Pascal Arogorn Ibe
- Opinion
- May 7, 2021
- 237 views
ABDUCTIONS: A call to shutdown schools
By Ibe Pascal Arogorn Everyone cannot be a victim of the continuous and outrageous insecurity that exists in Nigeria now. How can a qualitative and sound education be achieved when…
- Insecurity
- May 7, 2021
- 185 views
Security operatives kill 8 gunmen in Imo, recover vehicles
Eight people suspected to be hoodlums operating under the name “unknown gunmen” on Thursday night were gunned down in a gun battle with joint security operatives. It was gathered that…
- News , Politics
- May 7, 2021
- 254 views
Deputy speaker: Abaribe should be in prison for failing to produce Nnamdi Kanu
Idris Wase, deputy speaker of the house of representatives, says Enyinnaya Abaribe, senate minority leader, should be imprisoned over his failure to produce Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous…
- Insecurity , Kidnapping
- May 7, 2021
- 281 views
SS2 girl missing in Abuja school after permission to fix uniform
A 15-year-old student of the Ceder International College, Abuja, Nimota Olatunde, has gone missing while trying to repair her torn school uniform. PUNCH Metro gathered that the disappearance of the…
- News
- May 7, 2021
- 151 views
Mbaka Suspended For 30 Days
The jigsaw puzzle over the Wednesday’s disappearance and reappearance of Enugu vocal priest, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka is now falling into place. Highly placed sources within the Diocesan leadership disclosed…
- Insecurity , Terrorism
- May 7, 2021
- 207 views
Boko Haram invasion plot: Anxiety in FCT, heavy security at NNPC, Army barracks, others
There was heightened anxiety in parts of the Federal Capital Territory, on Thursday following reports of alleged imminent attacks on parts of the FCT. The PUNCH had reported exclusively on…
- News , Politics
- May 7, 2021
- 180 views
Insecurity: IMSU postpones SUG election indefinitely
I’ve Pascal Arogorn, Owerri The Imo State University Student Union Government (SUG) election early scheduled to hold on 7th of May, 2020 was postponed till further notice over insecurity. Following…
- Insecurity , Kidnapping
- May 7, 2021
- 238 views
We were ready to lose students in planned bandits’ bombardment – El-Rufai
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Thursday said when 29 students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna State, were abducted, the plan was to attack and kill…
- News
- May 7, 2021
- 193 views
Buhari suspends NPA MD, Hadiza Usman
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has approved the recommendation of the Ministry of Transportation under Rt. Hon. Rotimi Amaechi for the setting up of an Administrative Panel of Inquiry to investigate the…
- Armed Robbery
- May 7, 2021
- 198 views
Two feared killed as robbers attack bullion van in Ondo; police say nobody died
Two persons were feared killed while one other person was injured on Thursday after some gunmen attacked a bank’s bullion van in Elemoso village along Akure-Ondo highway in Ondo East…
- Human Rights , News
- May 6, 2021
- 287 views
POB interview: NBC fines Channels TV, radio station N5m each
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has asked Channels Television and Inspiration FM in Lagos to pay a fine of N5 million each for breaching the broadcast code. The commission had…
- Insecurity
- May 6, 2021
- 201 views
Gunmen attack police station in Anambra, kill two Inspectors, free detainees
Gunmen on Wednesday night attacked Obosi police station in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State, killings two police Inspectors and freeing all detainees in the cell. The attack…
- Insecurity
- May 6, 2021
- 203 views
Uzodinma’s stance on state police exposes his sympathy for bandits
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Thursday said the frenzy by Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma, against demands by the party other well-meaning Nigerians for the establishment of state police,…
- Kidnapping
- May 6, 2021
- 259 views
We’re working to get abducted Greenfield varsity students freed -Sheikh Gumi
Renowned Islamic Cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has expressed optimism that the remaining students of the Greenfield University, Kaduna will soon regain their freedom from their captors. Gumi said negotiation was…
- Security
- May 6, 2021
- 206 views
Buhari: NIN-SIM linkage will help us identify crooks
President Muhammadu Buhari has called on Nigerians to fully participate in the ongoing synchronisation of the National Identification Number (NIN) with SIM cards. Buhari spoke on Thursday at the launch…