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Six suspected robbers, kidnappers nabbed in Delta

suspected kidnappers disguising as vigilantes in Delta communities have been arrested by operatives of the state Police Command. Sunday PUNCH gathered that on December 15, 2022 at about 8pm, police operatives attached to Ekpan Police Station deployed on patrol along Jakpa Road, intercepted an ash coloured Toyota Sienna...

PunchNews - 18 December 2022

Features

Traders take over railtracks, bridges, walkways, blame multiple...

A trader, Kingsley Azubuike, some years ago lost his five shops stocked with clothes and shoes to the demolition by Lagos State government at Oshodi market. The trader said he stocked his shops with his life savings before the event occurred. The sexagenarian said after the demolition, constant taunts...

PunchNews - 18 December 2022

Headlines

Count me out of Osun debt crisis –...

Osun State governor, Rauf Aregbesola, has told his successor, Adegboyega Oyetola, not to drag him into issues concerning the debt portfolio of the state under his administration being raised by the incumbent governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke. Adeleke had while addressing a state meeting of traditional rulers said Osun...

PunchNews - 18 December 2022

Business

CBN policy will increase housing cost, says REDAN

last may not have been heard on the adverse effect of the new Central Bank of Nigeria withdrawal policy as real estate developers have said the policy, if implemented, will lead to a rise in the price of housing units. This was as they urged the government to...

PunchNews - 18 December 2022

Headlines

Why some Nigerians haven’t been evacuated from India...

The Federal Government has explained why it has yet to evacuate some Nigerians from India. According to a statement by the spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Francisca Omayuli, on Saturday, those left behind did not meet evacuation requirements set by the Foreigner Regional Registration Offices in their...

PunchNews - 18 December 2022

Headlines

Five kidnappers arrested after invading Edo farm camp

In a statement, the state command spokesperson, Chidi Nwabuzor, said different types of arms were recovered from the suspects, commending the people for reporting the suspects to the police, which led to their arrest. The statement read, “Edo State Police Command hereby wishes to inform the general public of the...

PunchNews - 18 December 2022

Headlines

PDP candidate wants INEC chairman, Ayu jailed

A Peoples Democratic Party candidate in Ogun State, Solomon Enilolobo, has filed a committal proceeding against the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, for his alleged disobedience to a court order. Enilolobo also urged the Federal High Court, Abeokuta, to jail the National Chairman of...

PunchNews - 18 December 2022

Politics

PDP fate uncertain as party, G5 govs’ face-off...

Smarting from its second successive defeat in a general election in 2019, the Peoples Democratic Party quickly set up an ad-hoc committee chaired by the Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Mohammed, with a mandate to unravel the remote and immediate causes of that electoral shellacking (to borrow the term...

PunchNews - 18 December 2022

Headlines

Atiku to Imo people: If I’m elected, it...

The presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has assured Igbo people that they would be carried along in the scheme of things if he is elected Nigeria’s president in 2023. Atiku said this on Saturday in Owerri, Imo state, on the second leg of his...

PmNews - 17 December 2022

Headlines

Buhari is a true democrat – Lagos Speaker...

The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari on his 80th birthday describing him as a leader who remains focused on strengthening democracy in Nigeria. Obasa’s congratulatory message issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Eromosele Ebhomele, said President Buhari’s humility, honesty,...

PmNews - 17 December 2022

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Sports

Critics knock Spanish FA boss over kiss incident

The president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation, Luis Rubiales, is currently at the centre of a storm of criticism after he kissed a Spanish women football player Hermoso on the lips during the medal ceremony following the team’s 1-0 win against England in Sydney during the FIFA Women’s...

24 August 2023

Headlines

Five shortest reigns as Guinness World Record holders

‘Records are meant to be broken’ is an old saying that describes the fragility of achievements and encourages individuals to keep pushing in spite of their success. The Guinness World Record has been documenting extraordinary feats of man and natural extremes for 68 years. Most recently, Nigerian Chef, Hilda...

24 August 2023

Headlines

Ogun govt raises alarm on rogue ‘palliative fund’...

By Adejoke Adeleye/Abeokuta Ogun government on Wednesday, disowned a fake website set up by fraudsters (https://Inkbitz.com) asking people in the state to log in their details in order to receive palliative funds from the Federal Government The state government in a statement issued and signed by the Chief Economic...

24 August 2023

Headlines

We are all Yoruba, let peace reign, Ifa...

Renowned Ifa priest, Chief Ifayemi Elebuibon, has urged Kwara Muslims and Isese devotees to allow peace reign in the case involving activist Adegbola Abdulazeez, a.k.a. Tani Olohun. Abdulazeez was arrested on August 16 in Ibadan and transferred to the Kwara State Police Command for allegedly insulting the Emir of...

24 August 2023

Headlines

Protest rocks APC headquarters ahead of NWC zonal...

Scores of demonstrators on Thursday clashed with security operatives outside the premises of the national headquarters of the All Progressives Congress a few hours before the inauguration of the new zonal officers of the party’s National Working Committee. The protesters engaged the stern-looking policemen in a shouting match after they...

24 August 2023

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Niger police arrest four ex-convicts for armed robbery

PunchNews - 3 May 2024

Niger police arrest four ex-convicts for armed robbery File copy: Man in handcuffs The Niger State Police Command has arrested four ex-convicts after they conspired and robbed a Minna residence of valuables worth millions of naira. The suspects,

Naira appreciates by 0.2% against dollar

Guardian - 3 May 2024

The Naira closed the week on a positive note,...

Nigeria becomes first country to acquire cosmic rays detector in Africa – NASRDA

PmNews - 3 May 2024

Nigeria becomes first country to acquire cosmic rays detector in Africa – NASRDA Prof Babatunde Rabiu,Director, UN-ARCSSTE-E and Prof. He Xiaochun, Georgia State University, with the Cosmic Ray Muon Detector Published By: