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http://ift.tt/2sgny9P The Sun Publishing Limited has asked the Abuja division of the  Court of Appeal for an order restraining the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) or its agents, servants, officers or anybody howsoever from further attempting to seal off its premises pending the hearing and determination of its appeal before the court. The action was sequel to Monday invasion of the corporate Head office of the company by operatives of the anti-graft agency‎. ‎In a motion on notice dated and filed June 12, 2017 , the company accused the EFCC of resorting to self-help by attempting to enforce an interim forfeiture order, which has been appealed upon. The motion which was filed by counsel to the company, Chief Chris Uche (SAN) further drew the attention of the court to a pending motion for stay of execution of the ex-parte interim order of forfeiture. ‎The motion which was brought pursuant to order 4, rule 6 of the Court of Appeal rules, 2016 is seeking for an...

http://ift.tt/2sgny9P By Olasunkanmi Akoni Nigeria Union of Journalists, Lagos State council, has condemned Monday’s invasion of the Apapa-Lagos premises of The Sun Newspapers by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. In a statement issued by the Chairman, Deji Elumoye, described as “barbaric” the gestapo- style seal up of the newspaper house. The Council, therefore, issued EFCC a 72-hour ultimatum to publicly apologise to The Sun management and the affected staff for the un warranted siege “failure which we will not hesitate to ask our team of lawyers to seek redress in court”. The union wondered why EFCC would ransack the premises of the media outfit without any search warrant and subject innocent workers to unnecessary harassment and stress. According to the statement, “The EFCC by the invasion had infringed on the fundamental human rights of the workers whose movement in and out of the company was curtailed by security operatives for over an hour ...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The Republic of Indonesia has rekindled its bilateral economic cooperation with Nigeria with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding on business exploration between both countries. The MoU, signed during the Indonesia-Nigeria Business Forum held in Lagos recently, was witnessed by the Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia to Nigeria, Mr. Harry Purwanto; Indonesia’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Mrs. Retno Marsudi, delegations of business communities from both countries among other stakeholders. The Acting Director-General, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, Dr. Yetunde Oni, was at the event. The Indonesian ambassador said he believed that since the two countries shared some commonalities in terms of natural resources, the time was up for them to leverage these for the prosperity of their citizens. Purwanto said, “Given that Nigeria and Indonesia share many commonalities, it is high time for us to work together using our activity a...