North Moves to Draft Jonathan into 2027 Presidential Race Ex-President's confidants say too early to talk about potential run in next election Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja Political leaders fro the North, a region
in Nigeria which holds a huge chunk of Nigeria’s voting population, are working behind the scenes to convince former
President Goodluck Jonathan to join the 2027 presidential race, reliable sources told THISDAY last night.
Sources with the knowledge of the plan said that recent comments by the Governor of Bauchi state,
Bala Mohammed, to the effect that the governor’s statement went beyond he would not contest the election if Continued on page 5 Jonathan eventually caves in, said that
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Chinese Firm Moves to Confiscate £20m P&ID Award in UK, 2 Presidential Jets, 2 Properties in Liverpool Why Nigeria lost at arbitration and US appeal to Zhongshan Fagbemi accuses firm of arm-twisting tactics in order to seize Nigeria's assets abroad Alex Enuma in Abuja Chinese company Zhongshan Fucheng Industrial Investment Co.
Limited is making moves to seize the £20 million judgement cost awarded in favour of Nigeria against P&ID by a United Kingdom appeal court
last month, THISDAY has learnt. The company, which had earlier secured court judgement in France to seize two Nigerian presidential
planes, is also working to confiscate two properties in Liverpool belonging to the Nigerian government in relation to the dispute between
Ogun State and the Chinese firm. the Chinese firm of resorting to Meanwhile, Attorney-General arm-twisting tactics in order to of the Federation and Minister of Continued on page 5 Justice Lateef Fagbemi has accused
Queues Everywhere as Petrol Scarcity Spreads Nationwide Marketers shut down filling stations, price exceeds N1,000 per litre NNPC insists it does not owe foreign traders $6.8bn, blames distribution issues Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja, Peter Uzoho in Lagos, John Shiklam in Kaduna, Ahmed Sorondinki in Kano and Blessing Ibunge in Port Harcourt The biting scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, which had hit the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) since over one month, became more acute at the weekend and spread nationwide, with fuel queues on a scale not seen in recent times, and the product selling for more than N1,000 per litre in some places. The scarcity led to disruption of commercial and social activities at the weekend in Abuja and the country’s commercial capital of Lagos, as well as Kaduna, Kano, Port Harcourt, Niger, Nasarawa, and several other states. Many filling stations shut down Continued on page 5
JOINT VENTURE T0 REVOLUTIONISE HEALTHCARE... L-R: Senior Trade Commissioner, Deputy High Commission of Canada, Dindembolo-Zaya Kuyena; Director General of NAFDAC, Prof Moji Adeyeye; CEO of Sygen Pharmaceuticals, Charles Ogunwuyi; CEO of ORx Pharmaceuticals (Canada), Dr Alexander MacGregor; and Executive Secretary/CEO of Nigeria Investment Promotion Commission(NIPC), Aisha Rimi, at the stakeholder forum announcing the Sygen-ORx Biosciences R&D/Drug discovery joint venture aimed at revolutionising healthcare and addressing pharmaceutical drug security and drug access challenges in Lagos...recently
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