Author: Samuel Akpenpuun

Hundreds of youths from Omagwa Community in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State on Sunday blocked the Omagwa session of the Port Harcourt-Owerri Road to protest the alleged killing of a father of six identified as Bright Egbule by a policeman. Egbule was allegedly shot dead by an officer from Omagwa Police Division on Saturday in his compound. Newsmen gathered that the angry youths were heading to the Images Police Station with Egbule’s corpse when the Chairman of Ikwerre LGA, Israel Agbosi, met them halfway and promised to ensure the officers responsible for the killing were identified and made…

Liverpool suffered a humiliating FA Cup exit as Championship strugglers Plymouth ended their quadruple bid with a stunning 1-0 win in the fourth round on Sunday. Arne Slot’s decision to field a weakened Liverpool team came back to haunt him, with Ryan Hardie’s second-half penalty sealing Plymouth’s epic upset at Home Park. Virgil van Dijk, Mohamed Salah, Andrew Robertson and Cody Gakpo were among the stars rested as Slot made 10 changes from the team that thrashed Tottenham 4-0 in the League Cup semi-final second leg on Thursday. In a remarkably successful first season in charge of Liverpool, it was…

Operatives of the Anambra State security outfit, Agunechemba, have arrested and detained popular native doctor Chidozie Nwangwu, widely known as Akwa Okuko Tiwaraki. The flamboyant spiritualist, known for his ostentatious lifestyle on social media, has been notably silent since the launch of Agunechemba. His online fame stemmed from his controversial promotion of Oke Ite—a money ritual he claimed could bestow limitless wealth, attracting a large following, particularly among young people. The news of his arrest was first posted on the official Anambra State X handle (formerly Twitter) on Saturday. The post read: “Akwa Okuko Tiwaraki n’Oba denies Oke Ite and…

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested two suspected drug kingpins at Port Harcourt International Airport and Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, who excreted a total of 125 wraps of heroin. NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, confirmed the arrests in a statement issued on Sunday, revealing that one of the suspects, Onyekwonike Elochuckwu Sylvanus, operates under dual identities to evade detection. Sylvanus, 30, was caught at Port Harcourt airport on February 2, 2025, using a Sierra Leonean passport under the name Kargbo Mohamed Foday. “He was intercepted during the inward clearance of passengers on a Qatar Airways flight from…

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has called for the release of a TikToker, Olumide Ogunsanwo, also known as ‘SeaKing,’ who was rearrested for allegedly cyberbullying him. Adeboye spoke during the church’s monthly Holy Ghost Service held at the Redemption City, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Ogun State, on Friday. In a video of his sermon at the service that began trending on Saturday, Adeboye clarified that he had no hand in SeaKing’s arrest, stating that certain individuals, angered by the TikToker’s remarks, took the decision to arrest him Adeboye said in part, “I heard…

The Anambra State Police Command has arrested a 37-year-old man, Kosisochukwu Okafor, for allegedly killing his brother, Emmanuel Okafor.   The incident occurred on Friday at Adegbe Village, Abagana, in the Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State. According to eyewitnesses, a heated argument over the use of foodstuffs in their home escalated into a physical altercation. During the fight, Kosisochukwu allegedly used a stick to pierce his brother’s chest, leading to his death. “It was during a fight after a heated argument that the junior brother used a stick to pierce his chest and he fell. “The victim was rushed…

The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has been ordered to appear for a hearing on Monday, February 10, 2025, before Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court, Abuja. This was contained in a hearing notice obtained by Newsmen on Friday. The notice, dated January 22, 2025, was addressed to Kanu’s lead counsel, Aloy Ejimakor. Kanu had earlier requested that his case be transferred to the South-East if no judge at the Federal High Court in Abuja was willing to handle it apart from Justice Nyako. On September 24, 2024, during one of the court…

President Donald Trump on Friday raged against eco-friendly paper straws promoted by his predecessor Joe Biden, and pledged that the United States would return to using plastic ones. “I will be signing an Executive Order next week ending the ridiculous Biden push for Paper Straws, which don’t work. BACK TO PLASTIC!” Trump said on social media. Democrat Biden had announced a target to eliminate single-used plastic utensils like drinking straws by 2035 in government departments. Trump’s move is the latest on environmental issues by the Republican president, who pulled out of the Paris climate change agreement soon after his inauguration…

Venezuela on Friday slammed the US seizure of one of its government planes as “brazen theft” and branded President Donald Trump’s top diplomat “an aircraft thief.” Venezuela “denounces the brazen theft of a plane belonging to the Venezuelan nation carried out on the order of US Secretary of State Marco Rubio,” the authoritarian leftist government’s foreign ministry said. “Marco Rubio, from hate mercenary to aircraft thief!” the statement said. The ministry also vowed to “take all necessary actions to denounce this theft and demand the immediate return of its aircraft.” On a visit to Santo Domingo on Thursday, Rubio supervised…

Two people were killed Friday when a small plane crashed on a major avenue in Brazil’s economic capital Sao Paulo and skidded into a bus, authorities said. It was unclear if the aircraft had been attempting an emergency landing shortly after taking off. It slid hundreds of meters along the avenue and hit a bus before exploding, firefighter chief Ronaldo Melo told journalists. The pilot and sole passenger were killed in the accident, which happened shortly after the King Air F90 took off from the Campo de Marte airport, which handles domestic flights. The passengers of the bus managed to…