THE authoritiesof the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, yesterday said a 31-year- old officer of the agency, Emmanuel Ilori, who defiled his colleague’s nine-year-old daughter (names withheld) has been dismissed. Its Head of Operations in Ondo State, Sunday Ajayi, said the action of the officer was an embarrassment that should not be treated with levity. According to Ondo police image ... Read More »
A Zamfara High Court, sitting in Gusau, on Thursday adjourned a case of armed robbery and attempted murder preferred against Sen. Ahmed Yarima and 29 others to April 8. Yarima, a former governor of Zamfara, was arraigned in the court by the Inspector-General of Police on an eight-count charge of armed robbery, conspiracy and attempt to commit murder, among others. Yarima appeared ... Read More »
In between the storm generated by his letter to the president about unremitted revenues by NNPC, and as his tenure winds down, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi gave an extensive interview to Metropole. He discussed his stewardship, the controversies, his regrets, and his plans. Below are snippets from the explosive interview. For full version of the interview, check the print ... Read More »
Toba Falode has died. Toba, known professionally as Tyler Fray Faloda died over the weekend in a fatal car accident. The late budding musician and rapper was a student of a University in Dubai,he is the son of Aishat Ait Sports Editor c Read More »
Nigeria’s former Ambassador to Ghana and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, has condemned the forced closure of popular Lagos market, the Abibatu Mogaji Model Market in Iponri, in order to enforce traders’ registration with the All Progressives Congress. Obanikoro, in a statement on Wednesday, said it was heartless that the market was shut for 10 days ... Read More »
According to Premium Times Officials of the State Security Service, SSS, have seized the travelling documents of suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, shortly after he arrived Lagos from Niger, where he had gone to attend a meeting of governors of central banks in the West African sub-region. Shortly after his plane landed at ... Read More »
Governor Babatunde Fashola’s administration has banned indecent dressing among female public servants. All forms of dresses that expose breasts, contours and other sensitive female body parts have been outlawed. •Governor Fashola: Bans indecent dressing among female public servants The decision was taken as a result of worsening cases of indecent dressing among female public servants at the Lagos State Government ... Read More »
Mr. Godwin I. Emefiele serves as Chief Executive officer and Group Managing Director of Zenith Bank Plc. Mr. Emefiele served as Deputy Managing Director of Zenith Bank Plc. since 2001. He served as Executive Director in charge of Corporate Banking, Treasury, Financial Control and Strategic Planning of Zenith Bank Plc. and had been Management team since inception. Mr. Emefiele has ... Read More »
Nigeria’s central bank governor Lamido Sanusi has been suspended by the president for “financial recklessness and misconduct”. Mr Sanusi caused shockwaves in Nigeria when he alleged that $20bn (£12bn) in oil revenue had gone missing. Nigeria’s state oil firm has denied failing to account for the money, saying the claim was “unsubstantiated”. Mr Sanusi is widely respected after undertaking reforms ... Read More »
The fugitive claimed responsibility for the killing of a Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Sheikh Albani The leader of the extremist Boko Haram sect, Abubakar Shekau, has, in a video released to journalists, threatened more attacks against Nigeria, saying his members would target Nigeria’s sources of revenue, and her refineries. Mr. Shekau, a fugitive, who is wanted for terrorism by both Nigeria and ... Read More »
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