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Wave Of Russian Drone And Missile Attacks Kill 15 In Ukraine

17.04.2026

Russia launched a wave of drone and missile attacks across Ukraine on Wednesday night, killing at least 15 people and injuring at least 90, Ukrainian officials said. A 12-year-old boy was among four victims in the capital, and three people were killed in Dnipro in the southeast. Across the border, two children, aged five and...

Northern Group Slams Atiku Over Attack On Jonathan

17.04.2026

Arewa Mandate for Unity and National Rebirth (AMUNR), has criticised former Vice President Atiku Abubakar for his recent attack on former President Goodluck Jonathan. Atiku, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general election, had on Wednesday described Jonathan’s presidency as a ‘product of inexperience, among other unsavoury remarks. But...

Israel, Lebanon Have Agreed To A10-Day Ceasefire –Trump

17.04.2026

Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a 10-day ceasefire, President Donald Trump announced yesterday, two days after the countries held their first direct diplomatic talks in decades in Washington. The truce that Trump said was scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. Eastern follows more than a month of war between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah...

Don’t Impose Non-Indigine Oba On Us, Ogun Community Warns

17.04.2026

The Ogun State Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs has been urged to resist pressure from some government functionaries and political office holders to install a non-indigene as the Oba of Ilamiro, an ancient town in Ado Odo Ota Local Government. Speaking on behalf of the Ilamiro Descendants Union, Head of one of the...

Major Oil Marketers Counter Airline Operators’ N3,300/L Claim

17.04.2026

The Major Energies Marketers Association of Nigeria (MEMAN) yesterday rejected the Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON)’s claims that its members are selling Jet A1 (aviation fuel) as high as N3,300 per litre. Domestic carriers had threatened to suspend flights from April 20 following rising Jet A1 (aviation fuel) prices. They had claimed that oil marketers...

Court Orders Arrest Of Ex-Humanitarian Minister, Sadiya Farouq

17.04.2026

An Abuja High Court yesterday ordered the arrest of former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, and the ministry’s former Permanent Secretary, Bashir Nura Alkali, after both failed to appear for arraignment in an alleged fraud case involving $1.3 million and N746.6 million. Trial judge, Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie issued...

Global Silence Over Killings In Nigeria Worrisome, Says Hashim

17.04.2026

A former presidential candidate, Dr Gbenga Hashim, has said that a fresh wave of mass killings across Nigeria, many of them underreported, has intensified accusations of global indifference. Citing repeated attacks in Shanga Local Government Area of Kebbi State, the North Central geopolitical zone and other parts of the country, Hashim said they continue to...

APC Debunks Candidate Imposition Allegations In Lagos

17.04.2026

The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has rejected claims of a plot to impose candidates, describing them as false and malicious. State Chairman, Mr Cornelius Ojelabi, gave the clarification in a statement issued yesterday in Lagos. Ojelabi said the report, attributed to a faceless group, was fabricated to create tension within...

Terrorists Plan To Hit Abuja Airport

17.04.2026

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has allegedly alert‑ ed to possible plans by suspected Islamic State West Africa Province (I SWAP) terrorists to attack some critical public infrastructure, including the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. Other targets, according to the Service’s intelligence report are the Kune Custodial Centre in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), as...

Wike Attacks Atiku Over FG’s Non-Performance Claims

17.04.2026

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike yesterday labelled Atiku Abubakar a “se‑ rial failure”, who cannot win an election, no matter his popularity. Speaking to reporters while inspecting projects in Kuje and other parts of the FCT, Wike dis‑ missed Atiku’s criticism of the Bola Tinubu government, chal‑ lenging him to...

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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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