Court freezes Osun accounts over $13.9m arbitration award
By Nnamdi Ojiego The Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered commercial banks to place a ‘Post No Debit’ restriction on accounts operated by the Osun State Government over a $13.9m arbitration award in favour of Gamji Nigeria Company Limited.Justice D.E. Osiagor issued the interim order following an application filed by Gamji through its counsel, […]
US Report on Nigeria: Cover your face in shame, ACN tells PDP, FG
…Says With successful convention, we have crossed last hurdle on path to merger
The Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, has described the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and the government it controls at the centre as a cesspool of corruption and asked them to cover their faces in shame.
Tony Blair to Jonathan: Provide security for Nigerians!
The insecurity challenge facing the nation echoed in Lagos yesterday when former British Prime Minister Tony Blair told President Goodluck to provide security for Nigerians.
‘Jonathan may be the last president of Nigeria if…’
Dr Chris Ekiyor is the former National President of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) and currently the Caretaker Chairman of Patani Local Government Council of Delta State. In this interview, the Niger Delta activist faults the calls for amnesty for members of the Boko Haram sect and warns that the people of the Niger Delta will resist any move to use the resources from the area to fund the amnesty.
Only Sango, Ogun deities can stop politicians from being corrupt – Alex Akinyele
Chief Alexander Opeyemi Akinyele was Minister of Information and Culture; Chairman, National Sports Commission NSC, and Chairman, National Reconciliation Committee. He is recognized not only for his sharp sense of humour, but also for flashiness in his outfits. Akinyele, who is the Lobosin of Ondo Kingdom, is a Public Relations icon, spoke with Saturday Vanguard on his life at 75, Nigeria, the Newswatch saga among other issues.
Alleged treason: S-Court okays MASSOB leader, Uwazuruike, six others for trial
The Supreme Court, Friday, gave the Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, Mohammed Adoke Bello, SAN, the nod to prosecute the leader of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, Chief Ralph Uwazuruike and six others, for allegedly committing treason against the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
