Nigeria’s Very own John Mikel Obi of Chelsea FC has been ranked the 5th Highest Paid Footballer earning a staggering £75,000 (₦22,660,020) per week placing him just above Demba Cissé of Senegal who earns £70,000 (₦21,149,352) on a weekly basis.
This was revealed by UK based website, Thekingmaker.me in its ratings of 200 best paid footballers in the world today.
10. Alex Song (Cameroon)
Team: West Ham United F.C. (UK) Salary: £50,000.00 (₦15,106,680) per week
9. Seydou Keita (Mali)
Team: A.S. Roma (Italy) Salary: £55,000.00 (₦16,617,348.66) per week
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Peoples Democratic Party of Nigeria, PDP, has appealed to Nigerians to forgive the party for its inadequacies during it’s 16 year rule. The party also said that fielding former President Goodluck Jonathan as the PDP candidate for the 2015 Presidential election was an error.
Speaking at a news conference in preparation of the PDP national conference, the Chairman, National Planning Committee of the conference, Dr. Raymond Dokpesi, said asked Nigerians “to forgive and forget.”
He said:
We tender unreserved apology to Nigerians for the mistakes and to party members for abandoning the zoning principle of the party.We apologise to people whose toes were stepped upon.So far, whatever the PDP has done against anyone, we hereby tender an unreserved apology,”
“We are aware that there were errors we made. We admit that we made mistakes and we have not met the expectation of Nigerians and we tendered unreserved apologies for these mistakes.
“You must have seen the Ike Ekweremadu report on why we are apologising. There was no internal democracy. There was impunity within the party and there was no level-playing ground for members of the party.
“Zoning principles of the party were abandoned and gamuts of all other issues, which will come out during the conference and for all these and the people who have been offended; for people whose toes were stepped upon, we also tendered an unreserved apology.
“These are the reasons why we are begging and apologising. We want to assure every founding member of the party that we deviated from their visions. That is why we are going to have all our founding fathers, like Adamu Ciroma, Dr. Alex Ekwueme and other members of the G.34, to come and talk to us at the conference.
“For every and any mistake we have made, I therefore say, we tender our unreserved apologies.”
When asked if the mistake of the party included the fielding of the former President,Dr. Goodluck Jonathan as its presidential candidate in 2015 poll, he said:
“The party in 2010 and 2011 made the first round of mistake of not allowing the North to complete its term.
“That was when the party gave a special favour to the then President (Jonathan), who came to compete the term of Yar’Adua, to be allowed to finish just a term.
“The same small leaders of the party came forward in 2015 and refused to allow the North to field the party’s presidential candidate. They manipulated the party to do the same.”
“Make no mistake, the PDP is aware that there were errors made along the way. We admit that at certain times in our past, mistakes have been made: we did not meet the expectations of Nigerians.
“But the past is exactly what it is. While we should not forget the past and its errors, we must look forward and begin to show true leadership within and outside our party.”
He said the forthcoming conference would be used to reinvigorate, re-engineer and restructure the party, which he said, would be handed over to the youth.
A five-year-old girl has accused five of her father’s colleagues of rape. The victim, it was learnt, was allegedly raped alongside her three-year-old sister.
According to PUNCH Metro, the victims and their father, Ayodele Ekundayo, who is a driver at a cement factory, lived in the same compound with the suspects who all work in the same company.
It was learnt that the company, which is located in the Fagba area of Lagos State, provided accommodation for its employees. It was learnt that the suspects – John Mahansi, Taiye Ojo, aka Ejima, Deji Adenekan, aka Orobo and Peter Irobo, aka Apako, are between the ages of 24 and 33.
Speaking at the Lagos headquarters of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, the father of the victims said he was disappointed when he found out that his colleagues raped his daughters.He said since he had no wife, he usually left the little girls in the care of his colleagues.
Ekundayo said he discovered the alleged rape when his daughters started complaining about pains in their private parts. He said:
“Five days ago (on Thursday), my younger daughter ran to me and was shouting ‘pepper, pepper’ pointing to her private parts. She took off her pants and cried when I did not answer her. When I asked her who put pepper in it, she said it was Apako.
“I called her elder sister and she confessed to me and narrated all that happened. She said they (the suspects) threatened to kill them if they told me what was going on.
“Others did not talk when I approached them but Apako was shouting and threatening me when I challenged him. I am surprised they could do such a thing to my daughters. Those children are precious to me.
“At times, I take them with me to where we offload bags of cement when there is nobody to look after them. My older daughter told me that two drivers, Ejima and Orobo, used to touch her private parts while I was busy at work. I left my daughters with the security guards, Mahansi and Segun, whenever I was on night duty. I didn’t know that they were also defiling my daughters.”
The suspects, who were paraded by the NSCDC, however, denied the allegations. The five-year-old victim, however, told PUNCH Metro that she was indeed raped by the suspects.
The victim, who gave graphic details of her encounter, said one of the suspects instructed her to put his private parts in her mouth.
She said,
“Yes. Apako, John, Segun, Orobo and Ejima raped me. They put their ‘willy’ in my ‘bum-bum’ two times. They kissed me. It was only Apako that put his ‘willy’ in my sister’s ‘bum-bum.’”
A resident of Fagba, identified only as Dr. Solanke, was said to have informed a rights group, Ihuoma Girls Care and Support Initiative, about the incident and it later reported at the NSCDC command, leading to the suspects’ arrest on Monday.
The lifeless body of Corporal Agi Elias inside his car caused chaos yesterday, at the Police Training School, Ikeja, Lagos. It was gathered that the policeman, attached to Safer High Way Patrol, reportedly committed suicide at about 8p.m, Monday, after he missed an assessment exam held at the training school.
Empty cans of pesticide and some tablets, suspected to have been taken by the deceased, were reportedly found inside the car.
Vanguard learned that Elias, who was part of the policemen undergoing a promotional course that ended Monday, was trapped in traffic on his way from Badagry.
He got to the school, only to discover that the assessment exam conducted by a Commissioner of Police was over. Report said passionate pleas to the examiners fell on deaf ears.
The distraught corporal, as gathered called his wife on phone and informed her not to expect him back home again. He was also said to have told her to come and pick his corpse at the training college.
When Vanguard arrived the scene yesterday morning, Elias’ widow, family members, friends and colleagues were seen weeping profusely.
According to one of his course mates identified simply as Sanni:
“we have been here together since Friday on a training course. Yesterday, Elias was coming from his division in Badagry when he got trapped in traffic, which resulted in his missing the assessment exams.
“He begged the officer in charge to help him but they told him it was late and there was nothing they could do because it was the Commissioner of Police, CP Fatia Owoseni, that conducted the assessment exam.”
Another policeman, who spoke to Vanguard on the condition of anonymity, said:
“Even if he missed the assessment exams, that is not enough reason for him to take his life. His death is not ordinary.
“Elias was comfortable. He had two cars: an SUV and the Passsat in which he died and two houses in different parts of Lagos. He did not even think of his family, his wife and two children.”
A newspaper vendor, Bekky Onabanjo, who claimed to have seen the deceased park his vehicle Monday night, said:
“One of his legs was outside while the other was inside the car. He was there till we closed for the day at about 7p.m. I thought he was relaxing.
“It was this morning (yesterday) that we found his lifeless body already stiff inside his vehicle. There was also an empty can of a pesticide inside the car, suggesting he could have committed suicide.”
The command’s spokesman, Mr. Joe Offor,confirmed the incident.
I don’t know why they haven’t tried this stunt in Nigeria though. I’m certain my eagles eyes Yoruba brothers will see it in no time! Lol… No offense though *GRIN*.
A video shows normal passers-by who failed to notice a model who walked around the hassling streets of Hong Kong naked from her waist down.
The blonde model had faux-jeans painted on to her skin by body-paint artist Sandra Bakker, but despite crossing busy roads and stopping at traffic, and even inside a train, nobody seemed to notice.
An enraged husband has allegedly cut a man’s ear after catching him in bed with his wife at their home.
The incident took place at the Tana River county on Sunday, November 8.
According to The Star, Mwaniki Mate- a casual worker who had been on a work-related trip, returned unexpectedly to his home at Mororo slums in Madogo division, only to found his wife in a compromising position with another man.
Witnesses attested that Mwaniki’s wife escaped towards River Tana as he rained blows on her lover.
It was not until the neighbours heard wailing that they forced their way into the house, but it was a bit too late as the havoc had already been done to the ear.
Assistant chief Mohammed Loka who confirmed the story, accused young women in the area of: “keeping multiple men so they can maintain their wayward lifestyles”.
The alleged culprit was arrested and taken to the assistant chief’s office.
As of the time of filing this report, the cheating wife’s whereabouts could not be ascertained.
Starboy Wizkid is set to drop a new single in a matter of days, we don’t know the exact date yet, but its sooner than you think.
Wiz is also set to possibly drop an EP also before the year runs out, as regards to these, the Starboy CEO has decided to wet our wanting minds with this refix.
It’s for the track “I know There’s Gonna Be (Good Times)” originally done by Jamie XX featuring Young Thug and Popcaan.
She joins Nigerian super stars, Wizkid and Tiwa Savage. The gorgeous “Right Now” crooner, Seyi Shay is pictured sealing a deal to become the new ambassador for Pepsi group.
The beauty looks as cool as can be in her tiny weaved braids as she puts pen to paper. She looks cool!
Reality TV Star, Khloe Kardashian has given updates on Lamar‘s recovery progress. She told told Entertainment Extra that the former NBA is learning how to walk again.
‘He’s definitely doing better which is awesome, every day is better, he’s off of all machines that, he is alive on his own, and no machines are helping him which is great, but he still has a lot of physical and cognitive therapy to go through, so it’s a long road for him.
‘He will try to learn to how to walk back so that is first…When he can support himself on his own, or physically try to walk better on his own or at least with an assistance, with like a walker, then he will probably leave the hospital and do a lot of cognitive and mental strengthening.
‘It’s gonna be a long long time, every day is different, some days he’s really strong and some days he’s weaker than the day before cause it’s mentally draining I’m sure on him.’
Dale Joint, 24, died just a fortnight before he was due to wed his fiancé Katie McNamara.
Mr Joint was in Liverpool with his dad, Stephen, and pals to celebrate his forthcoming nuptials. According to the Liverpool Echo, the group had drinks at Revolution in the Albert Dock area of the city.
Some of the group had already started their journey home in a minibus while the others, including Dale, waited for a second minibus to collect them.
Dale, suggested going onto one of the boats in the dock.He jumped down towards the boardwalk but ended up in the water instead. One of Dale’s friends jumped in after to rescue him while the other looked for him from the dockside.
It was dark and the water was murky, they could not see him. The emergency services were called out with the fire service recovering Dale’s body from the water.
He wrote abut his excitement for his wedding on twitter
“Sat in work thinking about how excited I am to get married to the most wonderful girl on earth.”
How cool is this? You know you’re more than dope when you take a selfie with highly placed persons. Just like when Toyin Aimakhu took a selfie with former President Jonathan or when D’Banj had his moment with the President of World Bank, or Don Jazzy with Jude Law… That’s some cool stuff mehn!
MAVIN’s recording artiste, Korede Bello also comes in in the list of dope celebrities listed above as he takes a selfie with the Prestige Emir of Kano, Muhammed Sanusi Lamido.
World famous transgender, Caitlyn Jenner, who was honoured recently at the Glamour Women of the Year Awards has disclosed that it was not quite easy emotionally, for her to bid her male name, “Bruce” farewell.
The parent of 6 who is named as OUT100’s Newsmaker Of The Year, said of the day after a court granted her request to legally change her name to Caitlyn:
‘I actually cried a little bit about it. I was on the golf course, off playing by myself. It was very exciting, but such a head trip,’ In some ways, it’s a little sad. Bruce was a good guy, did a lot of good things, raised a tremendous family and wonderful kids. But I just couldn’t play that game any longer,’ ‘Just like anybody going through a transition, people find it hard to make the difference between ‘he’ and ‘she’ and gender markers and name changes. It’s tough for me to realize that finally, after all of this time, I’m part of the community,’
World’s tallest man has passed away at 26. Pornchai Saosri, who measured 8ft, 8ins (269cm), had been plagued by several illnesses related to his unusual rate of growth and had recently been treated in hospital.
According to the Bangkok post, Pornchai was bedridden and was cared for by his father Saran, 60, his mother Mrs Woen, 56, and their 15-year-old granddaughter before his death.
Mrs Woen reported that her son had died at 10.05am on November 9 at their home on Ban Takaeo village in the Prasat district of Thailand.She said she had found her son dead after returning from washing dishes.
After the media originally reported Pornchai’s illnesses, locals had donated 110,000 baht (around £2020) to the family.
Mrs Woen used some of the money to redeem her house which had been mortgaged to pay for Pornchai’s medical bills.
Some residents of Adio, Ekimogun streets and Kehinde Lane in the Bariga area of Lagos State have started fleeing their homes after robbers kept attacking them repeatedly
During the raid of Ekimogun, a newly-wed woman who just moved into the house with her husband was raped while her husband was forced to watch.
The security guard of a nursery and primary school on Adio Street was bound by his hands and feet and beaten up severely.
The landlady in one of the houses, who identified herself as Olubukola, said her children had stopped going to school because she no longer slept at home.
She said despite not staying at home, the robbers still broke into her room and carted away valuables.
“They have entered my house three times now. The first time was early Monday morning. They ransacked all the flats in the building.
“On Wednesday night cum Thursday morning, they returned and stole more things. Because of all these, people stopped living in their houses.
My children and I now squat in a friend’s apartment in Alagbado.“But on Friday morning, we returned and discovered the robbers had come and because they did not meet anybody, they broke in and took away my television and DSTV decoder.”
PUNCH Metro learnt that in another house on the street, the robbers carted away handsets, laptops, money and ATM cards. A resident, who identified himself as Solomon Johnson, said:
“They demanded the PINs of the cards. After they left and discovered that the PINs were incorrect, they returned to the room the next day and attacked the owners for giving them wrong PINs. They then asked for the correct PINs from them.”
It was gathered that the robbers, who were mostly teenagers and in their early 20s, wielded cutlasses, crowbars and axes. A resident said while some wore masks, others did not hide their faces.
A resident, Solomon, said he was attacked with a cutlass after the robbers thought he was hiding phones from them. He said:
“They cut my leg with a cutlass and beat me up, telling me to release the phones. I told them I did not have any phone. I was admitted in the hospital for two days.”
On Ekimogun where the rape took place, a resident said the incident happened around 2am. He said:
“There is a sports viewing centre around here and some of us stay there. If we knew a robbery was going on we could have done something.
“But those robbers sneaked in and held those people hostage. The woman just moved into the house with her husband. They got married less than a month ago.
“One of the robbers raped her. She was taken to the hospital the next day for treatment.”
A community leader and Chairman, Security Committee for Adio Community, Femi Emiko, said the robbers always fled through the Oworonsoki Expressway, adding that the police were not using the right technique to arrest them.
He said:
“Actually, within one week, they have visited Adio five times. They have turned this community to an ‘ATM machine’ where they can withdraw money anytime they like.
“The police do come, but immediately the robbers hear their siren, they run away. We have been having meetings to see how to form vigilantes and fight these robbers. They are young guys and we can win this fight.”
Well, how weird is this? A woman claims that her mixed race baby was fathered by Michael Jackson’s ghost – and she is now suing his estate for child support.
A report by Now8News reveals that Kiera Johnson said that she was watching the 2-hour Michael Jackson 30 Year Anniversary Special on DVD.
When she got to MJ’s performance of Thriller, however, her eyes grew heavy and she found herself dozing off. t was at this point that things got a little strange…
The 32-year-old explained:
“All of a sudden, I was awakened by a hand caressing my face. But I was home alone; my husband was at work.“The next thing you know, I’m having this erotic encounter with Michael Jackson. But it wasn’t the white Michael Jackson, he was black, and dressed like he was straight out of the Thriller video. “I told him to stop, but he would listen.”
Kiera dismissed the encounter’ with Michael Jackson as nothing more than a strange dream. However, on 25th September 2015, she and her husband – also white – welcomed their third child together.
“Everything was going well with the birth,” said her husband Ken.“But then when I saw my son, and he was black, I said ‘What the hell is this!’ I was in absolute shock. That’s when Kiera told me about her terrifying dream.
“I think it’s wrong what happened and that’s why we are suing Michael Jackson’s estate. We just want a decent amount of child support to help raise his son.”
Kiera insists she has never cheated on her husband Ken with anybody of any race. And Ken, who dubs Kiera as his “queen”, says he trusts and believes her completely.
The Johnsons say they are willing to accept an out-of-court negotiation and are giving the Jackson family until 1st January 2016 to respond. The Jackson family have yet to respond publicly to the allegations.
But this girl can like to be fine sha! I think I’m digging the hair, she’s no more on her usual low cut trademark. Lol. The beautiful Kenyan breed was present at the 2015 Glamour Women Of The Year Awards.
Lupita Nyong’O was all shades of elegant in her beautiful green dress. See more below:
Music mogul, 2Face Idibia, is pictured here with his beautiful daughter; the second he has with his wife, Annie Idibia, at Ubi Franklin‘s wedding two weekends ago.
Today, 10th of November, Nigeria’s Alternative Soul singer, Bez turned 32 years old and fans and families all around celebrated him. His wife of 22 months, Bolatito has taken to Instagram to celebrate her man too.
The daughter of former Oyo state governor, Rasheed Ladoja, went comical in asking her followers to wish her man a happy birthday. However in an earlier emotional laden pre-birthday message she posted yesterday, Bolatito extolled the virtues of her man and how much he means to her. See What She Wrote to him below….
My Man Crush Everyday. I saw @bezidakula rise above negativity on Saturday and it blew my mind as I was ready to lose my temper completely. On Saturday he had a gig and a lot of things were going wrong with the organizers and at some point I told him to cancel because it wasn’t worth it. My husband said to me: “even if they don’t fulfill their part of the bargain, I will go on and do my part because I already committed and it’s an integrity issue”. To be honest I was dumbfounded because he really was justified to just cancel and not perform and I told him as much and then he said something else. He said “babe, even if it is only one person waiting to see me perform, I will perform for that person because I won’t let anyone down”. At this point, I had a new level of respect for this man! The maturity he showed and then the fact that he was not willing to compromise his integrity was incredible. Also the PASSION he uses to perform and do what he does is mind blowing. I am truly in awe of this guy, I am so inspired and I just thank God for blessing me with you as my husband, it is a real privilege for me. It’s your birthday tomorrow and I am excited for what this coming year has in store for you. God will bless you with so much because you have honored the little he gave you. Your humility, your passion, your talent is AMAZING. I love you so so much @bezidakula. You truly deserve all the great blessings coming your way because you are humble to know that it is all by God’s Grace.#prebirthdaytoasting#greatman#inspiration#blessedman#thehomie
She Posted this On Instagram before his birthday, Then on his birthday she went comical as she said….
It is OUR Birthday today!!!! Okay fine, it’s @bezidakula‘s birthday. Oya wish US (I mean him) a happy birthday!!! Yayyyy!!!
Star Nollywood Actress – Bimbo Akintola who has been off The Acting Grid for a while in a new interview with Punch Newspaper says she does not accept every script that comes her way just for the sake of acting.
The veteran actress disclosed that she only falls for stories which have meaning to her—and would have a positive impact.
“It is not a matter of rebranding! It is a matter of believing in something. I started talking to myself that I am tired of being in every movie that doesn’t say anything. I decided I want to be part of movies that say something and I choose my script now. We as actors have a duty to Nigeria, because we are known, so people use that popularity to make a difference. So with me, I am only doing stories that mean something to me,” she said.
According to her, she used her break from the movie scene to work on herself by hitting at the gym on regularly.
“I just exercise, I do a lot of exercise. I am a regular person at the gym and they would tell you that I am usually there by 5:40am. But since I have started shooting, I have had to stop.”
“I am a very simple person. I love my Mum to bits; she is the most important person in my life. I have friends who have been my friends for over 20 years. I love cooking, I love singing. I believe in God Almighty. I like being part of younger people’s lives; I like to help because I know that I’m not just here for show, I’m doing something to help somebody else,” she elaborated.
The good people at Goodman AMC released a list of well-researched list of the 80 most richest people in Ghana. There were few women in the list.
Find below the richest Ghanaian women who appeared in the list From OMGghana.com
05. Grace Amey-Obeng
Source Of Wealth: Cosmetics (FC Beauty Salon & Cosmetics)
Net Worth: $100 Million
Overall Rank: 79
The FC Group employs more than 98 people with an annual turnover of $ 15 million. The Group has eight branches inGhana and exports to Nigeria, Burkina Faso,Togo, Ivory Coast, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
The Group’s subsidiaries includes FC Beauty College, Ghana’s premier beauty therapy training institution, FC Cosmetics Industries, manufacturers of Forever Clair skin care, hair and makeup products, and FC Skin & Beauty Klinik which offers beauty and wellness services to its clients.
A middle-aged man, identified as Papa Ogada, has reportedly dumped his 14-year-old son in a well, accusing him of being behind his inability to make progress in life.
According to Vanguard, Ogada, a coffin maker, who hails from Oberete village in Obingwa Local Government Area of Abia State, had been complaining that his son was a wizard, who had caused him serial misfortunes since reuniting with him, after leaving his mother’s place.
A source said:
“The truth is that the man has been separated from the boy’s mother. Since the boy came back from his mother’s place where he lived, the man has been accusing him of being a wizard.
“He once told us that he had consulted many spiritualists, who told him that his son is a wizard and is behind the problems he has had in his business.“We are not surprised that he went this far.”
It was learned that Ogada contacted one of his friends, who helped him tie up the boy with his school uniform, books and other property and drove off at about 9p.m. to neighbouring Abiaka village, where they dumped him in an abandoned well.
According to a resident of Abiaka village, who was part of rescue efforts,
“some of us had already retired for the day when we started hearing shouts and cries coming from the location of the abandoned well, but we thought people were fighting.“As the shouts increased, we summoned courage and got to the area and discovered that it was coming from the abandoned well. We got a rope and bucket, threw them inside and the boy managed to cling to and was pulled out.
“He was already weak with injuries. We thanked God the well had been out of use; he might not have survived.”
At press time, the boy was said to be receiving medical attention at an undisclosed hospital, while his father’s whereabouts is unknown.
Ifeanyi Bernard, a 46 year-old pastor was apprehended on Monday for allegedly raping a 13-year-old girl in the Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa State.
Police authorities revealed that the alleged rape took place on November 3 when the pastor was performing deliverance on the teenager. However, the pastor described the incident as the handiwork of the devil.
While parading the suspect at the Criminal Investigative Department, the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Sani Mohammed, said the suspect was apprehended following a report by the father of the victim, Mr. Martins Ijiwo.
According to the police, the cleric, who lives in the Alikima Mararaba area of the state, lured the victim into his house under the pretext of casting out demons from her.
The police boss said the cleric allegedly pushed her to his bed and raped her repeatedly. The commissioner said the suspect threatened to kill the victim if she reported the incident to any member of her family.
However, when the father of the girl learnt of the incident, he reported the matter to the police. The police subsequently stormed the pastor’s home and arrested him.
Policemen also recovered bottles of anointing oil from the suspect’s home as well as a bedspread. The CP said,
“The pastor took advantage of his closeness to the girl’s family – who are members of his congregation – to rape their 13-year-old daughter under the guise of casting out demons from her.”
While speaking with Punch at the police command, the pastor confessed to the crime, adding that he didn’t know what came over him when he committed the crime.
He said:
“I had been into evangelism for some years now and I have been casting out demons from people who have spiritual and family problems before I met this young girl through her father, Mr. Martins Ijiwo.“I have been a friend of the family for quite some time.“I used my anointing oil to lure her into my room and all of a sudden, I was carried away and before I knew what was happening, I saw myself making love to her.”
World famous transgender, who has her own reality TV series, Caitlyn Jenner made an appearance at the Glamour Women Of The year Awards in a sapphire blue outfit.
She was honoured with the award of Transgender Champion which she gladly accepted.
The former Olympian was joined by her daughter Kylie, who was casually dressed to the event.
She explained why she had come out to such an event like that. The stunner can be seen in less make-up and looking her age.
She narrated that she didn’t intend to attend the event like that but it was because of a wardrobe malfunction.
She wrote:
Had some major wardrobe malfunctions but that couldn’t stop me from supporting the ones I love. You’re amazing @caitlynjenner congrats on being woman of the year for @glamourmag
On the 9th of November, 2015, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chairman, Ibrahim Lamorde was replaced with Ibrahim Magu. A statement by president Buhari‘s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, read:
“Mr. Magu, who is an Assistant Commissioner of Police, is to take over from Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde, who is proceeding on terminal leave ahead of the formal expiration of his tenure in February, next year,” .
According to The Nation, a Presidency source claimed that Lamorde’s exit was conveyed to him early in the day but his exit was handled with dignity by the President.
A source, who spoke in confidence said:
“The EFCC chairman has been removed following some allegations against him and security report.
“The Senate is looking into alleged mismanagement of N1.3trillion recovered by the anti-graft agency. The Presidency was uncomfortable with some disclosures by the petitioner, George Uboh.
“While the government does not want to tamper with the ongoing probe by the Senate, it believes it is untidy to allow the EFCC chairman to be rubbished. It is better for Lamorde to step aside.”
Another factor, which was said to have accounted for the exit of Lamorde was a security report on his alleged relationship with some former officials of former President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration.
It was gathered that the Presidency was angry that the EFCC did not take action on former Minister of Petroleum Resources Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke until the National Crimes Agency in the United Kingdom invited her for questioning.
The government’s thinking, it was learnt, was that there were sufficient grounds to prevent Diezani from travelling to the UK.
It was also learnt that the EFCC bid its time in managing the investigation of former Akwa Ibom Governor Godswill Akpabio when sister agencies raised the alarm.
Akpabio led the PDP Caucus in the Senate to defend Lamorde when the allegation of N1.3trillion fraud was made.
The EFCC has battled in the last few months to protect its image and that of Lamorde.
Uboh had in a petition to the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petition claimed that Lamorde and EFCC could not account for over N1trillion.
But the EFCC said the cash and assets seized from the two convicts were intact. It said there was no diversion of either cash or assets seized from a former Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Tafa Balogun and former Bayelsa Governor Diepreye Alamieyeseigha.
The commission said Balogun forfeited N2, 258,100,516.87 in 11 accounts, including accruing interest. It also said the N3, 128, 230, 294.83 realised from the assets of Alamieyeseigha was remitted to the Federal Government through the Federal Ministry of Finance in favour of Bayelsa State.
As part of the security report, a petition by a lawyer, Leo Ekpenyong to President Muhammadu Buhari was also said to have triggered Lamorde’s exit.
Ekpenyong said in part:
“It would be recalled that sequel to my petitions against the former Governor Akpabio’s administration dated 8th, 22nd June and August 3rd respectively, the Senate Minority leader was invited by the EFCC and after his departure from the Commission he bragged to his supporters that Lamorde was under his control and nothing reasonable would come out of his investigation.“
It was against this background that I raised the alarm, urging the Federal Government to sack Lamorde since it was apparent that justice would not be done to our petitions taking into consideration the deliberate and unnecessary delays at investigations and possible prosecution.
There was also concern last night that Lamorde’s running battle with a former acting director of the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit(NFIU), Juliet Ibekaku, accounted for his removal.
“The crisis of confidence between Lamorde and Ibekaku was dirty. She made many documents available to the Presidency, “ said an insider.
Beauty they say lies in the eyes of the beholder. In simple terms, beauty is what every individual sees with their eyes.
Every individual has their own way of measuring beauty. What might be beautiful to some might not be beautiful to the other but there are some women who generally fit the word “beauty”.
A website called Ranker which which deals in survey-like ranking of stuff, took upon themselves to make a poll of African countries with the most beautiful women and so far it has 52,195 votes and based on those votes, here are top 25 African countries with the most beautiful women.
