The member representing Obingwa East state constituency in the Abia State House of Assembly and leader of the PDP caucus, Solomon Akpulonu, has been suspended for 14 sitting days. Making the pronouncement on the floor of the Abia State House of Assembly on Tuesday, the Speaker of the House, Emmanuel Emeruwa, said the 8th Abia…

The Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Mele Kyari, has attributed the rise in petrol pump prices in Nigeria to market forces. This follows a recent price increase from N540 to N617 per litre, which he said reflects the dynamics of a market-regulated pricing model. Addressing journalists after a closed-door…

A Cameroonian man identified as Tembu Ebere has confirmed that he partially went blind while attempting to cry for seven days to set a record in the Guinness World Records. This is as the craze to achieve feats of endurance sweeps across the country after a chef, Hilda Baci, in May officially broke the record…

North Korea has reportedly arrested a United State soldier who crossed the border from the inter-Korean demilitarised zone without authorisation. United Nations Command in a tweet on Tuesday said that they now believe that the US national is in the custody of North Korean officials, Daily Mail reports. The yet-to-be-identified US soldier was taking part…

Gigi Hadid was arrested and charged with possessing marijuana and drug paraphernalia after she flew to the Cayman Islands from the USA last week. The supermodel, 28, was embarking on a girls’ trip to the Cayman Islands on July 10 when she was arrested at Owen Roberts International Airport, E! News has learned. According to…

President Bola Tinubu has expressed sadness over the death of two-year-old Ivan Omhonrina killed by a stray bullet during an operation by officers of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at Okpanam in Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State. In a statement released by his media aide, Dele Alake, today July 18,…

The price of Petrol has reportedly increased to about N617 per litre. A visit to an NNPC filling station in the Central area of Abuja by Dailytrust confirmed that the fuel price has now been adjusted from N539 to N617 per litre. Another Customer who confirmed this development to the publication simply said “It is…

An High court sitting in Ikire, Osun State has sentenced Philip Segun of Cherubim and Cherabuim Church, Solution Chapel, Ikoyi-Ile over the killing of Lagos State University final year student, Favour Daley-Oladele. The court also sentenced her boyfriend, Owolabi Adeeko, 23, to death by hanging for the brutal murder of the final year Sociology student…

A food seller and house wife, Mrs Esther Godwin, has been arrested by Ondo police command for allegedly pouring hot water on a nursing mother, Samuel Endurance, who she accused of having an affair with her husband. Esther was arrested last weekend after luring her husband’s alleged lover to their residence at Olofin community of…

The Enugu State Police Command has arrested one suspect, Duhu Nelson Sylvester in connection with the murder of a serving Councilor in the State. It was reported that the lawmaker, who represented Eha-Ulo ward in Nsukka Local Government Legislative Council was murdered in his community on Sunday night. The Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Enugu…