Onitsha – The community was plunged into mourning on Sunday as the remains of ABK Offiah, an aide to Anambra Commissioner for Youths Development, Patrick Aghamba, were brought back to Onitsha. Offiah, a lawyer and youth leader, was killed by gunmen while traveling with Aghamba and his wife to Abuja. The commissioner and his wife…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the Nigeria Police of illegally arresting its members ahead of the September 21, 2024 governorship election in Edo State. At a press conference on Sunday, Matthew Iduoriyekemwen, Director-General of the Asue/Ogie Campaign Management Council, alleged that several PDP members have been arrested, while others are on the wanted…
The National chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Abdullahi Ganduje, has distanced himself from a poster circulating on social media that claims he will contest for the presidency in the 2027 election with Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State as his running mate. The poster bearing pictures of Ganduje adorned in blue Babariga as the…
Pastor Abel Damina, founder of Power City International Ministry, has sparked controversy by challenging the widely-held belief that “What God cannot do does not exist.” This phrase, popularized by Pastor Jerry Eze of Streams of Joy International Ministry, was dismissed by Damina as untrue. In a recent interview on the Honest Bunch Podcast with Nedu,…
Abductors of students of the College of Health Sciences at the University of Jos in Plateau State have established contact with the families of the kidnapped students. The kidnapped have demanded a ransom of ₦50 million to secure the release of their hostages. The Students’ Union Government (SUG) at the varsity, in a statement by…
A former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, says the socioeconomic and political situations in the country have remained stagnant because of leadership deficit, concluding that the only way out is for “self-centred” leaders to give way. He spoke in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, on Saturday as Special Guest of Honour at the Leadership Empowerment…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the leadership of the National Assembly to disclose the exact amount of monthly running costs allocated to its members, amid allegations of financial impropriety. In a statement, SERAP expressed concerns over the alleged practice of lawmakers fixing their own salaries, allowances, and running costs, describing it…
Information reaching EKWEANAEDO has it that the recently kidnapped Anambra State’s Commissioner for Youth Development, Hon. Patrick Agha Mba, and his wife have regained their freedom from the hands of the abductors. A top government official, who pleaded anonymity, confirmed this in an interview on Saturday night, adding that “the Commissioner and his wife are…
Former Manchester United defender Phil Jones has announced his retirement from football and says he hopes to pursue a career in management Jones has not played since leaving United at the end of the 2022-23 season, with his last appearance coming 12 months earlier in a 3-0 win over Brentford. Jones, who won 27 England…
Another police officer has been feared dead, as gunmen reportedly attacked a police checkpoint in Nnobi, Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State. This is coming barely one week after some yet-to-be-identified gunmen similarly attacked a police checkpoint in Nnewi, Nnewi North Local Government Area of the State, and during which one police officer…
