Several members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from Benue State have sustained serious injuries after a bus conveying them to a party rally in Lafia, Nasarawa State, was involved in a head-on collision with another vehicle. The accident occurred on Saturday morning, October 10, 2026, a few kilometres from the rally venue in Lafia. The injured party members were reportedly evacuated to hospitals in Lafia for medical attention. The number of those injured had not been confirmed as of the time of reporting. The incident was confirmed by Dan-Morgan Ihomun, Publicity Secretary of the Austin Agada-led faction of the…
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The Federal High Court sitting in Lafia, Nasarawa State, has convicted 21 companies for operating financial investment schemes without valid licences from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Justice Anyalewa Onoja-Alapa, who presided over the court, sentenced each company to a fine of ₦30 million and further ordered them to pay ₦200,000 for each day the offence was committed. The companies were prosecuted by the Abuja Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) after investigations allegedly linked them to investment fraud and unlicensed financial operations. The companies are Ngwuoke Daniels Technologies; Credio Banco Ltd; Digital Company Ltd;…
A director in the Federal Ministry of Finance, Ali Mohammed, has told the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja that the ministry was unaware of the withdrawal of N124.86 billion from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Mohammed, who testified as the prosecution’s 10th witness (PW10) on Tuesday, October 6, 2026, made the disclosure during the ongoing trial of former CBN Governor Godwin Emefiele before Justice Maryanne Anineh at the Maitama division of the court. Led in evidence by prosecution counsel Abbas Mohammed, the witness said he appeared in court following a letter received by his ministry from the…
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has urged corps members across the country to shun the get-rich-quick syndrome, warning that the pursuit of wealth through dishonest means undermines personal integrity and national development. Olukoyede gave the charge while addressing members of the 2026 Batch C, Stream 1, of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) at the orientation camp in Iyana Ipaja, Lagos, where he urged them to embrace integrity, hard work and transparency. Speaking through Superintendent of the EFCC, Amaka Fingesi, of the Lagos Zonal Directorate 2, the EFCC chairman described the get-rich-quick…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has recovered and returned $104,950 to an American-based Nigerian businesswoman, Mrs Adeshola Oshilaja, following an investigation into a suspected procurement fraud involving funds for the purchase of 10 dump trucks from China. The commission handed over the outstanding $56,000 to Oshilaja on Friday, October 9, 2026, at its Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 in Ikoyi, bringing the total amount returned to her to $104,950. The latest recovery represents the balance of the funds after the defendant, Babatunde Samuel Akinsanmi, had earlier paid $48,950 directly to Oshilaja. The investigation followed a petition by Oshilaja, who…
-Indigenes fear election will be ’bloody’ A heated political controversy has erupted in the Abak/Etim Ekpo/Ika Federal Constituency of Akwa Ibom State following comments by political heavyweight Barr. Emmanuel Enoidem, on the reelection bid the incumbent House of Representatives member, Hon. Clement Jimbo. Speaking during a project commissioning event in Etim Ekpo LGA, Enoidem sparked public pushback when he warned constituents that failing to support All Progressives Congress (APC) candidates, specifically Clement Jimbo, would be treated as an act of defiance. “It will amount to rebellion for you not to vote all the candidates of the APC, and Clement Jimbo…
Facts have emerged showing that two former governors of Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Udom Emmanuel and Obong Victor Attah, who openly raised Governor Umo Eno’s hands at his unveiling in February 2022, have now become the biggest casualties of the political shifts in the state. The event at the Government House in Uyo back in 2022 was seen as a major show of political force. Emmanuel put his full political weight behind Eno, while Attah gave the endorsement needed to convince elders and key stakeholders across the state. However, barely two years into the current administration, the political picture has…
The Ibibio Vanguard, a prominent socio-political organization in Akwa Ibom State, has strongly asserted that the Ibibio nation retains its indisputable position as the premier ethnic group in the state, emphasizing that no individual or authority can rewrite the documented history and heritage of the Ibibio people. The group was reacting to recent public remarks made by the State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, who declared that all ethnic groups in Akwa Ibom State are equal and that no single group holds superiority over another. Addressing journalists on behalf of the group, the National Secretary of Ibibio Vanguard, Comrade Silas Udom,…
The chairman of Nsit Ubium local government area, Hon. Alfred Charles and that of Mkpat Enin local government area, Engr Emmanuel Inyang, have come under fire by the Akwa Ibom State Hour of Assembly for underperformance. Nsit Ubium local government area is where the Governor is hailed from while Mkpat Enin local government area is where the brother to his late wife is he chairman. It can be recalled that there was a rowdy session in the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly on Tuesday as lawmakers engaged in heated exchanges over the poor performance of some local government areas…
•as Umo Eno demonstrates no seriousness in projects execution President Tinubu has again rejected pleas from both the state Governor, Pastor Umo Eno and the Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio to visit the state and commission projects. Available information from different quarters show that the President was not persuaded to jet down to Akwa Ibom State perhaps because of the quality of projects executed by the present administration. The Akwa Ibom State Government had earlier given a release that the president will visit the state for commissioning of some projects as part of the activities marking the state’s 39th anniversary.…