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Uko Okon The Akwa Ibom State Command of the Nigeria Police has lauded the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) for executing and completing an expansive solar lighting project at its headquarters in Ikot Akpan Abia. The State Commissioner of Police, CP Baba Mohammed Azare, disclosed this on Tuesday in Uyo, when he received a delegation…
Uko Okon Two people have been killed and several others are missing following renewed boundary hostilities between the riverine community of Oku Iboku in Itu Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State and Ikot Offiong, a neighbouring community in Odukpani LGA of Cross River State. The Deputy Speaker of the Akwa Ibom State House of…
Prince Woke The little girl, about 7 years old, with a disability (deaf and dumb), who was found at Azikiwe Street, Mile 2 Diobu, Port Harcourt, on Monday by Prince Wiro, a rights advocate and National Coordinator of Centre for Basic Rights Protection and Accountability, has been reunited with her family by the Divisional Police…
Katherine Abayomi In a bid to help alleviate the economic situation and empower the Ogoni people, President of the Ogoni Liberation Initiative Dr. Douglas Fabeke has embarked on a massive financial empowerment program aimed at benefiting over 5,000 individuals across Ogoni communities in Rivers State. This empowerment programme, targeted at men, women, and youth, aims…
Emamuzo Iboma A storm is brewing at the Lagos State University of Science and Technology (LASUSTECH) as a prominent human rights coalition, the United Action for Democracy (UAD), has launched a scathing attack on the institution’s Vice Chancellor, Professor Olumuyiwa Odusanya. The UAD is demanding his immediate suspension amidst explosive allegations of corruption, financial mismanagement,…
Katherine Abayomi. The Rivers State Commissioner of Police, CP Olugbenga Adepoju, says the reduction of illegal oil bunkering to the barest minimum is the cause of the increase in kidnappings on Rivers waterways. CP Adepoju revealed this on Tuesday,13th May 2025, in a meeting with stakeholders of Bonny LGA and service commanders in the state,…
Justice Abike-Fadipe of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja issued a warrant for the arrest of Ekweozor Peter, a suspected internet fraudster, yesterday for failing to appear in court for his arraignment. He was arrested alongside others on May 13, 2024, following credible intelligence received by the Commission about the alleged criminal activities of…
Justice Mojisola Dada of an Ikeja Special Offences Court yesterday sentenced one Stanley Amaogo to seven years imprisonment for N43 million fraud. Justice Dada held that the prosecution clearly proved its case against the convict beyond reasonable doubt. The judge, therefore, convicted and sentenced Amaogo to seven years’ imprisonment on count one. The Judge also…
Justice Ismail Ijelu of an Ikeja special Offences court has remanded one Ntai Bagshaw for allegedly defrauding accommodation seekers of N70 million naira. On Thursday, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arraigned Bagshaw before the court for allegedly defrauding accommodation seekers of N70 million naira. Bagshaw, alongside his company, Terraworks Ltd, was arraigned on…
…Trains Rivers Communities on Evidence Gathering Barikui Felix Following years of pollution in the Niger Delta and oil multinationals’ decision to divest their investments in the region, a non-governmental organisation, Health of Mother Earth Foundation, HOMEF, has called on the government to stop the pollution and nullify all processes. The organisation said it was unacceptable…