Bandits who abducted 287 school children at Kuriga in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State have demanded a N1billion ransom to set their captives free with a threat to kill the victims if the ransom was not paid in 20 days. The demand for ransom came barely 24 hours after President Bola Tinubu warned…
There is a new twist in the budget padding allegation where a Senator, Abdul Ningi alleged that the 2024 budget passed by the National Assembly was padded Senator Ningi has since been suspended for three months by the senate or his role in the incident However two days after his suspension Ningi, while speaking on…
The Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Lekan Balogun has died The late Oba Lekan Balogun who is the 42nd Olubadan joined his ancestors on Thursday evening at the age of 82 Born in 1942, Oba Balogun, who was a Fourth Republic Senator, represented Oyo Central senatorial district between 1999 and 2003. He ascended the throne on…
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said Wednesday that the return of Michael Edwards to the club as Fenway Sports Group’s chief executive of football will have no bearing on his decision to leave at the end of the season. The German has spoken to Edwards, with whom he had a successful relationship as the club’s sporting…
The Anglican Archbishop of Owerri Ecclesiastical Province, Most Rev. David Onuoha says protests and violent actions are not the solutions to the country’s problems. Archbishop Onuoha said this on Thursday while flagging off the 43rd Provincial Council Meeting at the Cathedral Church of St. Matthew, Atta, Ikeduru local council area of Imo State. “That there…
The Senate and the House of Representatives are set to relocate to their main chambers next month after holding plenaries in makeshift halls for two years. Ekweanaedo News reports that the project engineer Visible Construction Company, Tajudeen Olanipekun, made this known in a conversation with journalists in Abuja on Thursday. Olanipekun said that the finishing…
Amichi, a semi-urban town in Nnewi South Local Government Area of Anambra State, was greeted with deafening sounds of gunshots in the early hours of Thursday, March 14, following the invasion of the Anambra Vigilante Group (AVG) office in the community by unidentified hoodlums. According to videos from the scene of the incident currently trending…
Awka, the capital city of Anambra State, was agog over the week, as the leadership of all the 179 communities in the State, under the umbrella of the Anambra State Association of Town Union (ASATU) converged to pass a vote of confidence on Governor Chukwuma Soludo. The passing of the vote of confidence was preceded…
EzeokenwaThe National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Barrister Sly Ezeokenwa, has affirmed that APGA has the mandate of the people of Anambra state for the next 100 years and will be taking over many states in the southern and northern parts of the country with unmatched performance in Anambra, as manifested by…
Professor Chukwuma Soludo, Anambra State Government, has officially commissioned for public use, the 26 Kilometer Amansea-Ebenebe-Ugbenu- Ugbene-Awba Ofemili road in Awka North Local Government Area. Addressing the people, Governor Soludo recalled with nostalgia the historical significance of the long stretch road as one of the food baskets of the state, saying it would stimulate the…
