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Nov

2023

Just-In: Thunderstorm Kills Three Secondary School Students

Tragedy As Thunderstorm Kills Three Secondary School Students Lightning killed three Senior Secondary School (SS3) students in Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra on Saturday. A witness told journalists that the lightning struck nine male students playing football with their peers on the school’s pitch barefooted. “The coach had ended the training session before the rain started, but some of the students stayed behind to continue playing football. “Lightning, accompanied by claps of thunderstorms, suddenly enveloped the area, and the boys were struck in the process,” the witness said. According to the witness, a teacher ran to the field…

Nov

2023

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75 Year Old Woman Slumps, Dies During Prayer At Mountain Of Fire Headquarters

Gossips, News Flash, Religion

Woman Slumps, Dies During Prayer At Mountain Of Fire Headquarters A female worshipper identified as Bisi Adewumi of the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries reportedly slumped during a prayer session at the church auditorium in the Ibafo area of Ogun State. The worshipper, who was described as a 75-year-old woman by the Ogun State Police Command, was said to have later lost her life while receiving treatment at a government hospital in Sagamu. The police said the incident was reported to its Ibafo division by the Head of Security, Pastor Ekikere Esiere, attached to the prayer city, located along…

Nov

2023

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UN Secretary-General Guterres Condemns ‘Horrifying’ Attack On Ambulance Convoy In Gaza, Says ‘This Must Stop’

World News, News Flash, War

UN Chief Guterres Condemns ‘Horrifying’ Attack On Ambulance Convoy In Gaza, Says ‘This Must Stop’ UN Secretary-General António Guterres has described a strike on an ambulance convoy outside a hospital in the Gaza Strip as horrific, reiterating his appeal for a humanitarian ceasefire. The ambulances evacuating critically injured and sick patients to Al Shifa Hospital in the south of the Gaza Strip were struck at the entrance of the hospital on Friday, according to reports. “I am horrified by the reported attack in Gaza on an ambulance convoy outside Al Shifa Hospital. The images of bodies strewn on the street…

Nov

2023

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Leader Of A Vigilante Arrested For Armed Robbery, Names Police Inspector As Guns Supplier For All Their Operations

Crime, News Flash, Security

Vigilante Leader Arrested For Armed Robbery, Names Police Officer Who Supplies Guns For Operations Owonikoko John, a 36-year-old Unit Commandant of the Vigilante Group of Nigeria (VGN), has been arrested in Ogun state over his alleged involvement in the supply of arms and robberies. The Ogun police command said John was the mastermind of several nefarious crimes at Obalende and other areas of the state. It was learnt that John was arrested along the Sagamu-Ijebu- Ode-Benin highway during an operation led by an Assistant Commissioner of Police, ACP Omosanyi Adeniyi, the Area Commander, Ijebu-Ode. Upon his arrest, John was found…

Nov

2023

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“Joe Ajaero, A Labour Party Chieftain From IMO State, Went Home To Mobilize Support For His Political Party, Not NLC Protest”- By Lauretta Onorchie

News Flash, Politics, South East

We are genuinely glad that our Police was on hand to rescue him. We only criticise when the Police is high handed but fail to commend when they do well. Let me spell it out for you: Imo State off season gubernatorial election is coming up on the 11th of November. Joe Ajaero, A Labour Party Chieftain from Imo State, went home to mobilise support for his political party. Instead of calling it a Labour Party campaign, he foolishly called it a protest. But when some workers arrived for the protest, they realised it was a Labour Party Rally. Those…

Nov

2023

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Gov Otti Mourns As Late Aunt, Mrs. Uzoamaka Nwaze, Is Laid To Rest In Ebonyi

Abia State, News Flash

GOV OTTI MOURNS AS LATE AUNT, MRS. UZOAMAKA NWAZE, IS LAID TO REST IN EBONYI The remains of late Mrs. Uzoamaka Chinenye Nwaze, auntie to the Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, OFR, has been laid to rest in her hometown, Uburu, Ohaozara Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. Mrs. Nwaze (nee Odabe), younger sister to Governor Otti's mother, Late Mrs. Rose Otti (nee Odabe), died on June 6, 2023, aged 65. She was a former school teacher. Speaking during a funeral service conducted in her honour by the St. Andrews Presbyterian Church of Nigeria, Uburu Parish, on Friday, Governor…

Nov

2023

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Final Year Student Electrocuted While Installing Solar Panels

News Flash, Education, South South

Final Year Student Electrocuted While Installing Solar Panels A final year student of Petroleum Training Institute, Effurun, Delta State has been electrocuted while installing solar panels on a one-storey building. PUNCH Metro gathered that the gory incident occurred in a business location close to a commercial bank at the Warri Garage Area on Thursday, October 19, 2023. Witnesses told journalists that the aluminium ladder used by the student in climbing up to the position he intended to install the solar panels was magnetised by the high-tension wires linking a neighbouring commercial bank. Consequently, he reportedly got electrocuted in the process,…

Nov

2023

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Enyioma Ohafia International Ladies Association Holds National Induction/General Meeting, Music Launch & Women Rehabilitation Centre Project… Dec. 30th, 2023 @ Blue Spring Hotel, Ebem Ohafia(Details Inside)

Abia State, Culture, Entertainment, News Flash, People & Events

ENYIOMA OHAFIA INTERNATIONAL LADIES ASSOCIATION HOLDS NATIONAL INDUCTION/GENERAL MEETING, Music Launch & Women Rehabilitation Centre Project…Dec. 30th, 2023 @ Blue Spring Hotel, Ebem Ohafia. Enyioma Ohafia International Ladies Association is poised to make a bold statement in glamour this Christmas Season with their National Induction and general Meeting. The Climax of the Christmas event which will hold on 30th December, 2023 at Blue Spring Hotel Ebem Ohafia will be the Launching of the Enyioma Music and the building of the Women Rehabilitation Centre. The Abia State Executive Governor Dr. Alex Otti is expected to grace the event as the Special…

Nov

2023

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Abia Has Shown Capacity As Labour Party State; Our Ideology Is People Oriented – Governor Alex Otti

Abia State, Good Governance, News Flash

ABIA HAS SHOWN CAPACITY AS LABOUR PARTY STATE, OUR IDEOLOGY IS PEOPLE ORIENTED——- GOVERNOR ALEX OTTI The Governor of Abia State Dr. Alex Otti, OFR, has expressed that Labour Paty’s ideology is people oriented and emphasized the unwavering commitment of his administration to ceaselessly portray the good ideologies of the party. The Governor who was ably represented by his Deputy Engr. Ikechukwu Emetu made this known during the occasion of the Colloquim and Hall of Fame Award in Honour of the National Chairman of Labour Party Barr. (Dr) Julius Abure organized by Edo policy round table in conjunction with Mudiame…

Nov

2023

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Breaking News: Total Blackout As Electricity Workers Begin Strike Over Attack On NLC President

FGN, News Flash, Power & Energy

JUST-IN: Total Blackout As Electricity Workers Begins Strike Over Attack On NLC President Electricity workers under the auspices of the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) has asked their members to withdraw their services nationwide by midnight Thursday. The union said the action was to protest the alleged arrest and brutalization of the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, by the police Wednesday during a protest rally in Owerri, the Imo State capital. Following Ajaero’s alleged attack and brutalization by security agents in Imo State, NLC said the leadership of organised labour will convene an emergency meeting…