APC Will Win Both Bayelsa and Kogi – Tinubu

National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has said that the party would win the governorship election in Kogi and Bayelsa States. Tinubu who spoke in Benin City at the 90th birthday of Chief David Edebiri, the Esogban of Benin Kingdom said he expects victory for the APC in both states. He said there was no other political party in the two states. Tinubu said the broom would come together to sweep away the debris of the past to secure electoral victory. According to him, “I expect nothing less than victory in Kogi and Bayelsa States.

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$9.6bn Judgment: We’ll Soon Expose, Prosecute Everybody Involved In Failed Contract – Magu

Acting Chairman of the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ibrahim Magu, has vowed to expose and prosecute all those behind the contract, whose alleged breach led to the $9.6billion British court judgment against Nigeria. The Acting Chairman of the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Ibrahim Magu, says the commission will expose and prosecute all those behind a contract whose alleged breach led to the $9.6billion British court judgment against Nigeria. The court judgment is a fallout of the contract purportedly entered into in July 2010 between the Ministry of Petroleum Resources and the Process and Industrial Developments Ltd (P&ID).

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EFCC Files Notice Of Appeal, Says Court Was Wrong To Free Jonathan’s Aide

Barely 24 hours after the Federal High Court freed Waripamo Owei-Dudafa, an aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan, and a banker, Iwejuo Joseph, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have formally filed its notice of appeal challenging the judgment. The notice of appeal which is pursuant to Section 241 (1) (a) of the 1999 Constitution, is premised on nine grounds of appeal. It lists the Federal Republic of Nigeria as the appellant and Dudafa and Iwejuo as respondents. In the first round, the EFCC Prosecutor, Rotimi Oyedepo said the trial judge, Justice Mohammed Idris erred in law by discharging

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Alleged Fraud: Drama as Fayose storms Ekiti Assembly 24 hours after summon

There was drama on Friday at Ekiti State House of Assembly complex as former governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayodele Fayose staged a surprise visit to the chamber in less than twenty four hours after the lawmakers summoned him to appear over alleged fraud. Fayose stormed the premises of the Assembly at about1:15 pm and went straight to the office of Speaker, Mr. Funminiyi Afuye office to throw light on the alleged financial misappropriation. The former governor was received by the Speaker, Mr Funminiyi Afuye and the deputy Speaker, Hakeem Jamiu where he met them behind closed door for about

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Governors reject NDDC board nominees

Governors of the Niger Delta states have rejected President Muhammadu Buhari’s nominees into the board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Rising from a meeting last night in Abuja, the governors expressed concerns over the way and manner the appointments were made, saying it does not reflect effecting governance mechanism. Bayelsa State Governor Seriake Dickson said the aggrieved governors would seek audience with President Buhari to address the imbalance. According to Dickson, their concerns arose from protests being staged by people and stakeholders across the nine member states of the NDDC. The governors, however, urged calm and restraint in

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Elumelu seeks $2.5b Japanese investment for Africa

Chairman, Heirs Holdings, Tony Elumelu, has asked Japan to invest $2.5 billion representing five per cent of its $50 billion commitment to Africa. Elumelu, African investor and philanthropist, spoke at the seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) in Yokohama, Japan. “At TICAD 2016 in Kenya, Japan pledged $30 billion for Africa. This year you have generously increased this to $50 billion. If we invested just five per cent in Africa’s new generation of entrepreneurs, following my Foundation’s robust, proven model of getting capital directly to those best placed to catalyse growth and create real impact, we could touch

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Lawyer, client sue EFCC over N20m ‘property fraud’

An Ilorin, Kwara State lawyer Olarewaju Aluko and his client, Taiye Na’Allah, yesterday sued the Economic and Financial Commission (EFCC) at a Kwara State High Court for alleged defamation of character. The duo are seeking redress and asking for N20 million damages from the commission. The Ilorin Zonal office of the commission, on Wednesday, accused the lawyer of defrauding Pastor Adetunji Adedoyin of his property valued at N20 million. The commission also claimed that Aluko was on the run, following invitation and interrogation of other lawyers reportedly involved in the matter. Adedoyin is also joined as respondent in the suit,

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Court discharges, acquits Jonathan’s ex-aide of alleged N1.6bn fraud

In a 190-page judgment, Justice Mohammed Idris held that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) failed to prove any of the 22-count charge beyond reasonable doubt against Owei-Dudafa and a Heritage Bank worker Joseph Iwejuo. He said the anti-graft agency’s case was “based on suspicions” but that suspicions “cannot take the place of legal evidence”. Justice Idris also observed that the EFCC failed to call vital witnesses, including Jonathan and former NSA Sambo Dasuki, who could have helped its case. The judge noted that a particular vital witness, Sompre Omeibi, who could have linked the defendants to the offences,

By |August 29th, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: |0 Comments

Alleged N1.6bn fraud: Jonathan’s ex-aide Knows fate today

A Federal High Court in Lagos will today deliver judgment in the alleged N1.6billion fraud trial of former President Goodluck Jonathan’s aide, Dr Waripamo Owei-Dudafa. Dudafa along with a Heritage Bank worker Joseph Iwejuo are standing trial before Justice Mohammed Idris on 23 counts of money laundering involving N1.6bn. The defendants are currently in court and awaiting judgment. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) accused the defendants of concealing the N1.6bn through a company, Seagate Property Development and Investment Limited, an offence contrary to Section 18(a) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) (Amendment) Act, 2012 and punishable under Section 17(a).

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9-Year-Old Nigerian Boy Who Has Built Over 30 Mobile Games

At just 9-years-old, Basil Okpara is making a name for himself in the area of coding and gaming. Like many others his age, Basil loves to play games but his fascination with gaming does not end at playing, his curious mind has led him into coding, leading him to come with dozens of game ideas. Basil says he derives great joy and a sense of pride when he plays his own games, and when asked in a recent interview how many games he has developed/created, the lad replies that he has made well over 30 games within a short while.

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