On Wednesday, there was chaos on the premises of Osun State University Teaching Hospital in Osogbo, as some suspected hoodlums stormed the facility and attempted to forcefully remove a corpse that had been deposited in the hospital’s morgue. On many motorcycles, the hoodlums arrived at the facility and ordered that a corpse brought by them on Tuesday be released without …
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has been asked to investigate an alleged payment of $3 million by the State Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, to some senior officials of the Peoples Democratic Party as part of lobbying efforts to secure the party’s Vice Presidential slot in 2023, according to a group called the Delta Centre for Integrity and Good Governance. …
Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) has challenged the Federal High Court in Yenagoa’s jurisdiction to hear a N700 billion oil spill compensation suit filed by residents of Bayelsa’s Aghoro 1 community. The residents of Aghoro 1 in Bayelsa’s Ekeremor Local Government Area sued SPDC in Federal High Court in Yenagoa over an oil leak from the company’s Trans Ramos Pipeline …
The Christian Association of Nigeria and the League of Imams and Alfas in Ogun State have signed an agreement to continue living in peace despite the country’s insecurity. The agreement was reached on Wednesday, when a delegation from the League of Imams and Alfas delivered a condolence letter to the CAN Chairman, Bishop Tunde Akin-Akinsanya, in response to the attack …
Nigeria lost a $1.7 billion lawsuit against JP Morgan Chase, a US investment bank, on Tuesday over the transfer of proceeds from the 2011 sale of Oil Prospecting Licence (OPL) 245. Nigeria claims JP Morgan was “grossly negligent” in transferring funds paid by Shell and Eni to an escrow account controlled by a former minister, Dan Etete, who was convicted …
