According to eyewitnesses, a crack team of anti-robbery police from the Abia Command foiled an attempt to rob a branch of an old generation bank in Umuahia on Thursday after a fierce gun battle. According to eyewitnesses, the operation was carried out by a four-member gang. When the armed men saw the cops, they began to shoot sporadically as they …
Following the attack on its staff in the area, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) at the ward level in Enugu State’s Igboeze North Local Government Area. Festus Okoye, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, stated this in a statement made in Abuja on Thursday. The Community Primary …
Atiku Abubakar, a former vice president, urged Osun voters on Thursday to be on the lookout for vote fraud by the APC, the state’s current government, during the state’s governorship election on Saturday. In Osun, Mr. Abubakar, the PDP’s governorship candidate for the July 16 election, was canvassing votes for Senator Ademola Adeleke, the party’s presidential candidate for the 2023 …
Michake Ogbar was found guilty of defiling and raping his three daughters, who were then aged 10, 20, and 24, by an Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offenses Court on Thursday. He was given a life sentence. According to Justice Abiola Soladoye, Mr. Ogbar’s charges of defilement and rape were proven beyond a reasonable doubt by the prosecution. The prosecution …
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has characterised the race for governor of Kaduna state in the 2023 election as a do-or-die contest. Alhaji Ibrahim Wosono, the state secretary, made this statement to Coalition of Southern Kaduna Young Persons participants who were honouring Isa Ashiru, the party’s flagbearer for the governorship, during Sallah. “We are prepared and determined to defend our …
During a kidnapping operation at Boto, a village in the Tafawa Balewa LGA of the State, the Bauchi State Police Command has confirmed the death of one Mua’zu Danladi, a 25-year-old man. According to reports, the village is where Ahmed Adamu Muazu, a former state governor, is from. The Command has also confirmed that three people were taken during the …
On Thursday, three men were each given a 10-month prison term for marijuana possession by a Dei-dei Grade I Area Court in Abuja. All three of the convicted inmates—Mallanta Lawal, Lawal Mohammed, and Sani Lawali—have no fixed addresses and all three entered guilty pleas while pleading with the judge to be forgiving. Lawal, Mohammed, and Lawali were sentenced based on …
Olanrewaju James, aka Baba Ijesha, a troubled Nollywood actor, was found guilty on Thursday of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old minor by an Ikeja Special Offenses Court. Since Baba Ijesha’s arrest and arraignment in June 2021, the rape trial has lasted more than a year. Baba Ijesha has been embroiled in a messy rape trial since April 22, 2022 for allegedly …
The Ikeja Special Offences Court in Lagos sentenced a businessman to 60 years in prison for a N184 million fraud. Chukwuemeka Ekwunife was sentenced by Justice Sherifat Solebo after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission found him guilty on counts one through six of the charges brought against him (EFCC). The judge sentenced him to ten years in prison for …
Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey pleaded not guilty and was told his trial would take place the following year. The actor is charged with sexually assaulting three men more than ten years ago. Spacey, 62, responded “not guilty” to each of the five charges at a hearing at London’s Central Criminal Court, also known as the Old Bailey, while standing in …
According to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), terrorists have claimed the lives of 14,500 people in West Africa over the course of the past 4.5 years. 5.5 million people have reportedly been displaced by the region’s insecurity, according to outgoing ECOWAS Commission President Jean-Claude Brou. Speaking on Wednesday in Abuja as the new management of the Commission, …
As momentum for the 2023 general election builds, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the APC’s presidential candidate, has postponed the formal introduction of Senator Kashim Shettima, a former governor of Borno State, to the party’s top leadership. Shettima was scheduled to be officially introduced at 1 o’clock today (Thursday) at the APC secretariat in Abuja, but it has been learned that …
As his greatest legacy will be ensuring that they receive a quality education, President Muhammadu Buhari has stated that he will not be leaving anything for his children to inherit. In a statement, Garba Shehu, the senior special assistant to the president for media and publicity, said that Buhari made the remarks on Wednesday while paying homage to the Sallah …
As a result of strong business ties between Nigeria and France, French President Emmanuel Macron has reappointed Abdul Samad Rabiu, Chairman of BUA Group, as President of the France-Nigeria Business Council. The news was announced at the council’s July 2022 meeting in Paris. The council, which was established a year ago, brings together Nigeria’s and France’s top businesses in order …
On Tuesday, President Joe Biden will meet with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador for talks that the White House says will highlight the underlying strength of a relationship that has recently been highlighted for the leaders’ disagreements on issues such as energy and Ukraine policy. López Obrador declined Biden’s invitation to the Summit of the Americas last month in …
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, nominated Funke Akindele to run for deputy governor, according to the All Progressives Congress, APC, Lagso State. This highlights the PDP’s lack of seriousness, according to the APC. After Funke Akindele confirmed her entry into politics, the party’s spokesman, Mr. Seye Oladejo, made this statement. By giving electoral tickets to political novices who have nothing …
In the Okangbang community, 8 miles off Nasarawa in Calabar Municipality, Cross River State, four children of the same parents were buried alive by a mudslide. The incident was confirmed by the physically challenged father of the deceased children, Ndifreke Nkanta. The remaining two children, he claimed, suffered varying degrees of injuries and have been admitted to the hospital, while …
The use of SPY vehicle number plates is forbidden, according to Inspector-General of Police Usman Baba. It doesn’t matter if it has permission or not because all permissions have been permanently revoked. The directive was announced by the force’s public relations representative on Wednesday, Muyiwa Adejobi. It happened after people with SPY plates continued to violate traffic laws, regulations, and …
A new attack on the Anter community in the Mbalagh Council Ward of the Benue State’s Makurdi Local Government Area has claimed five lives. The incident occurred on Tuesday night, the villagers told our correspondent. The victims were listed as Ave Usaar, Temanenge Kyer, Kpungu Orbakpa, Aondoakura Akume, and Terkimbir Orbakpa by the locals. The bodies of the first three …
Hon Kelvin Ugboajah, a Senatorial aspirant for Abia Central district in the recently concluded All Progressive Congress (APC) primary elections in Abia State, has been confirmed dead. After an unspecified illness, the prominent Abia politician died in the early hours of Saturday, July 11, 2022. His death was announced on Tuesday by the Late Ugboajah’s family of the Ariam Usaka …
