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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has brought fresh charges against a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, SUNDAY PUNCH has learnt.

It was learnt that the EFCC would in the coming days join Diezani in a suit filed against an oil tycoon, Jide Omokore.

The EFCC will subsequently apply for a bench warrant against the former minister as part of the process to kick-start her extradition from the United Kingdom.

Speaking with our correspondent, an EFCC source said, “There have always been charges against Diezani. However, we had to remove her name for technical reasons. Also, the matter is no longer before Justice Nyako.

“We will amend the charges to include her name and then we will apply for a bench warrant because there are many diplomatic processes involved. We will amend the charges against her.

“You cannot extradite a person from foreign land without evidence that the person is wanted or the person’s arrest has been ordered by a court.”

A bench warrant is an arrest warrant that is ordered by a judge against the defendant in a criminal case. It is typically issued in the case of a failure to appear for trial.”

A senior EFCC official who spoke to our correspondent on condition of anonymity noted that a case was filed against Diezani in 2016 but had been withdrawn.

However, with the delay by the UK authorities, the commission has decided to personally handle the matter.

The source recalled that the commission had filed charges against Diezani alongside Omokore and Aluko; a former Managing Director of Nigerian Petroleum Development Company Limited, Victor Briggs; a former Group Executive Director, Exploration and Production of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation; Abiye Membere; and several others before Justice Bina Nyako in 2016.

They were arraigned before a Federal High Court in Abuja on nine counts bordering on money laundering and procurement fraud.

However, before taking the defendants’ plea, Justice Nyako had requested that the names of the accused persons not present in court be taken off the charge.

Consequently, Aluko whose name appeared in all the counts as well as Diezani who appeared on count eight were deleted from the charge.

The acting EFCC Chairman, Ibrahim Magu, last week met with UK authorities as part of the process of extraditing the former minister.

Diezani has been accused of mismanaging oil funds to the tune of $20bn during her time as minister.

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Some soldiers in the Nigerian Army deployed for the anti-Boko Haram operations have allegedly accused top commanders of leading them to ‘Boko Haram slaughter’ armed with obsolete weapons while diverting the funds meant to procure better arms.

According to Premium Times, the soldiers made these allegations in a hazy video, taken from a camera phone, on Friday, November 23.

The newspaper reports that an army officer in Borno alleged that many of the soldiers in the reported video were killed in the latest Boko Haram attack on Metele. The allegation has not, however, been verified.

In the reported video seen by Premium Times, the soldiers claimed their top commanders are using the Boko Haram war as an enterprise to enrich themselves at the expense of their lives.

According to inside military sources cited by the newspaper, the video was made shortly after troops prosecuting the Boko Haram war in the northern part of Borno state suffered a devastating attack at their location in Metele village on Monday, October 8.

The military reportedly admitted the attack then but downplayed the tragedy saying the situation had been contained and terrorists pushed back.

On Sunday, November 18, the Boko Haram terrorists launched a deadly attack on the same location, leaving scores of soldiers dead and many still reportedly missing. The Nigerian Army on Friday, November 23, five days after the attack, released a statement admitting the latest attack but kept silent on the official casualty figure.

The Army is, however, yet to speak on the video released by the soldiers and its spokesperson could not be reached at the time of this report, the newspaper states.

Meanwhile, the Defence Headquarters reportedly announced last week that it had taken new delivery of military equipment, boasting of a tough time ahead for insurgents. However, the video allegedly released by the aggrieved soldiers showed them displaying most of their war vehicles which they claimed were not only obsolete but unserviceable.

The soldiers said despite huge resources released by the government for the purpose of buying modern armament for the troops, the Nigeria military only supplies them with obsolete weapons, “that can’t stand any good fight with Boko Haram.”

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On Friday, American professional golfer, Phil Mickelson, sank a four-foot birdie putt on the fourth extra hole to pocket $9 million as he defeated legend Tiger Woods in an exhibition clash between two of golf’s greatest rivals.

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A civil society group, the Coalition Against Terrorism and Extremism in Nigeria (CATE) has warned the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and it’s presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar to quit playing politics with fallen national heroes.

Ahead of the 2019 elections, the opposition appears hell bent on dragging the ruling party to the mud – despite a recent pre-dusk raid on 157 Task Force Battalion in Metele, Borno State.

The group made this known in a press statement signed by its National Coordinator, Gabriel Onoja.

According to CATE, the PDP is trying too hard to undermine the remarkable progress of the Nigerian military under the current dispensation which has helped to push Boko Haram to fringes of the Lake Chad only.

CATE expresses its condolences to the Federal Government of Nigeria, the Military and the families and loved ones of the departed soldiers but is of the view that their memory should not be desecrated by those turning their sacrifices into campaign barbs.

“We specifically refer to the statements issued by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. They both only stopped short of mocking the fallen soldiers by the utterances and misrepresentation of facts contained in their responses to the attack and the resulting deaths.

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Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar has said the the Federal Government will support blockchain and cryptocurrency if he is elected as president in 2019.

He stated this in his ‘Get Nigeria Working Again’ policy document analysed.

Under the section on promoting the new economy, the ex-Vice President revealed that he aims to speed up the economy positively through blockchain and cryptocurrency.

To achieve this, Atiku said he will direct the production of a comprehensive policy on blockchain and digital currencies by relevant government agencies to ensure that those areas were regulated and managed in a way that provides job opportunities as well as income for the government and people of Nigeria.

He said: “In harnessing the potentials of the new economy, we shall promote the Production of a comprehensive policy on block chain technology and crypto-currencies by the relevant government agencies.

“The terms of this mandate will ensure that these areas are regulated and managed in a way that provides job opportunities as well as income for the government and people of Nigeria.


“Regulation will provide clarity for informed decision making, in this $278 billion industry that consists of 1,800 currency types.”

He also vowed to enhance ICT literacy initiatives from early school programs to adult education.

“My mission is to ensure that Nigeria’s economy is responsive to the challenges of the 21st century knowledge economy by keeping with the amazingly dynamic technological pace,” Atiku said.

Nigeria’s presidential election is scheduled for February 16, 2019.

However, the incumbent All Progressives Congress (APC)’s President Muhammadu Buhari, Atiku Abubakar, Ezekwesili of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN), Donald Duke of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), and Kingsley Moghalu of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) will engage in a public debate on December 14.

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