Usman, Abubakar, Auwalu Arrested With 1,144 ATM Cards At Airport
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested three suspects at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA) while attempting to smuggle 1,144 Automated Teller…
Omicron: FG reviews international travel protocol
The Federal Government has reviewed the international travel protocol to reduce the risk of importing and exporting the Omicron variant. In a statement on Friday by the Chairman,…
Oldest Kano Kingmaker Dies At 95
The Sarkin Ban Kano and first Commissioner of Education in Kano Kano state, Alhaji Mukhtar Adnan, is dead. Sources close to the family revealed that the District Head of Dambatta, late Mukhtar Adnan, died in the early hours…
BREAKING: Two Gunned Down, ‘Over 50’ Abducted In Fresh Kaduna Attack
Two persons have been killed while “more than 50” have been abducted in an attack in Unguwan Gimbiya community in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State. An eyewitness, who…
Powerful Nigerians Frustrating AMCON’s Recovery Of N4.4trn Debts — Senate Panel
The Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and other Financial Institutions has lamented that highly-placed Nigerians were frustrating the effort of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria…
Navy frees Comedian Cute Abiola from detention
The Nigerian Navy has freed online Comedian, Abdulgafar Ahmad, aka Cute Abiola, from detention, The PUNCH has learnt. Naval spokesperson, Commodore Suleman Dahun, confirmed the…
OBITUARY: Joseph Wayas, second republic senate president who ruled Nigeria for 16 days
On Thursday, Joseph Wayas, Nigeria’s former senate president, died in a London hospital after a protracted illness. At the age of 80, the demise of the statesman did not come as a…
LORI IRO: The Evil That Lie Merchants Do
You have probably seen something on social media, which I consider a parody of lie merchants against our country. We will talk about it in a minute. But let me take an early digression to…
N11.5b corruption case: Court discharges, acquits Ex-Oyo Governor Alao-Akala, two others
Eleven years after legal battle, former Oyo Governor Adebayo Alao-Akala was on Thursday discharged and acquitted of corruption cases by a Court of Appeal sitting in Ibadan, the Oyo state…
Nembe oil spill substantially contained – Aiteo
Aiteo Eastern Exploration and Production Company (AEEPCO) has said that the oil spill at its Oil Mining Lease (OML) 29 Wellhead at Nembe in Bayelsa has been contained…
2023: What I Said When Asked To Predict Next President – Pastor Adeboye
The General Overseer of Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, E.A. Adeboye on Sunday, revealed his conversation with an undisclosed person on who would succeed President Muhammadu…
Many Senior Lawyers Praised My Position On EndSARS Panel Report – Keyamo
Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo (SAN), in this interview with TEMIDAYO AKINSUYI in his office in Abuja speaks on the controversy trailing the planned removal…
Tanzanian Doctor, Nurse Suspended For Having Sex, Moaning & Disturbing Patients
A hospital in the Tabora municipality in Tanzania has suspended two of its medics over misconduct in patients' ward According to Kaliua DC Paula Chacha, the two were reported by the…
Insecurity: Buhari Doing His Best – Osinbajo
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says President Muhammadu Buhari is doing his best to fix the insecurity of Nigeria. The VP spoke on Thursday at the Presidential Villa when he received…
Buhari’s Minister, Sadiya Farouq Travels To US For Childbirth
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq has travelled to the United States of America for childbirth. Farouq, who was…
Pastor kidnaps Catholic priest, begs God for forgiveness
The operatives of the Imo state police command have arrested one pastor Izuchukwu Anoloba, 35, and others for kidnapping a Catholic priest, Fidelis Ekemgba. Parading the suspects and others, the state…
Lagos goes tough on vehicle inspection, roadworthiness
The Lagos State government has made vehicle inspection a mandatory condition for issuance of roadworthiness certificates, beginning from January 1, 2022. The government said motorists…
Excitements as Buhari commissions 40km Enugu, Ebonyi interstate road
Residents of communities along the Nnewe-Uduma-Uburu and Ishiagu-Mile 2 road in Enugu and Ebonyi States in the South East geo-political zone, Thursday rolled out drums to cerebrate as the…
Traveller who visited Nigeria tests positive for Omicron variant in France
France has reported its first two cases of the Omicron COVID-19 variant. The country’s health body in a statement, yesterday, said an Omicron case was detected in a person who returned from…
Bandits Release Remaining Zaria LG Staff After Getting 3 Motorcycles
The two remaining staff of Zaria Local Government Area in Kaduna State who were abducted alongside nine female staff of the council in early November have been released from captivity…
DJ Switch Lied About The “Lekki EndSARS Massacre” – Kemi Olunloyo
Nigerian journalist, blogger, and activist against gun violence, Dr Kemi Olunloyo is not allowing the alleged massacre at the Lekki tollgate to rest as she is bringing up.more evidence to prove…
Omicron: Crude Oil Drops Below $70 As Travel Ban Threatens Recovery
The crude oil market continues to suffer from bearish sentiments caused by the new Omicron COVID-19 variant, which has pushed crude oil prices below $70 per barrel. Also, the…
DID YOU KNOW? Cholera has killed twice as many Nigerians as COVID in 2021
Fatalities from the cholera outbreak in 2021 doubled the number of COVID-19 related deaths in the same period. Shocked? Don’t be. The data checks out. According to the World…
Why Shekarau lawyer’s office was sealed — Kano Govt
The Kano state government has shed more light on why the building housing the chamber of Barrister Nuraini Jimoh was sealed. It was reported that Jimoh, one of the lawyers of Malam…