Boko Haram leader Shekau ‘badly wounded’ -Report
Nigerian Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has been seriously wounded after trying to kill himself to avoid capture during clashes with rival Islamic State-allied jihadists in the north of the country,...
View ArticleNdoma-Egba congratulates Ayade over defection to APC
Former leader of the 7th Senate, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, has congratulated Governor Ben Ayade for defecting from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress. In a statement he...
View ArticleKane wants ‘honest conversation’ with Spurs over future
Tottenham striker Harry Kane has given the biggest indication yet that he is ready to leave the Premier League club and says he will control his own future. Kane is reported to have told Spurs he wants...
View ArticleLeaked Memo: Nigeria’s agric ministry approves N30m for mosque construction
The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has come under fire on social media following a leaked memo conveying the approval of N30m for the construction of a ‘Friday’ mosque with...
View ArticleHospitalised Rivers policeman decries neglect, seeks support for surgery
The family of a policeman, Emehuru Oluchukwu, who survived a recent attack by unknown gunmen at the Elimgbu Police station in Obio/ Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State has decried the attitude...
View ArticleTagbo’s death: I was offered N100m to indict Davido — Singer’s ex-aide
Aloma, a former personal assistant to Nigerian superstar, Davido, has revealed that he was offered N100m while in Police custody to indict Davido over their friend, Tagbo Umenike’s death. Tagbo was a...
View ArticleBuhari inducts three aircraft, charges Nigerians on unity
The President, Major General Muhammad Buhari (retd), on Thursday charged Nigerians irrespective of their ethnic, religious and political differences to unite as one entity and work towards the growth...
View ArticleNigerians express shock as NGF mulls N380/litre fuel price
Some Nigerians have taken to social media to express shock over the recommendation by the Nigeria Governors’ Forum to place petrol price between N408.5 and N380 per litre. The PUNCH had earlier...
View ArticleNotorious Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, is dead –Report
Bloodthirsty leader of terrorist sect Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, is dead, HumAngle reports. According to the online platform, the incident took place on Wednesday evening following the invasion of...
View ArticleAdegboruwa tackles Malami, says open grazing ban constitutional
Human rights lawyer, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, SAN, on Thursday, tackled the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, for saying open grazing ban by Southern governors...
View ArticleOpposing open grazing ban wicked, arrogant, Akeredolu tackles Malami
The Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has described the opposition of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Shehu Malami, to the ban placed on open grazing in the...
View ArticleArmy probing reports on Boko Haram leader Shekau, says spokesperson
The Nigerian Army has said that it is probing the reports indicating that Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau is “badly injured” and “dead”. There had been reports that the Boko Haram leader Shekau was...
View ArticleHalep withdraws from French Open over calf injury
Simona Halep, the 2018 French Open champion, announced Friday she has withdrawn from this year’s tournament because she has failed to recover from a calf injury. “Unfortunately the tear in my left calf...
View ArticleWhy Baba Ijesha is still detained despite bail -Police
The Lagos State Police Command has clarified that the embattled actor, Olanrewaju James, popularly known as Baba Ijesha, is still in detention because he has not perfected his bail conditions. The...
View ArticleISIS won’t get $7m bounty placed on Boko Haram’s Shekau – US
The United States has said that the $7 million bounty placed on the leader of the Boko Haram sect, Abubakar Shekau, will not be given to members of the Islamic State in West Africa Province. The US...
View ArticleOpen grazing: Spare parts dealers pay taxes but herders don’t, Ozekhome hits...
Human rights lawyer, Mike Ozekhome, SAN, says the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, is wrong to compare open grazing ban in Southern Nigeria with the...
View ArticleInsecurity: It’s now more actions, less talk, says Naval chief
The Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Awwal Gambo, has said that as far as the nation’s security challenges are concerned, it is now more actions and less talk from security agencies. He said the...
View ArticleCatholic priest killed as gunmen attack Katsina church
Two suspects have been arrested after gunmen attacked St.Vincent Ferrer Catholic Church, Malumfashi on Thursday. During the attack, a priest, Reverend father Alphonsus Bello, died and another one,...
View ArticlePhone ID submission: Track kidnappers, bandits, tweeps slam NCC
Some Nigerians on social media have slammed the Nigerian Communications Commission for asking them to submit the International Mobile Equipment Identity of their mobile phones to the commission....
View ArticleMasari, civil servants to rehabilitate Katsina market gutted by fire
Governor Aminu Masari, other political office holders and civil servants in Katsina State are to contribute part of their salaries towards the rehabilitation of the burnt Katsina Central Market. While...
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