The Anambra state Command of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has rescued a 13- year old boy, Goodluck Onwe. The Public Relations Officer of the Command, Okadigbo Edwin, in a statement, said the victim was rescued while wandering the streets of Abakaliki and has since been reunited with his family in Anambra State….
Abia State First Lady, Mrs Priscilla Otti has expressed sadness with the discovery of a baby factory in the State by the Police. She stated this on Friday while reacting to the rescue of 16 pregnant women and eight children by the Rapid Response Unit of the Abia State Police Command. Two suspects linked with…
The Women of Orji Autonomous Community in Owerri North Local Government Area of Imo state on Thursday protested over the alleged illegal arrest, and detention of their Woman Leader, Mrs. Prisca Mbaoma, her husband Mr. Joseph, and their children on trumped-up charges by the traditional ruler of the community, Eze Innocent Opara . The women…
A former community youth leader identified as Jeff Nmawoke was this evening shot dead, with four other victims, in a beer parlour in Egbema, Imo state. The tragic incident which occurred in Abacheke, a community in Egbema, Imo state, had four others massacred by yet-to-be-identified gunmen. A video of the incident circulated on Whatsapp shows…
A report from the Anambra Truth, Justice and BPeace Commission (ATJPC) has stated that killings in Anambra state and the Southeast geopolitical zone in general will deny women the opportunity to have spouses. The Commission stated this via an Executive Summary made available to newsmen in Awka, on Friday. The report noted that women are on the receiving end…
Imo state born, Eze Ndigbo Ghana, HRM Eze Dr Chukwudi Ihenetu, has appealed to religious leaders in Nigeria to invest in human and capital development of members by teaching them how to earn a leaving through farming and establishment of industries. This according to him is a consequence of the untold hardship currently experienced in…
Some residents of Enugu State have continued to drink cassava flakes, popularly called garri, in spite of cautions against it due to the resurgence of Lassa fever in some parts of the country. Some residents on Thursday said that they had not seen a Lassa Fever patient but only heard about it through the…
The Chairman of Abia State Judicial Panel on recovery of government properties and funds, Justice Florence Duruoha-Igwe (Rtd) has said the bench warrant the Panel issued on an Auctioneer, Chikwendu Ahiwe, who allegedly carted away a 125KVA generator set belonging to General Hospital Isuikwuato LGA, is still in force.Justice Duruoha-Igwe, who said this after…
Opinions concerning steady power supply in Aba, in the aftermath of the newly commissioned Geometric Power Plant to guarantee steady power supply have been nothing but mixed and polarized. Residents say they were still living in darkness despite the assurances that the plant would solve their electricity problems once it was inaugurated. It would be recalled…
The South-East chapters of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) proposed N540, 000 and N447, 000 respectively, as new minimum wage for Nigerian workers. The chairperson of NLC in Lagos State, Funmi Sessi, also made the demand of N794,000 for workers at the ongoing public hearing of the Tripartite Committee on National…
