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Abia State Government has applauded Isikwuato-born philanthropist and businessman, Engr. Sir Emmanuel Ndubuisi Mbaka for donating coaster buses to Abia State civil servants residing at Trademore Estate to ease movement.   Abia State Government has applauded Isikwuato-born philanthropist and businessman, Engr. Sir Emmanuel Ndubuisi Mbaka for donating coaster buses to Abia State civil servants residing at Trademore Estate to ease movement. Sir Emmanuel Ndubuisi Mbaka, Managing Director of Platinum Mortgage Bank, is a philanthropist with deep involvement in educational causes at all levels—including the general welfare of Nigerian children, youths and women. In his remarks during the official unveiling and…

There have been unconfirmed reports online that the veteran actor died on Sunday after a prolonged battle with dementia. His wife who is also a veteran actress, Joke Silva on Sunday told TheNEWS and PMNEWS that “her husband is alive and doing just fine”. Also in August 2022, Joke Silva debunked rumours of her husband’s death. In a statement on her Instagram story, Silva said that her husband was alive and doing well. She wrote, “Good day everyone, trust all is going well. The Jacobs Clan would love to inform you that Papa J (Olu Jacobs MFR), is alive and…

Hon. Obi Aguocha, the House of Representatives member representing Ikwuano, Umuahia North, and Umuahia South Federal Constituency, recently visited former President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, at his country home in Daura, Katsina State. The purpose of Aguocha's visit to President Buhari was to seek his intervention and elicit his support for a political dialogue and constructive engagement that could engender a resolution of the salient issues surrounding the continued detention and trial of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and that could lead to his release on pragmatic national reconciliation considerations. "For the missteps, utterances, and ill gestures of the past, especially on the…

Many persons have been killed in a suicide attack at a wedding in Gwoza, a town in Borno State. The wedding guests are among the victims, according to a source who said many others sustained injuries in the attack, Daily Trust reported. Details of the incident are sketchy at the time of filing this report. Suicide attacks were common in Borno during the heat of insurgency, but security forces have to a large extent contained the situation. A security source told Daily Trust that it was not clear whether bomb blast or suicide bombers. “We had twin blasts today; the…

The burial of late Nollywood actor John Okafor, aka Mr Ibu, has commenced in his hometown of Amuri, Nkanu West Local Government Area of Enugu State. Mr Ibu died in March 2024 of cardiac arrest in Lagos. The death of the comic actor followed complications from the amputation of one of his legs. The Enugu-born actor came to the limelight in 2004 with the movie “Mr Ibu,” featuring another popular actor, the late Ita Iheme. The deceased starred in more than 200 Nollywood films, including ‘Mr Ibu,’ ‘Mr. Ibu and His Son,’ ‘Coffin Producers,’ ‘Husband Suppliers,’ ‘International Players,’ ‘Mr. Ibu…

Hajiya Halima Adamu, the mother of the renowned Hausa singer Dauda Adamu, popularly known as Rarara, has been abducted from her residence in Kahutu village, Danja local government area of Katsina State. According to Daily Trust, the abduction occurred during the early hours of Friday when bandits reportedly infiltrated Kahutu village around 1 am. According to sources from the village, the assailants approached on foot and conducted the operation silently, without firing a single shot. They swiftly took the elderly woman away.   "The bandits came quietly and quickly. They did not use any firearms during the brief operation. The…

Prominent community leader, Chief Kalu Idika Okwara has congratulated Engr. Ndukwe Iko, on his emergence as the Nnaka IV of Okon-Aku community, Ohafia Local Government Area of Abia State. In a congratulatory message made available to journalists on Thursday in Abuja, the oil and gas expert said: “I am absolutely delighted to extend my warmest congratulations to you on your emergence as the Nnaka IV of Okon-Aku Community in Ohafia Local Government Area. “This is noteworthy and it marks the beginning of an exciting chapter in your life, and I am delighted to witness it. You are a man driven…

The Abuja Branch of Ohafia Improvement Union (OIU) Inc, has congratulated Dr. Nkiruka Maduekwe on her appointment as the Director General and Chief Executive Officer of the National Council on Climate Change by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. OIU Abuja said the honour goes beyond her as an individual and is for the entire Ohafia people, Abia State, Ndigbo and the country at large. OIU Abuja in a congratulatory statement signed by its 1st Vice President, Chief Kalu Idika Okwara, praised Maduekwe for enjoying the trust and confidence of the president who deemed it fit and proper to appoint her. The…

Following the end of the tenure of Professor AbdulRasheed Na’Allah as the 6th Vice Chancellor of the University of Abuja (UniAbuja) on June 30, 2024, the Senate of the University has elected Professor Aisha Sani Maikudi as the Acting Vice Chancellor of the institution pending the inauguration of the University Council and the appointment of a substantive Vice-Chancellor. Maikudi is a Professor of International Law and the current Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academics) of the University. Born in Zaria, Kaduna State, on January 31, 1983, she obtained her West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). After her secondary school education, she attended…

The immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, who is facing a 19-count charge, has written a letter to the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho, pleading to be allowed to face his trial in Kogi. Ex-governor Bello, in the letter he wrote through his team of lawyers led by Mr. Abdulwahab Mohammed, SAN, maintained that only Lokoja Division of the high court has the territorial jurisdiction to entertain the allegations that were raised against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. At the resumed proceeding in the matter on Thursday, Bello,…