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EFCC Chairman, Ibrahim Lamorde By SaharaReporters, New York The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has summoned Ineyi Douglas Ekpebu, the immediate past rector of the Federal Polytechnic in Ekeowe, Bayelsa State, to appear for interrogation. Four other officials of the polytechnic were also ordered to report to the EFCC on account of an ongoing investigation into the alleged diversion of N1 billion into private hands. The anti-corruption agency issued the summons in a letter dated January 20, 2014 and seen by a correspondent of SaharaReporters. The summons reference number is CR:3000/EFCC/PHC/EG/TC/Vol.1/5 4. Those invited to appear along with the former rector include the institution’s bursar, James Neminebor, head of audit, Benson Ojigbare, a personal assistant to the former rector, Zachariah Owutuamor, and the executive assistant to the rector, Abadani Woyengikuro. Last week, the polytechnic’s governing board had ordered the former rector to pr...

By Tobore Ovuorie We are 10 at the boot camp: Adesuwa, Isoken, Lizzy, Mairo, Adamu, Ini, Tessy, Omai, Sammy and I. We have travelled together in a 14 seater bus from Lagos, hoping to arrive in Italy soon. We are eager to get to the ‘next level’ as it is called: from local prostitution to hopefully earning big bucks abroad. But first, it turns out, we have to pass through ‘training’ in this massive secluded compound guarded by armed military men, far from any other human being, somewhere in the thick bushes outside Ikorodu, a suburb of Lagos. Our trafficker, Mama Caro, welcomes us in flawless English, telling us how lucky and special we are; then she ushers us to a room where we are to sleep on the floor without any dinner. I had not expected this. We had exercised, through a risk analysis role play, in advance: my paper PREMIUM TIMES, and our partners on the project, a colleague–Reece Adanwenon– in the Republic of Benin, and ZAM Chronicle in Amsterdam. We had put i...

An eye-witness, who spotted four friends peeing on the Island Bridge, decided to make a photo of them during the act. What nobody expected is that the officers of Kick Against Indiscipline, KAI, would appear on the spot, as if materialised from the air. The ‘piss conference’ was interrupted, as the quartet was immediately apprehended by them. Well, nice job by KAI. What do you think about this situation? Source: Nairaland

A teacher who was found half-unclad in a layby and caught having s*x with one of her teenage pupils has been banned from the classroom for two years. Eppie Sprung Dawson, 27, was found  ‘unfit to teach’  by a disciplinary hearing in Edinburgh yesterday. She agreed to being struck off and admitted having s*x with Matthew Robinson last December, when he was 17 years old. She said:  ‘On the 9th of February I was convicted at Dumfries Sheriff Court. ‘I engaged in s*xual intercourse with him; Contrary to Section 42 of the s*xual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009. ‘I was sentenced on 18 September 2013 and sentenced to a Community Payback Order and made subject to the s*x offenders register. ‘I readily and willingly consent to being removed and understand that I will be prohibited from teaching for a period of two years.’ Earlier this year the teacher, Sprung Dawson admitted having s*x with someone under 18, while in a position of trust. She lost her job at S...

Nigeria has dominated the list of TOP 100 most influential people in Africa, published by New African Magazine. One of the most notable among 23 Nigerians who made the list is an 11-year-old Nigerian girl, Zuriel Oduwole.Zuriel, whose Hebrew name means ‘For God is my Rock’, was featured in the magazine for her fight for the education of women. Miss Oduwole was born and raised in the United States and, of mixed parentage, a Nigerian father and an American-Jewish mother. She lives in California in the United States. This summer she made history, when she became the youngest person to be interviewed by the influential Forbes Magazine. The award winning documentary film maker, conference speaker and writer is featured in the August 2013 edition of Forbes Africa. Miss Oduwole has visited China, where she learnt to speak and write Mandarin or Chinese. She speaks a bit of Hausa, Yoruba and Igbo. The girl also travelled to Switzerland, France, United Kingdom, Grenada, Turkey,...

The humble bra has been confounding clumsy men’s bumbling advances for decades. And now a Japanese lingerie company has made it even more difficult for the wandering hand of a drunken bloke to get to the goodies. As part of its 10th year anniversary campaign, Ravijour has developed a ‘smart bra’ that only pings open when it senses that its wearer is in love. One for the traditionalists then. So as well as protecting the wearer against the nightclub groper, women will also have to wave goodbye to the one night stand. The smart bra monitors the heart rate of its wearer and sends the information via Bluetooth to a smartphone app – it would then pop open automatically once it is satisfied that your heart rates says that you are in love. Named the true love tester, this high-tech bra is not yet available for sale. However, one could win a chance to try it out after buying ¥5,000 worth of lingerie from the brand.