November 9, 2024
US announces charges in alleged Iranian plot to assassinate Trump
US prosecutors announced charges on Friday in an alleged Iranian plot to assassinate former president Donald Trump and a prominent dissident Iranian-American journalist. The foiled assassination plot on Trump was allegedly directed by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to avenge the death of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in 2020 in a US […]
Bureau Recovers Black Box Of Crashed Helicopter
Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB), has recovered the Flight Data Recorder (FDR) and Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) from the Sikorsky SK76 helicopter, which ditched into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Bonny Finima on October 24, 2024. The helicopter, operated by Eastwind Aviation, was transporting eight passengers at the time of the accident. Also, […]
NICA Charges Entrepreneurs, Managers On Credit Mgt
National Institute of Credit Administration (NICA) has charged entrepreneurs and business managers on effective credit management in the country. As credit management profession was recently proclaimed “a national professio” by the Federal Government of Nigeria with qualifications in Credit Management unveiled as nationally recognised, NICA is the supervisor and regulator of credit management profession in […]
Anambra LG chair arrested in US over $3.3m romance scam
A newly elected chairman of Ogbaru Local Government Area in Anambra State, Franklin Nwadialo, has been arrested in Texas, United States, for allegedly running a $3.3 million romance scam. In a statement on its website on Tuesday, the US Department of Justice announced that the 40-year-old was arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation upon […]
Nigeria midfielder Mathias makes male fans drool with beauty, craft
Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder, and almost everyone who watched the Super Falcons against Algeria in a recent two-legged international friendly can testify that Nasarawa Amazons midfield sensation, Josephine Mathias, caught the attention of fans, being easy on the eyes, besides her savoir-faire. The 24-year-old sent heads turning over the legs with […]
Be ready to recover stolen mandate, Ighodalo tells PDP
The Edo State’s chapter of the Peoples’ Democratic Party has inaugurated the caretaker committee members set up by the party’s National Working Committee to run the party’s affairs pending the election of new executives. The Committee is chaired by Dr. Tony Aziegbemi with Hon. Henry Duke Tenebe as Secretary. Other members of the caretaker committee […]
Extortion: IG orders punishment for errant cops
The former Director-General of the National Financial Investigation Agency in Equatorial Guinea, Baltasar Engonga, has been remanded in Malabo’s Black Beach Prison, Saturday PUNCH has learnt. The embattled former anti-graft chief was arrested days ago for allegedly recording over 400 sex tapes involving the wives of prominent figures in the country. This scandal surfaced during […]
S ’Africa, seven countries queue to lift Dangote refinery fuel
The Dangote Refinery and Petrochemical is set to begin fuel exports to South Africa, Angola, and Namibia, Saturday PUNCH can confirm. A highly credible source, who confirmed this exclusively to one of our correspondents on Friday, said the management of the 650,000-barrel per-day capacity refinery was at advanced stages of talks with the countries to […]