Members of an unidentified Muslim group recently stormed a worship centre that plays host to both Christian and Islamic services in the Alalubosa area of Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. The group members who said they were acting on the instruction of the Emir Ilorin, Dr. Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, revealed that the worship centre was originally…
The Lagos State Police Command has released popular street singer Habeeb Okikiola, best known as Portable, after the artiste passed a night in police cell. Portable was arrested on Tuesday in the Abule Egba area of Lagos for allegedly refusing to pay the balance of a G-Wagon vehicle he purchased from a car dealer. He…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has threatened to embark on strike in two weeks if the President Bola Tinubu administration fails to pay public university lecturers their withheld salaries. ASUU President Emmanuel Osodeke said it is unfair for the Federal Government to pay lecturers four months of their 2022 withheld salaries and hold…
Professor Chukwuma Soludo, Governor of Anambra State, has expressed his satisfaction over the reclaiming and recovery of the River Niger Beach Site by The Chairman of Onitsha South Local Government Area, Hon Emeka Joseph Orji. Soludo also noted that the actions taken by Hon Emeka Orji are in tandem with the state government policy of…
The Senate, Today, Read For The First Time a Bill Sponsored By Senator Dr Tony Nwoye for establishment of Federal University of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Onitsha Anambra State, Establishment Bill 2024. The Bill seeks to establish a university charged with the responsibility to, among other things, offer full-time training leading to the award of…
The Anambra State, Deputy Governor, Dr. OnyekaChukwu Ibezim who doubled as the Chairman of the State Boundary alongside with Hon. Ekenechukwu Okoye, and Hon. C.C Chukwudi recently held meeting between the representatives of each community at government house, Awka. Speaking during the meeting, Dr. Ibezim described boundary disputes as man made which could be resolved….
The Anambra State Government, during the week sealed some water producing companies in the State over their illegalities and unhealthiness. According to information credited to Clara Madubuike of the State Ministry of Environment, the exercise and clampdown were carried out by the Ministry’s Health and Pollution Control Enforcement Team, who were led in the operation…
Some unknown gunmen have kidnapped an Anambra-based priest of the Catholic community, Rev. Fr. Basil Chukwuemeka Gbuzuo. Rev. Fr. Gbuzuo, a catholic priest of the Onitsha Archdiocese and the Spiritual Director of Mountain of Solution Catholic Adoration Ministry (MOSCAM) was reportedly kidnapped on Wednesday, May 15 2024. This is coming barely one month after he…
President Bola Tinubu says his government is committed to enhancing the welfare of senior citizens and older persons in Nigeria. President Tinubu was speaking at a two-day conference held in Abuja to the unveil the geriatric care sector in Nigeria. The conference powered by the National Senior Citizens Centre, NSCC, is aimed at setting up…
The Anambra State First Lady, Mrs Nonye Soludo, has flagged off the 2024 Immunization Week in the State. The governor’s wife who flagged off the exercise in Awka, stated that the immunization, offers another opportunity for a collective approach for prevention and control of so many child killer diseases. The scheduled routine immunization, which provides…
