Treaty violation: UK court orders Nigeria to pay Chinese firm $70m, dismisses immunity plea
A court of appeal in the UK has ruled that Nigeria is liable for a $70 million arbitration award in favour of Zhongshan Fucheng Industrial Investment Co. Ltd, a Chinese investor. Julian Flaux, the presiding judge, made the ruling on Thursday in reaction to claims of state immunity made by Nigeria to avoid […]
Newspaper Headlines: Atiku asks tribunal to uphold INEC’s admission that he won in 21 states
Reports of the hike in the prices of goods and services, including school fees, dominated the cover pages of Nigerian newspapers. Source: Top Stories
National social register developed by states, NASSCO replies NEC
The National Social Safety Nets Coordinating Office (NASSCO) says the country’s social register is an aggregation of state registers. In a tweet on Friday, the office said the 36 states and the federal capital territory (FCT) “built the register”. “The national social register is an aggregation of state registers built by each […]
Ibori to appeal UK court order on confiscation of £100m linked to him
A UK court has ordered the confiscation of £101.5 million allegedly linked to James Ibori, former governor of Delta state. Delivering the judgement on Friday after “factual findings”, David Tomlinson, a judge at Southwark Crown Court, said Ibori should pay the sum immediately or face an eight-year jail sentence. Reacting in a […]
Court orders AGF to take over Stella Oduah’s ‘N5bn fraud’ case
A federal high court in Abuja has ordered the office of the attorney-general of the federation (AGF) to take over the N5 billion suit filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against Stella Oduah, former aviation minister. The EFCC alleged that Oduah misappropriated public funds estimated at N5 billion while serving […]
NAF airstrike destroys ‘illegal refinery’ in Rivers
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has reportedly destroyed an illegal refining site at Dariama village in Rivers state. Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency publication focused on the Lake Chad region, said the site was destroyed by the air component of operation Delta Safe. The publication said the airstrike on the illegal refinery was intelligence-driven, […]
‘Victory for us’ — Akeredolu’s wife shares photo of husband in medical facility on birthday
Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, wife of the governor of Ondo, has shared the photograph of her husband in a medical facility amid death rumours. Betty posted the picture on Friday across her social media handles. The picture shows the ailing governor sitting on a motorable chair while his wife posed beside him. The […]
‘Terrorism’: FG presents witnesses in trial of hostage negotiator Tukur Mamu
The trial of Tukur Mamu, publisher of Desert Herald, has commenced before a federal high court in Abuja. Mamu was arraigned in March by the office of the attorney-general of the federation (AGF) on a 10-count charge bordering on terrorism. However, in March, he pleaded not guilty to all the counts and denied having […]
Tinubu calls for military reforms to quell crises in Lake Chad region
President Bola Tinubu says countries in the Lake Chad region have to reform their militaries to quell terrorism and security crises. Speaking at the graduation ceremony of senior course 45 of the armed forces command and staff college, Jaji, on Friday, the president said Cameroon, the Niger Republic, Chad and Nigeria must collaborate […]
Political agents using fake news to distract judiciary, says Obi-Datti media office
The Peter Obi and Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed media office says “rogue trolls” are deploying fake news to distract the judiciary. Obi and Baba-Ahmed were the presidential and vice-presidential candidates of the Labour Party (LP) in the February 25 election. LP and its candidates are challenging the outcome of the election at the […]