Prof Wole Soyinka, the world-renowned Nigerian Nobel laureate, has slammed the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele. He slammed Emefiele over the naira redesign policy and recent naira notes crisis which plunged the entire country into financial disarray. Soyinka in an interview on Channels TV on Monday said Emefiele’s crime was against humanity…
The Plateau State Police have arrested five officers attached to the C Division for shooting and killing a 17-year-old boy, identified as Ibuchim Ofezie, in Jos. The state police spokesperson, DSP Alfred Alabo, in a statement issued on Tuesday disclosed that the affected officers would be sanctioned after a proper investigation. “It was gathered that…
About 10 students have been kidnapped from a school in Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna State. This was disclosed by the Commissioner, of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, in a statement on Tuesday, April 4. According to the preliminary reports, the students of Government Secondary School, Awon – a day secondary school…
Another batch of 144 stranded Nigerians have been received from Niamey in Niger Republic by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Monday. Dr Nuradeen Abdullahi, NEMA Coordinator Kano Territorial Office, disclosed this while receiving the returnees at Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport in Kano State. Abdullahi, represented by NEMA Kano Head of Human Resources,…
Abdulsalam Ajibola, a 42-year-old man, has been arrested. He was nabbed by operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in Kwara State for allegedly defrauding two admission seekers. Ajibola was said to have presented himself as a soldier and promised to help his victims secure admission into Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna. The spokesperson…
The passenger, Mr. Obiajulu Uja had been aboard an Abuja-Lagos flight, before an incident forced him off the flight.He has been arraigned before the Zuba Magistrates’ Court, Abuja and remanded in prison custody. His lawyer, Ejike Ugwu, disclosed this to The PUNCH on Monday. Uja was on Friday evening carried off a Lagos-Abuja flight, after…
Mrs. Ifeoma Kalu, wife of the former Governor of Abia State, Senator Orji Kalu is dead. The federal lawmaker confirmed the development in a post on his official Facebook page on Monday. The Chief Whip of the Senate said Ifeoma, who died at the age of 61, was a woman of virtue who was committed…
The Kaduna State Government has imposed a 24-hour curfew on the Sabon Garin Nasarawa-Tirkaniya area in the Chikun Local Government Area of the state. The state Commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, in a statement on Monday, April 3, 2023, said the decision was reached following the killing of two persons in…
The Lagos High Court Sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square on Lagos Island has dismissed a “no case submission” filed by the suspended Assistant Superintendent of Police, ASP Drambi Vandi, who allegedly killed a Lagos-based lawyer, Omobolanle Raheem, on December 25, 2022. Justice Ibironke Harrison on Monday ordered the defendant to open his defense as…
The family members of Kabirat Sobola, a 22-year-old former student of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, who was allegedly stabbed to death in the Ogun State capita, have cried out. The family is currently demanding justice. The deceased, a National Diploma holder, was reportedly murdered in her room in Abeokuta on Friday, February 4, 2023. GIOTV…