The Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses has announced that members can now decide whether to accept or donate the four main components of blood based on their personal conscience. The organisation made this known in a statement issued by its World Headquarters in Warwick, New York and made available on its website on Friday. According…
A Nigerian teenager, Gift Ayoola, has been sentenced to four years’ imprisonment for recording the sexual abuses of children and selling them to paedophiles in the United Kingdom. He was sentenced at Cardiff Crown Court on Wednesday after pleading guilty to making and distributing indecent images, possessing extreme pornography, and causing and inciting children to…
By Ovat Abeng The Anambra State Police Command has advised parents especially, young mothers to always protect their children and reject get-rich-quick schemes. The Command’s spokesperson, SP Tochukwu Ikenga disclosed this in a statement he signed and made available to journalists in Awka, on Friday. The statement read; “The Anambra State Police Command, following the…
By Ovat Abeng The Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Charles Soludo has pardoned popular native doctor, Chidozie Nwangwu, popularly knows as Akwa Okuko Tiwara Aki. Nwangwu who was among eight native doctors arrested in 2025 for their involvement in the promotion of money ritual, quick wealth and use of human parts for ritual had earlier this…
Nigerian entertainer Charles Oputa aka Charly Boy has celebrated the engagement of his daughter Adaeze to a female partner. The 76-year-old, also known as Area Fada, posted a video from the engagement on Instagram late Thursday, asking the public to wish them well. “My beautiful Princess and her Husband. Folks, wish dem well for me,”…
By Ovat Abeng Following the adjournment of a 98-year-old land dispute matter between Enugwu quarters and Umuenu quarters of Umuawulu community in Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra State, the people of Umuenu has reiterated their called on the State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Tobechukwu Nweke SAN, to steer clear and remain…
By Kelvin Obambon A viral video documenting a tense altercation between operatives of the Cross River State Police Command’s Violent Crime Response Unit (VCRU) and the Chairman of Calabar Municipality, Hon. James Anam, has sparked public outrage and renewed scrutiny over police conduct in Nigeria. The video, recorded from inside an operational vehicle by what…
By Kelvin Obambon The Cross River State Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation Development has announced the commencement of a statewide distribution of improved SAMPEA 20-T PBR cowpea seeds to local farmers, beginning Monday, September 21, 2026. According to a statement signed by the Commissioner for Agriculture and Irrigation Development, Hon. Johnson Andiambey Ebokpo, and dated…
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has officially launched a nationwide grassroots campaign aimed at mobilizing over 40 million female voters across all 176,846 communities housing polling units in the country to secure a second-term victory for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima in the upcoming January 2027 presidential election. The political…
By Livingstone Ogbang, mni At its last meeting, the Cross River State Executive Council approved the immediate relocation of the Cross River State College of Education (COE) to the site of the Teachers Continuous Training Institute (TCTI) in Biase. The decision was reached after months of extensive deliberations. It is aimed at ensuring that the…
