On Monday, prominent economist Bismarck Rewane said that the nation’s official currency is going through a change rather than being cursed as some have assumed. This was said by Rewane, the Managing Director of Financial Derivatives Company Limited, during an appearance as a guest on Politics Today, a late-night show on Channels Television. The move follows the Central Bank of Nigeria’s denial that it intended to convert $30 billion in deposits held in domiciliary accounts into naira. Rewane acknowledged that difficult times are coming for Nigerians but insisted that there is a single solution to the naira’s decline. No, I…
Author: Mathew Aremu
The State Police of Kano, on On Monday, the Kano State Police verified that the command had apprehended a reputed kidnapper and cattle rustler in the state’s Karaye Local Government Area and had taken 55 cows from him.reported on Monday that the command had apprehended a reputed kidnapper and livestock rustler in the state’s Karaye Local Government Area and had recovered 55 cows from him. The suspect was apprehended by the command’s Anti-kidnapping Squad, according to CP Hussaini Gumel. He further stated that on Sunday, February 4 at approximately 17:40 hours, the suspected kidnapper of Kaya village in Giwa LGA…
In the Lagos State neighborhood of Ojokoro, no less than eleven family lost everything after a gas explosion caused a fire that destroyed their house on Sunday. In a WhatsApp chat on Monday, Ibrahim Farinloye, the Lagos State Coordinator of the National Emergency Management Authority, affirmed this to PUNCH Metro. Farinloye claimed that the fire, which broke out at 2:00 pm, was caused by an occupant’s cooking gas while they were frying meat in a particular area of the building. The cooking oil then caught fire and destroyed the 14-room flat. Four people were reported to have suffered varied degrees…
A vigorous manhunt has been initiated by the Kogi State Police Command to find the abductors of the 14 passengers taken at Inyenle Eteke, Ogugu, Olalamaboro Local Government Area, Kogi State, who were abducted in two separate luxury buses and headed for Abuja. Our source learned that the two buses are owned by Good Is Good and ABC Transport. Chude Nnamdi, a social media celebrity, broke the story on Sunday on his verified X (formerly Twitter) profile, chude_. Nnamdi tweeted that he was unable to find out how many people were in the two buses that had been taken over,…
Otohu Moses, 17, was recovered by the Ogun State Community, Social Orientation and Safety Corps, often known as So-Safe Corps. On Monday, the child was reportedly abducted by unidentified assailants. Sunday Iboin, the victim’s father, reportedly reported the incident to the So-Safe Corps on Tuesday, stating that his son had been abducted when he went to the back of the house to urinate. It was rumored that his abductors, who were thought to be neighbors, demanded N1.5 million. This was stated in a press release sent out on Wednesday by Assistant Commander Moruf Yusuf, the corps’ director of information and…
The unsuccessful attempt to sell two of her sons for N1.8 million has been attributed by a 38-year-old mother named Chinyere Chukwu to the “economic hardship in the country.” According to the Anambra State Ministry of Women and Social Welfare, Chukwu, who is from Okija in the Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State, conspired with her 17-year-old daughter, Joy Chukwu, to sell off her two kids prior to their detention. When word of the purported sale reached the ministry, the state commissioner for women and social welfare, Ify Obinabo, led a group of security personnel in the late hours…
Four alleged kidnappers have been taken into custody by Edo State Police Command agents in Kano after they obtained a ransom from their victim in the state. The suspects, Aminu Sadio, 24, Adamu Abubakar, 30, and Adamu Tahir, 30, were detained in Kano State despite allegations that they had abducted their victims in Fugar, Etsako West Local Government Area, Edo State. The suspect was taken into custody by the command’s Anti-kidnapping and Cyber Crime Unit while they were looking into a kidnapping case, according to SP Chidi Nwabuzor, the command’s spokeswoman. According to him, on January 23, four people were…
During an attack on Thursday, just 200 meters from a military post in Pambara, in the Bwari Area Council of Abuja, bandits kidnapped Aondo Ver, a director of the Federal Housing Authority in the Federal Capital Territory, from his residence. The criminals abducted the person at roughly 12.30 am on Thursday and fled via the bushes after firing randomly and inciting fear in the neighborhood. According to residents who verified the information with our correspondent on Thursday, military personnel were stationed at a military facility known as “camp,” which is located roughly 200 meters from the director’s abduction scene in…
The multi-million naira church auditorium of the Household of David church, located on Surulere Street, Adeniyi Jones in the Ikeja Local Government Area of Lagos State, was destroyed by fire, which also completely destroyed the church edifice. PUNK Metro learned that the event happened on Wednesday at around 10:00 am. The Lagos State Fire Service spokesperson, Amodu Shakiri, confirmed the event over the phone with our correspondent. He said that the fire started as a result of the church’s auditorium ceiling collapsing due to overheating. The relevant agencies on the scene, he continued, were the Red Cross, LASAMBUS, LASEMA, and…
A suspected cult leader was apprehended by Lagos State Police Command agents after his group tried to seize control of a tricycle park, known as Keke Marwa, in the state’s Fadeyi neighborhood by force. The arrest was verified by the command’s public relations officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, to the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Lagos. According to Hundeyin, the suspect was taken into custody by members of the Onipanu Police Division on Wednesday. He continued by saying that during the arrest, two live cartridges and a handgun manufactured locally were found. According to Hundeyin, the police were notified…
Prior to his tragic death on Monday, Oba Olatunde Olusola of Imojo, Ekiti, one of the two Ekiti monarchs slain by robbers, was scheduled to become a professor in less than a year. During a meeting between Ekiti State officials and community elders, Chief Ayodele Dada, the Elejira of Imojo and Second-in-Command to the Onimojo, revealed this information. On Monday, assassins ambushed and murdered Oba Olatunde and Oba David Babatunde Ogunsakin, the Elesun of Esun Ekiti. Oba Adebayo Fatoba, the Alara of Ara Ikole-Ekiti, was able to flee in the interim. “We shall deeply mourn the passing of Kabiyesi. However,…
Sensitive materials for Saturday’s Surulere Federal Constituency I by-election were delivered to the Independent National Electoral Commission in Lagos State on Thursday by the Central Bank of Nigeria. Prof. Ayobami Salami, the state’s INEC resident electoral commissioner, said reporters that the commission was ready for the polls. “We have taken delivery of the sensitive materials today,” stated Salami. We are currently in the final stage of the by-election procedure. “We have the results sheet and the ballots for the by-election on Saturday. Everyone can see that we are prepared for the election. In the interest of transparency, he said, the…
A contentious social media post by a citizen who identifies as Mani Abubakar, a Christian, has raised tensions in Katsina State. Outrage has been generated by the Facebook post, which is thought to be insulting to the Prophet of Islam. It was reported that when some people set Abubakar’s car and home on fire, the situation got out of control. It is alleged that Abubakar was able to get out of his Babaruga home. The vice chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria in Katsina, Muyiwa Segun, said in an interview with a news outlet (not The PUNCH) that the…
Adeyemi Adebayo and Huession Michael, two suspects detained in relation to the alleged murder of Mercy Ese, a 100-level student at the POGIL College of Health Technology, Oke-Eri, Ijebu-Ode Local Government Area, Ogun State, would be charged as soon as possible, according to the Ogun State Police Command. This was verified to PUNCH Metro on Wednesday by Omolola Odutola, the Police Public Relations Officer. According to a statement released by the PPRO, Mercy was allegedly slain by Adebayo after the two got into a fight over a Tecno phone. According to what our journalist learned, Adebayo said that Mercy had…
Senegal’s highest honor, the National Order of the Lion, was bestowed upon Aliko Dangote, President and CEO of the Dangote Group, on behalf of President Bola Tinubu. In a statement released on Thursday and signed by his Special Advisor on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, the President praised Dangote for what he called his remarkable industry and extensive influence in providing opportunities and meeting critical needs, both inside and outside of Nigeria. “President Macky Sall of Senegal has awarded President Alhaji Aliko Dangote, President and Chief Executive Officer of Dangote Group, the National Order of the Lion,” stated the statement,…
An official of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, known only as Agama, was shot and killed by gunmen who are believed to be vandals at Idimu in the Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State. PUNK Metro learned that the incident occurred on Saturday, January 27 at approximately 8 p.m. A car followed and trapped Agama as he was leaving work on Oladun Road. Agama was one of the NSCDC officers guarding the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited pipeline in the neighborhood. During that process, he was allegedly shot at by some unidentified males who got out of…
In Akwa Ibom State, a police officer only known as Inspector Osang is said to have been beheaded by several as-yet-unidentified gunmen. On Wednesday night, Osang’s attackers invaded his home on a lane that connected Enen Afaha and Afaha Ube, a suburb of the Uyo town. Osang was beheaded. The event happened at around 8:30 p.m., according to a community source who verified it to our correspondent on Thursday in Uyo while speaking on condition of anonymity. The report said that the thugs broke into the deceased’s compound and began firing randomly to frighten away neighbors and onlookers. The inspector’s…
At the Guita community, Chikakore in Kubwa, Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, two teenage girls have been abducted by bandits. After striking on Sunday at approximately 11:25 p.m., our correspondent learned that the kidnappers have subsequently sought a N30 million ransom from the victim’s family. This occurs just eight days after members of the Chikakore village demonstrated outside the office of FCT Minister Nyesom Wike, citing the poor condition of a main route connecting their community as a contributing factor to the region’s high rate of kidnappings. The girls, who were reportedly 16 and 14 years…
According to the Sokoto State Police Command, an investigation into the kidnapping of a businessman in the state’s Tambuwal Local Government Area, Mr. Paul Ndubuisi, has started. Speaking as he confirmed the kidnapping, ASP Ahmed Rufa’i, the command’s spokesman, stated that the victim was taken by the alleged gunmen on Saturday night following intermittent gunfire into the air. He did, however, reassure that a thorough inquiry has been ordered by the state’s Commissioner of Police, CP Ali Kaigama, and that the command is monitoring the issue. The Commissioner of Police has directed a thorough inquiry into the case, which will…
In the Kaduna state’s Birnin Gwari Local Government Area, thirty terrorists on motorcycles were slain by the military air component of Operation Whirl Punch. The military launched the airstrikes in response to an information tip that revealed the terrorists’ movements in the region. According to a statement released on Monday by Air Vice Marshal Edward Gabkwet, Director of Public Relations and Information, the eliminated terrorists were also accountable for multiple attacks and the kidnapping of innocent residents in the LGA, in addition to the recent ambush on troops at Kwanan Mutuwa. “The Air Component of Operation Whirl Punch has eliminated…