Sodiq Oyeleke The United Arab Emirates will on Thursday lift a ban on transit flights from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Nigeria and Uganda. It was contained in a statement by the National Emergency and Crisis Management Authority made available […]
Kayode Oyero An upcoming artiste, Anthony Uchechukwu aka King of Madness, has threatened to sue the Nigeria Police Force N500m for indiscriminate arrest and unlawful detention. The artiste stated this in an interview with The PUNCH after he was released recently by the Lagos […]
Lesi Nwisagbo The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Tuesday ordered the unfreezing of the bank account of the Chairman of Daar Communications, Raymond Dokpesi. The Chief Judge of the court, Justice John Tsoho, held that the account should […]
Agency Report A man has been convicted of raping a 13-year-old girl 46 years ago, after the daughter conceived during the attack pursued charges against him. Carvel Bennett, 74, was convicted by a jury at Birmingham crown court. Members of […]
Stephen Angbulu The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons on Tuesday embarked on a joint operation that led to the arrest of a trans-border human trafficking suspect, Nurudeen Sani. The combined operation in Kano, involving NAPTIP, Nigerian […]
Agency Report Two former soldiers of the Nigerian Army, Chilaka Ifeanyi and Victor Aduba, on Tuesday denied being accomplices to the crimes of alleged kidnap kingpin, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike, alias Evans. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Ifeanyi and Aduba made the […]
Hindi Livinus Chief Magistrate’s Court 4 sitting in Yola, Adamawa State on Monday, sentenced Youth Leader of the Peoples Democratic Party in the Hong Local Government Area, Ikamu Kato, to one year imprisonment for insulting the President, Major General Muhammadu […]
Olalekan Adetayo The Federal Government has again raised the alarm over what it described as incessant unauthorised disclosure of official documents on social media and other platforms. It has therefore threatened to henceforth dismiss officials caught doing so. The Head […]
Dele Ogunyemi A Delta State based activist and Founder of PHEW Foundation International, Mrs Uche Chigbo, on Monday in Warri canvassed for the full enforcement and domestication of the Child’s Right Act in the country saying that this will go […]
By Onozure Dania Justice Nicholas Oweibo of a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has refused the application of Osborne Foreshore Resident Association(OSFRA) asking the court to jail the 1st and 2nd defendants, Lekki Gardens Estate Limited and Foreshore Waters […]