Nollywood star Mercy Johnson-Okojie has revealed details of a serious health scare in a now-viral video featuring veteran actress Joke Silva. The actress disclosed that she faced a cancer scare that led to her undergoing surgery to remove her thyroid. She described the period as extremely difficult, especially because her youngest child was only six…
…Asks Chairman Council To Follow The Rules. Another controversy has erupted at Nnamdi Azikiwe University (NAU) over the appointment of Professor Umeobi as Acting Vice Chancellor (Ag VC). Dr. Chukwudi Ojiako a university don from the institution has called on the Minister of Education and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to revisit the appointment, citing a…
Ebonyi State Chairman of the Association of Local Government Employees of Nigeria (ALGON), Prince Chinedu Uburu, at the weekend said that the 13 local government areas of the state need over N10 billion to pay the gratuities of local government retired workers. Uburu, who is also the Chairman of Ebonyi LGA, made the revelation during…
The legal team representing the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has formally submitted an updated list of lawyers, family members, and associates who will be attending his next court hearings scheduled for May 21st and 22nd, 2025. In a letter addressed to the Deputy Chief Registrar (Litigation) of…
According to research, the most costly states in Nigeria to reside in are Enugu, Kebbi, and Niger. This was revealed by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in its April Consumer Price Index (CPI), which was made public on Thursday. Enugu State has the highest headline inflation on an annual basis, at 35.98 percent, according…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka A single mother of four, Uloaku Confidence Amarachukwu, has cried out for justice and public support, following a brutal attack by a male customer who assaulted her with a ringed punch to the eye after she asked him to pay for the food he ate at her shop in Kenyatta…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka Swift response from the Anambra State Police Command has once again paid off, as operatives recovered a shuttle bus and cash stolen by a group of armed hoodlums who disguised themselves as passengers in the State. According to reports, the criminals — a five-man gang — pretended to be genuine…
Shock and grief have enveloped the Eche Ezema community in Ibagwa Aka, the headquarters of Igbo Eze South Local Government Area of Enugu State, following the reported murder of four siblings by a clergyman. The children, Kamsiyochukwu Ezema (7), Ezinne Ezema (6), Ujunwa Ezema (5), and Chinedu Ezema (2), were said to have been gruesomely…
The Rivers State Police Command has arrested a 43-year-old woman identified as Gift for allegedly biting off the tip of her lover’s penis during a domestic dispute in the Mile 3 area of Diobu, Port Harcourt. The incident, which occurred on Thursday, sent shockwaves through the densely populated Bishop Okoye Street when news of the…
The Governor of Anambra State, Professor Chukwuma Charles Soludo, CFR, has condemned the senseless murder of Barrister Ifeanyi Iloakasia, a lawyer and President General of Aguleri community, who was attacked alongside his client on Thursday May 17, 2025 near Agulu-Nanka boundary area of the state. In his reaction to the unfortunate incident after being fully…
