Nigerian media personality, Daddy Freeze, has said that a younger president like Peter Obi or Omoyele Sowore would have done better than the current government of Bola Tinubu. Ekweanaedo News reports that Daddy Freeze, while addressing his followers via an Instagram post titled “Nigeria is in trouble”, revealed he supported the Africa Action Congress (AAC)…
The World Food Programme has paused food deliveries to northern Gaza, saying aid convoys had endured “complete chaos and violence due to the collapse of civil order”. The agency says the decision has not been taken lightly and crews had faced crowds, gunfire and looting. The UN has been warning of looming famine in the…
The Nigerian association of road transport owners (narto) has suspended its planned nationwide strike. This followed Monday’s meeting with the federal government and stakeholders after tanker drivers suspended operations and stopped lifting of petroleum products amid harsh economic realities. Narto members had threatened shutdown all over the country beginning Monday over the high cost of…
Gunmen have kidnapped the corpse of a man identified as Ugwuanyi Israel while the body was being transported from Lagos to Enugu State for burial. It was gathered that Israel, who hailed from Ameze Owerre, Umabor community in Nsukka local government area of Enugu State, died in Lagos, and his remains were being moved to…
The residents of Obiofia Otolo Nnewi Community in Anambra State, are urgently calling on the government to address the severe gully erosion that has left many people homeless. The National President of Obiofia Otolo Nnewi family union, Comrade Chibunna Okeke, spoke out about the devastating effects of the gully erosion that has plagued the community….
The Federal Government has described the rising cost of cement in Nigeria as unacceptable and threatened to open the borders in order to force down the price of the product. The Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Ahmed Dangiwa, who issued the warning on Tuesday, said key components of cement manufacturing were locally sourced and…
The Confederation of African Football CAF has reached an agreement in principle with Morocco for the 2025 Cup of Nations to be played in July and August next year in Morocco, Earlier this month CAF president Patrice Motsepe refused to confirm the dates of the next Africa Cup of Nations, with organisers left with little…
A Constitution Amendment Bill to introduce state police has scaled second reading in the House of Representatives. The bill, which was sponsored by 13 members of the House, enjoyed support from majority of the lawmakers in the green chamber who believed that concerns of political victimisation by state governors, should take the backseat to the…
A joint team of security forces has busted an insurgents’ camp in Achalla, headquarters of Awka North Local Government Area in Anambra State. The team, according to a press release by the Anambra State Police Command’s spokesperson, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, recovered arms and ammunition, including vehicles seized from kidnap victims. “The hoodlums had disrupted trading…
An Anambra female lawyer, Adachukwu Chikelu-Okafor, who was on the run for brutalizing her 11-year-old househelp, has finally surrendered herself over to the police in the state. Chikelu-Okafor, who allegedly inserted a hot knife into the private part of the house girl, ran away after the incident. Recalls that she was declared wanted by the…
