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A Dutch law firm has asked the public prosecutor in the Netherlands to file a case against Royal Dutch Shell, its CEO and former executives of over what it says were criminal actions relating to a 2011 oilfield purchase in Nigeria. The Dutch authorities are already investigating the oilfield deal, alongside Italian prosecutors, who want to take Shell and Italy’s Eni to trial over alleged corruption on the same oilfield. Shell and Eni have denied any wrongdoing. Shell said on Tuesday it did not believe there was any basis to prosecute the company or any current or former employee. Prakken…

The Nigerian Army is set to hold the 4th quarter Chief of Army Staff Conference designed to reflect on military’s performance in 2017 and make projections for 2018. President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to be the Special Guest of Honour at the conference which will hold in Ibadan from December 10 to December 15. Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, the Chief of Army Staff, who spoke through the Chief of Policy and Plans, Major General Chris Jemitola, announced in Abuja on Tuesday. Buratai also said that retired Major General Ike Nwachukwu would deliver a lecture at the occasion entitled, “Safeguarding Nigeria’s Unity…

Rochas Okorocha, governor of Imo State has been in the news recently for various reasons. After receiving a backlash from Nigerians for erecting statues of Liberian president, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf and South African president, Jacob Zuma, who is currently facing corruption charges, Okorocha has once more become the focus of Nigerians by appointing his sister, Mrs. Ogechi Ololo as Commissioner For Happiness and Couples Fulfilment. Ololo is among the newly sworn in 28 commissioners and 27 Transition Committee Chairmen for the 27 local government councils. Before her recent appointment, she served in the capacity of Deputy Chief of Staff and Special…

A Nyanya Customary Court in Abuja on Tuesday dissolved the 16-year-old marriage between a clergy man, Peter John, and his wife, Lucia, over the latter’s temperament. The court presided over by Mr Jemilu Jega granted the request of John, ruling that the union had irretrievably collapsed. He said the court had tried everything within its powers to resolve the issues between the parties, adding that, all efforts failed. “The irreconcilable differences between the two parties showed that they are no longer compatible, therefore, the marriage is hereby dissolved,” Jega said. He, however, gave the custody of the four children of…

The Federal Government says it has a record of 2,778 Nigerian migrants registered in “accessible” detention camps in Libya, ready for repatriation. The Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a statement signed by the Spokesperson Mr Tiwatope Elias-Fatiile on Tuesday, said the country’s embassy in Libya had been visiting detention camps to identify Nigerians for registration. The ministry stated that those registered were issued Emergency Travel Certificates. The ministry also explained that the embassy in collaboration with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) repatriates 250 migrants weekly and had returned 3,000 of them so far. “From the 2,778 registered Nigerians…

The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr. Maikanti Kacalla Baru, Tuesday, cut short his trip to London, as concerns increased over the sudden fuel queues nationwide Dr. Baru, who was billed to receive the 2017 Forbes Oil & Gas Man of the Year Award in the British Capital on Tuesday, flew back home to attend to what he described as a “matter of urgent national importance.” Speaking on the development shortly before his departure back to the country, Baru called on Nigerians to stop panic buying as the corporation was doing everything within its reach…

The Business Council for International Understanding (BCIU), a non-profit US Business association dedicated to forging relationships and promoting dialogue between business and government communities across the globe, tonight presented the prestigious Dwight D. Eisenhower Global Entrepreneurship Award to both Tony O. Elumelu and Bill Marriott, Chairman, Marriott International Inc. The award was conferred on Elumelu in recognition of his outstanding work in promoting Entrepreneurship on the continent of Africa and across the globe. Elumelu, himself a serial entrepreneur, through his Tony Elumelu Foundation, has funded over 3,000 African entrepreneurs to date with his U$D100 million commitment to 10,000 entrepreneurs over…

The Kogi State Government has expressed its determination to midwife the ongoing reforms in its civil service to a logical conclusion, saying it lost N5billion to workers with fake certificate. Addressing reporters in Lokoja, Monday, the Director General on Media and Publicity to the Governor, Kingsley Fanwo said government cannot afford to continue “funding fraud” in the service. “After The Staff Verification Exercise, Government decided to test the veracity of the certificates presented by the civil servants. “The brain behind the certificate verification exercise was to ascertain if the civil servants are actually qualified for the jobs they do or…

Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has sworn his sister Mrs Ogechi Ololo (nee Okorocha) as Commissioner for Happiness and Couples’ Fulfillment. She was sworn in along with 27 new commissioners and 27 Transition Committee Chairmen for the 27 local government councils in the state. Ololo, who is married to Chuks, an engineer, was the All Progressives Congress’ candidate into the House of Representatives for the Owerri Federal Constituency seat in 2015 and she has served in various capacities since Okorocha became the state governor in 2011. She had, before her new appointment, served as her brother’s Deputy Chief of…

• NNPC reassures consumers, says no plan to hike prices • IPMAN denies plot to sabotage Buhari’s visits to Kano Nigerians have been thrown into panic following the re-emergence of long queues at fuel stations in parts of the country. The situation, amid rumour of hike in pump price of petrol, sparked fear that the festive season could be marred by scarcity of the product. In Abuja, many motorists who closed from work yesterday were unable to buy fuel, as many stations were shut. At about 8 p.m., there was a long queue at the NNPC retail station along Kubwa…