Chukwudi Akasike, Port Harcourt A cleric and 16 pregnant women have been arrested by operatives of the Rivers State Police Command. The suspects were arrested after operatives of the Command raided a suspected baby factory in Port Harcourt belonging to the cleric identified as Glory Raphael. Apart from the 16 pregnant girls, three other persons […] …
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Two clerics, six others die in Anambra multiple auto crashes
Tony Okafor, Awka Two clerics and six others have reportedly died following multiple road crashes that happened in various parts of Anambra State on Saturday. At Ogidi, in the Idemili North Local Government Area of the state, there was a multiple fatal motor accident on the Enugu/Onitsha Expressway by Tarzan Junction. An eyewitness told Southern […] …
Sanitation, water-related diseases kill 1,000 children daily –Cross River SSG
Mudiaga Affe, Calabar The Secretary to Cross River State Government, Tina Agbor, has said that nearly 1,000 children die each day all over the world due to preventable water and sanitation-related diseases. Agbor stated this on Friday at the celebration of Bekwarra Local Government Area Open Defecation Free Status held at the council headquarters in […] …
Nigeria needs another kind of National Assembly, says Ndoma-Egba
Mudiaga Affe, Calabar Chairman of the board of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, has said Nigeria needs another kind of National Assembly that will lift the country up. Ndoma-Egba, who himself was the Leader of the Seventh Senate, said this on Friday in Calabar, Cross River State, when he visited the state […] …
I will continue to pursue my governorship ambition – Ihedioha
Gibson Achonu, Owerri The former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Chief Emeka Ihedioha, says he will continue to pursue his legitimate ambition of becoming the governor of Imo State in 2019 on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, against all odds. Ihedioha, in a press release signed by his media aide, Mr. […] …
Armed robbers in police net for breaking into homes in Enugu
Ihuoma Chiedozie, Enugu Two armed robbers, who specialised in breaking into homes to steal valuables, have been apprehended by the police in Enugu. The two suspects – Ejike Nomeh and Sopulu Edeh – were nabbed for allegedly committing separate offences by operatives of the Emene Division of the Enugu State Police Command. Nomeh, a native […] …
Police arrest 34-year-old while stealing MTN solar batteries
Chidiebube Okeoma, Owerri Operatives of Imo State Police Command have arrested a 34-year-old man, Chibuike Okorougo, while allegedly stealing solar batteries belonging to mobile telecommunications company, MTN, in the state. The state Commissioner of Police, Dasuki Galadanchi, told Southern City News that the suspect, who is a native of Umuenyem Nkwerre, was caught in the […] …
ASUU faults FG proposed students’ education bank scheme
Sampson Itode, Port Harcourt The Academic Staff Union of Universities has described the proposed education bank and tuition scheme by the Federal Government as a ploy to commercialise public university education and thereby encourage private universities in the country. ASUU Zonal Coordinator, Port Harcourt Zone, Uzo Onyebinama, said that the proposed scheme by the Federal […] …
Scavengers fight over ruins of fire outbreak in Rivers
Chukwudi Akasike, Port Harcourt A group of scavengers, who besieged the Fruit and Vegetable Market that was engulfed by fire in Port Harcourt, fought one another over the leftovers from the inferno. The scavengers, who were mainly youths, had come into the market with sledge hammers, chisels, cutlasses and others to pull out iron bars […] …
APGA Primaries: Don’t allow imposition of candidates, stakeholders tell Obiano
Tony Okafor, Awka There was tension in Governor Willie Obiano’s Anambra East constituency on Friday following an alleged attempt by the hierarchy of the All Progressives Grand Alliance to impose a certain candidate on the people of the area for next year’s general elections. As a result, the people of the area have asked the […] …