Gunmen dressed in military uniforms reportedly attacked commuters travelling on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Tuesday. The gunmen suspected to be kidnappers stormed the road from the bush before the Sagamu Interchange en route Lagos and started shooting at motorists in the 18-passenger inter-state bus. According to one of the victims who craved …
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Hushpuppi Jailed 11 Years Despite Wife, Imams’ Pleas
The United States District Court sitting at the Central District of California on Monday sentenced convicted fraudster, Ramon Abbas, aka Hushpupi, to 11 years and three months’ imprisonment after he was found guilty of laundering proceeds of a school financing scam, business email compromise and other fraudulent cyber schemes. The …
Read More »FG Writes Governors, Plan Mass Prisoners’ Release
Rauf Aregbesola, Minister of Interior, has written to the Nigerian Governors Forum to request a meeting in order to decongest jails around the country. This was made known to our correspondent by the Minister’s Media Adviser, Sola Fasure, on Tuesday. In exactly one month, Aregbesola stated he would meet with …
Read More »Trump To Launch 2024 Presidential Campaign After Midterm Election
Former President Donald Trump Former President Donald Trump has said he will announce the launch his 2024 presidential campaign after the ongoing US mid term elections. Trump made this known at a Save America rally in Vandalia, Ohio on the eve of the midterm elections. The former US president said …
Read More »EFCC To Appeal Chairman’s Conviction
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has said it will appeal the October 28 conviction of its Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa, for contempt of court. The anti-graft agency’s spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, told our correspondent on Tuesday. “The commission is appealing the ruling,” Uwujaren said. A High Court of …
Read More »Kenya Airways Pilots Call Off Strike, Resume Operations
Kenya Airways pilots returned to work on Wednesday after a court ordered them to end their days-long strike, which had led to hundreds of flight cancellations and stranded thousands of passengers. The strike, which began on Saturday, exacerbated the troubled national carrier’s woes, which has vowed to “do everything …
Read More »Janemena Set To Welcome First Child With Husband
Instagram dancer and influencer, Usiwo Orezinena Jane, popularly called Janemena is currently expecting her first child with her husband. The 29 year made this known on her Instagram page on Tuesday. Recall that Janemena lost her first pregnancy over claims that Tonto Dikeh’s allegation traumatized her to lose her one-month …
Read More »Controversy Surrounds Delay Of PDP Campaign Funding
A report of inadequate funding for the Peoples Democratic Party Campaign Council may be true if the words of a member of the party’s National Executive Committee are anything to go by. The South-West PDP chieftain who spoke with The PUNCH anonymously said he’s not surprised that funding has …
Read More »Stop Humiliating ASUU, Ohuabunwa Tells FG
A former Presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, Sam Ohuabunwa, has lashed out at the current Federal Government led by the President, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), over its ineptitude towards the demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities. This was as the past President of …
Read More »Oshoala Wins 2022 Women’s ICC Award
Super Falcons striker Asisat Oshoala has added a new honour to her ever-growing shelf of laurels after she was honoured by the Women’s International Champions Cup for her role in advancing women’s soccer. The Barcelona forward, who was named to the third annual WICC Best XI on Monday, and Colombia and …
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