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By Temitayo   /   Josephine Orji won a gold medal in women’s power-lifting +86 kg category for Nigeria’s 8th gold medal at the Rio Paralympics Games on Wednesday. The Orji’s victory gave Nigeria its 11th medal at the Games, where it is taking part in three sports only. Best prices of phones, accessories & gadgets on PricePadi.com The 37-year-old Nigerian lifted 154kg to win her medal, while she lifted 160kg to set new world and Games records in the event. Marzena Zieba of Poland won the silver medal with a lift of 134kg, while Melaica Tuinfort of The Netherlands won the bronze medal by lifting 130kg. (NAN)

By Temitayo   /   The four companies charged alongside a former Special Adviser on Domestic Affairs to ex-President Jonathan, Waripamo Dudafa, and two others with money laundering have pleaded guilty to the offence. The four companies pleaded guilty to conspiring with Dudafa and the two others to launder a sum of $15, 591,700 before a Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday. The companies are: Pluto Property and Investment Company Limited; Seagate Property Development & Investment Co. Limited; Trans Ocean Property and Investment Company Limited; and Avalon Global Property Development Company Limited. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had since frozen the $15.6m found in the four companies’ accounts in Skye Bank. But wife of ex-President Jonathan, Patience, has sued the EFCC and Skye Bank

By Temitayo   /   Reports have revealed that former First lady, Patience Jonathan is planning a lawsuit against EFCC following the seizure of $15 million found in the accounts of four companies that are currently under investigation for fraud. According to BBC, the antigraft agency has confirmed to them that Mrs Jonathan will be taking them to court for seizing the money which she has since claimed ownership of. In a letter with reference number GA/Abibo/00226/2016 and written by her lawyers, Granville Abibo (SAN) and Co, and addressed to the Acting Chairman of the EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, Patience Jonathan had said the $15 million seized by the antigraft agency was for her medical bills and other personal expenses.

The President Muhammadu Buhari administration has said it had revived the e-wallet system for fertilizer allocation and distribution, a year after suspending it. President Buhari and Jonathan   Speaking to newsmen on Wednesday after the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting at the presidential villa, Abuja, the Minister of Agriculture, Audu Ogbeh, disclosed that the President Buhari administration had revived the e-wallet system for fertiliser allocation and distribution, a year after suspending it.   According to Premium Times , the minister who made the announcement said the policy would however be modified to address the challenges that made it unsustainable.   At the meeting, which held as the National Bureau of Statistics confirmed the nation was in recession, the government also approved a borrowing plan and solid minerals initiatives to stimulate the economy.   But the decision to restart the e-wallet fertilizer scheme represent

By Temitayo   /   Following the launch of the ‘Change Begins With Me’ campaign in Abuja yesterday by President Muhammadu Buhari, Nigerians have taken to social media to react to the campaign. See the reactions below I remember how change began with some people’s children being employed at CBN. That’s the kind of #ChangeBeginsWithMe that I want. You can’t promise me change and when I demand it from you tell me that #ChangeBeginsWithMe . If it begins with me, then why do I need you? — Reno Omokri (@renoomokri) September 8, 2016 When an incompetent government has run out of ways to blame its predecessors, it turns around and blames the masses. #ChangeBeginsWithMe — AYO SOGUNRO (@ayosogunro) September 9, 2016 #ChangeBeginsWithMe sounds like a scary Whitney Houston song for #Nigeria h/t @siobhan_ograd