Festus Keyamo

September 7, 2015

#BuhariAppoints: Igbos will not be pleased with these comments by Festus Keyamo

Festus Keyamo may have struck a nerve, by attempting to ridicule the noise from the South East over the appointments made so far, by President Muhammadu Buhari. Keyamo, a renowned lawyer, says the Igbos got the biggest of the appointments, in the person of Emmanuel Kachikwu, the head of NNPC, whom he insists is an... Read More

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September 1, 2015

Buhari should deliver on 100 days promises – Festus Keyamo

Lagos lawyer, Festus Keyamo, has said that Nigerians must hold President Muhammadu Buhari accountable for the ‘100 days promises’ made by his party, All Progressives Congress, during the presidential election campaign. Keyamo, however, says that Buhari had disowned the promises before the election, when he visites Chatham House, in the United States. In spite of... Read More

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For the second year running, Keyamo is snubbed for SAN rank

Popular Lagos lawyer Festus Keyamo has been yet again, overlooked for the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria. Keyamo was overlooked on Friday, July 10, when the Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee conferred the rank on 21 lawyers. The 21 lawyers were selected after an interview of the 50 shortlisted candidates held on Tuesday and Wednesday.... Read More

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This is why Diezani must be probed – Festus Keyamo

Popular human rights lawyer, Festus Keyamo, has once again, called for a probe of the tenure of the former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke. Keyamo had petitioned the Senate President and Speaker of the House of Representatives on June 17, asking the National Assembly to commence investigations into the activities of the Nigerian National Petroleum... Read More

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Bola Tinubu, Tony Elumelu, Festus Keyamo, others at today’s inauguration ceremony (PHOTOS)

by Wilfred Okichie Bright and sunny, the weather remained at the Eagle Square, Abuja, as Muhammadu Buhari and Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, were inaugurated a President and Vice President of Nigeria. While over 50 world leaders were in attendance, a chunk of Nigeria’s political and business elites were also in attendance. See below pictures of some... Read More

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Keyamo: PDP, Jonathan were all about filling their stomachs

by Kolapo Olapoju Festus Keyamo is pretty disappointed at the remark of President Jonathan about the Peoples Democratic Party members defecting to the All Progressives Congress. The President had said: “Those people (PDP members) running and those already cross carpeting will come back on an empty stomach because they (APC leaders) will touch the primary... Read More

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‘Olu Maintain brought back Yahooze’ | 5 key moments from an #EveningWithNigeria

by Chinwe Okafor ‘An Evening with Nigeria’, which was hosted by General Mohammed Buhari and Prof. Osibanjo, saw the convergence of celebrities and politicians, who came out to meet with the presidential aspirant for the APC as well as the vice-president candidate. The event which was held on Thursday, March 12, at the Intercontinental Hotel,was full of thrills,... Read More

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January 22, 2015

Everybody plots against APC – 7 important things you didn’t read yesterday (but should have)

by Kolapo Olapoju 1. The power of the powers-that-be. Anyone planning to go on Silverbird Television to criticise President Jonathan should have a rethink. Recently, Lagos lawyer, Festus Keyamo was on the TV station, and in the course of spewing unflattering words about the president, the programme was yanked off. Silverbird has, however, blamed “technical hitches”... Read More

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January 20, 2015

No time: I look forward to my day in court — Fani-Kayode replies Keyamo

by Kolapo Olapoju The Director of Media and Publicity of the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organisation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has reacted to the recent comments of Festus Keyamo, who stated that the former minister was not qualified to be in the President Jonathan Goodluck’s campaign team because of his lingering court case. Keyamo, who is... Read More

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January 19, 2015

“Jonathan has no appetite to fight corruption” – Festus Keyamo blasts the President

by Kolapo Olapoju Renowned lawyer, Festus Keyamo, says by surrounding himself with corrupt people, President Goodluck Jonathan has shown that he lacks the willingness to tackle corruption. Keyamo released a statement on Sunday, January 18, saying that the president “only mouths anti-corruption”, while his inaction and actions show that he is uninterested in embarking on... Read More

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December 20, 2014

7 things you didn’t read yesterday (but should have)

by Kolapo Olapoju 1. Can we take a moment to pray that God would bestow ‘wisdom’ on President Goodluck Jonathan…..Amen! The president says every time he seeks advice, he gets contrary opinions and multiple suggestion. He is therefore using this opportunity to plead with Nigerians to pray to God to make him wise enough “to... Read More

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February 7, 2014

“I am a regular visitor to SSS”: Asari Dokubo opens up on his arrest

by ‘Jola Sotubo The controversial leader of the Niger Delta People’s Volunteer Force, Muhajid Dokubo-Asari was yesterday summoned to the headquarters of the Department of Security Services (DSS). [READ:BREAKING: DSS arrests Asari Dokubo for making inciting comments] The former militant was arrested for making inciting comments about the upcoming 2015 presidential elections. [READ:Why Asari Dokubo... Read More

February 6, 2014

Why Asari Dokubo was arrested by secret service operatives

by Adeola Balogun The President of the Niger Delta Volunteer Force, Mujahid Dokubo-Asari aka Asari Dokubo has been arrested by the Department of State Security (DSS). [READ:BREAKING: DSS arrests Asari Dokubo for making inciting comments] The former militant was summoned to the headquarters of the DSS at the Yellow House, Abuja earlier today. It is... Read More

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November 28, 2013

Why Asari Dokubo was released by Benin authorities

by Adeola Balogun Niger Delta activist , Mujahid Asari-Dokubo, has been released. [READ:Asari Dokubo released by Benin Republic police, flown to Abuja] The former militant was arrested in Benin republic at about 1pm on Tuesday, November 26 and whisked to an unknown location by the Beninoise police. [READ:Asari Dokubo arrested by Benin Republic gendarmes] The... Read More

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November 28, 2013

Why Benin Republic police are keeping Asari Dokubo out of reach – Keyamo

by ‘Jola Sotubo More details have come to light as to the condition in which former militant and Niger Delta activist, Mujahid Asari-Dokubo, is being held. According to the detainee’s lawyer, Festus Keyamo, his client is being kept incommunicado by Beninoise authorities. Keyamo said further that even he had been denied access to his client... Read More

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November 28, 2013

Showdown in little Benin: Militants demand Asari Dokubo’s immediate release, threaten to take action

by ‘Jola Sotubo The arrest and detention of former militant and Niger Delta activist, Mujahid Asari-Dokubo, has continued to generate controversy in the country. The development has caused his brothers-in-arms, under the umbrella of the Niger Delta People’s Volunteer Force (NDPVF) to speak up in his defence. The organization has issued a threat and a... Read More

November 27, 2013

No surprises here: Presidency intervenes in Asari Dokubo’s arrest

by Oge Okonkwo President Goodluck Jonathan is said to have intervened in the arrest of Muhajeed Dokubo-Asari by the government of the Republic of Benin which happened yesterday. According to newsmen, the president had sought for details through the Nigerian ambassador to the country on why Dokubo-Asari was taken away by the Benin Republic gendarmes. The ex-militant was arrested... Read More

November 27, 2013

Why Asari Dokubo was arrested – Keyamo

by ‘Jola Sotubo News broke yesterday of the arrest of former militant and Niger Delta activist, Mujahid Dokubo-Asari. ‘Asari Dokubo’, as he is popularly called, was arrested yesterday by police officers at Lubeleyi roundabout in Cotonou, Benin Republic. It is believed that the former militant’s arrest and detention is politically motivated and is designed to... Read More

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November 26, 2013

Asari Dokubo arrested by Benin Republic gendarmes

by Adeola Balogun According to reports, former militant and Niger Delta activist, Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, has been arrested. Dokubo was arrested by gendarmes (security officers) in Benin Republic this evening. News of the arrest was disclosed by Alhaji Dokubo’s lawyer, Festus Keyamo. Premium Times reports: Mr. Keyamo said in a statement that the Rivers born former... Read More

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August 12, 2013

Alleged sodomy: ‘Okah hides phone, SIM card in his pants’

by Isi Esene The Nigerian Prison Service (NPS) yesterday responded to allegation of sodomy leveled against its officials by Festus Keyamo, counsel to Charles Okah, who is being held in Kuje Prisons. Okah, the brother of the jailed leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND), Henry Okah, was said to have been... Read More

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January 30, 2013

Opinion: Time to outsource our justice system? (1)

by Adebayo Kareem How have we come to this? Why has a country with a long history of excellence in the legal profession suddenly become a haven for criminals where white-collar crooks saunter around brazenly, blatantly assaulting our collective sight with the proceeds of their crimes? Within the last 10 months, two of Nigeria’s most... Read More

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January 23, 2013

$3m bribe: Festus Keyamo files charges against Farouk Lawan

A Lagos based lawyer, Festus Keyamo on Wednesday entered a 4-count criminal charge against the erstwhile Chairman of the House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on fuel subsidy probe, Farouk Lawn for allegedly collecting the sum of $3million as bribe from the Chairman of Zenon oil and gas, Femi Otedola. Mr Keyamo had earlier given the... Read More

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September 12, 2012

$15m Ibori bribe: Abuja court orders IG to investigate Uba and Achigbu

by Akan Ido An Abuja Chief Magistrate’s Court yesterday ordered the inspector general of Police (IGP) to comprehensively investigate the complicity or otherwise of both Senators Andy Uba and Chibuike Achigbu in the alleged $15m bribe offered by former Delta State governor, James Ibori to the former EFCC chairman, Nuhu Ribadu. After hearing the suit... Read More

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Chunk of change: Court grants Gov Sylva N100 million bail

by Stanley Azuakola After surrendering himself to EFCC yesterday, the former governor of Bayelsa State, Timipreye Sylva has been granted bail in the sum of N100 million (with a guarantor who must own a landed property within the FCT) today at the Federal High Court in Abuja. The guarantor is expected to deposit his documents for the landed property with the Chief Registrar... Read More

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“He’s alive”- Prisons Service denies death of bombing suspect in custody

by Lekan Olanrewaju The Nigerian Prisons Service has denied reports of the death of one of the suspected masterminds of the 1 October, 2010 bomb blast in Abuja, Tiemkenfa Osvwo. “I am not aware of his death. I don’t know what happened to him,” said Kayode Odeyemi, the Prisons Public Relations Officer. “I just read... Read More

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This is murder! Lawyer Festus Keyamo cries foul as Independence Day bomb suspect dies in prison

by Chi Ibe One of the Independence Day bomb suspects, Tiemkenfa Francis Osvwo, who has been in detention at the Kuje Prison after the 1 October, 2010 bombings in Abuja died on Saturday, 3 March. Detail of the cause of death is still unknown but his lawyer, Festus Keyamo has alleged that he was murdered. At the... Read More

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