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

Former INEC chairman Iwu pleads not guilty of ₦1.23bn fraud

August 8, 2019 9:22 am

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Thursday arraigned a former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Maurice Iwu, for an alleged fraud of ₦1.23bn.

Iwu was arraigned on a four-count charge bordering on money laundering before a Federal High Court, Lagos State. He pleaded not guilty to the charges.

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An EFCC source told The Guardian that Iwu is alleged to have aided the concealment of the sum of N1,203,000,000 between December 2014 and March 2015,

The source said monies were in the bank account of Bioresources Institute …

CAN chairman wants Danfo buses banned from Lagos roads

CAN chairman wants Danfo buses banned from Lagos roads

June 21, 2019 12:59 am

Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Lagos chapter, Apostle Alexander Bamgbola, has said commercial commuter buses popularly called Danfo should be banned from Lagos roads, as they constitute nuisance to effective management of traffic in the state.

He made this known yesterday at the Vehicle Inspection Service (VIS) and Ministry of Home Affairs Interfaith Safety seminar, organized by Lagos State Computerised Vehicle Inspection Service (LACVIS) to sensitize Lagosians on the need to obey traffic laws.

The cleric said: “We do not want to see Danfo on Lagos roads, they are evil. If anyone is arrested for any traffic-related …

Jonathan emerges Chairman of African Union's ISCP

Jonathan emerges Chairman of African Union’s ISCP

June 8, 2019 6:59 am

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has emerged as the Chairman of the African Union’s International Summit Council for Peace (ISCP).

Jonathan also urged AU to set minimum acceptable standards for appointing the leadership of electoral commissions as a means of building citizen confidence and ensuring credibility of elections on the continent.

The former President spoke on Friday at the International Leadership Conference in Johannesburg, South Africa, where he emerged as the chairperson of the newly inaugurated ISCP, a body made up of mainly African former Presidents and ex-Heads of State.

The two-day conference tagged ‘Africa Summit and Leaders Conference 2019’ has …

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

BREAKING: ex-NBA chairman slumps in court over fraud case

May 22, 2019 11:13 am

There was a mild drama at an Ikeja Special Offences Court on Wednesday as a former chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Ikeja Branch, Adesina Ogunlan collapsed in the dock during arraignment by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

Ogunlana collapsed, when the EFCC prosecution, Samuel Daji, asked the trial judge, Justice Mojisola Dada, to remand him in prison custody after he pleaded not guilty to a 30-count charge alongside other defendants.

Though his state of health is not known, his colleagues rushed to lend helping hands and was subsequently offered a seat while the prosecution counsel and …

PDP govs reject el-Rufai in two-man race for NGF chairman

PDP govs reject el-Rufai in two-man race for NGF chairman

May 19, 2019 10:20 pm

Ahead of the election of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) chairman, there are indications that Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors prefer their Ekiti State colleague, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, to Kaduna State Governor Nasir el-Rufai.

The seventh NGF poll will hold on Wednesday in Abuja.

El-Rufai may back out of the contest following talks among All Progressives Congress (APC) governors, The Nation learnt last night.

NGF has produced six chairmen in the last 20 years of the nation’s democracy.

They are: Alh. Abdullahi Adamu, (Nasarawa, 1999 – 2004), Arc. (Obong) Victor Attah (Akwa Ibom State, 2004 -2006), Chief Lucky Igbinedion (Edo,
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No plan to sell fuel above ₦145 per litre – IPMAN chairman

April 2, 2019 9:56 pm

The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) in Kano State says the association has no plan to sell petrol above the government’s approved price of N145 per litre.

The association also called on Nigerians to ignore the threat made by the IPMAN chairman for Ore Depot, Shina Amoo.

The State IPMAN chairman, Alhaji Bashir Dan-Malam, disclosed this while addressing a news conference in Kano on Tuesday.

Dan-Malam was reacting to a story credited to the IPMAN chairman for Ore Depot, Mr Shina Amoo, where he was quoted to have said that the association might start selling petrol above N145 …

CCT Chairman threatens to jail journalists

March 21, 2019 12:34 pm
Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), Danladi Umar, on Thursday, threatened to jail journalists over alleged misrepresentation of proceedings of the tribunal’s last sitting.
Umar was visibly angry that some journalists had reported allegation by he suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen, that his assets declaration forms were in loose form suggesting that they may have been tampered with.
He said this was not what transpired and warned that he would not hesitate to send to prison anyone who misrepresents facts of the tribunal’s proceedings.
“The last proceedings was on Monday March 18. That day Onnoghen’s counsel,
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PDP accuses INEC chairman of bias

March 16, 2019 8:49 pm

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday accused the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu, of refusing the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar access to election materials.

The Court of Appeal had ordered INEC to allow Atiku’s lawyers inspect ballot materials used in the February 23 presidential election, in furtherance of the petition filed by the PDP candidate against President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election. However, in a statement yesterday by its spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan, the PDP said that Yakubu and the leadership of INEC have refused to obey the order of the appellate court, given on March …

Gunmen kill Imo APC ward chairman after meeting

February 20, 2019 11:33 pm

Three armed gunmen Tuesday night, stormed the residence of the chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ward 11 Logara / Umuohiagu, Ngor Opkala Local Council, Ifeanyi Ozoemena, 49, killing him.

The deceased, sources closed to him, disclosed that the hoodlums swooped on the victim shortly he ended a meeting of the party members which he presided over in his capacity as the chairman of the ward. Some members of the party who attended the meeting convened by the deceased, said they were in shock since the news filtered into their ears as they arrived their homes.

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CCT chairman reports only to the Presidency, NBA affirms

February 12, 2019 11:40 am

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) said on Tuesday that it agreed with the argument by the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal ( CCT ), Danladi Umar that he and his tribunal were not answerable to the Judiciary, but the Presidency.

NBA, in a statement issued on Tuesday by its President, Paul Usoro (SAN), said Umar was correct in that argument, but contended that the fact that the CCT was under the control of the Executive informs the urgent need to discontinue charge of breach of code of conduct pending against the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Walter …

EFCC debunks story on Ayeni, former chairman of Skye Bank

February 10, 2019 1:10 am

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has denied reports that former Chairman of Skye Bank, Tunde Ayeni is currently undergoing treatment in an undisclosed medical facility after he was poisoned in EFCC detention.

EFCC’s acting Spokesperson, Tony Orilade, in a statement yesterday, in Abuja, said: “Given that the intention of this false alarm is to incite public against the Commission, we found it compelling to state in clear terms that Ayeni, upon arrest and conveyance to the Commission, was neither offered food nor drink by our operatives.

There was also nothing consumable: food, drink or water that was brought …

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