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An illustrious son of Anambra state, Engr Gabe Okoye of Achalla Village, Enugwu Agidi in Njikoka LGA, who lives in Atlanta Georgia,USA, was yesterday, elected to the US House of Representatives, to represent GA House of Reps District 102, at the Capitol.  

EU Moves To Contain Cholera Epidemic In Nigeria, Allocates Fresh €500,000 Reports say around 1.6 million internally displaced persons and 1 million members of the local population in Nigeria are at risk of the cholera epidemic affecting the country.  At least 11,820 cases and 382 associated deaths have been reported in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states.  It is on this backdrop that the European Union, EU, has committed to assisting Nigeria in its fight against the epidemic through the allocation of €500,000 from its Epidemics Tool EU Commissioner for Crisis Management Janez Lenarčič said: “Nigeria has been facing many crises at the same time, including measles and malaria outbreaks, record levels of food insecurity and malnutrition, and catastrophic flooding which has been impacting negatively on the spread of cholera.  According to him, the security situation has rendered access to many communities increasingly challenging but with the EU’s support, humanitarian partners wi...

Ogbo-Ogwu Market Fire: Anambra Health Commissioner, Obidike Visits The Injured  Anambra State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Afam Obidike joined in the rescue operation of injured persons during the fire incident that engulfed Ogbo-Ogwu International Market, Onitsha yesterday.  The tragic incident was suspectedly from a chemical explosion in the market. Dr. Obidike who was present at the scene of the incident commended the efforts of the  State Fire Service, market leaders and other good-spirited individuals for their commitment to rescuing the affected persons as well as conveying them to the hospitals for treatment. According to Dr. Obidike, the suspected chemical explosion happened at the Government line in the market and unfortunately many people got injured, while some lost their lives and goods worth millions of naira got lost. He said that the Anambra state government is deeply saddened by the loss of lives, injuries and material losses recorded as a result of the un...

Fake Certificates: ICPC to Clampdown on Degree Mills The Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Professor Bolaji Owasanoye, SAN, OFR, has enjoined the National Universities Commission’s (NUC) Committee on Degree Mills to submit reports of unapproved degree awarding institutions to the Commission for enforcement action. The Chairman made this call when he played host to the NUC Committee on Degree Mills, led by their Chairman Prof. Enefiok Essien, SAN, when the latter paid a courtesy visit to the Commission’s headquarters recently. Professor Owasanoye explained that given the fact that the country now thrives on superficiality of qualifications, a lot of people forge certificates of accredited institutions to get appointments in public establishment, saying that regrettably nobody was checking the trend. “There is an epidemic of fake certification on our hands at the moment and if we don’t deal with it, we will never have the kind of ...

EFCC Arrests 49 Suspected Fraudsters in Abuja Operatives of the Abuja Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC have arrested 49 internet fraud suspects. The suspects within the 19 and 32 years age bracket, were arrested in a sting in various homes at Navy Estate, Cajaah-Orozo, a suburb of Abuja, following credible intelligence on their alleged criminal activities. Among items seized from them include over fifty mobile phones of different brands, fifteen laptops and a Lexus ES330 salon. The suspects will be charged to court as soon as the investigations are concluded. More photos below. 

EFCC Presents N41.1bn 2023 Budget Proposal to House of Reps The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, November 8, 2022, presented an estimate of N41,120,071,521.75 (Forty One Billion, One Hundred and Twenty Million, Seventy One Thousand, Five Hundred and Twenty One Naira, Seventy Five Kobo) as its budget for the year 2023 to the House of Representatives Committee on Financial Crimes. A breakdown of the estimate shows the sum of N36,834,903,804.75 (Thirty Six billion, Eight Hundred and Thirty Four million, Nine Hundred and Three Thousand, Eight Hundred and Four Naira, Seventy Five Kobo) only as Personnel cost; while the sum of N3,835,460,631.00 (Three Billion, Eight Hundred and Thirty Five Million, Four Hundred and Sixty Thousand, Six Hundred and Thirty One Naira) is for overhead, and N530,707,086.00 (Five Hundred and Thirty Million, Seven Hundred and Seven Thousand, Eighty Six Naira) earmarked as Capital vote. Presenting the budget before the Committee, the Execut...

Rauf Aregbesola, Minister of Interior, has written to the Nigerian Governors Forum to request a meeting in order to decongest jails around the country. This was made known to our correspondent by the Minister’s Media Adviser, Sola Fasure, on Tuesday. In exactly one month, Aregbesola stated he would meet with state governors to agree on the mass release of at least 30 per cent of convicts from correctional facilities across the country. The minister said that the interface was necessary as more than 90 per cent of the inmates were being held for contravening various state laws, noting that over 70 per cent of the 75,635 inmates at present were awaiting trial. The minister added that the decongestion of the 253 custodial centres nationwide was necessary as some of the inmates have no reason to remain in custody. However, speaking on the action taken by the minister, Fasure said, “The minister has written to the Governors Forum, but he has not met with them because they will have to commu...