Thursday, January 31, 2013
New Music: SNA-Z - Kolobi
EFCC arrests 20 internet fraudsters in Benin
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested twenty suspected internet fraudsters. The arrest which was carried out in a joint operation with officers of the 4 Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Benin, followed intelligence report on their activities. They were nabbed in a surprise raid on their Cyber office tucked in an old building located on Siluko Road, Benin City.
At the point of arrest, the fraudsters had in their possession forty five (45) laptops of different make, twenty eight (28) telephone sets, eight (cool internet mobile modems and one Nissan car with registration number USL 375 AG.
South Africa Train Crash Injures 300
Dozens of school children were among those injured in the crash, which left the driver of one of the engines needing to be rescued from his cab.The accident happened just before 8am when a train collided with a stationary locomotive near Attridgeville, a suburb west of Pretoria."Many are walking wounded and already left. There are 20 people in serious condition and one, the driver of the second train, is in a critical condition," local emergency services spokesman Johan Pieterse said.
David Beckham set to complete lucrative move to Paris Saint-Germain
David Beckham is to return to elite European football after flying to France to sign a deal with Paris Saint-Germain. The former England captain will be unveiled at a news conference at the Parc des Princes later on Thursday afternoon.
The 37-year-old midfielder's private jet touched down in the French capital at around 11am this morning and he travelled on to a Parisian hospital to undertake a medical. Beckham has been a free agent sinceleaving Los Angeles Galaxy after five and a half years just before Christmas, but had spent some time recently training with Arsenal at their base in London Colney while he weighed up the next move.
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Wednesday, January 30, 2013
RIM Launches Blackberry 10
Other nice additions to it includes an adaptive software keyboard that adjusts to your typing style over time and a predictive word suggestion feature that can add words to your messages with a quick gesture. There is also a new camera that offers features such as composite photos that snap several images in quick succession so you can merge them into one idealized photo.
It also has new enterprise features including Balance, which creates two "personas" on a BlackBerry device, one for work and one for personal use.
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Cool Gang Intown holds this Friday
Cool Gang Intown is a monthly club storm organized for cool FM OAPs. The idea is for the Fans to interact, sign autograph and photo opportunities with their favorite OAPs.
Court asks Dr Soleye to pay ex-wife N45million divorce settlement
Mrs Funmi Soleye filed for divorce after her husband of 28 years and father of her three children, Tunde Soleye married former beauty queen, Nike Oshinowo traditionally. The court did not only grant Mrs Soleye divorce request, they also asked Nike Oshinowo to compensate her by paying her N5million for wrecking her marriage and causing her pain.
Nike and Dr Soleye have since parted ways. official press statement.....
PHOTO: Protesters Storm Ministry Of Justice Over Pension Thief Sentence
Abuja: Civil Society organizations today protested the light sentence handed down to the former director of Police Pension Board, John Yakubu Yesufu by an Abuja High Court . The protest which started at the Ministry of Justice was led by Dino Melaye with members of National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) and others.
The group called for the removal of Justice Abubakar Talba. Some the their placards reads " Jankara judgement for pension thief " , "N23,billion is equal to N750,000", "Justice Abubakar Talba SHAME !!! .
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
[PHOTO] SSS Parades Nkiru Sylvanus' Kidnappers
SSS today paraded six men involved in the kidnap of Nkiru Sylvanus, an actress and special assistant to Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo state in Abuja.
Apple launches 128GB iPad tablet
Apple has launched a new version of its iPad tablet with double the memory space of its current largest model.
The beefier 128GB fourth generation iPad will go on sale online and from Apple stores on Monday, with more storage space for users' music, games and apps.
The most expensive version with wifi and 3G mobile connectivity will have a recommended retail price (RRP) of £739, just £110 cheaper than Apple's MacBook Air laptop computer.
The cheapest model with the 128GB memory launched by the company at its headquarters in Cupertino, California, will have a RRP of £639.
EFCC re-arrests convicted and freed police pension boss, John Yusuf
A spokesman for EFCC told journalists today that the anti-graft agency has re-arrested Mr John Yusuf, the director of the Police Pension Office who was set free by a high court in Abuja yesterday after paying a N250, 000 fine after he pled guilty to converting N2billion of the police pension fund to personal use.
The spokesman said EFCC re-arrested Mr Yusuf today because there were other pending cases against him. The pension boss was arrested and tried with five others for stealing N23.3 billion police pension fund.
Gbemi Olateru Kicks Off Tv Show
The show will start showing on local networks, cable channels, as well as on mobile and the web in few months time. Gbemi is currently an OAP with the Beat 99.9 fm.
Police pension boss jailed 2yrs for stealing N2bn freed on N250k fine
Mr Yusuf was given an option of N250 thousand to avoid the jail sentence. He was also asked to forfeit property valued at N325 million.
The former assistant director in the federal civil service was one of the six people tried for stealing N32.8 billion of police pension fund.
Masquerader shoots Islamic cleric dead in Ogun
Tension gripped the residents of Ijaye in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital on Monday following the alleged killing of a Muslim cleric, Lateef Amusa, by a masquerader on Sunday.
Also, the police command in the state said it arrested four suspects, including a masquerader, for the killing.
Thirty-year-old Amusa was allegedly shot dead by a masquerader popularly known as, Leyin Aponle, during the celebrations of the annual Egungun Festival in Ijaye.
The victim, who was said to be riding on a motorcycle, allegedly defied the earlier warning from the masquerade to disembark from the motorbike shortly before the incident occurred.
The alleged defiance of the masquerader’s order by the deceased resulted in the former shooting at the Islamic cleric who immediately fell and died on the spot.
Five arrested with N108m fake currencies
Five men were on Monday paraded by the Lagos State Police Command for printing local and foreign currencies.
Two of the suspects, Femi Jacob and Ramon Adeoye, were arrested at Ogunlana Street, Alagbado with eight printing machines and a large quantity of printed fake notes in Naira, Dollars, Pounds, Euros and Cedis totalling N8m.
Isaka Usman and Akeem Ayobado were also arrested at Ikorodu with 14 printing machines, one cutting machine and N100m fake notes. The fifth suspect, Onyeka Ibe, was allegedly an Anambra-based buyer, who usually comes to Lagos to buy fake currencies.
The state Command’s Commissioner of Police, Mr. Umar Manko, said, “This syndicate has been in operation for over five years. Their customers are spread across several African countries like the Republic of Benin, Mali, Ghana, Togo, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
“The Officer-in-Charge of SARS, Superintendent of Police Abba Kyari, got a tip-off about the operations of the syndicate some weeks ago and mounted surveillance at Jacob’s Alagbado residence. It was Jacob’s confessional statement after his arrest that led to the arrest of Ayodabo who is the leader of the syndicate.
“This case will eventually be handed over to operatives of Interpol because of the negative implications the fake currencies outflow might have had on the economies of the West African countries.”
The CP said the cutting machine was owned by Ayodabo and procured from the Republic of Benin
One of the suspects, Ibe said, “I often come down to Oluwole Street in Lagos Island. That is where Ayodabo has his shop. I would spend N5,000 to get currency worth N100,000. I usually buy currency worth between N500,000 and N700,000.”
The fake notes which were on display during the parade looked real enough to have kept the syndicate in business for five years with customers spread across the continent.
Adeoye told PUNCH METRO that he was arrested at Iyana Ipaja, adding, “I am just an errand boy, my duty was to deliver fake currencies to buyers. I was on my way to deliver fake notes worth N700,000 to one Ibrahim when I was arrested.”
Source PUNCH
Monday, January 28, 2013
D'banj Sold His Soul to the Devil- Majek Fashek
‘I like Wizkid and 2face, they play good music‘I don’t like that other boy called D’banj, those ones that went to join Illuminati. How can you go and sell your soul to the devil because you want to be famous. I don’t even like his music anyway’.
Third Mainland crash: ‘I was not speeding’ - rescued driver says
Olusola Oladimeji, the driver of the Toyota Sienna that fell off the Third Mainland Bridge into the lagoon on Saturday, has described his escape as a miracle.
The father of three said contrary to reports by traffic and emergency officials, he was not on high speed when the incident occurred.
Oladimeji, who is a minister of the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Church, said he was on his way home from work.
CAF dismisses Egyptian ref who officiated Nigeria vs Zambia match
Ghead Grisha awarded a controversial penalty to Zambia in the 85th minute which enabled them draw level in the group C match.
The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF immediately sent a protest letter to the Confederation of African Football, CAF, asking the football governing body to look into the questionable call by Grisha.
A top official of CAF said today that Grisha 'has been sent home. He will have no further action at this Cup of Nations. His decisions did not tally with best practices of the refereeing profession and we would not allow anyone to start re-writing the rules of the game here'
Med View Airline Escapes Air Disaster Mid-Air
Med View Airline at about 2PM on Sunday made an emergency air return to Lagos after the second engine of the plane failed.
The Flight 214 airline, a Boeing 737-400 series marked 5N-BPA with 74 passengers on board made a return mid-air when the pilot heard a loud bang.
There was immediate loss of thrust on same engine and as a precautionary measure the pilot made a return.
The plane landed safely with one engine and the passengers were thereafter transferred to another of the airline’s aircraft, a Boeing 737-80 series and flown to Abuja safely.
The new airline commenced operations on Nigeria’s domestic routes in November 2012.
Sunday, January 27, 2013
Ehiz Wins MTV Base VJ Search Competition, Gets N10m Worth Deal
Djokovic Falls and incredible return - Novak Djokovic vs Andy Murray Fin...
Novak Djokovic defeated Andy Murray to become the first man in the Open era to win three consecutive Australian titles — nine others have won back-to-back championships but were unable to win three in a row.
Murray took the first set 6-7, before but it was vintage Djokovic that won the remaining three sets 7-6 (3), 6-3, 6-2.
“I love this court,” Djokovic said. “It’s definitely my favorite Grand Slam. It’s an incredible feeling winning this trophy once more.”He has won four of his six majors titles at at Melbourne Park, where he is now unbeaten in 21 matches.
Press Statement from Mend
MEND/QTD/82MP/2013
23rd JANUARY 2013
Ref: CONVICTION OF OUR LEADER AND FOUNDER MR. HENRY OKAH.
We witnessed ourselves firsthand the conviction of our dear leader yesterday the 21st of January 2013 by the South African Supreme Court on all the 13th count charges which as we all know has to do with ASO ROCK politic on a man simply because he refused to be bought over.
Before yesterday’s ruling, we had high regards for the South African judiciary but not now as we were wrong on our previous assessment nevertheless, people pays for mistakes committed by others so we the High Command of MEND have an advice for the South African people, which is TELL YOUR GOVERNMENT through your judiciary stay away with events that happened in Nigeria or else some South Africans will pay dearly for it.
Saturday, January 26, 2013
Folorunsho Alakija Replaced By Isabel Dos Santos as the World's Richest Black Woman
Nigerian female Billionaire, Folorunsho Alakija has been displaced as the world's richest black woman according to Forbes.
She was replaced by Isabel Dos Santos, the oldest daughter of Angolan President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos.
Isabel has been buying more shares of publicly traded companies in Portugal, including shares in a bank and a cable TV company. Those stakes, combined with assets Isabel dos Santos owns in at least one bank in Angola, have pushed her net worth over the $1 billion mark. She is 40.
She was replaced by Isabel Dos Santos, the oldest daughter of Angolan President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos.
Isabel has been buying more shares of publicly traded companies in Portugal, including shares in a bank and a cable TV company. Those stakes, combined with assets Isabel dos Santos owns in at least one bank in Angola, have pushed her net worth over the $1 billion mark. She is 40.
EFCC locates James Ibori's abandoned house in Lekki
A spokesman man for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission said yesterday that the agency on Thursday January 24th located a mansion belonging to the jailed former governor of Delta State, James Ibori. The property was discovered at 5, Alpha Beach Road, Lekki in Lagos.
The property, which the agency described as a mansion, has a mini reception, boys quarters and a swimming pool.
The anti-graft agency has for years been looking for and seizing properties belonging to James Ibori who was jailed in the UK last April for money laundering.
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