•Burnt apartment A 54-year-old businesswoman, Tina Uyi on New Day escaped death by whiskers after her estranged 55-year-old husband, Osaro Ahunwan allegedly set her apartment ablaze. The incident happened at No 7 Asemota Street, Idumwonwina in Benin City, reports Vanguard. The victim, Tina who was said to have returned to Nigeria on December 3...
•Samson Ajao The Guinness World Records (GWR) has announced 27-year-old Nigerian Samson Ajao as the new record holder for the world’s longest marathon reading aloud, clocking in at 215 hours – just one hour short of nine full days. Ajao, from Osogbo in Osun State, beat the previous record of 124 hours set in 2022 […]
A man, Abdullahi Idris, has been arraigned in a Kano State Sharia court for allegedly setting his girlfriend, Sa’adatu Ibrahim, ablaze for turning down his marriage proposal. Idris, a resident of Rimi town in Sumaila LGA, was said to have dated Sa’adatu, a divorced woman, for seven days before she refused to accept his proposal […]
•Boat on fire At least 40 migrants have died after a boat they were travelling in caught fire off the northern coast of Haiti, a UN agency said yesterday, with police saying the explosion was sparked by a voodoo ritual gone wrong. The UN’s International Organisation for Migration (IOM) reported that the Haitian Coast Guard […]
•Fire An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan on Thursday ordered that a 35-year-old man, Dickson Peter, be remanded in a correction facility for allegedly setting his landlord’s house on fire. The police charged the defendant with two counts of felony and arson, reports NAN. The Magistrate, Mr M. Mudashiru, who did not take [&he...
Uncertainty about the rate of commodities continues to beat the imagination of market forces and consumers with the month of Ramadan few days away. The situation is likely to worsen, going by the current economic situation in the country, reports Daily Trust. Both traders and consumers interviewed by our correspondents described the present da...
•Bwala with Tinubu A presidential campaign spokesperson for Atiku Abubakar during the 2023 elections, Daniel Bwala, yesterday, met with President Bola Tinubu at the Aso Rock Villa in Abuja. In a chat with State House correspondents after closed-door talks, he declared his availability to work with the President Tinubu-led administration, repor...
•Emefiele A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Maitama has scheduled January 8 for judgment in the fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele. Justice Olukayode Adeniyi chose the date after lawyers to the parties in the case made their final submissions. Justice ...
•Suspected thieves set on fire Two suspected thugs have been set ablaze by a mob near Sokoto Road, Main Market in Onitsha, Anambra State. It was gathered that the incident happened around 3.30 p.m. today, reports The PUNCH Eyewitnesses in the area said the mob first lynched the suspects before setting them on fire. “The […]
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