Tag: Orji Kalu
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BREAKING: Tribunal nullifies Orji Kalu’s election as Abia Senator, orders rerun
The National and State Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Abia state has nullified the election of Orji Uzor Kalu as the Senator representing Abia North. The tribunal has also ordered for a rerun election for the Abia North Senatorial District. Kalu, until today, was a Senator under the platform of the All Progressives Congress…
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Kalu demands zoning of Deputy Senate President to South-East
A former Abia governor, Dr Orji Uzo Kalu has indicated interest to contest for the position of the Deputy Senate President in the soon to be constituted 9th National Assembly. Kalu also wants the All Progressives Congress (APC) to zone the position to the South-East in the interest of equity and justice. The News Agency…
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Elections: Ohaneze Ndigbo goofed by endorsing Atiku – Kalu
Former Abia governor, Chief Orji Kalu, has berated the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohaneze Ndigbo, for endorsing the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), former Vice President Abubakar Atiku. Kalu expressed his disappointment with the group on Sunday in an interview with newsmen in his Camp Neya country home in Igbere, Bende Local…
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Alleged N7.65bn fraud: EFCC accuses Orji Kalu of jumping bail
…after embarking on Germany trip Hearing in the trial of a former Governor of Abia State, Dr Orji Kalu, for an alleged fraud of N7.65bn was stalled on Monday due to the absence of the ex-governor from court. Kalu’s lawyer, Prof Awa Kalu (SAN), told Justice Mohammed Idris at the Federal High Court in Lagos…
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Biafra: Court summons Orji Kalu over recent 'outbursts' on Nnamdi Kanu’s whereabouts
The Federal High Court in Abuja has summoned a former Governor of Abia State, Orji Kalu, to appear on November 14, 2018, to testify on the whereabouts of the missing leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mr. Nnamdi Kanu. The request to summon the former governor to appear in court was filed by…
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Orji Kalu to be turbaned Dan Baiwan Daura
Dr Orji Kalu, former governor of Abia, it to be conferred with the traditional title of Dan Baiwan (gifted child), by the Emir of Daura, Alhaji Umar Farouk Umar. The monarch in a letter dated Aug. 9, conveyed the decision of the Daura Emirate Council to honour Kalu, who is also a chieftain of the…
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Alleged N7.6b fraud: I have no case to answer – Orji Kalu
A former governor of Abia State, Orji Kalu, who was charged with an alleged fraud of N7.65bn, told the Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday that he had no case to answer. His lawyer, Prof Awa Kalu (SAN), urged Justice Mohammed Idris to dismiss the entire 39 counts filed against his client by the…
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EFCC re-arraigns Orji Kalu, raises charges to 39 counts
A former governor of Abia State, Orji Kalu, was on Tuesday re-arraigned at a Federal High Court in Lagos on an amended 39-count bordering on fraud. Kalu, who is now a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The anti-graft agency is prosecuting…
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Obasanjo made me a fraudster, shared $16bn power funds with loyalists – Orji Kalu
Former governor of Abia State and chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, yesterday blamed former President Olusegun Obasanjo for instigating most of fraud allegations leveled against him while he served as governor. Orji who made the disclosure yesterday while on Channels Television Programme, Sunday Politics also alleged that the…
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Alleged N3.2bn fraud: EFCC closes case against Kalu
The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) on Friday closed its case against a former Governor of Abia, Orji Kalu and two others charged with N3.2 billion fraud. The EFCC Prosecutor, Mr Rotimi Jacobs (SAN), announced closure of the prosecution’s case at the Federal High Court, Lagos. He, however, informed the court that the prosecution…