In Zimbabwe, a security guard was detained and charged with rape after it was claimed that he physically abused a 46-year-old lady who was found stealing firewood from a farm in Seke. Alfred Dzenga, the accused, identified himself as a municipal officer and accused the woman of unlawfully felling trees before handcuffing her and raping…
Wagner PMC boss Yevgeny Prigozhin released new audio Monday explaining his decision to turn around his march on Moscow. Prigozhin said he wanted to avoid Russian bloodshed and also said the march was a demonstration of protest and not intended to overturn power in the country. The Russian Defense Ministry had planned for Wagner private military group to…
The people of Obosa Assa community in the Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area of Imo State have decried the continued occupation and destruction of their farmland and crops by Fulani herdsmen. Speaking to Sunday PUNCH in separate interviews on Thursday, the people who are predominantly farmers, urged Governor Hope Uzodinma and the state Commissioner of Police,…
No fewer than three medical students have been reportedly dead after a speed boat capsized in the Calabar Sea on mid day of Saturday. The Nigeria Medical Students Association (NIMSA) came from universities across the country to attend the NiMSA annual Health Week in Calabar Cross River State. In a bid of exploration of city…
Nigeria Former Lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani has questioned the motive behind the recently visit of American billionaire, Bill Gates to Nigeria. Recall that a few days ago, the country’s media space was abuzz with reports that the Microsoft founder met with Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the Aso Rock Villa. Bill Gates was reported to have…
No fewer than six members of a vigilante group were killed on Tuesday night attack by terrorists in Sambak, a community in Riyom Local Government of Plateau State. The spokesperson of the 3 Division of the Nigerian Army, Ishaku Sabastine, confirmed the incident on Wednesday. The attack served as a diversion because we had received…
So sad as 30-year-old man identified as Hamza Umar, a resident of Rafin-Albasa in the Bauchi metropolis has been arrested by the Bauchi State Police Command for allegedly setting a young girl, Hafsat Bala, ablaze on the 18th of June 2023. A press release by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Ahmed Mohammed Wakil,…
According to News report, it was learnt that the Ohanaeze Youth Council (OYC), the youth wing of the South-East apex socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has accused the President Bola Tinubu-led administration of sponsoring terrorism against the Igbos in Nigeria. This was made known by the national President of Ohanaeze Youth Council (OYC), Comrade Igboayaka…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reiterated his views on peace talks with Russia during a meeting with African leaders in Kyiv on Friday. He said that this discussion can only take place when Russia withdraws its troops from the areas occupied by Ukraine. Despite the hopes of the African delegation to end the ongoing war, Zelensky’s…
According to Reuter’s report the Russian President Vladimir Putin, had meeting with a group of African Leaders over proposed peace plan has refused to entertain the peace plan without citing any substantial reasons. The seven African leaders comprises the presidents of Comoros, Senegal, South Africa and Zambia, as well as Egypt’s prime minister and top…
The National Industrial Court in Abuja has ordered the arrest of the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba, and the Force Secretary, AIG Hafeez Inuwa, due to their failure to obey a court order, considered as an act of contempt. Previously, the court had directed the Inspector General to reemploy certain police officers, graduates…
According to report, A popular retired Islamic scholar in Zamfara State, Alhaji Mujeed Danbaba has lamented that the rate of merciless killings, kidnappings, rape and other criminal activities has gone beyond control, forcing people to live in perpetual fears. Danbaba said that even with the coordinated security networks and public outcries, the bandits had continued…
According to a statement by spokesperson of the group, Emma Powerful, IPOB said its resistance to the plot of the alleged Islamisation of the South East has been one of the greatest sins it committed. This, it alleged, led to persecution of the group as well demonising its security outfit, the Eastern Security Network (ESN)….
According to news report some angry youths from Bayelsa, Rivers, Delta, Edo and Akwa-Ibom states are not happy with Godswill Akpabio, senator-elect for Akwa-Ibom North-West district for what they called his lackluster performance when he was minister of Niger-Delta. Grouping under the aegis of the Anti Corruption Crusaders Network, they shut down the East~West road,…
According to CBN Lead spokesperson Gudaji Kazaure, Godwin Emefiele stole over N89 trillion in Citizens Cash, and we are giggling. Despite Hon. Gudaji Kazaure, Nigerians are never made aware of the N89 trillion OR really N370 billion in stamp liabilities. Gudaji Kazaure revealed shockingly that there had been enormous debasement at the National Bank amounting…
On Friday June 9th, President Tinubu had suspended Godwin Emefiele as the (CBN) Governor with immediate effect. In the statement which was issued by a Director in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Willie Bassey, he said that Emefiele had been directed to hand over to the Deputy Governor (Operations…
Hilda Dokubo a Labour party chairperson took to her social media to lament about the deteriorating state of roads in Abia State, despite how former governor of the state, Okezie Ikpeazu have been parading himself as a member of the G-5 governors’ faction without working on such roads. He made such complaint on Twitter. The…
Following the suspension and interogation of Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, by President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Labour Party (LP) made their reaction public in a press statement released by Obiora Ifoh, the party’s national publicity secretary. Labour Party said, “Femi Gbajabiamila told former president Goodluck Jonathan long ago that…
An Abia cultural activist, Dr. Charles Amanze says, Britain and the United States of America is stalling Biafra’s independence through their selfish policies, stating that the two governments must apologize to the people of Biafra for allegedly violating their domestic and civil rights. Dr. Charles Amanze, a cultural activist and an acclaimed High Prince of…
Based in the mountainous Huairou district north of Beijing and reputedly the world’s fastest, the wind tunnel can simulate the environment in which a spacecraft re-enters the atmosphere, according to Chinese physicists quoted in media reports. The National Natural Science Foundation of China, managed by the Ministry of Science and Technology, recently held a meeting…