…presents cheques to 54 victims of Ibrede crisis By Festus Ahon SECRETARY to the Delta State Government, SSG, Mr Chiedu Ebie, yesterday said the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC has unified every part of the country through cultural integration of the participants of the scheme which was the original idea of the founding Fathers of…

Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday gave the Department of State Service (DSS) 24 hours ultimatum to release the convener of the #RevolutionNow protest, Omoyele Sowore, and his co-defendant, Olawale Bakare.. Justice Ojukwu gave the order at the scheduled commencement of the defendants’ trial on charges of treasonable felony. The…

By Chinonso Alozie, Owerri  The Igbo National Council, INC, led by Chilos Godsent, yesterday called for an end to the killings of armless citizens in the country particularly in the Southeast region by the police.  INC, in Owerri, was reacting to the clashes in Orafite community of Anambra state, between police and members of the…

Dr Allen Ifechukwu Onyema By Omeiza Ajayi A group, Concerned Diaspora Citizens, has described the allegations of financial misdeeds levelled against Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Air Peace, Mr Allen Onyema as a deliberate attempt to kill the company and deepen Nigeria’s unemployment crisis. In a statement issued Wednesday in Abuja and signed by…

Orji Kalu A Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday sentenced a former Governor of Abia, Orji Kalu, to 12 years’ imprisonment for N7.2 billion fraud and money laundering. The court convicted Kalu, now a senator, on all the 39 counts preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission charge. READ ALSO: Updated: Court…

Say scheme, can’t account for billions of public funds By Tordue Salem – Abuja The House of Representatives Joint-Committee on Insurance & Actuarial Matters, Health Services and Health Institutions, has disclosed that despite a steady guzzle of billions of public funds in 15 years, the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) has captured less than five…

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri Trial Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court in Abuja, on Thursday, gave the Department of State Service, DSS, 24 hours to release detained pro-democracy activist and convener of the RevolutionNow protest, Omoyele Sowore and his co-defendant, Olawale Bakare (aka Mandate). Justice Ojukwu expressed her anger over continued detention of the…

Sen. Orji Uzor Kalu Former Abia state governor Orji Uzor Kalu has been convicted for fraud by a Lagos High Court. The serving Senator was charged by the federal government for theft, fraud of over N7.1 billion naira. He faces over 5 years in jail. READ ALSO: BREAKING: Court finds ex-Gov. Orji Kalu guilty of fraud…

A Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday found a former Governor of Abia, Uzor Kalu, guilty of 39 counts of fraud. Kalu was charged alongside  Jones Udeogo, the state  Commissioner for Finance during his tenure as the governor. Kalu’s company, Slok Nig. Ltd. was also a defendant in the suit. While Kalu and his…

Gove Emeka Ihedioha of Imo State By Chinonso Alozie, Owerri The Imo state governor, Emeka Ihedioha, yesterday said that he signed into law the Imo state Hotel Occupancy and Restaurant Consumption tax law No.35, to generate revenue for the state. Ihedioha who spoke in Owerri, through his Chief Press Secretary, Chibuike Onyeukwu, also added that…