Suspected hoodlums in Niger State have reportedly raided shops, killed and maimed residents in the Maitumbi area of Minna, the state capital. Eyewitnesses said the rampage started on Friday and continued for the next two days, forcing a reign of terror in the area. A tricyclist, Ifeanyi Nwosu, narrated to PUNCH Online how he narrowly…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission said on Sunday it has freshly recovered $445,000 and N3bn in the ongoing probe of the scandal in the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs. The EFCC spokesman, Dele Oyewale, told The PUNCH that the $445,000 and N3bn were recovered between March and April in addition to N30bn earlier recovered before March, which…
The Nigerian Army has refuted claims of recruiting repentant terrorists into its ranks. The army was reacting to claims in some quarters that one Private Adamu Muhammad, who killed his lover, Hauwakulu Tabra, in Enugu Barracks and hid her corpse, was a repentant Boko Haram terrorist. Though the Director, Army Public Relations, Maj. Gen. Onyema…
The Lagos Fire and Rescue Service has expressed concern about the surge in the number of hoax calls received from state residents. The Director of Public Affairs, Lagos State Fire Service, Amodu Shakiru, who spoke with The PUNCH on Sunday, disclosed that the fire service received 505 distressed calls between January and March this year but 143…
The Lagos State government has warned against overloading boats, adding that passengers must always wear life jackets while traveling on waterways in the state. The state’s Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotosho, gave the warning on Sunday in an interview with The PUNCH against the backdrop of the disclosure by the police that seven drowning incidents…
The Association of Small Business Owners of Nigeria has honoured the Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, with the award of SME-friendly Governor of the Year. ASBON National President, Femi Egbesola, announced this at the 2024 edition of the Nigeria National SME Business Awards which was held in Lagos at the weekend. He noted that…
The National Coordinator, Financing Safe Schools Initiative, Mrs Halima Iliya, says plans are underway to actively engage hunters and vigilantes in intelligence gathering to curb attacks on schools across the country. Iliya gave this indication in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Abuja. She said aggressive community engagements and sensitisation…
The Association of Small Business Owners of Nigeria has honoured the Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, with the award of SME-friendly Governor of the Year. ASBON National President, Femi Egbesola, announced this at the 2024 edition of the Nigeria National SME Business Awards which was held in Lagos at the weekend. He noted that…
The National Coordinator, Financing Safe Schools Initiative, Mrs Halima Iliya, says plans are underway to actively engage hunters and vigilantes in intelligence gathering to curb attacks on schools across the country. Iliya gave this indication in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Abuja. She said aggressive community engagements and sensitisation…
The Benue State Governor, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, on Sunday, gave a marching order to security agencies in the state to ensure that criminal elements disrupting the peace of the state are fished out and brought to justice. The governor’s order came on the heels of gunmen’s attack on Terwase Orbunde, the Chief of Staff…
The Nigerian Copyright Commission has seized three shipping containers of 3,000 cartons of pirated books with a conservative market value of over N300m. The Director-General of the commission, Dr John Asein, disclosed this in a press statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Sunday. Asein said the containers were intercepted…
GOVERNMENTS and security agencies in the South-West states have beefed up security around government structures and institutions, with machinery put in place to forestall the breakdown of law and order by any group forcing an agenda on the states. Also, security agencies have warned that they would curtail any form of insecurity, adding that anyone…
