April 25, 2019

Innoson sues GT Bank’s directors for contempt

Innoson Nigeria Limited has filed a contempt action at the Federal High Court (FHC), Awka, Anambra State, against the managing director of Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB), Segun Agbaje, and two others, asking them to show why they should not be committed to prison.

The other two are chairman of the bank, Mrs. Osaretin Demuren, and the secretary, Erhi Obededuo.

In the contempt application filed on its behalf by Prof. McCarthy Mbadugha, Innoson urged the court to order the alleged contemnors to come and show cause why they should not be committed for contempt and sent to prison for their wilful

Nigerian Senate to spend ₦5.5b on official cars for members

Senate still kicks against sale of National Theatre, TBS

The Senate has reaffirmed its commitment to the non sale of the National Theatre, Tafawa Balewa Square and other national monuments.

This is sequel to the adoption of the report of its Committee on Culture and Tourism at plenary on Thursday.

Presenting the report, the chairman of the committee, Sen. Fatimat Raji-Rasaki said the committee was instructed to examine monuments across the country and report back.

According to her, the committee traveled to Lagos and other parts of the country to assess the monuments and recommends that, given their historic and monetary value, they should not be disposed of.

The …

Shell: Nigeria needs $200b to bridge energy gap

Shell Nigeria Exploration & Production Co (SNEPCo) Managing Director (MD) Bayo Ojulari has said between $40 billion and $200 billion Nigeria needs to bridge its energy gap.

He said a nation without a secured energy system could not claim to have power.

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Court grants Iwu ₦1billion bail, still in prison custody

Breaking: Appeal Court reverses conviction of Army General

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has set aside the conviction of a former Chief of Transformation and Innovation at the Nigerian Army Headquarters, Major General Ibrahim Sani, by a Special Military Court Martial.

The appellate court, in a unanimous judgment of a three-man panel, led by Justice Abubakar Datti Yahaya, voided the proceedings leading to the conviction and sentence.

The Court of Appeal was of the view that Major General was denied fair hearing in the trial process.

The judgment, given on April 18, 2019 is on an appeal, marked: CA/A/791/2017 which arose from four interlocutory rulings and the …

Nigerian pirates abduct six sailors from oil tanker

Pirates off Nigeria’s oil-rich south have stormed a small oil tanker, kidnapping six sailors, the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) said on Thursday, the latest in a string of such attacks.

The Apecus, a Palau-flagged petroleum products tanker of 3,100 deadweight tonnes, was attacked on Friday as it was anchored off Bonny Island, south of oil hub of Port Harcourt, according to the IMB Piracy Reporting Centre.

“An anchored tanker was boarded by unauthorised persons who kidnapped six crew and escaped,” the piracy watchdog said, adding that the rest of the crew were reported to be safe. No details of their …

How Mr P slept with my wife – Diamond Plantnumz

Tanzanian singer, Diamond Plantnumz has accused Peter Okoye, of the defunct P-Square, also known as Mr. P, of sleeping with his (Plantnumz) wife, Zaria.

Plantnumz stated this during an interview with his radio station, Wasafi FM.

He said that Mr P through that act, caused his marriage with Zaria to crash.

But in a swift reaction to the claim, Diamond’s Ex-wife, Zaria, debunked the news.

In an Instagram post, Zaria called her ex-husband a pathological liar who once denied his own child.

She said, “I was about to sleep and people started sending me these voice notes about how Nasibo …