Published February 21, 2017 Samson Folarin A 12-year-old housemaid, identified only as Mary, has disappeared with her boss daughter, Faith Ayeh, in the Iju Ishaga area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro learnt that Mary had been employed by the family through an agent about five months ago. The incident happened on Kudirat Abiola Estate, Akute […]
A 500-level part-time Business Administration student of the Lagos State University is battling with a broken arm and injuries allegedly inflicted on her face by operatives of the Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit. The student, 28-year-old Sewuese Matthew, was reportedly battered for using her foster sister’s mobile phone to […]
Afeez Hanafi A 200-level undergraduate of the University of Abuja escaped a robbery attack around the main campus on Sunday, only to run into an oncoming vehicle near the school gate. The student of History and Diplomatic Studies, identified simply as Simi Love, was reportedly crushed by the car, and died afterwards at the […]
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja The Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Monday presided over a meeting of the Presidential Task Force on Rice and Wheat as part of the Federal Government’s efforts aimed at enhancing food security. Those who attended the meeting included four state governors — Abubakar Bagudu (Kebbi); Abdullahi Ganduje (Kano); Badaru Abubakar […]
NEW YORK—Russia’s ambassador to the United Nations, a veteran diplomat known as a potent, savvy yet personable voice for his country’s interests who could both spar and get along with his Western counterparts, died suddenly Monday after falling ill in his office at Russia’s U.N. mission. Vitaly Churkin was taken to a hospital, where he […]
The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, says he is on the verge of proposing a law which will restrict poor men in the emirate from marrying many wives. Sanusi said this in Abuja on Sunday at the 50th anniversary of the death of Ambasador Isa Wali, a former Nigerian High Commissioner to Ghana who […]
Suspended member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Abdulmumin Jibrin, says there may be cracks in government if “some people” start questioning the instructions of Acting President Yemi Osinbajo. In a series of tweets he released, on Monday, Jibrin said some people run to see President Muhammadu Buhari in London to ask if he […]
The Federal Government has directed the Nigerian High Commission and consulate in Pretoria and Johannesburg to investigate the xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in South Africa. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Sola Enikanolaiye, explained that the findings of the probe would be on his table this week. This was occasioned by the killing […]
The Chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora in Europe, Collins Nweke, who is the first non-Belgian to be elected to political office in West Flanders province, Belgium, tells ARUKAINO UMUKORO about his fatherhood experiences What does fatherhood mean to you? Fatherhood is about shaping a life at the early stages, then coaching the child midway about […]
The City of London police are investigating an alleged fraud involving a former Premier League footballer who lost £3.9 million from a British Church, Kingsway International Christian Centre. The Church is owned by a popular Nigerian Pastor Matthew Ashimolowo, the Guardian reports. The footballer lost the money to one of Britain’s richest evangelical churches in […]
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