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The British national, Mr James Nolan, who jumped bail in the alleged 9.6 billion dollars Process and Industrial Development (P&ID) Ltd scandal, on Monday, opened his defence in absentia without calling any witness. Nolan’s counsel, Mr Michael Ajara, told Justice Donatus Okorowo of a Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja that he did not intend to call any witness upon resumed hearing in the matter. Ajara told the court that after his evaluation of the evidence of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the prosecution in the matter, he would be relying on the case of the prosecution. EFCC’s lawyer,…
Mr Olatunji Disu, Commissioner of Police in Rivers, has dismissed claims of an assassination attempt on the factional Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Edison Ehie. Disu told newsmen in Port Harcourt on Monday that the command had launched full investigation to ascertain the claims made by the speaker. Ehie (PDP Ahoada-East II) had claimed that police officers in mufti shot sporadically while attempting to force their way into his private residence to assassinate him but were resisted by policemen attached to him. But the police commissioner described what happened at Ehie’s residence as a routine police patrol. “The…
By Kamil Opeyemi The factional Speaker of Rivers House of Assembly, Mr. Edison Ehie (PDP-Ahoada 11) has urged the Inspector General of Police , Kayode Egbetokun, to address what he described as misconduct of some officers deployed to Rivers State. Ehie made the appeal on Monday while addressing newsmen on an alleged invasion of his Port Harcourt residence. According to him, some men in company of armed police officers, forcefully entered his residence at 11:00 p.m. on Sunday, shooting sporadically in an attempt to kill him and members of his family. He claimed that he had been under attack since…
•By Halimah Olamide A Group, Fontana Society, is set to unveil the first medical emergency health card in Nigeria. This was made known in a statement, disclosing that the unveiling will take place on the 21st of November, 2023 at the CIAPS Auditorium, Ikeja, Lagos. According to the Society, the Fontana health card is designed to help card holders pay for emergency treatments, medications, tests and examinations, as well as required allied services, and the card can be used by card holders or anyone of their choice. The card, it said, was its initiative conceived with the aim of promoting…
Liberian President George Weah has been hailed for his sportsmanship for conceding to his rival in the presidential race – from across the political divide and the region. “This is a time for graciousness in defeat, a time to place our country above party, and patriotism above personal interest,” the former football star, who has served as Liberia’s president since 2018, said. The 57-year-old’s phone call to congratulate Joseph Boakai on Friday night has saved the country, which has a history of brutal civil conflict, from a weekend of tension. “These are great times in Liberia and in Africa because…
•By Halimah Olamide The Labour Party has urged its supporters, to shun politics of biterness and embrace peace in order to triumph in the Edo state governorship election in 2024. The assertion was made by the National Chairman of the party, Comrade Barrister Julius Abure in a statement signed by the party’s Publicity Secretary, Obiora Ifoh on Monday. Addressing the leadership of the party in Edo Central, headed by a retired Commissioner of Police, Barrister Friday Ibadin in his house in Uromi at the weekend, Abure said there are consequences in disloyalty and indiscipline. Abure appreciated the State Chairman, Comrade…
By Halimah Olamide Amidst allegations of fiscal improprieties made by the governorship of the African Democratic Congress, Funsho Doherty, Lagos state Deputy Governor, Obafemi Hamzat, has written to the state’s Public Procurement Agency demanding explanations over alleged inaccuracies on the website of the agency. Doherty had raised the alarm over what he felt were curious expenditure which had been made under the administration of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Specifically, Doherty had questioned spending of N2bn for the procurement of some recharge fans and other items in the office of the Deputy Governor. Equally qeried was a party N30m monthly allocation to…
By Kamil Opeyemi A High Court Judge in Lagos, Justice Hakeem Oshodi has warned those coming to his court to stop dropping charms in his courtroom. Justice Oshodi dropped this warning at the trial of five men accused of murder of one Ifeanyi Etunmuse on Monday. “No one should leave charms in my courtroom. It should not be repeated. A talisman was found after the last adjourned date in the murder case,” he said . The judge, who referred to the charm as ‘property’, warned the courtroom audience: “Do not leave your property here again. It does not work anymore.”…
The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Monday affirmed the election of Gov. Hyacinth Alia of the All Progressives Congress as governor of Benue. The appellate court dismissed the appeal filed by the Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Titus Uba challenging the election of Alia. The candidate of the PDP in the March 18 governorship election had approached the appellate court to set aside the judgment of the tribunal which upheld Alia’s election. Uba among other things alleged that Alia’s deputy, Samuel Ode, presented a forged certificate to the Independent National Electoral Commission contrary to Section 182(1)(j)…
Oil futures rose more than $1 on Monday, extending gains on the prospect of OPEC+ deepening supply cuts to shore up prices after four weeks of decline on demand worries. Brent crude futures rose $1.78 to $82.39 a barrel by 1350 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude was up $1.71 at $77.60. The front-month December WTI contract expires later on Monday. The more active January futures gained $1.79 to $77.83. Both contracts settled 4% higher on Friday after three OPEC+ sources told Reuters that the producer group, comprising the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries(OPEC) and allies including Russia, is…