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President Bola Tinubu received temporary relief on Monday after a federal judge in the United States denied a request for an urgent release of the Nigerian leader’s confidential records compiled by American law enforcement authorities. Aaron Greenspan’s motion on October 20 urged Judge Beryl Howell to quickly order the Federal Bureau of Investigation, State Department, and other U.S. bodies to immediately turn over records they had scheduled for release before the end of October. “Plaintiff’s emergency motion for a hearing to compel immediate document production is denied,” Ms. Howell of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia…

The Lagos State Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence sitting in Ikeja on Tuesday sentenced the Medical Director of Optimal Cancer Care Foundation, Doctor Olufemi Olaleye, to life imprisonment for the defilement of his wife’s niece. Justice Rahman Oshodi sentenced him after he found him guilty of the offence of defilement and sexual penetration of a 15-year-old girl. The judge held that the prosecution was able to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt and that all the evidence before the court corroborated that of the victim. Olaleye was arraigned on two counts which bordered on defilement and sexual assault by penetration…

The Federal Government of Nigeria has won the legal case against Process & Industrial Developments (P&ID) Limited in a London court on Monday. The judgment was delivered after five years of legal frameworks which have finally been to the advantage of Nigeria, as the court quashed the $11 billion arbitration award in favour of P&ID. In a ruling delivered by e-mail, Robin Knowles, the Justice of the Commercial Courts of England and Wales, upheld Nigeria’s prayer on the ground that the ill-fated gas processing contract was obtained by fraud. The Business and Property Court in London delivered the judgment in…

After over five years of legal fireworks, Nigeria has finally succeeded in halting the enforcement of the $11 billion arbitration award in favour of P&ID. In a judgment delivered by email, Robin Knowles, justice of the Commercial Courts of England and Wales, upheld Nigeria’s prayer on the ground that the award was obtained by fraud. Having accepted Nigeria’s argument, Knowles will now have to choose from three options: to return the award to the tribunal, in whole or in part, for reconsideration; to set the award aside in whole or in part; or to declare the award to be of…

The Ika South chapter of Nigeria Union of Teachers, Delta State, on Thursday protested the alleged killing of a teacher, Sunday Ufah, in the school compound. Ufah was allegedly attacked by a pupil’s father simply identified as Uweke at Alihame Mixed Secondary School, Agbor on Wednesday, leading to his death. PUNCH Metro gathered that the pupil and others drank someone’s palm wine on a farm, hence the school authority disciplined them. A source in the community said, “A man complained to the school authority that some students entered his farm and drank his palm wine, so the teacher disciplined them…

Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, the former Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari has revealed how the former President Olusegun Obasanjo missed out the opportunity to become the Secretary-General of the United Nations. Gambari stated this at the public presentation of the biography of the first African UN Secretary-General, the late Boutros Boutros-Ghal. The late Boutros-Ghal assumed office in 1991 but served only one term till 1996. According to Gambari, Obasanjo’s military background disqualified him from being selected by the countries with veto power. Speaking on the event that led to the choice of the late Boutros-Ghali as the US Secretary…

The Borno State Police Command has confirmed the arrests of two suspects, Adamu Alhaji Ibrahim m 31 years old of Dikechiri and Bukar Wadiya 39 years old of Dikechiri over the killing of the 24 years old daughter of Borno House of Assembly member representing Ngala local government area. The deceased before her unfortunate death was the wife of Ibrahim who is the first suspect mentioned. Recall that Vanguard had earlier reported how the deceased was strangulated to death by unknown persons around Gidan Dembe in Maiduguri last Tuesday, while her remains were buried last Wednesday according to Islamic rites.…

A former Minister of Finance, Olusegun Aganga, has explained that the naira would continue to experience a free fall if Nigeria remains an import-dependent country. He said it was not a wise decision to defend the naira with billions without appropriate investments in the manufacturing sector to drive the country’s exports. Aganga made this known on Thursday at the 3rd Adeola Odutola lecture, during the 51st Annual General Meeting of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria. He added that Nigeria must produce for local consumption and more importantly for export, for the naira to be strong. Vanguard reports that the local…

Daredevil armed robbers on Friday stormed three banks in the Otukpo area of Benue State and carted away money several millions of naira. The suspected robbers were said to have driven into the town around 3:15 p.m. and used dynamites to force the door open. Seven people, including policemen and a former councillor transacting business in one of the affected banks, were reportedly killed by the suspected robbers who operated for more than an hour. Otukpo is the political seat of Benue South Senatorial District comprising of Idoma and Igede ethnic groups. An eyewitness who simply identified himself as Sunny,…

Acting chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, Zacch Adedeji, has allayed fears being expressed by corporate organisations that the resolve of FIRS to increase the country’s tax-to-GDP ratio to 18 per cent from 10.86 will lead to increase in taxes. In a statement, Adedeji said such resolve would not necessarily lead to increase in taxes or introduction of new taxes, as the President Bola Tinubu-led administration was determined to create a wholesome environment for businesses to flourish. The FIRS chairman had said the agency under his leadership, would in the next three years, achieve eight per cent raise in…