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  The Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, says the Federal Government has over £200 million to recover in the United States. Malami said this while speaking on the sidelines of the United Nations 76th General Assembly currently holding in New York. According to him, the …

 Abubakar Ali Peters and his company, Nadabo Energy Limited, over an alleged N761m oil fraud, could not continue on Tuesday, September 21, 2021 before Justice S.S. Ogunsanya of the Lagos State High Court, Ikeja due to the absence of the defence counsel. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, is …

The federal government has again borrowed another $4bn through Eurobonds. The Debt Management Office(DMO) made this known in a statement published on its website titled ‘Nigeria raises 4bn through Eurobonds,’ on Tuesday, September 21st, 2021. This new loan will currently bring the total Eurobonds debts in Nigeria from $10.37bn to …

The United States Government has seized about $6.1 million belonging to Nigeria after a hired arms supplier pleaded guilty to charges including illegal dealing in military-grade weapons and money laundering, court documents reviewed by Peoples Gazette said.   Judge Erica Grosjean of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of …

Leading Nollywood stars, including Jide Kosoko, Fred Amata, Yemi Solade and Mahmood Alli-Balogun, were spotted at a non-violent protest at the Radisson Blu Hotel situated on Isaac John Street, Ikeja GRA, Lagos State on Tuesday. Other movie stars spotted at the protest instigated by the Audio-visual Rights Society are Yinka …

Yoruba Nation arrowhead, Prof Banji Akintoye, says the north will continue to rule and dominate Nigeria regardless of whoever is in power as President. He spoke from Benin Republic in a PUNCH Live Interview on Tuesday. Akintoye made the comments days after the Northern Elders Forum said the north would …

Security has been beefed up at the Abia State High Court located at Ikot Ekpene Road Umuahia, the state capital, as the suit filed by Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, comes up for hearing today. Recall that the secessionist, had through his special counsel, …

Former Governor of Imo State and SENATOR representing Imo West, Rochas Okorocha, has said his vision for a united Nigeria is driving him crazy. Okorocha spoke during a media chat with the federal capital territory (FCT) chapter of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ). The FCT NUJ hosted the former …

FG is absent as Abia Court has taken a major decision on Nnamdi Kanu Case. The High Court of Abia State on Tuesday adjourned the hearing of the case involving the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, till October 7, 2021. The vacation judge, Justice …

Cholera has killed more than 2,300 people and infected thousands more, mostly children, in Nigeria since the start of the year, a senior health official said on Monday. Africa’s most populous nation suffers from a high rate of water-borne diseases as a result of dilapidated infrastructure and under-investment.` “As at …