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Thursday 31 March 2016
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffery Onyeama & US Secretary of State, John Kerry, hold joint press conference
"The United States strongly supports the efforts of institutions like Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to prosecute corruption cases. And we back the role of civil society and of the media in exposing corruption and in advocating for greater transparency. And we emphasize the message that the United States, in – that the United States, we don’t have a holier-than-thou attitude about this. Believe me, we don’t. We’ve had our own challenges with organized crime through some of our history, but we have fought back against it. And we have fought back against it with prosecutors who are above reproach, above the possibility of any kind of interference, and who go after it, and that has made all the difference in the world. You cannot have impunity in your culture – in anybody’s culture – and expect to be able to make progress. The truth is – and I’ve seen this as Secretary of State and it’s been an eye-opener for me – the numbers of countries in the world that are challenged today by corruption where it is stealing the future from young people, stealing the future from all citizens – what happened in Tunisia with a fruit vendor who set himself on fire was not the result of religious indoctrination. It was the result of an individual who rebelled against an individual act of corruption by a policeman and who said, “I’ve had enough.” So all of us need to heed the warning signs, and we emphasize that, as in the United States, the soliciting of a bribe at any level of government cannot be considered business as usual – it is a crime"he said
Michael Jordan and David Beckham top Forbes list of highest-paid retired athletes of 2015
See the Forbes top ten list of highest paid retired athletes after the cut...
1. Michael Jordan - $110 million earned in 2015
2. David Beckham - $65 million
3. Arnold Palmer - $40 million
4. Junior Bridgeman - $32 million
5. Jerry Richardson - $30 million
6. Jack Nicklaus - $26 million
7. Shaquille O'Neal - $22 million
8. Roger Penske - $20 million
9. Gary Player - $19 million
10.Magic Johnson - $18 million
Rivers rerun election: INEC releases 4 Federal constituency and 11 state constituency results
In a statement signed and issued by the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), for Rivers State, Aniedi Abasi Ikoiwak, the Commission released the results of four (4) Federal Constituencies and that of eleven (11) State Constituencies. See it after the cut..
FIFA bans Ivory Coast footballer Emmanuel Eboué for 1 year
This means won't be able to play football for 360 days effective from this morning until the fee is completely paid. The ban will be lifted once he pays up. Read FIFA's full statement after the cut.
''Emmanuel Eboué, who has represented Côte d’Ivoire and is currently registered for the English club Sunderland A.F.C., is to serve a ban on taking part in any football-related activity that will last for one year or until he pays the total outstanding amount owed to his former agent if this occurs before the one-year ban has elapsed.'' The origins of the case involve a decision passed by the single judge of the FIFA Players’ Status Committee in July 2013 regarding a contractual dispute according to which Mr Eboué was ordered to pay the players’ agent Mr Sébastien Boisseau an amount owed to him based on the representation agreement between the two parties.
The decision was taken on the basis of the FIFA Players’ Agents Regulations in force at the time (2008 edition). ''On 9 September 2014, the FIFA Disciplinary Committee decided to sanction Mr Eboué with a fine of CHF 30,000 for failing to comply with the decision of the single judge of the Players’ Status Committee on the basis of art. 64 of the FIFA Disciplinary Code. The player was also granted a final period of grace of 120 days to settle his debt, upon failure of which the creditor – Mr Boisseau – would be entitled to request that a one-year ban on taking part in any football-related activity be imposed on Mr Eboué.''
Mr Eboué appealed to CAS against the FIFA Disciplinary Committee’s decision, but the appeal was dismissed and the decision of the Disciplinary Committee confirmed in full. ''Following the expiry of the final deadline granted, Mr Boisseau requested that the one-year ban be imposed on Mr Eboué in accordance with the decision of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee. The relevant parties, including The Football Association which has been requested to implement said ban, have been informed accordingly.''
Wednesday 30 March 2016
Photos: Kim Kardashian and Kanye West spend $200k-plus on a new Mercedes Maybach
Kim K and husband Kanye West were seen driving away from popular customizers, Platinum Motorsport in a brand new all options Mercedes Benz Maybach. The couple was said to have paid cash for the luxury car. Standard base Mercedes Maybach costs about $200k but according to TMZ, this one had all the bells and whistles so it must have cost over $200k. More photos of the couple and their new machine after the cut..
Photos: Two women and some men caught with arms and ammunition hidden inside a coffin
The suspected robbers were intercepted on their way to Ondo from Lagos conveying the weapons under the guise of travelling for a burial.
One of the criminal was found in possession of a Bible pretending to be a Pastor.
More photos...
Source: Rariya
APC invades Ekiti with policemen from Abuja to arrest 11 lawmakers
Armed policemen from Abuja have now invaded Ekiti State to begin indiscriminate arrest of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leaders, top government officials and 11 members of the State House of Assembly under funny allegation of stockpiling arms during the June 21, 2014 governorship election.
The policemen were led by one CSP Mohammed Abubakar of the Force Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Abuja.
Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, who made this known in a statement issued on Tuesday, said the new plot was an aftermath of the failure of the Department of State Services (DSS) to achieve the plot of coercing the House of Assembly members to impeach the Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose.
The government said the indiscriminate arrest was to begin this night and that the policemen arrived Ado Ekiti, the State capital with Mr TKO Aluko and APC Chairman, Jide Awe today.
"We are aware of the arrival of policemen from Abuja to Ekiti State with the intention of arresting 11 members of the House of Assembly, two PDP leaders per local government and some other top officials of the government.
"Ridiculously, the offense for which the policemen are to embark on this indiscriminate arrest is owing to TKO Aluko malicious outburst that those listed for arrest stockpiled arms during the governorship election conducted in Ekiti close to two years ago.
"This plot is in furtherance of the APC plot to destabilize the government of Ekiti State just because of Governor Fayose's hard stance on President Mohammadu Buhari's APC government policies".
"The question is, what was the arms they claimed were stockpiled used for? Was anyone killed or attacked during the election?
"And why is the Police not arresting the APC Chairman, Jide Awe who is wanted for alleged murder and TKO Aluko, who was declared wanted by the court for perjury, and instead providing security cover for them?
"We therefore which to alert Nigerians on this new plot and state that Ekiti people will resist any attempt to use the Police to harass innocent citizens of the State.
"Democratically, we are entitled to our views on any issue in Nigeria and we won't succumb to intimidation and harassment from any agency of the Federal government."
APC cannot win any election in Rivers State - Governor Wike
This is even as the Senate Caucus of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, led by Minority Leader, Senator Godswill Akpabio insisted that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, must release the collated results of the March 19, 2016 rerun elections.
Speaking during a solidarity visit by the PDP Senate Caucus, Governor Wike said the Minister of Transportation lost his local government area and Federal Constituency, hence his desperation to influence the release of the results.
He said: "Any person who loves Mr President won't be causing unnecessary crisis for him. We have problem in the North East, problem in the South-East, so there is no need for another problem in the South-South .
"It is good that the elections were held so that Nigerians will know the truth about the polity. If elections are held 20 times, PDP will win".
The governor decried the role played by soldiers during the rerun elections. He said the military were directly involved in the elections at polling units and at the collation centres in direct violation of the Electoral Act.
He regretted the killing of the corps member, Samuel Okonta during the rerun elections, but stressed that investigation into the type of bullet that killed him must be made public. He confirmed that the state government will immortalise the late corps member.
Earlier, Senate Minority Leader and Leader of Senate PDP Caucus, Senator Godswill Akpabio said that the victory recorded by the PDP in Rivers State is: "A clear case of justice being done by God".
He called for tolerance in the political space to allow for the sustenance of the state's multiparty democracy.
Highpoint of the visit was the donation of N1million by the Senate to the family of Late Samuel Okonta through Governor Wike. Senator Godswill Akpabio prayed that Okonta's death would be the last during elections. He also commiserated with the government and people of the state over the death of PDP members during the rerun elections.
I won’t resign as Minister of state for Petroleum Resources – Kachikwu
"All those planning to come to Abuja for a protest should save their fuel. I am not going to resign. I have a lot of work to do."he said
California man arrested for killing Chinese herbalist, his wife and child
After the murders, Haobsh ran 170 miles from the murder was scene but was captured, arrested and has been jailed since his arrest at gunpoint Friday at a gas station in San Diego County.
County sheriff's deputies who went to check on the welfare of 57-year-old Dr. Weidong "Henry" Han on Wednesday found his body, the body of his 29-year-old wife, Huijie "Jenni" Yu, and the couple's 5-year-old daughter, Emily Han, in the family's multimillion-dollar home on the outskirts of Santa Barbara.
They had been shot in the head and their bodies had been found wrapped in plastic and duct-taped in the garage, authorities said.A loaded gun and property belonging to one of the victims was found inside the car Haobsh was driving during his arrest.
The two men were recently involved in a business deal but nobody knows why the family was really killed because Haobsh isn't been cooperative with the police and it's not known if he has a lawyer.
The killings shook Santa Barbara, where Han was a popular figure. He had owned and operated the Santa Barbara Herb Clinic since 1991, according to the clinic's website. Public records show he is a licensed acupuncturist.
A biography on his website says he earned degrees in Oriental and Western medicine from a Beijing university in 1982, graduating at the top of his class. He moved to the U.S. a few years later to study psychology.
Han came from a family of Chinese doctors and provided traditional treatments including acupuncture, acupressure and herbal formulas from an on-site Chinese pharmacy.
Source: AP
Nigerian family prays on the deck of a ship after being rescued at sea off libya shores (photo)
1500 Europe-bound African men, women and children were rescued in the last 48 hours off Libya shores by Libyan Coast Guard and MSF Sea. The illegal African migrant were stranded at sea on the verge of drowning as they were cruising on rubber boats towards Europe. Among those rescued by MSF Sea is this Nigerian couple and their children.
Reports say that illegal immigration is surging especially with the start of spring, which is very suitable for immigration by sea. There are currently at least 300 thousand migrants in Libya waiting for a chance to be smuggled by boat to Europe.
Photo credit: France-based photographer, C Stramba-Badiali
Ese Oruru's abductor, Yunusa Dahiru, still in prison.. no one has come forward to help him sign his bail bond
On March 21st, the court had ruled that Yunusa should be granted bail after he provides two sureties in like sum of N3 million each and that the sureties must be resident within the jurisdiction of the court while one must be a civil servant of not less that level 12 while the second must be a title holder. The court also ordered that the sureties must provide tax clearance for the past three years. Up until yesterday March 29th, no one had come forward to sign for him as sureties and he has also not been able to meet up with his N3 million bail condition.
He is said to have lost a lot of weight in the Okaka prison in Yenogoa where he is being remanded. Yunusa is standing trial for abducting 15 years old Ese Oruru from her parents home in Bayelsa and taking her to Kano state where he forcefully married her and converted her to a Muslim.
Buhari yet to sign 2016 Budget as Senate reportedly fails to send details of the Budget to him
According to Premium Times, the National Assembly members sent only the highlights of the budget to the presidency and kept the details in their custody.
The presidency had last week said Buhari will only sign the budget into law if he has scrutinized every detail in the budget.
The source added that President Buhari was anxious to give assent to the budget but that he was concerned that signing the budget without details may give approval to an un-implementable spending plan.
“The president has not been able to sign the Bill into law because he does not know what is contained in the details and what adjustments the National Assembly made to the proposal sent to them last December,” the source said.
The source added that the delay in transmitting the details could mean that the National Assembly either did not complete work on the budget, or were “playing politics” with the passage of the document.
The total of the 2016 budget is put at N6.07 trillion.
Nigerians forgive us, the god of soccer did not smile on us- NFF boss Amaju Pinnick
The draw for Russia 2018 World Cup will be conducted in June with the qualifying tournament to begin in October. Amaju says Nigerians should shift their focus to the World Cup qualification campaign.
“We are all disappointed we did qualify (for AFCON 2017),” said Pinnick to footballlive.ng “The god of soccer did not smile on us. I believe Nigerians should forgive us for us to move on. The focus now is to qualify for the 2018 World Cup. We will keep the Eagles busy during the FIFA friendly windows ahead of the World Cup qualifiers.”
Pres.of Nigerian Aircraft & Pilot Engineers escapes death after his car exploded before he got in (photos)
Balami who shared the news on his Facebook wall wrote;
"I lost My BMW X 6 V8 5.0 ltrs twin turbo to fire today (March25) but God save Me and My Driver. No body was hurt. The enemy wanted Me dead in this Car today but God took control. There was a one Hour delay in picking Me up after washing the car only for the car to explode without any sign On the dash board screen.I give God all the Glory for saving Me and My Driver. The police will start investigation as to what caused the explosion tomorrow". See photos of his burnt car after the cut...
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