The Police said on Wednesday that divers were battling to recover the body of a 30-year-old man who allegedly drowned at Elegushi Beach, Lagos, where he had gone for prayers. The Lagos Police Command spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, told reporters in Lagos. He said that a report to the police indicated that the man,…
Two friends, Celine Ndudim and Afiba Tandoh, a Ghanaian national, who travelled from Port Harcourt, Rivers State to Abia State on April 27, 2024, have been reported missing. It was alleged that the duo had gone to see a man they met on Facebook and never returned since then. Activist, Harrison Gwamnishu, who confirmed the…
The Nigeria Customs Service, specifically the Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone B, has intercepted a truckload of donkey bones intended for export, along with dried donkey meat, valued at over three billion Naira. Disclosing this during a press briefing by the Comptroller FOU Zone B, Ahmadu Bello Shuaibu in Kaduna on Tuesday, NCS vowed to…
The Tinubu-led Federal Government has approved the prohibition of money rituals and glamourizing of vices in Ngerian films. This was disclosed by the Executive Director/CEO of National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB), Shaibu Husseini, while speaking at a National Stakeholders Engagement on Smoke-Free Nollywood held in Enugu on Wednesday, May 22. He stated that…
President Bola Tinubu has sacked Chukwuemeka Woke as the managing director (MD) of the Ogun-Osun River Basin Development Authority (OORBDA). Woke, who served as former Chief of Staff to FCT minister Nyesom Wike when he was Rivers governor, was appointed on May 9, 2024. His appointment, however, generated mixed reactions and protests as some…
Lawmakers in the lower legislative chamber on Wednesday urged the Federal Government to offer pregnant women free medical treatment in public health institutions during and after delivery. The resolution of the House followed the adoption of a motion brought on the floor of the Green Chamber on Wednesday during plenary by the member representing Zaki…
Governor Siminalayi Fubara, of Rivers state has alleged that some of the commissioners who angrily resigned from his cabinet last week left no record of their activities. He said upon the exit of the commissioners, some documents were sought but could not be found in their ministries. Fubara made the allegation on Tuesday while swearing…
Members of the Nigerian Bar Association in Anambra State have started a week-long boycott of all courts in the state over the killing of the vice chairman of NBA Ihiala Branch and Principal State Counsel, Peter Awa. Awa was gruesomely murdered by unidentified gunmen at Eke Umudioka, Okija, on Sunday. Last week, members of the…
More progress has continued to trail the technology-driven operation of the Anambra State Police Command under the new Commissioner of Police, CP Nnaghe Obono Itam, as the gallant officers recorded another feat, foiling a kidnap attempt in the state and rescuing the victim. The Police Public Relations Officer of the Command, SP Ikenga Tochukwu confirmed…
A former spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan, has accused the All Progressives Congress, APC, of “sweating” over the recent meeting of its 2023 presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar and his Labour Party, LP, counterpart, Peter Obi. Ologbondiyan said rather than raise issues of governance, the APC is busy politicking over Atiku and…
