Saturday, September 17, 2016

EFCC Wants To Steal My Money –Patience Jonathan

•Accuses anti-graft agency of using mercenaries to plead guilty in court
•Ex-First Lady may forfeit N6.3bn propery

Former First Lady, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, yesterday accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of using mercenaries in court to plead guilty on her behalf. She said the anti-graft agency was plotting to steal her “hard-earned” $15million (about N6.3billion)
She was reacting to the guilty as charged plea by four companies arraigned with a former aide to her husband, Waripamo Dudafa at a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos yesterday.

Governors Ask Buhari To Declare Nigeria’s Economic Recession National Emergency


The Nigeria Governors Forum, NGF, has called on the Federal Government to urgently national emergency on the current Nigeria’s economic recession.

The governors gave this charge in a three-point communiqué read by the Chairman of the Forum and Zamfara Governor, Abdulaziz Yari, in Abuja on Friday.

Dangote To FG: Sell NLNG, Beef Up Reserves, And See If We Won’t Be Out Of Recession By Dec

Aliko Dangote has prescribed ways through which Nigeria can get out of recession before the end of 2016.
In an interview with CNBC Africa, the billionaire said: “The only way for us to get out of this recession is to make sure we move into action quickly; action by diversifying the economy quickly.
Here are the details of Dangote’s prescription:

What You Need To Know When Directed By The Police To Write A Statement

If the police ask you to write a statement, which they normally do when they stop you on the road and take you to their station or when they invite you to their station, you should know how to write a good statement that will not implicate you.

First, whether you write a statement as a witness or as a suspect, you must understand that your statement is very likely going to be used against you either in court or for the purpose of blackmail by some officers (not all). Therefore, take your statement writing as a serious matter.

Unidentified woman snatches and runs with 13-month-old baby in Rivers .

Chinazamepkere Eke was snatched in Rumuokurusi in Obio/Akpor LGA of Rivers State, at about 8.30 am on Monday, by an unidentified woman in a commercial tricycle (Napep), who then disappeared to an unknown destination.

The abductor had ostensibly instructed the keke rider to get close to 6-year-old, Chinyere Agbai, who was carrying her younger sister, Chinaza, on her back, before snatching her.

Friday, September 16, 2016

FG releases fresh N350bn for capital projects captured in the budget, to stimulate the economy

The Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, said this today, while briefing journalists on intervention measures being taken by the government to reflate the economy which is currently in recession. She said that the release of the N350bn brings the total capital releases to N770bn.

Thursday, September 15, 2016

The Anglo-Zionist nemesis – a nihilist pact with the losing side of history ?

by Paul Matthews
It is in the Book of Proverbs (16:18) of the Hebrew Bible that we may find the locution : Pride comes before a fall. The following report chronicles and contextualizes events and chapters in the saga of a post WWII world under an improvident leadership of Uncle Sam and argues that there is always a good reason to hope even in a period of undiminished gloom. As the freak show of the US presidential election unfolds in the self-reflected glare of the mainstream press and TV, the signs are that partisans of the Zionist Power bloc have finally met their match in the ‘odd couple’ of Vladimir and Bashar.

China ups the game in the South China Sea

by Pepe Escobar for Sputnik News
Joint Sea-2016 started this Monday; that’s the fifth annual China-Russia naval drill, featuring stalwarts from both navies in action at the eastern waters of Zhanjiang, in Guangdong province, the HQ of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy Nanhai Fleet.

19-year-old girl commits suicide in Benue State, after her boyfriend left her for another girl

Jessica Beer, a student of Gyegeh Memorial College Logo1, Makurdi, Benue state, drank substance believed to be poison and was rushed to a clinic in Akpehe, before doctors confirmed her dead on arrival.


S.Africa bans anti-gay American preacher from visiting the country


Stephen Anderson, an American pastor who made headlines after controversially praising the Orlando attacks at a gay club in June has been banned from entering South Africa along with his associates.

Accident claims the life of corps member, few hours to the completion of her NYSC and 3 months to her wedding

Buhari, stop blaming Jonathan, we voted you to solve current problems - Bishop Kukah


The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Bishop Matthew Kukah, said this at a dinner organised by the Ondo State Government. He said, “We didn’t vote a government to complain about yesterday, if we wanted yesterday the new government would not be there.

WADA Let Serena, Venus Williams, Simone Biles Take Banned Substances

The World Anti-Doping Agency allowed US tennis players Serena and Venus Williams to take banned substances, while gymnast Simone Biles failed a doping test yet avoided disqualification, a hacking group revealed Tuesday.

Girl allegedly kills her ex's girlfriend, a day to her birthday, after plotting it on Twitter


19-year-old mother-of-one, Lee Kendra Childs, was shot and killed in Houston, Texas, yesterday, in a drive-by shooting at her apartment complex, a day before her birthday. Childs’ boyfriend’s ex-girlfriend, Taylor, is being accused of the murder. She had made threats on Twitter and few hours to the shooting, she prayed that everything should go well.

Wednesday, September 14, 2016

Okonjo-Iweala may not be guilty of fraud — Joda

According to Punchng, the Transition Committee Chairman, Ahmed Joda, said his panel did not find anything to believe a former Finance Minister, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, was guilty of graft. .

Joda said the EFCC might never find Okonjo-Iweala guilty of any wrongdoing, despite the various financial malfeasances that had been traced to the Jonathan administration.

Syrian ceasefire II – Why any cessation of hostilities in Syria is doomed to fail and what it would mean for the Syrian Army and its allies

By Aram Mirzaei
On 12 September a new nationwide ceasefire agreement was implemented in Syria, one brokered by the US and Russian Foreign Ministers after weeks of crunch talks. There had been several attempts to reach a deal in the previous weeks, but finally last Friday when foreign ministers Kerry and Lavrov announced their agreement, the world was lit with hope for some reason. Perhaps this time people believed the US would be genuine and able to control their multiple proxies operating in the country.

Israel in Ukraine is entirely out of control Uman August 2016 Video, by Scott Humor

The Israelis use their tactic of taking over the occupied territories in Ukraine. Whatever crimes they conduct in Palestine, they do the same in  Ukraine: war on the local population, ethnic cleansing, takeover of the state power, lands, territories, banks, businesses and buildings.
Previously, we met these dirty characters here
and prior to Euro-Maidan here

Syrian air defense forces shot down an Israeli warplane and an Israeli drone SITREP, by Scott

Quneitra, SANA – The General Command of the Army and the Armed Forces announced on Tuesday that the Israeli enemy’s air force attacked a Syrian military position in the countryside of the southern Quneitra province at 1 am on September 13, 2016.

Monday, September 12, 2016

Suspected kidnapper of two siblings, strips naked in cell, police search for her relatives

A yet-to-be-named suspect in the custody of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Yaba, Lagos State, has been taken to the Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Yaba, to determine her state of mental health, Punchng reports.

Patience Jonathan’s cash: Houseboy, driver’s names used to open $15m accounts -

According to the news outlet, EFCC has arrested 4 domestic servants, including a driver and a houseboy, whose names were used to open bank accounts for Mrs Dame Patience Jonathan. The companies’ accounts were opened at Skye Bank.

The companies are Pluto Property and Investment Company Ltd, Seagate Property Development and Investment Company Ltd, Trans Ocean Property and Investment Company Ltd and Globus Integrated Service Ltd.

Fayemi Completed Only Three Projects In Ekiti State – Fayose


Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose, has explained that his controversial nature was the only secret behind his success in the state.   Fayose, in a statement on Saturday on the 20th anniversary of the creation of the state, said his predecessor; Kayode Fayemi only completed three projects while in office.

We’re Not Criminals, Militants Tell Military


The Co-ordinator of the Niger Delta People Volunteer Front (NDPVF), Mr Asu Simeon Mbi, popularly known as General Simba, has told the Nigerian military to stop tagging them as criminals and economic saboteurs.

General Simba said that using derogatory words to describe them was provocative.

Nigerian Troops neutralize female suicide bomber


In a statement, Col. Usman, the Acting Director Army Public Relations, said: "On Sunday 11th September 2016, evening, a suspected female suicide bomber was seen approaching troops check point located at Kara Cattle market axis, Dikwa, Borno State.

She was challenged from afar by the vigilant duty sentry, she refused to stop claiming to be coming from Monguno to see her parents in Dikwa. Troops sensing the direction of approach was suspicious and abnormal, fired a shot at her.

Sunday, September 11, 2016

Herdsman sustains gunshot wounds, three others missing in Enugu reprisal attack -


The attack was reportedly carried out on a Fulani cattle rearers’ settlement in Aku, in Igbo-Etiti LGA of Enugu State, by youths of Aku community.

It was gathered that the relationship between members of the community and the herdsmen had been tense for a long time due to misgivings on the part of the villagers over the destruction of their crops by cows.

The New Situation starting with September 11th, 2016 by Scott Humor

The secret Syrian peace agreement just signed by the Russia and the legitimate government of the US leaves many guessing.
The first knee-jerk reaction coming from the different power players in the EU and US demonstrate an acute bewilderment. In terms of the certain groups inside the Pentagon, something like a military mêlée against their own Commander-In-Chief is being observed.