Tag: Paris Club refund
$53m debt judgement debt: Again, court summons Emefiele
Justice Ekwo had, on Oct. 20, 2022, ordered the CBN governor to appear in court on Jan. 18 over his…
Paris Club refund: Governors vow to stop ‘illegal’ payment to consultants
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) says it will explore all legal options on the disbursement of the $418 million Paris…
Paris Club Refund: Ned Nwoko ‘exposes’ Nigerian governors, defends Malami
Mr. Ned Nwoko, the lead consultant working on the London and Paris Club refunds, has accused the Nigeria Governors Forum…
Ameh, Okutepa, 3 other SANs risk jail over $418M Paris refund debt
Justice Inyang Ekwo issued the order for substituted service following an ex-parte motion by Emeka Okoro, counsel for the applicants,…
Court okays forfeiture to FG of $500K, N500M looted from Zamfara
The ruling set aside the judgment of Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court Abuja, who rejected EFCC application…
Court stops FG from deducting $418M from 36 states’ accounts
Lawyer Okutekpa argued that the states were not party to any contract resulting in such debts. “That is why we…
EFCC goes after ex-Kwara State officials, seizes passports over N22b Paris Cash
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC discloses that the commission has seized the passports of 34 top officials who…
Govs Forum: Appeal Court okays final forfeiture of N1.4bn Paris Club Refund
The Court of Appeal in Lagos on Friday granted the request of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for…
Gov. Dickson laments recall of N24bn Paris Club refund
Gov. Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa on Wednesday lamented the recall of the N24 billion Paris Club debt refund earlier released…
Paris Club refund: Bayelsa to offset outstanding salaries, pensions
The Bayelsa Government on Tuesday announced plans to offset two months outstanding salary and pension with N8 billion from the…
Paris Club Refund: Nigerian govt releases N17.3b to Ogun
Adejoke Adeleye/Abeokuta The Federal Government of Nigeria has released the sum of N17.3 billion to the Ogun State government from…
Paris Club Refund: Labour commends Nigerian Govt on bail-out directive
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has commended the Federal Government on its directives to the states to account for the…
Buhari to Governors: Clear salaries backlog to access $2.69bn Paris Club Refund
The Federal Government said states must clear backlog of salaries and other related staff arrears before they would be able…
Paris Club refund: Niger state spends N6.4bn on workers’ salaries
Niger Government announced on Thursday that about N6.4 billion was released to the Ministry for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs from the…
Osun receives N6.3bn Paris Club refund
Osun Government on Monday announced the receipt of N6.3 billion from the Federal Government, being the third tranche of the…
Paris Club refund: 36 state governors, FG sued over payment
Further withdrawals from the Paris Club refund by the states government has been stalled as a consultant has dragged the…
President did not rebuke governors on Paris Club refunds – NGF
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has denied report that President Muhammadu Buhari rebuked state governors over the management of Paris…
Paris Club refund: Buhari decries poor handling by governors
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday met with members of the National Council of traditional rulers and decried the way the…
Only 68% states use Paris Club refund to pay salaries
Majority of the state across the federation have utilised the second tranche of the Paris Club refund they received to…
How we spent N10bn Paris Club refund – Okowa
Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, has explained how the State spent its N10 billion of the Paris Club refund it…
Paris Club refund: State confirms receipt of N7bn
The Ondo State government on Thursday confirmed the receipt of N7 billion as its share of the second tranche of…
How States shared N243.796 billion Paris Club Refund
The Federal Government has released the details of the second round of Paris Club refunds to the 36 states and…
How LGs Shared N1.3bn Paris Club Refund
Dr Agatha Goma, Commissioner for Local Government Administration, Bayelsa, said the eight local government areas in the state shared N1.3…
Plateau Assembly confirms receipt of N10.5bn Paris Club refund
The Plateau House of Assembly(PLHA) on Wednesday confirmed that the state government had received more than N10.5billion as part payment…