I’ll drive myself to Prison Gate– Sanusi

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The suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mallam Lamido Sanusi, is in the eye of the storm for what many see as his outspokenness and controversial position on critical national issues, especially his revelation about unremitted funds to the Federation Account by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. Shortly before his suspension by the President, he spoke to Metropole magazine. Excerpts

You openly said you were not interested in being reappointed as the governor of CBN. Why?

We are all prisoners of our history and certain people and certain events in our lives tend to shape how we approach life. My father was a career diplomat and in 1975, General Murtala Mohammed appointed him as Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. His first request was that he would be allowed to leave in two years. Unfortunately, General Murtala Mohammed died after six months and he had to stay for another year; and so, he spent about three years.

Court bars Police, SSS from arresting Sanusi

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The Federal High Court gave the order on Friday. The Federal High Court in Lagos has given an order barring the Nigerian Police Force and the State Security Service, SSS, from arresting embattled Central Bank Governor, Lamido Sanusi.
Jusitce I.N. Buba granted the order on Friday based on a suit filed by Mr. Sanusi against the police, the SSS, and the Attorney General of the Federation.  The judge granted an order “restraining the Respondents, their privies, agents, representatives, or any other law enforcement agencies of the Government of the Federation from violating, interfering with, or imposing any restriction on the enjoyment of the Applicant’s right to personal liberty and freedom of movement pending the hearing and determination of the Motion on Notice.”

Just In: Sanusi Freeze Bank Accounts Of Nigerian Churches

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churches require EFCC approval before withdrawing even a kobo from their accounts with banks.

most churches have to cancel their crusades because the fund to organise it were trapped in banks.

one is confused at how pastors, especially in the South East, South West and South South have become sponsors and financial backers of Boko Haram from Sanusi’s directives.

Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor has frozen the bank accounts of most churches in Nigeria under what his office claimed to be seeking for sponsors of Boko Haram. Many churches have been stranded since the past two weeks due to their inability to withdraw money from most commercial banks due to a CBN directive that they must provide their list of shareholders and directors before they could access their funds. Sanusi is much aware that churches and Mosques in Nigeria do not have shareholders or directors.

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CBN reacts to Premium Times report on Sanusi's sexapades

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If you missed the Premium Times report on Sanusi Lamido Sanusi's sexapades and abuse of office, then read it HERE. CBN has reacted to the allegations. Find it below...

 3^rd June, 2013
The Ag. Managing Editor,
Premium Times 
Our attention has been drawn to the libelous story posted on your website on 2^nd June, 2013, on the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), and which has now been circulated by other online websites and blogging groups.
The post was full of fabrication and inaccuracies. Ordinarily this would have been best ignored. We are however constrained to write to you on account of the severe implications of the allegations for the integrity of the CBN, as an institution.

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Sanusi Lamido, his CBN mistress and their Sweetheart Escapades

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Culled  from Premium Times. Interesting read, see it below...

Twenty minutes to midnight on February 25, 2013, and a day before the board of the Central Bank of Nigeria was due to meet, Governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi developed a craving for romance - he badly needed a kiss.

The governor, married with children, grabbed his mobile phone and typed out a message.  “Maybe you should come kiss me before board meeting tomorrow,” Mr Sanusi wrote and then squeezed the send button.

At about 9 a.m. the next day, Mrs. Maryam Yaro, a married mother of two, an assistant director and subordinate to the governor at the CBN, arrived at Sanusi’s unnamed Abuja hotel, seeking to keep the date and help address his boss’ craving for a kiss. (Insiders say board members, including those who live in Abuja, are usually lodged in hotels ahead of board meetings).

Choi! This one na serious allegation o. Continue, it gets more interesting After The Break

Sanusi Bags ‘Africa Central Bank Governor Of The Year’ Award

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Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi has bagged the 2013 Africa Central Bank Governor of the Year award.

In a letter addressed to the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria by the African Banker Awards committee, Sanusi was slated to be conferred with the award at the African Banker Awards gala dinner held at the Taj Palace Marrakech, Morocco, yesterday (May 29, 2013).

The letter noted that Sanusi has also “ensured macroeconomic stability, protected the independence of the Central Bank and enhanced many aspects of the Nigerian Banking including adoption of new technologies for financial inclusion; continuous modernisation and more transparent disclosures.”

Sanusi Has No Right To Call For Scrapping Of CAN – Oyedepo

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About two weeks ago, Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Malam Lamido Sanusi, was reported to have called for the ban of ethno-religious groups in the country as a way of curbing insecurity. And just when we thought the dust had settled on the matter, the senior pastor of Living Faith Church, also known as Winners Chapel,  Gideon Oyedepo, has declared that he had no right to make such a call.

Sanusi, while speaking at an inter-faith dinner organized by the Northern Reawakening Forum (NRF) in Abuja, was quoted to have said among others: “…I am opposed to regional, ethnic and religious groupings in this country. Infact, I would like the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Jamatul Nasril Islam (JNI), Afenifere and all such other groups to be banned.”