Sanusi battles terrorism sponsorship charges

Lagos - The legal battle between the suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Mallam Sanusi Lamido, and the Federal Government has taken a new twist as government says the embattled governor is being investigated for allegedly sponsoring terrorist acts perpetrated by the Boko Haram Sect.

SSS arrests Catholic priest, monarch, others over child theft

The State Security Service, Akwa Ibom State Command, on Tuesday paraded a Catholic priest with St. Peters Parish, Anambra State, Joseph Okon; a traditional ruler, Chief Uchenna Onyekaozuru; and 18 others over child theft.

Deputy Director, Operations, Mr. Fubara Duke, told newsmen during a press conference in Uyo that eight children had been rescued from the suspects.

Samsung Galaxy Tab4 arrives in 7, 8 and 10-inch sizes

The Samsung Galaxy Tab4 is a new line of quad-core Android tablets in a range of sizes.

The new Samsung Galaxy Tab4 10.1 tablet.

UNBELIEVABLE: SSS Accuses Sanusi Of Financing Terrorism

The Department of State Security Service, SSS, has accused the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Lamido Sanusi of financing terrorism.

* President Goodluck Jonathan, left, and former CBN Governor, Sanusi

Singer Waje Preaches Against ‘S*x Before Marriage’

 Singer Waje has joined those that preach against 'sex before marriage'. Waje who has a 15-year-old daughter was impregnated and abandoned by the baby father. She was really hurt but she says she is now a gladiator who has since moved on!

2015: Why Jonathan Will Never Be Re-elected – Melaye

The executive secretary of Anti-Corruption Network and former member of the House of Representatives, Hon Dino Melaye has said that the “tenancy” of President Goodluck Jonathan at the Presidential Villa, Abuja would expire on May 29, 2015 and that it would never be renewed due to the monumental failures of his administration.

Melaye made the assertion in Abuja, yesterday while speaking with LEADERSHIP. He said that the massive corruption which has characterised Jonathan’s administration was unparalleled in the history of the country and that under Jonathan’s leadership corruption has become a way of life.

Court jails man two years for stealing phones

An Ebute Meta Magistrate’s court has sentenced 22-year-old Abdularamoni Jamiu to two years in prison with hard labour, after he pleaded guilty to the offence of stealing.

The convict, who had no fixed address, was arraigned on three counts.

He was, however, convicted on one of the charges –  stealing a BlackBerry phone, a Nokia phone and the sum of N22, 000 – from one Zuliat Ojubanire.

The police said the incident happened on March 15, 2014, while the victim was waiting to join a vehicle to her office, at Costain Round-About, Surulere, Lagos State.

It was learnt that Jamiu was among 12 hoodlums who attacked  the victim and others in the area around 5am.

Atiku hails Obasanjo for forgiving him

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has welcomed the olive branch extended to him by former President Olusegun Obasanjo and urged Nigerians to imbibe the spirit of forgiveness in the interest of national unity.

Police rearrest pastor for raping 12-year-old

The entrance of the toilet. Inset: The victim

The Lagos State Police Command has rearrested a 40-year-old pastor, Alasco Sobowale, for allegedly raping a 12-year-old girl in Epe area of the state.

Police authorities said the suspect, who is a pastor at Okiki Imole Church, Epe, was rearrested on Thursday at his home located at 10, Togodo Street, Temu Town.

The police had arrested Sobowale on

Fuel scarcity to persist till mid April

Motorists in a queue at a filling station in Lagos.
| credits: Segun Bakare

The scarcity of petrol across the country is assuming a new dimension with the product selling above the official regulated pump price due to a combination of factors, DAYO OKETOLA writes

The fuel shortage that has engulfed the country in the past one month may not improve until the middle or end of April as many marketers are currently finding it difficult to finance the import allocations they recently got from the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency.

Our correspondent gathered on Sunday that a significant number of the independent marketers, who got import allocations from the PPPRA, were finding it difficult to finance them as banks had refused to raise Letters of Credit for them.

Wizkid’s Baby Mama Shares New PHOTOS

Music star, Wizkid's baby mama, Oluwanishola Ogudugu has shared new photos of her looking hot in her white body-fitting dress.

Sola as she's called, a graduate of the Houdegbe North American University Cotonou, Benin Republic welcomed her son for Wizkid in in 2011.

One dies as police, OPC clash in Lagos

Members of the Oodua People’s Congress and policemen clashed at the Tolu Police Division, Ajegunle, Lagos State on Saturday evening.

One member of the OPC, identified as Dauda Apampa, lost his life, while a police corporal, identified simply as Emeka, sustained gunshot in the incident.

PUNCH Metro learnt that the fracas was caused by a disagreement over the release of an unidentified man from OPC’s custody.

It was learnt that prior to the fracas, the man at the centre of the disagreement had been

NATIONAL CONFAB: Muslim Group Accuses CAN Of Selfishness

The Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, has accused the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, of selfishness and warned it to stop poke-nosing into the affairs of Muslims in the country.

NATIONAL CONFAB: Muslim Group Accuses CAN Of Selfishness

The Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, has accused the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, of selfishness and warned it to stop poke-nosing into the affairs of Muslims in the country.

The group was responding to comments by the secretary-general of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Musa Asake, who accused the Sultan of Sokoto, the spiritual leader of all Muslims in Nigeria, of leading a delegation of Muslims to President Jonathan on Wednesday, 26 March, attempting to polarise the country along religious lines.

APC Settles On Buhari And Tinubu As Presidential And VP Candidates

The leadership of the opposition All Progressives Congress may have decided on Major-General Muhammadu Buhari and Senator Bola Tinubu as party's presidential and vice-presidential candidates, This Day reports citing 'reliable party sources'.

Rotimi Amaechi, Senator Bola Tinubu and Major-General Muhammadu Buhari

“Cocoa Na Chocolate” ft. Fally Ipupa, Femi Kuti and more!

“Cocoa Na Chocolate” ft. Fally Ipupa, Femi Kuti and more! D’Banj has dropped what could be the biggest collaboration on the continent. His new song “Cocoa Na Chocolate” features 19 African artists from 11 countries. The song is aimed at supporting ONE.org’s new campaign. D’banj, who is the ambassador for ONE, has featured Dama Do Bling (Mozambique), Diamond (Tanzania), Dontom (Nigeria), Fally Ipupa (DRC), Femi Kuti (Nigeria), Judith Sephuma (South Africa) 

Nollywood Actress, Foluke Daramola & Her Husband Express Their Love

Nollywood Actress, Foluke Daramola & Her Husband Express Their Love

Nollywood actress, Foluke Daramola and her husband, Kayode Salako who recently celebrated their one year wedding anniversary are so in love and wants the world to know it.

The Photo below of Nollywood actress, Foluke Daramola and her husband, Kayode Salako, expressing their love has gone viral.

It would be recalled that Foluke's marriage to her husband was trailed with a lot of controversies from claims that she was responsible for wrecking her husband's 13 years old marriage, to using charm 'juju' to snatch him away from his ex-wife and mother of his kids, Olubukola, a Pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God.

The busty actress who was married to her ex-husband, Tunde Sobowale, son of Ex- Lagos State Commissioner for Education, Prof. Sobowale and blessed with kids in an interview said that she was aware her husband was

Man burnt to death by a mysterious fire in Akwa Ibom

The residents of Ikot Oku Mfang in Abak Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom were shocked when they found out what happened to their 46-year-old neighbour.

The man, identified as Mfon Daniel Nduke, was roasted alive by a mysterious fire in his own apartment. Property worth millions of naira was also destroyed in the incident.

According to witnesses, the fire started at about 9 pm and burnt the victim completely. 

An elder brother of the victim and owner of the building said the cause of the fire was still a mystery.

Soldiers on duty Prevent Deadly Attack in FCT

Kurudu, FCT - Soldiers on duty have prevented the attack of suspected Boko Haram insurgents on the Nigerian Army post service estate in Kurudu, a satellite town in the Federal Capital Territory.

According to military intelligence sources, on Sunday, the soldiers on duty spotted a suspicious-looking individual who was taking photographs of the estate from various strategic points. The suspect was dropped off close to the gate by some persons from an expensive car.

The suspect did not know he was being watched by the soldiers until they arrested him.

Gay marriage ban ending in England and Wales on Saturday

LONDON — Partners for nearly a decade, Sarah Keith and Emma Powell are moving next month from their native England to New York. But first, they have an important piece of business to take care of: their wedding.

“We’re quite calm about it,” Powell said Friday as she strolled the coastal streets of Brighton with 24 hours to go before “I do” time. “We’re not bridezillas.”

.England, too, has been quite calm about their wedding, even though it marks the sort of transformational moment that has both cheered and horrified people worldwide in recent years.

With the stroke of midnight, same-sex couples were, for the first time, permitted to marry in England and Wales, and many did in middle-of-the-night celebrations. The weddings united same-sex partners who have for a decade been allowed to form civil partnerships, but until now have been prohibited from tying the knot.