The Federal Government has begun moves to prevent an industrial action in the country’s public universities as the Academic Staff Union of Universities’ three-week deadline ended on Sunday. The Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, in an interview with The PUNCH on Sunday, said the ministry had written a letter to the Ministry of […]
National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a man, Gabriel Patrick, for allegedly ingesting 96 wraps of cocaine at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA) Abuja, spokesman, Femi Babafemi, said in a statement yesterday. The 44-year-old father of three excreted the wraps while in their custody, Babafemi said. Patrick was arrested on November 26 […]
The families of eight minors have been thrown into mourning after their corpses were recovered from a Honda Sport Utility Vehicle parked on Adelayo Street, in the Jah-Michael area, Badagry Expressway, Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the vehicle was parked in front of a house where the victims entered it. The kids were said […]
Anyim Pius Anyim, a former president of the senate and member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says although the south-east is entitled to the presidential seat in 2023, it would have to persuade other regions for support. Anyim said this on Saturday while speaking at the national convention of the United for Better Nigeria […]
The Kaduna State Chairman of Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Rev. John Joseph Hayab, has said the association paid ransom to secure the release of members of Emmanuel Baptist Church, Kakau Daji, Kaduna State, from their abductors. Nine other captives were released together with the worshippers on Friday evening. The victims, who were abducted during […]
Police have arrested and are investigating the case of two brothers, Chima and Michael Nnamani, for their alleged involvement in the serial raping of a nine-year-old girl in an Enugu community. The two brothers, who are from the same biological parents, hail and live within the Akpawfu community in Nkanu East Local Government Area of […]
Gov. Nyesom Wike has honoured Dr. James Daniel, a student of the Rivers State University (RSU), living with disability, with N50 million and automatic appointment as a university lecturer for bagging a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree. Wike announced the N50 million reward and automatic appointment on Saturday during the 33rd convocation of the Rivers […]
A former Governor of Anambra State, Dr Chukwuemeka Ezeife, has said the South East is prepared to kneel or bow before every ethnic group in the country to clinch the presidency in 2023. He said this Saturday in Abuja at the United For Better Nigeria Initiative (UBNI) National Convention. “I found Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo and […]
Hope Uzodimma, governor of Imo, has urged youths in the state to shun methamphetamine, otherwise known as ‘mkpuru mmiri’ and other forms of hard drugs. Uzodimma, who was represented by Placid Njoku, the deputy governor of Imo, said this on Saturday at the 33rd convocation ceremony of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO). He […]
The United Kingdom has added Nigeria to its red list category as it tightens travel restrictions in an effort to limit the spread of the COVID-19 variant, Omicron. “From 0400 on Monday 6 December, Nigeria will be added to the red list for entering England,” the UK government’s travel advisory on Nigeria said. This means […]
