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Bandits kidnap 20 passengers along Maiga-Kontagora road in Niger

01.11.2024

Bandits along the Maiga-Kontagora road in Niger State have kidnapped about 20 passengers traveling in five vehicles. The Speaker of the Niger State House of Assembly, Barrister Abdulmalik Sarkin-Daji, who represents Mariga Constituency, informed newsmen that the incident occurred on Thursday when bandits blocked the Mariga-Kontagora road between Baban-Lamba and Beri. Sarkin-Daji was responding to...

TUC debunks N40,000 minimum wage rumour in Benue

01.11.2024

Chairman of Trade Union Congress in Benue State, Gideon Akaa, has stated that labour leaders are in negotiation with the government over the new minimum wage. He dismissed the trending report on social media that the state government presented N40,000 as the new minimum wage. Speaking in a telephone chat with journalists on Friday, he...

Police to arraign VeryDarkMan in court for impersonation

01.11.2024

The Nigeria Police Force, NPF, FCT Command, has arraigned popular social media critics, VeryDarkMan will be arraigned in court for impersonation. The NPF in a statement shared on it Facebook post on Friday, revealed that VeryDarkMan will be arraign today [Friday]. “In response to recent developments, VDM, is set to appear in court today following...

Seven vessels to arrive with petrol, crude oil, others – NPA

01.11.2024

The Nigerian Ports Authority said that seven ships would berth with crude oil on Friday at the Lagos ports. The NPA, in its “Daily Shipping Position’, said that seven vessels, out of the nine expected, would berth diesel, crude oils bulk urea, petrol and aviation fuel. “The remaining two vessels will berth with containers carrying...

JUST IN: Reps pass bill mandating portfolios for ministerial nominees

01.11.2024

The House of Representatives has advanced a bill to its second reading, aiming to mandate the inclusion of specific portfolios in the nomination lists for Ministers and Commissioners submitted by the President and State Governors. Leading the debate, Okechukwu Dibiagwu highlighted that attaching portfolios to nominees would allow lawmakers in the national and state assemblies...

VeryDarkMan to appear in court today for wearing police uniform

01.11.2024

Martins Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan or VDM, is scheduled to appear in court today over allegations of impersonation. The charges stem from a recent viral video in which VeryDarkMan was seen in Nigeria Police Force uniforms “without authorisation.” NPF had condemned VeryDarkMan, in the recently released video where he described himself as CSP VeryDarkMan...

Covenant University solving character problems among youths – Oyedepo

01.11.2024

The Chancellor of Covenant University, Ota, Ogun, Dr David Oyedepo, has stressed the need for universities to equip students with the necessary skills to solve the country’s leadership challenges. Oyedepo made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Ota. Oyedepo said that could be done by establishing Africa...

Messi rules out coaching after retirement

01.11.2024

Argentine superstar Lionel Messi, in an interview on Thursday with Fabrizio Romano for ‘433’, reflected on his future, the 2026 World Cup, and the role he envisions once he retires from playing. Despite his rich career in football, Messi has made it clear he has no plans to transition into coaching. “I wouldn’t like to...

Rich folks don’t have an edge in music industry’ – Singer Lojay

01.11.2024

Singer Lekan Osifeso Junior aka Lojay, has said contrary to the popular notion, people from wealthy backgrounds don’t have an edge in the music industry. He claimed that it is more difficult for people from wealthy backgrounds to be successful in the Nigerian music industry because Nigerians like mocking rich folks. Speaking in a recent...

VIDEO: Malnourished #EndBadGovernance protesters fed biscuits, water in Abuja court

01.11.2024

Some teenagers who were allegedly involved in the nationwide #EndBadGovernance protesters which rocked the entire nation from August 1 to 10, 2024, were seen in a distressing state upon arrival at the Federal High Court in Abuja for arraignment. In some videos recorded in the courtroom and obtained by PUNCH Online Friday, some of the male...

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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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