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Zenith Bank Can’t Deny Funding My Election – Fayose

Posted by admin Ekiti, Headlines, Raw Politics, State News Thursday, June 23rd, 2016

-Saharareporters Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, has challenged the management of Zenith Bank Plc to officially deny that the bank funded his election in 2014. Fayose was reacting to a media reports saying the bank has denied the funding his election. Speaking through his Chief Press Secretary, Idowu Adelusi, on Thursday, the governor said: “I stand by […]

Reavealed: How Gov. Fayose begged Zenith Bank to cover up the source of his election slush funds from Dasuki

Posted by admin Corruption Politics, Ekiti, General Politics, Governors, Headlines, Raw Politics, State News Thursday, June 23rd, 2016

-Sahararepoters Embattled Ekiti State governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, begged Zenith Bank Plc to save him when he discovered that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) was closing in on him. The EFCC, on Monday, froze two personal accounts of the governor and one belonging to his company, Spotless Investments, in the course of its investigations into […]

My election funded by Zenith Bank, donations – Fayose

Posted by admin Corruption Politics, EFCC Politics, Headlines, State News Wednesday, June 22nd, 2016

Embattled Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has denied ever receiving any funds in any form from the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) under Col Sambo Dasuki (rtd) or the former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, for the purpose of his 2014 election campaign. In a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Idowu Adelusi, Mr. Fayose said his election was funded by Zenith Bank Plc, fundraising, donations from friends […]

N260bn NDDC budget tears Reps apart

Posted by admin Headlines, House, Legislature, Niger Delta Tuesday, June 21st, 2016

Ibim Semenitari John Ameh, Abuja Members of the House of Representatives Committee on Niger Delta Development Commission on Tuesday expressed disgust over the sitting of most of the agency’s projects in the constituency of the Chairman of the committee, Mr. Nicholas Mutu. The commmision’s Acting Managing Director, Mrs. Ibim Semenitari, had presented a 2016 budget […]

Lagos signs smart city deal with Dubai

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, State News Tuesday, June 21st, 2016

Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Steve Ayorinde Samson Folarin The Lagos State Government has signed an investment deal with the City of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The deal is expected to bring multi-billion dollar investments to Lagos, create thousands of jobs and transform the state, a statement by the Commissioner for Information and […]

Buhari names Idris acting IGP (Another northerner to key position)

Posted by admin Headlines, Nigerian Police Tuesday, June 21st, 2016

Olalekan Adetayo and Adelani Adepegba president Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday appointed an Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris, as the acting Inspector-General of Police. The appointment was contained in a statement made available to journalists by the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina. Idris succeeds Solomon Arase who proceeds on […]

Osun hijab crisis: Muslim clerics storm school to enforce court judgment

Posted by admin Headlines, Osun, State News Monday, June 20th, 2016

CONTROVERSY trailing the recent Osun State High Court judgment, which permits female Muslim students to wear hijab in public schools, took a new dimension on Monday when some Muslim clerics in Osun state stormed St. Charles High School in Osogbo and Ife Oluwa Middle Schools to enforce the implementation of the ruling. Nigerian Tribune […]

Justice Niki Tobi dies at 76

Posted by admin Headlines Monday, June 20th, 2016

Former Supreme Court judge, Justice Niki Tobi, has died at the age of 76. Tobi, who was also a former deputy vice-chancellor of the University of Maiduguri, died at the National Hospital in Abuja, it was gathered. The late justice was appointed to the Supreme Court in 2002 and spent eight years at the apex […]

Fire guts Lagos Airport Hotel

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, State News Monday, June 20th, 2016

Afeez Hanafi The Lagos Airport Hotel in Ikeja was gutted by fire on Monday with valuables worth ‎millions of naira destroyed. PUNCH Metro learnt that the inferno resulted from a surge in the electrical installations at a section of the Banquet Hall around 5am before it extended to the other parts. Combined efforts of the the […]

A friend told me my husband sleeps with other women in the back of his car

Posted by admin Headlines Monday, June 20th, 2016

A 44-year-old teacher has dragged her husband before a Lagos Island customary court over allegations of infidelity. The compainant, Tinuola Oyetunde, had accused her husband, Wale, of having extramarital affairs. She told the court that she had caught her husband several times with other women. “I normally see him at a popular bar on our […]