A 102-year-old Nigerian woman, Nonye Josephine Ezeanyaeche, has declared her intentions to contest in the Presidential election in 2023. Ezeanyaeche, who is also called ‘living legend’ or “Mama Africa’, hails from Aguata, Anambra state and is the founder of the ‘Voice for Senior Citizens of Nigeria’ group. She recently paid a courtesy visit to the…
The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu has expressed surprise that the Academic Staff Union of Universities is currently on a one-month strike action. The minister spoke on Wednesday while fielding questions from State House reporters after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the Presidential Villa in…
The Guwahati Police in India has busted an international drugs trafficking network and arrested two Nigerian nationals, Ifeanyi Charles Okuaka and Emmanuel Enuma Dike. Police also seized 20 grams of cocaine, some incriminating documents from the accused possession. The estimated value of the cocaine is Rs 2 lakh (N1,108,876.58) The arrest was made under a special…
Suspects involved in the murder of POS operator and Nollywood actress Mary Ngozi have been arrested. The police in Delta state said it arrested two of the suspects fingered in the murder. Ngozi was killed at Boji-Boji Owa in Ika North-East Local Government Area of the state last year by members of a syndicate that…
Abba Kyari, the embattled Deputy Commissioner of Police, and four others may spend more time in the custody of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA. The NDLEA has approached a Federal High Court in Abuja informing the court of its intention to detain the suspects beyond the stipulated 48 hours. The anti drug agency…
The Lagos State Government has accepted 26 recommendations of the Toyin Ayinde-led panel that investigated the collapse of a 21-storey building in the Ikoyi area of the state. The Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu-led administration also rejected two of the 28 recommendations of the panel. In a White Paper exclusively seen by The PUNCH on Wednesday, the…
Some gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have kidnapped 22 persons and injured four others, on Wednesday, at Idon town in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. A resident of Idon community, Mr. Aboki Danjuma told DAILYPOST on Wednesday evening that the criminals came around 12:30 a.m. He said the bandits began to shoot sporadically,…
A Senior Secondary School II student of Anglican Commercial Secondary School, Orita-Mefa, Ibadan has been suspended for slapping a member of the National Youth Service Corps. The Oyo State Government ordered that the student be suspended for one month. The State Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Rahman Abdu-Raheem, ordered the immediate suspension of the…
Disgraced supercop, Abba Kyari could spend the rest of his life in prison if his case is followed to the letter. This comes after the Nigerian Drug Law Enforcement Agency, provided credible evidence against the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP). Kyari was caught trafficking cocaine. He is alleged to belong to a drug trafficking cartel….
A father has been sentenced to death by hanging for killing his twin daughters back in 2017. Anyanime Festus, who was 33 years old at the time, killed his identical twin daughters, Emediong Festus and Mfoniso Festus, both 11 years old after accusing them of being witches. He deceived them into believing that he was…