More Tributes Pour in Over the Sudden Death of Sen. Ifeanyi Ubah

NewsNigeriaMore Tributes Pour in Over the Sudden Death of Sen. Ifeanyi Ubah

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)August 14, 2024

The sudden death of Senator Ifeanyi Ubah two weeks ago remains a shock as many still grapple with coming to terms that indeed, Senator Ifeanyi Ubah has passed away. People are still in shock struggling to accept the unfortunate event as a reality that now is, especially youthful allies of the Senator. However, politicians, Church leaders, and businessmen have continued to express their sympathies to the family of the departed Senator, as well as pour...

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Anglican Seminarian Defiles 10-Year-Old Girl In Anambra

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaAnglican Seminarian Defiles 10-Year-Old Girl In Anambra

PilotnewsAugust 14, 2024

A 34-year-old man, identified as Mr. Chukwudi Okoye has been arrested on the directive of the Anambra State Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Welfare, for allegedly defiling a 10-year-old girl in the state. According to video currently trending on social media, the suspect, who hails from Enugwu-Agidi in Njikoka Local Government Area of the State, committed the act in Amanuke, Awka North Local Government where he resides. It was gathered that the girl was...

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Bill to Regulate Herbal Practices in Anambra Passes Second Reading

NewsNigeriaPoliticsBill to Regulate Herbal Practices in Anambra Passes Second Reading

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)August 14, 2024

The Anambra State Herbal Practice Bill 2024, sponsored by Hon. Tony Muobike, was on Tuesday read for the second time and moved to the committee stage. Anambra State Herbal Practice Bill 2024, is a private member bill sponsored by Hon. Tony Muobike, the House of Assembly member representing Aguata II constituency and the House of Assembly Committee Chairman on Health. In a motion by Hon. Muobike for the second reading of the bill, seconded by...

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Anambra Assembly Amends Electoral and Local Government Laws

NewsNigeriaPoliticsAnambra Assembly Amends Electoral and Local Government Laws

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)August 14, 2024

The Anambra State House of Assembly during plenary on Tuesday, amended the Anambra State Electoral Law 2024, which was passed a few weeks ago and assented to by the governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo. This amendment marks the second time the law is being amended since it was passed into law and assented to, only a few weeks ago. The Bill which was sponsored by Hon. Ikenna Ofodeme, the Majority Leader of the House and member...

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Normalcy Returns to Kaduna, Zaria as Curfew is Lifted

NewsNigeriaPoliticsNormalcy Returns to Kaduna, Zaria as Curfew is Lifted

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)August 14, 2024

The Kaduna State Security Council, led by Governor Uba Sani, has removed the 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. curfew in Kaduna and Zaria towns and their environs, effective immediately. According to a statement signed by Samuel Aruwan, Overseeing Commissioner, Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, the decision was made after an extensive review of the security situation in the affected areas. “The removal of the curfew is effective immediately, from today Tuesday, 13th August...

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Venerable Sam Ike Elected as New Bishop of Enugu Anglican Diocese

NewsNigeriaReligionVenerable Sam Ike Elected as New Bishop of Enugu Anglican Diocese

PilotnewsAugust 13, 2024

After seven months of the retirement of the charismatic Bishop of Enugu Anglican Diocese and Archbishop of Enugu Province, Most Reverend Professor Emmanuel Chukwuma, the Church of Nigeria has elected a professor of cardiology at the University of Nigeria, Venerable Sam Ike as his replacement. Venerable Ike who is also a consultant physician and cardiologist at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Ituku-Ozalla was one of the seven members of clergy elected as Bishops to...

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Protest: Police Transfers 76 Russian Flag Flyers to Abuja for Sedition Probe

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaProtest: Police Transfers 76 Russian Flag Flyers to Abuja for Sedition Probe

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)August 13, 2024

The Nigerian Police Force has confirmed the transfer of 76 suspects, including a foreigner, to Abuja for further investigation following their arrest for allegedly flying Russian flags during the recent #EndBadGovernance protests. Commissioner of Police, CP, Salman Garba disclosed this on Monday while giving an update on the suspects arrested during the protest. The suspects were initially apprehended in Kano State and are now facing sedition charges. According to Garba, the decision to transfer the...

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Governor Abba Lift Complete Curfew Imposed On Kano 

NewsNigeriaPoliticsGovernor Abba Lift Complete Curfew Imposed On Kano 

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 13, 2024

Following the return of normalcy in Kano state, Governor Alhaji Abba Yusuf has announced the complete removal of the curfew imposed on the state. A 24-hour curfew was imposed on the state by the government as a result of violence, looting, and destruction of properties during the recent #EndBadGovernance protest in the state. Before the complete removal of the curfew, two days later 24 hours, the curfew was relaxed from 8 am to 2 pm...

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Illegal Refuse Dumping: Kwara Inaugurates 300-Man Surveillance Taskforce

NewsNigeriaIllegal Refuse Dumping: Kwara Inaugurates 300-Man Surveillance Taskforce

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 13, 2024

A 300-man surveillance task force has been constituted by the Kwara State Government to check the indiscriminate dumping of refuse in the Ilorin metropolis of the state capital. Inaugurating the environmental task force at the conference hall of the Ministry of Environment in Ilorin on Monday, the Commissioner of the ministry, Hajia Nafisat Musa Buge emphasized that members of the public must cooperate with the government and its agencies to forestall the outbreak of diseases,...

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NYSC Invalidates 101 Certificates Of Persons Mobilized For National Service

EducationNewsNigeriaNYSC Invalidates 101 Certificates Of Persons Mobilized For National Service

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 13, 2024

The management of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, has invalidated 101 certificates of persons fraudulently mobilized for national service. This is contained in a statement issued on Monday in Abuja by Eddy Megwa, NYSC Director of Information and Public Relations. Megwa urged members of the public, especially corps employers, government ministries, departments and agencies, MDAs, corporate and religious organizations, multi-national companies, crop-producing institutions, and other critical stakeholders of NYSC, to take note of prompt...

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