On Thursday, a group of about forty bandits raided the Kawu hamlet in the Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, kidnapping twenty-three persons in the process. According to The PUNCH, Kawu is bordered by the states of Niger and Kaduna. Speaking on the incident, the deputy speaker of the council and councilor for the area, Abdulmumini Zakari, stated that the gunmen entered the community on Wednesday after traveling from Kaduna State’s Kuyeri Forest. He gave an explanation: “They split out into groups, and some of them entered the district chief Abdurrahman Ali’s palace and kidnapped his son Lukman…
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Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s election as governor of Lagos State has been upheld by the Supreme Court. Both the state’s Appeal Court and the tribunal upheld Sanwo-Olu’s victory. Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, the Labour Party’s candidate in the election, bases the majority of his argument on Sanwo-Olu’s eligibility as running mate. He asserted that Obafemi Hamzat, the deputy governor, had given up his Nigerian citizenship. The court determined that Sanwo-Olu’s deputy was born in Nigeria. The court further stated that the Nigerian president must register the renounciation of citizenship of a citizen by birth and noted that the appellant had not produced any proof…
Following the discovery of one-year-old Janet Ajayi’s body inside a well on Tuesday, there was mayhem in the Itori town of Ewekoro Local Government Area in Ogun State. PUNK The Ogun State Police Command informed Metro that Ajayi, who had gone missing on January 6, 2023, had been discovered dead and floating inside a well in her parents’ next-door compound. As a result, it was reported that three people were hurt when unknown individuals allegedly attacked others who were thought to be residing in the compound where the baby’s lifeless body was found. It was revealed to our journalists by…
A 27-year-old suspect has been detained by the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps’ Gombe State Command for reportedly setting four houses on fire. According to information obtained by our correspondent, the event took place on Wednesday in the state’s Balanga Local Government Area’s Dele Jesu neighborhood. The NSCDC State Commandant, Muhammad Muazu, confirmed the occurrence to our correspondent. He stated that the suspect was apprehended by the corps after they received a tip about it. He added that Segun Bulus was the name of the suspect and that the act had left families without a place to live. According…
The Lagos State Government has promised the state’s drivers that traffic congestion and hardship to road users won’t result from the traffic diversion order implemented in response to the ongoing restoration of a portion of the Third Mainland Bridge. The government’s guarantee comes after the eight-week traffic diversion plan was announced, which was brought on by the bridge’s need for certain repairs. Traffic across Lagos was reportedly stopped on Tuesday due to the detour on the iconic bridge’s Iyana-Oworonshoki-inwards Adeniji Adele segment. The Lagos State Ministry of Transportation’s spokesperson, Mrs. Bolalanle Ogunlola, told one of our correspondents over the phone…
Five candidates for the Edo State gubernatorial election purchased candidacy and expression of interest forms, earning N175 million for the Peoples Democratic Party. According to The PUNCH, the state governorship election is scheduled for September 21, 2024, by the Independent National Electoral Commission. The PDP announced a schedule of events for the election, stating that the congress, where its candidate for governor will be chosen, will take place on February 22, 2024. As a result, the PDP started selling nomination and expression of interest forms to party members hoping to be elected governor of Edo on Wednesday in Abuja. The…
According to the Defence Headquarters, in the last week alone, its troops on fighting patrol killed 86 terrorists and other criminals, captured 101 others in various nationwide operations, and freed 21 kidnapped individuals.Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, Director of Defense Media Operations, made these remarks on Thursday in Abuja during a military operations briefing. He said that throughout the past week, the military had concentrated on using airstrikes to target terrorist strongholds and had also demonstrated a marked increase in power in places where the terrorists were hibernating. According to Buba, the soldiers also found 1,124 different types of ammunition and 111…
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday granted N250 million in bail to Cyril Ndifon, the detained and suspended dean of the University of Calabar’s Faculty of Law. He was released to his attorney, Okon Efut (SAN), by Judge James Omotosho upon his own recognizance in order to have eye surgery. Ndifon was released by the judge to Efut, who informed the court that he was prepared to assume responsibility for bringing Ndifon into court for his trial. The defendant is facing charges of four counts of sexual harassment from the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission.…
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday granted N250 million in bail to Cyril Ndifon, the detained and suspended dean of the University of Calabar’s Faculty of Law. He was released to his attorney, Okon Efut (SAN), by Judge James Omotosho upon his own recognizance in order to have eye surgery. Ndifon was released by the judge to Efut, who informed the court that he was prepared to assume responsibility for bringing Ndifon into court for his trial. The defendant is facing charges of four counts of sexual harassment from the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission.…
One Eze Okwuchukwu has been declared wanted by the Enugu State Police Command due to his alleged involvement in an attempted kidnapping and assassination. Okwuchukwu is wanted by the police for allegedly conspiring to carry out an attempted kidnapping and assassination. According to the police notice, the suspect, a 42-year-old resident of Ukpo in the Dunukofia Local Government Area of Anambra State, is unemployed. Okwuchukwu, who was described by the police as having a dark complexion, being roughly six feet tall, with a rounded face, large head, lips, and a potbelly, lived at 174 Ukpata Crescent, Behind Golf, GRA, Enugu.…
Former Minister of Power and Steel Olu Agunloye was granted bail on Thursday in the amount of N50 million by a Federal Capital Territory High Court located in Apo. Due to a $6 billion scam allegedly committed in relation to the Mambilla Hydroelectric Power Station, the court had ordered his confinement in the Kuje Correctional Service until his bail application could be heard. Under the government of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Agunloye held the position of minister from 1999 to 2003. Agunloye was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission before Justice J.O. Onwuegbuzie on Wednesday, and he entered…
Festus Keyamo, Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, has sent a message to all newly appointed CEOs and directors of his ministry, informing them that he will not stand for any carelessness or subpar work. He said this on Thursday in Abuja at the installation of the recently appointed Chief Executive Officers and Directors of the aviation agencies. At the new appointees’ inauguration and induction, he emphasized his commitment to advancing accountability and efficient governance in the aviation industry. “I will not tolerate non-performance,” declared Keyamo. Before you go from here, please resign if you believe that holding public office…
Eight accused oil thieves in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, are the subject of an investigation launched by agents of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s Port Harcourt Zonal Command. This was revealed on Thursday in a statement posted on the EFCC’s official X handle. The statement states that the inquiry comes after the oil thieves were turned over to the EFCC on Wednesday, January 10 by the Nigerian Navy Forward Operating Base, Akiama Road, Bonny Island, Port Harcourt. The EFCC has been tasked with conducting additional investigation and potential prosecution with the accused oil thieves, according to Lieutenant Commander G.Y.…
Yusuf Haruna, 18, was placed under detention at a correctional facility by a Chief Magistrates’ Court in Kano on Wednesday. He is accused of fatally stabbing Imam Malam Sani Mohammed. The defendant is accused of criminal homicide. He resides in Tudun Nufawa Quarters, Kano. Musa Yunusa, who lives at the same home, reported the incident to the Jakara Police Division Kano on December 31, 2023, according to the prosecutor, Mrs. Fatima Ado-Ahmad, who testified in court. She claimed that the defendant attacked and fatally stabbed the 45-year-old Imam in the back with a sharp knife at approximately 7:00 p.m. “The…
Alhaji Bello Wakili Bachaka, the immediate past chairman of the Gudu Local Government Council in Sokoto State, said that he used the money he received from the sale of his government vehicle to pay robbers an N4 million ransom to free his wife and two children who had been kidnapped. This was claimed by Bachaka, who presided over the Gudu Local Government Area as its chairman from April 2021 to April 2023, during his testimony before the judicial commission of inquiry that the governor of Sokoto State had established to look into the auctions and sales of public property. Bachaka…
The theft of a newborn child delivered via Caesarean section at the Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital in Lafia by a 20-year-old lady is the subject of an investigation, according to the Nasarawa State Police Command. On Tuesday, January 9, 2024, a few hours after his birth, a baby boy was reported to have been taken by an unidentified stranger. Umar Shehu Nadada, the Commissioner of Police, discussed the development during a press conference in Lafia on Wednesday. He stated that three individuals had been detained in relation to the case thus far. “One Suleiman Abdullahi of Timber Shade went to…
Coworkers of three Nigerians and two unidentified Chinese expats who were reported missing on December 3, 2023, while traveling on business from Onitsha, Anambra State, to Aba, Abia State, have stated that search operations are still underway to find them. When they were last heard from, the victims were reportedly driving a white SUV with the license plate KSF-456-HD, according to a statement that was posted on The PUNCH on Wednesday. Since December 3, 2023, a group of five individuals—two Chinese and three Nigerians—on a business trip from Onitsha to Aba have vanished from the Eastern portion of Nigeria, and…
Bello Janbako, the director of the Federal University Gusau’s Center for Research in Zamfara State, has once more been abducted by bandits. The state capital of Damba Gusau is home to Janbako, a prominent lecturer at the university’s Department of Islamic Studies, who was abducted on Wednesday. Local resident Nasamu Garba told The PUNCH that the bandits abducted Janbako on Wednesday at around two in the morning. According to Garba, in an attempt to stop the kidnapping, security guards engaged the criminals in a gunfight. He declared, “To intimidate the locals, the bandits fired multiple gunshots when they got to…
The popular adage, “no go gree for anybody,” is strongly disapproved of by the Nigerian Police Force, which is being utilized by people and youths all over the nation. The slang phrase “No Gree for Anybody” has already become well-known, according to The PUNCH. Many people think the phrase refers to holding fast to one’s convictions and resisting the pull of outside influences. But the police, through Olumuyiwa Adejobi, their spokesperson, threatened to crack down on anyone caught using the lingo. Adejobi disclosed at a press conference on Wednesday that the police had gotten information indicating the slogan would spark…
Popular traditional figure Adeyinka Folarin, the Baasegun of the Itunsokun village in Ogun State, was shot and killed by unidentified attackers. Around 8:00 p.m. on Monday, the gunmen, who were reportedly suspected of being cultists, attacked Folarin at his Sagamu home. The killing was confirmed by two traditional rulers who did not want their names to appear in paper. “The information is correct, but I don’t have much information about the incident,” one of the traditional rulers remarked. We have been informed that last night saw the death of the chief, a well-liked traditional leader and member of the Akarigbo…