NOLLYWOOD ACTOR KANAYO O.KANAYO RETURNS TO SCHOOL

 Nollywood's great, Kanayo .O. Kanayo has gone back to school to continue his education. The actor, who resumed classes at the University of Abuja, made the announcement on his Instagram yesterday.
 "Hello People, For the love of you, I owe you the notice that I have resumed classes in school, the University of Abuja. Just finished with morning lecture, Law of Evidence, and on standby for Equity 2-4pm.  #overandout.

YAHYA JAMMEH: COURT RULES AGAINST HIM...ASKED TO SEE ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION !

Gambia’s Supreme Court said today  ruled against President Yahya Jammeh  that it cannot rule for several months on Jammeh’s challenge against his electoral defeat on 1 December due to a lack of judges.

“We can only hear this matter when we have a full bench of the Supreme Court,” Emmanuel Fagbenle, the court’s chief justice said Tuesday.

According to Gambia Chief Justice,the extra judges needed to hear the case were not available. He, however added that he would prefer the country to resolve its political deadlock through the mediation underway by a group of West African leaders, who are attempting to persuade Jammeh to respect the constitution and step aside.
“This is why alternative dispute resolution is important,” he said.

“We are now only left with the ECOWAS mediation initiative and the inter-party committee set up by government to resolve the dispute,” he said.

The leaders from the ECOWAS regional grouping led by Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari will return to The Gambia for the second time since the election tomorrow to attempt a diplomatic solution, but Nigeria’s foreign minister has said the use of force remains an option.

By ECOWAS deadline, Jammeh has up till 19 January to quit office to allow the swearing in of Adama Barrow on 20 January, as the new leader.

OMOYELE SOWORE':LEKAN FATODU WANTED TO KILL ME'

 Sahara Reporters publisher, Omoyele Sowore, in a new post on his Facebook, alleged that Lekan in company of one of his friends simply identified as Andre, tried to kill him when they waylaid him at GRA Ikeja yesterday. Read what he shared after the cut ..


"I am now safely out of the labyrinth of a police conspiracy centred around one Lekan Fatodu whom, in January 2016, we reported on SaharaReporters had been involved in laundering money for Femi Fani-Kayode. On Wednesday, Lekan and a friend of his referred to as “Ándre” waylaid me at GRA Ikeja and tried to kill me. The attempt was resisted by the public, following which he showed up later with a police van from Area "F" police with a plain cloth police team. As it turned out, Commissioner of the Lagos State Police Command, Fatai Owoseni was part of the conspiracy, as he pulled out a petition alleging "criminal defamation" against me, got upset when I questioned his position and impartiality, and threatened to deal with me. Even in the days of General Abacha, I did not experience that brazen partiality. My attack by Fatodu was organized with the police, but as they were unable to arrest me directly, he was given the cover to carry out an attack that would give the police their needed tonic to take vengeance on me.

The situation wasn't better when I was hurled before Lagos CP, Mr. Owoseni and later, Frank Mba, who started a winding story claiming it was a messy case. I was asked to sign for my bail on Self Recognizance, but I declined, insisting I had not been arrested by the police and were that the case, that I preferred to be booked and shown an arrest warrant. After a short argument, I was let go without signing a bail bond, but was asked to return to the Panti Police Station on Thursday at 2p.m. I wish to thank all Nigerians and others who have reached out to me over this saga. I am grateful to Peter Claver Oparah, Temitope Gomez and Inibehe Effiong who served last night as my lawyer, as well as the construction workers at Isaac John Street who came out to defend me from what could have been a fatal attack. I will return to Panti on Thursday as requested, to confront the police over the case. Rest assured that I've always prepared for things of this nature this in the course of my self-appointed duties as a conscience of the public. If you have spare time tomorrow, meet me at the SCID at Panti at 2 pm. There is no retreat and no surrender."

EFCC DISCOVERS N632.2 MILLION IN FORMER CHIEF JUDGE ACCOUNT

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it made a huge discovery on the former Chief Judge of Enugu State, Innocent Azubuike Umezulike. According to them, it discovered N632.2 million in the former judge's bank account, reiterating it as the reason for his involuntary retirement.

The agency also found that the lodgements of funds came from lawyers, businessmen, politicians and litigants.
Former Chief Judge Umezulike was believed to have operated the account without a Bank Verification Number (BVN) as at June 2016..

The former Chief Judge has been invited by EFCC for interrogation on January 17 on some of the shocking lodgments.

The National Judicial Council (NJC) said on September 29, 2016, it recommended, that former Chief Judge Umezulike to Governor Justice Lawrence Ugwuanyi of Enugu State for compulsory retirement for:
“Delivering judgment in a case 126 days after final addresses were adopted by parties, and for other instances of abuse of office”.
The council also found Justice Umezulike guilty of allegedly “receiving a donation of N10m from a businessman, Prince Arthur Eze, during his book launch while two cases in which Prince Eze was said to have had “vested interest”, were in the judge’s court.”

It was learnt that the ongoing probe of the judge followed petitions against him, including some sent to the National Judicial Council (NJC).

A source, said:
“From the probe of the salary account of the judge with the main branch of First Bank Plc in Enugu, our team discovered that he was operating it without a BVN as at June 2016.
“Further verification showed that he was earning N701, 726. 28 per month but he did not make any single withdrawal for 11 months.
“When we analysed an account linked to the judge, the turnover was about N396, 544.034.73 with a closing balance of N632.223.47 as at 15th of June 2016.”
“We were able to identify how lodgments were made into the account linked to Justice Umezulike. The depositors included Justice Umezulike, legal practitioners, businessmen, politicians and litigants. The judge invested most of the cash in Treasury Bills.”
There were indications that some assets identified with the judge might be seized by the EFCC, pending the conclusion of its investigation.
According to EFCC:
“Our detectives uncovered three properties allocated to the ex-CJ by the Enugu State Government. These are:

Plot H/136 Golf Phase II, Enugu allocated in 2000 but sold to Mr. J.I. Chime in 2007 who subsequently sold it to Cosmas Offia in 2008;
Block B2 Flat 16 Maryland Estate, Enugu allocated in 2012 Sold to Igwe Goddy Moore; and
Plot H/88 Gold Estate Phase I, GRA Enugu allocated in 2015 which is still in the judge’s possession.
When EFCC detectives couldn't find the Assets Declaration Form of the ex-CJ from the Code of Conduct Bureau, they decided that the properties may end up being seized.
“We may however place the properties located so far under temporary asset forfeiture.”

NIGERIA SVERES DIPLOMATIC TIES WITH TAIWAN

The federal government yesterday announced that Nigeria will be severing its diplomatic ties with Taiwan and that the Taiwan diplomatic office in Abuja should be relocated to Lagos where it will now serve as as Trade mission.

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, who disclosed this at a news conference in Abuja yesterday, said this became necessary following the Federal government's decision to pledge support for ‘One China’.


According to Onyeama, “Taiwan will stop enjoying any privileges because it is not a country that is recognized under international law and under the position we have taken internationally, we recognize the people of China. Taiwan will not have any diplomatic representation in Nigeria and also they will be moving out of Abuja to Lagos to the extent that they function as a trade mission with a skeletal staff. Chinese government does not oppose trading with Taiwan as such as long there is no formal contact with the government that will suggest recognition of Taiwan as sovereign country” he said

WOMAN GAVE BIRTH INSIDE 'BRT' BUS IN LAGOS (PHOTOS)

 A woman gave birth to a baby boy inside a BRT bus in Lagos with assistance from passengers on Wednesday, January 11 2017. The woman had reportedly become restless shortly after boarding the bus and soon went into labour.

 She was delivered of a baby boy at about 9 a.m. After the delivery the woman was taken to the hospital, while other passengers were transferred to a different bus.

GOV.AMBODE YESTERDAY ORDERED THE ARREST OF 'PRETTY MIKE' FOR USING DOG CHAINS ON TWO GIRLS !

Lagos state governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, yesterday ordered the arrest and questioning of club owner, Mike Eze-Nwalie Nwogu popularly known as ‘Pretty Mike’, for putting a leash on two girls and parading them around like dogs.

Mike was invited to the Governor's office but the governor didn't see him personally. He directed his security team to question him. But because there's no law against what Pretty Mike did, meaning he didn't commit any crime, he was only cautioned and asked never to do it again...

Read Mike's undertaken below..
“I, Mike Eze Nwalie, A.K.A Pretty Mike of 21A Magodo GRA, Luma Street, do hereby undertake to stop whatever act of putting girls on a leash or any other degrading treatment to ladies and guys. I am aware that such act offends the law of the State of Lagos and if I repeat it again, there will be legal act towards me. I undertake to issue a letter of apology to the public effective from tomorrow on all my social media platforms.”his undertaking reads

The State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Adeniji Kazeem who confirmed his arrest, said the state government frowns at all acts that are anti-social and will not hesitate to act when such is displayed.