The 29 Zamfara wedding guests who were abducted days ago, have regained their freedom. Recall that the wedding guests who are smartphones and accessories dealers at the popular Bebeji Plaza in Gusau, the Zamfara state capital, were abducted while returning from a wedding in Sokoto State on Saturday, June 11 at Dogon Awo, a community between Tureta and Bakura located…
Operatives of the Niger State Police Command have raided criminal hideouts in Minna and arrested 22 suspected miscreants. Spokesperson of the command, DSP Wasiu Abiodun, who disclosed this in a statement on Friday, June 24, said police will continue to raid criminal hideouts within the metropolis in bid to curtail act of thuggery, youth restiveness…
Senate Minority Leader, Philip Aduda on Thursday June 23, led the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Senate to meet with Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike in Port Harcourt. Aduda who has been a long-time ally of Governor Wike was nominated as Minority Leader two days ago to replace the former, Enyinaya…
Some suspected hoodlums in some communities in Ilesa West local government area of Osun State, on Thursday June 23, stormed venues designated for collection of Permanent Voter Cards and disrupted the exercise. Punch reported that three persons were injured as a result of the incident which created panic in Igbogi, Isokun, Ibala, and all neighbourhoods within…
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…
