EFCC Arraign Two for $91,000 Internet Fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, EFCC, on Friday, September
26, 2014 arraigned Dandeson Ebosele
Ibhonitie, 26, (a.k.a Dandy James, Connor
Mead and Barrister Louis Harpoch and
Ohiwerei Charity, 31, before Justice E. F.
Ikponmwen of Edo State High Court, Benin-
City on a 3- count charge bordering on
conspiracy and obtaining money by false
pretence.
Ibhonitie and Charity allegedly belong to the
group of fraudsters using the internet to
defraud unsuspecting victims.
Ibhonitie allegedly defrauded one Mrs. Weidman
Andrea Sabrie, a German, of the sum of $ 91,000
(Ninety-One Thousand United States Dollars) by
pretending to be an American working in Nigeria
for a road construction company.
To access the proceeds of the fraud, Ibhonitie
allegedly opened a domiciliary account in the
name of one Mr. Steven. He entered into an
agreement with Charity, the account officer that
opened the account for him, on how the proceeds
from the crime will be shared. By the
arrangement, Charity was to keep 3 percent of
every inflow to herself while 7 percent will go to
Ibhonitie. The remaining 90 percent, by the
arrangement, went to Steven. However,
investigations showed that Ibhonitie was the
same as Steven.
When the charges were read to them, they
pleaded not guilty.
One of the counts read:
"Dandeson Ebosele Ibhonitie (a.k.a Dandy
James, Connor Mead, Barrister Louis Harpoch,
Brett Francis Steven (still at large) and Ohiwerei
Charity on or about the 2nd day of April, 2014 at
Benin within the Benin judicial division, with
intent to defraud obtained the sum of USD
45,000.00(Forty Five Thousand United State
Dollars) from Mrs. Weidman Andrea Sabrie, a
German national through Skye Bank of Nigeria
Limited Account No: 2520346555 in the name of
Dandy James by falsely pretending to her that
the said sum of money represented legal fee for
Barrister Louis Harpoch for your defense which
pretence you knew to be false".
In view of their pleas, prosecuting counsel,
Ayokunle Fayanju, prayed the court for a trial
date. He also opposed the bail applications of
the defendants.
Justice Ikponmwen adjourned the matter till
August, 30, 2014 for hearing of bail applications
and ordered that the defendants be remanded in
prison custody.

Meet the two children saved by Clay & Lamboginny Living Projec

14 year-old Aminu Alhaji and nine year-old
Dorcas Oladuni are the first beneficiaries of the
Clay-Lamboginny Living Project, which is aimed
at facilitating surgeries for under privilege kids
across Nigeria.
Since a tragic accident on his way to purchase
pure water for hawking in order to survive, Aminu
Alhaji has been unable to pass urine with his
private organs and has been at a ward of the
General hospital Lagos for the pass two years.
At a tender age, his life has been a challenging
one with the loss of his parents and separation
from his siblings during the Kaduna crisis.
Aminu has been diagnosed with Urethral
Lateralization Structure as the accident initially
robbed him of his ability to excrete both feces
and urine but due to the kindness of the hospital
several operations had been carried out which
restored his ability to pass feces but he currently
has to carry a urine bag about as he cannot
urinate and would need to undergo another
urethral Structure Repair but has no one to foot
his bills.
The above picture of Dorcas Odunlami is really a
sight for sorry eyes. She has her large intestines,
which are bagged and taped, to her stomach.
Her inability to pass feces through the right
channel is as a result of Hirschproy disease. She
has undergone several surgeries (colostomy, pull
through surgery) and currently her mother is
unable to afford any more medical procedure,
which left her at the hospital since January
2014.
These kids are two out of thousands of Nigerian
Kids whose lives are rolling by before their eyes
due to medical issues that can be easily paid for
and carried out successfully in Nigeria.
The Clay-Lamboginny Living Project will not only
cover their medical bills, but the duo of Aminu
and Dorcas have become the fortunate
beneficiaries of the Clay-Lamboginny Scholarship
award for two under-privileged kids.
At 14, Aminu’s highest level of education was
stopped at Primary 4 while Dorcas was in
Primary 2 before her condition halted her
schooling. With the support of the Welfare
Department of the General Hospital, Lagos,
Aminu will be placed at an orphanage and both
kids will be given an opportunity after their
surgeries to continue their education up to to the
tertiary level.
For Dorcas and Aminu the light of hope has
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Meet the woman Jason Derulo allegedly cheated on Jordin Spark with

MediaTakeOut is claiming the woman with Jason
Derulo above is the reason Jordin Spark ended
their engagement. Find their report below...
Yesterday news broke that Jsoan Derulo
and Jordin Sparks broke up and we have
the exclusive details on why. According to a
source, Jason has been carrying on with a
beautiful young model named Carmen
Ortega. Our snitch tells us that Carmen
was Jason's side chick for months - but
broke it off with Jason - because she
wanted something more from him. The
insider explained, "Carmen didn't even
know about Jordin, and when she found out
how serious she and Jason were, she broke
it off. . . . Jason would lie to her and say
that his relationship with Jordin was just
for Hollywood."
But Carmen realized that Jason was
playing games, and she dumped him. The
insider continued, "Jason was texting her,
and calling her like crazy. He was
obsessed. I feel so sorry for Jordin."
And our insider claims that Jordin knew
about all this and stayed with Jason
anyways. The insider explained, "Jason was
her first, he took her virginity. She didn't
want to let him go."

Photos: Emir Of Kano, Sanusi Bows To Greet Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, Alaafin of Oyo

The Emir of Kano was a recent guest at the
palace of Oyo’s top Royal father, Alaafin of
Oyo.
Last week, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi paid
a courtesy visit to the palace of Oba Lamidi
Adeyemi III.
The popular Emir was spotted without his
turban during the visit.
As a sign of humility, Sanusi went on his knees
to greet His Imperial Majesty while paying
homage to him.
Just like any other visitors would do, Sanusi
also signed a visitors log book.
See more photos of the Emir of Kano at Alaafin
of Oyo‘s ancient palace below:
Sources in the know say Sanusi went there to
solicit for some form of spiritual help.

Pro-Ayo Fayose thugs allegedly beat up Judge in Ekiti State

Pandemonium broke out this morning at the Ekiti
state High court after a judge, Justice John
Adeyeye, was allegedly beaten up by thugs
believed to be loyal to Governor-elect, Ayo
Fayose, for allegedly being rude to him.
According to Premium Times, Fayose arrived the
court house in company of about twenty of his
'supporters' for the Ekiti State Governorship
Election petition tribunal which was to hold
today.
The judge, seeing the number of supporters that
accompanied Fayose to the court house asked
him to direct them outside as they were not
allowed inside the court premises. This is said to
have infuriated Fayose and his supporters...
From Premium Times
An enraged Mr. Fayose was said to have
shouted the judge down. Immediately, the
thugs pounced on Justice Adeyeye, beat
him up and tore his clothes, while his co
workers scampered and shouted for help.
Following the development, judicial workers
hurriedly shut down the court premises
thereby preventing any court proceeding for
hours before the police fired tear gas
canisters to disperse the surging crowd.
Justice Adeyeye is presently receiving
treatment at a private hospital in Ado-Ekiti.
A similar scenario had played out on
Monday when suspected PDP thugs
stormed the high court premises, attacked
the trial judge, some litigants and judicial
workers in the bid to prevent hearing in a
case to determine Mr. Fayose’s eligibility
for the June 21 governorship election. Mr.
Fayose could not be reached on Thursday
morning. He did not answer or return calls
to his mobile telephone.

N400 ‘won’ N7,560,040.82million from Surebet247

Top Nigerian bookmaker posted around
N7,560,040.82 million in operating losses as they
had one of the worst weekends since the new
season starts on a single ticket following a
string of unexpected draw ( X ) outcome results.
A host of online/retail punters were left laughing
all the way to the bank after 8 League sides all
drew their weekend’s matches, causing a great
deal of rich accumulators winning.
This has seen bettors, land payouts well in
excess of 23 million naira for very low stakes,
causing Surebet247 bookmaker to call the
previous weekend one of the worst seen in the
new EPL season,” spokesman Ahmed Jokotoye
said.
This just goes to show that online/retail punters
can beat bookmakers in their own game, and
even if these kind of weekends do not happen
too often, it is certainly good to know that even
betting on football favourites can see you turn a
nice profit especially when you bet with a
company who has a BIG POCKET FOR WINNINGS
like SUREBET247.

Panic in Liberian villages as two Ebola victims 'rise from the dead'

There's currently panic, fear and confusion in
two villages in Nimba County in Liberia after
reports that two female Ebola victims have risen
from the dead.
According to local reports, 44 year old Dorris
Quoi who lived in Hope Village Community and a
67 year old woman identified as Ma Kebeh, died
of the Ebola virus and were about to be taken for
burial when they resurrected and are now
walking among the living.
According to reports in a local newspaper, New
Dawn, Ma Kebeh had been indoors for two nights
without food and medication before her death,
while Dorris had suffered for several weeks
before she died alone in her family home. This is
the first report of dead Ebola victims
resurrecting. Despite some people's reservations
about the story being true, it hasn't stopped
them from panicking

Ja Rule endorses Bovi Man on Fire. Friday, Oct. 3rd at Eko Hotel

Flytime Promotions, Rhythm 93.7fm, Brownhill
and Kountry Kulture presents Bovi - Man on Fire.
The first Bovi Man on Fire was held last year at
Eko Hotel to a sold out audience.
This year, Flytime is spicing it up a bit by adding
R&B artist Ashanti and Hip Hop Legend Jarule to
perform at the show. Patoranking would be
performing alongside these 2 artists.
Basketmouth would also be Hosting this event.
Bovi, Man on Fire is taking place Friday October
3rd at the Eko Convention Centre.
Tickets N5k and N25k for VIP.
For Tables, Call: 08174565603
Tickets available online
at naijaticketshop.com and QuickTeller.com .
Tickets also available at Silverbird Cinemas in VI
and Ikeja, Eko Hotel and Ozone Cinemas
Bovi man on fire is proudly sponsored by
Diamond bank, Arik Air, QuickTeller and Etisalat

EFCC arraigns fishermen for fishing in unauthorized waters

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
(EFCC) yesterday September 24th arraigned six
fishermen Adekunle Oshingbosi; Momodu
Ibrahim; Idowu Tuesday; Togbosi Christian;
Benjamin Eyinle; Anthony Medoho, and their
company, Oshine Resources Ventures Limited
before a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos for
allegedly fishing in unauthorized waters.
According to the EFCC, the men were arrested on
March 27th by officers of the Nigerian Navy for
fishing in Nigerian territorial waters without
getting authorized approval thereby violating
Sections 1(1)(2) of the Seas Fishery Act Cap S4,
2004.
When the 2 count charge of conspiracy and
stealing was read to the men, they pleaded not
guilty and applied for bail through their counsel.
The presiding Judge, Justice Ibrahim Buba
granted them bail in the sum of N10 million each
with one surety in like sum each, who is to
produce two recent passport photographs. They
were remanded at the Ikoyi prisons pending
when they meet their bail conditions.

Senate approves GEJ's $1billion loan to fight Boko Haram

The Senate has approved the $1billion (N165bn)
loan requested by President Jonathan in July to
help in the fight against terrorism and tackle
insecurity in the country. The loan would be used
for the purchase of military equipment and the
training of military personnel.
The loan approved will be in addition to the
N968.127bn voted for Defence in the 2014
budget by the federal government.

Father Quits $2 Trillion Firm After 10-Year Daughter Notes That He Missed 22 Landmark Events In Her Life

A top international financier quit his job running a
$2 trillion investment fund after his daughter
wrote him a note complaining he had missed her
first day of school, her Halloween parade and her
first game of soccer.
Mohamed El-Erian's daughter wrote him a note
complaining that he had missed out on 22
landmarks in her life because he was too busy at
work.
The California based investment guru resigned
from Pimco, who have more than $2 trillion
invested, after his daughter sent him a note
outlining 22 milestones he had missed from her
life.
After receiving the letter from the 10-year-old, El-
Erian handed in his notice which was a shock to
the investment world.
In an interview with Worth , El-Erian explained his
decision.
He said, 'About a year ago, I asked my daughter
several times to do something—brush her teeth, I
think it was—with no success. I reminded her that
it was not so long ago that she would have
immediately responded, and I wouldn’t have had
to ask her multiple times; she would have known
from my tone of voice that I was serious.
'She asked me to wait a minute, went to her
room and came back with a piece of paper. It
was a list that she had compiled of her important
events and activities that I had missed due to
work commitments.Talk about a wake-up call.
'The list contained 22 items, from her first day at
school and first soccer match of the season to a
parent-teacher meeting and a Halloween parade.
And the school year wasn’t yet over.I felt awful
and got defensive: I had a good excuse for each
missed event! Travel, important meetings, an
urgent phone call, sudden to-do.
'But it dawned on me that I was missing an
infinitely more important point. As much as I
could rationalize it—as I had rationalized it—my
work-life balance had gotten way out of whack,
and the imbalance was hurting my very special
relationship with my daughter. I was not making
nearly enough time for her.'
El-Erian said he was spending far too much time
away from his home while working for PIMCO.
Since resigning, he said he and his wife take
turns in waking up their daughter, preparing her
breakfast and bringing her to school.
He said he is also planning a holiday just for the
pair of them.
El-Erian said instead of one, full-time position, he
has taken a 'portfolio' of part-time roles which
require far less travelling and allow him greater
flexibility.
He said that he even now had time to pick up his
daughter from school.
Speaking to Bloomberg after his resignation, El-
Erian said, ' I've gone through a transition after
14 great years with Pimco and I've put together a
portfolio of part-time activities that I'm really
excited about. I'm also really excited to spend
more time with my family and my daughter.'
He later told Reuters, 'If I had known that there
would be this media circus, I would've done a lot
of things differently.
'Was there a way of not going 100 miles an hour
and maybe going 50 miles an hour? To be
perfectly honest, I didn't explore that option. I
never explored.'
El-Erian said wanting to spend more time with
his family is a cliche but he decided that his need
to be a good father was greater than his desire to
be a good investor.'
He decided that he had to readjust his work-life
balance in May 2013 after receiving the note from
his daughter.
In an interview with Reuters, El-Erian refused to
comment on his former boss Bill Gross, only
describing the 70-year-old as brilliant.
Since leaving Pimco, El-Erian has become the
chief economic adviser at Allianz where he
spends 50 per cent of his time.

2 UNILORIN Students Land Bank Of America Jobs After Internship

While many Nigerian students are languishing in
the faltering Nigerian education system and
graduates are scouring the labour markets, two
students of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN)
have been given permanent employment by the
the Bank of America Merrill Lynch, London.
The students, Abeeb Adebayo and Ajoke
Ogunshola, had undergone a nine-week
internship training programme with the Bank, one
of the world’s top financial institutions, Unilorin
Bulletin reports..
Both in their final year, Adebayo is an Accounting
student while Ogunsola is a student in the
Department of Counsellor Education.
As 'Campus Ambassadors' They had been
selected for the 2014 summer undergraduate
internship programme.
It was not an easy path to success, Ongunsola
told Unilorin Bulletin.
“In my intern class, we were close to 200 from
different continents of the world; Nigeria and
Ghana represented Africa," she said
"Students were selected from the best five
universities in each of these countries in order to
meet the standard.”
She added that UNILORIN played a big role in
making her what she is.
" I think if I have not been in this kind of
environment, I might not have been able to do
so well because the challenges came and we are
able to deal with it and above all, the University
of Ilorin has a disciplined environment.
Her fellow ex-intern, Adebayo said the experience
would last him a lifetime.
“I gained a lot of experience that I wouldn’t have
learnt in the four walls of the classroom; an
experience that would last me a lifetime.
This news will do a lot to support UNILORIN's
case that it is the best University in Nigeria.
This point was noted by the Dean of Student
Affairs, Prof. Abayomi Omotesho.
“I think they have portrayed the University well
that they can compete with their peers anywhere;
for them to have gone from this relatively
backward background –talking about the
infrastructure in the country, and to have
performed so well," Omotesho said.
"They have placed the name of the University on
the world map, I am sure Merrill Lynch will be
very willing in the future to take more interns
from the University.”
According to the 2014 UNIVERSITY WEB
RANKINGS » for Africa released by International
Colleges and Universities (ICU) UNILORIN was
20th in Africa bust number 1 in Nigeria.
The internship programme targets
undergraduates with a Flair for Finance,
regardless of the courses they are currently
studying.