Two Nigerians, Bright Okwara and Ferdinand Obi have been sentenced to 40 years imprisonment for armed robbery in the Central Region of Ghana. Naija News gathered that His Lordship, Ebenezer Osei of the Kasoa Ofaakor Circuit Court handed them the sentence on Monday, October 3, after they were found guilty of robbing a mobile money vendor in broad daylight on Tuesday, May 17, 2022. The convicts, who reportedly committed the crime after the victim had withdrawn the money from a bank at Kasoa, are said to have carted away a total of GH¢11,800 Before they were sentenced, Detective Sargent Addai…
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An Igbo social-cultural group popularly known as Ohanaeze Ndigbo has said they are not in support of the Igbos breaking out of Nigeria. This is as the group urged citizens from the Southeastern part of the country to embrace peace in the face of the forthcoming 2023 general elections, Naija News reports. Ohanaeze said its members like every other patriotic citizen, want the election of next year to be the most peaceful. “We will go down to the grassroots to deliver our message; you don’t equip the young men to go against your political opponents, we want them to see…
Following Sunday’s humiliating 6-3 derby loss to Manchester City, Cristiano Ronaldo’s fate at Manchester United was once again questioned. Reports have it he may be allowed to quit the club in January. At the Etihad Stadium, the five-time Ballon d’Or winner was kept off the field by United manager Erik ten Hag, who insisted that he didn’t bring the Portuguese player on ‘out of respect’ for his career. According to The Telegraph, Ten Hag and club officials are now open to discussing a transfer as Ronaldo plans to leave in January, midway through the season. Since being denied the chance…
The Court of Appeal sitting in the Federal Capital Territory is expected to hear the appeal of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) against the ruling of the National Industrial Court today (Tuesday). Recall that the Industrial Court in its judgement had ordered that the striking lecturers go back to work pending the determination of a suit the Federal Government filed to query the legality of their strike. Justice Hamman Polycarp noted that the order was both in the national interest and for the sake of undergraduates in the country that had been at home since February 14. He…
Popular Nollywood actress, Hilda Dokubo, has called upon the Governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike, to intervene in the constant cases of kidnapping, killing and raping along the Emohua-Kalabari road in Rivers State. Naija News reports that the popular highway which is notorious for it’s deplorable state has become a safe haven for kidnappers. The road known recently as the riskiest and most dangerous route in Rivers leads to three major riverine local government areas of Akuku-Toru, Asari Toru and Degema Reacting to the dire situation, the Nollywood actress, via Facebook, called on Wike to help them as people in…
The All Progressives Congress (APC), Rivers state chapter, has condemned the recent visitations of the party’s South-West governors to Governor Nyesom Wike. Chieftains of the party in the state argued that it was disrespectful for the party to get involved with Wike. Sharing their grievances at a consultative meeting in the South-South zone in Port Harcourt, yesterday, they urged the national leadership to prevail on the governors to put a halt to coming to the state if not for the sake of solidarity. They warned the governors that they would no longer tolerate their visits as the level of embarrassment they…
In Monday night’s Premier League match at the King Power Stadium, Super Eagles midfielder, Wilfred Ndidi was outstanding as Leicester City defeated Nottingham Forest 4-0. Naija News recalls the Wilfred Ndidi injury controversy, which caused the Leicester City star to miss the Super Eagles’ international friendly against Algeria. Rumour claimed he pulled out of the national team game because he was not allowed to play his preferred role for his country. In a video posted on social media, the Super Eagles’ head coach clarified the situation and stated that the Leicester player was dealing with a hamstring problem. Back to…
Winner of the Big Brother Naija Season 7 edition, Ijeoma Josephina Otabor better known as Phyna, has elicited reactions from her fans over her choice of outfit. Naija News earlier reported that Phyna on Sunday night emerged as the winner of the reality TV show’s season 7 which was launched on July 23 and 24, 2022. The 25-year-old, whose emergence didn’t come so easily, came under scrutiny after quelling projected dress-style expectation of her fans by appearing ‘below standard’ hours after leaving the Big Brother Naija house. This comes after Phyna was spotted doing a dance with her colleague and second running up,…
The sentencing of confessed internet fraudster, Ramon Abbas, popularly known as Hushpuppi has been shifted by the US Central District Court in California. Naija News recalls that Hushpuppi following his arrest in Dubai in June 2020, was subsequently taken to the US where he pleaded guilty to multi-million-dollar fraud charges in July 2021. Hushpuppi, in July 2021, agreed to plead guilty to the multi-million-dollar fraud charges slammed against him by the American government. The internet fraudster entered into a plea bargain agreement with the US authorities in the hope of getting a lighter punishment. The trial judge, Otis Wright in…
Former Niger Delta militant, Asari Dokubo has mocked the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi, over the campaign rally organised in Jos, the Plateau State capital. Naija News reported that LP flagged off its campaign on September 28 with a mega rally at the Rwang Pam Township Stadium in Jos. Speaking during a recent Facebook Live on his page, Dokubo slammed Obi and his supporters for claiming to have held a 2 million-man match at the Jos Stadium which has a 15 thousand capacity. The former militant claimed that Obi would not win the 2023…