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EFCC Arrests 17 Suspected Internet Fraudsters In Delta State

11Jul

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EFCC Arrests 17 Suspected Internet Fraudsters In Delta State

EFCC Arrests 17 Suspected Internet Fraudsters [Yahoo Yahoo] In Delta State [Photos] 17 suspected internet fraudsters aka ‘yahoo boys’, have been arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC in Delta State. The suspects identified as Jolomi Jemide; Suo Ajorbuku; Wilson Chukwuma; Faith Umukoro; Felix Fimber; Isaac Boro; Emmanuel Etanoma; Aghogho Ovuakporaye; Tokoma Mbabov; Tom Wisdom; Elvis Imannivwie; Chinedu Chukwu; Okojikoko Presley; Nyore Arkoro; Godwin Etanoma; Morris Victor and Elvis Okorare, were arrested during a raid at their hotel hideout in Warri, Delta State on July 10, 2019. Prior to the sting operation, the arrested suspects were linked to fraudulent activities ranging from love scam on numerous dating sites, obtaining money by false preten...

Clash Between Police and Shi’ite Protesters Leads to Two Injured and One Fatality at National Assembly

9Jul

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Clash Between Police and Shi’ite Protesters Leads to Two Injured and One Fatality at National Assembly

During a clash at the National Assembly gate, the Nigerian Police Force confronted Shi’ite protesters, resulting in one fatality. The Shi’ite group had planned to protest the continued detention of Sheik Elzakzaky, the leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, at the National Assembly. Despite being granted bail by a court, Elzakzaky remains in custody due to security concerns cited by the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. The clash occurred at 1:15 pm on Tuesday, as the police were already stationed at the National Assembly gate, anticipating the arrival of the protesters. Two individuals were shot during the protest, and the Shi’ites were seen carrying away the body of a 15-year-old boy.

Returning Officer Tells Tribunal, How They Transmitted Election Results to INEC Server

8Jul

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Returning Officer Tells Tribunal, How They Transmitted Election Results to INEC Server

Returning Officer Tells Tribunal, How They Transmitted Election Results to INEC Server Adejuyitan Olalekan, a Presiding Officer during the February 23 presidential election, on Monday told the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja that he personally transmitted the results collated at his polling unit during the poll. Olalekan was called to the witness stand as the petitioners’ third witness at the instance of the Peoples Democratic Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, who are by their petition challenging the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress. He was led by the petitioners’ lead counsel, Livy Uzoukwu (SAN), to adopt his witness statement on oath as his evidence-in-chief, but was not asked to mention the sta...

Congolese Rebel Bosco Ntaganda Found Guilty Of War Crimes

8Jul

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Congolese Rebel Bosco Ntaganda Found Guilty Of War Crimes

Congolese Rebel Bosco Ntaganda Found Guilty Of War Crimes Congolese Rebel Bosco ‘Terminator’ Ntaganda, has been found guilty of war crimes after being arraigned at the International Criminal Court (ICC). Ntaganda who was convicted on 18 counts, including murder, rape, sexual slavery and using child soldiers, became the first person to be convicted of sexual slavery by the ICC. According to the Judge, the 45-year-old rebel leader gave the orders to “target and kill civilians” in Democratic Republic of Congo’s volatile, mineral-rich Ituri region in 2002 and 2003 and also committed several atrocities which includes mass killing at a village where grown men and women, children and babies, were “disemboweled or had their heads smashed in”. He was also responsible for the rape and sexual ...

Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo Reveals He Was the Chief Priest of the Black Axe Confraternity

7Jul

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Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo Reveals He Was the Chief Priest of the Black Axe Confraternity

COZA: Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo Reveals He Was the Chief Priest of the Black Axe Confraternity A video making rounds online, captured moment Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo revealed that he was the Chief Priest of the Black Axe Confraternity while still in school. This is coming after we reported that the management of University of Ilorin, revealed that they have no record of the academic history of the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly Founder. Pastor Fatoyinbo who revealed that he was the Chief Priest of Black Axe Confraternity while preaching, said he led other cult members in confession and everyone to be initiated into the group ended up with him. He said in the video; Moment Pastor Fatoyinbo revealed he was the chief priest of black axe confraternity while in the University The video su...

20-Year-Old Dead Man Wakes Up At His Own Funeral

6Jul

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20-Year-Old Dead Man Wakes Up At His Own Funeral

20-Year-Old Dead Man Wakes Up At His Own Funeral A 20-year-old dead man who was reported dead by medical doctors, has reportedly woken up at his own funeral, report say. Mohammad Furqan, of Lucknow, a city in northern India’s state of Uttar Pradesh, was admitted to a private hospital on June 21, 2019, after he was knocked unconscious in a serious accident. According to reports The patient was declared dead after his family allegedly informed hospital staff they could not afford to pay more than N3.6 million ($10,000) of his multiplying medical bills. Furqan’s body was returned home to his family members, who were in the process of burying their loved one when the unthinkable happened. “Devastated, we were preparing for the burial when some of us saw movement in his limbs,” Furqan’s o...

Endless Celebration As Supreme Court Affirms Gboyega Oyetola as Governor

5Jul

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Endless Celebration As Supreme Court Affirms Gboyega Oyetola as Governor

Osun Election: Endless Celebration As Supreme Court Affirms Gboyega Oyetola as Governor The Supreme court affirms the election of Gboyega Oyetola as the governor of Osun State. The apex court in a majority decision of five-to-two, read by Justice Olabode Rodes-Vivour, Friday 5 July, held that the failure of a member of the election tribunal, Justice Peter Obiora to sit on February 6, 2019 rendered the entire proceedings and the judgment given by the tribunal a nullity. The Supreme court affirmed the decision of the Court of Appeal which nullified the March 22 judgement of the Osun State election petition tribunal which had declared Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the winner of the September 2018 election. The court said the judge who had read the majority ju...

Ese Walter Speaks Again, Reveals What Really Happen Between Her And Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo

5Jul

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Ese Walter Speaks Again, Reveals What Really Happen Between Her And Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo

COZA: Ese Walter Speaks Again, Reveals What Really Happen Between Her And Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo Ese Walter has shut down reports on social media that she was raped by the Senior Pastor of COZA, Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo. Ese in 2013 accused Fatoyinbo of trying to manipulate her into having a sexual affair with him while she was a member of his church. In the wake of Busola Dakolo’s claim of Fatoyinbo r@p-i-n-g her when she was 17, many Nigerians on social media suggested that Ese was also r@p-e-d by Fatoyinbo. In a post she shared on Facebook, Ese clarified that she has never been raped. See her post below;

Six Madonna University Students, Lecturer Regain Freedom

4Jul

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Six Madonna University Students, Lecturer Regain Freedom

After 5 Months in Detention Six Madonna University Students, Lecturer Regain Freedom The six Madonna University students and lecturer held in prison custody since February over comments the management of the institution claimed was injurious to them, have been released. The students and lecturer were granted bail on Wednesday by the Federal High Court 2 sitting in Awka and presided over by Justice Babatunde Quadri, months after they were picked by security operatives who first took them to the Okija campus of the university where they were detained in a police cell before being sent to Awka Prison. The prosecution counsel, Mr. J. N. Oboh who did not object the bail granted to the defendants during the proceedings, however insisted that they should sign an undertaking to be of goo...

COZA Is Not Our Member- CAN Says Amidst Sex Scandal

3Jul

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COZA Is Not Our Member- CAN Says Amidst Sex Scandal

COZA Is Not Our Member- CAN Says Amidst Sex Scandal The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) says the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA) whose senior pastor, Biodun Fatoyinbo, is currently enmeshed in a rape scandal, is not one of its members. This comes a day after the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria PFN released a statement saying Fatoyinbo is not their member. In a statement released by Kwamkur Vondip, the National director, legal and public affairs of the Christian body, CAN says it is troubled by the recent reports of sexuual assault leveled against some of the clergymen in Nigeria. The body advised Pastors to desist from having unregulated closeness with any member of his/her church so as not to make themselves vulnerable. Read the statement below “CAN is deeply concerne...