GUN VIOLENCE IN AMERICA: FOR WHO THE BELL TOLLS NEXT.

Just five people shy of Sandy Hook elementary school mass shooting incident that claimed 26 lives, the Uvalde Texas Robb elementary school mass shooting at 21 victims, now ranks among the highest grossing gun carnage in America. It is sad that such frequent blood spilling has tragically become part of our culture as a society. May the souls of the killed now rest.

25th AMENDMENT: ITS NOW ALL CRICKET.

Madam Speaker Nancy Pelosi once questioned former President Donald John Trump's fitness to remain in office due to what she claimed was his declining mental capacity. Does anyone know what Madam Speaker presently thinks about the incontrovertible case which America is now saddled with? Just curious!

WHO WILL REBUILD UKRAINE?

The West should convert frozen Russian assets, both state's and oligarchs' owned, into a full seizure and set them aside for the future rebuilding of Ukraine. Like the Marshal Plan, call it the Putin Plan.

A HERO IS BORN.

I am staying put. I will not run away and abandon my people. The fight is here in Ukraine. What I need are weapons and ammunitions, not a ride out of town like former Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani - President Volodymyr Zelensky.

IT IS WHAT IT IS.

"There is too much hate in America because there is too much anger in America." - Trevor Noah.

WORD!

A life without challenges is not a life lived at all. A life lived is a life that has problems, confronts problems, solves problems and then learns from problems. - Tunde Fashola.

NOW, YOU KNOW.

When fishing for love, bait with your heart and not your brain, because you cannot rationalize love. - Mark Twain.

JUST THE FACT.

In our country, you can shoot and kill a nigger, but you better not hurt a gay person’s feelings - Dave Chappelle

DO YOU?.

“What you believe in can only be defined by what you’re willing to risk for it." - Stuart Scheller.

HEDGE YOUR CRISIS.

Never get in bed with a woman whose problems are worse than yours. - Chicago PD.

PROBLEM SOLVED.

'The best way to keep peace is to be ready to destroy evil. If you Pearl Harbor me, I Nagasaki you.' - Ted Nugent.

OUR SHARED HUMANITY.

Empathy is at the heart of who we are as human beings. - Cardinal Matthew Kukah.

WORDS ON MARBLE.

"Birth is agony. Life is hard. Death is cruel." - Japanese pithy.

REPENT OR PERISH - POPE.

Homosexuality is a sin. It is not ordained by God, therefore same sex marriage cannot be blessed by the church - Pope Francis.

CANCEL CULTURE IS CORROSIVE.


FOR SAKE OF COUNTRY.


MAGA LIVES ON: NO RETREAT, NO SURRENDER!

TWITTER IS BORING WITHOUT HIS TWEETS. #RestorePresidentTrump'sTwitterHandle.


WORD.

"If you cannot speak the truth when it matters, then nothing else you says matters.” - Tucker Carlson.

#MeToo MOVEMENT: A BAD NEWS GONE CRAZY.

"To all the women who testified, we may have different truth, but I have a great remorse for all of you. I have great remorse for all of the men and women going through this crisis right now in our country. You know, the movement started basically with me, and I think what happened, you know, I was the first example, and now there are thousands of men who are being accused and a regeneration of things that I think none of us understood. I’m not going to say these aren’t great people. I had wonderful times with these people. I’m just genuinely confused. Men are confused about this issue. We are going through this #MeToo movement crisis right now in this country." - Harvey Weinstein.


RON DELLUMS: UNAPOLOGETICALLY RADICAL.

"If it’s radical to oppose the insanity and cruelty of the Vietnam War, if it’s radical to oppose racism and sexism and all other forms of oppression, if it’s radical to want to alleviate poverty, hunger, disease, homelessness, and other forms of human misery, then I’m proud to be called a radical.” - Ron Vernie Dellums.


WHAT REALLY MATTERS IN LIFE - STEVE JOBS

“I reached the pinnacle of success in the business world. In others’ eyes, my life is an epitome of success. However, aside from work, I have little joy. Non-stop pursuing of wealth will only turn a person into a twisted being, just like me. God gave us the senses to let us feel the love in everyone’s heart, not the illusions brought about by wealth. Memories precipitated by love is the only true riches which will follow you, accompany you, giving you strength and light to go on. The most expensive bed in the world is the sick bed. You can employ someone to drive the car for you, make money for you but you cannot have someone to bear sickness for you. Material things lost can be found. But there is one thing that can never be found when it is lost – Life. Treasure Love for your family, love for your spouse, love for your friends. Treat yourself well. Cherish others.” - SJ

EVIL CANNOT BE TRULY DESTROYED.

"The threat of evil is ever present. We can contain it as long as we stay vigilant, but it can never truly be destroyed. - Lorraine Warren (Annabelle, the movie)


ONLY THE POOR WISH THEY HAD STUFF?

“I’m not that interested in material things. As long as I find a good bed that I can sleep in, that’s enough.” - Nicolas Berggruem, the homeless billionaire.

Tuesday, April 8, 2008

EFCC MOST WANTED - 300Million Naira Scam

The dread Nigeria EFCC has arraigned Ex-Minister of Health and others including the daughter of the disgraced former President Aremu Olusegun Obasanjo on a 56-Count Criminal Charge of Fraud and Embezzlement of public funds. However Obasanjo's daughter Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello, pictured here left is on the run from justice; the whole wide world is by this notice implored by "Icheoku" to be on a red alert for her. Please report any sighting of her to the nearest law enforcement agency available and/or EFCC-Nigeria accordingly.

We at "Icheoku" approve this message as our contribution to the war on corruption in Nigeria; Viva EFCC!

For four and a half hours, two former Ministers of Health, Prof. Adenike Grange and Gabriel Aduku who recently resigned from the cabinet on allegation of fraud stood in the dock at the Federal Capital Territory High Court along nine other co-accused as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) reeled out 56-count charge against them.Senator Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello who is one of the accused persons in the case of corrupt practices levelled against the ex-ministers was not in court yesterday. The prosecution said she was "at large" but count 56 on the charge sheet were specifically listed against her.The only count against Obasanjo-Bello reads as follows:“That you, Iyabo Bello (now at large) sometimes between December 2007 and March 2008 at Abuja within the jurisdiction of the high court of the Federal Capital Territory while serving as the chairperson, Senate Committee on Health in the National Assembly, dishonestly retained the sum of N10, 000,000 belonging to Federal Government of Nigeria, having reason to believe same to be stolen property thereby committed an offence punishable under section 317 of the Penal Code cap 352, Law of Federation of Nigeria (Abuja)1990.” The prosecutor, James Binang said as far as the anti-graft agency was concerned, Iyabo was on the run and all legal machinery would be used to bring her to justice. Others charged with the ex-ministers were; Prof. Samuel Ogandi, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Oyedepo H.B, Hanafi Moham-med, Donald Ekanem, Donatus Inyang, Olomo J.A, Obanla Emmanuel Olatunbosun, Henry Onyeagwalam and Edem Augustine Bassey.The accused were brought to court around 12pm and they all pleaded not guilty to the 56-count charge preferred against them by the Federal Government.The charge reads thus: That you (1) Professor Adenike Grange, (2) Gabriel Aduku, (3) Professor Samuel Ogandi, (4) Oyedepo H.B, and (5) Hanafi Mohammed, sometimes in December 2007 in Abuja, within the Abuja division of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, while being public servants in the Federal Ministry of Health, with intent to defraud, conspired among yourselves to do an illegal act to wit: criminalbreach of trust by public servant; thereby committed an offence punishable under section 97 of the Penal Code Act Cap 532 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria (Abuja) 1990.Various sums of money were said to have been paid into Professor Grange’s Oceanic Account NO 1301005284.Looking depressed in the dock, the former Minister shook her head intermittently as the charge was read out to her while others bowed their heads continually.While Grange had her name mentioned in 13 counts on the charge sheet, Aduku was fingered in about 13 counts, while Obasanjo-Bello had two counts hanging on her.Immediately after the charge was read to the accused persons, they all pleaded not guilty and their lawyers individually moved application for bail.Counsel to Grange, Alex Izinyon (SAN), argued that his client should be granted bail on self-recognitionwhile Aduku said as an internationalfigure having made his mark in architecture, he was ready to stand trial and would not jump bail.The trial Judge, Justice Salisu Garba, fixed Friday for ruling in the bail application.The two ex-ministers and other accused persons were said to have shared a balance of N300 million remaining from last year's budgetary allocation to the Ministry of Health. President Umaru Yar'Adua had directed ministers and head of parastatals to return all unspent funds from last year's budget to the federal purse.The ex-ministers had been forced to resign from the cabinet following the allegations against them.However, the senate has asked Senator Obasanjo-Bello to explain the circumstances surrounding the involvement of the committee on heath which she headed in the sharing of the N300 million unspent vote of the ministry of Health in the 2007 budget.The Senate Committee had admitted receiving N10 million-support from the Ministry of Health to fund a retreat in Ghana on the National Health Bill. Chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and Information, Senator Ayogu Eze confirmed yesterday that the Senate had demanded explanation from Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello and other members of the Committee that attended the Ghana retreat.He said further, “When the Senate gets the explanation, I shall come back to brief you. We will also take the necessary steps. But I can assure you that from what we have so far when it is has not been unusual for Ministries, Agencies and Departments (MDAs) to facilitate the work of committees that oversee them.”Eze said that “when they sent that money, they never told them that it was from an illegal source, that it was the money that the Presidency told them to return but they did not return.“The information we have so far (from the Committee is) that the source of that money was not disclosed to them at the time it was remitted to them and we are trying to take care of that by making sure we provide adequately for all the committees in the 2008 budget.“When they tell you that the budget of the National assembly is up a bit beyond what it was last year, there is an explanation for that; we want to make sure that every committee that has an assignment to do will have no reason to say we could not do the work because we were waiting for facilitation because we would have provided enough resources”, he said.


This news report is courtesy of Thisday newspapers.

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