The lawyer had been identified by anti-robbery men attached to the Special Anti_ Robbery Squad, Ikeja, as a lawyer who always frequents the command, bailing suspects held in connection with robbery allegations
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Maku, is to oversee the Ministry of Defence
According to him, he stole the AK47 rifle during the Area C police/soldiers clash at Ojuelegba
Apparently referring to the demand that the President should denounce 2015, Gulak said: “These demands would not be in accordance with the laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and certain demands would not be in accordance with the party’s constitution
He said there is no where in the world where the leader does not retool from time to time
“He declared his assets at the commencement of his Vice Presidency and did so at the end of his term as required by the constitution, which is a sacred document to Atiku
In his remarks, President Jonathan congratulated Blessing for doing the country proud in Moscow, saying his government would continue to support sports men and women
Oyinlola added: “The Baraje-led PDP would not be provoked or deterred by actions detrimental to its existence, including the unlawful occupation of its national headquarters by security agencies that have prevented the Baraje-led PDP from moving into its offices located in Maitama District, Abuja
He said Nigerians should ask Atiku why he has not visited the United States since he left office, if he has no case to answer
About a month ago, the Minister of Youth Development, Alhaji Inuwa Abdulkadir, was sacked by Jonathan
The conviction of Ehkator, 42, who was arrested in Nigeria by the EFCC in August 2010, and extradited to the United States of America in August 2011, followed his plea of guilt
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, was said to have been livid about the story
The statement by Eze reads: “We have read some of the utterances of the Alhaji Bamanga Tukur-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and found most of them to be exasperating, disgusting, unacceptable and very unfortunate. We have heard about the threat to suspend or expel State Governors and members of the National Assembly that are indentifying with the true leadership of PDP under Alh Abubakar Kawu Baraje
The meeting is holding at the First Lady’s Conference Room of the State House in the Presidential Villa, Abuja
Beyond the recoveries, the EFCC, according to a statement on Tuesday, intensified the prosecution of politically exposed persons, failed bank executives, captains of industries, beneficiaries of fraudulent oil subsidy payments and senior civil servants involved in pension fraud
There was no briefing after the secret meeting but sources said it was a preparatory to a crucial meeting scheduled for Tuesday night with the aggrieved seven governors that have joined the ‘New PDP’, said to be the brainchild of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar
According to the witness, the bridge collapsed at about 9.30pm due to heavy downpour and moments after, the bus, with registration number XA 328 KZR, conveying passengers from Kano to Katsina, fell into the bridge
“The crimes of which Mr. Ruto and Mr. Sang are charged were not just random and spontaneous acts of brutality,” said Fatou Bensouda, the ICC’s prosecutor, describing the charges in court
The matter lingered for years before Okocha’s case was thrown out for lack of merit. Ogboru soon secured the favour of the court when on November 9, 2010 the Court of Appeal in Benin, Edo State, ousted Uduaghan from office, having ruled that the election that produced him in 2007 was fraudulent and gave the Independent National Electoral Commission 90 days to conduct free, fair and credible election in the Big Heart state
“Opinions are that the Federal Government and states in the Niger Delta have relaxed their intelligence, security and law enforcement responsibility, and gave room for renewed hostage taking