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Buhari to inaugurate projects in Kogi on Thursday

By Richard Elesho The Kogi Government has declared Thursday, December 29, 2022 a public holiday as the state prepares to receive President Muhammadu Buhari for the commissioning of legacy projects of the Governor Yahaya Bello-led administration. A statement issued by the state Commissioner for Information and Communications, Kingsley Fanwo,...

PmNews - 26 December 2022

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Air chief charges officers to wipe out criminals

The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, has charged officers of Operation Whirl Punch and Operation Bada Mamaki to eliminate all criminal elements and restore peace in the country. Amao gave the charge at the CAS Christmas Lunch with Air Component frontline troops of Operation Whirl Punch...

PunchNews - 26 December 2022

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FG approves $7m diagnostic centre for Kwara

The Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, on Sunday, disclosed that the Federal Government has approved a new diagnostic center which construction will soon begin in Ilorin, the state capital. Speaking at the 57th Annual National Conference of the Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union held at the Emir of Ilorin...

PunchNews - 26 December 2022

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Police arrest man with firearm, ammunition in Enugu

Police operatives serving in Awkunanaw Division of Enugu metropolis, with assistance from Neighbourhood Watch Group, have arrested one Sunday Chukwu, 21, for alleged unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition. They recovered one locally-fabricated pistol with one live cartridge from the suspect during surveillance and patrol operation on December 24...

PunchNews - 26 December 2022

Politics

Nigeria will witness transformation under Tinubu – Buhari

With the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, as the next President of Nigeria, the country will witness overwhelming transformation, the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has assured. He also expressed optimism that Tinubu’s presidency in 2023 would ensure that the nation moved ahead...

PunchNews - 26 December 2022

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CAS Amao to troops: Wipe out criminal elements,...

By Mohammed Tijjani The Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, has charged troops of Operation Whirl Punch and Operation Bada Mamaki to eliminate all criminal elements and restore peace in the country. Amao gave the charge at the CAS Christmas Lunch with Air Component frontline troops...

PmNews - 26 December 2022

Politics

Double registration: Defaulters won’t be disenfranchised, says INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission has said that those who embarked on double registration for Permanent Voters Card will not be disenfranchised. The National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye disclosed this to our correspondent on Sunday. Okoye explained that double registrants are not entitled...

PunchNews - 26 December 2022

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Enugu man Sunday Chukwu caught with gun, ammunition

By Stanley Nwanosike Police operatives serving in Awkunanaw Division of Enugu metropolis, with assistance from Neighbourhood Watch Group, have arrested one Sunday Chukwu, 21, for alleged unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition. They recovered one locally-fabricated pistol with one live cartridge from the suspect during surveillance and patrol...

PmNews - 26 December 2022

Sports

Why I keep my daughter, family from media...

In an interview with Italian publication, Il Mattino, Super Eagles and Napoli forward Victor Osimhen has opened up on why he deliberately keeps the information about his daughter and his girlfriend away from social media, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Osimhen is arguably one of football stars’ most active personnel...

PunchNews - 26 December 2022

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Lagos shuts federal lawmaker’s nightclub over noise pollution

The Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency, on Saturday, shut down a popular nightclub, Quilox, on Ozumba Nbadwe Street, Victoria Island, for organising an event without a sound control permit. According to a statement on Sunday, the enforcement exercise, which was jointly carried out by LASEPA and the Lagos State...

PunchNews - 26 December 2022

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Man jailed one year for stealing ceiling fan,...

An Ogun State Magistrate Court sitting in the Isabo area of Abeokuta, the state capital, on Thursday, sentenced one Ibrahim Giwa to one-year imprisonment for burglary and stealing. Giwa was sentenced to a three-count boarding on felony to wit malicious damage and stealing. The PUNCH METRO gathered that Giwa, on Monday,...

25 August 2023

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PDP rejects documents presented by Gov Sule’s attorney

The ongoing Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal in Nasarawa State, on Friday, continued the hearing of Governor Abdullahi Sule’s defences over the alleged manipulation of the March 18, 2023 governorship election in the state. The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Dr. David Ombugadu, had dragged Governor Sule to...

25 August 2023

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EFCC cracks 23 suspected internet fraudsters in Sokoto

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday arrested 23 suspected internet fraudsters at the Bafarawa Estate of Sokoto Town and Kalkalawa Estate, Kalkalawa area of Sokoto. Operatives of the Sokoto Command achieved the feat. A statement by the spokesman of the command Kamal Ibrahim said intelligence-driven observations along with...

25 August 2023

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One injured as smugglers attack Customs officers in...

No fewer than one officer attached to Zone B of the Federal Operations Unit, Nigeria Customs Service, Kaduna State, has been injured following an attack by smugglers in the state. In a statement on Friday, the command’s Public Relations Officer, Isah Sulaiman, said that the attack took place on...

25 August 2023

Sports

‘Well done’ – Mrs Tinubu encourages Amusan despite...

In an interview with journalists after the race, Amusan admitted it was a difficult experience for her to get into the final and said, it was quite “a journey getting into the final” despite all she had gone through in the last couple of weeks. She said, “Yeah, it’s a...

25 August 2023

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