By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Cross River Police Command has confirmed the recovery of the body of a Professor of Political Science with the University of Calabar (UNICAL), Prof. Felix Akpan. The Command Spokesperson, SP Irene Ugbo, who confirmed the incident, said the body was discovered on Sunday, 12 March, 2023, with multiple stabs in his apartment at Plot 181, Duke Town Close, State Housing Estate in Calabar. Ugbo said that arrests have been made while the matter is still under investigation. “We have a suspect in custody who claims to be a friend of the deceased (Prof. Akpan). He said…
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By Abimbola Ogunnaike As a result of the 2023 Governorship and State Assembly elections scheduled for Saturday, 18 March, 2023, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has shifted the 2023 mock-UTME earlier scheduled from March 16 to March 30. The Board said the shift in date was partly owing to the change in the date for the Gubernatorial and State Assembly Elections earlier scheduled to hold on Saturday, 11 March but moved to Saturday, 18 March, 2023. Head, Public Affairs and Protocol, JAMB, Fabian Benjamin, who announced the new date in a statement issued on Monday, 13 March, 2023, said…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Akwa Ibom State High court sitting in Etinan Local Government Area of the State has ordered that one Moses Abdon Edo, aged 37, an indigene of Ikot Ukobo in Nsit Ubium Local Government Area in the state, should be put to death by hanging for killing his father, Abdon Peter Edo. The Court presided over by Justice Ezekiel Enang held that Edo junior, had confessed in his statement that he single-handedly killed his father in broad daylight on 29 July, 2015, in his house and buried him beside his son’s grave. Justice Enang in a one hour…
Arsenal dominated the London Football Awards on Monday evening, 13 March, 2023, with club captain, Martin Odegaard named Premier League Player of the Year. Other Arsenal representation came from Manager of the Year, Mikel Arteta; Young Player of the Year, Bukayo Saka; and Goalkeeper of the Year, Aaron Ramsdale. Recently-retired Mark Noble received the Outstanding Contribution to London Football award to mark his extraordinary 18-year career with West Ham United. In accepting his award, Odegaard said: “It’s great to see the club being recognised with all the awards. I think it shows how far we’ve come as a club and…
By Kassim Afegbua Without prejudice to the ongoing litigations on the 2023 presidential election outcome, it is important to prepare Peter Obi and Atiku Abubakar for the inevitable; and very seriously so. The two failed candidates DO NOT have monopoly to call out Nigerians either to protest or disrupt public peace. The fact that the President-elect has chosen the path of decorum and public discipline to maintain calm and quiet should not be mistaken for weakness or meekness. If Obi calls up his Obi-dients, and the President-elect calls up his BATified, there is the likelihood that there would be a…
Lagos Legends Club (LLC), an assembly of former sports icons who represented Lagos State at the National Sports Festival or played football for any of the numerous football clubs in Lagos in the past, have thrown their weights behind the re-election of Babajide Sanwo-Olu for a second term as governor of Lagos State. According to Secretary of the Board of Trustees of LLC, Monday Kanu, at the weekend, Sanwo-Olu has done a lot for sports in the state to deserve to be returned to office for a second term. “Governor Sanwo-Olu is determined to give sports a leg-up as part…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says the old N200, N500 and N1000 notes remain legal tender until December 31, 2023. Isa Abdulmumin, CBN spokesperson, announced the development in a statement on Monday, 13 March, 2023. “In compliance with the established tradition of obedience to court orders and sustenance of the Rule of Law Principle that characterized the government of President Muhammadu Buhari, and by extension, the operations of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), as a regulator, Deposit Money Banks operating in Nigeria have been directed to comply with the Supreme Court ruling of March 3, 2023,” the statement…
A coalition of Civil Society Organizations, (CSOs), has described the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), as a nightmare of corrupt politicians, public servants and internet fraudsters in the country. Speaking at a World Press Conference on Corruption and National Issues in Lagos on Monday, 13 March, 2023, Rasak Olokooba, President, Campaign for Dignity in Governance, CDG, said: “Corrupt politicians and public officers across party divides, fraudsters across geopolitical zones and gods of men across religions and faiths now know that the fear of the EFCC is the beginning of wisdom.” Olokooba also commended the EFCC for performing beyond expectations,…
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has directed residents of the State to go ahead and have transactions with the old Naira notes, saying Lagosians should feel free to use the old notes for commercial purposes. Governor Sanwo-Olu gave the directive in a letter he wrote and addressed to Lagosians on Monday, 13 March, 2023. The Governor said his directive on collection of the old Naira note is based on the Supreme Court verdict, which extends the validity of the notes to December 31, 2023, and the Bankers Committee’s directive to the commercial banks during its meeting on Sunday, 12…
The Presidency wishes to react to some public concerns that President Muhammadu Buhari did not react to the Supreme Court judgement on the issue of the N500 and N1,000 old currency notes, and states here plainly and clearly that at no time did he instruct the Attorney General and the CBN Governor to disobey any court orders involving the government and other parties. Since the President was sworn into office in 2015, he has never directed anybody to defy court orders, in the strong belief that we can’t practise democracy without the rule of law and the commitment of his…