Sixteen people including women and children have been confirmed killed in Eboh Autonomous community in Enugu State. This comes after a fresh attack by suspected Fulani herdsmen on Eboh, which is in Eha-Amufu under Isi-Uzo local government area of the state. Ugamatv gathered on Friday that the fresh killings occurred on Thursday when the gunmen...
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Desist From Calling ‘Impostor’, Simon Ekpa Our Leader –IPOB Warns Ohanaeze Spokesman, Anambra Ex-Gov, Ezeife
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has warned the Publicity Secretary of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Dr. Alex Ogbonna and the first civilian governor of Anambra State, Chief Chukwuemeka Ezeife to desist from calling Nnamdi Kanu’s self-proclaimed disciple, Simon Ekpa, its leader. IPOB in a statement issued by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, described Ekpa...
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Herdsmen Killings: Enugu State Governor Holds Emergency Meeting With Security Agencies As Death Toll Rises
Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State is holding emergency security meeting with heads of all the security agencies over the gruesome killings of residents of Eha-Amufu communities in the Isi-Uzo local government area of the state. Ugamatv reports that since Monday, no fewer than 60 people have been killed including 16 persons on Thursday at...
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n-power fraud: Nigerian Minister Must Explain To The World Those Officials D’Banj Conspired With To Commit Fraud – Lawyer Insists As Musician Gets Bail
Pelumi Olajengbesi, lawyer to embattled Nigerian musician, Oladapo Oyebanji, popularly known as D’banj, has berated officials of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). The pop star was detained after he was accused of allegedly fraudulently diverting hundreds of millions of naira earmarked by the Nigerian government for the N-Power project, an...
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tears as Sit-at-home enforcers kill policeman, Pawpaw’s brother, injure commissioner
Parts of Owerri, Mbaitoli and environs in Imo State came under attacks on Friday afternoon by gunmen who were enforcing sit-at-home order. The gunmen struck at different locations and killed a policeman, Prince Iheme, elder brother to Nollywood superstar, Osita Iheme popularly known as Pawpaw. The gunmen also macheted the state Commissioner for Solid Minerals,...
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2023 elction: mahi, supporters rejoice as Supreme Court affirms him as APC senatorial candidate
The Supreme Court, on Friday, affirmed Governor Dave Umahi as the authentic candidate of the All Progressive Congress, APC, for the Ebonyi South Senatorial District election. The apex court, in a unanimous decision by a five-man panel led by Justice Kudirat Ekekere-Ekun, dismissed an appeal that was filed by an aggrieved aspirant for the senatorial...
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malpractice: FG expresses concerns over low conviction rate
THE federal government has expressed concern over poor number of convictions recorded in cases bordering on examination malpractice. Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, Mr Andrew Adejoh, made this known on Friday in Abuja at a one-day sensitization workshop on examination malpractice in Nigeria organised by the National Examinations Council (NECO) in collaboration with the...
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Hoodlums Destroy PDP Senatorial Candidate Billboards
Hoodlums said to be loyal to the Kogi State government have destroyed the campaign billboards of Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, Kogi Central Senatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in some local government areas. The Yahaya Bello-led government had asked the PDP and others to pay millions of naira before their candidates could be allowed to paste...
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NRC adjusts Abuja-Kaduna train time schedule
The Nigerian Railway Corporation has announced the adjustment of the take-off time schedule for its last two trains from Idu (Abuja) to Rigasa (Kaduna) and vice versa. The Manager, Abuja-Kaduna Train Service, Mr Pascal Nnorli, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday that the adjustments were to ensure early arrival of the trains to...
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insecurity: Bandits kill three, destroy farm produce 
No fewer than three persons have been confirmed dead following Thursday’s invasion by bandits in Amtawalam and Pobawure Communities of Billiri Local Government Area of Gombe State. Speaking during an assessment visit at the scene of the incident on Friday, Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Yahaya, decried the killings and destruction of food items. The governor...