JUST IMAGINE !WOMAN ARRESTED WHILE PRETENDING TO CARRY BABY BUT INSTEAD CARRYING MARIJUANA !

 The woman pictured was arrested by the police  after she was found to be carrying Marijuana disguised as a baby. Source: Kenya Alerts

DIEZANI ALISON-MADUEKE'S HUSBAND ARRESTED BY EFCC

Husband of former Minister of Petroleum Resources Diezani Alison-Madueke has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over allegations of laundering more than $600,000 through his personal accounts. According to Channels TV, he was quizzed for many hours and was released on administrative bail. He is expected to return to the anti-graft agency headquarters tomorrow.

OONI PAID A COUTESY VISIT TO SENATE PRESIDENT BUKOLA SARAKI

 The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, paid a courtesy visit to the Senate President Bukola Saraki on Wednesday, February 17 in Abuja.  

"Great pleasure receiving the Vibrant Royal Highness, Oba Alayeluwa Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II. May his reign bring prosperity, unity to Yoruba race and Nigeria. I'm most delighted that he presented a Made in Nigeria gift as his souvenir. Brings great pleasure knowing his royal highness is with us 100% to drive" the Senate President wrote. Continue for more photos...

PASSERS-BY SPARK AT THE MIDDLE-AGED MAN MARRIES 12-YEAR OLD GIRL AT SEA SIDE

 A little girl of 12-years-old, wearing make-up, poses for photographs as she appears to marry a middle-aged man who is at least four decades older than her, clinging on to her.

Shot in Lebanon, the video has sparked an international outcry.

But, thankfully, the child bride and her groom were actors hired by the campaign group KAFA - which means “enough” in Arabic.

Amassing more than 1.7 million views since it was released, the clip offers up a window into another world where thousands of young girls in Lebanon, Syria and around the world who are forced into marriage.

Nearly 15 million girls who are as young as eight are forced to marry older men sometimes in their sixties and senventies.

According to the United Nations Population Fund more than 1.2 billion girls will be forced into child marriage by 2050.
Now the Government in Lebanon has introduced legislation it hopes will pass that will require all marriages to have a civil registration in an attempt to outlaw it.

Currently parents can give permission for their children to marry at the age of nine while a girl can give consent herself at the age of 14.

Campaigner Maya Ammar said: “The scene [video] was supposed to seem shocking because the practice itself is shocking.”

DSS RECOVERS $500,000 CASH AT SACKED NSITF BOSS NGOZI OLEJEME'S SONS' HOUSE IN ABUJA

The Department of State Security Services (DSS), on Tuesday raided the Abuja home of the son of the immediate past chairman of the Nigerian Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Ngozi Olejeme. Mrs Olejeme was one of the Chief Executives of government agencies sacked by President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday.

During the search on the house whose location is yet to be disclosed, at least $500,000 was said to have been recovered from the house. Olejeme has been accused of being a cesspool of fraud since her emergence as the Chairman of Board of that organization. According to sources, a lot of scandals under her watch has been perpetrated in the organization.

Among other fraud schemes, Olejeme is said to have used Trust Fund Pensions Plc, which is a company incorporated in Nigeria and is licensed by the National Pension Commission, the pension regulatory body, as a pension fund Administrator in accordance with the provisions of the Pension Reform Act 2004 to perpetrate many frauds in office. In 2015, she donated N700m to the campaign of former President Goodluck Jonathan.

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DOKPESI RE-ARRAINGS OVER ALLEGED N2.1 BILLION FRAUD

 Former chairman of DAAR communications Plc, Raymond Dokpesi, has been re-arraigned by operatives of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ( EFCC) before Justice John Tsoho of the federal high court, Abuja,today over a six-count charge of criminal breach of public procurement law to the tune of N2.1bn, the same charges filed against him in December.

During the hearing, Dokpesi pleaded not guilty to all charges. His counsel, Wole Olanipekun, Dokpesi’s lawyer, asked the presiding judge to allow him maintains the bail he was granted by Justice Kolawole on December 14. He said his client had been of good behaviour since the bail was granted.

After listening to the counsel, the judge ruled that the bail granted Dokpesi be maintained. He adjourned the case to March 2 and 3 for commencement of trial.

PHOTOS: AUTO ACCIDENT ON 3RD MAINLAND BRIDGE THIS AFTERNOON

 Auto accident occurred this afternoon at 3^rd Mainland Bridge; it was reportedly caused by tyre bursts. No life was lost but the passengers sustained various degrees of injuries. According to Uche Nnaji, LASG Emergency Ambulance Service arrived at the scene shortly after the incident and the victims were conveyed to the hospital where they are currently receiving treatment. More photos after the cut...