A bear has killed a 62-year-old hunter by crushing his skull after the man shot the beast. According to Interfax news agency, the unnamed hunter is believed to have shot and wounded the bear from a platform in a tree in the Tulun district of Irkutsk region in Russia. Believing the brown bear was dead, the…
Sunday Adeyemi, better known as Sunday Igboho, has refuted claims that he abandoned the agitation for Yoruba nation. The Yoruba Nation activist said there is no going back on the issue of actualizing Yoruba nation. In his latest video, he urged Yoruba monarchs to mobilize and support the agitation for Oduduwa Republic. He said:…
President Muhammadu Buhari has departed Abuja for Kigali, Rwanda, to attend the 26th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), being held from June 20 to 26, 2022. A statement issued by Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media & Publicity, said that at the meeting, the President will join other leaders to…
A photographer attached to Press Unit of Ebonyi Government House, Abakaliki, Mr. Uche Nwube has been kidnapped by gunmen. Nwube was kidnapped on Wednesday night June 8, while returning from Aba, Abia State. Punch reported that his abductors are demanding N50 million ransom. One of the kidnappers also called a journalist, Mr. Nwube’s colleague, saying the…
Bishop David Oyedepo, founder of the Living Faith Church Worldwide, has boasted that his church headquarters in Ota, Ogun State popularly known as Canaanland has not experienced blackout in the past 23 years. He said that the achievement took place without help of the federal, state or local government. “Light has never gone off…
A petrol tanker laden with Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly known as petrol, burst into flames, killing its driver and destroying property in Plateau State today June 9. According to reports, the driver of the tanker lost control, veered off at Polo roundabout and crashed into a filling station before the explosion. The driver was…
The federal government has declared Monday, June 13, as a public holiday in commemoration of Nigeria’s Democracy Day which comes up on June 12. The announcement was made by Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola in a statement signed on his behalf by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Dr M. L. Shuaib Belgore on Thursday…
Media personality, Omoyele Sowore has been declared winner of the presidential ticket of the African Action Congress (AAC). Sowore emerged unchallenged at the AAC convention that took place in the federal capital territory (FCT) on Thursday June 9. Before the party’s convention commenced, Sowore stepped down from his position as chairman of the party he played a…
A pupil of Yanoko Nomadic Primary school in Tofa local government area of Kano State, has reportedly been stung to death by bees. Sanusi Dawakintofa, uncle of the people identified as Ismail Hussaini, told Premium Times that his nephew could not outrun the attacking bees because he had a broken limb caused by sickle cell anaemia. Village head…
In a statement, the US Department of Justice announced that it had seized the $3.5 million property, which had been acquired with alleged proceeds from corruption. The six-bedroom house, located in the state of Maryland, was purchased through a trust set up by Jammeh’s wife, Zineb Jammeh, the statement said. The statement reads: “Yahya Jammeh corruptly obtained…
