EFCC Arraigns Alleged Female Internet Fraudster Suzan Vega Ochuko for 132,000 Euro Fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday 7th of April, 2017 arraigned one Suzan Vega Ochuko before Justice P.I. Ajoku of the Federal High Court sitting in Benin, Edo State on a three count charge bordering on conspiracy and obtaining money by false pretence.

Ochuko and one Tony Uyimwen aka Alex Ethan (now at large) allegedly operating with a pseudo name Alex Ethan contacted one Mrs. Beatrice AUF DER MAUR from St. Gallen, Switzerland via Facebook and defrauded her of One Hundred and Thirty-Two Thousand Euro. 

Mrs Auf Der Maur was allegedly hoodwinked into a love relationship with the defendant who subsequently defrauded her of the said amount under the pretence of executing a non existing contract.

INEC RELEASES 2019 ELECTIONS TIMETABLES

Gentlemen of the press

You are all welcome to yet another briefing, which is in fulfillment of our pledge to regularly brief the public on the Commission’s activities.
1. Our democracy is maturing and the Commission believes that there should be certainty with regard to the timetable for elections. For instance, in the United States, general elections always hold on the second PRESS Tuesday of November in the election year. In Ghana, it’s the 7th of December of the election year, while in other places like Mexico, Norway, Sweden, Costa Rica and Switzerland, the dates are also known in advance.

FIFA remembers Former African Footballer of the Year, Rasheed Yekini

The Federation of International Football Associations (FIFA), on Wednesday remembered Nigeria’s late ex-international, Rasheed Yekini, four years after his death.

In a statement on the world football governing body’s website, FIFA looked back on Yekini’s memorable goal which became historic and the subsequent celebration.

Yekini, who is Nigeria’s highest goal scorer (37 goals) till date, died of illness on May 4, 2012, at the age of 48.

He entered history books after scoring the Super Eagles’ first ever FIFA World Cup goal at the 1994 finals held in the U.S. in the 3-0 group stage win over Bulgaria.

Anti-corruption war: Buhari, 59 world leaders agree sanctions on looters

The party appears to be over for public officers in the habit of looting the nation’s treasury.

The Federal Government and 59 other nations will in May sign agreement on the sanctions to be imposed on corrupt political and public office holders.

President Muhammadu Buhari will join 59 other world leaders in the United Kingdom to seal the pact by which any of the 60 countries involved would no longer be a “safe haven” for treasury looters.

Some of the sanctions that may be imposed on culprits include: travel restriction or denial of entry visa into the 60 countries;rejection of request for political asylum by corrupt political and public office holders;likely loss of citizenship;no more approval of naturalization for any corrupt person;no establishment of shell companies abroad; andthe corrupt will not be allowed to operate foreign accounts in any of the 60 nations.

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TUESDAY 8 JULY 2014 - THEME: CURSED BLESSING BY PASTOR E. A. ADEBOYE

RCCG OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TUESDAY 8 JULY 2014 - THEME: CURSED BLESSING BY PASTOR E. A. ADEBOYE

MEMORY VERSE: Hosea 4:17

Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone. 

READ: HOSEA 5:8-15

8 Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at Bethaven, after thee, O Benjamin.

9 Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.

10 The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.

11 Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.

12 Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.

13 When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound.

14 For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue him.

15 I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.

MESSAGE

Why Defending champions Spain crushed to a 1-5 defeat against Netherlands

Stunning goals from Robin van Persie and Arjen Robben fired the Netherlands to a 5-1 demolition of Spain who endured a miserable start to their World Cup defence in a pulsating Group B game on Friday. In complete contrast to the tetchy World Cup final between the sides in 2010 which Spain won 1-0, the Dutch took sweet revenge with a vibrant display capped off by two goals each for Van Persie and Robben and one by defender Stefan de Vrij.

"I certainly didn't expect this result but I did expect us to score in the way we did," Dutch coach Louis van Gaal told reporters. "Spain were always going to come at us and we catch them on the counter. My players did it perfectly. It's far better than we ever expected," Dutch coach Louis van Gaal told reporters.

Why I will Defeat Boko Haram - President Jonathan

The Nigerian President, Dr Goodluck Jonathan said yesterday that" abduction of Chibok‘s school girls, beginning of Boko Haram’s end.“

Speaking to the world leaders at the World Ecomomic Forum in Abuja on Thursday, Jonathan said Nigeria will win "war on terror" despite deadly attack and kidnapping of schoolgirls.

World powers has joined in the search for abducted Chibok schoolgirls. The US, the UK, France, Canada and China have all offered help to find them.

Champions League Quarter-finals: PSG vs Chelsea FC, Bayern Munich Against Manchester United

Defending Champions Bayern Munich will take on Manchester United in the standout tie of the Champions League quarter-finals after the draw at UEFA house in Nyon, Switzerland on Friday. Pep Guardiola's men are keen to become the first club in the history of the competition to successfully defend their title, but will have to deal with the struggling Premier League champions first, with the first leg scheduled to take place at Old Trafford.

Syria Geneva II: UN to hold separate talks with rival groups

UN mediator for Syrian peace talks Lakhdar Brahimi is to hold separate talks with rival delegations to assess their willingness to meet together. The behind-the-scenes negotiations follow the first day of a major peace conference in Switzerland which ended in bitter divisions.

Mr Brahimi's initiative takes place before full talks resume on Friday. 

It remains unclear whether the two sides will negotiate face-to-face - as planned by the UN - when talks restart.

The BBC's diplomatic correspondent Bridget Kendall in Montreux says that while the peace process may have got off to a rocky start - with heated disagreements on Wednesday - at least neither of the two rival delegations from the government and the opposition walked out.

And both say they will come to the UN brokered talks due to begin in Geneva on Friday.

But our correspondent says that how those talks will work is still not certain.

Mr Brahimi has revealed that he still does not know if the two sides are even prepared to sit in the same room.

He intends to consult them separately on Thursday to gauge what is possible.

"What we will try to do is talk about how to end this bloody war, and for that, I think, we have a kind of road map in the communique of 30 June 2012, and we'll see how we use that platform to best effect," Mr Brahimi said.

"We have no illusion that it is going to be easy, but we are going to try very hard."

Syrian Peace Talks: UN Secretary-General Formally Invites Iran

The United Nations has formally invited Iran to join this week's long-awaited Syrian peace talks in Switzerland.  told reporters Sunday that he believes Iran "needs to be part of the solution in Syria."

He said Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif has assured him that Iran understands the basis of the talks, which are set to begin Wednesday in Montreux before shifting to Geneva.

" and I agreed that the goal of the negotiations is to establish by mutual consent a transitional governing body with full objective powers. It was on that basis that Foreign Minister Zarif pledged that Iran would play a positive and constructive role in Montreux."
The goal of establishing a transitional government was laid out at a 2012 international peace conference.

Iran has long rejected that declaration because a transitional authority would likely exclude President Bashar al-Assad, who is a major Iranian ally.

U.S. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the United States remains "deeply concerned" about Iran's support of Mr. Assad's government, and that Iran must publicly accept the peace conference's goals or be uninvited from the talks.

Russia, another Syrian ally, has called for Iran to be a part of the negotiations.

Mr. Ban also has invited nine other nations that have an interest in the Syrian civil war to join the talks. He says their presence would be an important show of solidarity.

The U.N. chief also welcomed the main opposition group's decision to attend.

Syria says the issue of Mr. Assad giving up power is not up for discussion, so few experts expect the talks will reach this goal. 

But they say they do hope the discussions will result in increased humanitarian access and local cease-fires to make life easier for Syrian civilians.