The Malian High Authority for Communication (HAC) has introduced new media royalty rates, requiring outlets to pay between 1 million and 20 million CFA francs based on their commercial status. The move has sparked strong opposition from media professionals. Organizations such as the Association of Online Press Professionals have called for an immediate suspension of…
A 42-year-old e-hailing driver, Yusfat Ayinde, was stabbed to d3ath by unidentified assailants suspected to be armed robbers in Lagos State. The chairman of Lagos State chapter of the Amalgamated Union of App-Based Transporters of Nigeria, Jaiyesinmi Azeez, who confirmed the incident to Punch on Monday, said that the deceased was on duty in…
The Imo State Police Command has arrested a suspected child trafficker, Onyinyechi Emeka and rescued a stolen five-year-old boy in her custody. Spokesperson of the command, Henry Okoye, said the suspect, aged 40, was apprehended on Friday, February 7, 2025 by the Commands operatives conducting a stop and search in Okigwe. According to…
Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), on Monday unleashed a bombshell defence against Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court, Abuja, the Nigeria’s prosecution and the Chief Judge of the High, for insisting Justice Nyako must try him despite having been recused herself by a court order from…
Men of the Ondo State Security Network Agency, codenamed Amotekun Corps, have rescued a 75-year-old woman from a kidnappers’ den after she was r3.ped in Ifira Akoko, Akoko South-East Local Government area of the State. Narrating her ordeal, the septuagenarian said, “I was on my way back from the farm that fateful sunny…
