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A former Minister of Power and Steel, Olu Agunloye, has been released from the Kuje Correctional Centre after meeting up with his bail condition   Punch correspondent learnt that Agunloye was released on Friday. The spokesperson for the Federal Capital ...

  The family of a three-month-old pregnant mother of six, Deborah Fawolere, who died at the Gbagada General Hospital in the early hours of Tuesday, has accused the husband of having a hand in the death of his wife. PUNCH ...

Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has extended his condolences to Governor Seyi Makinde and the people of Oyo state over the tragic explosion which happened in Ibadan on Tuesday, January 16 Sanwo-Olu expressed this on his official x page today, Wednesday, January 17, ...

A boy who gave his name as Sotannde Kodir is currently in search if his mother The boy explained, how himself and his mom were at Sango, before they heard a sudden loud bang. According to him, he missed his ...

The immediate-past President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, has explained why he didn’t remove Godwin Emefiele from office as governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) when he took over power in 2015 Buhari spoke amid other revelations made in ...

A two-year-old starved to death next to his dead father after he suffered a heart attack, his devastated family has revealed Bronson Battersby was found curled up in his pyjamas next to his father Kenneth, 60, who is believed to have suffered ...

Former Oyo State Deputy Governor, Barrister Iyiola Oladokun, and some members of his family have been displaced as a result of an explosion that rocked Ibadan on Tuesday It was gathered that Iyiola Oladokun and his family members are currently being housed by a ...

The 2023 presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, Omoyele Sowore, has asked the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, and security agencies to answer nagging questions about the explosion that rocked Ibadan late Tuesday evening According to Sowore, Governor Seyi Makinde, ...

A man has tried to commit su!cide in Lagos The incident happened at Igando, an area in Lagos state. According to eye witnesses, the man was rescued by RRS officials. He was said to have jumped in front of a ...

The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Kayode Egbetokun on Wednesday inaugurated a Special Intervention Squad (SIS) in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to address the increasing rate of crime in the territory. Speaking at the inauguration ceremony in Abuja, Egbetokun said ...

A fire incident has occurred at the popular Panteka market in Kaduna state The Kaduna State Fire Service on Wednesday confirmed this. Mr Paul Aboi, Director, Kaduna State Fire Service, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the fire ...

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, says it has in the past one week uncovered no fewer than 83 illegal refineries in the Niger Delta   The NNPCL disclosed this on its X handle on Tuesday, as part of ...

The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has said preliminary investigations by security agencies revealed that the explosion that rocked the Bodija area of Ibadan, last night was caused by explosive devices stored by illegal miners   No fewer than 10 ...

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Federal Capital Territory Command, has arrested a man planning to sell his eight-year-old son for N20m Parading suspects at the command, the FCT Commandant, Olusola Odumosu, on Tuesday, said the son’s father, Chinana ...

The Nigeria Police Force says it has arrested three persons who allegedly belong to a syndicate involved in forgery, extortion and counterfeiting the Nigeria Police Character Certificate. The Public Relations Officer of the Federal Criminal Investigation Department, Alagbon Lagos, ASP ...

Following the controversy trailing the conferment of chieftaincy titles on the senator representing Anambra South senatorial zone, Senator Ifeanyi Ubah, three traditional rulers in Anambra State have officially withdrawn the titles from him. The traditional rulers are Igwe F.E. Ebelendu of ...

Lagos State Consumer Protection Agency (LASCOPA) has warned residents particularly consumers of fried plantains popularly known as “Plantain Chips” over the unwholesome practices in the processing and frying of the plantain for sale This warning is coming on the heels ...

The National Emergency Management Agency has disclosed that over 20 houses were affected in the Tuesday night explosion that rocked the Bodija area of Ibadan, Oyo State capital In a statement on Wednesday, NEMA said there was no information yet ...

Suspected hoodlums on Monday, January 15, invaded the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital (EKSUTH), Ado-Ekiti, and attacked doctors, and other health officers on duty over the death of a relative at the accident and emergency ward The hoodlums who invaded ...

The Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja on Monday ordered the remand of one Monday Odeh in the Nigerian Correctional Service Facility, over the alleged murder of a 54-year-old man, Abdulahi Yinusa. Justice Adenike Coker made the remand order ...

No fewer than 120 people were rendered homeless, while 44 rooms were destroyed on Monday in Megida Onikahun compound, Edun Isale in Ilorin South Local Government Area of Kwara State where fire engulfed the ancient compound and the market in ...

A Brazilian influencer, Mila De Jesus, who became famous after her ”insane” weight loss transformation has died at 35   She died on January 12 after suffering from a suspected cardiac arrest. ‘It is with great sadness that we announce ...

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has convened an emergency security meeting in response to the escalating security challenges in the nation’s capital Gunmen have been brazenly invading communities, forcibly entering people’s homes, and abducting residents from ...

  A leading fintech company, OPay,  has highlighted its achievements in the year 2023 as it unveiled its plans to improve security on the platform, customer service and its corporate social responsibility in the New Year. In a statement released ...

Tinubu approved N3bn for national social register verification – Presidency In light of the ongoing investigation into the alleged misappropriation of N585m by the suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, Dr Betta Edu, the Presidency on Monday called ...