Intimidation, threat can’t stop Biafra agitation, Iwuanyanwu tells FG

Elder statesman and foremost Igbo leader, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, has urged the Federal Government to review its operation in the Southeast and initiate dialogue with the pro-Biafra groups to tone…

Gunmen Kidnap ‘Longest-Serving Coach’ In Nigeria Football League

Enugu State police command has confirmed the kidnap of Rivers United coach Stanley Eguma, the longest-serving coach in Nigeria’s Football League (NFL) In a statement on Thursday, the police said…

Bring Out Your Corrupt Minister For Prosecution, Ortom Tells Buhari

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State on Thursday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to hand over a minister under his watch fingered for corruption to security agencies for prosecution. Ortom made…

Kenneth Kaunda, Zambia’s first president, dies aged 97

Kenneth Kaunda, the founding president of Zambia, has died at the age of 97. The former president’s death was announced by Zambian media on Thursday afternoon. He was on Monday…

Drop press regulation bill, allow free speech, media bodies tell Reps

The Nigerian Press Organisation, which comprises the Newspaper Proprietors’ Association of Nigeria, Nigerian Guild of Editors and the Nigerian Union of Journalists, has called on the House of Representatives to…

Kebbi Rep Confirms Abduction At Yauri Girls’ College

The member representing Ngaski/Shanga/Yauri Federal Constituency of Kebbi State at the House of Representatives, Yusuf Tanko Sununu, has confirmed the abductions of students and teachers of Government Girls’ College, Birnin…

Constitution review: Igbo people want sixth state, says Uzodinma

The Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma, has advocated for an additional state for the South-East region. He said that Ndigbo would be proud of the country if a sixth…

Why I killed my wife – Pastor

The pastor in Eket, Akwa Ibom State, who killed his wife and buried her corpse in a shallow grave inside the compound where they were living, has told the police…

EFCC To Prosecute Orji Kalu All Over Again – Bawa

Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Abdularasheed Bawa has said former Abia State governor, Orji Uzor Kalu will be prosecuted by the agency all over again. The…

Buhari visits Maiduguri, to inaugurate projects

There is a heavy presence of security operatives in Borno State as the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) and some service chiefs arrived Maiduguri, the state capital on Thursday…

Sexual Abuse: A’Ibom Varsity Sacks 14 Lecturers

The Akwa Ibom State University, (AKSU), has disclosed that 14 lecturers have been shown the exit door for sexually abusing students. Although the names of the randy teachers were not…

Court bars Akeredolu from investigating chief judge

Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday barred the governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu from investigating the Chief Judge of the state over a viral…

God will reinstate Ihedioha as Imo governor – Evangelist Israel

The President of CIS Gospel of Christ Int’l (a Global Evangelist Outreach), Rev. Evangelist C.O. Israel has prophesied that God will return the former Governor of Imo state, Rt. Hon.…

Kinsmen drag Okorocha, Uzodimma, to court over varsity ownership

Orlu kinsmen of the former governor of Imo state, Senator Rochas Okorocha under the incorporated trustees of the Orlu Zurumee Youth Assembly have initiated a court action against the former…

How Imo pensioners were locked up for five hours at Freedom Square

No fewer than 25 Imo pensioners were yesterday barricaded in, and locked up for more than five hours at the Freedom Square venue of their weekly meetings by alleged government…