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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Monday said the country was now experiencing a fourth COVID-19 wave. This was contained in a statement signed by Director-General, Dr. Ifedayo Adetifa. “Nigeria has recorded a 500% increase in the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases over the past two weeks across the country caused by the Delta […]

Funmi Falana, wife of a human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has written to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Farouk Yahaya, seeking the release of female soldier detained for accepting a marriage proposal from a youth corps member.   Falana said Private Sofiyat Akinlabi’s decision to marry the corps member be respected in accordance […]

Igbos for Progressive and United Nationhood (IPAN) a socio-political organisation says it has observed that no Igbo politician has shown real seriousness for the 2023 presidency in spite of the incessant cry of marginalisation of Ndigbo from the polity. IPAN national president comrade Lawrence Onuzulike who made the observation in Awka, the Anambra State capital, […]

A couple residing at Ilara area of Ode Remo, in Remo North Local Government Area of Ogun State have been arrested for selling their one-month-old baby for the sum of N50,000. The police public relations officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi who disclosed this in a press statement said the buyer is currently at large and efforts are […]

The Nigerian Army on Sunday confirmed the detention of an unnamed female soldier who got romantically entangled with a male corps member at the National Youth Service Corps orientation camp in Yikpata, Kwara State. The Director of Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, in an exclusive chat with Punch on Sunday, said the female officer violated […]

Barely 24 hours security taskforce and the Imo State government evacuated dead bodies from the kidnappers’ den at Orsu Local Government Area of the state, gunmen yesterday again whisked away the Chief Priest of Owerri Ancient Kingdom in Owerri Municipal council, Reginald Ejiogu and two councillors from Orsu whose identities are yet to be identified as […]

Officials of the Nigeria Customs Service attached to Tin Can Island Command on Friday intercepted a 1x40ft container carrying arms. It was learnt that the owner of the container had allegedly declared its content as plasma televisions. It was also learnt that customs officers at the command late discovered it to contain cartons of guns. […]

Monarchs in Imo State have gone into hiding following spate of killings and abductions of their colleagues in the state. As at the last count, no fewer than five traditional rulers have been killed and numerous others kidnapped.  The onslaught on traditional rulers started on April 7 when gunmen abducted Eze Charles Irogebu of the […]

No fewer than 220 outbound passengers from Nigeria tested positive for the coronavirus disease at the point of departure, Saturday Punch has observed. This was as analysis of daily epidemiological reports from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control revealed that 4,008 Nigerians tested positive for COVID-19 within five days. Saturday Punch reports that the Africa regional office […]

People of Ihitte Ihube autonomous community in the Okigwe Local Government Area of Imo state have been thrown into mourning following the discovery of remains of their abducted traditional ruler, Eze Pau Ogbu. Eze Ogbu and a youth leader in the community were kidnapped on Sunday after his palace and vehicle were razed. But his […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, departed Abuja for Istanbul, Turkey to attend the third Turkey-Africa Partnership Summit, hosted by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of the Republic of Turkey. In a statement, a presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, said the President will be accompanied on the trip by his wife, Aisha Buhari; the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, […]

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has admonished Southeast elders to channel their energies towards the realisation of  Biafra instead of begging for Igbo Presidency. It warned the elders not to use its name or that of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu to seek political appointments. IPOB also asked the elders, political leaders, and groups, including […]

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says the incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari has done his best to proffer solutions to the security challenges confronting the nation, adding that Nigerians should not expect more from the Katsina-born retired major general. Obasanjo made this known this week when leaders of socio-cultural organisations met in Abuja at a retreat on […]

Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, has said if not for the actions of President Muhammadu Buhari, terrorists would have declared Islamic State in Nigeria. Addressing reporters in Abuja on Wednesday, the minister said posterity will be kind to Buhari, whom he said has made security one of the cardinal focuses of his […]

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved “peculiar allowance” for the personnel of the Nigeria Police Force to take effect from January 2022. The Minister of Police Affairs, Maigari Dingyadi, announced this Wednesday while briefing State House reporters after the federal cabinet meeting held at the newly upgraded Council Chambers of the Presidential, Villa Abuja. […]

The Debt Management Office (DMO), on Tuesday, said the debt profile of Nigeria rose to N38trn in the third quarter of 2021. The DMO, in a terse statement, said that the country’s domestic and external debt hit the new figure owing to a $4bn billion Eurobonds issued by the federal government in September 2021. -DailyTrust

The House of Representatives has approved President Muhammadu Buhari’s loan request of 5.8 billion dollars and grant of $10 million. The loans are to be sourced from the World Bank, Islamic Development Bank, China Exim bank, Chinese Africa Development Fund, and International Fund for Agricultural Development. In approving the loan, the House asked that the […]

The leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has sued the State Security Service (SSS) over allegations of gross violation of his fundamental human rights. Mr Kanu is being held by the SSS at its headquarters in Abuja, after the Nigerian government repatriated him from Kenya in June this year, an […]