Abdul's Blog: 11/06/17

Monday, 6 November 2017

Man jailed for 7 years for posing as a 'spirit' to defraud man of N20m

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission today November 6th, 2017 secured the conviction of one Mohammed Yusuf before Justice Zainab Bage Abubakar of the Federal High Court, Gusau, Zamfara State.

The convict was sentenced to 7 years' imprisonment on each of the eleven count charge preferred against him by the EFCC.

The Nigerian Police returned ₦834,000 extorted by its officers from members of the public to the owners between July and September.

The force also sanctioned 17 police officers, including the suspension of an Assistant Superintendent of Police in Ikorodu, Lagos State, during the period for “corrupt practices”.

Police have revealed that the Texas church gunman made a last call to his dad as he tried to evade capture having slaughtered 26 people.

Devin Kelley called his father as he was being chased by two local heroes following the shooting and told him: "I've been shot. I don't think I'm going to make it."

Newcastle United manager Rafael Benitez has admitted they were close to signing Tammy Abraham on loan from Chelsea in the summer.

The 20-year-old striker returned to Stamford Bridge at the back of a successful loan spell with Bristol City in the Championship. And with first team football not guaranteed by Antonio Conte, he was a loan option.

France coach Didier Deschamps predicted Patrice Evra would pay a heavy price for kicking a Marseille fan last week and says the former national captain should have known better.

“I’m neither condemning him nor judging him,” said Deschamps, for whom Evra played at Monaco and with France.

“Patrice is fully aware of the consequences.

For the second time this year, Jocelyn (Catwoman) Wildenstein and her boyfriend Lloyd Klein were charged with assaulting each other during an argument, police sources said Monday.

Wildenstein, the 77-year-old plastic surgery-obsessed socialite, and Klein, 50, were each busted on misdemeanor assault charges when police showed up at their 1st Ave. apartment inside Trump World Tower, by the United Nations, at 1:30 a.m. Sunday.

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Afghanistan has sparked an outcry after it moved to block WhatsApp and Telegram messaging services.

Journalists, media groups and users of social media have accused the government of censorship after the move.

Father who was caught having sex with a neighbour's puppy is spared jail

A father-of-six who was caught having sex with a neighbour’s puppy by her 10-year-old owner was been spared jail. Fanroi Mochachi, 45, said he caught two dogs mating as he walked to a shared toilet in Johannesburg, South Africa.

About 160 members of the House of Representatives have rejected its leadership’s offer to provide them with official cars worth N17 million each. Some members of the federal House of Representatives totaling up to 160 have reportedly rejected its leadership’s offer to provide them with official cars, and opted to collect the cash instead.

A 17-year-old secondary school student Simi Danladi is currently receiving treatment at Plateau Specialist Hospital for injuries allegedly inflicted on her by a military personnel for rejecting his sexual advances.

Friday Bako, a youth activist and former banker, who disclosed this in a Facebook post, said the incident happened during a protest over the death of two young boys last month in Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State.

Indonesia on Monday vowed to block Facebook Inc’s WhatsApp Messenger within 48 hours if the service did not ensure that obscene Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) images were removed.

WhatsApp, which is widely used in Indonesia said message encryption prevented it from monitoring the third-party providers Indonesians use to search for GIFs.

President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe on Monday fired Emmerson Mnangagwa as vice president, Information Minister Simon Moyo said.

Mnangagwa, a 75-year-old former intelligence chief, has been heavily-criticised by supporters of Mugabe’s wife, Grace, who has also been touted as a potential successor to her husband.

Three men, accused of hacked the Facebook account of Lagos Speaker, Mr Mudashiru Obasa and stole N9.1 million, were on Monday re-arraigned before Justice Oluremi Oguntoyinbo of a Federal High Court, Lagos.

The accused — Frank Nwokobia, 27; Ezeoke Kanayochukwu, 25; and Godwin Essien, 28 — are standing trial on a five-count charge bordering on conspiracy, fraud, impersonation and identity theft.

Bayo Abdulrahman and Shadiat Obafemi, on Monday, appeared in a Federal High Court in Lagos, for allegedly trafficking 100 grammes and 1.1kg of hemp at the Kirikiri Maximum prison, Lagos.

They were arraigned on two separate charges of one count charge each, bordering on drug trafficking by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).

Monday marked 35 years since Cameroon’s President Paul Biya took office. His supporters are marking the anniversary with celebrations. His opponents are calling for him to stand aside when the country holds a presidential election next year.

A song, praising Biya for bringing peace and development to Cameroon, blasted through loud speakers in Nanga Eboko, a town in central Cameroon, where thousands of people have been brought in to celebrate the anniversary of Paul Biya’s rise to power.

An FCT High Court, Maitama, on Monday granted leave to retired Rear Admiral Shehu Ahmadu, standing trial with retired Vice Admiral Usman Jibrin, in alleged Naval property scam to seek medical attention abroad.

Jibrin was arraigned on Sept. 27, 2017 alongside three others.

David Moyes will be confirmed as the new West Ham manager on Tuesday, Sky Sports reports.

The former Manchester United and Everton boss will succeed Slaven Bilic in the role after the Croatian was relieved of his duties on Monday.

Super Eagles’ Captain, John Obi Mikel is in line to be voted the player of the year for his Chinese team, Tianjin Teda when they hold their end of season award event, reports owngoalnigeria.com.

Despite missing three months due to a knee injury, the former Chelsea midfielder is among the candidates for the player of the year for the club, as his return from injury helped their cause to beat the drop to the second division.

Arsene Wenger accepted leaders Manchester City would be “hard to stop” in their quest for the Premier League title especially if they continued to get the rub of the green from referees.

The Gunners manager accused City forward Raheem Sterling of diving after he won a penalty in his team’s 3-1 victory over Arsenal at the Etihad on Sunday.

Former Chelsea player Ray Wilkins has backed Antonio Conte’s decision to drop David Luiz for the crucial Premier League game against Manchester United on Sunday.

The Brazil international was left out of the matchday squad for the 1-0 win at Stamford Bridge, with Alvaro Morata heading in the winner after 55 minutes.

Liberia’s Supreme Court on Monday ordered the country’s electoral commission to resolve a fraud complaint lodged by an opposition party before a runoff vote for the presidency can be held.

Angolan authorities have expelled 2,884 Congolese illegal migrants, state-owned media confirmed.

State news agency Angop said the illegal migrants were rounded up in Lunda Norte Province between September and October.

Lunda Norte Province is located 656km north of the capital Luanda, and shares borders with both DRC and Congo-Brazzaville.

Former Nigeria defender Michael Emenalo has resigned from his position as technical director at Chelsea.

According to a report on the Telegraph, Emenalo quit after declining not to engage in a three-way power battle with current Chelsea manager Antonio Conte and Marina Granovskaia who are known not to see eye to eye.

American boxer Deontay Wilder has challenged Nigerian-born British pugilist Anthony Joshua to a fight after retaining his WBC heavyweight title with a first round knockout of Bermane Stiverne.

Wilder knocked Stiverne to the canvas with a fierce right before flooring him again with a barrage of punches.

Exciting winger, Moses Daddy Ajala-Simon has become the latest player to withdraw from the Super Eagles squad, as he has joined Changchun Yatai F.C frontman Odion Ighalo in the treatment room. Another developing report has it that the team's Assistant Caption, Ogenyi Onazi has also been ruled out of the upcoming matched due to injury concerns.

Former Stoke City defender, Dionatan Teixeira has died aged 25, the club have announced.

The Brazilian-born player, who played twice for Stoke's first team after moving to the club in 2014, was registered with Moldovan side Sheriff Tiraspol at the time of his death.

After joining them in February he made 10 appearances as Sheriff won the Moldovan National Division title.

Chelsea boss, Antonio Conte failed to shake Jose Mourinho's hand on Sunday evening after their Premier League clash, before explaining the snub and taking a dig at the Manchester United manager.

Conte was able to get the better of Mourinho in a 1-0 victory on his latest return to his former club thanks to a marvellous Alvaro Morata header, which came midway through the second half when Cesar Azpilicueta’s cross from the right found the striker in acres of space and the talent to put the ball where United goalkeeper David De Gea could not reach it.

Slaven Bilic has been sacked as West Ham manager with the team in the Premier League relegation zone.

Bilic's last game in charge was Saturday's 4-1 defeat by Liverpool at London Stadium.

A statement from West Ham said the club believed a change was necessary "to move forward positively and in line with their ambition."

Pastor Stephen Ubaechu, has narrated how some policemen, attached to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), Ikeja, Lagos State Police Command, detained him for five days and ordered other detainees to torture him.

Stephen, a pastor with one of the Pentecostal churches in Abia State, said three officers of SARS from Lagos came to Aba, Abia State, to arrest and dragged him to Lagos over a $5000 debt.

Senate President of the Nigerian Senate, Bukola Saraki, is among 40 world politicians whose offshore hideaways were exposed by a new ICIJ investigations dubbed #Paradise Papers.

A review of data obtained by German newspaper, Suddeutsche Zeitung, and ICIJ from two offshore secrecy providers (Appleby and Asiaciti Trust) and 19 secrecy jurisdictions showed uncovered a new offshore shell company owned by the politician. (PREMIUM TIMES will publish a detailed story on the senator on Monday).

The Oyo State Police Command, Eleyele Police Headquarters, Ibadan, has arrested four men, alleged to be part of a kidnapping syndicate that abducted a Lebanese man in September.

The four suspects have been identified as Monday Omubge (28), who is said to be the armourer of the gang, Mathew Egbulu (23), Samuel Agu (32), and Joseph Udoma (35).

Twenty-six Nigerian women lost their lives while attempting to cross the Mediterranean sea, the BBC is reporting.

The Nigerians are suspected to have been sexually abused and murdered at the sea.

Italian prosecutors have begun an investigation into the deaths of the women, said to be mostly teenagers.

The General Overseer of The Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye yesterday addressed the recent tithe controversy that has been generating series of arguments on the social media by advising Christians especially his members on the dangers attached to none compliance to paying of tithe.

In his sermon ,Pastor Adeboye asked the congregation to avoid divine curse like a plaque by pleasing God and also in paying of their tithe.

A Twitter user has revealed how Nollywood actress, Hilda Dokubo once helped her with her expensive scarf, when her period started unexpectedly at a wedding.

See her tweets below…

Nollywood veteran actress, Shan George, has also come for Nigerian Pastors over the Sunday offerings and tithes they receive.

According to her, Pastors should use Sunday offerings and tithes to repair bad roads, instead of using it to buy private jets and flashy cars. Here’s what she wrote;

A Nigerian interracial couple, Dominic and Katia, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in Lagos, Nigeria over the weekend.

The beautiful celebration of love was planned by Funke Bucknor’s Zapphaire events and its moments captured by “Photosbyolumide”.

A 72-year-old man, Titus Agunbiade, has reportedly hanged himself in his late father’s house at Kajola on Barracks Road in Ondo town, Ondo State.

The deceased was said to have climbed the two-storey building with a ladder and hanged himself with a rope.

CONCERNED by the downturn in the value of the naira in the last few years, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye has said that those responsible will be arrested.

Predicting that the tide would turn in favour of the currency, the cleric reiterated that the legal tender will become powerful again.

A major feud appears imminent between the Department of State Service (DSS) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over a move by the commission to interrogate some officials of the DSS.

Though details of the investigation purportedly being carried out by the EFCC were not made available to Sunday Tribune at the weekend, it was gathered that the commission had sent a request to effect the release of the affected DSS officials.

A 13-year-old, Hauwa Dadi, on Sunday regained her freedom, four days after being allegedly abducted for the purpose of forcing her into a marriage.

Hauwa, an SS1 student of the Brighter Academy Secondary School, Gashua, is a daughter of a former Secretary of the Christian Association of Nigeria.

Nollywood Actress, Anita Joseph, who sat for an interview with The Entertainer, talked about acting nude, being fulfilled, becoming born again and her fake pregnancy that got her dragged by angry fans.

Here are excerpts from the interview;

As the controversial debate about tithing in Nigerian churches continues, OAP Freeze said this in reaction to a Facebook post which detailed the reported humaitarian efforts a wealthy pastor and his family are involved with in Gabon. See the original post below.

Saudi Arabia’s stock market fell in early trade on Sunday after Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman moved to consolidate his power and crack down on corruption with a cabinet reshuffle and a string of detentions of prominent figures.

Popular TV Personality Ebuka Obi-Uchendu most likely got the surprise of his life this morning when he stepped out of his home.

Ebuka was shocked when he came out of the front door of his home and found a dead owl. He shared a photo of the dead creature via his Insta-stories, asking Nigerians why it was there.

See below.

Counselor Luterodt Describes Yvonne Nelson

Controversial relationship Counselor, Cyril George Lutterodt has wade in on recent reports of Ghanaian actress Yvonne Nelson’s childbirth which surfaced last week after months of speculation that she was pregnant.

In a new interview with Abeiku Santana, He revealed that he is very disappointed in the screen goddess if she has given birth unmarried.

The United States was in mourning Monday after a gunman wearing a bulletproof vest opened fire with an assault rifle on the congregation of a small-town Texas church, killing 26 people and wounding 20 more in the nation’s latest shooting massacre.

President Donald Trump said the nation was living through “dark times” but guns were not to blame for Sunday’s carnage, which came just five weeks after the worst mass shooting in modern US history.

Following the attack of Sen. Dino Melaye at the Kabba Day celebration over the weekend, the senator has claimed his attackers were thugs allegedly sent by Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi state.

This was contained in a press statement issued, on Sunday, by Melaye’s Special Assistant on Media, Mr. Gideon Ayodele, copies of which were made available to newsmen, in Lokoja.

Academy winning actor, Denzel Washington has called on youth across the world not to lose their faith in the perilous times of social media.

Washington also said President Donald Trump is not to blame for the divisiveness and anger in today’s society, saying there would be a need for this generation to unite like never before.

I have always said that the present and future of Nigeria can only be salvaged by the few exceptional Nigerian youths who are defiantly willing to bell the cat for the freedom of everyone.

In my 66 years on planet earth as a citizen of Nigeria, I have been privileged to meet outstanding/exceptional young Nigerians who are wired with immense potentials. Only needing proper guidance and encouragement provided by someone they can connect with, a Big brother or Fada figure leader.

Eva Longoria packs on the PDA with husband Jos? Bast?n in West Hollywood (photos)

Actress Eva Longoria put on a public display of affection with her husband, José Bastón in West Hollywood on Saturday. The 42-year-old actress, who was sporting a leg brace after reportedly breaking her leg in an accident during a holiday in Spain, passionately kissed her man as the cameras snapped away.