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Police Arrests Three Suspected Bandit Financiers

05.12.2025

…Recovers Rustled Cattle in Sokoto The Sokoto State Police Command has arrested three suspected bandit financiers in Tangaza Local Government Area and recovered stolen cattle. On December 3, 2025, the command’s anti-kidnapping Unit conducted a targeted operation, acting on credible intelligence, and apprehended Ruwa Ginyo, the Fulani Head of Gidan-Madi, and two accomplices. The suspects...

Eno Gifts N50,000 Each To Over 33,461 Aspiring Civil Servants

05.12.2025

…12,502 to partake in oral interview January. Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, has approved that 12,502 candidates who scored above 50 per cent in the recent Civil Service Computer-Based Test (CBT) be invited for oral interviews. Governor Eno has also approved a transport and lunch allowance of ₦50,000 for each of the 33,461...

Kwara Court Jails Man For 5 Years For Slitting Throat

05.12.2025

Justice I. Olawoyin of the Kwara State High Court has convicted a man for the offences of attempted culpable homicide and causing grievous hurt. The defendant, Abdullateef Yakub, was accused of using a knife to slit the throat of one Abubakar Babatunde at the Shao Garage area of Ilorin, the state capital on December 26,...

I’m Currently Focused On Prioritising Myself – Olamide

05.12.2025

Nigerian music executive and rapper Olamide Adedeji, popularly known as Olamide Baddo, has announced a shift in focus towards personal growth and self-care. In a recent interview on Flow 98.7FM, Olamide revealed that he is currently prioritising his own well-being, marking a departure from his long-standing habit of prioritising the needs of others. He said,...

Anambra To Witness Blackout Sunday

05.12.2025

The FirstPower Electricity Distribution Limited (FPEDL) has announced that there will be a power outage in Anambra State on Sunday. December 7. In a statement signed by Management, FPEDL appealed to customers to bear with the company during the interruption. According to the statement, the planned outage on Sunday, December 7, 2025, will last from...

Lagos Begins Second Phase Of Polio Outbreak Response Campaign Saturday

05.12.2025

The Lagos State Government has announced that the Second Round of the Polio Outbreak Response (OBR) campaign will commence on Saturday, December 6, and run through Tuesday, December 9, 2025, as part of renewed efforts to curb the spread of the poliovirus across the state. The exercise, coordinated by the Lagos State Primary Health Care...

DSS Arrests Doctor Linked To Kwara Kidnapping Gangs

05.12.2025

The Department of State Service (DSS) has taken into custody a medical doctor who was alleged to be ferrying drugs from Sokoto to kidnappers in parts of Kwara State. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary, Rafiu Ajakaye, to Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, said: “The doctor was intercepted in the Jebba area following intelligence...

Insecurity: NLC Laments Kidnapping, Killing Of Children, Workers

05.12.2025

…Falana kicks against foreign invasion As Nigeria sustains its battle against insecurity across the country, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has promised to declare a day of mourning in respect of workers that have been victims of the menace. Speaking in Lagos yesterday during the 2025 National Executive Council (NEC) meeting, the NLC President, Comrade...

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05.12.2025

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Tinubu Receives Letters Of Credence From 21 Envoys

05.12.2025

President Bola Tinubu yesterday pledged Nigeria’s commitment to promoting peace, harmony, and prosperity across borders through strengthened partnerships to address emerging challenges. He made the promise after receiving Letters of Credence from 17 ambassadors and four high commissioners at State House. Tinubu urged the diplomats to engage meaningfully with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on...

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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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