THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has explained that its operatives invaded the residence of Rochas Okorocha because he jumped bail and refused to accept court processes from the commission, Wilson Uwujaren, EFCC’s spokesperson stated this in a press release on Tuesday evening. According to the release, Okorocha jumped an administrative bail he was granted and has also evaded his corruption trial. The statement reads: “Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, today May 24, 2022, arrived at the Maitama, Abuja home of a former governor of Imo state, Senator Rochas Okorocha, to effect his arrest. “The…
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JUSTICE Yusuf Halilu of an FCT High Court on Monday convicted a former lawmaker Chuma Nzeribe of forgery. The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) arraigned Nzeribe on four counts of false pretence, impersonation, forgery and cheating. The EFCC alleged that the lawmaker forged the documents of plot 1306, Cadestral zone, Maitama District belonging to Ishaya Baba. Delivering judgment, Halilu held that the prosecution has proven its case beyond reasonable doubt. “I hereby convict the said Chuma Nzeribe having found him guilty as charged. From the abundant evidence before me, it has been established that the defendant forged the title…
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in Kano State, said it received 52 complaints of human right abuses in the month of April. Kano State NHRC Coordinator, Alhaji Shehu Abdullahi, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Kano. He said that 43 of the 52 cases had been treated while nine others are pending. Abdullahi said that while 30 cases bordered on abandonment of family responsibility, four cases are on domestic violence. According to him, four of the cases received in the period under review are issues of unlawful arrest and detention,…
THE African Development Bank (AfDB) says the high five programme of the Bank has impacted no fewer than 335 million people and households across African countries. A statement by Dr Akinwumi Adesina, the President of the Bank on Sunday, said the AfDB over the past six years had delivered great value to the continent. Adesina listed the programmes to include Light up and Power Africa, Feed Africa, Industralise Africa, Integrate Africa and Improve the quality of life for the people of Africa. Outlining some of the achievements of the Bank, Adesina said the AfDB would lend 500 million dollars to…
A team of researchers at the Federal University Dutse (FUD), has discovered some species of mosquitos that are resistant to available insecticide treated nets in the state, except those treated with a particular insecticide called Primiphosmethyl. Alhaji Abdullahi Yahaya-Bello, the university’s Chief Information Officer, announced this in a statement in Dutse. Yahaya-Bello said the research, sponsored by the Global Programme for Malaria Control under the Surveillance for Mosquitoes Resistance against three classes of insecticides (Pyrethroids, Organochlorine, and Organophospates), was conducted in the 36 states of the federation, including the Federal Capital Territory “As part of effort to contribute to the…
THE Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, says the country will review the guideline for Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) in 2022 to improve on its treatment as the old one is obsolete. Ehanire, represented by a Deputy Director in the ministry, Dr Alayo Sopekan, said this in Abuja on Monday, at the Sickle Pan African Consortium Nigeria Network (SPARC-NET) two-day workshop. He said that Nigeria has the highest burden of sickle cell diseases globally. According to him, more than 150,000 babies are being born annually with SCD, and 25 per cent of the adult populations of reproductive age are carrying…
OPERATIVES of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have encircled the Abuja residence of Rochas Okorocha, the immediate past governor of Imo State. The siege on Okorocha’s Abuja residence in Maitama reportedly began at about 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, with the EFCC operatives dressed in unmarked clothes and arrived in unbranded vehicles. The operatives were still at the residence as at 2:55pm at No. 3, Nyasa Close, off Ontario Crescent, Off Mississippi Street, Maitama, Abuja. Premium Times, quoting an unnamed EFCC source, as confirming to it that the operatives were officials of the commission and were there to arrest…
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A retired Justice of the Supreme Court, Ejembi Eko, while lamenting the corruption in the Nigerian judiciary, has called on anti-graft agencies to probe the financial records of the judiciary. Justice Eko spoke during a valedictory session held in his honour in Abuja on Monday. “Nothing stops the office of the Auditor-General of the Federation, the ICPC and other investigatory agencies from opening the books of the judiciary to expose the corruption in the management of their budgetary resources. That does not compromise the independence of the judiciary. Rather, it promotes accountability,” Justice Eko said in his valedictory address. Justice…
WEST Ham defender, Kurt Zouma, has been charged with three offences under the Animal Welfare Act after allegedly kicking and slapping his cat, Eurosport reports on Monday. An RSPCA investigation was launched after a video – filmed by Zouma’s brother Yoan – appeared on social media in February. The video, posted on social media, caused outrage with the RSPCA removing Zouma’s two cats from his care. An investigation – with the help of Essex Police – was launched and Zouma will now face a court hearing, alongside his brother, Yoan. The West Ham defender was never suspended by his club,…