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An Imo State High Court has ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to pay Chief Mike Ikenna Ahamba, SAN, “the sum of N5 million as damages and compensation for the violation of his fundamental rights”. Delivering judgment in suit number HOW/908/2017, which lasted for about one hour, 30 minutes, Justice Eze Fred Njemanze equally ordered the EFCC and the Chairman of EFCC, to “pay a cost fixed at N100,000 in favour of the Applicant (Ahamba)”. “In conclusion, this fundamental right proceeding succeeds as it is meritorious and deserving to be granted. Injunction is granted restraining the Respondents, their…

Nollywood industry has lost more than 25 talented actors and actresses from 2010 to 2018. The latest is popular actress Uduak Akrah who died last Saturday. Sources close to the family stated that Akrah fell in her bathroom and had been ill for some time. The source said she was rushed to the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, but was pronounced dead on arrival. Akrah was known for movies like Emotional Crack and Bafana Bafana. A graduate of Creative Art from the University of Lagos, she was also an event planner and singer. Among popular ones who died included Ashley Nwosu,…

By Franklyn Isong I had thought I could stay out of trouble this week. But no!  The week has just started. Today is Tuesday. A lot have happened and are happening in Akwa Ibom state. I owe a duty to contribute to the development of my state, else I would have failed in my social responsibility. And so, this particular piece my spirit tells me, would not go down well in some quarters. I will be misconstrued and abused by my readers -majority of who are sponsored attack-dogs, who have sold out their consciences for a pot of porridge. But…

The Coalition of United Political Parties, CUPP, has berated the Presidency for what it termed the growing culture of intolerance of the opposition in the past three years. First spokesman of the coalition, Ikenga Ugochinyere while briefing journalists in Abuja on Tuesday, warned the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led government not to plunge the nation into chaos and lawlessness. This was in reaction to a press release by The Kwankwaso Campaign Organisation, made available to journalists Tuesday,that the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) suddenly turned down a request earlier approved for the declaration of  Rabiu Kwankwaso, erstwhile Kano State governor for presidency…

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, Tuesday, identified delay in justice delivery as a major problem bedevilling the country’s judiciary. Osinbajo, who spoke at the ongoing Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, in Abuja, decried the pervading level of corruption in the justice sector, even as he called for stiffer sanctions against legal practitioners found culpable in acts of judicial malpractices. While acknowledging alleged lapses on the part of prosecuting agencies, the Vice President, said the judiciary must accept some responsibility for the seeming inability of the federal government to secure appreciable convictions. He headed a special session…

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, Tuesday, re-affirmed its order stopping Multichoice Nigeria Limited from proceeding with its decision to increase DSTV subscription tariffs. The court, in a ruling by Justice Nnamdi Dimgba, warned that no step should be taken to raise subscription fees for any of the DSTV packages, pending the determination of the suit that was lodged by the Consumer Protection Council, CPC. Justice Dimgba held that the restraining order it issued to that effect on August 20, is still extant and subsisting. “My order is still in force and I am entitled to believe that my…

Shouts for help! Screams of human beings oozed out from the raging inferno. They struggled to run out, no way. They jumped to free themselves from the ferocious fire, no assistance. And after few minutes, the shouts and screams died down. Five living, healthy persons have been burnt beyond recognition. And their charred bodies were later recovered from the rubble. What a gory sight as the victims were pulled out while the smoke was simmering. This was the fate that befell Ebenezer Ato Kessie, a pastor with Seventh-Day Adventist Church. He lost his wife, three children and mother-in-law in a…

An Argentine police woman who won millions of hearts online after she was photographed breastfeeding a neglected infant in her uniform has been promoted. Celeste Ayala was seen breastfeeding a seven-month-old baby, who was rescued along with five other kids from their home. She was hailed by netizens and fellow citizens. Ayala was among a team of officers who took six siblings into state custody in a municipality near Buenos Aires as they were in a miserable condition in their home, The New York Times reported. When the police officials reached the hospital, the youngest among the children was wailing.…

Stanbic IBTC Capital and Stanbic IBTC Bank, subsidiaries of Stanbic IBTC Holdings Plc have partnered Dangote Cement to conclude yet another issuance of N50 billion Series 3 and 4 Notes under the recently established Dangote Cement Plc’s N150 billion Commercial Paper, CP programme. Stanbic IBTC Capital is Sole Arranger of the CP programme, and acted as Joint Dealer for the Series 3 and 4 Notes, whilst Stanbic IBTC Bank is the Issuing, Calculation and Paying Agent for all Notes issued under Programme. The Series 3 and 4 Notes will be listed on Nigeria’s FMDQ OTC Securities Exchange. Reflective of Dangote…

Opinion I had the misfortune this morning of wading through a long epistle to the world by Akwa Ibom State Commissioner for Information on why the Udom Emmanuel administration has left the 4-star Four Points by Sheraton Hotel in Ikot Ekpene to rot- three-and-a-half years after the current government in the state came into office. Though the hotel was built by the Godswill Akpabio administration, it belongs to Akwa Ibom government and people. Charles Udoh, information and strategy commissioner, argued with aplomb and vibrated with the excitement of a researcher that has just found a cure for the sickle anaemia,…