Gospel Singer Sammie Okposo Dies At 51
Popular gospel singer, Sammie Okposo, is dead. The singer died on Friday morning, the PUNCH gathered. He was 51 His project manager, Hillary Vincent, confirmed the news to our correspondent via phone call. More details shortly…
People Make More Money From Oil Theft Than Drug Trafficking – Asari Dokubo
Former leader of the defunct Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force, NDPVF, Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, says oil theft fetches those who engage in it more money than they will see in drug trafficking. Speaking on Channels TV Sunrise Daily programme on Friday, Dokubo claimed that those who steal oil in the Niger Delta make more money than going into drugs. He also said...
2023: Critics Of Tinubu Knows He’s The Incoming President — Sen. Nwaogu
Former member of the National Assembly and Abia State Coordinator of the Tinubu-Shettima Women Presidential Campaign Council, Senator Nkechi Nwaogu, has declared that the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress for the 2023 polls, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is the incoming president of Nigeria. She stated this on Thursday while inaugurating the Abia State Tinubu-Shettima Women Presidential Campaign Council. Nwaogu,...
Two Persons Appear In Court Over Indecent Handling Of Dead Body In Oyo
The police on Friday arraigned two men, Isah Abdulkabir and Daniel Emmanuel, before an Oyo State Magistrates’ Court at Iyaganku, Ibadan, for allegedly manhandling a corpse. The defendants were accused of mishandling the corpse of one Patrick Alexandra. The prosecuting counsel for the police, Foluke Adedosu, told the court that Abdulkabir, 39, and Emmanuel, 38, committed the alleged offence around 2pm...
Hoodlums Set INEC Office In Ebonyi On Fire, Ballot Boxes, PVCs Burnt (Photos)
Hoodlums have set ablaze the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Izzi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, destroying, among others, 340 ballot boxes and yet to the be-determined quantity of Permanent Voters’ Cards, PVCs. The attack is the third on INEC’s local government offices in less than three weeks, following similar attacks in Ogun and Osun...
Police Arrest Two In Possession Of 468 PVCs
The Police have arrested two persons in possession of 468 Permanent Voter Cards. This was made known in a statement signed by the Independent National Electoral Commission’s National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, on Sunday. According to the statement, the offenders; Nasiru Idris, was found with 101 PVCs in Sokoto State, and another (name not mentioned)...
Only God Gives, Takes Life – Fani-Kayode Blasts Those Wishing Tinubu Death
Femi Fani-Kayode, a spokesperson for the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential campaign council, blasted Bola Tinubu’s detractors for wishing the former governor of Lagos death. Tinubu is the party’s nominee for president. The former aviation minister insisted in a video posted on his official Twitter account that Tinubu cannot be killed, emphasizing that only God has the power to give...
Gov Adeleke Warns Against Violence In Osun Motor Parks
Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has warned transport workers’ unions in the state to desist from violence. In a statement signed by Olawale Rasheed, the spokesperson to Governor Adeleke on Monday, the state governor directed all security agencies to maintain the status quo across the motor parks. There had been reports of attacks between rival gangs within the transport unions in the...
Abuja-Kaduna Rail: Expect Increase In Fare, Says Minister Of Transportation
Mu’azu Sambo, the Minister of Transportation on Sunday declared that there would be an increase in the rail service fare as a result of the economic situation in the country. According to the minister, the number of trips per day will also be reduced, adding that there will be night travelling. This was made known on Sunday by Sambo to journalists in Kaduna...
Yuletide: NCDC Warns Possible Rise Of COVID-19 Infection
Dr. Ifedayo Adetifa, the Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has predicted that Nigeria will likely see an increase in COVID-19 cases and a decrease in hospitalisation over the holiday season this year. In an exclusive interview, Adetifa claimed that the increase in travel over the holiday season might result in a rise in cases. He said, “We are prepared...
