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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,…

Former Chief Executive Officer of Konga, one of Nigeria’s e-commerce giants, Nick Imudia, has reportedly died by suicide. Imudia was said to have committed the act by jumping from the balcony of his apartment in the Lekki area of Lagos State on the evening of Tuesday, June 25, 2024. Before his death, the businessman reportedly made a call to his United States-based brother to give him instructions on how to distribute his wealth and also called his young daughter to inform her that he would always be there for her. According to a post on an online platform, TheWill, friends,…

President Bola Tinubu has approved the upgrade of Ibadan airport, Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, said on Wednesday. The governor said his administration’s efforts to have the Ibadan Airport, Alakia, upgraded to an international airport have yielded positive results, stressing that the upgrade would commence in the next three weeks. According to Channels TV, Governor Makinde made this known when he received the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Hassan Baba Abubakar, at the Executive Chamber, Governor’s Office, Secretariat, Agodi, Ibadan. The project, according to the governor, would include the construction of a new terminal, runway and other structural features,…

The lawmaker representing Abia North Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, says he will work with his colleagues in the red chamber to seek President Bola Tinubu’s intervention in the political crisis in Rivers state. Kalu spoke on Wednesday when he led a delegation of the senate committee on privatisation and commercialisation on a visit to Siminalayi Fubara, governor of Rivers. Rivers is engulfed in a political crisis over a power tussle between Fubara and Nyesom Wike, his successor, who is now the minister of the federal capital territory (FCT). During the visit, Kalu said Fubara…