Anambra State On Fire As Gunmen Kill President-General There is palpable tension in the Umuoji Community in the Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State as yet-to-be-identified gunmen killed the community’s President-General, Silas Onyima. While details of the incident still remain sketchy, it was gathered that the gunmen who were numbering about 15, invaded the deceased’s home on Friday evening and shot him dead. The Punch quoted a source as saying that “The deceased was the newly elected president general of our community and he also presided over one election in the community. He was killed on Friday evening…
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Qatar Rejects Tinubu’s Visitation Request Qatari authorities have turned down President Bola Tinubu’s request to visit the nation and hold a business and investment forum. The Qatari government in a letter to the ministry of foreign affairs on Thursday disclosed that it would not be able to welcome Mr Tinubu and hold the proposed forum on March 2 and 3 due to the lack of a legally binding agreement between Qatar and Nigeria for the promotion of investment. It also noted that its ministry of commerce had other commitments on the days Mr Tinubu desired to visit. “The Embassy has…
Man Kill Himself After Mother In-law Demanded Balance Of Daughter’s Bride Price A man of Rufunsa,Zambia, aged 42, has committed suicide after his mother-in-law confronted him at his house over a balance of bride price amounting to K4,500 out of K10,000 he was charged in 2014. Chansi Ngoma was alleged to have taken his life in his bedroom while his mother-in-law waited outside the house under the belief that he had gone to get the money. According to Zambia Daily Mail, after noticing that he had taken long to come out of the bedroom, his wife, Maria Ngoma, went in…
Nigerian University Imposes N25,000 On Law Students The Faculty of Law, University of Calabar (UNICAL) has imposed the sum of N25,000 on its students as a compulsory annual professional fees. This was made known by the management of the law faculty in a memo signed by the Dean of the faculty, Dr. (Mrs.) Rose Ohiama Ugbe, titled “Payment of Professional Fees by all Students” and dated February 21, 2024 with a reference number: UC/LAW/09 and addressed to all students of the faculty. The memo read, “The Faculty Management having discussed with the students’ body on Monday, 19 February. 2024, on…
We Releases 42,000 Metric Tonnes Of Food Items To Nigerians Through NEMA, Says Tinubu Government The President Bola Tinubu-led Nigerian government has said that it is in the final stage of releasing 42,000 metric tonnes of assorted food commodities to support the vulnerable population across the country. According to the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga while giving an update, he said the grains in seven locations of strategic reserve, were now being bagged for onward delivery to the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). He also said that that the need to bag the grains,…
Presidential Election: INEC Report Shows Peter Obi Swept South-East, Others The Nigeria’s electoral body, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released performance report of all the four major political parties in the February 25 presidential election in which President Bola Tinubu was declared winner. It was earlier reported that INEC had finally explained why the result viewing portal (IReV) failed during the February 2023 presidential election. The election was won by Bola Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party came second while Peter Obi of the Labour Party came third. In…
Popular Pastors, Native Doctors Worked Together To Get Lady’s Head, Hands For Money Ritual The Commissioner of Police, Ogun State Command, Abiodun Alamutu, has revealed how his command arrested self-acclaimed prophets and native doctors actively involved in sourcing for human head and hands needed by one of them for money ritual, leading to the murder of a lady, Sulaimon Adijat. He gave the names of the suspects as Asela, Oluwo Mandela, Oluwalolese, Akinwunmi Ifatosin, Jamiu Yusuf a.k.a Eri Mose, Agbai and Alioneitouria. Agbai and Alioneitouria from Edo State had earlier been Oluwo Mandela’s money ritual clients. Before their arrest, they…
ECOWAS Leaders Lift Sanctions On Niger Republic, Burkina Faso, Mali The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is expected to suspend all sanctions imposed on Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, who are under military rule after juntas overthrew the civilian governments of all three countries. This was as President Bola Tinubu, who serves as Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of States, hosts his counterparts at an extraordinary meeting at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja, Saturday morning. Presidential sources said that with the lifted sanctions, the bloc would attempt to talk the three alienated states out of their…
Islamic Cleric Who Called For Killing Of Tinubu’s Wife Lands In Big Trouble The Youth Wing of the Christian Association of Nigeria, YOWICAN, has called for the arrest and prosecution of a yet-to-be-identified Islamic preacher who allegedly said the wife of the president, Oluremi Tinubu should be put to death. The cleric had been captured in viral video saying the Muslim/Muslim ticket of President Bola Tinubu and his vice, Kashim Shettima was a scam. The cleric averred that Mrs Tinubu, “being an infidel should be put to death as provided for in the Quran,” he, however, did not provide any…
‘Stop Deceiving Nigerians’ –Peter Obi Blasts INEC Over 2023 Election Report Presidential Candidate of Labour Party in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi, has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of deceiving Nigerians with report of the poll released earlier on Friday. In the 526-page report of the 2023 elections, formally released ahead of the first anniversary of the election, INEC explained why the IREV failed to upload the presidential results despite the seamless working of the bimodal voter accreditation system (BVAS). The commission attributed the challenge to technical glitches, which was, however resolved and that this did not in…