In the first six months after taking office, 13 new state governors collectively borrowed N226.8bn from domestic and external financiers. This emerged as findings by Sunday PUNCH showed that 16 state governors also increased the debt profile of their states by N509.3bn with domestic and external debt of N243.95bn and $298.5m (N265.37bn), respectively. The […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has extended the deadline for the disconnection of unlinked lines from April 15 to July 31, for subscribers with more than four SIM cards. The deadline for those with less than four SIM cards expired on March 29, as reported by TheCable. According to a source, the March 29 […]
The Police Command in Cross River, on Sunday, confirmed the abduction of three students of the University of Calabar (Unical). The spokesperson of the command, SP Irene Ugbo, who gave the confirmation, said the students were abducted on Thursday night at one of the university hostels inside the campus. Ugbo, who didn’t give details […]
The Rivers State Police command announced at the weekend the arrest of a 25-year-old man simply called Prince for allegedly abducting and defiling a 13-year-old girl in Ogbogoro, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of the state. The suspect, also known as Don P, was alleged to have abducted the 13-year-old girl for two days and […]
Nineteen years old Yakubu Tanko has been arrested by the Niger state Police Command for killing his friend and dumping his body in a septic tank in a bid to cover up the crime. It was learnt that Tanko entered into his friend, 14-year-old Sikiru Tajudeen’s room in the Tundun Fulani area of Minna […]
The Ondo State Police Command, on Sunday, said it has arrested a 39-year-old man, Dolapo Babalola, for allegedly killing one Opeyemi Oyelakin, 34, after stealing his motorcycle. The police said the suspect killed the victim in Oke-Igbo town in Ile-Oluji/Oke-Igbo Local Government Area of the state on March 15, 2024, after which he allegedly […]
Policemen attached to the Lagos Rapid Response Squad, on Sunday, foiled an attempt to hijack their patrol bike in Ikeja. A 19-year-old suspect, Akinjobi Wahab, was arrested as four accomplices escaped. The command’s Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. Hundeyin stated that the officers were on a patrol […]
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have detained a 35-year-old lady, Chidinma Chinenye-Agbazue, after she was caught attempting to export 20 parcels of Cannabis Sativa weighing 10.70kg to Doha, Qatar through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos State. The illicit drugs were said to have been concealed in African salad popularly […]
The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah, on Sunday, said for over 60 years, Nigerian leaders have looked like men in a drunken stupor who stumble and fumble while searching for the way home. Kukah, in his Easter message made available to newsmen, called on the Federal Government to come up with a […]
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Nigeria’s 36 state governors and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Mr Nyesom Wike to “widely publish copies of the loan agreements and spending details of some N5.9 trillion and $4.6 billion loans obtained by their states and the FCT, including details and locations […]
