Man sentenced to 21yrs imprisonment over robbery in Ondo
A Court in Akure, Ondo State has sentenced a man, Gbenga Akintola, to 21 years imprisonment for involvement in robbery. Akintola was apprehended by the Amotekun command and the police in Ondo town in 2021 for using dangerous weapons such as cutlasses to rob three individuals of their money and valuables. He was later charged […]
JUST IN: Uzodinma elected APC governors’ forum chair, backs subsidy removal
Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State has taken over the baton of leadership from Kebbi Governor, Senator Atiku Bagudu as the new Chairman of the Progressive Governors’ Forum. The PUNCH gathered that Uzodinma was elected via consensus during a strategic meeting of the PGF on Wednesday. Among those in attendance were Governors Mai Mala Buni […]
Osun: NSCDC arrests seven fuel attendants for hoarding petrol
Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, on Wednesday, arrested seven filling station workers for allegedly hoarding petrol in Osun State. The NSCDC team, composed of officers and men drawn from the Anti-Vandalism Unit, moved around filling stations in the Osogbo area of the state to monitor the sale of petrol. The spokesperson […]
Abbas seeks Adeleke’s support for speakership ambition
The anointed candidate of the All Progressives Congress for the 10th House of Representatives Speaker, Dr Tajudeen Abbas, has sought the support of the Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, for his ambition to be the next Speaker of the House. Abbas spoke in Osogbo on Wednesday when he led a delegation of serving and House […]
CUPP condemns fuel hoarding, hikes in prices
The Coalition of United Political Parties has condemned the hoarding of premium motor spirit known as petrol, noting that the pump price of the product has skyrocketed in the last two days. The scarcity of petrol, the CUPP said, started when President Bola Tinubu declared that his administration was stopping subsidy payments on petrol during […]
JUST IN: APC govs in crucial meeting with Adamu
Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State, his counterpart in Kogi, Yahaya Bello and some other governors elected on the platform of All Progressives Congress are presently having a closed-door meeting with the leadership of the party. The governors, who arrived at about 5:20 pm on Wednesday evening, went straight into the secretariat for the crucial […]
Kano police parade 93 suspected criminals
The Kano State Police Command, on Wednesday, paraded 93 suspects arrested for various offences in different areas of the metropolis between May 27 and May 29, 2023. Briefing newsmen at the premises of the Command’s headquarters at Bompai, the Commissioner of Police in the state, Mohammed Gumel, stated that before the inauguration ceremony, the police […]
Subsidy: NLC, TUC meeting FG at Aso Rock Villa
The leadership of the Nigerian Labour Congress and the Trade Union of Nigeria are meeting the representatives of the Federal Government at the Conference Hall of the office of the Chief of Staff, Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting comes hours after the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited announced a new pump price for petroleum products […]
Gunmen kill security man, abduct two in Ogun
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers on Wednesday, shot a security personnel and one other person dead while they abducted two persons at a farm in Awo village, Orile-Imo in the Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State. The kidnappers reportedly also shot dead a So-Safe Corps Area Commander, identified as Ogunrinde Saheed and a native […]
Panic as fire guts building in LASUTH
Fire, on Wednesday, gutted a building on the premises of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital in the Ikeja area of the state. The PUNCH gathered that the fire incident caused panic among workers and patients at the hospital The fire was said to have started around 4 pm. The Director, Lagos State Fire and […]