Ugandan Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei has died after being set on fire by her ex-boyfriend in Kenya, Uganda’s Olympic Committee chief said on Thursday. “We have learnt of the sad passing on of our Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei… following a vicious attack by her boyfriend,” Donald Rukare said in a post on X. Cheptegei, 33,…
… Maiduguri is safe, Borno SSG assures Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has sent a high-powered delegation to assess the impact of water overflow at Alau Dam which is threatening Maiduguri Metropolis and its environs. Alau Dam which has a reservoir capacity of 112 million cubic meters was designed to support irrigation activities on…
Kwara govt orders DPR, Kwara APC crisis, Kwara celebrates indoor, Kwara governor flags off, Abdulrazaq concept, Kwara disburses N92.5m Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State has directed the immediate deployment of buses to various parts of the metropolis to ease the movement of commuters. In a statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to…
Foremost South-South leader, Chief Edwin Clark, has called for the immediate arrest of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT),I’ll put fire in state of any gov that interferes with Rivers PDP — Wike Foremost South-South leader, Chief Edwin Clark, has called for the immediate arrest of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory…
Sequel to the emergence of Osun State contingent as second best in the National Inter-school debate competition held recently throughout Nigeria,the stage is now set for the final round of the competition holding in Malaysia. The debate was organised as part of activities to mark Nigeria’s 25th Democracy anniversary and the first year in office…
•Three PMS vessels arrive, transport fares jump as major marketers raise fuel price Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has reportedly suspended the sale of Premium Motor Spirit – popularly called petrol – to independent marketers after it hiked the product’s price on Tuesday. This is even as three vessels berthed at the Apapa, Lagos jetty on…
An eighty-one years old man, Adeleke Oke alongside two other persons have been apprehended by operatives of the Nigeria Security And Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) for allegedly raping a 12-year old girl in Offa, Offa local government area of Kwara State. Aside from Oke, the two other suspects include 37 years old Sikiru Lawal and…
A 14-year-old boy has shot dead four people, including two students and two teachers, and as well injured nine more others when he opened fire at a high school in the US State of Georgia on Wednesday. The suspected shooter who is also a student at the school had been brought to the Federal Bureau…
There was pandemonium in Ilisan Remo in Ikenne Local Government on Tuesday as a detachment of soldiers and police clashed with some Hausa youths over their insistence on killing an army officer alleged to have been part of a two-man gang who had attacked one of them and wanted to disappear with his motorcycle. Our…
Following the increase in petroleum pump prices on Tuesday, more residents, including civil servants in Borno have abandoned their vehicles to embrace trekking, horse riding, and the use of bicycles and tricycles for mobility. During a tour of Maiduguri, the state capital in the early hours of Thursday, PUNCH Online observed that there were fewer…
