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  The Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, has convicted one Oluseyi Momoh Lamorin and sentenced him to seven years imprisonment. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had arraigned Lamorin before Justice O.A Taiwo on eight counts of fraudulent document and forgery. On Wednesday, the EFCC said, "Today, October 30, 2019 the commission secured the conviction of one Oluseyi Momoh Lamorin, an Internet fraudster, before Justice O.A Taiwo of a Special Offences Court, sitting in Ikeja, Lagos." The anti-graft agency said the convict was arrested following intelligence from the British High Commission in 2018. "The convict was arrested following intelligence received by the commission from the British Deputy High Commissioner on the activities of some fraudsters and was arraigned subsequently on September 25, 2018 on eight counts of possession of fraudulent documents and forgery."   CRIME Internet Legal News AddThis :  Original Autho...

Supporters of Bola Tinubu have stormed Akure, the Ondo state capital to solicit the support of the people of the state as they continue their Tinubu-for-president campaign ahead of the 2023 presidential election. from via EDUPEDIA24/7

[Deutsche Welle] An appeals court in Morocco has confirmed death sentences handed down to three men for the beheading of two Scandinavian tourists in the Atlas Mountains. The murders last year shocked the North African country. via LATEST NEWS

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] London -As global warming brings wilder weather, more harvest failures and the risk of growing migration and poverty, "sustainable development as we think of it today may be out of reach", a top U.N. specialist in climate change losses warned on Wednesday. via LATEST NEWS

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Dakar -A new online database of human trafficking cases will help Senegal crack down on a rampant crime that is little understood, highlighting hotspots and profiling crooks in a bid to curb the growing trade in people, the government said on Wednesday. via LATEST NEWS

[Deutsche Welle] Five years after an uprising chased Blaise Compaore from power, terrorism and its dire impact on a rural economy cast a pall over a country that had hoped for a democratic, prosperous future. via LATEST NEWS

[African Arguments] If and when Kenya and Somalia's maritime dispute is heard by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) next year, one aspect of the two neighbours' long-running quarrel will finally conclude. It will be decided once and for all which country rightfully controls the small but resource-rich section of the sea being contested. via LATEST NEWS

[ISS] Until early 2018, violent extremism in West Africa had been largely confined to the Sahel region. Since then fears of a spillover into neighbouring coastal states, including Togo, have been rising. The risk to Togo became apparent on 15 February 2019 when a mobile customs unit was attacked in the Burkinabe town of Nohao, which borders Togo's Savanes region. Three customs officers and a Spanish priest were killed. via LATEST NEWS

Few days ago, Grammy award winning Artist, Kirk Franklin had announced his boycott of TBN and Dove Awards, via a video on his Instagram page as he mentioned that his acceptance speech at the recently concluded awards, which shed more light on the recent cases of police brutality over the black community, was edited. Gospel Music Association (GMA) Organizers of the Dove Awards have now officially issued an apology statement over the edited acceptance speech at this year’s 50th Annual GMA Dove Awards, which was aired on Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) on the 20th of October 2019. Jackie Patillo, the Association President, in an official statement wrote: “Due to our broadcast window, we had to significantly edit the Dove telecast to 2 hours, which aired Sunday, October 20th. In light of this, we understand that many were disappointed because there were so many memorable moments and noteworthy portions of acceptance speeches absent. Specifically, we were made aware of troubling con...

Urban Gospel Artist, Sister Wisdom has released another hit single, Caramello, produced by Ditweeni Caramelo is an AFRO-HOUSE vibe describing  the sweetness of God’s love and and how we are all overwhelmed by God. The song produced by the super creative music producer DITWEENI is written by Sister Wisdom (Wisdom Toyin Igbafe). The uber talented soul Sister Wisdom  keeps chunning out tunes for everyone to enjoy and with strong messages deeply rooted in her christian faith. For those with sweet tooth for good music CARAMELO is sure going to give a SUGAR RUSH. DOWNLOAD AUDIO The post Sister Wisdom – Caramello appeared first on Latest Naija Nigerian Music, Songs & Video - Notjustok . from Latest Naija Nigerian Music, Songs & Video – Notjustok via EDUPEDIA

Nigerian Gospel Artist, Folabi Nuel releases new single, “Yeshua”, from his new album, Hunger There is something so unique about the name of Jesus and what’s much more unique is when we call the name Jesus in Hebrew “Yeshua”. It’s a reminder of the potency and power in the name of Jesus. Folabi Nuel beautifully captures this truth in his brand new single “Yeshua” which is his very first single off his new album “Hunger”; recorded live in two locations – The Lifepointe Church, Lekki, Lagos and David’s Christian Centre, Festac, Lagos. This sound captures the heart and sincerity in communal worship. Folabi Nuel has a divine mandate to bring people into a consciousness of God’s love and to make Him famous. He expresses this through every melody, word and rhythm. His sophomore album “Good God” featuring the likes of Wole Oni, and Florocka has been on the lips of many with songs such as “MY HEART” and GOOD GOD feat topping the charts for several weeks. He was nominated for Most Excellen...

Gospel singer, Favour George releases new worship anthem “JESUS”, Produced by King Basade. “Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father”. – Philippians 2:9-11 Speaking about the song, Favour shares: “The name of Jesus is above every name! We are to pray in His name, give thanks in His name, and His name gives us His power. If you’re feeling lost, overwhelmed, or struggling in any way, we pray you find the strength and power as you listen to this brand new powerful worship song” DOWNLOAD AUDIO SONG LYRICS There’s a name That’s so powerful The name is sweet That name is life There is a name That’s so powerful The name is sweet That name is life The name is mighty The name breaks strongholds That name is life The name healing The name brings free...

Off his soon to be released Sophomore album Sijuwade, urban gospel artiste Sam Jamz releases his 3rd single Blessed Man featuring Ghanaian music producer Louis Pascal. This tune will have you bopping and confessing powerful words. DOWNLOAD AUDIO LYRICS VIDEO Subscribe to notjustok TV The post Sam Jamz ft. Louis Pascal – Blessed Man appeared first on Latest Naija Nigerian Music, Songs & Video - Notjustok . from Latest Naija Nigerian Music, Songs & Video – Notjustok via EDUPEDIA

Gospel singer and song writer, YADAH , ‘the voice of Jesus to nations’ is back with another single titled ‘BEYOND ME’.  This song is coming after the hit ‘free of charge’ and other great songs earlier released from her collection. Yadah has over time consistently blessed the world with spiritual and christocentric songs. BEYOND ME talks about the love of the father, poured out regardless of the state we were in. It talks about mercy undeserved, righteousness as God covers us from the shame and guilt of our sins with the lamb (His son Jesus Christ). Every season is the season to talk about the cross, Yadah says, and is excited to share this songs with the world. The new single, BEYOND ME was recorded at the Yadah live in concert (YALIC 2019) and we expect other great tunes to follow. DOWNLOAD AUDIO WATCH VIDEO Subscribe to notjustok TV LYRICS You Looked past my sin, my guilt my shame and poured your love You looked beyond me oh You looked beyond me oh You Looked pas...

  Social media platform, Twitter, has placed a ban on political adverts, saying “political message should be earned not bought”.  In a tweet on Wednesday, the Chief Executive Officer of the platform, Jack Dorsey, said that the decision was made not to check the increasing velocity, sophistication and overwhelming scale of deep fakes. The statement reads, “ We’ve made the decision to stop all political advertising on Twitter globally.  "We believe political message reach should be earned, not bought. Why? A few reasons.  "A political message earns reach when people decide to follow an account or retweet.  "Paying for reach removes that decision, forcing highly optimised and targeted political messages on people.  "We believe this decision should not be compromised by money. "While Internet advertising is incredibly powerful and very effective for commercial advertisers, that power brings significant risks to politics where it can be used to i...

  Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali, has said that some of the foreign rice brought into Nigeria had expired and re-bagged for sale to Nigerians.  He said this while speaking to journalists on Wednesday in Onne, Rivers State. Ibrahim said the already expired rice is unknown to consumers because it had been polished and its bag changed. He said that they must reach out to Nigerians through the press to make them know the deadly effects of what they are consuming.  He said, “We are consuming expired rice. When it causes cancer, we begin to find who to blame.  "We are consuming expired rice. They polish and re-bag rice for unsuspecting consumers to eat.  "We must reach out to Nigerians through the press to make them know the deadly effects of what they consume."  Food News AddThis :  Original Author :  SaharaReporters, New York Disable advertisements :  from All Content via

  The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has made several recommendation to the President Muhammad Buhari in a view to ensuring that freedom of press is not gagged.  SERAP made the call in a new report launched in Lagos on Wednesday.  The report which was prepared by SERAP in conjunction with National Endowment for Democracy, touched on how various military and democratic office holders had tired to undermine the power of the media over the years.  The group stated that if the press was to be able to perform its roles effectively as enshrined in sections 22 and 39 of Nigeria’s 1999 constitution (as amended), it must not suffer any legal impediment.  It said, "President Muhammadu Buhari must condemn all attacks on journalist and media organisations.  "He should issue a clear and public statement to all government and security officials over any acts of intimidation, threats, harassment, and arbitrary arrests of journalists and med...

  As the inclusion of Abba Bichi, son of the Director-General of the Department of State Services, in  Nigeria’s squad for the Golden Eaglets U-17 team in the ongoing FIFA U-17 World Cup continues to generate buzz, more details have emerged how the inclusion of Bichi’s son was facilitated. Sources have revealed how Second Vice President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Shehu Dikko, masterminded how Bichi’s son was smuggled into the final team list submitted by coach Manu Garba to FIFA despite his name not being on the 50 players provisional list. SaharaReporters had published how top NFF officials coerced Garba into selecting Bichi and even threatened him if he does not give-in to the request. It was revealed that Garba had expressed doubt in the ability of the young lad to break into the team.  See Also Scandal How NFF Smuggled DSS Director General’s Son, Abba Bichi, Into U-17 World Cup Team 0 Comments 13 Hours Ago Also, to accommodate Bichi’s ...

International Monetary Fund International Monetary Fund The Wire   About 34 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product in Sub-Saharan African economies are made up of informal activities.  This is according to figures cited from the International Monetary Fund in a report by Proshare on Wednesday. The report notes that informality in economic activities globally are dropping but more work is still needed.  The major challenge for policy makers however, is the difficulty of capturing these transactions.  This, the report notes, makes it hard to estimate what percentage of value is added to the entire economy by these shadow trades. “People and companies engaged in the informal economy usually operate on a small scale.  "This means there are no official statistics on the informal or shadow economy as it's sometimes called, so economists need to estimate its size,” the report notes.  It is not just African policy makers that have it all to do to ca...

  A 24-year-old Internet fraud suspect, Babatunde Muhammad Bashir, has asked for a plea bargain at the Kwara State High Court informed the court. Bashir is being prosecuted by the Ilorin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission before Justice Sikiru Oyinloye of the same court on four counts of Internet fraud.  The defendant had on October 8, 2019 pleaded ‘not guilty’ to the charges brought against him by the EFCC. In related development, the EFCC has secured the conviction of one Salisu Kabiru Abdulsalam over an alleged of fraud of N752,000. The anti-graft agency in a post on their official Facebook page on Wednesday said, “The convict sometime in October 2018 allegedly approached the complainant with a proposition to supply a total of 11 tons and 580kg of waste paper carton to Nixin Paper Mill Nigeria Limited, Ibadan, on his behalf with the understanding that he will receive payment and remit same to the supplier.  “After the supply, the...

Businesstoday   The Accident Investigation Bureau said it has commenced full investigation into an incident involving one of Bristow Helicopter’s aircraft. Pilot of the helicopter Sikorsky 92 had declared emergency when one of its two engines failed in the air.  As at the time of the incident, the helicopter had 13 persons onboard. The incident occurred last Friday in Port Harcourt Airport when the helicopter declared emergency in an offshore platform. A statement by the General Manager, Public Affairs, AIB, Mr Tunji Oketunbi, said that there was no fatality. He explained that information gathered so far by AIB indicated that the pilot contacted the Air Traffic Control and that declaring aircraft was cleared left Base Runway 22 for expeditious landing and landed safely. Oketunbi hinted that AIB's team of safety investigators from its regional office in Enugu had commenced investigation into the incident. Meanwhile, Bristow Helicopter told journalists in Lagos th...

Michael Collins (astronaut) . Michael Collins (born October 31, 1930) is a former astronaut and test pilot who was the command module pilot of Apollo 11 in 1969. The first person to perform more than one spacewalk, he is one of 24 people to have flown to the Moon. Collins joined the U.S. Air Force after graduating from West Point in 1952. He graduated in 1960 from the Air Force Experimental Flight Test Pilot School and was selected for NASA's third group of astronauts in 1963. He made two spacewalks on his first mission on Gemini 10 in 1966. During Apollo 11, he remained in orbit around the Moon in the command module Columbia while his crewmates Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin made the first crewed landing on the surface. After retiring from NASA, Collins became Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs and later director of the National Air and Space Museum. Under his guidance, the museum opened on time and within budget for the United States Bicentennial in 1976.

Michael Collins (astronaut) . Michael Collins (born October 31, 1930) is a former astronaut and test pilot who was the command module pilot of Apollo 11 in 1969. The first person to perform more than one spacewalk, he is one of 24 people to have flown to the Moon. Collins joined the U.S. Air Force after graduating from West Point in 1952. He graduated in 1960 from the Air Force Experimental Flight Test Pilot School and was selected for NASA's third group of astronauts in 1963. He made two spacewalks on his first mission on Gemini 10 in 1966. During Apollo 11, he remained in orbit around the Moon in the command module Columbia while his crewmates Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin made the first crewed landing on the surface. After retiring from NASA, Collins became Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs and later director of the National Air and Space Museum. Under his guidance, the museum opened on time and within budget for the United States Bicentennial in 1976.