Anambra State Speaker Uche Okafor, Involved in a Ghastly Accident

LifestyleNewsNigeriaAnambra State Speaker Uche Okafor, Involved in a Ghastly Accident

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)May 15, 2023

The Speaker of Anambra State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Uche Okafor, was involved in a frightening accident, at Agu-Awka junction in Awka, Anambra State capital on Saturday night. The accident which left his car damaged beyond recognition was the second accident that happened at that junction on Saturday night. Earlier, the former Managing Director of Anambra Signage, Chief Jude Emecheta, had an accident at the same junction that left him unconscious, while his car...

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Couple in Police Custody for Dehumanizing Orphan in Adamawa

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaCouple in Police Custody for Dehumanizing Orphan in Adamawa

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)May 15, 2023

A couple Mr Kamal Idris, 24 years, and his wife Mrs. Ambasiya Idris, 19 years residents of Wuro Jabbe, Yola South local government area of Adamawa State are now cooling in a Police cell for torturing an 11 years old orphan Fahad Abdulkarim placed under their custody as guardians after the death of his father. According to a statement by the Adamawa State Police Command spokesman, SP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, the couple was arrested due...

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MAU Yola Honours Sultan of Sokoto, Three Others with Honorary Doctorate Degrees

NewsNigeriaMAU Yola Honours Sultan of Sokoto, Three Others with Honorary Doctorate Degrees

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)May 15, 2023

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Abubakar Sa’ad III, Alhaji Muhammad Indimi, a philanthropist; former Gov. Boni Haruna of Adamawa, and Alhaji Dahiru Bobbo, a technocrat were conferred with an honorary doctorate by the Modibbo Adama University (MAU), Yola during the university’s 27th convocation ceremony on Saturday. Vice-Chancellor of the institution, Prof. Abdullahi Tukur, said the awardees are notable Nigerians that any university will be proud to have. Tukur, while congratulating the graduands, extolled President Muhammadu...

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I’ll be Nigeria’s president if it pleases God – Obi

NewsNigeriaPoliticsI’ll be Nigeria’s president if it pleases God – Obi

PilotnewsMay 14, 2023

Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in this year’s elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has said that he would be president of Nigeria if God has endorsed him to be. Obi, who spoke on Friday during a public presentation of a compendium on him entitled: Peter Obi: “Many Voices, One Perspective” at Finotel Hotel, Awka, Anambra State, said that he was not desperate to be president of the country. He said that he was confident that...

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Worthy of Note (1) —The Case of Bola Tinubu

ColumnsEditorialsNigeriaOpinionPoliticsWorthy of Note (1) —The Case of Bola Tinubu

PilotnewsMay 14, 2023

Contrary to what many Nigerians believe, the man known as Bola Ahmed Tinubu is not and was never a tribalist. He is something else. Just read along. I first knew this man in late 1998 through Okwadike Dr. Chukwuemeka Ezeife, the former Governor of Anambra State, at the beginning of the transition to democracy from military rule. My associate (actually my brother) in Nigeria had not long before at my behest paid for and acquired...

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Seun Kuti to be arrested for attacking a police officer

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaSeun Kuti to be arrested for attacking a police officer

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)May 14, 2023

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Usman Alkali Baba, has authorised the Lagos State Commissioner of Police to arrest Seun Kuti, the son of the late musician and political activist, Fela Kuti. The order was disclosed in a statement released yesterday by CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the Force Public Relations Officer of the Nigeria Police Force. Adejobi said the order was owing to a viral video of the singer assaulting a police officer in uniform. Full video...

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Drama as pastor attempts to heal a mad woman

NewsNigeriaDrama as pastor attempts to heal a mad woman

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)May 14, 2023

A drama ensued when a pastor tried to heal a mentally deranged woman in the streets of Lagos State. In the video, the pastor was determined to make the woman regain her senses but his efforts were strongly rebuffed by her. As the pastor prayed, the woman kept on hauling insults at him to the amazement of onlookers. The scene captured on camera and shared on TikTok happened at Oyingbo market in Lagos. Read how...

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Nollywood loses veteran actor Saint Obi

EntertainmentLifestyleNewsNigeriaNollywood loses veteran actor Saint Obi

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)May 14, 2023

Obinna Nwafor, the thespian better known as Saint Obi, has passed away. Nwafor, 57, reportedly died on Sunday, May 7, 2023, due to an unspecified illness that has lingered for months. His death is yet to be made public by his family and the Actors Guild of Nigeria, AGN. According to multiple reports, the actor’s remains have been deposited at the Jos University Teaching Hospital’s, JUTH, morgue.

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Nigerian Government To Expend N22.44 Billion On Feeding 75,507

NewsNigeriaPoliticsNigerian Government To Expend N22.44 Billion On Feeding 75,507

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)May 13, 2023

The Federal Government is to spend N22.44 billion in 2023 on feeding 75,507 inmates in prisons spread in 244 jails nationwide. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Shuaib Belgore, disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja at a two-day high-level conference on corrections and decongestion of prisons, explaining that the fund was budgeted for in the 2023 Appropriation Act. According to him, 70% of the inmates were awaiting trial, attributing it to arbitrary arrests, delay in...

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Boat Mishap Claim 22 Lives In Sokoto, Zamfara

NewsNigeriaBoat Mishap Claim 22 Lives In Sokoto, Zamfara

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)May 13, 2023

A boat capsized in Shagari Dam near Lambara village in Shagari LGA of Sokoto state, resulting in the death of 15 persons. According to an eyewitness, the boat was trying to cross to Mashayan Dundee Village to collect firewood. The political administrator of the council, Aliyu Abubakar, who confirmed the incident said more than 15 children drowned, and another 25 are still missing. “Fifteen bodies, 13 girls and two boys were recovered by local rescue...

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