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Abubakar Malami: Nigeria’s economy would’ve hit total collapse if …

The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice in Nigeria, Abubakar Malami, has said the justice sector has been the one that saved the country’s economy from total collapse, which would have been brought about if P&ID had succeeded in enforcing an arbitral award of over $10billion.

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The AGF said the several recoveries made by the ministry had also played major parts in keeping the economy afloat.

Speaking over the weekend at the maiden top management retreat of the Federal Ministry of Justice held in Kano, Malami said the sum of US$311million recovered funds were deployed into critical infrastructural projects, such as the Abuja-Kano and Lagos-Ibadan expressways, as well as the second Niger bridge.

“On economic front, we have been able to save our economy from total collapse, which would have been brought about if the P&ID had succeeded in enforcing an arbitral award of over US$10billion.

“We have also ensured the restoration of our country to the path of growth and development through the settlement of the multibillion-dollar adverse claims on the Ajaokuta steel plant.

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Suspense As PDP National Vice Chairman, Orbih Rejects Membership Of Edo PDP Campaign Council – Lifestyle Nigeria

The National Vice Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), South-South, Chief Dan Orbih has rejected his membership of the Edo PDP 2024 Governorship Campaign Council.

. reports that Orbih gave his rejection of the PDP Campaign Council on Saturday at the Edo North PDP Leaders/Stakeholders Meeting (Legacy) held in Ogbona, his county home, Etsako Central Local Government Area of Edo State.

Orbih’s name was featured on the 200-membership Campaign Council list of the PDP for the September 21, 2024 gubernatorial election, led by Governor Godwin Obaseki as Chairman.

However, rejecting the appointment, Orbih declared that all is not well with the PDP, adding that no one should be deceived.

. reports that Orbih served as campaign manager for the outgoing governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki in the 2020 election following which they fell out.

The meeting is still ongoing as the time of filling this report.

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Rivers Governor Visits Scene Of Explosion

Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has pledged the State Government’s support to families of victims affected by the multiple tanker explosions.

Lifestyle Nigeria reports that Fubara spoke on Saturday when he visited the scene of the accident alongside Olatunji Disu, commissioner for police in Rivers, and Maximus Nwafor, commissioner for energy.

On Friday night, tankers laden with petroleum products burst into flames on a section of the East-West road in Eleme, Rivers state, leaving an unspecified number of people killed.

The inferno which had also left travellers stranded for hours, engulfed over 50 vehicles, with some bodies burnt beyond recognition in cars and in a nearby drainage.

The governor directed security agencies to conduct a thorough assessment of the accident to facilitate the provision of aid to families of victims.

“Yesterday around 7-8pm, we got information about a very serious inferno that was caused by a tanker conveying PMS,” he said.

“I got the information through the MD of Indorama and immediately alerted the security agencies. From what we are seeing this morning, it was not a very pleasant case.

“We recorded, from what I am seeing, a huge number of vehicles being destroyed and souls lost.

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How Corper Met Untimely Death At Brother’s Graduation Party

Lifestyle Nigeria gathered that the killing of a serving corps member, Damilola Iyanda, by a policeman while celebrating the convocation of his younger brother who recently graduated from the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomosho, Oyo State, has left his family in grief and students of the university crying for justice, BABATUNDE TITI writes.

On Monday, April 24, Damilola Iyanda, travelled From Ibadan to Ogbomosho town in Oyo State to celebrate with his younger brother, Oluwafemi, who was graduating from the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomosho.

Oluwafemi, a student of Accounting and Management Sciences, participated in the convocation ceremony of the institution which started that Monday.

His older brother, Damilola, was a serving corps member whose place of primary assignment was in Ibadan, the state capital.

The two brothers decided to share a memorable night after Oluwafemi became a fresh graduate of the institution by having a night out at a popular club near the school’s gate.

However, what was thought to be a night of joy soon turned sour for the two brothers as one lost his life while the other escaped death by the whiskers.