Anambra Police commissioner promises massive arrest of cultists in Awka

Anambra State Police Commissioner, CP Aderemi Adeoye has vowed that in the days ahead, there will be mass arrest of cultists in the state capital, Awka. There have been a massive rise in cult activities in Awka recently, with cultists killing members of rival groups, almost on a daily basis. The state capital has also witnessed the beheading on a known cultist in the town by members of a rival group. But the state police...

Meter Tampering: None Of The Petrol Stations Visited In Enugu Passed The Test- Ajogwu.

Responding to resident’s cry over meter tampering by petrol stations in the state, the Enugu State Commissioner for Special Duties Emeka Ajogwu paid an unscheduled visit to 14 petrol stations within Enugu metropolis on Thursday to check their meters for possible tampering. All stations including the major distributing stations visited had adjusted their meters thereby shortchanging the masses; Speaking to newsmen on findings, Ajogwu expressed deep concern at the hardship citizens are experiencing in the...

Kogi: Governor Yahaya Bello didn’t concede position of NWC  – APC Chairman 

Amidst the crisis in the national office of the All Progressives Congress (APC) over regional slots in the National Working Committee (NWC), Hon. Abdullahi Bello, Kogi State Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC) has debunked rumour that Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has conceded. the region’s  position, that is the Deputy National Publicity Secretary. In a press statement on Friday, Bello said, “The purported compromise being circulated by enemies of the All Progressives Congress in Kogi...

Probe Chicago Varsity for refusal to release Tinubu’s academic records, Timi Frank tells FBI, CIA

Comrade Timi Frank, former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has charged the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to  probe the authorities of Chicago State University for refusal to release relevant academic records of Bola Tinubu. Frank who made this request in a statement in Abuja on Friday said that the probe has become necessary to determine the authenticity of the certificates offered to Americans who...

Northern singers gradually embrace music activism amid rising insecurity

Singers and songwriters from northern Nigeria are gradually coming out of their shells to talk about the wanton destruction of lives, livelihood, and property in the region. The most prominent is Apostle Victor Micah Bulus, a.k.a Autan Zaki Ikon Allah, who stirs up the hornet’s nest with his music. Yet a decade ago, there was no such outcry from northern singers. Emmanuel Obiejemba, an independent music composer/producer based in Jos, Plateau State, told The West...

Super Falcons ranked 32nd top-rated national team globally

Nigeria’s senior national women’s football team, Super Falcons, has been ranked the 32nd national women’s team in the world and first in Africa in the latest FIFA women’s ranking. The ranking was released on Friday – five days after the FIFA 2023 Women’s World Cup ended. Super Falcons previously ranked 40th in the rankings released in June before the World Cup but in the latest ranking, the team moved eight places, gaining 94.14 points to...

Lawmakers demand Nnamdi Kanu’s freedom over rising insecurity in S’East

A group of lawmakers in the lower chamber of the National Assembly has called for the unconditional release of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, from detention to “ensure lasting peace and security” in the South East. The lawmakers, who made the plea on Thursday, are members of the House of Representatives ad-hoc committee set up to interface with security agencies to reduce kidnapping, assassinations and banditry in Isiukwuato and Umunneochi...

Nigerian Students’ Body, NANS pushes for amendment of Student Loan Act

The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has urged the House of Representatives to amend the Student Loan Act over its stringent requirements and short repayment timeframe, among other concerns. The NANS president, Usman Barambu pushed for the amendment on Thursday at a legislative summit on students’ loans and access to higher education, organised by the House ad-hoc committee in Abuja. Barambu called for the inclusion of student representation on the board. “Student loans are...

The Peter Obi Effect in the Next Anambra Governorship Election

“In two years, Anambra will be a testing ground for Peter Obi’s popularity among voters in his home state,” —Ebuka Onyekwelu How bizarre this may look notwithstanding, but preparations are in full throttle for the next governorship election in Anambra state. Although still over two years ahead, but the next governorship election in Anambra state is already taking shape to the extent that any serious politician or political player in Anambra has commenced total planning...

FCT Minister, Wike orders arrest of the owner of Abuja collapsed building

…set to resettle residents of the area. Nyesom Wike, the minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, has ordered the immediate identification and arrest of the landlord of a two-storey building that collapsed in Abuja. The building, a plaza located at Lagos Crescent in Garki Village within the Garki District of Abuja, collapsed amid a heavy downpour on Wednesday night. There are conflicting reports of the number of survivors in the incident. While the director-general...

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