A young man died hours after his wedding at Ochingini Adiko in Obi Local Government Area of Benue State. According to one Igor Daniel Adole, the deceased got married on Sunday evening, June 16, 2024, and he was found dead on Monday morning, June 17. It was gathered that he was hale and hearty before…
Governor Siminalayi Fubara has convened a security council meeting with heads of security agencies following the political crisis in the state. After the meeting held behind closed doors at the Government House in Port Harcourt on Tuesday, June 18, Fubara addressed journalists. He said the meeting with the security heads centred on strategies to…
Abia Government has said that there is still no confirmed positive case of cholera in its 17 Local Government Areas. Dr Orie Agomoh, Director, of Public Health and Disease Control in the Ministry of Health who addressed newsmen on Tuesday, June 18, said that 109 cases of stooling and vomiting suspected to be cholera…
General Overseer (GO) and founder of a new generation church simply identified as Bishop Godfrey has been arrested by the police over an alleged attempt to kidnap a fellow bishop in Agbarho, Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State. Police operatives who executed a search warrant on his apartment, recovered three Army uniforms…
MultiChoice has readjusted its subscription rates for DStv and GOtv users in Nigeria, following a court order mandating a halt to its planned price hikes. The move comes after the company faced legal challenges and lost over a million subscribers of its Nigerian customer base. The Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal in Abuja had…
A sex worker identified as Zara Tua has been stabbed to death by two men who had checked her into a hotel in the Kubwa area of the Federal Capital Territory. Punch reports that one of the men stabbed the lady with a pair of scissors after an argument broke out between Zara and…
Sevilla FC have completed the signing of Nigerian forward Chidera Ejuke on a three-year deal. The 26-year-old winger joins the Spanish club as a free agent after completing his medicals. The former UEFA Europa League champions announced his arrival on Monday afternoon, June 17. ” Sevilla FC has reached an agreement with the Nigerian footballer…
Hollywood superstar Morgan Freeman has again kicked against Black History Month which he described as a “deeply flawed concept”. The Oscar winner railed against the annual observance in a new interview with Variety, saying he absolutely detests and doesn’t relate to it. He said; “You are going to give me the shortest…
A female pilgrim from Kaduna State, Hajiya Asma’u Muhammad-Ladan, passed away at the King Fahad Hospital in Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia after a brief illness on Friday. This is contained in a statement by the Public Relations Officer (PRO), Kaduna State Pilgrims Welfare Agency, Malam Yunusa Muhammad-Abdullahi, issued to newsmen in Arafat on…
Operatives of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command raided kidnappers’ hideouts in an Abuja border community, neutralized a bandit and arrested three other suspects. Spokesperson of the command, SP Josephine Adeh, who disclosed this in a statement on Saturday, June 15, 2024, said the suspects confessed to being involved in a series of…
