EL-RUFAI TO REMAIN IN CUSTODY AS COURT ADJOURNS BAIL APPLICATION TO APRIL 14.(PHOTO).

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 El-Rufai to remain in custody as court adjourns bail application to April 14 Justice Rilwanu Aikawa of a Federal High Court in Kaduna has adjourned the hearing of the bail application filed by former Kaduna State governor, Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, to April 14th. The bail application of the former governor came up before the court today. April 1. The court adjourned the case after listening to arguments from both the defence and prosecution  El-Rufai was arraigned by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) on a 10-count charge bordering on alleged conversion of public property and money laundering. He pleaded not guilty to all the charges. The court ordered that he remain in ICPC custody pending the hearing of his bail application on the fixed date. The former governor arrived at the court premises around 9:00 a.m. in a black Hilux vehicle, accompanied by DSS officials.

PRESIDENT BUHARI WILL BE LEAVING FOR A WORKING VISIT TO CHINA,TOMORROW SUNDAY.

               In a statement issued today saturday by presidential spokesman,Femi Adesina state that ''It is expected that in the course of the visit,several new agreements and memorandums of understanding to boost trade and economic relations between Nigeria and China will be concluded and signed.The agreements include a Framework Agreement between the Federal Ministry of Industry,Trade and Investment and the National Development and Reform Commission of the Peoples Republic of China to Boost Industrial Activities and Infrastructural Development in Nigeria.Others are a Framewwork Agreement between the Federal Ministry of Communications and China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation,and a Memorandum of Understanding between Nigeria and China on Scientific and Technological Cooperation''.The statement added that Buhari and his delegation wil,in keeping with his administration's prioritization of economic diversification and industrialisation to boost employment,tour the Shanghai Free Trade Zone and the Guangzhou Economic and Technological Development Zone to gain more useful insights and understanding of the policies that underpinned China's astronomical economic growth in recent years.It reads further ''The President,who entourage will include some state governors as well as the Ministers of Agriculture,Water Resources,Transport,Dence,Power,Works & Investment ,Federal Capital Territory,Science & Technology and Foreign Affairs,will also open a China-Nigeria Business/Investment Forum in Beijing and meet with members of the Nigerian Community in China before returning to Abuja at the weekend''.One more photo below.                                                                  

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