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Edo Govt Demolishes Security Post Of Philip Shaibu’s Home
Official of the Edo State State Network and members of the Public Works Volunteers, on Sunday, pulled down the security post in front of the residence of the former deputy governor, Philip Shaibu, in the Government Reservation Area, Benin. Shaibu was impeached by the Edo State House of Assembly last Monday over the allegation of leaking official secrets and perjury. This...
Nnamdi Kanu’s Trial: Court Adjourns Till May 7 As Defense, Prosecution Clash Over Documents [VIDEO]
The trial of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, resumed today at the Federal High Court in Abuja with heated exchanges between the prosecution and defense teams over the handling of critical documents, ABN TV reports. The proceedings, which began with Kanu’s arrival at the court under tight security, saw the prosecution, led...
FG Refutes Claims On Sale Of Bauchi Housing Units To NAF
The Federal Ministry of Housing and Regional Development has denied claims that it sold 270 newly built housing units along the Ningi-Kano Road to the Nigerian Air Force (NAF). Mr. Nwamadu Herbert, the Ministry’s State Controller, dismissed the allegations during a press briefing on Friday in Bauchi. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the Bauchi State Concerned Citizens...
Nigeria Overtakes India As World Capital For Under-five Deaths
Nigeria has taken over from India as the world capital for under-five deaths, according to the 2020 mortality estimates released by United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). The development comes two years earlier than the World Bank projected. The global bank had said in 2018 that Nigeria will take over India as the world capital for deaths of children under the age...
Naira, Fuel Scarcity: Those Disobeying Supreme Court Order Attempting To Truncate Democracy, El-Rufai Hits Buhari Again
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has faulted President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive limiting the legal tender status of old notes to only N200, describing it as a total disregard of the Supreme Court on the matter. He noted that the misguided action of the Attorney-General of the Federation to mislead the President into engaging in such public violation of the...
Pastor Tobi Adegboyega Successfully Undergoes Surgery Following Cancer Diagnosis
Controversial Tobi Adegboyega, a pastor from Nigeria and the founder of the now-defunct SPAC Nation, has disclosed that he is battling cancer. In a pre-recorded sermon that went viral after it aired on Thursday, Adegboyega disclosed details of his diagnosis and recent major surgery to members of his congregation, The Nxtion Family. “I was diagnosed with cancer. Yes, you heard me...
#ENDSARS Trends After SARS Officers Killed A Young Man, Fled With His Lexus Jeep (Video)
Some Nigerians have reacted angrily to the incessant killings and brutality by Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, in the country after a young man was allegedly killed in Delta State. A team of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the Nigeria Police allegedly killed a young man on Saturday. The incident occurred in front of Wetland Hotel, Ughelli in Delta State. The operatives...
FG Prohibits Polytechnics, Monotechnic Others From Awarding Degrees
The Federal Government has directed polytechnics, monotechnic and other allied institutions to stop awarding degrees. The National Board for Technical Education conveyed the government’s decision to heads of the affected institutions in a circular marked TEB/PRO/E/12/Vol.11/132 dated December 1, 2022. A copy of the document signed by the board’s Director, Polytechnic Programmes Department, Ogoh Ngbede, was obtained by PUNCH on Tuesday. Ngbede, in...
Few Days After Primaries, Gunmen Kill Gov Aiyedatiwa’s Campaign Coordinator
Gunmen have killed Alaba Excel, one of the coordinators of the Lucky Aiyedatiwa Campaign Organisation Foot Soldiers Independent Council (LACO-FSIC) in Akoko South-West Local Government Area of Ondo State. His killing came days after Ayedatiwa was elected the governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress ahead of governorship election in the South West state. LACO-FSIC in a Sunday statement by its State...
Hajj 2024: Another 430 Kebbi Pilgrims Back From Saudi Arabia
Another 430 pilgrims from Kebbi State who performed this year’s holy pilgrimage in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, are back in Nigeria. The pilgrims arrived at Sir Ahmadu Bello International Airport Birnin Kebbi this Monday morning. The plane AIRBUS A330 was said to have taken off from Jeddah International Airport, Saudi Arabia, at about 9 pm Saudi time and landed in Nigeria 1:20...
