•Late Junior Pope The family of the late Nollywood actor, John Odonwodo, popularly called Junior Pope has released burial arrangements for their deceased son. The 43-year-old actor is set to be buried on May 17, 2024, in his Uwala Abaka, Ukehe hometown, in Nsukka, Igboetiti Local Government Area of Enugu. Junior Pope died alongside four [&hell...
•Offers automatic employment to elder sister •Directs renovation of family house •Promises assistance to undergraduate sisters •Orders remains of the late Nollywood Artiste be brought home for decent burial ANIETIE USEN, Uyo reporting •Late Abigail Edith Frederick Living to his billing as a compassionate man, Akwa Ibom State governor, ...
•Toyinbo Hezekiah Thirty-year-old commercial motorcyclist and bricklayer, Toyinbo Hezekiah, who graduated as the overall best student from the Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, tells Saturday PUNCH what made him pursue education at his age and how he managed to read to achieve first-class....
•Late Herbert Wigwe, wife and Abimbola Ogunbanjo The family of the late former Chairman of the Nigerian Exchange Group, Abimbola Ogunbanjo, who was killed in a Southern California helicopter crash in February filed a lawsuit yesterday, against the US helicopter company. The former Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings, Dr Herbert Wigwe, h...
•Japan flag Japan’s royal family is now on Instagram — but don’t expect any candid selfies from its official account, which went live Monday in a cautious social media debut for the ancient monarchy. The first 19 posts are formally staged photos and videos of Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako carrying out royal duties at […]
A fashion designer, Mrs Joy Egbo, has dragged her husband, Obi, before a Customary Court sitting in Jikwoyi, Abuja, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), accusing him of domestic violence. The petitioner who resides in Jikwoyi, made the accusation in a divorce petition she filed against her husband in court. “My husband always beats and abuses me [...
•Tony Aziegbemi More than two weeks after he was kidnapped on Friday, March 15, 2024, the abductors of the Edo State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Tony Aziegbemi, have reportedly contacted his family members. This was disclosed to journalists in Benin yesterday by one of Aziegbemi’s family members who pleaded anonymity, r...
•Sanusi Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi, former Emir of Kano, has narrated several encounters he had with Dr Herbert Wigwe, late Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings. Speaking at the night of tributes organised in honour of Wigwe at Eko Hotels in Lagos, yesterday, Sanusi broke down in tears, narrating how far he went with the deceased, […...
•Armed Fulani herdsman Suspected Fulani herdsmen yesterday afternoon killed no fewer than 10 persons in Azandeh, community, Mbasaa, Mbajiga, Ityulugh, Torov district in Ukum Local Government Area of Benue North senatorial zone. But residents of the area put the figures at 30 or more, reports The Nation. Among those who killed was a family of [...
•Lucky Aiyedatiwa Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, wife of the late governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu, has tackled her late husband’s niece, Funke Akeredolu-Aruna, for supporting the governorship aspiration of incumbent Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa. Akeredolu-Aruna who served as former Deputy Chief of Protocol in the administration of late Governo...