THE Court of Appeal in Calabar has affirmed the conviction and three-year prison sentence of Professor Peter Ogban, a university lecturer found guilty of manipulating election results during the 2019 general elections. Ogban, a professor of soil science at the University of Calabar, served as the returning officer for the …

Suspended Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has visited the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike. According to Premium Times, Fubara visited Wike at his Abuja home on Friday, 18 April, to beg for reconciliation. The visit came shortly after Fubara met with President Bola Tinubu in London to …

Emeka Okonkwo, popularly known as e-Money, was released on Tuesday night following hours of interrogation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for alleged naira abuse and currency defacement. The businessman and socialite was arrested on Monday night at his residence in the Omole area of Lagos and taken …

THE ongoing negotiations in Cairo to reach a ceasefire agreement in Gaza were witnessing a “significant breakthrough,” two Egyptian security officials told reporters. The sources said there was a consensus on a long-term ceasefire in the occupied enclave, yet some sticking points remain, including Hamas arms. The sources said the …

THE Director-General (D-G) of the National Pension Commission (PenCom), Omolola Oloworaran, has said that newspaper organisations in the country were owing retired journalists more than N1.3 billion unpaid pension contributions. This is contained in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday, by the management of the commission. According to a statement, …

A General Court Martial (GCM) sitting at the Headquarters of 82 Division, Nigerian Army, Enugu, has sentenced a soldier, Pte Adamu Mohammed, to death by hanging for killing his girlfriend. The acting Deputy Director 82 Division Army Public Relations, Lt.-Col. Jonah Unuakhalu, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, April …

THE Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has given the federal government the nod to shield identities of witnesses billed to testify against the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. Trial Justice James Omotosho gave the approval in a ruling he delivered on …

THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested popular Lagos socialite, Emeka Okonkwo Daniel, widely known as e-money, for allegedly violating currency regulations. Reports said that he was apprehended on Monday night at his residence in the Omole area of Lagos for spraying U.S. dollars at a public event, …

CHIDINMA Ojukwu, the prime suspect in the murder of the chief executive officer of Super TV, Usifo Ataga, has told the court that police operatives forced her to take responsibility for the murder. She told Justice Yetunde Adesanya of the Lagos State High Court sitting at Tafa Balewa Square, on …

Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) (www.AfricaFC.org), the continent’s leading instrumental infrastructure solutions provider, today announced the appointment of Mrs Ireti Samuel-Ogbu as Chair of its Board of Directors. She succeeds Mr. Emeka Emuwa who has completed 12 years of meritorious service to the Corporation. Mrs. Samuel-Ogbu brings a wealth of experience …