Nineteen people, including eight students sitting for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination, have been rescued after being kidnapped by suspected pirates. The victims were held for 21 days in the Bille waterways area in the Degema Local Government Area of Rivers State. They were freed on Monday evening by a local security … Read more
New Real Madrid coach Xabi Alonso declared on Monday that he possesses the energy and enthusiasm to deliver success befitting the Spanish giants as he was officially presented as Carlo Ancelotti’s successor. Alonso, who has signed a three-year contract until June 2028, will lead the team at the Club World Cup this summer, following … Read more
Officials from the Federal Capital Territory Administration, under the leadership of Minister Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, have sealed the National Headquarters of the Peoples Democratic Party. At exactly 2:06 pm, a group of FCTA staff locked the entrance gate of Wadata Plaza, the PDP’s national secretariat located in Wuse Zone 5, Abuja. This … Read more
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has officially announced the shutdown of the Port Harcourt Refining Company. In a statement on Saturday, the NNPC confirmed a report by Saturday PUNCH that the facility will be shut down for a month for maintenance activities. According to the NNPC Chief Corporate Communications Officer, Olufemi Soneye, the … Read more
Two persons have been hospitalised after a Diamond training aircraft operated by the Aviation Training School in Ilorin crash-landed, The PUNCH has learned. The incidents, according to staff members of the aviation training school, occurred around 4:00 pm on Saturday. The unfortunate incident occurred during a simulated instrument approach on Runway 05 at the … Read more
Thirteen-year-old swimmer, Michelle Ibidapo, a student of The Grange School, Ikeja, representing Team Oyo, has won gold in the 1,500m women’s freestyle at the on going National Sports Festival in Abeokuta, Ogun State. Previously discovered at the National Youth Games in Asaba, Michelle has progressed rapidly through the national sports system to now stand … Read more
A former presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress in the 2019 election, Charles Udeogaranya, on Friday, berated the National Working Committee and governors elected on the platform of the APC for publicly endorsing President Bola Tinubu. Udeogaranya argued that failure to subject the President to a primary election in the same manner he … Read more
The Office of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice has denied allegations suggesting that the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Solicitor General of the Federation met with some governors ahead of their defection to the ruling All Progressives Congress. The response followed claims made by … Read more
A policeman’s stray bullet has claimed the life of a young student on his way to sit for the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) exams. Eyewitnesses reported that the officer, in pursuit of a fleeing vehicle along the busy Gbagi Market Road, opened fire in an attempt to stop a suspect. One of the … Read more
IBADAN – As the proposed amendment to the Oyo state council of Obas and Chiefs law seeking to designate the Alaafin of Oyo as the Permanent Chairman of the council continues to generate heat, Mogajis of the Soun Ruling Houses in Ogbomosoland have also kicked against the proposal. The amendment bill, currently under consideration … Read more