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Pastor Tunde Bakare is convener of Save Nigeria Group The Convener of the Save Nigeria Group, Tunde Bakare, has accused the President Goodluck Jonathan-led federal government of selective justice in the suspension of Lamido Sanusi, the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN. In his sermon on Sunday in Lagos, Mr. Bakare said the suspended CBN governor was a victim of delayed whistle blowing, adding that he ought to have spoken out during the 2012 fuel subsidy fraud crisis. “Make no mistake about it, few men have the courage of Sanusi Lamido Sanusi,” said Mr. Bakare, the head pastor of The Latter Rain Assembly. “Few men have the aristocratic dignity of a man who time and again, while in public office, raised his voice against profligacy and monetary imprudence especially among the legislators and sometimes among the executive; perhaps, no serving government official has been as outspoken against misgovernance as the suspended CBN Governor,” said Mr. Bakare. “...

E-X-P-O-S-E-D!!! SANUSI WAS HELD IN JAIL FOR TWO YEARS FOR BEHEADING AN IBO BOY WHO HE AND HIS GANG ACCUSED OF DESECRATED THE QORAN. GEN ABACHA, HATED THE TYPE OF ISLAM OF SANUSI * The regime identified the masterminds, so mandated its hit squad to eliminate the nine, including Sanusi. Fresh facts have emerged as to why the government of late Sani Abacha did not kill Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), governor, Lamido Sanusi, in 1995, after he and eight other jihadists mobilized crazed extremists to behead Gideon Akaluka in jail. Akaluka, a young Igbo trader, allegedly desecrated the Koran. He was arrested after his wife allegedly used pages of the Koran as toilet paper for her baby. After he was locked up by the police, a group of Muslim fundamentalistsbreak into the jail, beheaded Akaluka, and paraded his bodiless head around the streets of Kano. Pointblanknews.com investigation has revealed the role Sanusi, an alleged Boko Haram sympathizer, and proponent of the controve...

Sanusi's Whistle Blowing and President Jonathan's Queries. The Time and Dates Of Events. By Aliyu Bello Oxford, UK On 02/05/2013: President Jonathan send a Query to Sanusi over his fraudulent misappropriation of over N248b as contained in the 2012 CBN Account. Sanusi was told to respond on or before 18/05/2013. Some of the contents of the query includes: 1] Donating N1b to BUK, Kano and he wrote that he donated N4b. 2] Writing off N40b debt of a bank without documentation and authority. 3] Invested $Billions in Malaysia Islamic Bank, with no return on Investment to Nigeria. 4] Awarded 63 contract valued over N1b each, without approval or going through Govt requisition Process. 5] Spend N1.257b for Lunch for his Police and Private Guards in a year. 6] N1billion donation to a political party to build offices Nationwide. 7] N4.5b to renovates his personal home without approval. 8] N4b on a CBN PH branch building that was already co...

The new industrial master plan President Goodluck Jonathan recently launched two ambitious programmes designed to revamp and transform Nigeria’s industrial landscape, and grow small and medium scale enterprises. The policy, code-named Nigeria Industrial Revolution Plan (NIRP), sets out a comprehensive master plan for the country’s industrialisation, with the target to enhance job creation and conserve foreign exchange. According to the president, the main goal of the industrial road map “is to increase the contribution of the manufacturing sector to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) from the present four percent to more than 10 percent over the next five years”. This, the President explained at the launch in Abuja, would boost the nation’s annual revenue earnings from the manufacturing sector by up to N5 trillion per annum, while the small and medium enterprises will be taken care of on the platform of National Enterprise Development Programme (NEDEP), with emphasis on inclus...

Sanusi to challenge removal in court Central Bank of Nigeria governor, Lamido Sanusi, has reacted to his suspension by President Goodluck Jonathan, vowing to challenge the suspension in court. Sanusi, who spoke on CNBC Africa few hours after his suspension on Thursday, said challenging his removal in court was not to ensure that he returned to the office but to preserve the integrity and independence of the apex financial institution. He equally dismissed the sundry allegations made against his leadership at the CBN, saying the allegations were not new. Sanusi described his suspension as political, wondering why the Presidency had waited for this long to remove him from office. 0

Craig Wood Charged With Murder In Kidnapping Of 10-Year-Old Hailey Owens A Missouri public school employee is accused of abducting and slaying a 10-year-old girl who was reported missing Tuesday. A  Greene County warrant  charges Craig Michael Wood, 45, with first-degree murder in the killing of Hailey Owens. The girl was allegedly abducted while walking near her home in Springfield on Tuesday afternoon. A body found at a Springfield residence Tuesday night, is believed to belong to Owens. According to  property records obtained by Jacksonsun.com , Wood is listed as the owner of the home. Speaking at a Wednesday morning  press conference , Springfield police chief Paul Williams said investigators found evidence of foul play at the Stanford St. residence. He declined to elaborate further. A man who witnessed Owens' abduction told police he saw a man in a gold 2008 Ford Ranger approach Owens and pull her into his truck. A matching vehicle was reporte...

Facebook Buying WhatsApp For $19B, Will Keep The Messaging Service Independent Facebook is purchasing messaging giant WhatsApp for $16 billion in cash and stock, according to a  regulatory filing . The deal is being cut for $12 billion in Facebook shares, $4 billion in cash and an additional $3 billion in RSUs for employee retention. A termination fee is attached to the deal that would cost Facebook $1 billion in cash and $1 billion in shares if the deal fails to pass regulatory muster. Facebook has  posted on its blog , detailing the reasoning behind the acquisition, as well. The post notes that WhatsApp will continue to operate independently and retain its brand. In addition, WhatsApp co-founder and CEO Jan Koum  will join Facebook’s board. Facebook notes that WhatsApp has over 450M MAUs, with 70 percent of those active each day. In a staggering comparison, Facebook also notes that the messaging volume of WhatsApp approaches the SMS volume of the entire gl...

El-Rufai calls Asari Dokubo a thug Sponsor The Interim Deputy National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Nasir El-Rufai has described ex-Niger Delta militant leader, Mujahid Asari-Dokubo as a thug, during an interview with Sahara TV, over his fifteen hours interrogation at the Department of State Services, (DSS) . When asked if the name of Asari-Dokubo came up during his interrogation, the former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory said no, and added that he could not have mentioned Asari-Dokubo’s name because he and Dokubo do not have anything in common. He said: “Asari Dokubo is a thug. I don’t compare myself to him. I’ve never taken up arms against the state. I’m a normal human, law-abiding Nigerian. I don’t compare myself with thugs,” El-Rufai said. Prior to this time, Asari-Dokubo, a supporter of President Goodluck Jonathan had referred to El-Rufai as a coward on his initial refusal to honour the invitation of the DSS. El-Rufai also lamented that t...

This is the question that is being debated in many entertainment quarters as some people who claim to be in the know, swear that the  Nollywood actor, Charles Warren who died a few weeks ago , actually gave up the ghost from homosexual related illness. According to a very reliable source who claims to have known Charles  for a long time, the young man was neck deep in gay activities and was actually the ‘ woman’  in his affairs. The source disclosed that  “Warren was one of the notable homosexuals in Nigeria’s movie industry, Nollywood, and did not give a damn about who knew what he was into as long it was paying his bills, since movie roles were becoming hard to come by.” According to the insider,  Charles   Warren  actually developed severe pains after continuous and long practice of anal sex and at a time, he was bleeding badly and needed to pad up his anus to prevent blood staining his trousers whenever he went out of his house. ...

Witchcraft scare, woman to take the serpents to Beitbridge for rituals Miriam Ndlovu, the owner of the Lobengula house where two huge snakes were found on Friday, in what is suspected to be an act of witchcraft, says she wants to take the serpents to Beitbridge, her rural home to perform a ritual to "catch who ever sent the snakes to her." Ndlovu woke up Friday morning to find a black mamba and a dead python together with a winnowing basket in front of her house. Ndlovu, who is a former traditional healer told Radio Dialogue that she wants to take the snakes to her father for a ritual to unearth the identity of the people behind the planting of the giant snake. "My father is a very traditional person and I want to take the snakes and other strange things that were found at my house so that we catch the people who are behind this thing," said Ndlovu. The dead python, measuring up to about three metres was found alongside tied with black cloth. The...

B’Haram’s anti-aircraft training camp uncovered in Niger   Members of the boko haram sect | credits: File copy The concerted efforts of the Nigerian security forces and their Nigerien counterparts yielded results on Tuesday with the discovery   of a Boko Haram training camp in  Niger Republic.  A security source said that the discovery was made by the Nigerien security forces, who had been collaborating with the Nigerian security agents in the fight against terrorism. The source stated that the discovery of the camp of the insurgents was conveyed to Nigeria in a security report on Tuesday. The Nigeriens, who were believed to have interrogated some of the insurgents,  said  Boko Haram devoted the camp to a specialised training for the use of long range anti-tank and anti-aircraft weapons. Investigations revealed that the insurgents were focusing on the use of a dangerous weapon they had acquired, the AA 12, which is one of the world d...

Cultists kill Bowen student for rejecting sexual advances   Opeyemi | credits: File copy The life of a 17-year-old student of Bowen University, Opeyemi Odusanya, has been cut short by some cult members in Lagos. It was gathered that the undergraduate was murdered for allegedly rejecting sexual advances from some youths in the area and also for “being too proud.” PUNCH Metro  learnt that the victim was a 300 level student of Biochemistry at the university. Police authorities told our correspondent that Opeyemi was stabbed to death by the cultists at her parents’ house in the Alakuko area of Lagos on February 3, 2014. Police sources told  PUNCH Metro  that investigations had revealed that the culprits were residents of the area. A police officer, who wished to remain anonymous, said, “In the afternoon of February 3, 2014, the deceased went to buy airtime for her telephone. As she was returning, a group of cult members trailed and entered the hou...

Queues resurface as petrol scarcity spreads Alison-Madueke Long queues of desperate motorists searching for petrol returned to some parts of Lagos, Ogun and Oyo states on Tuesday as the nation appears to have returned to the era of scarcity of the product. Though the situation was generally dismissed as panic buying in some quarters, checks by our correspondents showed that queues had returned to many filling stations in Lagos as motorists were seen making frantic attempts to buy fuel in anticipation of the situation getting worse from Wednesday (today). Specifically, queues were seen at the Total filing stations located at Acme and Oregun areas of the state; the Mobil filling station at Ogba; and Oando stations along the Oworonshoki–Tollgate end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The Forte oil filling station located in Oregun and other many other stations around the area shut their gates against customers. Similarly, motorists were seen queuing for long hours to purch...