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  Justice E.A Obile of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has convicted and sentenced Chibueze Okenwa(a.k.a Rodriguz), a fake United States of American military officer, to two years imprisonment for impersonation contrary to Section 22 (2) (b) ( i & ii) of the Cybercrime (Prohibition, Prevention, Etc.) Act, 2015. He was initially arraigned on March 4, 2021 by the Port Harcourt Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and pleaded “not guilty” to one-count charge bordering on impersonation with intent to gain monetary advantage for self. At the resumed hearing of his case on March 18, 2021, Okenwa opted to change his plea. He was re-arraigned and pleaded “guilty” to the one-count charge. The charge reads: "that you Chibueze okenwa (a.k.a Weirt Rodriguz), in 2020, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, fraudulently impersonated yourself as Weirt Rodriguz, a United State Military Officer to one Katia Massoni fro...

  • As Governor Inspects Ejinrin Road The Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun says the Ijebu Ode-Epe Expressway would be completed by May 2021, while the loop which is being constructed to reduce accidents at the interchange of the road would be completed by the 3rd quarter of 2021. The State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, who made this known during an on-the-spot assessment of work done on the loop that would aid the easy movement of road users either linking Benin-Ore from the Ijebu Ode-Epe Expressway or those linking the Ijebu Ode-Epe Expressway from the Sagamu end, said that the road when completed would further open up the axis to more economic development. . "If you are coming from Sagamu-Benin unto Ijebu Ode-Sagamu or Ijebu Ode-Benin and also for those that are coming from Ore and going to Lekki, you won't have to be crossing the expressway, you will just get on the loop and without obstructing traffic, you are now Epe bound. "The most important thing is that ...

  The Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has said the decision to embark on the construction of the cargo airport in Ilishan-Remo is an objective decision taken based on the economic development agenda of his Administration to have a cargo airport that fully complements agro value chain investments in the State. Prince Dapo Abiodun, who made this known during an on-the-spot assessment of work done on the 2.3km access road to the cargo airport in the State, said that the proposal for the cargo airport which was conceived in 2007, had all necessary environmental impact assessment and other regulatory assessments. "This was not a decision that was taken for any other reason except that which is objective. Our thinking was based on our economic development agenda which is to have a cargo airport that fully complements agro value chain investments in the State. "This project has since been conceived in 2007. All necessary approvals were gotten in 2008, and all environmental ...

  Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has warned that the Federal Government will be held responsible if the Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom is assassinated. He stressed that if the Benue State governor is killed, the country could be plunged into another civil war. Governor Wike stated this while reacting to attempt on Governor Ortom’s life by fifteen gunmen who trailed him to a river bank in Tyo Mu along Makurdi/Gboko road in Makurdi Local Government Area of Benue State on Saturday. “If you kill Ortom, then be prepared to bury Nigeria. If anything happens to Governor Ortom, the Federal Government will be held responsible and they should be prepared that there will be no more Nigeria.” The Rivers State Governor recalled how the former General Officer Commanding (GOC) 6 Division of the Nigerian Army in Port Harcourt, Major General Jamil Sarham, and All Progressives Congress chieftains had concluded plan to assassinate him during the 2019 general election. Governor ...

  Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, says decision of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to boycott the April 17 Local Government election in Rivers State, is to avoid further electoral defeat that will expose its political irrelevance in the State. Meanwhile, the governor has warned those within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who want to gang up against Rivers State to be circumspect, as no other State has given more votes to the PDP since 1999 than Rivers. Governor Wike who stated this during the PDP flag off campaign for the April 17 Local Government election in the State at the Isaac Boro Park, Port Harcourt on Saturday, observed that the reason why the APC announced its decision to boycott the polls is to avoid further electoral embarrassment. He maintained that while PDP has numerous infrastructural projects spread across the 23 Local Government Areas of the State that has endeared the party to the people at the grassroots, the APC cannot boast of a single project in the Stat...