An artisan named Lawrence, from Bende LGA but resident of Umueze in Umuahia North LGA of Abia State, has been apprehended and hand over to the police for allegedly trying to remove his wife’s eyes for suspected ritual purposes. The artisan, who is a dealer in Aluminium, was said to have attacked his wife, Amarachi Lawrence when she was still asleep, causing damage to her eyes, head and hands. The suspect, who is now being held by the Police, was said to be living in peace with his wife whom he married from Atta Emede Ibeku, before his sudden change…
Author: Abimbola Ogunaike
Operatives of the Edo State Police Command have arrested 19-year-old Timothy Dauda for allegedly shooting one Alex Ezekiel to death. It was gathered that the incident happened at Onumu community in Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer of the Command, Moses Joel Yamu, who disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen in Benin City, said the suspect was arrested by personnel of the Igarra Division. Yamu said the suspect was a self-acclaimed native doctor who specialises in preparing charms against guns and cutlasses. According to Yamu, the suspect after preparing the charms for…
The Ogun State Police Command on Monday, 2 September, 2024 clarified that Mr Akinsanya Aremu, father of the slain 17-year-old secondary school student in the state, Habeebah Akinsanya, paid ₦30,000 to her kidnappers and not ₦1 million as reported. Aremu, a senior officer with So-Safe Corps, was said to have paid the money into a Moniepoint account provided by the kidnappers to facilitate the tracking and arrest of those responsible for the kidnapping of his daughter. The police revealed that the teenage girl was discovered to have been raped by her abductors before being macheted to death. Her corpse was…
An 18-year-old girl, Habibat Akinsanya, who had been reported missing, was discovered dead on her father’s farm in Obasa, Mile 6, along Ajebo Road, in Abeokuta, the capital of Ogun State, the Punch Online report PUNCH Online learnt on Monday, 2 September, 2024 that the victim was discovered dead on Sunday,1 September, 2024 bearing multiple machete wounds to her head and other parts of her body, with her hands bound behind her back. According to reliable police sources, the victim was sexually assaulted before being murdered, as our correspondent was informed. A police source, who wished to remain anonymous due…
The Nigeria Police Force, on Monday, 2 September, 2024 declared a British national, Andrew Wynne, also known as Andrew Povich, and a Nigerian, Lucky Obiyan, wanted for allegedly plotting to overthrow the democratically elected government in the country. The police accused the British national of building a network of sleeper cells to topple the government and plunge the nation into chaos. Addressing journalists in Abuja, the Force spokesperson, Muyiwa Adejobi, said Wynne rented a space at Labour House and established a school to serve as a decoy. “The Nigeria Police Force has launched a comprehensive investigation into the activities of…
Nigerians are yet to see the end of the Premium Motor Spirit (Petrol) crisis as the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, blamed supply cost for fuel scarcity. The spokesperson of NNPCL, Soneye Olufemi, who disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday, 1 September, 2024, however, said it is committed to the role of the PMS supplier of last resort and to ensuring national energy security. The firm’s comments come amid a report that its piled-up debt of $6 billion is the reason for fuel scarcity and the product supply hiccups. Reacting to the report, NNPCL admitted to facing financial…
Nigeria’s Letter of Credit payments, used for goods importation dropped by 57.04 percent to $391.91 million in the last seven months of 2024 compared to $912.35 million in the same period of 2023. This is contained in CBN’s weekly data on international payments released on its website. Analysis of the data showed that in the period under review, the country’s LC payment declined by about $520.44 million. Accordingly, the highest LC payments in the year so far were recorded in February at $102.59m, followed by July at $79.65m and $58.33m in January Also, in March, LCs payments stood at $43.53m…
The Kogi State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), said on Sunday, 1 September, 2024 it has returned, rebranded and rejuvenated, with a commitment to constructively engage the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state. The newly inaugurated state Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Tijani Aruwa, who stated this while addressing newsmen in Lokoja, kogi State capital, emphasised that PDP is ready to provide a viable opposition to APC, to ensure that the state is not dominated by a single party. Aruwa appealed to members who defected to APC, Social Democratic Party(SDP), Labour Party(LP), and African Democratic Congress(ADC), to return to…
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has disclosed that it has the capacity to transmit 6,000mw of electricity to distribution load centres nationwide. The Managing Director of TCN, Mr Sule Abdulaziz, who said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Sunday, 1 September, 2024, said that in the last three years, TCN had upgraded several sub-stations. According to Abdulaziz, the company had also built new sub-stations funded through its Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) and donor agencies. The TCN boss said that the company had installed new transformers to ensure an increase in capacity. “TCN…
Kaduna State Government earned N171.7 billion and spent N164.6 billion, representing a half-year budget performance of 37.48 per cent and 35.92 per cent of the N48 billion approved budget for the year, respectively. The state realised N27.4bn, representing 22 per cent of the targeted N120bn Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) in 2024. The Commissioner for Planning and Budget Commission, Ahmed Mukhtar Monrovia, made the disclosure during a presentation to the estimates committee members on Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) figures and other key issues on the preparation of the 2025-2027 budget. According to Monrovia, the statutory allocation expected in the state for…