Armed robbers attack former IG Coommassie’s house, kill police guard
Olaide Oyelude A police guard was feared killed and another one seriously injured on Saturday night when suspected armed robbers besieged the Katsina residence of former Inspector General of Police,...
View ArticleIkpeazu warns Army over assault on Abia indigenes
Ogbonnaya Ikokwu Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, has expressed displeasure with the activities of some officials of the Nigerian Army who allegedly subject indigenes of the state to corporal...
View ArticleDickson stops salaries of suspected payroll fraudsters
Simon Utebor The Governor of Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson, has moved against payroll syndicates in the state. He was believed to have ordered the State Head of Service and his Chief of Staff Chief,...
View ArticleOperation Crocodile Smile: Don’t panic, army tells Niger Delta residents
Simon Utebor The Nigerian Army has urged Niger Delta residents to remain calm as it began Operation Crocodile Smile II in Bayelsa State on Saturday. The Commander, 16 Brigade Nigerian Army, Yenagoa,...
View ArticleMisconduct: PSC probes Kano, Edo police commissioners
Adelani Adepegba and Leke Bayeiwu The Police Service Commission is probing two state commissioners of police for professional misconduct, unethical practices and incompetence. Findings by SUNDAY PUNCH...
View ArticleFMC doctors protest poor pay
Gibson Achonu Over 60 resident doctors of the Federal Medical Centre, Owerri, Imo State on Saturday passed a vote of no confidence in the management of the health institution led by Dr. Kingsley...
View ArticleWeah, Boakai edge towards Liberia presidential run-off
Former football star George Weah and incumbent Vice-President Joseph Boakai on Saturday edged closer to competing in a run-off vote for Liberia’s presidency, with three quarters of polling stations...
View ArticleLabour rejects N30,000 minimum wage offer
Innocent Phinan The organised labour on Saturday rejected the resolution of the House of Representatives seeking the upward review of the minimum wage for Nigerian workers to N30,000 from the current...
View ArticleThugs beat man for alleged fornication
Alexander Okere A middle-aged man narrowly escaped being lynched after he was beaten by thugs for allegedly fornicating with a married woman in Benin, Edo State. The man, identified as Ese Idehen, was...
View ArticlePope Francis set to declare 35 new saints
Pope Francis will declare 33 martyrs and 2 others from Brazil, Mexico, Spain and Italy, as the Catholic Church’s new saints on Sunday at a Canonization Mass in Rome’s St. Peter’s Square. They include...
View ArticleTurning weed into wine in Lebanon
Sitting among the vines of Sauvignon Blanc and Tempranillo growing on his spectacular farm in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley, Michel Emad remembers the not-so-distant time when he opted to cultivate cannabis....
View ArticleWe support call for restructuring Nigeria – CAC president
Bayo Akinloye and Peter Dada The factional President of the Christ Apostolic Church, Abraham Akinosun, has called on the Federal Government to come up with a new constitution that will be acceptable to...
View ArticleWe must put African unity into practice — Zuma
Gibson Achonu South Africa’s President, Mr. Jacob Zuma, has called for unity among African states, noting that this would enable the continent to rub shoulders with its peers. “Whatever we do,...
View ArticleBuhari lauds Chinese president
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed delight at the mutually beneficial cooperation existing between Nigeria and China. According to a statement on Saturday by his Special Adviser on Media and...
View ArticleI stole to pay my WAEC fees — 19-year-old suspect
Chidiebube Okeoma The police in Imo State have apprehended a 19-year-old serial burglary suspect, Chidiebere Okpara. He was arrested at Obodoukwu, Ideato North Local Government Area of the state by the...
View ArticleNorth got lion’s share of World Bank projects under Buhari — Documents
Bayo Akinloye Contrary to President Muhammadu Buhari’s claim on Friday that his discussion with the President of the World Bank Group, Jim Yong Kim, was twisted, a huge chunk of the financial...
View ArticleSuicide bomber kills over 50 in Somalia
At least 50 people were killed and more than 80 others were wounded in what seems to be the largest suicide car bombing ever in the Somali capital Mogadishu. A suicide bomber exploded a vehicle at a...
View ArticleGirls abandoning school due to menstruation — WaterAid
Friday Olokor One in ten adolescent girls in Africa miss school during menstruation period and eventually drop out due to a lack of gender-friendly toilet facilities, according to a group, WaterAid...
View ArticleMonkeypox: Churches hold special prayers, deliverance services
Femi Makinde, Peter Dada, Ogbonnaya Ikokwu, Chidiebube Okeoma, Gibson Achonu and Clement Nnaji Churches in the southern part of Nigeria have started organising special prayers and deliverance sessions...
View ArticleBomb kills four Pakistani troops searching for kidnappers
A bomb Sunday killed four Pakistani soldiers as they searched for militants linked to the kidnapping of a US-Canadian family who were freed last week. The incident happened near the Kharlachi...
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