Former Governor of Abia State Orji Uzor Kalu was today arraigned by the EFCC over a number of charges bordering on corruption at the Federal High Court. Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu is alleged to have procured Slok Nigeria Limited while serving as Governor of Abia State, to retain its account domiciled with a commercial bank in the sum of 200 million Naira. The charges also alleged that the sum formed part of funds illegally derived from the treasury of Abia State government through another commercial bank. The trial was stalled when Justice Anuli Chickere said she could not go on…
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Senator Magnus Ngei Abe, All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Rivers South East Senatorial District at the yet to be concluded legislative re-run election in Rivers State has charged the people of Yeghe community in Gokana Local Government Area to take their destiny in their hands by restoring peace through rejecting the extermination of their people by criminals in the community. Speaking at the funeral service in honour of Late Chief Hon (Dr.) Vincent Elvin Eebee, a lecturer in the Ken Saro Wiwa Polythenic, Bori, who was recently assassinated, Abe explained that nobody has the power to kill everybody in…
Worried by the rate of rape cases in Lagos State, a lawmaker in the State, Gbolahan Yishawu has defended his bill on rape, which is currently before the State House of Assembly. The lawmaker maintained that the right of fatherhood would be taken away from the offender as a way of punitive measure. Gbolahan Yishawu, who sponsored the bill titled; “A Bill For A Law To Provide Shield For Rape Victims, Create Civil Liabilities For Sexual Offenders And Prevent Harassment In Lagos State And For Other Connected Purposes,” stated that the bill addresses areas that were missing in the existing…
Following the resumption of the Managing Director of Fidelity Bank, Mr. Nnamdi Okonkwo, Alhaji Mohammed Lawal Balarabe who held forte in the absence of Okonkwo, has been appointed as the Deputy Managing Director of the Bank, subject to regulatory approval. The Bank, in a statement revealed that Balarabe is an erudite banker with over 24 years’ experience in corporate, commercial and retail banking. He has worked in various capacities in Nigeria’s financial services industry where he acquired strong strategic management, leadership and people skills. Balarabe holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting and Finance from Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom (UK),…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the South West geo political zone on Saturday held its zonal congress in Akure, the Ondo state capital where the one time Commissioner for Information in Ondo state, during late Dr. Olusegun Agagu, Chief Eddy Olorogun Olafeso was elected the zonal chairman of the party. Elected at the congress, along the chairman are the Zonal Secretary Rev Bunmi Jenyo (Osun), Organizing Secretary, Hon Wasiu Bankere (Ogun), Youths Leader, Hon Femi Adetola (Oyo) and Women Leader, Mrs Ajigbeda (Ogun). Others are the zonal Publicity Secretary Hon Abiola Makinde (Ondo) Financial Secretary Chief Aifoji, Auditor Hon…
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Another moment of excitement is here again for more Skye Bank customers to reach for the Sky and achieve their dreams, as the Skye Bank ‘Reach for the Skye Millionaire’ reward scheme train arrives Akure, Ondo State; affording more people an opportunity to participate in and witness the making of more millionaires. The reward scheme which has seen 30 lucky customers of the Bank winning N1million, 40 customers winning N250, 000 and 100 customers winning N100, 000, will open up for more winners at the Oba Main Market, Akure, as the 11th edition holds in the ancient city on the…
Oyo State government has warned traders at the Temidire market to shed their recalcitrance posture and relocate to the new site provided for them immediately instead of engaging in ‘misdirected, fruitless and stage-managed’ protests. The Special Adviser, Communication and Strategy to the Governor, Mr. Yomi Layinka, conveyed the government’s position in reaction to the protests that have trailed the relocation order, on Saturday. He said, “Our reaction to the stage-managed protest at the Temidire Market this morning (Saturday) is that it is misdirected and unfortunate. “This project is only one among many of the ongoing statewide market redevelopment activities,…
The Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon Monday Igbuya has described the elected National Vice Chairman, South-South of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Emmanuel Ogidi as “a dependable leader and an affable gentleman”. Igbuya, who spoke on Saturday at the venue of the party’s zonal congress in Port Harcourt, urged the new chairman to increase the base of the party in the zone. “I consider it remarkable that another Deltan is occupying this position. I am confident that those values which inspired the members to elect you will be maintained and even surpassed,” he said. He called…
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola SAN, Thursday met with sponsors, investors and promoters of Solar Energy in the country saying the time was now ripe to take forward the solar power projects in the country and begin to deploy it as an integral part of the Energy Mix in the Federal Government’s efforts to achieve incremental power. Fashola, who spoke to journalists after the meeting which took place at the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) Auditorium in Maitama, Abuja, said the country needs all the energy it could possibly source in order to attain the…