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Orji Kalu: “This is a technical ambush”, EFCC cries out “We are ready for a fresh and immediate trial”-EFCC The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC) on Friday described as “technical ambush”, the decision of the Supreme Court on the trial of former Abia State governor, Orji Uzor Kalu, and says “it is unfortunate”. In a press release signed by its …

STATEMENT BY SENATOR (DR.) ORJI UZOR KALU Abuja, May 8, 2020 Today, the Supreme Court of Nigeria gave a judgment in my favor, quashing the conviction which the lower court had entered against me. By today’s judgment, the Apex court of our dear country affirmed my right to fair hearing and equal protection of the law. The past five months …

Supreme Court voids ex-Gov Kalu’s conviction, 12-year jail term The Supreme Court, on Friday, quashed the judgement that convicted and sentenced the former governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor-Kalu, to 12 years imprisonment. The apex court, in a unanimous decision by a seven-man panel of Justices led by Justice Amina Augie, held that the Federal High Court in Lagos acted …

Kano records death of seventh professor A professor at the Bayero University Kano (BUK), Monsuru Lasun-Emiola, is dead. Mr Lasun-Emiola, a professor of Physical Health Education, died on Wednesday at the university clinic after a brief illness. Mr Lasun-Emiola, an indigene of Oyo State, until his death was a senior lecturer with the Department of Physical and Health Education, Faculty …

COVID-19: Yobe health ministry’s director dies at isolation centre – The director of human resources at Yobe state health ministry Alhaji Muazu Brahji is dead – Brahji died after he was taken to a coronavirus isolation facility in Damaturu – The director was awaiting his COVID-19 test results as at the time of his death Alhaji Muazu Brahji, the director …

  Chinenye Iwuoha of Pacesetters FM, Umuahia, has regained freedom from her abductors. Details later.

By Steve Unegbu Abia state government has gone tough on the defaulters of the Covid-19 lockdown in the state ,insisting that  government is yet to ease the Covid-19 lockdown in the state. The SouthEastbreaking News observed that many people were arrested on the streets of Umuahia today  ,vehicles were equally intercepted and impounded by the Covid-19 task force team Addressing …

By Steve Unegbu Abia state government has gone tough on the defaulters of the Covid-19 lockdown in the state ,insisting that  government is yet to ease the Covid-19 lockdown in the state. The SouthEastbreaking News observed that many people were arrested on the streets of Umuahia today  ,vehicles were equally intercepted and impounded by the Covid-19 task force team Addressing …

The Abia state Covid-19 Task Force has intercepted and impounded one Dangote truck carrying some alleged Almajiris The truck  was actually intercepted and  impounded at the Aba road by Azikiwe road Umuahia  for disobeying the covid-19 border lockdown rules . However, the Dangote truck and the suspected Almajiris were taken to the Umuahia North local government headquarters where other defaulters …

IRAN Over 700 Iranians Dead From Methanol Poisoning Over False Belief the Chemical Cures COVID-19 A view of Iranmall, Tehran’s largest shopping mall, after it converted into a hospital for coronavirus patients on April 20, 2020 in Tehran. A view of Iranmall, Tehran’s largest shopping mall, after it converted into a hospital for coronavirus patients on April 20, 2020 in …