Tomeeesin Blog

As investigation into the domestic violence that led to the alleged killing of Mrs Ronke Shonde by her husband, Lekan, last week in Egbeda area of Lagos continues, Vanguard gathered that an autopsy was conducted on the corpse yesterday to ascertain the exact cause of her death. This followed denial by her husband, Lekan, of being culpable of her death, as widely reported. Rather, he claimed that his late wife was hypertensive.  News, however, filtered in yesterday evening that the autopsy report was out , with the result unknown. But this was described as false by the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr Fatai Owoseni , who simply stated that he was not aware of any report, adding that such information was capable of jeopardizing police investigation. As part of the ongoing investigation, detectives also visited scene of the crime at 5, Tiemo Crescent, off Awori Street, Ile-Epo Alhaji, accompanied by Lekan, who wore a forlorn ...

Newcastle United's managing director issued an apology to fans after Wednesday's relegation from the Premier League, saying the club were "devastated" and "truly sorry". Bitter north-east neighbours Sunderland's 3-0 win at home to Everton on Wednesday was enough to put Newcastle in the Championship as they were consigned to the dreaded drop the alongside Norwich City and Aston Villa. "Tonight we are devastated at our relegation from the Premier League, as I know every single person connected to this football club will be," said managing director Lee Charnley in a statement on the club's website. "I want to thank all of the fans for the support you have shown for the club you love throughout the season, in spite of this massive disappointment and underachievement. "Your support throughout has been magnificent, but I want to pay particular thanks for the incredible backing you have given to Rafa (Benitez) and the team during t...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,EFCC, has arrested a former Minister of State for Finance, Bashir Yuguda, for his alleged involvement in the sharing of the N450m allocated to Zamfara State out of the $115m deposited in Fidelity Bank Plc. by former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, during the 2015 general elections. Yuguda is one of the former ministers in the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan who are being investigated by the anti-graft agency. Yuguda, in his statement, on Wednesday, May 11, 2016, admitted to have collected N450 million in his capacity as a chieftain of the PDP, in his state. The former minister, who hails from Zamfara State, also stated that he supervised the sharing of the money in his home. According to him, a former Secretary to the Zamfara State Government and member of PDP Presidential Campaign Committee 2015, Aminu Ahmed Nahuche, collected the sum of N450m ...

At an anti-corruption summit in London yesterday, President Muhammadu Buhari revealed that he was not interested in an apology from the Prime Minister who made a comment  that Nigeria was “fantastically corrupt” to the Queen yesterday. APC UK supports President Buhari’s call for the British PM to facilitate the return of stolen money and assets stashed in the UK. We understand that the UK is becoming an environment where looters come to hide / invest their stolen wealth. We join President Buhari in demanding for the "establishment of an anti-corruption infrastructure that will trace and return stolen assets to their countries of origin." The UK must introduce retrospective legislation that would address impunity and help to repatriate funds that were stored up here by corrupt officials and businesses. Over $ 400 billion have been stolen from oil resource; we call for all this monies hidden in offshore accounts to be returned back to Nigeria. The ...