Oil deals: Traders may sue Swiss NGO
Oil traders accused of shady deals in Nigeria’s crude sales by a Swiss-based Non- Government Organisation, the Berne Declaration, may have approached their lawyers on the possibilities of seeking redress for what they described as “libelous publication” by the NGO.
Subsidy trial: suspects urge court to hands off case
A N979.6 million subsidy case against two oil marketers, Oluwaseun Ogunbambo and Habila Theck suffered a setback yesterday before Justice Adeniyi Onigbanjo as a result of a pending application seeking its transfer to another judge.
Police withdraw docked ‘election observers’ back to custody
A classical drama played out, yesterday, in Owerri Magistrate Court 3, as armed policemen, in a commando style, bundled the 182 accused persons they brought to court, back to their custody.
ANAMBRA: Nwoye, Ngige, Uba threaten to boycott supplementary poll
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, yesterday ordered fresh polls in 208 polling units in Anambra State allegedly affected by malpractice in the weekend gubernatorial election in the state.
2014 budget proposal: NASS staff barred from work
AS President Goodluck Jonathan presents the 2014 budget proposal before the joint session of the National Assembly today, all legislative staff have been barred from resuming work until 2p.m.
Set up special diabetes centre, Maeba urges govt
Federal government has been tasked to focus more attention on tackling the prevalence of diabetes amongst Nigerians by creating a special centre for the testing and treatment of the disease across the country.
