The United States House of Representatives adjourned without a Speaker on Tuesday night, following the failure of Republican leader Kevin McCarthy to secure the majority of votes required. The incident became a political drama for the first time since 1923 they had failed to choose a leader after a first round vote. According to […]
Four persons have been allegedly shot dead in the ancient city of Sapele, Delta state by suspected cultists. Community sources told the Vanguard that the killing occurred between Tuesday and Wednesday, àdding that those allegedly killed were three males and a female. Three were allegedly shot along Mission road while the fourth one was […]
At least five persons have been feared killed, as a new year carnival staged by youths loyal to two warring monarchs in lkare Akoko, Akoko North East area of Ondo state, turned bloody. Consequently, the two monarchs, Olukare of Ikare, Oba Akadiri Saliu Momoh and Oba Adeleke Adegbite-Adedoyin II, the Owa-Ale of Iyometa, Ikare, […]
Minister of Interior and Former Governor of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, on the Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the February 2023 General Elections, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has been described as fake news and a creation of the imagination of jittery politicians who are bent on maligning the Minister in […]
The Emir of Bauchi, Rilwanu Adamu, has approved the sacking of a senior traditional title holder and member of the Emirate Council, Bello Kirfi, for being disrespectful to the Governor, Bala Mohammed. Mr Kirfi was also stripped of his position as the Wazirin Bauchi, a title reserved for the Emir’s top administrative adviser and […]
A Shari’a Court sitting in Kano on Wednesday ordered the remand of two brothers, Saifullahi Hamisu, Mujahid Hamisu and one Hassana Surajo, in a custodial centre for allegedly enticing a married woman. The defendants, who live at Bachirawa Quarters Kano, are facing a three-count charge of aiding, abetting and enticing a married woman. The […]
A roadside petrol seller identified as Akpan Okon Akpan has allegedly burnt his friend to death over a phone charger. Okon was said to have set the victim identified as Junior Ime Philip ablaze and left him to die after a disagreement over a phone charger. The Akwa Ibom Police Command confirmed the development […]
A child forensic specialist, Mrs Olabisi Ajayi-Kayode, on Tuesday, told a Lagos State Sexual Offences Court, Ikeja, that a 15-year-old minor allegedly defiled by her aunt’s husband, Dr Olufemi Olaleye, said the defendant told her virginity was outdated. She stated that the victim also told her that Olaleye, the Medical Director of Optimal Cancer […]
Some students of the Federal Government College, Ijaniki, Lagos State, have been caught after absconding from school to lodge female classmates in hotels for sex romps. PUNCH Metro gathered that the students, who were all boarders, had on different occasions jumped the school’s fence with their female counterparts and stayed out of school for […]
The Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, in a bid to strengthen the criminal justice system and standardise investigation processes in the Nigeria Police Force, has ordered a streamlining of all police investigative processes. The move, according to the IGP was to prevent duplication of investigation via indiscriminate petitions and transfer of cases initiated […]
