Hoodlums stone Dino Melaye’s car in Kogi
Gbenga Odogun What could have been a disaster was averted on Saturday when the lawmaker representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Dino Melaye, escaped a mob attack at the Kabba Day celebration in...
View ArticlePolice uncover building with 105 bags of cannabis
Peter Dada The Ondo State Police Command on Friday arrested one person in connection with 105 bags of cannabis kept in a house located at the New Town Area of Akure, the Ondo State capital. The...
View ArticleArmy rescues six-year-old boy from Boko Haram, kills dozens
The Nigerian Army on Saturday said it neutralised dozens of Boko Haram insurgents in an ambush, while they were attempting to cross over to Sambisa forest. Brig.-Gen. Sani Usman, Director Army Public...
View Article‘No dictator’ should underestimate US resolve
President Donald Trump warned on Sunday that “no dictator” should underestimate the United States, as he launched an Asia tour that will be dominated by the North Korea nuclear crisis. Speaking to...
View ArticleN388bn Paris Club Loan spending protected by professional privilege,...
The Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, has told the Federal High Court in Lagos that the record of spending of N388.304bn London Paris Club Loan refunds by 35 states “is protected by...
View ArticleNSCDC uncovers prostitution ring in Borno tertiary institutions
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps command in Borno on Sunday said it had uncovered a prostitution ring in various colleges and tertiary institutions in the state. The Corps Commandant, Mr...
View ArticleNSCDC arrests 10 ward heads over alleged fraud
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps command in Borno, on Sunday, said it arrested 10 ward heads in Maiduguri over alleged land grabbing and swindling of the public. The corps Commandant, Mr...
View ArticleParty of deposed Catalan President wants him as election candidate
The separatist party of deposed Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont, who is facing an arrest warrant issued by Spain, said Sunday they wanted him as the candidate for regional elections on December 21....
View ArticleKogi suicide: My husband rolled on the floor day triplets were born, says wife
Eniola Akinkuotu Mrs. Grace Soje, the wife of the Kogi State civil servant, who committed suicide on October 16, 2017, says her husband’s death remains a shock. The widow told Sunday PUNCH that her...
View ArticleEnugu child trafficking: Govt avoids DNA, offers cash, babies to girls
Bayo Akinloye The Enugu State Government has given N500,000 to each of the two girls whose babies were forcibly taken away immediately after childbirth, SUNDAY PUNCH can report. Last August, our...
View ArticleMan dies in Kano’s truck, bus collision
Ted Odogwu, Kano A man lost his life on over the weekend when a truck collided with a truck and a white commercial bus, while several others suffered varying degree of injuries, at Kwanan Samiya in...
View ArticleHeartache for sale at Vietnam’s ex-lovers market
At Vietnam’s Old Flames market, curious customers peruse love letters and pick through perfumes, candles and clothes — relics from failed relationships put on sale by forlorn lovers. Entrepreneurial...
View ArticleIgbo, not Buhari, marginalising themselves —Nyerere
Chidiebube Okeoma The 2015 governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Abia State, Anyim Nyerere, has accused Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of increasing the poverty level in the state....
View ArticleBuhari supporters target Ambode, first-term APC govs for President’s...
John Alechenu and Leke Baiyewu Chieftains of the All Progressives Congress, who are pushing for a second term ticket for President Muhammadu Buhari, have mapped out strategies to woo the party’s...
View ArticleSnakes kill 250 in Plateau, Gombe in three weeks
Two hundred and fifty victims of snake bite have died in the last three weeks in Plateau and Gombe States, following an acute scarcity of snake anti-venom drugs in the country. The figure represents...
View ArticleFive dead, thousands flee as floods hit Malaysia’s Penang
Five people have been killed and over 3,000 evacuated after a storm triggered serious flooding Sunday in Malaysia’s Penang, with the state’s historic capital under murky brown water. The army was...
View ArticleDeposed catalan leader, Puigdemont, turns self in to Belgian police
Catalonia’s sacked separatist leader Carles Puigdemont and four of his former ministers turned themselves in to Belgian police on Sunday after Spain issued a warrant for their arrest. “They were...
View ArticleLagos stops tollgate tariff hike
The Lagos State Government has asked the Lekki Concession Company to suspend its plan to increase tariff hike on the Lekki-Epe Expressway and Lekki-Ikoyi link bridge. In a statement on Saturday by the...
View ArticleEgypt recovers 354 antiques seized in Emirates
Egypt has recovered 354 archaeological objects that were seized by authorities in the United Arab Emirates, the antiquities ministry in Cairo said. Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed al-Qasimi, ruler of the...
View ArticleBuhari handled Kanu’s case with deep hatred for Igbo — Ex-minister, 88
Eighty-eight-year-old Mbazulike Amaechi is a First Republic Minister of Aviation and the only surviving member of the pre-independence Zikist Movement. He shares the story of his life with TONY OKAFOR...
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