Prof Ngwu, 7 Others Confirmed as Chairman and Members Of ENSIEC

NewsNigeriaPoliticsProf Ngwu, 7 Others Confirmed as Chairman and Members Of ENSIEC

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)April 16, 2024

The Enugu State House of Assembly has screened and confirmed the appointment of Prof. Christian Ngwu as Chairman of the Enugu State Independent Electoral Commission (ENSIEC); Ngwu, Christian Chimdubem, is a Professor of Mass Communication, Enugu State University of Science & Technology. Prof. Ngwu and seven (7) other appointed members of ENSIEC were screened and confirmed during an emergency plenary on Monday; the members are Mr. Solomon Ogbu, Mr. George Ani, Mr. Arthur Ede, Mr. Paully...

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Man Defiles 11-Year-Old Girl in Awka-North Local Govt, Anambra State. 

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaMan Defiles 11-Year-Old Girl in Awka-North Local Govt, Anambra State. 

PilotnewsApril 16, 2024

An 11-year-old girl who identified herself as Chimuanya (surname withheld) has narrated her ordeal in the hands of her predator, one Odinaka, aged 30, from Awba-Ofemili in Awka-North Local Government Area of Anambra State. The girl said she was mercilessly defiled by her captor until her vagina bled profusely as the rapist beat her and warned her not to shout but to enjoy it as he exploited her sexually. The 30-year-old Odinaka had spotted the...

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10 years after Abduction – Chibok Girls Came Home With 34 Children

News10 years after Abduction – Chibok Girls Came Home With 34 Children

PilotnewsApril 15, 2024

The Murtala Muhammed Foundation (MMF) said 21 of the released 276 abducted girls from Government Girls Secondary School Chibok, Borno State came back with 34 children ten years after the abduction. The foundation released a report to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the abduction, that the devastating of sexual violence and coerced marriages the girls were subjected to in captivity. Similarly, the report said that 48 parents of the abducted victims died since the girls...

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Midnight Inferno Consumes Yola Main Market

NewsNigeriaMidnight Inferno Consumes Yola Main Market

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 15, 2024

A midnight inferno has consumed part of Yola’s main market, administrative headquarters of Yola South local government area of Adamawa state with properties worth millions of naira destroyed, though no casualty was recorded. It was gathered that as at the time of the incident, there was no electricity from the public power supply. The report has that some traders who lost millions of naira cash being proceeds of Sunday’s sale in the fire disaster have...

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Defend Tinubu’s Govt, Matawalle Tells Baba-Ahmed, Other Northern Appointees

NewsNigeriaPoliticsDefend Tinubu’s Govt, Matawalle Tells Baba-Ahmed, Other Northern Appointees

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)April 15, 2024

…Speaks Against Misrepresentation Of President’s Achievements Bello Mohammed Matawalle, Minister of State for Defence has asked Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, Special Adviser on Political Matters in the Presidency and former Spokesperson of Northern Elders Forum (NEF), and other appointees in President Bola Tinubu’s government to defend the current administration from unjust and vicious attacks. It will be recalled that the former Zamfara State Governor recently blasted Northern Elders for saying that they regretted supporting Tinubu in...

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A Decade On: Nigeria Remembers Chibok Girls’ Abduction

NewsNigeriaA Decade On: Nigeria Remembers Chibok Girls’ Abduction

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 15, 2024

Nigeria solemnly marked the 10th anniversary of the Chibok schoolgirls’ abduction on Sunday, 14th April 2024. On 14th April 2014, Boko Haram militants stormed the Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok, Borno State, kidnapping 276 girls in a horrific act that shocked the world. A decade of raw grief and unwavering hope collided on Sunday as parents of the abducted Chibok schoolgirls marked the 10th anniversary of their daughters’ disappearance. Today, 91 girls remain missing....

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Nigerian Army Thwarts Terrorist Attack in Kaduna

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaNigerian Army Thwarts Terrorist Attack in Kaduna

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 14, 2024

In a successful counter-terrorism operation, Nigerian Army troops thwarted a potential attack in Kaduna State on Saturday, 13th April 2024. Acting on credible intelligence, the military targeted a group of terrorists known to use motorbikes to carry out attacks in the region. The ambush took place in Rafin Sariki village of Giwa Local Government Area. Major General Onyema Nwachukwu, Director of Public Relations for the Nigerian Army, said, in a press statement on Sunday, that...

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Gunmen Attack Benue Politician, Abduct Wife and House-help

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaGunmen Attack Benue Politician, Abduct Wife and House-help

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 14, 2024

A former gubernatorial aspirant in Benue State, Terwase Orbunde, was reportedly attacked by gunmen on Friday while returning from his farm. Mr Orbunde, who contested under the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2023 elections, was allegedly shot in the right arm during the assault. More troubling, however, is the abduction of his wife, Abigail Kashimana and house help, Patience Ogute by the attackers. Police spokesperson, SP Sewuese Anene, confirmed the incident and assured...

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Insecurity: Christian Group Blame “foreign invaders”

NewsNigeriaPoliticsInsecurity: Christian Group Blame “foreign invaders”

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 14, 2024

The National Christian Elders Forum, NCEF, held a press conference on Friday accusing “foreign invaders masquerading as religious extremists” of being the true cause of the perpetual violence in Nigeria. “Nigerians have no problem with each other. It is external forces that are seeking to tear the country apart for a hostile takeover of the land and its resources,” said NCEF. The NCEF chairman Samuel Gani and pastor Bosun Emmanuel insisted that these invaders target...

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Budget Padding: CSO Threatens Mass Protest Against Akpabio

NewsNigeriaPoliticsBudget Padding: CSO Threatens Mass Protest Against Akpabio

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)April 13, 2024

A Civil Society Organisation (CSO), National Association For Peaceful Coexistence and Good Governance has threatened to organise a massive protest against the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio over allegation of budget padding leveled against him by suspended Senator Abdul Ningi. Comrade Isiaku Balogun Nathaniel, founder of the organisation stated this in a press statement on Saturday, pointing out that the Senate President couldn’t justify the padding of the budget. Recall that Ningi had alleged that the...

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