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BUSINESSWOMAN, AISHA ACHIMUGU, ON HUNGER STRIKE IN EFCC CUSTODY Prominent business executive and socialite Aisha Achimugu has declared a “hunger strike” in the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) custody following her arrest by operatives of the commission. A statement by the legal team of Achimugu, led by Mr Chikaosolu Ojukwu, SAN, on Tuesday in Abuja, said that their client …

NIGERIAN GOVT’S WITNESSES TO TESTIFY AGAINST NNAMDI KANU BEHIND SCREEN, CASE ADJOURNED MAY 2 Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja has granted permission to the federal government for its witnesses to testify behind camera in the terrorism charges brought against the Biafra nation agitator, Nnamdi Kanu. The Judge granted the permission on Tuesday while delivering ruling …

EFCC ARRESTS AISHA ACHIMUGU UPON ARRIVAL AT ABUJA AIRPORT A prominent business executive and socialite, Aisha Sulaiman Achimugu, has been “arrested” by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), according to her legal team. Chikaosolu Ojukwu, SAN, made this known in a statement to Nairametrics on Tuesday, stressing that “Aisha Achimugu, who arrived voluntarily into the country from …

WIKE LISTS CONDITIONS FOR PEACE IN RIVERS The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has said no amount of blackmail will bring peace to Rivers State. For peace to reign in the state, Wike said all critical stakeholders, including members of the National Assembly, must be involved with sincerity of purpose. He stated that the declaration of emergency …

I FOUNDED IPOB FOR THE GOOD OF NDIGBO – NNAMDI KANU TELLS COURT Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), on Tuesday admitted in court to founding both IPOB and Radio Biafra, the online platform through which he addressed followers across the world, ABN TV reports. Speaking during proceedings at the Federal High Court in Abuja, …

FRENCH MILITARY BASE IN NIGERIA? President Bola Tinubu has given the green light for France to establish a French military base in Nigeria as part of efforts to enhance military cooperation between the two nations, according to Huhuonline.com Three Aso Rock sources, who elected anonymity, because of the highly classified and sensitive nature of the issue, confided to Huhuonline.com that …

EIGHT KILLED, OTHERS INJURED AS BOMB BLAST ROCKS BORNO VILLAGE Barely 24 hours after Boko Haram terrorists killed two members of the Civilian Joint Task Force and 10 firewood scavengers in Gwoza local government area of Borno state, no fewer than eight persons were killed, and three others sustained various degrees of injury from an improvised explosive device (IED) planted …

150 MILLION FRAUD: COURT ISSUES FRESH ORDER TO ABUJA BUSINESSWOMAN, AISHA ACHIMUGU A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has issued an order mandating a businesswoman, Aisha Achimugu to appear before the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The court in its order directed Achimugu to honour the anti-graft agency’s invitation following her alleged involvement in a $150 million fraud …

WHERE’S KING SUNNY ADE (KSA)’? DAUGHTER RAISES ALARM OVER DAD’S WHEREABOUTS Some weeks ago, an older friend and brother asked if I had any link to our famed Juju maestro, King Sunny Ade (KSA)? A prominent Nigerian from Osun State was planning his 90th and wanted KSA as the main act. KSA and the old man had known each other …

COURT DISMISSES EMEFIELE’S BID TO RECLAIM FORFEITED 753 ABUJA DUPLEXES, APARTMENT Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie ordered the final forfeiture of the estate located at Plot 109, Cadastral Zone CO9, Lokogoma District, Abuja, and measuring 150,462.84 square metres. The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Apo, Abuja, on Monday dismissed an application filed by the former Governor of the Central Bank of …