Operatives of Port Harcourt Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, arrested a legal practitioner, Barrister Bardi Robert for alleged N15.7 million theft. A statement by the commission’s spokesperson, Mr Wilson Uwujaren made available to ASHENEWS on Thursday, said the lawyer was arrested on Wednesday, for allegedly receiving a judgment debt fund, from a Rivers State High Court, Port Harcourt, to the tune of N15,712, 187.38 on behalf of his client, Igwe Ugochukwu and converted same to his personal use.”The suspect allegedly received the judgment fund in three tranches of N10,000,000, N737,187.28 and N4,975,000.00 and…
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The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu has vowed to prevent any regional security outfit from operating alongside the Eastern Security Network (ESN) in the South East. Kanu issued the threat to Southeast governors on Thursday against their their proposed new security outfit. According to him, the proposed new security outfit by the governments is intended to counter the ESN. “We the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) under the command and leadership of our great Leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, wishes to warn South-East Governors particularly Gov Dave Umahi to jettison the proposed new security outfit they intend…
The Federal government has said that no fewer than 76, 804 vulnerable households in Kebbi have received a N1,056 billion from its Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) Programme from 2016 till date. Hajiya Sadiya Umar-Farouq, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster and Social Management, disclosed this on Thursday in Birnin-Kebbi at the inauguration of Special Cash Grant for Rural Women programme. “Kebbi has received a total sum of N1,056,200,000.00 from the Federal government CCT programme from inception till date, impacting the lives of 76,804 Poor and Vulnerable Households (PVHHs). “Five local government areas are currently benefiting from the Federal Government CCT programme…
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the renewal of tenure for seven managing directors of the river basin development authorities. The president also approved the appointment of new managing directors for two other river basin development authorities. Mrs Kenechukwu Offie, Director, Press and Public Relations in the Ministry of Water Resources made this known in a statement in Abuja on Thursday evening. According to the statement, the appointment took effect from Jan. 5. The managing directors whose appointments were renewed for a second and final term are; Prof. Abdulkarim Muhammad, Upper Niger River Basin Development Authority, and Dr Adeniyi Aremu, Lower…
The Edo government has said that at least, 53 healthcare workers have tested positive for COVID-19 since the second wave of the pandemic in December. The state’s Incident Manager, Dr. Andrew Obi disclosed this during a meeting of the State Taskforce on Covid-19, chaired by Governor Godwin Obaseki on Thursday. Dr. Obi also said the state had recorded eight new cases and one death in the last 24 hours. “We have, in the last 24 hours, recorded eight new coronavirus cases and one new death,” Dr. Obi said. “240 samples were collected from the various screening and testing centres across…
Nigeria’s vice president Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday called on the need for the country to start the walk towards ramping up capacity to manufacture vaccines locally. This is contained in a statement by his spokesperson, Laolu Akande on Thursday. Nigeria, with a population of over 200 million people, is expected to take delivery of some 100,000 vaccines by the end of January. “We are at a point where we can gain tremendously as a people from this pandemic and a lot of what has been said will really help in putting this in perspective for us as government, so we…
President-elect Joe Biden says will inject $1.9 trillion into the US economy when he takes office next week. The ‘American Rescue Plan’, proposal, which was announced on Thursday, includes measures aimed at revitalizing the world’s largest economy. In the proposal, Biden aims to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, help struggling state and local governments, safely reopen schools, roll out a massive Covid-19 vaccination campaign and raise the size of stimulus checks Congress approved last month. “The return on these investment in jobs, racial equity will prevent long-term economic damage, and the benefits will far surpass the…
Amazon.com Inc was slapped with a class-action lawsuit on Thursday accusing the e-commerce giant of inflating the prices of ebooks in collusion with some publishers. The lawsuit alleges that Amazon and the five largest U.S. publishers, collectively called the ‘Big Five’, agreed to price restraints that cause consumers to overpay for eBooks purchased from them through a retail platform other than Amazon.com. The lawsuit comes a day after Connecticut said it was investigating Amazon for potential anti-competitive behaviour in its business selling digital books. Amazon declined to comment. About 90 per cent of eBooks are sold through Amazon, the largest…
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says the COVID-19 pandemic provides an opportunity to improve on public health infrastructure in Nigeria. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement on Thursday in Abuja, said the vice-president held a virtual meeting with top government officials and some Nigerian scientists working on public health dimensions of the pandemic. The vice-president said the pandemic also offered a platform for the training of required experts, adding that governments should be doing more in the area of funding. The interaction which focused on Nigeria’s response and the management of the COVID-19 pandemic, featured presentations by one of Nigeria’s leading…
Nigeria recorded 23 fresh COVID-19 related deaths and 1,479 new infections on January 14, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said. The NCDC made this known on its official website on Thursday night. The agency said that the 23 new deaths brought the nation’s death toll to 1,405. It said the 1,479 newly registered infections were reported in the last 24 hours across the country, adding that the nation’s confirmed cases now stand at 105,478. NCDC said the 1,479 COVID-19 new infections were reported from 24 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). According to NCDC, Lagos takes…