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24th October,2021      Tears of joy flowed freely as 16-year-old Joy Abahi Amuh of St. Paul Secondary School, Otukpo Benue State, was handed the cash prize of Five Hundred Thousand Naira (N500,000) for emerging the Best Graduating Student (of Benue State origin) in the 2020 West African Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) organised by West Africa Examinations Council (WAEC). The award ceremony which held in Makurdi the Benue State capital was part of the 6th Annual Literacy Project organised by a Non-Governmental Organisation, Eunice Spring of Life Foundation (ESLF) in partnership with Benue Investment and Property Company (BIPC). Presenting the award, Group Managing Director of BIPC, Barr. Alex Adum, who pointed out that the award was purely out of merit, noted that it would aid her educational pursuit temporarily truncated by lack of fund. Barr. Adum who stressed the need to handsomely reward sterling academic feats instead of the overt focus on persons in...

During today's Holy Mass, His Excellency, Distinguished Senator Hope Uzodimma offered prayers and supplications to the Most High for the restoration of Imo fortunes like the watercourse of Negeb. The Governor who acknowledged the fact that faith without deeds amounts to nothing, assured of his administration's commitment in the implementation of the Recovery arm of 3R Mantra. His Excellency stated that appreciable progress has been made by his administration in the course of recovering all that the locust had eaten from Imolites and would continue to strive for more in order to offer good welfare to the citizens. One more photo below.

President Muhammadu Buhari will, Monday October 25, 2021, depart for Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to participate in the investment conference organized by the Future Investment Initiative Institute.  The President will be joined at the 5th edition of the flagship investment event by business executives from Nigeria, bankers, Captains of industry and energy experts to discuss issues on the future of investments across the globe. The three-day event, with the theme, INVESTMENT IN HUMANITY, which will host global executives and asset managers, will deliberate on progress and prosperity with energy; true final frontiers in investments;  science in action; and impact of climate change on communities among others. President Buhari will perform the lesser Hajj in Madina & Makka before returning to the country on Friday. The President will be accompanied on the trip by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ibrahim Pantami, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Amb ...

Sit-At-Home: You Will Lose Our Support - Ohanaeze Tells IPOB The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, on Sunday, kicked against the one-week sit-at-home declared by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. DAILY POST reported that the pro-Biafra group had threatened a one-week sit-at-home if their leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, was not released forthwith. The declaration, targeted at the November 6 Anambra election, has been attracting wild condemnation. He said, “any declaration that unleashes untold hardship, leads to the collapse of commercial and industrial activities, boycott of Anambra elections, and interrupts the academic calendar in the Southeastern states is nonsensical, absurd, and anti-Igbo agenda, for the enemy’s amusement.” While describing the order as the enslavement of Ndigbo, Isiguzoro said it was time “for the Igbo to rise to the occasion and end being trampled with orders from overseas by those without any investments in the South-East”. He added that “IPOB should discern that there...

According to her, the church is obviously going through a new phase of experience in its life, which warranted its prolonged shut down that has not been pleasant to some members. Sun learnt, however, that some of the disciples are afraid they might lose their jobs whenever the church completes its reorganization and ready to recommence service. This fear has reportedly led to a campaign of calumny targeted at the person of Evelyn Joshua and other church elders. A veteran journalist and top member of the church, who pleaded anonymity, told the reporter: “She was completely put in the dark of all activities. These once powerful aides constituted themselves into an ‘Apex Council’ and established a ‘Governing Council’ for the church in which all positions are shared within themselves, with no member of TB Joshua’s family or any church member on board. But the unholy alliances have pushed the woman to rise up to the challenges of preserving and strengthening the good legacy left behind by h...

SlayQueen has landed herself in prison.. This lady met a man on Facebook. They chatted and agreed to meet in a hotel. They met and she was paid. Unknown to the man, she videoed him. She then used the video to blackmail him asking for N15 million. He refused. She then spread the video on Facebook. He reported to the DSS, they arrested and charged her to court.  Her bail alone is N5 million plus landed property. This happened in Yenagoa. She has been taken to the Okaka Prison.  From SlayQueen to now an Inmate. More photos below.

NDLEA intercepts 2,060kg Heroin, others at Lagos airport, Ondo, Edo, Kano . Arrests another fake soldier with drugs; woman who attempted to smuggle skunk hidden in wraps of akpu into Agencys cell for suspect in custody Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted over 2,060 kilograms of assorted drugs including heroin, methamphetamine, cannabis, tramadol and rohypnol in operations at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos as well as Ondo, Edo, Kano, Kaduna, Plateau and some courier companies. Two consignments of heroin weighing 4.40kg and 550grams were intercepted on October 6 and 15 respectively at the cargo shed of the MMIA, Ikeja. The first was seized at the SAHCO import shed of the airport when it was discovered inside bags of granulated sugar and flour from Johannesburg, South Africa via Addis Ababa to Lagos on an Ethiopian Airlines flight. Two suspects; Chukwuemeka Ugochukwu, a freight agent that cleared the consignment and one ...