The Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has condemned the abduction of 20 medical students and a house officer in Benue State. The students and house officer were kidnapped by gunmen on Thursday evening in Benue State. It was reported that the students from the University of Maiduguri and the University of Jos were traveling to the Federation of Catholic Medical and Dental Students’ annual convention in Enugu State when they were attacked by gunmen in Otukpo, Benue State. The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has dispatched additional detectives to Benue State to assist in the rescue of the…
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Officials from the Lagos Traffic Management Authority and military personnel have clashed over the military’s attempt to close the busy Adeniji to Falomo Road. The standoff between the two parties is ongoing at the time of filing this report. PUNCH Online has learned that the Federal Controller of Works for Lagos, Mrs Olukorede Keisha, had enlisted the military’s assistance to enforce the road closure for the purpose of rehabilitating certain sections of the road. A LASTMA official stated that it is customary for their superiors to be informed in advance so that the Lagos Ministry of Transportation can communicate the…
Daniel Asama, a National Assembly member representing the Jos North/Bassa Federal Constituency in Plateau State, has distributed food and non-food items worth over 60 million naira to displaced victims of attacks and other vulnerable individuals in his constituency. The items, intended to alleviate the effects of the high cost of living, were said to be part of interventions the lawmaker received from the Commission for Refugees through the Ministry of Agriculture. Unveiling the distribution of the items in Kwal, Bassa Local Government Area of the state on Saturday, Asama stressed that the palliative was meant to provide relief to people…
The Kano State Police Command has confirmed the death of a widow and five of her children in Karkari village, Gwarzo Local Government Area of the state after eating Danwake, a local Hausa delicacy. Confirming the incident, the Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Abdullahi Haruna, said the six members of the family who ate the food were rushed to Gwarzo General Hospital where they were confirmed dead by doctors. He said an investigation had commenced to ascertain the cause of their death. “We are still waiting for the medical report from the hospital to ascertain the cause of the death…
Chukwuemeka Eze, chieftain of the All Progressives Congress faction loyal to the former Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, has slammed the Deputy National Secretary of the APC, Festus Fuanters, over his stance on the reinstatement of Emeka Beke as Chairman of the Rivers State Chapter of the APC. Recall that a Rivers State High Court presided over by Justice Sika Aprioku, had dismissed the Tony Okocha-led Caretaker Committee of the APC in Rivers State and reinstated the Beke-led executive committee, which the party’s National Working Committee had previously dissolved. However, Fuanters reacted by stating that the ruling by the State High…
The Katsina State Police Command has confirmed the killing of Sanusi Gyaza, an aide to the state governor, Dikko Radda. The command, through its Public Relations Officer, Abubakar Sadiq, informed our correspondent in a telephone conversation on Sunday that it was aware of the incident, stating, “Yes, we are aware and we are on top of the situation.” The PUNCH has learned that terrorists killed Gyaza at his residence in the Gyaza community of Kankia Local Government Area of the state. The incident reportedly occurred late on Friday and also claimed the life of his wife. The report indicated that…
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The Nigeria Union of Pensioners, on Sunday, said some retirees are still receiving N500 as monthly pensions in the country. The Secretary of the union in Kaduna State, Alhassan Musa, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, described the condition of the returnees as “pathetic”. He said that most of the affected retirees were in precarious conditions, adding that, “they sacrificed their lives and services for the nation. “The worst affected are pensioners in most of the Southern and oil producing states in spite of getting fat allocations from the federation account. “The condition of pensioners in some…
Human rights organisation, Amnesty International, has stated that over 1000 #EndBadGovernance protesters are currently in prison custody nationwide following the recent hunger protests. The protests, which were held between August 1 and 10, turned violent in some parts of the country, with reports of looting and vandalism in several states. On August 6, the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, announced that the police had arrested some of the sponsors of rioters who hoisted foreign flags and called for a change of government in states such as Kano, Kaduna, and Zamfara, among others. However, in a post via its X handle…
In a highly charged main event at UFC 305, South African fighter, Dricus Du Plessis, retained his middleweight title, defeating Nigerian-born Israel Adesanya by submission in the fourth round. The grudge match, which had been fueled by pre-fight tensions over race and identity, culminated in a dramatic turn of events as Du Plessis secured the victory with a rear-naked choke. Adesanya, a former two-time champion, came into the fight determined to reclaim the belt he lost to Sean Strickland last September. Despite trailing 2-1 on the scorecards heading into the fourth round, Du Plessis turned the tide with a series…