Abacha’s son ‘to enter politics’

Mohammed Abacha, the son of Nigeria’s former military ruler Sani Abacha has told the BBC he is strongly considering running for the governorship of Kano state.
The BBC’s Bala Ibrahim in Kano says colourful posters of Muhammad Abacha have been put up across the city.
Muhammad Abacha spent three years in prison on charges of embezzlement before [...]

Actor Sean Connery presents during AFI’s Night

Actor Sean Connery presents during AFI’s Night At The Movies presented by Target held at ArcLight Cinemas on October 1, 2008 in Hollywood, California.
( October 1, 2008 – Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images North America)

Actor Sean Connery presents during AFI’s Night At The Movies presented by Target held at ArcLight Cinemas on October 1, [...]

How James Ibori diverted govt’s shares for N44b loan

SOURCE; THE NATION ONLINE
This is the riddle the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is battling to resolve.
The commission has uncovered how N528.010m Delta State Government shares in Oceanic Bank were used to guarantee over N44billion granted Ascot Offshore Nigeria Limited by Intercontinental Bank Plc. (when James Ibori was the governor of Delta State).
The revelation [...]

Bayo Ohu, The Guardian’s reporter, murdered

The Guardian’s Assistant News Editor and political reporter, Bayo Ohu, was shot dead in his apartment yesterday in Egbeda, a Lagos suburb. Ohu was just getting set to attend Church service after seeing off his wife, Ochuko, and sister-in-law, to the early morning service when the gunmen
came knocking on his door at about 6.52 a.m.
According [...]

Charles Soludo parties with looted funds

Source  :Sahara Reporters
 
As he challenges Andy Uba for governorship ticket- On the heels of an opulent party in Enugu to celebrate his exit from the Central Bank
, former CBN governor Charles Soludo – under whose watch and connivance the Nigerian banking industry came to the brink of collapse – is set for another round of [...]

Turai Yar’Adua on collission course with SGF Yayale over juicy contracts

Source: Times of Nigeria
Nigeria’s first lady, Hajia Turai Yar’Adua, is set for a show down with Alhaji Yayale, the Secretary the Federal government over the seeming hijack of lucrative projects and contracts.  The Times of Nigeria can reveal authoritatively that Yayale’s cornering of the Nigeria 50 Project to his office among other things has drawn the anger of the first lady.
 
The Nigeria 50 [...]

US demands trial of Ibori & Odili

source : point blank news.com
U.S.government waives diplomatese to specifically demand the prosecution of former Governor of Delta State, Mr. James Ibori and his former Rivers State counterpart, Mr. Peter Odilli.
The government of United States of America is telling the administration of Mr. Umaru Musa Yar’Adua in Nigeria to show more seriousness in prosecuting corrupt and fraudulent officials or risk continued ridicule [...]

President Yar`adua son-in-law to be,Rahamaniya in “Money” trouble

source  Omoba.com
Many Nigerians knew the 32-year-old Alhaji Abdurrahman Musa Bashir as a self-made billionaire and one of the successful young gladiators dominating the oil and gas sub-sector in Nigeria. As an influential member of thebillionaires club in the country, Rahamaniya was almost synonymous with opulence, class and flamboyance. 
The oil magnate’s sphere of influence didn’t stop [...]

Denise Quiñones

Actress Denise Quinones from the film ‘La Soga’ poses for a portrait during the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival at The Sutton Place Hotel on September 12, 2009 in Toronto, Canada. ( September 11, 2009 – Photo by Getty Images/Getty Images North America)

Actress Denise Quinones attends the ‘People En Espanol’s 50 Most Beautiful People’ gala [...]