Friday, 22 November, 2024

Month: August 2021


We, the members of the late Pa Christopher Ekwulugo family of Umuezeana Nnofor, Okpuno-Otolo, with a deep sense of loss but with gratitude to God Almighty that His will was done, announce the death of our cherished father, Pa Christopher Read more…


The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya, has urged insurgents, bandits and other violent groups to lay down their arms and surrender before it’s too late. Yahaya gave the ultimatum on Monday in Maiduguri while addressing troops during Read more…


High Court sitting in Owerri on Monday ordered the final forfeiture of properties allegedly owned by former Governor of Imo State, Senator Rochas Okorocha and his family members. Justice Fred Njemanze who gave the rulling said there was no verifiable Read more…


Another 1,081 Boko Haram terrorists, Some Senior Commanders and their families have surrendered to troops of Operation Hadin Kai after sustained military land and air bombardments of their enclaves and hideouts in the North East. This is just as it Read more…


Anambra Police Operatives on Monday repelled attack on Nnewi Police Area Command on the Okigwe road area of Umudim, Nnewi, Anambra State. The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Awka that operatives successfully repelled Read more…


Markets and businesses closed down Monday and streets were mostly deserted in cities across southeast Nigeria, residents said after a separatist group called for a protest over the arrest of its leader. The outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra movement (IPOB), Read more…


Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to direct the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Mr. Abubakar Malami (SAN) and the appropriate anti-corruption agencies to investigate the reported spending of over N880 Read more…


With exactly 559 days to the 2023 presidential election, the search for a new leader for Africa’s most populous country and largest economy – Nigeria – has begun. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had early in the year announced Read more…


The Taliban has seized control of its sixth provincial capital in Afghanistan within a matter of days, according to a spokesperson for the group, as the militants continue to secure territory after America’s military withdrawal. The military victory for the Read more…


The punishment for corruption in Russia’s military-industrial complex should be made much tougher, with the possibility of death by firing squad. That’s according to Dmitry Rogozin, head of Roscosmos, the country’s space agency. Speaking to the popular YouTube channel Solovyov Read more…


A leader of Nigeria’s Jewish community, jailed for a month without charge after being arrested with three visitors from Israel, has been freed. Authorities suspected the visitors had links with a separatist group which had hailed their arrival in Nigeria. Read more…


By Ifeoma Ejiofor The ghost town order by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) that people should sit at home early Monday in Nnewi got bloody as two people died in a confrontation between the Army and suspected members of Read more…