Dr. Sota Omoigui – Coauthor of the Former Nigerian National Anthem ‘ARISE’ has said the regressive reverting of our anthem to the colonial anthem as a betrayal of our independence, describing the action as a symbol of a political leadership that is clueless and crawling on its hands and knees to kiss the ring of…
A Niger Delta-based group, the Association of Niger Delta Upland Communities (ANDUC), has given the Federal Government a 14-day ultimatum to release detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. The group gave the ultimatum in a letter addressed to President Bola Tinubu on June 13 and made available to…
The Nigerian Airspace Management Authority (NAMA) has called for calm over reports that an unidentified aircraft recently hovered over Nigeria’s seat of power, the Aso Presidential Villa. Managing Director of NAMA, Mr Ahmed Farouk in a statement issued on Saturday in Lagos said: “The violation was in the interest of safety, as a result of…
Some yet-to-be-identified gunmen have attacked the Ogbaru Local Government Secretariat in Anambra State. The incident was said to have happened in the early hours of Saturday, and was attributed to the members of the Eastern Security Network (ESN), the militant arm of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPoB). While details about the incident remain sketchy,…
An English man has sued Apple after “deleted” messages he sent to sex workers were found by his wife on another device. The cheating husband, who is reportedly a middle-aged man from England, claims Apple’s lack of transparency over deleted messages led to his wife filing for divorce. He disclosed that he had turned to…
A man was horrified to discover he had been eating ice cream with a severed finger in it. Doctor Brendan Ferrao, 27, ordered an ice cream to his home in Mumbai, India, on Wednesday, June 12. He tucked into the treat soon after it arrived and it wasn’t until midway through eating it that he…
The Nigeria Police Force has alleged that the recently released names of successful candidates in the ongoing 2022/23 Police Constables Recruitment Exercise were marred with irregularities and corruption. Recall that the PSC had on June 4 announced the approval and release of a list of 10,000 successful applicants for recruitment into the constable and specialist…
The members of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) in Nnewi South Local Government Area of Anambra have commended and passed a vote of confidence on the party’s Chairman in the local government area, Hon. Azubuike Osuchukwu. The party faithfuls gave the commendation on Wednesday during the Executive Council Meeting of the party in the…
US President Joe Biden says he would not pardon his son Hunter or commute his sentence following his conviction on charges of lying about his drug addiction while buying a handgun. “No,” Biden replied when reporters at a G7 summit press conference in Italy asked if he would commute any sentence that 54-year-old Hunter faces….
Officers of the Rivers State Criminal Investigation Department, CID, have arrested and detained a traditional ruler in the state, His Royal Highness, Eze Cyprian Amadi-Worenwu, the Eze Risi Ohia-Emeri Abali of Rebisi, for allegedly threatening a retired Justice Adolphus Enebeli and his family members. Eze Amadi-Worenwu is accused of threatening retired Justice Enebeli’s life after…
