According to The Guardian, Justice Rilwan Aikawa of Federal High Court in Lagos  will on Oct. 30 hear an application by a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, seeking to be joined as defendant in money laundering suit. The former minister is seeking to be joined as defendant in a N500 million fraud charge slammed on Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) Dele Belgore. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had also joined in the charge, former Minister of National Planning, Abubakar Suleiman. In essence, Allison-Madueke wants the court to compel the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) to bring her back to Nigeria from UK, where she has been since 2015, to put up her defence in the case. The EFCC had in a five-count amended charge, named former petroleum minister as culprit in the criminal trial of Belgore and Sulaiman over alleged N500 million fraud. She was, however, described as being “at large “. The anti-graft agency cla...

Barrister Ifeanyi Ejiofor, Counsel to Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous Peoples Of Biafra (IPOB) has blown hot on the South East governors as he called them cowards for taking sides with the federal government on the proscription of IPOB Sahara Reporters reported that Barrister Ejiofor accused the southeast leaders of being egocentric and only concerned with securing their political positions instead of backing the cause championed by Nnamdi Kanu. He further claimed that the current crops of politicians in the region of the country would be swept out of office in the next general election in 2019. “Southeast governors have no power to say IPOB is a terrorist and that is very certain. I condemned it, and they’ve withdrawn it saying they never at any point say that. What they said is a political statement to obtain favour from the federal government.”  Barrister Ejiofor said. The lawyer added,  “Some of them are cowards and are saying that because they ...

According to a publication by Vanguard Newspaper, The Speaker of the Imo state House of Assembly, Mr. Acho Ihim, said that the ethnic and cultural differences in the country, would not pose any challenge to the unity of Nigeria. Ihim stated this through a release to newsmen, Wednesday, in Owerri, by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Marcellus Ekwezuo. The speaker blamed the current situation in the country, to the “spate” of hate speeches among citizens. In his view, “Hate speech has a serious adverse mental effect in the health of its victims, who may suffer from lack of self confidence and a diminished self esteem, all of which are germane for improved productivity. “The seemingly innocuous but dreaded monster, hate speeches erode whatever good things that the unity and other progress a nation may have made if it is not properly checked.” He went further to say: “Not even our religious, ethnic or cultural divergence should be allowed by anyone to constitute a barrier for a un...