Bandits have abducted scores of worshippers in one of the mosques in Tsafe town, the headquarters of Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State. An indigene of the area simply identified as Garba told PUNCH Online that the bandits invaded the mosque around 5 a.m. on Thursday when the people were about to start the…
A 13-year-old boy, Kelvin Onyengba, has drowned during a hangout at the Alatise beach in the Ajah area of Lagos State. The PUNCH gathered that the incident occurred at about 12:00pm on Tuesday. It was also gathered that the deceased went swimming with five of his friends. A police source told our correspondent that the…
The war against illegal oil bunkering and oil theft received a huge boost on Wednesday as troops of the 6 Division, Nigerian Army, Port Harcourt uncovered over 40 dugout crude oil wells in Rumuekpe community, Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State. The troops uncovered the site during a sweep-and-clear operation on the Trans Niger…
Heads of different agencies under the supervision of the Ministry of Justice have signed a performance bond with the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi. The agencies under the ministry are the National Human Rights Commission; the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency; the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Study; the…
The Senate, on Wednesday, summoned the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, and the Commissioner of Police, Benneth Igwe, over the murder of Chris Agidy, an aide to Senator Ned Nwoko, by some kidnappers. The Senate resolved that the FCT Minister and the police commissioner should appear to brief the Red Chamber on…
Renowned Yoruba activist, Sunday Igboho, passionately urged the Federal Government to immediately release Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Igboho’s plea, conveyed through a viral video on Tuesday, coincided with Kanu’s ongoing trial at the Federal High Court in Abuja. Kanu, who appeared in court on Monday, February 26, 2024,…
A fatal accident involving two trucks and a bus on Wednesday, around NASFAT along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway killed five people while 10 others were seriously injured. The accident said to have occurred around 9:56 am involved a Daf truck with number plate KUT561ZZ, a Toyota Hiace bus with registration number GGE84YF, and another truck without…
President Bola Tinubu will, tomorrow, inaugurate the second metro line system in Lagos, making the state the first sub-national government to have two intra-city train systems. When he performed the groundbreaking of the Red Line Train on April 15, 2021 (after the COVID-19 pandemic), Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu never had a clue how he was being positioned…
The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof Muhammad Pate, on Wednesday, disclosed that the Federal Government had enrolled about 750,000 Nigerians into the National Health Insurance Scheme. Pate stated this at the third edition of the ministerial press briefing series initiated by the Ministry of Information in Abuja, noting that the President Bola…
The burial rites for Herbert Wigwe, his wife, and his son have been announced by the family. A funeral ceremony for Wigwe, his wife, and his son is scheduled to commence on Monday, March 4, 2024. They lost their lives in a helicopter accident in the United States a few weeks ago. The former Chairman…
