Justice Baba Yusuf of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has fixed Friday, January 22, 2016, for the trial of former National Security Adviser, NSA, Sambo Dasuki. Dasuki is standing trial for alleged diversion of $2.1 billion meant for the procurement of arms to fight Boko Haram militants in the north east. The former…
Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has denied reports that he has properties in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, UAE. He challenged anyone with information of any property linked to him in the city to publish the details. According to Fayose, he is ready to drop his immunity to face prosecution on the matter. The governor…
Barely 48 hours after he was granted bail to the tune of N400 million for alleged money laundering, National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Olisa Metuh, was again brought to court. This time, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, which first arraigned him in court on a 7-count charge, accused him…
The handcuff of National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Olisa Metuh, to court on Tuesday has continued to generate mixed reactions, but the Nigeria Prisons Service, NPS, has explained why it took that decision. Spokesman of the NPS, Francis Enobore, explained to Punch in a phone interview that Metuh was handcuffed to…
Following a revelation by the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed that 15 former governors and 55 powerful Nigerians stole the sum of N1.34 trillion from 2006 to 2013, the governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has challenged him to expose the said individuals or keep his mouth shut permanently. Fayose, in a statement…
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has directed the Department of State Services, DSS, to take the Director of Radio Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, to Kuje prison pending his trial for treason. Justice John Tsoho gave the order on Wednesday after listening to counsels to the DSS, Mohammed Diri, and that of Kanu, Chuks Muoma…
Embattled former National Security Adviser to former president Goodluck Jonathan, Sambo Dasuki, was not present in court on Wednesday, where he is being tried for money laundering. His absence in court angered the judge, Justice Adeniyi Ademola, who ordered the Federal Government to produce him at the next hearing on February 16, 2016. It was…
The President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration has been warned by the Ekiti State House of Assembly against using the backdoor to oust the state governor, Ayodele Fayose. The House, during a plenary presided over by the Speaker, Kola Oluwawole, on Tuesday in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital, accused the Federal Government of attempting to remove Fayose through…
The Federal Government has warned corrupt judges to repent or risk criminal charges leveled against them when caught. This warning was given by the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister for Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), at a function held in Lagos on Tuesday. According to a statement issued by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project,…
Henceforth, all bank customers in Nigeria will pay N50 as stamp duty on every money received into their accounts. This, according to the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, headed by Godwin Emefiele, is to boost the Federal Government’s revenue with the alarming fall in the price of crude oil in the international market. In a…