A man simply identified as Musa has bern apprehended in the Amuloko area of Ibadan, Oyo State capital, with a fresh human skull of an unidentified woman. Residents, suspicious of his unusual behaviour, confronted him and demanded to see the contents of a sack he was carrying. Upon inspection, they discovered a human skull inside. Sharing the video of the suspect on X.com on Monday, OyoAffairs wrote, “Man caught with a fresh human head earlier today in Amuloko area of Ibadan. He has been handed over to the police.” During questioning, Musa revealed that he is part of a syndicate…
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Governor Nasir Idris has formally received the Peoples Democratic Party chairman of Argungu LGA, Bello Layya, alongside 1,500 party supporters who defected to the All Progressives Congress in Kebbi. Among those who joined the chairman are all the LG ward chairpersons, youth leader, women leader, and a former member of the House of Representatives, Garba Musa-Gulma. Receiving the new members at the flag-off of the APC zonal campaign rally in Argungu on Monday, the governor expressed delight over the decision of the ex-PDP members to join the ruling party. Mr Idris observed that receiving a large number of people from…
Rumors are circulating that Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, may soon switch from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the Action People’s Party (APP). This potential move is reportedly driven by the alleged takeover of the PDP structure in the state by his predecessor and former political mentor, Nyesom Wike, who is now the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory. As local government elections approach, Governor Fubara is said to be considering transitioning to the APP along with his supporters. This speculation was partially confirmed by Uche Nnadi, the National Chairman of the APP, during a press conference in Port…
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has engaged a contractor to reconstruct its tower located in Gunduwawa in Kano, which was knocked down by a truck. TCN spokeswoman Ndidi Mbah, in a statement on Monday, said that electricity supply infrastructure in the North-West was disrupted when a truck crashed into one of the towers in the region, causing an outage. “A contractor has already been contracted to reconstruct the tower. He is expected to mobilize to the site of the incident on Tuesday. At about 9:28 a.m. on Sunday, the Kano-Hadejia 132 Kilo Volt (kV) Transmission Line tripped, losing about…
Head of National Office, Dr. Amos Josiah Dangut (middle); Senior Deputy Registrar/Test Development, Mrs. Frances Iweaha-Onukwu (left); Director of Administration, Mr. Suleiman Kum, and Senior Deputy Registrar/Test Administration, Mrs Eucharia Onodu and Director, Information and Communications Technology, Mrs Olufolake Ajayi, during the announcement of the release of results of WASSCE for School Candidates, 2024, today. The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has withheld results of 215, 267 candidates, who sat for the 2024 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) (School Candidates) over alleged malpractice. Dr Amos Dangut, Head, National Office (HNO) stated this while announcing the results on Monday,…
Jalingo— Six people, including the driver of a commuter vehicle, were killed by gunmen in the early hours of yesterday. It was gathered that the commuter vehicle departed Takum for Wukari about 6 a.m., and was ambushed at a village near Sai in neighbouring Benue State. Chairman of Takum LGA, John Ali, confirmed the incident to newsmen. According to him, “I arrived in Jalingo, yesterday, for a meeting, but this morning, I received a call about a tragic incident along the Takum-Wukari Highway. “Five passengers left Takum about 6a.m., and while approaching a village near Sai in Benue State, gunmen…
…We attempted to set her corpse ablaze, but ….—Suspects ….Autopsy ‘ll be done later — Husband Akure— Two domestic staff of the late popular caterer and Chief Executive Officer, CEO, of Kitchen Country, in Akure, Ondo State, Mrs. Olakunbi Adene, have confessed how they killed their boss after she prepared a sumptuous meal for them. The deceased was said to have prepared the meal for her domestic staff, two days after her 54th birthday to appreciate them. They, however, killed her same night after she entertained them. Recall that the late CEO of Kitchen Country in Akure, the Ondo State capital,…
OSOGBO— RESIDENTS of Ikirun in Ifelodun local government area of Osun State were, yesterday, thrown into confusion as a local security guard was found slaughtered at his duty post by unknown assailants. It was gathered that the security guard, popularly known as ‘Ibariba’, was killed at a shop, owned by one man named Baba Giwa, where he was found early Monday. A resident, Rafiu Sola disclosed that the slaughtered body of Ibariba was discovered in the morning when business activities was about to start and residents quickly alerted security operatives. He added that security operatives, including men of the Nigerian…
A Nigerian woman named Favour Igiebor, who tore up her husband’s passport at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, could face a jail term as punishment for her actions if found guilty, according to the Nigeria Immigration Service Act of 2015 (as amended). The NIS had on Monday revealed that it had launched an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the destruction of a man’s passport by his wife, identified as Favour Igiebor, stating that she had been summoned for questioning. In a statement, the spokesperson for the NIS, Kenneth Udo, described Igiebor’s action as a violation of Nigerian law. The investigation…
The Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, has elected seven new bishops to fill the vacancies in seven of its dioceses and four archbishops for its internal provinces. This was disclosed in a statement issued on Tuesday by the church’s Communication Officer, Korede Akintunde, and made available to PUNCH Online. The statement noted that the elections were conducted during the church’s Episcopal Synod held on Monday, August 12, 2024, a the St Matthew’s Anglican Church Maitama, Abuja. Akintunde said the elections were announced by the church’s Primate, Dr. Henry Ndukuba, at the end of the synod. The primate, who congratulated the newly…