Ten members of the National Youth Service Corps will visit India on Sunday to take part in a youth exchange program run by the Indian National Cadet Corps, according to an announcement made by the corps. The Republic of India celebrates its independence anniversary annually, and people from Europe, Asia, Africa, and other continents attend the program. This was said in a statement released on Saturday and signed by Eddy Megwa, the director of press and public relations of NYSC. Brigadier General Y. D. Ahmed, the Director-General of NYSC, thanked the Indian High Commission in Abuja during a pre-departure briefing…
Author: Mathew Aremu
Igwe Emmanuel Nnabuife, the traditional ruler of the Isseke village in the Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State, announced on Friday that he was left homeless following the burning down of his castle by as-yet-unidentified attackers. Situated on the border between Imo State and Nigeria, Isseke is a notoriously unstable settlement. Recent unrest there is thought to have sprung from calls for Biafra. An eyewitness, known only as Okeke, who is a community leader in the area, stated that the occurrence occurred on January 3, 2024. “What happened on January 3, 2024, to Igwe Isseke and some of his…
The Ogun State Police Command has apprehended three people for allegedly robbing the students of Gateway Polytechnic Sapaade, Ogun State. The Police Public Relations Officer, Omolola Odutola, disclosed this to PUNCH Online in an interview on Friday. Two pupils were reported killed and numerous others injured in a series of robberies that occurred at the institution between late November and early December of last year. The administration of the school reportedly ordered the pupils to miss two weeks of class and suspended physical education as a result of these attacks. Meanwhile, on January 8, 2024, Musa Adamu, Marasa Aliu, and…
For the benefit of the state’s development, Kano State Governor Abba Yusuf has extended his goodwill to Dr. Nasiru Gawuna, the All Progressives Congress candidate. The call was included in a statement released on Saturday to PUNCH Online by Aliyu Yusuf, Director of Public Enlightenment at Government House Kano. Yusuf claims that the governor said this when briefing reporters on Friday at the Supreme Court’s Abuja headquarters, just after the ruling confirming his election as the state’s legitimate governor was delivered. “As a sincere democrat and progressive, I urge my rival and his backers to work with me in the…
On January 11, 2024, Brigadier General Mohammed Aminu, Commander of the 35 Artillery Brigade, sent 365 pawpaw-sized packaged Cannabis Sativa pieces, totaling around 176 kg, to the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency’s Ogun State Command. PICTORIAL: The Army turns over suspects to the NDLEA after seizing 176 kg of cannabis.The command on its X page on Saturday announced this. The culprit was taken into custody on January 6, 2024, during a routine patrol in Olodo Imeko, Ogun State, along the Imeko-Abeokuta Road. PICTORIAL: The Army turns over suspects to the NDLEA after seizing 176 kg of cannabis. Colonel Legborsi Nule,…
Two suspects have reportedly been taken into custody by the Kaduna State Police Command for allegedly stealing a generator and solar battery from a mosque in Kaduna. This was revealed in Kaduna on Saturday by ASP Mansir Hassan, the command’s Police Public Relations Officer. According to Hassan, detectives on Thursday detained the suspect and took him to the station in the state’s Hunkuyi Local Government Area’s Sabon Garin neighborhood based on reliable information. He stated, “The suspect was arrested for acting suspiciously around the mosque.” According to him, during interrogation, he confessed to having stolen a generator and solar battery…
Jamiu Olalekan (31) and Oni Adeola (27), who have been identified as “one-chance” armed robbery suspects with a history of criminal activity in Abule-Egba and its surroundings, have been charged by the Lagos State Police Command. The public relations officer for the state police, SP The development was disclosed by Benjamin Hundeyin in a statement that was published on his X account on Saturday. Three suspected “one-chance” armed robbers were apprehended on January 4 near Jubilee Bridge in the Abule-Egba neighborhood of Lagos, according to agents of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority. One of the criminals managed to escape.…
Haanongon Gideon, the caretaker chairman of Benue State’s Ukum Local Government Area, and three other people were kidnapped by gunmen early on Saturday. On the route to attend the funeral of Chief Fezaanga Wombo, the Ter Katsina-Ala, the supreme monarch of the Katsina-Ala Local Government Area, the chairman was reportedly abducted at Anyagba, Tongov, in the state at around 6.30 am. Mr. Ior Yuhwam, his personal assistant, his chauffeur, and a police officer were among those abducted with him. However, the caretaker chairman and three other people were really abducted, according to a news release issued by council secretary Jonathan…
Prof. Babagana Zulum, the governor of Borno State, has conveyed his sincere grief at the passing of his spokesperson, Isa Gusau. According to a government statement, Gusau passed away on Thursday at an Indian hospital after a lengthy illness. Prof. Usman Tar, the state commissioner for information and internal security, made this announcement. In the statement, Zulum referred to the deceased as a beloved team member and a committed public servant. Since June 2019, Gusau has been Zulum’s Special Adviser on Public Relations and Strategy. She previously held the same position under Senator Kashim Shettima during the latter’s tenure as…
Bala Mohammed’s election as governor of Bauchi State has been upheld by the Supreme Court. Sadique Abubakar, the All Progressives Congress candidate for governor of the state, attempted to remove Mohammed from office in two lower courts, but his attempts were unsuccessful. Abubakar had claimed in both courts that there had been widespread violations of the Electoral Act during the voting. His appeal at the appellate court and petition at the tribunal were both denied due to lack of merit. According to the rulings of the two courts, he was unable to provide proof that his claims were true. Justice…
The election of Dauda Lawal, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as governor of Zamfara has been confirmed by the Supreme Court. The Court of Appeal Abuja’s ruling, which ruled the March 18, 2023, governorship election to be inconclusive and mandated a rerun in three state local government districts, was overturned by the supreme court. The election of Lawal was declared void by the appellate court in November, as reported by the Daily Post. He was proclaimed the victor of the March 18 governorship race, unseating the All Progressives Congress’s (APC) incumbent, Bello Matawalle. Matawalle received 311,976 votes,…
Beatrice Itubo, the Labour Party’s candidate for governor in the Rivers State general elections of 2023, has disclosed that she entered the race as a result of the alleged bigotry shown at Rivers State laborers by former governor Nyesom Wike. Itubo claimed that the Wike administration had left the people of Rivers State in poverty when she was visited by representatives of the New Dimension for Rivers State at her rural home in Ogbakiri, in the state’s Emohua Local Government Area. Itubo declared that no king rules eternally and pointed out that certain political gladiators are de-marketing the state. He…
Caleb Mutfwang’s removal from office as Plateau State governor by the Court of Appeal was overturned by the Supreme Court on Friday. In a unanimous decision on Friday, Justice Emmanuel Agim of the Supreme Court determined that the governor’s appeal was well-founded. In a unanimous ruling in November, the appeals court determined that Muftwang was not supported by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), his party. The court affirmed Nentawe Yilwada’s appeal, ruling that the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for governor on March 18, 2023, had won. Mutfwang defeated Mr. Yilwada, who received 481,370 votes, with 525,299 votes, according to…
The Defence and Police Officers Wives Association (DEPOWA) provided palliative care on Thursday to the widows of around 150 fallen heroes in Rivers State. Among the food supplies given to the widows at the occasion, which took place at the 29 Battalion Parade Ground, 6 Division Nigerian Army, Port Harcourt, were bags of rice and beans, vegetable oil, cartons of Indomie Noodles, and garri. Speaking at the ceremony, Mrs. Oghogho Musa, the wife of the Chief of Defence Staff and President of DEPOWA, mentioned that the gesture was made in cooperation with DEPOWA and the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) as a…
On Friday, the Supreme Court upheld Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s election to the Lagos State governorship. The appeal submitted by Mr. Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, the candidate for the Labour Party, LP, was dismissed by Justice Garba Lawal, who read the main verdict. Sanwo-Olu had earlier pleaded with the Supreme Court to reject the appeals against his election victory on February 25 for governor. The Peoples Democratic Party and Abdulazeez Adediran, their candidate, as well as Rhodes-Vivour were contesting Sanwo-Olu’s victory. The LP requested that the supreme court rule that anomalies and noncompliance with the Electoral Act marred the March 18 election, and further…
Four people who are suspected of being engaged in the state-wide kidnapping of a forty-year-old businesswoman have been apprehended by men from the Bayelsa State Police Command. Commissioner of Police Alonyenu Idu confirmed the arrest, stating that the victim was kidnapped on Tuesday night in the Opolo community in the Yenagoa Local Government Area. He stated that one of the four suspects was the accused mastermind of the lady’s kidnapping’s wife. Idu stated that an examination conducted by the state police command revealed that a number of the abductors were among the offenders being pursued by the Rivers State police…
Thursday’s early-morning fire in Benin City, Edo State, burned commodities estimated to be worth over N50 million and completely destroyed a commercial structure. The inferno reportedly began at approximately 4.am at the building on Second East Circular Road, opposite New Market in Benin City, the state capital. PUNK According to Metro, most of the building’s store owners exchanged repurposed clothing and food items. Goods valued at N10 million were allegedly lost by a couple operating two stores in the building, simply known as Ndidi and Blessing. We have lost our livelihood as well as goods valued at N10 million. Ndidi…
In the late hours of Tuesday, a suspected hit-and-run driver on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway is said to have killed Inspector Bulus Joel, a member of the Nigeria Police Force. The 43-year-old inspector was seriously injured in an accident involving a car on Tuesday night at approximately 11:55 p.m. on the expressway, according to information obtained by PUNCH Metro on Thursday from an eyewitness. Our correspondent was informed by an unidentified eyewitness that the deceased victim and his fellow officers were on a normal patrol when they noticed traffic congestion in the corridor. The witness requested anonymity due to the sensitive…
Four alleged pipeline vandals have been taken into custody by agents of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps’ Lagos State Command. The four were allegedly trying to break the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation Limited pipeline in Obawole, Fagba area of Lagos State. The State Commandant of NSCDC, Adedotun Keshinro, in a statement by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, Abolurin Oluwaseun, late Thursday. The statement revealed that on Thursday, at the Command Headquarters in Alausa, Ikeja, the suspects were paraded with evidence that had been recovered from them. Keshinro stated that the suspects were taken into custody on Wednesday as…
Nigerians have been made aware of the Cerebrospinal Meningitis epidemic by the Federal Government. An inflammation of the fluid and three membranes (meninges) around the brain and spinal cord is known as meningitis. The sickness is more common during the dry season, which is accompanied by dust, winds, and chilly nights, according to the authorities, which is why the warning was issued. The disease claimed 190 deaths across the country last year, according to the FG. According to the 2022/2023 statistics released by the Director General of the Nigeria Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Ifedayo Adetufa, Nigeria recorded 2,765…