Former Kano State Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso has said that members of the Hisbah corps in northern Nigeria do not carry firearms, emphasizing that the organization operates under the framework of Sharia law and is concerned only with matters involving Muslims. Kwankwaso made the remarks during an interview with News Central TV while responding to…
Nigerian marathon runner, sports tourism promoter, and founder of FogAdventures, Mrs. Dayo Akinbode, has shared her experience of being singled out while travelling abroad, recounting how officials in Pakistan separated her from other visitors after discovering she was travelling on a Nigerian passport. Akinbode made the disclosure in an interview with The PUNCH published on…
Olusola Sani, Strategic Media Associate to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has called on President Bola Tinubu not to obstruct the release of public documents relating to a decades-old U.S. civil forfeiture case, arguing that Nigerians deserve full disclosure on the matter. Sani made the remarks during an interview with Channels Television while defending the…
Suspected bandits have abducted the Chairman of Bungudu Local Government Area of Zamfara State, Hon. Nura Umar Bungudu. According to DailyTrust, the assailants stormed the area, which is less than 20kilometers from the state capital, Gusau, and headed straight to the LGA chairman’s residence. Eyewitnesses say the gunmen overpowered security personnel guarding the…
A grieving mother, Mrs. Mercy Edu, has recounted the devastating loss of four of her seven children after a landslide triggered by days of heavy rainfall caused a building to collapse onto their home in Ikot Anwatim community, Calabar, Cross River State. Speaking in an interview with The PUNCH, Edu described the tragic events that…
Nigerian actress and filmmaker Queen Oluwa has shared a painful memory from her childhood, revealing that she witnessed people being killed during the period when the notorious Onyabo gangs were active on Lagos Island. The actress made the disclosure during an interview on Talk To B on Friday, July 24, 2026, as she reflected on…
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees member Bode George has criticized the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by the party’s Board of Trustees, arguing that the court failed to address what he described as important constitutional issues relating to existing court judgments and the responsibilities of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). According to…
Olusola Sani, Strategic Media Associate to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has criticized the Federal Government’s response to renewed discussions surrounding a decades-old U.S. civil forfeiture case involving President Bola Tinubu, arguing that attempts to withhold details of the matter are more troubling than public scrutiny of the case itself. Sani made the remarks during…
The assassination of the Lagos State Organising Secretary of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Toba Ajiboye, popularly known as Toba Ijaya, has renewed public attention on the long-running history of violence linked to motor park politics and rival transport union factions in parts of Lagos State. According to a report by The…
I bought her a bag, a pair of shoes, and some bangles as a gift. I ordered everything through a vendor who imports items from China. I joined the vendor’s group, went through their catalogue until I found the items I thought she’d love, paid for them, and then waited for almost two months for…