Corps Member Assaulted by Anambra Vigilantes Demands Justice

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaCorps Member Assaulted by Anambra Vigilantes Demands Justice

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)August 22, 2025

A female member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Jennifer Elohor Edema, who was assaulted by armed vigilante operatives in Anambra State, has narrated her ordeal and called for justice. On 19 August, a video surfaced on social media showing men of the Agunechemba Vigilante Group beating and stripping corps members at their lodge in Oba, Idemili South Local Government Area. The footage, filmed on 23 July, captured Elohor being assaulted while crying for...

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Champion Breweries Acquires Bullet Brand from Distell Nigeria

BusinessNewsNigeriaChampion Breweries Acquires Bullet Brand from Distell Nigeria

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)August 22, 2025

Champion Breweries Plc, a subsidiary of enJOYcorp and a stalwart of Nigeria’s brewing landscape since 1974, has struck a pivotal agreement to acquire the renowned Bullet ready-to-drink (RTD) alcoholic and energy-beverage portfolio from Sun Mark International Limited. In a statement made to the Nigerian Exchange, Champion Breweries confirmed it will assume full ownership of all brand assets and intellectual property associated with Bullet. The deal will be structured through a newly formed Netherlands-based entity, in...

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Federal Government Confirms Nationwide Coverage of Kidney Dialysis Subsidy

HealthNewsNigeriaFederal Government Confirms Nationwide Coverage of Kidney Dialysis Subsidy

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)August 22, 2025

The Federal Government has noted that Northwest states are not excluded from its ongoing Kidney Dialysis Subsidy Scheme. The clarification follows media suggestions to the contrary. The subsidy has been in effect since earlier in the year. “Under the scheme, the cost of a dialysis session has been reduced from ₦50,000 to ₦12,000,” Alaba Balogun, Deputy Director and Head of Information and Public Relations at the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, confirmed in a...

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Adamawa State Gov’t Reunites 14 Rescued Children With Their Parents

NewsNigeriaAdamawa State Gov’t Reunites 14 Rescued Children With Their Parents

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 21, 2025

The Adamawa state government has reunited 14 rescued children trafficked from the state to Anambra state with their parents. Performing the ceremony in her office on Tuesday, Deputy Governor of the state, Prof. Kaletapwa Farauta Farauta noted with sadness that the state is on the map of an unfortunate monster of child trafficking ravaging the nation. According to her, in July 2025, the government received an intelligence report of missing children, most of them minors,...

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Randy Bizman Dragged To Court For Impregnating Married Woman In Adamawa

NewsNigeriaRandy Bizman Dragged To Court For Impregnating Married Woman In Adamawa

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 21, 2025

A randy Yola-based Businessman, the Adamawa State capital, Mamuda Duma, who was allegedly impregnated a married woman, has been dragged to court by the husband of the woman. The defendant resides at Wuro-Jabbe, Yola South LGA, was accused of having an extramarital affair with a married woman who lives in Yola town of Yola South LGA. The complainant, Ahmadu Lawal of Yola town in Yola South LGA, who dragged the defendant to court, alleged that...

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Teenager Kidnaps, Kills His 5-Year-Old Second Cousin In Enugu

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaTeenager Kidnaps, Kills His 5-Year-Old Second Cousin In Enugu

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)August 21, 2025

Operatives of the Enugu State Police Command’s Anti-kidnapping Tactical Squad have arrested 2 male suspects for the kidnapping and murder of a 5-year-old boy in Enugu State, Nigeria. The young boy was first reported missing on Saturday, 26th July 2025, after which the kidnappers called for a one-million-naira (N1,000,000.00) ransom; however, the boy’s father did not pay the ransom, and they killed him. A press release signed by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Daniel...

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Arigo Technology Set to Unveil its Pan-African Digital Ecosystem

AgricultureNewsNigeriaArigo Technology Set to Unveil its Pan-African Digital Ecosystem

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)August 21, 2025

All is now set for the launch of Arigo Technologies’ multiple-in-one platform, aimed at providing crucial African-tailored digital solutions to the various essential digital challenges facing Africa. These first-of-kind digital solutions are designed to empower communities, impact lives, and address real challenges, and will be launched on August 30th, 2025, in Lagos. The Arigo digital platforms, which are going to become the first of their kind in Africa, would be providing solutions to social, marital,...

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Gov Alia Suspends Chairman Otukpo LG, SUBEB boss, ES Lottery Commission

NewsNigeriaPoliticsGov Alia Suspends Chairman Otukpo LG, SUBEB boss, ES Lottery Commission

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 21, 2025

The Executive Chairman of Otukpo Local Government Area, Mr. Maxwell Ogiri, Chairman of the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Mrs. Grace Adagba and the Executive Secretary of the Benue State Lottery Commission, Mr. Michael Uper. The suspension was contained in a statement issued on Wednesday by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Tersoo Kula, following approval by Governor of Benue State, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Iormem Alia. Alia has upheld the resolutions of the...

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Electoral offense: Police In Kano Arraigned 333 Political Thugs In Courts

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaElectoral offense: Police In Kano Arraigned 333 Political Thugs In Courts

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 20, 2025

The Kano State Police Command has arraigned 333 suspected political thugs arrested in various parts of the state during last Saturday’s by-election for various electoral offences. The suspects were arraigned before Magistrate Courts in Nomansland and Gyadi-Gyadi, Kano, for prosecution. Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Adamu Bakori, who disclosed this while briefing journalists on the security operations in Bagwai/Shanono and Ghari/Tsanyawa constituencies, said the suspects were charged with disorderly conduct, possession of offensive weapons, intimidation, snatching...

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69,376 Nigerians Register Online in 7 Hours as INEC Opens Online Voter Registration

NewsNigeriaPolitics69,376 Nigerians Register Online in 7 Hours as INEC Opens Online Voter Registration

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)August 20, 2025

Female Voters Lead in Online Registration with 51.3% 69% of Registrants Are Youths The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disclosed that no fewer than 69,376 Nigerians completed their online pre-registration for voter’s cards within the first seven hours of the exercise on Monday. The Commission said the registration portal, which went live at 8:30 a.m. on 18th August 2025, recorded impressive traffic from across the country, with slightly more female registrants than males. According...

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