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Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri The Imo State Police Command arrested two suspects, Mrs Victoria Nwosu, (Stepmother) aged 26, and Mr Chimezie Nwosu, (Father) aged 30, for allegedly chaining their 7-year-old boy, Kelechi Nwosu, and dumping him in a room around World Bank area in Owerri, Imo state. The State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Michael Abattam, disclosed this to newsmen in Owerri, on Sunday. Police said a good Samaritan reported the matter and the command swung into action and arrested the suspects and rescued Kelechi and two other children as well. According to the police “Sequel to a report on child…
Stephen Ukandu, News & Features Editor The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Mr Biodun Oyebanji, winner of the Ekiti State governorship poll held on Saturday. INEC Returning Officer for the poll, Professor Oyebode Adebowale, who declared the results of the contest, said Oyebanji polled a total of 187, 057 to emerge the winner. Mr Segun Oni of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, scored 82, 211, to come second, while Chief Bisi Kolawole of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, came a distant third with 67,457. Other contestants according to the result…
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu Three days before Nigeria voted in the presidential election in 2019, on Wednesday, 20 February, a little known official from Saudi Arabia dropped into Abuja to visit Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, who was running for re-election. His name was Ahmed Qattan, described as the “Minister of State for African Affairs” in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. His arrival was as unheralded as it was suspicious. He lingered long enough for the bowels of his corpulent aircraft to be emptied. The bulletin from the Presidency on the day merely said that Sheikh Qattan visited to deliver an anodyne “letter”…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Police in Anambra say they have commenced investigation to unravel the truth behind allegation of attempted extortion of a businessman by an Investigating Police Officer (IPO) of the State Command. A businessman had narrated on his Twitter account how an IPO of the Anambra State Police Command demanded the sum of five N500, 000 before a case of theft of goods in his shop could be investigated. The businessman, who gave his name as Joshua Nwaneli, on his Twitter handle @Jbstar, narrated that he lodged a complaint of theft of goods worth millions of naira in his…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Presidential flag bearer of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, and former Governor of Kano State, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, Saturday, confirmed that his party was in talks with Labour Party and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, for a possible joint ticket. The former Governor who confirmed this in an interview with BBC Hausa Service said both parties had met over the matter. Kwankwaso expressed optimism that the talks would soon materialise. According to him: “We are really talking to Peter Obi, or at least saying that the committee is working to look into the matter (and cooperate…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Former Umuahia Correspondent of the SUN Newspapers, Mr Chuks Onuoha, kidnapped Tuesday night has been freed by his captors. He regained his freedom Saturday morning after spending four days in the kidnappers’ den. It is not yet clear if any ransom was paid but his abductors were demanding N10 million as condition for his release. The journalist was abducted Tuesday night, around 9:00pm from his Umungasi, Ohuhu Umuahia country home. His abduction was exactly 10 days after the former Provost of the Abia State Teaching Hospital Aba, ABSUTH, Professor Uwadinachi Iweha, was kidnapped in front of his…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Five persons were reportedly killed on Friday during a confrontation between members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and unknown gunmen at Ihiala, Anambra State. An eye witness in the area said “the incident happened at Akwa village in Ihiala during a clash between IPOB and unknown gunmen. “The gunmen have a camp at a place called Oseakwa from where they have been terrorizing Ihiala, Okija, Uli and other neighbouring communities. “For some time, the gunmen have been disrupting burials and demanding to be settled before any ceremony is organized. They are also the group that…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Igbo youths under the aegis of Coalition of South East Youth Leaders, COSEYL, have advised the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, against using a fellow Southern, and Christian, as his running mate in the 2023 poll. COSEYL was reacting to the claims by the Director General of Obi’s Campaign Organisation and former Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Dr Doyin Okupe, that he was Obi’s running mate. Okupe made the claims while fielding questions on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today.’ He said that his name had been submitted to…
Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri The Imo State Police Command on Friday confirmed that a group of persons (unidentified) having meetings were attacked and shot by unknown gunmen in Okporo, Orlu Local Government Area of Imo State, last Thursday. The Imo State Police Command, Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Michael Abattam, told this to newsmen in Owerri. According to the Police, “They were having a meeting when the gunmen came and attacked them.” A viral video captured at least five persons with gunshot injuries, some of them shot in the leg and hand as they cried for help. It was observed that about…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The leadership of Catholic Church, Enugu Diocese, has sanctioned Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka over his uncomplimentary remarks on the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi. Fr. Mbaka had called Obi “a stingy man,” saying that he would never be President of Nigeria. The remarks have since been roundly condemned by Nigerians from across the regions and political divides. Just as public condemnations have continued to trail Fr. Mbaka’s uncomplimentary remarks, the Catholic Church has directed its members and priests to keep their distance from Mbaka’s Adoration Ministry. The directive was contained in a letter…