Court convicts three for Palestinian’s murder
Al Jazeera An Israeli court has convicted three Israelis in the murder case of a 16-year-old Palestinian who was abducted, beaten and burned alive. Mohammed Abu Khdeir was abducted outside his home in...
View ArticleCrude contract: NNPC gets fresh deadline on presidential approval
John Ameh, Abuja The face-off between the House of Representatives and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation over the controversial 445,000 crude oil swap contracts is not yet over. The PUNCH...
View ArticleCompanies, workers in race to stay afloat as economy bleeds
Hit by the sudden crash in global oil price, Nigeria’s economy is facing an unusual slow growth as companies face the unwanted reality of massive job losses, OYETUNJ ABIOYE writes The fortunes of...
View ArticleHow fraudulent customers, banks frustrate BVN policy
The Bank Verification Number was applauded when it was introduced early last year. But recent developments have unearthed yet another sore aspect of the Nigerian life as many citizens live with...
View ArticleNigeria to acquire two satellites from China for $701m
Everest Amaefule, Abuja Nigeria has opened talks with China for the financing and construction of two new communication satellites at a cost of $701m. The new satellites, to be known as NigComSat-2 and...
View ArticleFamily of slain UNIPORT student demands N25m compensation
Samson Folarin The family of Oghenekevwe Edah, a final year student of Engineering, University of Port Harcourt, who was killed by a police van driving against traffic, has demanded a N25m compensation...
View ArticleThree policemen feared killed in crash
Tony Okafor, Awka A tipper laden with sand on Wednesday reportedly killed three policemen on duty at the new Tarzan junction on the Onitsha-Enugu Expressway. A source told our correspondent that the...
View ArticleSuspect escapes with handcuffs on way to court
Afeez Hanafi There was confusion on Wednesday at Tinubu, Lagos Island, after a suspected vandal, Johnson Ede, jumped from a car conveying him and five others to a magistrates’ court in the area. Ede...
View ArticleCultists raze buildings in Lagos
Olaleye Aluko No fewer than 25 persons have been rendered homeless after suspected cultists invaded two buildings on Sholanke Street in the Akoka, Yaba area of Lagos State and set fire to them. PUNCH...
View Article10 prison inmates regain freedom
Ramon Oladimeji The Chief Judge of Lagos State, Justice Olufunmilayo Atilade, on Wednesday released 10 inmates from the Ikoyi Prison. Atilade said the amnesty granted the inmates was in line with the...
View ArticleBaby killed as overzealous LASTMA officer causes accident
Samson Folarin A five-month-old baby has been reportedly killed and several others injured after an official of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority attempted to arrest a commercial bus driver...
View ArticleAmbode frees artisan locked in boot by cadets
Sesan Olufowobi The Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, on Wednesday arrested two Nigerian Air Force cadets in the Mile 12 area of the state. The cadets were nabbed while dehumanising an artisan,...
View ArticleBuhari’s anti-graft war not selective —Odekunle
Gbenga Adeniji and Seun Folorunso A member of the Presidential Advisory Committee on Corruption, Prof. Femi Odekunle, on Wednesday said the war on graft by the President Muhammadu Buhari administration...
View ArticleNo N117bn rice scam petition before Senate yet —Anyanwu
Sunday Aborisade, Abuja The Chairman, Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, said on Wednesday that the upper chamber had yet to receive any petition on...
View ArticleBiafra: Dutch, seven others to testify against Kanu
Ade Adesomoju, Abuja The Federal Government has enlisted a Dutch, Mr. Ronald Stilting, Manager, Golden Tulip Airport Hotel, Lagos, among the eight prosecution witnesses that are to testify against the...
View ArticleSmallest surviving baby born 14 weeks premature heads home
One of the smallest surviving babies in the world, born 14 weeks early will soon be heading home from the hospital, her parents who are exceedingly happy announced this week. E’Layah Faith Pegues was...
View ArticleBiafra: Kanu came into Nigeria without any passport, says Buhari
Simon Ejembi President Muhammadu Buhari has said the leader of the Independent People of Biafra and Director, Radio Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, came into Nigeria from the United Kingdom without any passport...
View ArticleNigeria unveils Africa’s largest statue of Jesus
A Nigerian businessman is set to unveil what he says is Africa’s largest statue of Jesus, describing it as a symbol of peace in a country wracked by Islamist insurgency. Obinna Onuoha commissioned the...
View ArticleBREAKING: Vehicle on fire on Third Mainland Bridge, causes gridlock
Reports reaching the PUNCH says there is a car burning on the Third Mainland Bridge causing traffic gridlock. See some of the tweets from eyewitnesses. “@naijaeyezblog: PHOTO: 10:44AM Just now on 3rd...
View ArticleDavido turns to God as baby abduction drama lingers
Simon Ejembi Award-winning artiste, David “Davido” Adeleke, has left those accusing him of abducting his daughter, Imade, and denying his baby mama, Sophia Momodu, access to her daughter to God. The...
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