Combined troops of the 82 Division Nigerian, Navy and Air Force in conjunction with the Police and Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps stormed and destroyed several camps of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed affiliate Eastern Security Network (ESN) along Umulolo – Umukele – Amousu and Agbobu in Okigwe Local Local…
Rivers State House of Assembly has voted to override Governor Sim Fubara’s decision to withhold his accent on four laws passed by the lawmakers. The laws include Rivers State Funds Management and Financial Autonomy Law 2023, Rivers State Local Government Amendment Law 2023, Rivers State Advertisement and Use of State-Owned Property Prohibition Repeal Law 2024,…
With the pursuit to achieve zero maternal mortality in the state, the Anambra State Government has started training on the use of Anti-shock garments in cases of postpartum haemorrhage in women. The training was organized by the state Ministry of Health in Awka, on Thursday. Postpartum Hemorrhage otherwise known as bleeding after delivery has been…
Son of the late legendary Afro Beat musician Fela Anikulapo Kuti, Seun Kuti, has revealed that the late music legend used to send his personal assistant to London to buy ice cream and his favorite sweet for him. He disclosed this while educating his fans in an Instagram video message that being a pan-Africanist doesn’t…
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has sworn in nine re-nominated commissioners in the state. The swearing-in was conducted at the State Executive Council Chambers of the Government House in Port Harcourt on Friday. The commissioners said to be loyal to the former governor, Nyesom Wike, earlier resigned their appointment in the heat of the political…
A tanker carrying 45,000-litre of petrol with registration number PTG 534 XA, bursted into flames on Thursday while transferring petrol into the reservoir of Fortunate Petrol Filling Station in Ilorin, Kwara State capital. The fire incident occurred at about 19:44 hours, at the filling station located opposite Government Secondary School, Maraba, on Old Jebba Road,…
The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, has confirmed the death of a male passenger in an accident involving three vehicles at Uzoakwa along Ihiala-Owerri Road, Anambra State. The FRSC Sector Commander in the state, Mr Adeoye Irelewuyi, revealed this to journalists in Awka on Thursday. Irelewuyi, who said the accident was caused by wrongful overtaking…
An Ikeja sexual offences and domestic violence court sitting on Friday sentenced Bishop Feyi Daniels to life imprisonment for raping his church member. Bishop Daniels, the founder of I Reign Christian Ministry, was also handed three years imprisonment for the offense of sexual assault. Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA) in a statement…
Alabama has executed convicted murderer Kenneth Eugene Smith with nitrogen gas, the first time the method of capital punishment has been used globally. Smith, 58, lost two final appeals to the Supreme Court and one to a federal appeals court, arguing the execution was a cruel and unusual punishment. In 2022, Alabama tried and failed…
The Supreme Court has upheld the five years sentence of former House of Representatives member, Farouk Lawan, for receiving a bribe of $500,000 from businessman Femi Otedola. His appeal sought to set aside the February 24, 2022 judgment of the Court of Appeal in Abuja, which sentenced him to a five-year jail term and discharged…
