Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the key suspect behind Paris attacks, was killed in police raid in the Saint-Denis suburb, the prosecutor said on Thursday. ADVERTISEMENT “Abdelhamid Abaaoud has just been formally identified as having been killed during the raid” in a northern Paris suburb on Wednesday, Francois Molins said in a statement. French police were looking for […]
Adelani Adepegba and Olusola Fabiyi The Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, has sent the Deputy Inspector-General of Police in charge of Operations, Wakama Sotonye, to take charge of security for the Kogi State governorship election holding on Saturday. Arase also ordered the deployment of the Marine Police, Anti-Bomb, Counter-Terrorism Units, Police Mobile Force, Force Intelligence […]
Nigeria’s former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, has denied allegations of financial impropriety under her tenure, especially the alleged disappearance of $20billion. Mrs. Diezani, who is battling with cancer disclosed this in an interview with The Boss newspaper. She was visibly angry at the mention of the $20billion “If there is one issue I […]
Amaka-Iruobe TOP HEADLINES By Benjamin Njoku Innumerable actresses have had to share stories of their most embarrassing moments as celebrities, but none has come out to tell what they did to earn such embarrassments. Rising actress, Amaka Iruobe, is taking the first shot. The Tinsel star recently revealed how she […]
A 35-year-old man, Yusuf Umaru, on Thursday appeared before an Ikorodu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos state , for allegedly raping the great-grand daughter of his landlady. The accused, who resides at 14, Eketunde Street, in Anibaba Area of Ikorodu, a suburb of Lagos, is facing a charge of unlawful carnal knowledge of a 15-year-old girl. […]
Some residents of Adio, Ekimogun streets and Kehinde Lane in the Bariga area of Lagos State have started fleeing their homes after robbers kept attacking them repeatedly PUNCH Metro learnt that Adio residents were attacked three times last week, Ekimogun Street had two visits and Kehinde Lane was invaded once. During the raid of Ekimogun, […]
The Nasarawa State Police command on Monday arrested a 46 year-old pastor, Ifeanyi Bernard, for allegedly raping a 13-year-old girl in the Karu Local Government Area of the state. According to police authorities, the alleged rape took place on November 3 when the pastor was performing deliverance on the teenager. However, the pastor described the […]
Our Man: Lagos’ Accidental Public Servant The problem with things that glittered, Our Man realized, was that they often had the nasty habit of not being gold. If he was a computer programmer (which he wasn’t, thank God), he would have absolutely loathed the word ‘back end’ by now. Because back-end was where the stress […]
CGPI October Report: Kogi, Yobe, Ebonyi, Zamfara and Akwa Ibom are worst performing states. ….CGPI October panel focuses on salary payment The Governors of Kogi, Yobe, Ebonyi, Zamfara and Akwa Ibom have been judged to be Nigerian worst performing States Governors of the month based on a comparative analysis of Governors performance in Nigeria. […]
Nigeria became only the second side to retain the FIFA U-17 World Cup with a 2-0 win against Mali in Vina Del Mar. Victor Osimhen stole the show once again thanks to his record-breaking tenth goal of the tournament, with Funsho Bamgboye adding a second moments later. Samuel Diarra had saved an early Osinachi Ebere […]
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