Tuesday, 12 January 2016
More photos from Kylie Jenner's date with Kourtney K
Lionel Messi wins Ballon d'Or for fifth time
Messi has been beaten by Cristiano Ronaldo in the last two years but has edged out the Real Madrid superstar and team-mate Neymar this time around.
His previous wins came between 2009 and 2012 with the latest triumph indicating his return to the top of the world game. More photos after the cut..
Pres Goodluck Jonathan's govt was swindled off millions of dollars by 'Boko Haram' fradusters- Adesina
He said:
"We need to know a little bit of what happened behind the scenes, between the last government and some people masquerading as the leadership of Boko Haram who wanted to get the Chibok girls released".
"They actually turned it into a franchise, it became a commercial thing and they got money, possibly in millions of dollars, only for government to discover it had been swindled. They kept saying they could get the girls released , they could interface with Boko Haram and they went smiling to the bank with all that money, and nothing happened".
"So you should understand why this government is being careful and the President has said the genuineness of the leadership of Boko Haram must be determined before any negotiation takes place".
Lol Cristiano Ronaldo's reaction to Messi winning the Ballon d'Or says it all
"It is a very special moment for me to be back here on this stage, winning again another Ballon d’Or after being there in the audience watching Cristiano win," he said.
"It’s incredible this is my fifth. It’s much more than anything I’ve dreamed of as a kid.
"I want to thank everyone who voted for me and I want to hank my team-mates. And lastly, I want to thank football in general for everything it has brought me. Both the bad and the good. Because it has made me learn and grow."
Jim Iyke, Nse Ikpe Etim get set to thrill as 'Stalker' hits cinemas this February!
David Bowie's wife, Iman pays tribute to her late Husband
The model's Instagram page is populated with pictures of her late husband, with several posted over the last few days, showing photographs of Bowie and Iman.
Monday, 11 January 2016
Missing Four-year-old girl, Zainab has been found...
Abba Hikima who declared his 4-year-old niece - Zainab missing, has thankfully announced that she has now been safely found. What she wrote after the cut...
Why We Released Jafaru Isa - EFCC
The attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has been drawn to a statement by the National Legal Adviser of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Mr. Victor Kwon, alleging compromise and political witch hunts in the release of a chieftain of the All Progressive Congress, APC, Brigadier-General Jafaru Isa, (retd) by the EFCC.
In the statement made available to the media yesterday, Kwon alleged that: “ The release of Jafaru Isa, a known associate of the President and chieftain of the APC, eight hours after his arrest, while our Spokesman remains in detention even when the two are being investigated over the same allegation, clearly shows that the President Buhari-led APC government is not fighting corruption but using the much-hyped crusade as a cover to prosecute PDP leaders and decimate the opposition, a project the EFCC has clearly yielded itself as a willing tool”.
While the EFCC will not wish to join issues with Kwon in this regard, it is important that the public is presented with the facts regarding the release of Isa. The APC chieftain was arrested for his involvement in the arms procurement scam, to the tune of N170,000,000( One Hundred and Seventy Million Naira). Upon his arrest, the retired General admitted receiving the said sum from Dasuki and immediately refunded a total sum of N100,000, 000( One Hundred Million Naira only), with an undertaking to refund the balance of N70,000,000( Seventy Million Naira only) in two weeks. Besides, his health deteriorated after he was taken into custody. These two factors prompted the offer of bail to the suspect.
The grant of bail by the Commission does not amount to an exoneration of the suspect.
Unlike Isa, Metuh, who is exposed to the tune of N1.2Billion in the arms scandal has shown no readiness to refund any amount of money to the EFCC, nor signed any undertaking to do so at a future date. Metuh, contrary to claims by his party, is not being detained illegally as the commission obtained a valid court order to hold him.
There is no basis for a witch-hunt of Metuh. Nigerians are assured that he will be released once he satisfies the condition for the discretion to be exercised in his favor. Until that is done, the commission will not be intimidated or stampeded by any campaign of calumny that is intended to detract it.
Kwon claimed rather ridiculously that: “We have information of the marching order from the Presidency for the immediate release of the President’s associate and that his issue is one of the major reasons for the repeated visits of the EFCC Chairman to the Presidential Villa within the period of his arrest...”
This is far from the truth. No one micro manages the EFCC, not even the president. The EFCC is focussed and will remain un-deterred in its task of ridding the nation of all forms of corrupt practices.
There is no modicum of truth in allegations of selectivity, bias and witch hunt and the general public is enjoined to ignore such claims.
Wilson Uwujaren
Head, Media & Publicity
11th January, 2016
Check out Asa's Hot bod (Photo)
Music star Asa shared this photo of her toned body on her Instagram page. She bid farewell to 2015 and shared the photo from probably her first workout in 2016.
EFCC boss denies claims of agency's selective fight against corruption
“Nobody who is not corrupt, who is not involved, is with us. In all the cases, we conduct preliminary investigation. We work hard. If it is company you used, we unveil the profile of the company to see who owns the company.
If it’s money, we make sure we follow the money, in your account. So it is not true that we just go and carry people and dump them. Sometimes you have to give chance to the person accused to say his own side of the story. And in the process the man will disclose a lot of things that you may not know. So it is very necessary for you to follow up on the information received from the person arrested, to strengthen whatever you have. We don’t keep people for more than 10-15 days. In fact, in most cases, we obtain relevant court orders. In all cases, if you see we keep somebody, there must be a supporting court order. If you are not corrupt, we will not have any cause to invite you. So we only invite corrupt people, no selective"he said.
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