A Kano State High Court sentenced three middle-aged men to death by hanging after they were found guilty of criminal conspiracy, theft and homicide. The convicts, Abdurrahman Ado Soja, Rabi’u Muhammad and Hamisu Ibrahim alias Hogan, allegedly went the farm of one Alhaji Hamisu Alasan Zabainawa in Gabasawa and stole farm produce. However, after the…
Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State has countered Peter Obi’s stance on the closure of the plumbing materials markets by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC). As part of its fight against the proliferation of counterfeit drugs in Nigeria, NAFDAC recently shut down the entire Head Bridge Market in Onitsha…
A 24-year-old Thai national, Ms Pattaphi Wimonnat, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency while attempting to smuggle 43 parcels of Canadian Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis, weighing 46.60 kilograms, into Nigeria. The agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement released on Sunday….
The Federal Government has allocated N1.99bn to procure diesel for the electric power generators for the State House in 2025. This comes amid delays in the FG’s solar power project initially slated to come on stream between December 2024 and January 2025. Sunday PUNCH gathered that the FG disbursed N88.75m for diesel within the first…
Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has urged the North to rekindle its political partnership with the South-South region, adding that a strategic alliance is necessary to “save Nigeria.” El-Rufai made the remarks on Friday while visiting the family of the late elder statesman and Niger Delta advocate, Edwin Clark, who passed away on February…
A man who went on a stabbing rampage in France, killing one and wounding several others in what President Emmanuel Macron called an “Islamist terrorist act”, was on a terrorism watchlist and subject to deportation orders, according to authorities. The knife-wielding suspect, later identified by prosecutors as a 37-year-old Algerian-born man, was arrested at the…
Hon. Sulaimon Musa Olalekan, the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor of Osun state on Community Engagement has congratulated the newly elected Chairmen, Councillors across the state. Reacting to the victory, Hon. Sulaimon hailed Gov. Adeleke exceptional maturity and leadership before, during and after the LG election. He furthered urged the new office holders to…
The Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, has cautioned Nigerians against spreading falsehoods, disinformation, mal-information, or distorting facts online, noting that they are criminal offense. In a video statement shared on the Nigerian Police Force’s X (formerly Twitter) account on Saturday, Adejobi emphasised the importance of fact-checking before sharing information, urging bloggers, journalists, and content…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it has uncovered prohibited drugs hidden inside plumbing materials shops at the Onitsha Bridgehead Drug Market in Anambra state. The market was recently shut down by regulatory and security agencies due to alleged trading in illegal drugs. In a statement on X, the…
The Niger State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Kumar Tsukwam, has confirmed a tragic road crash that claimed the lives of 14 people and left six others injured on the Lapai-Agaie-Bida Federal Highway. In a statement, Tsukwam attributed the crash to excessive speeding and wrongful overtaking. The accident, which occurred at…