Tag: Orji Uzor Kalu
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Orji Uzor-Kalu: Supreme Court judgement unfortunate – EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has described the Supreme Court judgement voiding the conviction of Orji Uzor-Kalu as unfortunate. In a statement, the EFCC said the Supreme Court judgement is a technical ambush against the trial of the former Governor and that it was prepared for a fresh and immediate trial of the…
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Supreme Court verdict: My case is a true Nigerian story, Orji Uzor-Kalu declares
Former Governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor-Kalu, who the Supreme Court on Friday declared void the judgement that convicted and sentenced him to 12 years imprisonment has said his case is a true Nigerian story with a bold made in Nigeria stamp on it. Orji Uzor-Kalu, who made this known in a statement following the…
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Orji Kalu Foundation to empower people from 17 LGAs
Orji Uzor Kalu Foundation Empowerment Scheme, initiated by former Abia Governor, Chief Orji Kalu, for the empowerment of 17 local government areas (LGAs) of the state has been inaugurated. The scheme involves giving of a revolving loan designed to support petty businesses and fleet of Sienna buses for transportation. Chief John Oyegun, the National Chairman…
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Kalu blasts Fayose over attacks on Buhari, says ‘divert your energy on delivering good governance to Ekiti people’
A former Governor of Abia State, Dr.Urji Uzor Kalu has warned Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State to focus on delivering good governance to the people of his state rather than attacking President Buhari’s health condition. He urged Fayose to focus his criticism on performance and not personality the personality of Buhari who is presenting…
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MKO Abiola: Name June 12 Democracy Day – Orji Kalu, Gani Adams, Odumakin tell FG
In commemoration of the 24th anniversary of the June 12 1993 elections popularly believed to be won by the candidate of the then Social Democratic Party, SDP, Chief MKO Abiola, prominent Nigerians and activists have called on the Federal Government to name June 12 as the authentic Democracy Day (currently celebrated on May 29) in…
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EFCC provides more evidence in trial of Kalu
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday called its fifth witness before a Federal High Court, Lagos, in the ongoing trial of a former Abia State Governor, Orji Uzor Kalu. The EFCC had on Oct. 31, 2016, preferred a 34-count charge bordering on N3.2 billion fraud against Kalu and his former commissioner for…