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…Criminals set over 20 vehicles ablaze at Okigwe Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Hell was let loose in Imo State on Thursday following the brutal killing of a truck driver by suspected Fulani herdsmen. This is as hoodlums suspected to be members of the Eastern Security Network earlier in the day, set ablaze over 20 vehicles and motorcycles along the Okigwe/Umuna/Owerri highway. The killing of the truck driver and hijack of 18-seater bus by fleeing Fulani herdsmen occured at the ever busy Aba-Owerri Road which has of late become a hotbed of kidnapping. According to a local source, the herders who jumped…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki Ebonyi State Governor, Francis Nwifuru has signed a law that approved five autonomous communities in Effium, Ohaukwu Local Government Area of the state. The people of Effium and Ezza-Effium in the area have been at war since January 2021 with many lives lost and properties worth billions of naira destroyed. The state Assembly recently passed a law and approved five autonomous communities in the community; three for the Effium indigenes in the community and two for their Ezza counterparts in the area. Signing the law in his office at the centenary city, new government house, Abakaliki, the…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Police Command in Enugu State says it has arrested no fewer than 228 suspects for various crimes in Enugu State. According to the police the offences ranged from kidnapping, murder, armed robbery, and vandalism from March 2025 till date. In a press briefing on Thursday in Enugu, the state Commissioner of Police, Mr Mamman Giwa, said that the arrests were part of the command’s efforts to combat crime and ensure the state remains safe for citizens, investors and visitors. The commissioner disclosed that 33 kidnapped victims had been rescued, and 44 firearms, including ammunition, had been…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu American, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost has been elected as the new Pope to replace Pope Francis who died on Easter Monday April 21, 2025, and as the 267th successor to Apostle Peter according to the Catholic church. Robert Francis Prevost, was born on September 14, 1955, and has been a Peruvian-American Catholic prelate. He has been head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State since May 8 2025. The new Pope, who has taken the title of Pope Leo XIV, is the first American pope. He served as prefect of the Dicastery for…
Our Reporter, Abuja A new Pope has been elected to lead the Catholic church following the rising of white smoke from above the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican. Any moment from now the new Pope whose identity is still unknown will emerge from the traditional Vatican balcony. …Details later.
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has hailed Chief Emeka Anyaoku for the roles he has played in promoting national unity and democracy. Tinubu, who was in Anambra State on Thursday for his one-day working visit, commissioned Emeka Anyaoku Institute for International Studies and Diplomacy at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK) Awka. The project built by Anyaoku, a former Secretary General of the Common Wealth, speaks to the impacts of the benefactor in the area of peace and diplomacy. The Emeka Anyaoku Institute for International Studies and Diplomacy is established to offer degree and certificate programmes in the area…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has commended Anambra State Governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, for the work he is doing in the state. Tinubu gave the commendation on Thursday, after his arrival in the state on a one-day working visit. The Nigerian leader arrived on board the Nigerian Air Force Airbus at 12pm, wearing the Akwete Igbo fabric with a red cap typical of Soludo’s usual outfit. Warmly received by Soludo and other top government officials, he marched and headed straight to the podium where the national anthem was sung. In his address, Tinubu praised Governor Soludo’s visionary leadership,…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Hassan Abubakar, has innaugurated some projects within Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Ground Training Command (GTC), Enugu. Abubakar inaugurated the projects during his Operational Visit and Commissioning of Projects within the GTC on Thursday in Enugu. The CAS innaugurated the remodelled and refurnished Senior Non-Commissioned Officers (SNCOs) Mess in NAF Base, Abakpa, as well as the remodelled and renovated gymnasium at GTC, Emene. The NAF Boss also inspected an ongoing construction of Helicopter Combat Training Group’s Hangar and construction of dual 2 by 30 transit accommodation for officers at…
By Azu Ishiekwene The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwunmi Adesina, ruffled presidential feathers on Monday when he said in a speech during the 20th Anniversary dinner of the financial services company, Chapel Hill Denham, that Nigerians were better off in 1960 than they are today. The Special Adviser to the President (Information & Strategy), Bayo Onanuga, immediately disagreed, saying that Adesina used a narrow, perhaps one of the most contested metrics, to measure the country’s progress. Both Adesina and Onanuga were right and wrong. What’s in a measure? Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the most common measure of…
The Nigerian youth have a great opportunity to leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to prosper, a leading scientist and engineer has said. Professor Bart Nnaji, former Minister of Science and Technology and also Minister of Power, told a technology festival in Enugu Wednesday, dominated by the youth, that technology has made it possible for young people to set up lucrative businesses without huge capital. He cited the example of two young men, aged 21 and 22, who are building drones in Abuja and selling them to Nigerian firms and those in Ghana and Slovakia. “Their case should tell you that there…