The Operation Clean and Healthy Anambra, otherwise known as the OCHA Brigade, has cracked down on illegal street trading and environmental violations, carrying out a major enforcement and decongestion exercise across markets in Ogidi, Afor Igwe Umunnachi, Oye Agu Abagana,…

Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo State has pledged to award N1 million to each Edo indigene who returned home as a victim of xenophobic attacks in South Africa. The money is to support their accommodation and resettlement. Mr Okpebholo announced…

The embattled Director-General of the disowned Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council, Adeniyi Adeyemi, has said the N400m he paid to secure his appointment letter was borrowed money, and that his lenders have since petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,…

Killings of Nigerians in South Africa As the Senate resumed plenary last Tuesday, a primary topic of debate was the recent attacks on Nigerians in South Africa. The senator representing Cross River South, Asuquo Ekpenyong, moved a motion urging the federal government…

The principal of Ahoro Esinle School in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State, Mrs Rachael Alamu, has explained why one of her first questions after regaining freedom was about her car, saying she initially believed it had been recovered…

The federal government has launched the National Guidelines for Public Procurement of Food and Related Services. The framework introduces nutrition standards for food purchased with public funds as part of efforts to reduce unhealthy diets and curb the growing burden…

The rescued principal of Community High School in Oriire Local Government Area, Mrs Rachael Alamu, has explained the reason why the kidnappers killed the teachers that were abducted in the state. Alamu made this known while speaking with newsmen on…

Operatives of the Oyo State Police Command have arrested a suspected gun runner, Hammed Lateef, and recovered a locally fabricated pistol, live ammunition and suspected illicit drugs during an intelligence-led stop-and-search operation in Ibadan. The operation was carried out on…

A person was killed Monday in a shooting involving Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in the northern US state of Maine, an official said. “This morning a shooting occurred in Biddeford. A person was killed. ICE was involved,” Maine…

A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Akwa, Anambra State, on Monday, remanded an online publisher and blogger, Ejike Ofoegbu, over alleged defamatory publications targeting Governor Charles Soludo and members of his family. Mr Ofoegbu owns Igbo Times Magazine and INews. Chief…

Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has called for economic sanctions and visa bans against opposition leaders in the state, accusing them of aiding and abetting political violence in the state ahead of the August 15 governorship election. Adeleke made the…

The Enugu State Police Command has launched a chase for a commercial bus driver and his conductor following an incident involving the assault and attempted murder of police officers, as well as the theft of a service rifle. The state…

A Magistrate Court I, sitting at Amawbia near Awka, Anambra State capital, on Monday ordered the remand of a blogger and publisher of Igbo Times Magazine and INews, Ejike Ofoegbu, over allegations bordering on criminal defamation against the Anambra State…

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it intercepted 8,287 nylon bags of substance suspected to be ‘Canadian Loud’ weighing 4,143.5 kilogrammes at the Apapa seaport in Lagos. The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, said this in…

US President Donald Trump has said the United States would likely take over the Strait of Hormuz and should be compensated for securing the strategic waterway amid escalating tensions with Iran. Speaking in a phone interview on Fox News’ Fox…