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The police on Friday busted a gang of gunmen wanting to enforce an illegal sit-at-home order in Enugu early in the day. The order was given by Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) for residents of the South-East region to stay at home for one week. The Enugu Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the Command, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, stated this in a statement issued in Enugu Friday evening. Also read:  Sit-at-home order: Police neutralise IPOB machinery in South-East #DSP Ndukwe stated that a further manhunt by a combined team of tactical police operatives of the Command after an early morning…

… As Ezekwesili backs JAMB’s sanctions against Mmesoma  In dispelling the controversy surrounding her result, Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma has finally admitted to faking her 2023 University Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) result. Mmesoma, a student of Anglican Girls Secondary School in Nnewi, Anambra state, gained popularity after Joint Admission Matriculation Board (JAMB) disowned her result for manipulating the 2023 UTME result. Straightnews gathered that she applied for Pharmacy in the University of Lagos and her fear was that the correct score would not have fetched her admission in the institution. Also read: UTME Fraud: JAMB Bars Anambra student for three years…

Like the Biblical Samson who slew a lion with bare hands, a 53-year-old Nigerian farmer reportedly re-enacted history by killing a lion that attacked him with bare hands at Ngokugh Mountains located in Benue State on Friday.   Mr Iorver Udele, from Ajio clan in Shangev-Ya district of Kwande Local Government Area of Benue State mauled the lion that attacked him. Ngokugh Mountains is where Nigeria Military Jet crashed on September 17, 2006 killing 13 out of 18 Army Generals on board and three others rescued via the efforts of the then 14-year-old Detimbir Chia. With the aid of his…

The police neutralised the activities of suspected herbalists, hoodlums, anarchists and scaremongers in the Nigeria’s South-East during the sit-at-home order of Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB). Apart from arresting IPOB members who have been terrorising residents, closing down public and private places killing and assaulting road users of the states, the police have taken them into custody for arraignment in court. Simon Ekpa, the self-proclaimed disciple of the detained IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, had declared a sit-at-home order in South East Region from Tuesday, July 3 to Saturday, July 8, 2023. Enugu State Government, on Thursday, announced that many hoodlums,…

Oba Otudeko, the chairman of Nigerian conglomerate Honeywell Group, became the largest buyer of the 4.7 billion shares of First Bank of Nigeria Holdings on Thursday. The shares which Otudeko bought for N87.8 billion at N19 per unit is the largest volume of First bank shares traded in a single day since 2012, when the stock exchange started publishing data. It also translates to 13 percent of the bank’s outstanding market value. Sources say Otudeko, who was chairman of First Bank until 2019, is making a swift comeback to become the single largest shareholder of the bank. Billionaire Nigerian investor,…

Two suspected robbery women were burnt to death by mob in Surulere, Ogbomosho Local Government Area of Oyo State. The suspects, Mary Linus and Bose Olumide, who had reportedly been on the wanted list of the police for a long time were caught with two locally made guns used for criminal activities. Eyewitnesses narrated that the suspects were notorious in their attacks, as they not only robbed their victims but also subjected them to physical harm. Upon apprehending the suspects, the mob paraded them at the community square, beat and set them on fire. By the time a police team…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has become the latest public figure to join Meta’s new Twitter rival-app, Threads.  Announcing his arrival in a humorous way, President Tinubu posted a short video of himself in an open parade vehicle with the caption, “My fellow tailors, Idan has landed.”  The term ‘Idan’ is a popular street slang in Nigeria that has gained popularity on social media recently. It serves as a means of showing appreciation for something or showing respect towards affluent individuals and their accomplishments. Also read: Tinubu Defers 10% plastic tax to cut costs President Tinubu is, however, not the only Nigerian public…

Italy’s former prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi has left €100 million to a 33-year-old girlfriend and control of the family holding company, Fininvest, to his two eldest children. The billionaire, who was one of Italy’s richest men died on 12 June from Leukaemia at the age of 86. The three-time Italian prime minister whose empire is estimated to be worth mor e than €6 billion, also left €100 million to his brother, Paolo, and €30 million to Marcello Dell’Utri, a former senator with his Forza Italia party who served jail time for association with the mafia. Marina and Pier Silvio –…

The Senate says it will probe the gas supply contract agreement awarded to a private firm, Accugas Limited, during the administration of immediate past President Muhammadu Buhari. This followed a motion by Aniekan Bassey (PDP, Akwa Ibom) at the plenary presided over by the Deputy Senate President, Barau Jibrin, on Thursday. Mr Bassey said in 2017, the Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) entered into an agreement with Accugas Limited for gas supply to Calabar Generation Company Limited (Calabar Genco). Also read:  Universal Energy Goes Under As Savannah Petroleum Takes Over Seven Energy Accugas Limited, one of the top four gas…

Twitter threatened to sue Meta just hours after the Instagram parent company launched Threads, an app it hopes will beat out the struggling site owned by Elon Musk. In a letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, published by online news outlet Semafor on Thursday, Musk lawyer Alex Spiro accused the company of “unlawful misappropriation of Twitter’s trade secrets and other intellectual property.” The letter accused Meta of hiring dozens of former Twitter employees who “had and continue to have access to Twitter’s trade secrets and other highly confidential information.” Also read: Meta to lay off 11,000 employees On Thursday, Zuckerberg…