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 Man brutalises his pregnant wife in Anambra  In another case of domestic violence, a pregnant woman was brutally beaten by her husband in Ichi, Ekwusigo Local Government Area of Anambra State. The mother of three identified as Chinelo Francis, from Ebonyi State, said trouble began when she requested money from her husband, Peter, to prepare food.  According to the young woman, she had already bought vegetable with the profit she made from her shop. Peter, also from Ebonyi, claimed he didn’t make money that day and took the children home.  He returned to her shop at around 8:00 PM and insisted she close up and come home with him.  She refused, explaining that the time was when she typically made most of her sales.  Later, she closed up her shop, went home at 9:30 PM, prepared the children for bed, and retired. The interviewer urged her to go straight to the point, asking when the assault occurred. The woman said it happened that night.  The attack left...

 EFCC Arraigns Two for Alleged Breach of Trust in Abuja   The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,  EFCC,   Abuja Zonal Directorate has arraigned one Shamsudeen Lawal and Abubakar Abdulkadir before  Justice A.Y. Shafa of the Federal Capital Territory,  FCT,  High Court Nyanya,  Abuja. They were arraigned on a two-count charge bordering on criminal breach of trust and obtaining by false pretence.   Count one reads  "That you Shamsudeen Lawal, Abubakar Abdulkadir and another (at large) sometime in 2024 at Abuja within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, did agree amongst yourselves to commit an illegal act to wit: criminal breach of trust while being entrusted the sum of $180,000 USD (One Hundred and Eighty Thousand Dollars) being payment by Data Group for purchase of equipment to service MTN Nigeria Communication Ltd which money you sent to one Ahmed Sarki Mohammed based in Uganda for a different purpose which is in clear ...

 EFCC Arrests CEO,  One Other  for Alleged N68m Visa Fraud in Enugu Operatives of the Enugu Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,  have arrested one Chukwujindu Goodness Nchekwube,  Chief Executive Officer, Goodben Global Travels and Tour Limited alongside Rogers Oluwaseyi Eruku (a.k.a Bakary Rogers Yanni),  a suspected fraudster,  for allegedly defrauding 24 (Twenty-four) victims the sum of N68, 020, 000. 00 (Sixty-eight Million, Twenty Thousand Naira) under the pretence of assisting them to process work visas. A petitioner,  James Ikechukwu,  alleged that Nchekwube approached him and introduced herself as a visa consultant capable of assisting people to procure work visas to their desired countries, through her company, Goodben Global Travels and Tour Limited. He further alleged that between September, 2024 and December, 2025, he contracted Nchekwube’s company (Goodben Global Travels and Tour Limited) to p...

STATEHOUSE STATEMENT Obi’s call for President Tinubu’s resignation childish and an unwarranted distraction Peter Obi’s latest comments calling for President Bola Tinubu’s resignation, based on a comparison with the British Prime Minister’s voluntary exit, are not only misplaced but also reflect a selective and distorted view of Nigeria’s realities since 2023.  His view is also simplistic, as is often the case anytime he opens his mouth. Obi forgets our country does not run a parliamentary system of government like the UK. We run a presidential system, with the president elected to a fixed 4-year term. The people of Ekiti State and the Senatorial constituents in Nasarawa, Enugu, Ondo, and Rivers have just delivered a resounding victory for President Tinubu and his party. The election results, some early referendum of sorts,  show that President Tinubu and his party are popular with Nigerians. This should be more concerning for Peter Obi and his new Special Purpose Vehicle, NDC,...

 STATEHOUSE PRESS RELEASE PRESIDENT TINUBU APPOINTS EX-UNILAG VC OGUNDIPE, CHAIRMAN OF NUC   President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Professor Oluwatoyin Temitayo Ogundipe as chairman of the governing board of the National Universities Commission (NUC).   He succeeds Emeritus Professor Olufemi Raphael Aina, who resigned his appointment after less than one year in office. President Tinubu appointed Professor Aina in July last year, and the board members were inaugurated in November 2025.   Professor Ogundipe, former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos (2017–2022), is a professor of Botany with expertise in molecular plant taxonomy, biosystematics, ethnobotany, cytogenetics, forensic botany, and ecological conservation.   He holds a PhD in Botany from Obafemi Awolowo University and an MBA from the University of Lagos.   Currently, Professor Ogundipe, 66, serves as Pro-Chancellor of Redeemer’s University, Ede, Osun State.   He is a fellow of seve...

 STATE HOUSE STATEMENT PRESIDENT TINUBU PAYS TRIBUTE TO EMIR OF LAFIA, JUSTICE SIDI BAGE, ON 70TH BIRTHDAY Today, I pay a special tribute to His Royal Highness, Justice Sidi Dauda Bage Muhammad 1, Emir of Lafia and Chairman, Nasarawa State Council of Chiefs, on his 70th birthday on June 22, 2026.  You are an exceptional jurist and a revered traditional ruler. Your distinguished legal career took you from serving as a Judge of the High Court, to a Justice of the Court of Appeal, and ultimately to the pinnacle of the judiciary as a Justice of the Supreme Court. Just as your service in the judiciary was marked by excellence, so too has your reign on the throne of Lafia, now in its seventh year, been remarkable for its achievement. Your ascension to the throne of your forebears as the 17th Emir of Lafia on March 26, 2019, was historic in many respects.   You succeeded Dr Isa Mustapha Agwai, the 16th Emir, who was one of the longest-serving traditional rulers in the count...

Overturned semi-truck releases 2 million bees onto Texas highway, prompting shelter-in-place warning Residents of a Texas neighborhood were urged to shelter indoors on Sunday after an overturned semi-truck released an estimated 2 million bees onto a local roadway. The incident occurred in the Mauriceville area when an 18-wheeler, transporting roughly 50,000 pounds of live bees, rolled over while attempting to negotiate a turn near the intersection of Colony Drive and FM 1130. While the commercial truck driver escaped the accident without injuries, the crash ruptured the cargo containers, causing a massive swarm of insects to quickly flood the surrounding area. In response to the hazard, emergency services personnel issued a warning advising nearby homeowners to stay inside with their doors and windows shut. A local television photographer capturing footage of the scene was reportedly stung during the containment efforts. A coalition of local apiarists—ranging from large-scale commercia...