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  A Lagos State High court today sentenced popular prophet and Sheperd-in-charge of CCC Global Genesis church, Prophet Israel Oladele Ogundipe to two-year imprisonment for defrauding an American based woman, Daily Independent is reporting. The trial judge, Justice Olabisi Akinlade sentenced Prophet Oladele after she found him guilty of two count charges out of the seven he was charged, in a judgment that lasted for about four hours sentenced the defendant, prophet Oladele to a year imprisonments for count two and four. She however discharged him of counts 1,3, 5 ,6 and 7 for lack of evidence against him. This isn’t the first time Oladele would be enmeshed in a fraud case. In 2007, he was charged with seven counts charges bordering on fraud and obtaining money by false pretenses, preferred against him by the Lagos State government. He was said to have defrauded one Mrs Olaide William Oni to the tune of eleven million naira (N11m). He had however pleaded not guilty to the charge when...

  Shina Rambo: Who be Shina Rambo, one of Nigeria 'most wanted criminal' for di 90s COURTESY: BBC PIDGIN One of Nigeria most wanted armed robbery oga, Shina Rambo, don dey get recognition afta one evangelist claim say im be di dreaded armed robber. Gist bin spread for Nigeria on Monday say di notorious criminal dey alive afta one interview for Fresh FM, Ibadan bin go viral. For inside di interview, di man wey claim to be Shina Rambo, explain how e change enta different pipo body to stay alive. Dis no go be di first time wey pesin go come out to claim say im be di popular armed robber. So wetin be some of di tins wey dey about di most wanted armed robber for Nigeria. Shina Rambo tok say dem born am for 1958 for Ogun State, but im grow for Benin. E bin commit most of e crimes for di 1990s. Im papa bin dey work as soldier (although some say im be soldier wey no hear word) Im wife and three pikin die for police raid for im house wen im go for operation. Tori be say e transport 40 c...

  Journalist, Virgilio Maganes shot dead in Philippines after assasination attempt A journalist, Virgilio Maganes, has been murdered in the northern Philippines. Two gunmen shot the 62-year-old on Tuesday. A police release said Maganes was about to enter his home in Villasis, Dpa reports. The police confirmed that he died on the spot. No identified suspects or motive yet. The National Union of Journalists in the Philippines (NUJP) said Maganes was the 18th journalist to be killed since President Rodrigo Duterte took office in 2016. Maganes, a radio commentator, survived an assassination attempt in November 2016. NUJP said he survived “by playing dead’’ when assailants riding a motorcycle opened fire. Organizations, including the Committee to Protect Journalists ranked the Philippines as one of the world’s most dangerous places for pressmen. In 2009, 32 media personnel were among more than 50 people killed in an attack on a politician’s convoy. COURTESY: DAILY POST

  Kano govt’s destruction of bottles of beer hypocritical, provocative – HURIWA By  Ripples Nigeria The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) on Monday faulted the destruction of 1.9million bottles of beer and intoxicants worth N200million by the Kano State government. The Kano State Hisbah Board had on Sunday destroyed the items which were confiscated within Kano metropolis under the state’s Shariah law. In a statement issued by its National Coordinator, Emmanuel Onwubiko and National Media Affairs Director, Zainab Yusuf, the group said Governor Abdullahi Ganduje’s approval of the items’ destruction contravened Section 10 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), which prohibits the recognition of a particular religion as state religion and Section 42 of the Constitution. HURIWA added that President Muhammadu Buhari had also manifested his “partiality” for Islam and ethnicity that he had rubbished Section 14(3) of the 1999 Constitution in the implementation of the...

  Senate to investigate conviction of six Nigerians for funding Boko Haram in UAE By  Ripples Nigeria The Senate said on Monday it would open an investigation into the conviction of six Nigerians in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for funding the Boko Haram sect. The Abu Dhabi Federal Court of Appeal had last week upheld the conviction of the six men – Surajo Abubakar Muhammad, Saleh Yusuf Adamu, Ibrahim Ali Alhassan, AbdurRahman Ado Musa, Bashir Ali Yusuf and Muhammad Ibrahim Isa for funding the terror group to the tune of $782,000. The men were first convicted in 2019 in the first clear-cut linkage of funding of  Boko Haram  to certain individuals. Two of the convicts, Muhammad and Adamu were sentenced to life imprisonment while Alhassan, Musa, Yusuf and Isa were handed 10-year imprisonment respectively. The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, Opeyemi Bamidele, who disclosed this in a chat with journalists in Abuja, said hi...

Courtesy: THE SUN Fresh  facts have emerged on why Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu, handed over to AVM Ahmed Mu’azu (retd) instead of the most senior National Commissioner, to act, pending the confirmation of his reappointment by the senate. Yakubu at a brief handover ceremony at INEC headquarters in Abuja on Monday said it would be inappropriate for him to remain in office beyond November 9, which is the last day of his tenure, without Senate confirmation of his second tenure. Yakubu and five Commissioners were sworn-in on    November 9, 2015, followed by another six commissioners on    December 7, 2016 and one commissioner on    July 21, 2018. Yakubu is still awaiting the confirmation of the Senate, following his nomination by President Muhammadu Buhari on    October 27 for a second tenure. A source at the Commission told Daily Sun in confidence that though Prof Okey Ibeano, representing South...

  Have you checked the newest "Forbes 400: The Full List of The Richest People in America" yet? Surprise, Bill Gates, with a net worth of $81 billion, is ranked No. 1 for the 23rd year running. Meanwhile, his friend Warren Buffett fell to third place for the first time in 15 years with a net worth of $65.5 billion. Thanks to soaring stock prices of hot tech firms, CEOs at the helm of those companies seem to have been accumulating wealth at a much faster pace than others. Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos gained $20 billion to boost his net worth to $67 billion,making him the second-richest person in the U.S. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg jumped into fourth place, his highest rank ever, with a net worth of $55.5 billion. However, Oracle founder Larry Ellison landed at No. 5 for the first time since 2007. His net worth is $49.3 billion. Standing on the No. 6 spot is former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, CEO of the eponymous firm Bloomberg L.P., who has a net worth of $45 billion...

  Millions of votes still being counted as contest between Trump and Biden narrows to key states Millions of legally cast votes are being counted in elections offices around the country as the presidential race between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden comes down to a handful of battleground states. Biden holds the lead in the Electoral College at this stage in the night, 224-213; 270 electoral votes are needed to become president. Experts had warned for months that a result may not be known on election night, or even days afterward, as voters voted by mail in record numbers. As of early Wednesday morning, it was still too close to call in Arizona, North Carolina, Nevada, Wisconsin, Michigan, Maine, Georgia and the potentially critical state of Pennsylvania. Trump won a close race in Florida, which was one of the states Biden had hoped to peel away from the President's 2016 map and has a narrow edge in North Carolina. The former vice president has taken the...