Some residents of the Federal Capital Territory on Sunday looted a warehouse reportedly belonging to the National Emergency Management Agency of Nigeria over the current economic hardship across the country. The PUNCH learnt that the warehouse is situated in the Phase 3 Region of the FCT area of Abuja. Confirming the incident to our […]
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Bola Tinubu over “the failure to probe the grim allegations that $3.4 billion loan obtained by Nigeria from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to finance the budget and respond to COVID-19 is missing, diverted or unaccounted for.” SERAP noted that the allegations […]
Nollywood actor and a comedian, John Ikechukwu Okafor, popularly known as Mr Ibu’s death announced on Saturday, March 2, 2024. His death comes after the veteran actor was reported ill and required financial assistance. Read also: Nollywood legend, Mr Ibu dies at 62 In November 2023, Okafor’s family confirmed that one of his […]
Authorities at the Kano Municipal Local Government Council of Kano State have confirmed an outbreak of measles in some parts of the local government area. The Primary Health Care Coordinator of the area, Alhaji Aliyu Jinjiri Kiru, disclosed this during a meeting of the Emergency Preparedness Response Committee at the local government secretariat. In […]
By Pascal Ibe A female United States official has claimed in a viral video that Yoruba ethnic group is the largest in Africa. The unnamed US female official made the claim while delivering a speech at the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Harrisburg, USA. In the viral video on TikTok and X(formerly) Twitter) which trended […]
Mr Ibu, Nollywood veteran, has died. The actor, whose real name is John Okarfor, was 62. According to multiple reports from sources close to him, the veteran comedian passed away at Evercare Hospital. Many fans have shared condolences on X (formerly Twitter), reminiscing on movies the late actor has featured in. Confirming his death, […]
Rivers Police command has uncovered a gang of notorious kidnappers and car snatchers formed by unrepentant ex-convicts. The police said members of the gang conducted their criminal enterprise along the popular Ikwerre Road from Mile one to Mile three. A statement by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Grace Iringe-Koko, said the gang was […]
The federal government says train services on the Port Harcourt-Aba route will commence by the end of March. Fidet Okhiria, the managing director of the Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC), disclosed this on Saturday after leading a delegation to test-run the reconstructed eastern narrow gauge rail line in Port Harcourt. The rail line is a […]
Fisayo Soyombo, an investigative journalist, has alleged that smugglers can bring in all sorts of goods or items into Nigeria as long as they pay bribes to personnel of the customs service. Soyombo, who is the founder of the Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ), said customs officials in Nigeria only intercept and publish names […]
At least nine people have been reportedly killed by armed invaders in separate attacks on villages in two local government areas of Benue State. Villagers said that the incidents happened on Friday and Thursday in two neigbouring LGAs of Apa and Agatu. The villagers said that five persons were killed in Agatu while four […]
