A commercial bus lost control and rammed into a Christmas procession in Gombe on Christmas Day, injuring 22 people, police have confirmed. The Tumfure community celebrants were en route to the Government House and Gombe Emir’s Palace for homage when the accident occurred. Buhari Abdullahi, the spokesperson for Gombe State police, stated that the injured […]

Funmilayo Ogunseyi, the mother of Naomi Silekunola, a former wife of the Ooni of Ife, has urged President Bola Tinubu and other Nigerians to weigh in on her daughter’s legal issues. Silekunola is one of three people brought before the Iyaganku Magistrate Court in Ibadan in connection with a terrible funfair stampede that killed 35 […]

Former Minister of Women Affairs, Barr. Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye said she has not jettisoned the cases she was working on despite being sacked by President Bola Tinubu. She disclosed this during an interview on Channels TV. Kennedy-Ohanenye was dropped as minister alongside four others when President Tinubu rejigged his cabinet in October. “I was sacked, but […]

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 20-year-old man, Akeem Sumonu, for allegedly raping and impregnating a 16-year-old girl in the Olodo Community of Odeda Local Government Area, Ogun State. PUNCH Metro gathered from the Ogun State Police Command on Wednesday that the suspect was arrested on Tuesday by operatives stationed at the community’s security […]

A Nigerian Air Force airstrike, intended to neutralise Lakurawa terrorists, marred Christmas celebrations in Sokoto State on Wednesday as it mistakenly hit two communities in Silame Local Government Area of the state, killing several residents, The PUNCH reports. This is just as terrorists attacked a military base in Borno State with armed drones, injuring five […]

The Federal Institute of Industrial Research, FIIRO, office in Oshodi, Lagos, near Cappa Bus Stop has been gutted by fire. It was gathered that the fire broke out around midnight on Wednesday, Christmas Day. Rescue operation continued as of 5 am Thursday, Boxing Day. According to Vanguard, men of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue […]

The presiding Pastor of the Tree of Life Bible Church, Irete, Owerri West LGA, Ebere Emmanuel Amadi, has been arraigned in court after many weeks of hiding from the police. He was arrested by the Ogbaku Police Station following a report levelled against him by his mother, Mrs Nelly Chidinma Amadi, for assault, molestation and […]

Niger Republic’s Head of State, General Abdourahamane Tiani, has alleged that France is providing financial support to Nigerian authorities to establish a military base in Borno State. Tiani said the plan is purportedly to destabilize Niger and its neighbouring countries. Zagazola Makama, a Lake Chad Basin counterterrorism and insurgency expert, made this known in a […]

A Russian cargo ship called Ursa Major hss sank in the Mediterranean Sea. The overnight incident reportedly occurred after an explosion ripped through the cargo ship’s engine room. The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday after the incident that two of its crew are still missing. The vessel, built in 2009, was controlled by Oboronlogistika, […]