Day: May 22, 2022

A Christian cleric, identified as Venerable Olu Obanla, has reportedly been kidnapped along Ifon-Okeluse Road in the Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State on Saturday.   It was gathered that the victims were travelling along the road when the hoodlums accosted and dragged them into the bush to an unknown destination. A source said…

No official winner was declared in the Peoples Democratic Party primary election held in Ethiope Federal Constituency on Sunday as the two contestants, Ben Rollands Igbakpa and Chief James Ibori’s daughter, Erhiatake Ibori-Suenu, tied at the end of the contest held in Oghara, Delta State.   The results of the party primary ended in a…

The police in Ekiti State have arrested 18 members of Aiye Secret Confraternity for alleged involvement in the killing at Oye-Ekiti in March of one Ajayi Sunday and Owolabi Moses. The Commissioner of Police in Ekiti State, Moronkeji Adesina, said the 18 suspects, who were arrested at Ikole-Ekiti during the cult group’s initiation ceremony, confessed…

The Anambra State House of Assembly has expressed deep shock over the news of the gruesome murder of one of its members, Mr Okechukwu Okoye, by gunmen.   Okoye was the member representing Aguata 2 Constituency. He was kidnapped last Sunday and was found beheaded with the head placed at a road side in Amichi…

The Federal Government has slammed a new tax on phone calls in the nation to fund free healthcare for the Vulnerable Group in Nigeria.   This is despite recent moves by telecommunication companies to increase the price of their services as a result of an unfavourable operating climate. The telecom tax in the equivalent of…

Background   My name is Magaret Olatunde but I am popularly known as Jumoke George. I am the third child of my parents. My late father retired as a Lieutenant Colonel. My mum was a teacher but my step mum is a retired Major. I was brought up by my father and stepmother. Education For…

Former President of the Senate and presidential aspirant under the Peoples Democratic Party, Anyim Pius Anyim, has stated that he will stabilise Nigeria in six months, if elected President in the 2023 election. Anyim made this known while paying a courtesy visit to a chieftain of the party and former governor of Jigawa State, Sule…

A 25-year-old teacher, one Ayobami Runsewe, has been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly defiling a nine-year-old pupil in the Ago-Iwoye area of the state. Sunday PUNCH learnt that Runsewe, a class teacher at a nursery and primary school in the area, allegedly lured the victim to his house in the Ayegbami…

In this concluding piece of a two-part series, GODFREY GEORGE, who posed as a teenager interested in filming porn, uncovers some of the players in a booming teen porn industry Tracing the Uniform Resource Locator of a teenager identified only as Caleb, it showed that he’s a first-year student of the Department of Theatre Arts…

The leadership of the House of Representatives has called on political parties to ignore the delay by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to assent to the amendment made by the National Assembly to the Electoral Act 2022, which gives recognition to statutory delegates.   The lawmakers, who described the possible withdrawal of assent…

Elder statesman and former Vice Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Bode George, speaks with KAYODE OYERO on the 2023 general elections and the hope of the opposition party to dislodge the ruling All Progressives Congress in Lagos State, among sundry other topical issues Many people of your age would agree that Nigeria is at a crossroads.…

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has urged Professor Mahmood Yakubu, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission to widely publish the reports on the accounts and balance sheet of every political party submitted by INEC to the National Assembly since 2015. SERAP also urged him to provide details of the guidelines, and steps that…