O’Reilly Senior High School in Okpoi-Gonno, Accra, Ghana, is facing intense scrutiny following the tragic d3ath of final-year student Edward Borketey Sackey, who was fatally st@bbed during an argument with friends on Tuesday, September 4. This incident marks the second student murder at the school, raising serious concerns over the safety of students and the effectiveness of the school’s management. Eyewitnesses reported that the argument, which started over a debate about whose father was wealthier, escalated quickly into a physical altercation. During the fight, one of the students reportedly pulled…
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15 Senators, 149 Representatives Sponsored No Bills in First Year
The report, released in Abuja by Oke Epia, Executive Director of OrderPaper, highlighted a legislative output of just 77 bills passed out of 1,442 introduced between June 2023 and May 2024. The senators identified in the report as not having sponsored any bills include Amos Yohanna (PDP, Adamawa North), Victor Umeh (LP, Anambra Central), Samaila Kaila (PDP, Bauchi North), Abdul Ningi (PDP, Bauchi Central), Ani Okorie (APC, Ebonyi South), Adams Oshiomhole (APC, Edo North), Neda Imasuen (LP, Edo South), and Kelvin Chukwu (LP, Enugu East). Others include Muntari Dandutse (APC,…
Read MoreRampaging Gunmen Attack Isiala Mbano LGA Headquarters, Obowo Police Div, Kill Security Men, Burn Buildings
Some yet to be identified gunmen on Tuesday night, attacked the council headquarters of the Isiala Mbano LGA of Imo State located in the Umuelemai community. The attack left the headquarters razed and some persons dead.The attack occurred as the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state announced that its primary election for Local Government chairmanship elections were taking place across the state, same day.Though the number of causalities were yet to be ascertained as of the time of filing this report, however, pictures and video clips of the attack…
Read MoreIPOB: Prophet To Tinubu, Release Kanu To Avert Looming Danger
The founder of Peace of Yahweh Synagogue and Eastern Judaism, Daniel Sunday Onuoha, has written to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to release the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, “to avoid the impending catastrophe waiting to occur”. Onuoha stated this on Monday in an open letter he addressed to President Tinubu. According to him, Kanu is “a prophet of the most high God on a mission”. Advertisement He recalled that he earlier advised President Tinubu to release Kanu shortly after his inauguration last year, which was…
Read MoreNNPC Hikes Fuel Pump Price to N897 Per Litre
Just two days after announcing that the rising cost of petrol has pushed it into over $6 billion in debt, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Limited increased its fuel pump price from N617 per litre to N897 per litre on Tuesday morning. This marks an increase of over 45 percent. Checks at NNPC Retail stations in Abuja confirmed the new fuel price. When contacted for comment, the company’s Chief Communications Officer, Mr. Olufemi Soneye, stated that he was unaware of any price increase. “I’m not aware of this. Thank…
Read MoreOpen Letter To Tinubu Release Nnamdi Kanu
My name is Daniel Sunday Onuoha, The Founder of Peace Of Yahweh Synagogue and Eastern Judaism, located in southeast, Nigeria. I am using this time to write to you, Mr president of Nigeria in the person of Ahmed Bola Tinubu on the already existing issue concerning the release of the Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. This is a kind of open letter to you and to warn you for the second time as I had warned you, on this same issue immediately after the inauguration of your…
Read MoreNIGERIA: NATION UNDER SIEGE, OVERRAN BY FOREIGN TERRORISTS AND CRIMINAL BANDITS LINKED TO TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS
By Vitalis Unachukwu Only a fool would be tricked and manipulated again and again, when he’s beseeched by kinsmen, who have already decided to sell him into slavery or use him as ransom for their own safety . Only non Nigerians would be fooled into believing that, Nigeria is the safest country to visit and be resident today , when we know that we are completely under siege, after being invaded and overran by foreign terrorists, criminal bandits and kidnappers, who now overpower and overthrow our own security forces, dictating…
Read MoreCourt Grants 19 #EndBadGovernance Protesters Bail
The state high court granted bail to 19 protesters who had been arrested during the “End Bad Governance” protest in Katsina. The protesters, detained for exercising their constitutional right to peaceful assembly, were recently released on bail. Meanwhile, Bar. Ibrahim Umar, the state chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), has commendably vowed to follow the case to its logical conclusion, emphasizing their commitment to ensuring justice is served and the rights of the protesters are protected. Bar. Umar expressed concern over the police’s mistreatment of the protesters, including minors.…
Read MoreTinubu Must Thinker On Modular Refineries Now,In Face Of High Fuel,Food Cost.
Persisting rise in energy and food prices in Nigeria remains a nightmare for every average Nigerian today. Prices of goods and services continue to rise inspite of assurances by the Bola Ahmed Tinubu led Federal Government that the situation was going to improve. The recent hike in petrol pump price to N1000 or more, tends to worsen matters for the already beleaguered masses of the country. Even the promise by the President in 2023, that some local refineries like the Port Harcourt refinery, would begin operations in 2024, appears to…
Read MorePan Igbo Women Organisation Inaugurates New Executive In Imo.
BY NKECHI OJUKWU The women organization formed, as an umbrella body for women of South East extraction, known as Pan Igbo Women International, has inaugurated its Executive Members in Owerri, the Imo State Capital. The inauguration took place on Friday, August 30, at Owerri . The National President of the women organization, Barr. Ijeomah Igboanusi, who was Chairman of the Local Organizing Committee for the Inauguration ceremony, in an address, stated that concerned Igbo leaders asked her to rally Igbo women together, to forster peace and progress in Igbo…
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