Dasukigate‬: Metuh Loses Bid to Quash Charges…Ordered to Pay Costs to EFCC

Hamilton Nwosa
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Wabara blames internal sabotage for PDP woes, insists Ibadan convention will hold

By Obinna Uballa The Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the ongoing crisis within the party as self-inflicted but insisted that its national convention, scheduled to hold in Ibadan, Oyo State, will proceed as planned. BoT Chairman and former Senate President, Adolphus Wabara, stated this on Thursday in Abuja…

Wike Breaks Silence, Says “I Respect Military, But Rule of Law Must Be Obeyed”

By Abiola Olawale The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has refuted claims of a personal conflict with the Nigerian military following a confrontation with a naval officer over a disputed land in Abuja this week. ​Speaking to journalists on Thursday, the Minister denied any "beef" with the Armed Forces, claiming that…

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Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, March 9, 2016 dismissed the “no-case” submission brought by the embattled National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Olisa Metuh, who is standing trial on a 7-count charge bordering on illegal diversion of funds meant for the procurement of arms preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

He allegedly received the sum of N400 million (four hundred million naira) from the former National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd) who is being tried for laundering $2.1 billion.

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