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The Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has promised to build a broad-based framework to tackle the perennial security challenges facing the nation if elected Nigeria’s president in next month’s election. Obi, who stated this on Sunday at the People’s Town Hall 2023 organized by Channels Television, said if elected, security personnel would be well

The Federal Government has concluded plans to proceed with the second phase of the prosecution of Boko Haram suspects currently being held in a military facility at Kainji, Niger State. The Solicitor-General of the Federation and Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Justice, Beatrice Jedy-Agba, who stated this on Sunday, while speaking to journalists

The Osun State Police Command on Sunday said it had commenced investigation into a fire incident in which four shops were razed along Station Road, Osogbo, the state capital. The shops were razed down by the fire which started Saturday evening and could not be put off until the early hours of Sunday. The operatives

Riyad Mahrez struck twice as Manchester City eased to a comfortable 4-0 victory over Chelsea in the FA Cup third round. Three of the champions’ goals in a one-sided encounter at the Etihad Stadium came in a 15-minute spell late in the first half as Mahrez, Julian Alvarez – from the penalty spot – and

The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, has assured Nigerians of his commitment to the fulfilment of his campaign promises if elected president of Nigeria in the February 25 general elections. The APC candidate stated this on Sunday at an endorsement rally organised by the Arewa Community in Lagos. The event, which

 …It’s a lie – PDP Campaign spokesmen There were indications, on Sunday, that the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, was flown out of the country for urgent medical attention. The spokesperson for the PDP campaign council, however, dismissed the report describing it as a joke of the year. An online tabloid

Delta State Governor, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, has described as “very sad and unfortunate” Saturday’s attack and kidnap of passengers by gunmen at a train sub-station in Igueben, Edo State.  In a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Olisa Ifeajika, on Sunday, Okowa deplored the incident saying that the activities of gunmen across the

The Adamawa State government and the state All Progressives Congress governorship candidate, Aisha Ahmed popularly called Binani, have disagreed on the use of Mahmud Ribadu Square to welcome the President, Major-General Mohammadu Buhari (retd.), to the state ahead of the campaign rally for the presidential candidate of the ruling party, Bola Tinubu. Binani, earlier, according to

The Federal Government on Sunday condemned the barbaric kidnapping of passengers at Tom Ikimi Train Station in Igueben, Edo State, saying the police were on the trail of the attackers. This was contained in a statement by the Director, Press and Public Relations of the Transport Ministry, Henshaw Ogubike, made available to our correspondent in

Get set and let’s a trip back in time, to the 1890s precisely, when the shortest war in history was fought. The shortest war ever recorded was the Anglo-Zanzibar War of 1896 which lasted for a total of 38 minutes. The death of the pro-British, Sultan Hamad bin Thuwaini, in August 1896 and the accession

The All Progressives Congress has called on Nigerians, especially Persons With Disabilities, to visit any of the 8,809 registration wards by the Independent National Electoral Commission to collect their Permanent Voter Cards. This is as the ruling party pleaded with officials of INEC to avoid treating physically-challenged persons with disdain as Nigerians seek to elect

…deputy gov visits train station …security agencies, vigilante, local hunters comb bushes The Edo State Commissioner for Communications and Orientation, Chris Nehikhare, has said security operatives have arrested one of the suspected kidnappers involved in the kidnapping of 32 passengers at the Igueben train station, in Igueben Local Government Area of Edo State. The commissioner

…CP orders probe, deploys tactical team Two persons, including an ex-convict, were killed during a clash between two rival cult groups at Gambia Street in Mile 1 area of Diobu, Port Harcourt, on Saturday night. An eyewitness named the cult groups as the ‘Beach Deck of Iceland’ and ‘Castro House of Deygbam.’ The eyewitness said

The Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun, has cautioned Nigerians to avoid actions capable of leading the country to another national conflict. Abiodun gave this advice during a special Church Service to mark the 2023 Armed Forces Remembrance Day Celebration, held at the Cathedral Church of St. Peter, Ake, Abeokuta, on Sunday. Abiodun urged Nigerians who

Thirty-five fighters of the Islamic State of West African Province were killed by Boko Haram in a fierce battle between the two rival terror groups that resulted in the dislodgement of ISWAP from two of its Lake Chad region enclaves. In a chat with The PUNCH in Maiduguri on Sunday, January 8, a reliable source

The Zamfara State Police Command has killed two suspected gunrunners allegedly specialised in supplying weapons to terrorists. The suspects were intercepted along the Gumi-Anka Road of the state while allegedly attempting to transport weapons from Taraba to Zamfara. The operatives were cross-examining a black Corolla car with the registration number: NIGER, SRP 702 XA where

The Indigenous People of Biafra has insisted that it did not place a ban on burial ceremonies in any part of the South-East, contrary to insinuations making the rounds in the region that the group had banned burial ceremonies on certain days. There has been a circular circulating across some communities in Ihiala Local Government

The Delta State Government has said contrary to online reports, it never denied the Labour Party venue for their Presidential Campaign rally in the state. This was contained in a statement issued on Sunday by the State Commissioner for Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu. The Commissioner said the party never applied officially for any venue and

From counting years to months, Nigerians are down to counting merely weeks before the 2023 general polls hold in February and March respectively. As the countdown is on, there are also concerns about some of the issues threatening the conduct of a free and fair election. Already, the Independent National Electoral Commission, has raised the

…arrests 11, seizes 3,975kgs skunk, 58,200 tramadol pills in Kaduna, Kano, Imo, Lagos raids Attempts by members of organised criminal groups using various disingenuous modes of concealment to import consignments of illicit substances into Nigeria and export same to the United Kingdom and the United Arab Emirates through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, and

…Vows to strengthen anti-open grazing law The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Benue State, Reverend Father Hyacinth Alia, has said that the terrible situation of the state informed his decision to leave the pulpit and venture into politics. Rev. Fr Alia stated this when he unveiled his strategic blueprints at a press

Some hoodlums have burnt down the Umuchu Police Station, along the Umuchu-Achina road, Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State. Sources said the hoodlums stormed the place at about 3am on Sunday and set the facility on fire. It was gathered that the station was recently renovated by members of the Umuchu Improvement Union as

The Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council has urged Nigerians to ignore what it called the “opposition’s orchestrated propaganda” that it does not have polling agents in core northern states less than two months to the February 25 presidential election. The spokesman for the campaign council, Yunusa Tanko, stated this in a release issued on Sunday

The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has said that the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party put together caused Nigerians suffering today. Kwankwaso stated this during his visit to Asaba as part of his campaign tour in the South-South to canvass for votes ahead of the February 2023 general

The Minister Of Transportation, Mu’azu Sambo, has commended the Plateau State Government on the completion of Federal Government road projects in the state. A statement by the Director of Press and Public Relations of the ministry, Henshaw Ogubike, disclosed that Sambo led the visit of the presidential committee for the verification of federal roads to