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The Imo State command of the Nigeria Police has uncovered a church at MCC, Uratta in Owerri north council area of the state, new born babies are sold to willing buyers. Witnesses said young pregnant girls are kept in the ...

A suspected drug addict, Muhammed Yusuf, has allegedly beaten his father to death in Lokoja, Kogi State. Punch correspondent learnt that the incident happened at their house at the back of St. Mary Primary School, Lokoja, on Wednesday. The deceased, ...

A man is alleged to have beat his 8-month pregnant wife to death on Uburu-Ekwe Street in Ugwuagor, Abakpa Nike, Enugu State Wednesday night. The suspect, identified as “Eke Nweofia”, said to be a dealer in scrap metal at Nkpor ...

The Gombe State government has appealed to the governments of Lagos and Rivers concerning their decision on the collection of Value Added Tax. The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, had signed a bill on VAT followed by an order ...

The naira continued its downward spiral on the parallel market on Thursday, selling for 543 to the dollar. While Bureau de Change operators in Abuja bought dollar at N540, it was sold for N543. The Punch had reported on Thursday ...

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday landed at Sam Mbakwe, Imo Airport where he was received by a mammoth crowd of Imo citizens and SouthEast leaders. He landed Imo at about 09:30 Am. Buhari was received at the Airport by Mammoth crowd ...

The Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arraigned the duo of Michael Yusuf Michael and Martha Daniel Yusuf, both siblings, before Justice Hannnatu A.L Balogun on an eight-count charge bordering on obtaining by false pretence. ...

Economic activities in Owerri and other parts of Imo State have been shut down following the arrival of President Muhammadu Buhari in the state. The President arrived in the state on Thursday morning for the commissioning of some projects executed ...

Gunmen have kidnapped three workers of former President Olusegun Obasanjo at a village in Abeokuta on Wednesday.   A source told Punch correspondent on Wednesday that the gunmen waylaid the three workers at the Obasanjo Holdings in Kobape in the ...

  The president, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Thursday, promised to assist the Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma, deal with infrastructural deficits of the state. The president also assured that he would wield his power as the president ...

Italy is set to allow the small-scale cultivation of cannabis plants at home after a reform was approved by the Lower House’s justice committee on Wednesday.   The reform decriminalises the growth of up to four cannabis plants at home. ...

The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami says the fifth-generation (5G) network is not harmful, allaying fears in many quarters that its deployment could pose a risk to public health. Pantami spoke after the weekly Federal Executive Council ...

Seven family members of the Emir of Kajuru, Alhaji Alhassan Adamu have regained freedom. They regained their freedom on Wednesday night after spending two months in kidnappers’ den The monarch, and seven members of his family, were Kidnapped from his ...

Taliban authorities have agreed to let 200 American civilians and other non-Afghans to depart on charter flights from Kabul airport, a U.S. official said. The Taliban were pressed to allow the departures by U.S. Special Representative Zalmay Khalilzad, said the ...

The Police on Wednesday said they have arrested eight suspects over the kidnap and murder of 93-year-old Mr Defwan Dariye, father of former Governor of Plateau, Mr Joshua Dariye. The Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), Mr Frank Mba, disclosed this ...

A wanted terrorist with a $10m US bounty on his head has been made Afghanistan’s interior minister as the Taliban announced a caretaker government packed with the movement’s old guard. Sirajuddin Haqqani, the movement’s deputy leader, is accused of overseeing ...

A medical doctor, Morenikeji Oluwaniyi, has been reportedly strangled by a four-man gang in the Abule Egba area of Lagos State. The 27-year-old was said to have converted his Toyota Corolla to a Uber ride to raise money for his ...

The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association has said that a cow could cost up to N2 million in Lagos State if the anti-grazing bill is passed into law in the state. Zonal Secretary of Myetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association in ...

Nigeria on Wednesday recorded 559 new COVID-19 cases, as total infections rose to 197,046. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) stated this on Thursday morning. However, the new cases reported indicates a decrease from the 597 cases reported on ...

More and more political big guns have continued to visit former Lagos governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu in London. President Muhammadu Buhari opened the floodgate of visits, when he visited Tinubu on 13 August. The President was also in London for ...

Apprehension has gripped Umutu, in Ukwuani Local Government Area of Delta State, following the killing of three police operatives of the Divisional Police Headquarters based in the town. It was gathered that the felled operatives were killed by unknown gunmen ...

A Vietnamese man has been sentenced to five years in jail for spreading Covid-19 after he breached home quarantine rules. Le Van Tri was convicted of “spreading dangerous infectious diseases to other people” after he travelled to his home province ...

Gunmen have kidnapped two male children of the Deputy Provost of Isah Kaita College of Education, Dutsinma, Katsina State, Dr. Isma’il Ado Funtua.   An eyewitness told Channels Television on Tuesday that the gunmen, four in number, armed with sophisticated ...

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 22-year-old National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, Arnold Maniru, for allegedly importing four kilogrammes of drugged cookies from the United Kingdom, spokesman Femi Babafemi said in a statement on Sunday. ...

One hundred security operatives have so far lost their lives in the course of enforcing the Benue State Open Grazing Prohibition and Ranching Establishment Law of 2017. Governor Samuel Ortom disclosed on Tuesday in Makurdi, the state capital, while receiving ...