President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has conferred national honours on members of Nigeria’s women’s basketball team, D’Tigress. This is following their historic triumph at the 2025 FIBA Women’s Afrobasket Championship. Tinubu, who was represented by Vice President Kashim Shettima, announced a cash reward of $100,000 for each player on the championship-winning team. He also gave members…
In a decisive move to stem the tide of violent crime in Abia State, operatives of the Abia State Police Command have neutralized five members of a dreaded kidnapping syndicate and recovered a cache of deadly weapons during a tactical raid in Ukwa West Local Government Area. The breakthrough operation, which took place on June…
Tragedy struck on Sunday as two police officers assigned to the Majority Leader of the Ebonyi State House of Assembly, Hon. Kingsley Ikoro, were killed by unidentified gunmen in Okigwe, Imo State. According to eyewitnesses, the attack happened when the lawmaker’s convoy ran into mechanical trouble during a journey through the area. One of the…
The former Member representing Orsu State Constituency at the Imo State House of Assembly, IMHA, Hon. Ekene Nnodumele (Stainless), has reportedly been arrested by security operatives acting on the directive of the Imo State Government. Hon. Nnodumele is alleged to have links with Simon Ekpa, a self-acclaimed Biafra agitator based in Finland, and is accused…
Governor Uzodimma has declared that his government will stop at nothing to end the spate of killings, and worrisome activities of unknown, who are actually known, gunmen in the State, and eventually restore peace in the State. he disclosed this on Sunday at the Government House Chapel in Owerri, the Imo state capital where he…
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has announced that the six-month emergency rule declared in Rivers State is nearing its end, with plans already underway to restore democratic governance at the local level. Speaking during a media parley in Abuja on Monday, Wike disclosed that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu had signed a…
Nigeria’s Minister of Aviation, Festus Keyamo, says Labour Party’s Peter Obi lacks the political reach in northern Nigeria to challenge President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election. Speaking on Sunday, Keyamo argued that Tinubu and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) already have strong political structures firmly in place across the region. Keyamo also…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka It was a moment of sorrow and regrets at Nibo in Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra State over the weekend as a young man horribly died of electrocution after a high-tension wire reportedly cut and fell on him. The incident reportedly happened when the victim, who is said to…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka Nigerian social media influencer and activist, Martins Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, has arrived Anambra State for the proposed candlelight procession for Awka-based fish dealer, Mr. Ifesinachi Onyekere (popularly known as Fish Magnet), who was recently kidnapped and murdered by yet-to-be-identified gunmen in the state. Recall that the prominent fish dealer…
Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State has vowed to crush all elements behind the incessant killings and violence ravaging parts of the state, declaring that “wicked politicians” are actively working to sabotage peace efforts for their selfish gains. According to a statement signed by Oguwike Nwachuku, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Uzodimma made the…
