Year: 2017
NSCDC impounds 3 trucks of fake petroleum products
The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Anambra Command, said on Tuesday that it had arrested three trucks containing…
UN denounces Jammeh’s media clampdown
The UN has denounced the ongoing clampdown on the media by the embattled outgoing President of The Gambia, Yahya Jammeh.…
Senate confirms Sanusi Garba NERC Vice Chairman
The Senate upon resumption from its three weeks recess on Tuesday confirmed Mr Sanusi Garba as the Vice Chairman, North…
First Bank re-opens after 3 years of closure
The Omu-Aran branch of First Bank Plc, closed in May 2013 due to armed robbery attack, has been re-opened. In…
Ex-Gov. Shema in court for funds misappropriation
The immediate former governor of Katsina State, Alhaji Ibrahim Shema, has appeared in court for alleged financial misappropriation during his…
Pastor’s plea saves mother, 2 daughters from imprisonment
A 38-year-old mother and her two daughters were on Tuesday discharged and acquitted by Akure Chief Magistrate’s’ Court for stealing…
Jim Obazee: A man of many controversies
So many controversies have trailed the resignation of the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor E.A.…
Timaya blasts PUNCH correspondent
Nigerian singer and songwriter Inetimi Alfred Odon, better known by his stage name Timaya has insulted a PUNCH correspondent. The…
Cultists gang rape teenage girl
Suspected cultists in Katsina-Ala Local Government Area of Benue have gang raped a 15-year-old girl. Sources revealed that the teenager…
BREAKING: Nnamdi Kanu’s trial resumes
There is a heavy security presence at the Federal High Court, venue of the trial of the leader of the…
“My husband had sex with my daughter”- woman tells court
A housewife, Mrs Olamide Bola, on Tuesday, told an Akure Customary Court, that her husband, Mr Ogunlana Bola had sex…
Doctors in Rivers’ hospitals embark on indefinite strike
Baring any last minute intervention by the Rivers State Government, medical doctors in Rivers State will start an indefinite strike…
NBA to make law a second degree course
In a move to raise the bar for Nigerian lawyers, the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA is seeking to make the…
CAN says God used Buhari to punish FRC boss
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has welcomed the removal of Mr. Jim Obazee, Executive Secretary, Financial Reporting Council (FRC)…
Woman births quintuplets after 10 years childlessness
The Cross River Government yesterday said the first quintuplets in the state’s history were delivered Monday in Calabar to a…