By CrossRiverWatch Admin Justice N.E. Maha of the Federal High Court on Monday, February 14, ordered the final forfeiture of 24 properties held by fronts and proxies to a top military officer, to the Federal Government of Nigeria. The order was pursuant to a forfeiture application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, which
By Archibong Jeremiah Justice Agness Onyebueke of the Akamkpa High Court division, Cross River State sentenced Mr. Anyanime Festus Udo to death by hanging for killing his twin daughters. Delivering judgment minutes ago in suit number HK/6C/2018, Justice Onyebueke said the killer’s act is satanic, demonic, and beyond human comprehension. Mr. Festus had given his
By Sylvia Felix Policy Shapers and 72,000 supporters have petitioned the British government over Nigeria’s inclusion in the Majority English Speaking Countries (MESC) list. The organization said the petition was borne out of the fact that Nigeria was colonized by the British and speaks English as its first language. Also, it’s raised concerns over the
By Henry Umoru, Vanguard News Nigeria The Senate has summoned the management of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, over contracts scam put at N100 billion. Senator Matthew Urhoghide, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Edo State-led Senate Committee on Public Accounts that is probing the NDDC, said it will personalize any refund that would be traceable to
By Mojeed Alabi, Premium Times ASUU rounded off its “NEC for NEC” meeting at about 3 a.m. on Monday and will formally brief the press on Monday morning. A reliable source at the just concluded National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has confided in Premium Times that the union resolved to
By Luminous Jannamike, Vanguard News Nigeria The Conference of Speakers of State Legislatures in Nigeria has expressed its readiness to support the amendment of the 1999 Constitution to ensure gender parity and enact laws to improve the fortunes of women and girls in the country. This was just as a network of over 100 women
By Henry Umoru, Vanguard News Nigeria The Senate has raised the alarm on how the management of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) paid retired generals for regional security surveillance of the agency’s projects without evidence of service delivery. The Senator Matthew Urhoghide, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Edo South led Senate Committee on Public Accounts uncovered
By Solomon Odeniyi, Punch Newspaper A Coalition of Civil Society Organizations has called on the Governor of Cross River, Sen. Ben Ayade, to lift the ban placed on the activities of civil society organizations in the State. They described the governor’s action as a deliberate attempt to gag CSOs in the State. Addressing journalists in