Day: April 7, 2021

Patrick Odey and Chidiebube Okeoma There was panic among residents of the Essien Udim Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State on Tuesday as the military bombarded the Ikot Akpan forest in the area. The PUNCH learnt that the military operation was aimed at flushing out hoodlums who had been attacking police formations in the […]

Daud Olatunji, Abeokuta THE Christian Association of Nigeria on Tuesday berated the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), describing him as incompetent. The CAN also described the current administration as being religiously biased. The President of the association, Samson Ayokunle, said this in Abeokuta, Ogun state capital while speaking at the Holy Convocation organised by […]

Femi Asu The combined net worth of three of Nigeria’s richest persons increased by $5.7bn in one year to $22.5bn, according to Forbes’ 2021 World’s Billionaires list. The list, which was released on Tuesday, includes 14 African billionaires, with the President/Chief Executive of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, leading the pack. Dangote, Africa’s richest person, saw […]

Friday Olokor and Godwin Isenyo Bandits have killed eight people and abducted four female members of the Anglican Church at Kasuwan Magani in the Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. It was also learnt the six occupants of a Volkswagen Golf car were kidnapped by the bandits along the Kaduna-Kachia road on Tuesday. While […]

Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja THE United States has classified the leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, and his wife, Zeenah, as political prisoners. This is according to the 2020 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices issued by the US State Department on Tuesday. The report read in part, “Political prisoners and detainees. […]

Dennis Naku Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Eboka Friday There is tension in the Andoni Local Government Area of Rivers State as a leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta in the area, identified as Etengo Etengo, has been reportedly killed along with his second-in-command in an attack by suspected cultists. […]

Temiloluwa O’Peters South African Company, Shoprite Holdings Limited, has announced that the sale of its Nigerian outlets was being concluded. The company said it would shut down operations in the country by disposing a 100 per cent equity stake in its Nigerian retail supermarkets. In its latest financial report for December 2020 operations obtained from […]