By EMMANUEL UZOR, Onitsha…2 killed, DSS operatives on the run..SARS tortures bizman to coma It was a bloody weekend in various parts of Anambra State as no fewer than two persons were killed in separate incidents around the commercial city of Onitsha, just as doctors battled to save a businessman who was allegedly abducted by operatives…
Suspected members of Boko Haram have carried out an attack on Garkida, a village in Gombi Local Government Area of Adamawa State, killing four soldiers, three civilians and left many people injured.The Punch learnt that the insurgents stormed the town in their numbers around 6.30pm on Sunday night firing sporadically and razed down a police…
No fewer than 70 Bayelsa State indigenes on state scholarships in Malaysia have raised the alarm that they are stranded in the Asian country.There was a strong indication on Monday that the beneficiaries of the programme, who had graduated from different academic disciplines in the country, were stranded and battling deportation threat from Malaysian Government.A…
BY SEBASTINE OBASIDespite the challenges of insecurity, Nigeria’s ongoing struggle with poverty and withheld investments by the international oil companies, IOCs, the oil and gas sector has the potential to contribute about $108 billion yearly by 2030, up from $73 billion in 2013, a McKinsey Report has stated.The report, which was released recently stated that…
Worried by the activities of Boko Haram Islamic sect, repentant militants in the Niger Delta region have warned the insurgents against the wonton killing of innocent Nigerians, declaring that their “days are numbered.” To this end, the former warlords expressed their readiness to confront the dreaded sect members head-on, even as they wondered why a…
There seemed to be no let up in the orgy of violence spreading across the country as 50 people, including four soldiers, were killed by the Boko Haram Islamic sect in another attack on some villages in Adamawa State. This is even as two female bombers killed themselves in Kano yesterday, with three others in…
FORMER President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Dr. Dozie Ikedife, has described Nigeria as an inflammable commodity that could explode anytime. Ikedife, a delegate at the ongoing National Conference, warned that the country could explode, if the confab failed to handle the issue of derivation formula with honesty, seriousness and without unnecessary sentiment. According to him, it…
Obinofia Ndiuno community, in Ezeagu local government area of Enugu State, has cried out to all tiers of government to come to its rescue, as it has been cut off by erosion. Our correspondent, who visited the community, reports that the Nkwo Ezeagu-Obinofia Ndiuno road linking Obinofia Ndiagu road has been washed away by erosion,…
Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Igbo Ga-Adi Nma, and its leadership have refuted allegation
The police have arrested Idris Saidu, an operative of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, in Niger over alleged involvement in illegal arms deal.A statement issued by the force spokesman, ACP Frank Mba, on Sunday in Abuja said that Saidu was arrested on July 22 by police detectives in the state.The statement said…