By Mo Isa A total of 266 officers newly recruited by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) on Monday graduated from the Anti-Corruption Academy of Nigeria (ACAN), after six weeks of intense and rigorous training. The Chairman of ICPC, Dr Musa Adamu Aliyu, SAN who inspected the officers on parade, said…
By Joe Udo A Federal High Court sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, and presided over by Justice Chigozie Sergius Onah, has convicted and sentenced three internet fraudsters (popularly Yahoo Boys) to different jail terms for offences bordering on criminal impersonation, internet fraud and possession of fraudulent documents. The convicts, Abraham Itoro Sunday, Ezea Chidera Charles…
By Frank Ulom Super Eagles forward, Victor Osimhen has failed to travel with the team as Nigeria take on South Africa in the semifinal of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON on Wednesday. The team made the journey from Abidjan to Bouaké on Monday by 10pm but the forward failed to join them due…
By Joe Udo Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested the General Overseer of Faith On The Rock Ministry International, Apostle Theophilus Oloche Ebonyi, for defrauding church members and other Nigerians using fake grants from the Ford Foundation to the tune of N1,319,040,274.31( One Billion Three Hundred and Nineteen Million, Forty…
By Frank Ulom A Community Health Officer, Mr Augustine Okutu has revealed that the increase in the number of vaccinated people in rural communities in Cross River State is as a result of drone technology. Okutu made this revelation on Monday while conducting journalists around the Ijiraga Community Primary Healthcare Centre in Yala Local Government…
By Onigah Joseph IN THE BEGINNING: Coincidence, they say, “is when God does a thing and chooses to remain anonymous.” This axiom reveals the hidden hand of God in our destinies. For Prof. Florence Banku Obi, the current Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar, her rise to this position certainly rhymes with the axiom….
By Our Reporter A Civil Society Organisation, CSO, Network Against Corruption and Trafficking Initiative, NACAT, has rejected the list of former governors the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC wishes to investigate. The group in a world press conference on Saturday, in Abuja, wondered why the anti-graft agency omitted former Governor Ben Ayade of Cross…
By Frank Ulom Nigerians, again have been thrown into darkness following the collapse of the national grid on Sunday. CONVERSEER reports that this is the first time the power grid, managed by the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, is collapsing in 2024. The grid which collapsed at about 11:21am, dropped from 2,407MW to 31MW by…
By Frank Ulom Dr Martins Achadu of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has won the Yala II State Constituency rerun election. Achadu was declared winner of the Saturday, 3 February 2024 rerun election by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC Returning Officer, Mrs Dorathy Inyang. His party, PDP, won the majority of votes cast in…
By Frank Ulom Dr Emil Inyang of the All Progressives Congress, APC has acclaimed his victory for the Akamkpa/Biase Federal Constituency rerun election. Inyang reclaimed the seat after polling 2,483 votes in the Saturday, February 3, 2024 rerun election, taking his total tally to 15,930 votes. Meanwhile, Inyang’s challenger, Austine Aidam of the Peoples Democratic…
