Amina Mohammed, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General and three other Nigerian women made the 2018 BBC ‘100 women’ list. She appeared alongside social entrepreneur/activist, Abisoye Ajayi-Akinfolarin, lawyer, Bola Tinubu and award-winning blogger and author, Chidera Eggerue. The BBC list celebrates inspiring…
Keep off Nigeria, ex-British minister tells investors (Punch)
A former Secretary of State for International Development of the United Kingdom, Priti Patel, has warned investors to be wary of investing in Nigeria. In an op-ed for City A.M., Patel, who is a member of the British parliament, claimed that…
Father held for infecting two-year-old daughter with STD (Punch)
Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested one Peter Adida for allegedly defiling his two-year-old daughter in the Badore area of Ajah. The Lagos State Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, CSP Chike Oti, said in a statement on…
Ex-Covenant varsity accountant seeks redress over wrongful detention (Punch)
A former unit accountant at the Strategic Business Unit of Covenant University, Omoyele Oyetomi, has demanded redress for his arrest and detention for a fraud involving one Ayo. The complainant said his ordeal began after he greeted the said Ayo…
Court jails four Anambra traders for selling fake drugs (Punch)
A Federal High Court in Awka, Anambra State, presided over by Justice A. Abubakar, has sentenced four traders to six years in prison for dealing in fake drugs. The convicts, Anayo Okoye, Ifeanyi Onuoha, Chukwudozie Eze and Okechukwu Nwafor, will…
Suspected cultists gouge out seven-year-old boy’s eyes (Punch)
Some unidentified gunmen, suspected to be cultists, gouged out the eyes of a seven-year-old boy, Monday Ajeh, during an invasion of Agaza village in the Keana Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. Narrating his son’s predicament on Tuesday, the 47-year-old…
I killed man for having sex with my wife – Suspect (Punch)
The Niger State Police Command has arrested a 40-year-old man, Mr Joseph Abanda, for allegedly killing one Umaru Yakubu of Kwagana village in Paikoro Local Government Area of the state. The command confirmed the suspect’s arrest on Tuesday, stating that…
How we caged Obasanjo as President – Segun Osoba (Punch)
A former Governor of Ogun State, Chief Olusegun Osoba in Abuja on Tuesday gave a vivid account of how he and his former colleagues put aside their party differences and caged ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo while in office. According to him,…
Presidency seeks bishop’s probe for allegedly spreading Buhari’s death rumour (Punch)
The Special Assistant to the President on Prosecution, Mr. Okoi Obono-Obla, has written to the Department of State Services and the Nigeria Police seeking the probe of an alleged peddler of false claim of the death of President Muhammadu Buhari.…
Rivers bus conductor beats up, strips driver naked (Punch)
A commercial bus conductor on Monday beat his driver around 3.45pm in Mile One, Port Harcourt, forced passersby to intervene and restore peace. Trouble started when their vehicle ran out of fuel and the driver decided to close for the…