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Mrs Ebelechukwu, wife of former Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano has opened up on the fight between her and Bianca Ojukwu. Bianca Ojukwu had slapped Ebelechukwu during the inauguration of Charles Soludo as the Governor of Anambra State last week. ...

Sunshine Queens goalkeeper, Elizabeth Johnson, has died, hours after she trained with the Akure-based side. The team confirmed the development in a brief statement issued on Sunday. “Very heartbreaking! Sunshine Queens lost one of its goalkeepers, Elizabeth Johnson (Janded) to ...

The Police Command in Bauchi has arrested an 18-year-old boy, Abdulrahman Sulaiman, for allegedly stabbing his elder brother to death. Sulaiman allegedly stabbed his brother in a fight, resulting from a heated argument at the games village area of Bauchi ...

Tragedy struck on Saturday in Sokoto as an industrial fire at BUA cement factory resulted in the death of three persons, while three others were injured. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that other equipment and other valuables had ...

Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky, on Sunday, said that in areas where heavy fighting has taken place, the front line of defense is littered with corpses of Russian soldiers. He said this while insisting that the Russian military has sustained “unprecedented ...

A Burger King employee in Florida allegedly shot a customer after he threw mayonnaise at her face, police and local reports said. Shateasha Hicks, 30, was arrested Thursday and charged with discharging a firearm in public after the incident at ...

The Nigeria Police Force has reiterated the ban on officers across the country from demanding Customs papers from drivers. In a tweet on Sunday, Force Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, also said officers should stop demanding tinted glass permit. According ...

Sigh! Sowore can talk sha! Double sigh!!Omoyele Sowore has berated former Super Eagles players for paying a visit to a former Lagos State Governor and National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Sowore, in a ...

Former Super Eagles player, Kanu Nwankwo, has said he will support Tinubu because the politician as also been of help to him. Kanu made a video explaining his reasons for participating in the activities lined up to celebrate the 70th ...

Nollywood actor, Yul Edochie, has claimed that some people cried when it dawned on them that former Anambra governor, Willie Obiano’s tenure had ended. In a lengthy post on his Instagram page, Edochie described the embattled former governor as a ...

Two policemen were killed when armed men in the early hours of Saturday set ablaze the Umuguma Divisional Police Headquarters in Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo State. The attack came a few hours after the Assistant Inspector-General of ...

Two children have been found dead in the rubble of a collapsed toilet of UK Bello Memorial Primary School, Paiko, in Paikoro Local Government Area of Niger State. It’s uncertain what the children were doing around the building that was ...

Ukrainian actress Oksana Shvets has been killed in a Russian rocket attack on a residential building in Kyiv. The Young Theater — a Ukrainian theater troupe she had been part of since 1980 — announced the star’s death. In a ...

The Obi of Awka Ancient Kingdom, His Imperial Majesty, the Eze Uzu III of Awka, Obi Austin Ndigwe, has said that by fighting the widow of the late Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, wife of the former governor of Anambra State, Mrs ...

Nigeria has been given $1m by the Economic Community of West African States to boost food and nutrition needs in Katsina, Zamfara and Borno states. The fund was given to the United Nations World Food Programme in 2021 as part ...

  Morale has dropped so low within Putin’s army that troops have started shooting themselves in the leg to escape the fighting in Ukraine, it has been reported. The soldiers, some of whom were conscripted into fighting, appear to be ...

Apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide, OYC, has reacted angrily to the fracas involving Amb. Bianca Ojukwu, widow of late Igbo leader, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu and wife of former Anambra Governor, Ebelechukwu Obiano. Recall Mrs Obiano ...

  The Police have arrested 36-year-old Ahmed Yunusa also known as Yellow Ashana. The criminal led a vicious bandit group that have been terrorizing communities and road users along the Abuja-Kaduna expressway. He had been on the run following a ...

Adeola Asaolu, daughter of the late Olu of Araromi, Olawale Fatoyinbo, has been installed as the Regent of Araromi community in Ondo State. According to a statement on Thursday, Asaolu was installed on Monday. Speaking to newsmen after her installation, ...

No fewer than eight members of the All Progressives Congress were kidnapped between Araromi Opin and Obbo Ile in Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara. A relative of one of the victims, Mr Adekunle Oluwole, told the newsmen on Thursday ...

    Here is a lovely photo of the new First family of Anambra state. Adaora Soludo posted the photo on her Instagram to congratulate her dad. Her post below…

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya, has assured Nigerians that the Army will provide conducive and secure environment for the conduct of the 2023 general elections. Yahaya gave the assurance at the closing of the Chief of ...

Ghana, Gabon, Uganda and some more African countries have ranked higher above Nigeria in World’s Happiest Nation list. Finland is named the world’s happiest country for the fifth year running, in an annual UN-sponsored index that again ranked Afghanistan as ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has confirmed that the immediate-past governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, has not been released from detention. In a chat with Punch, the EFCC Spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, noted that Obiano was transferred to Abuja ...

Six persons suspected to be internet fraudsters, popularly called ‘Yahoo boys,’ have reportedly died in a motor accident in Delta State. Punch Metro gathered that the incident happened Tuesday when a truck collided with a Mercedes Benz car near Akala ...