According to a report by Punch on Tuesday, gasoline is now retailing for N300 per litre on the illicit market. This is due to the severe fuel shortage that is affecting Lagos, the Federal Capital Territory, and other regions of the nation. According to the survey, drivers also spend a lot of time at gas…
Rotimi Akeredolu, the governor of Ondo State, has sounded the alarm, claiming that terrorists have taken control of Nigeria’s forests. This happened a few weeks after gunmen slaughtered nearly 40 unarmed worshipers inside a Catholic church in Owo. President Muhammadu Buhari enhanced kinetic and non-kinetic efforts to find and bring back over 51 people who…
A 25-year-old r*pist who was sentenced to life imprisonment for defiling a 14-year-old girl has been added to the list of s3x offenders by the Ekiti State government. A public notice posted by the State Ministry of Justice on Tuesday, June 21 stated, “The person, whose picture appears here, is Kolawole Marvelous Bamidele, a native…
Gunmen have abduçted the mother of the All Progressive Congress (APC) senatorial candidate for Jigawa Central senatorial district, Honourable Tijjani Ibrahim Gaya. Hajia Jaja, a septuagenarian, was abducted from her house in Kiyawa Local Government Area of Jigawa State on Monday night, June 20. Spokesperson of Jigawa State Police Command, DSP Lawal Shisu, who confirmed…
Some Nigerian universities have dismissed no fewer than 18 lecturers, including professors for engaging in sexual misconduct. This is according to latest findings by Punch. This is as sexual harassment in the tertiary institutions continues to be a recurring issue. A survey conducted in 2018 by the World Bank Group’s Women revealed that 70 per…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday said it has arrested no fewer than 35 suspects for cybercrime offenses in Ibadan. It was learned that the EFCC apprehended the suspects on Thursday, June 16, 2022, following an intelligence report. According to a statement on the Agency’s Facebook page, “Seventeen of the suspects were arrested…
The Police Command in Bauchi State has confirmed the release of the former Secretary of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Alhaji Sani Toro, and Garba Iliya, Assistant Coach of the Super Eaglets, and Alhaji Isa Jah by their abductors. The Spokesman of the Command, SP Ahmed Wakil, who confirmed their release to journalists in Bauchi…
Abuja Lady Detained After False Kidnap Claim On Twitter The Police Command Abuja has detained Ameerah Sufiyanu, the Twitter user who last week raised a false alarm claiming she was abducted from her home. Sufiyanu took to her Twitter handle to claim that she was abducted alongside 16 other persons. Last week the police released a statement…
The federal government has stated that it is powerless to intervene in the rising prices of diesel and aviation fuel. According to Chief Timipre Sylva, Minister of State Petroleum Resources, the reason is that the prices for both products are deregulated. This was stated by Sylva yesterday in Abuja. He explained that the foreign exchange…
Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, has denied being stingy. Remember that Father Ejike Mbaka accused him of being stingy, and that he will not win the presidential election in 2023. Obi, on the other hand, stated in a recent interview that he is not a stingy man. He despises seeing money wasted, according…