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    Politics Nigeria's Arms Deal: Why Jonathan’s ADC, Adegbe Not Opening Up On N10bn Disbursement

    According to Vanguard newspaper, efforts by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to extract information from Ojogbame Adegbe the aide-de-camp to former President Goodluck Jonathan, relating to the N10 billion allegedly moved from the Office of the National Security Adviser for...
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    Metro Nigeria's Arms Deal: Ex-PDP Chairman, Bello’s Son Got N300m for Doing Nothing – Witness

    A witness yesterday told a Federal High Court in Abuja, yesterday, that the son of former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and minister of Defence, Haliru Bello received the sum of N300 million without any contract, DailyTrust reports. An operative of the Economic and Financial...
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    Metro Nigeria's Arms Deal: Olisa Metuh in Fresh Trouble Over $47m Shared By Dasuki

    According to DailyTrust, an investigator of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Junaid Sa'aid on Tuesday told a Federal High Court in Abuja that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh might have received extra $2 million from former National...
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    Metro Nigeria's Arms Deal: Court Dismisses Dasuki’s Application to Halt Trial

    Justice Hussein Baba-Yusuf of the Federal capital Territory (FCT) high court, Abuja, has struck out the application of Sambo Dasuki, former national security adviser (NSA), to stop his trial. Dasuki had sought three prayers from the court, ultimately to stop his trial. He predicated his prayers...
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    Metro Nigeria's Arms Deal: Sambo's Aide Reveals How Olisa Metuh Paid Him N25m

    A witness, Abba Dabo, former Special Adviser to the President in the office of the Vice President on Thursday told a Federal High Court in Abuja how he received the sum of N25 million from National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Olisa Metuh. Abba Dabo, testified that...
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    Politics Nigeria's Arms Deal: Olisa Metuh Appears in Court Without Handcuffs [See Photo]

    Olisa Metuh, the national publicity secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) appeared in court room without the presence of prisons officials and handcuffs. Metuh arrived the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja this morning, for the continuation of his ongoing trial, Daily Post reports...
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    Metro Nigeria's Arms Deal: Panel Submits Fresh List to EFCC

    The presidential panel set up on arms procurement between 2007 and 2014 has forwarded a fresh report to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, The PUNCH gathered. It was reliably gathered on Tuesday that the latest report contained a list of officers of the Nigerian Army who would be...
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    Metro Nigeria's Arms Deal: ICC Acknowledges Receipt of Falana’s Petition Against Dasuki, Okonjo-Iweala

    The International Criminal Court, ICC, at The Hague has acknowledged that it is considering petition submitted to it by a human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana, SAN, over alleged crimes against humanity committed in the context of the arms procurement scandal. The ICC revealed this in a letter...
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    Metro Nigeria's Arms Deal: Blueprint Newspaper Refunds N9m To NPAN

    The Board of Directors of Blueprint Newspapers has refunded the N9m compensation paid to newspaper owners whose copies were seized by security agents during the administration of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan. The company’s Executive Director,Operations, Salisu Umar, who explained this in a...
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    Metro Nigeria's Arms Deal: Dasuki Files Fresh Application to Stop Trial

    Former National Security Adviser (NSA), Sambo Dasuki on Tuesday brought a fresh application before an FCT High Court to stop his trial over alleged diversion of arms funds. Dasuki was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in a 22-counts charge. Those also arraigned...
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    Politics Nigeria's Arms Deal: Over 90% of Nigerians Are Corrupt - Bafarawa

    Two-term governor of Sokoto State, Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa, was has stated that it would take president Muhammadu Buhari years to eliminate corruption from Nigeria. According to Bafarawa, over 90 per cent of Nigerians are corrupt and as such it would be difficult for the current government to...
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    Metro Nigeria's Arms Deal: Banker Reveals How Dasuki Paid N400m into Olisa Metuh’s Account

    A witness, Eno Mfon Effiong, a staff of Diamond Bank on Wednesday told Federal High Court in Abuja that the spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Olisa Metuh, had N400 million paid into his account on November 24, 2014 by the office of a former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki. Ms...
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    Politics Tinubu Reacts to Allegations of Being Involved in $2.1bn Arms Deal Fraud

    APC National Leader, Bola Tinubu, has said there is a deliberate plot by some individuals to rub his name in the mud through fictitious reports in various blogs and the social media. “In the last six weeks, the Tinubu Media Office has monitored the stream of false, distorted media accounts...
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    Politics Arms Deal: Metuh's Firm, 77 Others Received N1.4bn for Doing Nothing -ONSA Official

    A witness in the ongoing trial of PDP Spokesman, Olisa Metuh has testified that the accused person’s company was listed among alleged beneficiaries of the arms funds. A document, tendered through an official of the ONSA, Bali Ndam, was said to have been issued by former NSA, Sambo Dasuki, to...
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    Metro Nigeria's Arms Deal: How We Helped Metuh Exchange $2million – Witnesses tell Court

    Two witnesses were brought before a Federal High Court in Abuja, today, told the court how the spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party, Olisa Metuh, and his company, Dextra Investments Limited, transferred the sum of $2million allegedly collected from the office of the National Security...
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    Metro Nigeria's Arms Deal: Femi Falana Drags Dasuki, Other Suspects to ICC

    Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has requested the International Criminal Court to “investigate allegations of crimes against humanity committed against the Nigerian people by top government officials in criminal diversion of $8 billion earmarked to procure equipment for the armed forces to...
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    Politics Nigeria's Arm Deal: PDP Won’t Provide Sureties for Metuh - Jalo

    The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party has said that it will not provide sureties for its National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh over its involvement in arms deal scandal. The party said since Metuh was being prosecuted for offences that have nothing to do with it, its...
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    Metro Arms Deal: Court Postpones Hearing on Dasuki’s Application to Stop Trial

    A Federal High Court in Abuja, today, again postponed the trial of a former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, who is accused of money laundering. Mr. Dasuki is accused of diverting N19 billion. The counsel to the EFCC, Rotimi Jacobs, told Justice Husseini Yusuf on Friday that an...
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    Politics Arms Deal: I'll Talk About Involvement Next Week says Falae

    Afenifere chieftain and National Chairman of Social Democratic Party, SDP, Chief Olu Falae, yesterday, said he has fixed next week to adequately address his alleged involvement in the ongoing arms deal scandal involving the former National Security Adviser, NSA, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd). Falae...
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    Politics Arms Deal Trial: Sambo Dasuki Kicks Back- PUNCH

    Embattled former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, has filed a fresh application to stop his trial for allegedly diverting about $2.1bn meant for procurement of arms before Justice Baba Yusuf of a Federal Capital Territory High Court in Maitama, Abuja. The fresh application, according to...
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