Tag: kashamu
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Revenue from lottery can boost FG’s earnings – Kashamu
Senator Buruji Kashamu has said tax revenue from lotto industry can take Nigeria out of its economic woes if properly harnessed. Kashamu, who represented Ogun East Senatorial District in the eighth senate, revealed this during an interview with journalists in Lagos at the weekend. According to him, the failure of lotto industry operators to be…
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Photos: ICPC recovers three ambulances, 500KVA transformer from Kashamu
Three ambulances and a 500KVA transformer have been recovered from Senator Buruji Kashamu, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), said on Thursday. The agency said the items were part of 2016 constituency projects meant to be distributed in Ogun East Senatorial District. The items were discovered at his Constituency Project Office…
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Extradition case: Kashamu knows fate July 2
Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court Abuja, on Friday, fixed July 2, to deliver judgment in one of the two fresh suits instituted by Sen. Buruji Kashamu to stop the Federal Government from extraditing him to the U.S. for trial over an alleged drugs offence. The judge who was billed to deliver the…
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Extradition: Court fines Kashamu for delaying suit against DSS, NDLEA
The Federal High Court in Lagos yesterday ordered Senator Buruji Kashamu to pay N50,000 cost each to the Department of State Services (DSS) Director-General and the National Drug law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke awarded the punitive cost against him for delaying his suit against them and others. Kashamu is seeking to stop his…
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Kashamu’s extradition suit: Court awards N50,000 each to DSS, NDLEA
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday, awarded N50,000 each in favour of the Director-General, State Security Service (DSS) and the National Drug law Enforcement Agency NDLEA, in a suit instituted by Sen. Buruji Kashamu. Kashamu is seeking to stop his extradition to the United States, to face drug related charges. Kashamu, who is…
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Ogun PDP crisis: Again, Adebutu loses to Kashamu in Court
The Federal High Court in Abeokuta, Ogun State has refused the application of a member of the House of Representatives, Oladipupo Adebutu and others seeking to prevent the Governorship candidate of the PDP in Ogun State, Senator Buruji Kashamu and others from being joined as “necessary and interested parties” in a suit pending before the…
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Ogun PDP: Kashamu makes U-turn, backs Adebutu’s governorship bid
Senator Buruji Kashamu has abandoned his governorship ambition and has now urged his faction of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ogun state to support Oladipupo Adebutu, who is recognised by the national leadership. Buruji made the surprise surrender announcement on Thursday and directed all his supporters and associates to work with members of the Adebutu…
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I am still the Ogun PDP guber candidate – Buruji Kashamu
Senator Buruji Kashamu said he remains the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ogun state and that a ruling by the Appeal Court in Ibadan today, does not affect his status. He said the interpretation being peddled around that Oladipo Adebutu has been reinstated as the candidate is ‘fake news’. The Appeal Court…
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BREAKING: Appeal Court sacks Kashamu, Abati, others as Ogun PDP candidates
The Ibadan Division of the Appeal Court, on Tuesday December 18, 2018 sacked Senator Buruji Kashamu and other ‘candidates’ in the Adebayo Dayo-led faction of the Ogun State PDP. With this judgement, Hon. Oladipupo Adebutu and others who emerged through the party’s primaries are now the authentic candidates of the party in the 2019 election.…
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2019: Kashamu, Reuben Abati emerge Ogun PDP governorship, deputy candidate
Senator Buruji Kashamu has emerged as the Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate for the Ogun State governorship election following the withdrawal of Mr Adeleke Shittu from the race. Shittu, who emerged as the governorship candidate of PDP from the primary conducted by the Bayo Dayo faction of the party in the state, allegedly withdrew from race…