A 67-year-old man identified simply as Papa, has reportedly been killed by suspected ritualists who got into an apartment he was staying at Orhoakpor community, Ethiope-East Local Government Area of Delta State. The man who was suffering from stroke, was killed in the compound of a traditional medicine expert he was rushed to for treatment. His throat was slit…
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has rejected the timetable of the 2020 West African Secondary School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE). Reacting to the exam body’s timetable which revealed that examination will commence on the 17th August, 2020, MURIC stated that it clashed with Muslims’ Friday prayers. MURIC Director, Professor Ishaq Akintola went on to accuse WAEC of creating a…
Former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has stated that Governor Godwin Obaseki is not a threat to his party in the forthcoming Edo governorship election. Responding to a question on if Obaseki’s popularity was a threat to his party in an interview on Channels TV Sunday Politics, Oshiomhole stated that…
Former Kaduna lawmaker, Shehu Sani has reacted to Shoprite’s announcement of initiating an exit plan from Nigeria. In a tweet he shared, Sani stated that Shoprite’s exit will help local supermarkets to grow. He tweeted; If Shoprite wants to stay,they can stay;if they want to go,they can go;it will help local supermarkets to grow.
Suspected kidnappers have killed a staff of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, Mr. Ngor, in Barkin Ladi, Plateau state after collecting N200, 000 ransom from his family members. According to reports, the suspected kidnappers trailed late Ngor to his home at the Yakubu Gowon Airport staff quarters in Barkin Ladi in Plateau state last Friday, July…
Former Delta state governor, Emmanuel Uduaghan, has denied claims of being one of the beneficiaries of contracts the Niger Delta Development Commission NDDC. Punch reported earlier today that the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, in his letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, listed the former governor as one beneficiaries of…
304 new cases of Coronavirus were recorded in Nigeria on Sunday August 2, as confirmed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). A breakdown of the new cases across states is as follows; Lagos-81, FCT-39, Abia-31, Kaduna-24, Rivers-23, Plateau-16, Cross River-13, Ebonyi-12, Ondo-12, Ekiti-11, Edo-11, Benue-10, Nasarawa-10, Ogun-6, Gombe-5. There are now 43,841 confirmed cases of…
Tech giants, Microsoft have announced that they’ll be buying social media app, TikTok after US President Donald Trump announced that he’ll be banning the app from the United States over fears that the Chinese government uses it to spy on Americans. In a blog post, Microsoft (MSFT) said its CEO Satya Nadella has talked with…
Former US President Barack Obama has condemned President Donald Trump’s use of federal agents against protesters and his attempts at voter suppression in the United States. Obama, giving a eulogy at the emotional funeral service in Atlanta of civil rights leader John Lewis on Thursday night, July 30, blasted alleged Republican attempts to suppress the…
President Buhari says Nigerians know that his administration has done its best in fighting insecurity. A statement from the Special Assistant to President Buhari on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said the President said this when he spoke to state house correspondents after observing the Eid El-Kabir prayers with his family members and close aides at the presidential…