Joy FM OAP Faces Sack Over Comment Against David Mark

A top presenter with Joy FM, Otukpo Benue State is on the verge of losing his job for making a ‘careless’ comment about its owner, Senator David Mark.

DAILY POST gathered from a reliable insider that problem ensued during an interactive session with listeners recently, when a caller from Igbanonmaje area of the state complained about the deplorable state of a particular road linking the town.The aggrieved caller said it was unfortunate that the road had been abandoned for years with no hope of reconstruction in sight.

It was gathered that the caller further complained of the embezzlement of funds meant for Rural Access Mobility Projects (RAMP), which consists 18 roads.

The caller specifically heaped the blame on the former Senate President, Mark, whom he claimed was behind the poor handling of the projects.

Innocently, the host of the show replied the caller by saying, “that is the situation in the country my brother; the rich keeps getting richer and the poor getting poorer.”

After the show, the presenter was summoned to the Manager’s office to explain the meaning of his comment.

“The manager blasted the presenter for agreeing to everything the caller said by complementing him with such sensitive statement.

“He was queried and surcharged for not protecting the interest of their principal on air.

“We shall know his fate by 31st of this month; but from what I gathered, the presenter is on his way out,” the insider claimed.

Efforts to reach the Managing Director of the station, Mrs. Christabel Iyanya could not yield any fruit as her numbers were switched off.

James Ibori’s brother-in-law sentenced to 2 & a half years in the UK for money laundering

Rowland Nakanda, a brother-in-law to former Delta State governor James Ibori has been sentenced to a UK prison for his involvement in money laundering. London Metropolitan reports below...

Nakanda had previously been found guilty of two counts of money laundering following a month-long trial at Southwark Crown Court and was sentenced on Friday, 24 July. The investigation into Nakanda commenced during the wider inquiry into the corrupt activities of the former governor of Delta State, James Ibori, between 1999 and 2007.

Nakanda, 54 (29.01.61) of Tyne Gardens, South Ockendon in Essex is the older brother of Teresa Ibori, James Ibori’s wife. James and Teresa Ibori were convicted of fraud and money laundering in 2012 and were sentenced to a total of 18 years’ imprisonment for corruption.

Following the conviction of the Iboris, the Nakandas became guardians of the Ibori’s three children. Police identified that the Ibori children, despite their parents’ convictions, were being educated at a private school and it was established that Nakanda had continued to pay the considerable school fees. Enquiries revealed that he had paid the fees to the school’s bank account in cash over the counter through his local Lloyd’s bank in Grays, Essex. CCTV revealed that on one day alone, Nakanda paid over £15,000 in cash for the school fees of two of the children.

A financial investigation was able to trace £350,000 in unexplained cash deposits going through Nakanda’s accounts following the convictions of the Iboris. The investigation was undertaken by the Met’s Proceeds of Corruption Unit, which has now transferred to the National Crime Agency (NCA) to become the International Corruption Unit. Rupert Broad, formerly a Detective Inspector in the Met’s Proceeds of Corruption Unit, said: “Rowland Nakanda previously worked for the Royal Mail and lived a modest lifestyle with his wife in Essex. I am pleased that we were able to demonstrate that Nakanda knew that the money he was dealing with was the proceeds of criminal conduct and had originated from James Ibori’s corrupt activity during his governorship of Delta State. This sentence should act as a warning that we will go after everyone involved in fraudulent activity, however complex and wide-reaching the fraud."

A total of nine individuals have now been convicted of money laundering offences in linked cases, and have received sentences totalling over 50 years.

Nakanda was acquitted of cheating the Revenue. Rowland Nakanda’s wife, Chifu Nakanda, was acquitted of all charges.

Source: London Met

Boko Haram can no longer confront Nigerian soldiers – Major General

The Boko Haram insurgents can no longer confront Nigerian soldiers in a battle in any part of the country, a senior army official has said.

Nasir Muazu, a Major General, stated this in Akure on Saturday at the closing ceremony of the Nigeria Army Inter Brigade Competition.

“I just came back from the North East and I can comfortably tell you that Boko Haram cannot and I repeat cannot take any offensive attack against Nigerian Forces, that one is for sure,” the General Officer Commanding 2 Mechanized Division of the Nigerian Army said.

Mr. Muazu said the insurgents, who last year displaced soldiers from several military formations in the North East as they seized several territory, had changed tactics to aiming at soft targets.

“What the Boko Haram insurgents are now doing is hitting sub-targets which indicates that their days are numbered,” he said.

He assured that the country’s armed forces are capable of bringing an end to the Boko Haram insurgency and that the military had reviewed and renewed its strategy to curb the activities of the terrorists.

Although, the Army General agreed that part of the major challenges confronting the country is the coordinated activities of the Boko Haram, he promised it would soon be brought to an end.

Mr. Muazu also said that all military commands had been placed on red alert in order to fight issues bordering on insecurity.

“We are looking forward to an Army that is responsive to the society, that would respond to the demand and needs of our people,” he said.

“I want to remind all Nigerians that this preparation of explosives by the insurgents is not carried out in the open, it is carried out in houses and hidden places. So every Nigerian must key into how we can win the battle against insurgency in the North East. I think with that support, we are going to make it.”

He assured that the Nigerian Army would continue to work for the sustenance of peace and not deviate from its professional roles of defending the territorial integrity of Nigeria.

Student, fresh graduate, others win houses in MTN Trutalk Best 11 promo

More lucky winners have emerged in the MTN Trutalk Best 11 Promo. At the final prize presentation ceremony held yesterday in Victoria Island, Lagos, some lucky winners were presented with gift of houses worth N15million each. 

Prince E.O. Jeminiwa, Director, Regulation & Monitoring, National Lottery Regulatory Commission; Richard Iweanoge, General Manager, Consumer Marketing, MTN and two lucky winners— Adekoya Bolatito Khadija and Olola Seun, during the presentation ceremony of MTN TruTalk Best 11 promo, in Lagos, on Thursday.

Among the lucky winners are MrSeunOlola, a twenty five year old student of the College of Health Tech , Akure, Ondo State, Mr Christian Okereafor, a fresh graduate from the Abia State University, Uturu and MrsAdekoyaBolatito Khadija from Lagos. 

L-R: Adekoya Bolatito Khadija, Olola Seun and Okereafor Chikamnele Christian—all winners, during the presentation ceremony of MTN TruTalk Best 11 promo, in Lagos, on Thursday.

Reacting to his winning, an obviously elated Seun Olola was full of praises forMTN and thanked the company for the noble gesture. Seun stated that he was in total disbelief when he received a call from MTN, informing him about his winning.

Another winner, Christian Okereafor also showered praises on Nigeria’s leading telecommunications and ICT Company, MTN for what he described as a surprise of a life time. “Many of my friends told me it is a lie, but now, they will be surprised to discover that I have become a landlord, courtesy of MTN” Christian said.

Speaking on the rationale behind the MTN Trutalk Best 11 promo, the General Manager, Consumer Marketing, MTN, Mr. Richard Iweanoge, while addressing the press after the presentation, stated that the Company, in its bid to ensure that its subscribers connect with the people that matter to them regularly, without any hindrances, introduced the MTN Trutalk, a value proposition that enables subscribers to register 11 numbers and make calls to those numbers at 50% discount. Explaining further, Richard said, subscribers on the MTN Trutalk proposition therefore qualified for the MTN Trutalk Best 11 Promo, where MTN have so far given out eleven houses, cars and huge cash gifts among other fantastic prizes.

Also on hand to witness the occasion are theDirector, Regulation and Monitoring, Prince E.O Jeminiwa and the Assistant Director/Co-ordinator, Lagos Zonal Office, National Lottery Regulatory Commission, Mr Fidelis Aigbogunthe who both expressed their satisfaction with the conduct and execution of the MTN Trutalk Best 11 Promo, right from its inception.

2 WHITE MEN, TERRORISTS CAUGHT WITH BOMBS ARRESTED FOR PLOTTING ATTACKS IN CAMEROON

2 White Men, Terrorists Arrested For Plotting Attacks In Cameroon, Bags Filled With Bombs Seized By Police.Two white men, suspected terrorists were intercepted in Yaounde, the capital of Cameroon on Saturday.The duo accused of plotting major terror attack in Cameroon were caught in Yaounde by armed Rapid response Unit police officers following a tip off from vigilant residents of Briqueterie area of the city.

According to Cameroon Online, Briqueterie is a predominantly Muslim community.

As at the time of this report, it is unclear where the suspected terrorists are targeting.

ABOMINATION: 76-YR-OLD RETIRED SCHOOL PRINCIPAL DIES ON TOP 18-YR-OLD GIRL

A 76-yr-old retired school principal identified as Pa Alphonsus Dimgba, has reportedly died while exerting himself on an 18-year-old girl he was having s*x with.

According to reports, the incident occurred in a community in Enugu State where the old man who retired from a public school in Anambra State some years ago, had gone back to and became a community leader. But his undoing, according to residents, was his love for anything in skirt, not sparing the young and the old, even the married women.

A resident of the community who sent in the report, said that Pa Dimgba, an elder in the local Catholic Church, was so fond of philandering with other women and had been caught several times and warned to desist from such acts but he always waved such away until the last ‘supper’ which sent him to the great beyond.

“It was in the early hours of the day when most people had gone to the farms and other businesses when we heard the girl screams. The screams were so loud and unending that it drew many people towards the direction of the screams and what we found out shocked everyone.It happened in the girl’s father’s house. There we found Pa Dimgba sprawled Unclad on the floor, foaming in the mouth. Before he could be rushed to the hospital, he had given up the ghost.

The girl was handed over to the police and she confessed that it was not the first time she and the deceased had been having sex and that while they were at it, her old lover suddenly developed a seizure and slumped to the floor.”

Ghana Police arrests Man for bringing "weapon" to president Mahama's Church

Ghanaian security operatives arrested an unidentified man who carried a "weapon" into a church where President John Dramani Mahama and his family worship on Sunday. The government in a statement said the 36-year-old was apprehended after his "fidgety and suspicious behaviour" was noticed during the morning service.

Islamic state kills 120,captures 350 people in Mosul

Atheel al-Najafi, Iraqi Provincial Governor said on Monday that the Islamic State militants had executed more than 120 people and captured over 350 others in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. He said that because of the rising rejection of the Islamic State by the people, executions and detentions were mounting in different parts of the city.

PDP endorses Akpabio as minority Leader

Ahead of Tuesday’s resumption of plenary by lawmakers, Southern Senators elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Monday jettisoned the issue of ranking as contained in the Senate Standing Orders 2015 as Amended and endorsed the immediate past governor of Akwa Ibom State and Senator representing Akwa Ibom North West, Senator Godswill Akpabio as the Senate Minority leader.

Atiku eulogises Asagba of Asaba at 90

Former Vice President and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has congratulated Prof. Chike Edozien, the Asagba of Asaba on his 90th birthday.In a congratulatory message to the Asagba of Asaba released by his Media Office in Abuja over the weekend, the former Vice President lauded the monarch for his exemplary traditional leadership in his domain in the and re-awakening of the spirit of the Anioma towards community and national development.

“Your solid intellectual pedigree and global exposure which you have brought to bear on the management of the traditional institution you inherited 24 years ago, has reflected in the quality of service you have rendered to your people,” Atiku said,

The former Vice President noted that the Asagba’s refined and royal carriage has influenced his emphasis on peace and justice which has resonated far beyond his domain to Delta state.

On a personal note, the Turaki Adamawa recalls the wise counsel from the Asagba to him during the most challenging era of his Vice Presidency.

Atiku Abubakar observed that perhaps for being a man of peace and integrity, the Asagba is being rewarded with longevity.

Atiku urged the Anioma people, Igbos, the peoples of Delta State and Nigeria as a whole to celebrate and emulate the values of this great son of Africa, royal father and noble man of laurels.

The statement recalls that Obi Edozien stood out as an academic, and as the oldest traditional ruler and oldest living professor in Nigeria today.