The Court of Appeal, apart from affirming Mr Ogban’s conviction and the three-year jail term, frowned at his role as a university professor in the fraudulent manipulation of election results, a lawyer who participated in the case at the appellate court told journalists, Wednesday afternoon. The Court of Appeal in Calabar, on Wednesday, upheld the conviction of Peter Ogban, a professor jailed in 2021 for rigging a senatorial election for Godswill Akpabio, a senator from Akwa Ibom State. Mr Akpabio, a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), is the president of the Nigerian Senate. The rigging happened in…
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Parties involved in the investigation of the alleged drug-related case involving President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the 1990s are expected to release investigation reports on Friday, May 2 as ordered by the court. The agencies expected to make their investigation reports available are US Attorneys, Department of State, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). The release followed an order of a US District Court for the District Court of Columbia, which in early April ordered remaining parties in the matter, apart from CIA, to jointly file the…
– constituents raise alarm as former lawmaker gets 1million grant -state PDP Chairman allegedly include two children, relatives as beneficiaries By Shadrach Okon Fresh crisis is brewing in Ukanafun/ Oruk Anam Federal Constituency over what constituents in the two Local Government Areas described as injustice, favouritism and nepotism perpetrated by political stakeholders in the area using the ongoing constituency briefing and empowerment programme by Governor Umo Eno in Akwa Ibom State. The tension follows Governor Umo Eno’s constituency briefing and empowerment programme for Ukanafun/ Oruk Anam federal constituency held yesterday 29th April, in Ukanafun Local Government Area. Investigation carried out…
The Member representing Eket/ONNA/Esit-Eket/Ibeno Federal Constituency in the National Assembly, Rep. Okpolupm Etteh, has extended his warmest congratulations to Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State for what he described as a bold and statesmanlike endorsement of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Obot Akpabio. In a personally signed congratulatory message made available to the press, Rep. Etteh lauded Governor Eno’s recent public declaration of solidarity and support for the federal leadership, describing the move as a “courageous endorsement” that reflects a deep commitment to the peace, unity, and sustainable development of Akwa Ibom State. “This…
Troops of the 6 Division, Nigerian Army, have arrested 23 suspected oil thieves and deactivated 13 artisanal refineries during intensified operations across the Niger Delta region. The operations, conducted between April 21 and 27, 2025, also led to the confiscation of over 180,000 litres of stolen petroleum products. The Acting Deputy Director, 6 Division Army Public Relations, Lt. Col. Danjuma Jonah Danjuma, disclosed this in a statement issued Monday in Port Harcourt. Lt. Col. Danjuma said the operations spanned Rivers, Bayelsa, Akwa Ibom, Abia, and Delta States, as troops, working in synergy with other security agencies, sustained an aggressive crackdown…
Barring any last minute change of plans, the National Working Committee, (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is expected to meet today at the party headquarters, Wadata Plaza, Abuja. The meeting even though the regular gathering of the National Working Committee, is expected to take some far reaching decisions in view of the prevailing situation in the party. Also, the meeting is coming on the heels of the defection of the party’s former Vice Presidential candidate, Ifeanyi Okowa, alongside Delta State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori and other key party members, who were formally received to the ruling All Progressives Congress…
The Pharmacists Affairs Group (PAG), yesterday, called on the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) to declare open drug markets (ODMS) a public health emergency. It urged the National Assembly to expedite action on the passage of the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Bill, emphasising that the move was necessary to safeguard the health of citizens. The group made the call in a communique issued at the end of the April edition of its Point Blank Dialogue, a platform for crucial discussions on the nation’s healthcare system, with the theme, “Circumventing the Impact of Open Drug Markets on Nigeria’s Pharmaceutical Supply Chain.” The speakers,…
CHAIRMAN of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, Mr Taiwo Oyedele, has said that the recently signed tax reform bills included provisions that would lower the cost of building materials and stimulate investment in the construction sector. He stated this at a Building and Construction Industry Forum held in Abuja, themed: ”Nigeria’s Tax Reforms and the Building and Construction Industry: Implications and Opportunities,” pointing out that the Federal Government is set to introduce tax incentives aimed at reducing the burden on real estate developers and building material suppliers. He added that the tax incentives were meant to…
A Nigerian soldier, Adamu Mohammed, has been sentenced to death by hanging by a General Court Martial (GCM) sitting at the Headquarters of the 82 Division of the Nigerian Army in Enugu for the murder of his girlfriend, Hauwa Ali. The court, presided over by Brigadier-General Sadisu Buhari, found Mohammed guilty of murder, an offence punishable under Section 106(a) of the Armed Forces Act, Cap A20 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004. “In the interest of societal decorum and justice for the deceased, the law had to be applied to its fullest,” Buhari stated while delivering the judgement. Mohammed…
-gives reason why Fubara should surrender to Tinubu By Shadrach Okon A chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Chris Ekpenyong has attributed the lingering crisis that has rocked the PDP and the recent defection of Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State, and his predecessor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa and others to the ruling All Progressives Congress , APC, to the political ambition of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar; who is bent on using the platform of PDP to realise his presidential ambition in the country. Engr Chris Ekpenyong who spoken last weekend in Akwa Ibom State during an interview with newsmen…