Olorogun Oscar Ibru, 67, Nigerian billionaire and Chairman of the Ibru Organisation, has died, THEWILL quoted a relative of the family on Wednesday. According to the report, Oscar, the scion of the Michael Ibru family, died from an ailment. Born in 1958 into the Ibru family, the eldest son of Michael Ibru, founder of the…
Pictures of the late FIRS staff Tragedy struck on Tuesday when a fire engulfed at Afriland Towers on Broad Street, Lagos, a multiple storey building that houses offices of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and United Capital Plc (UCAP), a branch of United Bank of Africa (UBA), and other financial institutions. The fire was…
Fresh facts have emerged over the cause of the death of Comfort Jimtop Oliver, a 100-level student of Mass Communication at the Taraba State University, Jalingo, and her suspected lover, Emmanuel Kefas, amidst heightened apprehension, fear and uncertainty in the capital city. It was earlier reported the death of Comfort allegedly in her boyfriend’s apartment…
Police operatives have reportedly killed the son of Abubakar Yaqub, Chief Imam of the Kuchibuyi community in the Bwari area of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Attahiru Abubakar was allegedly shot dead by police officers during a land dispute in the area on Saturday. PUNCH Metro gathered that Attahiru died instantly after being hit by…
The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) FCT Council has announced with deep sorrow the sudden passing of senior journalist, Dr. Leon Usigbe. The veteran reporter died on Friday, July 25, 2025, following a brief illness. According to a statement by Secretary of the FCT Council, Jide Oyekunle, Dr. Usigbe was initially treated at the State…
President Bola Tinubu has announced the passing of his predecessor, Muhammadu Buhari. Buhari died on Sunday in London at about 4.30 pm, following a prolonged illness. According to a release issued by presidential spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga, President Tinubu has spoken with the former President’s widow, Aishat Buhari and offered his deep condolences. The President has…
Former President Muhammadu Buhari is dead. His spokesperson until his death, Mallam Garba Shehu, confirmed this in a terse statement. Shehu issued the statement on Sunday afternoon. According to available information, Buhari died on Sunday in a hospital in the United Kingdom.
Four people have been reported killed following an explosion along the Katarko-Goniri Road in the Gujba Local Government Area of Yobe State. The explosion also injured 21 other people mostly residents of the Gotala Community. It was gathered that the victims of the explosion from an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) were on their way to…
The Bayelsa State Police Command has launched a manhunt for a suspected Internet fraudster after the body of an unidentified young girl was found in a hotel in the Igbogene area of Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital. The incident, which a source who sought his identity not to be disclosed, told PUNCH Metro happened, has raised…
Some of the survivors of Saturday’s auto crash that claimed the lives of 22 Kano State’s contingents returning from the just-concluded National Sports Festival in Abeokuta, Ogun State, have recounted the moments before the accident. The crash, which occurred around 12:30pm near the Chiromawa Bridge in Bebeji Local Government Area along the Kano–Kaduna Expressway, involved…
