The former Minister of Niger Delta, Mr Godsday Orubebe, has entered a 'not guilty' plea for two count charges of false declaration of assets and another two counts of bribery. Mr Orubebe in counts one and two was accused of failure to declare his assets at plot 2722 Kyamu and plot 2059 in Asokoro district both in Abuja on assumption of office as Minister on September 26, 2007. In count three, he was accused of accepting 50 million naira bribe from one Pastor Jonathan Alota, on September 19, 2012 for award of contract in favour of his (Alota's) company, Chemtronics Nigeria Limited. In count four, he allegedly accepted additional 20million naira bribe from Alota in 2013 for the award of a contract to Chemtronics Nigeria Limited for the construction of skill acquisition centre at Edo State for the sum of 1.8billion naira. Trial, however, could not commence as the prosecutor told the tribunalthat he was not ready with his witnesses. According to the prosecutor he woul...
An explosion that caused a scare in the Oworonsoki area of Lagos metropolis this afternoon has been traced to a ‘leaking refrigerator’ in a beer shop attached to a residential building in the area. The affected building is a bungalow located at No. 88, Oworo Road, Oworonsoki, Lagos State. Four persons who were injured in the explosion have been hospitalized. Emergency services officials claimed they found some electrical items in the collapsed shop as they carried out their activities on the scene after the incident this afternoon, they claimed not to have found no explosive materials that could suggest it was a bomb. Speaking on the scene to our correspondent, General Manager of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Mr. Micheal Akindele said the agency can authoritatively link the explosion to a defective refrigerator in the shop. However, ourreporter noted that the refrigerator that reportedly caused the explosion remained largely intact. Mr. Akindele s...
Nigeria successfully defended their crown at the FIFA U-17 World Cup Chile 2015 and the Eaglets also dominated the individual honours at the tournament. The Eaglets' captain, Kelechi Nwakali won the adidas Golden Ball as the tournament's best player. Victor Osimhen won the adidas Silver Ball in addition to the the adidas Golden Boot which he earned courtesy his record-breaking 10 goals and two assists. Mali's forward, Aly Malle got the adidas Bronze Ball. Nwakali told FIFA.com, "I thank God for the opportunity to win this award. It means so much." Giving the credit to his team-mates' hard work and diligence throughout their time in Chile, he said, "Right from the game against the USA, when we arrived in Chile, our aim was to defend the trophy. "We believed the only way we could do this was hard work. We approached each game with hard work and seriousness. Any team that came to Chile worked for it." Other award winners are: adid...
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