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Mr. Abubakar Malami, SAN, the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Tuesday, debunked reports that a United States District Court entered a default judgment affirming a $6.59 billion arbitral award against the Federal Government. The judgment was said to have been entered in favour of a firm, Process and Industrial Developments Limited (P&ID), following a dispute that arose over a natural gas supply and processing agreement signed by the Ministry of Petroleum Resources in 2010. In a press statement he issued yesterday, the AGF, who acknowledged that the firm had indeed initiated enforcement proceedings against Nigeria in the…

England outclassed Colombia in 3-2 on penalties and Swedish Emil Forsberg’s deflection flung into the net of Switzerland for 1-0 score for Sweden to reach quarter-final in the ongoing FIFA World Cup in Russia. England held their nerve against Colombia to win their first ever penalty shootout in a World Cup and reach the quarter-finals in dramatic fashion on Tuesday. Eric Dier scored the decisive spot-kick to win the shootout 4-3 and send Gareth Southgate’s young team through to a meeting with Sweden, who earlier beat Switzerland. A bad-tempered match at Moscow’s Spartak Stadium that featured eight yellow cards –…

Six metropolitan-type fire stations are set for establishment in the geopolitical zones of the country by the Federal Government, with Akwa Ibom State as the headquarters of the South-South Zonal Station. Engr. Joseph Garba Anebi, the Controller-General of the Federal Fire Service, FFS, who told Udom Emmanuel, Akwa Ibom governor during a courtesy visit on him at Government House, Uyo. Encouraged by this, Governor Emmanuel pledged to donate land to FFS for the project in an accessible area, thanking the Federal Government for choosing to site the zonal station in the state. The Governor, who said the land located in the…

Indications are rife that the military may arrest the leadership of Miyetti Allah and their sponsors if ongoing investigations by the military established that they had a hand in the bloodbath in Benue State, Brig. Gen. Agim, the acting Director Defence Information stated. Brig. Gen. Agim, who made this known Tuesday in Makurdi, was reacting to allegation by the leadership of Miyetti Allah that its members and cows were killed by the military in Nasarawa State. Agim said the military has commenced investigations into the complicity of the group in last week’s killing of two soldiers and injuring of five…

Hundreds of protesters, under the aegis of National Convener of Citizens’ Action to take back Nigeria, CATBAN, Tuesday, stormed the National Assembly, calling for the resignation of Dr. Bukola Saraki, the Senate President, Yakubu Dogara, Speaker, House of Representatives, and their colleagues for alleged sponsoring of political killings in the country. The protesters, mostly women and youths, were seen carrying placards with threats and caution to the National Assembly as they made vehicular movement impossible, even as they blocked the entrance to the National Assembly with a truck, Led by Comrade Ibrahim Garba, the protesters accused the lawmakers of cutting…

The Federal High Court in Abuja, Tuesday, ordered Mr.  Abubakar Malami, SAN, the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice to arraign three Channels TV presenters for anchoring a programme where prejudicial comments were made in respect to ongoing trial of Chief Olisa Metuh, former  National Publicity Secretary of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Justice Okon Abang, the presiding judge maintained that the conduct of the three presenters, including Chamberlain Usoh, Gimba Umar and Nneota Egbe, in asking questions on a case pending before his court, was contemptuous. Abang directed that the trio be docked before any court of same…

Bureau of Public Service Reforms, BPSR, has recommended uniform guidelines and standard procedure for bail process across the country to Alhaji Ibrahim Idris, the Inspector General of Police for implermentation, Mr. Ibrahim Arabi, acting Director-General of the Bureau, in an institutional assessment report on Police internal complaints mechanism and the process for obtaining bail which was presented to the IGP at the Police Force Headquarters in Abuja, emphasized the need for uniform guidelines and standard operating procedure. According to him, “it will minimize, if not remove all forms of hindrances that had hitherto exposed the bail process to abuses” He…

For a moment, it looked to be the greatest game in Japanese soccer history. Up 2-0 against Belgium, Japan was looking at a first ever trip to the World Cup quarterfinals. But Belgium unleashed its world-class quality and ripped off three straight goals, the last coming in the dying seconds of regulation, to crush Japan’s hopes on Monday in Rostov-on-Don. In the fourth minute of added time, Belgium went on a 4-on-3 break, led by Thomas Meunier, who slid the ball across to Romelu Lukaku, who was frustrated all game. Instead of shooting, Lukaku faked and let the ball go…

The Nigerian Content Development Management Board, Monday, said despite the many antics of oil and gas companies, it would ensure the protection of Nigerian Content by law at all cost. Speaking at the ongoing Nigerian Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition in Abuja, Mr. Simbi Wabote, Executive Secretary of the NCDMB, stated that it would not be deterred by the antics of the companies trying to sabotage the local content initiative of the Federal Government. Wabote said, “The journey is not easy. When you push a positive agenda, there are so many forces you have to contend with. The same…

The new national chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has initiated talks with all aggrieved elements in the party towards truncating plans by their to quit the party, sources close to the leadership have confirmed. Sources close to the new leadership under Adams Oshiomhole said tomorrow’s inaugural meeting of the new National Working Committee, NWC would be devoted towards fashioning a peace template to resolve the crisis in the party. Even more, towards actualising his plans to consolidate the party in his South-South base, it was learnt that Oshiomhole may have perfected a deal to bring in…