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May

2024

EFCC Arrests 6 Senior NSCDC Officers Over N6 Billion Fraud

NEWS#Crimes, #EFCC, #fraud, #NSCDC, EconomicandFinancialCrimesCommission

EFCC Arrests 6 Senior NSCDC Officers Over N6 Billion Fraud The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested six senior officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps over alleged N6bn fraud. The senior officers are currently being grilled by EFCC interrogators at the commission’s headquarters, Jabi, Abuja, The PUNCH can confirm. Though details of the probe are still sketchy, our correspondent gathered that the NSCDC officers were handed over to the EFCC on Monday on the order of the NSCDC Commandant General, Dr. Ahmed Audi. Impeccable sources privy to the development but who were not authorised to speak to the press…

May

2024

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Breaking!! Abia NUJ returns Victor Ndukwe as chairman

NEWS#NUJ, #VictorNdukwe

Breaking!! Abia NUJ returns Victor Ndukwe as chairman A New Executive of the Abia State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists.(NUJ) has emerged with Comrade Victor Ndukwe reelected as the Chairman of the Union. Other Members are the Vice Chairman, Comrade Chidi Asonye who is re elected, Comrade Ikechukwu Onuegbu who emerged the new State Council Secretary and Comrade Chibuzor Maduka Iroh who was returned the Financial Secretary. Speaking while inaugurating the new Executive in Umuahia, the National Vice President South East Zone C, Sir Emmanuel Ifesinachi charged the new elected executive members of the Union to consider the…

May

2024

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OMPAN not stooge to government, Opposition party’s attack dog —says PUO

NEWS#Abia, #OMPAN, #PromiseUzomaOkoro, #PUO, #Stooge, #WatchDog

OMPAN not stooge to government, Opposition party's attack dog —says PUO The State Chairman of the Online Media Practitioners Association of Nigeria(OMPAN), Abia State Chapter, Chief Promise Uzoma Okoro, has assured that members of the association cannot serve as stooges to government in power nor attack dogs of opposition political parties in the state. In a statement on Monday in Umuahia, the state chairman of OMPAN said as members of the fourth estate of the realm, OMPAN believes in impartiality and fairness, adding that it is the duty of the members of the association to report the activities of the…

May

2024

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Embrace AI Speedily, Ben Kalu Urges Abia Online Publishers

NEWS#AI, #ArtificialIntelligence, #BenjaminKalu

Embrace AI Speedily, Ben Kalu Urges Abia Online Publishers The Deputy Speaker House of Representatives,Rt Hon. Benjamin Kalu has called on Online Media Practitioners Association of Nigeria(OMPAN), Abia to, as a matter of urgency embrace the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in carrying out their watchdog's role so as to advance knowledge of what they already know. Kalu who described the online practitioners and the main stream media in the country as nation builders, urged them to endeavour to work collaboratively with the government at all levels, in order to help build the South East zone and the nation in…

May

2024

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Shocking Reason FCMB Manager Bagged 121yrs Imprisonment

CRIME#FCMB, #Imprisonment, #NwachukwuPlacidus

Shocking Reason FCMB Manager Bagged 121yrs Imprisonment A branch manager of FCMB, in Anambra State has been sentenced to prison for fraud and embezzlement. Mr. Nwachukwu Placidus, the bank manager at First City Monument Bank FCMB, Onitsha, Anambra State, was sentenced to 121 years in prison by Justice S. Odili at the Anambra State High Court in Onitsha, Anambra State, for embezzling N112 million from a customer’s fixed deposit account. The former manager of the First City Monument Bank branch in Onitsha was found guilty and sentenced to 121 years in prison for stealing N112,100,000 in fixed deposit money from…

May

2024

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Woman, 24 drowns year old son, in Delta, gives reason

CRIME#Drowning, #SophiaNkwor

Woman, 24 drowns year old son, in Delta, gives reason Sophia Nkwor, 24-years-old woman, has allegedly killed her one-year old son in a well at Araya community, Isoko South Local Government Area, Delta State. Sophia Nkwor, 24-years-old woman who drowned her one year old son in a well, in Delta State. According to Delta State Police Command who paraded the suspect on Thursday, May 2, Sofia Nkwo, without mercy, drowned her one-year-old son. The woman said she killed her son because she couldn’t care for the child again as the father rejected the child. On the why for her actions,…

May

2024

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Media Support Groups Mark 2024 World Press Freedom Day …Urge Government to Protect Media Freedom

WORLD NEWS#2024Pressfreedomday, #HumanRights, #InternationalCentreforInvestigativeReporting

Media Support Groups Mark 2024 World Press Freedom Day…Urge Government to Protect Media Freedom Four human rights and media support organizations have called on Federal and State Governments to take urgent measures to ensure media freedom and the safety of journalists in Nigeria, saying the deteriorating state of media freedom in the country is potentially harmful to its system of democratic governance. Their call is contained in a statement announcing their collaborative activities to commemorate the 2024 edition of World Press Freedom Day (WPFD 2024) through separate events taking place in Lagos and Abuja on Friday, May 3. According to…

May

2024

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Kaduna Bombing: Two Soldiers To Face Court Martial

NATIONAL NEWS#CourtMartial, #KadunaBombing, #Military

Kaduna Bombing: Two Soldiers To Face Court Martial The Military high command has announced that two officers have been indicted by a panel set up to investigate the bombing of innocent people in Tudun Birin, Kaduna State. Recall that in December, a drone operated by the Nigerian Army bombed residents of Tudun Biri in Kaduna State during a religious celebration. While the government placed the casualty figure at 81, Amnesty International claimed 127 villagers were killed in the incident. The officers, according to the Director Defence Media Operations (DMO), Major General Edward Buba, will face a court-martial for their actions.…

May

2024

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OMPAN Set To Tour Abia Governor Projects Across State

NEWS#AbiaState, #AlexOtti, #OMPAN, #Projecttour

Online publishers under the leadership of the Online Media Practitioners Association of Nigeria (OMPAN), Abia State has announced May 23 and 24 as dates to Tour Projects of the current administration, ahead of the One Year in Office/Democracy day celebration. In a Statement jointly endorsed by the State Chairman of OMPAN Chief Promise Uzoma Okoro and the Event Committee Chairman, Comrade Ugochukwu Nwankwo, the online publishers have, in line with their tradition, resolved to take a tour of these Projects with a view to identifying as well as make public developmental landmarks of the current administration led by Dr Alex…

May

2024

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NAOSNP Celebrates Nigeria’s Labour Force on Workers’ Day

NATIONAL NEWS#2024Workers'Day, #BolaAhmedTinubu, #NAOSNP, #NationalAssociationofOnlineSecurityNews Publishers

NAOSNP Celebrates Nigeria's Labour Force on Workers' Day The National Association of Online Security News Publishers (NAOSNP) has congratulated the Nigerian workers as they join their counterparts across the world to celebrate Workers' Day, saying their contribution to the socio-economic development of the nation is highly commendable and recognised. The Association's congratulatory message was contained in a statement signed by the Public Relations Officer, Mr Eric Elezuo, which patted the workers on the back for their selfless service and seeing to the speedy advancement of the nation's bureaucracy, growth and sustenance. "As an association, we recognize the efforts you have…