Two suspected members of a kidnap gang were shot dead on Thursday as they engaged operatives of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad in a gun battle in Odeda area of Ogun State.
The FSARS had gone to rescue the wife of a pastor allegedly kidnapped by the suspects when they engaged the operatives in a gun battle.
The woman, who boarded a taxi going...
Dapchi girls: Boko Haram contacts female negotiator, Aisha Wakil
As the search for the kidnapped Dapchi schoolgirls continues, a human rights activist, Aisha Wakil, has claimed that she was contacted by a Boko Haram faction that confirmed that it had the missing girls.
Wakil, who is popularly called Mama Boko Haram, was a member of the Presidential Committee on Dialogue and Peaceful Resolution of Security Challenges...
As Okorocha’s Imo swells with anger over nepotism
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has constantly faced allegations of nepotism and cronyism, but his recent decision to support his son-in-law, Uche Nwosu, to succeed him in office in 2019 is considered by many residents as the last straw, GBENRO ADEOYE writes
Since Rochas Okorocha first took office as governor of Imo State in 2011, followed...
My life in danger over Olamide’s failure to perform in Barcelona, Show promoter cries out
A show promoter based in Barcelona, Oluwatosin Oketumo, fondly known as T-Cash, is currently living in fear simply because a show which was supposed to feature Olamide flopped.
According to the show promoter, he contacted Olamide through his tour manager, Alex Ozone and they had an agreement of €8,500 to have the artiste perform at the event. Although...
IBB, Danjuma in closed-door meeting in Minna
Former Military President, General Ibrahim Babangida, on Thursday held a closed-door meeting with General Theophilus Danjuma, at his hilltop mansion in Minna, the Niger State capital.
A source on Friday said the meeting lasted about three hours.
Danjuma, who refused to speak with journalists after the meeting, drove straight to the airport at about...
Jamb postpones reprinting
```JAMB HAS JUST POSTPONED ITS 2018 EXAMINATION SLIP RE-PRINTING
This is to inform the general public and prospective JAMB UTME/DE CANDIDATES that the JOINT ADMISSIONS AND MATRICULATION BOARD JAMB has just postponed Examination slip reprinting to later date.
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Jamb examination slip reprinting has been rescheduled...
UN Humanitarian Coordinator Condemns Killing Of 3 Aid Workers By Boko Haram
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dward Kallon, the United Nations (UN) Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, has condemned Thursday night’s killing of three aid workers in Rann, Borno State, during an attack by Boko Haram on military facilities next to the town. Three aid workers were also injured in the attack, while a female nurse is feared abducted.
The condemnation...
$2.1 Billion Arms Fraud: Dasuki's Bid To Halt Trial Fails At Supreme Court
Efforts of former National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki (retd) to stop his trial over $2.1 billion fraudulent arms deal using as pretext, Nigerian government’s contraventions of court orders for his release failed at the Supreme Court on Friday.
The apex court ruled that the detention of former National Security Adviser Colonel Sambo...
Nigeria faces expulsion from Egmont Group
The Senate and House of Representatives have differed over the passage of the bill establishing the Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit as an independent entity.
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Financial Crimes and Anti-Corruption, Senator Chukwuka Utazi, at the plenary on Thursday, raised a point of order accusing the House of non-cooperation...
53-year-old man orders rat poison from China to kill parents
A 53-year-old man has been convicted of murder attempt, as he was believed to have mixed rat poison into his parents’ meal.
A court in Ingolstadt, Germany, on Friday sentenced a farmer to nine and a half years in prison for attempting to kill his parents with rat poison.
The court condemned the 53-year-old on Friday for two counts of attempted murder.
Doctors...
Lagos residents accuse police of vandalising 200 vehicles
Residents of Idi-Oro, Mushin, have accused operatives of the Lagos State Police Command of invading 14 streets and vandalising no fewer than 200 vehicles.
But residents who spoke to PUNCH Metro on Thursday alleged that the operatives aside from damaging vehicles parked by the roadsides, also entered into mechanic workshops and destroyed...
