EFCC Discovers Another Ibori Mansion In Lagos

Posted by:  usman on January 26, 2013 in Nigerian News Leave a comment

LAGOS MANSION BELONGING TO A FORMER GOVERNOR OF DELTA STATE, CHIEF JAMES IBORI, AFTER IT WAS SEALED OFF BY THE ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIMES COMMISSION

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has identified another property of the former Delta State Governor, James Ibori, located at No 5, Alpha Beach Road , Lekki, Lagos. The mansion is suspected to be one of the proceeds of money laundering for which the ex-governor was convicted in the United Kingdom.In a statement by its spokesman, Mr. Wilson Uwujiaren, the anti-graft agency said that the property was discovered on Thursday at No. 5, Alpha Beach Road, Lekki in Lagos by its operatives.

The EFCC said the property “is suspected to be one of the proceeds of money laundering for which the ex-governor was convicted in the UK.

“The attachment of the property is the fallout of continued efforts by the anti- graft agency to trace, find and seize properties that were acquired with stolen funds by the former governor.

“The property is a mansion with a mini reception at the ground floor and a detached ‘Boys Quarters’.

“Two occupants of the house, Moses Abu and Kaycee Kasim, were interrogated and made useful statements.”

According to pictures released by the commission, the house also has a swimming pool.

Items recovered from the house include sewing machines, mannequins and other personal effects.

They were all packed in cartons and sealed by EFCC operatives before being moved to its office in Lagos.

Information Nigeria recalls that James Ibori was convicted on April 18, 2012 by a United Kingdom crown court and sentenced to a 13-year jail term for corruption and money laundering

The Untold Story Of How Don Jazzy Gave Life To A Young Man’s Dream

Posted by:  usman on January 25, 2013 in Entertainment Leave a comment

DON JAZZY & TOC

This is a true life story of how Michael Collins Ajereh, better known as Donjazzy, changed the life of a young man, Tochy K Jnr Oyeoku also known as TOC. The story is told by TOC himself and testifies to the benevolent spirit of the media-shy Mavin CEO.First of all; Introduction, na me be TOC. am an upcoming singer student in Bells University lol. When I left my house for EME album launch party at club deuces couple of months back, I didn’t know I was going to meet my break through. We spoke for a bit and he asked me to give him a call so we can continue our discussion some other time. His private number was like a huge asset for me, I crammed it immediately and saved it on my two phones, I kept on calling and sending text messages, so sad no one was picking, no text was replied either. At a stage I lost all hope and continued my Under G striving.

One blessed day I was about to doze off when my phone started vibrating. I almost ignored the call to get back to whoever when I wake up, looking on my phone screen I saw “don jazzy” you needed to have seen how I sat up at once, the sleep flew away like a bird that escaped from her cage. I booked an appointment and came over to his house.

What a wonderful mansion? I said as I stepped into his compound. He asked me to play my works, afterwards he complained I sound like Wizkid and Dammykrane which isn’t far from what D prince, Dr. Sid and Wande are doing. I pleaded to him to give me just 30 seconds to freestyle there and then in his studio, I guess he saw the zeal and desperateness in me.

“T.O.C am going to give you an amount of money to work with big producers in the industry like Sarz, Samklef and J-Sleek,” he said, for the past 5 years I haven’t been that happy. I didn’t know how exactly to start expressing my feelings, should I kneel down? or lie down?. The joy was just too overwhelming I kept on saying thank you sir! I quickly dropped my account number for him. The next morning. I received an alert from Mavin Records! (don’t worry about the amount ;) What more can I say? Don jazzy is a blessing man am forever grateful boss!

Now I have songs produced by Sarz, Samklef, and some other bad a*s producers, one of them is due to drop tomorrow produced by samklef.

CAN Crisis Deepens As Catholics Are Accused Of Ignorance

Posted by:  usman on January 24, 2013 in Nigerian News 13 Comments

AYO ORITSEJAFOR, CAN PRESIDENT

The crisis within the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) deepened yesterday as the Public Relations Officer of CAN in the 19 Northern States and Abuja, Mr. Sunny Oibe, accused Catholics of arrogance and blamed the Catholic’s action on the loss of the Presidency of CAN to Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor. Information Nigeria reports that the Administrator of the Catholic Diocese of Abeokuta, Monsignor Christopher Ajala, on Tuesday, alleged that CAN had become an arm of government.In his reaction to the development, Oibe said, “There are some certain elements in the leadership of CAN led by Cardinal John Onaiyekan because he lost CAN Presidency to Oritsejafor who has a lot of achievements.

“There is no need for anybody to lose sleep over the threat by Catholics to pull out of CAN because without them CAN will still continue. The constitution of CAN makes provision that membership can be terminated by any group that is misbehaving or any group can also terminate their membership.

“Why is it that when Catholics were in the leadership of CAN, every bloc supported them, but now because power has changed hands, they are threatening to pull out and causing confusion?

“They have been agitating that the Presidency of CAN must come from the South. They are appendage of PDP and PDP themselves. They are known for double standards. A man of God should not be double speaking.”

Oibe who is also the spokesperson for the President of Tarayar Ekklisiyar Kristi A Nijeriya, a conglomeration of 13 church groups in CAN, added that Catholics should not mislead the public even if they want to pull out.

He said, “The Catholics are claiming that the current CAN leadership has deviated from the vision of the founding fathers when they don’t even know how CAN came about.”

Pastor Arrested And Charged Over 492 Fake Marriages

Posted by: usman on January 25, 2013 in Lifestyle Leave a comment

A vicar has been charged with presiding over 492 fake marriages in 16 months – equivalent to one a day.

Reverend Nathan Ntege was arrested in June last year following an investigation into sham marriages by the UK Border Agency.

The 53-year-old is accused of conducting a string of fake marriages at the St Jude’s with St Aidan Church in Thornton Heath, south London, between December 2009 and March 2011.

Ntege has been charged with 14 immigration offences, including one offence of conspiracy to facilitate unlawful immigration and 13 charges of assisting illegal entry in relation to 492 marriages held at his church.

It is believed the border agency’s Criminal and Financial Investigation Unit started investigating after a tip off about the vast number of marriages conducted at the church.

Ntege, who is originally from Uganda but lives in Croydon, appeared at Croydon Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday along with his 79-year-old verger, Brian Miller, of Selsdon, south London, who faces the same charges.

The pair spoke only to confirm their names and were bailed ahead of a hearing at Croydon Crown Court on Friday.

Gilena Petkova, 50, has also been charged in relation to the alleged offences.

She is accused of being a ‘fixer’ for fake weddings and was allegedly married in a sham service.

Petkova has been charged with conspiracy and five charges of assisting illegal entry and is due to appear at Camberwell Green JPs on February 7.

Claire Holder, a lawyer for the Crown Prosecution Service, said last week there was ‘sufficient evidence and it is in the public interest’ to prosecute the three.

Ntege was bailed on condition that he does not attend St Jude’s, officiate at a religious building or service and or apply for travel documents.

He was suspended by the Diocese of Southwark when he was arrested last year, pending the outcome of the case.

In 2010 Reverend Alex Brown was jailed for conducting 360 fake weddings in Hastings in a case the CPS described as the ‘biggest sham marriage case it had seen’.

Auchi Poly Expels 74 Over Examination Malpractice

Posted by: usman on January 23, 2013 in Education Leave a comment

No less than seventy four students of Auchi Polytechnic, Edo State, have been expelled by the institution over examination malpractices.

The institution’s spokesperson, Mr Mustapha Oshiobugie, disclosed this in an interview in Auchi on Wednesday.

He said the affected students were allegedly involved in various examination misconducts during the 2011/2012 academic session.

Oshiobugie said the expelled students cut across all departments of the polytechnic.

In a related development, four Higher National Diploma (HND) II students had during the session been expelled over results falsification.

He reiterated the readiness of the institution to stamp out all forms of examination malpractices.

“That is why the management deemed it fit to deal with any erring students caught in any act of malpractice.”

Oshiobugie said the exercise was ongoing, adding that the management was also concerned about stamping out certificate forgery.

“This exercise is not only a one-stop thing; that is why we always ensure students are adequately prepared for their examinations and in return we expect that they conduct themselves by not engaging in examination malpractice.

“We are also looking out for those who used forged certificates to gain admission into the institution. We will continue to carry out certificate verification and as we have always done, anyone caught will be shown the way out and probably be prosecuted for forgery.” (NAN)

May D Welcomes A “Sure Baby Boy”

Posted by: usman on January 25, 2013 in Entertainment Leave a comment

It’s a boy! May D’s longtime girlfriend, Debola was delivered of a bouncing baby boy yesterday.
The lovers’ relationship has been an on/off thing, but now that a new born is involved, I guess Debola has finally gotten a permanent stay…well, not necessarily, but we hope so.
Debola has never hidden his undying love for the ‘ile-ijo’ crooner. Remember the beautiful lady that tattooed May D’s name on her arm and back? Yeah! That’s Debola.

May D announced his baby’s birth on twitter yesterday; “I just had a sure baby boi”
Congratulatory messages are all over May D’s twitter TL now, you may want to go read them…
“@PeterPsquare: A big congrats 2 @MisterMayD on d birth of ur son.. Welcome 2 fatherhood homie.”

Jonathan Not To Blame For Police College Decay – Obi

Posted by: usman on January 26, 2013 in Nigerian News Leave a comment

Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi, on Friday, absolved President Goodluck Jonathan of the blame for the rot in the Police College, Ikeja, Lagos.

He, however, said the administration was working hard to solve the problem and others facing security agencies in the country.

Obi spoke with State House correspondents at the end of a meeting of the Police Fund Committee chaired by Vice-President Namadi Sambo.

He said the current administration was committed to changing the fortunes of all security agencies in the country, especially the police.

“We are looking at the overall picture, not just the rot here or rot there. The rot (in Police College, Ikeja) was not brought about by this administration but we are striving to solve it and we can’t solve it without funding.

“We can’t provide adequate security without funding. We will come up with something that will make meaning to Nigerians,” he said.