Kevin Abosi Updates

Tuesday, 5 January 2016

EFCC to quiz Metuh over N1.4b in firm’s account

PDP spokesman denies role in $2.1b arms contracts

Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) detectives probing the $2.1 billion arms contracts have traced N1.4billion to the account of a company allegedly linked with Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) spokesman Olisa Metuh.

There were indications yesterday that the account of the company, Destra Investment Limited, may be frozen when the ongoing probe gets to a “convenient bend”.

Inside Nigeria’s booming stolen phones trade

When Gbolahan Oke, the Managing Director of a prominent construction company in Opebi, Lagos, bought his brand new BlackBerry Passport in October, the thought of keeping it out of the reach of his employees never crossed his mind.

It was not until one morning, three weeks ago, that he realised that he should have taken greater care. Oke stepped out of his office briefly and returned to find his N130,000 ($650) smartphone gone.

The culprit was his 35-year-old office janitor with over five years under the employ of Oke. Only after the invitation of policemen did she own up to the theft. The janitor, whose identity Oke wished to keep private, confessed that she sold the phone for N25,000 ($125) at Computer Village, Nigeria’s busiest commercial hub for information technology.

A 40-year-old man, Friday Anyim, who killed his father’s wife in Enugu, has blamed the act on hemp, which he smoked regularly.

The incident occurred on December 27 in Umuenem Ezinesi Oduma, a community in the Aninri Local Government Area of Enugu State.

Nigeria’s answer to Stevie Wonder, Cobhams Asuquo, speaks with JANE KOLADE about his love of music, craftsmanship, and achieving worldwide success in spite of being blind. Excerpts:

YOU are Nigeria’s number one music producer, and not just that but also immensely in demand outside these shores, how do you manage that?

You know that is not quite true; there are people who will argue that claim.

You actually write songs for international musicians.

That bit would be true.

Banks’ revenues will drop by about N100 bilion this year, with the implementation of the zero Commission On Transactions (COT) policy.

It is the last phase of the “Guide to Bank Charges” policy initiated by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

A former Executive Director of Keystone Bank, Richard Obire, explained that of the annual N550 billion average revenue for the 21 banks, about N100 billion is raked from COT.

Whether it’s a date or a job interview, the small stuff matters from the firmness of your handshake to how often you check your phone.Businessinsider.com explores the latest scientific research, and highlighted some of the most common behaviours people use to judge you.

Your handshake

I Didn’t Bleach My Skin But Here Is What Happened- Frederick Leonard

Nollywood actor, Frederick Leonard has said he never toned nor bleached his skin, but life only got better and he changed his moisturizer. According to Frederick, there comes a time in a man’s life that he has to hustle, and when things get better, he will relax and everything changes about him including his skin. i.e, he won’t need to stay longer in the sun like he used too. His exact words to Punch;

ISIS terrorists killed a teenage boy for being 'gay' - but the man who raped him was just demoted and sent to the front lines.
The 15-year-old boy was arrested by ISIS militants on charges of homosexuality and he was thrown from the top of a building in central Deir ez-Zor, Syria. A local media activist who witnessed the killing told Syrian news agency ARA .

Robbers meet empty vault, nabbed, say we’re now looking for money to pay those hired from Lagos

Four suspected armed robbers who were alleged to be members of a gang who broke into a branch of an old generation bank in Ilututu area of Ondo State, on Christmas eve, have said that they were shocked when they opened the bank’s vault and discovered that it was empty.

Killed: Nimr al-Nimr was executed for alleged crimes of terror

Saudi Arabia has executed 47 people in just one day including a prominent Shi'ite Muslim cleric it accused of terrorism.

The Middle Eastern country put the people to death this morning after accusing all of them of taking part in terrorist activities.

The Appeal Court judgment that handed over victory to Dr. Alex Otti of All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) Thursday remains, as it ought to, the main issue of discussion in Abia State, three days after. From Umuahia, the state capital, to the remotest areas, Abians have not stopped reveling in the APGA victory.

Since the news of the judgment broke Abians and supporters of APGA have been celebrating – drinking and making wild merriment. Many, in such abandonment, have become “Father Christmas”, offering total strangers free dinks in beer parlours.

Nasiru Oki

As the Police Service Commission promotes 15 officers serving in the Bayelsa State Police Command, the Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr. Nasiru Oki, has said kidnapping remains the main challenge of the force in the state.

He, therefore, challenged officers and men of the command to double up their efforts to fight kidnapping to a standstill.

The General Overseer, The Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has revealed his prophecies for 2016, which include the emergence of a new sexually transmitted disease and the aversion of a major war.

Adeboye made 11 revelations, which according to The Cable, were contained in a newsletter by Liveway Radio.

The Theater Command of Operation Lafiya Dole of the Nigerian Army on Friday alerted Borno residents on a planned attack by Boko Haram terrorists using beggars and other strategies.

Col. Mustapha Anka, the Media Coordinator of the Theater, made this known in a statement in Maiduguri.

Anka said “the attention of the Operation Lafiya Dole has been drawn to a terrorists’ intention to use beggars to cause mayhem in the state.

The Bishop of Orlu Catholic Diocese, Most Rev. Augustine Ukwuoma on Friday unveiled the African tallest statue of Jesus Christ weighing 8.5 metres (28 ft) at St. Aloysius Catholic Parish, Abajah, Imo.

The statue made of marble is bigger than the 20 metres (66 foot) Ramesses ii Abusimbel statue in Egypt.

Ukwuoma Performed the ceremony shortly after a mass attended by the Bishop Emeritus of Orlu Diocese, Most Rev. Gregory Ochiagha, and more than 100 priests at St. Aloysius Parish Abajah compound on Friday.

Olu Of Warri Reconfirms Ayiri Emami As the Akulagba Of Warri.

The newly crowned Olu of Warri Has reconfirmed the title of the Akulagba of Warri on Chief Ayiri Emami.

The reconfirmation is a process that all Chiefs under the Olu must go through to legitimize their title as a symbol of a new era.

An ISIS rape survivor has revealed the terrible fate she suffered at the hands of the ruthless terrorist organization. Nadia Murad Basee Taha, 21, from the Northern Iraqi town of Sinjar was captured in her home and sold as a sex slave to ISIS militants who considered her as an infidel and did whatever they wished with her body. Speaking at Cairo University in Egypt, she told students:

Jose Mourinho is currently in Brazil following his dismissal from Chelsea, and one club in the country is trying to poach the former Chelsea coach. Ibis Sport Club, known as the ‘worst team in the world’ after they set a world record back in the 1980s for the most number of matches (55) without a win, have now offered the former Chelsea who was earning £10million per year at Chelsea, a 2-year contract which includes a monthly payment of a food hamper, bonuses for each game lost, a wage increase every time the team is thrashed.

By funnily enough, if Ibis wins the league, Mourinho would automatically be sacked. Ibis Sport Club made their offer to Mourinho on South America’s equivalent of April’s Fools Day. See the contract below...

Knyan socialite and model, Vera Sidika practically left nothing to the imagination in a super racy green thong she shared on Instagram. Her tips to ladies is even racier.

By RITA OKOYE

2015 will go down as an eventful year for the Nigerian movie industry better known as Nollywood. The year has recorded some good, bad and ugly moments. As the year’s curtains draw to a close, we bring you the major events, people and social media tantrum that shook the motion picture industry. Let’s start with the ugly side:

THE UGLY

In this piece, ENIOLA AKINKUOTU examines the sufferings of Nigerians in South Africa and the failure of the Nigerian government to address their situation

Thirty-five-year old Lucky Ndudi is one of many Nigerians that migrated to South Africa for greener pasture. The Delta State indigene, who became a mechanic in Jeppes, a town near Johannesburg, married and has three children.

The President, Christian Association of Nigeria, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, has congratulated Nigerians on the occasion of the New Year celebration, noting that “the true Nigerian spirit was tested in the course of the year (2015) and the rest is now history.”

If your resolution is to take better care of yourself in 2016, the Centre for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention has some tips for you, writes OYEYEMI GBENGA-MUSTAPHA.

You can make 2016 your healthiest year. Here are some ways to boost your health and well-being, and be an inspiration. The first steps, according to the Centre for Disease Control (CDC), is to learn how you can live a safer and healthier life.

Why Okezie Ikpeazu Lost Abia Governorship At Appeal Court

The Court of Appeal, sitting in Owerri, has removed Okezie Ikpeazu of the Peoples Democratic Party as governor of Abia State.

The court also declared Alex Otti of the All Progressives Grand Alliance the winner of the April 11 and April 25 supplementary elections in the state.

Delivering judgment in an appeal filed by Mr. Otti, the five-member panel, headed by Justice Oyebisi Omoleye, said the APGA candidate scored 164, 444 valid votes to defeat Mr. Ikpeazu who scored 114, 444 votes.

The Court of Appeal sitting in Owerri , the Imo State capital has nullified the judgment of the Abia State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal, which was in favour of Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia

The Appellate Court therefore declared Alex Otti of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) as the governor of the state.

Bill Cosby is defending a case brought by a female accuser that could be even more serious than the criminal case that was just filed ... but we've learned Cosby and the woman may be close to a secret settlement.
Chloe Goins has sued Cosby for sexual assault, claiming he drugged and sexually abused her at the Playboy Mansion in 2008. Goins filed suit October 6th ... but something curious has happened, or should we say, hasn't happened.

A nanny-cam planted by a suspicious Brooklyn couple twice captured a baby-sitter roughing up their helpless 6-month-old daughter.

Elena Bass, 36, of Staten Island, was charged with assault and acting in a manner injurious to a child Wednesday for the twin incidents just prior to Christmas.

Depression affects millions of people out there, particularly women. Scientists have already associated it with a wide range of factors that contribute to its development, but the new study could change the way we perceive depression and its causes. According to this study, depression is more common in daughter, but not in sons, of older mothers. Keep reading this article to find out why daughters of older mothers have increased risk of depression.

For months, a 69-year-old Indiana woman urinated in a bucket so that she could throw the waste on the home of a next-door neighbor whom she disliked, police report.

Jackie VanTyle was charged Monday with a pair of misdemeanor criminal mischief counts for the alleged urine attack on the property in Lynn, a town about 80 miles east of Indianapolis.

According to court records, victim Joseph Basler contacted police two months ago to report suspicions that VanTyle had been dousing his home’s exterior with urine.

Who knew it will actually take 26 hours for the entire world to enter the year 2016?

Well, that’s what happens and there are actually 40 different local times, according to timeanddate.com.

Here’s the list in full.

Straight in at number one on the Chinese government's banned songs chart is IN3, a trio of brash, tattooed rappers who mix the earthy language of Beijing's streets with classic hip hop beats. And number two. And three. And so on, down to number 17.

They have played packed houses in Beijing for a decade, but all three were detained after China's culture ministry published the list of 120 songs barred from the Internet for "trumpeting obscenity, violence, crime and harming social morality".

A woman stopped her husband of 20 years from secretly marrying another woman,when she stormed the wedding .

Ndodana Chifamba, 42, and his bride, known only as Phindile, were preparing to exchange vows at their wedding in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, when the pastor asked if anyone objected to their marriage.
She got to her feet and announced she was married to the groom. Josephine Mhlanga, 46, then declared she had two children with her husband of 20 years - and had only found about his secret wedding that day, the Chronicle news reports ..

Contractors protesting at the NDDC headquarters in Port Harcourt... on Tuesday
A group of contractors on Tuesday staged a peaceful protest at the corporate headquarters of the Niger Delta Development Commission in Port Harcourt, calling on the management of the commission to pay them without delay

The protesters, who are contractors handling NDDC projects across the nine states of the Niger Delta region, said they were aggrieved at the non-payment of their money by the commission.

• Air Force cadets – Abdullahi Fahad(left) and Peter Solomon – after they were apprehended by the convoy of Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, for locking an artisan, Dahiru Lawal, in a boot at Mile 12, Lagos ... on Wednesday. Photo: Lagos State Government House
The Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, on Wednesday arrested two Nigerian Air Force cadets in the Mile 12 area of the state.

The cadets were nabbed while dehumanising an artisan, Dahiru Lawal, for allegedly breaking the windscreen of a Chrysler Stratus car with number plate, KRD 267 DV.

Rumors went viral that monstrously famous but controversial high-life crooner Chinedu Okoli A.k.a Flavor Nabania was married to his Original Baby Mama Sandra Okagbue whose claim to fame is being an Ex beauty queen.

Former Aviation Minister Femi Fani-Kayode claimed yesterday that former President Goodluck Jonathan administration did not divert money meant for arms purchase.

The former Director of Media and Publicity insisted that the last administration purchased arms and fought Boko Haram insurgents to a standstill, except not infiltrating the Sambisa forest.

More Than 100 Journalists Killed In 2015, Most In 'Peaceful' Countries

A total of 110 journalists were killed in connection with their work or for unclear reasons in 2015, according to the round-up published today by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), which is in a position to say that 67 of them were targeted because of their work or were killed while reporting.

Lol. Things we see every day. A priest in the Philippines has been suspended by the church after video shared on social media showed him gliding on a hoverboard while preaching during mass.

The video which has racked up millions of views, showed Father Albert San Jose from the Philippines Diocese of San Pablo gliding on a hoverboard during a Christmas Eve mass at the Lady of Miraculous Medal church in Biñan town.

An arrest warrant has been issued for Bill Cosby for allegedly drugging and sexually assaulting Andrea Constand at his mansion in Pennsylvania.
The Cosby Show actor has been accused of the incident which allegedly took place at his Elkins Park home in January 2004.

A Zimbabwean pastor arrested for holding a placard telling President Robert Mugabe that "the people are suffering" and referring him to the Bible, has been in prison for two weeks because he can't raise the $500 bail fee, rights lawyers said on Tuesday.

Patrick Mugadza, 45, was arrested in Victoria Falls during the ruling Zanu-PF party's annual conference in the resort town in early December.

Abductors of former President Goodluck Jonathan’s cousin and Bayelsa Commissioner for Local Government, Madam Serefina Otazi have allegedly reduced their ransom from N100 million to N40 million according to family sources.

The Federal Government says most of the female suicide bombers being used by Boko Haram do not know that they are carrying bombs.

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said this on Tuesday while reacting to the spate of bombings being perpetrated by teenage girls in recent times. He had paid a courtesy visit to the Punch's corporate headquarters in Magboro, Ogun State.

Music star, 9ice, has debunked claims that he returned to music because he failed in politics.

9ice who ran for a House of Reps seat in Oyo state but lost during the APC primary, told Punch that although he did not win the election, the experience has taught him a lot.

An Istanbul court has ordered the Turkish Football Federation (TFF) to pay compensation for sacking a referee on the grounds of his homosexuality.

The TFF was fined 23,000 lira ($7,900; £5,300) for dismissing Halil Ibrahim Dincdag, 38, in 2009.

Residents of Big Daddy Street in the Atinplome, Bagadry area of Lagos State on Tuesday stormed an uncompleted building in the area, which they suspected to be a ritual killer’s den, after a female victim raised the alarm.

PUNCH Metro learnt that at about 12am, while a carnival went on in the area, a woman in her late 20s, whose name had yet to be known, had run into the party with her throat partly cut, while blood was streaming out of her body.

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