BREAKING: 5 feared killed as boat capsizes in Lagos
A boat carrying five passengers has capsized in Lagos State. The PUNCH gathered that the boat was heading to Badagry when the incident happened on Friday. An official of the…
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- Armed Robbery
- July 16, 2021
- 177 views
Police arrest two notorious armed robbery suspects in Imo
The Imo State police command has announced the arrest of Darlington Ogubike and Ihuoma Emeriole suspected to be notorious armed robbers. CSP Micheal Abattam, Police Public Relations officer in a…
Stella Oduah: Why I was absent during voting on e-transmission of election results
Stella Oduah, senator representing Anambra north, says she abstained from voting on the electronic transmission of election results because she didn’t want to reject the work she was part of.…
Man Beats Pregnant Wife To Death In Adamawa
Robert Mede, a resident of Adamawa, has been arrested for allegedly beating his pregnant wife to death. The suspect, who hails from Bodere village in Ribadu District of Fufore Local…
- International
- July 16, 2021
- 227 views
Floods Leave At Least 126 Dead In Europe
The death toll from devastating floods in Europe soared to at least 126 on Friday, most in western Germany where emergency responders were frantically searching for missing people. Unsuspecting residents…
Seven dead, nine unconscious as strange disease hits Enugu market
A strange disease on Friday killed seven persons and left nine others in critical conditions at the New Artisan Market, Enugu. It was gathered the bodies of the deceased, four…
- Scams & Hoaxes
- July 16, 2021
- 135 views
Police constitute committee to arrest fake lawyers in Imo
The Imo State Police Command on Friday constituted a committee to apprehend fake and quack lawyers in the state. The state Commissioner of Police, Abutu Yaro, who spoke when a…
BREAKING: Despite being dropped by INEC, Soludo vows to contest in Anambra governorship election
Chukwuma Soludo, one of the candidates of the November 6 governorship election in Anambra, says he is still in the race. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had excluded him…
Reps pass electoral bill
The House of Representatives has passed the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, maintaining the controversial Clause 52(2) as presented. The clause allows the Independent National Electoral Commission to determine when, where…
- Scams & Hoaxes
- July 16, 2021
- 164 views
BREAKING: Court discharges, acquits ex-NBA President Usoro of N1.4b fraud charge
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Friday discharged and acquitted the immediate past President of the Nigerian Barr Association (NBA) Paul Usoro SAN, of the N1.4billion money laundering…
Anti-Yoruba nation Lagos rally postponed
The Yoruba Appraisal Forum has postponed its `Anti Secession Agitations’ rally expected to hold at Gani Fawehinmi Park, Lagos State on Friday. The organisers said the rally was postponed after…
- Insecurity
- July 16, 2021
- 198 views
Niger state to hang convicted kidnappers, informants
Abubakar Bello, governor of Niger state, has signed a bill prescribing death by hanging for cattle rustlers, bandits, kidnappers and their informants into law. The Niger house of assembly passed…
Anambra guber: Umeoji floors Soludo, other to emerge APGA candidate
….12 APGA members of the House of Assembly led by Chief Whip Eze hail INEC’s decision, pledge to support Umeoji ….UNIZIK Dean and renowned female professor, Lillian Orogbu, emerges APGA…
Heavy security presence over planned rally in Lagos
Security operatives have cordoned off the Gani Fawehinmi Park in Ojota, Lagos over a planned rally. The Nation observed scores of armed security men, including Police Officers, RRS operatives, Lagos…
- Armed Robbery , Judiciary
- July 16, 2021
- 218 views
Court sentences man to death by hanging for armed robbery
A High Court in Abeokuta, on Friday sentenced a 44-year-old man, Tosin Shodunke to death by hanging for armed robbery. Shodunke had pleaded not guilty to the two counts of…