Eziada Patricia Okeoma, mother of an activist journalist and the Imo State correspondent of The PUNCH Newspaper, Chidiebube Okeoma, will be laid to rest on Thursday, January 11, 2024. A statement issued by the journalist in Owerri, the state capital on Saturday disclosed
The Secretary to the Enugu State Government, Prof. Chidiebere Onyia, says 50 per cent of pupils in the state can neither read in English nor solve simple mathematics questions. Onyia disclosed this while delivering a keynote address titled, “Smart Basic Education and the
A member of the House of Representatives, representing Ideato North/South Federal Constituency, Hon. Ikenga Ugochinyere Ikeagwuonu has expressed concerns over the raid of the headquarters of the Dangote Group by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The EFCC had on
The leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has urged President Bola Tinubu to solve the economic hardship in Nigeria, stressing that he should not wait until Nigerians start stoning him. He warned Tinubu to treat the economic situation of the
The family of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has identified those preventing the release of the Biafra agitator. Kanunta, the younger brother of the IPOB leader, said Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State and some of his friends
Anger was the word, yesterday, as the Nigerian Army, NA; Lagos State Government; Oshodi-Isolo Local Government Area; former Minister of Communications, Maj. Gen. Tajudeen Olanrewaju, retd; and other stakeholders reacted to a viral video of some northerners seeking recruitment into the Army as
The Kwara State Police Command has arrested two suspects identified as Abdullateef Yakubu and Yakubu Olanrewaju of Shao Garage area, Ilorin, for allegedly slitting the throat of a neighbour over a disagreement. PUNCH Metro learnt that the incident occurred around past 12:00 am on
Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday stormed the headquarters of Dangote Industries Limited in Ikoyi, Lagos, in furtherance of the ongoing investigation into the alleged abuse of the foreign
Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has urged all aggrieved factions in the state to join hands with him and allow peace to prevail. Fubara said lack of peace would bring about division in the state, hence the need for unity. This is
Three persons have been killed while attempting to escape from kidnappers’ den in Kogi State. The Senator Representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Sen Sunday Karimi, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday evening. He called on the Kogi State Commissioner of Police and