Author: Alade Adisa

A confrontation between a soldier and police officers in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital on Wednesday has left one person dead and three others injured. According to reports, the incident occurred in Ugwuachara village, Ebonyi Local Government Area, when the policemen attempted to search a soldier on a motorcycle during a stop-and-search operation. The report said a scuffle broke out as the soldier allegedly tried to disarm one of the officers and during the altercation, a firearm discharged, fatally striking a bystanding labourer. Confirming the incident, Ebonyi State Commissioner of Police, Adaku Uche-Anya, stated, “The soldier was trying to disarm…

New Manchester United boss, Ruben Amorim, has revealed his reason for joining the top Premier League club.Amorim, who left his Portuguese top-flight side, Sporting CP, to move to Old Trafford, claimed he felt a connection with the Red Devils, which pushed him to join the club. The 39-year-old former Portugal international added that Manchester United’s history also drove him, and he wanted to ensure they were back to their best. He told United’s official website that it was important for him to connect with the people at the club. “First of all, I think I felt a connection with the…

The Russian domestic intelligence service, the FSB, has reportedly arrested a German citizen in Kaliningrad on Wednesday for allegedly planning acts of sabotage. Upon entering the Russian Baltic Sea exclave from Poland, 50 grams of liquid explosives were allegedly seized in his car, which he had driven from his home in Hamburg. According to the Russian news agency, the FSB alleged that the man had received orders from a Ukrainian man who also lives in Hamburg to carry out some sort of attack. Russian authorities also suspect the German man of having carried out an explosives attack on a gas…

A charity organization on Wednesday organized a mass wedding ceremony for about 240 grooms and brides in western Afghanistan’s Herat province. Mawlawi Abdul Sadiqi, head of the organization said each newlywed couple was gifted household appliances, including carpet, blanket, and kitchen tools valued at 100,000 afghani (about 1,460 U.S. dollars). Young people may have to wait for years to have their wedding ceremonies due to unemployment, the economic crisis, the high cost of lavish dowries and expensive gifts in the poverty-stricken country.Earlier, a mass wedding event was held in northern Sari Pul province, where 100 couples got married. The Afghan…

The parents and guardians of the Zamfara students stranded in Cyprus have called for Governor Dauda Lawal’s urgent intervention. The Chairman of the parent’s association, Ibrahim Tudu, made the appeal while addressing newsmen in Gusau on Wednesday. Tudu called on the state government to take tentative measures to rescue their children. He said, “This is to highlight our concern about the condition of our 88 children sent on scholarship by the Zamfara Government studying various courses at Cyprus International University Nicosia, facing numerous problems currently. “We would like to clear that the affected students are bonafide indigenes and citizens of…

A Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, ordered an unemployed man, Vincent Danladi, to sweep the court premises for three weeks for stealing one carton of floor tiles and other items worth N130,000. The police had earlier charged Danladi, 30, of Ungwan Pama in Kaduna, with theft. Delivering ruling, Magistrate Ibrahim Emmanuel, said the court took into consideration the fact that Danladi was a first time offender. He ordered the convict to report to the court for three weeks to sweep the premises, after he pleaded guilty to the offence without an option of fine. Earlier, the Prosecutor, Insp Chidi…

The Inspector-General (IG) of Police, Mr Kayode Egbetokun, has sued former Senator representing Anambra South, Andy Uba, and two others, for alleged fraud . The IG, in a two-count charge marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/538/2024 filed before Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court in Abuja, joined Crystal Uba and Benjamin Etu as 2nd and 3rd defendants respectively. The charge, dated Oct. 8, was filed on Oct. 10 by Abdulrashid Sidi in the Legal/Prosecution Section at the Police Force Headquarters, Abuja. In count one, Uba, Crystal, Etu and Hajiya Fatima now at large, sometimes in 2022, were alleged to have conspired amongst…

Terrorists that plague northern Nigeria are arming themselves with weapons that originated in Libya, according to Nigerian defence officials. Weapons traffickers in Nigeria are benefiting from instability across the Sahel, particularly in Niger, which has become a key transit point for weapons taken from Libyan stockpiles. Those weapons have moved into other Sahel countries as well as Nigeria, according to the Small Arms Survey. “When we talk about the proliferation of arms, first, you have to look at what happened in Libya years ago and in the Sahel,” Nigerian Maj. Gen. Edward Buba said during a recent briefing. “Now, this…

The Senate, citing Section 157 (1) of the 1999 Nigerian Constitution (as amended), has removed Yakubu Danladi Umar from his position as Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) over alleged gross misconduct. Senators deemed Umar’s actions as incompatible with the responsibilities of his office, describing his behaviour as unacceptable for such a sensitive position. The decision to remove Umar was supported by an overwhelming majority, with 74 senators signing the motion and 10 others present, bringing the total to 84 in favour. Deliberations on the matter began during a closed-door session at 1:17 PM on Wednesday. The session,…

Founder of Ovation magazine and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dele Momodu, has refuted circulating reports claiming that billionaire businessman, Mike Adenuga, has passed away. Adenuga, the fifth-richest person in Africa according to Forbes, is the founder of Globacom, Nigeria’s second-largest telecom operator with operations in Ghana and Benin Republic. Rumors online suggested that Adenuga, 71, had died, prompting widespread reactions. However, in a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday night, Momodu assured the public that the business mogul is alive and well. He disclosed that he had a phone conversation with Adenuga, who confirmed he remains…