The immediate-past Anambra State Commissioner of Police (retd.), CP Aderemi Adeoye has cleared the air over what he described as glaring falsehoods peddled against him by a columnist, Olusegun Adeniyi, in his piece, captioned “The Billionaire Police Commissioner”, in which the author opinionated certain things about the retired police chief and an investment club founded…
Manchester City striker Erling Haaland has been shortlisted for the Premier League player of the season for a second consecutive year. The 23-year-old Norway international has been nominated for the award alongside City team-mate Phil Foden. Arsenal midfielders Martin Odegaard and Declan Rice, Chelsea forward Cole Palmer, Newcastle striker Alexander Isak, Aston Villa forward Ollie…
Renowned political economist, Professor Pat Utomi, has named the groups that will form the mega political party to wrest power from the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in 2027. Utomi told newsmen, on Thursday, that the redemption of the country could not be achieved by the ruling APC, or any of the opposition parties. While…
A Nigerian man, identified as Young C, who picked up the challenge of spending 24 hours buried alive in a coffin, says in a viral video that he is still alive. The skitmaker commenced the challenge on Wednesday and spent the whole day entombed in a wooden coffin equipped with a pillow, a hand fan,…
A former Aviation Minister, Hadi Abubakar Sirika, on Thursday at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), denied the alleged corrupt practices of about N4.135 billion brought against him by the federal government. Sirika was arraigned before Justice Sylvanus Oriji along with his daughter, Fatima, his son-in-law, Jalal Sule Hamma, and a firm…
The House of Representatives has directed the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN to halt the implementation of the cybercrime levy in compliance with the provisions of the cybercrime Act. This followed the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance moved by Minority Leader Kingsley Chinda, PDP Rivers. Chinda said section 44 (2a) of the…
As part of the strides in the fight against fraud and other criminalities in the State, no fewer that 41 internet fraudsters have been convicted and sentenced to one-year imprisonment each in Anambra in less than one week. This is coming after the suspects pleaded guilty to one-count separate charges bordering on obtaining by false…
In the true progressive spirit of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA and Onyeaghananwanneya mantra, the Transition Committee Chairman of Nnewi North Local Government Area, Engr Chris Obiorah, has provided support to widows and the vulnerable in Umudimnkwa village, Umudim, Nnewi to cushion the harsh effects of the current economic situation in Nigeria. The over…
Mr. Wilfred Ikechukwu Ezike, an indigene of Anambra State, who was recently brutalized by the officers of the Special Anti-Touting Squad Anambra (SASA), has slammed a five hundred million naira lawsuit against the agency in his pursuit of justice and redress for the actions meted out to him both during and after the incident. This…
The National Coordinator of the South-South Leadership Forum, Sara-Igbe has said that the 27 Rivers State lawmakers are impostors in the eyes of the law. The crisis in Rivers politics intensified on Wednesday following the election of a new Speaker by two members of the House of Assembly loyal to Governor Siminalayi Fubara. This follows…
