The embattled former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mr Godwin Emefiele, has been released from Kuje prison. Umar Abubakar, the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) spokesman, confirmed this exclusively on Saturday. Abubakar said Emefiele was freed on Friday from Kuje prison after fulfilling his bail conditions. Godwin Emefiele has been released on Friday….
Either deliberately or by error, but most probably deliberately, the drafters of 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, as amended, made the courts the final arbiters in the country’s electoral process. Apart from winning overall majority votes in an election, there are conditions precedent that a contestant must have to fulfill. To this…
A man, simply identified as MC Sweet, who made a fake online post claiming that Aba Ngwa indigenes tried to stop Julius Berger from constructing the Port-Harcourt Road in Aba, has been arraigned at a Magistrate Court in Aba, Abia State. In the fake post, the online skit maker also claimed that Governor Alex Otti…
The Abia State government said it has discovered that some doctors who left the state for greener pastures abroad are still collecting salaries. Governor Alex Otti made the announcement on Thursday at the International Conference Centre in Umuahia during the State Council on Health. Otti revealed that the ongoing digitalization of the state’s civil service…
The Abia State Police Command said it has arrested 60 suspected criminals, comprising 58 males and two females, from October to December 2023. The command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Maureen Chinaka, who briefed the press on behalf of the commissioner, said the command devised and implemented effective administrative and operational initiatives that yielded remarkable results….
The Presidency has said the immediate past Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele, would have faced a firing squad if he were from China. President Bola Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, said Emefiele and his gangs committed egregious misappropriation that would not be allowed in China. Onanuga…
The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has described the Supreme Court ruling that blocked his bail as a new window for his freedom. Kanu stated this during his routine meeting with his legal team, led by his special counsel, Aloy Ejimakor, and Barrister Nnaemeka, at the Abuja facility of…
Gov Hope Uzodimma’s investments in the imo state sports ministry has yielded fruitful results yet again as heartland Queens forward Lucky Mary Nkpa gets under 20 national team call up . Lucky Mary Nkpa has enjoyed a creditable career with the heartland Queens of Owerri, she has been instrumental to the majority of victories recorded…
Diezani Madueke, a former petroleum minister under former President, Goodluck Jonathan, who fled to the United Kingdom due to fears of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has appealed to the President Bola Tinubu-led Nigerian government for leniency. Diezani who is reportedly in the second stage of cancer implored Tinubu to permit her to return…
The Immediate past Federal Lawmaker that represented Ikwuano/Umuahia Federal Constituency, Hon Sam Onuigbo, has been lauded for his numerous campaigns on climate change in Nigeria,most especially for sponsoring the Climate Change Act. Onuigbo whose achievements were eulogized by some University Professors in Nigeria,commended the lawmaker for sponsoring the Climate Change Act in Nigeria, describing him…
