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A Grade I Area Court, Karmo area of Abuja, today, ordered the remand of a 27-year-old Pastor, Emmanuel Ukaegbu, in prison arraigned for criminal breach of trust and cheating. The judge, Inuwa Maiwada, gave the order after Ukaegbu of Abia State, pleaded guilty to a two-count charge leveled against him. Maiwada adjourned the case until June 25, for sentencing. The prosecutor, Ifeoma Ukagha, told the court that one pastor Samuel Oguche, on behalf of the general overseer of Omega Power Ministry Abuja, reported the matter at the Gwagwa Police Station Abuja, on June 2. Ukagha said the complainant alleged that sometimes in February 2018, the church entrusted Ukaegbu with electronic and household equipment meant for the Church, which he diverted. Ukagha said that Ukaegbu made away with tiger generator valued N15, 000, key board valued N70, 000, gas cylinder valued N6, 000 and a standing fan value yet unknown. He said all effort made by the police to trace and recover the items

In a Facebook post that had since gone viral, a man identified as Goodluck praised his wife after she saved him from embarrassment. According to the happy man, his landlord came barging into his apartment and demanded he paid the house rent which expired last month. To his greatest surprise, his wife gave him the sum of N147, 400 which she had been saving in a local piggy bank which he used to pay the house rent. In the gratitude post on Facebook, Goodluck wrote: “My wife surprised me today. My landlord came to my flat today and embarrassed me by shouting to the hearing of the whole neighbours that my rent expired last month and he needed repayment as for me hush my pocket is not telling me good story but surprisingly I mean to my greatest surprise my sweet wife felt humiliated and dragged me inside her room and brought something out which she asked me to brake Open I obeyed and used a hammer to brake it open my people do you know what I saw it was money and I counted it

Controversial media personality, Daddy Freeze has taken a swipe at Leke, son of the General Overseer of Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adeboye over his statement calling Nigerians to return to the farms. Leke Adeboye had in a video on his Instagram page asked Nigerians to focus on farming and employ trade and barter system in order to survive the harsh realities of the economy. Daddy Freeze in reaction supported Leke’s statement. He, however, urged him to begin by asking Pastor Adeboye to implement the barter system by exchanging tithe and offerings with cassava. He wrote “how are you and how is your daddy? Tell him I send my utmost regards and kind considerations. “You are making a lot of sense with this trade by batter suggestion, but let me ask you this, does your dad pay his private jet pilots with cassava or rice? Does he exchange garri for aviation fuel? “Charity they say begins at home, why not start by collecting tithes and offering in grain

Nigerians have said that President Muhammadu Buhari should not have signed the 2018 budget, which he did amidst claims that the National Assembly “tampered” with the document. Buhari had lamented that the 2018 Appropriation Act, which he signed into law on Wednesday, would be difficult — if not impossible — to implement because of the alterations members of the National Assembly had effected on the document he submitted to them on November 7, 2017. He accused the federal lawmakers of, among others, increasing the National Assembly budget by N14.5bn from N125bn to N139.5bn without any discussion with the Executive. He also accused them of injecting 6,403 projects of their own totaling N578bn into the national budget, while making cuts amounting to N347bn in the allocations to 4,700 projects as submitted to them. Projects from which cuts were made include the Mambilla Power Plant, Second Niger Bridge/ancillary roads, the East-West Road, Bonny-Bodo Road, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

Manchester United have settled on a salary for Real Madrid forward, Cristiano Ronaldo over his reported return to the club. The Portugal captain is being linked with a Manchester United return after hinting his time at Real Madrid was coming to an end. The 33-year-old propelled the La Liga giants to Champions League glory for the third time in a roll as they beat Liverpool 3-1 in the final in Kiev. Speaking afterwards however, Ronaldo hinted at a possible exit by saying, “In the next few days I will give an answer to the fans that have always been on my side”. Express UK reports that Manchester United are willing to offer him a huge £15.8m a year. The report also claimed that Ronaldo wants to quit Real because of their refusal to meet his wage demands. Yet, United are reportedly confident that they can convince the Portugal international to take a pay cut. But whether the sheer prospect of a move back to Old Trafford is enough to secure his signature remains to be seen

Sergio Ramos has said that his clash with Egyptian forward, Mohamed Salah that resulted to the Liverpool forward’s shoulder injury is much publicized because he (Ramos) is a Real Madrid player. Salah came off injured with a shoulder problem midway through the first half of the Champions League final clash between Liverpool and Real Madrid in Kiev. Ramos has also been accused of causing Liverpool goalkeeper, Loris Karius’ disastrous mistakes for the opening goal. It has emerged Karius may have suffered a concussion from the incident with Ramos. Asked about both injuries during Spain’s World Cup media chat Tuesday, Ramos said “Bloody hell, they’ve given this a lot of attention, the Salah thing. I didn’t want to speak because everything is magnified”. “I see the play as it is. He grabbed my arm first and I fell to the other side, the injury happened to the other arm and they said that I gave him a judo hold. “After the goalkeeper said that I dazed him with a clash with me.

The Anambra State police commissioner, Mr Garba Umar has revealed that a gun battle between two rival cult groups in Awka, the state capital, has claimed 16 lives in two weeks. Umar stated this Tuesday, while parading 35 suspected cultists at the state police command, Amawbia, near Awka. He raised alarm over the increase in cult-related activities in Awka, stating that he fears that a confession by one of the suspects that over 90 per cent of youths in Awka, including students, artisans and others, were cultists, may not be far from the truth. The commissioner called on parents to perform their function by taming their children as the command may commence charging those arrested to court for murder. Black Axe and the Vikings fraternity in Awka have for weeks been enmeshed in a superiority war, leading to the death of members from both groups. Some of the suspected cultists paraded by the commissioner include; Chukwudi Machie; 34, Chukwudi Igwebueze; 32, Onyeka Igbanugo; 28

Outspoken Islamic cleric, Ahmad Gumi has lambasted President Muhammadu Buhari over the release of the mugshot of ex governor of Kaduna State, Ramalan Yero, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The scholar on Thursday stated that the president has lost support in the Southern part of country, and that only the “ignorant North” still supports him. “I was just shown the photo of former governor of Kaduna State holding card, showing he committed offence. “This is wrong. We must tell them the truth”, Daily Nigerian quoted him as saying. “He should have torn the card and fought them. Nothing will happen. Only the court pronounces offence. “Let me tell you this: The southerners have bidden bye to this administration. It is only you…ignorant (Northerners supporting the administration). “Even democracy is not in practice as there is violation of human rights. “If Buhari’s offence were not forgiven, he would not have become president. The people forgave him. “Let

The police in Niger State have arrested 19-year-old Aliyu Basala Mohammed Yakutchi, for selling his six-year-old younger brother at Nagenu village in Katcha Local Government Area to one Legbo from Afuwagi village in Mokwa Local Government of the state for ritual purpose. Bisala, who is being interrogated at the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligent Department (SCIID), said he took his younger brother, Yamusa Ibrahim Yakutchi to Legbo, a notorious criminal and ritualist on credit and hopes to use the money to pay his 14-year-old bride to be price. The suspect, who claimed to be the third in a family of six while speaking at SCIID, said Legbo, who is now on the run with the victim was expected to pay him the N20,000 after completion of the ritual. Bisala attributed his action to the handiwork of the devil, saying he had intended to use part of the N20, 000 proceeds from sale of his younger brother to pay the bride price of his wife to be, Fatima who is also from the same

The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Working Committee (NWC) has told the governor of Imo State, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, not to transfer mismanagement of his relationship with his people on the party’s national leadership. National Publicity Secretary of the party, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, accused the governor of being malicious. “With due respect, Governor Okorocha is being malicious and unfair to the NWC. If he has mismanaged his relationship with his own people, in a way that they now constitute an encumberance to him, he should not transfer his frustration to the NWC. “It is certainly not right to set fire to the village because you want to kill a rat. If Governor Okorocha has any specific grievances, he should come forward with them rather than making this generalised accusations,” Abdullahi said.

The Shiite group has resumed its protest against the continued detention of their Islamic Movement in Nigeria leader, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky. One person was reportedly shot dead by security operatives during the protest. The protesting group have paralysed activities at the Federal Secretariat complex, Abuja, a few metres from the National Assembly and the Presidential Villa. According to report, the protesters who were armed with stones, chased away a police team and overturned a traffic warden cabin on the road. They also reportedly injured the Federal Secretariat Divisional Police Crime officer in the face after he asked them to stop harassing motorists.

No fewer than 24 people died while 176 others were rescued in a fire outbreak which occurred in Delta between May 2015 and April 2018. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the state Commissioner in charge of Directorate of the Bureau for Special Duties, Mr Ernest Ogwezzy, disclosed this in Asaba on Monday at an annual news conference of the bureau. According to him, property worth N13.2 billion was also lost to fire outbreaks while the Delta Fire Service saved property worth N8.3 billion during the period. The Commissioner highlighted some of the notable incidents to include that of Anioma Petrol Station, Okpanam Road, Asaba and the one that occurred at the College of Education Cooperative Filling Station, Warri. “Others are the fire at Beta Glass factory in Ughelli and the one at the Sapele Main Market which occurred on Oct. 13, 2017. “the fire statistics also showed that the state fire service attended to794 fire calls, out of which 63 were false calls,” Ogwezzy

A viral video of a thief who snatched a lady’s phone has caused a lot of mixed feelings as he gets accidentally crushed to death by an oncoming vehicle, while trying to escape. The deceased who obviously got an instant punishment appeared to have been punished far more than his offence in a rather tragic swing of events. The video also captures the driver of the oncoming vehicle who was ignorant of what had transpired slowing down to park as he was shocked after crushing the man Watch video below:-

Prince Tony Momoh, a former Minister of Information has said it will be very difficult task for former President Olusegun Obasanjo to remove President Muhammadu Buhari from office in 2019 no matter how he tried. Speaking in an interview with DAILY INDEPENDENT, Momoh, a national leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) also allayed the fears of Nigerians over the possibility of mistaking APC for ADC, which is the acronym of African Democratic Congress, the political platform adopted by Obasanjo’s Coalition of Nigerian Movement (CNM). According to him, the acronym of both parties are different while their logos are also different from each other. On Obasanjo’s quest to terminate Buhari’s reign by 2019, Momoh said the former president as a democrat will never get involved in a coup and in the eventuality of that, such a coup will not succeed as it will be resisted by well-meaning Nigerians. “Obasanjo will not get involved in any coup and no coup in Nigeria that is