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Armed robbers attack Oyo APC chairman’s residence, seize party’s vehicle

Some armed robbers have attacked the residence of the acting Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Akin Oke. Daily Post gathered that the residence of the acting Chairman located at Oluyole area was attacked on Friday. The armed ...

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Tramadol concealed in ceramic tiles intercepted in Lagos

The Apapa Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), has intercepted 554 cartons of tramadol and 989 cartons of unwholesome pharmaceutical products concealed in ceramic tiles at Lagos port. The Duty Paid Value (DPV) of the drugs, according to the ...

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Ogun Deputy Speaker, Kadiri arrested for ‘attacking’ constituents

The police in Ogun State have arrested the Deputy Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Hon. Oludare Kadiri. Kadiri was said to have been arrested on Friday over an alleged attack on some politicians in his constituency, Oru-Ijebu, ...

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Buhari’s body language emboldens terrorists: Aisha Yesufu

Foremost Nigerian socio-political activist, and co-convener of the Bring Back Our Girls Movement, Aisha Yesufu, on February 26, 2021, criticized the Nigerian President, President Muhammadu Buhari over his reactions to insecurity in the country. Yesufu while speaking in an interview ...

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DSS arrests Ganduje’s aide hours after criticising Buhari

The Department of State Services has arrested Salihu Tanko Yakasai, a social media aide to Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State, barely hours after he criticised President,  Muhammadu Buhari. Yakasai had in a series of tweets on Friday in reaction ...

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JUST IN: Abducted Kagara students regain freedom

The kidnapped students and staff of Government Science College Kagara have finally regained freedom from the armed bandits in Niger State. A top security source involved in the counter-kidnapping operation in the State told The Punch. The boarding students were ...

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Dangote Group pays N500,000 to each family of students killed in crash

Dangote Group of Companies has paid N500,000 to each family of the eight students killed on Jan. 23 when one of its trucks lost control at the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State. The Students’ Union Government of the university ...

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FG reopens Third Mainland Bridge

The Federal Government has announced the reopening of the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos State.   Babatunde Fashola, Minister of Works and Housing announced the reopening on Saturday. In a tweet, Fashola said the bridge reopened from midday of Saturday. ...

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Foiled arrest: Go after Shekau, Gumi, before chasing me, Sunday Igboho fires back

Yoruba activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho, has told the Federal Government to channel its energy towards arresting Boko Haram leader, Ibrahim Shekau and Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, who has been holding meetings with bandits. He was reacting ...

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Policemen flee as hoodlums set station ablaze

There was panic in Imo state on Thursday night as hoodlums set the Aboh Mbaise Divisional Police Headquarters ablaze. The Nation gathered policemen on duty fled as the hoodlums who were mobile carried out the arson on the facility. On ...

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”We as APC government have failed Nigerians” – Salihu Tanko-Yakasai reacts to abduction of 300 schoolgirls

Salihu Tanko-Yakasai, spokesperson of Abdullahi Ganduje, Governor of Kano, says the All Progressives Congress (APC) has failed Nigerians in the area of security. Tanko-Yakasai was reacting to the abduction of students from Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe, Talata-Mafara local government ...

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Fresh schoolgirls abduction: Government says security operatives, vigilantes are after abductors

The Zamfara State Government has confirmed the abduction of female students of Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe in the Talata-Mafara Local Government Area of the state. The confirmation was made by the Commissioner of Security and Home Affairs, Alhaji Abubakar ...

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”5G network: Nigeria risks security threat if deployed wrongly”

Ahead of the nation’s moves to install the controversial 5G network, the Office of the National Security Adviser (NSA) has stated that Nigeria would risk a security threat, if the network was deployed wrongly in view of its sophistication. The ...

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Nigerian appointed provost of University of San Francisco

A Nigerian, Julia Oparah, has been named the provost and vice president of academic affairs at the University of San Francisco (USF) in the United States. Mrs Oparah is currently the provost and dean of the faculty of Ethnic Studies ...

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Travelers stranded as Ghanaian airport workers go on strike

Travelers were this morning stranded as Ghanaian airport workers began strike this morning. Travelers who have to fly via the International airport of the country, the Kotoka International Airport are seen stranded and wandering as workers at the airport began ...

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Boko Haram abducts travellers on Maiduguri-Damaturu highway Thursday afternoon

Scores of travellers were abducted by suspected Boko Haram terrorists on Thursday along Maiduguri-Damaturu highway. A source told The Punch in Maiduguri that the insurgents ambushed commercial vehicles plying the highway on Thursday afternoon and abducted many passengers. One of ...

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Husband stabbed to death by his wife’s lover after he found them kissing

Tragedy struck in Imo State on Tuesday after a man, Victor Ikegwuonu, 25, was allegedly stabbed to death by his wife’s lover, Emeka Ezuruike. Punch Metro gathered that the deceased allegedly caught Ezuruike kissing his wife. The incident happened at ...

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LASTMA officials to carry body cameras – GM

The General Manager of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, Olajide Oduyoye, has said that the agency would now deploy technology to nab traffic offenders in Lagos State. The MD said that officers would use bodily cameras precisely to catch ...

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Northern pastors want US, UN intervention in Nigeria now

A coalition of Christians in the North under the auspices of the Arewa Christians and Indigenous Pastors Association has said that the United Nations needs to urgently intervene in Nigeria’s situation in order to prevent a “full blown” war in ...

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Travel agent jailed for stealing N10m tickets

Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja has sentenced a travel agent, Babawale Ponle, to two years’ imprisonment for misappropriating N10m worth of airline tickets. Ponle, who is the Managing Director of Travel Doctor Limited, ...

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Delta lovers found dead in residence, suicide suspected

A 33-year-old man, Emmanuel Oshiotu, and his 25-year-old lover, Amaka Okafor, were on Thursday found dead in their one-room apartment in Uvwie community in the Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State. The corpses of the lovers were sighted by ...

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Kwara governor approves hijab use in public schools

Kwara Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has approved that schoolchildren in public schools can use hijab. According to a statement by the Secretary to the Kwara government, Mamma Jibril, the government held a meeting with religious groups to reach an agreement. Mr. ...

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