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The United Kingdom government has repatriated £4.2 million to Nigeria looted by the associates and family members of a convicted former governor of Delta State, James Ibori. The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, SAN, confirmed receipt of the looted fund, in a statement he made available to newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday. Malami, in the statement that was signed by his Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations, Dr. Umar Gwandu, stated that the money was credited into the designated Federal Government account, with the naira equivalent value of the amount as of May…

The House of Representatives is set to legalise the use of Indian Hemp in Nigeria for economic benefit. The spokesperson of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Okezie Kalu, announced this at a press conference on the benefits and opportunities of Cannabis in Akure, Ondo state. The House, according to him, has concluded an arrangement to organize a two-day stakeholders roundtable on the benefits of the weed that will be attended by scientists, medical and pharmaceutical professionals, farmers, insurance companies, executives, and private sector investors, He said the roundtable is scheduled to hold between June 7 and 8. Kalu explained that countries such as…

All is now set for the hosting of a one-day Economic Summit by the Ukanafun Economic Development Committee (UKEDC). The summit which is jointly organised with the Ukanafun Local Government Council of Akwa Ibom State, will be held on June 1, 2021 with the theme: Repositioning Ukanafun for Sustainable Development. The 24-member Economic Development Committee which is headed by Elder, (Dr.) Idongesit D. Udom and which was inaugurated on February 4, 2021 by the Local Government Chairman, Pastor Godwin Inyieng, is a Pan-Ukanafun Eminent Citizens Group, established to partner the Council’s administration in forging a new template for sustainable development…

Heavy downpour could not deter thousands of sympathisers and friends from witnessing the funeral ceremony of the late Iniubong Umoren in Nung Ita, Ikot Essien, Oruk Anam Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. The sympathisers and friends of the murdered Iniubong, the Philosophy graduate of University of Uyo, wept uncontrollably and rained curses on the alleged perpetrator of the heinous crime at the funeral on Friday. The 26-year-old was lured, abducted and later murdered by one Uduak Akpan who later buried her in a shallow grave in his father’s compound at Nung Ikono Ufok in Uruan Local Government Area.…

The prime suspect in the murder of Miss Iniubong Umoren, the 26-year-old University of Uyo (UNIUYO), graduate of Philosophy, says if found guilty, he was ready to also die. Uduak Frank Akpan, the supposed employer of Iniubong, is said to have lured, raped and eventually killed Iniubong over a phony job offer in Uruan Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. Akpan, 20, who was paraded along with his father by the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Amiengheme Andrew, at the state headquarters, Ikot Akpan Abia, near Uyo, the state capital on Friday,  confessed to killing her, saying he was ready…

A student of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Ondo State, has committed suicide.  The student, Feranmi Fasunle, died after she allegedly drank a pesticide popularly known as sniper Wednesday night. It was gathered that the 200-level student of the Department of Political Science at the varsity drank the pesticide in her room and was later rushed to the school’s health centre, but she was later referred to the Federal Medical Center, Owo where she gave up the ghost early Thursday.   The administration of the University in Akungba Akoko, Ondo State, says it will investigate the reason behind the death.  The…

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the demise of a former Chief of Defence Staff, Lieutenant General Joshua Dogonyaro. In a statement on Thursday by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, Buhari described the death of the general as a great loss to the Nigerian military and the nation. He explained that this was so because of the patriotic sacrifices of late Dogonyaro in the defence of the country’s unity and territorial integrity. “The death of Dogonyaro comes as a great shock to me because as a soldier, I know what it means to lose…

To rejig the state executive council, Imo State Governor Hope Uzodinma has sent 20 commissioners packing and dissolved the state executive council on Wednesday, May 12. Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Declan Emelumba told newsmen that the decision was taken to rejig the activities of the state government after one year in office. Eight retained to carry on with their activities are commissioners for Health, Information, Tourism, Women Affairs, Works, Finance, Youths and Technology.

Suspected hoodlums attacked and allegedly set ablaze Godswill Akpabio Unity Hall, Afaha Ikot Ebak in Essien Udim Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. The multi-million Naira hall built and inaugurated by Essien Udim Local Government Council in 2014 was named after Godswill Akpabio who was then Akwa Ibom governor and indigene of the area. The hoodlums were said to have set ablaze chairs in the hall, ceilings and other fittings in the hall, though the corrugated roof and building are untouched. Today, Akpabio is a Senator and the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs in the country. An eye witness…

Unknown gunmen have continued to wreck mayhem in a series of targeted arson attack on Police stations and killing of personnel and carting away their rifles. Two police stations at Ika Local Government Area and the Area Command, Etim Ekpo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State came under heavy gun assaults early Wednesday morning with one Police officer identified as PC Edogi Bassey, from Cross River state, killed in the process of repelling the hoodlums. Nsikak Inyang, who hails from Udianga  Enem in Etim Ekpo Local Government Area, told our Correspondent that the armed hoodlums arrived the Etim Ekpo…