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Gunmen have attacked and burnt the country home of the president general of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Professor George Obiozor, in Awo-Omamma, Oru LGA, Imo State, Nigeria, in the early hours of today March 19. At least two buildings sitting on the property were affected by the fire. Obiozor was not at home when his house was attacked […]
Continue ReadingTwo policemen have been reportedly killed after unknown gunmen attacked the Umuguma Divisional Police Headquarters in Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo State in the early hours of Saturday, March 19. According to reports, the gunmen blocked the roads leading in and out of the station division, including the one close to the local […]
Continue ReadingA Nigerian woman, simply identified as Happiness, died in a bus during a journey back to the country. The woman, said to be from Enugu State, was on her way back to Nigeria when the tragic incident occurred, a fellow passenger said while reading from the identification found on her body. The passenger said Happiness […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday arrested the immediate past Governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. Reports say Obiano, who had been on the watch list of the EFCC, was arrested while trying to board a flight to the United States. The commission had in […]
Continue ReadingEuropean Union (EU) has warned that consumers risk losing all their money invested in cryptoassets and could fall prey to scams. Releasing a joint statement on Thursday, March 17, European Union’s securities, banking and insurance watchdogs revealed that crypto consumers have no protections or recourse to compensation under existing EU financial services law. It marks […]
Continue ReadingOperatives of the Enugu Zonal Command of the EFCC, have arrested pastor Kelechi Vitalis Anozie, a suspect on the watchlist of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). He was arrested on March 10, 2022, following credible intelligence linking him to alleged conspiracy, wire fraud and money laundering. Anozie and four other suspects: Valentine Iro, […]
Continue ReadingA fight broke out at the venue of the swearing-in ceremony of Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo on Thursday morning when Iyom Bianca Odimegwu Ojukwu slapped the immediate past First Lady of Anambra State, Mrs Ebelechukwu Obiano. Reports say the scuffle happened when Mrs Obiano who arrived at the occasion, and was moving round to greet […]
Continue ReadingFormer governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Professor Charles Soludo has been sworn in as the new governor of Anambra state. He was sworn-in on Thursday morning, March 16. He takes over from his predecessor, Willie Obiano who just completed his second term. Also sworn in was his deputy Onyekachukwu Obezim. See more photos […]
Continue ReadingSex workers in Mombasa county of Kenya, have resumed having sex with drivers in the area following the expiration of a one-week ban. The prostitutes in the area issued the ban as their own way of condemning acts of sexual violence meted on a female motorist in Nairobi two weeks ago. Maryline Laini, the Executive Director […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s National Judicial Council (NJC) has issued letters of warning to two judges and also placed one of them on the ‘watch list’. The Director of Information at the NJC, Soji Oye, said the letters were issued on Wednesday March 16. The affected judges are Justice Muawiyah Baba Idris of the High Court of the […]
Continue ReadingThe United States National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan spoke Wednesday with General Nikolay Patrushev, Secretary of the Russian Security Council, in the first high-level contact between Washington and Moscow since Russia invaded Ukraine, the White House said. Sullivan reiterated US opposition to the invasion, which began on February 24, and told Patrushev “that if Russia […]
Continue ReadingThe Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested Osondu Victor Igwilo, a suspect wanted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) since 2018. EFCC spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, made this known in a statement on Monday, March 14. Uwujaren said Igwilo, 52, is the alleged leader of a criminal network of “catchers”. He was arrested alongside […]
Continue ReadingA community in the Ajoni Local Council Development Area of Ekiti State, Oke Ako, erupted in joy on Tuesday as a cleric, Michael Adeyeye of Christ Apostolic Church in the community escaped unhurt from the four gunmen who abducted him on Saturday. The people of the community could not believe their ears when news filtered […]
Continue ReadingInternational Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected that the Federal Government of Nigeria may spend 93 per cent of the country’s revenue on the payment of interests incurred on its debts by 2022. In a projection provided in the IMF’s ‘Nigeria Staff Report for the 2021 Article IV Consultation’ report, the Fund also projected that 139 […]
Continue ReadingPolice has launched manhunt for one David Wanyonyi Simiyu, who allegedly stole two video cameras and their accessories from a church in Nairobi, Kenya. It was gathered that Simiyu had received salvation at Presbyterian Church of East Africa (PCEA) Zimmerman Parish on Sunday, March 6, 2022. The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), in a statement […]
Continue ReadingOfficers of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested and arraigned the prime suspect who distributed kegs of petrol as souvenirs at an ‘owambe’ party held at Havilah Events Centre, Victoria Island, La on March 4, 2022. This was disclosed in a statement signed and released by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Lagos State […]
Continue ReadingA young Nigerian woman identified as Hajara Shehu, has died a day to her wedding in Nasarawa state, Nigeria. Hajara was set to wed on March 9, at Masaka in Karu Local Government Area of the state. Sadly, she died on Friday, March 8, after complaing of headache. The deceased was buried on Sunday, March […]
Continue ReadingNigerian vice president, Prof Yemi Osinbajo may have told President Muhammadu Buhari of his intention to contest the presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for next year’s election. Daily Trust reported on Monday, quoting sources, that Osinbajo approached the president to inform him of his desire to inherit his position at the end […]
Continue ReadingAs Nigeria’s Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is extending its strike to the month of May, the Parent-Teacher Association of Nigeria (PTAN) has appealed to the Federal Government and the ASUU to as a matter of urgency resolve the issues leading to ASUU’s strike so that students can go back to school. The National […]
Continue ReadingThe suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Abba Kyari’s wife, Mrs. Ramatu Kyari, slumped at the federal high court in Abuja today March 14, 2022. It was gathered that she slumped and fell on the floor while her husband and other defendants were being led out from the court premises by operatives of the National […]
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