealing,” decrying the latest antics of suspected looters to bury their loot in farmland.
“But, if I am just arrested, charged to court and maybe some money recovered from me and, at the end of the day, nothing happens, a lot of people may not be deterred in the future from engaging in corrupt practices.
“If you look at the massive looting of the treasury (actually, I have been in government for quite some time), I never could have imagined the scale of corruption that we are witnessing right now, where people took lot of money running into billions and buried them in farms.
“As we are speaking now, they are recovering monies from someone’s farm somewhere around Abuja. It is very unfortunate where people stole money just for the sake of stealing,” he said.
While acknowledging the criticism against the anti-graft agencies on the pace of work, Dogara noted that the agencies appeared overwhelmed by the volume of challenges arising from the current war.
Nonetheless, he said the agencies should do the needful so as to remain on top of its game.
“If you were the one in charge of fighting corruption, you would have even been shocked by the scale of the problem. I guess part of the problem we have is that the scale of the problem far outweighs the anticipation of the agencies. So, if care is not taken, we may not get things right in the process. They will have to keep their heads level to be able to be in charge of the fight and to do it effectively.”
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Amidst controversy, Paul Okoye of P-Square performs solo in Congo

It is no longer news that Peter Okoye of the famous group, Psquare pulled out of their highly publicized Congo concert which was to hold last weekend.

Information Nigeria reported how he called out his twin brother, Paul and the organizers for using his name even though he had pulled out of the show.
What’s news is that, Paul Okoye, who kept mute on the issue went ahead to perform in Congo as Psquare and shared photos on social media.

Powerful photo taken at Black Lives Matter protest goes viral

Ieshia Evans has been hailed after facing a line of heavily-armed cops at a Black Lives Matter protest.
The fearless 28-year-old was pictured coming face-to-face with the officers as she ‘stood up for her young son’s freedom and rights’ at the US-based demonstration.
She was seen standing still in the middle of the road – as two gun -wielding cops ran forward to slap handcuffs on her.
Moments later, she was arrested and taken away after allegedly refusing to leave an area highway during the protest in Baton Rouge, Louisina.

Ieshia was among more than 100 people who were arrested at the demonstration, which was held to protest against recent police killings of black men.Posting the image on his Facebook page, civil rights activist and New York Daily News writer Shaun King wrote: “POWERFUL photo from Baton Rouge.”

The demonstration came just days after dad-of-five Alton was shot dead at point blank range after officers pinned him down amid claims he had a gun.

Sophie Momodu Shares New Photo With her Daughter, Imade

Davido’s babymama, Sophie Momodu is so in love with her little girl, Imade! The little princess made a rare appearance on her mom’s Instagram page recently, and we can’t get over how cute they look together.

Sophie shared the photo with a caption, “The Queen and her princess”.

Sources close to the family say the gorgeous mother of one has been given more access to her daughter as opposed to some months back when the Adeleke’s and Momodu’s didn’t see eye-to-eye.