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Contraband-Seeking Soldiers Kill Ogun Businessman

  Pandemonium broke out on Sunday in Owode-Idi-Iroko, Yewa South Local Government Area of Ogun State when some soldiers allegedly shot a resident dead. Punch correspondent gathered that an angry mob, in a reprisal, attacked and hacked an innocent Air ...

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Tinubu Reveals The Name Adeboye Gave Him

  The All Progressive Congress (APC), presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, has revealed the name RCCG leader, Pastor Enoch Adeboye gave him. The cleric is the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), one of the biggest pentecostal ...

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Ex-Minister Solomon Dalung Loses Son

  Former Minister of Sports and Youth Development, Solomon Dalung has lost his son, Nehemiah Dalung. He was 33. Dalung, who was Sports Minister from 2015 to 2019, announced the death of his son in a Facebook post. He wrote ...

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Father allegedly beats his 2-month-old son with hanger in Imo for disturbing his sleep, breaks the baby’s arm leading to amputation

  Father allegedly b£ats his 2-month-old son with hanger in Imo for disturbing his sleep, breaks the baby’s arm leading to amputation The National Human Right Commission (NHRC) and the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), Imo State chapter have ...

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Obasa’s Return As Lagos Speaker For 3rd Time Threatened

There are speculations of a gang up against the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa. The representative of the Agege constituency I assumed the position in June 2015, and retained it in 2019. In May 2020, ...

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Three Justices That Dismissed Nnamdi Kanu’s Terrorism Charge Are Transferred

  The three justices of the Appeal Court that sat on the panel that dismissed the 15-count terrorism charge the Federal Government instituted against Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, have been moved from their various divisions. ...

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Living Faith Church’s Pastor Slumps And Dies In His Office

  Living Faith Church’s Pastor In Kogi Slumps And Dies In His Office The Resident Pastor of Living Faith Church, Lokongoma Lokoja and the state pastor in charge of Kogi state, Pastor Fred Attabo has reportedly slumped and died in ...

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Police Arrest APC Chieftain With 367 PVCs In Kano

  A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Aminu Ali Shana has been arrested in Kano State with 367 suspected Permanent Voters Cards, PVC. Kano State Police spokesman, Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, who confirmed the development to Daily Sun, revealed ...

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Police Rescue 10 Kidnapped Women, One Child From Bandits Den

  Police Rescue 10 Kidnapped Women, One Child From Bandits Den The Zamfara State Police Command has rescued ten kidnapped women and a one-year-old child from the bandits’ den in Gando forest of Bukkuyum Local Government Area of the State. ...

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I’ve Been Chosen By God To Take Over Lagos, Jandor Declares

I’ve Been Chosen By God To Take Over Lagos, Jandor Declares Dr Abdul-Azeez Adediran (Jandor), the Peoples Democratic Party gubernatorial candidate for Lagos in 2023 election said he has been chosen alongside his running mate, Funke Akindele to take over ...

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Three Policemen Shot Dead In Attack On Apostle Suleman’s Convoy

  Three Policemen Shot Dead In Attack On Apostle Suleman’s Convoy Gunmen have attacked the convoy of Apostle Johnson Suleman, the General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministries International, Auchi, Edo State. The incident happened yesterday, Friday, October 21, 2022. At ...

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Suspected NIMC Officials Arrested In Niger Republic Enrolling Foreigners For NIN

Suspected NIMC Officials Arrested In Niger Republic Enrolling Foreigners For NIN The Nigerian military says two suspected fake National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) officials have been arrested in Niger Republic for allegedly enrolling non-Nigerians for National Identity Number (NIN). This ...

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David Mark’s Son, Tunde Is Dead

  Tunde Mark, first son of former Senate President, Senator David Mark, is dead. According to Daily Sun, a family source said that Tunde died in the early hours of Friday in London, the United Kingdom. Tunde is said to ...

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EFCC Arrests Two With Fake $270,000 In Abuja (Photos)

  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, said it has arrested two suspected currency counterfeiters in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. A statement issued by the EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwajeren identified the suspects as Johnson Olumoyegun and ...

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Presidency, Not The Personal Property Of The Yorubas – Afenifere

  The apex Yoruba socio-political organization, Afenifere, has said the Presidency is not the personal property of the Yorubas. Afenifere was responding to allegations of picking the Labour Party, LP, Presidential candidate, Peter Obi, ahead of Bola Tinubu of the ...

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Court Remands Teenagers Over Murder Of RCCG Pastor

  A Lagos High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square on Thursday remanded two boys, Farouk Mohammed, 16, and Kasali Jamiu, 19, at the Special Correctional Centre for Boys, Oregun, and the Ikoyi Custodial Centre, respectively. Justice Sherifat Sonaike remanded ...

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Lagos Teacher, Boyfriend Arrested For Burning Daughter’s Buttocks

  The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a 22-year-old primary school teacher, Margret Obano, for allegedly brutalising her two-year-old daughter and burning her buttocks. Punch Metro learnt that the incident happened on Friday, October 14, 2022, ...

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11 Senators Demand Nnamdi Kanu’s Release, Write Buhari

  The South East Caucus in the Senate has called on the Federal Government to obey the ruling of the Appeal Court and discharge the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. The caucus, comprising of ...

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Peter Obi Visits Flood Victims In Benue (Photos)

  The Labour party (LP) presidential candidate for the 2023 election, Peter Obi, on Thursday, paid a visit to the victims of flood in Makurdi, the Benue State capital. The former Anambra State Governor had on Wednesday suspended his presidential ...

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#EndSARS: APC Part Of The Problem – Saraki

  Bukola Saraki, former President of the Senate, in commemoration of the EndSARS anniversary today, said the ruling party, APC, is part of the problem. He said though the EndSARS protest came about from the negative actions of some members ...

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Bandits Block Kaduna-Zaria Road, Kidnap Several Commuters

  Suspected bandits on Thursday blocked the Kaduna-Zaria road and kidnapped several passengers. Onyema Nwachukwu, Brigadier-General, Director of Army Public Relations, in a statement on Thursday, said the incident occurred around Foundation general area within Birnin Yero Ward. “They opened fire on ...

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Arrested EndSARS Memorial Participants Released – Police

  The Lagos State Police Command on Thursday said that participants of the EndSARS memorial arrested at Lekki tollgate have been released. In an interview with Channels Television, Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin said the police only arrested a ...

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Lagos Reaffirms Ban On Okada In 10 Councils

  The Lagos State Government has stressed that the ban on activities of motorcycle operations in 10 Local Governments, LGs, and 15 Local Council Development Areas, LCDAs, of the state remain effective. Commissioner for Transportation, Dr Frederic Oladeinde, in a statement ...

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