GOVERNOR WIKE RELEASES N712M FOR STRANDED RIVERS STUDENTS ABROAD

Parents of final year students of tertiary institutions abroad under the Rivers State Sustainable Development Agency, RSSDA, Special Scholarship initiated by the Rotimi Amaechi’s administration can now heave a sigh of relief, as Governor Nyesom Wike has approved N712million for the stranded students.

MAN DIES AFTER DRINKING 20 SACHETS OF GIN IN N500 BET

A middle-aged man, identified as Chucks from Imo State, has died after consuming 20 sachets of gin in a N500 bet with a woman.

The deceased, said to be a barber, is married with a child and lived along Ngwa Road area of Aba, Abia State.

U.S SUBMITS NAMES OF OIL THIEVES TO BUHARI

The United States of America has handed over the names of Nigerian oil thieves to President Muhammadu Buhari, a member of the President’s entourage during last week’s visit to the US confided in The PUNCH on Tuesday.

“I can tell you that the President already has the list of names of the people engaging in the stealing of Nigeria’s oil. The list, when released by the President, will shock Nigerians.

EL-RUFAI SUES NEWSPAPER OVER REPORT ON ALLEGED N90 BILLION ASSETS

The Kaduna state governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Monday sued The Union newspaper, based in Lagos, for reporting that he declared assets worth N90billion before the Code of Conduct Bureau.

The governor, who personally filed the case at the state High Court, was accompanied by his deputy, Bala Bantex, his lawyers and top government officials.

PRESIDENCY DEMANDS PROOF FROM FACTION OF BOKO HARAM WANTING TO NEGOTIATE

The presidency has revealed a faction of Boko Haram has approached the federal government for negotiations ..According to presidential spokesman Garba Shehu,the government are trying to verify their claims and determine if they have such authority ..He said

75 YEAR OLD MAN SUE WIFE OVER STARVATION OF S*X

Mr Kayode Oguntuase, a 75-year-old man, on Monday approached an Ado-Ekiti Customary Court to dissolve his 26-year-old marriage on allegation of being starved of s*x.
Oguntuase told the court that his 53-year-old wife, Felicia, was also sleeping with other men. He also accused the wife of stubbornness, theft, threats to his life and lack of care for him, adding that she was also adamant to corrections.

BOBBI KRISTINA BROWN’S INITIAL AUTOPSY INCONCLUSIVE

An initial autopsy into the death of Bobbi Kristina Brown has proved inconclusive as coroners continue to investigate her cause of death.
The only child of the late Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown died on Sunday, aged 22, after her family decided to take her off life support, almost six months after she was found face down and unresponsive in a bath tub at her Roswell, Georgia home.

BOXER TURNED ACTOR ORTIZ ARRESTED FOR ALLEGED ASSAULT

Boxer-turned-actor Victor Ortiz was reportedly arrested for an alleged assault with a deadly weapon during a Kenny Chesney and Jason Aldean show in California on Saturday night.
The Expendables 3 star and his brother were at Pasadena’s Rose Bowl for the country stars’ massive gig, where they became embroiled in a verbal altercation with another concertgoer, according to TMZ.com.

GOVERNOR DICKSON TO SEND 22 FOOTBALLERS TO EUROPE

Twenty-two footballers to be selected from the Governor Dickson’s Football Tournament will embark on a playing tour of Europe.

Bayelsa State Governor Seriake Dickson made this known in Yenagoa on Friday at the unveiling of the mascot and presentation of jerseys for the tournament, which will take place across the state for two months.

PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS DROWN IN AKWA IBOM RIVER

Eight pupils, who were returning from a primary school in Ikot Abia-Enyie in the Nsit Atai Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, have perished in the Atang River.

The river is said to have divided Ikot Abia-Enyie village into two; with all the facilities in the area ─ a health centre, a primary and a secondary schools ─ located on one side of the river.

MAN ALLEGEDLY DEFILES NEIGHBOUR`S 2 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER

One Kehinde Paul has been arraigned before a Lagos State High Court in Ikeja for allegedly raping a two-year-old daughter of his neighbour, Mrs. Mercy Ofaghae, two years ago.

Kehinde, who lives in Igando, a suburb of Lagos State, however, pleaded not guilty to one count of rape and defilement preferred against him on Monday before Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye.

EXPLOSION AT GOLDEN PENNY FLOUR KILLS WORKER

Tragedy struck on Monday at the Iganmu office of the Golden Penny Flour Mills Plc. in Lagos State after an explosion erupted from a boiler at the production section of the company and killed a worker, Folorunso Odunayo.

20 MONTH OLD BABY ABDUCTED AT COUSIN’S NAMING CEREMONY

There was confusion at Akorede Estate, Mile 2, in the Abeokuta North Local Government Area of Ogun State on Sunday as a 20-month-old baby, Opeyemi Ogundele, was abducted at his cousin’s naming ceremony.

The light-complexioned boy had accompanied her mother, Elizabeth Ogundele, to the naming ceremony before his sudden disappearance.

CHINA SENTENCES 14 CULT MEMBERS WHO SAY JESUS HAS BEEN REINCARNATED

A total of 14 members of a Chinese religious cult have been jailed for up to three years, state media said Sunday, the latest sentences after two members were executed this year for killing a woman.

FEMALE SUICIDE BOMBER KILLS 15 IN FRESH DAMATURU MARKET BLAST

15 people were killed with 47 others severely injured when a female suicide bomber detonated an Improvised Explosive Devices at Damaturu Sunday market on Sunday morning.

The incident took place at about 9:30am Sunday when the market was about to reach its peak.