NNEWI – Nigeria Police operatives attached to Otolo – Nnewi, Anambra State on Thursday, 1st May 2025, arrested two suspected kidnappers, cultists in the area, recovered one foreign-made pistol, three live ammunition and a lady’s motorcycle suspected to have been stolen. The State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga who disclosed this in a…
ENUGU – The Labour Party members representing Igboeze/Udenu and Igboeze South/Nsukka federal constituencies, Dennis Agbo and Mark-Chidi Obetta, respectively, on Thursday defected to the Peoples Democratic Party in Enugu. Defecting with them was the member representing the Nsukka West state constituency, Malachi-Okey Onyechi. On Tuesday, two Labour Party chieftains, Emeka Mamah and Titus Odo, defected…
ABUJA – In a decisive effort to arrest long-standing inefficiencies in Nigeria’s refining operations, the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Bayo Ojulari, has removed the managing directors of the company’s three major refineries located in Port Harcourt, Kaduna, and Warri. According to Peoples Gazette, the leadership shake-up, which…
LAGOS – The Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway construction will be completed in January 2026, the Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, has said. Mr Umahi made the disclosure during an inspection tour of the highway on Wednesday. “We came to review the project with the financial promoters – Dutch Bank and Development Bank of Southern Africa,” he…
LAGOS – Despite an ongoing investigation into a massive N1.2 trillion digital trading fraud that reportedly affected over 600,000 Nigerians, embattled investment platform Crypto Bridge Exchange (CBEX) has resumed operations—reigniting concerns among regulators and financial watchdogs. Two traders told to The PUNCH on Wednesday that the digital trading firm, which abruptly collapsed on April 14,…
ABUJA – As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to celebrate International Workers’ Day, the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) has paid glowing tribute to the nation’s workers, praising their unwavering resilience and indispensable role in national development. In a statement signed by Comrade Muhammed Ishaq, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, the PRP marked the…
