The long-awaited Nigeria oil and gas as well as the solid minerals sectors 2013 audit reports by the Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, NEITI, was officially unveiled in Abuja on Monday. The Minister of Solid Minerals and Chairman, NEITI Board, Kayode Fayemi, who unveiled the report, said the document contained …
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A Federal High Court in Abuja has said the case of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, is an abuse of court process. In his judgment on Friday, Justice Abdulkadiri Kafarati, said the fear expressed by Saraki that he would not get justice at the CCT was speculative, misplaced and had …
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Former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, on Monday triumphed at the Economic Community for West African States (ECOWAS) court in the first leg of his court action challenging his alleged unlawful arrest and detention since December last year by the Nigerian government. Against the objection of government, the court ruled …
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Proceedings commenced in the alleged Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) N8 billion currency scam on Tuesday with a new judge, Justice Joyce Abdul-Maleek, taking charge at the Federal High Court 2, Ibadan. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Abdul-Maleek took over from Justice Olayinka Faji who initially handled …
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The Federal High Court in Abuja has granted bail to the former Chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshal Alex Badeh (retd), to the tune of N2billion. Badeh is facing trial over allegation that he diverted about N3.9billion from accounts of the Nigerian Air Force within 2013. In a ruling this …
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned the immediate past Interior Minister, Abba Moro, on an 11-count charge bordering on obtaining by false pretence, procurement fraud and money laundering. Moro was arraigned before Justice Anwuli Chikere of the Federal High Court, Abuja, alongside three others for their roles …
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The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a fake naval officer, Ahmed Abdullahi, in the Victoria Island area of the state. PUNCH Metro learnt that 37-year-old Abdullahi from Adamawa State was apprehended while he was on a trip to Lekki, reportedly to raise money for his wedding billed for March …
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has launched a fresh investigation into the alleged diversion of N4.4bn from the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency into the accounts of top officers of the Nigerian Air Force. To this end, the EFCC transferred the immediate past Chief of Defence Staff, Air …
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FORMER General Officer Commanding, GOC, Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger-Delta, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, Monday, denied issuing any ultimatum to President Muhammadu Buhari to withdraw military from the region or he would blow up oil pipelines. Tompolo’s Media Adviser, Mr. Paul Bebenimibo, said the purported statement was trending …
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Former National Security Adviser, NSA, Sambo Dasuki, has said he was not ready for trial until the Federal Government complied with an order of the Federal High Court granting him bail. In November 2015, Justice Adeniyi Ademola had granted Dasuki bail but the Department of State Services, DSS, rearrested him …
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