Dr. Nuhu Clark, member-elect in the March 18 2023 elections, for Chibok State constituency in Borno State House of Assembly, is dead. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the deceased died in India on Monday, April 10, 2023, while undergoing treatment. The Borno State Commissioner for Home Affairs, Information, and Culture, Babakura Abbajatau,…
Unknown gunmen have kidnapped and killed an Inspector of Police identified as Augustine Ukegbu, in Imo State. Ukegbu was killed at his village at Umuoshike Ogbor in the Aboh Mbaise Local Government Area of the state when he went home to celebrate Easter with his family. A source confirmed that the inspector was kidnapped from…
The National Emergency Management Agency has confirmed receiving 152 returnees from Libya and another 104 stranded citizens from N’Djamena, Chad Republic. The Libyan returnees were received at the Cargo Wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, while those from Chad were received at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano. The Lagos Coordinator, NEMA,…
A bill proposing jail term for ponzi scheme promoters has been passed by the National Assembly. According to Punch, the bill termed, the Investment and Securities Bill, includes provisions for possible jail sentences for those who promote Ponzi schemes in Nigeria.Punch’s Oluwakemi Abimbola examines the implications of the bill on investment when it is signed…
Three persons have been trapped as a trailer loaded with powdered milk rammed inside a mosque at Biba road, Suleja, Niger State, on Tuesday, April 11. According to reports, the worshippers had finished their morning prayers and were leaving when the trailer rammed into the mosque. The trailer was said to have been trying to…
A 16-year-old boy has been sentenced to one-year community service under a non-custodian facility by a Shari’a Court in Kaduna on Tuesday for pelting an old man with stones. The judge, Malam Anass Khalifa, sentenced the minor after he pleaded guilty to assault. Khalifa also ordered the boy’s parents to pay compensation of N15,000 to…
A bartender identified as Nyagh Isaiah, allegedly killed his colleague, Kingsley Kato, during a fight at a hotel on Ojuelegba Road, in Surulere Local Government Area of Lagos State. According to Punch, Isaiah and Kato were attending to customers at the bar section of the hotel when an argument bordering on a Point of Sale transaction…
A group, the Free Nigeria Movement, FNM has revealed why it called for interim government. The group on Monday said they have made presentations to the United States, United Kingdom, United Nation, ECOWAS and others over the alleged fraudulent nature of the presidential and parliamentary election held on February, 25, 2023. The group which said…
Bandits operating in Zamfara and Katsina States who abducted 85 women and children in the Wanzamai community of Tsafe local government area in Zamfara State have finally agreed to collect N20,000 from each of the victims amounting to N1.7 million. The bandits also demanded that military operatives deployed to Wanzamai village should be relocated to…
A driver suspected to be an internet fraudster has crushed four persons to death and injured others in Akure, Ondo State. The incident occurred in the Ijoka area of Akure on Monday morning, April 10, 2023. According to eyewitnesses, the driver of the Toyota car was driving at a high speed while going through Ijo…