EFCC Releases CEOs Of Access Bank, Sterling Bank After They Refund Billions Of Naira

 

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has released the chief executive officers of two Nigerian banks after the men returned billions of naira they had illicitly acquired from political slush funds during the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan.

Two EFCC sources told SaharaReporters that Sterling Bank’s CEO, Yemi Adeola, who was arrested on Wednesday in a raid on his bank by EFCC operatives, was released last night after he deposited a payment of N5 billion. According to one of our sources, the money returned by Mr. Adeola was in partial restitution for a transaction of $88 million he received from Nigeria's former Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke.

Mr. Adeola is expected to pay back a total of N17 billion to the recovery accounts of the Nigerian treasury within two weeks.

I Want To Go Back To Sambisa Forest To Meet My Husband'' 9yr old girl cried

 

A nine-year-old girl who was among the 65 young girls rescued by the troops from Sambisa forest has embarked on hunger strike, saying she wanted to go back to Sambisa forest to meet her Boko Haram husband. It was gathered that the girl (name withheld) has refused to eat for the past three days insisting that she wanted to go back and reunite with her Boko Haram husband in Sambisa 12 other rescued girls were also discovered to be pregnant while others have already given birth.

NDLEA Arrests Female Corps Member With Indian Hemp, As She Says She Is Ashamed Of Herself

The Sokoto State Command of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Friday arrested a female Youth Corps member currently serving in Zamfara with nine kilogrammes of Indian hemp. The Commandant of the agency in the  state, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Sokoto.

Idris said the suspect was serving in Gumi local Government area of Zamfara and was arrested along Sokoto-Gusau Road in Sokoto. He said the suspect had confessed that she was initiated into the business by a fellow corps member.

Sad! As Cameroonian Footballer Dies On Pitch In Romania

This is really really sad. Cameroon midfielder and International player, Patrick Ekeng is dead. He died after collapsing during a match in Romania.

Cristian Pandrea, a spokesman for Floreasca Emeregency Hospital in Bucharest, said doctors tried for an hour to resuscitate the Dinamo Bucharest and Cameroon midfielder but failed.

He said the cause of death is not yet known, but local media said the 26-year-old had a heart attack.

I’m Not Sick - KSA Speaks On Death Rumour

King Sunny Ade (KSA) has addressed the rumours that filtered the internet earlier this week that he has passed on. According to the veteran singer, he is alive and healthy. He said the rumour has left him baffled while anyone will wake up and go to the press that he is dead. He said he actually performed at Tunji Braithwaite’s burial ceremony on Saturday which can be confirmed from people. If I was ill, I won’t be able to do that, he said.

“If I were in a hospital, I would say so. There wouldn’t have been any reason for me to lie. In fact, the hospital would also see me as a liar if I lied that I wasn’t admitted or sick. But the truth is that I have not been sick. I am hale and hearty,” he said while speaking with Saturday Beats.

Buhari Leaves Nigeria On Tuesday For International Anti-Corruption Summit In London

President Muhammadu Buhari will Tuesday travel to London to participate in the international Anti-Corruption Summit which will be held in the British capital on Thursday.

A statement today signed by presidential spokesperson, Femi Adesina, said, the president will play a “prominent part” in the summit which will be hosted by Prime Minister David Cameron of Great Britain with many other Heads of State and Government in attendance.

Ahead of the summit’s opening, the president will deliver a keynote address titled: “Why We Must Tackle Corruption Together” at a pre-summit conference of development partners, the Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council, Transparency International and other civil society groups on Wednesday before he will finally return home on the 13th of May.

Lay Down Your Weapons Now And Enjoy Humane Treatment, Military Tells Boko Haram Insurgents

The Nigerian military on Sunday asked terrorists fighting for the extremist Boko Haram sect “to give up their ignoble adventure” and surrender to the nation’s security forces.

A statement by the military informed that troops were now conducting operations in the heart of Sambisa forest to smoke out the remnants of the terrorist sect.

The statement signed by the Theatre Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, Leo Irabor, said members of the terrorist group who lay down their arms “would be humanely treated in line with international best practices and in accordance with the international humanitarian law.”

Mr. Irabor, a major general, listed the major successes recorded so far by the Nigerian troops against sect, and thanked Nigerians for their support for the military, also saying President Buhari’s support has been outstanding.

Ex NFL Star Ray Rice & Wife Expecting Baby No 2, Two Years After Footage Showed Him Knocking Her Out In An Elevator

Former NFL star Ray Rice and his wife Janay, are expecting another baby. Janay revealed on her Instagram page that she was 21 weeks along, according to TMZ. A baby boy will be joining her, Rice and their 4-year-old daughter Rayven in September.

It was a happy bit of a news for the former Baltimore Ravens running back, who remains a free agent in the league two years after TMZ released video that showed him punching Janay, then his fiancee, in an elevator.

Pictured! US Missionaries Brutally Murdered In Jamaica

Two U.S. missionaries were found slain in a rural area of the Caribbean island that has long struggled with high rates of violent crime, Jamaican police said yesterday.

Randy Hentzel, 48, and Harold Nichols, 53, were identified as the two men in a statement by the Jamaica Constabulary Force. Their battered bodies were found in bushes in separate areas of St. Mary parish. The two men and their families did evangelism and Bible ministry and built homes.
'We do not know who would do this or what their motivation was. These men greatly loved the people of Jamaica and were greatly loved in return,' said John Heater, executive director of Teams for Medical Missions.

We are devastated to hear this news and will be praying for the Hentzels and Nichols and Teams and the St. Mary's Parish and communities they served in Jamaica,' Wendy Irwin wrote on a Facebook post from Teams.

Furious Khloe Did Catch Rob & Blac Chyna At Her Home, Says "It's Disrespectful!"

Earlier this year it was rumoured Khloe Kardashian kicked brother Rob out of her house when she discovered him and Blac Chyna partying at her house.

Khloe never publicly addressed the rumours, but she did cause a stir on social media when she warned an unnamed person to ‘never go against the family’ in a cryptic tweet just days before Rob and Blac went public with their relationship.

In the new episode of Keeping Up With The Kardashians, the 31-year-old can be seen discussing walking in on Rob and his now fiancee.

Susan Peters Calls Out Men Disturbing Her On Instagram

Lol, the newly married actress posted what you see above, saying when she was single she saw no one, but now that she is taken, everyone wants her. She then ended it with;

‘See me see local trouble!!! Smh!!! #ironyoflife 🙅 free me mbok!! #youknowyasef’

Lol, but why are men like this?

How I Became Running Mate To Buhari- VP Osinbajo

 

Three weeks to first anniversary of the present government, the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, has revealed that how be became the running mate to President Mohammadu Buhari, saying his disposition to fight corruption in Nigeria was the motivating factor. Osinbajo spoke at a non-denominational conference organized by the Covenant Christian Centre in Abuja on Saturday. He recalled that he had co-founded a professional a group in 1995 that upheld integrity as a hallmark to fighting corruption and upholding good governance.

He also recalled that he was 24 years when his boss became the Military Head of State, stressing that providence brought them together. He said:   “Permit me to begin (the speech) with a story about myself. All my adult life, I have always believed that our country was performing far below its potentialities, in practically every aspect of life.

Five Beheaded In Ahoada, Rivers State (viewers Discretion)

 

This report says no fewer than nineteen persons have been killed in a cult clash in Idoha and Ulapata communities in Ahoada East Local Government Area of Rivers State.

Our correspondent gathered that suspected Iceland and Greenlanders cult groups have been locked in a battle for supremacy in the area which led to the setting up of a vigilante group called Isakaba boys by the paramount ruler of the community to curb the activities of the cult gangs in the area.

In a fresh attack, it was revealed that suspected Greenlanders had on saturday wipe out a family of four persons and beheaded in Idoha community in the same Local Government Area who were later identified as member of the Iceland cult group in the area.

Cantona and Schmeichel return to Old Trafford to watch United and Leicester draw

Eric Cantona returned to Old Trafford on Sunday to see if Leicester City would be crowned champions at the ground where he helped Manchester United rule the Premier League two decades ago. The Frenchman joined up with former team-mate Peter Schmeichel and posed for pictures with United's current stars after of the game which finished 1-1 as the Foxes were forced to wait at least another day to claim the title.

#PanamaPapers: How ex-Nigerian Minister Gbadamosi Bought Two Penthouses In Panama For N837million

 A former Minister for National Planning, Rasheed Gbadamosi, owns two expensive and luxurious penthouses in Panama, a notorious tax haven, documents retrieved by PREMIUM TIMES from the leaked Mossack Fonseca database have shown.

Mr. Gbadamosi, writer, businessman, and bureaucrat, who was recently appointed co-chairman of the Lagos at 50 planning committee, bought the two properties in 2008 while serving as chairman of the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA).