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Court discharges Chidi Lloyd of attempted murder, Court bans tolls collection on Lekki-Ikoyi bridge & other important stories you should know today

by Oge Okonkwo

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Court discharges Chidi Lloyd of attempted murder

The majority leader of Rivers State House of Assembly, Chidi Lloyd was yesterday, discharged and acquitted by a Rivers State High Court in Port Harcourt, over a charge of attempted murder prefered against him.

According to the judge who presided over the trial, Justice Ledan Nyordee, there was nothing the court could do in the matter as the police was not willing to prosecute the case. Read more….

FRSC says the court did not ban them from to producing new number plates

The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) has said that the Federal Hight Court did not take away its power to design and produce new vehicle number plates.

The claim was made by the agency  in a statement, issued by Mr Jonas Agwu, FRSC Public Education Officer, in Abuja on Thursday in reaction to the Wednesday court verdict on the matter. Read more….

Court bans tolls collection on Lekki-Ikoyi bridge

The Lagos state government has been barred by a Federal High Court in the state from further collection of tolls from cars that ply the Lekki-Ikoyi Suspension Bridge.

The judgement was declared by Justice Saliu Saidu on Thursday adding that since the bridge was built by public funds imposition of tolls on motorists using it was illegal.

The court also stated that the power of control over all navigable waterways in Nigeria, lies with the Federal Government. Furthermore the court held that since it was public funds that was used in construction of the bridge there was no basis for the public-private partnership arrangement which was adduced as the justification for toll collection on the bridge.

The suit was set in motion by a civil rights lawyer, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, against the Attorney-General of the Federation, the National Inland Waterways Authority, the Lagos State Government and the state Attorney-General.

It was gathered that Adegboruwa had urged the court to determine whether the imposition of tolls on the users of the bridge and residents of Lekki Scheme 1, Ikoyi, Ajah, Ibeju-Lekki and Epe communities, did not amount to a violation of their rights.

Gov. Orji of Abia state says he has not endorsed any aspirant 

The governor of Abia state, Theodore Orji has again dismissed insinuations that he had endorsed a candidate for 2015 governorship election in the state.

His declaration came against the backdrop of speculations that he had endorsed deputy general manager of Abia State Environ mental Protection Agency (ASEPA) Okezie Ikpeazu, for the slot. Read more….

NNPC wins 10-year dispute over $31m contract

The United Kingdom Commercial Court in London has ruled in favour of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in a suit filed by IPCO Nigeria, a subsidiary of the IPCO Group, a turnkey contractor and investor in energy infrastructure projects, over a dispute that arose from a contract to build an oil terminal in Port Harcourt.

A statement signed by the Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division of the Corporation, Dr. Omar Farouk Ibrahim explained that the case which stretched for a decade initially arose from a dispute following IPCO’s claim that NNPC should bear the cost of variations (alterations to the scope of works in the original construction contract), which caused a 22-month delay to the works. Read more….

N10bn Jet Scandal: Alison-Madueke Probe Not Selective – Reps

The House of Representatives yesterday insisted that its investigation of Minister of Petroleum, Diezani Alison-Madueke, over allegations of spending N10 billion on a chartered Challenger 850 aircraft in two years is not selective.

The House was reacting to questions by newsmen on suggestions that the petroleum minister was unjustly being singled out for probe in view of the fact that most top government official routinely charter aircraft for their travels, including House Speaker, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal. Read more….

 

 

 

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