Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State has vowed to track down hoodlums who attacked Nimbo, a community in Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of the state. PREMIUM TIMES reported that suspected herders invaded the community on Sunday evening and shot sporadically, killing at least five people, including a child of about two years old. ‘It’s unacceptable’ Mr Mbah … Read more
The past week was eventful in Nigeria’s South-east, where both shocking and sad events made headlines. It was the last week of April 2024. Here are the highlights of the top stories that made headlines in the region within the past week: Ex-Imo governor, Emeka Ihedioha, dumps PDP We set off the week, on 21 … Read more
On Monday, Zahani Kuma, aka Mr Reliable, a Nigerian fashion entrepreneur, completed a 115-hour ironing marathon in a bid to set a new Guinness World Record (GWR). Gareth Sanders, a cleaning company manager in Bristol, UK, achieved the longest marathon ironing, 100 hours, from 26 to 30 October 2015. Mr Sanders attempted this record at … Read more
A former Nigerian senator, Ayogu Eze, is dead. He died on Thursday aged 66. Mr Eze represented the Enugu North District between 2007 and 2015. He won his elections and served as a senator on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). But he died a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) having … Read more
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) said the candidate who faced discrimination over the use of hijab at a Lagos centre where she sat the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) was allowed the entire two hours to complete her exam. A statement by JAMB spokesperson, Fabian Benjamin, said the clarification became necessary as information … Read more
Portable and wives Singer Portable threatened to evict his wife, Bewaji Ewatomi aka Mama Zeh from his house over her self-proclaimed queen title birthday message. The singer’s wife posted birthday pictures on her Instagram page with a caption proclaiming herself as a queen of herself. Portable, who the caption didn’t resonate with, corrected his wife’s … Read more
The World Bank Group announced Wednesday it is partnering with the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) in an ambitious effort to provide at least 300 million people in Africa with electricity access by 2030. The bank, in a statement on Wednesday, said it will work to connect 250 million people to electricity through distributed renewable … Read more
Anyim Vera, the congregant whose academic achievement, Paul Enenche, head Pastor of Dunamis International Gospel Centre in Abuja, questioned has broken her silence. Ms Vera, on her Facebook page Monday, said she had put the situation behind her. She added that she had moved forward and encouraged the public to do the same. She said, … Read more
The past week was eventful in Nigeria’s South-east, where sad and joyous events and others in-between grabbed the headlines.The top stories included the news of the death of Nollywood actor, John Paul Odonwodo, in a boat accident alongside four others, the fallout of the sad incident, and that of the wedding of the university lecturer … Read more
A community in Enugu State, South-east Nigeria, has resorted to invoking deities to stop frequent attacks and killings by pro-Biafra gunmen in the area, PREMIUM TIMES reports. The community, Enugu-Ezike, which is in the Igboeze-North Local Government Area of the Nigerian South-eastern state, had been witnessing frequent attacks and killings by the pro-Biafra gunmen. Multiple … Read more
