Kenyan police say the death toll from the starvation cult has now risen to 73. Japhet Koome, inspector-general of police (IGP) in Kenya, had earlier pegged the casualties at 58. In bizarre developments, one pastor Paul Nthenge, founder of the Good News International Church, instructed his congregation to starve themselves to “meet Jesus”. Followers […]
A yet-to-be-identified male meat seller has slumped and died while attending to a customer on Branco Street, in the Mafoluku area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro learnt that the incident happened on Monday around 5pm when the deceased was attending to a customer in the community. An eyewitness who identified himself simply as Tunde […]
Tuesday 25 April 2023 Ebonyi man strangles friend, buries corpse in shallow grave Adamawa: Lawyer, CSOs demand overhaul of police, DSS Nigeria lost N2.3tn revenue to oil theft in 12 months — IOC ‘I Am Hale And Hearty,’ Tinubu Says On Return Buhari To Attend Gulf Of Guinea Summit In Ghana APC Expels Governorship Aspirant, […]
President-elect Bola Tinubu says he is ready for the responsibilities attached to being Nigeria’s number one citizen. Tinubu said this shortly after returning to the country after about a month in Paris, France. While abroad, there were reports that he was undergoing treatment for an undisclosed ailment. But addressing his supporters who thronged the […]
Two of the abducted Chibok schoolgirls have escaped from their captors. Sources told Daily Trust that the girls escaped from Sambisa forest, on Sunday, as a result of intense military operations. A security source said the escapees were identified as Hauwa Mutah and Esther Markus. “One is from Chibok and the other one from […]
Femi Otedola, the chairman of Geregu Power, has confirmed his acquisition of a 5.52 percent stake in Transcorp Plc. The development makes the billionaire businessman the second largest shareholder of the company. Recently, there have been reports that the acquisition was consummated between an entity owned by Otedola and the Asset Management Corporation of […]
Benue State chapter of the Labour Party, LP, has confirmed the murder of its Chairman, Mr. Nathaniel Ochoche, in an ambush by armed herdsmen at Ankpali village in Edikwu District of Apa Local Government Area of Benue state. Mr. Ochoche was said to be among the four mourners killed at the weekend in an […]
Hopes of Nigerians witnessing the take-off of a new national carrier, Nigeria Air, before the end of this administration, remains a far cry. This came as a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos asked the Director General of Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, to halt the issuance of an Air Operator’s Certificate, AOC, to […]
The Labour Party (LP) governorship campaign organisation in Imo State has said that the rotational initiative of the Imo Charter of Equity should not be beneficial to a single zone in the November 11 election. The Imo charter of equity was initiated in 1999 and truncated in 2011. The charter unanimously adopted by […]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Taraba State has expelled a governorship aspirant of the party in the just concluded 2023 general elections David Sabo Kente for alleged anti-party activities. The party has also suspended the Senator-elect for Taraba South District David Jimkuta for anti-party activities during the elections. At a press conference in […]
