Senegalese Soldiers Set To Force Gambian President, Yahya Jammeh To Hand Over Power

Senegalese Soldiers Set To Force Gambian President, Yahya Jammeh To Hand Over Power

Senegal’s soldiers have been put on alert to intervene in The Gambia if President Yahya Jammeh refuses to step down next month.

Mr Jammeh initially accepted defeat in the December 1 poll, but later said it was flawed.

The ECOWAS chairman said Senegal had been chosen to lead operations “to restore the people’s wishes” if needed.

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Berlin Christmas Market Attacker, Terrorist Killed In Milan, Italy After Shooting Police Officer (See photos)

Berlin Christmas Market Attacker, Terrorist Killed In Milan, Italy After Shooting Police Officer (See photos)

The man who claimed many lives at a Christmas market in Berlin, Germany few days ago has been shot dead.

24-year-old Tunisian, Anis Amri described by many as ISIS fanatic was stopped by police in Milan around 3am today and was asked to identify himself.

When two officers in a patrol vehicle asked him for his ID cards, Amri reportedly pulled out a gun from his bag and shouted ‘police bu****it’ as he opened fire on one of the officers.

 

The injured officer

The second officer engaged Amri in a fire fight. Amri reportedly hid behind a car in an attempt to flee but was taken down by a trainee police officer who had been on the job a few months.

 

 The trainee police officer who killed Amri

The Tunisian terrorist had been on the run for 4 days before he was shot dead moments after he arrived Milan Italy from a train from France.

 

 

 

Court Freezes Patience Jonathan’s Multiple Accounts

Court Freezes Patience Jonathan’s Multiple Accounts 

A Federal High Court in Lagos has frozen multiple accounts in five Nigerian banks allegedly belonging to former first lady, Patience Jonathan over allegations of money laundering.

Justice Mojisola Olatoregun made the order freezing the accounts after listening to an application filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), sometime in November.

The order, according to the Commission, covers Mrs. Jonathan’s accounts in Ecobank Plc, Skye Bank Plc, Stanbic IBTC Bank, Diamond Bank Plc and Fidelity Bank Plc.

The anti-graft agency said that the move to request the freezing of the accounts became necessary after it received intelligence report, which showed that the accounts ought to be investigated.

The ex-parte application to freeze the accounts was supported by an originating summons sworn to by one Abdulahi Tukur, an operative of EFCC, and filed before the court by the EFCC prosecutor, Rotimi Oyedepo.

It requested the court to urgently direct the managers of the bank accounts to, in the interim, forfeit the money in the accounts, to prevent further tampering with same.

After issuing the order, Justice Olatoregun directed the anti-graft agency to enter into an undertaking to pay damages to the former first lady if it turns out that the order should not have been made.

One of the account, domiciled with Skye Bank plc, is said to have a balance of $5,316.66.

Also affected by the order are five companies namely; Finchley Top Homes Limited, Aribawa Aruera, Magel Resort Limited, AM-PM Global Network Limited and Pansy Oil and Gas Limited.

Also affected is one Esther Oba who is said to have a balance of $429,381.87 in her Diamond Bank account while the companies collectively have a balance totaling N7,418,829,290.94 (Seven billion four hundred and eighteen million eight hundred and twenty nine thousand two hundred and ninety naira ninety four kobo).

Nigeria Entertainers Set To Protest Commissioner's Removal

Nigeria Entertainers Set To Protest Commissioner's Removal

A Coalition of Nigeria Entertainers are set to protest the withdrawal of the commissioner’s announcement and also for her removal as the commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Rivers state.

Mr Kanule Nwiya, the President of CONE,  made the statement this morning during a press conference in Port-Harcourt.

There shall a major protest if the commissioner doesn’t withdraw her statement within 3 days and we also plead for the governor to remove her as the commissioner for culture and tourism, Rivers state.

Few days ago, Mrs Tonye Briggs-Onyide made an announcement saying that all entertainment and hospitality event organizers must get approval from the ministry before organizing any event in the state.
The Honourable Commissioner of Culture & Tourism, Mrs Tonye Briggs-Onyide has been suspended some months back by the Governor of Rivers State, Gov Nyesom Wike.

MTN Nigeria Sacks HR Boss, Amina Oyagbola For Bribing Buhari’s Chief Of Staff, Abba Kyari

MTN Nigeria Sacks HR Boss, Amina Oyagbola For Bribing Buhari’s Chief Of Staff, Abba Kyari

South African telecom giant, MTN, has fired one of its top and most valuable staffers in order to avoid scrutiny by the United States government over bribes offered to Abba Kyari, Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari.

Shortly after helping to resolve a hefty fine imposed by the Nigerian government, Amina Oyagbola was so important to MTN that the company gave her two strategic positions. Her corporate elevation saw her combining leadership of the Human Resources department with the post of “Director of Strategic Communications” at MTN.

Ms. Oyagbola and her husband were instrumental in resolving MTN’s serious problem with the Nigerian Presidency culminating in a massive $5.2 billion fine imposed on the company for ignoring the Nigerian government’s directive to ensure that all SIM cards were registered as a strategy to curb Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria’s northeast.

An insider within the company and other sources in Abuja told our correspondent that, once the fine was imposed, Ms. Oyagbola recruited a close friend, Femi Lijadu, to act as a consultant for “strategic advisory services.” In that capacity, Mr. Lijadu was a member of the team that negotiated with the Federal Government to reduce the fine to $1.7 billion. One of our sources said Ms. Oyagbola and Mr. Lijadu once worked with presidential Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari at the United Bank for Africa.

 

However, another source within the company told Saharareporters that the once powerful corporate player was fired after MTN’s bribe scandal with Mr. Kyari came to the notice of the MTN’s parent company in South Africa.

The source added that the decision to relieve Ms. Oyagbola was taken in order to avoid the consequences of a global disgrace should US authorities ask questions related to the company’s reported offer of an undisclosed sum as bribe to Mr. Kyari before the senior presidential aide helped broker a deal that lowered the fine earlier imposed by the government.

SR