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A self-acclaimed pastor has found himself in serious trouble after he reportedly defrauded an unsuspecting victim the sum of N1.8billion. Operatives of the Economic And Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in the Port Harcourt’s Zonal Office, have arrested a fake Pastor James Ezekiel for defrauding an unsuspecting victim the sum of N1, 330, 000.00 (One Million, Three Hundred Thousand Naira) only by deceiving him to enlist as one of the “financiers” of a spurious contract in the sum of N1,800,000,000.00( One Billion, Eight Hundred Million Naira) only. Ezekiel, a purported “Presiding Pastor of One Touch Power Ministry” , Agudama, Epie, Bayelsa State, allegedly claimed to have won a contract for the roofing of a church cathedral belonging to the Salvation Ministries in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. He reportedly put the contract sum at N1,800,000,000.00 and showed a contract award letter to his victim. He also wooed his victim to collaborate with him as one of the “financiers” of ...

  Former Real Madrid manager, Fabio Capello, has reacted to the sudden resignation of Zinedine Zidane as the club’s manager. The Italian, who has managed the La Liga giants twice, said Real Madrid president, Florentino Perez, would have fired Zidane had Los Blancos failed to beat Liverpool in the Champions League final. Zidane announced his departure at a news conference on Thursday, just five days after leading Madrid to a third Champions League title in his third season in charge. Capello further said that Madrid youth coach Guti, who is among the reported front-runners for the post could be Perez’s pick. He told Sky Italia, “Zidane wanted to make his own choice, before someone else would have been chosen in his place. “If Real Madrid lost in Kiev, Perez would have definitely fired him. “Perez may now appoint Guti: it would be his own decision, he wants to show he can do radical choices as he did three years ago with Zidane.”

It has emerged how Liverpool manager, Jurgen Klopp secretly met with Brazilian midfielder, Fabinho and convinced him to join Liverpool over Manchester United or any of the European giants. The Merseysiders moved on quickly from their Champions League final heartbreak by announcing the arrival of Fabinho from Monaco in a deal worth around £44m on Monday night. Yahoo Sport reports that the club have been working on the transfer for weeks with Klopp even speaking to Fabinho. Jose Mourinho, who shares agent Jorge Mendes with Fabinho , was among the suitors and tried to sign Fabinho last summer, though Monaco were then not ready to let the player go. Fabinho has scored 29 goals in his three seasons in Monaco despite being a holding midfielder. He also spoke with fellow Brazilian, Roberto Firmino about moving to Anfield. Fabinho told Liverpool’s website, “We spoke a bit more about how the city was, about the infrastructure of the club, the city and we also spoke about the coac...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, May 29, 2018, promised to sign the “Not too young to run” bill in a few days’ time. He made the promise in a nationwide broadcast in commemoration of the Democracy Day. The bill seeks to reduce the minimum age requirement for elective positions in the country. The Bill was passed by both the Senate and the House of Representatives. In his broadcast, the President advised all and sundry to be law-abiding, as the country enters into another election season. He said:- “In a few days to come, I will be joined by many promising young Nigerians to sign into law the ‘Not too young to run’ bill

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state once again debunked the rumour of leaving the ruling party, All Progressive Congress, APC as being speculated. Ortom who spoke with newsmen yesterday to commemorate the Democracy day said that those behind the rumor were his political enemies who wanted him out at all cost. The governor lamented that challenges stalled his administration from delivering the desired dividends of democracy to his people as promised during his campaign. “In the last three years, we have worked assidously to keep the contract we had with you, the promise I made to be the governor of all and to govern with the fear of God. “Though many challenges and giants have stood in our way to prevent us from delivering on the promises.” He however said that despite the numerous challenges, his administration was able to construct some roads and improved in health facilities as well as other sectors. While answering questions from newsmen on the chances of president M...

Mama Jam Jam is not taking it easy at all as she has continued to render impressive musical performances on stage. Tiwa Savage is not only sending out melodious messages with her music, she is also doing the same with her body. She wore this attire which looks like a traditional outfit in a recent performance “Forget…I’m crushing on myself,” she captioned the photos. The 38-year old mother of one who is rumoured to be dating Wizkid is buzzing internationally. Tiwatope Savage-Balogun, better known by her stage name Tiwa Savage, is also a songwriter, performer and actress. She currently has a songwriting deal with Sony/ATV Music Publishing.

A Catholic priest has spoken out about how the attack on a seminary by Fulani herdsmen, happened in Jalingo. Reverend Father Emmanuel Atsue, a Catholic priest at the Sacred Heart Minor Seminary in Jalingo Taraba State, has shared details of Fulani herdsmen attack on the school. It will be recalled that the herdsmen had stormed the seminary at about 12:30 a.m, on Sunday, in search of Revered Father Cornelius Koba, who they claimed had been preventing them from grazing their cattle around the school’s premise. They shot sporadically at the Rector’s residence, broke window glasses and windscreen of one of the vehicles and shot and injured Father Koba. Father Atsue, who spoke on behalf of the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese, Jalingo, also disclosed that the school has been shut down for one week to enable the students go home to their families and recover from the trauma. Below is how he put it: “With permission from my Bishop, Most Rev. Charles Hammawa of Jalingo Diocese, I...

A Catholic priest has spoken out about how the attack on a seminary by Fulani herdsmen, happened in Jalingo. Reverend Father Emmanuel Atsue, a Catholic priest at the Sacred Heart Minor Seminary in Jalingo Taraba State, has shared details of Fulani herdsmen attack on the school. It will be recalled that the herdsmen had stormed the seminary at about 12:30 a.m, on Sunday, in search of Revered Father Cornelius Koba, who they claimed had been preventing them from grazing their cattle around the school’s premise. They shot sporadically at the Rector’s residence, broke window glasses and windscreen of one of the vehicles and shot and injured Father Koba. Father Atsue, who spoke on behalf of the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese, Jalingo, also disclosed that the school has been shut down for one week to enable the students go home to their families and recover from the trauma. Below is how he put it: “With permission from my Bishop, Most Rev. Charles Hammawa of Jalingo Diocese, I...

Argentina captain, Lionel Messi, has admitted their game against Nigeria in the 2018 World Cup will be difficult, because both teams have a history of tough matches. The paths of the Super Eagles and La Albiceleste will cross for the fifth time at the World Cup in Russia. Argentina have won their previous four encounters at the tournament. Their last meeting was in a friendly game last year when Gernot Rohr’s men came from 2-0 down to win 4-2. “We have to take it match by match,” Messi said in an interview with Pasión por el Fútbol. “Starting off with a win is important because it’ll then make us calmer. It’s not an easy group. Iceland showed in the Euros that they can go up against anyone. “Croatia has a very good midfield and if you let them, they’ll control the ball all match long. They have Spain’s style. And it always costs us when we play Nigeria.”

There are rumours that Ronaldo who is open to a move to the English Premier League is sad about Manchester United’s lack of interest in him. Cristiano Ronaldo has apparently been left very disappointed at Manchester United for their failure to go all out to sign him, Don Balon reports. The Real Madrid star caused a stir with his post-match comments after the Champions League final having suggested he may not be staying with Los Blancos. And he is reportedly not happy with United for not pushing hard to bring him back to Old Trafford, with the club unable to match his €50 million (£44m/$58m) wage demands. In other news, Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho fears his club may be priced out of signing Gareth Bale because of a massive £335 million (€384m/$446m) cost of doing business, according to the Mirror. After Bale’s Champions League winning display, Real Madrid want £200m (€229m/$266m) for the Wales international, who then would require another £135m (€155m/$180m) in ...

The suspects, Thomas Ode alias Tommy, Kingsley Abi and his father, Odah Abi, were apprehended at Oju. A G3 rifle, four G3 empty shells of ammunition, two expended cartridges, two cut-to-size iron barrels for construction of locally fabricated guns and three wooden gun butts were recovered from them. Others include three locally made baretta magasines, three skeletons of locally made pistols, two cut-to-size double barrel for construction of locally made pistol, a toy gun, two iron boxes containing blacksmithing tools, two plastic bottles containing Marijuana seeds and five sachets of Tramadol. According to Police Commissioner Fatai Owoseni, the suspects were caught in the course of investigating a case of abduction and rape. Owoseni said one of the suspects allegedly abducted and raped a 15-year-old girl in the community on May 21. He said:- “The case was reported to the police and in the course of investigation, it was discovered that the suspects also manufactured firea...

A 34-year-old Nigerian man who illegally resided in Houston has been ordered to prison for his involvement in numerous Business Email Compromise (BEC) schemes. Samson Olugbenga Oyekunle aka Evertipsysmiley, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud Oct, 6, 2017. Today, U.S. District Judge Melinda Harmon ordered Oyekunle to serve 63 months in federal prison. He initially came to the United States on a student visa, but not a U.S. citizen, he is expected to face deportation proceedings following his sentence. At the hearing, a victim spoke before the court as to how this case has devastatingly affected him and his law practice. Judge Harmon further ordered Oyekunle to pay restitution to the victims he defrauded. BEC fraud is a sophisticated fraud targeting businesses that regularly perform wire transfer payments. The fraud is carried out by compromising legitimate business e-mail accounts through social engineering or computer intrusion techniques to conduct unauthor...

Nigeria star Ahmed Musa has called on his team-mates to take revenge on Argentina for beating them in the last World Cup when they meet in this season’s tournament. The two nations are drawn in the same World Cup finals group for the second time in a row and will again meet in their final game of the round in Russia. The game proved decisive last time as a Lionel Messi double cancelled out Musa’s strikes before Marcos Rojo netted a winner to see the Albiceleste finish top of the group, while Nigeria finished second and crashed out against France in the next round. Excited to return to the big stage and come up against Messi and Co. again, Musa feels his side may have extra motivation, although he insists their opener against Croatia is the most important game. “Nigeria are younger and, I hope, better than [we were] in Brazil. At that World Cup, I scored two goals vs Argentina, we lost 3-2, but both progressed,” Musa told Goal. “I wouldn’t mind if that happened again in Rus...

A 41-year-old man, Michael Akpan-Isaiah, has been remanded in prison custody for allegedly defiling his four daughters. The minors are aged between two and 17 years. Isaiah, from Akwa Ibom State, allegedly committed the offence between April and May at Borokiri Sand Field, Port Harcourt. The charge reads: “That you, Michael Akpan Isaiah, sometime in April, 2018, did have unlawful carnal knowledge of (name withheld) without her consent That you, Michael Akpan Isaiah, sometime in May, 2018, did have unlawful carnal knowledge of (name withheld) aged 7 years old.” The accused admitted committing the crime, but claimed he was manipulated. But a Federation of International Women Lawyers (FIDA) representative, Fortune Ada Ndah, dismissed the claims and told the court that he carried out the act in his right senses. She alleged that the incest had been going on even before the two-year-old he also defiled was born. “The accused has been forcefully sleeping with his daughters for...

As the FIFA World Cup for Russia draws nearer, many Nigerians are drumming support for the Super Eagles both in Nigeria and Russia. Supporters have been purchasing jerseys en masse to show support for the national football team. Mallam Shehu Dikko who is the 2nd Vice President and Chairman of NFF Marketing, Sponsorship and TV Rights Committee said; “the new Super Eagles’ jersey will soon be in the markets all over the would including some Nike shops in different parts of Nigeria on the 29th of May, 2018” But the production of the jerseys has taken a phoney twist as some individuals have circulated replicas around the market before the official release date by Nike. The traders interviewed by the BBC Pidgin have bragged that sales of the fake jerseys have been explosive. “I pray Nigeria reaches the finals. Once we make it to the finals of the world cup, I will import a container-load of jerseys for big sales” Obiora, a local trader from the South-eastern part of Nigeria sai...

Big brother Naija 2018 winner, Mirale Igbokwe and his lover, Nina are now officially an item according to some of their die hard fans. The pair got people talking when Nina made a live Instagram video of them having fun at a beach in Lagos, yesterday. This got people wondering as they have both said they are not in a relationship and are focuisng on themselves for now. Well, it seems they have finally made it official. According to the fans, Miracle asked Nina to be his girlfriend a night before they went to the beach. See their tweets below:-

Police in the UK will investigate death threats made to Liverpool goalkeeper Loris Karius after the Champions League final. Karius was targeted on social media after his two errors helped Real Madrid win 3-1 in Kiev on Saturday, with several posts wishing death to the German and his family. “We take social media posts of this nature extremely seriously. Offenses will be investigated,” British media quoted Merseyside Police saying late Sunday. “Officers are aware of a number of comments and threats made via social media. “Merseyside Police would like to remind social media users that any offenses including malicious communications and threatening behavior will be investigated.” Karius threw the ball straight at Karim Benzema for Real’s opening goal and fumbled Gareth Bale’s long-distance shot into the net for the third. He broke down in tears at the final whistle and admitted his mistakes in apologizing to fans, saying he would “like to go back in time.” Karius took to ...

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has restated its resolve to ensure that the May 30 sit-at-home order it declared is observed in Igboland. IPOB urged Igbo to observe the directive in the interest of the symbolism of the May 30th Biafra Remembrance. A statement issued on Tuesday by Mazi Uche Mefor, IPOB’s Deputy Leader, said the day represents an enduring epitaph that recalls many great feats, struggles and tribulations of the Biafra people. He added that the day is about the greatest collective self-defense against a genocide that lasted four years from 1966 to 1970, remembering and honoring those who fought valiantly against that genocide, and those who could not make their way safely to the East. He wrote: “It is also about saluting the supreme sacrifice of all Biafrans who have formed the only bulwark against the renewed vigor of hatred of Biafrans that has resurged since 30th May, 2015. Many have died resisting, many have been maimed, many have been traumatized; bu...

A self acclaimed pastor, and founder Jesus the General Outreach Ministry based in Amuwo-Odofin, Lagos, ThankGod Udechukwu has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Enugu Zonal Office. Udechukwu who hails from Ozalla, Awgu Local Government Area of Enugu State and had taken advantage of one of his kinsmen who trusted him as a ‘Man of God’, was arrested on Wednesday May 23,2018 .. “I am his pastor and man of God, in fact, I used to pray for him to succeed and indeed, I prayed for him before he travelled out to Dubai.” He boasted. Apparently with this ‘Messiah’ mindset, the self-styled minister of God set out to rip-off his victim using lies, half-truths and manipulations. According to the victim and complainant who resides in Dubai, United Arab Emirate, his traumatic ordeals in the hands of Udechukwu started with a suggestion that he hands over four Highlander SUVs he imported to him, claiming that one of his church members was willing to buy the ...

A candidate of the People’s Democratic Party in the recently concluded PDP governorship election in Ekiti state, Prince Dayo Adeyeye has defected to the All Progressives Congress. Naija News had earlier hinted that Adeyeye who is a former Spokesperson for the Peoples Democratic Party was planning to decamp to the APC after his defeat in the gubernatorial primary. When he was asked about his intention to join APC, Adeyeye said: “Who told you that? Okay, Yes, i was in Abeokuta but it was a private visit. I will never join the APC. I have not decided on which party to join for now but definitely not APC” he said. The former Minister of State for ‎Works stated that he left the PDP in a bid to align with APC and its candidate, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, to rescue Ekiti.

Two persons, Geoffrey Jangwok and Sylvester Ishaya, all natives of Kakuruk Ward, Gashish District in Barkin Ladi LGA, Plateau State were killed in cold blood by suspected Fulani herdsmen who invaded the community on 28th May, 2018,shot sporadically and killed the deceased. The attack occurred around 9 pm while most residents were asleep. These callous, evil, dastard,wicked and barbaric killings must stop. May their killers, sympathizers and sponsors never know peace until they repent.

It is rare for an artist to boldly declare her intention to join lesbianism but fast-rising female Ghanaian musician Queen Haizel has said she would be happy to be one in future. The outspoken singer in a tell-all conversation with Zionfelix.net made a profound statement that “I’m considering being a lesbian”. Giving reasons for her decision to be a lesbian, the ‘ekye’ singer revealed that her ex-boyfriends give her tough times when she enters a new relationship after their break up so she believes that will negatively affect her marriage when she finally meets the right man to settle down with. According to the Afropop musician, her ex-boyfriends try to ruin her relationships because they regret leaving her, a move she believes lesbians do not engage in since they are afraid to let the world know about the illicit act. Queen Haizel who lost her mum during the Atomic Gas explosion which happened on Saturday, October 7 in Accra further said when a lesbian approaches her and s...

Former Super Eagles handler, Samson Siasia has stated that forward, Moses Simon will be a big miss for Gernot Rohr’s side if he misses out on the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia due to injury. Simon who plays for Belgian Jupiler League side, Gent, has been ruled out of the tournament because of injury . “Let’s wait for the final list first before arguing this,” Siasia told CSN. “But if he is left out, he will be a big miss for the team. He brings a different attacking quality to the team,” he added. Simon scored one goal and provided two assists for Rohr’s side as they qualified for their sixth FIFA World Cup from a group that had Cameroon, Algeria and Zambia. Nigeria played a 1-1 draw with DR Congo on Monday evening at the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium in Port Harcourt. The three times African champions will play against England on June 2 at Wembley, before facing Czech Republic in their final pre-World Cup game in Austria on 6 June.

A former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has said that spokesman of the President Muhammadu Buhari 2019 campaign, Festus Keyamo, should not defend the anti-corruption efforts of the federal government. Ezekwesili said this on Monday, when they both appeared as guests on Sunrise Daily, a programme on Channels TV. Keyamo had argued that the fight against corruption was not one-sided. “It is immoral for someone to say because you have not caught all the thieves, you should leave the ones you’ve caught. “I mean it’s immoral. Let’s not go there at all. “We are not there yet, I agree, but we have left where we were in 2015, nobody can doubt that,” Keyamo said. But Ezekwesili cautioned him not to defend what was “indefensible”. She said: “In the fight against corruption, especially in a society where it has become systemic, you need the public endorsement that indeed there is a fight against corruption. “This administration lost it in its own, by all of what you are ...

The true gospel of Jesus is that of love and Bro. Joshua made this practical by reaching out to a total of 40 separate physically challenged/visually impaired persons during his birthday celebration on the 27th of May 2018.  Bro. Joshua Iginla who has a penchant for giving to the needy, helpless and less privileged, took his Kingdom Mandate to new grounds when he called for the physically challenged so that he could bless them. The beneficiaries, each received the sum of N150,000 (ONE FIFTY THOUSAND NAIRA) as a gift from the man of God. They’ve been rescued from the cruel hands of hardship and having to beg for bread.They would go on to start wonderful, healthy and poverty free lives with the kind gesture. It’s important to note these beneficiaries aren’t even members of Champions Royal Assembly where Bro. Joshua Iginla is the founder and senior pastor. A great number of them are from the other religion and this further proves the man of God’s point as commanded by ...