The woman who was accused of lying while giving testimony at the Dunamis International Gospel Centre, Abuja, Vera Anyim, has said she bears no grudge against the church. This followed the controversy that trailed the treatment that was meted out to her by the church’s Senior Pastor, Dr Paul Enenche, …
Read More »Anambra man jailed 10 years for defiling nine-year-old daughter
A middle-aged man, Kenneth Nwangu, has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by the Children, Sexual and Gender-based Violence Court sitting in the High Court, Awka, Anambra State, for defiling his nine-year-old daughter and only child. The judgment was delivered in a three-count brought against the defendant by the state …
Read More »PoS operator foils customer’s attempt to make N90,000 transaction with fake notes
A Point-of-Sale operator on Friday thwarted an attempt by a customer, Linda Ihebinike, to make transaction with fake naira notes to the tune of N90,000 in Lagos State. The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, disclosed this on his X handle on Sunday. According to Hundeyin, the PoS …
Read More »Cult groups write Ogun monarch, beg for forgiveness
Two cult groups, Neo Black Movement, popularly called Aye, and the National Association of Airlords (also known as Eiye Confraternity), Sagamu chapter, have written letters of apologies to the Akarigbo of Remoland, Oba Adewale Ajayi, asking him and other traditional rulers in Remoland to forgive them of their wrongdoings. The …
Read More »Police arrest three robbery suspects in Lagos
The Lagos State Police Command said it has arrested three armed robbery suspects for allegedly robbing a woman of N3.2 million and a vehicle. The spokesperson for the Command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday. He said the Rapid Response Squad tracked …
Read More »Two killed in Rivers police, hoodlum’s gun battle
A man simply identified as Nuhu was shot dead by the police after he went on a shooting spree, on Saturday, stabbing a police inspector multiple times and snatching his AK-47 rifle in the Ada George area of Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. PUNCH Metro learnt that the hoodlum …
Read More »Five burnt to death, 11 injured in A’Ibom auto crash
Five persons have been confirmed dead and 11 others injured in a fatal auto crash that occurred on Saturday, along the Calabar-Itu highway in Cross River State. The accident which occurred at about 3 p.m. was between a Nissan Caravan with registration number GWB532XY and a Mark Truck with no …
Read More »ABU student lures teenager with homosexual activity, kills him
A 500-level veterinary medicine student of Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Kaduna State, has been arrested by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in Bauchi State for allegedly killing a 17-year-old. The suspect, Abdullahi Ibrahim, was said to have lured the teenage secondary student with his naked picture and enticed …
Read More »Lagos reopens Mile 12 international market
The Lagos State Government on Monday ordered the reopening of Mile 12 International Market after it was sealed on Friday. The Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr Tokunbo Wahab, said the market was reopened after a thorough assessment, covering various aspects of environmental compliance, waste management practices, and …
Read More »JUST IN: Six persons killed in fresh Southern Kaduna attack
Terrorists on Tuesday night reportedly killed six persons in the Takanai community of Atyap Chiefdom in Zango Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The attack is coming barely five days after an attack was launched in Kaura where a woman was killed and two of her children were kidnapped. …
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