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A co-defendant with alleged billionaire kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, popularly known as Evans, Chiemeka Arinze, has died in prison custody. Evans is standing trial alongside, Joseph Emeka, Chiemeka Arinze and Udeme Upong, over the attempted kidnap of Chief Vincent Obianodo, ...

Ontario’s Ministry of Health has confirmed two cases of the Omicron COVID-19 variant, in two individuals with recent travel from Nigeria.   The two travellers have been isolated, according to a statement by Ontario ministry of health.   “Today, the ...

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and 116 concerned Nigerians filed a lawsuit asking the Federal High Court in Abuja to direct and compel President Muhammadu Buhari to take immediate steps to ensure the arrest of soldiers and police officers ...

Yet-to-be identified gunmen, suspected to be bandits, on Sunday attacked the Jos Correctional centre. The bandits were said to have pretended to be on a visit before they opened fire on reaching the gate of the correctional facility. A senior ...

Unknown men have killed an Imo State-born businessman, Anthony Mkpado at his home in Ika South Local Council of Delta State. It was learnt that the 58-year-old Agbor-based electronics dealer was killed on Wednesday at about 2:00 a.m. along old ...

It’s been pains and tears for residence of Festac Phase 2 as the Government, yesterday, Sunday November 28, began to demolish some structures. This comes a day after an article announced that the Federal Housing Authority will soon begin mass ...

The Department of State Services (DSS) has raised an alarm over plans by terrorists to attack military bases in border towns across the country. The secret agency also put the Nigeria Customs Service on red alert to avert the pending ...

A 70-year-old woman, Beatrice Aigbedion, has been arrested with over 5,000 kilograms of assorted illicit drugs in Edo State, The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) disclosed this via a statement issued on Sunday, saying its operatives nabbed the suspect ...

Indonesia has announced an entry ban on travellers from Nigeria and seven other African countries to curb the spread of the Omicron COVID-19 variant first recorded in South Africa days ago. Other countries affected by the travel ban include travellers ...

Philanthropist and founder of Coscharis Group, Cosmos Maduka has lost his wife, Charity Maduka. She died today, 28th November 2021. Until her death, she was the vice-president of Coscharis Group. May her soul rest in peace 

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed of Ethiopia, on Friday, shared a video of himself in what appeared to be a military operation. The video, which he shared on his social media pages, showed Ahmed with armed military officers, while shooting was ...

The Police in Lagos have arrested a 34-year-old man, Godwin Iroro, for allegedly r3ping his friend’s 10-year-old daughter. The command’s spokesperson, Adekunle Ajisebutu, made the disclosure in a statement on Saturday in Lagos. Mr Ajisebutu said that the suspect was ...

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Ondo State Command, says it has trained 2,000 students and 300 teachers on school security and personal protection in the state. This is contained in a statement signed by Hammed Abodunrin, the ...

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have reportedly abducted the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in charge of Etsako Central Local Government Area of Edo State, Ibrahim Aliyu lshaq. The incident is said to have heighten apprehension among the people of Fugar, ...

Chinese lenders, the Export-Import Bank of China, also known as Exim Bank, has ‘taken over’ the Ugandan Entebbe International Airport and other assets in the country over the failure of the Ugandan government to repay a loan. This came despite ...

Former Nigerian Ambassador to Spain, Mrs Bianca Ojukwu, has pleaded with President Muhammadu Buhari to release Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Mrs Ojukwu made the plea while speaking at the 10th memorial anniversary of ...

Anambra Governor-elect, Charles Soludo has shared family photos — that has his wife and children in them. He shared the photos on his Instagram page with the caption; “Proud Dad Went with the family to watch my daughter’s school play ...

Twenty four hours after former vice-President Atiku Abubakar’s 75th birthday was marked memorably in Bauchi, President Buhari finally acknowledged him.   The message was belated and it was commonplace, bereft of any warmth or affection, to the man who ran ...

Governor El-Rufai’s wife, Hadiza remembers their daughter 10years after she died in her London apartment Governor El-Rfai’s wife, Hadiza Isma El-Rufai, has remembered their daughter, Yasmin, 10 years after her death. Yasmin, a 25-year-old who was the Governor’s eldest daughter, ...

Gunmen have attacked Te’egbe community in Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State and killed several people.   The Punch gathered that several houses belonging to the natives were also set ablaze by the gunmen while several others sustained injuries ...

This is heartbreaking, killing at the same time. Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted a three-year-old girl in Akure, the Ondo State capital. The girl was kidnapped from her home around 8:00pm on Wednesday, shortly after arriving from a ...

Ethiopia’s government has warned the United States to stop spreading falsehoods against the country, the state minister of communication, Kebede Dessisa said on Thursday. The minister spoke after the U.S. State Department issued an alert about potential “terrorist attacks”. Prime ...

South Africa’s foreign ministry said Britain’s decision to ban flights from South Africa because of the detection of a new COVID-19 variant “seems to have been rushed”. It said the British reaction was hasty as even the World Health Organization ...

Minister of Niger Delta Godswill Akpabio paid a condolence visit to the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress Ahmed Bola Tinubu on Thursday. The minister, in a statement issued on Friday, said the visit was to condole with Tinubu ...

  Apostle Paul Okikijesu of the Christ Apostolic Miracle Ministry has warned of serious security crisis in most parts of the country The cleric, who claimed to have heard directly from God, said that Yoruba land, Igbo land, the Middle ...