Gunmen suspected to be herders have attacked some farmers in Plateau State injuring four persons in the process. It was learnt that the victims had gone to their farms in the Bachi community, Riyom Local Government Area when the gunmen attacked them. The President of the Berom Youths Moulders Association, Solomon Mwantiri confirmed the incident to The PUNCH in Jos on Wednesday He said the attack took place on Tuesday afternoon and that the injured victims had been evacuated to the hospital and were currently receiving treatment He said, “At about 2: pm today, August 6, 2024, a group of…
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President Bola Tinubu has pleaded with Nigerians to be patient with his administration, assuring them that the country is transitioning from darkness to dawn. In an official video released by the State House on Wednesday, Tinubu acknowledged the country’s ongoing hardships due to the removal of fuel subsidy and the floating of the naira. He noted that Nigerians’ pain was compounded by what he described as an “avoidable lag” between the subsidy removal and his helpful plans for the country. Details later… (PUNCH)
Two commercial motorcyclists were at different locations killed in the Akoko North-West Local Government Area of Ondo State. One of the victims known as Dada Jatto from Iyani Akoko in the council area was said to have been missing for the past three days before his lifeless body was found beside the road on Tuesday. A source in the town said the deceased’s lifeless body was found with various machete cuts all over his body. The source said, ” He is a popular okada rider in the town and he had been missing three days ago. Upon the search efforts,…
The Police Command in Kaduna State said its operatives detained a notorious kidnapper, recovered firearms and 27 live ammunition. The spokesperson for the command, ASP Mansir Hassan, confirmed the development in a statement on Wednesday in Kaduna. Mr Hassan said, “The Anti-kidnapping Unit of the command has successfully apprehended a notorious kidnapper. The suspect, identified as Abdulrahman of Karshi, Abuja, was arrested in possession of an AK-47 rifle along with twenty-seven (27) rounds of live ammunition in Karshi. “Upon interrogation, Abdulrahman confessed to being involved in several kidnappings in the Ikara Local Government Area of Kaduna State.” Mr Hassan further said…
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The Kogi State Government has commenced an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of six persons after eating cassava flour that may have been contaminated. Our correspondent gathered that the incident occurred last Wednesday in a household in Anyoke, Okunchi Ward, Adavi Local Government Area of the state. It was gathered that eight victims were rushed to three different hospitals, where six of them died due to multiple organ failure. The two surviving victims have since been discharged. The state Commissioner for Health, AbdulAzzez Adeiza, who had visited the survivors before their discharge, said that a specialised team consisting…
An unidentified driver was confirmed dead on Tuesday following a fatal crash on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. PUNCH Online reported that the fatal crash, which occurred around 3:20 PM near the Forte Filling Station on the Sagamu stretch of the expressway, also left at least three others with varying degrees of injuries. According to the state police spokesperson, Omolola Odutola, the accident involved a granite-loaded truck with the license plate FKJ760XM and a Toyota with the registration number JJJ926YJ. She added that both vehicles were travelling towards Lagos from Ibadan when the Toyota car driver lost control and collided with the…
Soldiers Rescue Abducted Ex-LG Chairman, Arrest Boko Haram Commanders, Others Credit: X|HQNigerianArmy In a series of operations, the Nigerian Army has rescued kidnap victims and apprehended suspected Boko Haram commanders and terrorist logistic suppliers, among others. In a statement shared on X.com on Tuesday, the NA revealed that soldiers rescued an abducted former LG chairman and arrested a notorious kidnapping kingpin in Egbe Community of Yagba Local Government Area in Kogi State. The statement partly read, “The suspect, Mohammed Bello, who belonged to a seven-man syndicate specialised in kidnapping unsuspecting citizens, has been on the security agencies’ wanted criminals’ watchlist.…
President Bola Tinubu’s allies are pressuring him to authorise a desperate strategy that could dramatically escalate the stakes of the raging nationwide protest against poverty and corruption, Peoples Gazette can report. Two independent sources have briefed The Gazette about a plot that one of them described as “too sinister” to be allowed to proceed without being exposed, hoping its disclosure would put its proponents on the defensive and force the president to end the plot in its tracks. “The discussion at the meeting was too dangerous for our country,” a source with information about what transpired at the parley said.…
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has announced the death of a former chairman of its Ikeja branch, Adesina Ademola Ogunlana. In a notice published on Wednesday, the Ikeja NBA secretary, Issa Adedokun, said the activist died on Tuesday. “The executive committee regrets to announce the sudden passage of our beloved Leader, Adesina Ogunlana, Esq. (past chairman (2016-2018), who passed on yesterday, the 6th of AUGUST 2024. “We are deeply saddened by this transition but comforted by the fact that our dear Leader lived an exemplary life worthy of emulation by all. His contribution to our Branch in particular, the legal…