Court grants Kemi Olunloyo N1m bail,orders her to submit International passport

                                             
A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has granted embattled online blogger,  Kemi Omololu-Olunloyo,  N1 million bail following the bail application of her counsel,  Fatai. O. Lawal.
The trial Judge, Justice H.I.O Shamah, who delivered ruling, on Tuesday, said the Court exercised discretionary power and, also, because the offence for which she was arraigned was bailable.
Reading the long list of bail conditions, Justice Shamah said the accused must produce a surety in like sum, adding that the surety must be resident in Port Harcourt metropolis and the person’s address must be verifiable.

Also, the surety,  if a civil servant,  should not be below Level 12 and must submit his or her letter of employment, as well as staff identity card.
 The surety would also sign an undertaking to ensure the accused person did not jump bail and to bring her to court on adjourned dates.

He added that the accused person must submit her international passport to the court and sign an undertaking never to influence the court proceedings and to appear in court any day the matter is adjourned.

The trial Judge stressed that the Court painstakingly perused and took into cognizance the arguments of the Prosecution and Defence Counsels,  and arrived at conclusion that the,  charge,  cyber crime, leveled against her,  was bailable.

Speaking shortly after court proceedings, SunNews reports Counsel for Kemi,  Mr. Fatai Lawal, said:

“We brought an application for the bail of my client and it was argued yesterday (Monday) and the ruling was just delivered.

“I think the bail condition is set. The court has ruled and I think we must abide by that.  The bail conditions are a bit long;  one surety either a Civil Servant of not.  If the person is a Civil Servant the conditions are there, if the person is not, the conditions are also there.

“it depend on our ability to meet the bail conditions.  The court has already given its ruling.”

It would be recalled that the lady had been in detention at the Port Harcourt Maximum Prisons for allegedly transmitting false adultery report about the General Overseer of Salvation Ministries, Pastor David Ibiyeomie.

Efe appointed As ambassador of state for entertainment by the Plateau State Government

The Plateau State Government just appointed him as the State's Ambassador of State for Entertainment and Creative Industry.

This came in detailed press statement on behalf of the Governor of the State, Simon Lalong, by his Director of Press, who confirmed they will be receiving Efe, once he arrives Nigeria from South Africa.

Here's the press statement;

DIRECTORATE OF PRESS & PUBLIC AFFAIRS

OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR, PLATEAU STATE

PRESS STATEMENT

The Executive Governor of Plateau Sate, Rt. Hon. Simon Bako Lalong has congratulated Mr Michael Ejegba popularly known as ‘Efe’ on his emergence as the Winner of the Big Brother Naija (BBN) TV Reality Show.
 According to the Governor, the victory of Efe is a further prove of the brotherhood, excellence, courage and determination that characterises the Plateau Spirit. It will be recalled that the Executive Governor had on Friday the 7th April, 2017 called on all Plateau Citizens to stand in solidarity with Efe by voting and mobilizing others to vote for the home grown Actor, who was at the verge of joining the team of successful Plateau Citizens who have won the TV Reality event in the past.
The Executive Governor is also using the opportunity of the Victory of Efe to call on all citizens of Plateau State, to ensure that the value they place on the common humanity of her citizens in a multi cultural and cosmopolitan setting, is always seen in the unity of purpose exhibited by all in the collective pursuit of a common goal. The Governor added that though Efe is by ethnic extraction from Delta State, Plateau is proud to lay claim to his entire life’s orientation having been groomed for excellence in life with the values that distinguish the Plateau person.
The Executive Governor in his commendation assured the people of Plateau and Delta States, that the success of Efe will provide the additional platform for the consolidation of the relationship between the people of the two States, which had existed right from the early Tin Mining days of the twentieth century.
The Governor has further confirmed that he will be receiving Efe as the newest Ambassador of the State in the entertainment and creative industry on his arrival from South Africa soon.
Signed
Samuel Emmanuel Nanle
Director, Press & Public Affairs
10th April, 2017
  

Nigeria Customs Promotes HND Holders, 3,487 Senior Officers

The Nigeria Customs Service has promoted all HND holders on salary level GL 07 to level GL 08, an official told Premium Times on Monday.

The Director General of the Customs, Hameed Ali, who announced the promotion said a supplementary budget will be made to cater for the salary arrears of the affected staff. Mr. Ali also said 3,487 senior officers of the Customs have also been promoted. Big congrats to the HND holders.

Obama And Michelle Storm Mo'orea island

Former President Obama and wife Michelle for the past 8 years worked so hard as one of the Most Powerful President/Couples in the world. That phase of their life is over now and the so admired duo were spotted enjoying some island activities last weekend, as their French Polynesian vacation wrapped up.
Fellow vacationers took pictures of the forty-fourth president swimming in the pristine waters off Mo'orea island on Sunday, while his wife worked on her upper-body strength with some paddleboarding.

'True to his reputation, he was very relaxed,' local station TNTV, which obtained the photos, noted in their report.  See more pics below:

Billionaire Dangote's 60th Birthday Celebration (Photos)

We bring you pics from the 60th birthday party of billionaire businessman and Africa's richest man Aliko Dangote. He also got lovely birthday cakes from his staff. More photos...

US Governor resigns over sex scandal with aide

The governor of the conservative southern US state of Alabama resigned Monday, shortly after lawmakers began impeachment proceedings linked to his affair with a senior aide that was made public in humiliating detail.
Robert Bentley, 74, pleaded guilty in an agreement with prosecutors on Monday to two misdemeanor campaign violations and is barred from seeking public office again.

“I have spent the last year in deep and earnest prayer over our state and our people. I pray every morning for wisdom and guidance and forgiveness for the sins I have committed,” the former dermatologist and church deacon told a news conference announcing his resignation, never directly acknowledging his romantic relationship with 45-year-old political adviser Rebekah Caldwell Mason.

The relationship between Bentley and his married aide became a topic of speculation in 2015, when his wife of 50 years, Dianne, abruptly filed for divorce.

The scandal broke last spring when the state’s top police officer -- fired by Bentley -- provided the news organization AL.com with salacious details of the secret romance.

The media outlet reported on a 2014 phone conversation between Bentley and a woman he called Rebekah that was secretly captured by Dianne Bentley.

“When I stand behind you, and I put my arms around you, and I put my hands on your breasts, and I put my hands (unintelligible) and just pull you real close. I love that, too,” the governor is heard saying.

“Baby, let me know what I am going to do when I start locking the door,” he said during another part of the tape.

“If we are going to do what we did the other day, we are going to have to start locking the door.”

Last week, an impeachment investigation report prepared for the Alabama House Judiciary Committee said Bentley tried to cover up the affair “in a process characterized by increasing obsession and paranoia.”

“To ensure the silence of his staff, Governor Bentley encouraged an atmosphere of intimidation,” it added. “Concern over the recordings appears to have become an obsession.”

The report revealed that Bentley once opened the door of his hotel room in Washington clad in boxer shorts, thinking Mason was on the other side when it was actually hotel staff.

On the same trip in 2014, Dianne Bentley attended a group dinner with her husband and Mason, and saw the text messages he was sending his mistress while seated next to his wife, including
“I can’t take my eyes off of you.” Bentley once mistakenly sent his wife a text message that said, “I love you Rebekah,” accompanied by a red-rose emoji.

Dianne Bentley was able to access other text messages sent by her husband because he had given her his state-issued iPad, not realizing texts from his iPhone would show up on her tablet because the devices were linked.

As part of his plea deal, Bentley must surrender $37,000 in campaign funds and perform 100 hours of community service.

He pleaded guilty to failing to properly report a $50,000 loan made to his campaign, and using campaign funds to pay nearly $9,000 for Mason’s legal fees last year.

Lieutenant Governor Kay Ivey was sworn in as governor Monday evening.