60 paraded for attacking Ebonyi police stations, INEC office, killing cops
The Ebonyi State Police Command, on Monday, paraded 60 suspected bandits. According to the command, the suspected bandits were arrested for conspiracy, armed robbery, murder and arson, among other...
View ArticleFacebook rolls out podcasts, live audio rooms
Social media giant, Facebook has officially launched integrated podcasts and live audio room services. In an earlier report by The PUNCH, the company had earlier announced its intention to introduce...
View ArticleEFCC nabs two for alleged N768.5m fraud
Operatives of the Lagos zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have arrested two suspected fraudsters, Konne Barieeba and Osuji Obieze, for allegedly obtaining the sum of...
View ArticleAnambra polls: APGA risks disqualification, says faction
THE Chief Jude Okeke-led faction of the All Progressive Grand Alliance, has expressed fears that the Independent National Electoral Commission may exclude the party from the November 6, 2021 Anambra...
View ArticleINEC worried over kidnapping, threatens prosecution over false information
THE Independent National Electoral Commission on Monday expressed fears over Nigeria’s worsening security problems. The election management body said it was particularly concerned about threats of...
View ArticleSupporters hospitalised as Kwara APC factions clash
THE Kwara State Police Command on Monday confirmed that at least two supporters of the All Progressives Congress, suffered serious injuries after members of two factions of the party clashed in Ofa, on...
View ArticlePDP aspirant sues Secondus, others for N200m, alleges wrongful exclusion
A Peoples Democratic Party governorship aspirant for November 6 Anambra State election, Zeribe Ezeanuna, has sued the party for wrongful exclusion. Also joined in the suit were the PDP National...
View ArticleAfrica must harness home-grown solutions to problems – Obasanjo
FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo, Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State and Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, have reiterated the need for a home-grown solution to address vaccine access to...
View ArticleWe’ve rescued APC from collapse, says Buni
THE chairman of the Caretaker/ Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee of the All Progressives Congress, Governor Mai Mala Buni, on Monday said, the party under his leadership has succeeded in...
View ArticleBuhari has an agenda, he’s ready to tighten laws on information flow to...
In this interview with ENIOLA AKINKUOTU, veteran journalist, Mr Lanre Idowu, speaks about the attempt to amend the Nigeria Press Council Act and the National Broadcasting Commission Act The National...
View ArticleCustoms prepare to seize private jets over documents verification
Private jet owners risk having their airplanes impounded by the Nigeria Customs Service if they fail to verify their documents before July 6, 2021 when a month grace period would have expired. The...
View ArticleReps fault planned sale of looters’ assets, say items under probe
The House of Representatives’ Ad Hoc Committee on Assessment and Status of All Recovered Loots Movable and Immovable Assets from 2002 to 2020 by Agencies of the Federal Government of Nigeria for...
View ArticleFinal year student to sue A’Ibom varsity over expulsion for criticising gov
A 500-level student of the Akwa Ibom State University, Ekpo Iniobong, has decided to sue the institution over his suspension and subsequent expulsion. PUNCH Metro gathered the final year student of the...
View ArticleCourt awards A’Ibom community N82bn damages over oil spill, gas flaring
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Monday awarded the sum of N82bn against the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and Mobil Production Nigeria Unlimited in the suit filed against them by...
View ArticleEx-DIG seeks to stop Orji Kalu’s alleged N7.1bn fraud retrial
A company belonging to a former governor of Abia State, Orji Kalu, Slok Nigeria Limited, has urged the Federal High Court, Abuja, to stop the retrial of the case against it (Slok) and its chairman. In...
View ArticleWe’ll deploy more men in Plateau ungoverned territories – IG
THE Inspector General of Police, Baba Usman, on Monday described the security challenge facing Plateau State as unique. Usman spoke at the Government House in Jos on Monday during the inauguration of...
View ArticleKidnap victims paid N2bn ransom to herdmen yearly – SOKAPU
THE Southern Kaduna Peoples Union has said over N2bn has been paid as ransom to kidnappers by families and friends in Southern Kaduna to kidnappers for the release of victims held in the captivity of...
View ArticleProtesters block Abuja airport road, demand Buhari’s resignation over insecurity
PROTESTERS on Monday in Abuja demanded the resignation of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), over the rising insecurity in the country. The protesters, largely youths, demonstrated...
View ArticleNIS boss carpets Katsina officers over bribery, vows shake-up
THE Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Muhammed Babandede, on Monday in Katsina hinted about imminent changes and transfers in the service. He particularly mentioned those at land...
View ArticleRivers youths demand reopening of training centre
SIXTY youths nominated for a free training at the Port Harcourt Technical and Vocational Centre on Monday embarked on a protest over the continued closure of the facility by the Rivers State...
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