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March 11, 2021 EFCC Chairman Abdulrasheed Bawa Testifies In ₦1.4bn Oil Subsidy Trial

EFCC Chairman Abdulrasheed Bawa Testifies In ₦1.4bn Oil Subsidy Trial

The trial of ABUBAKAR ALI PETERS and his company, Nadabo Energy Limited, for an alleged ₦1.4bn fraud continued yesterday before Justice CHRISTOPHER BALOGUN of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja.

During sitting, the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, ABDULRASHEED BAWA, made history as the first chairman of the Commission to give evidence in Court.

BAWA, who is testifying as the fifth prosecution witness, PW5, had begun his examination-in-chief on June 3, 2015, long before his appointment as the EFCC Chairman.

Before the proceedings, BAWA had given evidence against the defendants, who pleaded “not guilty” to the alleged fraud, stating that Nababo Energy Limited allegedly obtained the sum of ₦1,4bn from the Federal Government as oil subsidy with forged documents.

March 10, 2021 NLC Commences Nationwide Protest Over Bill To Decentralize Minimum Wage

NLC Commences Nationwide Protest Over Bill To Decentralize Minimum Wage

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and its affiliated unions have embarked on a nationwide protest against the bill seeking to move the national minimum wage from the exclusive legislative list to the concurrent list.

The bill which was sponsored by Garba Datti, lawmaker representing Sabon Gari federal constituency, has passed first and second reading in the house of representatives.

The bill seeks to decentralize the payment of minimum wage to workers in the country to allow states to pay according to their financial capacity.

Ayuba Wabba, NLC president who expressed labour’s opposition to the bill, said workers will not allow “hard fought rights which are global standards to be bastardized by opportunistic and narrow minded politicians”.

Source: Cable.

March 9, 2021 UK Promises To Return To Nigeria £4.2m Stolen By James Ibori

UK Promises To Return To Nigeria £4.2m Stolen By James Ibori

Former Delta State Governor James Ibori was convicted of money laundering in the UK in 2012.

He is thought to have stolen around £50m from the oil-rich state.

This is the first time that money recovered from criminals will be returned to Nigeria since an agreement was signed in 2016, the UK authorities say.

The UK and Nigerian governments signed an agreement on Tuesday that the £4.2m recovered by UK agencies would be sent back to Nigeria for infrastructure projects, including the Lagos to Ibadan Expressway, the Abuja to Kano road and the second Niger Bridge.

Ibori was governor of Delta state from 1999-2007. On February 27th, 2012, Ibori pleaded guilty to 10 counts of money laundering, fraud, conspiracy to defraud, and other offenses in a London court. He also pleaded guilty to stealing over $250 million public funds while he was governor. 

But he was put in immigration detention and he sued the Home Office for unlawful detention.

A Home Office email, published in the court judgement, recommended to keep him in immigration detention to buy time to work out how to recover at least £57m.

March 9, 2021 Makinde Says He Will Ensure That There Is No Miscarriage Of Justice On The Arrest Of Fulani Leader

Makinde Says He Will Ensure That There Is No Miscarriage Of Justice On The Arrest Of Fulani Leader

Oyo State Governor, SEYI MAKINDE has vowed that his administration will ensure that there is no miscarriage of justice concerning the arrest of members of the Oodua Peoples Congress and Fulani warlord ISKILU WAKILI in Kajola Area of Ibarapa North Local Government Area of the state.

MAKINDE who spoke in Ibadan on Monday urged residents to remain calm and refrain from ethnic profiling, saying the state’s Commissioner of Police, NGOZI ONADEKO has already given the assurance that a thorough investigation would be launched into the security situation.

This was contained in a statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, TAIWO ADISA.

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