Popular socialite,Lekan Olofinjana popularly known as Lekan Lokoso is out of prison.He was jailed in United States of America twenty years ago for drugs related offenses. According to a reliable source,who disclosed that Lekan who was jailed in 2003 regained his freedom on the 30th of October and he is currently with the American immigration…
LAWYERS across the country, yesterday, continued to proffer suggestions on how the country could wriggle out of the constitutional logjam occasioned by the death of Prince Abubakar Audu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Kogi State. Audu before his death was leading in the governorship election held on Saturday with over 40,000 votes…
Leader of the dreaded gang of bank robbers which had been terrorising commercial banks in Lagos and Ogun states in military uniforms has disclosed that his gang never intended to kill nine officials of the Department of State Service, DSS, who went missing last September. The suspect, identified as Kelly Fotor, an Ijaw native of…
Prince Abubakar Audu, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC in the just concluded Kogi state election which was declared inconclusive by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, reportedly died, on Sunday, 22nd November, 2015. Here is a brief biography of the deceased foremost Kogi politician that you need to know. 1 Prince…
The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared Saturday’s governorship election in Kogi State inconclusive. The Returning Officer of the election, Prof. Emmanuel Kucha, said the reason for the decision was because the number of votes cancelled was more than the number of votes with which the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Abubakar Audu, was…
Nemesis has finally caught up with five Fulani men suspected to be members of a notorious kidnapping and armed robbery gang who for years had terrorized Okeho and Iganna communities, in Iwajowa Local Government Area of Oyo State and environs. The suspects were arrested following reports of armed robbery and kidnapping of notable figures by…
A Federal High Court in Lagos last week entered judgment in favour of Diamond Bank in a N26.2bn debt recovery suit it filed against a businessman, Chief Sunny Odogwu, and his two companies, Robert Dyson & Diet Limited and SIO Properties Limited. The trial judge, Justice Saliu Saidu, granted Diamond Bank the leave to foreclose…
No fewer than 15 traditional rulers from four local government areas of Osun State stormed the office of Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company in Osogbo, to protest poor supply of electricity in their domains. According to a statement made available to our correspondent in Osogbo on Wednesday, the monarchs took the decision following threats of violence…
Barely 10 years after Nigeria exited from the Paris and London Clubs debt crises, the nation is back to public debt crisis, a Non-Government Organisation – Social Development Integrated Centre – and stakeholders have said. They spoke in Abuja on Tuesday at a forum titled Promoting Accountability in the Management of Public Debt convened by…
President Mohammdu Buhari Tueday night ordered for the arrest of the former National Security Adviser, NSA, Col. Sambo Dasuki over the misappropriation of monies for the procurement of arms. The arrest order was also extended to several others who were found culpable in the saga. The development was sequel to the release of the interim…
