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Ekweremadu's wife denied access to him by UK court Ike Ekweremadu's wife, Beatrice who is facing charges of allegedly conspiring to "harvest the organs of a minor" with him in the United Kingdom, has been denied access to her husband who is Nigeria's immediate past Deputy Senate President. Channels Television reported that their trial is being fast-tracked even though it was adjourned till July 7, 2022. Two sons of Ike Ekweremadu, former Deputy Senate President, were at Uxbridge magistrate’s court in the United Kingdom when their father reappeared on Thursday June 30. It was also learnt that when the lawmaker’s wife reportedly asked the court to allow her appear by her husband's side because she had not seen him since the hearing of last Thursday, the request was declined by the UK court.  

Employment Scam: Abuja Court Sends Self-styled SA to EFCC Chairman to Prison The Abuja Zonal Command of the EFCC on June 30, 2022, secured the conviction of one Obochi Simeon Iwodi before Justice A.O. Musa of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Apo, Abuja on a one count charge bordering on cheating by impersonation. While posing as Special Adviser to the EFCC Chairman, the defendant induced some job seekers to pay various sums to him on the pretext that he would help facilitate their employment into the EFCC.  

A ‘Court Jails Senator Nwaoboshi 7 Years for Money Laundering The Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal today July 1, 2022 convicted and sentenced Senator Peter Nwaoboshi, senator representing Delta North Senatorial District at the National Assembly, to 7 years imprisonment and ordered that his two companies, Golden Touch Construction Project Ltd and Suiming Electrical Ltd, be wound up in line with the provisions of Section 22 of the Money Laundering Prohibition Act 2021. The Appellate Court’s ruling followed the success of the appeal by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, challenging the judgment of Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court which on June 18, 2021 discharged and acquitted the defendants of a two count charge of fraud and money laundering. EFCC had arraigned the three defendants over the acquisition of a property named Guinea House, Marine Road, in Apapa, Lagos, for N805 million.  Part of the money paid to the vendor, precisely a sum of N322 mill...

PRESS RELEASE In response kindly quote: AAA.003/CPRD/NHQ/ABJ/VOL/07/01 Date: July 1, 2022 Head of News NSCDC PLANS NEW STRATEGIES TO COMBAT ELECTORAL VIOLENCE, INSECURITY. Ahead of 2023 general elections, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) is set to deploy new strategies to address electoral violence and put an end to insecurity in the country. Commandant General of the NSCDC, Dr Ahmed Abubakar Audi, mni, said this at the quarterly CG’s Conference which brought together DCGs, ACGs, 36 State Commandants and other senior officers at the Corps National Headquarters in Abuja. According to the CG, the conference availed the management an opportunity to appraise and present before the public, its performance in the last three months of the year. Dr Audi said, “We must begin to deploy new strategies in tackling the spate of insecurity bedevilling our land if we must effectively protect the masses, the electorates, electoral materials and the electoral umpires during the upco...

Adamawa North Senator, Elisha Ishaku Abbo (APC) sponsored a bill ( SB 1029 - 2022) for an act to establish NATIONAL GERIATRIC & FAMILY HOSPITAL, MUBI.  Geriatrics, or geriatric medicine, is a specialty that focuses on health care of elderly people. It aims to promote health by preventing and treating diseases and disabilities in older adults ( old people) Family Medicine on the other hand is the medical specialty that provides continuing, coordinated and comprehensive health care for all individuals in a holistic manner regardless of age, gender and affected organ or system in the context of family and community. When passed into law, It will be the first of its kind in NIgeria 🇳🇬 there by opening up access to medical care to people of all age and medical specialties.  With  Mubi Airport Muchalla,  billed to begin construction in the next few weeks, access to this proposed national medical institution will be easy to all states in NIgeria. One more photo below....

Gov. Ugwuanyi inaugurates committee to coordinate implementation of Sectoral Reforms In furtherance of the concerted efforts of his administration in reviewing the policies, programmes, structures and operations of the State Public Service for optimal results, Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, on Wednesday, inaugurated an 8-man Committee to coordinate the implementation of the recommendations of the 12 Sectoral Committees.  Inaugurating the Committee, Gov. Ugwuanyi represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Simon Uchenna Ortuanya, named Dr. Kingsley T. Udeh as Chairman. The governor also listed the Special Adviser to the Governor on Agriculture, Engr. Mike Ogbuekwe, former Chairman, Collation Committee on Sectoral Ad hoc Committees’ report, Prof. Vincent Onodugo, and former Reform Manager, DFID PERL, South East, Mrs. Ucheoma Egwuatu, as members of the implementation coordination committee.  Other members of the Committee are former Member, Collation Co...

June 29, 2022 Press Statement  Iyorchia Ayu Remains PDP National Chairman -Party   …Dismisses Suspension Report as Fake News  The attention of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been drawn to a fictitious report being circulated in a section of the social media suggesting that the National Chairman of our great Party, His Excellency, Sen. Dr. Iyorchia Ayu has been suspended by the NWC. Such report is completely false and a product of the imagination of mischief makers with the intent to destabilize our Party, create an impression of crisis within our ranks and mislead the unsuspecting members of the public. It is clear that the false report is the handiwork of vicious anti-people forces who are agitated by the stability, unity and soaring popularity of our Party under the cohesive Sen. Dr. Ayu-led National Working Committee as well as the intimidating statures of our Presidential and Vice Presidential Candidates, His Excell...