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Police in Malawi issue arrest warrant for ex-female President, Joyce Banda over corruption scandal

Police in Malawi have issued an arrest warrant for former President Joyce Banda over a corruption scandal, known as cash-gate, during her time in office.

In issuing the arrest warrant for ex-President Joyce Banda, Malawi's police said they have "unearthed credible evidence" in connection with the $250m (£190m) cashgate corruption scandal which "raises reasonable suspicion that the former president committed offences relating to abuse of office and money laundering".

Mrs Banda is currently outside the country and the police have said they will ask Interpol for help in getting her to come home.

Cashgate is the biggest financial scandal in Malawi's history and involved the loss of some $250m of state money. Officials were accused of siphoning off the funds during the presidency of Mrs Banda.

See a copy of the arrest warrant below as tweeted by journalist, Idriss Nassah

An 18-year-old suspected member of the dreaded cult group, baddo, was today arraigned before an Ebute Meta Magistrates’ Court, Lagos..

The suspect, Fred Minima, residing at Akala area of Mushin, is faced with a three-count of attempted kidnap, belonging to an unlawful society and stealing.

However, the accused, has, pleaded not guilty to the charges.

But Police Prosecutor Maria Dauda maintained that the alleged perpetrated the offences on July 26 at 11.10 a.m. at No. 25, Akinola St., Mushin.

Dauda said the accused, who had the logo of the cult on his left hand, allegedly entered the premises of a nursery and primary school in Mushin with the intention to kidnap some pupils.

He also asserted that Minima stole some phones before he proceeded to attract the pupils.

According to Dauda;

“He was caught by the security guard, who handed him over to the police.’’

The offences contravened Sections 21, 42 and 287 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015 (Revised).

Section 287 stipulates a three-year jail term for offenders, while kidnapping offences in Lagos State attract a penalty of life imprisonment or capital punishment.

The Magistrate, Mrs O.O.A. Fowewe-Erusiafe, in her ruling, granted the accused bail in the sum of N50, 000 with two sureties in like sum and adjourned the case until Aug. 29 for mention.

As posted by Dakwal Lengs, a Project Manager at Broadway Construction in Plateau State...

"This man with black cap using this government car brought out a knife in his car trying to kill me so when he didn't get to me he punched the back tyre of my car. Just because we met at a narrow road at coret hamlet. A wedding reception ground. Thanks to Nigerians men and women who stood with me and he was forced to pay for the tyre. What a government official doing with knife in his car? Is that why we voted them in to power?He is Mr Casmire Bawa . The liason officer central zone to governor Simon lalong"

Watch the video below...

A popular biker in Nigeria, Dr Olukwu Faraday of Gym House, Ibadan, over the weekend proposed to his longtime girlfriend, Joy Ororuwa, at the Abeokuta flyover in Ogun state. Bikers all over Nigeria had converged in the state for their annual meeting and as they gathered at the footbridge about to start their road show, Olukwu went down on his knees and asked Joy to be his wife. She said yes! See more photos and a video below

Watch a video from the proposal below

Emotional!!!!Popular Biker proposes to girlfriend by a fly-over, in Ogun's capital city @2017 Abeokuta bikers converge.....

Nollywood veteran actress, Shan George is glad to be taking her bedridden mother out of University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, where she had been for the past six years. The mother of two revealed on Instagram that the journey had been a very tough one for her as she didn't get all the help she needed.

See her post and video below.

''This is d UCTH (university of calabar teaching hospital) where my aged ill bedridden mother has been, She is getting discharged today. Since 2011 she has been bedridden and done series of surgeries. Well, She is still in a wheelchair but we r going home. As her only child it's been veeeeryy tough in d past 6yrs. Thank u to all my wonderful friends and family members who have helped over d years. And thank u to those who refused to help even when I came kneeling, crying and begging for their help. U made me stronger and more dependent on God. God bless our Parents''

The Biafra Zionist Federation, BZF, has said that south eastern states have been split from Nigeria. They proceeded to announce that an interim government has been formed to run the affairs of Biafra.

The announcement was made today, July 31, by the self-acclaimed President of Biafra, Barr. Benjamin Onwuka during a press briefing in Enugu. Onwuka, who was arrested in Enugu in 2014 after his group stormed the Enugu State Broadcasting Service for the purpose of declaring Biafra Republic, said the interim government will last for 30 days. Asides declaring himself the President of Biafra, Onwuka also named Prof. Pat Utomi as the foreign minister.

He said: "I am the President of Biafra; we have formed an interim government that will be in place till the next 30 days. The interim government will take off tomorrow, August 1 and last till August 31, 2017, that is 30 days.

"America is behind the Biafra people because former President Barrack Obama already endorsed Biafra before he left office and President Donald Trump will not go against it considering that it has formed part of America’s foreign policy."

Onwuka named other members of the cabinet, Daily Post reports. They include; Prof. Chukwuma Soludo- Central Bank of Biafra, CBB; Prof. Pat Utomi- foreign affairs; Mrs. Aruma Oteh- finance minister; former Personal Secretary to Late Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu- petroleum. Others are Amarachi Ubani- information; Ohanaeze President, Chief Nnia Nwodo- Ambassador to US; Prof. Jerry Gana- transport; Labaran Maku- aviation, a lecturer at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN, Mrs. Mary Okafor- trade and industry; Benny Lar, Secretary to the Government of the Republic; Gabriel Oluwole Osagie- education, Prof Barth Nnaji- energy; Philip Effiong Jnr.- health.

Onwuka also announced that the Israelis would hold the positions of defence, agriculture, internal affairs, Inspector General of Police and Air Force, adding that they would also take 25 percent of the civil service job in Biafra.

He said, “Israel will be key players in this government because there is so much corruption in Nigeria; so, they are coming to help us clean the system. They are coming to sweep the system. They will challenge agro-revolution and also abolish corruption very easily.

"Same goes for America; their companies will be in control of our oil industry. This is to reward them for what Obama did for us; Obama saved us even when we were in detention; they already passed death sentence on us even without our knowledge, but Obama’s intervention saved us."

Onwuka called for all Biafrans who work in the Nigerian armed forces to withdraw and join the Biafran security forces.

He said: "I am also calling on the avengers, the militants to come out from the creeks and join us to defend and protect Biafra. I’m beckoning on Asari Dokubo, Tompolo, Ateke Tom to come out and join us. I am calling on all our boys in Biafra land to come out. I’m not afraid, the US is with us."

He also accused the Federal Government of Nigeria of "Islamizing the Biafra Republic" and vowed to resist such.

"The Biafra people will not allow themselves to be Islamized; 1967 will no longer be allowed to repeat itself. Apart from removing the Christian Religious Knowledge from the school curriculum, they have also banned history. This is to prevent our young ones from knowing all the things that happened in the past. This is entirely war on our people and we are not going to take it. Where there is religious conflict, the offended side will always win; the same thing will happen here", he said.

Sochima Amanda Iloka, a graduate of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka died yesterday after a brief illness.

According to friends on Facebook, the deceased popularly known as "Soch Money" suffered from malaria before her death. See a post by one of her friends below:

"RIP SENIOR SOCHIMA ILLOKA, a.k.a SOCH MONEY
She was my senior in secondary school then, she left this world yesterday after a brief illness (Malaria), MAY YOUR SOUL REST IN PEACE AMEN. It is really a sad news that a young lady with a bright future like her died but the truth is that no one can reject death, I have been thinking about her demise since yesterday, I was saying that "she is too young to die", then I remembered that there are some people that are more younger than her that are no more. This is just to remind us that we are on a journey in this world, no matter what we are doing on earth, let us keep in mind that no one knows his or her date of death, some people would be wondering how an ordinary malaria can kill someone, my dear, if God says it's over, an ordinary sneeze can take you away, her death really touched me and it shows that we are nothing on this earth, we are dust and we shall return to where we belong, only the spirit will go for judgment. Let us not relent in being careful the way we live our life, everyday is not Christmas, one day you might wake up and see your body lying on the bed and you can't go back to it, death is a respecter of no one, if you like be rich, poor, beautiful, ugly, it doesn't matter, what matters is where we would spend our life eternally. BE CAREFUL HOW YOU LIVE YOUR LIFE! NO ONE KNOWS WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN THE NEXT SECOND!! REST IN PEACE DEAR SOCH...None expected it so soon.