Dipo Dina : Police nab suspects – Vanguard
February 25, 2010 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
The Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of zone II, comprising Lagos and Ogun states, Mr. Azubuko Udah, yesterday disclosed that the police had effected the arrest of an unspecified number of persons, in connection with the murder of the late Dina Dipo.
N620bn bailout: Court strikes out Rep’s suit against Sanusi – The Punch
February 24, 2010 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday struck out a suit by the leader of the members of the Action Congress in the House of Representatives, Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila, challenging the propriety of the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Lamido Sanguine, to disburse a N620bn to some ailing banks as bailout funds.
Start electoral review with Iwu’s removal, AC tells Jonathan – The Punch
February 22, 2010 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
The Action Congress on Sunday urged Acting President Goodluck Jonathan to immediately remove the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Maurice Iwu.
The party in a statement issued in Lagos by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said Iwu had become a danger not only to Nigeria’s democracy but to the country’s stability, unity and peace.
Nigerian-Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Inducts New Members
February 22, 2010 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
Fifty new individual and corporate members were yesterday presented with membership certificates by the Nigerian-Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NICCI) during a welcome ceremony held at the Petroleum Club, Ikoyi, Lagos.
Indomie Fetes Dealers, Rewards Performance
February 19, 2010 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
In demonstration of its appreciation of the contributions of dealers and distributors across the country to the successes and growth of its business in 2009, No. 1 noodles Brand, Indomie has concluded plans to fete and reward them.
US trains Nigerian Navy on search, rescue – The Punch
February 16, 2010 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
The United States Naval Forces have completed the training of a detachment of the Nigerian Navy on Visit Board Search and Rescue to strengthen naval operations along Nigeria’s coast.
Commanding Officer of the US Naval Forces, Cdr. Chucks Sellers, who stated this to the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos on Monday, said that the three-day training was held between last week Friday and Sunday.
Failed banks: Obieri, 6 others challenge EFCC’s action – Vanguard
February 16, 2010 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
Former chairman of the Intercontinental Bank Plc, Chief Raymond Obieri, and six other former Directors of the Bank, who are facing corrupt charges preferred against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, before a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, have challenged the amended charge brought against them by the commission.
Ijebu-Ode stands still for Dipo Dina – Tribune
February 12, 2010 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
Ijebu-Ode one of the commercial nerve centres of Ogun State, on Thursday, temporarily stood still as the body of the slain Action Congress (AC) governorship candidate in the 2007 elections in the state, Chief Adedipupo Dina, arrived the town in a motorcade from Lagos.
Akingbola: Court rules on request to stop EFCC March 1 – The Nation
February 11, 2010 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
A Federal High Court in Lagos has fixed March 1 for ruling an the application filed by the former Managing Director of Intercontinental Bank Plc, Dr Erastus Akingbola, seeking to void the court’s earlier order which empowered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to freeze his accounts and confiscate his assets.
At memorial, Fashola, Tinubu, others laud Beko – The Guardian
February 11, 2010 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola, his predecessor, Bola Tinubu, as well as several rights activists and groups yesterday marked the fourth year memorial anniversary of the late medical doctor and human rights activist, Beko Ransome-Kuti, in Lagos.
