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The logo of Italian energy company Eni is seen at the booth of Eni during the Nigeria International Petroleum Summit in Abuja, Nigeria February 10, 2020. Picture take February 10, 2020. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde
MILAN (Reuters) - Italian prosecutors asked a Milan Court on Wednesday for documents sourced from U.S. bank JPMorgan to be filed as part of a corruption trial over the acquisition of an oilfield in Nigeria by Eni and Shell. The long-running graft case revolves around the purchase of the Nigerian OPL 245 offshore oil field in 2011 for about $1.3 billion. Prosecutors allege that about $1.1 billion of that was siphoned off to politicians and middlemen. At a public hearing, prosecutors asked the court to accept two emails sent to Italy by UK authorities. The emails originate from a separate London court case launched by the Nigerian government against JPMorgan Chase, claiming over $1.7 billion for its role in the disputed oilfield deal. The first is a
This is even as other unions like NASU, SSANU and Primary School Teacher in FCT also had to go on strike at some point.
With the strike over, the threats posed by the second wave of the pandemic is threatening the reopening of the institutions.
Daily Trust checks showed that the twin menace of the pandemic and the strikes have combined to wreak havoc on the education system and the education calendar.
Now some analysts are warning that it might take a while to stabilize the calendar, provided ASUU does not embark on another strike, which is likely to happen as the Federal Government has already failed to meet some of the conditions for the suspension of the last strike.
Ex-AGF, Adoke, recovers from COVID-19 in UAE ― Lawyer
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By Ikechukwu Nnochiri – Abuja
The immediate past Attorney-General of the Federation, AGF, and Minister of Justice, Mr Mohammed Adoke, SAN, who is facing money laundering charges, on Monday, failed to appear before the Federal High Court in Abuja for continuation of his trial.
However, his lead counsel, Mr Kanu Agabi, SAN, who is equally a former AGF, told the court that his client is currently stranded at the United Arab Emirate, UAE, where he tested positive for COVID-19.
Agabi told trial Justice Inyang Ekwo who is presiding over two separate charges the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, preferred against Adoke, that his client was confirmed positive for the disease, at the point of his return to Nigeria from the UAE where he went for medical examination.
Ex-AGF, Adoke stranded in UAE over COVID-19, lawyer tells court Ex-AGF, Adoke stranded in UAE over COVID-19, lawyer tells court
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Counsel to Mohammed Bello Adoke (SAN), a former Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Godwin Kanu Agabi (SAN) on Monday told a Federal High Court in Abuja that Adoke is presently stranded in the United Arab Emirate (UAE), where he tested positive to COVID-19.
Agabi who is the lead counsel to Adoke in the alleged money laundering charges filed against Adoke and a businessman, Aliyu Abubakar, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) conveyed the plight of the former AGF to Justice Inyang Ekwo on yesterday.