News as it breaks
Attacks on hospitals and schools in Ukraine are putting around six million children in acute danger, the humanitarian organisation Save the Children said on Monday. Roughly one in five children has had to flee their home country to escape the war, while those children who remain in the war zone…
A China Eastern Boeing 737 with 132 onboard was hit by an accident and caused a mountain fire in South China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, the number of casualties is not clear yet, CCTV reported on Monday afternoon. China Eastern Airlines could not be reached for comment as of press…
Kaduna state government has declared 24-hour curfew in Jema’a and Kaura Local government areas of the state with immediate effect. A statement by the State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs Mr Samuel Aruwan says the imposition of the curfew was to assist the security agencies to stabilize the…
21/3/22 UMAHI/COURT A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, has struck out an application for stay of execution of his judgement which had on the 8th of this month, ordered the removal of Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State and his deputy, Kelechi Igwe from office. The Judge, Justice Inyang…
Goalkeeper of the Sunshine Queens FC, Elizabeth Johnson, has died, hours after she trained with the Akure-based side. The team confirmed the development in a brief statement. Very heartbreaking! Sunshine Queens lost one of its goalkeepers, Elizabeth Johnson (Janded) to the cold hands of death moments ago,” a statement from…
Mrs. Ebelechukwu Obiano has spoken out following her fight with Ms. Bianca Ojukwu at the inauguration of Charles Soludo as the governor of Anambra State. Speaking about the events of March 17, Ebele said she had left her seat to greet Bianca but the latter reacted to her greeting by…
Popular Nigerian Footballer, Kanu Nwankwo has said that he knows what is good, and that he was trying to repay the support he received from a Presidential Aspirant, Ahmed Bola Tinubu twenty-two years ago. Nwankwo was reacting to comments by some Nigerians over a recent event, where he was seen…
The Department of State Services (DSS) hereby alerts the public of a sinister plan by some elements to stoke violence in parts of the country particularly the North Central. The aim is to cause ethno-religious crisis, ignite reprisals and heat up the polity. In a bid to achieve this, the…
The North-East Development Commission (NEDC) says it’s developing a comprehensive ten year master plan for the rebuilding of the North East region ravaged by insurgency. The Managing Director of the NEDC, Muhammed Alkali stated this at a consultative meeting with stakeholders in Damaturu on the proposed North- East Stabilisation and…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has recovered drugs from a 52 years old father of four. The suspect named Okeke Adolphus Anayochukwu was found with 20.75 kilograms of the black liquid cocaine, upon his arrival at the Abuja airport. He explained that he was a business man dealing…
