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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC recorded a landmark 40 convictions in the month of January 2019 alone. This number is a cumulative of convictions secured across the Commission’s zonal offices. EFCC operatives A breakdown shows that the Lagos office earned 20 of the convictions, followed by the Abuja office which got nine. Six of the convictions were recorded by the Port Harcourt and Kaduna offices at three respectively. Kano recorded two, while Benin, Ibadan and Gombe offices had one conviction each. Notable among the convictions are those of the two former officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC who were sentenced to a total of 91 years jail term and forfeited their properties to the Federal Government. The duo were found guilty of laundering N264.8 million in the build up to the 2015 general election- a sum which was believed to be their share of the $115 million- illicitly dispensed by the former Minister of Petroleum Resour...

Manchester United’s Norwegian caretaker manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (C) embraces Manchester United’s Spanish midfielder Juan Mata on the pitch after the English Premier League football match between Leicester City and Manchester United at King Power Stadium in Leicester, central England on February 3, 2019. Ben STANSALL / AFP Ole Gunnar Solskjaer remains unbeaten 10 games into his caretaker reign of Manchester United as the rejuvenated Marcus Rashford and Paul Pogba combined to earn a 1-0 win at Leicester on Sunday to close in on the Premier League top four. Rashford blasted home his sixth goal since Solskjaer took charge after taking an exquisite touch to control Pogba’s lofted pass and United held out to move above Arsenal into fifth and within two points of fourth-placed Chelsea. A 2-2 draw at home to Burnley in midweek is the only match Solskjaer has failed to win and much of that form is owed to the turnaround in both Rashford and Pogba’s roles since Mourinho was sacked ...

Chelsea’s Argentinian striker Gonzalo Higuain (C) celebrates scoring their fourth goal during the English Premier League football match between Chelsea and Huddersfield Town at Stamford Bridge in London on February 2, 2019. Ian KINGTON / AFP Eden Hazard believes Gonzalo Higuain’s first two goals for Chelsea in Saturday’s 5-0 rout of Huddersfield are just the beginning for the Argentine ace, with whom he foresees a potentially lethal partnership in the Premier League run in. The Belgian also scored a double against the Terriers as Maurizio Sarri’s men bounced back from a 4-0 thrashing at the hands of Bournemouth in midweek that plunged the Italian’s future into question. Sarri worked with Higuain when the Argentine scored a record 36 Serie A goals in a single season at Napoli. And Higuain showed why he has a stellar scoring record over the past decade in Spanish and Italian football with two excellent finishes to open his Premier League account. “He’s a great striker. He’s...

Unknown persons have reportedly broken into the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Abia State and set ablaze thousands of uncollected Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs, according to Vanguard. According to the report, the hoodlums set ablaze over 15,000 uncollected PVCs. They also destroyed the register containing all the names of registered voters in the area. The Resident Electoral Commissioner, Joseph Iloh, confirmed the development to journalists on Sunday. According to him, the arsonists broke into the INEC’s office through the window. He, however, said that although “the PVCs and the register were burnt, the headquarters in Umuahia, has the authentic list of registered voters.” The Abia State Police Command, has also assured that it has launched an investigation into the matter. According to the newspaper, the police promised that the perpetrators of the dastardly act will be brought to book. Source: https://samueljackson12.blogspot.com...

File photo A 14-year old boy who was arrested for sleeping with his three younger sisters aged 10, 5 and 2, has opened up that his step mother knew that he was sleeping with the victims in their home in Oshodi area of Lagos where they reside. The police have arrested the step mother, Mrs. Ihuoma Okey, and charged her before the court for negligence. It was gathered that the boy’s mother got separated from the father before the father got married to the step mother and they had the victims. The boy reportedly did not see the victims as his blood sisters and so started sleeping with them and deflowered them. The matter was exposed when the eldest among the sisters discovered that after the boy had slept with her, he had also slept with her two younger sisters. She took the matter to their mother who reported the assault to the police. The matter was transferred to the Gender Section of the Lagos State Police Command and the boy was arrested. At the Command, he then implica...

Barcelona talisman, Lionel Messi, is a doubt for Wednesday’s Copa del Rey’s semi-final against Real Madrid, after sustaining a thigh injury in the 2-2 draw with Valencia on Saturday. Messi scored twice, as the hosts came from 2-0 down to earn a point and extend their lead at the top of LaLiga to six points. It took his tally to 11 in the last nine matches in all competitions. However, it was not without cost as he needed treatment for what appeared to be a dead leg shortly after equalising. Manager Ernesto Valverde does not know if he will recover in time for the fixture. “(Messi) has a small problem. I can’t say exactly what problem he has, I don’t know,’ he told a press conference after the match. “We will have to wait to see what medical staff say. If he’s in good shape, he’ll play on Wednesday. We will wait. I imagine it’s nothing, but we’ll wait a few hours. Leo didn’t ask me to sub him off,” Valverde told reporters after the game. Source:https://samueljackson12.b...

The helicopter which conveyed Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo from Abuja to Kabba in Kogi state, crash-landed as a result of “unusual weather condition”. This was contained in a statement released on Saturday by Caverton Helicopters, the owners of the chopper. DAILY POST had reported that the  chopper crashed in Kabba,  while conveying the Vice President to a rally of the All progressives Congress (APC) in the state. The vice-president came out unhurt and immediately continued on the campaign trail in the state. Caverton’s Managing Director, Josiah Choms, also confirmed investigation into the incident has commenced. “An Augusta AW139 Helicopter, under management by Caverton Helicopters was involved in a mishap on landing in Kabba, Kogi State around 3pm today (2nd February 2019) as a result of unusual weather conditions. “There were no injuries to the passengers or crew on board and they were all quickly and safely evacuated. “The relevant authorities have been d...

“I had all my children at home with the assistance of traditional birth attendants (TBAs). Luckily, there were no complications, and so I am alive with my children. However, many women in this community who developed complications and died during childbirth were buried with their children, dead or alive,” said a nursing mother, Hajia Hassan. A mother of four, Hajia Hassan lives in Bassa Kuomo, an ancient community in Gwagwalada Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The people in this community are said to be the original inhabitants of Gwagwalada before it became the Federal Capital Territory. The community of about 12,000 inhabitants lacks government’s presence; be it healthcare, water, light, roads and other amenities. Poverty is well pronounced as it stinks in the air in this community made up of people predominantly peasant farmers with low yields. “Many of our women die from complications arising from childbirth. In Bassa Koumo, if a woman delivers and dies d...

Japanese car manufacturer Nissan announced Sunday it was cancelling plans to build its X-Trail SUV at its plant in northeast England despite Brexit assurances from the government. “While we have taken this decision for business reasons, the continued uncertainty around the UK’s future relationship with the EU is not helping companies like ours to plan for the future,” Nissan Europe Chairman Gianluca de Ficchy said in a statement. The car giant announced in 2016 that it planned to build the model at its plant in Sunderland, but will now assemble it instead at Nissan’s global production hub in Kyushu, Japan. “Other future models planned for Nissan Sunderland Plant — the next-generation Juke and Qashqai — are unaffected,” added the statement. “A model like X-Trail is manufactured in multiple locations globally, and can, therefore, be re-evaluated based on changes to the business environment,” said Hideyuki Sakamoto, Nissan’s executive vice president for manufacturing and ...

Chelsea owner, Roman Abramovich, has reportedly notified Maurizio Sarri his future is in jeopardy and is ready to rival Manchester United for the services of Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino, according to the UK Express. The Blues returned to winning ways with a 5-0 win over Huddersfield on Saturday, following their 4-0 humiliation at Bournemouth. However, Abramovich is already losing patience with Sarri, whose side are locked in a three-way battle with Arsenal and United, for the final Champions League qualifying spot. Chelsea were reported to be interested in Pochettino last summer, before appointing Sarri to succeed Antonio Conte. Sarri made an instant impact at Stamford Bridge, but results and performances have dipped, since he suffered the first defeat of his reign against Pochettino’s Spurs side back in November. It would cost Abramovich around £50million in compensation, to prise the Argentine from North London and the former Southampton manager’s prefe...