A victim of the Edo train station attack has been rescued, The PUNCH reports. Three days after the kidnap of 32 people from a train station in Igueben, Edo state, the victim said to be a woman has been rescued by security agencies combing the area. Although the identity of the woman and the details…
Two tricycle robbers have been sentenced to 28 years imprisonment by an Akwa Ibom State High Court in Okoita, Ibiono Ibom Local Government Area. The convicts, Nsikan Friday Tom, 28, and Augustine Gregory, 27, were sentenced for robbing a passenger while trying to board a tricycle at Okokon Etuk Street in Uyo. The convicts, Nsikan…
Mrs Adeboye Olubukonla Arike, a teacher at F Kuti Primary School, Isabo, Abeokuta, has been declared missing in Ogun State. The primary school teacher left home on Monday 9th January, 2023 for resumption and has not been seen till now. According to reports, she boarded a taxi from Gbonagun at Obantoko axis but neither reached…
Nigeria’s Guaranty Trust Bank has been fined in the United Kingdom, according to a report by Punch. UK- based financial watchdog, Financial Conduct Authority fined the British subsidiary of Nigeria’s Guaranty Trust Bank 7.6 million pounds ($9.3 million). According to a statement by the body on Tuesday, the FCA said the fine was imposed due…
The daughter of former Iranian president, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, has been handed a five-year jail term, her lawyer confirmed on Tuesday. The lawyer did not give detail of the charges against Faezeh Hashemi. But Tehran’s public prosecutor indicted Hashemi last year on charges of “propaganda against the system”, according to the semi-official ISNA news agency….
The spokesperson of the Nigerian Police Force, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, has said the police will ensure that the man captured in a viral video giving a toddler marijuana to smoke, will face the law. The video made the rounds on social media on Monday, January 9, with many condemning the man. Reacting via his Twitter…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has confirmed that seven of its personnel were ambushed and killed at Kuriga mining site in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State. It was earlier reported that security operatives, including those of NSCDC, police, soldiers as well as members of vigilantes were killed by bandits in Birnin Gwari. The…
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed on Tuesday said the 2023 elections will be held as planned. Mohammed said this in Abuja at the 17th edition of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) scorecard series from 2015-2023. The minister’s assurance came in the wake of killings allegedly perpetrated by the Eastern Security Network,…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has warned commercial banks not to put old notes in their Automated Teller Machines (ATMs). This is to ensure that commercial banks in the country comply with the directive of loading the newly redesigned naira notes in ATMs. CBN Director, Currency Operations, Mr Ahmed Umar, stated this in Abuja…
Alhaji Mahmud Abdullahi, the media aide of former military President, retired Gen. Ibrahim Babangida disclosed that his principal left the country for Germany for a medical check-up. Abdullahi who admitted that he did not discuss with IBB before he left the country, revealed that he is due for a medical checkup because he has not…