30 States to Experience Huge Flooding Due to Water inflow from Rivers Niger and Benue

No fewer than 74 Local Government Areas (LGA) in 30 states in Nigeria would experience severe flooding in June, July, August and September, the nation’s hydrological agency said. Another 279 local government areas would experience minimum flooding across the country in the period, it added. The Director-General of the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA), Clement […]

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APPEAL COURT ACQUITS AKPOBOLOKEMI OF N2.6B FRAUD CHARGE

Patrick Akpobolokemi, ex-director general of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), has been acquitted of a N2.6 billion fraud charge by the Lagos division of the appeal court. Yargatta Nimpar, judge of the appeal court, upheld the no-case submission filed by Akpolokemi, after it was dismissed by a high court in October 2017. The Economic […]

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RIVERS APC CRISIS DEEPENS: AMAECHI MOVES AGAINST FORMER LOYALISTS, PETERSIDE, ABE by Nath Omame

The battle to control the levers of the leadership structures in the Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, from the wards, local governments and state levels have taken a new and delicate twist. Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, who by virtue of his position as a former governor of the state […]

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Seizure of Tompolo’s 20 patrol vessels affecting Cabotage law negatively

Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, has said the seizure of about 20 security patrol vessels belonging to Global West Specialist Vessels Limited (a company purportedly owned by Government Epkemupolo aka Tompolo) by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has negatively affected the enforcement of the nation’s Coastal and Inland Shipping and Coastal […]

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Ayiri Emami accuses Tompolo of being behind Niger Delta Avengers

Niger Delta activist, Chief Ayimi Emami has urged the Federal Government not to bow to “cheap blackmail” antics of a former militant leader who is allegedly behind Thursday a d Friday morning attacks on strategic oil facilities and pipelines in Warri area of Delta state. Emami’s advice cane against the backdrop of renewed attack on […]

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Tompolo sues FG, wants trial halted and transferred to a different judge

A former militant leader declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has sued the Nigerian government seeking an end to his trial for alleged fraud. Government Ekpemupolo (also known as Tompolo)‎ is asking the Federal High Court, Lagos, for an interpretation and nullification of sections 221 and 306 of the Administration of Criminal […]

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‘How I bought N70m property for NIMASA director

A prosecution witness in the trial of the former Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Patrick Akpobolokemi and others, Eboigbe Etiosa, yesterday informed a Federal High Court, Lagos how he helped one of the accused, Captain Ezekiel Agaba to buy a piece of land in Lekki in 2004. According to […]

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Tompolo agrees to appear before court says he will never wage war against FG

Former Niger-Delta warlord, Government Ekpumupolo, otherwise known as Tompolo, has finally expressed his readiness to appear before the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, insisting that he will do so “at the appropriate time.” Tompolo is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on various charges including an alleged diversion of N34 […]

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EFCC files fresh 22-count charge against Tompolo, others

Following his alleged involvement in N22.7 billion fraud, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed fresh 22-count charge against ex-Niger Delta militant leader, Government Ekemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo, and 12 others. The charges were filed by the anti-graft agency at the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos State. The fresh charges border […]

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