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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has denied reports that they froze the accounts of Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka. There were media reports yesterday that Father Mbaka had claimed during his sermon on Wednesday March 25th that the EFCC had frozen his bank accounts and that he was invited to their Port Harcourt office for questioning. He supposedly said he went to the bank on Tuesday March 24th to cash some money to buy foodstuff for the poor who had just returned to Enugu from the North and the cheque he presented was rejected. EFCC Spokesperson Wilson Uwujaren released a statement late yesterday denying that the agency froze his account. See the statement after the cut.. "The attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,EFCC has been drawn to reports in a section of the media claiming that the Commission had frozen the accounts of Enugu-based Reverend Father Ejike Mbaka of the Adoration Mass fame. The commission wishes to state that there is no truth in

EFCC reports!. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on March 24, 2015 arraigned Justice Unuafe and his son, Omorigho Unuafe, before Justice Lambo Akanbi of the Federal High Court Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on a 4-count charge bordering on obstruction, possession of fraudulent documents and obtaining money by false pretense. Father and son were arrested by operatives of the EFCC upon intelligence gathered while investigating a reported case of internet scam. The duo who are jobless, were found in possession of Honda Accord 2004 model and an Acura ZDX, without document to prove how they got the vehicles. They also have an almost completed storey building located in Delta State . The accused persons decidedly refused to give the EFCC operatives the required information needed from them for the investigation. One of the charges reads:

President Goodluck Jonathan has called on all Nigerians to come out en masse on Saturday and vote for the candidate of their choices in the Presidential and National Assembly Elections. In a nationwide broadcast Friday morning, President Jonathan assured Nigerians that all necesary steps have been taken to ensure the safety of Nigerians as they discharge their civic responsibilities. The president warned that government will not tolerate any attempt by any individual or group to take laws in to their hands as security agencies have been directed to ensure peace before, during and after the elections.

      Under the leadership of the President General, Mrs Folashade Tinubu-Ojo, market traders kept Lagos markets shut yesterday to hold a rally at the Onikan statdium in support of Akinwunmi Ambode, the All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate in the state, ahead of the elections. Mrs. Tinubu-Ojo declared that all members of the Lagos state chapter of the Association of Commodity Market Women and Men of Nigeria, have pledged their support for Ambode in a bid to sustain the growth and development that has been witnessed all over the state under the APC.

Suspected political thugs opened fire on Governor Rotimi Amaechi’s convoy in Rumuolumeni area of Obio/ Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State yesterday. According to Vanguard, the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Dave Iyofor, confirmed the attack. Iyofor stated that thugs from an opposition party first began stoning the convoy, then proceeded to fire shots. “Gunshots were fired at Governor Amaechi this evening (yesterday) at Rumuolumeni in Obio Akpor council by suspected Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, thugs. Obio Akpor is the council of PDP Rivers governorship candidate,Nyesom Wike. The thugs attacked the governor and his entourage with bottles, stones and various dangerous objects. “For the avoidance of doubt, we wish to use this medium to tell the Army high command that Oshiomhole cannot be intimidated even with whole might of the Nigerian Army from insisting on the application of the principle of ‘One Man, One Vote’ on the election day. We hope that as patriots, officer

    Ascon Oil on Thursday released a statement on the fire that occurred at the Ascon Petrol Station in Lekki Phase 1 today. The statement titled, Ascon Oil Fire Outbreak: No Life Lost, Fire Contained, was released via the company’s Facebook page: Continue...

                         The Police have warned voters to beware of certain electoral offenses on the election days. The warning is contained a statement signed by Emmanuel Ojukwu, the Force Public Relations Officer, on Thursday. Continue...