Category: National
Dangote Refinery Halts Legal Proceedings Against NNPCL, Others Amid Naira Sales Directive
Dangote Refinery and Petrochemicals announced on Thursday that it is settling out of court with the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) and six other defendants regarding import licenses granted by the Nigeria Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA). The refinery had filed a suit in September 2024 seeking to nullify the licenses and…
Petitioner Faults Plea Bargain Deal Approved By Lagos Attorney-General For Alleged Murder Suspects
A petitioner, Oluwatosin Onamade, has faulted the approval of a plea bargain deal by the Attorney-General of Lagos State Lawal Pedro (SAN) for suspects who allegedly killed his assistant. The suspects are Atunrase Omolabi (28), Shittu Olawale (28), Olaide Opeifa (40), Olanrewaju Adebiyi (35) and Jamiu Omosanya. The prosecution said they killed Ifeanyi Godfrey Etunmuse…
Passengers Turn To Road Transport As Air Peace Ticket Soars To N200,000
From November 1, 2024, a one-way flight ticket from Lagos to Abuja on Air Peace is to hit N200,000. The harsh economy has been affecting the aviation business causing airlines to increase their fares amid lamentations from passengers. This development has forced some Nigerians to abandon flights for road transport. Checks by our correspondent on…
Score Recording Session Led To Rape Allegation, AOCOED Lecturer Tells Court
A part-time lecturer of the Department of Primary Education and Early Childhood Development of Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education, Oto-Ijanikin, Lagos, Kolawole Muyiwa, on Monday, appeared before the Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, presided over by Justice Ramon Oshodi, on trial for the alleged rape of a student. Our correspondent learnt that the…
Minister Lokpobiri Challenges Nigeria To Exceed OPEC Quota, Boost Oil Output
Nigeria has been charged to produce 4 million barrels of crude oil and condensate per day (4mb/d) or instantly hit an output of 2.4mb/d of crude as it did during the COVID 19 lockdown. Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri gave the charge yesterday at the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission…
Court Reserves Ruling In N2.4m Corruption Case Against Former Ondo Speaker
An Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure has reserved ruling in a case of N2.4m corruption charges against a former Ondo Speaker, Hon Bamidele Oloyelogun. Other charged with the former Speaker were a former lawmaker, Felemu-Gudu Bankole and a civil servant, Segun Oyadeyi. They were arraigned on a two-count charge of corruption and conferring…
Dangote Seeks Court Order To Void Petroleum Product Import Licenses, Claims Violation Of PIA
*Demands N100bn Damages The Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE has gone before the Federal High Court in Abuja for among others, an order voiding all licenses recently issued for the importation of petroleum products into the country. Dangote Petroleum, in a suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1324/2024 also wants the court to award damages at N100billion against…
Ex-Power Minister Agunloye Opposes EFCC’s Amended Charge In Mambila Hydropower Corruption Case
A former Minister of Power, Dr Olu Agunloye on Monday, kicked against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) amending the charge it brought against him, alleging some infractions committed on the Mambila Hydropower plant in Taraba State. The former minister, who served in the former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration, is facing a seven-count charge…
Cross River IRS Threatens Legal Action Against UNICAL Over N3.7 Billion Tax Default
The Cross River Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued a final demand to the University of Calabar (UNICAL) over an alleged N3.7 billion tax default spanning from 2018 to 2022. The IRS has warned that legal action will be taken if the university fails to clear the debt within 14 days. Director of Compliance, Mr…
EFCC Re-Arraigns Ex-Governor Ahmed And Finance Commissioner For Alleged Fund Misappropriation
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Monday, filed 14 fresh charges of alleged N5.78 billion fraud against the former Kwara State governor, Abdulfattah Ahmed, and his Commissioner of Finance, Mr Ademola Banu, before a Kwara State High Court presided by Justice Mahmud Abdulgafar. The duo were charged with alleged diversion and misappropriation of public…
UK Responds To Nigeria’s Heathrow Slot Demand, Proposes Talks At International Civil Aviation Negotiations
The United Kingdom aviation authorities have expressed readiness to discuss the issue of slot allocation to Air Peace, the Nigerian carrier, in its tier-A airport in Heathrow, London. In early September the Nigeria minister for Aviation and Aerospace development, Festus Keyamo, wrote a diplomatic letter to the United Kingdom aviation handlers requesting landing slots for…
Court Adjourns Arraignment Of Two Lawyers, Businessman Accused Of Forgery, Damage To Property Nov 28
Justice S.I. Sonaike of the Lagos High Court, TBS has adjourned the arraignment of two lawyers, Ademola Owolabi, the managing partner of Ademola Adetokunbo & Co., and Adebayo Akeju, who is a partner in a law firm called Adon Partners, Lagos, as well as a real estate developer, Alex Ochonogor, to November 28. Ochonogor is…
64-Year Delay: Lawyer Seeks Supreme Court Order For AGF To Implement Foreign Judgments Law
Emmanuel Ekpenyong’s lawyer has urged the Supreme Court to compel AGF Lateef Fagbemi to promulgate the order on foreign judgments. Mr Ekpenyong dragged the AGF to the Supreme Court after the Court of Appeal, in appeal number CA/A/132/2020, between Mr Ekpenyong and the Nigerian attorney general, dismissed the appeal on May 12, 2022. The appellate…
FG Approves Seplat’s $1.28bn Acquisition Of Exxon Mobil’s Onshore Assets
The federal government has officially approved Seplat Energy’s purchase of Exxon Mobil’s onshore assets, valued at $1.28 billion, more than two years after the deal was originally struck. This sale has faced prolonged regulatory delays since its announcement in February 2022. On Monday, Gbenga Komolafe, the chief executive officer of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory…
EKITI: PDP recommends Fayose’s expulsion over anti-party
THE Ekiti State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has proposed the expulsion of former state Governor Ayodele Fayose for allegedly undermining the party’s interests. During a press conference yesterday in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital, PDP Caretaker Chairman Dare Adeleke stated that the recommendation for Fayose’s expulsion stemmed from his purported anti-party actions, including…
Witness Claims Emefiele’s Companies Received Preferential Treatment In CBN Contracts
A prosecution witness, Stephen Gana, on Monday told an Abuja High Court that two companies belonging to former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele got preferential treatments in vehicle procurement contracts bidding. The witness, made this known while testifying in the case of alleged procurement fraud preferred against Emefiele by the…
Hardship: Daily petrol consumption crashes by 92% under Tinubu — Report
THE daily consumption of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) or petrol in Nigeria has significantly decreased within one year of President Bola Tinubu taking office on May 29, 2023. Data sourced from the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Product Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) Daily Truck Out Report for September 2024 indicated that as of August 20, 2024, petrol…
20m out-of-school children recruitment pool for Boko Haram – Obasanjo
FORMER President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, says the growing number of out-of-school children in the country poses a great security risk for the nation in the future. He said that the over 20 million out of school children in Nigeria are only being prepared for recruitment into Boko Haram and banditry in the next 10…
Shettima to represent Tinubu at CHOGM 2024
Vice President Kashim Shettima will lead Nigeria’s delegation to represent President Bola Tinubu at the the 2024 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM). Shettima will join King Charles of England and other world leaders from 56 member countries at the first CHOGM to be held in the Pacific small island of Apia, Samoa from October…
Rivers Int’l Film Festival, RIFF 2024 explores ‘The Shift’, holds Oct 24-27
The 2024 edition will ‘shift’ its focus to the youths as emerging creatives of the future with emphasis on helping them cope with the challenges of the film industry by providing them with skills to enable them diversify into other avenues of making money while waiting for their big break in the movie business RIFF’s…