BMW to launch electric, self-driving flagship car by 2021

BMW’s iNext electric, self-driving car is set to enter showrooms in 2021 as the brand’s flagship model.
The addition to the automaker’s i-sub brand, which currently includes the i3 EV and i8 plug-in hybrid, will be able to drive itself in many situations, Chief Executive Officer, Harald Krueger, said in comments prepared for the company’s annual shareholders meeting in Munich, Germany earlier in the week.

Fayose causing confusion in our party – PDP

The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party has accused Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State of causing confusion in the party.
It said the governor was behind the plan to hold the South-West zonal congress in Akure on Saturday despite the court order which asked the party to suspend the exercise.
National Secretary of the party, Prof. Wale Oladipo, stated this while speaking with journalists in Abuja on Saturday.

Ronke Shinde's autopsy Will Be Ready On Tuesday With Load of Suprises – Source

As everyone awaits the result of the autopsy on the late Ronke Shonde, Ashiwaju.org  has learnt that the report could be a shocker.

A source told our correspondent that the report, which will be out next week, might not go the way of public opinion.

We had reported how Lekan, 51, allegedly beat his wife, Ronke, to death at their home in the Egbeda-Idimu area of the Lagos State last Thursday.

The World Should Watch Out For Football Made In Anambra--- Ifeanyi Uba

Chief Ifeanyi Uba

The newly elected chairman of Anambra Football Association, Chief Ifeanyi Uba said he is poised to restore the lost glory of the state football club to meet up with international standard of footballing competitions.

He said the renewed call that made people of the state across the globe asking him to restore the lost glory was borne of  the fact that the magic he played with the defunct Gabros FC, whose status was a division three football FC, now Ifeanyi Uba FC  ranked among the best in the country;s premiership league was expected to be replicated in the Anambra state football Club.

PHOTOS: Dr. Ifeanyi Uba Celebrates Marriage Anniversary In Style

Nnamdi Kanu heads for ECOWAS court, blames Buhari for bail denial

The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has blamed President Muhammadu Buhari for his continued detention since last October.

Mr. Kanu is accused, along with two others, Benjamin Madubgwu and James Nwawuisi, of treason.
He has been in the custody of the State Security Service since he was arrested on October 14, 2015.
Addressing journalists in Abuja on Thursday, Mr. Kanu’s lawyer, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, said President Muhammadu Buhari’s comments have contributed to Mr. Kanu being denied bail by the same court that granted him bail in December 2015.

N23​ b​illio​n​ Election Bribery Scandal: ​Two ex-Ministers admit collecting N1.1 billion

A former Minister of Mines and Steel, Musa Sada, has told the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, of ​his involvement in the alleged N23.29 billion​election bribery scandal.

Mr. Sada is one of the former ministers in the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan, who are being investigated by the anti-graft agency.

During investigation, Mr. ​Sada disclosed that he was authorised by ​a ​former governor of Katsina State, Ibrahim Shema, to collect​N700​million on behalf of Katsina State and remit it to the​state’s​former​Commissioner of Finance​.

#PanamaPapers: Nigeria agrees to expose beneficial owners of companies

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed the commitment of his administration to create a public registry of beneficial owners of companies in Nigeria.

The President’s promise followed a PREMIUM TIMES publication of the names of 106 Nigerians and firms who own companies and assets in offshore tax havens.

The revelation is part of the biggest data leak in history now known as the PanamaPapers.

The leaked database contained the internal data of Panamanian law firm, Mossack Fonseca, which was obtained by German newspaper, Süddeutsche Zeitunge, and shared by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) with PREMIUM TIMES and other media organizations around the world.

Petrol price’ll go down in six months – Kachikwu

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, has said Nigerians will be amazed at what will become of the price of Premium Motor Spirit in the next six months.

The Federal Government had on Wednesday announced the removal of fuel subsidy, with a new petrol price band of N135 to N145 per litre, up from N86 and N86.50.

The development has been greeted with mixed reactions, with labour vowing to protest against it.

EFCC Arrest Popular Lagos Lawyer Adegboruwa, For Alleged N61m Scam.

The EFCC said on its official Facebook page that Adegboruwa allegedly conspired with some persons to lease a property in the Lekki area of Lagos State. 

The property in question, according to the anti-graft agency, is a subject of an Interim Forfeiture Order by a Lagos State High Court.

The statement read in part, “Lagos lawyer, Adegboruwa, has been arrested by operatives of the EFCC for dealing in a property which is a subject of an Interim Forfeiture Order by a Lagos State High Court without due authorisation.