Kogi Poly Kogi poly expels 313 students. The Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja, Academic Board has authorized the withdrawal of 313 students due to poor academic performance in the first semester of the 2022/2023 academic session. The withdrawal came after the Academic Board Central Result Verification Committee’s report was discussed in the Board […]
Texas Man Texas man gets life sentences over mass killing. On Friday, a young white nationalist sentenced to 90 consecutive life terms in jail for shooting and killing 23 people at a grocery in the majority-Hispanic Texas city of El Paso in 2019. Patrick Crusius, 24, pled guilty in February to federal hate crime charges […]
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu Obstacles to investment removal-Tinubu. President Bola Tinubu stated in Abuja on Friday that his administration is open to finding and removing barriers to make the Nigerian economy more investable. He stated that the impending economic reforms would be tailored to benefit Nigerian youngsters. “We are ready to remove bottlenecks to […]
Thread Tinubu, others join Zuckerberg’s Threads. Bola Tinubu, Nigeria’s president, and Yemi Osinbajo, former vice president, have joined 30 million others on Meta’s (owner of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp) new platform, Threads. This comes as Meta’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, announced that the company’s goal of one billion users will be reached soon. According to Zuckerberg, […]
Lagos Cop Police dismiss Lagos cop over missing baby. Six months after The PUNCH reported on the ordeal of a mother of three, Fortune Obhafuoso, at the hands of an Inspector, Samuel Ukpabio, whom she accused of forcibly taking her newborn, Joseph, and bribing her with N185,000, the Lagos State Police Command […]
Ayo Fayose Fayose says he will critisize Tinubu if he fails. Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose, warned on Thursday that if President Bola Tinubu breaks his campaign pledges, he will not hesitate to criticize him. “If Asiwaju breaks his promise, all he said while campaigning, I will be the first to speak up.” […]
Nigerian Army Group seeks Nigerian support. The National Security Assessment Group has urged Nigerians to help the military defend the country. The group that showed trust in the Chief of Defence Staff, Major General Christopher Musa, stated that with citizen backing, the military would achieve greater success in many theaters of operations. This was said […]
Retirement Home Six dead in Italy. A fire at a retirement home in Milan in the early hours of Friday killed six individuals, according to firefighters, with “numerous” residents hospitalized. “Six people were killed, and numerous (others) were hospitalized due to smoke inhalation.” “Firefighters who immediately evacuated the building saved dozens of people,” the fire […]
Meshach Sinuphro who stole a Mercedes Benz worth N55 million Meshach Sinuphro, the culprit responsible for the theft of a Mercedes Benz worth N55 million, was captured by the Edo State Police Command’s Decoy Squad. Last Wednesday, the car was stolen from a dealer in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory. In a recent Twitter post […]
Threads App Twitter and Meta Clash. Twitter has written to Meta, threatening legal action in relation to its new service, Threads. According to the PUNCH, the app went live on Apple and Android app stores in 100 countries on Wednesday at 2300 GMT and will run without adverts for the time being, although its release […]