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A tricycle operator abducted alongside a female farmer in Abia State has narrated how he used Igbo to reveal the captors’ den, tipping off relatives, security operatives, and community volunteers who rescued them from captivity. The account was shared in a Facebook post on Monday by ABN TV. The victim, Dennis Okechi, said he and Onyinyechi Ekechukwu were kidnapped on 10 June while returning from their farm in the Umuawa Alaocha community in Ohuhu, Umuahia North Local Government Area of Abia. According to Mr Okechi, six armed men intercepted them, dragged them into a forest and demanded a N10 million…
The South African government has spoken out about the damaging effects of ongoing xenophobic attacks on its creative industry and other sectors. The country’s Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Mmamoloko Kubayi, disclosed at a media briefing of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Migration. Speaking during the event, which was aired by the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) on Monday, Mrs Kubayi revealed that many of the country’s artistes have lost bookings and performance opportunities across the continent. She added that South African businesses operating abroad are also struggling amid growing perceptions of xenophobia. She noted: “It’s our artists. The majority…
The governorship candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress in Kano State, Aminu Gwarzo, has picked Mustapha Kwankwaso as his running mate for the 2027 governorship election. The development was confirmed to The PUNCH on Monday by Gwarzo’s spokesperson, Ibrahim Shuaibu. Shuaibu said the decision followed consultations with party stakeholders and aimed to strengthen the party’s chances ahead of the 2027 general elections. He described Mustapha Kwankwaso as a committed party member whose selection would further consolidate the party’s support across the state. “The governorship candidate of our great party, Aminu Abdussalam Gwarzo, has selected Mustapha Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso as his…
Four persons have been killed and two others injured following a suspected cult-related shooting in the Post Office area of Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. The PUNCH gathered that the incident occurred at about 9:00 p.m. on Sunday, when a group of armed hoodlums reportedly invaded a shanty bamboo bar located along the railway line and opened fire on people gathered at the spot before escaping. The Kwara State Police Command confirmed the incident in a statement issued on Monday by its spokesperson, Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi, noting that operatives swiftly responded to the distress call and evacuated the victims to the…
There is a disease worse than inflation in Nigeria. It’s not corruption. They’re not bad roads. It’s our national addiction to excuses. Every day, the country bleeds. Fuel prices climb. Schools crumble. Hospitals beg for light. And what do we do? We point. We shout. We post angry tweets. Then we go home and become the very problem we condemned that morning. Nigeria is sick. But diagnosis is useless if the patient refuses to admit he’s sick, too. The “It’s the government’s fault” syndrome. Yes, leadership has failed. Again and again. But that excuse has become a shield. We blame…
The Young Progressives Party on Monday called on the Federal Government to identify, arrest and prosecute individuals and organisations financing terrorism, insisting that insecurity will persist unless the sponsors of violent groups are brought to justice. The party also renewed its support for establishing state police, arguing that decentralised policing would strengthen local security responses and help tackle the country’s worsening security challenges. Speaking at a press conference in Abuja, YPP National Chairman, Bishop Amakiri, faulted successive administrations for failing to effectively confront insecurity, saying the current government had not demonstrated sufficient political will to end terrorism and insurgency. Amakiri…
Spain coach, Luis de la Fuente, has opted to start teenage sensation, Lamine Yamal, on the bench for La Roja’s 2026 FIFA World Cup opener against debutants Cape Verde on Monday. The decision comes as Spain, one of the tournament favourites, faces the minnows Cape Verde at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. In a post shared on X on Monday by transfer journalist, Fabrizio Romano, the Barcelona star was named among the substitutes for the Group H clash, despite earlier assurances about his fitness. Spain coach De la Fuente previously stated in his pre-match press conference, “Lamine Yamal is in…
From the day it was announced, on June 16th, 2025, the Trump phone sounded ridiculous. The T1 Phone 8002 (gold version), as it was officially called, was a combination of contradictory specs, product images that were clearly not photographs of a real phone, and the worrying requirement of a $100 deposit to secure a preorder of a $499 phone with no release date. But none of Trump Mobile’s outlandish announcements were as bold as the claim that the phone would be “designed and built in the United States.”The US has next to no phone manufacturing infrastructure, few engineers with the…
Standard Chartered expects assets locked in decentralized finance (DeFi) to grow 37-fold to $2.7 trillion by the end of 2030.The expansion would be driven by both tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) and crypto-native assets moving through onchain protocols, Geoff Kendrick, head of digital assets research at Standard Chartered, said in a research note on Monday. “I think the next opportunity for generational wealth in digital assets is going to come via the DeFi protocols,” Kendrick said. “I estimate that the amount of tokenized assets active in DeFi will 37x by the end of 2030.”According to Kendrick, only 3% of stablecoins and 10%…
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