Justice Abdul Kafarati of the federal high court, Abuja, has withdrawn from a fundamental rights suit filed by Senate President Bukola Saraki to quash the charges of false declaration of assets brought against him by the federal government at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT). Kafarati explained that his integrity had been called into question […]
Continue ReadingSomeone sent in this piece, saying he is a concerned Nigerian who is sympathetic of the media scandal woven against the suspended DG of Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate PTAD. Determine the veraciousness of his claim as you read. The text of the press statement has it thus “As a rational Nigerian, something has been bothering […]
Continue ReadingA preliminary objection filed by former Director-General of Nigeria Maritime Administration Safety Agency (NIMASA), Patrick Akpobolokemi, challenging the jurisdiction of the court over alleged stealing of N754.7 million, has been dismissed by an Igbosere High Court, Lagos, on Monday. Mr. Akpobolokemi, who is standing trial on a 13-count charge of stealing was arraigned by the […]
Continue ReadingThe Code of Conduct Tribunal has on Friday 18th of March 2016 fixed Thursday March 24, 2016 for ruling on the motion filed by the Senate President’s lead counsel – Kanu Godwin Agabi (SAN) seeking to quash the charges relating to asset declaration against his client, Bukola Abubakar Saraki (Senate President) before the Code of […]
Continue ReadingIn a counter-reaction the the claims made by the Auditor-General of the Federation (AuGF), the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has given a detailed explanation of the N3.235 trillion allegedly unremitted to the federation account in 2014, stating the the AuGF’s claim on the “unremitted” sum is “erroneous”. Isiaka Abdulrazaq, group executive director and chief financial […]
Continue ReadingAlex Badeh, former chief of defence staff, on Wednesday, at the resumed sitting on criminal charges filed against him, Badeh, through his lawyer, Mr. Samuel Zibiri, SAN, told the court that he had filed an application to challenge the jurisdiction of the court and the validity of the charges against him. In his ruling, Okon […]
Continue Reading… Seeks Enforcement of his Right The former National Security Adviser, Colonel Mohammed Sambo Dasuki has dragged the Federal Government before the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Court of Justice over his continued detention without trial since December 2015. Dasuki who was rearrested by the operatives of the Department of State Security Service […]
Continue ReadingThe Economic and financial Crimes Commission EFCC, on Monday March 14, 2016, arraigned Raymond Odika on a six count charge, bordering on criminal conspiracy and obtaining by false pretence, before Justice Dugbo-Oghoghorie of the Federal High Court , Enugu. Odika connived with one Solomon Chidi Onyia(still at large) to defraud Malachy Olife and Peter Sunday […]
Continue ReadingThe figures you are about to see in association with prominent names, may shock you, but they are in no way fictional. Fani-Kayode (N840m), Goodluck Group (N320m), Falae’s firm (100m), Udenwa and Onwuliri (N350m), Nenadi Usman (N36.9m), Okey Ezenwa(N100m). The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has uncovered how N3.145b was paid into the accounts […]
Continue ReadingAuditor-General of the Federation, Mr. Samuel Ukura, on Monday, told the Senate that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, failed to remit N3.235 trillion to the Federation Account Allocation Committee, FAAC, in 2014. In a similar vein, he said the sale of gas to Nigeria Liquified Natural Gas, NLNG, to the tune of $235,685,861 was not […]
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