A magistrate Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers state has granted bail to the chairman of Rivers state Chapter of the National Youth Council of Nigeria Chijioke Ihunwo and 120 other on five count charge preferred against them Ihunwo, who was arraigned alongside 120 others, were all present at the Rivers Magistrate Court 22 on Wednesday…
Africa’s Football governing body Confederation of African Football CAF, has released the list of nominees for the men’s categories for the best African player Awards 2023, scheduled to hold next month in Marrakech, Morocco. Thirty players made the cut for the top prize; CAF African Player of the Year, whilst 20 players have been nominated…
The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has accused Imo State Police Command of brutalising its President, Joe Ajaero which has left him hospitalised. Ekwe Anaedo had reported that Ajaero was picked up from the NLC State Council Secretariat by heavily armed policemen in Owerri and taken to an unknown destination. In a statement on Wednesday, the…
The Imo State Police Command, on Wednesday, said the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, is in protective custody According to reports earlier on Wednesday Ajaero was picked up from the NLC State Council Secretariat in Owerri, the state capital, by heavily armed policemen and taken to an unknown destination. Following his…
Grammy-winning singer, Temilade Openiyi aka Tems, has narrated how she spent two nights in a Ugandan prison. Recall that Tems and Omah Lay were arrested and charged to court and subsequently detained in prison in Uganda for making an appearance at a concert held in the country at Speke Resort, Kampala, on Saturday, December 12,…
It has been revealed that claims made by Kano state deputy governor that he sponsored 52 patients to undergo eye surgery in Kano are false According to Aminu Abdulssalam Gwarzo he successfully sponsored 52 patients to undergo free eye surgery at Makkah Specialist Eye Clinic in Kano State. The tweet made on X formerly known…
At about 1:30 pm today, students of Tansian University, Umunya, took to the streets to protest the poor condition of their hostels and other infrastructures within the institution. The agitated students spoke to Ekwe Anaedo in separate interviews, they contested the condition of infrastructures in the institution and stated that they have become so dilapidated…
As the country wrestles with increasing expansion and a rising neediness rate, the sum of 4 billion naira has been budgeted for the renovation of the presidential quarters of the president in Dodan barracks, Lagos. The supplementary budget, as proposed, includes significant allocations for various items, such as the renovation of the President’s official residence…
Mo Zhotian Construction Company, a Chinese engineering firm has offered 600 students from Igwebuike Grammar School Awka, scholarship. According to the Managing Director, Tu Makuan, the scholarship which is for students from SS1 to SS3 would run for one academic year. She stated that the gesture was part of the firm’s corporate social responsibility in…
Kayode Egbetokun has been officially confirmed as the substantive Inspector-General of Police by the Nigeria Police Council (NPC). The new IGP replaced Usman Baba, appointed by former President Muhammadu Buhari on April 6, 2021. Egbetokun, who enlisted in the Nigeria Police Force on March 3, 1990, would clock 35 years in service by September 2024….
