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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has confirmed the number of monkeypox cases has risen to 172 in the country. The centre’s Week 31 reports indicated the spread has reached 27 states since January. From January 1 to August 7, 2022, NCDC said four deaths were recorded from four states – Delta (1), Lagos (1), […]

Senator Dino Melaye has slammed Festus Keyamo over his comment that Atiku Abubakar is no match for the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate Bola Tinubu.  Keyamo, the Labour and Employment minister and spokesperson of the Tinubu campaign organisation had recently claimed Atiku does not have the experience to lead Nigeria and that the Labour […]

Some kidnappers have reportedly abducted and killed a student of the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY), Abeokuta, Ogun State, Happiness Odeh. It was gathered that the victim, an ND II student of Mass Communication, won the Miss MAPOLY beauty contest on August 3, 2022. She was said to have been kidnapped on her way to Ipara, […]

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has asked Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to be mindful of those around him if he wants to win next year’s election. Speaking in Port Harcourt during the inauguration of the Rivers State House of Assembly Quarters by the Speaker of the House […]

The Nigeria Police Force has dismissed a police officer, Corporal Opeyemi Kadiri with Force No. 509745, attached to Dolphin Divisional Headquarters, Lagos Police Command for gross misconduct, disobedience to lawful order, and assault on a member of the public captured in a viral video on August 3, 2022. Kadiri, enlisted into the Force on December […]

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that anyone who says Nigeria is fine needs to be examined, noting that the country is not supposed to be where it is at the moment. The former president said this on Wednesday at the Wilson Badejo Foundation 15th Annual Lecture in Lagos. “Nigeria is not where it is […]

A Lagos couple who lost four of their children to a midnight fire, Chukwudi Micheal and Bolani Micheal, have sought the help of Nigerians. Punch had reported that the fire gutted the couple’s two-room apartment on Tapa Road, Oke-Oko, Isawo, in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State, on June 26. Four children: Jeremiah, 12; Prayer, 18; […]

Charles Oputa, maverick entertainer and activist popularly known as Charly Boy, has said Nigeria could be doomed if the challenges confronting the nation are not fixed. In a tweet on Wednesday, Charly Boy warned that Nigeria may become a combination of Venezuela, Somalia, Afghanistan and Lebanon if the government fails to resolve issues affecting the […]

A man identified as ikechukwu Onuma popularly known as Ayaaya Onye-Obodo, has been stabbed to death allegedly by his wife’s lover in Onitsha, Anambra State.  The incident reportedly happened on Monday night, August 8, 2022, at Inland Town, Onitsha.  Details of the incident are still sketchy at the time of filing this report, however, it was gathered […]

The Federal Government’s total borrowing from the Central Bank of Nigeria through Ways and Means Advances rose from N17.46tn in December 2021 to N19.91tn in June 2022. According to data from the CBN, this shows that the Federal Government borrowed N2.45tn from the apex bank within six months. The N19.91tn owed the apex bank by […]

Amid the worsening insecurity across the country, the Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor has assured Nigerians that the 2023 general elections will hold. There have been serious concerns by Nigerians as to whether the polls will be conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) across the country as terrorists and bandits keep […]

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has said that some people mocked him when he lost his biological son last year. He stated this on Tuesday night during the ongoing 70th Annual Convention of the church along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway monitored by Punch. The programme with the theme, ‘Perfect Jubilee’ began […]

The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command has released two former governors, Joshua Dariye and Jolly Nyame, as well as three others from custodial centres. The Public Relations Officer, FCT command, Chukwuedo Humphrey, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja. Mr Humphrey said the letter of their release was […]

Renowned Muslim cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has criticised political leadership in Nigeria, saying the nation has a weak justice system. Gumi made the remark while speaking at a peace building symposium organised in Maiduguri as part of initiatives to reintegrate former Boko Haram insurgents into society. “Whoever has any interest in our country, we have […]

A 35-year-old female passenger, Jatau Lydia Lami, who was arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, for drug trafficking has claimed she wanted to raise N5m ransom to pay bandits who blamed her action on bandits.  The mother of three was nabbed at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, for attempting to export […]

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has said he is confident that the electorates in the state will re-elect him to steer the affairs of the state for another four years. He spoke during a chat on Channels TV’s Sunday Politics programme. Mr Sanwo-Olu, alongside 14 others, will be jostling for the governorship seat in 2023. He […]