The order made by the Federal High Court does not appoint a Receiver-Manager over AMNI. Rather, the order, as drawn, relates to a limited appointment as Administrator for defined purposes connected to an alleged indebtedness.
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The Bauchi first lady’s visit followed an earlier one of the injured journalists by her husband, Governor Bala Mohammed last weekend.
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The deputy speaker noted that the FCT remains a melting pot of Nigerians from all regions, with Igbo traders, professionals and investors forming a significant segment of its economic life.
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The court held that the oil and gas exploration firm, AMNI, failed to pay $15,261,329 owed to Cenroc under contracts dated 1 April 2019.
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The committee had earlier set a 72-hour deadline but extended it following appeals from stakeholders at the hearing, allowing them from Monday to Friday next week to submit the required documents.
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Borno South Senator Ali Ndume has said for the US lawmakers to indict former New Nigerian Peoples Party, NNPP, presidential candidate, Rabi’u Kwankwaso as fundamentalist means something may be fishy somewhere.
Ndume said this on Friday while fielding questions in an interview on ‘Politics Today’, a programme on Channels Television.
He expressed shock that Kwankwaso’s name was mentioned, stressing that he wants to know how the former Kano state governor got implicated or mentioned.
DAILY POST reports that United States lawmakers initiated a new bill aimed at increasing accountability for human rights abuses in Nigeria.
The legislation, Nigeria Religious Freedom and Accountability Act of 2026, contains provision for potential sanctions against Fulani militias and former Kano State Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso.
Reacting, Ndume said, “What I’m sure is that this is a bill introduced that has gone through both first reading in both the Senate and the House. I’ve been trying to get my hands on the copy of the bill and what it contains but it’s not yet in the public domain, but it is only when I get the details that I can react.
“In the summary, I know that the bill is recommending sanctions and even visa ban and confiscation of assets and all that.
“For them to mention Kwankwaso, I think something may be fishy somewhere Nothing to worry about, if somebody is actually clean.”
Nigerian billionaire and Chairman of the United Bank for Africa, Tony Elumelu, has explained that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu said he liked what the private sector is doing to support small- and medium-scale entrepreneurs in the country.
Elumelu spoke to journalists at the state house after meeting with Tinubu on Friday.
He explained that the foreign exchange market in Nigeria has been “totally sorted” under President Tinubu’s administration with the monetary policy driven by the Central Bank of Nigeria.
According to him, businesses are no longer plagued by the difficulties that once characterized access to dollars, which has brought predictability and stability to the Nigerian economy.
“There was a time before when if I got 10 calls on banking issues, seven of those calls were about how to access foreign exchange.
“Today, if you get 10 calls on banking issues, not even one is on FX. That market is totally sorted,” he said.
“He even called the name of the CEO, that he likes what is going on, and he wants them to do more to support small and medium-scale entrepreneurs in the country,” Elumelu added.
Former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai has alleged that his successor, Uba Sani and the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu met and decided his abduction.
El-Rufai made this allegation on Friday when he featured in an interview on ‘Prime Time’, a programme on Arise Television.
Recall that the Department of State Services, DSS, attempted to arrest the ex-governor at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja on Thursday.
“The National Security Advisor, the governor of Kaduna State and the Chairman of ICPC met, and they have decided that I must be abducted today.
“Abducted because people use arrest, they don’t know that arrest has a legal meaning.
“Arrest means a lawful activity with a warrant, the police have. Under the Police act, they can arrest you without a warrant, but every other agency must go to a judge and seek warrant.
“So when you try to take a person without a valid order, it is abduction,” he said.
Senator Ali Ndume, who represents Borno South Senatorial District, has explained he would again support another US military airstrikes against insurgents operating in parts of North-East Nigeria.
Ndume made the remarks on Friday while speaking on Politics Today, a programme on Channels Television.
He said his call is being driven by the prolonged activities of Boko Haram insurgents in communities within his constituency, particularly around the Mandara Mountains.
According to the lawmaker, insurgents have maintained a presence in the mountainous areas for over a decade, forcing residents to flee their homes and farmlands.
He said sustained and consistent military offensives are necessary to eliminate the group and enable displaced persons to return home.
The lawmaker said residents of Gwoza and surrounding communities would be receptive to such support, stressing that security concerns have prevented him from visiting his village for years, even under escort.
Ndume maintained that his position reflects the desperation of communities that have endured prolonged insecurity and are seeking decisive action to end insurgency in the region.
Ndume said: “I called for it. In fact, I was thinking that they will start from my local government. Yes, because the Boko Haram, the issue of you know, have dominated for the past 15 years.
“They have dominated the Mandara Mountain up till now. And we had wanted, and have been calling that there must be consistent and sustained attack until they are all eliminated.
“That’s when our people that are still in the IDP camps, you know, under the mountain, can go back, because there are peoples who still live in the mountains and farm in the mountains, but they have to run away. Boko Haram chase them. There are some of them that are still captives.
“In fact, we want the… I’m speaking for my people, especially my own local government. If the 200 Americans that Nigerians are talking about now don’t have…they are not comfortable, please let them go to my local government and stay and operate from there, our people will be happy.
“I can move out of my house in Gwoza for they to come over my house for them to stay as long as we will have peace.
“You know what, for the past 16 years I cannot go to my village, especially this time around, no no matter what, even under escort, you don’t risk going from now.”
Why I want second Trump’s military airstrikes in Nigeria – Ndume
Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, has denied any involvement by his administration in the disappearance of Abubakar Idris, popularly known as Dadiyata, insisting that allegations linking his government to the case are “totally wrong.”
El-Rufai made the remarks during an interview on ARISE News on Friday, where he was asked about the unresolved case of Dadiyata, a lecturer and social media commentator who was abducted by unknown gunmen from his Kaduna residence in 2019 and has not been seen since.
Human rights group Amnesty International has described the case as an enforced disappearance, with critics alleging that the Kaduna State Government at the time bore responsibility, given that the incident occurred within its jurisdiction.
Responding to the claims, El-Rufai dismissed suggestions of state complicity.
“They are totally wrong. What you have been given is not correct,” he said. “Dadiyata was not a fierce critic of the Kaduna State Government. He was a fierce critic of the Kano State Government. Go and review his timeline.”
The former governor stated that Dadiyata, who hailed from Kano, was critical of then Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, not his administration.
“It was Ganduje that was his problem,” El-Rufai said. “I didn’t even know he existed until he was abducted.”
El-Rufai acknowledged that Dadiyata resided in Kaduna at the time of his disappearance but maintained that the state government had no prior knowledge of him.
“Yes, he lived in Kaduna State, and it was our duty to protect him,” he said. “But how could we protect him when we didn’t even know he existed?”
He further claimed that information gathered during investigations suggested the abductors came from Kano.
“All that we could gather from his family was that the abductors came and took him, and they came from Kano. So if anybody is to be asked questions about the disappearance of Dadiyata, it is the Kano State Government. It has nothing to do with the Kaduna State Government,” he said.
El-Rufai also referred to an alleged confession by a police officer posted from Kano to Ekiti State, who reportedly admitted that he and others were sent from Kano to abduct Dadiyata.
“Three years after Dadiyata was abducted a police man confessed to someone that they were sent from Kano to abduct the guy, and he felt bad about it. That’s the only thing I know, he added. “But it was not a Kaduna State problem.”
Dadiyata’s disappearance on August 2, 2019, remains unresolved nearly seven years later, with civil society groups and members of the public continuing to call for a thorough investigation.
El-Rufai denies Kaduna govt’s role in Dadiyata’s disappearance
