By Damilola Amuda Gunmen have reportedly killed six soldiers in Adani in Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State. The PUNCH gathered that the soldiers were killed early hours of Tuesday at the military checkpoint along Nsukka-Adani-Anambra Federal Highway. A reliable security source told our correspondent that the gunmen attacked the location of the soldiers at Iggah/Asaba checkpoint on Tuesday morning. The Nigerian Army has confirmed the attack, noting the hoodlums were being trailed after. Director Army Public Relations, Brigadier General, Onyema Nwachukwu, who confirmed the incident in a text message in response to The PUNCH inquires on the incident,…
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By Damilola Amuda The Association Of Primary School Heads On Nigeria under the umbrella of the National Union of Teachers (NUT) Ibadan North LGA, hosted the Executive Chairman of Ibadan North Local Government, hon. Yusuff Sahib Oladayo (Agba Egbe) to its meeting at the NUT.* The meeting which was held at the NUT building today, was targeted to familiarize with the just elected executive council chairman, reminder of implementation of some basic needs and request read out by Mrs Egunjobi Olayinka .T reads; * Security on and after school hours to secure educational materials left behind after school hours, as…
By Damilola Amuda Five persons, three of them policemen, have been shot dead in Anambra State by some gunmen. Three vehicles were set ablaze by the assailants, who stormed Abatete, Idemili North local government area Tuesday night. One unidentified young man from Uke was kidnapped, after the gunmen shot him many times but failed to kill him. He was dumped in the trunk of the vehicle and taken to an unknown destination. A source who spoke with The Nation, said the hoodlums came to the community with two Highlander SUVs and one Sienna car The incident, according to the…
By Damilola Amuda Edo Governor Godwin Obaseki has vowed never to return to the All Progressives Congress (APC). He left the APC in 2020 after he was disqualified from seeking the party’s ticket for re-election. He joined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) where he was reelected for second term. Obaseki, who spoke in Abuja on Monday against the backdrop of exodus of Governors elected on the platform of the PDP to the APC, insisted he would not join the train. Three PDP Governors, including Dave Umahi (Ebonyi); Ben Ayade (Cross River) and Bello Matawalle (Zamfara) have joined the APC in…
Roseline was a remarkable woman who always held her head high and gave endlessly to those around her. Roseline Omowumi Ronke Ajoke Kehinde (nee Opayinka) was born on January 7th 1989.Rose had an interesting upbringing, born into a family of Mr and Mrs Opayinka, she had Nursery education at Customs Nursery and Primary school at Army Baracks, kano State within 1991 to 1997. She attended Queen of Apostles Secondary school, Oluyoro Ibadan and Holy Trinity Secondary School as well as Gbongan School of Science for her secondary school education. Rose attended Ogundoyin Polytechnic, Eruwa and she got employment into Oyo…
The attention of the Lagos State Police Command has been drawn to a news making rounds that a 14 year-old girl was hit and killed by police bullet today 3rd July, 2021 at the venue of the Oodua Republic Mega Rally in Ojota, Lagos. The Command hereby wishes to debunk the rumour and state categorically that it’s a calculated attempt to create confusion and fears in the minds of the good people of Lagos State and the country at large. The Command did not fire a single live bullet at Ojota rally today. The said corpse was found wrapped and…
A Stray Bullet fired by the Officers of the Nigerian Police gunned down a yet-to-be identified Soft Drinks Seller at the venue of the Yoruba Nation’s Rally held today at Ojota, Commerical City of Lagos, the umbrella body of Yoruba Self-Determination Groups, Ilana Omo Oodua (IOO), has alleged. The group, however, hailed thousands of the Yoruba people who defied the Police Intimidation and harrasment to show solidarity with the agitation for Self-Determination, saying “the struggle continues.” The group is headed by a Renowned Historian and Second Republic Member of the Nigerian Senate, Emeritus Professor Banji Akintoye. The tumultuous crowd, led…
Contrary to reports that the Oyo State government is set to ban trucks and heavy duty vehicles, Engineer Seyi Adeleye, the Special Adviser on Infrastructure to the Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, said on Friday that the State’s Transport Policy is still being fine-tuned. Adeleye, in a statement in Ibadan, said that the Policy was still in the works and that media reports on the matter quoted him out of context. The Special Adviser on Infrastructure maintained that he had earlier been quoted out of context on the matter, stating that the government has not banned heavy duty vehicles. “I…
Olayomi Koiki, spokesman to Yoruba Nation Agitator, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho has likened the recent invasion of his principal’s residence in Soka, Oyo State on Thursday by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) to an “assassination” attempt. But on Thursday, the DSS said a joint team of security operatives raided Igboho’s residence based on an intelligence report. In a live broadcast monitored by The Nation early friday, Koiki, said: “DSS released false allegations against him (Igboho) just to silence him and not to speak up again. “Somebody was not happy we are planning to come to Lagos…
The new Commandant of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps NSCDC, Commandant Michael Akintayo Adaralewa, on Thursday, vowed that the organisation will synergise with other security agencies to ensure that the state becomes ‘hot’ for criminal elements to operate in. He stated this during a courtesy call to the office of Oyo State Road Maintenance Agency OYRTMA’s Boss, Mogaji (Dr) Stephen Fagbemi, extolling his commitment and dedication to duty. GOALPOACHER NEWS quoted Adaralewa as saying, “We NSCDC always leave up to expectation from the word ‘civil. We believe no agency is superior to each other as we are all…