November 30, 2018 The national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, on Monday revealed his knowledge of football when Super Eagles captain Mikel Obi paid him a visit at his Bourdillon, Ikoyi home in Lagos. Mikel, who plays…
This is no joke: Some Nigerian youths are lazy, says Ali Baba (Punch)
November 30, 2018 Popular comedian, Alleluya Akporobome, a.k.a, Ali Baba, has urged Nigerian youths to acquire skills that will enable them to be financially independent. The comedian, who spoke with our correspondent on the sideline of a graduation ceremony held…
Five die in Enugu auto crash (Punch)
November 30, 2018 No fewer than five persons have lost their lives in an auto crash in Enugu in the late hours of Thursday in Enugu, the Police Command in Enugu State has said. The Police Public Relations Officer for…
Police not involved in Akwa Ibom House of Assembly crisis, says CP (Punch)
The Akwa Ibom State Commissioner of Police, Musa Kimo, has denied direct police involvement in the state House of Assembly crisis which started on November 19. Kimo said this on Wednesday while addressing newsmen on another crisis which occurred on…
Plateau man to die by hanging for beating mother to death (Punch)
A Plateau High Court sitting in Jos has sentenced a 24-year-old man, Godwin Banchir, to death by hanging for beating his 65-year-old mother to death. Justice Daniel Longji pronounced the sentence after finding Banchir guilty of killing his mother. The…
Suspected robbers murder MAUTECH lecturer, husband – Police (Punch)
The Adamawa State Police Command has said hoodlums suspected to be armed robbers may have been responsible for the murder of a lecturer at the Modibbo Adama University of Technology, Dr Elizabeth Malgwi, 63; and her husband, Dr Mwajim Malgwi,…
Sex-for-mark: Ex-OAU lecturer chanted incantation to derail trial, says prosecutor (Punch)
Federal High Court in Osogbo, on Tuesday, turned down the bail application of a former lecturer with the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Prof Richard Akindele, dragged before court for allegedly demanding sex to upgrade the scores of one of his…
Buhari appoints Kabiru Bala as High Commissioner to South Africa (Punch)
President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Ambassador Kabiru Bala as new High Commissioner to South Africa, with concurrent accreditation to Swaziland and Lesotho. A statement by Ms Sarah Sanda, the Special Assistant on Media to Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama, said…
UK student jailed by UAE for spying returns to London (Punch)
British academic Matthew Hedges returned to London on Tuesday, his family said, a day after the UAE pardoned his life sentence for spying in a case he described as “very surreal”. “After almost seven months of detention, including six months…
Robbers allegedly steal babies at Calabar varsity teaching hospital (Punch)
Some armed robbers on Sunday night allegedly invaded the paediatric unit of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital and stole three new born babies and some cash. The robbers, numbering about 10, also reportedly stole mobile telephones and beat up…