How Anambra Monarch Was Reminded In Prison Over Kingship Tussle
An Anambra High Court sitting in Awka has remanded one Chief Denis Ezebuilo at the Awka Correctional Center till June 15, 2023, when his bail application will be heard. Ezebuilo, one of the claimants to the traditional ruler’s stool of Amanuke Community, Awka North of the state was remanded for not showing up in the case between him and Inspector...
EFCC Summons Hadi Sirika Over Nigeria Air, Question Officials
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has summoned the former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, to appear before the commission. The anti-graft agency had also questioned officials of Nigerian Air over the recent launch of the airline in Abuja. THISDAY gathered that while the minister was due to appear before the commission within the week to answer questions related to...
Lightning Kills Referee During Match In Niger
On Tuesday, a Nigerian referee was killed by lightning during a friendly football match in Madalla, Niger State. The deceased, commonly known as Mustafa Coach 02 among football fans and a member of the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF), died tragically during a competition played on the community's schools' field. An eyewitness, Muhammed Musa, stated that the match, in which Madalla and...
Ondo: Sex Workers Sue Man For Paying With Fake Alert
A man, identified as Oluwafemi Damilola, has been dragged before a Chief Magistrate Court in Ondo town, Ondo State, by four women for allegedly defrauding them of a sum of N45,000. The sex workers alleged that the 25-year-old defendant had sex with them and paid them with a fake alert for their ‘service’. The defendant was thereafter arrested by the men...
Tinubu Orders Probe Into Death Of Over 100 Wedding Guests In Kwara Boat Accident
President Bola Tinubu has expressed sadness over the boat mishap, which occurred in Kwara State, claiming many lives. The president’s commiseration was contained in a statement on Wednesday by his Director of Information, Abiodun Oladunjoye. The boat accident according to reports, led to the death of over 100 people who were wedding guests at Egbu village in Patigi Local Government Area...
Anambra Father Ties Stepdaughter’s Hands, Feet For One Month
On Tuesday, the Anambra State Ministry of Women and Social Welfare confirmed the release of a 17-year-old girl from the custody of her stepfather, Sunday Ezeh, who allegedly chained her hands and feet and imprisoned her for a month. While reporting the incident to journalists on Tuesday, the state Commissioner for the Ministry, Ify Obinabo, described the girl as the...
Man Preparing For Wedding Drowns In Enugu Flood
Flooding caused by Sunday night rainfall has drowned a young man, simply identified as Chukwudi, in his apartment, located by the edge of a narrow drainage between Nkpokiti and Presidential Road, in Ogui Township, Enugu. The diseased, who reportedly had performed traditional rites and was preparing for a wedding with his fiancé, was said to be putting up in one...
Horse Rider Tramples Man To Death In Jigawa
The Jigawa State Police Command claimed it apprehended Muhammad Mustapha, a horse rider, who allegedly trampled to death a 70-year-old cyclist, Umar Hassan, in Jigawa State's Ringim Local Government Area. DSP Lawan Shiisu Adam, the command's Public Relations Officer, confirmed the event in a press statement on Monday, saying the suspect, 25, a resident of Unguwar Maina in Ringim municipality,...
Gov. Alia Inaugurates Committee To Recover Looted Govt Property From Ortom
Benue State Government, Hyacinth Alia, has set up a committee to recover all looted government property by the immediate past government led by ex-governor Samuel Ortom. The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Tersoo Kula, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday, saying Alia had inaugurated an assets recovery committee both at state and local government levels. Kula stated that...
Give Us Ministerial Slot, FCT Original Inhabitants Beg FG
Natives of the Federal Capital Territory have appealed to the federal government to consider FCT indigenes for ministerial appointments and grant Abuja recognition as a state to ensure equality and development. Mr. Danjuma Tanko Dara, an elder statesman and stakeholder of the FCT who made the call yesterday in a press briefing on behalf of the natives also called on...
