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Following the controversy that trailed the clemency granted to Yewande Oyediran, a lawyer sentenced to seven years in prison for killing her husband, Lowo, a former Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in Oyo state, Mr Seun Abimbola, has revealed why the released murder convict's name was added to the list of those granted amnesty by Governor Abiola Ajimobi.

Recall we reported earlier that Yewande was convicted in November 2017, after being found guilty of killing her husband with a knife following a disagreement on February 2, 2016, at their residence in Akobo area of Ibadan. Igbere TV reports that She had only served 2 years out of her 7 year prison sentence before being granted clemency by Governor Ajimobi, allegedly facilitated by her 'well connected family'.

Commenting on the amnesty granted to Yewande, the former AG noted that the former Oyo State Governor had the constitutional right to grant amnesty to any convict. Debunking claims of her family's influence inspiring the clemency, Seun disclosed that the lawyer was among the 50 people pardoned by the state on recommendation of a committee set up to look into the petitions of 400 persons, who had pleaded for clemency. The committee reportedly comprised of commissioners, officials of the Department of State Services and other government agencies.

“The issue of clemency by any government is a constitutional matter and the exercise of that power is not arbitrary. It is based on the recommendation of the committee on the prerogative of mercy.

“The committee is chaired by the attorney-general and also has DSS officers, the police, the chaplain and the chief imam of the Government House, Legal Aid Council; Director, Legal Affairs; the Solicitor-General and the Director of Public Prosecutions as members. So, it was not an arbitrary decision.

“The lady in question is just one out of 50 who were pardoned. And the 50 who were pardoned were drawn out of 400 who were considered. So, she was not singled out as some are insinuating. Even the prisons authorities brought recommendations on the good behaviour of those pardoned".

Seun also dispelled claims of Yewande serving only 2 years out of her 7 year jail sentence. According to him, she had already served nine months in prison which was equal to a year. The former AG maintained that the freed convict had already served half of her sentence, as her prison time was counted from the day she was detained.

“She was arrested in 2016 and her sentence started reading from the day she was arrested. A year in prison is nine months. She was not convicted of murder but of manslaughter. It was a fight between a husband and a wife, which resulted in death.

“People should stop saying she killed her husband as if it was premeditated. The amnesty was not a secret one. We did it every May 29 and even the new governor pardoned convicts on June 12" he added.

Source; http://igberetvnews.com/834392/why-ajimobi-pardoned-lawyer-jailed-for-killing-husband-former-oyo-attorney-general-speaks/

The Ogun Command of the FRSC on Saturday said that one person died and another injured in an accident that involved two vehicles and a motorcycle at Jujo Area, along the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway in Ogun.

The Ogun Sector Commandant of the FRSC , Mr Clement Oladele, told newsmen in Ota, that the accident happened at about 12.45 p.m.

Oladele said that a Mack truck with registration number: SMK 311 XE, loaded with Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) that was heading toward Lagos lost control due to a brake failure, Igbere TV reports.

According to him, the truck rammed into a Highlander Jeep with registration mark: KRD 18 EZ and a motorcycle.

The sector commandant said that nine persons were involved in the accident in which one person died, another one sustained serious injury while others had minor injuries.

Oladele said, “The corpse of the victim which happened to be the passenger on the motorcycle was still trapped under the tanker as at the time of filing this report.

” The passenger that sustained serious injury had been taken to General Hospital, Sango-Ota, Ogun for treatment.”

The commandant said that his men were having challenges with retrieving the corpse from underneath the tanker due to the possibility of a fire outbreak.

He said that the men from the fire service had been contacted to be on standby saying that transloading of the PMS would start as soon as they arrived.

He said that the firemen would also be able to avert any fire outbreak.

Oladele said that was the standard practice to follow when an incident like that had occurred.

Oladele said that his men were making efforts to remove the vehicle off the road to ease free flow of traffic in the area.

The commandant advised motorists to always be patient and to cooperate with the FRSC personnel and those of the traffic and emergency agencies managing the traffic situation.

He also advised them use the alternative corridor of Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

Source; http://igberetvnews.com/831876/oh-no-petrol-tanker-kills-one-injured-many-in-ogun-state/

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The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has announced a major management change with the appointment new general managers (GMs) and assistant general managers (AGMs) to inject new ideas into the organisation and boost service delivery, Igbere TV reports.

General manager, corporate and strategic communications, Adams Jatto, made this known in a statement issued in Lagos on Friday.

According to him, the exercise is coming on the heels of an earlier appointment and redeployment of port managers and other senior officials.

“With this development Hajia Aisha Ali Ibrahim now becomes the GM Marine and Operations; Capt. Jerome Angyunwe – GM Health, Safety and Environment; Malam Isah Suwaid Ali – GM Superannuation; Mr Musa Yaro – GM Procurement, and Mr Mohammed Kabiru Kolo- GM Audit.

“Others include Mr Olumide Omotosho – GM Security; Mr Sylvanus Ezugwu – GM Finance; Mrs Nana Yakubu – GM Public Private Partnership; Mrs Christiana Akpa – GM Medicals, and Mr Innocent Gamboro – GM Corporate and Strategic Planning.

“In the Assistant General Managers cadre Ayodele Durowaiye becomes AGM Operations; Mrs Zainab Kwande – AGM Servicom; Mr Hassan Danjuma – AGM Corporate and Strategic Communications; Mr Talum Amos – AGM Hydrographic; Mr Jamil Khalil – AGM Security; Engr. Suleiman Anas – AGM Corporate and Strategic Planning, and Mr Shehu Mohammed – AGM Public and Private Partnership.

“Others of AGM cadre are Chuma Ezeneinyinya – AGM Occupational Health; Dr Chinwe Nwokolo – AGM Medical Services; Capt. Sylvester Owobu – AGM Marine; Izegboya Ethel – AGM Board; Felix Onyile – AGM Human Resources; Mr Sani Isu – AGM Land and Estate,” the statement reads in part.

According to Mr Jatto other AGM appointees included; Tokunbo Akingbuwa – AGM Budget; Olusola Dairo – AGM Performance Management; Akinlabi Illesanmi – AGM Civil, and Mrs Lucy Gukas – AGM Tariff and Billing.

He said that the appointments were tandem with the succession plan policy set up by the Managing Director of NPA, Ms Hadiza Bala-Usman-led management, to fill leadership gaps that had arisen in the wake of the retirement of some senior officials of the authority.

The appointment of the new officials would further refresh the composition of the organisation’s leadership structure and inject new ideas that would move the NPA ahead in pursuit of her vision of becoming the leading port authority in Africa.

Source; http://igberetvnews.com/831444/just-in-npa-appoints-new-gms-agms-to-boost-service-delivery/

Medbury Medical Services has suspended its driver for using its ambulance to convey 10 cartons of stolen Tramadol, Igbere TV reports.

The company, in a statement on Thursday, said that the driver hijacked the ambulance without permission.

Officials of the Nigeria Customs Service, Apapa Area Command, had on Wednesday announced the arrest of two suspects caught with 10 cartons of stolen tramadol conveyed in an ambulance at Apapa ports.

Medbury, a health provider responsible for emergency medical services to Apapa Warf, had at all times stationed its ambulances within the terminal.

The company had earlier discovered that the whereabouts of the driver and ambulance were unknown and missing before the news broke.

The company said it had launched investigation into how the vehicle was used for the illegal activity.

“The initial assumption was that the driver had stolen the ambulance, but we were later informed that the driver had been intercepted by Customs officers at the Port and Tramadol was discovered in the vehicle.

“We will like to clarify that the driver was at the time of the incident not authorised to move the vehicle out of the premises and acted on his own accord,” the statement said.

“We immediately provided a replacement, a fully equipped ambulance, as soon as we were notified of the incident and the driver involved has been suspended indefinitely, pending the report of the investigation.”

The company commended moves by customs officials to further investigate the matter.

“While the terminal interfaces with Nigerian Customs and the issue of investigation is ongoing, we are on standby to offer assistance within our capacity and knowledge on the issue as well as receive any useful information from the terminal on its perspective on the issue,” the company said.

Source; http://igberetvnews.com/831253/shocking-company-suspends-driver-for-using-ambulance-to-convey-stolen-tramadol/

A Nigerian professor, Augustine Nwagbara, dismissed by the University of Education (UEW), Ghana, has met the chairman/chief executive officer of Nigeria Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Igbere TV reports.

The professor paid her a courtesy visit in Abuja on Thursday.

The university on June 19 dismissed Nwagbara over “unethical and damning” comments he made about the country and its education system.

Prof. Nwagbara had appeared in a viral video urging a group of people to employ the media from Nigeria to reshape the reportage of Nigerians based in Ghana.

At the meeting with Mrs Dabiri-Erewa, he said his dismissal from the university was unethical and should be reversed in the interest of the institution.

He queried the process the university adopted in addressing the matter.

“If a panel is set up to probe a professor, it should be made up of people not below the position of a professor and if found guilty he goes to a second panel and then to the University council.

“The fastest the process can be is two months but this happened in less than 15 minutes,” he said.

Nwagbara said he got some computer experts from University of Lagos who tracked the viral video and discovered it was a Ghanian journalist, who had been consistently promoting Xenophobia that posted the video.

“The journalist excluded context from the video because the video was actually supposed to show a meeting with people making contributions but instead the video was doctored and stitched,” he said.

Dabiri-Erewa welcomed him back to Nigeria and invited him to use some space at the commission to share his intellectual wealth of knowledge and experience.

“We will engage the authorities and we will work together for the development of Africa,” she said.

Source; http://igberetvnews.com/831248/abike-dabiri-meets-nigerian-professor-dismissed-in-ghana/

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has declared Thursday a toll-free day during the morning and evening peak hours for vehicles plying the Lekki and Admiralty toll plaza in Lekki and Ikoyi, Igbere TV reports.


Igbere TV reports that Mr Sanwo-Olu said this on Wednesday during a tour of the Victoria Island-Lekki-Ajah axis over traffic gridlock and flooding issues.


The governor said the toll-free hours was to enable the state monitor traffic in a bid to finding solutions to traffic gridlock in the area.


The toll plaza would be left open between 6:30 am – 9:30 am and 4:30 pm – 8:00 pm.

Source; http://igberetvnews.com/828333/just-in-sanwo-olu-declares-lekki-admiralty-route-toll-free-thursday/

The president of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan, has disclosed what he discussed with the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Igbere TV reports.


Lawan who on Sunday, July 7, met with Tinubu, said the Senate will take its oversight role seriously and perform its assignments without fear or favour.


The Senate president who disclosed this through his official Twitter handle assured Nigerians that President Muhammadu Buhari and the government would be supported by the National Assembly.


He wrote;


“During my visit yesterday to the National Leader of APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, I reiterated the fact that the Senate will take its oversight role seriously and perform its assignments without fear or favour.


We will perform our job not to create hostility or engender rancour in the relationship between the National Assembly and the executive but to create synergy. Synergy will help us deliver our respective services to the people.


That notwithstanding, I want to assure Nigerians that President Muhammadu Buhari and the government would be supported from the National Assembly.


Addressing senators during the resumption of plenary on Tuesday, July 2, in Abuja. The Senate president said there was serious poverty in the land and that only concerted efforts by the two arms of government could address the issue.”


Source; http://igberetvnews.com/824946/senate-president-lawan-discloses-details-of-meeting-with-bola-tinubu/

Senior pastor of Omega Fire Ministries, Apostle Johnson Suleman, has dared anti-Adeboye protesters to come to his church, Igbere TV reports.


Nigerian musicians, Eedris Abdulkareem, Baba Fryo and Felix Duke had on Monday led protesters to the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) camp along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.


The artistes staged a protest to demand that the general overseer of the church, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, speak on the RUGA settlement project proposed by the Federal Government.


They queried Adeboye for maintaining silence on Leah Sharibu’s captivity with Boko Haram.


They accused him of shielding Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, who is a pastor of the RCCG, despite his inability to secure Sharibu’s release.


The group called on the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) to suspend Adeboye for what they described as his complicity on the matter.


Responding to the protest in a tweet, Suleman said the protesters would not be bold enough to come to his church for such.


“Just saw pictures of protesters at RCCG accusing Papa Adeboye of not speaking about leah sharibu and Co..part of the people that accused @renoomokri are they not Christians? Well, they know the kind of churches they have boldness to go and protest..,” he said.

Source; http://igberetvnews.com/?p=824291

Senator Dino Melaye, representing Kogi West at the National Assembly, has identified a fake Facebook account, Igbere TV reports.


The lawmaker raised alarm on the fake account which bears the name ‘Hon Dino Melaye’ on Sunday.


Operators of the account sent messages through Facebook Messenger to several persons, promising to help them raise capital of N100, 000 to start any business of their choice.


The operators advised that interested persons should go for low risk businesses, directing them to contact a man, Usman Abudulahi, identified as Melaye’s financial manager.


“419. This is fake,” Melaye said about the account.


Meanwhile, the controversial senator had on July 4 picked his nomination and expression of interest form on to contest the governorship ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of Kogi elections in November.


Melaye had on June 1 declared his interest to contest the Kogi governorship election scheduled for November 16.

Source; http://igberetvnews.com/?p=822784

Former chairman of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Prof. Chidi Odinkalu, has again called for the review of the video footage of a Nigerian woman said to have died of strangulation in a hotel in South Africa, Igbere TV reports.


The deceased, Elizabeth Ndubuisi, died on June 13 at Kempton Park, Gauteng Province.


Ndubuisi was said to be the Deputy Director-General of Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria (CIIN). She was in South Africa to attend the conference of the African Insurance Organisation (AIO).


She was later found dead in her room at Emperor’s Palace Casino, Hotel and Convention Centre, Johannesburg.


Her death has sparked controversy on social media after a report dated June 27, 2019 and signed by the Director-General of the Department of Health, Republic of South Africa, stated that she died of “unnatural causes consistent with strangulation”.


Prof. Odinkalu and several other Nigerians have petitioned the Nigerian government through the chairman/chief executive officer of Nigerian Diaspora Commission, (NIDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, who promised to follow up on the case.


Friends and family members said on a website set up in her memory that she was murdered and even accused the South African government and the hotel management of not doing enough to bring her alleged killers to justice.


It was alleged that the hotel had failed to provide CCTV footage to the police which would assist in the investigation.


Tweeting on Saturday, Odinkalu renewed his call for review of the video footage of the victim’s hotel room.


“She traveled from #Nigeria to South Africa for the conference of the #Africa Insurance Organisation & ended up strangled in her hotel room at @EmperorsPalace. 26 days later, @nidcom_gov, the CCTV footage has still not been examined. #WhoKilledUjuNdubuisi,” Odinkalu said.

Source; http://igberetvnews.com/?p=820751

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Immediate past governor of Osun State, Rauf Aregbesola, has described the Supreme Court’s ruling on Osun as the promise of God fulfilled, Igbere TV reports.


The apex court had on Friday dismissed Senator Ademola Adeleke’s appeal on the September 2018 governorship election in the state.


The court also upheld Gboyega Oyetola as the rightfully elected governor of the state.


Justice Olabode Rodes-Vivour, on behalf of five judges, ruled that failure of a member of the election tribunal, Justice Peter Obiora, to sit on February 6, 2019 rendered the entire proceedings and the judgment given on March 22 by the tribunal a nullity.


Mr Aregbesola reacted to the news in a tweet written in Yoruba language.


“Ilerioluwa ti se l’Osun,” he said, which literally means “The Promise of God has manifested in Osun.”

Source; http://igberetvnews.com/?p=818863

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has slammed the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, for making what it called ‘hate statement, inciting comment and direct threats’ to Kingsley Chinda, Igbere TV reports.


Mr Chinda had been selected by the PDP to become minority leader of the house.


But Mr Gbajabiamila bypassed PDP and announced Ndudi Elumelu as minority leader, saying Mr Elumelu was selected by minority parties which PDP is only a part of.


During plenary on Thursday, Mr Chinda took the seat of the minority leader, prompting verbal confrontation from Gbajabiamila.


PDP in a statement made obtainable to Igbere TV on Friday by its spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan, said Gbajabiamila’s outbursts at Chinda was a threat to democratic order.


“This vicious outburst by Hon. Gbajabiamila is a direct threat and affront to our democratic order, the rights of the minority members in the House of Representatives, the people of Obio/Akpo Federal Constituency and sensibility of millions of members of the PDP who nominated Hon. Chinda as Minority Leader.


“The PDP, in the strongest terms, condemns this outburst and demands that the Speaker retracts his inciting threats against Hon. Chinda within the next 24 hours.


“The PDP also invites the Police and the Department of State Services (DSS) to summon Hon. Gbajabiamila to explain the intents of his threats.


“The PDP remains committed to rules and the sanctity of the Parliament. As such, our party will not allow anybody, let alone, the Speaker of the House of Representatives to undermine our right and deny Nigerians a voice in the House of Representatives,” the statement said.

Source; http://igberetvnews.com/818821/pdp-slams-gbajabiamila-over-threats-to-kingsley-chinda/

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Suspected kidnappers of Dr. Bashir Zubayr, a consultant with the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital ( formerly called Bayero University Teaching hospital) Kano State, have demanded N200 million as ransom, Igbere TV reports.


A family source told newsmen that the doctor’s elder sister, Hamza Zubairu, was contacted on Thursday by the suspects.


Dr Zubayr was kidnapped along Lokoja-Okene federal highway on Wednesday afternoon.


The doctor was abducted alongside two of his younger brothers, and a younger sister at Irepeni 20km West of Lokoja.


They were on their way to Okene for the 40th day Fidau of their late mother.


The family said Zubayr’s car was sighted at Irepeni with the doors left ajar.


Chairman of the Nigerian Medical Association in Kano, Sanusi Bala, said he had notified the association’s national body of the incident.

Source; http://igberetvnews.com/817360/update-kidnappers-of-kano-doctor-demand-n200m-ransom/

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Gunmen have kidnapped Dr. Bashir Zubayr, a consultant with the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital ( formerly called Bayero University Teaching hospital) Kano State, Igbere TV reports.


The family of the doctor confirmed the abduction on Thursday.


Dr Zubayr was kidnapped along Lokoja-Okene federal highway on Wednesday afternoon.


The doctor was abducted alongside two of his younger brothers, and a younger sister at Irepeni 20km West of Lokoja.


They were on their way to Okene for the 40th day Fidau of their late mother.


The family said Zubayr’s car was sighted at Irepeni with the doors left ajar.

Source; http://igberetvnews.com/817082/oh-no-gunmen-kidnap-medical-doctor-siblings-on-lokoja-highway/

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Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has received the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, for Kashim Ibrahim Fellows Speaker Series, Igbere TV reports.


Mr Oshiomhole was received on Tuesday at the Government House in Kaduna.


“Today, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole has been received by Governor Nasir Ahmad @elrufai and Deputy Governor, @DrHadiza at the Government House, for the Kashim Ibrahim Fellows Speaker Series,” a Twitter handle by Kaduna Governor said.


Former minister of transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, had spoken at the series in June.


Popular journalist, Kadaria Ahmed, a member of the Governing Board of the Kashim Ibrahim Fellowship Program, was part of those who welcomed Mr Amaechi.

Source; http://igberetvnews.com/813460/just-in-gov-el-rufai-receives-oshiomhole-for-talk-series-in-kaduna-photos/

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Senator Dino Melaye has met with a member of the US House of Representatives, Robin Kelly, Igbere TV reports.


Melaye posted a picture of his meeting with Kelly on Monday on social media.


Kelly, 63, has served as a member of the US House of Representatives representing Illinois since 2013.


Melaye did not state the location and purpose of their meeting. “With Congresswoman Robin L. Kelly U S Congress,” he simply wrote.


Igbere TV recall that the senator has declared his intention to contest the governorship ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of elections in Kogi State.

Source; http://igberetvnews.com/811783/just-in-senator-dino-melaye-meets-with-us-congresswoman-photos/

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Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong, has hired a global management consulting firm, Boston Consulting Group (BCG), to collaborate with his administration in producing a five-year strategic development plan for the state, Igbere TV reports.


This was revealed in a statement by the chairman of Plateau State Economic Team, Ezekiel Gomos made available to Igbere TV on Friday.


The governor’s action comes one week after unveiling his vision for his second term which he said would be anchored on a three-point policy framework – peace, security and good governance; physical infrastructural development; and sustainable economic rebirth.


Mr Gomos said the strategic development plan expected to last till 2024 would provide a clear road map for the state’s future.


Gomos said the process would commence with interactive sessions with all ministries, departments and agencies and selected stakeholders, followed by a diagnosis of the past and current development efforts and leveraging on existing and future development programmes around the country.


He said the project would culminate in the delivery of a strategy document specifying monitoring and evaluation metrics for each sector/MDA and also include appropriate training and capacity building of key actors from the public service to enhance implementation of the plan.


Gomos stated that BCG representative and head of Nigeria office, Jaoa Hrotko, had assured the governor that BCG would deploy its network of experience, expertise and global linkages in meeting the state’s demands.

Source; http://igberetvnews.com/803191/just-in-plateau-gov-lalong-hires-foreign-firm-to-produce-development-plan/

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The Anioma Cultural Group in Delta State has petitioned President Muhammadu Buhari over the continued attacks on innocent residents by suspected Fulani herdsmen, Igbere TV reports.


The group in the petition signed by Prof. Epiphany Azinge and made available to Igbere TV on Thursday said the activities of the herdsmen in various communities in the state over the years have been life- threatening.


The group alleged that several persons have been killed while housewives have been raped in their farmlands in the period under review.


“Our people can no longer go to their farms for fear of the unknown and of not being kidnapped.


“This has led to serious famine in the land, especially as in just one night these herdsmen ravaged a full year’s toll, raped our women and killed some people in their farms.


“Our people are scared and need the assurances that they can continue to earn a living without fear in their farms and in their houses,” the petition read.


The group explained that the relationship between farmers and herders’ can be likened to that of the tongue and the teeth, stressing that both need each other to survive.


“We are appealing to Mr. President to come to our aid and ensure we have our people living without fear, especially going to their farms to harvest food crops,” Prof. Azinge said.


Source; http://igberetvnews.com/?p=803053

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Governor of Bauchi State, Bala Mohammed, on Tuesday, stopped his convoy when he saw pupils studying under a tree and others studying under sheds made of palm fronds, Igbere TV reports.


The governor was said to have interacted with the pupils.


Mr Mohammed’s spokesman, Ladan Salihu, said in a tweet that his principal directed for a school to be built for the pupils.


“Governor Bala Mohammed stooped his Convoy when spotted these kids studying in make-shift shanties, some under a Tree. He interacted with the kids and directed for a school to be built for them,” Mr Salihu wrote.

Source; http://igberetvnews.com/798858/gov-bala-mohammed-stops-convoy-to-see-pupils-studying-under-tree-photos/

Lara Owoeye-Wise, electronic and social media adviser to Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, has responded to criticism over her appointment, Igbere TV reports.


Mrs Owoeye-Wise, in a lengthy note on Facebook on Tuesday, knocked down the attacks, calling it “a coordinated social media attack on my person and character”.


Her critics alleged that she had deleted over 11,000 posts on Facebook which were allegedly anti-government.


Owoeye-Wise, who in a similar role served under the immediate past Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Lasun Yusuff, wondered how she could have found time to delete that number of posts.


“It is therefore unimaginable if not laughable, that i would in panicky and dishonest move, ‘delete my posts, numbering up to 11,000’! One, if I had up to 11,000 posts, that must mean I had spent the past years doing nothing but indulging in endless postings.


“How would i have had such luxury of time within the pressure we work under daily, managing my Principal on one hand, fulfilling my role as a family woman on the other, and giving myself to other upbuilding social services to better my environment and world?” she asked.


Owoeye-Wise also wondered how her critics got ‘mugshots’ of the same posts which were said to have been deleted.


She also countered allegations that she had a working relationship with Senator Dino Melaye, a member of the opposition, who represents her senatorial district, Kogi West.


“Should I have worked for Senator Melaye in his political ambitions or even his party, I would have demonstrated some measure of honour to own up to it and actually turn down this appointment as I do not possess what it takes to be treacherous,” she said.

Source; http://igberetvnews.com/795701/just-in-omo-ageges-media-aide-reacts-to-criticism-of-her-appointment/

On Friday, June 14, the Governorship Elections Tribunal sitting in Uyo, frowned at the application filed by Nsima Ekere, the Governorship candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) seeking for more time to respond to applications made by respondents in the governorship elections petition pre-trials hearings, Igbere TV reports.


The court in its statement also emphasized that time is essential in an election petition case and therefore charged all parties to strive to abide by the timelines as indicated by the Electoral Act or as directed by the Tribunal.


Igbere TV learnt that the case has been adjourned to June 14, 2019 to hear all applications in the suit and the completion of pre-trial.


But counsel to the Petitioner, Jibrin Okutepa, SAN at the session at the Magistrate Court Complex in Uyo, prayed the court for an extension of the pre-trial period to enable them prepare their responses to the applications as filed by the Respondents.


The counsel to the Respondents, Chief Assam Assam, SAN for the 1st Respondent, Uko Udom, SAN for the 2nd Respondent and Offiong Offiong, SAN for the 3rd Responent were unanimous in their position that they would not oppose the application of the Petitioner, except that he cannot predicate his prayers on unsubstantiated allegations against Respondents.


The counsel to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd had all filed their applications for hearing today but the Petitioner failed to respond to most of the Applications, hence the application for the extension of time.


The court yielded to the prayers of the Petitioner and extended the pre-trial period to June 21, 2019 for completion of pre-trial hearings.


Source; http://igberetvnews.com/777225/2019-guber-poll-tribunal-warns-nsima-ekere-against-undue-delay/

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The controversies surrounding the choice of Hon Femi Gbajabiamila as Speaker of the 9th House of Representatives, seems unending, even as the June 11 inauguration is just a few days away.

Igbere TV reports that Gbajabiamila, Majority Leader of the outgoing 8th House, is the anointed candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Speakership position.


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Having come from the Southwest geopolitical zone, Gbajabiamila is believed to be favoured by his political godfather, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who is also from the West and ranks as a National Leader of the APC.

Lately, individual bodies, pressure groups and political parties including the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP), had instituted several charges against the lawmaker over alleged $25,000 fraud and other corruption cases.


Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila
Gbajabiamila has been accused of frauds in the United States, particularly in Georgia. The CUPP has also alleged Gbaja to be an ex-convict who ran away to Nigeria after serving his jail term in America.

Gbajabiamila, a lawyer by profession, is alleged to have defrauded his client during his stay abroad. Although his accusers had disclosed that the lawmaker had paid back the monies, they are however seeking a court order to compel Gbaja from contesting for the speakership position.

Just recently, a case challenging his ambition was struck out from the court, on the grounds that “it lacked merit.”

In a clip obtained exclusively by Igbere TV on Friday, some Nigerians in diaspora, stormed the Nigeria Consulate Office in Atlanta Georgia, United States of America.

The leader of the group, who narrated the demonstration, said: “This protest is a clear indication that the people are not happy with one of the individuals (Gbaja) being sponsored for the position of the Speaker of the Federal House of Representatives.”

The protesters armed with placards with various inscriptions, are demanding that “President Muhammadu Buhari should not play politics with the Speakership position.”

They are asking the president to “stay away from National Assembly affairs”, among others.

Some of their placards read, “Gbaja is corrupt”, “Buhari stay away from legislative activities”, “Femi is not honourable, he cannot be speaker”, “Gbaja is not a a good choice, we need a competent speaker”, “We don’t want thieves in our government”, “Stop the disgrace.”

The protesters alleged that Hon. Gbajabiamila has questionable past from his days as a resident of Georgia.

Specifically, the protesters said: “Let us recall that in 2003, a client sought for and engaged the legal services of Femi Gbajabiamila in a case where the client sought to sue (a third party) for damages. Gbaja’s client won the case and a total sum of $25,000 US dollars was paid as cost of injury into the trust account held in the name of Femi Gbajabiamila, on behalf of his client.

“Femi stole the $25,000 meant for his client and fled to Nigeria. He was subsequently arraigned for theft and professional misconduct before the Supreme Court of Georgia, where he pleaded guilty, and was accordingly, convicted.”

In a separate disciplinary suit filed before the Supreme Court of Georgia with charge no: 806Y0629, obtained exclusively by Igbere TV, “Femi’s disciplinary action was unanimously decided by all Justices of the Supreme Court, on February 26, 2007.”

According to the document, the case was, subsequently, reported in 281 Georgia, 659 Georgia, 2007; and 641SE2D532, as published in the United States of America Law Report.

But Gbajabiamila has denied the allegation that he was convicted by a court in the United States of America.

Similarly, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) told Igbere TV that it was not aware of any case against Gbajabiamila in the US or whether the lawmaker lied in his oath form, as being alleged.

Gbajabiamila has threatened to take legal action against the CUPP over the accusations.

As the debate over his alleged conviction in the United States continues, all eyes are on the ruling party and Gbaja’s godfather, Bola Tinubu to issue statements. But none of the two parties have either affirmed or defended the anointed speakership candidate.

Source; http://igberetvnews.com/753888/protest-rocks-nig-consulate-in-u-s-as-exclusive-doc-exposes-gbajabiamilas-criminal-conviction-video/


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Oldest prisoner in Nigeria, Celestine Egbonuche, has been freed from Enugu Maximum Prison.
Pa Celestine, who is said to be over a hundred years old, has been imprisoned for about 19 years, Igbere TV reports.


Igbere TV learnt that he was released on Thursday to his only surviving daughter, Chisom Celestine, through a non-governmental organisation, Global Society for Anti-corruption (GSAC).


Celestine, a native of Amachara-Owerre, Akokwa in Ideato North Local Government Area of Imo State, was condemned to death along with his son, Paul, and another relation, now 87.


Imo State governor, Rochas Okorocha, last week granted him state pardon following campaigns championed by GSAC.


Immediately after his release, Celestine was taken to St. Daniel’s Hospital in Enugu where he was examined to ensure that he was fit before going home.


Regional Director, GSAC, Amaka Nweke, said: “Actually on the 5th of September, we petitioned the president of our dear country and past Governor of Imo state, Rochas Okorocha pleading for pardon for Pa Celestine

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“His pardon was granted based on his age and his health condition because we found out that his health condition was worsening every day. As a centenarian, he is not supposed to be in prison. When you check other countries you can’t find someone of his age in prison.


“On Sunday, I got a call from the former Attorney General of Imo state that he has been granted pardon by the state government.”


The centenarian’s daughter also called for the release of her brother, Paul, saying that he was innocent of the crime.


Source; http://igberetvnews.com/754074/just-in-nigerias-oldest-prisoner-finally-freed-from-enugu-prison/

A former Washington D.C. police officer, who is of Nigerian descent, has been sentenced to 14 years in federal prison for sex trafficking, Igbere Tv reports.


According to multiple reports gathered by Igbere Tv, 29-year-old Chukwuemeka Ekwonna pleaded guilty to paying two teenage girls for sex while he was employed as a police officer in Washington, D.C.


U.S. Attorney Robert Hur's office said Ekwonna exchanged more than 250 text messages and social media messages with two girls, ages 14 and 15, and paid both for sex. Ekwonna was charged in April 2017 with soliciting sex from a 15-year-old girl in Glen Burnie and then robbing her at gunpoint.


A statement from the U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland stated: "Specifically, between October 2016 and February 2017, Ekwonna, who was an officer with the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) in Washington, D.C. at the time, engaged in sexual conduct with two girls, who were 14 and 15 years old, in exchange for money. Both victims were students in the ninth grade at the time of the offenses."


It added: "Between December 19, 2016, and April 5, 2017, Ekwonna exchanged approximately 200 messages, both text and through the social media dating platform, with a 14-year-old girl (“Girl 1”)."


The Department of Justice release said: "On several occasions, Ekwonna offered to pay Girl 1 to engage in sex acts with him. Ekwonna met with Girl 1 and engaged in sex acts with her on at least five occasions, between October 18, 2016, and February 15, 2017.


Ekwonna engaged in illegal sex with the underage girl in different locations in the Annapolis area, including in motel rooms and Ekwonna’s vehicle. Ekwonna typically paid Girl 1 between $30 and $40 to have sex with him.


Messages between Ekwonna and the 14-year-old girl suggest that she was aware that Ekwonna was a police officer.


It added: "On January 9, 2017, Ekwonna exchanged approximately 54 messages through the dating platform with a second underage girl, who was 15 years old at the time (“Girl 2”).


The release also said: "In these messages, Ekwonna offered to pay the 15-year-old girl to engage in sex acts with him. Ekwonna met Girl 2 in Glen Burnie, where he gave her $80 and engaged in sex acts with her in the back of his car.


Igbere Tv understands that the Girl 2’s testimony at the sentencing hearing, after they had sex, Ekwonna locked her in the car, pointed a black handgun at her and demanded she return the money he had paid her. As part of his sentence, Ekwonna was ordered to pay $80 in restitution to the victim. His car and his black police-issued handgun were ordered forfeited to the government."


A federal judge Tuesday sentenced 29-year-old Chukwuemeka Ekwonna to 14 years in federal prison and also to five years of supervised release after his prison term, Igbere Tv reports.

Source; http://igberetvnews.com/707231/ex-police-officer-bags-14-years-in-jail-for-sex-trafficking-photo/

A new governing council has been constituted for the Akwa Ibom State University, with Engr. Samuel Edward Inyang as Chairman and Pro Chancellor, Igbere TV reports.

A release by the Secretary to the State Government, Dr. Emmanuel Ekuwem, announces other members of the board to include Elder Clinton Akpan, Sir Michael Essang, Dr Gloria Ukpong and Obong Aniedi Ndem.


An indigene of Ikot Ekpene local government area, Engr. Samuel Inyang is the chief executive officer of an Engineering firm, Seyang Limited, and has over three decades Oil and gas industry experience.

A former MD Shell Nigeria Gas Limited and GM production East (Superintending a quarter of Nigeria’s production).

He was a Member, NDDC Board between 2000 and 2006.

A Founding member of the Nigerian Gas Association (1979-97) and Director of SPE Lagos section (1997-99).

An integral part of the Executive Development Programme, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, USA. Shell EP Leadership Programme, Holland.

He is also a member of the executive programme for Growing Companies, Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford.

Engr. Inyang is a farmer, and Chief Executice Officer of Aqwacoco Enterprises, a major cocoa farm and processing company on the brink of production in Akwa Ibom state.

For his long and productive service years to the nation of Nigeria in the oil & gas sector, he was awarded a national honour of Officer of the Order of the Niger, OON.

Source; http://igberetvnews.com/704549/engr-samuel-inyang-emerges-new-pro-chancellor-of-akwa-ibom-university/

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The EFCC, on May 21, 2019 arraigned one Bridget Okafor, a former Assistant Comptroller General of Nigeria Customs on a 13-count charge bordering on abuse of office to the tune of N3,336,176,661.24 (Three Billion, Three Hundred and Thirty-six Million, One Hundred and Seventy-six Thousand, Six Hundred and Sixty-one Naira, Twenty-four Kobo). She was arraigned before Justice Venchak S. Garba of a Federal Capital Territory, FCT High Court, Kwali, Igbere Tv reports.


One of the counts reads: “That you, Bridget Chienyezu Okafor, whilst being employed in the public service and serving as Assistant Comptroller General of Nigeria Customs Service in charge of finance and revenue, sometime in 2015 at Abuja within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, did knowingly acquire a private interest in a contract awarded by Nigeria Customs Service to Erman Global Energy Engineering Nigeria limited, a company in which your children are directors and for which the Nigeria Customs Service paid the sum of eighty-nine million, nine hundred and ninety-nine thousand, nine hundred and sixty-four naira (N89,999,964.00) only and you thereby committed an offence contrary and punishable under section 12 of the Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences act, 2000.”


She pleaded “not guilty” to the charges. Counsel for the EFCC, Francis Jirbo, thereafter, asked the court for a date for commencement of trial, in order to enable the prosecution present its witnesses.


Arguing the application for bail, Okoi, said: “The defendant has never been arraigned before any court for any alleged offence throughout her 35 years of service and she was also granted bail by the prosecution. She is a mother and a wife, hence she cannot jump bail.”


Okoi, thus, prayed the court to grant the defendant bail on liberal terms. Responding, Jirbo, said he had no case to challenge the affidavit, as “she has been on bail by the commission and she always honours the Commission’s invitation.”


The trial judge, thereafter, admitted her to bail in the sum of N5 million, with two sureties in like sum, who must be within the jurisdiction of the court, and who must be a civil servant not below the Grade Level 14. She was also ordered to submit her international passport with the Court register.


The matter has been adjourned to July 3, 2019 for hearing, Igbere Tv reports.

Source; http://igberetvnews.com/704384/just-in-efcc-arraigns-ex-customs-boss-over-n3bn-fraud/

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