As President Donald Trump warns of “zero tolerance” for narco-states in America’s backyard, China is tightening its grip on Venezuela — a high-risk economic and political bet that could soon collide with U.S. power. U.S. defense officials confirmed to Reuters last month that a U.S. aircraft carrier strike group had entered the Southern Command region, which covers…
By Ovat Abeng The former Anambra State governorship aspirant, under the People’s Democratic Party PDP, Chief Dr Ike Oligbo, has congratulated Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo on his resounding victory in the just-concluded November 8, 2025, gubernatorial election. Chief Oligbo described Governor Soludo’s 21-over-21 victory as a clear reflection of the people’s confidence in his leadership…
By Ovat Abeng John Onuigbo, an education innovator and social entrepreneur, has been named winner of The Future Awards Africa Prize for Education 2025. Mr Chinedu Okafor media aide to Onuigbo, who disclosed this in a statement in Awka on Thursday, said the Future Awards Africa, now in its 19th edition, was held at the…
By Kingsley Agim and Jessica Ubi Preparations for the 66th National Council on Health (NCH) in Cross River State received a royal endorsement on Tuesday as the State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Henry Egbe Ayuk, led a high-powered delegation of health sector stakeholders to the palace of His Eminence, Edidem Ekpo Okon Abasi Otu V,…
By Ovat Abeng The President of the National Association of Scrap and Waste Dealers Employers of Nigeria (NASWDEN), Alh. Abdulfatai Adisa Ogunwale (aka, Baba Ede), has told its members all over the country to reject multiple and illegal levies in all its forms. Ogunwale, issued the warning while addressing newsmen in Onitsha, the commercial city…
By Ovat Abeng The Anambra State Commissioner for Health, Dr Afam Ben Obidike, has said free ante-natal, free child deliveries and free surgeries initiated by the state governorr, Chukwuma Charles Soludo in general hospitals across the state, contributed overwhelmingly to his reelection in the just concluded Anambra 2025 gubernatorial election. Obidike, who addressed journalists, after…
By Ovat Abeng The First Lady of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has flagged off distribution of 10,000 disposable sanitary pads for deserving secondary school girls in Anambra state under her pet project, Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI).tagged “Flow with Confidence. The flagged off ceremony took place at the banquet hall, Light House Awka on Wednesday. Addressing…
German prosecutors said on Wednesday they have arrested a suspected Hamas member accused of procuring weapons that they assume were intended for attacks on Israeli or Jewish institutions. The suspect was arrested on the motorway as he entered Germany from the Czech Republic, the federal public prosecutor’s office in Karlsruhe said. He is to be…
The Toronto Police Service has located a missing youth, Damien, who went missing in the Oakwood Avenue and Vaughan Road area. The Police, according to the Corporate Communications for 13 Division, thanked the public for their assistance in locating the missing youth. READ ALSO: Matlala and Molefe sppear in Alexandra Court “Damien, 17, was last seen…
By Kelvin Obambon and Cletus Asuquo A group of All Progressive Congress (APC) members in Cross River have locked the state secretariat, vowing never to unlock it until, the party chairman, Barr. Alphonsus Ogar Eba, resigns. The aggrieved members, numbering up to hundred, on Wednesday, sang, chanted and displayed placards with various inscriptions such…
