The world’s largest subsea cable, 45,000 kilometre (km) long undersea cable will berth in Lagos any time this month, it was gathered at the weekend. The new deep-sea cable is expected to land in Lagos and Kwa Ibo, a river town in Nigeria’s southeast, according to sources. The 45,000 km-long 2Africa cable Initiated by Meta…
Trouble brews in Oraifite Community as allegations surface against Barrister Ifeanyi Ejiofor, the lawyer representing the detained leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. The community in Ekwusigo Local Government Area of Anambra State accuses Ejiofor of aiding gunmen activities in the state and the wider South East region. The accusations…
The Anambra State Police Command has declared one of its officers, Inspector Audu Omadefu wanted over suspected murder. DSP Ikenga Tochukwu, Police Public Relation Officer, disclosed this in a press statement made available to EkweAnaedo on Tuesday, February 6. According to him, the police officer, with the AP No. 362178, has turned to a fugitive…
The members of the former chairmen and women leaders forum of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), recently paid a solidarity visit to the MD/CEO, Awka Capital Territory Development Authority (ACTDA). The group members garnered support from 9 wards of Awka Constituency and disclosed that Soludo’s developmental giant stride within the short period in his…
Engr Julius Chukwuemeka, The State’s Commissioner for Power and Water Resources, has announced that Anambra state Governor, Chukwuma Soludo’s achievements in the power sector broke records at the Nigeria Governors Forum in Abuja. He revealed this while speaking at the tripartite meeting of Power Commissioners Forum, Nigerian Governors’ Forum and the Federal Ministry of Power,…
The Abducted wife of the slain Olukoro of Koro-Ekiti in Kwara State, General Segun Aremu-Cole (retd), and two others have been freed by their abductors. The victims, who were kidnapped by the assailants on February 1, were released on Monday. The Asiwaju of Koro, Chief Samuel Ayobola confirmed the release to the National Pilot. “The…
A Nigerian Yoruba actor, Olaiya Igwe, has tender a public apology to Nigerians for going naked to pray for president Bola Tinubu during the 2023 general elections. This is coming amid the current hardship faced by Nigerians following the economic policies of President Tinubu. Olaiya has been receiving backlash since he went unclad at the…
Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, says the federal government has taken cognisance of the rising cost of food and other commodities in Nigeria. Speaking yesterday in Abuja during a bilateral meeting with a visiting German delegation led by the country’s Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Ms Svenja…
Nigerian singer, Divine Ikubor, aka Rema, has made history as the first African artist to win a Chinese music award. The singer achieved the feat after his song ‘Calm Down’ remix with American superstar Selena Gomez won the Best Collaboration of the Year at the 2024 Hito Music Award in the Republic of China. The…
Veteran Nigerian singer Charly Boy has recounted how he intervened in Eedris Abdulkareem’s saga with American rapper, 50 Cent in 2004. Speaking in the latest episode of The Honest Bunch Podcast, Charly Boy said he was styling his hair when he received a call from Abdulkareem that he was being manhandled by 50 Cent’s bouncers….
