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Senate Passes Five Bills for Concurrence

The Nigerian Senate, on Tuesday, passed five bills from the House of Representatives for concurrence. The bills include Public Enterprises (Privatization and Commercialization) Act (Repeal & Enactment) Bill, 2022; and Orthopaedic Hospitals Management Board Act (Amendment) Bill, 2022. Others are the Chartered Institute of…

29/06/2022

Four Cybercrime Fraudsters Jailed in Ilorin

An air conditioner installer, Pelumi Oluwatimileyin Sunday and three others have been jailed by the Federal High Court in Ilorin, over offences bordering on cybercrime. The three other convicts are Uloko George Ojonugwa, a student of Federal University, Lokoja; Godspower Fatodun Sesan, from…

29/06/2022

Court Acquits 3 Armed Robbery Suspects After Four Years Behind Bars

An Ekiti State High Court in Ado Ekiti has discharged and acquitted three persons Ganiyu Rosak (22) Oluwole Idowu (22 and Ojo Ayomide (20) who were arraigned before Justice Adekunle Adeleye for alleged armed robbery and unlawful possession of firearms. The charge claimed…

29/06/2022

Court Declines To Nullify Section 257 Of Petroleum Industry Act

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has dismissed a suit seeking to nullify Section 257(2)&(3) of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) 2021. Justice Taiwo Taiwo held that there was no inconsistency in Section 257(2)&(3) of the PIA and Section 36(1) and…

29/06/2022

Police Arraign Ibadan Businessman For Alleged N186 Million Fraud

The Police Special Fraud Unit (PSFU) Lagos on Tuesday brought an Ibadan-based businessman, Oluwabukola Odeleye to the Federal High Court in Lagos in connection with alleged N816million fraud and forgery. It arraigned Odeleye and his firm, Beedel Strategic Investment Company Limited, before Justice…

29/06/2022

Court Declines Request To Reject Tinubu, Atiku As APC, PDP’s Candidates

A Federal High Court in Abuja has declined the request for an interim order to restrain the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from accepting Bola Tinubu and Atiku Abubakar as the presidential candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples…

29/06/2022

Defection Threat: APC Must Not Lose Majority In Senate, Buhari Begs Aggrieved Senators

President Muhammadu Buhari has joined efforts to save the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) from losing majority seats in the National Assembly by meeting with some aggrieved senators at the Presidential Villa. There were fears of the mass exodus of Senators after many…

29/06/2022

Reps Approve 65 Years Of Age, 40 Years Of Service For NASS Staff, Others

The House of Representatives on Tuesday approved a new retirement age for National Assembly staff, as well as their counterparts in States Houses of Assembly, to 65 years of age and 40 years of service, whichever comes first. The Bill was listed…

29/06/2022

FG Puts 57 Oil Fields On Offer, Insists Assets To Be Governed By Provisions Of PIA

Federal Government on Tuesday said the Petroleum Prospecting License (PPL) issuance ceremony for the 2020 Marginal Field Bid Round award process saw 57 fields offered. Chief Timiprye Sylva, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, stated this at the Petroleum Prospecting License (PPL)…

29/06/2022

FG Rakes In N200b, $7m From 2020 Marginal Field Bid

The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has disclosed that the 2020 Marginal Field bid round has earned the Federal Government about N200 billion and $7million revenue. Its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Engr. Gbenga Komolafe made this known at the official unveiling…

29/06/2022

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