Following the reaction of former Governor Bello Matawalle that the vehicles impounded by the security agents in his residences were his personal properties, the Zamfara State Police Command has urged him to produce evidence and reclaim the vehicles belonging to him. THE PUNCH reported on Sunday that Matawalle claimed that the majority of the vehicles […]
As the battle for the position of the president of the 10th Senate intensifies, an All Progressives Congress, support group, South-South Solidarity Group, on Sunday, implored Senators Abdulaziz Yari, Orji Kalu, and Osita Izunaso, to back down from the race so that Senator Godswill Akpabio can emerge Senate President. The group made this call during […]
Immediate past Commissioner for Works in Osun State, Mr. Remi Omowaye, has called on Nigerians to support Ekiti-born chef, Damilola Adeparusi, in her bid to set a new world record for longest cooking time. Omowaye in a statement obtained in Osogbo on Sunday said rather than discouraging the chef with of barrage of criticisms that […]
The leadership of the APC Voice of Progressives Youths has urged President Bola Tinubu and the National Working Committee of the party to zone the 10th deputy senate presidency seat to the North-Central zone. The group noted that not ceding the position(deputy senate presidency seat) to the zone, would amount to marginalizing the North-Central geo-political […]
Pope Francis’s recovery from his recent hernia operation was steady, his doctors said Sunday. Francis underwent a three-hour operation at the Gemelli hospital in Rome on Wednesday, the latest health procedure for the 86-year-old leader of the Catholic Church. The doctors said the pope does not have a fever and has completed respiratory physiotherapy. He […]
The Ondo State Government has warned members of the state chapter of the National Union of Road Transport Workers against causing a breakdown of law and order in any part of the state. The state government has earlier suspended the operations of the union in the state after which a parks management committee was established […]
The Police in Zone 2 command Onikan, Lagos, have arrested an alleged fake woman customs officer, Rakiya Musa, for allegedly swindling unsuspecting members of the public. The Zonal Public Relations Officer (ZPRO), SP Hauwa Idris-Adamu, confirmed the arrest in a statement on Sunday. Idris-Adamu said that the Assistant Inspector General of Police of the Zone, […]
The Federal Polytechnic, Offa, Kwara state on Friday matriculated 11,450 Students for the 2022/2023 academic session. The matriculating students, according to the Rector of the institution, Dr. Kadiri Kamoru were admitted for National Diploma (ND) and Higher National Diploma (HND) full-time and part-time courses in the Polytechnic. Speaking at the event, the Rector admonished the […]
The Kano Government, early Sunday, continued with the ongoing demolition of illegal buildings in the state, despite the said intervention by the presidency. The latest demolition was of shops, built beside the fence of Sani Abacha stadium, Kofar Mata, GSS Kofar Nasarawa opposite IBB road, including the buildings by GGSS Dukawuya, Goron Dutse. An eyewitness […]
An American citizen identified as Michael Travis Leake has been arrested and detained by Russian authorities on drug trafficking charges. According to NBC, Leake, a paratrooper and musician was arrested in Moscow on Saturday. The US citizen in question has been charged with “illegal production, sale or shipment of narcotic drugs on a large scale,” […]