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Edo: Security Forces Raid Forest, Destroy Kidnappers’ Camps In Owan East

27.09.2025

Edo State Security forces have dismantled five suspected kidnappers’ hideouts in Ekeke, Erah, Owan East Local Government Area of Edo State , as part of an ongoing offensive against criminal elements in the region. The raid, carried out by the Edo State Special Security Squad, codenamed Operation Flush Out Cultists and Kidnappers, followed an extensive...

Zamfara Nurses, Midwives Begin 6-Day Warning Strike

27.09.2025

The Zamfara State chapter of the National Association of Nurses and Midwives has commenced a six-day warning strike across state-owned general hospitals. Saturday Telegraph gathered that the development comes after the union embarked on a seven-day warning strike on September 11, which was suspended after just 24 hours following state government intervention. However, the Chairman...

A’Ibom Commissioner, Staff Commend Eno Over Branded Coaster Bus For Tourists

27.09.2025

Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, has been applauded for his support and contributions towards the rehabilitation of a branded Coaster bus of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. The Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Dr Anieti Udofia, gave this commendation in Uyo on Saturday while receiving the rehabilitated and branded bus of the...

eHealth Africa, Partners Seek Investment In Health Innovations

27.09.2025

As world leaders gather at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, United States, the Executive Director of eHealth Africa, Atef Fawaz, has called on African leaders to focus on innovation, especially in health technology. In his opening remarks as lead organiser of one of the breakout sessions on the topic, ‘African-led Innovation:...

Partner SPN To Tackle Youth Unemployment, Sultan Tells Sokoto Govt

27.09.2025

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Muhammad Abubakar, has advised the Sokoto State Government to engage the Sokoto Professional Network (SPN) and similar NGOs to work in line with Governor Ahmed Aliyu’s Nine Points Smart Agenda to address the menace of youth unemployment in the state. Abubakar made this statement at a Capacity Building Workshop...

Police Arrest 3 Suspected Kidnappers, Intercept Vehicle With Cannabis

27.09.2025

In its bid to nip crime and illicit drug trafficking in the bud, the Kwara State Police Command, in collaboration with Operatives of the National Security Adviser (NSA), the Nigeria Forest Security Service (NFSS), and vigilante groups, has intercepted a vehicle loaded with tubers of yams, under which 127 bags of substances suspected to be...

Brentford Beat Man United 3-1

27.09.2025

Manchester United’s difficult run continued on Saturday as they fell 3-1 to Brentford at the Gtech Community Stadium, increasing the scrutiny on manager Ruben Amorim. Brazilian forward Igor Thiago delivered a standout performance, scoring twice inside the first 20 minutes of the match. He opened the scoring in the 8th minute with a perfectly timed...

Idumangi’s Arrest: CP Idu Applauds Bayelsans, Others

27.09.2025

Idumangi’s Arrest: CP Idu Applauds Bayelsans, Others

Coalition Demands Compensation From Niger Delta Pollutants

27.09.2025

A Coalition known as the Just Clean-Up IWG, which includes the United Kingdom’s think tank, ODI Global, Polluter Pays Project, Health of Mother Earth, and Social Action International, have demanded that polluters of the Niger Delta environment should be made to pay for polluting the environment This was as the group, in conjunction with Social...

Plateau Govt Rescues 16 Trafficked Children

27.09.2025

The Plateau State government on Saturday disclosed the rescue of 16 children who were trafficked from Bassa Local Government Area to Anambra State. The State Commissioner for Women’s Affairs and Social Development, Caroline Dafur, who disclosed this in Jos, said the children, aged between four and nine, were trafficked from Plateau to Anambra State and...

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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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