There are strong indications that the lawmaker representing Delta North and Chairman of the Senate Committee on Reparations and Repatriation, Senator Ned Nwoko, is set to leave the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC). While the Senator has yet to make an official announcement, his brief response to inquiries on the…
British number one Tennis player Jack Draper withdrew from his match against Spanish third seed Carlos Alcaraz at the Australian Open because of injury as Alcaraz moved into the Australian Open quarter-finals. Draper, seeded 15th, retired when he was trailing 7-5 6-1 against four-time major champion Alcaraz on a hot day in Melbourne.The 23-year-old left-hander…
Following their match against Getafe which ended 1-1, Barcelona full-back Alejandro Balde has reported receiving racist abuse from fans. The defender said he informed the referee during the game, which led to a public announcement to supporters in the stadium. Flick’s side had won four games in a row in the Copa del Rey and…
The Lagos State Government has shut down a school where a two-year-old died following a swimming pool incident. Rapheala Ogbodo’s mother had gone on social media to demand answers over her baby’s death who was said to have drowned in the school’s swimming pool.“Smiley School International, Sangotedo, Lagos Island. Please, bring her back. We cannot…
The governor of Anambra State Chukwuma Soludo has called on criminals in the state to surrender or face the consequences of their atrocities. Governor Soludo said this on Saturday during the launch of “Operation Udo Ga-Achi” and the signing of the Anambra Homeland Security Law 2025 in Awka, the state capital. Onitsha which is the commercial…
Seventy-seven lives were lost in a deadly tanker explosion at Dikko Junction in Gurara Local Government Area of Niger State. The tragic event, which occurred on Saturday, has plunged the community into mourning and raised concerns about safety measures in the area.The Director General of the Niger State Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA), Abdullahi Baba-Arah, confirmed…
Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) Chairman/Kwara State Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq on Saturday visited the scene of the petrol tanker explosion in Niger State, describing the incident as devastating and sad. In a statement on the incident, the NGF Chairman expressed shock at the quantum of the casualties and the magnitude of the burns suffered by the…
In an action that has been popularly described as strange by, an Oyinbo woman leaves Nigerians stunned as she relocates from England to Nigeria while stating unbelievable reasons for making the decision. In a video that has gone viral on social media, the Oyinbo woman who is also a TikTok user with the name @oyinbo.Olonje,…
It was a historic day in Anambra State on Saturday, January 18, 2025, Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo launched a groundbreaking security initiative codenamed “Operation Udo Ga-Achi” (Operation Peace Shall Prevail), as part of his administration’s significant move to combat crime, and restore a lasting peace and security in the state. The event, which held at…
An officer of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) has been gunned down in Anambra State by yet-to-be-identified internet fraudster (popularly known as Yahoo Boys). The incident, it was gathered, happened on Friday at Ifite Awka, the state capital, where, sources also revealed, the Boys also critically injured another officer of the anti-graft agency,…
