An Anglican Bishop has been declared missing in Anambra State, Nigeria’s South-east. The missing cleric, Godwin Okpala, is a retired archbishop of the Niger Province and Bishop of Nnewi. Mr Okpala, a professor, has been missing since Friday morning, the leadership of the Anglican Diocese of Nnewi announced on Saturday. The incumbent Bishop of the…
Nigerian government has formally submitted the necessary requirements to the Government of Finland for the extradition of Simon Ekpa, a pro-Biafran agitator, Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, confirmed on Tuesday. Speaking on Channel TV, General Musa stated that all necessary documentation and legal requirements for Ekpa’s extradition have been forwarded to Finland for…
Tensions flared at the onset of the Board of Trustees (BoT) meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as Samuel Anyanwu and Sunday Ude-Okoye, rivals for the position of National Secretary, clashed. The PDP, currently grappling with multiple crises, convened the meeting at its National Headquarters on Wednesday. The meeting was underway with Ambassador Iliya…
At least eight persons, including a pregnant woman, have been confirmed dead in a fatal auto crush at Akungba-Akoko in Ondo State. Witnesses said the crush occurred when a truck carrying bags of cement lost control along the Owo–Akungba–Ikare Expressway and rammed into roadside shops, killing several people instantly. A resident said, “The driver lost…
Nigerian star, Ademola Lookman has been named the African Player of the Year at the prestigious 2024 Confederation of African Football Awards. The announcement was made during a glittering ceremony in Marrakech, Morocco, celebrating the finest talents in African football. The Atalanta forward had a sensational year, dazzling fans with his incredible skill, blistering pace,…
Former Chief Whip and current Senator representing Borno South, Ali Ndume, has blamed the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration and the Senate for the tagging of Nigeria by the United States President, Donald Trump, as ‘Country of Particular Concern’. Ndume, in a statement on Saturday in Abuja, accused both the executive and legislative arms of…
The Imo state police command says its operatives have arrested Onyinyechi Emeka, a 40-year-old woman, for trying to sell her sister’s child for N30,000. Henry Okoye, the command’s spokesperson, said in a statement issued on Monday that the suspect was intercepted on February 7 at Okigwe en route to Ebonyi state with the five-year-old boy….
The presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, in the 2023 general elections, Adewole Adebayo, says the SDP is not making any plan for merger or collaboration with the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, or any party ahead of the 2027 elections. Adebayo stated this in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, at a meeting…
A woman, Faliat, has prayed Grade A Customary Court sitting at Mapo, Ibadan, Oyo State, to dissolve her 30-year-old union with her husband, Hammed, whom she described as irresponsible, a flirt and a brute. Faliat told the court that she had learnt to endure their union for the 30 years they were together and that…
The U.S. government has stated that the naira devaluation rendered President Bola Tinubu’s minimum wage increase useless as deteriorating poverty amid galloping inflation wracks millions of Nigerians. This was highlighted in the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2024, published by the United States Department of State’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor…
