By Femi Fani-Kayode O Godwin, where are your backers, protectors and soldiers today? You enjoyed the ride and thought it would last forever. Yet now it’s all over. The hunter has become the hunted and the tormentor has become the tormented. The troubler of Nigeria is now the troubled and the source of our collective pain and tears will himself feel pain and shed tears. How great and mighty is our God and how faithful He is to His promise and to His word. O Godwin, with your cheap green tie, fading suit and wry smile you poked your greedy,…
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At last, DSS Confirms Emefiele’s Arrest The Department of State Services (DSS) has finally confirmed that Godwin Emefiele, suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), is in its custody. Emefiele was picked up by the secret police after he was removed from the top job by a presidential order that came through the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation. However, in a statement on Saturday, Peter Afunanya, spokesman of the agency, confirmed that Emefiele is in custody. “The Department of State Services (DSS) hereby confirms that Mr Godwin Emefiele, the suspended Governor of the…
DSS Denies Emefiele’s Arres The Department of State Services (DSS) has denied widespread claims that it has the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, in its custody. Reports from of Emefiele’s arrest were widely shared online, moments after his suspension was made public on Friday evening. However, in response to the reports, DSS spokesman Peter Afunanya on Saturday said in a terse statement, “Currently, Emefiele is not with the DSS.” The Director of Information, Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation Willie Bassey in a statement on Friday, announced Emefiele’s suspension. “President…
A chef identified as Damilola Adeparusi has begun a 120-hour cooking marathon in Oye Local Government Area in Ekiti State. On Friday, videos of her cooking attempt to set a new Guinness World Record cook-a-thon competition went viral. A tweep, Dami Dami, wrote in Pidgin English, “You wan break cooking record you dey off gas for 1hr to pick beans. Who no wise na hin fasting dey stress true true.” Another tweep, Mr. Dapsyn, wrote, “Una no see another record break again than cooking ni? Anyways, Aunty Dami I hear say you off gas to cook pick beans.” “Why did…
On Friday, Naira saw a significant decline in the value of the naira against the dollar at the Investors and Exporters window, where N472.50 was exchanged for one dollar. When compared to the N469.50 it swapped for the dollar on Thursday, the local currency recorded a 0.64 percent decline. The open indicative rate closed at N471.32 to the dollar on Friday. An exchange rate of N477 to the dollar was the highest rate recorded within the day’s trading before it settled at N472.50. The Naira sold for as low as 460 to the dollar within the day’s trading.…
Former governor Abdullahi Ganduje, has said he would have able to smack Engr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso if they had crossed paths at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. On Friday, Kwankwaso met with President Bola Tinubu in Aso Rock, according to Daily Trust. While briefing State House reporters after a meeting with Tinubu on the security situation in Kano State following the demolition exercise embarked upon by the administration of Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf, Ganduje expressed displeasure. “I know he is in the building but we have not met. Probably if we met, maybe I could have slapped him.” Ganduje…
Oil marketers are currently converting some of their trucks to start supplying gas to filling stations in order to dispense Compressed Natural Gas to vehicles that run on gas. It was gathered on Thursday that about 800 tankers that formerly transported petrol to filling stations, were being converted by marketers to start moving gas to retail outlets. The marketers also told our correspondent that they were now collocating CNG dispensing pumps in selected filling stations that dispensed Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol. They stated that the move gained momentum after the halt in PMS subsidy by the Federal Government,…
The suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, is reportedly facing a probe by the Department of State Services (DSS) and other security agencies over alleged terrorism financing and other financial atrocities. Emefiele who was suspended indefinitely by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Friday has according to some unconfirmed reports been arrested by operatives of the DSS. The DSS had gone to court to secure an order to effect Emefiele’s arrest for alleged terrorism financing while there were repeated attempts to arrest and persecute him while ex-President Muhammadu Buhari was in office. Some of the yet-to-be-proven…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has suspended the Central Bank Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, CFR, from office with immediate effect. This is contained in a statement by Willie Bassey, Director, IInformation office of Secretary to the Government of the Federation. This is sequel to the ongoing investigation of his office and the planned reforms in the financial sector of the economy. Mr Emefiele has been directed to immediately hand over the affairs of his office to the Deputy Governor (Operations Directorate), who will act as the Central Bank Governor pending the conclusion of investigation and the reforms.
A Nigerian Chef lady, identified as Chef Damilola Adeparusi has set to break the Guinness World Record for 100 hours cooking record set by the famous Chef Hilda Baci, in Lagos. The young chef Damilola who camp in from Ekiti state had already harvested 15 hours’ worth of fish and made 12 different meals. Damilola has vowed to cook for 120 hours non-stop to set a Guinness World Record. As of the time of filling this story, Damilola has already netted in 15hours and prepared 12 different foods. chef Dammy has set out to cook non-stop for 120 hours…
A sergeant in the Nigerian Army, was on Wednesday killed by a passenger train at the railway crossing at the PWD area of Ikeja, Lagos. The train was said to be on its way to Iddo in Lagos from Ibadan when it eventually rammed into the soldier who had attempted to smartly dash across the rail line on his bike. Wednesday’s incident is coming barely three months after a passenger train ran into a Lagos State government staff bus conveying workers and their families on the same spot. Six persons were killed and about 80 passengers injured in the unfortunate…
Manchester City striker Erling Haaland has revealed how concerned he was watching the team lose chances last season. Haaland netted 36 times for City as they went on to win the Premier League title for a third consecutive season. Speaking on Rio Ferdinand’s Between The Lines, Haaland said: “It’s a good thing to be good at tapping balls in. “Last season, I watched so many times when crosses would go through the whole box and no one was there. I was imagining myself being there and thinking I’d slide that in. “I was thinking of that when I came here.…