Obi–Kwankwaso Movement Raises Alarm Over Alleged Plot To Destabilise NDC In Enugu
The group said the alleged activities were aimed at creating division among party members at a time when attention should be focused on strengthening the party and preparing for the 2027 elections. The movement specifically accused unnamed individuals of impersonating Read more…
Dasuki Urges INEC To Hold 2027 Presidential, State Elections Same Day
Deputy Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Hon. Abdussamad Dasuki, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to reconsider its staggered arrangement for the 2027 general elections and conduct the federal and state polls on a single day. Read more…
Osun guber: Commissioner released by police after 24 hours
The Osun State Commissioner for Environment and Sanitation, Mayowa Adejoorin, has been released by the state command of the Nigeria Police Force after spending almost 24 hours in detention. Adejoorin was arrested in Ilesa on Saturday after a shooting during Read more…
Alleged foreign funding: Northern youth group urges Sowore to clear his name
The Northern Ethnic Youth Group Assembly (NEYGA) has called on Omoyele Sowore, the African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections, to publicly address allegations that he received foreign funding to destabilise Nigeria. The group’s demand came Read more…
Iran makes dramatic new demands around Strait of Hormuz
Iran’s politburo-like body known as the Supreme National Security Council said the Strait of Hormuz will not open until the United States “corrects its behavior,” issuing new demands that could shake up talks on a deal to manage the waterway Read more…
When Pulpit Confronts Power
John Cardinal Onaiyekan has been known as a temperate, sagacious, and even-handed man for all his 82 years on earth. Anyone now trying to cast him in the mould of a rabble-rouser does so in vain. President Tinubu, in his Read more…
August Meeting: Lady Uzokwe, Others Reelected for a Second Term
…As Stakeholders Task Alor Women on Proper Child Upbringing, Communal Child Training By Uzo Ugwunze The newly inaugurated Community Women Leader of Alor Community, Lady Ifeoma Uzokwe and other Stakeholders have tasked mothers to sit up and teach their children Read more…
Bloodshed, Fear As Osun Heads To Governorship Election
15 killed, 27 arrested | Police to deploy over 17,000 officers No fewer than 15 people have been killed, while 27 suspected political thugs and cultists have been arrested by the police ahead of the 15 August governorship election in Read more…
13 Residents Killed In Benue By Suspected Herdsmen Receive Mass Burial
No fewer than 13 residents of Efeyi community in Otukpo local government area of Benue State killed by suspected armed herdsmen were laid to rest in an emotional mass burial. Grieving family members and sympathisers trooped out early on Saturday Read more…
School abductions, kidnapping: Kalu Idika Kalu blasts FG
A former Finance Minister, Dr Kalu Idika Kalu, has criticised some provisions in the 2026 Budget, noting that government should not be overtly involved in budgeting for renovation of churches, mosques and palaces of traditional rulers given the enormity of Read more…
Pope to visit the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Counsel in Genazzano
At this Augustinian shrine, which he visited two days after his election to the papacy, Pope Leo will preside over Mass on September 7, on the eve of the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. A painting Read more…
Public Safety Campaign: Security agencies in Anambra unite in walk against violent crime
From Ifeoma Ejiofor The Anambra State Police Command on Saturday joined the Department of State Services (DSS) and other sister security agencies in a sensitisation walk against violent crime across the State. The exercise brought together personnel from the various Read more…
Obi–Kwankwaso Movement Raises Alarm Over Alleged Plot To Destabilise NDC In Enugu
The group said the alleged activities were aimed at creating division among party members at a time when attention should be focused on strengthening the party and preparing for the 2027 elections. The movement specifically accused unnamed individuals of impersonating Read more…
Dasuki Urges INEC To Hold 2027 Presidential, State Elections Same Day
Deputy Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Hon. Abdussamad Dasuki, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to reconsider its staggered arrangement for the 2027 general elections and conduct the federal and state polls on a single day. Read more…
Osun guber: Commissioner released by police after 24 hours
The Osun State Commissioner for Environment and Sanitation, Mayowa Adejoorin, has been released by the state command of the Nigeria Police Force after spending almost 24 hours in detention. Adejoorin was arrested in Ilesa on Saturday after a shooting during Read more…
Alleged foreign funding: Northern youth group urges Sowore to clear his name
The Northern Ethnic Youth Group Assembly (NEYGA) has called on Omoyele Sowore, the African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections, to publicly address allegations that he received foreign funding to destabilise Nigeria. The group’s demand came Read more…
Nnewi Cycling Club rides from Nnewi to Owerri
From Ifeoma Ejiofor In continuation of their determination to ensure sound health in a sound body, the members of Nnewi Cycling Club on Sunday embarked on cycling from Nnewi in Nnewi North LGA of Anambra State to Owerri, the Imo Read more…
World Cup: Full list of award winners as Spain dominate individual honours
Spain’s historic triumph at the 2026 FIFA World Cup was capped by a clean sweep of the tournament’s top individual honours after La Roja defeated Argentina 1-0 after extra time in Sunday’s final at the MetLife Stadium. Luis de la Read more…
Professor Victor Madubuko adds another feather of milestone as NFF appoints him to the board of Interim Beach Soccer and Futsal Leagues Board
Professor Victor Madubuko who has distinguish himself in every endeavor he sets his mind on, has shown that a sport like beach soccer should not be an exception. He has not only attracted the right personnel to Anambra Beach Soccer, Read more…
2026World Cup: African Fans support Mexico against the South Africa
By Ezeakukwu Emmanuel Nsoedo The xenophobic unofficial policy driven by some South African citizens against fellow African residents has resulted in African countries fans rooting for Mexico to win. Many of these fans who had made different caricatures on Facebook Read more…
Iran makes dramatic new demands around Strait of Hormuz
Iran’s politburo-like body known as the Supreme National Security Council said the Strait of Hormuz will not open until the United States “corrects its behavior,” issuing new demands that could shake up talks on a deal to manage the waterway Read more…
School abductions, kidnapping: Kalu Idika Kalu blasts FG
A former Finance Minister, Dr Kalu Idika Kalu, has criticised some provisions in the 2026 Budget, noting that government should not be overtly involved in budgeting for renovation of churches, mosques and palaces of traditional rulers given the enormity of Read more…
Adeyemi named Tinubu, Wike, Akume, others on PFIPC board – Reps panel
The House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee probing the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) has disclosed that President Bola Tinubu and other senior government officials were listed as members of the council’s board. Also listed were the Secretary to Read more…
FULL LIST: IG deploys new CPs to eight states, other police formations
The Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Disu, has approved the deployment of Commissioners of Police to eight state commands and several strategic formations across the country. The deployment, announced in a statement on Thursday by the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Read more…
Enough of blaming Abacha for everything bad in Nigeria
General Sani Abacha. Military Head of State in Nigeria from 1993-1998. Former Chief of Army Staff. No-nonsense military officer credited with having a hand in most successful military change of government in Nigeria. He died many years ago. Yet he cannot Read more…
PUBLIC NOTICE/DISCLAIMER: NCCIMA ceases relationship with Mr Ibekwe
This is to inform the general public that Mr. Obiora Ibekwe , who was the DG of Nnewi Chamber of Commerce, Industry Mines and Agriculture (NCCIMA) is no longer an employee of Nnewi Chamber of Commerce Industry Mines and Agriculture Read more…
Enugu Air Plane Skids off Runway at Benin Airport
The management of Enugu Air has confirmed that one of its aircraft was involved in a mishap after landing at Benin Airport Thursday. In a statement, the management of the state-owned carrier stated that “our aircraft operating into Benin experienced Read more…
2027: Aspirants laud Soludo’s option A4 for APGA primaries
Ahead of the 2027 general elections, aspirants to the various political positions under the platform of All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) in Anambra State have commended Governor Chukwuma Soludo for adopting the Option A4 system of voting in the party’s Read more…