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  • People Attribute Tuberculosis-Related Symptoms To Spiritual Attacks — Pharmacists

    The Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria (APCN) has disclosed that public perception about tuberculosis is very erroneous as many people tend to attribute tuberculosis-related symptoms to spiritual problems.

    The Vice Chairman of the Association, FCT Chapter, Mr. Aloba Olatunji, disclosed this during this year’s celebration of World Tuberculosis Day (WTD) which is held globally on March 25.

    He however added that APCN is intensifying its sensitization campaigns to create more awareness and ensure that the people are rightly guided on issues such as this.

    “You will see a lot of deaths that are caused by tuberculosis infection that are attributed to spiritual problems.

    “They will notice that somebody is fine and well, and within two or three days that they start coughing and coughing out sputum with clots of blood, they will quickly attribute it to spiritual attack because they are not aware of the symptoms of tuberculosis. This is the reason why we are intensifying our sensitization campaigns,” Olatunji said.

    Olatunji further hinted that tuberculosis has different variants such as tuberculosis of the blood and tuberculosis of the skin which are equally as dangerous as the tuberculosis of the lungs that is more common, and warned that people who have been coughing for more than a month should quickly go for tuberculosis tests and ensure to get medical aid.

    “Tuberculosis is so deadly that we have tuberculosis of the blood, tuberculosis of the skin. It is not only in the lungs that you can have tuberculosis. People should always go for a check when they begin to cough for a long time and adhere to the medications prescribed by medical experts.

    “If you adhere to your medication for the first three months, the micro-bacteria that cause tuberculosis would have been enervated and dead, and you wouldn’t be able to transmit it to somebody else. The remaining medication is just for you to complete the dosage,” he said.

    Earlier, the FCT Chairman of the Association, Mr. Enejo Amade however stated that with the body’s constant sensitization and campaigns on tuberculosis Nigeria is winning the war against disease.

    Amade stated that between last year and now, the number of adherents to tuberculosis prevention measures in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, has increased by over a hundred thousand.

    He added that the figures were computed through the Association’s monthly outreaches in the communities where its members practice.

    “Our monthly outreaches in the communities where we practice are having real impact on the people as they now report more cases of tuberculosis than they were doing before now. This is a clear sign that we are winning the war against tuberculosis. In our clime, there is little or no information about tuberculosis, but we are hopeful that as we continue to reach out to the people and sensitize them on the disease, we will record a lot more reduction in the cases of tuberculosis,” he said.

    The chairman also warned the FCT residents against lifestyles that might promote tuberculosis such as smoking and living in crowded and unventilated areas.

    People Attribute Tuberculosis-Related Symptoms To Spiritual Attacks — Pharmacists is first published on The Whistler Newspaper

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  • It will be my honor to post

    It will be my honor to post - Trump says after appeals Court reduced his fraud case bond from $454M to $175M

    Former US president, Donald Trump was granted a partial reprieve as an appeals court drastically reduced the $454 million bond he was required to post in his New York civil fraud case on Monday, March 25 and the ex-president said it would be his “honor” to put up the lower amount.

    A five-judge panel reduced the massive amount to $175 million a cut of nearly 62% and gave Trump 10 days to come up with the funds, according to a brief decision handed down by the Appellate Division, First Department, on Monday morning.

    “It will be my honor to post, and we’ll post whatever is necessary, whether it be cash, security or bond,” Trump, 77, told reporters as he walked out of Manhattan court for a hearing in another “hush money” criminal case.

     

    Trump had been required to pay over the sym or post a bond for $454 million by Monday as he seeks to appeal the massive judgment ordered against him by Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron last month.

     

    New York Attorney General Letitia James, whose office prosecuted the case said she wouldn’t hesitate to seize his prized Big Apple buildings if Trump didn’t pony up.

    Judge Engoron who oversaw the non-jury trial for three months last year found Trump had committed business fraud and ordered he pay the hefty penalty Feb.

     

    The ruling from the First Department on Monday left in place Engoron’s order that an independent monitor — who’s been reviewing Trump Org practices for months, be given more oversight powers. It also left untouched the portion of the ruling requiring the company to hire a compliance officer to report to the monitor.

     

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  • Nigerian govt saved N300bn from Second Niger Bridge new design – Umahi

    The Minister of Works, David Umahi, said on Monday Federal Government saved about N300 billion from the new design of the Onitsha axis of the second Niger Bridge.

    The minister, according to a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media, Mr. Orji Orji, stated this in Asaba, Delta when he led the ministry’s management on an inspection tour of the bypass to the bridge down to Onitsha.

    He said: “We saw that the design was defective and we agreed on a new kind of design.

    “That was how we saved the country over N300 billion by that singular movement to that location.”

    Umahi also inspected the upgraded 15km section of the East-West road section in Port Harcourt and the Enugu- Port Harcourt expressway, among others.

    The minister expressed satisfaction with the jobs and charged contractors to step up their work ahead of the rainy season.

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  • Alleged N2.2bn Oil Subsidy Fraud: EFCC Presents Additional Witness against Mamm

    Alleged N2.2bn Oil Subsidy Fraud: EFCC Presents Additional Witness against Mamman Ali, One Other

    The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, March 25, 2024, presented another prosecution witness, Popoola Olayiwola, a staff of the Debt Management Office, DMO, against Mamman Nasir Ali and Christian Taylor, who are being prosecuted for an alleged N2.2bn oil subsidy fraud, before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos.

    They were arraigned alongside Nasaman Oil Services Limited on amended 49-count charges bordering on conspiracy to obtain money by false pretence, contrary to Section 8 and 1(3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act 2006; obtaining money by false pretences, contrary to Section 1(3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act 2006; forgery, contrary to Section 363 (3)(j) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2011; and use of false documents contrary to Section 364 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2011.

    One of the counts reads: “Nasaman Oil Services Ltd, Mamman Nasir Ali, Christian Taylor, Oluwaseun Ogunbambo (now at large) and Olabisi Abdul-Afeez (still at large), on or about the 9th day of November 2011 at Lagos, within the Ikeja Judicial Division, with intent to defraud, conspired to obtain the sum of N749,991,273.36 (Seven Hundred and Forty-Nine Million, Nine Hundred and Ninety-One Thousand, Two Hundred and Seventy-Three Naira Thirty-six Kobo) from the Federal Government of Nigeria by falsely claiming that the sum of N749,991,273.36 represented subsidy accruing to Nasaman Oil Services Ltd under the Petroleum Support Fund for the importation of 10,031,986 litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), which Nasaman Oil Services Ltd purported to have purchased from SEATAC Petroleum Ltd of British Virgin Islands and imported into Nigeria through MT Liquid Fortune Ltd of British Virgin Islands and imported into Nigeria through MT Liquid Fortune Ltd Ex MT Overseas Lima, which representation you knew to be false.”

    Another count reads: “Nasaman Oil Services Ltd, Mamman Nasir Ali, Christian Taylor, Oluwaseun Ogunbambo (now at large) and Olabisi Abdul-Afeez (still at large),on or about the 11th day of April 2011 at Lagos, within the Ikeja Judicial Division, with intent to defraud, obtained the sum of N1,480,074,125.61 (One Billion Four Hundred and Eighty Million, Seventy-Four Thousand, One Hundred and Twenty-Five Naira Sixty-One Kobo) from the Federal Government of Nigeria by claiming that the sum represented subsidy accruing to Nasaman Oil Services Ltd under the Petroleum Support Fund for the importation of 20,492,982.50 litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS),which Nasaman Oil Services Ltd purported to have purchased from SEATAC Petroleum Ltd of British Virgin Islands and imported into Nigeria through MT Liquid Fortune Ex Mt. Hellenic Blue and Ex MT. Milleura, which representation you knew to be false.”

    They pleaded “not guilty” to all the charges when they were read to them.

    They were initially standing trial before Justice Adeniyi Onigbanjo of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos.

    However, Justice Onigbanjo withdrew from the case,thereby prompting the re-assignment of the case to Justice Dada.

    At the resumed sitting on Monday, the prosecution witness, Olayiwola, told the court that his designation was Operations Officer 1 as at the time the Sovereign Debt Note, SDN, in contention was issued.

    Led in evidence by the prosecution counsel, S.K. Atteh, Olayiwola said: “I’m Assistant Chief Operations Officer in the DMO now. In 2012, I was in charge of preparation of SDN in favour of oil marketers for their subsidy claim. I also prepare letters of issuance notification to the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, and supervise the collection of SDN by oil marketers”.

    Olayiwola told the court that he was also in charge of preparing redemption letters at the maturity of SDN to the CBN. “I also do reconciliation with CBN on the SDN,” he added.

    Olayiwola explained that SDN was the short term financial instrument issued by the DMO under the Petroleum Support Fund, which was operated by the Federal Government of Nigeria between 2010 and 2015.

    He further highlighted the various features of the SDN, which he said included the crest of the Federal Government, which is the issuer of the SDN; the amount of subsidy claimed/dues to oil marketers, a serial number that distinguishes each SDN in a batch of subsidy claim.

    He said: “It also has an issue date, the maturity date, signature of the Director General, and DG of the DMO. When it is collected from the DMO, a photocopy of the ID card of the person who collected it is taken with a copy of the SDN.”

    He also testified that he knew the company, Nasaman Oil Services Limited, as one the companies that he prepared SDN for in 2012.

    “I got to know the company during the course of my duty at the DMO.

    In total, according to the record available at the DMO, about five SDNs were prepared for Nasaman Oil Services Limited,” he said.

    He, thereafter, identified in the open court two copies of the SDN, which were already before the court as Exhibit P13. “I can confirm that the two in contention were issued to Nasaman Oil Services Limited,” he said.

    According to him, “Based on the exhibits before me, I can confirm that the person who collected the said SDN from the DMO is Christian Taylor, and he also acknowledged receipt.”

    Identifying the two SDNs in contention, he said: “The amount involved for SDN with serial number FGN/2011/01/Y110586 is N749,991,273.36. “For the second SDN with serial number FGN/2012/01/B12B/0692, the amount is N1,480,074,125.61.”

    The witness identified Christian H. Taylor in the dock, saying, “He collected the two SDNs.”

    The judge adjourned the matter till March 26, 2024.

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  • EFCC Photo News: National Youth for Women Empowerment and Education in Nigeria Confers Award on EFCC Chairman

    National Youth for Women Empowerment and Education in Nigeria Confers Award on EFCC Chairman

    National Youth for Women Empowerment and Education in Nigeria, a Non – Governmental Organisation, on Monday, 25th March, 2024, visited the EFCC Headquarters on a courtesy call and conferred on the Executive Chairman of the Commission, Mr. Ola Olukoyede, “A Mrs. Ladi Kwali Platinum Leadership Award of Excellence as Icon of Women Development”. They were received by the Deputy Director, Public Affairs, Deputy Commander of the EFCC, Nwanyinma Okeanu and the team from the Enlightenment and Re-orientation Unit of the department.



  • Kaduna Court Jails Three Fraudsters for Currency Racketeering

    Kaduna Court Jails Three Fraudsters for Currency Racketeering

    Justices J. Aikawa and Hawa’u Buhari of the Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna, have convicted and sentenced three currency racketeers to different jail terms.

    The convicts are, Adamu Seidu Abdul, Musa Gideon and Justice Musa.

    They were jailed on Tuesday and Wednesday, March 19 and 20, 2024, after pleading guilty to one-count charge bordering on currency
    racketeering, following their arraignment by the Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

    The one- count charge against Justice reads: “that you, Justice Musa, sometime in February, 2024 in Kaduna within the Judicial Divison of this Honourable Court,did commit an act to wit: engaged yourself in selling Naira Notes and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 21(4) and punishable under Section 21(1) of the Central Bank of Nigeria Act, 2007”.

    They pleaded guilty to the one-count separate charges when they were read to them. Based on their pleas, prosecution counsel, M.E Eimonye and M.U Gadaka urged the court to convict and sentence them accordingly.

    Thereafter, Justice Aikawa convicted and sentenced Abdul and Gideon to six months imprisonment while Musa was also convicted and sentenced to six months imprisonment by Justice Buhari.

    The convicts’ journey to the Correctional Centre began when they were arrested by operatives of the EFCC along Yakubu Gowon way, Kaduna, for currency mutilation and racketeering.

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  • CBN Crashes Dollar To N1,269/$ At Black Market With $10,000 Sale To BDCs

    CBN Governor, Yemi Cardoso

    The Central Bank of Nigeria has crashed the price of the dollar to N1,269 with the sale of $10,000 to all qualified Bureau De Change Operators.

    The CBN, in a circular referenced TED/DIR/CON/GOM/001/072, said it would be selling $10,000 to qualified BDC operators at the rate of N1,251 per dollar.

    The circular directed to the Association of Bureau de Change Operators of Nigeria said the beneficiaries are not allowed to sell above 1.5 percent of the purchase price.

    At 1.5 per cent spread, the apex bank expects BDCs to sell at N1,269.8

    “We refer to our letter to you referenced TED/DIR/CON/GOM/001/071 in respect of the above subject wherein the CB approved a second tranche of sale of FX to eligible BDCs.

    “We write to inform you of the sale of $10,000 to each BDC at the rate of N1,251/$1. The BDCs are to sell to eligible end users at a spread of NOT MORE THAN 1.5 per cent above the purchase price.

    “All eligible BDCs are directed to make the naira payments to the underlisted CBN naira deposit account number before close of business on Thursday March 28, 2024 and submit confirmation of payment with other necessary documentation for disbursement at the appropriate CBN branches.”

    The CBN threatened to sanction any BDC that breaches the terms.

    The apex bank said the sanction may include “outright suspension from further participation in the sale.”

    Recall that the CBN had in a circular dated February 27, 2024 with reference number TED/DIR/CON/GOM/001/066, signed by CBN’s Director, Trade and Exchange Department, Dr. Hassan Mahmoud, approved $20,000 weekly sale to operators.

    The list of approved BDCs obtained by THE WHISTLER revealed that only 1,342 qualified for the intervention out of the 5,691 BDCs approved by the CBN.

    The circular said, “The CBN has approved the sale of foreign exchange to eligible Bureau De Change (BDCs) to meet the demand for invisible transactions. The sum of $20.000 is to be sold to each BDC at the rate of N1,301/S – (representing the lower band rate of executed spot transactions at NAFEM for the previous trading day. as at today. 27th February 2024).”

    CBN Crashes Dollar To N1,269/$ At Black Market With $10,000 Sale To BDCs is first published on The Whistler Newspaper

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  • Federal law enforcement operatives raid Diddy’s Los Angeles, Miami and New York homes

    Federal law enforcement operatives raid Diddy

    Music executive, Diddy’s home has been raided by federal law enforcement operatives in what appears to be tied to sex trafficking allegations against him in recent months from different plaintiffs.

     

    FOX11 shared a video that appears to show several individuals in handcuffs near the property, and a couple of them appear to be Diddy’s sons, Justin and King Combs.

     

    Federal law enforcement operatives raid Diddy

     

    TMZ also obtained additional footage that shows federal agents rolling up to Diddy’s via water. The video shows armed agents standing on a boat, and they too appear to be armed.

     

    Diddy is in the crosshairs of law enforcement on both coasts of America, as federal agents descended on his Beverly Hills home.

     

    Law enforcement sources also told TMZ that agents for Homeland Security are in the middle of raiding Diddy’s properties. There are helicopters overhead and local law enforcement is also present, although Homeland Security is the lead agency.

     

    There are law enforcement walking through the house with guns drawn and people are beingsecond volumeioned in the front of the house. Diddy’s home in Miami has also been raided. 

     

    Federal law enforcement operatives raid Diddy

     

    Confirming the raid, a rep for Homeland Security Investigations said; 

     

    “Earlier today, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) New York executed law enforcement actions as part of an ongoing investigation, with assistance from HSI Los Angeles, HSI Miami, and our local law enforcement partners. We will provide further information as it becomes available.”

     

    There have been multiple allegations in several civil suits against Diddy, including human trafficking, all of which he has denied.

     

    Here are videos from the raid below………………………..

     

     

     

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