Gunmen invade Rivers community, kill six
Friday Amobi, Port Harcourt Six persons have been killed in Ibaa community of Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State by suspected cultists. The PUNCH learnt that gunmen suspected to be members of...
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PDP reopens national secretariat
John Alechenu The National Secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party has reopened for business. The secretariat, which was sealed off by armed policement, on May 22 after the leadership tussle in the...
View ArticleMASSOB demands release of corpses of slain members
Ihuoma Chiedozie, Enugu The Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra has demanded the release of the corpses of its members, as well as other pro-Biafra activists, who were...
View ArticleNavy, community disagree over shooting of two residents
Ovie Okpare, Warri At least two persons have been reportedly injured in an Ijaw Community in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State after Navy personnel fired shots into Naifor Island....
View ArticleAppeal Court orders ‘My Pikin’ seller to pay N1m fine
Ramon Oladimeji The Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal on Tuesday ordered Barewa Pharmaceutical Company to pay a fine of N1m for the sale of a contaminated baby teething mixture, My Pikin, which...
View ArticleFour killed in Niger religious violence
The 31 Artillery Brigade of the Nigeria Army, Minna, on Tuesday said the religious violence, which claimed four lives in Rafi Local Government Area of Niger on Sunday, had been brought under control....
View ArticleThree UN peacekeepers die in Cote d’Ivoire road accident
Three Senegalese peacekeepers under the United Nations Operation in Cote d’Ivoire died while on patrol after their vehicle overturned, a source from the UN mission said on Tuesday. The three...
View ArticleFIDA advocates life imprisonment for child rapists
The International Federation of Women Lawyers has called on government to prescribe life imprisonment for child rapists. The Chairperson of the association, Mrs Ngozi Ikenga, made the call in an...
View ArticleEjigbo sodomy: Prosecution closes case June 16
An Ikeja High Court on Tuesday fixed June 16 for the prosecution to close its case in the ongoing trial of 10 people charged with sodomy and assault of two women and a minor at Oba Morufu Market,...
View Article‘Lagos records 4,035 rape, child abuse cases in one year’
Lagos State recorded 4,035 cases of sexual and child abuse in the last one year, the state’s Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Adeniji Kazeem, has said. Kazeem said this during a news...
View ArticleBuhari meets South-East politicians
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday met behind closed doors with some politicians from the South Eastern part of the country. The meeting was held inside the President’s...
View ArticleHerdsmen in Cross River appeal for grazing land
The Hausa-Fulani community in Cross River State has appealed to Governor Ben Ayade to allocate a portion of land to herdsmen in the state in order to enable them graze their cattle. Mr Sani Baba-Gombe,...
View ArticleReligion, culture responsible for child abuse – Group
A Kaduna-based NGO, All Children Charity International Foundation, has attributed the high rate of child abuse in the country to religion and cultural practices. The Executive Director of the...
View ArticleStudents protest as workers commence strike in Kwara
Success Nwogu, Ilorin Students of the Kwara State College of Arabic and Islamic Legal Studies on Wednesday protested against the disruption of their examination by the three-day warning strike started...
View ArticleNiger Delta Avengers are criminals – N’Delta Leaders
Fidelis Soriwei, Abuja Some leaders of the Niger Delta region under the aegis of Concerned Niger Delta Leaders have described the recent attacks on the nation’s oil facilities by the Niger Delta...
View ArticleI can no longer pay salaries, says Niger gov
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja The Governor of Niger State, Alhaji Abubakar Bello, on Wednesday painted a gloomy picture of his state’s economy, saying it had become impossible for him to pay salaries. Bello...
View ArticleFG seeks adjournment of Saraki’s trial
Ade Adesomoju, Abuja Proceedings in the trial of Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, before the Code of Conduct Tribunal, were stalled on Wednesday following the request by the prosecution for an...
View ArticleOsinbajo sets agenda for ACP countries
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has called on countries under the aegis of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States to focus its future around areas of comparative...
View ArticleWorkers ground activities at NERFUND, accuse management of corruption
Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja Business activities were on Wednesday disrupted at the headquarters of the National Economic Reconstruction Fund by workers accusing the agency of mismanagement and embezzlement of...
View ArticleUnpaid salaries: Two workers die in Ondo, one caught stealing
Peter Dada, Akure Two members of the Ondo State civil service have lost their lives as a result of the inability of the state government to pay their salaries for five months, the Joint Negotiating...
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