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A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted the request by the Department of State Services (DSS) to further detain the convener of #RevolutionNow, Omoyele Sowore for 45 days pending the conclusion of its investigation. Justice Taiwo Taiwo, in a ruling on Thursday on an ex-parte motion by the DSS, said he would allow the […]

The police on Thursday ramped up public criticism of the Nigerian Army over the killing of three officers in Taraba on Tuesday. The officers were on an operation to arrest a suspected kidnap gang leader in a remote settlement in the northeastern state. After successfully apprehending the suspect, the police officers handcuffed him and drove […]

The Naira on Thursday was sold at N359.3 to the dollar at the parallel market in Lagos. The Pound Sterling and the Euro closed at N450 and N396, respectively. At the Bureau de Change segment, the naira traded at N359.3 to the dollar, while the Pound Sterling and the Euro closed at N450 and N396 respectively. […]

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike on Thursday promised to give N30 million to anyone who will give useful information that will lead to the arrest of those who killed a Director with the Rivers State Government during the Choba crisis and a notorious criminal called Bobrisky in Gokana Local Government Area. Wike made the pledge […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday arraigned a former Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman Prof. Maurice Iwu at the Federal High Court in Lagos. He pleaded not guilty to a four-count charge. Justice Chuka Obiozor ordered his remand in EFCC custody until Friday when his bail application will be heard. Count […]

The Nigerian army has admitted that its men killed three police operatives and a civilian in Taraba on Tuesday, but said the men were mistaken for kidnappers. According to army spokesman, Colonel Sagir Musa, troops of the 93 Battalion in Takum, ‘exchanged’ fire with the policemen after they failed to stop at three checkpoints. He […]

After 15 years behind bars, Cyntoia Brown, who was given life imprisonment for killing a man when she was a teenager, walked free from prison in Tennessee on Wednesday. This was confirmed in a statement issued by the Tennessee Department of Correction. The statement reads: “Early this morning offender Cyntoia Denise Brown was released from […]

Automakers, dealers and other stakeholders have expressed anger over China’s resolve to push its used vehicles to Nigeria and other global markets as a strategy to shore up its income from automobile. Although no government official connected with the auto industry and vehicle import was willing to confirm the development, The Punch gathered on Tuesday […]

A petrol marketer and father of five, Wasiu Badmus, on Wednesday expressed regrets that he allowed his wife, Suliyat, to go into politics because she had now allegedly become a prostitute. Mr Badmus lamented the development while responding to his wife’s accusation of threat to life before the President, Mapo Customary Court, Ibadan, Ademola Odunade, […]

A couple plunged 50ft to their deaths after tumbling over a bridge fence while kissing. Maybeth Espinoz, 34, and Hector Vidal, 36, had been walking home from a nightclub when they stopped to kiss on Bethlehem Bridge in Cusco, Peru. Maybeth who sat on top of the railing appeared to lose her balance. So she […]

The Nigeria police have accused soldiers of killing three cops, a civilian and thereafter freed an alleged notorious kidnapper along Ibi-Jalingo Road, Taraba State. This was contained in a statement by police spokesman Frank Mba, a Deputy Commissioner (DCP) on Wednesday night. Several other officers were also injured during the attack. The Police operatives led […]

The First Lady of Nigeria, Mrs Aisha Buhari, has launched the National Zero Water Campaign towards reducing stunting and severe acute malnutrition in the country. Buhari, represented by Dr Mairo Al-Makura, the wife of former Nasarawa State governor, Alhaji Tanko Al-Makura, said the campaign would go a long way in improving the nutritional indices in […]

A Brazilian inmate, who went viral around the world for his attempt to escape prison disguised as his daughter, was found dead in his cell on Tuesday. Prison officials told CNN that Clauvino da Silva, 42, appeared to have taken his own life. He was serving a 73 year sentence for drug dealing. On Saturday, […]

The Department of State Service, DSS, has made move to keep activist, Omoyele Sowore in detention for 90 days. It has therefore  applied to the Federal High Court in Abuja for an order to allow it keep the Sahara Reporters publisher in detention for the period. Sowore was arrested by the DSS on Saturday ahead […]

National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Uche Secondus has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to release all political prisoners and allow a political atmosphere and a country where there is freedom of speech. Secondus made this call while addressing journalists at the Adamawa State Government House in Yola in the course of […]

Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN) has expressed disappointment that the convener of #RevolutionNow protests, Omoyele Sowore, has not been arraigned. The publisher of Sahara Reporters and presidential candidate of the African Action Congress in the February 2019 elections was arrested in the early hours of Saturday by operatives of the Department of State Services in […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission says it has frozen three bank accounts containing a total of N9.9bn linked to the immediate past Governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode. The Punch had exclusively reported in June that loyalists of the ruling All Progressives Congress leader, Bola Tinubu, had decided to drag Ambode to the EFCC […]

Human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, has expressed happiness  over the fact that the RevolutionNow protests took place in parts of the country. Sowore, who has refused to eat meals given to him all along by the secret police, expressed gratitude to Nigerians and the international community for their support, urging them to pour out to […]