Kogi Youths Protest, Accuse State INEC REC, Of Bias Hundreds of Kogi youths stormed the headquarters of Independent National Commission, INEC in Abuja on Tuesday demanding the immediate removal of the state Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, Dr Hale Gabriel Longpet. They accused him of being biased, warning that his continued […]
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INEC Releases Final List Of Candidates For Kogi, Imo, Bayelsa Governorship Elections
INEC Releases Final List Of Candidates For Kogi, Imo, Bayelsa Governorship Elections The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the list of candidates that will contest the governorship elections in Bayelsa, Kogi and Imo states, fixed for November 11, 2023. A statement signed by Barrister Festus Okoye, National Commissioner […]
Police arrest Nigerian Student over sexual harassment of minors
Police arrest Nigerian Student over sexual harassment of minors A Nigerian student, Cyril Kenneth, who reportedly arrived in the United Kingdom in February has been arrested by the police for allegedly attempting to sexually harass minors in the Belfast province of the country. In a viral video posted by Far […]
Nigerian Navy Seeks More US Support To Sustain Fight Against Piracy
Nigerian Navy Seeks More US Support To Sustain Fight Against Piracy, The Nigerian Navy (NN) has restated commitment towards sustaining fight against piracy and other criminal activities in the country’s maritime domain and the Gulf of Guinea (GoG). Rear Admiral Joseph Akpan, Flag Officer Commanding (FOC) Western Naval Command, stated […]
SS3 Student Stabs Undergraduate To Death For Dating His Sister
SS3 Student Stabs Undergraduate To Death For Dating His Sister A student of Physics in the Federal University Lokoja, Kogi State, identified simply as Williams, was reportedly stabbed to death on Saturday by an SS3 student for allegedly chasing his elder sister who is also a secondary student. Report has […]
Seven shot at school graduation ceremony in US
Seven shot at school graduation ceremony in US A gunman opened fire in Monroe Park shortly after a graduation ceremony finished nearby Seven people have been shot and two were killed at a shooting that took place during a high school graduation ceremony in Richmond, Virginia. Media in the US […]
Groups Protest In Anambra Over Extortion, Intimidation By Naval Officers
Groups Protest In Anambra Over Extortion, Intimidation By Naval Officers The coalition of civil societies under the aegis of Campaign for Democracy, South-East zone, and the Human Rights, Liberty Access and Peace Defenders’ Foundation, HURIDE – have raised concerns over alleged extortions, stealing, harassments, killings and illegal arrests carried out […]
Flood Sweeps Away Woman in Anambra, Dumps Corpse at Oko Poly Gate
Flood Sweeps Away Woman in Anambra, Dumps Corpse at Oko Poly Gate It was a terrific scene on Tuesday in Anambra State, as heavy flood swept away a woman in Oko, Orumba North Council Area, as a result of heavy downpour that during the day. An eyewitness said the incident […]
Pastor Sentenced To Death In Rivers State For Murder
Pastor Sentenced To Death In Rivers State For Murder The General Overseer of the Altar of Solution and Healing Assembly located in Oyigbo, Rivers State, Pastor Chidiebere Okoroafor, has been sentenced to death over multiple murders. He was sentenced to death after being found guilty of killing his choir mistress, […]
Anambra Environment Commissioner, Odimegwu Wants Residents To Embrace Culture Of Cleanliness, Protect Environment
The Anambra State Ministry of Environment led by the Hon. Commissioner for Environment, Engr. Felix Odumegwu has interacted with pressmen in a Chit chat held on Tuesday, in his office at Anambra State Secretariat. The Commissioner said that the Anambra State Ministry of Environment in collaboration with the Anambra State […]