Osinbajo Approves 19 Judges For National Industrial Court - Politics - Ifeyinka

The acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, has approved the appointment of 19 judges for the National Industrial Court.

The approval by the Acting President was based on the recommendation made to him by the National Judicial Council.

A statement by the NJC’s Director of Information, Mr. Soji Oye, disclosing this on Tuesday, said the new judges appointed from 19 states of the federation would be sworn-in on Friday
http://punchng.com/breaking-osinbajo-approves-19-judges-for-national-industrial-court/

US Jails Nigerian Man For $1m Wire Fraud (Photo) - Crime - Ifeyinka

A Nigerian, Fawaz Olanrewaju Animasaun will spend the next two years in jail in the United States for defrauding East Texans and others out of nearly $1m.

Twenty-seven-year-old Animasaun, is one of two persons named in a federal indictment for charges of aggravated identity theft and conspiracy to commit bank fraud, as well as aiding and abetting.

He was travelling to the U.S. from Ghana, by way of Amsterdam, when he was arrested at the airport in New York in November last year.

Just a few weeks later, the 7-foot-1-inch tall Nigerian was an inmate at the Gregg County Jail awaiting his turn in a federal courtroom.

Under a plea agreement finalised in May, Animasaun is serving three years in prison on the conspiracy charge. He is ordered to pay $930,737.60 in restitution to three financial companies.
http://punchng.com/us-jails-nigerias-animasaun-for-1m-wire-fraud/

Patience Jonathan: "EFCC Sent Assassins After Me, Bugged My Phones" - Politics - Ifeyinka

Mrs. Patience Jonathan, wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan, has accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission of sending assassins after her.

Mrs. Jonathan said she had survived two of such attempts but urged the House of Representatives to quickly intervene before the EFCC would succeed in the alleged plot to eliminate her.



In a letter written by her lawyers, Granville Abibo (SAN) & Co, Mrs. Jonathan said, “There have been assassination attempts, at least twice, between February and April, 2017, against our client ostensibly by the operatives of the EFCC along the Yenagoa-Mbaima Road, Bayelsa State, in furtherance of its unlawful actions against the former first family
http://punchng.com/efcc-sent-assassins-after-me-bugged-my-phones-patience/

Olu Jacobs Celebrates His 75th Birthday As Joke Silva Celebrates Him - Celebrities - Ifeyinka

Veteran Nollywood Actress, Joke Silva pours encomium on her husband, Olu Jacobs as he turns 75 today..
She shared the post on Instagram

"Happy Birthday gorgeous....75 is not beans !!!Thank you for all you do for me and the kids...the sacrifices.With you we are always first. �Thank you for all you have done for the industry...theatre ...film...television. Here is to many more years of impact. Happy Birthday"

NEWS VIA: http://www.jamienaija.com/2017/07/joke-silva-showers-husband-with-praise.html?m=1

 

 

Wizkid's Album Listening Party In London (Photos) - Celebrities - Ifeyinka

Star Boy, Wizkid had his 'Sounds From The Other Side' album listening party at the Curtain in London last night, and his homeboys Burna Boy and Skepta joined him on stage to lit up the atmosphere.

See more photos below...

http://www.lubeynaija.com/2017/07/photos-from-wizkid-album-listening.html?m=1

Igbo Owns 70% Of Plateau’s New Certificates Of Occupancy - Governor Lalong - Politics - Ifeyinka

Governor Simon Bako Lalong of Plateau State has said over 70 percent of the certificates of occupancy he signed since he assumed office belong to the Igbo community.

“I had to call the Commissioner for Lands to ask him why it was so and to find out if the indigenous population had quit the state for the Igbo,” Lalong said while commending the Igbo community when they paid him a solidarity visit at the Government House
https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/general/-70-of-plateau-s-new-certificates-of-occupancy-for-igbo/204799.html

Double Wedding: Two Nigerian Sisters Wed Same Day (photos) - Events - Ifeyinka

Two Nigerian Muslim sisters, Heekmer and Heebahtullah got married to their partners Mustapha and Ibrahim over the weekend in the north. Congrats to them.


Source: http://www.flexygist.net/2017/07/11/double-wedding-two-nigerian-sisters-wed-same-day-photos/

First Ever Gay Muslim Wedding Takes Place In U.K - Foreign Affairs - Ifeyinka

The first ever gay Muslim wedding has taken place in the UK.

Happy grooms Jahed Choudhury, 24, and Sean Rogan, 19, tied the knot wearing traditional golden Sherwanis in a civil ceremony at Walsall registry office.

The pair, who’ve been together for two years, first met when Choudhury was crying on a bench in Darlaston.

He told Express and Star: ‘I’d not long overdosed and I was crying on a bench and Sean came over and asked if I was okay.

Adding that Sean gave him hope at his lowest point and has stood by him ever since.

Choudhury said that being an openly-gay Muslim made him feel like something of a ‘black sheep’ and that he ‘stood out like a sore thumb’ and often felt trapped between his sexuality and faith
https://www.google.com.ng/amp/metro.co.uk/2017/07/11/first-gay-muslim-wedding-takes-place-in-the-uk-6769737/amp/

Anambra Governorship Election: IPOB Insists On Election Boycott - Politics - ifeyinka

The leadership of the In­digenous people of Biafra (IPOB) says its resolution to boycott the forthcoming Anambra governorship elec­tion slated for November 18, 2017 remains sacrosanct.

In the statement signed by the group’s media and pub­licity secretary, Emma pow­erful, IPOB said the Anambra election boycott would be a sure way of proving to the whole world that Biafrans are determined to be liberated.

“We IPOB maintain that there will be no more elec­tions in Biafraland starting with Anambra State this year”, it said stressing that it has never shifted ground on its stands on the poll.

Meanwhile, some uniden­tified youths allegedly op­erating under the banner of the Indigenous People of Bi­afra (IPOB) have disrupted a governorship campaign pro­gramme of the Progressing People Alliance (PPA) candi­date, Godwin Chukwunaenye Ezeemo.

Ezeemo campaign team were at the God’s Own Pen­tecostal, Church Odoekpe, in Ogbaru Local Government of Anambra State to interact with party faithfuls on Satur­day when young men, bran­dishing Biafran flags and sing­ing Biafran songs besieged the venue, ordering the candi­date and his team to leave
https://orientdailynews.com/anambra-guber-election-ipob-insists-on-election-boycott/