The Chief Executive Officer and Group Managing Director of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation Ltd, NNPC, Mele Kyari, has reaffirmed the government’s commitment to sustaining the strategic energy partnership between Nigeria and Spain. Kyari said this while addressing the Nigerian and Spanish business leaders on investment opportunities in Nigeria’s Oil and Gas Industry, in Madrid,…
The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) sitting in Wuse on Friday ordered the remand of Mr. Peter Nwachukwu, husband of late gospel singer, Osinachi Nwachukwu at the Kuje prison in Abuja. Justice Ngozi Nwosu-Iheme, while ruling on an application for Mr. Nwachukwu’s bail, ordered that Mr. Nwachukwu be remanded at the Kuje…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the regulations and guidelines for the conduct of general elections in the country. INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, announced this on Friday during a meet of the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES) at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja. “With the coming into force of the…
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Wuse, on Friday, remanded Peter Nwachukwu, husband of the late gospel singer, Osinachi, at the Kuje Correctional Facility, pending the hearing and determination of the homicide-related suit instituted against him by the Attorney General of the Federation. Justice N.K. Nwosu-Iheme gave the order after he pleaded…
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Friday announced that it would give judgment in the extradition proceedings involving suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Abba Kyari, on August 29. The court presided over by Justice Ekwo Inyang informed parties to the extradition proceedings of the judgment date shortly after the parties made their…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has disqualified 10 presidential aspirants ahead of the party’s primary scheduled to hold from June 6th to 8th. The Chairman of the Presidential Screening Committee and former National Chairman of APC, Chief John Oyegun, disclosed this Friday in Abuja when he submitted the Committee’s report to the party. The names of…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has released the former Accountant General of the Federation (AGF), Ahmed Idris from its custody. Mr Ahmed was released on Thursday at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja after meeting bail conditions. Recall Mr Idris was arrested on May 16 over alleged N80 billion fraud allegedly laundered through real…
The Presiding Judge, Owerri Judicial Division of the National Industrial Court, Hon. Justice Ibrahim Galadima has ordered that Zenith Bank Branches in Owerri be sealed until the judgment debt of NI, 970,666,584.68k (One Billion, Nine Hundred and Seventy Million, Six Hundred and Sixty-Six Thousand, Five Hundred and Eighty-Four Naira, Sixty-Eight Kobo) liable by the Government…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday closed its case in the alleged N6.2 billion fraud against the former governor of Plateau State, Jonah Jang. Jang and Yusuf Pam, a former cashier in the Office of the Secretary to the State Government (OSSG), are being prosecuted before Justice C. L. Dabup of Plateau…
President Muhammadu Buhari has called for global cooperation to avert a looming food crisis. He made the call on Wednesday in Madrid, Spain at the Royal Palace during an audience with his Royal Majesty King Felipe VI. According to a statement by the presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, he said: “The two leaders canvassed a global…