N27b fraud: Former Bank PHB boss, Atuche, others have case to answe- Court!

A former Managing Director of Bank PHB Plc, now Keystone Bank Limited, Francis Atuche; his wife, Elizabeth; and his associate, Ugo Anyanwu, and others are to answer charges against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

 

Justice Lateefat Okunnu of a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja, on Monday, said they should be ready to open their defence in the N27 billion scam they were accused of.
The Judge said: “A prima facie case has been established by the EFCC against the defendants, and as a result, two applications before the court by the 1st, 2nd and 3rd defendants cannot succeed and are thereby overruled and dismissed.
“The defendants are hereby called upon to open their case.
“A question we need to ask is, has enough been said to warrant an explanation from each of the defendants?”
“The 27-count charge against the defendants established that they all fraudulently converted bank’s money for personal use.

She further stated that, “the prosecution has enough evidence before me.
“About 12 witnesses have been called and 272 exhibits have been presented before the court by the prosecution.”

In addition, she declared that proofs have been presented by the prosecution that huge sum of money was stolen through the former Bank PHB and that all the stolen funds were diverted by the first defendant, Atuche, for his personal use.
Justice Okunnu, after dismissing the two applications filed by the defendants, adjourned the case to, July 17, October 2, 4, 23, 24 and 25, 2013.

 

Revealed: Al-Qaeda Leader Spent Thousands Of Dollars On American Prostitutes!

On the eve of an infamous presentation, Al Qaeda leader, Anwar al-Awlaki gave at the Pentagon in 2002, the Al Qaeda operative was busy preparing — with a prostitute he paid $400 for at a Washington hotel.
It was one of more than a half-dozen liaisons Awlaki had with prostitutes between late 2001 and early 2002, while he was under FBI surveillance, according to documents obtained by Judicial Watch and reviewed exclusively by Fox News.

 

The documents shed new light on the double life the American-born Awlaki was leading, while living in the Washington area and working as an imam at a mosque in Falls Church, Va.

One document obtained by Judicial Watch, a conservative watchdog group, was a June 2002 memo from FBI Assistant Director Pasquale D’Amuro detailing Awlaki’s encounters with prostitutes in the D.C. area. The memo appeared to propose charges against him, claiming he spent $2,320 on seven different occasions between Nov. 5, 2001, and Feb. 4, 2002.

It described in detail an interview with the “escort” who saw him on Feb. 4, the day before he was scheduled to have lunch at the Pentagon as an invited guest.

She claimed she had a 5 p.m. appointment with him that day, and when he arrived at her room, “she looked through the ‘peep’ hole … and thought to herself that he looked like Osama bin Laden.”

She later identified him as Awlaki.

He paid $400 for sex, the memo said. He was described by the escort as “very polite.” Awlaki, who has a record with prostitutes — he was booked in San Diego on charges of soliciting prostitutes in the late ’90s — also told the escort that he likes to use escort services when he travels to Florida, according to the memo.

The memo described in graphic detail the services rendered for Awlaki during that period. One prostitute described a December 2001 encounter where Awlaki paid $300, in order to watch “as she engaged in erotic behavior and stimulated herself.”

They met again, for the same activities, in mid-January 2002, according to the document.

World's largest building: The New Century Global Center officially opens in China!

The building is so large it is capable housing 20 Sydney Opera Houses and is almost three times the size of the Pentagon in Washington, D.C.

 

The numbers are little short of staggering; at 500 metres long, 400 metres wide and 100 metres high a 1.76-million-square-metre-mega-building has been opened in Sichuan province in southwestern China.

The New Century Global Center, officially the largest freestanding building in the world, took three years to complete and will house offices, shopping malls, a Mediterranean village, a 14-screen IMAX Cineplex and an ice-skating rink large enough to hold international skating competitions.
The building is so large it is capable of housing the equivalent of 20 Sydney Opera Houses and is almost three times the size of the Pentagon in Washington, D.C.
At the centre of the building is a huge water park called Paradise Island. Around 400,000 square metres of the building are dedicated to shopping.
The building sits directly opposite the Chengdu Contemporary Arts Centre, designed by British-Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid.
The New Century Global Center is at the heart of a new planned area of Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province in southwestern China.
Its opening has been timed to coincide with the expansion of a new subway line for the area and the planned construction of a new airport set for completion in 2020.

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Kim Kardashian, Kanye West refuses $3 million deal for first North West baby!

New father Kanye West is reportedly insistent on keeping the image of his

baby daughter under wraps.

 

 Kim Kardashian and Kanye West aren't quite ready to share North West with the world yet.
The new parents have turned down a deal with an Australian magazine that offered a whopping $3 million for the rights to publish the first photos of their newborn daughter.
It's unclear when the A-list couple plans to share snaps of baby North West, who was born on June 15th. The gossip magazine suggests that father West, 36, may try to avoid putting his daughter in the spotlight for a while longer.

"He was serious when he said North isn't America's baby," a source told the magazine.

Kardashian, too, seems sincere about protecting her wee one's identity for the moment.
The reality star, 32, reportedly sent out fake baby photos to a group of friends in order to see which of the members of her inner circle would try to cash in on the snaps.

Horrific video: Catholic priest beheaded by jihadist rebels in Syria!

A Catholic priest, Father Francois Murad, (left and circled) was killed on 23 June in Gassanieh, northern Syria by jihadist rebels in front of a cheering crowd, the Vatican news agency reported yesterday. The beheading of the 49 year old priest was filmed on a camera phone and recently posted on the internet.






The priest had been staying in the convent of the Custody of the Holy Land when he was seized by the rebels who accused him of collaborating with Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime.

Pastor Kumuyi Suspends His Son John and His New Wife Over Flamboyant Wedding!

Latest information available to us is that the controversial wedding of Pastor W.F. Kumuyi's son John and his sweet heart, Love, started generating trouble even before the wedding day.

 

 

Some leaders of Deeper Life Bible Church who attended the wedding in Jamiaca had condemned and rejected the first wedding gown purchased by the couple as it revealed sensitive body parts...

The couple promised to change the wedding gown on Friday, just a day to the wedding, so the leaders didn't see the new wedding gown until the beautiful bride appeared at the church where the wedding took place. Their action has caused Pastor Kumuyi a lot of embarrassment as some members of the church now see him in a different light since his son's "flamboyant" wedding.

Consequently, it was gathered that the leadership of the Deeper Church has suspended the son of the General Superintendent of the church and his wife, John and Love Kumuyi, from carrying out any activity in the church over their wedding in Jamaica.

John and Love wedded in Jamaica on 15 June, 2013, and thousands of members of the church have reacted sharply while condemning the wedding gown worn by the wife and other aspects of the wedding that were at variance with the church’s standard and Pastor Kumuyi's preaching.

 

Another issue was the hiring of a Limousine by the couple, an act seen as reckless. 

Due to the myriad of controversies generated by the wedding on the social media, especially by members of Deeper Life, the church decided to place the couple on suspension.

John and Love’s suspension from the church was announced by Pastor Philip Oluwi, a key leader in the church. Pastor Oluwi, who acted on the instruction from Pastor Kumuyi, insisted and re-emphasized that the standard of Deeper Life regarding wedding and moderacy had not changed.

“The church, Deeper Life, remains committed to the biblical practice and standard of almost 40 years Christian dressing and still remains and does not compromise on biblical Christian dressing. 

“Hence, deviation warrants the displeasure and frown of God and the leadership of the church. John and Love are now under discipline.” 

  A blogger had earlier reported that the couple has apologised to the church for the embarrassing way the wedding was conducted , saying they are praying for "repentance".

You may also wish to know that the wedding took place in another church in Jamiaca, not Deeper Life, since the church was yet to be approved by the government of Jamaica for wedding activities.