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Rivers Lawmaker Lauds FG’s Budgetary Allocation for HIV Treatment Barikui Felix, Port Harcourt Dr. Ipalibo Harry-Banigo, the lawmaker representing Rivers West Senatorial District at the National Assembly, has commended the Federal Government for budgeting N4.8 billion for the treatment of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) in the 2025 budget. Harry-Banigo, the Chairman of the Senate Committee…
Court Adjourns Further Trail on Mompha in Absentia. Justice Dada fixed the date after Idi Musa, the sixth prosecution witness of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), gave evidence in the money laundering charges the commission filed against Mompha. Justice Mojisola Dada of the Lagos Special Offenses Court in Ikeja fixed March 13 for…
On Tuesday, an Ikeja Special Offenses Court discharged and acquitted the Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, of the charge of medical forgery levelled against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Justice Olubunmi Abike-Fadipe, while delivering a ruling on the no-case submission filed by Fani-Kayode’s Counsel, Mr Wale Balogun (SAN), held that…
Money Laundering: EU, International IDEA, NBA Collaborate to Get Nigeria Solve Money Laundering, Terrorism Financing …Over 300 Lawyers sensitized on professional conduct The Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption Programme of the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA), with the support of the European Union, is working together with the Nigerian Bar Association…
Rivers Police Arrests Vandals of Street Solar, Recover Exhibits The Trans-Amadi Division of the Rivers State Police Command, on the 26th of January 2025 at about 0300hrs, acting on a credible piece of intelligence, has made a significant breakthrough in combating vandalism with the arrest of two suspects caught vandalising and attempting to steal NDDC…
EdoTraditional Ruler Kidnapped Tracy Ohovwore, Benin City The Edo state police command has launched a search operation on the abductors of the traditional ruler of Udo Eguare, his Royal Highness, Friday Ehizoje, the Onojie of Igueben, a local government area of Edo state. This was made available in a statement signed by the state commissioner…
Church Member Defiles 9-year-old A man told an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court how a man named Adetula Blessing allegedly defiled his nine-year-old daughter. Led in evidence by the prosecuting counsel B.T Boye, the victim’s father told the trial judge, Justice Rahman Oshodi, that the defendant, who happened to be a church member,…
EFCC Re-Arraign Three for N85M Fraud in Lagos The Lagos Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, arraigned the defendants Ibrahim Kuforiji, Mojeed Raheem and Oladepo Habeeb on a four-count charge bordering on conspiracy and stealing to the tune of N85, 503,409 (Eighty Five Million, Five Hundred and Three Thousand, Four Hundred…
Nigeria’s Coastal Communities Under Siege: Urgent Call for Ocean Protection Community leaders, scientists, and activists gathered today at the Nigerian Institute of Oceanography and Marine Research (NIOMR) for the State of the Ocean Workshop, where they issued a powerful call to protect Nigeria’s oceans from increasing exploitation and ecological degradation. In an opening address, environmental…
Foundation Trains UPTH Doctors, Others on Pacemaker Implantation Felix Felix, Port Harcourt Persons suffering from chronic heart diseases in Rivers State and Nigeria in general can now get care within the country. This is as a team of doctors from the United Kingdom have held a one-week training for cardiologists and physiotherapists on modern techniques…