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Counsel to embattled member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Farouk Lawan, are said to be under pressure from some forces to back out of the alleged $620,000 bribe scandal. Lawan, the suspended chairman of the Ad hoc Committee of the House on Fuel Subsidy Management, is being separately investigated by the security agencies and the House Committee on Ethics ...

The Honeywell Group, a foremost Nigerian conglomerate, has insisted that it will do everything possible within the confines of the law to protect its trade-name “Honeywell” from infringement by another company called Honeywell Automation and Control Solutions West Africa Limited. Earlier, Honeywell international and its affiliate Honeywell Automation and Control Solution West Africa Limited, have brought an action against Honeywell ...

The four Federal Government-owned refineries in the country are producing refined petroleum products at an abysmally low level. Investigations by SATURDAY PUNCH show that the refineries are producing at about 25 per cent of installed capacity. The investigations show that only two of the refineries – the Warri and Kaduna refineries – are partially functional at the moment. The remaining ...

(AFP) – Explosions and gunfire rocked the city of Damaturu on Friday, police said, in an area plagued by repeated attacks by Boko Haram Islamists. “There have been huge explosions and sporadic gunfire around (the) Shagari Low Cost area of the city,” said Gbadegesin Toyin, police spokesman in Yobe state of which Damaturu is the capital. “In fact, the explosions ...

May-D releases a hot classy, danceable techno beat that will get you doing the azonto. This thrilling video is full of energy and dance moves as you can see appearances from Kaffy (Nokia Danceathon winner) and her team, and other artistes like Davido, Shank and a host of others. Beat produced by Flip Tyce and video directed by Clarence Peters.