Friday, 18 March 2016
Photos: Rotimi Amaechi seen buying food at a fast food joint in PH
Man to return millions to people he duped for online prayers
As part of an agreement, he will pay back as much as $7.75 million to approximately 165,000 customers who were victims of his fraudulent business practices in several companies he ran.
Rogovy deceived a lot of people in his operation of the Christian Prayer Center. He created fake religious leaders and posted several false testimonials on its website to entice people to pay from $9 to $35 for prayers.
The Christian Prayer Center website, now shut down, showed a message Wednesday saying it is now closed, with links to other prayer sites it says it's not affiliated with.
"We thank you for all the prayers, and we cherish the opportunity to have created a place where Christians could meet to support each other," the message said.People who bought prayer services from Christian Prayer Service or from its sister website Orcion Cristiana between July 1, 2011 and June 30, 2015, have been told that they can receive a full refund.
Source: AP
Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, has made a bid for a majority stake in automaker Peugeot Automobile Nigeria (PAN) Limited.
Nasir El-Rufai, the Governor of Nigeria’s Kaduna state, told journalists on Thursday that Dangote is a key member of a consortium that has applied to acquire the majority stake in the company which is currently owned by Nigeria’s state-backed “bad bank”, the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON).
The consortium is made up of Aliko Dangote, Kaduna and Kebbi states, as well as the Bank of Industry (BoI).
Aliko Dangote
Peugeot Automobile of Nigeria Ltd. (PAN), a joint venture between the Nigerian government and the French automaker, was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Kaduna, Nigeria. The company manufactures and markets motor vehicles under the brand name Peugeot. Some of its popular models include the passenger cars 206, 306,307, 406, 607 and Partner, among others.
In the 1980s, PAN was producing 90,000 cars annually and was profitable. But before long, cheap, second-hand vehicles imported from Asia and poor manufacturing infrastructure impeded the company’s profits. The Nigerian government subsequently sold off its controlling stake in the company in 2006 to local core investors. The new investors struggled to keep PAN afloat and accumulated bad loans in the process. In 2012 AMCON acquired a controlling stake in the company and took over the company’s debt. But even AMCON has struggled with the company ever since.
Thursday, 17 March 2016
Gunmen Behead One And Abduct Another In Rivers
Unidentified gunmen Thursday morning, stormed Mgbuitanwo, in Emohua Clan, Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State, the home country of the Senatorial Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC in the Saturday's rerun elections, Chief Andrew Uchendu, killed and beheaded a 28-year-old man identified as Mr. Ukeoma.
Vanguard learnt that the gunmen who laid siege to the community also abducted another resident.
At the moment, residents are in shock and fear permeates the area.
This is a developing story.
Vanguard report.
HIV/AIDS Treatment No Longer Free iIn Nigeria Due To High User Fees On Chemistry And Haematology Tests
Nigeria with national HIV/AIDS prevalence rate of 3.4% (NARHS 2013) has continued to occupy the 4th position as one of the most affected countries in the world with estimated 210,000 AIDS related deaths annually.
The national
response to HIV/AIDS has been largely from the contributions of the
United State Government through the Presidents Emergency Program for
AIDS Relieve (PEPFAR), The Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS Tuberculosis
and Malaria (GFTAM), UK Department for International Development (DFID),
World Bank (WB), Joint United Nations Program on AIDS (UNAIDS) among
many other international donors.
In
fighting AIDS from 1986 when it was first diagnosed in Nigeria to 2015,
Nigeria through these numerous international support placed 750,000
Persons Living with HIV/AIDS (PLHIV) on treatment with the PEPFAR
program accounting to over 600,000 of them. It is however important to
note that the government of Nigeria has not made meaningful contribution
to the response since national emergency was declared on HIV/AIDS by
former president Olusegun Obasanjo in 2003 when he also pledged
governments’ commitment and support for combating the epidemic in the
country.
There
are evidences that people are still getting infected and more people are
now living with the virus in Nigeria, government at all levels have not
been committed to promises made with government’s present contributions
put at just 7% of the total sum spent on HIV and AIDS intervention in
Nigeria (GARPR 2014), and an unwillingness by donors and development
partners to wholly fund or continue to make the most contributions that
supports HIV and AIDS interventions in Nigeria is challenging the target
of ending AIDS in Nigeria by 2030.
The
PEPFAR program in Nigeria recently withdrew from supporting Chemistry
and Haematology (essential laboratory) tests for PLHIV in their
supported treatment facilities. This has in recent times had far
reaching consequences on the nation’s socio-economic growth and
development and could be a direct cause for increased disease burden on
individuals and families, as hospitals in response to the withdrawal of
support introduced huge user fees that are over bearing on the very poor
PLHIV community to pay.
The
Civil Society on HIV/AIDS in Nigeria (CiSHAN) which is the umbrella body
coordinating civil society response in Nigeria recently concluded a
fact finding mission to selected treatment facilities across all the
geopolitical zones of the country and discovered that these facilities
especially where the US Government withdrew its support are charging
PLHIV as high as N12,000 to carry out the essential tests. In
UCH
Ibadan and BOWEN University Teaching Hospital Ogbomosho, PLHIV pay
N12,000 for these test. In FMC Gombe they charge N1,500 for the tests.
In Shandam Hospital and many other government hospitals in Plateau state
they charge N2,300. In University of Abuja Teaching Hospital
Gwagwalada, the charge N5,600. Most worrisome is in the South East where
PLHIV are being asked to pay for syringe and CD4 count test in addition
to paying for the routine tests especially at District Hospital Oguute
Enugu-Ezike.
CiSHAN
in collaboration with other CSOs involved in the National response have
held a number of consultative meetings with National Agency for the
Control of AIDS, Federal Ministry of Health, UNAIDS and other agencies
with a view to finding a lasting solution to this issue. Unfortunately
this year’s allocation to all the government institutions fighting AIDS
in Nigeria did not make provision for this huge gap in the national
response.
Although
the vaccine is still free, these necessary tests that qualifies a PLHIV
to receive the vaccine according to the National guideline on treatment
is no longer free, therefore treatment is not free in Nigeria anymore.
There
is therefore an urgent need to revise the current budget for health to
reflect this identified gap in order to avert increased AIDS related
death in Nigeria from 2016 as many of the PLHIV have already started
defaulting from treatment.
Written by
Walter Ndukwe Ugwuocha MNSE, MNChE, MBA Executive Secretary
Civil Society for HIV/AIDS in Nigeria (CiSHAN)
Civil Society for HIV/AIDS in Nigeria (CiSHAN)
US 2016:Trump Threatens To Shut Down US If Denied Nomination
UNITED States Republican front-runner Donald Trump warned yesterday of riots if he is denied the party’s presidential nomination after a string of primary election victories, raising the temperature even more in a heated White House race.
The
outspoken billionaire New York businessman scored big wins in primaries
in Florida, Illinois and North Carolina on Tuesday, knocking out rival
Marco Rubio and bringing him closer to the 1,237 convention delegates he
needs to win the nomination.
But Trump lost the crucial state of Ohio and left the door open for those in the party trying to stop him from becoming the Republican nominee for the Nov. 8 election. Trump might fall short of the majority required, enabling the party’s establishment to put forward another name at the July convention in Cleveland to formally pick its candidate.
In an interview with CNN yesterday, Trump said the party could not deny him the nomination should he fail to win enough delegates. “I don’t think you can say that we don’t get it automatically. I think you’d have riots. I think you’d have riots. I’m representing many, many millions of people.”
While the Republican race became mired deeper in turmoil, Hillary Clinton won victories in Florida, Illinois, Ohio and North Carolina on Tuesday that cast doubt on Senator Bernie Sanders’ ability to overtake her for the Democratic Party’s nomination.
Republican Party leaders are appalled at Trump’s incendiary rhetoric and believe his policy positions are out of step with core Republican sentiment, such as his vow to deport 11 million illegal immigrants, temporarily ban Muslims from the United States and build a wall along the border with Mexico.
Recent outbreaks of violence at Trump rallies have prompted President Barack Obama, a Democrat, and mainstream Republican figures to speak out against the real estate magnate. In comments likely to raise more concern in the Republican establishment about Trump’s lack of experience and temperament, the former reality TV show host said yesterday he was for the most part his own adviser on foreign affairs.
“I’m speaking with myself, number one, because I have a very good brain,” he told MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” show.
“I know what I’m doing. … My primary consultant is myself.” Trump also pulled out of the next televised Republican presidential debate, scheduled for Monday.
Sunnewsonline reportage.
*America how market?Una see?Na siddon look other Countries dey oh!
Photo: 19 year old Secondary School Leaver sentenced to 37 Years in prison for duping an American of $40m
Tobechukwu was arraigned before the court on a 12- count charge bordering on forgery, conspiracy and obtaining money by false pretences.
Justice Akapo found him guilty on all 12-counts and sentenced him accordingly. He was sentenced to 7 years on counts 1-8; 8years on count 9; 7years on count 10, 8years on count 11 and 7 years on count 12, making a cumulative of 37years imprisonment.
The sentence is to run concurrently with effect from October 28, 2013.
The court also ordered Tobechukwu to return the $40million as a restitution to the victim and forfeit a Toyota Corolla car, which is a proceed of the crime, to the Federal Government of Nigeria.
Tobechukwu was arraigned on Monday, October 28, 2013 and pleaded not guilty to the 12-count charges pressed against him. He later changed his plea to “guilty” and was convicted by Justice Akapo accordingly.
Before the conviction, the prosecuting counsel, Kayode Oni tendered various exhibits before the court which were all admitted and marked as such. However, defence counsel, D. A. Omougbai prayed the court to temper justice with mercy, since Igbokwe has shown enough remorse for the offences he committed. Tobechukwu Igbokwe (Alias David Prince) and his accomplice, Ifeanyi Obi were alleged to have duped an American: M. Silva, the sum of $40million in an inheritance scam.
Silva was made to believe that Igbokwe and his accomplice had a huge inheritance which they wanted to move to a foreign account for safe-keeping. The victim was asked to send money to “process” the transfer and in the process, he wired $40m in several installments through Western Union to Igbokwe. Igbokwe also confessed that he had duped other foreigners. Some of them are: T. Bedwell, $6,000 and R. Hunt $15,000.
Photos: Nigerian student assaulted by a white man as he was being booted out from Donald Trump rally
A Nigerian East Carolina University student, Adedayo
Adeniyi
was verbally and physically assaulted by a white man at a Donald Trump
rally last Wednesday after he was targeted and thrown out for being
black, New York Daily News, reports
20-year-old Adeniyi decided to attend the Donald Trump rally in
Fayetteville, N.C. not as a protester or demonstrator, but out of curiosity.
"I was there just to watch and experience the surreal moment of someone
like Trump running for president and speaking to thousands of people,"
he told the Daily News.
Without saying a single word during the entire event, Adeniyi was
randomly targeted and thrown out of the event by police as seen and
heard on video he recorded.
"At first I refused to leave because it was all just a product of being
black at a Trump rally. Basically in that environment I'm guilty by
association. But common sense told me to just listen to the cops and
move along," Adeniyi recalled.
On his cellphone video Adeniyi, being told he has to leave, can be heard saying:
"Whoa. Whoa. Whoa. That's not me, that's them. I don't even know them. What? I don't even know them. I don't even know them"
The visibly shocked student reluctantly complied and was escorted down the stairs by the police.
"What
happened next caused me to lose faith in America. The man at the end of
the video is a moment I'll never forget," said Adeniyi.
One
of Trump's supporters, a middle aged white man, looked him directly in
the face and said, "F--k you, F--k you," right before slapping Adeniyi
in the face.
"The hate
in his eyes. The words. The hate in those words. The slap. It was
disgusting and sad. At that moment I believed that America will stay and
continue to be a hateful and bigoted country,"
"These
are presidential candidate rallies. Not a KKK rally. The fact that I
experienced hate at a candidate rally tells you everything you need to
know about Donald Trump and the people that support him. People will act
more hateful and racist in environments that they feel not only
encouraged to do it, but accept it as normal," he added.
Meanwhile the man who assaulted Adeniyi has been identified as
Jason Wilton Wetzel (pictured is his mugshot and a screenshot from the
video recorded by Adeniyi) seems to have shown some remorse.
"I
can’t believe I did that. It was me, but I’m not a hateful man. I
just got caught up. When I saw the video all over the news of me doing
that to that young man, I was just disgusted with myself." said Mr
Wetzel, who confirmed to the Daily News that it was him seen physically
and verbally assaulting a Adeniyi.
Investigators said Wetzel, 70, moved to North Carolina from Georgia
when his job with the military was transferred to Fort Bragg. According
to detectives, Wetzel is accused of voting in both states in the 2012
primary and general elections as well as voting in both states in 2014.
"I
have no criminal background," Adeniyi told The News. "This man
does. So please explain to me who the real thug is. A young black man
who is a junior in college majoring in medical laboratory science and
who also happens to hold many leadership positions there? Or is it this
man, with a criminal background who attacked me for no reason?"
Reached by phone Monday, Wetzel claimed that it was indeed him on the
video, but said:
"I’m not a racist or hateful, I just got caught up. I
can’t explain it. I want to apologize to this young man and maybe take
him out to dinner or something."
Kaduna state deputy governor meets with CAN leaders over controversial preaching Bill
According to the Deputy Governor, the Religious Preaching Law is proposed to curb extremism & protect safe practice of faith. He said this is the first time the preaching bill is being subjected to democratic scrutiny since it was enacted in 1984.
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