Police scale walls to arrest South Korea president
Yoon Suk Yeol | File Image South Korea’s judiciary and constitution are under test, as Yoon Suk Yeol becomes the country’s first sitting president to be arrested after investigators scaled barricades and cut through barbed wire to take him into custody. Yoon, 64, is being investigated on charges of insurrection for a failed martial law […]
Man bags 12 years jail term for ‘horrific sexual offences’
Craig Short was jailed for 12 years with a further six years to be served on extended licence [Devon and Cornwall Police] A 53-year-old man, Craig Short, has been jailed for “horrific sexual offences” against two young victims. Short, of Woodland Mews in Paignton, was jailed for 12 years with a further six years to […]
Crime suspect escapes from securitymen in Owerri community
A suspected specialist in breaking and stealing from residential houses and stores in Owuelu community in Uratta Owerri North council, Imo State, has escaped from the local Vigilante that was taken him to the Police. The suspect, who gave his name as Ifeanyi Onyeso from Umuna Orlu, Imo State, was arrested, while stealing vehicle parts […]
#EndBadGovernance protest: Police demand apology from Amnesty International, allege false publication
#EndBadGovernance protesters around Gani Fawehinmi Park on Sunday, August 4, 2024. Credit: Dare Idowu NPF has demanded that Amnesty International issue a formal retraction and public apology within seven days By Valentine Amanze Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has expressed bitterness over Amnesty International’s reportage of the #EndBadGovernance protesters, which the group indicted the Police in […]
Fire from oil facility threatens Rivers community
Fire from a leaking well head between Bukuma and Buguma in Asari Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State. . EDEN raises alarm, appeals to govt for assistance By Valentine Amanze The Environmental Defenders Network (EDEN) has appealed to to the Nigerian government to urgently stop the oil spill from a leaking well head and […]
Ebonyi governor congratulates Ohanaeze president, Mbata
Senator John Mbata | File Image By Nweze Anaga, Abakaliki Ebonyi State Governor Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru has congratulated the newly elected President of the Pan-Igbo organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Senator John Azuta Mbata. Governor Nwifuru said that with the experiences Mbata garnered in various theatres, taking the organisation to yet another level of growth was indubitable. […]
Niger residents decry govt’s new land laws
Governor Umaru Mohammed Bago of Niger State | File Image By Mohammed Usman Niger State residents have pleaded with the state government not to implement its new land laws, which they described as anti-people. The residents including a widowed primary school teacher, Mrs. Hannatu Joseph, said that the government’s insistence on implementing the new law […]
Abia ex-Governor Orji forfeits N228.4m to govt
Abia State former Governor Theodore Orji | File Image By Valentine Amanze Abia State former Governor Theodore Orji is to forfeit to the Federal Government the N228.4 million traced to his account on allegations of money laundering. Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court Abuja gave the order of interim freezing and forfeiture of […]
Alcibiades reborn: The sycophantic journey of Reno Omokri
Reno Omokri | File Image Reno’s transformation from a sharp critic of Tinubu to one of his most enthusiastic apologists is nothing short of remarkable By Valentine Obienyem I read Reno Omokri’s article recently, titled, “Why Peter Obi Has No Moral Authority to Criticise President Tinubu.” Predictably, it felt like navigating through a sycophant’s asylum […]
Zacch Adedeji @ 47: Celebrating a man of exceptional grace, excellence
Zacch Adedeji | File Image Adedeji @ 47: Celebrating a man of exceptional grace, excellence By Dare Adekanmbi Ecclesiastical evidence abounds to affirm that God does not look at people or issues through the same prism from which human beings perceive matters. As mortals, we give primacy to mundane parameters as appearance or outward adornments, […]
