Tag: Mambilla

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FG wins nine-year arbitration battle over 1,500MW Mambilla Power Project

The Federal Government has emerged victorious in a nearly nine-year international arbitration dispute against Sunrise Power and Transmission Company Limited over the long-delayed 1,500MW Mambilla Hydroelectric Power Project, defeating claims that had put Nigeria’s potential exposure at more than $3.38 billion. The project was originally conceived as a 3,050-megawatt hydroelectric plant in Taraba State, but […]

Ex-finance minister Agunloye freed from prison
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EFCC re-arraigns ex-minister Agunloye over $6bn Mambilla power contract

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has re-arraigned former Minister of Power and Steel, Olu Agunloye, before a Federal High Court in Abuja on fresh charges bordering on alleged fraud in the Mambilla Hydroelectric Power Project. Agunloye, who served as minister during the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, is facing an amended seven-count charge […]

Ex-minister faults Obasanjo on Mambilla power project
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Ex-minister faults Obasanjo on Mambilla power project

A former minister for power and steel, Dr. Olu Agunloye, called the claim that he mismanaged the Mambilla power plant “baseless, false, and malicious.” According to The Punch, he made a strong and thorough denial of former president Olusegun Obasanjo’s claim in a statement on Sunday, claiming it was unworthy of note. Agunloye was accused by Obasanjo of […]