A High Court sitting in Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom state has found Prof. Peter Ogban guilty of manipulating election results and has sentenced him to serve a jail term for36 months. The Presiding Judge, Justice Augustine Odokwo, also ordered Ogban to pay the sum of N100,000 as a fine for the count 2 charge, which is a falsification of the result in Etim Ekpo/Oruk Anam collation centers he manipulated during the 2019 National Assembly election held February 24.

An aide to President Buhari on Social Media, Lauretta Anochie has disclosed that Nigerians who live a fake life on social media that in actual sense they cannot afford shall henceforth be subjected to probe by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practice Commission (ICPC).

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Adamu has ordered an immediate investigation into miseries surrounding the alleged attack on the Benue state Governors convoy. On Saturday, gunmen attacked Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state while returning from his farm along Makurdi-Gboko road precisely at, Tyo mu village. While narrating the incident, the Governor alleged that the attack was perpetrated by herders but he narrowly escaped by the grace of God.

The House of Representative has directed its committee on Aviation to invite the Minister of Aviation and explain how bandits gained entrance into Kaduna Airport that facilitated the abduction of some families. After a motion was moved by Musa Pali (APC Bauchi) during plenary yesterday the lawmakers insisted that their lives are no longer safe if Airports can be invaded anytime by the bandits, and therefore have to find a way of preventing further occurrence. 

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, on Wednesday, said it has arrested a former Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, Professor Dibu Ojerinde, for allegedly misappropriating the sum of N900million. A statement that was signed by the Spokesperson for the ICPC, Mrs. Azuka C. Ogugua, disclosed that Prof. Ojerinde was arrested by operatives of the Commission on Monday, March 15.

The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) has ordered bank employees to declare their assets in line with the bank employee declaration of assets act. The act requires every bank employee within the first two weeks of taking the banking job to declare their assets. The EFCC has directed that the ordered must be complied with on or before 1st June 2021. The EFCC boss, Abdulrasheed Bawa, gave the order yesterday while speaking to newsmen after meeting with President Buhari.