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EPL: Injury concerns mount for Arsenal ahead Liverpool showdown

23.10.2024

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has expressed concerns ahead of the crucial Premier League game against Liverpool at the Emirates on Sunday. Arsenal defender William Saliba will miss the match after receiving a red card in the 25th minute of their game against Bournemouth, which led to Arsenal’s first defeat of the 2024/2025 Premier League season....

Sit-at-home enforcers kill 2 in Aba

23.10.2024

Some residents were killed in Aba, the commercial city of Abia State, on Tuesday by suspected enforcers of sit-at-home order. The hooded men in black murdered two persons around Old Express off Sameck Junction, within the Aba North Local Government Area. One of the victims was simply identified as a caretaker, while the other’s identity...

Failed fortification: Enugu police arrest native doctor, father over son’s death

23.10.2024

Enugu State Police Command has confirmed the death of a young man during a failed fortification. DAILY POST recalls that news went viral of a young man whose father took to a native doctor for fortification, but he died one hour after he was buried alive. In a statement made available to journalists on Tuesday...

Kidnappers kill lawmaker’s aide in Abuja after collecting ransom

23.10.2024

A member of the House of Representatives, Dabo Haruna, on Tuesday, lamented that despite payment of ransom, kidnappers killed his legislative aide, Miss Nimah Sulaiman, on October 17, 2024. Haruna, who represents Toro federal constituency of Bauchi State while moving a motion of urgent national importance, said his legislative aide was brutally murdered on her...

19 die in Plateau auto crash

23.10.2024

No fewer than 19 persons have been confirmed dead in an auto crash that occurred at Hawan Kibo area of Riyom Local Government Council in Plateau State. It was gathered that the vehicle was travelling from Adamawa State to Abuja when the accident occurred on Tuesday morning. Confirming the incident, Peter Yakubu, Plateau State spokesman...

[ICYMI] When we got married, no family member came for our wedding – Nigerian-American couple

23.10.2024

Blessing, a Nigerian, and Jake, an American, opened up about their extraordinary journey to matrimony, defying cultural expectations and family resistance. In an interview on Femi Lazarus’s YouTube program, Stories, on Sunday, the couple shared how they got married in Nigeria without any family members present, navigating obstacles with unwavering faith. Photo: Instagram (femilazarus1) Blessing’s...

Botched AFCON qualifier: CAF decides Nigeria, Libya fate today

23.10.2024

Football enthusiasts across the country are gripped by anxiety and suspense as the Confederation of African Football announces its decision on the botched 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying Group D tie between Nigeria and Libya on Wednesday (today), The Punch reports. The Nigeria Football Federation had lodged a complaint with CAF after the Libyan...

Drugs allegations: Akpabio defends Ashiru, demands NDLEA proofs

23.10.2024

The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has urged the Senate to invite the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency and other relevant agencies to substantiate the drug-related allegations made against the Deputy Senate Leader, Yisa Ashiru. On Monday, the NDLEA hit back at Ashiru, after he accused the agency of being “the most corrupt and compromised agency”...

Ex-presidential candidate knocks Tinubu, tags him ‘civilian dictator’

23.10.2024

Former presidential candidate of the African Renaissance Party, Alhaji Yahaya Ndu, has strongly criticized President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s economic policies, describing them as thoughtless and detrimental to Nigeria’s economy. In an exclusive interview with South-East PUNCH, Ndu expressed concerns that these policies have pushed many Nigerians into extreme poverty. He also criticised Tinubu’s leadership style,...

Ibrahim wins 1st Green Fairway Amateur golf tourney

23.10.2024

Lt. Col. Usman Ibrahim has emerged winner of the maiden edition of the Green Fairway Amateur Golf Championship in Abuja. The one-day 18-hole championship held over the weekend took place at the TYB International Golf Resort and Country Club, Abuja. Ibrahim, playing off handicap 19, returned a gross score of 79 and 60 net to...

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I apologise for saying no heaven without tithe – Adeboye

04.10.2024

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has apologised for saying that Christians who don’t pay tithe might not make it to heaven. Adeboye who had previously said that paying tithe was one of the prerequisites for going to heaven, apologised for the comment while addressing his congregation Thursday...

Protesters storm Rivers electoral commission, insist election must hold

04.10.2024

Angry protesters on Friday stormed the office of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, singing and chanting ‘Election must hold’. They defied the heavy rainfall spreading canopies, while singing and drumming, with one side of the road blocked. The protest came after the Rivers State governor stormed the RSIEC in the early hours of Friday...

Man who asked Tinubu to resign admitted in psychiatric hospital

04.10.2024

The Adamawa State Police Command has disclosed that the 30-year-old Abdullahi Mohammed who climbed a 33 kv high tension electricity pole in Mayo-Belwa last Friday has been admitted at the Yola Psychiatric hospital for mental examination. The Police Public Relations Officer of the command SP Suleiman Nguroje, told Arewa PUNCH on Friday in an exclusive...

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