Amos Oge Kalu, Author at OHAFIATV

Dec

01

2022

Senate considers Orji Kalu’s bill seeking to make Criminal Justice Act ‘more humane’

Lifestyle, Metro, News, Opinion, PoliticsCrime, Kuje prison, Metro, Nigeria, Opinion, Orji Uzor Kalu, Politics, Security

A bill seeking to amend of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA) has passed second reading at the senate. The bill sponsored by him Orji Uzor Kalu, senate chief whip, is seeking to make the law more “effective and more humane”. The bill passed first reading at the upper legislative chamber in July 2020 about a month after he was released from prison. The former governor of Abia state was released from the Kuje Correctional Centre on June 2, 2020. He had spent five months in prison.In December 2019, a federal high court in Lagos convicted the chief whip of money laundering…

Nov

30

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

ASUU Strike: Lecturers receive full salaries for November, arrears withheld

Education, PoliticsASUU, Education, Next Level, Nigeria, Politics

Lecturers under the aegis of the Academic Staff Union of Universities have received full salaries for the month of November 2022, The OHAFIATV News can confirm. The eight-month arrears remained withheld by the Federal Government. A senior member of the union at the Bayero University Kano made this known in an interview with our correspondent in Abuja on Wednesday. “Some of our members have started receiving salaries and I can confirm to you that we received our full salaries for the month of November. However, the arrears are still withheld.” The Federal Government refused to pay the striking lecturers for the eight…

Nov

30

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Ikpeazu signs female inheritance Bill into law

Abia State, Lifestyle, News, PoliticsAbia State, Lifestyle, Next Level, Nigeria, Okezie Ikpeazu, Politics

Abia Governor Okezie Ikpeazu has granted assent to the Bill, which guarantees the right of females to inherit and own property in their father’s family in the State. Abia Assembly some weeks ago passed the Bill to bring Abia State in conformity with international best practices of eliminating all forms of discrimination against women. While appending his signature on the Law, Ikpeazu made it clear that his administration shall lean on the side of reason and common sense in the discharge of its obligations to residents, noting that it has become anachronistic to continue to treat women as second-class citizens even in…

Nov

30

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Native Doctor Guns Down Client While Testing Anti-Gun Charm

Lifestyle, MetroCrime, Enugu State, Lifestyle, Metro, Native Doctor, Security

Enugu state police said they arrested a native doctor in Umuaram, Ikem, a community in the state’s Isi-Uzo local government area, for allegedly shooting dead his client in Eha-Amufu, another community in the council area. The suspect, 23-year-old Emmanuel Odoh, allegedly killed the victim, Onunze Benedict, at a shrine while testing a gunshot protection amulet that the native doctor had prepared for the victim. State police spokesman Daniel Ndukwe, who disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, said the suspect was arrested on November 16 by police officers from the Isi-Uzo Police Division Headquarters. Ndukwe, deputy superintendent of police, said…

Nov

30

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Gunmen kill Nigerian singer, Ifeanyi Onah (Slami)

Entertainment, Lifestyle, Metro, MusicCrime, Entertainment, Kidnappers, Music, RIP, Slami

Gunmen killed a Nigerian singer-songwriter in Umubele, a community in Awka, Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra State, southeast Nigeria. The incident occurred on Sunday morning. The victim, Ifeanyi Onah, also known as Slami, was said to be driving his newly purchased Lexus 330 SUV when he was attacked and killed by the gunmen. A short video clip of the singer apparently recorded after being murdered has gone viral on social media. In the clip, the singer is seen lying on the floor shirtless in a pool of his blood. Parts of his legs were still inside the Lexus 330 pickup…