A High Court sitting at Asaba, the Delta State capital, has sentenced one Onuwa Ijie to death, and Nwanozie Uzor to 14 years imprisonment for murder and conspiracy to commit the murder of twin boys, Chidalu and Chigozie Agwunobi. The court presided over by Justice Onome Marshal-Umukoro sentenced two convicts over the murder of the seven-year-old boys. The prosecution conducted by a Deputy Director in the Ministry of Justice, Mrs Paula Akpoguma, in proof of the case called five witnesses. The court held that the testimony of the five witnesses proved the case against the two defendants beyond reasonable doubt.…
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Seyi Tayese, Yenagoa The Chiefs and people of Outoke and Elebele communities in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State have shown appreciation to United Nation Children Fund (UNICEF), Global Alliance For Vaccine and Immunization (GAVI) and other partners for the upgrading and renovation of the Primary Health Care Center in their communities. According to them, as a community they want to thank all the collaborators for the upgrading and renovation of the facilities, “we really appreciate them, we saw a big change in the health facilities. We also prayed that they will do more for us”. Speaking on behalf…
Seyi Tayese, Yenagoa Sequel to the Supreme Court judgement granting financial autonomy to the 774 local government councils in the country, the Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, has clarified that the state government only supervised the councils to drive grassroots development. Senator Ewhrudjakpo stated this on Tuesday when the Bayelsa State chapter of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) paid him a courtesy visit at Government House, Yenagoa. He said the joint account with the councils had afforded government the opportunity to supervise its eight councils for prudent utilization of funds to execute rural projects…
Rwandan President Paul Kagame was gearing up Tuesday for a fourth term after winning a thundering 99.15 per cent of votes according to partial results from an election where only two challengers were allowed to run against him. Partial results issued by the election commission seven hours after polls closed showed that Kagame had won 99.15 per cent of the vote – even more than the 98.79 per cent he got in the last poll seven years ago.Democratic Green Party candidate Frank Habineza could only muster 0.53 per cent and independent Philippe Mpayimana 0.32 per cent, according to the results…
Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) has filed a 16-count criminal indictment against Kingsley Inegbedion and Efemena Igbe over Internet fraud and money-laundering allegations of $1.5 million. According to the FBI in the indictment filed on May 14 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta Division, Messrs Inegbedion and Igbe perpetrated romance scams and business email compromise posing as legit businesses to defraud innocent American citizens between April 2020 and May 2023. Mr Inegbedion, a network engineer who ran training programmes for aspiring tech workers in Atlanta, was known previously to law enforcement, documents said. Some…
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, issued a bench warrant for the arrest of Dr Abraham Ehizojie, the Medical Doctor at the health facility of Kuje Correctional Centre. The warrant was issued over alleged refusal to produce the medical report of Tigran Gambaryan, the detained executive of Binance Holdings Ltd. Justice Emeka Nwite gave the order following an application by Gambaryan’s lawyer, Mark Mordi, SAN. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports Gambaryan was whisked into the Court 9 of the high-rise building in a wheelchair earlier in the morning. Gambaryan, alongside the cryptocurrency firm, is facing a money…
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, issued a bench warrant for the arrest of Dr Abraham Ehizojie, the Medical Doctor at the health facility of Kuje Correctional Centre. The warrant was issued over alleged refusal to produce the medical report of Tigran Gambaryan, the detained executive of Binance Holdings Ltd. Justice Emeka Nwite gave the order following an application by Gambaryan’s lawyer, Mark Mordi, SAN. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports Gambaryan was whisked into the Court 9 of the high-rise building in a wheelchair earlier in the morning. Gambaryan, alongside the cryptocurrency firm, is facing a money…
Police in Jigawa have confirmed the death of 14 passengers and four others injured following a fatal motor accident at Kanya Market in Jigawa State. State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Lawan Adam, confirmed the incident in a statement, on Tuesday. According to him, “On Monday at about 1120hrs, information at the command’s disposal revealed that there was a fatal motor vehicle accident involving a Daf truck with reg. No. GMB 242 KD, coming from Kanya market. “On reaching an Immigration checking point, another vehicle, a Toyota Hiace with Reg No. XA 381 GAS was also coming from Kano to…
Labour Party governorship candidate in November 16 gubernatorial election in Ondo State, Dr Ayo Olorunfemi, has promised to implement N120,000 minimum wage for workers, if voted as the next Governor of the state. Olorunfemi, who made this pledge on Tuesday, argued that workers are more productive when adequately motivated than when poorly paid. According to the LP flagbearer, “As at 2023 when we were campaigning, we assured our people that LP would be paying a minimum of N80,000 minimum wage in Ondo; that was before the economy got to where it is today. “With the situation in the market now,…
By Nelson Ekujumi The Nigeria oil industry is without doubt the mainstay of its economy and has also acted as a stabilizing factor for national security, peace and development. In view of this indisputable fact, successive governments always placed premium on the industry with a view to making it, a global player in line with global best practices in order to attract local and international investors into the industry with a view to achieving its maximum potentials for our collective good and national security. The prime interest of the Nigerian government to uplift and change the face of the industry…