Author: TheScrutinyNG

Mr Femi Falana, the fiery Lagos lawyer, has denied having any connection with alleged bribery over prison arrangements or money laundering charges against Idris Okuneye (aka Bobrisky). Falana’s response came after allegations in a viral video by blogger Martins Otse (aka VeryDarkMan) suggesting that some unnamed officers of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) allegedly collected N15 million from Bobrisky to drop money laundering charge againt him. The video also suggested that Falana sought a presidential pardon for Bobrisky in exchange for N10 million. But speaking last night on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’, Falana dismissed the accusations, saying: “Bobrisky…

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has said it is collaborating with other government agencies to implement the sale in Naira for crude oil supply to Dangote’s Refinery and other refined products. Speaking at a meeting at the Lagos Headquarters of the NPA, its Managing Director, Dr. Abdulkadir Dantsoho, said that the implementation of the Federal Government’s directive for the NPA to coordinate service provision from all regulatory, security and other stakeholders for the smooth implementation of the initiative to sell crude oil and petroleum products to the Dangote Refinery in Naira has commenced. Dantsoho also said that the agency will…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has mourned the victims of the Niger State boat mishap which occurred on Tuesday. This is as more bodies are being recovered from the Gbajibo River, Mokwa Local Government Area of the state after a wooden boat carrying 300 passengers capsised, on Tuesday night. Marshalls of the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), in collaboration with the Nigeria State Chapter of National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and local divers have recovered 70 bodies, rescued 150 persons while the search for the remaining missing passengers was still ongoing. President Bola Tinubu sent condolences to the Government and people…

The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), on Thursday, said Nigeria’s natural gas output would increase to 12.2 billion standard cubic feet per day, bcfd, by 2030, up 52.2 percent from 8.0 bcfd, current level. This is even as the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, said the nation has abundant natural gas to serve both domestic and international markets. The Commission which regulates activities in the upstream sector of the nation’s oil and gas industry, attributes this to the expected completion of some projects, especially the Nigerian LNG Train-7 and Train 8, Nigeria/Morocco pipeline, Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) and…

A former Senate Majority Leader, Jonathan Zwingina, has reportedly passed on. Zwingina was also the former Director-General of the MKO Abiola campaign Organisation in the June 12, 1993 presidential election. Although his family has yet to formally confirm his death, Leadership Newspaper reports that the Adamawa State-born politician died on Wednesday, October 2, at the age of 70 in the nation’s capital, Abuja. He was reported to have died after a protracted illness. The former lawmaker represented Adamawa South Senatorial District in the Senate. He was a founding member of the Peoples Democratic Party but later defected to the All…

The House of Representatives has urged the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) to hasten action and sure trials of those who have suffered long detentions. The Reps, which said this on Thursday, urged the AGF to review cases where individuals had been held in pre-trial detention for an extended period and take necessary steps to expedite their trials. The House also urged the judiciary to adopt innovative case management strategies to ensure timely hearings, with special consideration for individuals who have endured an undue amount of time in pre-trial detention. This followed the adoption of a motion moved by…

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Maitama has issued a public summons against immediate past Kogi Governor, Yahaya Bello to attend court and answer to a fresh  16-count pending against him. By the summons, Bello is to attend court on October 24 in response to the summons and for his arraignment along with two other defendants. Justice Maryanne Anenih issued the order for public summons in a ruling on Thursday, following an application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Justice Anenih ordered the EFCC to publish the public sommons in a widely circulating newspaper…

Protesters in their hundreds comprising members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) have stormed the streets of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, to warn against the move to conduct the October 5 local government election. The stakeholders, who displayed various placards, converged on the PDP Secretariat in Port Harcourt and marched along the Azikiwe Road towards the Government House. It was gathered that heavy and security patrols vans were deployed to monitor the protest.

Ahead of the November 2 Local Government election in Abia State, the state chapter of the Labour Party has called on the public to disregard an announcement by the party’s former chairman, Mr Ceekay Igara, regarding the sale of nomination forms. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the party’s acting chairman in the state, Mr Emmanuel Otti, urged party members to obtain their nomination forms from the Labour Party secretariat in Umuahia, the state capital. Otti emphasized that all official statements or instructions concerning the party’s activities in the state must come from the Caretaker Committee. He added that any…

The military high command has dismissed a Naval Rating, Seaman Abbas Haruna, for alleged “disobedience to particular orders, resistance to arrest and offences in relation to public and service property”. The Director of Defence Information, Brig.-Gen. Tukur Gusau, announced this while addressing reporters at the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) yesterday in Abuja. The ex-seaman was dismissed after the Chief of Naval Staff ratified the General Court Martial instituted by the DHQ. Gusau said: “The case involving Ex-Seaman Abbas Haruna M5759 started when he was found misbehaving during a parade. Specifically, the ex-rating was part of the parade during a coordinating conference…