Sanusi and the cover-up syndrome

Nothing has been more gratifying in recent times to many Nigerians than the dethronement of the man who went about as if he were the ‘Emir’ of the Nigerian financial instituions, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi. As Mr Adebayo Adeleke, General Secretary, Independent Shareholders Association of Nigeria (ISAN), said in a report filed by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) and relayed on several news outlets, Sanusi’s suspension was long over-due. According to NAN, Adeleke also said that Sanusi’s tenure as Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor should be investigated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

EXPOSED: The Many Fraud and Financial Recklessness that got Sanusi Fired

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 The decision to suspend the Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Sanusi Lamido was based on a report of the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria dated June 7, 2013. The report was made after a review of Sanusi’s response to the query issued to him by the President over the apex bank’s financial statement of 2012. His response was dated May 20, 2013. According to a copy of the report obtained by our correspondent on Thursday, the council indicates that the explanation provided by the suspended CBN governor is “a clear display of incompetence, nonchalance, fraud, wastefulness, and abuse of due process and deliberate efforts to misrepresent facts on the part of the leadership of the CBN.”

Atiku Abubakar joins Instagram today

Nigeria's Former Vice-President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar today joined the Instagram Social Media Network. Atiku could be quoted as making this promise some weeks ago in the wake of the New Year while sharing his Thoughts and Opinions on Nigeria, Politics, Elections and Social Media. "Looking back it has been an interesting ride. I’ve met and interacted with a lot of interesting people, endured a lot of hostility, and generally learnt a great deal.

True story! Rough edge to good life by simpa samson

Two things make someone tell their story. Either regret or happy ending mine happen to be both. It all started some 25years ago in the rough street of Lagos, after I lost my both parent to a motor accident. My world came crumbling down. They were my all, I never lack and never beg, so leaving that height to the lowest point was something no one will wish to pass through. I started eating from hand to mouth, eating from the waste bin of other people, and begging on the street. Life was not easy, I had to put up with fight, injuries and rape so as to stay alive and get shelter over my head. I was raped four times on the street on different occasion. One particular time, I was raped by six area boys. The most horrific scene in my life. After years of being a street kid, I eventually ended up as a club dancer. Well dancing was one talent God gave me, the unfortunate thing was that I had to use it to put food on my table the wrong way. Dancing in the club, came with me sleeping with some rich guys in order to earn more money to sustain my life. Abortion was like a regular thing for me, because I can't get pregnant except I don't want to eat. A colleague of mine introduced me to drugs, so I became addicted, and this drug don't come cheap at all. I spent most of my income on drugs and alcohol, engaged in gambling. I became addicted to all this things. I was a junkie, well that's the world I find myself. No one is ready to give you anything for free, so I make the money the only way I knew. One evening after the show at the bar, i met a business man from South Africa, he wanted sex, so I charged him heavily, so he paid me for a night stand, we went to his room, he took his bath, I took mine, and left the bathroom naked, walked towards him to start, he refuse and ask me to but on my cloth and sleep that he is tired. I told him: "sir, there are no refunds, you paid for my service, so this is me, cos ones it day break, your time expire" he said "no problem" and he still refused to touch me and we had no sex throughout, i asked, he said; i should be a housewife of a good man, and not a Prostitute, i couldn't help it, I explained to him that no man can marry me at 34 years of age with all my addiction and problems, he calmed me down and was sincere with me while sharing his past too, i thanked him and he gave me his complimentary card to call him. And three days later, he found his way to my living house and said he will like to marry me, he was with me throughout that day, he still insisted on not touching me, and that was the only way I think I could thank him for everything. He first took me to a rehabilitation home, I got myself cleaned up, then to a shrink. After six months of rehabilitation, now we are planning for a better future. This is my testimony, i believe in God the more since this incident. If the Lord can still look down to me and show me mercy, upon my atrocities and dirty ways, well I guess he still consider me worthy. I engaged in smoking, hustling, gambling and countless abortions in the past. I got a second chance to life at age 34 and a better future after God save my life. Well, will I say that I'm a lucky one, all the girls I started with, some ended up in the hands of ritual, some died of disease, some with tumour, but I never had any of those not even HIV. Well that's my story. Happy ending with past regret, but I'm happy now. I'm much at ease after shearing my story. Thank you. WRITEN BY SIMPA S SAMSONS. Simpa Saint Samsons Indipendent film-maker CEO, S.O.S21 Pictures International, Inc +2348036457162, Saintonios@gmail.com, Saintonios@yahoo.com BBPIN:294F2D1F

Ogun State Labor Party Guber Aspirant, Sina Kawonise Drags Amosun, others to Court over N19B loan

Former Commissioner for Information and Strategy in Ogun State, and a prospective governorship candidate for the Labour Party, Mr. Sina Kawonise and two others have taken the Ogun State governor,Senator Ibikunke Amosun to court over the letter sent to the Ogun State House of Assembly requesting approval of the lawmakers to borrow additional N19billion to finance part of the year 2014 budget. In a suit filed at the Federal High Court in Abeokuta in the Abeokuta Judicial division, with Suit No: FHC/AB/OS/17/14 between Sina Kawonise, Adekoya Boladale and Gbenga Soloki as 1st, 2nd and 3rd claimants respectively, has the Governor of Ogun State, Ogun State House of Assembly, OGHA, the Speaker OGHA, State Attorney-General, National Assembly,Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Ogun State, Chairman Appropriation Committee, Ogun State House of Assembly, Clerk Ogun State House of Assembly, Sterling Bank, Eco bank, GT bank and FCMB as defendants.

Ogun Labour Party governorship aspirant kicks against Governor Amosun’s N19 billion loan request

Kawonise says Ogun already owes enough A governorship aspirant of the Labour Party, LP, in Ogun State, Sina Kawonise, has kicked against the N19 billion loan request sent to the Ogun State House of Assembly by the governor, Ibikunle Amosun. The request letter, read on the floor of the House by the Speaker, Suraji Adekanbi, on Tuesday, asked the Assembly to grant approval for the Amosun government to source a loan of N19 billion from four banks – First Bank, GTBank, Sterling Bank and EcoBank. Mr. Kawonise noted that the request was followed by a statement, a few days later, by the state Commissioner for Finance, Kemi Adeosun, claiming that the state owed N35.6 billion as at December, 2013. “Why is the Amosun administration so economical with the truth?