Yoruba One Voice (YOV), an association of Yorubas in the Diaspora, has applauded the UK government for granting asylum to members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra Read more…
Amid obvious challenges, the Imo State governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma, recently celebrated one year in office. Since the All Progressives Congress(APC) took over the reins of leadership in the state, it had literally been one day, one trouble for the governor. What seemed Read more…
Facial recognition should be banned from Europe’s public spaces, the EU’s independent data protection authority has said, just days after the bloc’s executive branch proposed a new bill allowing the partial use of the technology. The European Data Protection Supervisor Read more…
A Japanese man has been arrested after reportedly dating more than 35 women at the same time. Takashi Miyagawa, a part-time worker, is being investigated for allegedly defrauding dozens of women by pretending he was serious about each of their Read more…
BARELY 24 hours after the Police Zonal Headquarters in Ukpo, Anambra State, was attacked, a Divisional Police Station in Adani, Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State has reportedly been attacked by gunmen. The incident was said to have occurred Read more…
Kin A-29-year-old man, Mr Chukwudi Chukwu, has been shot dead by a vigilante at Okposi community, in the Ohaozara Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. The deceased was said to be attending a wake with his friend at Nediokpa village, Read more…
Kwara State police command said it has arrested suspected killers of a would-be groom. It said one Kazeem Mobammed Beiwa is the leader of a kidnap gang. The command added that the kidnap kingpin Kazeem Mohammed of Patigi in Patigi Read more…
Ndigbo Elders’ Forum has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to reverse his perceived hatred for the Igbo as shown in their near exclusion in his government. The group in its meeting in Enugu, yesterday, said the president has since assumption of Read more…
The Nigerian Senate has directed its Committee on Ethics, Privileges, and Public Petitions, to probe the alleged killing of some Nigerian nationals of Enugu State origin resident in the Republic of Togo. This followed a petition to the upper legislative Chamber Read more…
The Senate has approved fresh external loans of $1.5bn and €995million for the Federal Government. The red chamber okayed the foreign loans after considering the report of its committee on local and foreign debts during Wednesday’s plenary session. Clifford Ordia, chairman Read more…
The Management of Bamidele Olumilua University of Education, Science and Technology (BOUESTI), Ikere-Ekiti, has denied involvement of any student of the institution in the cult clash in the town over the weekend. This is contained in a statement, signed by Read more…
Many business owners in Awka have resorted to power generating sets to keep their businesses going. A major power outage has left Awka, the Anambra capital, and its environs in utter blackout since the early hours of Wednesday. The News Read more…