The Port Harcourt zonal command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has granted administrative bail to Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, a former governor of Delta State for alleged diversion of N1.3 trillion 13% derivation fund from the federation account between 2015 and 2023. Recall that Okowa was arrested on Monday, November 4, 2024, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, when he reported at the Port Harcourt Directorate of the EFCC on the invitation of investigators handling his matter. It was reliably gathered that the former governor left the facility of…
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Nonsonkwa: Futility of suppressing people’s voice-Imo Advocacy for Good Governance
A rights group, Imo Advocacy for Good Governance has strongly condemned the repressive action of Imo State Government in clamping down against opposition voices describing it as an action that can come from only a failed administration. The group made the comment in a press release it issued recently in Owerri and signed off by her National Convener/Chairman Board of Trustees, Apostle (Dr) Ken Nwanguma and chief scribe, Engr. Ikechukwu Opara and availed the Newspoint newspaper The release described as unacceptable the government’s efforts of dishing out propaganda and falsehood…
Read MoreNiger Delta Development: Operation Light Up Niger Delta Region Launched In 6 Communities Of Oguta
…As Uchegbu keeps promise. Hon Kyrian Uchegbu, the Federal Commissioner representing Imo State in the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC,Board, has led his team to install streetlights in the six autonomous communities in Oru Clan of Oguta LGA in the state. The communities include, Mgbele, Nkwesi, Nnebukwu, Orsu obodo, K-Beach and Eziorsu Autonomous Communities. In fulfilment of his promise, Hon Uchegbu also assured the benefitting communities that all the nooks and crannies of the communities must be lit up on or before the end of December 2024. The federal commissioner…
Read MoreCourt Imposes N20m Fine On Enugu Police Commissioner, DSP Over Missing Suspect From Custody
Enugu State High Court has imposed a fine of N20 million on the state Commissioner of Police, Kanayo Uzuegbu, and Deputy Superintendent of Police, Chidobe Ekeleme, for violating the right to life of Chika Chukwu Onwe, who went missing in police custody. Justice C.O. Ajah, who delivered the judgment, emphasized that the state police command’s actions were unacceptable. The judge ruled that Chika Chukwu Onwe was murdered in police custody without trial or due process. Onwe and Izuchukwu Ani were arrested in 2019 in Agbani, Enugu State, following a cult…
Read MoreEndBadGovernance: Tinubu Orders Immediate Release Of Detained Minors
…Drops all charges against them President Bola Tinubu has directed that all minors arrested and undergoing trial for their roles during the #EndBadGovernance protest should be released immediately. Minister of Information and National Orientation, Ibrahim Idris disclosed this on Monday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Idris said the President also instructed that all charges against the minors be dropped immediately.
Read MoreCatholic Church Weds 9 Couples,As Owerri Based Journalist-Oloko Walks Violet Down The Aisle
It was a joyous and ecstatic celebration last Saturday as Holy Family Catholic Parish Irete organized mass wedding for nine couples including an Owerri based Journalist Reginald Oloko and his heartrob Violet Nwokocha. The wedding mass which was meant to commence by 11 am began with entry procession by 11:45 . It was well attended by parishioners ,and relatives and friends of the couples. It was around 12 pm that couples exchanged vows and were wedded. Earlier in his sermon drawn from Matthew 19 v3 the officiating and Parish Priest,…
Read MoreSouth-East Governors Allegedly Islamize Ndigbo- Nkworji
In what appears a shocking revelation, facts have emerged on how some of the governors in the South East have continued to Islamize their indigenes indirectly. The traditional Prime Minister and former publicity secretary of the Imo State All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), Okenze George Nkworji made the disclosure in an exclusive interview with our correspondent at the weekend. Responding to a question on the IDP camp in Imo State and the alleged attempt to Islamize the state, the publisher of the Nigerian Moment newspaper had this to say: “But…
Read MoreEndBadGovernance: Shehu Sani Tells Tinubu To Immediately Withdraw Charges Against Detained Minors
Former Kaduna Central Senator Shehu Sani urged the federal government led by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to immediately withdraw the charges slammed against minors who participated in the August 1-10, 2024, nationwide protest ,Recall that on Friday, November 1, the police arraigned some EndBadGovernance protesters, who were mostly minor and malnourished. In a viral video, one of the minors fainted while standing trial before the federal high court in Abuja on Friday, November 1. The incident forced the judge to leave the courtroom while lawyers rushed the victim to the court clinic.…
Read MoreBeyond the economy, why is Tinubu so unpopular?
Recently, Indermit Gill, the World Bank’s chief economist and senior vice-president for development economics, wrote an article in the Financial Times urging Nigerians to embrace the economic reforms of their president, Bola Tinubu. “The country’s elites must forge a political consensus in support of these reforms,” he said. Like every seasoned policy expert, Gill knows that without a political consensus, no reform, especially a radical one, can succeed. However, what he failed to say is why there is no political consensus in favour of Tinubu’s economic reforms. Yet, addressing that…
Read MoreHoodlums kill vigilante, burn corpse in Ebonyi
The Ebonyi State Police Command has confirmed the gruesome murder of a 48-year-old vigilante, Micheal Nnaji, resident in Ngbo Amaka in Ohaukwu Local Government Area of the state. The State Police Spokesman, DSP Joshua Ukandu, confirmed the incident on Thursday night to journalists. DSP Ukandu, who said the information was still sketchy, added that the command had visited the scene of the incident and had commenced investigation into the matter. Nnaji, a businessman and a member of the local security in Ngbo Community, was said to have been shot twice…
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