A woman, Joke Olaniji, has been found dead on a cocoa farm in the Ondo East Local Government Area of Ondo State, two weeks after she was declared missing. The 55-year-old woman was said to have left home two weeks ago without telling anybody where she was going. The deceased’s mother, Juliana, said she thought […]
THE body of the slain Super TV boss, Usifo Ataga, is ready for autopsy as part of ongoing investigations by the Lagos State police command. The autopsy is, however, being delayed by the pathologist who is expected to carry out the exercise. Nigerian Tribune gathered that the outcome of the autopsy will be a major […]
Wife of the Odogwu (War lord) of Ogwash-Uku kingdom, Aniocha South LGA, Mrs. Ohai, was at the weekend stripped and raped by irate youths over chieftaincy tussle. The Nation gathered over three houses, poultry and two vehicles worth over N500 million were destroyed during the attack. Also, over 12 persons were injured during the attack. […]
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has fixed October 7, to hear a motion seeking the final forfeiture of the sum of $5.78 million and ₦2.4 billion, linked to a former first lady, Patience Jonathan. Justice Tijjani Ringim fixed the date on Monday after taking arguments from counsel to the parties in the matter. […]
Chris Ngige, minister of labour and productivity, has faulted the outcome of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary election conducted in Anambra, on Saturday. On Sunday, Dapo Abiodun, governor of Ogun state and chairman of the APC primary election committee, announced that Andy Uba, a former senator, won the primary election. Abiodun noted that […]
The Senate on Monday berated the management of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund over an alleged misappropriation of N84bn within four years. The Senate Public Accounts Committee stated this while scrutinising the 2017 report of the Auditor General for the Federation. The Chairman of SPAC, Matthew Urhoghide, alleged that N84bn was misappropriated within four […]
THE All Progressives Congress has opened talks with three Peoples Democratic Party governors with a view to winning them over, The PUNCH has learnt. Our correspondent gathered in Abuja, on Monday, that the Governor Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker/Extraordinary National Convention Planning Committee has begun talks with three PDP governors namely: Okezie Ikpeazu, his Enugu State […]
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), on Monday, called on federal lawmakers from the North to be on the alert as various stakeholders expressed their readiness to endorse restructuring once it is passed by the National Assembly. Chairman of the forum, Chief Audu Ogbeh, made the submission when prominent northern leaders including the Sultan of Sokoto, […]
The Federal Government has approved the extension of the deadline for NIN-SIM data verification to July 26, 2021. The Director, Public Affairs Nigerian Communications Commission, Ikechukwu Adinde; and the Head, Corporate Communications, Nigeria Identity Management Commission, Kayode Adegoke, disclosed this in a joint statement on Monday titled ‘FG approves July 26 as NIN-SIM verification deadline […]
Some men in the company of some women cook, early Sunday morning, reportedly fled when suspected herdsmen swooped on them and abducted two of the women in Sapele, Delta State. The victims, who were abducted at a residential house located at NDDC Road in Sapele, were reportedly whisked into the thick forest by the herdsmen, […]
