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Uche Ugboajah, Abuja Villarreal provided one the big European football nights as the Spanish club claimed yet another big scalp on Tuesday night, dumping out former champions, Bayern Munich, from this year’s European Champions League competition. The Spanish club had earlier eliminated Italian giants, Juventus. The game ended 1-1 on the night with a late goal beautifully converted by late substitute, Chukwueze after a breathtaking counter attack.  Villarreal advanced on (1-2) goal aggregate having won the first leg a week ago at home with a lone goal. The Yellow Submarines coached by Unai Emery put up a defensive master class…

Our Reporter, Abuja The 37-member Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) zoning committee on Tuesday turned in its report to the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the party. The committee submitted the report to the NEC through the National Working Committee (NWC) led by PDP national chairman, Dr Iyorchia Ayu, at the PDP national secretariat today (Tuesday) in Abuja. Presenting the report to Ayu, the deputy chairman of the committee and minority leader of the House of Representatives, Hon. Ndudi Elumelu, said the committee satisfied all the mandates set up by NEC in the course of their assignment. While he explained that…

Our Reporter, Lagos One of the presidential aspirants under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Peter Obi, on Monday assured that an Igbo presidency come year 2023 will both unite as well as rebuild the Nigerian nation. Obi spoke in Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital, while addressing leaders and members of PDP at the party’s State Secretariat in Magbon area of Abeokuta metropolis when his presidential consultation team visited the state to canvass their support for his ambition. The highly optimistic Obi expressly declared that the South-eastern zone of Nigeria should be allowed to produce President Muhammadu Buhari’s…

 Mercy Udoka, Owerri Following the alarm over insurgency raised by the Imo State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Chief Cyprian Akaolisa, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has criticised opposition parties for their silence on the development. APC State Publicity Secretary, Cajethan Duke, made the disclosure in a statement on Monday. The APC condemned opposition parties over their silence on the criminal activities of the arsonists saying, “we condemn the silence of the opposition, which is worrisome as the APC expected them to at least demonstrate genuine humanity and responsibility as citizens by speaking out against the unwholesome acts…

Chukwudike Ndubeze, Awka The Nigeria Association of Women Journalists, NAWOJ, Anambra State Chapter, has called on the relevant authorities to ensure the prosecution of the alleged killer of the late gospel singer, Osinachi Nwachukwu. NAWOJ expressed shock and anger over the questionable circumstances surrounding Osinachi’s death and demanded an end to violence against women and girls. In a release signed by its State Chairperson, Comrade Franklyn Onyekachi, NAWOJ Anambra State chapter, lamented that domestic violence had claimed yet another one of the state’s shining stars. According to the release, while NAWOJ hates divorce, it advised that women should separate from…

Chukwudike Ndubeze, Awka Eight suspects believed to be involved in the parade of one Mrs. Blessing Ajuese Egwuatu along the streets of Aguleri in Otuocha Local Government Area of Anambra State, have been granted bail by a Magistrate court sitting in Otuocha. The court had last month, remanded the suspects in police custody after they were allegedly caught in a viral video parading the widow naked in public. In the viral video, the woman was made to sit by her late husband’s corpse, assaulted and was accused of causing the death of her husband through her alleged infidelity. Presiding over…

 By Nonsochukwu Uwa The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Tuesday announced April 27, 2022, as the deadline for the ban on open grazing after which they would commence enforcement of the ban in Igboland. IPOB made this known in a statement by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful. The pro-Biafra movement  said the decision was in line with the position of the South-East Governors who had already banned open grazing, as well as the open grazing laws passed by states in the region. IPOB also said it was worried that since the law was passed the law enforcement agencies were…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia In a bid to end the plight of citizens as a result of epileptic power supply, the World Bank in collaboration with the Federal Government through the Niger Delta Power Holding Company, NDPHC, has commenced installation of solar systems in 5000 households in Abia. The initiative was introduced to provide 24-hour uninterrupted solar power to 5 million households in Nigeria off the national grid, according to NDPHC representative, Mr Chinonso Ugwueke, an Engineer who led the team for the installation to Abia. He said that the lawmaker representing Aba-South state constituency in the Abia State House of…

By Rudolf Okonkwo My dear brethren, I send you all Calvary greetings and love from my Daddy’s office. As we get ready for Easter, I have a recurring vision about death and resurrection that I want to share with all the over five million members of my Daddy’s church. As you all know, our beloved Daddy G O has surpassed the three scores and ten years that God promised us. For all practical purposes, that he is still on the field playing is all thanks to injury time. We may need an urgent transition to new leadership in our ministry…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Barely 10 months after her husband was allegedly “extraordinarily renditioned” from Kenya to Nigeria in controversial circumstances now a subject of litigation, Mrs. Uchechi Okwu Kanu, wife of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has petitioned the United Nations Security Council over the IPOB leader’s alleged abduction, rendition and continued detention in breach of his fundamental human rights. Mrs. Kanu in the petition by her lawyer,  American-born Bruce Fein, asked the UN to also set up a Commission of Inquiry to investigate the alleged torture of her husband, and punish all those involved…