The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, has dismissed allegations that the Nigerian military was involved in forcefully aborting pregnancies among women impregnated by Boko Haram insurgents in Northern Nigeria. A Reuters report from February 2022 had alleged that the military conducted a secret abortion program as part of its counter-insurgency efforts in the…
Veteran actress, Oluwabukola Ajoke, aka Bukky Wright has opened up about her time away from Nigeria and how she changed careers during her stay in the United States of America. Speaking in an interview with Saturday Beats, she said, “I will be practising it (tech) simultaneously with entertainment. The fact that I had to deviate totally…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The gallant officers of the newly-launched security outfit in Anambra State, Agụnechemba (popularly known as Operation Udo Ga-Achi), over the weekend, uncovered over 30 graves in a popular hotel in the state. The hotel, Golden Points Hotels and Suites, located in Oba, Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State, is…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka Barely one week after the burial of Rev. Fr. Tobias Okonkwo, a cleric with the Catholic Diocese of Nnewi, who was gunned down by some unidentified hoodlums in Anambra State, a bereaved family of another victim of insecurity has announced the burial arrangements of their daughter, who was also killed by…
Back-to-back champion Aryna Sabalenka is looking to defend her Australian Open women’s singles crown tonight against powerful American Madison Keys. This is the sixth time Aryna Sabalenka and Madison Keys will be meeting each otherSabalenka won four of the previous five matches between the pair. Their first meeting was at the Cincinnati Open in 2018,…
Manchester City captain Kyle Walker has completed a move to Italian club AC Milan on loan for the remainder of the season. The England defender completed a medical with the seven-time European Cup winners on Thursday. Milan’s deal for Walker includes an option to buy the 34-year-old when his loan deal expires at the end…
The Court of Appeal Abuja has slammed a N1 million fine on David Atita, a counsel to Liberation Movement, one of the political parties deregistered by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in 2020, for what it termed a waste of judicial time of the court. Liberation Movement had appealed against the July 24, 2020,…
The Association of Resident Doctors in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, has called off its warning strike after the intervention of the FCT Minister, Nyesome Wike. The President of the Association, Dr. George Ebong, in a statement on Friday, said the FCTA under Wike has met their demands. On Wednesday, the doctors grounded all FCTA-owned…
The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, on Friday disclosed that notorious terrorist kingpin, Bello Turji, has declared that he is ready to surrender. With his second in command and other lieutenants recently taken out by the military, the Chief of Defence Staff said that Turji has been forced to discard most of those…
The Edo State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal says it is relocating from Benin City, the state capital to the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. A notice dated January 24, 2025, and signed by the Tribunal Secretary, Mu’azu Bagudu, informed parties to the case of the relocation.The notice read in part, “I am directed to notify all…
