The Anambra State Government, through its Operation Clean and Healthy Anambra, has shut down a brothel in Amawbia in the Awka South Local Government Area of the state. It was gathered that the brothel (name withheld) is notorious for harbouring underaged sex workers, drug peddlers, armed robbers and other criminals. During the raid on the hotel by the operatives of the OCHA Brigade, no fewer than 10 sex workers were rescued by the enforcement team, including underaged girls. A press statement on Thursday by the agency’s Managing Director, Celestine Anere,…
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Ideato Nation Thanka Uzodinma Over Erosion Menace Control Effort.
The people of Ideato nation have come together to express their profound appreciation to Governor Hope Uzodinma for his tireless efforts in tackling the erosion menace in their area. A crucial meeting was held at the Ideato North Secretariat in Urualla on January 14, 2025, where stakeholders from various political parties, community leaders, women groups, religious organizations, and traditional institutions gathered to commend the governor’s intervention. The meeting, convened by Hon. Dr. Ijeomah Arodiogbu, witnessed an unprecedented turnout of stakeholders who expressed gratitude to Governor Uzodinma for his unassuming interest…
Read MoreCourt Stops Anyanwu’s Removal As PDP’s National Secretary .
A Federal Capital Territory,FCT High Court has restrained the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and five others from removing the elected National Secretary of the party, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice before the court. The Court also restrained the PDP, the Acting National Chairman, Ambassador Iliya Damagum, the National Executive Committee(NEC) of the PDP, the National Working Committee(NWC) of the party, Board of Trustees(BoT) of the PDP, their privies, officers, agents or servants howsoever described from directing the Deputy National Secretary, Hon. Setonji…
Read MoreMiranda Replaces Sacked, Lagos Speaker- Obasa, As APC Woman Hail New Speaker
The State Women Leader, Hon. Jumoke Okoya-Thomas, congratulates our State’s first female speaker, Right Hon. Moji Miranda, on assuming leadership of the Legislative Arm of the State Government on behalf of all APC women in Lagos State. We would like to express our gratitude to the Honorable House Members for electing Lagos State’s first female speaker. We hope that throughout her tenure, the Lagos State Government will experience the freshness and resourcefulness that women are renowned for. We congratulate Madam Speaker once more and wish her a successful term in…
Read MoreAlleged Brutality, Homosexuality, Extortion Rife In Owerri Correctional Centre
An ex-inmate of the Owerri Correctional Centre, Victory Nnadi has said the facility thrives in brutality, forced homosexuality, and extortion perpetrated by fellow inmates. Nnadi, one of the four victims of false imprisonment by an Anglican cleric and owner of Enedo General Services, Victory Nnadi, yesterday narrated how he was brutalized for resisting to be forcefully sodomized by male inmates a day after his arrival on November 29, 2024, at the Owerri Correctional Centre. The four people are legal tenants at the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) Imo State secretariat…
Read MoreEmir Tussle: Bayero Heads To Supreme Court
Aminu Babba Dan’Agundi, Senior Counsel to the 15th Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero, has announced plans to challenge the recent Court of Appeal judgment favouring the 16th Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II. Dan’Agundi, who holds the traditional title of Sarkin Dawaki Babba of Kano Emirate, initially sought enforcement of fundamental human rights through the Federal High Court, alleging violations during the emirship dispute. Speaking at the Nassarawa Mini Palace, Dan’Agundi rejected the appellate court’s decision and vowed to seek redress at the Supreme Court. “The emirship crisis has…
Read MoreKidnappers Kills Female Banker, Despite Ransom Payment In Anambra
Gunmen suspected to be Kidnappers have killed a female banker simply identified as Ifeoma in Anambra State after collecting ransom from the family. The unfortunate incident was disclosed by Harrison Gwamnishu, Delta State based human rights activist in a post on his official Facebook page. He said Ifeoma was killed and her body dumped along Ideani Junction in Nnobi/Alor road, Anambra State. Harrison said, “Ifeoma, a banker was kidnapped in Anambra State. Ransom was demanded and the family paid but her abductors still killed her and dumped her body around…
Read MoreCorruption: Oshiomhole To JAMB, Justify Spending N850m On Cleaning, Mosquito Control,N160m On Travels.
JAMB’s contribution may be eliminated in future budgets, the MPs suggested, unless there are strong arguments for why the organization should continue to get government support. Adams Oshiomhole, the senator from Edo North, has voiced reservations about the 2024 spending by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). JAMB registrar Prof. Ishaq Oloyede was questioned by Oshiomhole at the agency’s 2025 budget defense session before the National Assembly Joint Committee on Finance on the N850 million spent on cleaning, fumigation, and security last year. “You spent N1.1bn on meals and…
Read MoreAttorney General Lateef Fagbemi Visits EX-President Buhari in Daura
Honourable Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Lateef Olasunkanmi Fagbemi, SAN, paid a courtesy visit to former President Muhammadu Buhari today at his residence in Daura, Katsina State. 9th January 2025.
Read MoreAttorney General Lateef Fagbemi Visits EX-President Buhari in Daura
Honourable Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Lateef Olasunkanmi Fagbemi, SAN, paid a courtesy visit to former President Muhammadu Buhari today at his residence in Daura, Katsina State. 9th January 2025.
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