Aisha Buhari Sues Fayose

President Muhammadu Buhari’s wife, Aisha, has sued Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State for claiming that she was involved in the Halliburton corruption scandal.

Mr. Fayose had in June said Mrs. Buhari was the “Aisha Buhari” named in a U.S. court document, alleged to have been involved in a bribery case involving a convicted former U.S. lawmaker, Williams Jefferson.

The governor, in what appeared to be an error, referred to the scandal as the Halliburton corruption case. The Halliburton case is different from the Williams Jefferson scandal.

But Mr. Fayose insisted he was right despite Mrs. Buhari’s denial and threat of legal action,
The court summons, dated July 20, 2016, was exclusively made available to PREMIUM TIMES.
As governor, Mr. Fayose has constitutional immunity against criminal prosecution.
More details coming.

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"I Am Pro-Biafra" – Wole Soyinka

Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka has, again, explained his support for Biafran agitators.
Soyinka said the Igbo people have been so wronged that they have no choice than to consider opting out of Nigeria.

Prof. Soyinka spoke on Al Jazeera, yesterday where he shed light on his support for Biafra agitators.

“I am very much pro- Biafra because I recognise that the Igbo have been wronged desperately.
“They have been brutalised in a way that justifies their feeling that they were not part of the nation.
“Let me also say this, Biafrans are not entirely innocent in this affair. They were not, but the unleashing of such venom, such devastation on them as a people, was sufficient to justify their decision not to be part of the nation.
“I was pro-Biafran in the sense that I felt that they needed justice.”

Soyinka denied he was a troublemaker, especially in the Biafran crisis, but added, “I grew up in certain circumstances being very conscious politically, in this very Abeokuta; my mother was involved in the politics, my aunt, Mrs. Funmilayo Ransome Kuti was a leader…
“I grew up among political arguments on issues that concern humanity and I find that basically gravitated towards recognising the basic worth of human beings.
“Something I disagree when they call me a patriot because I don’t agitate on some certain entity called a nation; I agitate on humanity.”
He criticised the removal of History and teaching of the Biafran crisis in schools.
“Officials do not want to confront their own history, especially the history in the making of which they feel uncomfortable but, if you do not confront your past, you are going to mess up your future.”
On Boko Haram and the breakup of Nigeria, he said ironically, Boko Haram might be part of the reasons Nigeria may stay together.
Soyinka said a few years ago, he would have agreed that Nigeria would break, but, now that a section of the country is in trouble, there is some kind of pulling together. He added that the conscience of many Nigerian has been awakened such that they cannot abandon that section of the country.
He urged Nigerians to recognise the plurality of Nigeria, how it came together and begin to devise and adopt a method of governance which cannot only be of massive decentralisation. “That way, we can stay together. If we continue to have a centralist government, then, Nigeria is on the brink.”

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Breaking News: Kogi Varsity Students Shut Down Lokoja And All Roads Linking Other States (Photos)

Breaking News: The students Of Kogi State University Have
Taken To street Protest.
The State University has been shut down for three months with both The Government and ASUU KSU Chapter failing to reach an agreement. If You Intend to travel to the east Via the Lokoja route you may Spend more time as this protest has shut down all vehicular movements in the State Capital.

#ReOpenKSU  #SaveKSU 

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An Open Letter To Kogi State Government and ASUU KSU Chapter

Ma'Quin Sarah
3Months at Home we are Tired-Kogi State varsity students cries out its no news that Kogi state university have been on strike for almost 3 months now the ongoing strike has detroited the academic calendar of the institution aside that the strike have negative effect on students, it is said that an idle man is the devils workshop.
Incessant strike actions have paint a bad image of the school and the State at large. we were suppose to start our exams few days before the Academic Staff Union of the institution embarked on the strike and now we have been at home for long the school is lagging behind enormously and this is really bad 
we are tired of the slow system of the school the school embarked on an indefinite strike on the 14th of April 2016 because of salaries owed by the state government it is said that when two elephants fights it is the grass that suffers.
So on behalf of the entire students of Kogi state University we are pleading with the contending parties to embrace dialogue in the interest of the students and the suffering masses, whose livelihood depends on the functioning of the institution to please #ReopenKsu and save the future of the students

An Online Campaign is On and You can join this Campaign By Simply Posting #SaveKsu #ReOpenKsu 
Written by Maquin Sarah A Final Year Student Of The Institution!

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CBN Dissolves Skye Bank's management

Abuja - The Central Bank Of Nigeria has dissolved the board and management of Skye Bank.

The apex bank will partially take over the bank.

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Photos: Ex Miss Niger Delta Contestant Graduates With 1st Class From Cyprus University

A Nigerian student and a model has broken a record again. Blessing Pius by name is from Akwa- Ibom state but based in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. She contested for Miss Niger Delta 2010.
She graduated on the 1st day of July 2016 from the European University of Lefke, North Cyprus with a First Class honours. She studied Health Management.
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Lebanese dupes three Lagos customers

Samson Folarin

a Lebanese and bureau de change operator, Aly Sayad, has been accused of absconding with $487,700 (about N170m)  in the Victoria Island area of Lagos State.

It was learnt that three businessmen had approached the suspect in his office on Idowu Taylor Street, Victoria Island, to help them change $487,700 to naira.

He was alleged to have left the men in the office after collecting the money, saying he was going to the bank to transfer the naira equivalent to their various bank accounts.

After waiting for hours, the victims were said to have gone to the bank where Sayad claimed he was going to do the transaction, but could not find him.

He was alleged to have fled with the money.

The case was reported at the Bar Beach Police Division, where a manhunt was launched for the suspect.

A police source told PUNCH Metro that the incident happened on Tuesday, adding that the complainants approached the police after searching for Sayad for seven hours.

He said, “The three men actually met at the Lebanese man’s office where they gave him money totalling $487,700 which they wanted to change to naira. He told them to wait for him that he would be going to the bank to deposit the dollars and transfer the naira equivalent into their bank accounts.

“The three businessmen waited until banking hours were almost over. They decided to go and check him around 3pm, but they didn’t find him in the bank. After checking at other places without result, they reported the matter to the police.”

The Police Public Relations Officer, Dolapo Badmos, confirmed the incident, adding that nobody knew the address of the suspect.

Badmos, a Superintendent of Police, said, “We are on his trail. The unfortunate thing is that nobody knows his address. We have transferred the matter to the State Department of Criminal Investigation, Yaba, for further investigation. We will surely get him.”

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