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Tinubu departs Abuja for Maiduguri

President Bola Tinubu has departed Abuja for Maiduguri, Borno State capital. The President made his departure from the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja earlier today. The departure took place around 10:35am. This is Tinubu’s first visit to the North-Eastern region of the country since taking...

PunchNews - 11 December 2023

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Gunmen kill four in Plateau village, burn monarch’s...

Gunmen have killed no less than four persons in Dungwel village, Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State, on Sunday evening. One of the relatives of the victims, Shedrack Gambo, who spoke with our correspondent said the victims all died in the attack while some sustained degrees of injuries....

PunchNews - 11 December 2023

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Pay your debts, IBEDC begs Ogun customers

The Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company has appealed to Sango-Ota customers in Ogun State, to pay their debts to provide them with quality services. The Lead Media Relations, IBEDC, Mrs Busolami Tunwase, made the appeal on Monday in Ota, Ogun State. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Tunwase said at a...

PunchNews - 11 December 2023

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27 Rivers PDP lawmakers defect to APC

The crisis rocking the Rivers State House of Assembly took a new turn on Monday with twenty-seven members defecting from the ruling Peoples Democratic Party in the state to the All Progressives Congress. The lawmakers cited division within the PDP as the primary reason for their defection to the APC....

PunchNews - 11 December 2023

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Abducted 7 students of Federal Varsity Lafia regain...

Abducted 7 students of Federal Varsity Lafia regain freedom Federal University Lafia, FULafia Published By: Ayorinde Oluokun ...

PmNews - 11 December 2023

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Appreciate military personnel’s sacrifices, Naval chief tells

The Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla, has said personnel of the Nigerian Armed Forces and their families should be appreciated for their services and commitment towards securing the country. He noted that spouses and families of personnel should be appreciated, adding that their efforts have enabled...

PunchNews - 11 December 2023

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Tambuwal appoints 64 constituency aides

The immediate past governor of Sokoto State, Senator Aminu Tambuwal, has approved the appointment of 64 aides across the local governments in his constituency. Tambuwal, who is the Chairman, Senate Committee on Housing and Urban Development, announced the appointment of Constituency and Local Government Aides for the Sokoto South...

PunchNews - 11 December 2023

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Nigerian security forces performing like magicians, says CDS...

Nigerian security forces performing like magicians, says CDS Musa CDS Christopher Musa Published By: Ayorinde Oluokun The...

PmNews - 11 December 2023

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Bandits abduct woman, three children in Abuja

Bandits attacked the Zone 5 segment of the Kubwa Extension 2 Relocation Estate along Arab Road in the Federal Capital Territory on Sunday night, kidnapping a woman and her three children, including a six-month-old baby. The PUNCH exclusively reports that the gunmen struck between 8pm and 9pm on Sunday,...

PunchNews - 11 December 2023

Politics

Coalition with PDP, others untrue

The National Secretary of New Nigeria Peoples Party, Olaposi Oginni, has described the purported coalition involving the party and six other political parties tagged “Coalition of Concerned Political Parties” as fake and untrue. Oginni insisted that the party has not authorised any coalition with any political party, urging the...

PunchNews - 11 December 2023

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Business

Outages: FG plans sanctions for non-performing Discos

Outages: FG plans sanctions for non-performing Discos Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu Power distribution companies that are performing below stipulated standards in the Nigeria Electricity Supply Industry are going to lose 50 per cent of their operating expenditures, the Federal Government declared on Monday. It...

13 February 2024

Headlines

Bet Naija attendant, friend arraigned for allegedly stealing...

Bet Naija attendant, friend arraigned for allegedly stealing N16.7m Court The Lagos State Police Command said it had arraigned a Bet Naija attendant, Bojuwoye Adetola and her friend, Bunmi Dada, for allegedly conspiring and stealing the sum of N16.7m from a man, Lukman Issa who...

13 February 2024

Features

Elasticity limit of people’s suffering

Elasticity limit of people’s suffering FILE PHOTO: Nigerians – Oyoze Baje (Poem titled; ‘Another Song’, 1988 from his collection, Petals and Thorns) At last, the cookies have crumbled! The long era of self-deceit in an anti-people structured democracy, characterised by what I have always referred...

13 February 2024

Sports

Stop bullying Alex Iwobi, Ahmed Musa begs fans...

Stop bullying Alex Iwobi, Ahmed Musa begs fans after AFCON defeat Super Eagles The captain of Nigeria national team, Ahmed Musa, has pleaded with fans of the Super Eagles to stop cyber attacks directed at his teammate, Alex Iwobi, following Nigeria’s loss to Cote D’Ivoire...

13 February 2024

Headlines

Gunmen kill police inspector, free seven inmates in...

Gunmen kill police inspector, free seven inmates in Imo Commissioner of police, Imo State, Aboki Danjuma Some gunmen have killed a police inspector and released seven inmates in an attack on Okigwe Correctional Farm Settlement in Umualomoke, Okigwe in Imo State. The gunmen also attacked the...

13 February 2024

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