A man identified as Okhiria has been arrested by the operatives of the Edo State Police Command for shooting his wife with a gun during an argument on June 3, at Ekae Community in the new Etete axis, GRA, Benin. The suspect was said to have had an argument with his wife and went to […]

Rampaging suspected land grabbers have allegedly killed a 24-year-old plumber identified simply as Femi in the Kara area of Pakuro, Ogun State. The PUNCH gathered that the incident happened around midnight on Friday when the hoodlums invaded the community to enforce a court judgement on some acres of land. It was learnt that the hoodlums […]

The Acting Comptroller General of the Nigerian Immigration services, Caroline Adepoju on Sunday noted that more passport offices will be created in Lagos state due to the high population of Nigerians and applicants in the state. She also warned immigration officers against passport racketeering and other unprofessional conduct, stressing that erring officers within the agency […]

The Deputy Chairman, Lagos State chapter of Trade Union Congress, Comrade Idogen Emmanuel, said the realisation that neighbouring countries were benefiting immensely from Nigeria’s subsidised fuel informed the decision to shelve the planned strike of the congress. While noting that the fuel subsidy regime threatened the survival of the country, he added that marketers were […]

The Indigenous People of Biafra has warned the Federal Government and the Department of State Services of any plan by the authorities to ‘subject’ its Leader, Nnamdi Kanu, to any form of surgery while in custody. This was as it claimed the ‘imminent’ move was to further get Kanu’s health ‘ruptured’ and deteriorated while in […]

Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has approved the deployment of government buses to support the movement of students and workers in public tertiary institutions within Ilorin, metropolis, and its environs. The bus palliative for the students covering the metropolis is the second phase in the measures by the Kwara government to cushion the effects of […]

The Edo State Government has said it will provide 24-hour free Wi-Fi service in various Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) and other public places in the State to ensure unlimited internet access to workers in the wake of the three-day weekly work schedule for civil and public servants. The provision of free internet, the government […]

Thirty five people, including seven children, were missing in southern Ukraine on Sunday following a devastating flood prosecutors called the “worst environmental catastrophe since Chernobyl.” The Russian-controlled Kakhovka dam along the front line in the Kherson region was destroyed on June 6, forcing thousands to flee and sparking fears of humanitarian as well as environmental […]

No fewer than five persons lost their lives in a boat accident that occurred at Ugbonla in Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State. The incident was said to have happened last Thursday while the victims, who were seafood traders traveling from a market in Ugbonla. The President of the Ondo State Fishermen Association of […]

Pro-democracy and human rights organization, the Campaign for Democracy, on Sunday appealed to the Bola Tinubu-led Federal Government to ensure that the perks attached to political offices, particularly the National Assembly, were made less attractive. CD President, Pastor Ifeanyi Odili, who described the humongous perks as drain pipes, said, “Subsidy is not the only policy killing Nigeria’s economy. Our […]