An Enugu State High Court, sitting in Enugu, has sentenced one Chiamaka Ifezue to death by hanging for killing an Enugu-based make-up artist, Ijeoma Nweke. The court, presided over by Justice Kenneth Okpe, on Wednesday, found the accused, Chiamaka Ifezue, guilty of killing the victim by forcing her to drink a poisonous substance. The corpse…
Police Command in Ogun says a 400-level female student of Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU) in Ago-Iwoye, Adaeze Jaja, has allegedly committed suicide in a hotel. The command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Omolola Odutola, confirmed the incident to newsmen on Tuesday in Abeokuta. She said the 31-year-old was reported to have been found lying unconscious…
…. Says Arrested Robber Not Its Member The Neo Back Movement Of Africa has denied links with a group, ‘Black Axe Confraternity,’ decrying “libelous, malicious, and satanic” reports on social and conventional media. NBM of Africa also denied one Mr. Abdul-Azeez Ibrahim who was arrested by the Ogun State Police Command in Ijebu-Ode for allegedly…
The Management of Micheal Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, says students of the institution were duly informed before the increment in school fees, which sparked off protest among students of the institution on Monday and continued on Tuesday. Tension heightened on Tuesday at Micheal Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, following the disagreement between students and…
Abia State Governor Alex Otti will on tomorrow, Wednesday flag-off the reconstruction of the deplorable Umuahia-Uzuakoli-Ohafia road, the Commissioner for Information and Culture, Prince Okey Kanu told journalists at the Government House, Umuahia after the weekly Executive Council meeting presided over by the governor Kanu while noting that the road has been abandoned for a…
Six people were killed and 31 injured when a rain-induced landslide hit a gold-mining village in a mountainous province of the southern Philippines, on Wednesday. The landslide Tuesday night struck Masara in Davao de Oro province on Mindanao island, provincial disaster official Edward Macapili told AFP, destroying houses and engulfing two buses used to transport…
The Abia State Commissioner for Lands and Housing, Chaka Chukwumerije has embarked on public enlightenment and sensitization outreach to communities that will be affected in the planned road expansion of Owerrinta to Umuikaa by the Governor Alex Otti’s Administration. Recall that the State Government had recently announced that it would soon embark on the expansion…
At least 22 people were killed Wednesday in two separate bomb blasts outside poll candidate offices in southwestern Pakistan, officials said, on the eve of an election marred by violence and allegations of poll-rigging. The first attack occurred near the office of an independent candidate in Pishin district, around 50 kilometres (30 miles) from the…
The Chief Executive Officer of Chrome Group and Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC), Sir Emeka Offor on Tuesday, February 6, 2024, paid a courtesy visit to the governor of Abia State, His Excellency Dr Alex Otti at the state’s Government House, Umuahia. Speaking at the event, Sir Emeka Offor commended Dr Otti for his historic…
The Federal Government has reiterated its commitment to tackling insecurity across the country with renewed vigour in the various counter-insurgency operations. Vice President, Kashim Shettima said this during the induction of T129 Atak combat helicopter and Beechcraft king Air 360ER, at the Air Base in Makurdi, the Benue State capital along with a cargo plane…
