Abubakar Bilyaminu, a final year student of the Federal University Dutsin-ma, Katsina State, reportedly died on Monday night, December 12, 2022, a day to his graduation. According to schoolmates, the deceased, fondly called Abu Alhaji, was set to write his final paper on Tuesday, December 13, 2022. The Students Union Government also confirmed the sad…
The Central Bank of Nigeria has warned that anyone caught abusing the naira will go to jail. CBN issued the warning in Abuja, yesterday, noting that the law banning the “spraying’’ and the stepping on the naira, especially at social gatherings is still in force and offenders are liable to six months imprisonment or a…
Abubakar Ismail, a site manager to Kebna ICT JAMB Centres in Zuru area of Kebbi State, has been arrested. He was arrested by the police for stealing 83 HP laptops belonging to the centres. The Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Magaji Kontagora, while briefing newsmen on Tuesday, said the manager after stealing the laptops, sold them…
The Bauchi State Police Command has launched an investigation into the removal of a 12-year-old boy’s eye by suspected ritualists in Kafin-Madaki, Ganjuwa Local Government Area of the state. Spokesperson of the command, SP Ahmed Mohammed Wakil, confirmed the incident in a statement on Tuesday, December 13, 2022, said the victim, Najib Hussaini, is an…
A former Military Governor of old Ondo State, Bode George has revealed that the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, is not an indigene of Lagos State. George who is a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party spoke on Tuesday morning on Arise TV’s Morning Show, where he discussed the candidacy of…
A 19-year-old man identified as Sadiq Safiyanu has been remanded in prison custody for allegedly stabbing his friend, Ibrahim Dole, with a machete while fighting over N200 Indian hemp. Both men were dragged before the Jimeta Area Court II in Adamawa state by the police for offenses ranging from the disturbance of public peace, inciting disturbance,…
Four persons, Ojo Ajayi, 22, Adebisi Ogundare,23, Matthew Osalade, 23, and Busayo Adeniyi, 23, have been sentenced to death by hanging for armed robbery and other criminal offences. The defendants were arraigned before Justice Bamidele Omotoso of the Ado Ekiti High Court on 24th August 2020 on a seven-count charge bordering on conspiracy, armed robbery,…
The lawmaker representing Kaduna South in the Senate, Senator Danjuma La’ah has revealed that Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari surrounded himself with dubious officials. He said this when he spoke with Punch’s Tope Omogbolagun. La’ah who is the deputy minority whip in the senate revealed why Buhari’s government failed. He said: “I believe that people around…
Femi Falana, the popular Nigerian human rights lawyer, has kicked against the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) new cash withdrawal limit. He called it illegal. Recall that the CBN recently ordered Deposit Money Banks (DMOs) and other financial institutions to ensure that weekly over-the-counter (OTC) cash withdrawals by individuals and corporate entities do not exceed…
A minor fire has gutted the Defence Headquarters in Abuja on Monday. Punch reported that the inferno occurred on the second floor of the DHQ. It was gathered that personnel of the Federal Fire Service and military personnel were battling the fire. The Director, Defence Information, Major General Jimmy Akpor, confirmed the incident. He…