The Deputy Vice Chancellor of the Abia State University, Uturu, Professor Godwin Emezue, was on Friday abducted by hoodlums in Umuekwu Amachara, Umuahia South Local Government Area of the state. Disclosing this in a statement, the Public Relations Officer of the Abia State Police Command, ASP Maureen Chinaka, said the DVC was in company of…
The Abia State Government has advised the public not to make use of the Aro Ajatakiri stream in Ajata na Igu community in the Ikwuano Local Government Area of the State henceforth, saying the water in the stream has been contaminated and unfit for human consumption. The Commissioner for Environment, Philemon Ogbonna, gave the advice…
Enugu State Government has observed that scavengers with evil motives are infiltrating the state, breaking into people’s homes and stealing their valuables. The determined government has had reinforced their commitments to protect the lives of the citizens and safeguard their properties against intruders. Citing section 20 of Enugu State Environmental Law, the commissioner for environment,…
The Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ebonyi State, Stanley Okoro Emegha, on Friday, said there will be no second tenure for the council chairmen of the thirteen LGAs in the state. Emegha warned council chairmen not to think of second terms in office but be preoccupied with how to ensure the…
The UN, EU and anti-death penalty activists have condemned the first execution of a prisoner using nitrogen gas. Kenneth Eugene Smith was put to death on Thursday night at a state prison in Atmore, Alabama. Smith was convicted in 1989 of murdering a preacher’s wife, Elizabeth Sennett, in a killing-for-hire. The UN High Commissioner for…
Aryna Sabalenka blew China’s Zheng Qinwen away on Saturday to successfully defend her Australian Open title — the first woman to do so in more than a decade. The Belarusian world number two proved too powerful for the 12th seed with a 6-3, 6-2 drubbing in 76 minutes to claim her second Grand Slam crown…
A Karu Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, has remanded two men, Kabiru Shehu and Ali Rabiu, for allegedly impersonating military men. Shehu, 37 and Rabiu, 24, were arraigned on a two-count charge of conspiracy and impersonation, but both pleaded not guilty. The prosecutor, Mr Olarewaju Osho, told the court that the defendants were arrested on…
Special Counsel to Nnamdi Kanu, Aloy Ejimakor has urged President Bola Tinubu to wash his hands off the case of the agitator by setting him free. Ejimakor was reacting to revelations that former President Muhammadu Buhari prevented his government from assassinating Kanu. Buhari’s former Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, said the immediate…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, has called the attention of the public on the sale of fake Arla Dano 14g full cream Milk Powder across Nigeria. The notification is contained in a statement released on Wednesday, January 24, by NAFDAC on its X handle. NAFDAC said Investigations revealed that the…
Federal High Court in Lagos has sentenced a 55-year-old woman, Patricia Igbinovia, to 7 years in prison for trafficking young girls abroad for prostitution. She was also fined the sum of N1 million for her heinous act, in addition to serving the sentence. The convict, who was charged with six counts; bordering on trafficking young…
