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Reps Minority Condemns Killing Of 12 Travellers In Plateau

23.06.2025

The minority caucus in the House of Representatives has condemned the killings of travelers on Friday in Plateau State by some locals. The caucus stated this in a statement jointly signed by the Minority Leader, Kingsley Chinda, Deputy Minority Leader, Aliyu Madaki, Minority Whip, Ali Isa, and Minority Whip, George Ozodinobi. “We are deeply saddened...

NPA Targets N1.28trn Revenue In 2025

23.06.2025

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) is projecting a revenue of ₦1.27 trillion in 2025, representing a 40 per cent increase from the ₦894.86 billion it realised in 2024. This ambitious target, the Authority says, is anchored on sweeping modernization efforts, the full activation of the Dangote Refinery’s marine operations, and the deployment of cutting-edge technology...

Plateau Govt Provides N2m Support To Deceased NYSC Member’s Family

23.06.2025

The Plateau State Government has demonstrated its commitment to supporting the family of deceased National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member with a N2 million cash presentation to the mother of late Thomas Ukeyima. Thomas, a dedicated corps member from Benue State, tragically lost his life in an auto crash on May 29, 2025, while returning...

Over 600 Teachers Killed, 19,000 Displaced Between 2012, 2016 – FG

23.06.2025

The National Policy on Safety, Security and Violence-Free Schools has revealed that over 600 teachers were killed and more than 19,000 displaced in Nigeria between 2012 and 2016 due to violent attacks. This was disclosed by the National Coordinator and Commissioner of Police, School Protection Squad (SPS), Force Headquarters, Abuja, CP Abayomi Shogunle, during...

Travel Advisory: Abuja One Of The Safest Cities In The World

23.06.2025

The Federal Government said Abuja, Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT), is one the safest cities in the world. Minister of Information and National Orientation Mohammed Idris, in a statement on Monday, assured Nigeria’s security agencies are working around the clock to ensure the continued safety and protection of all residents of the territory and across...

MRA Urges FG To Strengthen Whistleblowers Protection Amid Rising Threat

23.06.2025

Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has called on the Federal Government to take urgent and concrete steps to strengthen legal and institutional protections for whistleblowers in recognition of their critical role in exposing corruption, human rights abuses and other wrongdoing, describing them as a cornerstone of transparency, accountability, and good governance. According to a statement issued...

Anambra Company Denies Reports Linking Soldiers To Molestation Of Staff, Hijacking Of Products

23.06.2025

The Chief Security Officer of the Transtell company and Envoy Group, Onitsha, Anambra state, Mr. Ralph Njoku, has dismissed social media report which claimed that soldiers from the 302 Artillery Regiment, Onitsha, molested and threatened staff of the company, and also took away the company’s vegetable oil products worth two hundred million naira (N200,000,000). A...

Putin Condemns Attack On Iran

23.06.2025

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday slammed attacks on Iran, describing it as “unprovoked” and “unjustified.” In a meeting with Tehran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, the Russian leader, however, did not announce any concrete support to his key ally in the Middle East. Putin did not single out the US attacks, talking instead broadly of...

CSO Backs Alia’s State Policing Model As Long Term Plan To End Killings

23.06.2025

The Center For Democracy And Open Governance (CDOG) has thrown it’s weight behind the recommendation for state policing as a long term plan to end the incessant killings of innocent people including women and children, going on in the country, particularly Benue State. A statement signed by Comrade Tope Ajai on Monday in Abuja, expressed...

Rivers Community Protests Forced Resignation Of Council Boss, Seeks Justice

23.06.2025

People of Odiemerenyi Community in Ahoada East LGA, Rivers State, on Monday staged a peaceful protest against the attack carried out by suspected thugs on Goodluck Iheanacho, the sole administrator of the LGA. Iheanacho resigned his appointment, in a letter addressed to Ete Ibok-Ibas, the sole administrator of Rivers State, but later dismissed his resignation,...

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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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