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The Plateau State Gender and Equal Opportunities Commission on Monday said it has, in collaboration with the Ministry of Women Affairs, brought back 39 children who were trafficked across the country. The commission also stated…
A mysterious fire has razed the house of a physically challenged man, Mr. Linus Eji, at the Ododokpa Ndubia Igbeagu community in the Izzi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. Narrating his pain to PUNCH Metro on Sunday, Eji said…
The Chairman of Osun State Internal Revenue Service, Mr. Adesola Adewumi, on Sunday, announced the arrest of two suspects who were caught allegedly faking government tax receipts and clearance. Adewunmi said the suspects had been handed over to the police…
Operatives of the Imo State Police Command on Sunday repelled an attack on the Njaba Divisional Headquarters by hoodlums suspected to be affiliated with the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra and its armed militia, the Eastern Security Network. According to…
One of the survivors in the collapsed building incident at Ekhator Street, Ekosodin in Benin, Edo State, Dorcas Olushola, on Sunday, said her rescue from the rubble was “miraculous” and that she was lucky to be alive to tell her…
Two Kwara State civil servants, Adeyemo Olarewaju and Tajudeen Alao, were on Friday granted a N1m bail following their arraignment at an Upper Area Court sitting in Ilorin for alleged N14.609m fraud. The duo who are staff members of the…
Some traders in the Oko Baba plank market in the Ebute Metta area of Lagos State have accused the state government of deliberately setting fire to the market in a bid to dislodge them and residents. The traders and some…
A High Court in Ogun State has imposed an interim injunction prohibiting a planned event in memory of the late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, aka Mohbad. The legal team of the deceased family disclosed this in a statement signed by its…
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority has warned pedestrians against crossing the highway following a hit-and-run accident that claimed the life of one person in the Onipanu area of the state late Saturday. LASTMA Director of Public Affairs and Enlightenment,…
No fewer than 30 heavily armed robbers have raided a guesthouse and a residence in Minna, Niger State macheting residents and allegedly carting away over 50 phones, N100,000 and a motorcycle popularly called ‘rubber rubber’. The incident happened around 2am…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have arrested an Ibadan-based businesswoman, Adewunmi Dorcas and an auto parts dealer, Arinze Ora, over attempts to export consignments of opioids and cocaine to London, United Kingdom and Congo Brazzaville, respectively. The…
Psychiatrists have warned that the current economic hardship in Nigeria may lead to an increase in suicidal thoughts among citizens, urging Nigerians to visit clinics for mental health check-ups. PUNCH Metro reports that between August 25 and September 4, 2024,…
The Osun State Internal Revenue Service, has arrested two suspects for allegedly faking government tax receipts and clearance. The arrests of the duo was made public by the Chairman of the agency, Ademola Adewumi in a statement on Sunday in…
Seven out of 281 inmates who escaped from the correctional center in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, have been recaptured. DAILY POST reports that the development followed the severe flooding that damaged both public and private facilities in Maiduguri and…
A Nigerian man, Liberty Kelechi Isaac, has urged the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to prosecute some policemen who stole N3 million from him at gunpoint in Bayelsa State in August. Isaac who said that he was back in…
All flights at Shanghai’s two main airports were cancelled on Sunday as authorities in the Chinese megacity prepared for a strong typhoon bringing high winds and heavy rain. Typhoon Bebinca is expected to make landfall along a swath of China’s…
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