Day: June 14, 2021

Zambia President Edgar Lungu collapsed in the capital, Lusaka, during a national defence day event on Sunday, local media reported. Shortly after, Secretary to the Cabinet, Dr Simon Miti, issued a statement to reporters and the State TV, assuring the local public and the international community that President Lungu “is well and has continued to […]

Daud Olatunji 14 June 2021 Kindly share this story: A 35-year-old housewife, Blessing Agoro, has been arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly selling her four- and two-year-old daughters. The suspect was arrested following a report lodged at the Redemption Camp Divisional Police Headquarters by her husband, Oluwaseyi Agoro. The Police […]

Samson Folarin 14 June 2021 Kindly share this story: Respite is not in sight for motorists and commuters plying the Long Bridge, Ogun State end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, as hoodlums have continued to launch attacks on users of the road. PUNCH Metro learnt that despite efforts by the police and the surrounding communities to end […]

Fans beat Players in Pillars, Akwa NPFL game in Kaduna Kelvin Ekerete 14 June 2021 Kindly share this story: Violence once again rocked the Nigeria Professional Football League after fans encroached the pitch and disrupted the tie between Kano Pillars and Akwa United at the Ahmadu Bello Stadium in Kaduna on Sunday. Kano Pillars and […]

John Alechenu 14 June 2021 Kindly share this story: THE son of the acclaimed winner of the June 12 presidential election, Kola Abiola, has said Nigeria’s democracy the way it was currently being practiced was not what his late father, Chief MKO Abiola, and several Nigerians died for. He further said it was not the […]

Sunday Aborisade, John Charles, Matthew Ochei, Peter Dada, Ada Wodu, Patrick Odey and Raphael Ede 14 June 2021 Kindly share this story: Ondo, Delta, Cross River, Enugu, Benue and Akwa Ibom state governments on Sunday faulted the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), over the existence of a gazette, which marked out grazing routes for […]

Deborah Tolu-Kolawole and Malharaji Altine 14 June 2021 Kindly share this story: At least 936 students of secondary and tertiary institutions were abducted by suspected bandits and Boko Haram members across the country between December 2020 and June 5, 2021. Findings by our correspondents showed that abductions were carried out across the country. During the […]