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Air Peace pledges free evacuation, medicals for trafficked Nigerian girls in Ivory Coast

Air Peace pledges free evacuation, medicals for trafficked Nigerian girls in Ivory Coast

xAir Peace has promised to bring back the trafficked underaged Nigerian girls from Ivory Coast, and also give them free medical care. Allen Onyema, the airline’s Chairman, made the announcement in a statement. He called for collective efforts to discourage trafficking, emphasising its inhumane and ungodly nature. Recall that activist, VeryDarkMan (Martins Vincent Otse), raised …

Nigerians have no business being poor, says Obasanjo

Nigerians have no business being poor, says Obasanjo

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that Nigerians have no business being poor with the country’s vast resources. He said that the nation is abundantly blessed but is suffering from the mismanagement of its resources. Obasanjo said this at a dinner organised in his honour by Abia Government on Friday at the Government House, Umuahia. …

US charges man with Trump assassination threat

US charges man with Trump assassination threat

A US man posting content online as “Mr Satan” has been charged with threatening to assassinate President Donald Trump and other government officials, the Department of Justice announced Friday. Shawn Monper, 32, was detained and charged in a federal criminal complaint with “making threats to assault and murder” Trump and other US officials, including Immigration …

Police probe DPO accused of extortion

5 injured in Computer Village store explosion – Police

The Police Command in Lagos State says it is investigating the explosion that occurred inside a Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) camera dealer shop in Ikeja. The command’s spokesperson, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, made this known in a statement on Saturday in Lagos. He said that the incident happened on Friday at 6:35 p.m. at Kodesho Street …

Visit Borno’-ex-state commissioner, Kareto challenges Tinubu’s minister

Visit Borno’-ex-state commissioner, Kareto challenges Tinubu’s minister

A Chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC and former Commissioner of Trade, Commerce and Industry, Hon.Yerima Lawan Kareto has extended an invitation to the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris to find time, come to Borno and follow him to Damasak, the Council Headquarters of Mobbar local government area alone. Kareto …

Gabon holds first presidential election since 2023 coup

Gabon holds first presidential election since 2023 coup

Gabonese voters began casting ballots on Saturday in a presidential election with eight candidates that is widely expected to make junta chief Brice Oligui Nguema the oil-rich central African country’s first elected leader since his 2023 coup. Oligui, the general who led the August 30, 2023, putsch that ended 55 years of iron-fisted dynastic rule …

Police declare Ihuoma Julia Nneji, daughter of ABC transport owner, wanted

Police arrest alleged killer of Ondo businessman

xThe Police Command in Ondo State has arrested the suspected killer of Alhaji Awoyinka Sumaila, a businessman in Ore, Odigbo Local Government Area of the state. Sumaila, who dealt in building materials, was killed by gunmen at his residence opposite Caring Heart Mega School, Idi mango area, Ore, on March 1. DSP Ayanlade Olushola, the …

Carry your cross, Sen Orji fires back at Ikpeazu

Carry your cross, Sen Orji fires back at Ikpeazu

UMUAHIA – Former Governor of Abia State, Senator Theodore Orji, has fired back at his successor in office and the immediate past governor of the state, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, telling him to “carry his cross” and stop making “careless statements” about others. Senator Orji popularly known as Ochendo Global, was reacting to a media comment …

US embassy announces new visa interview requirements for Nigerian applicants

US embassy announces new visa interview requirements for Nigerian applicants

The United States Embassy has introduced updated visa interview requirements for Nigerian applicants, effective from April 22, 2025. In a statement released on Friday, the US mission emphasised that all applicants attending visa interviews in Abuja and Lagos must present a DS-160 form featuring a confirmation barcode that begins with “AA” followed by two zeroes …