Three years after he was accused of killing, Titilayo, his banker wife, Akolade Arowolo has been sentenced to death by hanging. Arowolo… the alleged killer The trial judge, Justice Lateefa Okunnu of an Ikeja High Court while delivering her judgment, Friday, found Arowolo guilty on a one-count charge of murder. Read More »
The decision to suspend the Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Sanusi Lamido was based on a report of the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria dated June 7, 2013. The report was made after a review of Sanusi’s response to the query issued to him by the President over the apex bank’s financial statement of 2012. His response was dated May ... Read More »
The 24-year-old Nigeria international, who was named 2014 CHAN most valuable player has expressed his delight after completing a move to the Brazilians New Mamelodi Sundowns signee Ejike Uzoenyi has expressed excitement at joining up with the South African Premier League outfit on a four-year contract. The Nigeria international had earlier rejected a move to team up with Romanian club FC Vaslui that offered him a ... Read More »
Daughter of former Lagos State Governor and the state’s market leader, Folashade Tinubu-Ojo, has said she never demanded the All Progressives Congress membership card from traders as a prerequisite to reopening the Abibatu Mogaji Model Market in Lagos. A statement by her media consultant, Gboyega Akosile, on Thursday added that no money was demanded from the traders before the market ... Read More »
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 »
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