Silas Onu Former Ebonyi State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Silas Onu, has emerged winner of the party’s primary bye-election ahead of the Ebonyi South Senatorial zone election on Feb. 3. The election, held on Monday at the zonal party secretariat at Afikpo in Afikpo North Local Government Area, was to fill the…
Three communities that make up the Osah Ibeku in Umuahia North LGA of Abia State have banned the use of illegal drugs including Mkpurumiri, during this year’s Igba Ekpe festival in the three autonomous communities. The use or brandishing of weapons has also been banned by the traditional rulers of Osah, Ohabiri Umuchime na Amanso…
Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has deposed the Ohimege Igu, the paramount ruler of Koton Karfe, Alhaji Abdulrazaq Isah Koto, along with two other first-class chiefs. The Governor also suspended His Royal Highness, Boniface Musa, the ONU-IFE in Omala Local Government. According to Bello, his decision to sack the traditional rulers is in line…
The Supreme Court in India has ordered that eleven men freed early after being found guilty of gang raping a pregnant Muslim woman must be returned to prison. The men were serving life terms for the attack on Bilkis Bano, as well as the murder of 14 of her family members, during anti-Muslim riots in…
German legend Franz Beckenbauer, widely regarded as one of football’s greatest players, has died aged 78 He won the World Cup as captain of West Germany in 1974 and lifted the trophy again as manager in 1990. The former defender also played 582 times for Bayern Munich, again winning the German top flight as both…
Justice Olukayode Adeniyi of the Federal Capital Territory High Court Abuja has awarded the sum of 100 million naira against the Federal Government, in favour of the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, for the violation of his right to personal liberty. The Court also declared his prolonged detention without…
The authorities in Zimbabwe say all fifteen miners trapped in an underground shaft have been pulled out alive The miners were trapped after a ground collapse at the mine, on Thursday east of the capital Harare. According to a government spokesperson Nick Mangwana the rescue operation had been delayed due to unstable ground. Video footage…
Brazil has named Dorival Jr as the new national team manager. Dorival Jnr will leave his role as coach of Sao Paulo to take charge of the country’s football team following the sacking of interim manager Fernando Diniz on Friday. His departure from Sao Paulo was announced by the club on X, formerly known as…
The Police in Ecuador have launched a manhunt for a convicted gang leader who has vanished from his prison cell. Adolfo Macías Villamar, better known as “Fito”, is the leader of Los Choneros, a powerful gang which is thought to have been behind some of the deadly prison riots in recent months. He was being…
A senior commander with the Islamist Hezbollah movement has been reportedly killed in an apparent Israeli drone attack in southern Lebanon According to reports the commander was attacked while driving in the Khirbet Selm area Meanwhile the International Rescue Committee says it has pulled its medics from the only functioning hospital in central Gaza The…
