Photos: Nigeria Customs seize 37 vehicles loaded with imported rice, arrests 3 suspects

hirty seven (37) vehicles loaded with illegally imported rice have been seized by operatives of the Nigeria Customs while on patrol in Ogun State along Ipokia, Idiroko/Oowode and Alari/Ifiyintedo axis.

Speaking with newsmen in Lagos, Deputy Comptroller in Charge of Enforcement at the Command, Mohammed Gagiyo said the vehicles were intercepted and seized while three suspects have been arrested in connection with the seizure.The suspects, Olowe Oluwabunmi (m), Bibilari Olaniyi (m) and Rasheed Abiola (m) are currently being investigated in connection with the seizure

DC Mohammed reiterated the Service determination to continue its collaborative efforts with other government agencies to rid the country of cross border trade malpractices and smuggling. He also used the medium to inform the public that the ban on importation of rice through the land borders is still enforce

Photo: Cameroon police foils plot by notorious trafficker to send 4 Nigerian girls to Russia to work as prostitutes

A notorious Cameroonian trafficker of sex workers, Eyambe Miliki Sona has been arrested by the police over plot to send four young Nigerian girsl to Russia to work as prostitutes.

The young girls between 19 to 24 years old came all the way from Nigeria after being promised travel visas to Moscow –Russia.

One of the girls identified as Ewangi Patriarch, 19, recounted that Eyambe Miliki Sona directed them to Cameroon by phone. Upon arrival they were lodged in a single room while waiting for their travel documents. The girls became impatient after waiting for two weeks and not receiving any positive signs of the alleged trip to Russia.

EFCC arrests military officers for diverting Soldiers’ N339m death benefits

Two military officers and four others have been arrested by EFCC operatives for allegedly opening fake accounts to divert N339million benefits of next-of-kin of deceased military officers and men within two months. The Nation reports that two other suspects involved in the crime are currently at large. 

The arrested  military officers, a Wing Commander and a Lt. Commander, worked at the Military Pension Board while their accomplices were Branch Manager and Relationship Manager of United Bank for Africa (UBA). It was gathered that the auditors of UBA raised the alarm when its auditors discovered that huge parts of the funds were “cashed across the counter in a suspicious manner.”

Equatorial Guinea consul and wife survive armed robbery attack in Nigeria

The Consul-General of Equatorial Guinea in Nigeria, Juan Mbomio, and his wife, Maria were lucky to have escaped being killed by a gang of armed robbers on Monday around the designated area of Rivers and Akwa Ibom states. 

The pair, presently receiving treatment at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, sustained body injuries from the gunshots when they were travelling  on their Toyota Prado Jeep from Port Harcout to Calabar.

A source close to the family said that the consular and an attaché identified as a police escort were also in the vehicle but no information was given if they also sustained any injury.

Baby killed and mum injured after plunging 6 storeys when faulty lift wasn’t there when the doors opened

A six-week-old- baby girl has died after her mum pushed her pram into a lift when the doors opened and the lift wasn’t there The two fell down the left and as they both landed on the roof of the lift, the mother’s weight crushed her infant daughter to death. 

The lift car – which was stuck around 8ft below, between the 22nd and 23rd floors – then plunged 6 storeys before stopping. The tragic accident happened at a high-rise riddled with violations, including 45 directly related to the lifts.

The 21 year old mother, Aberaqed Al-Rabah, told investigators that she didn’t notice that the elevator car wasn’t there when the doors opened — and just pushed the buggy containing 6-week-old Areej Ali into the open space, police sources said.

Reuben Abati's 'spiritual side of the Villa', Buhari's 'Kitchen wife' and the curse and pain of Power- Femi Fani Kayode

This is an article written by Femi Fani Kayode. Please read on.

I read Reuben Abati's excellent write-up titled "The Spiritual Side Of Aso Villa" and I concur with his submissions. I worked in the Villa for three years as President Olusegun Obasanjo's spokesman on public affairs and a lot of very strange things happened there.

 

Amongst them is the fact that the two people that served as Senior Special Assistant to President Obasanjo on Media and Publicity one after the other, namely the much-loved Mr. Tunji Oseni and then later Mrs. Remi Oyo, both contracted a terrible terminal illness whilst in office and died a few years later. 

Apart from that many other aides that worked in the Villa at that time were also afflicted with strange diseases and a sudden and tragic end. 

Amongst them were Col. Solomon Giwa Amu, Obasanjo's hard-working and good-looking ADC and Mr. Stanley Macebuh, his brilliant and cerebral Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications. 

I was so moved by Abati's piece that I decided to share the following thoughts about the spiritual challenges that those in power have faced. 

MediaTakeOut issues a public apology to Kim Kardashian for saying the Paris robbery incident was fake

After MediaTakeOut accused Kim Kardashian of faking the Paris robbery in several articles, Kim Kardashian and her legal team filed a libel lawsuit against them.

Yesterday Friday Oct. 14th, MediaTakeOut.com posted an apology letter online to Kim saying the robbery did really happen. The site's founder, Fred Mwangaguhunga, acknowledged that their reporting went too far. See the apology after the cut...

"Our number one goal is to produce the most accurate information as quickly as possible and we did that," Mwangaguhunga said. 

"But now, looking back at it, you have a chance often times to look back and reflect on what it is that happened. It's now clear that she was robbed. It's clear that the reporting that we did hurt her, and we certainly don't want that to be what we do."