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Mob vandalises MTN office in Lagos protesting mass disconnection

A large crowd of angry MTN subscribers in the early hours of Monday, vandalised the telecommunications company’s office in the FESTAC Town area of Lagos State in response to the network blocking subscribers due to a mismatch in their National Identification Number and SIM registration. In a viral video circulating on social media, the mob could be seen destroying a barricade fence just outside the MTN office. The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin...

Gunmen kill four policemen, PoS operator in lmo

Gunmen on Monday evening killed four police officers on a stop-and-search checkpoint along the Owerri-Onitsha road in Imo state. An eyewitness who claimed to be a resident of Irete in Owerri West Local Government Area of the state told PUNCH Metro on the condition of anonymity that fear couldn’t allow him and others to ascertain how many civilians were also shot. He said, “The gunmen stormed one of the popular hotels where the police checkpoint...

Community pleads with govt to reinstate sacked LASU lecturers

The residents of Ikoga-Zebbe Kingdom in the Badagry Local Government Area of Lagos State have appealed to Governor Sanwo-Olu to reinstate five lecturers from the Lagos State University who were sacked by the varsity management in 2019. Our correspondents learnt that the lecturers, who were members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Lagos State chapter, were dismissed in September 2019 over allegations of unauthorised removal, retention, dissemination, or publication of official confidential documents. The...

Armed robber killed, three arrested in Ebonyi community

Soldiers attached to the Nkwagu Military Cantonment, on Monday, killed an armed robber on the Akpoha/Abaomege area of the Afikpo-Abakaliki Highway in the Onicha Local Government Area of the state. They also arrested three people said to have links with the hoodlums who allegedly terrorised motorists in the area. PUNCH Metro reports that the suspects were part of a gang that had been causing mayhem and terrorising the axis. The Afikpo-Abakaliki Highway in Ebonyi State...

Confusion as gunmen abduct Sokoto monarch

Suspected gunmen believed to be bandits on Sunday kidnapped Sarkin Gobie, the traditional ruler of Gatawa District, Sabom Birni Local Government Area, one of the troubled areas in the Eastern senatorial zone of the state. When contacted on Monday, the spokesman for the Sokoto State Police Command, Assistant Superintendent of Police Ahmed Rufai, confirmed the abduction of the traditional ruler, but could not provide details on how the abduction  took place. Rufai said the command...

How 300-level Bauchi varsity student slumped, died in bathroom

A female student of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, Naja’atu Salisu, has been confirmed dead after slumping in the bathroom. The 300-level student of computer science died after she was found unconscious by her sister in the bathroom on Friday. Her roommate, who pleaded for anonymity, explained to Arewa PUNCH that “she had done every routine preparation for the morning class before going into the bathroom. “Naja’atu has selected clothes to wear to the class...

A memo signed by SP Anas Mohammed, S/O DOPS (Department of Operations, SHQ Owerri on July 29, 2024 with reference number AB:  4087/IMS/DOPS/SO/VOL.1/443 said the posting is in view of the upcoming nationwide protest. The Nigeria Police Force has withdrawn 30 inspectors and rank and file personnel attached to Very Important Personalities (VIPs) to boost its operations ahead of the planned #EndBadGovernance protests. A memo signed by SP Anas Mohammed, S/O DOPS (Department of Operations,...

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has refused to acknowledge the letter written by the Take-It-Back Movement, one of the organisers of the planned nationwide #DaysOfRage and #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protests. Last Friday, SaharaReporters reported that the TIB had written to Wike, requesting the release of the Eagle Square in Abuja between August 1 and 10, 2024, for the protest. The letter signed by the Director of Mobilisation, Take It Back Movement (TIB) in...

The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun has requested to meet representatives of the Take-It-Back Movement and their lawyer, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa (SAN) on Tuesday, July 30, 2024 at the Force Headquarters in Abuja. The meeting is over the planned protest against the economic hardship in the country tagged #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria. The letter dated July 29, 2024 with Ref. No CJ: 2400/IGP.SEC/ABJ/VOL.1/10, obtained by SaharaReporters, was addressed to Adegboruwa and signed by the Principal Staff Officer to the...