Marketer, cargo surveyor arraigned over subsidy fraud
Managing Director of Stonebridge Oil Limited, Samuel Owa was, Tuesday, arraigned before a Federal High Court in Lagos by the Special Fraud Unit, SFU, of the Police over alleged economic [...]
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Fraud Suspect, Seun Ogunbambo, Writes Petition Accusing Trial Judge of Desperate Inclination to Convict Him
By SaharaReporters, New York Oluwaseun Ogunbambo, one of the notorious oil marketers currently standing trial for swindling Nigerians of several billions of naira in fuel fraudulent fuel subsidy claims, has [...]
Subsidy fraud suspect alleges bias, petitions Lagos CJ
Mr Oluwaseun Ogunbambo, who is standing trial before a Lagos State High Court, Ikeja, over alleged fuel subsidy fraud, has petitioned the Chief Judge of Lagos State, Justice Ayo Philips, [...]
June 4, 2013
Court Grants Powerful Oil Marketers Leave From Trial To Travel To UK
By SaharaReporters, New York A Lagos High Court in Ikeja has granted permission to two prominent oil marketers, Mahmud Tukur and Alex Ochonogor, who are on trial for a N1.8 [...]
Ghana’s removal of fuel subsidy spurs Nigeria’s move to increase price of petroleum products
…Committee on fuel subsidy scam abandons report THERE are indications that the decision by the Ghanaian government to scrap its fuel subsidies to curb fiscal deficit saga in its budget [...]
May 20, 2013
IMF ill-advised the Nigerian government not to build refineries – Femi Falana
In an electronic mail to Punchng correspondent, Falana reacted to IMF’s recent call for the removal of fuel subsidy. He said the organisation had ill-advised the Nigerian government not to [...]
May 16, 2013
SUBSIDY PROTEST: DPO arraigned over murder
The dismissed Divisional Police Officer, DPO, of Yaya-Abatan, Agege Police Station, Lagos, Segun Fabunmi, was yesterday ordered to be remanded in Kirikiri prison by an Ikeja High Court after he [...]
May 15, 2013
Dismissed DPO arraigned for killing, injuring protesters
Divisional Police Officer, Segun Fabunmi, who was accused of killing a young protester and injuring four others at Yaya-Abatan, Agege, Lagos during the protest against removal of fuel subsidy in [...]
May 11, 2013
Opinion: Gov. Shettima is right on the revolution we need
by Omozuwa Gabriel Osamwonyi The fuel subsidy crisis showed how our politics canonizes falsity, impoverishes the masses and debases our common humanity. Leaders at various strata of our society seem [...]
May 10, 2013
Akintola Williams, PPPRA responsible for subsidy overpayments – EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has accused a leading accounting firm in the country, Akintola Williams Deloitte, and the Petroleum Product Pricing Regulatory Agency, of misleading the Federal Government [...]
Court Orders Farouk Lawan, Emenalo To Stand Trial For $620,000 Bribery
An Abuja High Court has dismissed the application to quash bribery charges filed against former chairman of the House of Representatives on Fuel Subsidy scam, Farouk Lawan, and the committee’s [...]
Wagbatsoma’s Fuel Subsidy Fraud Trial: Judge Warns Lawyer Olanipekun Over Ploy To Dribble Court With Trivialities
By SaharaReporters, New York The high profile trial of subsidy fraud suspect, Walter Wagbatsoma, who is accused of illegally obtaining N1.9 billion from the Petroleum Support Fund (PSF) continued today [...]
May 8, 2013
Witness fails to substantiate alleged subsidy infractions against oil marketers
A PROSECUTION witness, Damon Yelma, in the on-going trial of some oil marketers at an Ikeja High Court, Lagos, over an alleged fuel subsidy infraction on Wednesday failed to substantiate [...]
May 6, 2013
EFCC’s lawyer denies knowledge of Tukur’s settlement talks
Prosecuting counsel for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Rotimi Jacobs (SAN), at a Lagos High Court, Ikeja on Monday, denied knowledge of any ongoing settlement talks between the anti-graft [...]
May 2, 2013
Court fixes May 10 for ruling on Rep. Lawan’s application
An FCT High Court on Thursday fixed May 10 for ruling in an application seeking to quash charges against Farouk Lawan, former Chairman, House of Representatives Ad Hoc Committee on [...]
Corruption charges: Court fixes May 10 for ruling on Lawan’s application
An FCT High Court on Thursday fixed May 10 for ruling in an application seeking to quash charges against Farouk Lawan, former Chairman, House of Representatives Ad Hoc Committee on [...]
April 30, 2013
EFCC Arrests Ifeanyi Ubah over N43b subsidy scam
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Tuesday, arrested the Managing Director of Capital Oil and Gas Industries Limited, Mr. Ifeanyi Ubah, for allegedly defrauding the Federal Government of over N43 [...]
EFCC Arrests Ifeanyi Ubah Over Fuel Subsidy Scam
By SaharaReporters, New York The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested the managing director of Capital Oil and Gas Industries Limited, Mr Ifeanyi Ubah. read more Read full [...]
April 18, 2013
Falana, Aturu To Defend Non-Removal Of Fuel Subsidy In Court
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has granted leave to two Lagos-based lawyers, Femi Falana and Bamidele Aturu to be joined as co-defandants in a suit filed by a [...]
Fuel subsidy killer cop dismissed
The Police Service Commission, PSC, has dismissed the former Divisional Police Officer ,DPO, of Pen Cinema, Agege police division, CSP Olusegun Fabunmi, who shot and killed one Ademola Aderinto at [...]
March 31, 2013
SURE-P funds shared among PDP members – ACN
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) said the crisis that is now tearing apart the Lagos PDP, over the sharing of SURE-P funds among PDP members in the state, has [...]
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