Feud: Why police won’t arrest Bianca Ojukwu, Obiano’s wife –Anambra PPRO

The Anambra State Police Command on Thursday said it saw no need to arrest wife of outgoing Governor of Anambra State, Ebelechukwu Obiano; and widow of the late Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, Bianca; for breach of public peace. The Command spokesman, Ikenga Tochukwu, made this known in a text response to an inquiry by The PUNCH. According to him, the security agents …

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Panic as elephants destroy farmlands, injure farmer in Ogun

A member of the Ogun House of Assembly, Mr Sola Adams, has cried out over invasion of farmlands by elephants which also injured a farmer at Itashin in Ijebu East Local Government Area of the state. Adams, who spoke under personal explanation during plenary in Abeokuta, noted that the recent incident where elephants attacked villagers in his constituency remained worrisome. …

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Ex-Gov Obiano’s wife, Ebelechukwu, slaps Bianca Ojukwu at Soludo’s inauguration

Drama ensued on Thursday at the inauguration of Prof Chukwuma Soludo as the Governor of Anambra when the wife of outgoing Gov. Willie Obiano, Ebelechukwu, slapped Mrs Bianca Ojukwu at the event. A NAN correspondent who was at the scene of the event reports that the incident occurred immediately after Soludo took his oath of office. Dignitaries including Obiano were …

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Major General Sawyerr assumes office as UNISFA Force Commander, Acting Head of Mission

The Force Commander/Acting Head of Mission for the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA), Major General Benjamin Olufemi Sawyerr has officially taken over from Ethiopia’s Major General Kefyalew Amde Tessema who has served the mission for close to two years. Major General Sawyerr took over on 15 March and will lead the newly reconfigured multinational peacekeeping mission. During …

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We’re avoiding war with Russia – NATO tells Ukraine

NATO nations have agreed that they will not establish a no-fly zone in Ukraine. This is despite the repeated appeal by President Volodymyr Zelensky for one. There will be “no deployment of air or ground capabilities in Ukraine and that is the united position of our allies,” said NATO Chief, Jens Stoltenberg, according to CNN. Stoltenburg spoke on Wednesday at …

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War: Ukrainian President Zelensky speaks on surrendering to Russian forces

Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky has rubbished reports suggesting he was willing to surrender to the Russian forces. Zelensky said the suggestions are a “childish provocation.” A banner had appeared on a Ukrainian newscast saying Zelensky was calling on his people to lay down their weapons, CNN reports. “I can only ask the Russian military to give up arms and return …

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Disregard Claims That Osinbajo Has Denied 2023 Presidential Ambition – Group Urges Nigerians

The Osinbajo Global Movement (OGM) has reacted to reports on some social media platforms that Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) has denied his 2023 presidential ambition, describing them as complete falsehood.  The group urged Nigerians to disregard the report which it described as a “worthless piece of article issued in bad faith and taste.” In a statement today in …

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War: Ukraine will not join NATO – Zelensky gives up

President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday said Ukraine has accepted that it will not become a member of NATO. Zelensky said it’s time for Ukraine to accept it wouldn’t join NATO. “Ukraine is not a member of NATO. We understand that. “We have heard for years that the doors were open, but we also heard that we could not join. It’s …

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97 children killed since Russia’s invasion – Zelensky

Ninety-seven Ukrainian children have died since the start of Russia’s invasion as fighting rages on, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Tuesday in a speech to Canada’s parliament. “They’ve already killed 97 Ukrainian children,” Zelensky said in the video address, adding that Russia’s military was “destroying everything: memorial complexes, schools, hospitals, housing complexes.” “We’re not asking for much. We’re asking for …

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Nigerian Army operational successes applauded globally —COAS

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt Gen Faruk Yahaya has averred that the operational successes recorded by troops of the Nigerian Army (NA) in the North East and across other theatres of operations have received global  recognition, particularly considering the drop in the global index.  The COAS made the assertion today, Tuesday 15 March 2022 while declaring open, the Chief …

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