The Abia State Police Command has proudly welcomed 199 newly graduated constables into its fold. These fresh recruits, all indigenes of Abia State, recently completed their rigorous training at the Police College and are now ready to serve and protect the state. The official induction ceremony, which took place yesterday, was presided over by the…
Lagos State Government has said the planned installation of 2,000 solar lamps in the state is a key strategy to address the problems of power outage, particularly averting the huge cost spent on the purchase of disease and petrol as the source of power supply. Lagos State Commissioner for Information & Strategy, Mr Gbenga Omotosho…
Jannik Sinner underlined why he is the world’s best men’s player by securing back-to-back Australian Open titles with a merciless victory over Alexander Zverev. Italian top seed Sinner delivered in the decisive moments to secure a 6-3 7-6 (7-4) 6-3 win over second seed Zverev.Despite an ongoing doping case hanging over him, Sinner has been able to…
US tennis star Madison Keys, on Saturday defeated Belarus’ Aryna Sabalenka to clinch the 2025 Australian Open women’s title. Keys defeated Sabalenka to claim her first Grand Slam title at the Rod Laver Arena. The American seeded 19 had been the underdog against the two-time defending champion who was seeking a 21st consecutive Melbourne match…
Leicester City Manager Ruud Van Nistelrooy has dismissed concerns that he could be sacked less than two months into his reign. The Foxes have lost their last seven Premier League games and another defeat on Sunday at Tottenham would equal a club record run set in 2001. They are second bottom, two points from safety,…
The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, has dismissed allegations that the Nigerian military was involved in forcefully aborting pregnancies among women impregnated by Boko Haram insurgents in Northern Nigeria. A Reuters report from February 2022 had alleged that the military conducted a secret abortion program as part of its counter-insurgency efforts in the…
Veteran actress, Oluwabukola Ajoke, aka Bukky Wright has opened up about her time away from Nigeria and how she changed careers during her stay in the United States of America. Speaking in an interview with Saturday Beats, she said, “I will be practising it (tech) simultaneously with entertainment. The fact that I had to deviate totally…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The gallant officers of the newly-launched security outfit in Anambra State, Agụnechemba (popularly known as Operation Udo Ga-Achi), over the weekend, uncovered over 30 graves in a popular hotel in the state. The hotel, Golden Points Hotels and Suites, located in Oba, Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State, is…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka No fewer than three Fulani herdsmen have been arrested in Anambra state over suspected kidnapping and other illegal activities. The suspects were arrested by the operatives of the newly-launched security outfit in the state, Agụnechemba (popularly known as Operation Udo Ga-Achi). According to a video currently trending on social media, the…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka Barely one week after the burial of Rev. Fr. Tobias Okonkwo, a cleric with the Catholic Diocese of Nnewi, who was gunned down by some unidentified hoodlums in Anambra State, a bereaved family of another victim of insecurity has announced the burial arrangements of their daughter, who was also killed by…
