Court throws out Interveners bid to keep Ibori’s $15m bribe
Lagos-based refrigerator repairer, Olalekan Bayode has, as expected, seen the end of his desire to manage the disputed $15m (N2.6bn) alleged to have been paid by former governor of Delta…
Court Throws out Refrigerator Repairer’s Bid to Keep Ibori’s $15m Bribe
Court Throws out Refrigerator Repairer’s Bid to Keep Ibori’s $15m Bribe Lagos-based refrigerator repairer, Olalekan Bayode has, as expected, seen the end of his desire to manage the disputed $15m…
Snitch on Boko Haram & Get Paid – JTF
The Joint Task Force (JTF) on Friday revved up its haunt of top members and point men of the Boko Haram Islamist sect by promising a minimum of N10m and…
Gov. Uduaghan presents N398.31bn. budget proposal
Delta state governor Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has presented the 2013 budget proposal of 398.31 billion naira to the State House of Assembly. Of the N398.31 bn. estimates, N252.31 bn. would…
N4bn Scam: Former Gov. Audu to Face Trial
Erstwhile Kogi State Governor, Abubakar Audu’s six-year travail over an alleged N4bn scam will not be over anytime soon as he had anticipated, following a Supreme Court ruling on Friday…
N1.3tr Loss to FG: NEITI to Sanction Erring Companies
The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) is determined to sanction companies guilty of under-assessments and underpayments that have resulted in revenue losses of N1.3 trillion to the federal government,…
Disabled Persons Shut Down Owerri Over Govt. Insensitivity
Two days after they staged a protest to the Ahiajoku Conference Centre to get the attention of Governor Rochas Okorocha to no avail, physically challenged persons numbering over 500, drawn…
A Nigeria without Us; A Nigeria without Oil
A ball of fire in the sky, the sun was on its way home and so was I. While my body sat through the two hour trip, my mind travelled…
Otedola’s N250b Suit: Lawan, Tambuwal Want Case Quashed
The Abuja High Court hearing the suit filed by billionaire businessman, Femi Otedola and his company, Zenon Petroleum and Gas Company lacks the jurisdiction to entertain it, under-fire former chairman…
The Subsidy Conundrum (Part 1)
If you are confused about the assurance by President Jonathan during his recent media chat that “Subsidy stays in 2013”, you are not alone. A few days before the presidential…