Tag: Nwaoboshi
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Just In: Supreme Court clears Nwaoboshi of N805m scam, quashes 7yr jail term
The Supreme Court had in a split decision of four-to-one set aside the conviction and sentencing to seven years imprisonment of Sen. Peter Nwaoboshi for offences of fraud and money laundering. In a lead judgment by Justice Emmanuel Agim, the apex court held that Nwaobishi and the two
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PDP suspends Senator Peter Nwaoboshi
The Delta Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) State Working Committee (SWC), on Wednesday slammed the one-month suspension on Senator Peter Nwaoboshi, over alleged anti-party activities. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Nwaobishi is the PDP Senator representing Delta North Senatorial District in the National Assembly. The suspension notice is contained in…
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N2.5bn refund: You are bunch of confused men, Nwaoboshi replies NDDC
Senator Peter Nwaoboshi last night urged the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to go to court over its demand that he should refund N2.5 billion being payment for unexecuted projects. Nwaoboshi, who represents Delta North in the Senate, in a statement by his media aide, Awele Onokwai, said that the Interim Management Committee (IMC) of…
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NDDC demands refund of N2.5b from Sen. Nwaoboshi over diversion of plastic chairs for N/Delta schools
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has demanded a refund of N2.5bn allegedly diverted by the senator representing Delta North senatorial district, Sen. Peter Nwaoboshi. The funds NDDC claims is meant for the supply of plastic chairs, tables to schools in the Niger Delta region. A letter sighted by TheNewsGuru(TNG), which was signed by the…
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[Video] We awarded N3.7bn to Sen. Nwaoboshi for supply of plastic chairs to Niger Delta schools – NDDC
The Executive Director in charge of Projects and members of the IMC of Niger Delta Development Commission(NDDC), Dr. Cairo Ojougboh on Monday accused Sen. Peter Nwaoboshi of diverting plastic chairs belonging to the Federal Government of Nigeria worth the total sum of N3.7BN. Ojougboh who made the veiled accusation during an interview session on Arise…
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FG panel strips serving senator of assets in Lagos, Delta, Abuja
…22 bank accounts frozen The Special Presidential Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property has sealed off suspicious assets and property belonging to Senator Peter Nwaoboshi, in Warri, Asaba in Delta State, and Lagos State. The Presidential Panel carried out the action on the premise of last week’s ruling of a Federal High Court…
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Court orders forfeiture of Senator Nwaoboshi's 14 properties, 22 bank accounts
The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court has approved an interim forfeiture of Senator Peter Nwaoboshi‘s properties to the Federal Government. Recall that the court made an initial order for the confiscation of 14 properties and 22 bank accounts linked to the embattled senator on Tuesday. The bank accounts were traced to Zenith Bank,…
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BREAKING: Court sacks Delta North senator-elect, Nwaoboshi
The Federal High Court Abuja on Wednesday, sacked Sen. Peter Nwaoboshi, the senator-elect for Delta North Senatorial District. Justice Ahmed Mohammed gave the order while delivering judgment in a suit filed by Mr Ned Nwoko challenging the election of Nwaoboshi as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the Oct. 2, 2018 primaries of…
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BREAKING: Delta senator, Nwaoboshi, gets bail in alleged fraud of N322m
The Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday granted bail on self-recognizance to the senator representing Delta North in the National Assembly, Peter Nwaoboshi, who was charged with an alleged fraud of N322m. Justice Mohammed Idris instructed him to get two sureties who will each sign a bail bond of N50m within 72 hours. The…
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Saraki, Okowa, Ibori, others hail Sen. Nwaoboshi at 60
Senate President, Bukola Saraki, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State, former Governor James Ibori on Sunday celebrated Senator representing Delta North, Sen. Peter Nwaoboshi, as he marks his 60th anniversary. Speaking at the Thanksgiving Mass for Sen. Nwaoboshi at St Augustine’s Catholic Church, Ibusa, they speak of his importance to his constituents, and all called…