No crack in presidency – APC, governors

PDP distances self from Osinbajo’s travailsThe ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has denied reported crack in the presidency as believed in some quarters. Also, the governors on the platform of the party said there was no iota of truth in the insinuation that “cabals” in the presidency had perfected plans to slam corruption charges against […]

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UK court grants Nigeria stay of execution over $9.6b judgment debt

• Ties reprieve to $200m payment within 60 days• P&ID lauds legal window before assets seizure• How nation lost $157.5b to illicit financial flows, by Buhari The Federal Government has achieved a major boost in its effort to upturn the $9.6 billion judgment in favour of Process and Industrial Development (P&ID) as a UK court […]

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Sowore wants DSS boss jailed for flouting release order

Convener of #RevolutionNow protest and former presidential candidate, Mr. Omoyele Sowore, on Thursday, commenced a contempt suit against the Director-General of the Department of State Service, Yusuf Bichi, for allegedly disobeying the order granting him bail. Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja had on Tuesday granted bail to Sowore, who has […]

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Court threatens to imprison DSS boss over Sowore’s detention

The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday threatened to send the director of Nigeria’s Department of State Security (DSS) Yusuf Bichi to prison for refusing to release Sahara Reporters publisher, Mr. Omoyele Sowore despite a court order. “Take notice, that unless you obey the direction…to release the applicant in suit FHC/ABJ/CS/915/2019, forthwith you will be […]

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UK court orders Nigeria to pay $200m in $9.6b case

A United Kingdom court on Thursday ordered the Nigerian government to pay $200 million pending its appeal against the $9.6 billion awarded to a tiny offshore firm involved in a failed gas deal. The high-stakes dispute pits Process and Industrial Developments Limited (P&ID) — a British Virgin Islands-registered company founded by two Irish business partners […]

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Osinbajo fights back, moves to sue Frank, Ononuju for libel

Media house retracts story on alleged corruption Lawyers differ over renunciation of legal protection The ongoing controversy surrounding the office of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo over an alleged strained relationship between him and his principal, President Muhammadu Buhari, took a new turn yesterday when the former declared his readiness to waive his constitutional immunity to […]

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Thunder wrath: ODSG moves to prevent epidemic at Ijare

Olujare speaks, explains reasons behind disaster Ijare, the  sleepy agrarian town  in the Ifedore local government area  of Ondo State where thunder struck dead 36 cows on a sacred hill last Saturday has become a Mecca of sort as awe struck people continue to throng the town. Yesterday, the community was almost jampacked by visitors, […]

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Sowore yet to be released after meeting bail conditions – Falana

Counsel to Mr Omoyele Sowore, the detained convener of the #RevolutionNow protest, Mr. Femi Falana, SAN, says despite fulfilling the bail conditions of his client since morning, the Department of State Services (DSS) is yet to release him. Sowore’s expected release is in line with the order of a Federal High Court order delivered by […]

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