The mother of Oladipupo Siwajuola, a student at Babcock University, Ilisan-Remo, Ogun State, Fijabi Oyindamola, has confirmed that her son has been found. In a Facebook post on Sunday afternoon, with the username, Fijabi Oyindamola Omotayo, she announced that her missing son has been found. “My son has been found,” Omotayo posted, complementing the news…
No fewer than 11 local vigilante members have been confirmed dead following a fierce gun battle with heavily armed bandits and unconfirmed numbers of vigilantes in Tangaza Local Government Area of Sokoto State. PUNCH Online learnt that the tensed standoff between these two parties occurred on Friday, when members of the community-based vigilante group intercepted…
A former Vice-President of Living Faith Church, also known as Winners Chapel, Bishop David Abioye, has named his new church Living Word Conqueror Global Assembly’. Bishop Abioye revealed the church name during today’s Sunday service in Abuja on Sunday, May 2, 2025. He also disclosed that the church can also be referred to as Conqueror…
Four seminarians from the Enugu Catholic Church who visited the Obudu Ranch Resort on a tour on Saturday are said to have died in a bus crash at the Ikwete village at the Obudu Ranch Bottom Hill, in Obanlikwu Local Government Area of Cross River State. According to reports from the area, the seminarians, who…
The immediate past Chairman of the Nigerian-American Public Affairs Committee, Texas, Mr Ike Chidolue, has urged Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan to present credible evidence to support her allegations or resign from the Senate. Akpoti-Uduaghan, the suspended senator representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, had accused Senate President Godswill Akpabio and former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello of…
Former Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi has condemned the manner at which the popular social media critic, Martin Vincent Otse, also known as VeryDarkMan, VDM, was arrested by security operatives. Reports indicated that VDM was arrested on Friday shortly after he visited a Guaranty Trust Bank, GTBank branch in Abuja to complain…
British police on Sunday said they had arrested five men, including four Iranians, on suspicion of “preparation of a terrorist act”. The arrests were carried out in London, Swindon and the Greater Manchester area, with all five arrested on suspicion of “terrorism offences”, London’s Metropolitan Police said in a statement. The men aged between 29…
The National Association of Nigerian Students and the National Association of Polytechnic Students have cautioned former Vice President Atiku Abubakar against what they called coordinated political interference in student leadership. The Olushola Oladoja-led NANS, in a statement signed by its National Public Relations Officer, Samson Adeyemi, accused Atiku and popular activist, Omoyele Sowore, of sponsoring…
The New York State Catholic Conference, an organisation that represents the bishops of the state in working with government to shape laws and policies that promote social justice and respect for life, has criticised United States President Donald Trump for sharing seemingly AI-generated images of himself dressed as the Pope. In a post on X.com…
Former Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mele Kyari, has dismissed reports suggesting he is in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), describing the claim as mischievous and entirely false. Reacting via his verified X (formerly Twitter) account on Saturday, Kyari expressed dismay over what…