The Ondo police command says it has arrested a cleric identified as Oluwafemi Idris over alleged possession of human body parts. Abayomi Oladipo, Ondo commissioner of police (CP), said the command received an intel from a reliable source in January 2024, that Idris popularly known as “Alfa” in his area, kept human parts in […]
Propelled to power from humble roots despite never holding national elected office, Senegal’s president-elect Bassirou Diomaye Faye defied the odds by promising radical change and being guided by a charismatic mentor. Commonly known as Diomaye, which means “the honourable one” in the local Serer language, he won the March 24 presidential election with […]
The Enugu State Police Command has announced the killing of two members of the Eastern Security Network, a security outfit of the Indigenous People of Biafra during a raid on their camp. A statement on Sunday by the command’s spokesman, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, indicated that one AK-47 rifle, one submachine gun, one stainless pump-action […]
A man identified as Sunday Ogah from Benue State has drowned in the Eyinwa River in the Odogbolu Local Government Area of Ogun State. This threw the Eyinwa community into disarray on Saturday as PUNCH Online learnt that the incident occurred at about noon when Ogah, who was said to have accompanied his friend, […]
Sunday 31 March 2024 Tough Easter: Food prices remain high despite naira gain Biden slammed for declaring Easter Sunday as Transgender day EFCC arraigns Binance chiefs Thursday, gets arrest warrant Dignitaries, celebrities grace Airpeace Lagos to London flight Easter: CAN, govs, Atiku, Obi preach peace, unity I Inherited $587m, N85bn Debt From El-Rufai’s Govt […]
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has debunked reports of the deployment of 2024 batch ‘A’ stream two prospective corps members, from the south-east, south-south, and south-west of the country, to the north-west. In a statement on Saturday signed by Eddy Megwa, its director, press and public relations, the NYSC described the letter of […]
The name of Edo State Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, was missing as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), yesterday, displayed the list of candidates of the 17 political parties that would participate in the September 21 governorship election in the state. The list was displayed at the state office of the Commission in Benin […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission will on Thursday arraign Binance Holdings Limited and two of its senior executives, Tigran Gambaryan and Nadeem Anjarwalla, who recently escaped from custody and fled Nigeria, over an alleged $35,400,000 money laundering case. The EFCC had on Thursday, March 28, charged Binance Holdings Limited, Gambaryan, Anjarwalla with laundering […]
Police have arrested father and son Chizoke Obiadada,54, and Micheal Obiadada, 17, for allegedly beating a ‘ponmo’ seller Tope Owoade, 43, to death. It was learnt an altercation erupted between the woman and her assailants, who happened to be her neighbours, snowballing into a fight when she attempted to stop them from sitting on […]
A 12-year-old herder, Isa Abubakar, has been killed in Kitago community of Miango district of Bassa local government area of Plateau state. The state chairman of Gan Allah Fulani Development Association of Nigeria (GAFDAN), Garba Abdullahi, who confirmed the incident to Daily Trust, said the victim was killed after his elder brother left him […]
