The Bayelsa State Police Command has charged eight suspects to court over the disappearance of a one-year, 10-month-old girl, Amarachi Blessing Ogbonna, from a church premises in the state. The child reportedly disappeared from the church premises on June 21, 2026, prompting an investigation by the police command, reports The PUNCH. The Comman...
•Sweden’s Minister for Environment and Climate, Romina Pourmokhtari with her baby during an EU environment ministerial meeting in Luxembourg, today Sweden’s environment minister brought her baby to an EU meeting today, in a barrier-breaking move she said showed it was possible to be both “a present minister and a present mother”. Romina Pourm...
•IGP Egbetokun A 30-year-old nursing mother and her 10-month-old baby were murdered and dumped in a well in Sheme village, Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State. The evil deed was reportedly carried out by men involved in a paternity dispute with the deceased, reports Vanguard. The Police in Katsina have arrested one of the […]...
•Flooding Three people have been swept away in a heavy downpour in Zaria, Kaduna State. An eyewitness, Mustapha Badamasi, Dan Bakano of Tudun jukun, said a corpse was recovered from the flood while at least two are missing, reports Daily Trust. The corpse was identified as that of Yusuf Surajo known as Abba, while Fatima […]
Please fact-check me: In 2024, Ibom Air generated ₦96 billion in revenue, which is almost equal to the ₦101 billion that the five Southeastern states collectively contributed to the Nigerian treasury via VAT. That is not a small achievement. The tax paid by Ibom Air is responsible for some of the roads you are driving […]
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) says it has opened an investigation into a viral video showing a woman feeding an alcoholic herbal drink, Action Bitters, to a baby girl. The footage, which was shared on X (formerly Twitter) by content creator Chuks Eric on Sunday, captures the unidentified woman holding the child and pouring the […]
When Prince Adeniyi accepted a ride request from a man in Mayfair Gardens, Ile-Ife, little did he know that he was about to help deliver a baby. The trip was supposed to be a fast one because a man was rushing to pick up his pregnant wife and take her to the hospital, reports Vanguard. […]
A 38-year-old American woman has filed a lawsuit against a fertility clinic after the wrong embryo was implanted in her, causing her to give birth to a child that was not biologically hers. She later had to surrender the baby to its rightful parents. Krystena Murray, from Savannah, Georgia, turned to in vitro fertilisation to […]
•Stampede In this interview, a female survivor who went to the children funfair at the Islamic High School, Bashorun, Ibadan, where more than 35 children died, shares her experience at the scene with Saturday PUNCH. Excerpts: Tell us about yourself My name is Laide. I am a 30-year-old hairstylist and a mother of a three-year-old […]
•Ooni of Ife The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi has disclosed how Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdul-Rasheed Akanbi chased him out of his palace in Iwo. The monarch revealed this in a trending video on social media at the weekend. Ooni who spoke in Yoruba language disclosed he visited Oluwo at his palace in […]

