172 Nigerians Deported from Libya

Many Nigerians illegally living in Libya have been ejected from the country after being found guilty of overstaying their welcome.

The Libyan Government on Friday deported 172 Nigerians over several immigration irregularities according to the Nation.

The deportees arrived the hajj camp area of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport around 7:00am comprising 166 males and six females.

The Public Relations Officer, Nigeria Immigration Service(NIS), Mr. Ekpedeme King confirmed the deportation with a correspondent on phone, but could not give the registration number of the aircraft that brought them into the country.

The deportees were repatriated into the country with chartered aircraft from Libya.

The returnees were received by various agencies such as Immigration that checked their identities to ascertain their nationalities, Police, National Agency for Protection and Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, and other relevant stakeholders.

As at the time of filing this report, the returnees had moved away from the Lagos Airport to their various destinations. King told a correspondent that the deportees were returned to the country for overstaying their visas in Libya and other immigration offenses in the North African country.

He said, “What I can tell you is that some Nigerians were deported today (yesterday) for immigration offences. Most of those brought overstayed Libya.

One of the deportees, who simply identified himself as Chris claimed that he traveled out of Nigeria about two years ago in search of greener pastures.

He however insisted that he didn’t commit any crime in Libya that would warrant his deportation back to Nigeria.

Last November, about 76 Nigerians were deported from three European countries including United Kingdom.

Presidency Apologises to Nigerians Over Nationwide Blackout

The federal government has apologised to Nigerians for the persistent power failures, blaming the situation on gas failure as well as sabotage and vandalisation of power infrastructure.

Lai Mohammed

 

In a statement issued in Abuja on Friday by Segun Adeyemi, special adviser to Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, the President Buhari-led federal government has apologised to Nigerians for the persistent power failures, blaming the situation on gas failure as well as sabotage and vandalisation of power infrastructure.

 

The federal government said that all efforts were being made to rectify the situation and ensure a gradual improvement in the power situation.

 

"There will be a decent improvement in the power situation from this weekend, thanks to ongoing remedial efforts that will double the current power supply to 4,000WM. Getting back to the 5,074MW all-time high that was reached earlier will take a few more weeks," Mohammed said.

 

The minister said that at a time the routine maintenance by the Nigeria Gas Company had affected the supply of gas to power stations, forcing down power supply from an all-time high of 5,074 MW to about 4,000MW, a combination of unsavoury incidents further crashed the power supply to about half that figure.

"The vandalisation of the Forcados export pipelines forced oil companies to shut down, making it impossible for them to produce gas. Then, workers at the Ikeja DISCOS, who were protesting the disengagement of some of their colleagues after they failed the company’s competency test, apparently colluded with the National Transmission Station in Osogbo to shut down transmission.

"Finally, the unfortunate strike by the unions at the NNPC, over the restructuring of the corporation, shut down the Itarogun power station, the biggest in the country. Due to these factors, only 13 out of the 24 power stations in the country are currently functioning. It is this same kind of unsavoury situation that has affected fuel supply and subjected Nigerians to untold hardship."

 

The minister condemned the situation in which some Nigerians, under the guise of the various unions in the oil and gas sector or sheer vandalisation, would continuously sabotage the country’s power infrastructure.

 

"The bitter truth is that for as long as these groups of Nigerians continue to sabotage the power infrastructure, Nigerians cannot enjoy a decent level of power supply. We therefore admonish all Nigerians who may be agitating for their rights in whatever form to refrain from any action that will further hurt the same people they claim to be protecting," he added.

See the Rugged Looking All-female Armed Robbery Gang Arrested in Ghana (Photo)

A dreaded armed robbery gang of females have been apprehended by the police as they await prosecution in court.

The paraded culprits

  

A four woman robbery squad have been arrested by the police in Kumasi after they robbed a taxi driver of his day’s sales.

Three were picked up by police in the metropolis after police interrogation smoked out their location from the first member, who was arrested just after the act.

The four have been identified as Agnes Darkoaa, a.k.a Maame Yaa or Last Killer, Ernestina Amponsah a.k.a. Akosua Frimpomaa, Mavis Addo a.k.a. Maame Konadu and Sally Sarpong a.k.a. Maame Serwaa

The four are reported to have robbed the taxi driver in Kumasi on Wednesday night.

Unbelievable! Billionaire Businessman Reveals He Buys All His Clothes at Second-hand Markets to Save Money (Photos)

A billionaire businessman made a shocking revelation that he only buys his clothes from second-hand markets to save money.

Billionaire businessman, Ingvar Kamprad

 

This was the revelation by IKEA's billionaire founder, Ingvar Kamprad.

 

Ingvar Kamprad who was once listed as the world's fourth richest man is renowned for his penny-pinching nature.

 

The entrepreneur has a fortune of about £51billion and ranks as one of the world's richest men. He says he buys second-hand clothes in the hope of setting a good example to those around him.

 

While Speaking on a Swedish documentary, Mr Kamprad, 89 said: 'I don't think I'm wearing anything that wasn't bought at a flea market.

'It means that I want to set a good example. It's in the nature of Smaland to be thrifty.'

 

He believes his saving method helped his company reach new heights as one of the world's top brand names.

 

The Swede who is now retired from the family company to make way for his three sons, finally returned to live in Sweden in 2014. He has grabbed international headlines for his modest spending habits.

 

'Normally, I try to get my haircut when I'm in a developing country. Last time it was in Vietnam,' Kamprad explained.

Breaking News: Popular Actress, Ibinabo Fiberesima Sentenced to 5 years Imprisonment

Popular actress, Ibinabo Fiberesima has been sentenced to 5 years imprisonment by Justice Deborah Oluwayemi, on March 16, 2016. Ibinabo was visibly apprehensive throughout the proceeding and burst into tears immediately the judgment was delivered.

Ibinabo Fiberesima

 

The Court of Appeal Lagos Division on Friday dismissed an appeal filed by ex beauty queen, Ibinabo Fiberesima challenging a Lagos High Court judgement which sentenced her to serve five years in prison for the death of one Dr. Giwa Suraj.

The Nation reports that the embattled president of the Actors' Guild of Nigeria (AGN) was sentenced by Justice Deborah Oluwayemi for reckless driving which caused the death of Suraj in an auto accident along the Lekki-Epe Expressway, Lagos.

Recall that about 10 years ago, the actress drove recklessly, causing the death of one Giwa Suraj in an auto accident along the Lekki-Epe Expressway in Lagos.
Suraj was a staff of a Lagos state hospital before the incident.

Speaking on the judgement, her lawyer, Nnaemeka Amaechina, said it would be challenged at the Supreme Court adding that a Notice of Appeal had been filed already.

The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command had in 2005 charged Fiberesima to an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court on a two-count charge of dangerous and reckless driving along the Lekki- Epe Expressway, Lagos which resulted in the death of Suraj.

She was awarded a N100, 000 fine by the Court, but this decision was tested at the High Court by the Lagos State Government.

At the High Court, Justice Oluwayemi set aside the option of N100, 000 fine imposed and sentenced Fiberesima to five years imprisonment for dangerous and reckless driving.

She held that the trial Magistrate exercised judicial recklessness when he gave the convict an option of N100, 000 fine and this did not serve the purpose of justice.  She subsequently ordered that the N100, 000 should be returned to Fiberesima.

The court added that Section 28 of the Road Traffic Law clearly provides that where a reckless and dangerous driving has caused the death of a person, the accused person shall be guilty of an offence and is liable on conviction to imprisonment of seven years.

Dissatisfied, Fiberesima in her amended appellant brief filed by her lawyer, Nnaemeka Amaechina before the Court of Appeal urged the court to set aside the five year sentence and restore the decision of the Magistrate Court.

Amaechina had argued that the Magistrate’s Court exercised its discretion properly and there was no ground to review it by the high court.

He submitted that by virtue of the Notice of Increased in Jurisdiction of Magistrates, No. 7 of 2006, the trial Magistrate could only impose a maximum of 7 years imprisonment or N100, 000.00 fine.

He added that N100, 000.00 fine is the maximum limit the trial Magistrate can impose as fine and that was what it imposed on the appellant.

In her response, counsel to Lagos State, Rotimi Odutola (Mrs.) argued that the law creating the offence of dangerous driving causing death has provided for a term of imprisonment as punishment for anyone convicted under section 28 hence the trial Magistrate ought not to exercise such arbitrary discretion to impose N100.000.00 as fine.

Odutola further submitted that the children of the deceased have been permanently deprived of the "measureless contributions" of their father to their lives as a result of his death caused by the appellant.

Too Beautiful for Police Job? Lagos Police Spokeswoman Celebrates Promotion with New Photos

A superintendent of Police who was recently appointed as the new Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of Lagos State Police Command, has stunned in new photos.

 

Lagos state Police spokeswoman, Dolapo Opeyemi Badmos who was recently promoted to the rank of Public Relations Officer of the state command, is celebrating her promotion with new photos.

 

The beautiful mother-of-two who looks stunning in the promotional photos, took to her Instagram to share new photos to her followers.

 

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EFCC Invites Skye Bank MD Over N6.3bn, And The Recovering of $2.33m in a Separate Operation

Following Skye Bank's alleged failure to adhere to the government's directive on the movement of funds to TSA in money deposit banks, the EFCC has invited the Managing Director of the bank.

 

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has invited the Managing Director of Skye Bank, Timothy Oguntayo, over the bank’s alleged refusal to remit N6.3 billion to government’s Treasury Single Account.

 

The anti-graft body also invited the bank’s chief compliance officer following the bank’s alleged failure to adhere to government’s directive on the movement of funds to TSA in money deposit banks.

 

Sources at the EFCC told Premium Times that the two top executive officers were invited when it was found that government funds were still being concealed in two separate accounts in the bank.

 

The money belonged to the defunct Presidential Implementation Committee on the Alienation of the Federal Government Landed Property.

 

The authorities of the bank were said to have overlooked the huge deposits in its TSA compliance arrangement despite the accounts being dormant since 2011.

 

“There is strong suspicion that the funds were covertly hidden from the government as only the bank and members of the committee that had long wounded up operation are aware of its existence,” a source said.

 

The committee which had B.B. Awojide as Secretary, operated from Room 4A, on the third floor of the Federal Secretariat, Phase1.

 

Both accounts have already been blocked by the EFCC, while investigations continue.

 

Meanwhile, the source said the commission also recovered $2.33million from one of the suspects in the arms procurement contract scandal in the Office of the National Security Adviser.