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.

Just as the funeral rites of the late legal luminary and human rights activist, Chief Gani Fawehinmi (SAN) who died last Saturday, began yesterday at his Ikeja, Lagos residence, his eldest son, Mohammed told Vanguard exclusively among others, that the man known as the Senior Advocate of the Masses, SAM, bought his own casket about six years ago, even before he was diagnosed of cancer of the lungs, which eventually led to his death.