October 2024 – Page 15

Harris seeks distance from Biden ‘garbage’ comments

30.10.2024

Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris sought to distance herself Wednesday from comments by US President Joe Biden appearing to refer to Republican Donald Trump’s supporters as “garbage.” Biden caused a firestorm with the remarks in a campaign call on Tuesday, as he addressed a row that erupted after one of Trump’s warm-up speakers at a...

Ondo poll: Igbo leader warns against violence, electoral malpractices

30.10.2024

As the Ondo State Governorship Election draws nearer, the Igbo group has warned its members living in the state against involving in electoral malpractices and violence during the November 16 poll. The leader and Asiwaju of Ndigbo in the state, Mr Titus Umenweke, in a statement issued by his media aide, Mr Alimi Collins, on...

Hezbollah open to accept end of aggression, says new chief

30.10.2024

Hezbollah’s new leader on Wednesday said the beleaguered Lebanese movement could agree to a ceasefire under certain terms, as Israeli forces expand their bombardment of the group’s bastions. Naim Qassem’s statement came as Israel’s security cabinet met to discuss a possible truce, but also as Israel attacked the eastern Lebanese city of Baalbek and said...

Police arrest 1,247 suspects, recover 3,172 ammunitions, rescue 64 abducted victims in October

30.10.2024

The Nigeria Police Force has announced the arrest of 1, 247 suspects including a major arms dealer and recovered 3,172 series of ammunition within the month of October, 2024, in its bid to fight crimes in the country. It also recovered 118 stolen vehicles and rescued 64 victims of kidnapping across the country. The Force...

How COVID-19 outbreak transformed Edo’s healthcare delivery- Obaseki

30.10.2024

The Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, stated on Wednesday that his administration’s significant achievements in the health sector were influenced by the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020. The governor noted that with the pandemic’s onset and the precarious state of the healthcare system, not only in Edo but across Nigeria, it became imperative to develop...

Rivers: Judiciary fostering political crises, says Atiku

30.10.2024

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, on Wednesday, lamented that Nigerian courts are playing a more ignoble role in fostering political crises across the country. Atiku’s concerns were raised in a press statement issued by his Media Adviser Paul Ibe. The 2023 Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party was reacting to Wednesday’s judgment by a...

Rivers crisis: I was ambushed with peace agreement – Fubara

30.10.2024

Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, on Wednesday, revealed that he discovered he was being ambushed by the peace agreement he signed alongside the faction of the state House of Assembly that planned to oust him from office. Fubara made the revelation during a non-denominational thanksgiving in Port Harcourt on Wednesday to mark a year he...

Police arrest 1,246 suspects, recover 3,172 weapons in October

30.10.2024

No fewer than 1,246 suspects were arrested by operatives of the Nigeria Police Force across the country in October. Of the suspects arrested, 371 were nabbed for armed robbery, 186 for kidnapping, 242 for murder/homicide, 217 for rape, and 167 for cultism. The police also recovered 210 various firearms and 3172 ammunition of various calibres...

Enugu VIO denies involvement in tricycle rider’s death

30.10.2024

The Enugu State Ministry of Transport has dismissed claims from unverified reports that officers from its Vehicle Inspection Unit caused the death of a Tricycle (Keke) rider. The Public Relations Officer, Enugu State Ministry of Transport, Odumegwu Chinwendu, who stated this in a rebuttal made available to our correspondent on Wednesday, maintained that the purported...

EFCC arrests 7 for fraud in Abuja

30.10.2024

Operatives of the Abuja Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday confirmed the arrest of seven suspected internet fraudsters. The suspects were arrested on Tuesday, October 29, 2024 at the Kubwa axis of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, The anti-graft agency said the arrest of the suspects followed credible intelligence...

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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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