A mass shooting in the US state of Utah has left eight people dead, including five minors, police said Wednesday. The incident took place at a home in Enoch City. According to a press release, police officers from the Enoch City Police Department checked the residence and found three adults and five minors dead. Each victim appeared to have sustained gunshot wounds, said the statement. Officials said there was no threat to the public and they did not believe there were any suspects at large. An investigation remains underway. No details were released on the identities or ages of…
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A notable godfather in the Anambra State politics, Chief Chris Uba, has boasted that he has made many governors, senators, House of Representatives and House of Assembly members since the inception of the present democratic dispensation in 1999. He said, however, that all those he lifted to high political positions abandoned him, and rewarded him with ingratitude. Chief Uba, popularly known as Ese-Enu-Ego, made the claim on Wednesday, December 28, in Nanka, Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State, during the 2022 edition of Okwudili Ezenwankwo Foundation’s empowerment programme. “I’ve made so many highly placed politicians in…
Facts have emerged on the death of the President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Professor George Obiozor. News Express had broken the news of Obiozor’s death early Tuesday afternoon but the apex Igbo organization claimed that the story was untrue. News Express was, however, vindicated when Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma, confirmed Obiozor’s death in an obituary announcement made yesterday evening, Wednesday, December 28, 2022. Prior to the announcement, a highly placed chieftain of Ohanaeze had disclosed that Obiozor died of a heart-related disease on Boxing Day, December 26. The source, who wished to be anonymous, told our correspondent: “The man is dead but…
No fewer than seven people were burnt to death on Wednesday when a Mazda bus suddenly burst into flames few meters before Odogbolu on the Sagamu-Benin expressway. Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, the Spokesman, Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) confirmed the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta. Akinbiyi said that seven others sustained injuries in the accident that occurred at 2.50 p.m. According to him, the bus marked AGL 886 YD suddenly burst into flames due to an engine overflow. He said that seven females died while seven others sustained injuries in the lone fatal crash “According to an eyewitness account, the…
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa’s Senior Special Assistant on Health Monitoring, Dr. Michael Nwoko, has been awarded the Topflyers Magazine International’s Most Effective Government Appointee of the Year 2022. Topflyers Magazine International is a Nigerian quarterly publication that takes great satisfaction in evaluating the accomplishments of outstanding Africans and Nigerians in particular for the sake of celebrating their achievements and encouraging others to follow in their footsteps. For over ten years, the magazine’s 100 glossy pages of breathtaking photography, fascinating stories and cutting-edge design has become the gold standard for media realism. Many notable Nigerians, including…
Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly and State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governorship candidate for the 2023 general elections has bagged an award as the most outstanding speaker in Nigeria in the year 2022. The award was handed over to him by Topflyers Magazine team which annually organises awards for segments of the Nigerian society. Oborevwori came top out of the speakers assessed for the award. The award is in recognition of his outstanding performance in nation building, infrastructural development and youth empowerment as a speaker in the Delta State House of Assembly.. The award…
Having already sent one South American behemoth home from the World Cup, Croatia will be aiming to reach back-to-back finals when they lock horns with Argentina in Tuesday’s semi-final at Lusail Iconic Stadium.The penalty prowess of both sides settled nervy quarter-final contests, as Zlatko Dalic’s men dumped Brazil out on spot kicks a few hours before La Albiceleste beat the Netherlands from 12 yards.If there was one game to characterize the chaotic, feisty and unpredictable nature of the 2022 World Cup, Argentina’s quarter-final with the Netherlands followed the script to a tee.A Lionel Messi-inspired Albiceleste had one foot firmly in the semi-finals through Nahuel Molina and the seven-time Ballon…
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria has identified five challenges that it says the Central Bank of Nigeria needs to consider following the apex bank’s naira redesign policy. It was reported that on October 26, 2022, the CBN governor, Godwin Emefiele, announced the redesign of the N1000, N500 and N200 notes, for which it got the approval of the President Muhammadu Buhari. The new notes are due for circulation this month (December). ICAN, in a publication by its 58th president, Tijjani Isa, on Monday, noted foreign exchange challenges, inflation and timing of the policy as some of the major…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has raised the alarm that some politicians have been buying up Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs), and financially inducing unsuspecting voters to harvest their Voter Identification Numbers. The Acting Chairman of INEC and National Commissioner overseeing the FCT, Nasarawa, Kaduna and Plateau states, Mohammed Haruna, raised the alarm on Monday during the launch of #YourVoteMatters project by an election observer group, NESSACTION, in Abuja, where he disclosed that two people have been recently convicted for illegal possession of PVCs in Sokoto and Kano states. The project, supported by the International Foundation for Electoral System, IFES; the…
Helen, the wife of Ayo Oritsejafor, the Nigerian pastor, has dismissed viral claims that they have parted ways. Oritsejafor is the founding and senior pastor of Word of Life Bible Church, located in Warri, Delta state. He is also a former national president of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN). Rumours recently swirled that the cleric and his wife ended their marriage of 25 years over infidelity. It was also rumored that Helen had moved out of their matrimonial home. But in a Facebook post on Monday, Helen described the reports as “fake, malicious, and unthinkable”.…
