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Senate set to screen Tanko Mohammed for CJN

The Senate,agreed to screen Justice Tanko Mohammed for the position of Chief…

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FG inaugurates 1.35MW Hybrid Solar Power in Petroleum Varsity
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Senate will ensure Buhari’s success — Omo-Agege

The Deputy President of the Senate, Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege, on Friday said…

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Ijegun Explosion: Senate directs NNPC, PPMC to improve security of nation’s pipelines

The Senate has directed the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the…

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Senate to get ministerial nominees’ list before Friday- Lawan

The President of the Senate, Dr Ahmad Lawan has said that the…

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Lawan receives Mele Kyari, NNPC GMD (photos)

Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, on Tuesday hosted Mallam Mele Kyari, the new…

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Don’t threaten me with suspension, Sen. Abbo tells Senate

Embattled Sen. Ishiaku Abbo (PDP-Adamawa) on Tuesday challenged members of the Senate…

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Senate wants rate of suicide through sniper insecticide to be addressed

The Senate on Tuesday urged the Federal Government to ban the production,importation…

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PWDs: Senate advocates 5-year post COVID-19 special intervention programme
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Senate to increase budgetary funding for primary healthcare

The Senate on Thursday passed a motion to increase budgetary allocation for…

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Senate approves N1.678trn revenue target for NCS
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Senate endorses Yahaya, Abaribe, 6 others as principal officers

The Senate on Tuesday endorsed the nomination of eight principal officers from…

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I didn’t forge oil cGbajabiamila, Minority caucus laud Okonjo-Iweala’s emergence as WTO Headontract, Obasanjo’s in-law tells court February 15, 2021 5:20 pm by eniola.ayoola ContractB ByMoji Eniola Ikeja, Feb. 15, 2021 (NAN) John Abebe, a businessman and brother-in-law of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Monday, before an Ikeja Special Offences Court, denied forging parts of an oil contract. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that an oil company, Statoil Nig. Ltd. had on June 22, 2010, accused the brother of the late former First Lady, Mrs Stella Obasanjo, of forgery. Statoil Nig. Ltd. alleges that the defendant forged parts of a Net Profit Interest Agreement (NPIA) dated Nov. 30, 1995, which was drafted by British Petroleum (BP). Abebe who was arraigned on July 26, 2018, faces a four-count charge of forgery, fabricating evidence, using fabricated evidence and attempt to pervert the course of justice. The charge was brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Led in evidence by defence counsel, Mr Edoka Onyeke, Abebe who is the Managing Director of Inducon Nig. Ltd. and Osborne Chemicals Ltd., told the court the agreement was not forgery as alleged by Statoil. “In 1995, there was a lot of talk in the oil industry about Statoil wanting to sell their assets and leave the country. ” I was approached by BP in the United Kingdom and a meeting was called and held in their London office in which this particular issue was discussed between myself and BP in the UK. “At the end of the day, an agreement was signed between BP and my company, Osborne Chemicals, to work together and buy potential stakes of Statoil assets in Nigeria. “It is notable that the agreement is still very much alive and both companies have not cancelled that agreement. “It was a whole five years after, that Statoil started accusing me of forging a BP document. If indeed such existed, I do not believe BP would have touched me with a one-mile-long pole,” Abebe said. The defendant disputed the October 2018 testimony of Ms Joanne Cross, a staff of BP Petroleum, who said that the document was forged. Abebe told the court that Cross did not take part in any of the discussions between his company and BP because she was not a BP employee when the agreement was drafted. ” I did not know who she was and I was meeting her in court for the first time after almost 30 years of my relationship with BP. “I do not agree with her at all because two documents were signed on the same day.. “The second document that was signed was a three-line explanation of what was already assumed in the first document which was signed. “When I was invited by the EFCC, I made two statements, the first was rather lengthy and the second one was short. ” The second statement addressed the issue of forgery which is that there was no forgery and that has consistently been my story,” Abebe said. Justice Mojisola Dada adjourned the case until Feb. 16 for continuation of trial. (NAN) MAE/IGO ======== Edited by Ijeoma Popoola
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We are proud of you, classmates tell Gbajabiamila

Members of the Igbobi College Old Boys Association (ICOBA) (73-78/80 set) on…

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