Kayode Egbetokun, acting inspector-general of police, has warned officers against the extortion and harassment of commuters on highways. Egbetokun said the force has noted the series of complaints on the unprofessional conduct of police officers as raised by the national assembly. In a statement on Tuesday, Muyiwa Adejobi, force spokesperson, said the acting IGP […]
A 21-year-old lady identified as Sukura Owodunni has allegedly been set ablaze by a pastor, Taiwo Odebiyi, when he was trying to perform deliverance on her at his Cherubim and Seraphim Maberu Parish located in Offin in the Sagamu area of Ogun State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the incident happened on August 17, 2023, […]
Thursday 31 August 2023 Kwankwaso still in NNPP — Legal adviser Wike dares PDP, says ‘nobody can expel me’ NULGE urges Tinubu to probe LG allocations diversion Ogun pastor sets lady on fire during special prayer Sanwo-Olu, Ganduje, 189 others to lead Kogi governorship campaign ‘Lawbreakers’, Wike Blames Elite For Distorting FCT Master Plan […]
The Ogun State Community, Social Orientation, and Safety Corps said it had arrested one Mathew Ifeanyi, who allegedly macheted his 100-year-old father, Anthony Nnadike, to death in Olorunda Ijoko in Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of the state. The Commandant of the Corps, Soji Ganzallo, through the Director of Information and Public Relations of the […]
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, said if the flag bearer of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, was a better candidate, Nigerians would have voted him in the February 25, 2023 poll. Wike spoke exclusively on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Wednesday. The ex-governor of Rivers State said […]
Troops of the Nigerian Army uncovered oil bunkerers in Imo and Delta states as part of their crackdown on saboteurs of the oil sector in Southern Nigeria. According to a statement on Wednesday by Army spokesperson, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, troops of 343 Artillery Regiment conducting anti-oil theft operations on Monday 28 August 2023 […]
The designer of the green-white-green Nigerian national flag, Taiwo Akinkunmi, is dead. Akinkunmi, who designed the national flag in 1958, died aged 87. In a statement on Wednesday, President Bola Tinubu expressed his deepest sympathy to the Akinkunmi family. The President said Akinkunmi “dedicated his life to the service of the nation, sharing knowledge […]
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has dared the leadership of his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to suspend or discipline him. Wike, who spoke exclusively on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Wednesday, said he has not seen the party chieftain who will suspend or expel him from […]
The Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, on Wednesday, clarified that he is working for President Bola Tinubu and not the All Progressives Congress. “I am not working for APC. I am working for Tinubu who have trust in me to help him deliver the renewed hope,” Wike said when he featured on […]
The alleged coup leader in Gabon, Brice Oligui Nguema, heads the Gabonese Presidency’s Republican Guard, the country’s most powerful security unit. Minutes after Gabon’s electoral commission announced on Wednesday that President Ali Bongo Ondimba had won a third term in office, senior military officers announced a coup and annulled the election results. According to […]
