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Pope Francis has twice called the priest who leads Gaza’s tiny Catholic community to offer his prayers following fighting sparked by a Hamas attack on Israel, the Vatican said Tuesday. “The pope called me a few minutes ago… he expressed his closeness and offered his prayers,” Father Gabriel Romanelli told Vatican News, the Vatican’s media

The Senate has ordered a comprehensive probe into the activities of security forces and organised groups employing sophisticated techniques to illicitly steal crude oil in the country. This decision was prompted by a motion put forth during Tuesday’s plenary session by Senator Ned Nwoko of the Peoples Democratic Party representing Delta North, who pointed out

The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate the death of Dr. Michael Umoh, a personnel at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital who died on duty. The resolution was a sequel to a unanimous adoption of a motion by Rep. Adedayo Adesola (APC-Lagos state) at plenary on Tuesday. Moving the motion, Adesola said that the

The Police Command in Ogun State says it arrested no fewer than 124 suspects for cultism, armed robbery and other crimes in the last three months. The State Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Alamutu, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Eleweran, the state’s Police headquarters. He said that those arrested included 28 suspected cultists,

The Lagos State Police Command, on Tuesday, declared Benjamin Best Nnanyereugo wanted over the murder of his 21-year-old girlfriend Augusta Onuwabhagbe Osedion.     This was made known in a statement signed by the Lagos police spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin, and shared on the command’s X (formerly Twitter) handle. Best was described to be “approximately 5’9

The Independent National Electoral Commission said over 5.4 million Nigerians are on the voter register for the November 11 Governorship Elections in Kogi, Imo and Bayelsa states. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of its Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun made this known in a statement on Tuesday. “The Commission held its regular meeting

The Commissioner of Police in Delta State, CP Wale Abass, on Tuesday warned the youth across the state to desist from jungle justice, which he described as barbaric, apart from being an act of self-help. He gave the warning at a media briefing during which he listed the Command’s achievements within the third quarter of

A vigilante group in Rivers State said its men have arrested a 14-year-old boy with a pistol while robbing residents of Ikwerre Road in the Mile 1 axis of Diobu in Port Harcourt. The local vigilante, known as Diobu Security Services revealed that the teenager (name withheld) allegedly led a three-man criminal during the operation

Ahead of the Kogi State November 11, 2023 governorship election, the candidate of the Accord Party, Admiral Usman Jibrin (retd), has pledged to work with the Federal Government in resuscitating the Ajaokuta Steel Company. The former Chief of Naval Staff made the pledge on Tuesday while speaking with supporters in Ajaokuta Local Government Government of

A former Minister of Sports and Youth, Solomon Dalung, has explained why he posted his academic records on social media last Saturday. Dalung said he posted the academic records for public scrutiny. Dalung, on the X platform, posted his 1990 West African Education Council certificate, Certificate of Call to the Bar, Bachelor of Law certificate

The Federal Capital Territory Administration on Tuesday, commenced the distributions of palliatives to poor and vulnerable residents of the territory, as part of efforts by the Tinubu administration to cushion the effects of the removal of fuel subsidy. FCT Minister of State, Dr. Mariya Mahmoud, who performed the initial distribution of over 17,222 bags of

A petrol-loaded tanker fell around Stadium Bridge, inward Ojuelegba  Surulere in Lagos state on Tuesday This was disclosed in a statement made available to PUNCH Metro by the Public Relations Officer, Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, Adebayo Taofiq. According to the statement, the accident occurred as a result of brake failure on the part of the

The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested an 18-year-old pregnant housewife in Bauchi for allegedly beating her five-year-old stepdaughter to death for defecating on her body. The state’s Commissioner of Police, Auwal Muhammad, disclosed this while parading the suspect before journalists at the Command’s Headquarters on Tuesday. He said that the suspect, Khadija Adamu, a

The Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, Kogi State Chapter has urged the state government to emulate the palliative scheme of the Federal Government by approving the N35,000 wage package for the state’s civil servants. Chairman of the association, Comrade Sule Ahmed Tijani, made the call in Lokoja, on Tuesday, on the occasion of

The National Examination Council on Tuesday released the 2023 Senior School Certificate Examination results. According to the Registrar of the examination body, Prof. Dantani Wushishi, the result summary shows that 61.60 per cent scored five credits, including English and Mathematics. 12,030, representing 0.07 per cent, against 13,594, representing 0.13 per cent in 2022. The Number of

A group, the African Civil Society Forum, on Tuesday, warned members of the Ondo State House of Assembly against impeaching the deputy governor, Mr Lucky Aiyedatiwa, saying the move can affect governance in the state. The warning is coming four days after the National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, inaugurated

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission said they arrested two suspected internet fraudsters at the residence of musician, John Njeng Njeng popularly known as Skales. The commission made this known in a statement shared on their X (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday.   The statement said, “Operatives of the Lagos Command of the Economic and Financial

The police on Tuesday arraigned a 43-year-old teacher, David Yusuf, in a Wuse Zone II Magistrates’ Court in Abuja for allegedly flogging a student of the Government Girls College, Kuje, FCT. The defendant, who is said to be a casual staff of the college is charged with two counts of causing grievous harm without provocation

The French army said Tuesday it had begun withdrawing its troops from Niger after being ordered out of the country by the leaders of a coup that ousted a pro-Paris president. The move kicks off a complex and sensitive process that Paris expects to be completed by the end of the year, drawing the curtain

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said he has invited the top diplomats from Israel and the Palestinian Authority to address an emergency meeting Tuesday of the bloc’s foreign ministers. Borrell said Israel’s Foreign Minister, Eli Cohen, and his Palestinian counterpart, Riyad al-Maliki, were asked to participate in the hybrid video and in-person talks

The Nasarawa State Command of the Nigeria Police Force has confirmed the invasion of a community in the Keffi Local Government Area of the state by gunmen, where four students of the state’s university were kidnapped and taken to an unknown destination. Confirming the incident, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Ramhan

Unknown gunmen have kidnapped an Islamic cleric, Alfa Fasasi Ola Mejabi, and his younger brother in Kogi State. The cleric and others were conveying the corpse of the Chief Imam of Ayegunle Gbede, Sheikh Musa Olorunkemi, from Lokoja to Ayegunle Gbede in Ijumu local government of Kogi state for burial on Sunday when they ran

The All Progressives Congress Gubernatorial Campaign Council in Bayelsa State has reacted to Monday’s judgement of a Federal High Court, Abuja, presided over by Justice Donatus Okorowo, which disqualified the APC candidate, Timipre Sylva, from the November 11 polls in the state. The council, in a statement by the Director, Media and Publicity, Perry Tukuwei,

The National Examination Council on Tuesday released the 2023 Senior School Certificate Examination internal results. According to the Registrar of the examination body, Prof. Dantani Wushishi,  the result summary shows that 61.60% scored five credits, including English and Mathematics. 12,030, representing 0.07 per cent, against 13,594, representing 0.13 per cent in 2022. The number of

The former Minister of Youths and Sports, Solomon Dalung, has said that the rejection of Kano State’s ministerial nominee, Dr Maryam Shettima, popularly called Shetty, has shown that cabals still exist in the administration of President Bola Tinubu. Dalung made this known on Tuesday while speaking on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme. The PUNCH reports