Over 70 out of the 91 political parties are presenting presidential candidates that will participate in the 2019 Presidential elections, The PUNCH can report. Our correspondent, who visited the FCT office of the Independent National Electoral Commission on Thursday, reported…
Five NYSC corpers kidnapped on the way to camp (Punch)
Some gunmen on Wednesday kidnapped five members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) who were travelling to their orientation camps in Akwa Ibom and Rivers states. Two other passengers on the bus conveying the corps members were also kidnapped.…
Lagos-Ibadan Expressway Accident: FRSC summons transport company (Punch)
Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps, Mr Boboye Oyeyemi, has directed that Young Shall Grow Motors should be summoned in connection with Tuesday’s accident along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. FRSC’s Public Education Officer, Mr Bisi Kazeem, stated this in a statement in Abuja…
Married man posts nude photos of ex-girlfriend on Facebook (Punch)
A married man, Ayan Olubunmi, was on Wednesday handed a two-year jail term with a fine of N500,000 by a Federal High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti for posting nude pictures of his ex-lover, Arare Monica, on Facebook. The News Agency…
Customer allegedly owes IKEDC N200,000, assaults official trying to disconnect his building (Punch)
For allegedly beating up an electricity official and damaging his ladder, a 48-year-old driver, Isaac Alegbe, was on Wednesday brought before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. Alegbe, a resident of Ojokoro, Ijaiye, Lagos, is being tried for damage and…
NSCDC recovers 200 drums of crude oil, navy seizes truckloads of diesel (Punch)
The Cross River State command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps on Wednesday arrested seven suspected oil thieves with over 200 drums of adulterated crude worth over N10m. The state Commandant of the NSCDC, Mr Stephen Lar, at…
Accident: Young Shall Grow switched off phone after drunk driver was reported, says survivor (Punch)
More details have emerged on the accident involving a Marcopolo bus belonging to Young Shall Grow Motors Limited in which 10 people died. Our correspondent learnt on Wednesday that the bus driver allegedly smoked and drank during the journey and when cautioned…
I didn’t kill my wife, I only slapped her – Lekan Shonde (PUNCH)
Oluwatosin Omojuyigbe, Punch Lekan Shonde, a depot worker in the Apapa area of Lagos State on Wednesday denied killing his wife, Ronke, saying he only slapped her a day before her corpse was found. Lekan is standing trial for the…
Thunderbolt kills timber contractor in Ondo (Punch)
Tragedy struck on Wednesday in the agrarian community of Ifira Akoko, in the Akoko South-East Local Government Area of Ondo State, as thunderbolt killed a man identified as Ramoni Aluko. The 43-year-old man, who was said to be a timber…