Category: City Beat
Punch Correspondent regains freedom
Kidnappers who seized a correspondent of Punch newspaper Okechukwu Nndodim four days ago have freed him. It was learnt that Nnodim was set free by his abductors...
Herdsmen/farmers crisis: Again, soldiers storm Ogun villages force farmers to recant torture story
Barely two weeks after The Nation published an exclusive report about soldiers from 35 Artillery Brigade, Alamala, Abeokuta escorting some herdsmen to Ketu-Yewa...
Insecurity/2015: APC imported Fulani militias from foreign countries to cause trouble if…., Kawu alleges
Former Chairman of the breakaway faction of the nPeopleβs Democratic Part, nPDP in Nigeria, Abubakar Kawu Baraje has asserted that the rising cases of insecurity in...
Uzodimma holds South-East Christian-Muslim peace pact with Jigawa, Kebbi Governors, others
Determined to ensure that a harmonious relationship exits between ethnic nationalities wherever they reside in the country, Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State...
As it was with Molue, Lagos govt set to phase out yellow buses
The Lagos State Government says it plans to phase out yellow buses in accordance with its transportation masterplan of the state. Commissioner for Transportation,...
COVID-19:Abuja now ahead of Lagos as NCDC reports 1,340 new cases
The Federal Capital Territory on Thursday overtook Lagos which has been the epicenter of coronavirus pandemic. While the FCT recorded 320 new cases, Lagos...
FTN cocoa processors sustains N664m loss in 2020, blames inadequate working capital
FTN Cocoa Processors Plc which is into the processing of cocoa beans and palm kernel into Cocoa Cake, Liquor, Butter, Powder, Palm Kernel oil and Palm Kernel cake...
Gunmen abduct Punch reporter, two others in Abuja
The fourth estate of the realm is under serious threat of insecurity in the country as gunmen abducted a PUNCH journalist, Okechukwu Nnodim, at his house...
Ondo Forest Reserve:Amotekun arrests 37 herdsmen, 5000 cattle for violating quit notice
No fewer than 37 herdsmen and 5,000 cattle have been arrested by the Ondo state security outfit codenamed Amotekun for violating the quit notice of forest...
Ooni to Igboho: I’m solidly behind you, you’re forgiven
The Ooni of Ife, Adeyeye Ogunwusi Ojaja II, has said that he forgives Yoruba rights activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, over the viral...
