Precious Owunari Pepple, the mother of a 4-year-old girl who went missing in Bonny Local Government Area of Rivers state, has opened up a year after the incident. Gabriella Sokari Tolofari, mysteriously disappeared from a prayer ground at Deema community, in Bonny on December 13, 2020. Speaking to PUNCH Mrs Pepple narrated the event leading…
The FCT police command has arrested one of its female officers identified simply as Ruth for reportedly inflicting injuries on her 10-year-old niece, identified only as Miracle. Ruth who caught Miracle stealing a piece of meat from her pot of soup at their Dutse Alhaji residence on Christmas Eve, reportedly dipped her hand in a…
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, on Saturday, ordered the arrest of private security guards at Brooks Estate, Magodo, Isheri for allegedly delaying and denying him entrance into the estate. It was gathered that the police boss had gone to the estate in his convoy to meet a “strategic partner at a function”…
The former military administrator of Osun State, Colonel Anthony Uzoma Obi (rtd) is dead. A statement issued by Okenwa Aneke on behalf of the family said Obi died on Saturday, January 1, 2022 at 6:03p.m, adding: “Our father was a lion, a warrior, a brave soldier, who served Nigeria as governor of Osun State and…
The Palace spokesman, Adeola Oloko has narrated how late Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Adetunji died. Explaining how the monarch passed on to reporters, the Palace spokesman, said: “It was around 1am that Kabiyesi passed on. “Around 9pm (Saturday), he was first taken to a private hospital, before he was carried to UCH Ibadan around…
The body of the late Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Saliu Adetunji, has been taken to Popoyemoja Palace, Ibadan, Oyo State, on Sunday. His corpse was welcomed by a large crowd among whom were sympathisers who broke down in tears as the late monarch’s remains were offloaded from an ambulance. The departed monarch’s body was wrapped…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said the ₦30bn Revitalisation Fund and ₦22.5bn Earned Academic Allowance totalling ₦52.5bn released by the Federal Government is not enough to deal with the challenges facing the university system. The ASUU President, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, said that there was a possibility that the union would still go…
A three storey building located in Surulere area of Lagos has gone up in flames on new year day. The fire which is suspected to have occurred as a result of an electrical appliances explotion shortly after power supply was restored to the building. As of the time of filing this report, there were no…
GIOTV reports that the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Adetunji, is dead. He died at aged 93. Reports said he died at the University College Hospital (UCH) in the early hours of Sunday during an illness. He became the Olubadan on March 4, 2016. His death was also confirmed to the Tribune Online by the…
GIOTV reports that the Commissioner of police in Lagos, Hakeem Odumosu, on Friday, said that the report of the post-mortem conducted on Sylvester Oromoni, who was a student of Dowen College, has not indicted anyone. He said, “The corpse was brought from Delta to Lagos. The post-mortem was carried out in Lagos. The result is…