Nigeria’s Female Banker Steals Customer’s N26m

A staff of a mortgage bank in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, Folayemi Oluwayemisi Adedayo, 41, has been charged to court for illegally withdrawing N26 million from a customer’s account.

The banker was arrested by the police at Zone 2 Command, Onikan, Lagos. She was arraigned before an Igbosere Magistrate’s Court on an 18-count charge of felony to wit, forgery and stealing.

 

The police alleged in charge suit No. F/7/2013 that the accused was arrested following a complaint by a customer of the finance house, Reverend T.O. Mobolale that the accused forged his signature and withdrew N26.5m from his account, property of Light House International School, Ikorodu, Lagos.

He stated that the accused between 8 January and 15 August 2012 cleverly withdrew N1,525,000 twice, N1,550,000 twice, N1,200,000, N1,650,000 thrice, among others, without his approval.

He further stated that she committed the offence at 54, Adetokunbo Ademola Street, Victoria Island, Lagos.

The offence, said the police prosecutor, Inspector Marcus Okon, contravenes section 409, 285 (6) and 333 (2) (a) of the criminal laws of Lagos State of Nigeria, 2011.

The accused pleaded not guilty to the charges, and the presiding magistrate, Mrs. Omotosho admitted her on bail in the sum of N500,000 with one surety in like sum who must show proof of tax payment to the Lagos State government.

She adjourned the matter till 25 March 2013 for mention. The defendant was moved to Kirikiri Prison pending when she would fulfil the bail condition.

Source: PM News

Large Shark Kills Swimmer Off New Zealand

A man has been killed in a rare great white shark attack off the coast of New Zealand.

Police and lifesavers recovered the man's body on Wednesday afternoon at Muriwai, a popular surfing beach near the city of Auckland, on New Zealand's North Island.

Witness Stef McCallum, 18, said about 200 people were on the beach at the time.

She saw a police officer go out in a surf lifesaving boat and fire "about 20" shots into the water at the shark.

"Everybody was evacuated from the water. Word of mouth, 'shark', and everybody left the water," she said.

Another witness Pio Mose claimed he saw three sharks.

He told The New Zealand Herald he saw the swimmer struggle against one "huge" shark. He told the man to swim to the rocks, but it was too late.

"All of a sudden there was blood everywhere," Mr Mose said. "... I was shaking, scared, panicked."

Another witness told television station 3 News NZ that he spotted the lone swimmer while he was fishing at the beach.

What Most Schools Don't Teach! Makinde Adeagbo, Bill Gates And Mark Zuckerberg In Short Film About Code

These It's very important that you watch this short film!

These creators believe that “every student in every school should have the opportunity to learn to code”, and want you to support Code.org, a non-profit foundation dedicated to growing computer programming education.

“A lot of the coding that people do is fairly simple”, says Makinde Adeagbo in the short clip.

Makinde is famous for being part of the team that reduced Facebook’s over 1 MB of Javascript to only 2 KB and previously worked at various parts of the Facebook stack on projects including search, new user orientation, photos, performance, events, and client software.

Will Ferrell To Receive First-Ever Comedic Genius Award At Movie Awards

"Will Ferrell epitomizes what it means to be a comedic genius and it's only fitting that he should be the inaugural recipient of this award," said Stephen Friedman, President of MTV. "Over the course of his extraordinary, 17-plus-year career, he has entertained audiences across the globe with an impressive array of laugh-out-loud performances on air, online and in films. Simply put, Will Ferrell is 'kind of a big deal.' "

The California native cut his comedy teeth in the Los Angeles-based improv troupe The Groundlings, before landing his big break on NBC's "Saturday Night Live" in 1995. Over the course of seven years, Ferrell honed an impressive repertoire of real and fictitious characters, including Spartan cheerleader Craig, music teacher Marty Culp, Janet Reno, "Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek and President George W. Bush. 

Clinton Proposes Solutions to Nigeria Challenges

Former President of United States of America, Bill Clinton, said yesterday that the inability to manage the nation’s natural resources well was one of the three major challenges Nigeria was facing as a nation.

He spoke at the 18th Annual Awards of Thisday newspaper, organised to celebrate Nigeria’s best teachers, further tasked Nigerian leaders to tackle unemployment, brain-drain and to maximise the potential of the citizens.

He said Nigerian leaders mismanaged the proceeds from oil, under-utilised technology and failed to retain its best brains.

Clinton said: “When I became President, my Secretary of Commerce did a lot of work in Africa before he was tragically killed in a plane crash in 1995.

“I said he should make a list of 10 most important countries in the world for the 21st century. Nigeria was in the list.

“Imagine the future of the entire continent if Nigeria fails or South Africa fails. So, you are a country of potential. I will say you have about three big challenges.

MIRACLE WORKING GOD: Woman delivered of 25 months pregnancy

Oluwakemi was born into a Baptist family and is very conversant with the word of God. Maybe her greatest assets are that she truly believes in God.

Fortunately also, her husband, Gbenga, belongs to the same Baptist denomination. She and her spouse are from Abeokuta, Ogun State. Their positions in their various families, however, before coming together in holy matrimony on Saturday, April 3rd 1999, seemed to add to the pressure of the need to have children soon after marriage.

Mrs Adeoye is the third of five children, but the first daughter while her husband, Mr Olugbenga Adeoye, is the first of six children and the only son. His five sisters are happily married and blessed with children.

Being a child that was brought up strictly with Christian doctrines, Mrs Adeoye, a graduate of the University of Jos, knew that she would have a baby, more so as God, according to her, had revealed to her in a vision that she would have a baby and gave her the names of the baby on April 6th, 1999, three days after her wedding.

Having met when Oluwakemi was in Form Four, and Gbenga in the polytechnic and had courted for 15 years, both understood each other and did not take the issue of not having a baby immediately after marriage too seriously.

It was not until the fifth year that they considered it a challenge and decided to seek medical and spiritual assistance. They were invited to churches for prayers. Their parents, especially Pa and Ma Adeoye, invited them to meet with pastors who ministered in their church, especially during special programmes. For a while, Mrs Adeoye attended deliverance programme of a church at Aremo area of Ibadan and was also invited by a colleague at work to attend God’s Voice Ministry programmes at Alakia area of Ibadan.

Ladipo Market: Arrested Bakassi Boys To Face Trial

Twelve suspected members of the Bakassi Boys arrested on Monday at Ladipo Market, Mushin in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria will soon be charged to court.

The suspected Bakassi Boys, who were allegedly terrorising traders at the Ladipo Market, were arrested by officials of the Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit shortly after the closure of the market due to filth and degradation of the environment on Monday.

Some of the suspects arrested are Chibike Eze, Monday Chukwu, Obinna Ibe, Ndubuisi Ezinwane, Samson Ape and Tochi Kinsley.

The items recovered from the suspects include over 10 cutlasses, knives, charms and rings, among others.

Taskforce Chairman, Bayo Sulaiman, Chief Superintendent of Police, said the suspects would be charged to court soon for the law to take its due course.

“They initially dared us by showing us their charms and we are also aware that they have weapons. We are going to charge them to court,” he said.

Chairman of Mushin Local Government, Olatunde Adepintan had told the taskforce that criminals and suspected members of Bakassi Boys were living inside the market.

Miss Nigeria Beauty Pageants Calls International Applicants

Are you a Nigerian based abroad? Would you like the chance to part take in one of the most prestigious pageants held in Nigeria? If you answered YES to the above, then send a two minute video clip of yourself with your name, age, occupation, brief background and state why you want to be the next Miss Nigeria. Once you completed, upload your video to YouTube and send the link to contact@missnigeria.org.ng, deadline for international applicants is 30^th March 2013.



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Happy Birthday To Veteran Film Maker- Tunde Kilani

He holds a Diploma in the Art and Technique of Film making from the London International Film School, London. And has worked on many feature films produced in Nigeria as a cinematographer.

 

He has also worked as a director on many feature films and manages Mainframe Film & Television Productions, an outfit formed to document Nigeria’s rich culture.

Some of the films, which he has to his credit include Ti Oluwa Nile, Ayo Ni Mo Fe, Koseegbe, O Le Ku, Saworoide, Arugba, and his latest, MAAMi.

Happy Birthday Sir! I respect him a lot you know!

Iranian news censors Michelle Obama’s Oscar gown

It's no surprise that some in the Middle East were not happy about the movie "Argo," which focuses on the Iranian hostage crisis which lasted from 1979 to 1981. But this is a reaction no one was expecting.

During Sunday's Academy Award's telecast, First Lady Michelle Obama made a surprise appearance, handing out the award for Best Picture via satellite from the White House. However, the Iranian news agency Fars not only took exception to the honors bestowed on Ben Affleck's film, which won the night's biggest award, they offered a less-than-subtle critique of the First Lady's dress.

Since Mrs. Obama's gown exposed her shoulders in a way that would violate the codes of modesty enforced in many Muslim nations, Fars photoshopped a picture of the First Lady, with the result offering significantly more coverage of her shoulders and chest. The digital alteration was discovered by photojournalist and blogger Golnaz Esfandiari.

Anenih Emerges As PDP BOT Chair

The ruling Peoples Democratic Party on Monday succeeded in choosing a Chairman for its Board of Trustees, BOT with  Chief Tony Anenih emerging as the consensus candidate for the position. 

Anenih, also chairs the Nigeria Ports Authority board, he is generally believed to be President Jonathan’s choice for the position. His emergence therefore signifies that forces loyal to the presidency are taking hold of the party ahead of the 2015 general election

Anenih, popularly known as Mr. Fix It was chosen  at a meeting of the party at the presidential villa in Abuja attended by President Goodluck Jonathan, Vice President Namadi Sambo, Senate President David Mark, House of Representatives Speaker, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, PDP chairman, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Anyim Pius Anyim.

But it was also learnt that the process of Anenih’s emergence was also enhanced by the report of a verification committee led by Prof. Jerry Gana set up to streamline the membership of the board during its last meeting.

Oh Dear: See How MediatakeOut.com Reports The $1,000,000 Bey and Jay Z Issue!

 

Mediatakeout.com Reported the story flying around about the $1M  ghen ghen!:

Busted: Beyonce and Jay Z are Alleged to Have MISAPPROPRIATED $1 Million From Nigeria... That Was Meant for Starving Children!!!

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(Now that aint funny!)

Goldie Harvey Was Laid To Rest Today!

Susan Oluwabimpe Harvey (Nee Filani) Was laid to rest at the Vaults & Garden Funeral home today around 10am.

Her husband was in attendance as well as friends from the entertainment industry!

May her soul Rest In Peace! Sleep Well Goldie!

Lagos Poly Girl Beaten To Death

A part-time Business Administration Student of Lagos State Polytechnic, Miss Olayinde Bournes, 22, has allegedly been beaten to death by her boyfriend, Abuchi Cyril.

The incident happened  Thursday at Shorinmade Street, Aguda-Ogba area of Lagos State, southwest Nigeria.

According to Miss Titilayo Fagbamila, friend of the deceased girl, she always complained to her that her boyfriend, Abuchi always beat her at the slightest provocation.

She said that on Thursday when the tragedy occurred, Abuchi invited Olayinde to his house along Shorinmade Street, to see his travel documents.

Titilayo said nobody knew what happened when the lovers were together but it is believed that they had a misunderstanding which may have led to a fight.

Sources at 17, Muibi Street residence of the deceased told P.M.NEWS that  after the fight with her boyfriend, the victim was rushed to G&S Hospital where she was confirmed dead before the corpse was taken to Ikeja General Hospital for autopsy.

Pistorius case - Oscar Pistorius Strict Bail Conditions

Oscar Pistorius has been given strict bail conditions as he awaits a murder trial following the death of Reeva Steenkamp.

The bail was set at one million South African Rand (£74,000). 100,000 must be paid immediately, the rest by next Friday.

The conditions are:

- He must appear in court at 8.30am on 4 June 2013.

- He must stay at an undisclosed address.

- He must not return home or have contact with residents there.

- He must report to Brooklyn Police Station between 7am and 1pm every 
   Monday and  Friday.

- He must hand in his passport, and must not apply for a new one.

- He must not enter the departure hall of any airport.

- He cannot leave Pretoria without permission.

Ronke Ogunmakin’s Short Film – “The Enigmatic Truth”

I hate domestic Violence and everyone should stand up against it. The Video showcases domestic violence in the home. The short video is titled "The Enigmatic Truth'' and it is produced by Ronke Ogunmakin.

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