A German Catholic priest was sentenced to 12 years in prison by a Cologne court for sexually abusing children. The 70-year-old has also been ordered to pay damages to joint plaintiffs of €5,000 ($5,587), €10,000 and €35,000. The prosecution had been seeking a prison sentence of 13 years for the man; his defence […]
The People’s Democratic Party Friday in Abuja dismissed the impeachment of the Zamfara State Deputy Governor, Mahdi Gusau saying that he remains the legitimate officeholder. The main opposition revealed this three days after the Zamfara State House of Assembly impeached Governor Matawalle’s deputy who remained in the PDP, after his boss defected in June […]
Lucky Irabor, chief of defence staff, says the personnel of the Nigerian armed forces are not contemplating undertaking a coup. Irabor spoke on Friday at a virtual media chat tagged ‘Open Ears Dialogue’. He said the armed forces will continue to educate its personnel that coups do “more harm than good”. “The armed forces […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky released a self-shot video from central Kyiv on Friday vowing alongside key aides to stay and defend the capital against the Russian invasion. “We’re all here. Our military is here. Citizens in society are here. We’re all here defending our independence, our country, and it will stay this way,” Zelensky […]
The Federal Government, has expressed concern over Poland‘s refusal to allow Nigerians fleeing Ukraine into the country. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, raised the concern on behalf of the government during a meeting with envoys of European Union countries over the Russia-Ukraine crisis. Onyeama said the government is receiving emergency calls from […]
Another explosion suspected to be an Improvised Explosive Devices has rocked Galadima Kogo, Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State. This is coming after the first-ever bomb blast occurred at Galadima Kogo on Monday. Sani Yusuf Kokki, Co-convener of Concerned Shiroro Youths Of Niger State, who confirmed the incident in a press statement made […]
‘ The Ukrainian armed forces on Friday said they had inflicted heavy losses on Russia. The Defence Ministry said 2,800 Russian soldiers had been lost. It was unclear whether the soldiers were killed, wounded or captured. The ministry also estimated that up to 80 tanks, more than 500 other military vehicles, 10 aircraft and seven […]
A Ukrainian soldier has selflessly blown himself up to destroy a bridge and stop Russian forces from storming in from Crimea. Ukraine’s armed forces confirmed that Vitaly Skakun Volodymyrovych died while trying to fend off a column of Russian tanks at the Henichesk bridge, Kherson region. The explosion at Henichesk bridge ‘significantly slowed down […]
The Russian forces have opened a new route as they advance on Kyiv, having been unsuccessful in their attempt to capture Chernihiv, a city in the north of Ukraine. The PUNCH earlier reported that the Ukrainian troops pushed back the Russian forces from their advance on Kyiv by blowing up the city bridge. In […]
Youth leaders from the oil communities of Imo state, on Friday, demanded the sack of the Managing Director of the Imo State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, ISOPADEC, Charles Orie, over alleged misappropriation of funds of the commission. Speaking to newsmen in Owerri, on Friday, one of the Youth leaders, Ezekwesiri Nwauwa, said the […]
