A delegation of 50 heads of French companies are expected to visit Nigeria next week to explore business opportunities and establish bilateral links in the country, the French Embassy said on Friday.
Operatives of Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have raided the Abuja home of a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, few hours after she was arrested in London.
The National coordinator of Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC), Otunba Gani Adams, has cautioned the Ogun state governor, senator Ibukunle Amosun from making frivolous allegation against ethnic militias in Nigeria.
Gani Adams, the national coordinator of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) and convener of the Oodua Progressives Union (OPU)
Oklahoma State Penitentiary death row inmate Richard Glossip (Picture: Reuters)
A death row inmate had eaten a feast of takeaway food in preparation for his imminent execution only to be told minutes before his lethal injection that his death would be stayed by 37 days.
All the four witnesses called by Rivers State governor Nyesom Wike have refused to read the documentary evidence presented to them before the Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Abuja.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) and its governorship candidate, Dr Dakuku Peterside, are challenging the legality of the election of Governor Wike before the tribunal.
Former Nigeria's Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke
The immediate past Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, was on Friday arrested in London, PREMIUM TIMES can exclusively and authoritatively report.
The former minister, who was one of the most powerful officials of the President Goodluck Jonathan administration, was arrested Friday morning by the UK National Crimes Agency, alongside four other people.
Four weeks after the resumption of the 2015/2016 academic calendar across the country, government-owned primary schools in Rivers State have remained shut.
The schools were locked up by security personnel who are protesting non-payment of several months salaries, PREMIUM TIMES has learnt.