Cletus Ukpong
Journalist and Assistant Managing Editor at Premium Times
Assistant Managing Editor, @premiumtimesng. Covers Nigeria’s South-south, South-east. West Africa Investigative Reporter of Year 2019. [email protected]
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2 weeks ago |
premiumtimesng.com | Cletus Ukpong
The suspended Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, recently visited the Minister of the FCT, Nyesom Wike, at his Abuja residence to beg for reconciliation, PREMIUM TIMES has learnt. The visit came a few days after Mr Fubara held a meeting in London with President Bola Tinubu over his (Fubara) political feud with Mr Wike, which led to Mr Tinubu declaring an emergency rule in the oil-rich Rivers and suspending Mr Fubara and other elected officials for an initial six months.
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2 weeks ago |
allafrica.com | Cletus Ukpong
The Court of Appeal, apart from affirming Mr Ogban's conviction and the three-year jail term, frowned at his role as a university professor in the fraudulent manipulation of election results, a lawyer who participated in the case at the appellate court told PREMIUM TIMES, Wednesday afternoon. The Court of Appeal in Calabar, on Wednesday, upheld the conviction of Peter Ogban, a professor jailed in 2021 for rigging a senatorial election for Godswill Akpabio, a senator from Akwa Ibom State.
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2 weeks ago |
premiumtimesng.com | Cletus Ukpong
The Court of Appeal in Calabar, on Wednesday, upheld the conviction of Peter Ogban, a professor jailed in 2021 for rigging a senatorial election for Godswill Akpabio, a senator from Akwa Ibom State. Mr Akpabio, a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), is the president of the Nigerian Senate. The rigging happened in an election he lost before he contested again in 2023, won the election, and was elected the Senate president.
HT Syndication: Appeal Court upholds conviction of professor jailed for rigging election for Akpabio
2 weeks ago |
htsyndication.com | Cletus Ukpong
Nigeria, April 30 -- The Court of Appeal in Calabar, on Wednesday, upheld the conviction of Peter Ogban, a professor jailed in 2021 for rigging a senatorial election for Godswill Akpabio, a senator from Akwa Ibom State. Mr Akpabio, a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), is the president of the Nigerian Senate. The rigging happened in an election he lost before he contested again in 2023, won the election, and was elected the Senate president.
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2 weeks ago |
htsyndication.com | Cletus Ukpong
Nigeria, April 30 -- The suspended Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, recently visited the Minister of the FCT, Nyesom Wike, at his Abuja residence to beg for reconciliation, PREMIUM TIMES has learnt.
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