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Leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky and his wife, Zeenat, have filed a suit at the Federal High Court Abuja, challenging the seizure of their international passports by the Department of State Services (DSS) and the ...

The Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry investigating cases of brutality and human rights abuses by the Police and its disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) has ended its assignment. But the long-awaited report of the October 20, 2020 Lekki Tollgate ...

  Aggrieved family members of a civil servant, Abiodun Adenuga, have called on the Lagos State Police Command to track down the gunmen who shot him at the Sindende Guest House in the Agege area of the state. Punch Metro ...

Mixed reactions have greeted the donation of two Land Cruiser Prado jeeps to the immediate past Chairman of Oyo State Peoples Democratic Party, Kunmi Mustapha, and the newly elected Chairman of the party in the state, Dayo Ogungbenro. The publicity ...

One person was injured on Monday following the inferno that engulfed a palm kernel factory worth over N10m in Ondo State. The palm kernel factory situated at the Industrial Park in Onyearugbulem junction, Akure, the state capital was said to ...

Gunmen suspected to be hired assassins, on Monday, opened fire on the convoy Of Rasheed Olalekan Afolabi, the member representing Ifelodun/ Boripe/Odo-Otin Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives. According to a statement credited to his media office, the incident ...

A man, identified only as Gabriel, has stabbed his cousin, Kopapa Neete, to death during an argument in Duburo community, in the Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State. Punch Metro gathered that the suspect stabbed the victim, who was ...

At least 19 people were killed a day after torrential rains pounded villages and flooded roads in the southern Indian state of Kerala.   Officials said rescuers recovered the bodies in two of the worst-hit districts, Kottayam and Idukki, where ...

An English council has urged parents not to allow their children to watch the hit Netflix show Squid Game due to its graphic nature and the amount of violent content. Central Bedfordshire council’s education safeguarding team sent an email to ...

The Federal Government has filed an amended seven-count amended charge against the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu.   The amended charge, which was filed by the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation ...

Gunmen from a criminal gang have attacked a village market in northwest Nigeria’s Sokoto State killing dozens of people, the state government said Monday. The gangs known locally as bandits have terrorised northwest and central Nigeria for years, but attacks ...

A pastor with the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries, International Headquarters Annex, Wuye, Abuja, Olumide Oni, has recounted how he married his wife despite being told he was impotent.   In an interview with Punch, Oni recounted how he ...

  The Nigerian Airforce denied claims in the media on Sunday that it had given N20 million to armed bandits operating in Jibia Local Government Area of Katsina State in return for an anti-aircraft cannon that had been captured. In ...

The Nigerian community in New York has raised $33,000 to support the Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City in the November election, Mr Eric Adams. Chairman, Board of the Organisation for the Advancement of Nigerians (OAN), Mr ...

Founder, Salvation Ministries, Port Harcourt, Pastor David Ibiyeomie has said he would chew anyone raw who speak negatively about Bishop David Oyedepo. Ibiyeomie said Oyedepo and other top men of God are to be honoured and not to be disrespected ...

The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has issued a stern warning to Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, asking him to stop prosecuting opposition leader back home in Turkey. MURIC berated the president ahead of his arrival in Nigeria today, Monday, on ...

A Branch Manager with Wema Bank, Bamidele Ajala, has been shot by personnel of the Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Enforcement Unit (task force) in the Oshodi area of the state. Punch Metro gathered that the officers shot the ...

A couple’s outrageous gender reveal has sparked backlash online – as they used a wild tiger to pop a balloon full of pink powder. The video has gone viral online, and it shows the ferocious animal setting its sights on ...

A savage brown bear suddenly attacked a pregnant trainer as terrified screaming children watched with their parents in a Russian circus. The woman was taken to the ground by the performing predator as two men fought with the animal to ...

The Kogi State Police Command, has commenced investigations into a trending video where four of its officers allegedly extorted the sum of N25,000 from a traveller while another was physically assaulted by one of the men in uniform. Daily Post ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission has advised female voters in Anambra to avoid using makeup during the November 6 governorship election in the state. The commission said the advice becomes necessary because of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System the agency ...

One Bisi Omoniyi has allegedly hacked a 50-year-old man he met in his lover’s room to death, the Ogun State police command has said. Omoniyi, 25, was arrested on Friday following a distress call received by the police in Owode ...

The Emir of Bungudu in Zamfara State, Alhaji Hassan Attahiru, who was kidnapped about one month ago along Kaduna-Abuja highway by gunmen suspected to be bandits, has regained his freedom. Daily Post recalls that the emir was kidnapped when bandits ...

The immediate past Governor of Kano State, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, is currently being grilled by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for alleged fraud to the tune of N10bn among others.   The Punch learnt that Kwankwaso was invited for ...

  A bus driver and taxi driver had an unfriendly encounter on the streets of Lagos and it was captured on tape. In a video which was posted online, a bus driver brandished a knife which he tried using to ...