Alleged N7.9bn Fraud: Again, Stella Oduah’s Arraignment Stalled
Alleged N7.9bn Fraud: Again, Stella Oduah’s Arraignment Stalled The planned arraignment of a former Minister of Aviation, Senator Stella Adaeze Oduah, on the alleged N7.9bn money laundering charges was stalled at a Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday. Oduah, who was personally present in court along with other eight co-defendants, could not be put in the dock following the inability of the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) to give a definite go-ahead with the arraignment. During the proceedings on Tuesday, counsel to the federal gove…
Court Discharges HEDA Chairman, Suraju From Cyberstalking Crime, As FG Withdraws Charges
Court Discharges HEDA Chairman, Suraju From Cyberstalking Crime, As FG Withdraws Charges The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Tuesday discharged the chairman of the Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA), Mr Olanrewaju Suraju, from cyberstalking charges brought against him by the Federal Government. Suraju’s discharge followed a request from the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN) to withdraw the charge against the HEDA boss. At the resumed hearing, the prosecut…
Court to INEC, AGF: Show cause why Emefiele shouldn’t contest
Court to INEC, AGF: Show cause why Emefiele shouldn’t contest Justice A. R. Mohammed of the Federal High Court in Abuja has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, to show cause on why the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele should not be allowed to contest the presidential election slated for next year. This is contrary to a trending and misleading report that a Federal High Court has refused Emefiele’s request t…
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Why we extended strike by 12 weeks - ASUU President
Why we extended strike by 12 weeks - ASUU President The President of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) Emmanuel Osodeke has explained that the decision of the union to extend its ongoing strike for another 12 weeks was to enable the Federal Government address issues in the agreement it had with it in concrete terms. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that extension by another 12 weeks, will make it 20 weeks students will stay at home. Osodeke told NAN in a telephone interview on Monday in Abuja said that the extension was due t…
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Alleged Fraud: U.S. court fixes date for trial of Allen Onyema’s suspected collaborator
Alleged Fraud: U.S. court fixes date for trial of Allen Onyema’s suspected collaborator The CEO of Air Peace, a major Nigerian airline operator, Allen Onyema, and another official of the company also face 36 charges of bank fraud, aggravated identity theft, money laundering, and credit application fraud in the U.S. court. A United States court has rescheduled the trial of Ebony Mayfield, a woman accused of helping the founder of Air Peace, Allen Onyema, to facilitate a $20 million bank fraud. A new court document shows the U.S. District Court …
1.6m Students For WASSCE As Exam Begins May 16
1.6m Students For WASSCE As Exam Begins May 16 The West Africa Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) will commence on May 16, 2022 in all states of federation in which over a million and half students will be evaluated in different subjects. This was made known on Monday by Patrick Arhegan, Head of National Office of the West African Examination Council (WAEC) in Lagos. He said that the regional examination body had overcome the distruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in the 2021 examination sessions and has put things in place…
2023: Pastor Bakare Declares Formally, Says New Nigeria Is Possible
2023: Pastor Bakare Declares Formally, Says New Nigeria Is Possible Serving Overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has formally declared for the presidential race on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). At an elaborate event at the Musa Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja on Monday, the former running mate to President Muhammadu Buhari in the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in the 2011 general elections promised a well-governed nation that will guarantee the security of every Nigerian. Bakare p…
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