Justice C.A. Balogun of the Lagos state High Court in Ikeja, Lagos has adjourned the trial of Abubakar Peters and his company, Nadabo Energy Limited till. March 31. The case in which they are standing trial for alleged N1.4 billion fraud continued on Tuesday with the cross-examination of the fifth prosecution witness, PW5, Abdulrasheed Bawa, Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The EFCC is prosecuting Abubakar and his company on a 27-count charge for allegedly using forged documents to obtain N1,464,961,978.24 from the federal government as oil subsidy, after allegedly inflating the quantity of Premium Motor Spirit,…
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Former Governor of Kano State, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Kwankwaso resigned his membership from PDP in a letter he sent to his Ward Chairman on dated Tuesday March, 29 2022. Details later…
By Lizzy Carr, Bauchi The Bauchi State Health Contributory Management Agency (BASHCMA) is to commence free treatment for some 200 sickle cell patients under the state health contributory scheme. The Executive Secretary, Dr Musur Dada said the pilot will commence at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital Bauchi (ATBUTH). Dada was speaking while giving an update on the implementation of the health insurance at a two-day media engagement workshop on health insurance program, which took place in Azare Katagum local government area and organised by USAID funded Integrated Health Program. He said the support to sickle cell patients is…
The Chairman Senate Committee on Defence and Deputy Chairman, Senate Committee on Anti-Curruption, Senator Aliyu Wamakko has felicitated with the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu on his 70th birthday. Wamakko said Tinubu has demonstrated an uncommon and unyielding commitment to a progressive and prosperous Nigeria. The Senator noted that Tinubu’s invaluable contributions to Nigeria’s democracy in the past decades, saying he has unmatched credentials. He explained that the leader’s services to his fatherland are most needed at a time like this. He recalled how Tinubu used his acumen to turn things around in Lagos State…
The World Bank has approved $358 million to help Bangladesh improve road safety and reduce fatalities from road traffic crashes on selected high-risk highways and district roads. The Road Safety Project will help Bangladesh achieve the Sustainable Development Goals on road safety by 2030, said the bank in a statement on Tuesday. On two national highways, N4 (Gazipur-Elenga) and N6 (Natore to Nawabganj), the project will pilot comprehensive road safety measures, including improved engineering designs, signing and marking, pedestrian facilities, speed enforcement, emergency care, added the statement. It said these measures would help reduce road traffic deaths by more than…
… Nigeria, Chad, Niger, Cameroon officials attend By Babagana Wakil, Maiduguri Borno state governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum on Tuesday, addressed multinationals from Lake Chad countries and development partners from the UK and other countries at an ongoing conference hosted by UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development office. The conference tagged “Lake Chad Basin: Key Steps Towards Comprehensive Regional Solutions” with focus on how to effectively manage mass surrenders by Boko Haram and ISWAP fighters through Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR), is taking place at Wilton Park, located at Winston House in Sussex, United Kingdom. The conference has participants drawn from…
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba gave warned those negotiating with Russia not to eat or drink with them. This followed report about poisoning of Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich and Ukrainian negotiators. “I advise anyone going through negotiations with the Russian Federation not to eat or drink anything. “Preferably avoid touching any surface,” Kuleba said. It comes as discussions between Ukrainian and Russian delegations are set to continue in Turkey on Tuesday. In more than a month of war, negotiators from Ukraine and Russia have met three times in the border region of Belarus, talks then shifted online. On Sunday, the…
The Nigerian Army says troops of 82 Division have dislodged the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed affiliate, Eastern Security Network (ESN) from their hideout in Anambra The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, in a statement, said the clearance operation took place on Monday at Orsumoghu, Ihiala Local Government Area of the state. Nwachukwu said the notorious groups had serially launched attacks on defenceless civilians and security targets from the hideout. He said troops were met with stiff resistance from the dissident elements, as they closed in on their enclave during the operations along Imo-Anambra border…
Brazilian President, Jair Bolsonaro, has been hospitalised again, according to local media reports. Bolsonaro, 67, was on his way to a party event in Brasilia. He did not appear there, however, he made his way to a military hospital with stomach pain, Fabio Faria, government spokesman, said. His wife Michelle said he was fine. Bolsonaro was taken to hospital in Sao Paulo in January for treatment of an intestinal blockage. The populist president was also treated in hospital for an intestinal blockage in July 2021. He said the problems were as the result of wounds he sustained from a knife…
Oil revenue deductions by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Limited in the first quarter of 2022, have increased by 40.45 percent Quarter-on-Quarter (QoQ) to N883.45 billion from N629.07 billion in the preceding quarter of Q4’21, findings from the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) have revealed. This has resulted in financial pressure on the federal, stats and local governments. According to the indices by FAAC, the deduction effected in March stood at N266.52 billion while other deductions in the past months were February 2022 (N228.52 billion), January 2022 (388.52 billion), December 2021 (N194.11 billion), November 2021 (N284.01 billion), and October…