At least 50 people have been killed and over 2,500 injured after a massive explosion erupted in the Beirut port area, damaging buildings and vehicles in Lebanon. Lebanon’s health minister, Hamad Hassan said that the figures were “preliminary estimates,” while adding that the blasts had caused a ‘very high number of injuries’ and huge damage. …
Governor Aminu Masari has decried the escalated killings by bandits and other criminal elements in Katsina State. Speaking at a luncheon organized by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) to celebrate the Eid-El-Kabir with frontline troops in Katsina, Governor Masari alleged that bandits have become emboldened because of insufficient manpower to tackle security challenges. He further disclosed that only 30 Policemen…
Federal Medical Center, Makurdi, Benue state, as well as three medical doctors working in the hospital have been dragged to Federal High Court Makurdi for allegedly causing the untimely death of a woman who was also a staff. Mrs Sabina Uyeh until her death was a Public Relations Officer of the Federal Medical Center. The…
A primary school teacher has invented an affordable cancer-detecting bra to help women with early detection after a woman died from breast cancer. Idris Dangana, 43, a Kano native, was unfulfilled with his job as a teacher and wanted to do more to help his community. Consequently, he decided to quit and develop his interest in learning computer…
The Anti-Robbery Squad of the Okehi Division of Rivers Police Command on Sunday, August 2, killed three armed robbers during a response to a distress call that some passengers in buses were being robbed at Okehi/Igbodo Express Road in Etche, Etche local government area of the State. According to the spokesperson of the state police command,…
A 67-year-old man identified simply as Papa, has reportedly been killed by suspected ritualists who got into an apartment he was staying at Orhoakpor community, Ethiope-East Local Government Area of Delta State. The man who was suffering from stroke, was killed in the compound of a traditional medicine expert he was rushed to for treatment. His throat was slit…
Former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has stated that Governor Godwin Obaseki is not a threat to his party in the forthcoming Edo governorship election. Responding to a question on if Obaseki’s popularity was a threat to his party in an interview on Channels TV Sunday Politics, Oshiomhole stated that…
Former Delta state governor, Emmanuel Uduaghan, has denied claims of being one of the beneficiaries of contracts the Niger Delta Development Commission NDDC. Punch reported earlier today that the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, in his letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, listed the former governor as one beneficiaries of…
President Buhari says Nigerians know that his administration has done its best in fighting insecurity. A statement from the Special Assistant to President Buhari on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said the President said this when he spoke to state house correspondents after observing the Eid El-Kabir prayers with his family members and close aides at the presidential…
A former prosecutor who worked with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Chief Godwin Obla (SAN), has revealed that the suspended acting Chairman of the anti-graft agency, Ibrahim Magu, ordered his arrest after he asked to be paid a sum of N763.9m in legal fees. Chief Obla reportedly made the revelation while reading out…