Photos: EFCC arrests Man for living above his means, land racketeering

The EFCC on Monday October 31st, arrested a self-acclaimed building engineer, Abdullahi Rilwan, for offences bordering on operating a land racketeering syndicate, criminal conspiracy, unlawful possession of classified documents, obtaining by false pretense and money laundering.

Operatives of the EFCC had as part of investigation into the $2.1billion arms procurement fraud, visited the Kuje Area Council, Abuja. The visit was in connection with several properties in the area, suspected to be proceeds of money laundering. In the course of investigating the ownership of a filling station and a shopping complex both still under construction located along Pegi Road, in the Kuje Area Council, operatives gathered that Rilwan was in charge of the construction work. 

Rilwan, who was subsequently engaged, denied ownership of the station, but confirmed he was the engineer in charge of the construction work. He admitted to being the owner of the shopping complex. He also told operatives that he was the owner of two companies, Kaibo Oil and Gas and Kaibo Properties, but could not account for the source of wealth.

Photos: Team of 50 Kenyan doctors successfully separate conjoined twins

 Doctors at the Kenyatta Hospital on Wednesday morning November 3rd, successfully separated conjoined twins in the first ever surgery of its kind on the continent.

A team of 50 medical specialists separated the twin girls, Favour and Blessing, whose lower backs were fused, in an operation that took 23 hours and concluded at 5am on Wednesday morning after a two year hospital stay.

The twins are currently admitted in the Intensive Care Unit of the hospital but KNH Acting Chief Executive Officer Thomas Mutie, told reporters that they are expected to make a full recovery.

“It is the first time in Sub-Saharan Africa, outside South Africa where this kind of operation has been done successfully. So this fete is a statement to the world ‘in KNH and in Kenya, we can do what other people can do."

National Judicial Council suspends 7 senior judges accused of corruption

The National Judicial Council, NJC, has suspended seven senior judges arrested on October 7th by the State Security Service over allegations of corrupt practices. The judicial body had initially refused to suspend the accused judges but resolved to suspend them after the council’s meeting which took place between yesterday November 2nd and today November 3rd.

The suspension of the affected judges is contained ‎ in a communique issued at the end of the meeting, and signed by NJC’s Director of Information, Soji Oye.

Kim and Kanye have fired longtime bodyguard Pascal Duvier one month after Paris robbery

Just one month after Kim K was robbed in her Paris hotel by a group of men who made off with $11million worth of jewels, the bodyguard who was tasked to take care of her, Pascal Duvier, has been sacked. Pascal, who has been with the Kardashian family since 2012, was reportedly sacked this week by Kim and her husband, Kanye.

According to Entertainment Tonight, Pascal wasn't the only one who was let go. "Pascal, along with a couple other security members of their team, were recently let go by Kim and Kanye. It's a pretty tough situation overall and they love Pascal, but they couldn't take any more chances.' a source told ET. Kim now moves around with off-duty police officers.

Court frees all suspects accused of killing Christian woman, Bridget Agbahime, over blasphemy in Kano

The five suspected killers of 74 year old Mrs. Bridget Agbahime, the Christian woman who was murdered for allegedly making a blasphemous statement at Kofar Wambai Market in Kano state on June 2nd, have been released.

The Chief Magistrate of the Kano Magistrate Court, today discharged all the five suspects namely Dauda Ahmed, Abdulmumeen Mustafa, Zubairu Abubakar, Abdullahi Abubakar and Musa Abdullahi.

The police had at the time of the incident arrested the suspects in connection with the murder and had immediately slammed a four-count charge of allegedly inciting disturbance, culpable homicide, joint act and mischief on them.

At the hearing of the case today, the Chief Magistrate, Muhammad Jibril, discharged the five suspects and terminated the case as advised by the attorney-general of Kano State.‎

Popular Ghanaian prophet accuses Ghanaian footballer Samuel Inkoom of using black magic to ‘kill’ careers of his rivals

Black Stars of Ghana/Antalyaspor of Turkey defender Samuel Inkoom has been accused by popular Ghanaian controversial prophet Kwaku Mensah Otabil of using black magic aka juju to 'kill the stars' of his fellow Ghanaian teammates who rival for his position.

According to prophet Kwaku, Inkoom, 27, is so addicted to negative spiritualism and he has helped the player in the past to cage the destinies of so many Black Stars players.

The audio message released on Metro FM, Kumasi, Ghana, on Wednesday from the 'Man of God' was addressed to the Technical director and the president of the Ghana FA, Oti Akenteng and Kwesi Nyantakyi respectively.

Prophet Kwaku said: “Hello Good afternoon coach Oti and elder Nyantakyi. Truth is one. The reason why I am saying this is that I want the Ghana FA officials to know something about Inkoom. Inkoom is a player that no one should try calling him back into the Black Stars. He is a player that will cause pandemonium in the Ghana camp. There will be confusion in the Black Stars. He is a liar.'

Woman gives birth to twins and names them Donald and Trump

A woman from South Carolina who made headlines when she gave birth to twin boys at Grand Strand Medical Center and named them Donald and Trump says she has no regrets for giving them those names. The proud mum said:

“We weren’t planning on naming them after Donald Trump at first, but it is clearly a divine sign that our next president shows up in our state on the day my little sunshines are born” explained Latifa Huxley, proud mother of the two. 

“Donald Trump is a bright and successful man with strong moral values that represents what America is all about.” she told local reporters, visibly emotional.