A 40-year-old man who reportedly raped a 16-year-old girl in Anambra State has confessed to the crime. The suspect, Mr. Anietie Tim, who hails from Akwa Ibom State was said to have been on the run since 2022, after he raped the 16-year-old girl beyond recognition in Onitsha, the commercial city of the State. It…
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the end of 98th Meeting of the National Executive Committee (NEC) Communique on Thursday, called on President Bola Tinubu for as a matter of urgent intervention to convene National Security Council meeting and Rejig his National Executive members to serve the nation better and to ensure proper security of…
Popular Disc Jockey, Iwuagwu Patricia Ebere known as DJ Commissioner Wysei has been remanded by the Magistrate Court sitting at Eti-Osa to the Kirikiri Correctional facility till May 8, 2024, for assaulting police officers in Lagos. The State Police Command Spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin posted this on his X handle while confirming the DJ being…
Liverpool have crashed out of the Europa League thus ending any hopes of winning a European trophy in Jurgen Klopp’s final season at the club. The Reds failed to overturn a first-leg deficit against Atalanta. The Reds travelled to Italy on the back of a 3-0 defeat at Anfield last Thursday and, despite controlling the…
Two loyalists of the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, including the lawmaker representing the Aboada West Constituency of the state House of Assembly, Sokari Goodboy; have been arrested at the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Also arrested by the police was a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party in the state identified as Ezebunwo Ichemati. The…
Anambra State has been chosen as the venue for the Solar Hands-on Training and International Network of Exchange (SHINE) project, a capacity-building project, funded by the European Union (EU) Commission. Mr. Lagarde Sergio, a Spanish capacity-building expert and staff of Mundus, a Spain-based company, disclosed this in Awka, the capital city of Anambra State on…
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has sealed a Supermarket in Abuja. The supermatkett was sealed on Thursday over unfair practices by its management. FCCPC officials took the action during an enforcement exercise in parts of the nation’s capital. Officials of FCCPC were at several supermarkets in Abuja to initiate a campaign to…
The ruling All Progressives Congress has appointed Kogi State Governor, Usman Ododo, and former Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, to superintend the Ondo governorship primary election slated for Saturday. Ododo will head the seven-man Primary Election Committee set up to conduct the shadow poll while Omo-Agege will serve as the Secretary. Other members are a…
Nigerian chess master, Tunde Onakoya and his United States counterpart, Shawn Martinez, are both attempting to break the Guinness World Record for the longest chess marathon. The challenge, which has currently exceeded 23 hours, as at the time of writing this report, is underway at New York City’s iconic Times Square and is scheduled to…
Internet giant Google, has fired 28 employees following a disruptive sit-down protest over the tech giant’s contract with the Israeli government, a Google spokesperson said Thursday. The Tuesday demonstration was organised by the group “No Tech for Apartheid,” which has long opposed “Project Nimbus,” Google’s joint $1.2 billion contract with Amazon to provide cloud services…
