Five Doctors Arraigned For Stealing Over ₦13m In Edo State.

The EFCC, on Wednesday, January 31, 2018 arraigned five former officials of the Nigeria Medical Association, NMA, Edo State Branch, on a 21-count charge of fraud, stealing, conspiracy to commit felony and false accounting before Justice Efe Ikponwonba of the Edo State High Court sitting in Benin City, Edo State.

The defendants are Dr. Emmanuel Ighodaro, Dr. Anthony Owolabi, Dr. Quincy Atoghengbe, Dr. Raymond Ogieva and Dr. Oseremen Gabriel Ogbebor.

Particulars of one of the counts read: “Dr. Emmanuel Ighodaro, Dr. Anthony Owolabi, Dr. Quincy Atoghengbe , Dr.Raymond Ogieva and Dr. Osaremen Gabriel Ogbebor, while acting in your capacities as officers of Nigeria Medical Association, Edo State Branch between 2013 and 2014 at Benin in Edo State within the jurisdiction of this court conspired to omit UBA Account No. 1010712142, a material particular in the Audit Report for the year, 1st August, 2013 – 31st July, 2014 of the Association and thereby committed an offence.”

When the charges were read to the defendants, they pleaded not guilty. Justice Ikponwonba granted each of the defendants bail in the sum of N1million and a surety in like sum.

Femi Fani-Kayode Has Heart Disease – Lawyer Tells Court.

The trial of former Aviation minister, Femi Fani-kayode, stalled on Wednesday after the defendant’s lawyer told the judge his client could not attend proceedings due to heart-related ailments.

Norris Quakers, Mr. Fani-Kayode’s lawyer, said the ex-minister was complaining of a heart-related pain and had been hospitalized for a heart disease. He said he would provide a medical report later today.

Mr. Fani-Kayode and Nenadi Usman, a former minister of state for finance, are facing a 17-count of money laundering amounting to N4.6 billion.

The adjournment prayer was not opposed by the prosecuting counsel for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Rotimi Oyedepo.

Nigerian Brothers Arrested With Drugs Shaped Like Sim Cards.

Thailand immigration police have arrested three Nigerians in Nonthaburi’s Muang along with 2,750 ecstasy pills, which carry a logo in a shape of cell phone SIM card, that reportedly were sent via a post from Belgium.

The suspects – Justin Chiedozie Uzukwu, 30, his elder brother Declan Kaodichi Uzukwu, 32, and Okwor Stephen Onyema, 35 – were arrested along with the ecstasy pills plus 8grams of cocaine and 8grams of marijuana at Justin’s rented house.

Police also seized a Nissan Sunny sedan, several passports, and a post package with traces of ecstasy pills sent from Belgium, Immigration Bureau chief Pol Lt-General Sutthipong Wongpin said.

The ecstasy pills were sent to the gang via post from Belgium and the gang reportedly distributed it to others at Bt500 per pill.

Justin Chiedozie Uzukwu was charged with possessing ecstasy pills with the intent to sell and overstaying his visa, while his brother was charged with overstaying his visa. Police have revoked the third man’s visa.

📸: Thaipbs

Fraudster Sets His Best Friend Up, After Duping Him Of Over ₦2m.

One Eruagah ThankGod has been arrested for allegedly duping his bosom friend, Vitalis Darlington, to the tune of N2.4m and setting him up at the computer village in Ikeja, Lagos.

According to Pmexpress, Darlington had informed ThankGod that he had raised enough money to travel abroad for greener pastures. The suspect promised to assist him to procure travel documents.

He however, procured fake travel documents and brought him to Lagos from Port Harcourt, Rivers State, having convinced him that he had already paid for the ticket for his trip.

The next day, he took Darlington to computer village to buy a phone as he would be traveling the next day. When they got to Computer Village, he bargained for a phone for N100,000 and told the seller that he wanted to withdraw money from a bank nearby and that Darlinton would wait behind at the store till he returned.

He then escaped to Ikotun to sell the phone. Luck, however, ran out on him after the buyer demanded for a receipt and he could not produce any. He later confessed after being handed over to the police.

Before then, Darlington had been rounded up at computer village and was about to be lynched, when the police who arrested ThankGod, called to confirm his confession. They promptly rushed down to Ikeja, to rescue him.

During further interrogation, ThankGod confessed that he procured fake papers and as such the victim cannot travel abroad with the documents. He was charged before Ejigbo Magistrates court for stealing the phone and for defrauding his friend.

The Presiding Magistrate, Mr. K.Y. Layeni, granted him bail in the sum of N300,000 with two sureties in like sum. He was remanded in prison custody pending when he will perfect his bail condition.

Church Asks Members To Postpone Valentine Celebrations As It Falls On Ash Wednesday.

Parishioners have been asked to postpone their Valentines’s Day celebration by the Catholic diocese of Birmingham in Alabama, US, because it falls on Ash Wednesday.

The parishioners were also given the option of celebrating Valentine’s a day prior on February 13. Robert J Baker, head of the Catholic diocese of Birmingham, made this known in a letter addressed to the church members.

In the letter, he stated the importance of Ash Wednesday and the reason why a dispensation from standard laws of fast and abstinence would not be granted.

He wrote: “For the first time since 1945, Valentine’s day falls this year on Ash Wednesday.

Some have wondered whether a dispensation from the standard laws of fast and abstinence would be granted. Out of respect for importance of Ash Wednesday in the lives of so many- including our non-Catholic brethren- and the way this underlines the importance of Lenten season at its outset, a dispensation will not be given.

Those who wish to celebrate Valentine’s day may fittingly do so the day before (Mardi Gras) or on another potential day. The good lord, who suffered so much out of love for us, will surely reward our fidelity and sacrifice.”

📸: AL

JUST IN: Major Car Crash On Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

An accident involving four trailers and a number of vehicles has occurred at the Kara bridge along Lagos Ibadan Expressway.

One of the trailers plunged into the river taking with it some people and motorcycle riders.

Efforts are being made to rescue them. Some casualties have been confirmed unfortunately.

More details to come soon.

Nigerian Student Kidnapped & Killed In Cyprus, Three Turkish Cypriots Arrested.

A 28-year-old Nigerian student, revealed as Kennedy Toomwabwa Dede was found lifeless at the Çanakkale Pond near Famagusta.

According to police investigation, he was assaulted by 8 people, yesterday, kidnapped from his car, taken to the Çanakkale Pond, seriously beaten and killed there.

Three Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus citizens, namely, OK (E-18), ZK (E-22) and B.Ç. (K-16), have been arrested in connection with the case.

The investigation is still ongoing.

Sen. Dino Melaye Attacks Customs Boss For Not Coming Personally From His Office, To Receive Him.

The feud between the Senate and Comptroller General of Nigeria Customs Service, Col. Hameed Ali (retd), resurfaced on Monday in Abuja.

According to TheNation, trouble started when the Senate Ad- hoc Committee on Economic Waste in Nigeria visited the Customs Headquarters in Abuja as part of its oversight functions

The drama was triggered by remarks made by Chairman of the Committee, Senator Dino Melaye, over the way the Senate delegation was received by the Customs high command.

Melaye said by protocol, the Customs chief was expected to come down from his office to welcome the committee members into the Custom premises. He said it was a breach of protocol for the Customs CG to casually meet the delegation at the conference room.

Melaye said the practice of ushering in the Senate delegation has been the practice with statutory bodies like Customs, Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Nigeria Prisons Service (NPS) and others over the years.

He wondered why such established etiquette which was the norm under previous Customs chiefs was not accorded the committee by Ali.

The Customs CG told the Senate delegation that the agency has its own protocol that is different from other public establishments.

Ali said: “We have our own protocol as regards receiving visitors like you. I don’t need to come downstairs to receive you just as nobody in the Senate or House of Representatives has ever come out to receive us anytime we visit the National Assembly.”

Nigerian Man Throws Lady Off Storey Building For Refusing His Sexual Advances.

A Nigerian man has been arrested for throwing his tenant down from a 3-storey building in Florence, Italy.

According to sources, one Daniel Chukwuka allegedly did this because the victim, Precious, refused to have sexual relations with him.

According to Precious, on that fateful day when she returned from work, her landlord, Chukwuka, came to her room and demand for sex with her, which she refused.

While attempting to rape her, he realised that she had her phone on record and this provoked him to beat her and then throw her from the building.

She survived, but is currently in a hospital in Florence Italy, with spinal cord issues and broken legs. Chukwuka has since been arrested and the case is in court.

Days After Mistakenly Sending Nudes To Church’s WhatsApp Group, Pastor’s Wife Attempts Suicide.

Osofo Maame, wife of a Ghanaian pastor who mistakenly sent her nudes to members of her church via WhatsApp, has reportedly attempted suicide out of embarrassment.

Sources say Maame, who has become a subject of public discussion, especially among members of the husband’s church, was reported to have tried drinking a liquid poisonous substance, but was stopped by her family members.

According to information gathered by mandynews.com, the woman in her mid-30s who is nursing a 6-month-old baby, intended to send the pictures to her husband who was on a trip outside the country only for it to be mistakenly sent to the church group.

Worse, the news source said the woman sent a message that reads “It’s all yours when you return.” Members of the church group who received the photos, videos and message were shocked and outraged.

In the two separate videos, 58 and 31 seconds respectively, she is seen facing the camera, kneeling, wiggling her waist and handling herself concurrently. That was after she was earlier captured in a bath showcasing her thighs.