President Muhammadu Buhari is in a tight corner over whom to endorse as the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), eight days to the national convention of the ruling party. The delay by the president to give direction to governors, national caretaker committee of the party, aspirants and other stakeholders has raised tension in the ruling party. Various tendencies in the party, including the bloc of the governors, key presidential aspirants – Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, among others – are working hard to produce the national chairman to give them upper hand…
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Junction, by Ihiala – Onitsha highway, as a truck rammed into six vehicles at a police checkpoint before landing on a bus allegedly filled with passengers.According to eyewitness account, the driver of the truck with registration No: UWZ556XA was on speed while approaching a police check point and lost control, ramming into vehicles on the queue and crashed.A statement by the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) Anambra State Acting Sector Public Education Officer, DRC Margaret B Onabe, said that 63 people comprising 52 male adults, 10 female adults, and 1 male child were involved in the crash. It however confirmed…
Men in the South West Security outfit, code-named Amotekun Corps in Ikenne Local Government of Ogun State have arrested four secondary school leavers for rape and cult-related offenses. The Amotekun Commander in Ogun State, David Akinremi, in press release issued in Abeokuta, the state capital, said the four suspects are members of a notorious cult group known as Ajagbe Youngest Nation (AYN). Commander Akinremi explained that the suspects who are between the ages of 17 and 20, were arrested on February 9, 2022, following a distress call received by the Ikenne Command of the agency, adding that the cult group…
Otunba Adewale Adenaike has his eyes firmly set on clinching the Ogun East Senatorial District seat in Nigeria’s forthcoming elections in 2023. In this interview, he speaks about his vision and plans. Can you let us in a bit about your background before you came into politics? I am a Civil Engineer by training and that is an area where I have developed competency over the years since I left the university in the UK. My engineering background has prepared me substantially for a life in politics because there are quite a number of similarities in the principles…
Gunmen have killed a member of Ebubeagu Security Network in Ebonyi State. The victim, Ifeanyi Orogbowhow (32), was murdered and partially burnt by the attackers. The incident occurred at night in Igweledeoha, Amagu in Ikwo Local Government Area. The murder took place at a drinking joint in the community owned by the victim. Police spokesperson, Loveth Odah, confirmed the incident. “The DPO of Ikwo police division said that at about 3:am he received a phone call from one source at Igweledeoha Amagu Ikwo that one Ebubeagu security outfit, Ifeanyi Orogbo, aged 32 years old, an indigene of Igweledeoha was…
48 hours after rampaging Fulani herdsmen invaded an agrarian community, Ukpabi Nimbo in Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area, Enugu State, reports have emerged of killings of a known IPOB leader and son, Mr. Christopher Onoh and David Onoh, whose lifeless bodies were recovered from their farmland. It was gathered that the IPOB leader and his two sons, David and Daniel Chukwuebuka Onoh who until the attacks, were known to be members of the Biafra Separatist group, IPOB, were said to have been under threats by herders prior to the headers’ invasion. Since recovering the corpses of Christopher and David, the whereabouts…
The founder of Rapture Proclaimer Evangelical Church of God, Evangelist Funmilayo Adebayo, has said those behind the trending Mummy G.O hellfire memes sent gunmen after her. She said they have been at it for about eight years now and just recently decided to make use of social media to disgrace her. The evangelist who spoke to BBC Pidgin said they are angry because her messages are pulling their church members away from them and to her own church. This is as she addressed some of the quotes attributed to her in several Mummy G.O memes and videos which have gone viral on…
The Super Eagles of Nigeria are set to begin their quest for a fourth continental crown as the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) starts in Cameroon yesterday. Nigeria, 2013 winners, is in Group D of the competition and will be playing in their 19th AFCON when the tournament kicks off in the Central African country. They will battle Egypt, Sudan, and Guinea-Bissau in Garoua. Ahead of the competition, interim coach, Austine Eguavoen, had called up 28 players for the soccer party weeks after he was appointed to replace long-time manager, Gernot Rohr. But the three-time African champions will be…
Former President Goodluck Jonathan and a host of other notable Nigerians were, on Thursday, 18th November, 2021, honoured in Abuja in recognition of their contributions to the development of the country and humanity at large. The event was the 9th edition of TopFlyers Magazine International award, 2021, which held at Sheraton Hotels, Abuja. The award ceremony is held annually to honour TopFlyers who are excelling in their chosen careers and impacting lives positively. In his address, the CEO of PYSMACO Ltd, Publishers of TopFlyers Magazine, Mr Musa Yahaya, said the event was not only to entertain but inspire and…
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has demanded the repatriation of the Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho. Igboho, who is in detention in Benin Republic, is facing trial after he was arrested in Cotonou on his way to Germany after he fled Nigeria to evade arrest by the Department of State Services (DSS). The South-West Zone D Coordinator of NANS, Adegboye Olatunji, in a statement yesterday accused the Federal Government of abandoning Igboho to suffer in the Benin Republic. “The actions, inaction and body language of the Federal Government suggest their culpability or at…
