Wednesday 2 November 2016

Man arrested for raping, impregnating 15-year-old stepdaughter

A 40-year-old man, Victor Emafolomi, has been detained by the police for allegedly raping his wife’s daughter, Keji.
PUNCH Metro learnt that the suspect was apprehended on Sunday by the police from the Agbado division after the mother of the victim reported the case.
Keji (pseudonym) lived with her mother and Emafolomi on Olukososi Street, Jafa, Agbado, in the Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State.
Emafolomi was said to have raped Keji on two occasions in October, threatening to kill her if she informed her mother.

EFCC accuses judge of money laundering

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has uncovered a financial transaction amounting to N18m by Justice Rita Ngozi Ofili-Ajumogobia, one of the six judges under investigation. 
Daily Trust gathered yesterday that the N18 million was wired to a foreign account from the judge’s domiciliary account for the purchase of a property in the United Kingdom.

Kalu’s comment tears Ohanaeze youths, MASSOB apart

Former Governor of Abia State, Mr. Orji Uzor Kalu
The Ohanaeze Youth Council and the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra on Tuesday reacted to former Abia State governor, Orji Kalu’s assertion that the Igbo people are better traders than politicians.
The groups, which spoke in separate interviews with our correspondent in Enugu, differed in their reactions to Kalu’s statement.

LASG moves to restructure markets

Dr. Adejare Babatunde
The Lagos State Commissioner for the Environment, Dr Babatude Adejare, says government is committed to achieving well-organised markets, where sellers and goods or services will be sectionalised.
The commissioner, who spoke on Tuesday, said, “The move will eliminate the belief that it is when goods are sold by the roadsides that profit can be made.”

Tuesday 1 November 2016

If Fashola were Igbo, he would have left Tinubu – Kalu


A former Governor of Abia State, Orji Kalu, has said Igbo people are better traders than politicians.
Kalu said the lack of understanding of politics and the indiscipline of Igbo politicians were responsible for what he called the political backwardness of the South-East.
He said the political fortune of the Igbo would have been better had their politicians approached politics like the Yoruba.

Kukah visits Obanikoro, Fani-Kayode, Abati in detention

The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Father Mathew Kukah, on Monday paid an unscheduled visit to the detention facility of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in Abuja.
A statement signed by the Head of Media and Publicity of the EFCC, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, said that the cleric prayed with three top operatives of the former administration who are currently in detention at the facility.

Skye Bank sacks 50 more workers

About four months after it disengaged about 200 of its workers, Skye Bank Plc has retrenched about 50 members of staff, including those in outsourced and auxiliary functions.
Although the number of the affected non-core employees could not be ascertained since they were not direct workers of the bank, it was gathered that the reasons for their exit ranged from non-performance, disciplinary issues as well as rightsizing by the lender.

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