Bauchi Car Crash Kills About-To-Wed DPO, 2 Others
Mustapha Garba, a 42-year-old Divisional Police Officer of the Railway Division, passed away in a deadly car accident less than an hour before his wedding, Fatiha, and the Bauchi State Police Command is in deep sorrow over his passing. PUNCH Metro gathered from the state police spokesperson, Mohammed Wakil, in a telephone interview on Sunday, that two other individuals also lost...
Enugu, Port-Harcourt Returnees Test Positive For COVID-19 In Bauchi
Enugu, Port-Harcourt Returnees Test Positive For COVID-19 In Bauchi Bauchi Governor Bala Mohammed has disclosed two out of 78 artisans that came into the state from Port-Harcourt and Enugu state respectively test positive for COVID-19. ABN TV Reports The Governor made the disclosure at a media conference at the state Government House on the COVID-19 pandemic and efforts taken to...
Asia’s Papal Hopeful: Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle Emerges As A Contender To Succeed Pope Francis
Manila, Philippines – April 30, 2025 — As speculation grows over who might one day succeed Pope Francis, one name continues to resonate across the global Catholic community: Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of the Philippines. Often referred to as the “Asian Francis,” Tagle is widely seen as a leading candidate for the papacy, admired for his humility, compassion, and...
Obi Visits Bayelsa Flood Victims, Decries FG’s Delay In Activating Response
Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, yesterday visited Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital to sympathise with flood victims in the state, lamenting that the federal government had yet to respond three weeks after a massive flooding hit Bayelsa State. Obi, who spoke when he paid a courtesy visit to Governor Douye Diri at the Government House before...
Man, 37 Who Raped 13-Year-Old Girl Sent On Errand Bags Life Imprisonment
An Ekiti State High Court in Ado Ekiti has sentenced a 37-year-old man, Samuel Adebamigbe, to life imprisonment for raping a 13-year-old girl. He was tried and found guilty on the charge of rape. The charge read, “That you, Samuel Adebamigbe, on November 3, 2020, at Ado Ekiti, within the jurisdiction of the court, did rape a 13-year-old girl, contrary to...
Doom: Get Ready For Crises, Primate Ayodele Warns Nigerians
The INRI Evangelical spiritual church leader, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has prophesied that Nigeria could break up. He further cautioned Nigerians to brace up for crises ahead. The clergy was reacting to the electricity tariffs and fuel hike in Nigeria by the Muhammadu Buhari-led administration. Recall that the federal government had a few days ago hiked the fuel pump price of petrol to...
Abiodun urges FG to make Lagos-Ibadan expressway 10 lanes
The Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has asked the Federal Government to extend the Lagos-Ibadan expressway, to at least, a ten-lane road. Abiodun made this call when he received the Senate Committee on Works in his office, in Abeokuta, on Thursday. According to him, the road in question is arguably the busiest in the country. This, coupled with the population explosion,...
Group Rejects Bello As Youth Coordinator Of APC Presidential Campaign Council
A youth group under the aegis of Presidential Support Council, has rejected the appointment of Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, as the National Youth Coordinator of the All Progressives Congress presidential campaign council for the 2023 general election. The APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu had approved the Bello’s appointment to lead youths of the party into the presidential campaigns which...
Prophet Odumeje Breaks Jinx, Holds Crusade In Plateau
The General Overseer, Mountain of Holy Ghost Intervention Deliverance Ministry, Onitsha, Anambra State, Prophet Chukwuemeka Ohanaemere, popularly known as Odumeje, will hold his first crusade in Nigeria in the city of Jos, Plateau State. Reports reve...
UNIBEN Senate Approves Removal Of N20,000 Late Registration Fee
The Senate of the University of Benin has approved the removal of N20,000 late registration fee that led to a two-day mass protest by students of the institution. Mr Ademola Bobola, Registrar of the University, announced the removal in a statement issued on Thursday night in Benin. Bobola noted that the senate, at a virtual meeting, ratified the earlier verbal pronouncement by...
