The news just coming in from twitter is the the senator representing Kogi West Senatorial district have been abducted by unknown persons, Senator Ben Murray-Brace Posted this on his twitter page some minutes ago.. . “I have just been informed by Moses Melaye, @dino_melaye’s brother, that Dino has been abducted by unknown persons in a […]
A 400-year-old painting of a shirtless Jesus by Flemish master Rubens has been removed from Facebook as it “featured nudity”. The piece titled “Descent from the Cross” was among several artworks uploaded to the site by the Flemish Tourist Board. The painting reportedly appeared in a Facebook ad campaign – along with other works by […]
A socio-cultural group, Yoruba Ronu Leadership Forum (YRLF), has said that the defection of some National Assembly members from the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday, July 24, would not affect President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election bid. Cable reports that the secretary general of the group, Akin Malaolu, made this known on Tuesday, July 24, in […]
A member of a notorious kidnap gang, Sunday Clark, who plotted the abduction of a businessman, Mr. Adewale Kazeem, has been arrested by operatives of Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad attached to the Rivers State Police Command. Clark told newsmen he acted as an informant to the gang to kidnap a businessman, Kazeem, a resident of […]
The National Chairman of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, has threatened to sack the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, from the party. Mr Oshiomhole is having a running battle with Mr Ngige over the refusal of the minister to inaugurate boards of parastatals under his ministry, several months after they […]
A 46-year old man identified as Osaremwinda Omobude Idumwonyi has reportedly stabbed his lover to death for allegedly finding condoms in her bag. The deceased, who is a single mother of three children, was stabbed with a kitchen knife three times in her mother’s room at No. 13, Ehiyoboy Street, Off Aifuwa Street, Ikpoba-Okha local […]
Tolulope Kolawole, the first son of the late Permanent Secretary, Bureau of General Services, Office of the Governor of Osun State, Mrs Olufunke Kolawole, has committed suicide. PUNCH gathered that the young man ended his life because he could no longer make ends meet. Residents of the Halleluya Estate in Osogbo, where he lived, told […]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said the threats by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to boycott the 2019 general elections was due to the fact that the opposition party now understands that its end is near. The national chairman of the (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, speaking in Osun state at the weekend, accused the […]
Offset, a member of the trio Migos and the husband of hip-hop star Cardi B, was arrested on Friday afternoon on gun and drug charges after his Porsche was pulled over for making an illegal lane change. Offset, whose real name is Kiari Kendrell Cephus, and his bodyguard, Senay Gezahgn, were pulled over in Jonesboro, […]
An activist, Col Tony Nyiam (rtd), has revealed what will happen to Nigeria if President Muhammadu Buhari wins the 2019 presidential election. Nyiam, the acclaimed mastermind of the 1990 Gideon Orkar coup d’état against the military government of General Ibrahim Babangida, said this in an interview with the Sun. He called on the ruling All […]