The Presidency has said that states’ judicial panels on police brutality and extrajudicial killings won’t submit their reports to the Federal Government. Presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, made this known on Channels Television’s ‘Sunrise Daily’ breakfast programme monitored by The PUNCH. The Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Restitution for Victims …

16-year-old South African school pupil, Lathitha Nako has committed suicide after being subjected to bullying by classmates calling her a witch for having spiritual gift, Newsextra24 reports. According to report, Lathitha spoke openly about the bullying she endured on social media platforms and how she was contemplating suicide before eventually …

Imo Former First Lady, Benue Focal Person, Justin Terris Damsa, Amb. Ginika Tor, Performing LG Chairmen, Young CEOs Win As Papyrus Magazine Holds Tripple Award Former First Lady of Imo State, Dr. Nneoma Nkechi Okorocha and chairmen of local governments who have shown outstanding leadership were among those who won …

Former Newcastle United boss Steve Bruce wants to be the man to hold the fort until the end of the season at Man Utd, according to reports. Bruce left St James’ Park by ‘mutual consent’ last month with the announcement coming 13 days after the club’s takeover by a Saudi-led …

A municipality in South Africa has shocked the nation by electing a convicted child rapist as its mayor and a convicted fraudster as its deputy mayor. Jeffrey Donson was found guilty of statutory rape and indecent assault and jailed while mayor of the Western Cape’s Kannaland Municipality in 2008 but …

Veteran Nigerian comic actor, Babatunde Omidina fondly referred to as Baba Suwe is dead. The news of his death was confirmed but the president of the Theatre Arts and Motion Picture Producers Association of Nigeria, Bolaji Amusan also known as Mr Latin. In an exclusive interview with The Punch, Mr …

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has struck a case filed against a 29-year-old pharmacist, Solomon Akuma, who tweeted that he would “pay a Russian sniper to kill Buhari and his former Chief of Staff, the late Abba Kyari”. The trial judge, Folashade Giwa- Ogunbanjo while ruling on the …

CORRIGENDUM RE: 2023 Presidency: Osinbajo opens office in Abuja, inaugurates campaign team. We write to apologise for a misrepresentation in respect of the above news item posted on our online platform Sunday, 21-11-2021. In actual fact, the Progressives Consolidated Group (PCG)-a pro-Osinbajo support group was the one that opened an …

Many traders in major markets across Lagos have complained about low patronage, noting that the soaring cost of food items is affecting the sales of commodities, including rice, eggs and many others. For traders at the popular Ketu market, most prices of food items have escalated in the last few …

Suspected Ritualists Kill 11-Year-Old Almajiri In Bauchi, Remove His Brain (Graphic Photos) Some yet to be identified assailants suspected to be ritualists killed an 11-year-old Almajiri identified as Muhd Yunusa in Bauchi State and made away with his brain, IgbereTV reports. The incident happened in Dutsen Kofar Wambai area in …