Lagos state Flag 88 robbery suspects arrested in Lagos. The Lagos State Police Command announced the arrest of 88 suspected offenders just 24 hours after the start of Operation Flush. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, the state Commissioner of Police, Idowu Owohunwa, revealed this to journalists in Ikeja on Sunday. Owohunwa initiated Operation […]
Myanmar Bomb blast in Myanmar. An official said that a bomb blast in southeastern Myanmar killed one person and injured 12 others on Monday. Since the military toppled Aung San Suu Kyi’s civilian administration in February 2021, violent conflicts have escalated, unleashing a deadly crackdown on opposition that has killed thousands. The junta has been […]
ECOWAS Niger coup plotters dismiss ECOWAS threat. The Economic Community of West African States Authority of Heads of State and Government, on Sunday, in Abuja, issued a seven-day ultimatum to the Niger Republic military to release and reinstate President Mohammed Bazoum as the legitimate Head of State and government of the landlocked state. But […]
Mali Girls stranded in mali. According to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, nearly 2,000 trafficked Nigerian females are currently stranded in Mali. Nduka Nwanwene, the Benin Zone Commander of NAPTIP, who revealed this, also stated that the agency received intelligence that females from Mali were being smuggled to Edo State […]
Nnamdi Kanu Kanu taken back to DSS custody. The leader of the separatist Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, was on Sunday returned to the custody of the Department of State Services after being released on Saturday to be attended by his personal physician. On July 20, the Federal High Court in Abuja ordered the […]
NLC NLC mobilizes workers for strike on Wednesday. The Nigeria Labour Congress has begun mass mobilization in preparation for a statewide strike due to begin on Wednesday to protest the hardship caused by the loss of fuel subsidies. The NLC encouraged Nigerians to “join us at the Unity Fountain, Abuja on Wednesday, August 2, 2023, […]
House demolition in Lagos House demolition renders children homeless in Lagos. Several women and children have been made homeless when agents of the Lagos State Government burned down houses and demolished others in the state’s Oworoshoki region. PUNCH Metro has learned that the demolition that began last Monday has affected no fewer than six streets, […]
Director of Army Public Relations Military destroys illegal refinery in Delta. Troops from the Nigerian Army (Military), the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, and Tantita Security discovered an illegal oil processing complex in Delta State’s Ughelli South. Brig. Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, Director of Army Public Relations, said in a statement on Sunday that security […]
Artiste and manager Manager selling drugs in Lagos clubs arrested. Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have arrested a Lekki-based artiste’s manager and his accomplice, an Ikoyi businessman, both of whom specialise in the distribution of illicit drugs to fun seekers at big night clubs and lounges in the Lekki and other areas […]
Court Order Court orders bank to pay N2.2m to nursing mother. A Federal High court sitting in Awka, the Anambra State capital, has ordered Isuofia Microfinance Bank Limited and Police to pay the sum of N2.2 million to one Ohadugha Chizara, a nursing mother for her unlawful arrest and detention, together with her six-month-old baby […]