I robbed to raise N45,000 surgery bill – Suspect

A suspected armed robber arrested by security operatives attached to Ndiegoro Police Division in Aba, the commercial hub of Abia State, has said that the quest for money to pay his medical bill led him into armed robbery.

The suspect, identified as Ifeanyi Chukwundukwe, and other members of his gang allegedly robbed a betting shop (BET9JA) at No. 21, Ogechi Street, Aba on several occasions.

Dele Giwa’s assassination: The verdict of history

October 19 this year marks the 30th anniversary of the gory assassination of Dele Giwa, the first Editor-in-Chief of Newswatch, Nigeria’s path-breaking newsmagazine. Dele’s life was cynically shortened by the novel method of a parcel bomb that was delivered to his house at No. 25 Talabi Street, Ikeja, Lagos on Sunday October 19, 1986 at mid-day.

Obanikoro: I gave Fayose $5.37m cash for Ekiti poll

DETAINED former Minister of State (Defence) Musiliu Obanikoro has implicated Governor Ayodele Fayose in the probe of the N4.745billion wired to a company by the Office of the National Security Adviser(ONSA).
The cash was wired to Sylva Mcnamara, which has been linked to Obanikoro within seven months in 2014.
Sen. Obanikoro said of the cash, N2.23billion was transferred to Fayose.
He handed Fayose $5,377,000 in cash and N1.3billion was received by the governor’s associate, Mr. Abiodun Agbele.

Mum, two kids die in Ibadan accident

Four people, including a mother and her two children, were killed yesterday when an articulated vehicle lost control  at Ojaoba, Ibadan, Oyo State capital, and ran into them. Four people were also injured.
Eyewitnesses said the incident occurred at 7.45 am, adding that the truck, registered as AGL883XQ, swerved to the other side, colliding with parked cars and tricycles picking up passengers.
The truck driver, according to reports, came to Beere to offload cement, and later  faced Oja’ba towards Molete when its brake failed.

Employer drugs, rapes 14-year-old in Lagos

The police in Lagos State have arrested a man, identified only as Nathaniel, for allegedly drugging and raping his 14-year-old housemaid in the Ikotun area of the state.

NEWS MEN learnt that Nathaniel, who stayed on Ajisegiri Street, in the Egbe area, was arrested by the Ikotun Police Division on Sunday.

EFCC lied about my account balance — Fani-Kayode’s wife

The wife of a former Minister of Aviation, Mrs. Precious Fani-Kayode, has accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission of lying about her account balance.

Mrs. Fani-Kayode was on Monday detained for four hours in the Ado Ekiti branch of Access Bank on the instruction of the EFCC.

Obanikoro admits giving N2.3bn to Gov Fayose

A  former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, has told the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission that he gave the sum of N2.3bn to the Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, in the run-up to the Ekiti State governorship election in 2014.

Obanikoro was said to have also told operatives that N60m was converted to dollars at N168 per to a dollar and given to Fayose.