Adedamola son of Nigeria Ambassador-designate to the US Professor Tunde Adediran was charged with rape in the US. It happened in Maryland, and he is now charged with gang_raping three women in the city of Baltimore, according to ABC_2 News, a local Baltimore television station. However Prof. Adeniran in Nigeria confirmed that Adedamola is his son but feigned ignorance of the rape charges.

By Tony Edike ENUGU – SEVENTEEN Governorship aspirants of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Anambra State have been disqualified while 31 others have been given a clean bill to contest the October 2, 2009 gubernatorial primary election of the party. Top on the list of aspirants who were unable to pass the screening were […]

THE State Security Service (SSS) paraded, in Abuja, yesterday, three undergraduates of the University of Abuja and a suspected fraudster who allegedly attempted to kidnap two ministers in order to demand N300 million ransom, and force the Federal Government to sign an agreement with ASUU ending the on-going strike action.

THE Central Bank (CBN) has vowed that it would not allow the ownership of the five rescued banks return to their former owners and also listed the criteria to be met by new core investors seeking majority holdings in the banks.

AMIDST tears, the body of the late legal icon and human rights activist, Chief Gani Fawehinmi, was committed to mother earth yesterday at his Oka palatial building beside his late mother, Alhaja Munirat Fawehinmi, in Ondo town.

FORMER Managing Directors and Chief Executive Officers of three banks — Mrs Cecilia Ibru (Oceanic Bank Plc); Mr. Sebastian Adigwe (Afribank Plc) and Bartholomew Ebong (Union Bank of Nigeria Plc) and three others were yesterday granted bail by a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, in the total sum of N1.8 billion.

Mrs Cecilia Ibru, former Managing Director and Chief Executive Officers of Oceanic Bank; Mr Sebastian Adigwe of Afribank Plc and Bartholomew Ebong of Union Bank of Nigeria and three others, were today granted bail by a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, in the sum of N1.8billion.

THE management of the Central Bank (CBN) is considering three options to recapitalise the country’s five troubled banks.

A TOTAL of 140 Directors, representing 28.8% of the present 486 in the Federal Civil Service, are affected by the ongoing reforms in the service limiting the tenure of such cadre of officers and permanent secretaries to eight years.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, yesterday denied that it has cleared some former governors that have been under investigation.

A week after the renown human rights activist and legal practitioner, Chief Ganiyu Oyesola Fawehinmi passed on, there are agitations over the big vacuum left behind by the man described as a man of many parts.

THE Federal Government has rejected a request by Britain for release of evidence needed for further investigation and prosecution of three Nigerian ex-governors in a London court.

FOUR weeks after the Central Bank (CBN) sacked the chief executives and executive directors of five banks and injected N420 billion into the banks, Vanguard can authoritatively disclose that the banks needed just N100 billion financial assistance to stabilise their operations and not the whooping N420 billion injected by the apex bank.

Retired Chief Justice of the Nigeria, Justice Muhammed Lawal Uwais, yesterday, revealed how the late human rights activist, Chief Gani Fawehinmi (SAN), based on his strong principles, turned down his advice to take the national honour bestowed on him by the Federal Government.

JUDGES, lawyers in their robes, human rights activists and other eminent personalities, yesterday, paid their last respects to the late legal icon and social crusader, Chief Gani Fawehinmi (SAN) at his lying-in-state at his new Alausa, Ikeja corporate office on the second day of his funeral rites which will culminate on September 15 with his interment.