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Red Factor Afrobeat Charts.

noreply@blogger.com (RedFactor) — Sun, 9 Sep 2012 04:44:00 -0700

Our goal is to satisfy the growing demand for Afrobeats by showcasing the hottest in Afrobeats (including hip-hop and R n B).

Red Factor Charts the hottest videos from Afrobeat A-listers, while also offering fresh talked about viral and TV shows that bring the Afrobeats culture together.

We are dedicated to supporting up and coming breakthrough Afrobeat acts via our partner services, ensuring we deliver to our audience the latest Afrobeat acts before anyone else.

Red Factor Network

noreply@blogger.com (RedFactor) — Sun, 9 Sep 2012 02:34:00 -0700

AFROBEATS TOP 20 CHART DEBUT IN NIGERIAN WATCH

noreply@blogger.com (RedFactor) — Tue, 4 Sep 2012 01:35:00 -0700

BellaNaija in Top 10 African Fashion Blogs

noreply@blogger.com (RedFactor) — Tue, 4 Sep 2012 01:26:00 -0700

We were so excited when we heard that BellaNaija was listed among the Top 10 African Fashion Blogs online. The list was published on the UK Guardian Fashion Blog & was compiled by renowned fashion writer/ARISE Magazine Editor Helen Jennings.

The BN Style section is one that we totally enjoy working on and your feedback helps us strive to do better.

Congrats to all the other sites listed. The work that you have all done has definitely made a massive impact on the African fashion scene!

Thanks so much to Ijeoma Ndekwu, Damilare Aiki, Uche Pedro, all BN Style Contributors and YOU!

Nigerian Gold at Paralympics

noreply@blogger.com (RedFactor) — Tue, 4 Sep 2012 01:22:00 -0700

The Paralympic Games are going on in London and Nigeria has claimed its first gold medal. Yakubu Adesokan has won the first gold medal for Nigeria the games.
The 33 year-old broke the world record in the men’s 48 category by lifting 178 kg, which is over three times his body weight! Big Big Congrats to Yakubu!

Tracklist for Kanye's new album

noreply@blogger.com (RedFactor) — Tue, 4 Sep 2012 01:21:00 -0700

The track list for Kanye West’s anticipated summer compilation album for his G.O.O.D Music crew is finally out. Guess who’s on a track? Yes! Our very own Dbanj is featured in track 5, The Morning, alongside Raekwon, Pusha T, Common, 2 Chainz, CyHi Da Prynce & Kid Cudi.
$100 says all Nigerians that buy this album will jump straight to track 5 to listen before anything else. I know I will.
Cruel Summer: Tracklisting
1. “To the World” – Kanye West, R. Kelly
2. “Clique” – Kanye West, Jay-Z, Big Sean
3. “Mercy” – Kanye West, Big Sean, Pusha T, 2 Chainz
4. “New God Flow” – Kanye West, Pusha T, Ghostface Killah
5. “The Morning” – Raekwon, Pusha T, Common, 2 Chainz, CyHi Da Prynce, Kid Cudi, D’Banj
6. “Cold” – DJ Khaled, Kanye West
7. “Higher” – The-Dream, Pusha T, Ma$e
8. “Sin City” – John Legend, Travi$ Scott, Teyana Taylor, CyHi Da Prynce, Malik Yusef
9. “The One” – Kanye West, Big Sean, 2 Chainz, Marsha Ambrosius
10. “Creepers” – Kid Cudi
11. “Bliss” – John Legend, Teyana Taylor
12. “Don’t Like” – Kanye West, Chief Keef, Pusha T, Big Sean, Jadakiss.

Go Low ban

noreply@blogger.com (RedFactor) — Tue, 4 Sep 2012 01:19:00 -0700

Wande Coal

I can’t really say I’m surprised but I seems Kenny Saint Brown & The National Broadcasting Commission, NBC both have the same definition of nudity.
Shortly after the video debuted, the NBC has put a ban on the video on free-to-air TV stations. So if you have cable or satellite don’t be worried. You can still watch Go Low and all its “nudity”.
Check out the video, and decide for yourself.

Breaking News

noreply@blogger.com (RedFactor) — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 13:03:00 -0700

Welcome Party for The Nigerian 2012 Olympic Team

noreply@blogger.com (RedFactor) — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 01:54:00 -0700

The Welcome Party for The Nigerian 2012 Olympic Team Held in London 8th July 2012. Goodwill messages

WHAT THEY SAID;

Asake Agoro Couture
Creative Director; Asakeogoro Couture
London College Of Fashion

I like these types of events because they honour and raise the profile of Nigerians. Welcoming the Nigerian Olympic team this way is a good thing for their moral.

Obinna Metu; 100m, 200m athlete representing Nigeria in 2012 London Olympics.

I am the fastest man in Nigeria. I feel good and it’s a dream come true to be in London. This is my 2^nd Olympic tournament along with 2008. I am not afraid of Usain Bolt the current champion. I was in Jamaica in 2010 to train with the best coach in the world and I trained with him, usain bolt. I believe he’s one of the best and I want to beat him. We were in the same heat in 2008 and I let him get away, I won’t let him this time. Yes Obinna, for all of Nigeria’s sake, we like your promise, we are right behind you.

ENGR SANI NDANUSA; HEAD OF OLYMPIC COMMITTEE; WE CAME TO COMPETE, NOT PARTICIPATE.

The team has been looked after properly and are ready. We came here with 50 athletes because they are the best out of 150million people. London olympics is not a place for testing anybody. We will be within Gold Medal reach in London 2012 and are already planning for Beijing 2016.People think Nigeria is down since the 80s due to our football dominance but we are doing well in other sports like basketball, check it. Nigerians are rowing and we are expanding our sports curriculum back in schools. We have minimised excesses by having a small number of delegates who are all staying in modest hotels. The Nigerian government has not promised anybody anything for winning but the private sectors have. Some have said N2.5m for Gold, N1.5m for silver and so on. The government are giving companies tax breaks so they can support as such. The Jumbo package will come from the government. We are very happy about the support of this event and the Nigerian Athletes are enjoying home advantage, hopefully that will also transpire when the games begin.

WALE OJO; ACTOR NEW NIGERIAN CINEMA;

Young Nigerian athletes by being millions in England make up the backbone of British sport. We should all be proud of Nigeria and show our support for the National team.

INNOCENT EGBONIKE; Head Coach, Nigerian Olympic team 2012. Picture

This Event shows us we have homeboys and homegirls in London. We will not dissapoint. TheNigerian athletes have done well in the African championships and Olympic trials in 2012. Moral is high and we will shine. All we can ask for 1st are your prayers and moral support.Watch the space

MRS FALILAT OGUNKOYA

Bronze Medallist 400m Atlanta 96

Silver medallist 4*4 Atlanta 96

I’ve been in 3 olympics and this is the 1^st time the team has been welcomed like this, Its nice to see Nigerians appreciating Nigerians. My advice to the athletes is keep your head up, do your best and make Nigeria proud.

Adebayo Jones

Adebayo Jones, Nigerian King of Couture

This Event Shows we appreciate the Efforts these athletes have made to get here, training hard and qualifying to represent a great nation like Nigeria. We coming out to welcome them this way is the right thing to do.

noreply@blogger.com (RedFactor) — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 16:56:00 -0700

Ibori – Sensational E-mails the Ibori Detectives and CPS suppressed Reveal Private Meetings between Ibori’s lead officers DC McDonald/DI Walters and Private Detectives

Written by Elombah.com

...The damming emails also reveal the scale of the defence infiltration in the case.

So far DC John McDonald (45) is the only serving officer who has been arrested and bailed. DI Walters, Knuckey and Hunter also arrested are all on police bail.

RISC Management Limited was the private detective agency hired by Speechly Bircham Solicitors to provide Ibori’s legal team with assistance with the ongoing police investigations. Documents now show that the private detectives were in fact working closely with the police helping them build a case against Ibori and others.

The sensational emails uncovered reveal the degree of the inappropriate relationships as between the private detectives and the serving police officers.

They conclusively establish that Keith Hunter has lied to British MPs. Having repeatedly and categorically denied in written statements submitted to Parliament any communication with the Police by RISC during the Ibori investigation, these emails irrefutably demonstrate that Hunter has deceived British Parliament - the very heart of the British integrity.

The following comments have been extracted from the suppressed emails in which Cliff Knuckey of RISC Management Limited some of which had been copied to Hunter.

Excerpts read:-

“I know Gary Walters and he is “totally out of his depth” in this investigation”

“Knowing Mr Gardiner [a senior police detective] has an unhealthy habit of being over economic with innuendo; rumour; and misguided interpretation…. Some of Mr Ibori’s answers …could be manipulated…”

“I had a telephone conversation with DCM late last week..”

“I will meet with DCM next week to find out what is happening”

“DCM and his colleagues will be on a very large fishing expedition for information..”

“DCM no longer has the ability to make a decision to charge..”

“I know DCM is in the UK all next week”

“Peter Clark will take the lead role in interviewing you with DC Macdonald being present..”

RISC operatives knew full details on the police investigation. They knew the whereabouts of the police officers and could contact them at any point in time. They appear to have been in regular telephone conversations, they knew who the interviewing officers were how the interviews were going to be conducted - all matters which the police officers were not authorised to divulge.

One of the most damming emails reads:

“I have fixed a meeting with DCM on Monday and will undoubtedly get an understanding of what the current difficulties are being faced by the police.”

“DCM” is the same DC [John] McDonald, the lead case officer who initiated the Ibori investigation in 2005 and has been pursing the case for 7 years.

This email was sent the day after a RISC operative, Cliff Knuckey had handed over £5,000 to DC McDonald after a 7 hour lavish wining and dining session.

McDonald as a serving police officer was not authorised nor permitted to divulge details surrounding police investigations.

The Crown Prosecution Service prosecuting were under a legal duty to provide the defence teams with all documents they had, however, according to defence lawyers none of the emails which contain the highly incriminating evidence of illegal conduct have ever been provided. These failings may well may amount to further grounds of gross misconduct and a wider conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.

New Scotland Yard is refusing to confirm or deny whether any other officers in its corruption unit are currently being investigated. Rumours are rife as other officers; DC Irons and DC Greenwood are believed to have known about the corrupt payments in May 2008 and are believed to have conspired with McDonald to suppress the documents or participated.

The anti-corruption police investigation is being widely and closely watched as attempts of another Met police “cover up” similar to the original phone hacking scandal is expected."

noreply@blogger.com (RedFactor) — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 15:49:00 -0700

· Deportation: 2 Nigerian illegal immigrants strip naked in protest‏

| 19/07/2012

By: NNANNA OKERE, Italy

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Two Nigerians illegal immigrants have reportedly stripped themselves naked to protest arrest by the Italian police. The incident occurred recently following threats by the Italian government to deport the two immigrants to Nigeria, after they were allegedly arrested for constituting nuisance in their neighborhood.

The account of the incident by our correspondent said the duo, one Christantus Okonkwo who hails from Orlu in Imo State and John Osagie aka (Papy) from Benin, Edo State, were arrested by the Italian police who found them drunk and disturbing the neighbourhood.

The decision to deport the suspects followed the discovery by the police that they had been living in the country illegally. They were subsequently detained for two days.

Daily Sun gathered that the two men, who were later moved to a deportation camp, staged a protest at the Malpensa International Airport Milan by stripping naked to attract the sympathy of the immigration officials to rescind the decision to deport them.

Although their protest fell on the deaf ears of the immigration officials and almost met a brickwall but for the intervention of a fellow Nigerian said to be married to an Italian lady who was touched by the protest.

Eyewitnesses said the timely intervention of the man whose name was not mentioned saved the situation, as he was quick to contact a lawyer.

As at the time of filing this report both Okonkwo and Osagie had been moved to a refugee camp pending the outcome of their petition by their lawyer over their deportation matters.

It was gathered that Okonkwo had lived in Europe for 12 years without a residence permit, while John Osagie who entered the country illegally from Libya to seek political asylum, which the Italian government denied him chose to remain there for the past 2 years.

When arrested, Osagie it was reported could not present proof of a political asylum status.

Chris Okonkwo who came into Europe since 2000 said he lived in France for 4 years where he sought political asylum and was denied for no evidence.

After four years in France, he moved to the Netherlands where he stayed for one year before moving into Italy in 2005 and had been living there for the past seven years. Due to frustration, Chris has turned himself into a drunk which made the Italian police to marked him as an insane person,",a witness said.

When asked why he went naked at the Airport, Chris said " having spent 12 years in Europe as a whole without achieving anything how can I go back to Nigeria empty handed. I have no papers, no job, no wife and children, no house of my own both in Nigerian and in Europe. I have not achieved anything in Nigeria. I don't want to go back to Nigeria to face the shame."

He however, appealed to the Italian and Nigerian governments to intervene in his case.

noreply@blogger.com (RedFactor) — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 15:09:00 -0700

Shocking: A Nigerian In Austria Brutalised By The Police, Now On Crutch. To Lose His €80,000 Flats and His €73.360 Cash To His Bank

"One of my lawyers threatened me that I would see because here is Austria "

"My current lawyer called me a slave and deceptively offered to buy my flats"

"My two life insurances and bank account were closed without my consent"

"The accident I had was turned against me that I wanted to commit suicide and when I told my lawyer to appeal she said that the decision was final"

"The money my company paid me through my former lawyer for wrongful dismissal after my accident he refused to pay it to me"

"Please help I am losing all I laboured in life"

My heart bleeds and I am in heavy pains. It is so, so sad and unfortunate to see my fellow black man and a Nigerian in the state I saw Nosa Igbinoba toddled like a child as his waist trembled to dance while he moved his legs with extreme difficulty and painfully struggled to support himself with a crutch. As we walked, we stopped intermittently for a rest as he interwove his crutch from right to left and without minding who was watching us on the street his tears rolled uncontrollably as he narrated the good, the bad and the ugly side of his life story in Austria . I fought back to hold my own tears to avoid breaking him down the more, tried as much as I did, but nature still took its course and failed me at the end of our approximately 100 metres walk that took us more than 28 minutes.

"There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest." - Elie Wiesel. Please take your time to read through the unbelievable story of Nosa.

You can reach Nosa Igbinoba on:
Phone +436645495714
Mail: nosaigbinoba317@yahoo.com

Uzoma Ahamefule
A concerned patriotic citizen writes from Vienna , Austria
Mail: uzomaah@yahoo.com

noreply@blogger.com (RedFactor) — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 15:07:00 -0700

Nigeria signs $1.49 bln railway deal with China

Reuters) - Nigeria's government said on Wednesday it had signed a $1.49 billion contract with state-owned China Civil Engineering Construction Corp (CCECC) to build a railway between the commercial capital Lagos and Ibadan. Lagos, the heartbeat of

Africa's second largest economy, is around 130 km south of Ibadan, Nigeria's third largest city and a transit point between the coast and the north.

"(Cabinet) today approved the award of the Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge railway double track contract to CCECC in the sum of $1.487 billion ... with a completion period of 36 months," Minister of Transport Idris Umar told reporters.

Nigeria in World Book Capital bid

noreply@blogger.com (RedFactor) — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 15:06:00 -0700

Oxford loses out to Port-harcourt Nigeria in World Book Capital bid

OXFORD has missed out on becoming Unesco World Book Capital, it was confirmed yesterday. The city was bidding to win the title for 2014 but it has instead gone to Port Harcourt in Nigeria. Oxford’s bid, one of 11 worldwide, was co-ordinated by Oxford Inspires and a steering committee made up of local organisations.

Oxford Inspires chairman Tony Stratton said: “While we are sad our bid was unsuccessful, it has been a catalyst for raising awareness of national literacy challenges and for putting real commitment and energy behind working for change. Nothing of this work will be wasted.”

Oxford’s bid had an Imagination Unbound theme, celebrating books’ power to inspire and unlock imaginations.

8 Reasons For Marital Failure Amongst African Americans

noreply@blogger.com (RedFactor) — Sun, 5 Feb 2012 05:25:00 -0800

Until Death Do Us Part: 8 Reasons For Marital Failure Amongst African Americans

By Dr. Umar Abdullah-Johnson, Psy.D., NCSP, M.Ed.

Nationwide (November 6, 2011) -- Discussions about the epidemic are everywhere, from the latest best-selling novels to academic discussions on college campuses, to passionate discussions between Frat brothers & Sister circles. The question everyone wants answered is "WHY?" Unfortunately, many of the traditional reasons you have been given for the premature romantic meltdowns amongst Blacks are inaccurate and insufficient. These very same factors were present when successful Black marriages, created 30 or 40 years ago, were forged but yet many a couple managed to stay together.

As a child therapist, who spends much of my time navigating the parental relationship in order to create an atmosphere of normalcy in which our children can function, and as a doctor of clinical psychology, who studies the emotional and psychological conditions that give rise to relationship difficulties that are unique to African-Americans, I have discovered that there are several themes running through failed families that if brought to your consciousness may help you escape a dead end relationship, or be able to help resuscitate a dying one back into new life.

With nearly most Black children being reared in single parent households it shouldn't come as a surprise that the ADHD diagnosis has been on the rise, which in most cases has nothing to do with any neurologically-based brain dysfunction, but rather a family-based emotional dysfunction that I refer to sarcastically but truthfully as "Absence of Daddy from Home Disorder," which is the real ADHD. If we want to save the Black community, we have to save the Black family, for if the most essential of institutions is destroyed then almost no other can function effectively.

1) SEARCHING FOR SECURITY: UNMET EMOTIONAL NEEDS FROM CHILDHOOD - Because so many of us either come from families that were dysfunctional, or had relationships with parents that were dysfunctional, it's not difficult to understand how one's unconscious conflicts may lead you on a search to find what you never had (i.e., SECURE ATTACHMENT TO A CAREGIVER, ATTENTION, ACCEPTANCE, LOVE/INTIMACY, APPROVAL, TRUST, RECIPROCITY). Because one's relationship behavior, under such circumstances, is largely under the control of unconscious impulses it should come as no surprise to you that selfishness ranks at the top of the list of reasons for relationship dissatisfaction. When your dating or mating behavior is largely driven by an unmet childhood need, your partner simply becomes a means to an end, but NOT the end itself. Thusly, you end up using and exploiting them, for what they can give to you, without offering anything in return. You must become conscious of how your poor relationships with parents, or siblings, is continuing to play out in your romantic behavior, transforming you into an exploiter or victim of emotional exploitation. Before settling down, you'd being doing yourself a huge favor by having an in-depth discussion with your bride or groom to be, to ensure their reasons for marriage are not based upon attempting to overcome childhood insecurities that have plagued them for most of their lives.

2) SELF-HATRED: LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO LOVE YOU - Many people are their own worse enemy but are totally unconscious of this fact. When something goes wrong in your life do you chalk it up to a learning experience, or human error, or are you one of many Blacks who begins to replay old abusive audiotapes from memory, with your parents' voices (or older siblings) disguised as your own. Do you beat yourself up without mercy, or are you able to comfort yourself when you make mistakes. If your inner voice is that of an abusive and overly punitive parent, chances are you suffer from self-hatred, and it is this self-hatred that is driving you to find a mate who can put out your self-inflicted emotional arson with their cool waters of love and compassion. You can spend a significant portion of your life trying to find love until you come to the realization that you will not be able to reciprocate the love you find if you do not ALREADY love yourself. No matter how much another person loves you, until you love yourself, you will never be able to love them in return appropriately or effectively. In fact, they may choose to walk away from the arrangement after having their emotional forces sucked dry without reciprocity. You don't need a lover, you need a therapist.

3) MATERIALISM MELTDOWN: BUYING HAPPINESS - Needless to say that in a capitalistic society the corporate-owned media will actually be able to convince some African-Americans that marrying someone with economic potential, and the education to go along with it (i.e., MBA, JD, MD, PhD, PsyD, etc) may actually brainwash you into thinking that to find a person who appears able to help your purchase an upper middle class lifestyle may lead to lasting happiness. Nothing could be further from the truth. Listen to me carefully, "money buys pleasure, it can never buy happiness." In fact, the pleasures that money buy often lead to addictions that destroy relationships. This is not an invitation to a life of poverty often so well propagated by the religious sector, that many Blacks erroneously find poverty to be a blessings, but rather this is just a dosage of psychological realism that peace of mind cannot be purchased. Many Black marriages simply dissolve when one superficial partner is no longer content with the "financial ceiling" their partner has hit. A high maintenance partner, man or woman, spells disaster. These individuals are self-centered and emotionally distant. They never get the last laugh as sooner or later old age creeps upon them, and the wisdom of contentment begins to haunt them, but not before then with they give up their self-centered capitalistic mindset to begin the search for an intimacy and love that cannot be purchased with a credit card.

4) ESCAPING MISERY: LOOKING FOR A WAY OUT OF YOUR PAIN - Many of us look for relationships not to satisfy our unmet needs, or our economic desires, but rather as a life jacket to save us from dealing with personal challenges that we don't care to address. All of us have things about ourselves that cause us great discomfort (i.e, problems with relatives, health concerns, dietary issues, professional barriers, unfinished goals, problems on the job, unearned degrees, poor relations with our children, emotional concerns, etc), but yet we don't have the resolve or discipline to face them. Just as an alcoholic or drug user reaches for substances in times of inner pain and turmoil, you simply reach for a new relationship. As all drugs must ultimately reach a point of tolerance, where more is required to retain the desired effect, as soon as one relationship is no longer sufficient to distract us from our personal emotional issues, we discard it and reach for another. RELATIONSHIP ADDICTS, Blacks who cannot be without a romantic partner, is a very real and prevalent concern in our community. Being addicted to relationships is certain to land one in an ongoing, yet unfulfilling, cycle of relationships that are devoid of true reciprocity and intimacy. The problem with relationship addiction is that the relationship cannot save you from yourself, nor can it ever serve as an effective band-aid for your inner conflicts. It's better to fix yourself than destroy someone else's life. Anyone who cannot be alone long enough to develop a relationship with themselves can never build a happy one with another person.

5) POST-TRAUMATIC RELATIONSHIP DISORDER: THE GHOST OF RELATIONSHIPS PAST - In an attempt to acquire happiness, which cannot be obtained from any outside source, including people, many of us do not allow ourselves sufficient time to heal from long-term relationships, or short-term exhausting relationships, that have sapped our emotional, spiritual and psychological energies. Between relationships we all need a period of fasting, where we give our minds and souls the opportunity to heal and rest, before we attempt to "get it right the next time." We always hear talk about the need for dietary fasting and spiritual fasting, but now is the time for me to introduce the concept of relationship fasting. Yes, a period of NON-DATING, that should last at least a season (3 months) before you infect some innocent person's life with the negative energy of a past relationship. Just as with all traumas, you need time to re-stabilize your inner self and regain a sense of reality. When you don't give yourself TIME OFF from forging new romantic attachments you risk spoiling what otherwise would have been a perfectly good relationship with your psychic baggage from your previous love(s). You are not able to trust, love, commit, reciprocate and be emotionally available for fear that he or she may be a rendition of the previous failed partnership. If you are still afraid, that means you are still suffering the aftershocks of post-traumatic relationship disorder, and should not be dating. This is one of the biggest problems with relationships in our community, as too many of us are spiritually infected with the unhealthy energies of past encounters, not to mention still in love with previous partners, thusly wasting the time of an innocent person who has healthy relationship needs that you are not able to fulfill since you are still preoccupied with someone who is no longer in your life, or shouldn't be. You have to get over your past in order to get on with your life. There is a season for everything, including a time to heal.

Stella Obayuwana-a High ranking Edo woman in the U.S military.

noreply@blogger.com (RedFactor) — Sun, 5 Feb 2012 05:21:00 -0800

Stella Obayuwana-a High ranking Edo woman in the U.S military.

Stella Obayuwana

I joined the military in 1996 shortly after immigtating to the US. I enlisted as an Undesignated Airman (which means I did not have any specific jobs and my duties where as assigned). From that very humble beginning, I studied night and day and passed the test to become an Aviation Electronics Technician. That was the beginning of my upward progression in the military. Soon after that, I became a Flight Line Supervisor for the launch and recovery of Navy MH-53 Helicopters and Corrosion Control Specialist. Following my first assignment in Sicily Italy, I attended the Aviation Electronics School in Pensacola, FL where I graduated top in class and was offered another school to specialise in the calibration of electronics test equipments. Upon completion of my schools, I was assigned to a Aviation Maintenance Command in San Diego, California, where I took the advancement test for the next rank and passed. I also applied to the Officer Candidtae School and was accepted. As an Oficer, I have risen to the rank of Lieutenant Commander, acted as a Division Officer, Department Head, attained two Masters Degree, and am currently seeking admission to obtain a Doctorate Degree. I have served onboard three ships, four shore and two overseas locations.

On a personal note, I recently gave birth to a precious little boy and recently completed a Mystery Romance novel, The Illusions of Truth, which I hope to publish this year.

Enahoro’s widow passes on after battling cancer

noreply@blogger.com (RedFactor) — Sun, 5 Feb 2012 05:18:00 -0800

Enahoro’s widow passes on after battling cancer

BY SIMON EBEGBULEM
Vanguard Online Edition, Lagos. January 28, 2012 · In News

BENIN CITY - Widow of the late frontline nationalist, Mrs Helen Enahoro, Saturday, passed on at the age of 79.

Vanguard learnt that the widow passed on in Lagos after a brief illness. It was learnt that Mrs Enahoro had a protracted battle with cancer.

The son, Eugene, confirmed the passage and gave a few words: “I am in a family meeting”. Enahoro, who moved the motion for the nation’s independence, died on December 15, 2010.

The widow’s death, which occurred 13 months after the late sage died, shocked the people of Edo State when the news filtered in that she gave up the ghost.

Alhaji Sanusi Lamido POINTS AT THE ROOT OF BOKO HARAM PROBLEM!!‏

noreply@blogger.com (RedFactor) — Sun, 5 Feb 2012 05:16:00 -0800

Alhaji Sanusi Lamido POINTS AT THE ROOT OF BOKO HARAM PROBLEM!!‏

I was at a UBS event on Friday, when an English woman said that the northerners were marginalized and poor... I retorted by asking whose fault was that? If my memory served me right, the northerners have ruled the country until the last decade. Why did they not develop their land? Why kill southerners who brought businesses and developed their land!!

Sanusi is an Islamic scholar borderline fundamentalist. Didn't Nigeria sustain itself on pure Agriculture (cash-crops) before oil was discovered? Did majority of that not come from the North. How can the North be poor when they still have this and can develop it.... Are the governors of the Northern states asleep? Or just as corrupt as their brothers and cousins in the South.

There is no excuse for BH. No excuse for exterminating the Christians or Southerners that live in the North. Those who have brought businesses there and tried as much... to develop the North. There is wealth in the various states and parts of Nigeria apart from oil... There is no excuse for the Poverty in the North and the Niger-Delta areas inter alia. I missed Mallam Sanusi's event at the LSE last week. Just as well. The Q&A session would have been uncomfortable and probably piss him off. The irony is that I admire his intellect and confidence and actually respect him but he does yank me in unpleasant parts sometimes.

The most wanted Nigerians for crime in the USA

noreply@blogger.com (RedFactor) — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 06:41:00 -0800

The most wanted Nigerians for crime in the USA

by IceFM on Sat Dec 24, 2011 3:25 pm

The most wanted Nigerians for crime in the USA are all Yorubas

By Staff K 11 hours 19 minutes ago

They are our compatriots. But they operate in other shores. Their activities are an embarrassment to all of us. They indulge in crimes for which all of us should flinch. Indeed, the United States Secret Service and narcotics agents have dubbed the

18 as some of the most wanted on their list. A manhunt is on to arrest 15 of them. Already, three others have been arrested by Interpol officers in Lagos.

They are wanted for multi-million dollar bank frauds, identity theft, drug pushing and, in the case of one of them, the rape of an expectant mother.

The Commissioner of Police in charge of Interpol, Mrs Atinuke Koyi confirmed the arrests of three of the suspects.

The United States Secret Service, US Drug Enforcement Administration(DEA), United States Marshals Service, the US. Postal Inspection Service and the office of the New York State Governor, David Paterson named some of those wanted as Adebowale Shekoni (40), Abiodun Bakare (37), Rilwan Ayatonde Soetan (50), Kenneth Eromosele Abulu (36), Olselcita Folayan (41), Musiliu Balogun (40) and Mutiat Titilola Olubi (51).The others are: Ahiata Folashade Price (46), Monsuratu Omoniyi Griggs (43), Ayodele Soyan (51), Ahuama Benjamin Okey (50), Basiratu Mojisola Bakare-Giles (47), Adegboyega Olukunle Odedina (36), Alex Ahmed Ero (51) and 46-year-old Seye Richard Osinoiki, who is wanted for the rape of the expectant mother.

Those already arrested are: Steve Adedeji, Apampa Olayinka and Olugbemiga Adebisi (a.k.a.) George Banks).

Reports say that the US Federal Bureau of Intelligence(FBI) has also embarked on a joint operation with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Special Fraud Unit (SFU) in Nigeria, to arrest others who may be hiding in the country.

In the US, the dragnet, according to Assistant Director of Criminal Investigations at the FBI, Chip Burrus, involves 56 field offices. He said: “We hope that publicity would help find and bring the fugitives to justice.”

Nigerian Compass learnt that Shekoni, who was residing in Atlanta, Georgia, was indicted for 13 bank frauds, conspiracy, passing counterfeit cheques, interstate travel in aid of racketeering and money laundering conspiracy. His case summary says he entered the United States illegally and had been involved with a counterfeit cheque cashing ring.

Those involved in cheque kitting frauds against multiple banks, which had caused the United States millions of dollars in losses to banks and merchants, usually open business accounts, mostly under gas station identities. They use the bank cheques to float between bank accounts and systematically withdraw money from these accounts prior to the banks awareness that the worthless cheques are either drawn from accounts with insufficient funds or closed accounts.

They also use worthless cheques drawn on the accounts to buy items from wholesale distributors.

The case against Soetan is listed thus: “Aggravated identity theft and fraud.”

The Secret Service, Miami office says: “Rilwan Soetan is a Nigerian national identified as part of an organised group responsible for the compromise of more than 2000 personal credit card reports. Subsequent aggravated identity theft/fraud perpetrated by Soetan and his group have resulted in significant financial losses.”

Bakare, who is wanted for financial crimes, is also accused of using a vehicle to knock down a Federal Officer while escaping arrest.

The case summary states: “This individual is wanted for charges related to financial crimes and assault on a federal officer. Bakare ran an elaborate financial scheme in which he used stolen personal information to open fraudulent credit card accounts.”

Folayan, a DEA- listed fugitive, is accused of Federal drug violations, including alleged conspiracy to distribute heroin in the Northern district of Illinois. His poster warns people not to attempt apprehending him. Rather, people who see him should alert the US Marshals Service.

A warning from the Secret Service on the fugitives says: “Do not attempt to apprehend any of these individuals. Contact the Secret Service or local police; or, if overseas, the nearest US Embassy or Consulate if you have information regarding these individuals.”

Federal Agents in the United States say that Musiliu Balogun, who has been on the run for about five years, was behind a drug distribution network, moving as much as 80 per cent of the white heroin coming into the United States from Southeast Asia.

When the ring was smashed, 24 suspects were arrested and over 72 kilogrammes of heroin seized. Balogun and his girlfriend Mutiat Titilola Olubi were identified as leaders of the drug cartel. They were once sighted in Togo and Thailand.

Born on September 5, 1963, in Ibadan, Oyo State, Balogun is believed to be one-metre seventy-six centimeters tall. He weighs 75 kilogrammes, has black hair and brown eyes.

Besides Mutiat Olubi, details of crimes committed by other Nigerian women who appeared on the Most Wanted list were also given.

One Ahiata Folashade Price is wanted for conspiracy to distribute heroin. Monsurat Omoniyi Griggs and Basiratu Bakare-Giles were accused of the same offence in different regions of the United States.

Detectives at the Detroit Division are still searching for Ahuama Benjamin Okey, identified as Fugitive NCIC-W163933955. He is wanted for alleged Federal Drug Violations and conspiracy to distribute heroin at the Eastern district of Michigan.

In the Maryland district, Odedina is wanted for bank fraud. US Postal Inspection Service in Colorado district is looking for Ahmed Ero over mail fraud.

Information at the Atlanta office of the Secret Service Agents shows that a 36-year-old Kenneth Eromosele Abulu is wanted for passing counterfeit currency and using false identification.

The US Secret Service investigative mission is to safeguard the payment and financial systems of the United States. It has been collaborating with Nigerian agencies striving to give the nation a good image.

“When they send specific request to us, we assist in tracking the criminals. But if they're looking for somebody and a formal request is not made, there is nothing we can do,” said Mrs Koyi, the Interpol boss.

She said following specific requests, her men arrested one 50-year-old Olugbemiga Adebisi aka George Banks. According to her, Banks was arrested at the Murtala The Great Prophet International Airport, Lagos on arrival from China where he had served a one- year jail term for bank fraud.

Detectives even wondered why the fugitive calls himself George Banks, the name of a Pennsylvania mass murderer, who shot 13 people in 1982 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, five of them his own children.

In the US, the Nigerian George Banks was declared wanted for Access Device Fraud, Aggravated Identity theft, mail theft, social security number violations and other frauds. He allegedly escaped from New Hampshire to China and committed the same offences.

The Chinese authorities, however, got him.“Each time Adebisi commits the crimes, their monitor catches him. Yet, he kept on running from one country to another,” a source told Nigerian Compass.

In China, Adebisi seemed to have found wisdom in the saying “When you're in Rome, do like the Romans.” He bleached his skin and altered his features to look like the Chinese.

The two other persons in Interpol's net are Steve Adedeji and Apampa Olayinka. They were caught when they approached the US Embassy to renew their visas, thinking that the search for them was over.

Interestingly, the Interpol allowed them home on bail after the US Secret Service failed to respond to letters sent by the security outfit. Adedeji and Olayinka now report at the Interpol office at Alagbon every Monday.

The Commissioner of Police (CP), Special Fraud Unit (SFU), Mr Olayinka Balogun told Nigerian Compass that the SFU had been collaborating with international agencies to check the activities of fraudsters.

His words: “Generally, they send scam letters to us and ask us to help track some of these criminals. There are some cases that we are working on right now.”

On his part, EFCC's spokesman, Osita Nwaja admitted the anti-graft agency's collaboration with the American agencies, saying, “We have good working relationship with the major agencies around the world. FBI is one of the backbones of the EFCC, it has trained some of our people. We've worked extremely closely with them. We've had some joint operations in Lagos area and intercepted outbound mails sent by fraudsters with fake cheques and all sorts of documents. We're also working with the German police and the South African Scorpion. They have so much trust in the EFCC because of our achievements in the war against fraudsters over the years

Student shot in 'unprovoked' attack

noreply@blogger.com (RedFactor) — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 01:57:00 -0800

Student shot in 'unprovoked' attack

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Anuj Bidve, a 23-year-old Lancaster University student who was shot dead in Mancheste

Police have named an Indian student who was shot dead in an "unprovoked" attack while visiting a city with friends.
Anuj Bidve, 23, who was studying a micro-electronics postgraduate qualification at Lancaster University, was part of a group of nine male and female Indian students who were visiting Manchester for a short break over the Christmas holidays.
As they walked from their hotel in Salford towards Manchester city centre in the early hours of Boxing Day, they were stopped by a man who began a short conversation with the victim before taking out a handgun and blasting him at close range.
Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said it was an "awful" attack and pledged to "leave no stone unturned" in the hunt for the killer. A racial motive for the killing has not been ruled out.
Chief Superintendent Kevin Mulligan, divisional commander for Salford, said: "This is a tragic incident and our first thoughts are for the family. There is going to be a huge amount of concern in the community and I can reassure the family and the community by telling them we have launched a major investigation and no stone will be left unturned until we find the people who are responsible for this."
Armed response units were called to Ordsall Lane, Salford, following the shooting, which happened just a short walk from the hotel where the students were staying.
Police said the students, who had not been drinking, were walking towards the city centre and became aware of two men on the other side of the street. The gunman, a white male in his 20s who was wearing a grey top, walked across the road and engaged the victim in a short conversation before producing the gun and shooting the student at close range to the side of the head.
The killer then ran back across the street before the pair fled on foot towards Asgard Drive and the Ordsall housing estate. The other man was of a heavier build and wearing a black jacket, police said.
Initial witness statements have been taken from the other eight students who are now "in a safe place" being cared for by police until they return to university, Mr Mulligan said. A spokeswoman for Lancaster University said counselling and support has been organised for Anuj's friends who were described as "deeply upset".
On his Facebook page, Anuj gives his home city as Pune, in Maharashtra, and lists his interests as sport and watching movies.

RED FACTOR SAYS; FINANCIAL TROUBLES IS LEADING TO SICK CRIMES AGAINST MINORITY RACES IN LONDON. CRIME IS HIGH BECAUSE OF WORLD LEADERS, NIGERIANS OR OTHERWISE.

Youth stabbed to death at the sales

noreply@blogger.com (RedFactor) — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 01:52:00 -0800

Youth stabbed to death at the sales

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Blood stained clothes at the scene of a second stabbing close to the junction of Oxford Street and Regent Street in central London

Horrified shoppers saw a teenager stabbed to death in broad daylight as thousands of bargain hunters thronged one of Britain's busiest shopping streets.
As London's Oxford Street bustled on the first day of the post-Christmas sales, a fight broke out in its Foot Locker store, leading to the teenager's death.
Hours later a second stabbing took place on the same street just a few hundred yards away, leaving a 21-year-old man with leg wounds. It is not known if the incidents are linked.
Police said they have recovered a number of weapons from the first crime scene and arrested 10 people. A white tent had been erected in the street a few yards from the entrance to the Foot Locker store.
The teenager was stabbed after a fight broke out between two groups of youths. Stunned shoppers looked on as the fight spilled out into the street. The 18-year-old victim was from south London. Police would not comment on speculation that the row was over a pair of trainers. They said the fight had broken out after the youths began "arguing" in the shop.
Detective Chief Inspector Mark Dunne, the senior investigating officer from the Metropolitan Police's Homicide Command, said: "There appears to have been two groups of young people opposing each other and involved in this incident. It would appear at this stage there was a weapon involved that may well have been a knife but I can't confirm that yet."
Mr Dunne said the incident took place "in close proximity to the entrance to the store, if not within" the store, adding: "This is probably the busiest place in the United Kingdom right now on the busiest shopping day so it's been difficult for us to piece together what has happened and clear this area to do the job we are paid to do and work out a sequence of events here. The flipside of that is we have probably more witnesses than we would normally have and I'm very much looking forward to them coming and speaking to us."
A crime scene has been set up which runs from Duke Street to New Bond Street, near Bond Street underground station.
Inspector Bruce Middlemiss said the general public should not feel unsafe shopping in the West End despite the day's violence: "There is a high police presence here, we have a number of operations in place already for the shopping times because we were aware of the amount of people who would be here."
Police later said 11 people were being held in custody in connection with the fatal stabbing.

Massacre gunman 'dressed as Santa'

noreply@blogger.com (RedFactor) — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 01:47:00 -0800

Massacre gunman 'dressed as Santa'

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Police investigate the scene where they found seven people dead outside Dallas in Grapevine, Texas (AP Photo)

US police say the man they believe carried out a Christmas Day shooting that left him and six members of his extended family dead was dressed as Santa Claus.
Police spokesman Sergeant Robert Eberling said the shooter showed up in the Santa outfit and was a member of the family opening gifts in an apartment in the town of Grapevine, near Fort Worth, Texas.
Sgt Eberling said the identity of the man and the victims will be released after autopsies are conducted later today.
Police went to the Lincoln Vineyards apartment complex after receiving an emergency call in which no one was on the other line. They found four women and three men, aged 18 to 60, dead.
The apparent murder-suicide involves the first homicides in Grapevine since June 2010.
Two handguns were found near the bodies in the apartment that was decorated for Christmas with a tree.
"It appears they had just celebrated Christmas. They had opened their gifts," Sgt Eberling said.
Lieutenant Todd Dearing of Grapevine police said officers were performing a "meticulous" search of the apartment and he expected them to be on the scene for many hours.
Police went into the apartment, in a middle-class, suburban neighbourhood of Grapevine, not far from the Fort Worth neighbourhood of Colleyville. The apartment is at the back of the complex, overlooking the athletics fields of Colleyville Heritage High School.
Many of the nearby apartments are vacant and police said no neighbours reported hearing anything on a quiet Christmas morning when many people were not around.

RED FACTOR SAYS, THERES SICK CRIMES EVERYWHERE, NOT JUST NIGERIA. THE WORLD NEEDS HELP.

Nigerian prophet, Efe Ese, claiming to exorcise evil spirits with his penis, arrested

noreply@blogger.com (RedFactor) — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 01:38:00 -0800

Nigerian prophet, Efe Ese, claiming to exorcise evil spirits with his penis, arrested

Written by Ghananation

Wednesday, 21 December 2011 22:54

A self-styled Nigerian prophet, Efe Ese, who claims he specialises in exorcising evil spirits with his penis, has found himself in the grips of the police after stealing from one of his victims. Efe, by his trade, hypnotised women he prophesied to and lured them into believing that they were tormented by evil spirits. He told them he had to have sex with them so he could exorcise all the demons which, he claimed, were responsible for all

their misfortunes.

The lid was however blown off his activities when he bolted with a digital camera and a laptop computer during a prayer session with one of his victims after a hot bout of sex.

The Divisional Crime Officer of Tesano, ASP Stephen Donyina Kyeremeh, said on Wednesday December 7, 2011, at about 5pm, the suspect met one of his victims at Alajo where she was about boarding a bus.

He confronted her with some prophesies of happenings in her life which she admitted were true.

The sexy prophet then continued that the lady needed prayers urgently so they had to return to her abode.

The lady aborted her errand and took the strange man to her house at Alajo.

In the cause of the prayer, the self-styled prophet managed to convince his victim to have sex with him in order to exorcise some evil spirits which were presumably tormenting her life.

After satisfying his libido, this dialogue took place:

Prophet: Which of your possessions is very dear to your heart?

Lady: My digital camera and my laptop computer. They are gifts from a relation abroad.

Prophet: The items were possessed by some evil spirits before they were sent to you.

The camera and the laptop ought to be cleansed because according to the prophet, they were the remote causes of her problem, telling her to bring them.

His victim, like a lamb being taken to the slaughter slab, obediently brought the items and another prayer session began.

While the victim was busily praying, the suspect bolted with the computer and the laptop.

In the middle of the prayer, the woman opened her eyes and to her shock, she was alone.

After several hours of waiting, she gave up until a week later, Wednesday, December 14, when Ese called the woman on her phone.

The sexy prophet, who did not know that his plan had been uncovered, told his victim that he had seriously been working on exorcising the evil spirits from the two items but the spirits were so recalcitrant so he would need another bout of sex to speed up the process.

The victim, who had then become aware of the suspect’s intentions, informed the police who ambushed him.

At the appointed time, when Efe showed up, he was arrested and whisked to the Tesano Divisional Police Station where he admitted to the offence and handed over the camera and the laptop to the police.

A search through the camera showed nude photographs of several women suspected to be his victims.

ASP Kyeremeh said while the police was yet to charge him, a female caller who was later invited to the police station came to corroborate a similar event between her and the suspect.

The second victim told the police she had come to remit the suspect, adding that usually after their sex escapades and prayers, she remitted the sexy pastor for his effort in exorcising the so-called evil spirits which she was made to believe tormented her.

Comments (4)

|68.39.117.xxx |2011-12-22 15:14:14 Ebenezer John - Foolish people
Well, what says you. We're talking about Nigeria, and Nigerians here, people, anything goes in the name of religion. Seemingly reasonable people somehow acts quite foolishly. Gullibility is the order of the day, all for search for salvation and miracles. In Nigeria, you have them all. From the slapping bully pastor Adeboye to this dude with hyper active willy, and sticky fingers, they abound there in the country. The problems here is that the economic hardships ever so present everywhere in the country has beaten the people's brain into a marsh, they can not think independently anymore, instead, they run to Alfas, native doctors, pastors and many more for their daily lives problems. And of course these crooks realizes that they have a gold mine here so they take all the advantages possible, including bedding of numerous chicks, married or not, young and old, they are all for the takes. This behavior is so brazzen you then see a widely watched pastor standing there in the glare of the cameras, slapping a rather vulnerable young poor girl, right there in the openess of his mega church. With that, what else can be new in Nigeria. After all, the President and his deputy needs 1 billion Naira and more just to chop, abi not bi so? Ewuo.

NIGERIAN FRAUDSTERS ARRESTED IN INDIA

noreply@blogger.com (RedFactor) — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 01:34:00 -0800

Nigerian fraudsters arrested

KOLKATA: The CID have arrested two Nigerian fraudsters who allegedly swindled Rs 60 lakh from a Barasat-based student after allegedly promising to pay him Rs 3 crore as the cash prize of a lottery. Investigators confirmed that the Delhi duo is part of a dreaded Nigerian lottery fraud racket that works across the globe.
Police said Barasat-based student Nayan Mahajan received an email informing him that he had won a lottery. In subsequent correspondence, Nayan was assured of Rs 3 crore as prize money. For six months, Nayan kept in touch with the fraudsters through emails and phone calls. He was asked to pay Rs 60 lakh as 'processing fees'. Nayan's father Naren, a businessman, lives in Oman. To collect the entire amount, Nayan even sold some of his mother's jewellery.

But after transferring the amount in four installments, he did not get the prize money. He then realized that he had been duped and lodged a complaint with CID. The cheating and fraud section of CID initiated a probe. On tracking the phone numbers of the callers, they traced Ositadinma Peter and Enenemm Ebuka to Delhi. Police said both came to India as students and later turned fraudsters.
Kolkata Police had earlier rounded up four Nigerians for a similar offence. Police have also seized some documents and laptops from the accused duo and are now looking for their aides.

RED FACTOR SAYS; NIGERIANS NEED TO COOLDOWN, Bad money is no longer an enviable option. Comon guyss, not in India.

Nigerian Court convicts American of Money Laundering: he Forfeits $17,080

noreply@blogger.com (RedFactor) — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 01:26:00 -0800

Nigerian Court convicts American of Money Laundering: he Forfeits $17,080

Written by Elombah.com

Thursday, 22 December 2011 23:54

A Nigerian court has convicted an American, Parker Damian George of money laundering and ordered a forfeiture of 40 percent of the total sum found on him at the point of arrest. George was charged before the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos and found guilty by Justice Mohammed Idris under the Money Laundering Prohibition Act, 2011 which stipulated that any person who falsely declares or fails to make a declaration to the Nigerian Customs Service pursuant to section 12 of

the Foreign Exchange (Monitoring and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, commits an offence and shall be liable on conviction to forfeit not less that 25% of the undeclared funds or negotiable instrument or to imprisonment of not less than two years.

The charge against Parker George read in part ; that on or about November 30th 2011 at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos within the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court failed to make a declaration of the sum of USD 42,700 (Forty two thousand and seven hundred dollars) which you were transporting from Nigeria to the United States of America to the Nigerian Customs Service as required under section 2(3) of the Money Laundering Act of 2011 and Section 12 of the Foreign Exchange (Monitoring and Miscellaneous Provision) Act Cap. F3, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria and thereby committed an offence punishable under section 2(5) of the Money Laundering Act of 2011.

Parker Damian George was arrested on the 29th November, 2011 during a secondary check at the boarding gate with Forty two thousand and seven

hundred United States Dollar ($42,700) by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agent and was handed over to the EFCC for prosecution.

Consequent upon this, as a first offender without previous criminal record, the court ordered that Parker should forfeit 40 percent of the total undeclared sum of found on him at the point of arrest at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.

|99.96.90.xxx |2011-12-24 05:52:33 Innocent Osunwa
This court is simply trying to rob shoulders with American courts by simply making a citizen of the U.S. a scapegoat. Where is the forty percent of Parker Damian's hard earned currency going to? Probably, the amount will be shared by some animals in the system, with no accountability. Parker Damian's offense does not warrant the seizure of any amount of his money: He should be allowed to part with his own money, 100%, unless he failed to disclose the source. Even then, he should be granted amnesty