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Imo Aluta  Drivers’ Chairman alleges harassment by members, over Bus Imo data capturing fee hike

..Appeals to Gov Uzodimma By Fredrick Njoku The Chairman of the Imo State ALUTA Drivers Welfare Association, Comrade Moses Otu, has alleged that members of...

NDDC warns Abia youths against vandalising projects

The Niger Delta Development Commission Yesterday pleaded with youth leaders in Abia State to be agents of change by protecting its projects across the...

Uzoagba youths protest against planned extension of PG’s tenure

...Insist community's Ezeship stool is non rotatory By Jude Onyenedogha Youths of Uzoagba Ancient Kingdom Autonomous Community, Tuesday trouped out in their numbers to ...

Former Anambra Deputy Speaker, Afam Obi, dies

A former Deputy Speaker of the Anambra State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. D. B. Afam Obi, is dead. In a statement released on Saturday,...

Umueze Ogwa Patriotic Union mourns Emereole

Umueze Ogwa Patriotic Union, (UPU), (men's wing), Owerri branch mourns their beloved member, Mr. Simon Emereole of Duruahazie village in Umueze Abazu Ogwa autonomous...

I joined APC to strengthen party- Obinna  Unegbu

...Lauds Uzodimma on good governance The founder and Chief Executive Officer(CEO) of the Shekinah British International School, Ihiagwa, Owerri, Dr. Smart Unegbu, who just...

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How police arrested killers of Arise TV Anchor, Sommie Maduagwu – Witness tells court

The trial of the eleven accused persons linked to the murder of Arise News journalist and anchor, Somtochukwu Maduagwu, during a robbery at her...

Court threatens contempt, warns counsel against misconduct in Malami case

Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, yesterday warned counsel appearing before her against engaging in conduct capable of delaying proceedings,...

Abure rejects appeal court verdict affirming Nenadi Usman as LP chair

Factional National Chairman of the Labour Party,(LP), Julius Abure, yesterday, rejected a judgment of the Court of Appeal, describing it as unacceptable and vowing...

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Appeal Court dismisses Julius Abure’s suit, affirms Usman as Labour Party leader

The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, has, in a unanimous judgement delivered by a three-member panel of Justices, dismissed the appeal filed by Barrister...

Rivers toddler’s death: Proprietress begs govt to reopen school

The management of the Wisdom Gate International School, Eligbolo, near Port Harcourt, Rivers State, where a two-year-old pupil died, has appealed to the Rivers...

EFCC arrests fake lawyer over forged NBA seal in Lagos

Operatives of the Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ikoyi, have arrested a 55-year-old man, John Anoruo, over...

How police arrested killers of Arise TV Anchor, Sommie Maduagwu – Witness tells court

The trial of the eleven accused persons linked to the murder of Arise News journalist and anchor, Somtochukwu Maduagwu, during a robbery at her...

Court threatens contempt, warns counsel against misconduct in Malami case

Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, yesterday warned counsel appearing before her against engaging in conduct capable of delaying proceedings,...

Abure rejects appeal court verdict affirming Nenadi Usman as LP chair

Factional National Chairman of the Labour Party,(LP), Julius Abure, yesterday, rejected a judgment of the Court of Appeal, describing it as unacceptable and vowing...

28-year-old Nigerian woman arrested for operating a brothel in Ghana

The Ghana Police Service has arrested a 28-year-old Nigerian woman, Esther Egbuhama, for allegedly operating a brothel in the Ashanti Region. According to reports by...

FG files 13-count charge against coup plotters

The Federal Government has filed a 13-count charge before the Federal High Court in Abuja against six individuals, including two retired senior military officers...

El-Rufai’s bail hearing adjourned to June

The Kaduna State High Court has adjourned the bail hearing of former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai to the first week of June 2026,...