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A Federal High Court sitting in Portharcourt, Rivers State has sentenced one Henry Nathaniel Ekanem to fourteen, 14, years imprisonment for Internet fraud. Ekanem, a final year student of the University of Portharcourt was convicted by Justice A. T. Mohammed upon arraignment by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on seven-count charges bordering on…

.. The Federal Ministry of Health has released findings from its first Vulnerability and Adaptation Assessment, highlighting severe impact of climate change on the nation’s health sector. Conducted between January and July 2024 and supported by UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), the assessment projected a 21-per-cent increase in disease burden, with northern…

A Delta State High Court sitting in Otu-Jeremi in Ughelli South Local Government Area has ordered the remand of Mr Okiemute Kasia in the custody of the Nigerian Correctional Service in Okere, Warri, for allegedly defiling his girlfriend’s two-year-old daughter (name withheld). The court, presided over by Hon. Justice A. A. Onojovwo, ordered the remand…

.. The Federal Government is advancing its commitment to ensure a self-sustaining healthcare system by collaborating with pharmaceutical giant, GSK, to bolster local drug production in Nigeria. The Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Pate, shared on his official X account on Wednesday in Abuja.He said that the collaboration was part of…

Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, said it has observed with dismay, the ways, manners and boastful tendencies of the All Progressives Congress, APC. The human rights association, raising the alarm, said this poses dangers to the survival of constitutional democracy in the country. HURIWA said the attitude of the APC appears to show…

.. …Affected Consumers Should Demand Refund—Expert Electricity Consumers on Band A feeders have alleged that despite their migration to the band, they do not enjoy 24-hour power, lamenting that they are paying so much for less electricity. NewsNGR reports that the Service-Based Tariff (SBT) was introduced in Nigeria on November 1, 2020. The SBT…

Members of the Nigerian Governors Forum, NGF, are currently holding their monthly meeting at the State House Conference Centre in Abuja. The meeting also involves traditional rulers under the auspices of National Council of Traditional Rulers. Although the meeting is holding behind closed doors, the agenda for the meeting is still shrouded in secrecy. However,…

Well Of Science Launches Green Club For Schools At Akwa Poly .. Well of Science, a sustainable driven company with the support of Access Bank, proudly flagged off the Green Club in Akwa-Ibom State Polytechnic,Ikot Osurua. As part of the launch, the school received waste receptacles and tree seedlings aimed at promoting environmental awareness…

The Metropolitan Police Service in the United Kingdom has dismissed a Nigerian-British officer, Shola Balogun, from Bromley Police Station for allegedly biting a colleague during a birthday party in Bexleyheath, Kent. The disciplinary hearing, held from October 21-23, 2024, was chaired by senior officer Christopher McKay, with IPM Amanda Harvey and Assessor-Detective Superintendent Kirsty Mead…

.. The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, has debunked reports concerning the airworthiness of the helicopter that crashed in Port Harcourt last Friday. The reports had said the helicopter was first delivered to Helikopter Service as SE-JFB. It was then bought by another aviation company in Hong Kong and registered as B-KCR. In 2004,…

The Osun State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has suspended former Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, over alleged anti-party activities. In a resolution submitted to the APC National Secretariat and addressed to National Chairman Dr. Umar Ganduje, the Osun APC accused Aregbesola of creating divisions within the party by establishing a splinter…

.. The governor of Ekiti state, Biodun Oyebanji, has presented a budget proposal of N375.79bn to the State House of Assembly for the year 2025. While N192.3bn representing 51 percent is proposed for recurrent expenses, N183.5bn which is 49 percent of the proposed budget is allocated for capital projects. Oyebanji, who delivered the budget…

The senator who represented Adamawa North District in the National Assembly from 2019 to 2023, Ishaku Abbo has denounced the current economic hardship around the country. Abbo also decried the water scarcity in his home state, Adamawa. The politician, who spoke during an interaction with newsmen in Yola, noted that in Adamawa State, where electricity…

.. The Abia State Road Fund and Administration Board Bill, 2024, (H.A.B 16), sponsored by Majority Leader and Arochukwu Constituency Representative, Hon. Uchenna Okoro Kalu, has on Tuesday, passed its second reading. This bill proposes establishing a dedicated fund to construct, rehabilitate, and maintain Class B, C, and D roads across the 17 local…

The Imo State Police Command reported that its officers killed a suspected armed robber and recovered an AK-47 rifle with 15 rounds of ammunition after foiling an attack during a routine patrol along Owerri-Aba Road near Imo Airport. In a release from the office of the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Henry Okoye, it…

.. VFD Group Plc has announced its unaudited financial results for the period ended September 30, 2024. According to the company’s results sent to the Nigeria Exchange Limited (NGX), its total assets rose by 35 per cent year-to-date to N295.86bn in September 2024 compared to N219.28bnbn in December 2023. The company noted that the…

Cross River State will be conducting local government council and ward elections this weekend, November 2, 2024. The state Commissioner of Police, CP Gryogon Augustine Grimah, has assured a peaceful conduct of both elections. Addressing journalists shortly after the state security meeting presided over by the governor, Senator Prince Edet Otu, Grimah assured citizens that…

At least nine people were injured in the Ukrainian capital Kiev during overnight Russian drone attacks. Military officials reported on Wednesday that in a western district of Kiev, drone debris fell into a multi-storey residential building, igniting fires in several flats. Damage was also reported to a kindergarten building. This marked the 19th drone attack…

.. The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the promotion of four police officers, who had completed their PhD programme and were currently teaching at the Police Academy, Kano. Mr Ikechukwu Ani, the Head of Press and Public Relations of PSC said this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. According to Ani, the…

Two armed robbers who had terrorised Atim Edem Rise and Efio Okoho neighborhoods of Calabar South LGA in Cross River State were violently killed yesterday by angry youths. The names of the suspects were not immediately available at the time this report was filed. Eyewitnesses confirmed that both resided in the same neighborhoods. One eyewitness,…