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Police Arrest Suspect In ₦4.2m Robbery, ATM Fraud Case In Uyo

07.02.2026

Akwa Ibom State Police Command has announced a significant breakthrough in the investigation of a grave case of armed robbery, criminal conspiracy, and alleged invocation of juju reported within the Uyo metropolis. The State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Timfon John, in a press statement made available to journalists on Friday, said the Command received...

PDP Warns Wike Group Against Forceful Occupation Of Secretariat

06.02.2026

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has warned the group loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, against resorting to self-help, by either forcibly or in connivance with security forces, to gain access to, and occupy its national secretariat and other party property. The former National Secretary, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, who...

Gunmen Kill Youth Leader, Aide In Rivers Community

06.02.2026

A youth leader in Omoku in Ogba/Egbena/Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State has been feared dead alongside his aide during an attack by armed men in the area. Unidentified gunmen attacked Comrade Ifeanyi Azuazu, the president of Omoku Youths Federation and Chigozie Oluwu, the security aide to the youth leader, at a bar in...

Port Police Plans To Collaborate with PCRC On Security

06.02.2026

The Ports Authority Police (Western) Command has assured the maritime Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC) of its readiness to work closely with them to maintain peace, security, and order within the ports and adjoining communities. The Commissioner of Police, Oluwatoyin Iyabode Agbaminoja, gave the assurance at the command headquarters during a courtesy visit by PCRC...

Appeal Court Affirms ₦2.5bn Award Against ABU Over Illegal

06.02.2026

On Friday, a Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja affirmed ₦2.5 billion judgment entered against Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, for the unlawful disengagement of 110 employees in 1996. This is as the Court ordered immediate compliance with the judgment in two unanimous judgments delivered on February 6, warning of sanctions for default. A three-man panel...

Customs Prepares Senior Officers For Higher Responsibility

06.02.2026

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has reinforced its commitment to leadership development with a strategic training session for senior officers under the Senior Customs Command and Leadership Course at the Nigeria Customs Command and Staff College (NCCSC), Gwagwalada, Abuja. The NCS National Public Relations Officer, Abdullahi Maiwada, explained in a statement on Friday that the...

Ajadi Faults Senate Over Removal Of E-Transmission Of Results

06.02.2026

A leading People’s Democratic Party (PDP), governorship aspirant in Oyo State, Ambassador Olufemi Ajadi, faulted the Senate over the removal of the electronic transmission of results from the Electoral Act, saying such a move is not in tune with what Nigerians want. Ajadi said the Senate’s plan to shoot down the electronic transmission of results...

Ex-Minister Mourns, Says Attack Casts Pall Of Grief On Kwara

06.02.2026

The immediate past Minister of State for Transportation, Senator Rukayyah Gbemisola Saraki, has commiserated with the people of Nuku and Woro communities in Kaiama Local Government Area of the state, saying the attack has cast a heavy pall of grief over Kwara State. In a statement she personally signed on Friday, Saraki also commended the...

NEMA Deploys Response Team To Kwara Communities

06.02.2026

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has deployed a response team to Woro and Nuku communities in Kaiama Local Government Area, Kwara State. New Telegraph reports that the development followed the recent deadly bandit attack on the residents of the communities on Tuesday night, February 3. Community leaders reported that 75 individuals have been buried...

FG Promises Adequate Security Personnel

06.02.2026

The Federal Government has assured it would implement measures to prevent any action that would disrupt the electoral process during the February 21 Area Council elections in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, atthe Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES) meeting in Abuja on Friday, said...

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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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