Diamond Celebrities

National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a man, Gabriel Patrick, for allegedly ingesting 96 wraps of cocaine at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA) Abuja, spokesman, Femi Babafemi, said in a statement yesterday. The 44-year-old father of three excreted the wraps while in their custody, Babafemi said. Patrick was arrested on November 26 […]

The Federal Government on Sunday ruled out the possibility of restricting foreign travellers from visiting Nigeria despite travel bans on the country by Canada, the United Kingdom, Indonesia, Singapore and Hong Kong. This is just as the government stated that most of the in-bound passengers that tested positive for COVID-19 were from the UK. The […]

The police in Lagos say they have begun an investigation into the death of Sylvester Oromoni, a student of Dowen College in Lekki Lagos. The student died on Tuesday, after he was allegedly tortured and given a harmful substance by some senior students in the school, over his refusal to join a cult group. In a […]

The hike in the prices of cooking gas has forced many women into harmful alternatives such as using firewood and charcoal for cooking, the third greatest killer of women and children in Nigeria, according to the World Health Organization. The spike adds to the profound challenges women and children face in the country. Before the increase, a 6kg […]

A 32 year-old housewife, Kehinde Abdul Wasiu, has set her husband’s mistress, one Tosin Olugbade, ablaze. Kehinde, a mother of three allegedly poured petrol on the 23-year-old mistress and subsequently set her ablaze, leading to her death. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed the incident, saying the suspect has […]

The Nigerian Navy has placed one of its personnel, OSCOMP Abdulgafar Ahmad, aka Cute Abiola, on one-month ‘extra duty’ for wearing police uniform in one of his skits and for ridiculing the Nigeria Police Force in the process. The popular Instagram comedian was arrested on November 15, 2021, but has been released from detention to […]

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says problems like poverty facing Nigeria will multiply if the country experiences breaks up. He said this while receiving a delegation of the Muhammadu Buhari Osinbajo (MBO) Dynamic Support Group at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Thursday. He said many of the security challenges in the country would be resolved in […]

The operatives of the Imo State Police Command have arrested one Pastor Izuchukwu Anoloba, 35, and others for kidnapping a Catholic priest, Fr Fidelis Ekemgba. Parading the suspects and others, the state Commissioner of Police, Rabiu Hussaini, said that the suspects held the priest for over seven days and made him to pay a ransom […]

The number of people who died of cholera since the beginning of the year 2021 is twice as many as those killed by COVID-19, data from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has revealed. While the death toll from cholera has already exceeded 3,600 just about a month to the end of the year, […]

Virologists on Wednesday expressed concern that there was a high risk of community transmission of Omicron variant of COVID-19 in the country. The virologists, including a professor of Medical Virology at the University of Maiduguri,  Marycelin Baba, who stated this in separate interviews with The PUNCH while reacting to detection of three cases of the […]

The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo (SAN), on Tuesday said President Muhamma­du Buhari lacks the power to release Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indige­nous People of Biafra (IPOB), who is currently facing treason charges at the Federal High Court, Abuja. Igbo leaders led by First Republic former Aviation Minister, Chief Mba­zulike […]

Femi Fani-Kayode, an All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, has been reportedly arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). He was arrested at a Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, and moved to a nearby EFCC office. The former minister, who was in court over his forgery trial, was walking out after the matter […]

A witness, Mr Rotimi Albert, in the ongoing trial of Chidinma Ojukwu, the prime suspect in the murder of Super TV Chief Executive Officer, Usifo Ataga, has narrated how Ataga’s family and friends searched for him but only found his body in the mortuary on his birthday. Albert made the revelation on Tuesday while giving […]

The Federal Government has fixed a June deadline for the final removal of petrol subsidy. During a World Bank programme last week, Zainab Ahmed, Minister of Finance and Budget planning, laid out the plans for subsidy removal. But 10 years ago, Buhari had criticised ex-President Goodluck Jonathan over the attempt to remove subsidy, describing the […]

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has said he is not an extrovert that is highly predisposed to serious social and partisan political activ­ities. He said this at the gala night to round off the three-day programme of the sec­ond ‘Unique University of Port Harcourt Class ‘81 Re­union’ (UU81) which ended on Saturday in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. […]