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A member of the silver medal-winning Flying Eagles team to Saudi Arabia in 1989, Mike Onyemachara, reportedly died on Thursday, May 4, 2023. He was reported to be in good health when his wife left for work and kids left for school only for them to return and see that the food served to him…
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Charles III on Saturday finally met his date with destiny after a lifetime as heir to his late mother Queen Elizabeth II, as he was officially crowned king in the first coronation in Britain since 1953. At 12:02 pm, the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby placed the solid gold St Edward’s Crown on Charles’s head…
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The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, has ordered the posting of 86 Deputy Commissioners of Police and 206 Assistant Commissioners of Police to various zonal commands, state commands and police formations, across the country. The senior police officers are to deputize other Senior Commissioners of Police and other most senior officers in the discharge of…
A Nigerian student at Bangor University, North Wales, United Kingdom, John Nwadiaju, escaped jail by the whiskers after a court handed him a suspended sentence for violently attacking and abusing his wife, Kosisochukwu Echem. According to North Whales Chronicle, on Friday, the 34-year-old was sentenced to 11 months imprisonment, suspended for one year, which included…
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The World Health Organisation has announced that COVID-19 is no longer a global public health emergency The Director General of WHO, Tedros Ghebreyesus, while speaking at a media conference on Friday, said the global health body’s international health regulations emergency committee made the decision at its 15th meeting on Thursday. “Yesterday, the Emergency Committee met…
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Lagos police spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin, has explained what led to the fire incident at Alaba International Market in Ojo. On Friday, the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service reported that shops at the popular Alaba International Market are on Fire. The agency also reported that angry mobs prevented firefighters from carrying out their duties. But…
The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Imo State chapter has taken a swipe at the administration of Governor Hope Uzodinma, regretting that within the last two months, Imo State has been shut down twice. This was contained in a release issued by the PDP State Publicity Secretary, Collins Opurozor, made available to DAILY…
Read More “PDP blasts Uzodinma govt over blackout, ruthless attacks on workers in Imo” »
Britain’s ruling Conservatives suffered high-profile losses as results poured in Friday from Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s first major electoral test since he took office last year. In the depths of the worst cost-of-living crisis in decades, the local council elections held across swathes of England on Thursday illuminated the main parties’ standing ahead of a…
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-Says choice of Onyeriri as running mate masterstroke A grassroots mobilizer and former Leader of Orlu Legislative Assembly, Rt.Hon Gozie Nwagba has commended the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Senator Samuel Anyanwu for choosing Hon Jones Onyereiri as running mate adding that the choice of Onyereiri is a masterstroke that will collapse…
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– security operatives withdrawn few minutes before attack The reprehensible details of how thugs allegedly loyal to the Imo state government on Monday, May 1, disrupted the Workers Day celebration organized at Laour House, along the Imo State University by Phindec road, in Owerri Municipal Council, have continued to emerge. The Acting Chairman of Nigeria…
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The United Kingdom court has sentenced former Deputy Senate President of Nigeria, Ike Ekweremadu, to nine years and eight months in prison for an organ trafficking plot. The court also sentenced his wife, Beatrice, to four years six months while the medical doctor who acted as a ‘middleman’ in the plot, Dr Obinna Obeta, was…
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Fire gutted some shops in the popular Alaba International Market in the Ojo Local Government Area of Lagos State. It was gathered that the fire incident started on Friday morning. Director, of Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Margaret Adeseye confirmed the incident in a statement. However, she disclosed that the fire crew were confronted…
The Abia State House of Assembly has dismissed the purported impeachment of her speaker, Chinedum Orji, by some members of the House led by its former Deputy Speaker, Ifeanyi Uchendu. This was made public during a preliminary session of the House presided by Orji, on Tuesday. A video which has now gone viral on social…
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• Why North may outsmart South• Umahi: Southeast deserves No.3 seat• Adopt Northwest for Senate President, group gives Tinubu condition for second term After some lull in political intrigues since the completion of the general elections in March, next month’s inauguration and election of principal officers of the 10th National Assembly is another crucial contest…
Read More “Senate Presidency: Negotiations, intense lobbying among contenders as NWC meets” »
The Police on Tuesday said it has arrested the suspended Adamawa State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Hudu Yunusa Ari. Police spokesperson, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said in a statement on Tuesday that Yunusa-Ari is currently in Police custody and is being grilled to ascertain the motives behind his alleged improper actions during the supplementary elections in Adamawa…
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Lawmakers in the Abia State House of Assembly on Tuesday impeached the speaker Chinedum Orji. 18 out of 27 members carried out the impeachment at an undisclosed location. The impeachment was reportedly moved by Chukwudi Apugo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who represents Umuahia-East. Also, it was seconded by Okey Igwe of the PDP,…
…Appoints Minister of Power on governing council The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Tuesday, in Abuja, approved the partial exclusion of the Ministry of Finance Incorporated from the Treasury Single Account. Buhari also granted the request of the Board of MOFI to charge management and transaction fees; and the inclusion of the Minister…
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The National Assembly has transmitted to the president a bill seeking a uniform age of retirement for judicial officers in the country. The bill seeks to extend the retirement age of High Court justices from 65 years to 70 years. The bill according to both chambers was part of 46 constitution alteration bills transmitted to…
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The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Tuesday, announced the resolution of the Central Working Committee, CWC, to paralyse the aviation sector in Imo State over the alleged disruption of May Day celebrations in the State. The NLC specifically notified its Lagos State Council to begin immediate mobilization of its affiliate unions in the aviation sector in…
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Sequel to the sponsored factionalization of the Nigeria Labour Congress NLC in Imo State, hoodlums suspected have been instigated from above, yesterday stormed the venue where Imo Workers were celebrating this years Workers day. The Chairman of Nigeria Labour Congress, Imo State chapter, Comrade George Ofoegbu who disclosed this in a telephone conversation with this…
The second batch of stranded Nigerians evacuated from Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, arrived Port Sudan on Tuesday, our correspondent gathered. Nine students from the second batch arrived Port Sudan on Monday night as they were moved into a different vehicle after their bus caught fire. The PUNCH reports that one of the buses conveying…
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The organized labour, comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress, on Tuesday directed workers in Imo State to withdraw their services across the state from Tuesday night. The PUNCH reports that the two unions said the decision followed the disruption of Monday’s Workers’ Day celebration supposedly by agents of the state government. In…
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The Federal government on Tuesday, accused the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), of not “showing good cause” in the pursuit of its suit before the National Industrial Court. Mr J.U.K Igwe SAN, counsel to the Minister of Labour and Employment and Minister of Education who are the claimants in the suit made the accusation…
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A Catholic Church Priest, Rev Fr. Micheal Asomugha, who was kidnapped recently has regained his freedom from his abductors. Asomugha of the St. Paul’s Catholic church parish, Osu in Isiala Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State was kidnapped recently. One of his parishioners, Chinedu Osuji, confirmed on Sunday morning that the cleric has been…
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the postponement of the 2023 Population and Housing Census, earlier scheduled for May 3-7 2023, to a date to be determined by the incoming administration. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who disclosed this in a statement, yesterday, in Abuja, said the President gave the approval after meeting…
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Seplat Energy Plc has disclosed that its gross profit soared to N91.1 b in the first quarter (Q1) 2023, from N48.8 billion same period last year, rising by 69 per cent.The energy firm, in its unaudited result for the three months ended March 31, 2023, made available to The Guardian, also recorded a rise in…
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Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has filed a lawsuit against the Independent National Electoral Commission over its failure to investigate allegations of electoral violence and other electoral offences including bribery against some state governors and their deputies during the 2023 elections. According to reports, the recently concluded presidential, national assembly, and governorship elections in some…
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The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has advised the opposition to stop their endless griping over the 2023 presidential election which they lost woefully, saying they know very well that they deserve to lose the election because of their overconfidence and complacency. In a statement yesterday in Abuja, the Minister argued that…
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The death of the paramount traditional ruler of Obudu Local Government Area in Cross River State, His Royal Majesty, Joseph Davies-Agba, has been officially announced by the family. The demise of Davies-Agba was announced in a statement by his Son, Mr Kjay Jedy-Agba, on Sunday in Calabar. “It is with a heavy heart that I…
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The Police Command in Imo has arrested nine suspected criminals terrorising parts of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the arrest came barely two weeks after gunmen attacked and killed four policemen in a restaurant in the Ngor Okpala area of the state. In a statement made available to newsmen on…
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