It was pure apprehension that took over on Saturday at Dr Ambrose Okereke street, behind Stephen Keshi Stadium, Asaba, following the sudden death of a 24-year-old intended groom, Mr. Chukwuka Igbonekwu who died after he allegedly drank sniper insecticide in the Delta State capital. PUNCH Metro reports that the late Igbonekwu whose traditional marriage and…
Vladimir Potanin, the richest businessman in Russia, has urged the Russian government under President Vladimir Putin not to take the country back to 1917, amid the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine. Potanin warned the Kremlin against confiscating assets of companies that have fled the country in the wake of the invasion of Ukraine, insisting…
Following the rise in living costs of Saudi Arabians, more women have forayed into ride-hailing businesses to make extra cash across the kingdom. Like other Saudi women, Fahda Fahd couldn’t legally drive until 2018, but her lime-green Kia is now a route to extra cash as living costs rise in the conservative kingdom. When she’s…
As part of efforts to actualize his presidential ambition, an aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mazi Sam Ohuabunwa, on Thursday, visited former President Olusegun Obasanjo, in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. The presidential hopeful also met with elders and leaders of the PDP in the state. Addressing journalists after a…
In a new twist into the $1.1million internet scam involving Ramon “Hushpuppi” Abass and DCP Abba Kyari, the office of the Attorney General issued new legal advice exonerating Kyari from money laundering allegations. The office of the AGF, which in its first legal advice admitted that a prima- facie case of money laundering of 33…
In what will come across as a really shocking development, as many as 12 people were burnt to death in a fatal accident that occurred on Saturday at Otte on the Ilorin-Ogbomoso express road. The accident, which was as a result of a head-on collision between a commercial Toyota ‘Hummer’ bus and a Volvo trailer…
As many 300 Nigerians who are mostly students who were studying in Sumi, Ukraine, are currently being evacuated to Nigeria. The students who fled to Hungary, boarded an Azman aircraft this afternoon that would bring them back to Nigeria. See more photos of the students at Liszt Ferenc Airport Budapest, Hungary.
Volodymyr Zelensky, the Ukrainian President, has described the ongoing war between his country and Russia as a very difficult one. Zelensky also said that Russia has succeeded in whipping out some small towns in the country and that those towns would never assist again. “This war, a difficult war, has truly united our nation.”…
Serious confusion took over Badore, in Iju Odo, Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State recently after a big bird, identified as an eagle, fell in the community from the sky. Residents in the neighborhood who were concerned about the incident, reported it as weird because the bird had a cipher ring on one of…
Terrorists have reportedly invaded eight communities in Munya Local Government Area of Niger State, killing scores and injuring many villagers within three days. The villages include Liwi, Paidna, Tsohon Kabula, Chibani, Fuka, Kuchi, Dandaudu, and Mararraban Dandaudu. It was gathered that between Wednesday to Friday, the rampaging gunmen ransacked villages without any resistance from security…