Obi leads protesters to n’assembly over senate’s rejection of real-time transmission of election results
Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 election, has led a group of protesters to the National Assembly Complex in Abuja over the senate’s…
Man flees community after stabbing son to death in Delta
A man identified simply as Iseleto allegedly stabbed his 23-year-old son, Miracle, to death on Sunday in Osubi community, Okpe Local Government Area of Delta State. PUNCH Metro gathered…
30 killed in Kano road accident
At least 30 people died in a road accident involving a trailer at Kwanar Barde in Gezawa LGA of Kano on Sunday morning. According to multiple reports, several other…
Canada-based Nigerian faces trial over alleged hate-motivated harassment
A Canada-based Nigerian, Kayode Roberts, has been charged by the Toronto Police Service following an investigation into what authorities described as a suspected hate-motivated criminal harassment case. PUNCH Metro…
Pope Leo condemns deadly attacks in Nigeria
Pope Leo XIV has expressed sorrow over recent violent attacks on communities in Nigeria, following reports that gunmen killed as many as 162 people in one of the country’s…
Abia govt speaks on allocating N210m for photocopier in 2026 budget
The Abia state government has blamed the budgetary allocation of N210 million for the purchase of a photocopier in its 2026 budget on technical error that occurred during the…
Gunmen abduct three children in Ebonyi
The Police Command in Ebonyi State have confirmed the abduction of three children by suspected kidnappers. The State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Joshua Ukandu, told the News Agency…
IPOB says sit-at-home in Southeast now over
The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra has said that its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, ordered the total cancellation of the Monday sit-at-home across the South-East, with effect from February 9,…
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Kogi closes markets, motor parks in seven LGs to cut off terrorists’ supplies
The Kogi government has ordered the temporary closure of markets and motor parks in Kogi west senatorial district to support ongoing security operations targeting terrorists, bandits and other criminal…
NDLEA arrests businessman with 95 cocaine pellets at Kano airport
A 62-year-old Lagos-based businessman, Nwabueze Izueke, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano State. Izueke had…
Probe Senate over Electoral Act, tax laws, SERAP urges CCB
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has petitioned the Code of Conduct Bureau to investigate members of the Senate and other public officers over alleged irregularities in the passage…
2 killed as gunmen attack Benue communities
At least two people have been reportedly killed by armed invaders in fresh attacks on two villages of Apa Local Government Area of Benue State. Residents said the assailants…
Nigerian footballer dies from severe brain injury in UK
Tributes have poured in following the death of Nigerian non-league footballer Saburi Olayinka Adeniji, who died from a catastrophic brain injury just one day before his wife and four-year-old…
Ghana recalls High Commissioner to Nigeria over election malpractice
President John Mahama of Ghana has recalled the country’s High Commissioner to Nigeria, Baba Ahmed, over alleged links to electoral malpractices in the parliamentary election primaries for the Ayawaso…
NDLEA uncovers Methamphetamine concealed in yogurt packs, MP3 players
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has uncovered fresh attempts by drug traffickers to smuggle illicit drugs using everyday consumer items, including yoghurt packs and MP3 players. The agency’s…
