Nnamdi Felix / Abuja A Federal High Court siting in Abuja on Thursday remanded fourteen suspected oil thieves in prison custody pending the hearing of their bail application. They were dragged before the court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on charges bordering on conspiracy and illegal oil bunkering. They all pleaded not [...]
Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Wednesday arrested Timipre Slyva, the former governor of Bayelsa State, after the former governor played a boyish hide and seek game with the operatives of the agency. The anti graft agency said the former Governor was arrested at his No. 3, Niger Street, Maitama, Abuja home this [...]
A Nigerian Federal High Court on Tuesday in Abuja fixed June 17 to commence hearing of a suit brought against the Senate Minority Leader, Senator George Akume, over alleged certificate forgery. Phillip Agbese, an indigene of Benue, instituted the suit against Akume, a former governor of Benue. He alleged that the academic credentials used by [...]
Nigeria’s National Universities Commission (NUC) has dragged one Pius Nwachukwu, 47, and his wife, Chika, to a Karu Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly operating an illegal university. The commission alleged that the couple founded Temple University at Orozo, Abuja, without its approval. The accused were arrested in October 2010 in the premises of the said [...]
The United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Terence McCulley has held a closed-door meeting with some members of Nigeria’s human rights community where he reportedly stated that in accordance with US law, the United States Governments would not provide any form of aid to the military of any country found to be abusing the rights [...]
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Nigeria’s former First Lady, Hajia Turai Yar’Adua on Thursday floored incumbent First Lady Patience Goodluck Jonathan as Justice Peter Affren of the Abuja High Court set aside the purported revocation by the FCT administration of a land measuring about 1.84 hectares allocated to Turai’s non governmental organization, Women and Youth Empowerment [...]
Minister of Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory, Senator Bala Mohammed said on Friday in Abuja that the territory would attract N500 billion from investment in the next couple of years under its Land Swap Policy. Mohammed, who disclosed this at a “Town Hall meeting on Land Swap Initiative’’, said the groundbreaking ceremony of the “Carraway Dallas [...]
