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P&ID $11bn Gas Contract Case:��Corruption in Nigeria on an industrial scale�, British lawyer tells London court

December 4, 2022December 4, 2022 Aminu Imam

A British lawyer representing Nigeria in a London court case in which $11 billion is at stake has said, on Friday, that the trial would reveal corruption �on an industrial scale�, not only of Nigerian officials but also of British lawyers. The case stems from a contract for a gas project awarded by Nigeria in 2010 to Process and Industrial Developments Limited, P&ID. The gas processing facility never materialised, for reasons that are disputed. After years of legal wrangling, a London-based arbitration tribunal said, in 2017, that Nigeria had not…

Newly Sworn-In Osun Gov. Adeleke directs heads of LGAs to take over from sacked council chairmen

November 28, 2022November 28, 2022 Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun has directed career heads of Local Government Areas (LGAs) and Area Councils Development Areas (ACDAs) in the state to take control and charge of their councils from the sacked council chairmen and councillors. The directive is contained in a statement issued by Adeleke�s Spokesperson, Malam Olawale Rasheed. Adeleke says the directive is with immediate effect. �Gov. Adeleke also directed the most senior career heads across all the local government areas, to take charge of their councils. �This is in compliance with the judgment of the Federal…

Crude oil theft: NNPCL, Shell to face lawsuit over new illegal pipeline discovered in Delta

October 19, 2022October 19, 2022 Aminu Imam

A civil Society organisation (CSO), the Oil Spill Victims Initiative, (OSPIVV), has threatened to sue the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, (NNPCL), and Shell Petroleum Development Company, (SPDC), over the illegal pipeline connections used to siphon the country�s crude oil. The CSO revealed that the illegal pipeline connected to the trunk line through an abandoned pipeline by the Nigerians Agip Oil Company Limited (NAOCL), and linked to a location in the high sea, where they load crude oil into vessels and sell overseas. A new illegal pipeline has been discovered…

2023 Presidential primaries:�Ex-Minister asks court to disqualify Tinubu, Atiku over �vote buying�

October 1, 2022October 1, 2022 Aminu Imam

The immediate-past Minister of State for education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, has filed a suit before an Abuja Federal High Court seeking to void the election of Bola Tinubu as presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, (APC). Nwajiuba, who was an APC presidential candidate but received only one vote in the June 8 primary despite staying away, accused Tinubu of bribing delegates with dollars. The suit, filed alongside a non-governmental organisation, (NGO), the Incorporated Trustees of Rights for All International, is also praying the court to disqualify Atiku Abubakar, candidate of…

Sha’aban vs APC/Uba Sani:� Court adjourns Kaduna Guber Primary tussle to October 13th for judgement�

September 7, 2022September 7, 2022 Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

A federal high court sitting in Kaduna has adjourned to 13th of October for judgment, the case filed by Sani Sha�aban over the conduct�of All Progressive Congress APC primaries conducted by the party in Kaduna for the 2023 elections. Voice of Liberty Liberty Correspondent, Sani Magaji Muhammed reports Sani Sha�aban had dragged the All Progressive Congress APC, Senator representing Kaduna Central and gubernatorial candidate of the party and other stakeholders before the high court over conduct of the party�s gubernatorial primaries without legal and due delegates. The counsel to Sani Shaaban,…

Court sentences Danish to death for killing Nigerian wife, child

May 20, 2022May 20, 2022 Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

A Lagos High Court on Friday�sentenced a Danish, Peter Nielsen, to death by hanging for�killing his Nigerian wife and daughter. Justice Bolanle Okikiolu-Ighile convicted Nielsen, 54, on two counts of murder brought against him by Lagos State Government. The judge sentenced Nielsen to death by hanging on both counts. The Dane was charged with the death of his wife and singer, Zainab, and their three-year-old daughter, Petra. Lagos State Government accused him of smothering Zainab and Petra to death at 3.45a.m. at No. 4, Flat 17, Bella Vista Tower, Banana Island, Ikoyi, Lagos…

IPOB: Court orders FG to pay Nnamdi Kanu N1bn as damages

January 20, 2022January 20, 2022 Aminu Imam

An Abia State High Court, presided over by Hon. Justice Benson Anya in Umuahia, the state capital, yesterday awarded N1 billion damage in favour of the detained leader of the banned Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, against the Federal Government. Kanu, through his lawyer, Aloy Ejimakor, had approached the court seeking N5 billion damage against the Federal Government over the alleged invasion of his father�s house on September 10, 2017, by the military. Hon. Justice Anya described the invasion of Kanu�s Afaraukwu residence as notorious and brazen. He…

Umahi�s removal: Court to deliver judgment in suit March 8 on Defection

January 19, 2022January 19, 2022 Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, fixed March 8 for has fixed March 8 for judgment a suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seeking the removal of Ebonyi Governor, Dave Umahi. The PDP is asking the court to sack Umahi, alongside his deputy, Dr. Kelechi Igwe, from office on account of their defection from the party to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Justice Inyang Ekwo fixed the date after counsel to the parties adopted their processes and argued their case for and against the suit. The PDP,…

PDP Chair Crisis: Appeal Court dismisses Secondus� lawsuit

October 29, 2021October 29, 2021 Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Court of Appeal Port Harcourt Division, has dismissed a suit by suspended national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Uche Secondus. The PDP was also granted leave to proceed with its elective national convention scheduled for October 30 and October 31. The panel of three judges led by Justice Haruna Tsammani found no merit in Secondus� appeal saying he voluntarily relinquished his office since he did not challenge his removal at ward and local government levels. Secondus had filed the suit marked: CA/PH/339/2021 seeking, among others, to restrain…