Belgium, Czech advance to q’finals
A moment of class from Thorgan Hazard proved enough to knock out holders Portugal as Belgium continued their pursuit of a first major title by reaching the quarter-finals of Euro 2020. The Borussia...
View ArticleJos violence: Abia warns against further attacks on Enyimba players
The Abia State Government has condemned the attack on Enyimba players in Jos, following their goalless draw against home side Plateau United in a Nigeria Professional Football League match on Sunday....
View ArticleBizman’s bleeding wife’s health worsens following ordeal in hands of LASTMA...
The health of Sophia, the wife of a Dubai-based businessman, Jude Eze, has deteriorated after some personnel of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority allegedly absconded with her during an...
View ArticleTwo cultists nabbed for injuring rivals during supremacy clash in Ogun
Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested two suspected cultists for allegedly unleashing mayhem in the Orelope area of Ilogbo Ota, Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government area of the state. The...
View ArticleFamily in 15-month wait for police to prosecute cops who killed UNIZIK Law...
Fifteen months after five policemen attached to the Enugu State Police Command allegedly killed and buried a final year Law student of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Augustine Ugwu, the police...
View ArticleDelta chief fingers subjects as hoodlums attack palace, farm, rape wife
The wife of the Odogwu (warlord) of Ogwash-Uku Kingdom was allegedly stripped naked and raped by community youths over a chieftaincy tussle. PUNCH Metro gathered that three houses, livestock, farm and...
View ArticleOsun mosque attack: Worshippers attempted unmasking our masquerader, says...
The leadership of the Kamorudeen Society of Nigeria and adherents of the Esubiyi masquerader, on Monday traded accusations over a clash at the Oluode Aranyin’s compound, Osogbo, which left one man dead...
View ArticleEbuehi passes Venezia medical
Newly-promoted Serie A side Venezia have officially announced the signing of Benfica and Nigeria right-back Tyronne Ebuehi after he passed a routine medical on Monday, The PUNCH reports. It’s the...
View ArticleCJN warns A’Court judges of irresistible offers
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, has charged the newly sworn-in Court of Appeal Justices to discharge their duties with utmost sincerity and honesty. The CJN stated this at the...
View ArticleSokoto officials get N275m bail in N500m pension scam suit
Five management staff of the Sokoto State Primary Staff Pension Board, who allegedly diverted over N500m, have been granted bail by the Sokoto State High Court. The money was meant for the payment of...
View ArticleFG asks TETFund to fund abandoned National Library
The Federal Government on Monday approved the takeover of the financing of the National Library Project by the Tertiary Education Trust Fund. Sunday PUNCH had on June 20, 2021 reported exclusively that...
View ArticleAmnesty plans ex-agitators’ training at Bayelsa moribund fish farm
The Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Col. Milland Dikio (rtd), has said the PAP is partnering the Bayelsa State Government to revive the state’s moribund 500 fish ponds as a...
View ArticleLawyers contest plea bargain as ex-JAMB registrar arraigned for N900m fraud
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Monday fixed July 6 for the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission to arraign former Registrar, Joint Admissions and...
View ArticleFMBN, help me
Mrs Akinde, Block 7, Flat 3, Lakeview Estate, Amuwo Odofin Lagos State: I subscribed for a three bedroom apartment under PERTRUST (private developer) through the National Housing Fund. I paid close to...
View ArticleLocal airlines scamming Nigerians
Ibude Guobadia, ibudeguobadia@gmail.com: In the past two weeks, I have had to fully pay for domestic flights cancelled by the airlines. The flights were cancelled via terse e-mails to my email box...
View ArticleFG arraigns Kaduna-based critic, alleges defamation of Masari, SSG
The Federal Government on Monday arraigned a social critic, Muhammad Mahdi, for allegedly defaming the character of the Katsina State Governor, Aminu Bello Masari, the government and that of the...
View ArticleKwara bizman’s kidnap: Family raises N2m as abductors demand N30m
Abductors of Lukman Ibrahim, the young Offa entrepreneur whose pregnant wife was killed on Saturday by suspected gunmen, have requested N30m ransom from his family. Close family sources told The PUNCH...
View ArticleRobbers raid Osun Christian corpers’ lodge, injure six, steal N130,000
Suspected robbers have attacked an apartment occupied by some corps members in Osogbo, Osun State capital, injuring six and carting away personal effects of the occupants. The robbers reportedly...
View ArticleUN agency takes over Ogoni clean-up from HYPREP
The board of the Hydrocarbon Pollution and Remediation has said 70 per cent of the clean-up of impacted sites in Ogoni land, Rivers State, will now be managed by the United Nations Environment...
View ArticleDiesel price jumps to N280, LCCI says inflation’ll rise
The price of a litre of Automotive Gas Oil, also known as diesel, has risen to N280, buoyed by the recent increase in global oil prices and naira devaluation. The PUNCH had reported on February 24,...
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