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Student faces disciplinary actions for biting off colleague’s tongue in Umuahia

28.10.2024

A female student who lost the taste bud of her tongue to a fellow student at Federal Government College Umuahia, Abia State, has been discharged from the hospital and can now talk. This is even as the perpetrator is to face disciplinary actions according to the school’s code of conduct. The development was made known...

‘I’ll make you disappear’ – Police angry I recorded video – Cab driver narrates ordeal

28.10.2024

Stephen Abuwatseya, the cab driver assaulted by the House of Representatives member from Abia State, Alexander Mascot Ikwechegh, has disclosed that an Investigating Police Officer, IPO, at the Maitama Police station was angry he recorded the assault he suffered. Abuwatseya disclosed this while recounting the altercation with the lawmaker and his ordeal at the Police...

I was bundled to Police station, held for 2 hours – Uber driver assaulted by Rep reveals

28.10.2024

A cab driver, Stephen Abuwatseya, has revealed that Abia House of Representatives member, Alex Ikwechegh, bundled him to the Police Station after assaulting him at his house. DAILY POST reported that Ikwechegh also threatened to make the Uber driver ‘disappear’. The Rep member equally threatened to lock the driver up in his generator house. Speaking...

Security guard bags 18 months jail term for stealing diesel

28.10.2024

A Jos Magistrates’ Court on Monday sentenced a 25-year-old security guard, Lucky Bulus, to 18 months in prison for stealing 350 litres of diesel. The Magistrate, Shawomi Bokkos, summarily tried and sentenced Bulus after he pleaded guilty to the charge. Bokkos, in his judgement, ordered the convict to pay an option of N30,000 fine or...

Ogun hunter found dead with bullet wounds

28.10.2024

The Police in Ogun State on Monday, said a hunter identified as Femi was found dead with bullet wounds in a forest in the Ijebu Igbo area of the state. Omolola Odutola, the command’s spokesperson said Femi, a resident of Ofemodoko village had gone hunting with one Taoreed popularly known as Kokoro on Friday, but...

Edo: Gunmen kidnap Catholic priest in Auchi

28.10.2024

Gunmen on Sunday evening abducted Reverend Father Thomas Oyode, the rector of the Immaculate Conception Minor Seminary, Ivhianokpodi, Etsako East Local Government Area of Edo State. Following the abduction, the Catholic Diocese of Auchi is seeking the assistance of law enforcement agencies in securing the release of the priest. A statement by the Director of...

Please reach out to me – Verydarkman begs Uber driver allegedly assaulted by Rep member, Ikwechegh

28.10.2024

Popular social media critic, VeryDarkMan has urged the uber driver allegedly assaulted by Abia lawmaker, Alex Mascot Ikwechegh to reach out to him. DAILY POST reports that a trending video online captured the lawmaker threatening to beat up the cabman and lock him up in his generator house. The Rep member also slapped the driver...

Tension as hoodlums kidnap UNN Dean, others along Ugwuogo-Opi-Nsukka Road

28.10.2024

A senior lecturer in the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN, Prof Oguejiofo Ujam was on Sunday abducted along the Ugwuogo-Nike-Opi-Nsukka Road. Oguejiofor is the Dean, School of General Studies of the university. DAILY POST learnt that the kidnapping of the varsity don is one in a series of abductions along the road within the last...

Lone crash kills one, leaves another injured in Ogun

28.10.2024

An unidentified female passenger has been reported dead in a fatal lone accident that occurred at Molipa roundabout, in the Ijebu -Ode area of Ogun state. The accident which happened at about 10:30pm on Sunday, occurred when the driver of the Lexus Jeep lost control and crashed into a container beside the road. Confirming the...

Tenants take turns to flog landlord for robbing neighbourhood

28.10.2024

A landlord, identified as Obong Ete, whose house is on Waddel Street Calabar South of Cross River State, has been beaten to a pulp by his tenants and neighbours for robbing them. The neighbourhood flogged the landlord with horse whips and canes; hit him with planks and severely beat him up. The incident happened on...

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I apologise for saying no heaven without tithe – Adeboye

04.10.2024

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has apologised for saying that Christians who don’t pay tithe might not make it to heaven. Adeboye who had previously said that paying tithe was one of the prerequisites for going to heaven, apologised for the comment while addressing his congregation Thursday...

Protesters storm Rivers electoral commission, insist election must hold

04.10.2024

Angry protesters on Friday stormed the office of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, singing and chanting ‘Election must hold’. They defied the heavy rainfall spreading canopies, while singing and drumming, with one side of the road blocked. The protest came after the Rivers State governor stormed the RSIEC in the early hours of Friday...

Man who asked Tinubu to resign admitted in psychiatric hospital

04.10.2024

The Adamawa State Police Command has disclosed that the 30-year-old Abdullahi Mohammed who climbed a 33 kv high tension electricity pole in Mayo-Belwa last Friday has been admitted at the Yola Psychiatric hospital for mental examination. The Police Public Relations Officer of the command SP Suleiman Nguroje, told Arewa PUNCH on Friday in an exclusive...

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