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  If Peter Obi was better, Nigerians would have voted him – Wike   The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, said if the flag bearer of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, was a better candidate, Nigerians ...

  President Bola Tinubu has expressed his deep concern over the political situation in Gabon and the socio-political stability in that country. Tinubu’s reaction came hours after a group of Gabonese military officers appeared on television Wednesday announcing they were ...

Tinubu’s certificate: Chicago State University locks X account after backlash Chicago State University, United States has put its X page on private after some Nigerians allegedly stormed the page to inquire whether or not President Bola Tinubu truly graduated from ...

  FG to complete Lagos-Ibadan Expressway by mid-September The Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, says the completion of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway is scheduled for mid-September, years after reconstruction commenced on the ever-busy route. The minister made the statement on Tuesday ...

  The Board of Trustees of the New Nigeria Peoples Party has suspended its candidate in the Feb. 25 presidential election, Sen. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso for alleged anti-party activities. The BoT also suspended the National Working Committee of the party. ...

  Seven people were killed and two others injured when a building collapsed in a camp for people displaced by jihadist violence in northeast Nigeria’s Borno State, militia sources and a resident told AFP Tuesday. A classroom sheltering scores of ...

  Two men from Lagos State have drowned in a river at Itori, in Ewekoro local government area of Ogun State while swimming after a church programme in the the town. The two persons identified as Femi Akinola “m” aged ...

  Army officers have appeared on national television in Gabon on Wednesday to announce they have taken over power in the Central African country, BBC reports. They said they were annulling the results of Saturday’s election, in which President Ali ...

    The Lagos State Police Command on Tuesday arraigned a man, Gabriel Olayiwola, for allegedly unleashing his German shepherd dog on a police officer, ASP Oyagbola Jelili, at the Ikotun Egbe area of Lagos State. The 30-year-old was arraigned ...

  Veteran actor, Nkem Owoh popularly known as Osuofia, has finally spoken for the first time since the sudden demise of his second daughter, Kosisochukwu. The deceased, aged 24 was reported to have passed on after a brief illness on June 28, ...

  Lagos, the commercial hub of Nigeria, has been ranked as the fifth best African city with high desirability by people to live, work, and invest, according to a report by Brand Finance City Index 2023. The ranking is based ...

  Men of the Edo State Police Command have arrested a 24-year-old final-year student of the University of Port Harcourt, Victor Ochonogor, for allegedly stabbing his girlfriend, Success Regha, to death on Monday. Ochonogor, a student of Applied and Industrial ...

  Chairman of Heir Holding, Tony Elumelu, on Tuesday paid a visit to President Bola Tinubu at Aso Villa, Abuja. It is the first time the United Bank of Africa owner will be visiting the President since he was sworn in ...

  A total of 298 stranded Nigerians in Libya have been repatriated back to the country in separate chartered flights early this week. The returnees were sent back to the country directly from Libyan prisons, according to the National Emergency Management ...

  Niger’s junta has cut off electricity and water supplies to the French Embassy in Niamey with no food deliveries allowed, Turkish news wire, Anadolu, reports, citing multiple social media sources. Reports say the junta had also taken similar action ...

  Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State yesterday directed for the immediate closure of all ‘Gala Houses’ (night clubs) in the state with immediate effect. The Secretary to the State Government, Professor Ibrahim Abubakar Njodi, announced the directive in ...

  Three decades ago, on April 22, 1990, Nigerians woke up to a very disturbing speech on the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, FRCN, Lagos, by a man who introduced himself as Major Gideon Orkar who announced that he and ...

  A yet-to-be-identified man was reportedly gunned down by soldiers in the Otto area of Lagos mainland following a clash with some yet-to-be-identified soldiers. The Punch learned that the soldiers were deployed to secure some Chinese workers carrying out maintenance ...

  Two children have reportedly been killed in flood incidents that occurred at different locations at Nkwele Awka in the Awka South Local Government of Anambra State on Friday. The deceased, who were between the ages of four and seven, ...

  A yet-to-be-identified suspected armed robber has been beaten to death while attempting to rob a resident identified simply as Victor at Olugboso in the Agege area of Lagos State. Punch Metro gathered on Sunday that the incident happened on ...

  PHOTOS: General Reunites With Sergeant Who Was Good To Him In His Days As A Young Officer The General Officer Commanding GOC 2 Division, Ibadan, Major General VT Okoro, recently reunited with his first Chief Sergeant Major, WO Adegoke ...

  A suspected native doctor has been arrested by operatives of the Ogun State Amotekun Corps with a fresh dead body. The self-styled native doctor, identified as Babatunde Kolawole, was arrested in the Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State. ...

  Operatives of the Bauchi State Police Command have arrested 15-year-old Adamu Ibrahim of Jital village along Gombe road for allegedly amputating a farmer’s hand following a disagreement. The suspect was said to have, on several occasions, trespassed into the ...

  Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been elected to a second term with 52.6% of the vote, the electoral commission says. But the opposition also claimed to have won, saying there was widespread vote-rigging, and observers said the vote fell short ...

  The National Security Adviser, Malam Nuhu Ribadu, says the country is still losing 400,000 barrels of crude oil daily to local and international thieves despite efforts to end the menace. Ribadu confirmed this when he led a presidential delegation to inspect ...