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A pastor of a Pentecostal Church (name withheld) in Nnewi, Anambra State, identified as Pastor Prosper Igboke, has committed suicide after he jumped down from a two-storey building in Nnewi. Sources in the area said Igboke jumped down from the two-storey building and died instantly after he was jilted by his lover, whom he had spent so much on. A relative of the deceased who spoke to journalists on Saturday, said the 30-year-old man from Leru community in Umunneochi Local Government Area, Abia State, had trained his lover in the university, after which she declined his marriage proposal. He said,…

In the most prestigious and unifying Iri-Ji Mbaise National Cultural Festival ever, that took place on 15th August 2023, Mbaise Nation of five clans namely, Oke Ovoro, Agbaja, Ahiara, Ekwereazu and Ezinihitte encapsulated in the present day Aboh-Mbaise, Ahiazu Mbaise and Ezinihitte Mbaise Local Government Areas of Imo State honoured their illustrious son, Okenze Felix Ohiri Amadi with the clan title of *Whekubi Mbaise* According to released by Mbaise Chairmen of traditional rulers, the prestigious clan title of "Whekubi Mbaise" to Okenze Felix Ohiri Amadi is recognition and reward for his achievements and contributions as a philanthropist and an achiever…

Bishop Timothy Otu, the General Overseer of the Agape Evangelical Ministry situated at the Obikabia Junction in Obingwa Local Government Area of Abia State has been arrested by the State Police Command. According to ASP Maureen Chinaka, Abia Police public relations officer (PPRO), Otu checked into a hotel in Obingwa with a 43-year-old woman, Mrs Happiness Echieze from Isialangwa Local Government Area of Abia State whose dead body was later found naked in the room. According to sources in Obingwa, Otu who hails from Ugep, Cross River State, checked into the guest house to have sex with Mrs Echezie, an…

A former Chief of Staff in Abia state, Sir Mascot Uzor-Kalu on Tuesday paid an unscheduled visit to the Director ABN TV, Mr. Ifeanyi Okali at his Umuahia home. Mascot who was the governorship candidate of Action Peoples Party (APP) in the state in the 2023 governorship election during the visit congratulated Mr. Okali and his family for the birth of their first baby, Precious after 11 years of marriage. He prayed for God's abiding presence upon the family, praying for divine protection and provision upon the family. Sir Mascot described Mr. Okali as a man of peace who enjoys…

Member representing Isuikwuato/Umunneochi Federal Constituency of Abia State, (Labour Party), Hon. Amobi Godwin Ogah has visited Mr. Ifeanyi Okali, journalist who welcomed his first child after eleven (11) years of marital union. The House of Representatives member along with his staff members was at the Umuahia home of Mr. Okali where he identified with the couple in their moment of joy. The lawmaker while describing Mr. Okali as a good man said he was not aware the family never had their first child despite knowing him for years. He expressed gratitude to God for bringing succour to the family after…

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN NOTICE OF DISCLAIM TO CHARACTER ASSASSINATION/DEFAMATION PURPORTED BY MR SUNDAY OKOLO AND COHORTS AGAINST THE ILLUSTROUS SONS OF UMUHU-EZIKE KINGDOM We the leadership of Umuhu-Ezike Kingdom, Ugwuleshi Awgu, Awgu L.G.A., Enugu State, under the aegis of Ezike Cabinet, led by Chief Cornelius Okechukwu Ogba, Umuhu Development Union led by Engr. Ogbonnaya Onwumere, Umuhu Youths, led by Okenna Eze, Umuhu Women, led by Mrs Nneka Nwafor and the entire good people of Umuhu-Ezike both home and abroad received with stress and grieving heart, series of Voice notes/messages made by Sunday Okolo and his cohorts, on Tuesday,…