The Household of David Church located at Surulere Industrial Road, off Adeniyi Jones in the Ikeja Local Government Area of Lagos State was gutted by fire on Wednesday. The state’s Fire Service spokesperson, Amodu Shakiri, disclosed that the church’s auditorium ceiling was overheating, which caused the ceiling to collapse and ignite a fire. The National…
A female soldier attached to Ilese Sappers Barracks, Division 2, Ogun State, Lance Corporal Philomena Nnamoko, who alleged that her senior colleagues had been bullying and harassing her following her refusal to give in to their sexual advances, was allegedly beaten and sent to the Yaba Psychiatric Hospital following her interview with Sunday PUNCH on…
The Ooni of Ife, Ooni Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has condemned the attack on three monarchs in Ekiti State that led to the death of two traditional rulers. The monarch also urged the federal and state governments to expedite action on establishing community policing to stem the tide of insecurity across the country. Gunmen suspected to be…
Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi have been jailed for 14 years, the second sentence handed to Pakistan’s former prime minister in two days. The couple were convicted of illegally profiting from state gifts – just a week before a general election in which he is barred from standing. Khan, who was ousted as…
Canada has been ranked as the safest country in the world for travelers, according to a report by Berkshire Hathaway Travel Protection (BHTP) released in late 2023. BHTP said that the total rankings are based on an average of “all measures from [BHTP’s] State of Travel Insurance research”, which combines “six sub-category scores as the…
The Special Offences and Domestic Violence Court, Ikeja, on Tuesday, convicted a man, Ndedigwe Paul, to double life imprisonment for sexual assault of minors, following a comprehensive trial that sought justice for the victims. The convict was handed down the sentence by Justice Abiola Soladoye on January 30, 2024, who, after a careful consideration of…
An Ondo State Chief Magistrate Court, sitting in Akure, on Thursday, remanded a man, James Emmanuel, for allegedly raping a 55-year-old woman, Mrs Deborah Abiodun, to death. The 35-year-old man was arrested by the state police command for allegedly killing the woman who was his co-worker at the Oke-Odu Area, of Akure on January 17,…
The Nigeria Customs Service has arrested one Abdul-Rahman Ibrahim, in his fifties, for his involvement in fraudulent activities and impersonation of the Comptroller-General of Customs and other high-ranking government officials. This was disclosed in a statement posted on the official X handle of the NCS on Wednesday. According to the statement, the NCS spokesperson, CSC…
The Federal Ministry of Youth Development has expressed its preparedness to partner with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, on raising awareness, providing rehabilitation and skills acquisition for Nigerian youths afflicted by the scourge of substance abuse. The assurance was given by the Minister of Youth Development, Dr. Jamila Bio Ibrahim when she paid…
Eight teams have so far booked their places in the ongoing 2023 Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals as of Tuesday. Angola were the first to qualify after the Parancas Negras (Black Sable Antelopes) thrashed Namibia on Saturday evening. The attacking-sided team will now face the Super Eagles of Nigeria, believed to be one of the…
