Makinde Presents Staff Of Office To New Alaafin Of Oyo The symbolic event was held amid controversy concerning the choice of the new Alaafin announced by last week. Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has presented the staff of office to the new Alaafin of Oyo, Abimbola Akeem Owoade. The governor presented the official instrument legitimising the reign of a king to the new monarch on Monday morning at the Exco Chamber of the Governor’s Office in Ibadan, the state capital. The symbolic event was performed nearly three years after the death of the former Alaafin, Lamidi Adeyemi III. The…
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Both Anyawu and Okoye are laying claim to the office of the national secretary of the PDP. The presence of police officers was recorded at the national headquarters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday, as both the embattled National Secretary of the party, Samuel Anyawu and Ude Okoye, whom the Court of Appeal declared as the authentic National Secretary of the party is expected to resume work today. Our correspondent on ground said that some form of drama may occur due to the expected presence of both secretaries at the secretariat. Both Anyawu and Okoye are laying claim to…
Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly have impeached the speaker, Mudashiru Obasa. The removal comes barely a month after Obasa was accused of allegedly spending N17 billion to fix a gate that leads to the assembly. He was accused of multiple statutory and financial infractions. Obasa was subsequently replaced by his deputy Mojisola Meranda. Mrs Meranda, who represents Apapa Constituency 1, was also a former chief whip of the house. Mojeed Fatai is now the Deputy Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly. Obsaa has been engulfed in a series of controversial circumstances in terms of financial…
A bomb explosion rocked the Umuneke community of Mbieri in Mbaitoli Local Government Area of Imo State on Saturday night, sparking widespread fear and tension among residents. The blast, which occurred at midnight, targeted a newly completed family home, reducing it to rubble. Fortunately, no lives were lost in the incident, according to reports. The PUNCH quoted a community source, Iyke Njoku, as saying, “The sound was massive as well as the bang. We waited a while and when we didn’t see any movement or hear screams, we decided to check, only to see the house in rubble.” According to…
An Ibom Air passenger from Uyo to Abuja will face prosecution for holding an Uyo-Abuja flight hostage until the flight was cancelled, the Director of Public Affairs and Consumers’ Protection of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Michael Achimugu, has said. It was gathered that the female passenger would have been lynched if not for the intervention of the Aviation Security (AVSEC) personnel and those of Ibom Air. The incident happened on an Ibom Air flight scheduled to depart Uyo for Abuja at 1730hrs last Wednesday. Prior to the flight, passengers were said to have been informed that due to…
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has called for an immediate and comprehensive investigation into allegations of organ harvesting and human trafficking in Akwa Ibom State and others States across Nigeria, as recently revealed by the National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP). The association, through its National Coordinator, Emmanuel Onwubiko, described the unfolding scandals as a grave national crisis and a multi-billion-dollar criminal enterprise that must be addressed with the full force of the law. The demand followed shocking revelations by NAPTIP’s Akwa Ibom Zonal Coordinator, Mr Emmanuel Awhen, who disclosed that certain medical centres…
National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has made a shocking accusation against some medical centers and personnel in Akwa Ibom State, alleging their involvement in organ harvesting. This disturbing claim suggests that organ harvesting has become a thriving trade in the state. The accusation was made by Mr. Emmanuel Awhen, the State Zonal Coordinator of NAPTIP, on Saturday in Uyo, during the National Human Trafficking Awareness Day 2025. The event’s theme, “Strengthening Communities by Connecting the Dots,” highlights the need for collective action against human trafficking. Awhen, represented by Mr. Eme Inionong Ukpabio, Head, Public Enlightenment…
The police in Akwa Ibom State have confirmed the release of an abducted Chevron oil worker in Eket Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, Samuel Ekerenam. Mr Ekerenam is a Chevron Nigeria Ltd staff member and the Hephzibah Shopping Mall chief executive officer in Eket. Timfon John, the police spokesperson in Akwa Ibom, disclosed Mr Ekerenam’s release to the News Agency of Nigeria in Eket on Friday. The oil worker was abducted on 23 November 2024 at about 10 p.m. at his business premises along Afaha Uqua Obok-Idim in Eket, after the kidnappers shot dead his personal driver and…
The police in Cross River State have arrested a 29-year-old man for allegedly killing his mother for ritual purposes. Irene Ugbo, the police spokesperson in Cross River, confirmed the suspect’s arrest and detention to reporters on Friday in Calabar. Mrs Ugbo, a superintendent of police, did not, however, provide details. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the incident occurred on 25 December 2024 in Batriko, Eastern Boki Local Government Area of the state. A source told NAN that the suspect was arrested on Friday by a combined police and security team from the Obudu council area. The suspect…
The Cross River Tourism Bureau says no fewer than 300,000 tourists attended the recently concluded 32-day Calabar Carnival held in Calabar, Cross River. Its Managing Director, Ekpenyong Ojoi, disclosed this in a statement in Lagos on Saturday. Ojoi said that there was a 42 per cent growth in tourist attendance for the carnival in comparison with 2023 statistics. He said: “Calabar recorded over 300,000 tourists from Nov. 1 to Dec. 31st, 2024, who came in for the Calabar Carnival and seeing of the OMR, Marina Resort and the Kwa falls. “Most of the tourists were from Abuja, Lagos and neighbouring…