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Our Reporter,  Abuja  The head of the Catholic church, Pope Francis has died on the morning of, April 21, at the Vatican.  Pope Francis was the first non-European pontiff in nearly 1,300 years. He died on Easter Monday aged 88 years. According to report from EWTN news, “the pontiff taught us to live the values of the Gospel with courage and universal love, especially in favor of the poorest and marginalized.” The announcement of his passing was indeed surprising to many coming less than a day after the Pope made a high-profile appearance in public. Just before that, he held…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu  The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Saturday received no fewer than 150 members of the Labour Party (LP) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who officially defected to the party in Enugu. Among the decampees was former Commissioner for Local Government Affairs in Enugu State, Barr Peter Okonkwo, who joined from PDP. Okonkwo, alongside other decampees across the 17 Local Government Areas of the State were received during the expanded APC stakeholders meeting in Enugu. Speaking at the event, the State chairman, of APC Hon. Ugochukwu Agballah, declared that APC would block any move by Governor Peter…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Police in Anambra State have rescued two kidnap victims and apprehended a notorious cultist during a patrol operation in Uli, Ihiala Local Government Area of the state. The operatives also recovered several arms and items, including seven pump-action guns, live cartridges, handcuffs, a cutlass, an axe, and a dagger during the said operation. According to the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, the operations were part of intensified security patrols aimed at ensuring residents’ and visitors’ safety during the Easter holidays. Ikenga said: “The Anambra State Police Command, today, 19th April 2025, while felicitating with Ndi Anambra…

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu On the evening of 5 April 2012, the prime-time bulletin on the television news of the Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC), announced to the country that the president, Ngwazi Professor Bingu wa Mutharika, “had been taken ill and had been flown to South Africa for specialist treatment.” At another end of the capital city, Lilongwe, a presidential convoy was on its way to the Kamuzu International Airport (KIA) where an air ambulance awaited with instructions to fly to South Africa a president who was supposedly alive but unwell. Earlier in the day, around 11:00 in the morning, Ngwazi Professor Bingu…

Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki Human Rights Lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, has slammed the Nigeria Police for deliberate falsehood and distortion of facts in the case of Quadri Alabi who was illegally arrested and detained for months by the Police. Quadri, a minor, gained wide acclaim in 2023 when he stood in front of Peter Obi’s campaign vehicle during the electioneering period.  He was arrested in January and charged for alleged armed robbery by the police and subsequently remanded in police custody. But following Mr Efidong’s intervention he was released during the week by the Magistrate Court where he was charged. Mr Inibehe…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu  The Commissioner of Police, Enugu State, Mr Mamman Giwa, has reassured Enugu residents of the command’s commitment to ensuring a safe and secure environment throughout the Easter period and beyond. The commissioner said this in an Easter Goodwill Message issued on his behalf by the state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Daniel Ndukwe, in Enugu. Giwa through the message felicitated with the residents as they join Christians worldwide in the celebration of Easter. He directed all Area Commanders, Divisional Police Officers, and Heads of Tactical and Operational Units to ensure comprehensive deployment of the command’s intelligence and…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Valentine Ozigbo, a governorship aspirant in the just concluded All Progressives Congress (APC) primary election, has dragged party candidate, Prince Nicholas Ukachukwu to court over the outcome of the election.  Ozigbo seeks to challenge the legitimacy of the April 5, 2025, exercise that was held at Dora Akunyili Women Development Centre, Awka. The suit, which lists the APC, Mr Nicholas Ukachukwu, and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as defendants, seeks to nullify Ukachukwu’s nomination and have the court compel the party to recognise Ozigbo as the rightful candidate. In a personal statement titled, “For a Future…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Determined to permanently fix the perennial power challenge at the Abia State University Uturu, ABSU; and the entire Uturu host communities, Governor Alex Otti, has approved the establishment of an independent power plant project in the university. The Governor disclosed this while being hosted by the people of Isuikwuato Local Government Area  at the Isuikwuato High School, Otankpa. He said that the power project was part of the ongoing rehabilitation at ABSU. Otti said: “As part of the rehabilitation of Abia State University, I have approved that an independent power plant project be set up in Abia State…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), has temporarily closed the Akanu Ibiam International Airport in Enugu for emergency repairs. In a statement issued and signed by Mrs Obiageli Orah, the Director, Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, FAAN said that the measure became necessary due to a  sudden and significant rupture in the asphalt surface at a critical section of the runway. FAAN further said that while the repairs were ongoing, all flights would be redirected to nearby airports. “There is a sudden and significant rupture in the asphalt surface at a critical section of the runway hence…

…Demands inclusion of all geopolitical zones Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia; Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki; Lawrence Nwimo, Awka;  & Ben Ezechime, Enugu. Individuals and groups from the South-East region, have vehemently rejected the presidential committee on national population and housing census recently inaugurated by President Ahmed Bola Tinubu, which excluded the zone and two others. Some of the individuals and groups including two-time Minister of Education; and Health, Professor Ihechukwu Madubuike; Igbo Women Assembly, IWA;  Coalition of South East Youth Leaders, COSEYL; among others, called for the immediate expansion of the committee to accommodate South-East and other omitted geopolitical zones. Recall that while the eight-man presidential…