Buhari’s foreign trips meant to block and recover looted funds - Presidency

The presidency has dismissed insinuations that President Muhammadu Buhari has been indulging in frequent jamboree overseas.

Buhari's Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu to State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa, Abuja that the President's commitment to block and recover looted funds is behind his frequent foreign trips.

He noted that Buhari has already secured some agreements on the recovery and repatriation of stolen funds.

: “You also see gradually the strategic efforts to go after the stolen funds abroad. The UAE is very important to the country

“Don’t be surprised that in the coming week or two, you will see high level security officials leaving Nigeria for the UAE to begin to give expression to our wish to enjoy this new cooperation between the two countries with a view to recovering stolen assets.

“There are numerous agreements we have also signed with them; drugs, human trafficking and stolen assets that have been taken abroad," he said.

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Man City: Iheanacho to play in Champions League

Following his impressive performance in the English Premier League, EPL, Manchester City has rewarded Kelechi Iheanacho with a place in its UEFA Champions League squad.

Iheanacho who scored a hat trick over the weekend against Aston Villa will be taking the place of injured Samir Nasri in Manuel Pellegrini's 25 man squad.

“Yes, he (Iheanacho) will be in the squad.

“I have decided that. I told Samir Nasri I will take him out from the Champions League list because he needs two more months to be fit.

“We need Kelechi, because with Wilfried Bony injured, we cannot afford any risks if Kun [Sergio Aguero] is injured.

“So, we need Kelechi in the squad. It was not a difficult decision, but it’s always difficult to tell a player he will not continue in the selections.

“But I think Samir understood. He has already been injured for three months and he understands,” said Pellegrini

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Mother hears dead baby's heartbeat few years after

Mother hears dead baby's heartbeat inside 4 year old transplant recipient http://www.lindaikejisblog.com/2016/02/mother-hears-dead-babys-heartbeat.html

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Interpol issues warrant for Maina's arrest

The International Criminal Police Organization, ICPO-INTERPOL has issued a red alert for the arrest of the chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team, PRTT, Abdulrasheed Maina who is currently wanted by the EFCC for his alleged role in a N28.8b fraud.

The Interpol issued the warrant through its headquarters in France and communicated the action to the EFCC through a three paragraph letter dated January 11th, 2016 and addressed to its chairman.

According to a reliable EFCC source, the warrant makes it possible for security agencies anywhere in the world to arrest the suspect

“The INTERPOL has issued a world-wide red alert on Maina. The notice is based on a request from the EFCC, which on November 18, 2015, wrote to the Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, seeking his assistance “to issue an INTERPOL Red Alert” on Maina,who was charged to the Federal High Court on July 10, 2015.

“n a response to the anti-graft agency’s request, Olusola Subair, Commissioner of Police, INTERPOL, in a letter dated January 11, 2016, addressed to the Chairman, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, informed the agency that its request had been processed and a notice duly issued by the INTERPOL."

The letter reads in part ;
“Be informed that the bureau has taken necessary action on the wanted fugitive as requested with INTERPOL General Secretariat, Lyon, France. He has been published on the INTERPOL Red Notice accordingly.”

Maina has been out of public view since 2013 when he was indicted by the Senate Committee on Pension Matters. He was fingered by the committee in the theft of  recovered pension funds to the tune of N28.8 billion.

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Abuja based businessman accuses senator of infecting his wife with HIV

An Abuja-based businessman, political activist and self-styled whistle blower, Mr Godwin Ebubeagu Ekenulo has accused Senator Hope Uzodinma of infecting his late ex-wife with the HIV virus from which complications she died.

See what the aggrieved posted on his Facebook time line.

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FAREWELL Chief/lolo/Ezinne/Mrs Ukachi Ekenulo aka hon ukachi amaechi.

Your killer, rogue senator hope uzodinma who wickedly infected you with HIV VIRUS upon which you died of illnesses arising from HIV /AIDS complications which include kidney failure etc, shall not escape the wrath of God....
Though you had no reason to be unfaithful and engage in sordid affairs with such a deplorable man or any other man for that matter ; you have paid the supreme price whereas your dubious divorcee friend and cohort chidinma uwajumogu former Mrs chidinma Ibe-Ejiogu who encouraged you to pull out of your marriage and join her on the street of prostitutes in high places in the name of politics and the man who infected you are all alive.But before God,their days are numbered.
I didn't marry you as a poor man and didn't marry you from a rich home. I was already a millionaire besides coming from a wealthy home when I married you.
I trained you at Uni jos and ensured you graduated. As a student and my wife you lived in a four bedroom bungalow at jos with all the comfort therein with our kids Adaku, Osinachi, Ebubechi though Ebubechi and our last child later died mysteriously of HIV.
I graciously allowed you to pursue vacations in youth activism and politics which i single handedly provided the financial implications and logistics and where necessary the contact and influence. My only crime was that ,I had to upbraid you when I ought to ,especially when I discovered that ; your friend chidinma was not a good woman and a divorcee hence I didn't want you to join the dangerous club of divorcee women in politics.
I loved you as my wife and took very good care of you and our kids.
Needless to emphasize others.
I pray God to forgive you and accept your soul . RIP

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Ukachi,
lying cold and still in this Casket,taking her last respect from her colleagues in plenary at Imo state house of assembly complex owerri.
Whether God shall punish or not, the man, rogue senator hope uzodinma who destroyed her, who denied her the dignity of marriage; Who cut her life short, who murdered her when he wickedly infected her with HIV/AIDS time shall tell.
Those who spread HIV VIRUS & HIV /AIDS are nothing but murderers, mass killers of the people!
Those who support and condone evil and murder of this type are also murderers who will not escape the wrath of God at the appointed time. ADIEU

The late Mrs Ukachi Ekenulo who represented Owerri West constituency in the Imo State House of Assembly died on December 18, 2015 and was laid to rest on January 29, 2016 

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Senator demands fair trial for 'anti government' lecturer

Senator Danjuma Laah of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, representing Kaduna South Senatorial Zone, has called for a fair trial of outspoken perceived anti-government Political Science teacher at the Kaduna State University, KASU, Dr. John Danfulani.

The lecturer whose detention had generated a lot of controversy was granted bail on Monday by a Kaduna Chief Magistrate Court with stringent conditions.

Senator Laah in a statement issued on Monday cautioned against denying the fiery teacher a fair trial.

“I have been observing the circumstances and other developments before and after the arrest of Dr. Johh Danfulani. I want to say that there has been a lot of politics and social uproar that this has attracted.

“As the Senator who represents Danfulani at the Senate, I am watching how the judiciary is handling this case. Without prejudice to the competence of our Judicial arm of government in Kaduna State, I want to caution that political and social pressure should not come to bear on him to deny him fair trial, " he said.

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We transferred Mbaka to make him more useful- Church

The Catholic Church has explained that the transfer of firebrand priest, Fr Ejike Mbaka from Enugu Parish to Emene is to make him more useful.

In the words of the Secretary-General of the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria, Reverend Father Ralph Madu, Mbaka's transfer was not a punishment but a normal church procedure.

“Mbaka’s transfer  is not an exception; the Bishop has the right to post any priest wherever he feels his service would be more useful to the church.

“ His posting should have been a privilege, not a punishment – which the Bishop can do because he has the power.

“If he (Mbaka) says it’s a punishment, then it’s open for further investigation. Posting is a regular thing, a priest can be transferred after two, three, four, or more years. It depends on the discretion of the Bishop.

“That ministry (Adoration Ministry) is his private ministry. It does not belong to the church. Overseeing a parish is a full time job. Overseeing a ministry is a bigger task. If the church decides to take him somewhere where he’ll have more time to carry out his ministry, how is it punitive? That should not be the language.

“He is supposed to be a missionary. What if the Bishop had closed down the ministry , which is within his power to do? Sometimes, transfers can be for the good of the priest as something can be going wrong which he might not be aware of. The Bishop is free to move any priest at any time, it is his prerogative.”

A lot of public outcry has greeted the transfer of Mbaka from the GRA Enugu Parish where he has developed a huge following.

He is expected to assume duties immediately at his new parish.

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