Beyond the Headlines
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 students and teachers continue to live in palpable fear of kidnappings by bandits? Person whose house is burn doesn’t chase rats. Who go have the […]
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 the incident which started early hours of Thursday ended at about 9:30pm with the final battle at Nkwito junction in Orlu Local Government Area of […]
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 People of Biafra (IPOB). Abaribe was one of Kanu’s sureties when he was released on bail in April 2017. Since his release, Kanu has failed […]
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 student had caused panic among her family members and friends. Olatunde’s mother, Juliana Olajide, who lives in Jos, said on Thursday that her daughter had […]
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 to the press that Fr. Mbaka has been suspended by the Catholic Diocese from church activities for one month. It has been revealed that the […]
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 Wednesday that lawmakers had been notified of a possible attack by Boko Haram insurgents on the National Assembly complex and other public buildings in Abuja. […]
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 the memo dated 6th May from the the school public Relation Officer, Mr.Ralph NjokuObi through the school Vice chancellor, Prof.Achunike Akah. According to Oracle.news, it […]
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 the bandits even if it meant some students would die in the process. El-Rufai added that Kaduna is currently at war and such would only […]
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 Management of the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA. The President has also approved that the Managing Director, Hadiza Bala Usman step aside while the investigation is […]
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 Local Government Area of Ondo State. It was gathered that the armed robbers intercepted the bullion van which was conveying cash from a bank to […]
