Police operatives in Enugu have arrested a 24-year-old man for murder. The man, Agbo Onuabuchi was said to have strangled to death and buried his 44-year-old friend in a shallow grave. The police command made this known in a statement signed by the state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Daniel Ndukwe on their Twitter page…
Oba of Benin, Ewuare II, has notified the Ambassador of the Netherlands to Nigeria, Wouter Pomp, on the significance of the Presidential recognition of ownership and an order vesting custody and management of repatriated looted Benin artefacts to the Oba of Benin. Recall that the Federal Republic of Nigeria in Notice No. 25 in an…
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority has disclosed that officials of the agency saved three severely injured victims in an accident at Moshalashi Roundabout, in the Iyana-Ipaja area of Lagos. The agency disclosed this on Monday in a statement signed by the Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department of LASTMA, Mr Adebayo Taofiq, noting that…
The Oba of Benin, Ewuare II, says custody of the repatriated Benin artefacts has been settled by the Federal Government, stressing that there is no more controversy over the issue. The Oba made the clarification at his palace on Friday during a meeting with the Ambassador of The Netherlands to Nigeria, Wouter Plomp, saying the…
Geroge Wade, ex-lover of Nollywood actress, Empress Njamah, has been arrested in Liberia. The actress made this known via her Instagram stories on Monday, where she shared a video of Wade being led in handcuffs. “Our God is not asleep,” the caption read, “@empressnjamah’s blackmailer finally caught in Liberia.” Empress has previously accused Wade of…
The National Population Commission has said its Server is intact and ready to be deployed for the upcoming 2023 Population and Housing Census exercise. This was contained in a statement signed by the Commission’s spokesperson, Isiaka Yahaya, on Monday. The NPC’s assurance came following a viral video where its staff in Niger State, Sanusi Maigida,…
Nigeria’s borrowing from the World Bank has risen by 121.46 per cent under the regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), findings by The PUNCH have shown. The PUNCH learnt that the total debt owed to the World Bank Group by Nigeria rose by $7.64bn (N3.52tn, using the exchange rate of the Central…
An American airline Boeing 737’s engine burst into flames midair before the pilot safely executed an emergency landing at Ohio airport, as the aircraft was struck by a flock of geese. The incident was reported to have taken place 40 minutes after the plane took off on Sunday. According to Mail Online, passengers Marni Kallestad…
Popular gospel singer, Tim Godfrey, and his wife, Erica, celebrated their first wedding anniversary. Godfrey shared pictures of himself and his wife via his verified Instagram page on Sunday night. He expressed his love for his wife and stated that their first year of marriage was one of the best years of his life. He…
The federal government said last night that the only viable way to evacuate Nigerians out of war-torn Sudan was by road. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffery Onyema, disclosed this in an interview on Channel Television’s Sunday Politics programme. Recall that Nigerians based in Sudan, including over 5,500 students, have been calling on the government…
