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By Emamuzo Iboma The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Lagos Zonal Directorate 1, Monday, arraigned Abel Egerton Sokari, Nkiruka Chukwuma, and a company, Zakah Global Investment Limited, before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on a six-count charge bordering on obtaining by false pretence, possession of fraudulent documents,…
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the German Federal Foreign Office and the European Union have convened a High-Level Briefing and Workshop on Cyber Diplomacy for the ECOWAS Permanent Representatives Committee (PRC) to combat the growing threat of cybercrime in Nigeria and other West African countries. According to a statement on Wednesday by…
By Israel Adebiyi The Supreme Court has affirmed the election of Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the governor of Edo State, upholding the decision of the Court of Appeal in Abuja. A five-man panel led by Justice Mohammed Garba Lawal held that the appellants – the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and…
By Uko Etim The Akwa Ibom Police Command says it has arrested 563 suspects, recovered 179 firearms and secured 33 convictions within 2025. The command also recovered 323 different types of ammunition, 100 pieces of Live Cartridges, recorded 14 stolen vehicles, rescued 74 Human Trafficking victims and reunited with their families, rescued 10 kidnapped victims…
The Supreme Court has reaffirmed the death sentence that was handed to Maryam Sanda, the daughter-in-law of a former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), for committing culpable homicide. In a split judgment of four to one, a five-member panel of justices of the apex court restated the judicial pronouncement that ordered her death…
The Edo State Director of the National Orientation Agency, Barrister Osahon Woghiren has urged Nigerians to support the new tax laws, saying the reforms are designed to protect low income earners and ensure a fairer distribution of the tax burden. Speaking in Benin City on Tuesday during a public sensitisation programme on Super FM, the…
President Bola Tinubu has arrived in Rome, the capital of Italy, to participate in the Aqaba Process heads of state and government level meeting. President Tinubu is in Rome for the Aqaba Process meeting which is a counter-terrorism initiative launched by King Abdullah II of Jordan in 2015. It is co–chaired by the Hashemite Kingdom…
By Emamuzo Iboma The Journalists for Democratic Rights (JODER) has strongly condemned the alleged harassment of journalists by Kunle Fagbemi, the Chief Security Officer (CSO) to Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. In a statement released yesterday by JODER’s Executive Director, Adewale Adeoye, the organization voiced concern over a troubling pattern of hostility by aides of…
Struggling to Survive — The hidden victims of Nigeria’s conflict. Dr. Kelechi Onyemaobi Ngala, Borno state: In northeast Nigeria, malnutrition rates are highest among those who manage to escape conflict-hit, inaccessible locations and seek refuge in larger towns, where they receive food and nutritional support from the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). Despite her best efforts,…
By Barikui Felix The Rivers State Universal Basic Education Board, RSUBEB, has expressed its willingness to partner the Journalists for Sustainable Development Initiative, JSDI, in advocating for climate friendly practices amongst pupils in the various schools in the state. JSDI is a non governmental organization comprising of practicing journalists into climate change advocacy and sustainable…