A young man of 20, Ekenedilichukwu Okeke has confessed to killing his step-mother. Speaking on Friday, he gave detailed account how he arranged his friends to kill his stepmother, Mrs. Theresa Okeke in Awka, Anambra State. Okeke, an accountant with the National Population Commission (NPC), was reportedly strangled to death on September 28, 2022 in…
Google will remove unlicensed loan apps on Play Store effective January 31, 2023. According to Google, all loan apps must present all their licensing documents for the market before they are allowed on the platform. With this, loan apps in Nigeria must now provide an approval document from the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission…
Former militants under the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) have vowed to stop presidential campaigns of any political party in the Niger Delta region over their unpaid stipends. The former militants who staged a protest at the secretariat of the Nigerian Union of Journalists in Yenagoa over the de-listing of 2,952 beneficiaries and refusal of the amnesty…
The world’s oldest primary school student is dead. Priscilla Sitieni, whose resolve to acquire an education in her 90s inspired a French film and won praise from UNESCO died in Kenya at the age of 99, AFP quoted local media reports. Her grandson, Sammy Chepsiror, told The Standard newspaper that Gogo Priscilla (Granny Priscilla), as…
A mother-of-five, Beatrice Mbari, has called for justice after she was allegedly beaten to pulp by her husband following a disagreement with his lover in Bundu Ama community, Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital. Speaking to News Agency in Port Harcourt, the distraught woman said she could hardly see with her eyes due to punches the man threw…
St Martin’s Catholic Church in Ihiala, Anambra State, has been invaded by gunmen who tied up security guards after gaining access to the church premises. It was reported that the incident which happened on Thursday, November 17, is coming amid series of feuds between the authorities of the church and some concerned citizens of the…
The Independent National Electoral Commission has uncovered about 2,780,756 unqualified registered voters in Kano state. New Resident Electoral Commissioner in Kano, Zango Abdu, disclosed this during a meeting with members of election stakeholders on Thursday, November 17. Zango also revealed that 12,298, 944 Nigerians successfully completed the registration as new voters. He said; “The preliminary…
The police in Adamawa state have arrested and arraigned no fewer than seven special hunters in Lamurde Local Government Area of the state for allegedly killing a man identified as Danlami Kaura, setting the corpse ablaze, and inciting public disturbance. The hunters identified as Abubakar Hamman, 48 (Chairman), Musa Mohammed, 38, Ibrahim NEPA, 35, Musa Ibrahim,…
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Osun State has revealed that 27 corps members will have their service year extended for various infractions. The NYSC also stated that 20 corps members absconded during the 2021 Batch C Stream II service year. The Osun NYSC State Coordinator, Olayinka Abdulwahab made this known during the low…
Chidinma Ojukwu has said that she was forced to sign statement by the police following her arrest, according to a report by NAN. The alleged murder suspect of Super TV Chief Executive Officer, Usifo Ataga speaking on Thursday also told a Lagos High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square that the statement she wrote…