The Sokoto State Government has capped the maximum amount of petroleum product motorists and tricycles operators can buy per time at N5,000 and N500 respectively. The state government reached this agreement with Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) during a stakeholders meeting in Sokoto as part of measures to curb banditry. “There is also…
A Nigerian man David Odiabo has died in the United States a week after winning a contract worth $125m. His brother, Stephen Odiabo who announced his death via his LinkedIn page revealed that his brother didn’t have covid but died of heart attack in his sleep. The contract which he won from the Departmentog Homeland…
An undergraduate, Emmanuel Odebunmi, has drowned in a swimming pool at the University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State. PUNCH Metro learnt that the student had, in company of three of his friends, gone to the pool to swim, and got drowned in the process. It was gathered that the victim, who hailed from Ogun State, was…
Nigerian singer, Terry Alexander Ejeh who is popularly referred to as “Terry Akpala” revealed that he and his friends were robbed at gunpoint on Monday night on Third Mainland Bridge, Lagos. The Akpala-fusion singer took to his Instagram page to share the horrible news with his followers as he attached the video of the incident…
Armed bandits have overrun a Nigerian military base in Zamfara, Peoples Gazette has learnt, marking a major setback in the campaign to curb violent crimes across the state. The bandits struck a forward operating base in Mutumji, Dansadau, about 80 kilometres south of the capital Gusau, at about 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, The Gazette learnt…
Operatives of the Nigeria Security andCivil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kwara State Command, have arrested a Beninese immigrant, Adamu Sime, for incest. The command’s spokesman, Babawale Afolabi, confirmed this in a statement on Sunday, in Ilorin. Mr Afolabi said that Mr Sime had been having an affair with his mother for a long time and it…
Tragedy struck on Wednesday in Ogwuagor in the Abakpa Nike, Enugu East Local Government Area of Enugu State, as a middle-aged man, Eke Ofia, allegedly beat his pregnant wife to death. The incident happened when the father of four, who dealt in scrap metal on Nkpor Street, Abakpa, reportedly returned home drunk and attacked his…
Modern Armor: All you need to know about warfare subject Modern warfare subjects soldiers to a variety of lethal projectiles. Bullets fired from rifles, pistols, and machine guns can penetrate flesh and often create terrible wounds by “tumbling” when they hit a hard substance such as bone. Shell fragments—jagged pieces of metal formed by the…