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Mali’s ruling military junta on Thursday banned media coverage of political parties a day after suspending their activities, marking the latest crackdown on dissent in the West African nation. Opposition voices have been largely stifled since the colonels seized power in a 2020 coup, overthrowing civilian president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. Mali’s high authority for communication

The 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has insisted that the award of the Lagos-Calabar Highway Project did not meet the minimum threshold of due process. After obtaining approval from the Federal Executive Council, the Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, announced the start of construction on the 700km road. Atiku and

Sokoto State Government has declared Friday, April 12, 2024, as a work-free day. This is contained in a statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Abubakar Bawa, and made available to newsmen in the state on Thursday. The statement said the public holiday was to enable civil servants to continue to celebrate

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has closed down Dosunmu Market in Lagos Island after a fire incident on Tuesday. PUNCH Online reports that no fewer than 14 buildings were gutted by the fire, and four structures collapsed as a result of the incident on Tuesday. The fire was reportedly caused by the careless refuelling of

The Anambra State Police Command has disclosed that seven people, comprising six actors and an actress, were rescued from the boat accident on the River Niger on Wednesday. It added that a search is ongoing for three missing persons. The command’s spokesperson, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. The statement read,

Former President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday mourned the first civilian governor of Abia State and former Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Ogbonnaya Onu. Onu died on Thursday at the age of 72. In a statement signed by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, Buhari described Onu as “one of Nigeria’s

The Anambra Motor Manufacturing Company has urged governments at all levels and corporate organisations to prioritise patronage of locally-made vehicles to create employment and boost the country’s economy. This was as the firm said its trucks are made with Nigerian roads, fuel supply and economy in mind and that they are highly durable and rugged,

President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, mourned the first civilian governor of Abia State and former Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Ogbonnaya Onu. Onu died on Thursday at the age of 72. In a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, Tinubu described Onu as a luminous star in Nigeria’s

A former Abia State Governor, Senator Orji Kalu, has expressed sadness over the death of the first civilian governor of the state, Dr Ogbannaya Onu. The Senate Committee Chairman on Privatisation acknowledged Onu’s contributions to nation building, even as he urged his family to be consoled, as their late patriarch lived a purposeful life. PUNCH

Some Nollywood stars have continued to mourn Nollywood actor, John Paul Odonwodo, popularly known as Junior Pope. The News Agency of Nigeria recalls that the late actor died with three of his colleagues while returning from a movie location in a boat accident when they fell into Anam River in Anambra on Wednesday. NAN reports

The Federal Government on Thursday announced that it has drafted legislation aimed at ensuring that most cases in the country are concluded at the Court of Appeal. This initiative aims to lessen the workload of the justices at the Supreme Court. In Nigeria, apart from state legislative and National Assembly election petitions which terminate at

The Nigerian Navy says it has begun an investigation into how one of its civilian staff members, Mr Ifeanyi Onumaegbu, died. The Chief of Naval Staff, Vice-Adm. Emmanuel Ogalla, announced this in Lagos on Thursday. He explained that Onumaegbu died at the Nigerian Navy Reference Hospital in Ojo, Lagos, where he worked. He explained further

The Lagos State Government on Thursday reiterated its resolve to demolish buildings that fail its integrity test. The state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, spoke when he visited Dosunmu Market on the Lagos Island which was gutted by fire on Tuesday. No fewer than 14 buildings were gutted by fire which resulted in the loss of goods

O.J. Simpson, the star NFL football player whose 1995 acquittal in the so-called “trial of the century” for the brutal murders of his wife and a male friend gripped the world, has died at the age of 76, his family announced. “On April 10, our father, Orenthal James Simpson, succumbed to his battle with cancer,”

Two farmers who were displaced from their ancestral homes in the Umogidi community in the Entekpa Council ward in Otukpo Local Government Area of Benue State have been reportedly killed by bandits. Two others were said to have been injured, and another was abducted by the bandits in a renewed attack. Locals who spoke on

Operatives of the Rivers State Police Command on Thursday announced the killing of Peter Chukwu – a notorious gang leader suspected to be behind the murder of the Community Development Committee Chairman, Mgboshimini in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of the state, Ndidi Livingstone. Livingstone, while coming out from the church, was rushed by the assailants

The Enugu State Commissioner for Agriculture and Agroindustrialisation, Mr Patrick Ubru, says only registered farmers will procure subsidised farm inputs from the state government. Ubru disclosed this while speaking on Thursday in Enugu. He said the office was opened for farmers in the state to register, especially as the state was preparing for pre-farming training

Men of the Lagos State Police Command’s Rapid Response Squad have carried out a comprehensive overnight operation resulting in the arrest of 43 suspects across black spots in Oshodi and its surroundings. This was made known in a statement shared on the command’s X account on Thursday. The statement said, “Operatives of Lagos State Rapid

A Peoples Democratic Party former National Vice Chairman (South), Chief Emmanuel Ogidi, has advised the federal and state governments to intensify efforts to address the insecurity and economic challenges in the country. Ogidi decried the prevailing level of killing, kidnapping and other crimes in the country were indications that more actions were required. He made

The Kano State Police Command has arrested 54 suspected thugs during the Eid-Fitr celebration on Wednesday in Kano. This is contained in a statement by the command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Abdullahi Haruna, a copy of which was made available to PUNCH Online on Thursday. Haruna said the suspects were found in possession of weapons

European lawmakers on Thursday backed a call to include access to abortion in the EU’s Charter of Fundamental Rights, in a symbolic move after France enshrined the right in its constitution. The European Parliament passed the non-binding resolution by 336 votes to 163 with support from centrist and left-wing groups. But the right to “safe

The Delta State Police Command, on Thursday, paraded 12 suspects for various crimes, including a 17-year-old boy (name withheld) who faked his kidnap in the Agbor area of the state. Parading the suspects at the police headquarters in Asaba, the state capital, the state Commissioner of Police, Abaniwonda Olufemi, stated that the teenager had already

Gunmen, on Thursday, attacked a police checkpoint along the Abakaliki-Enugu Highway and set a police patrol van belonging on fire. Our correspondent gathered that the incident happened at the Ishieke Junction on the outskirts of Abakaliki metropolis. Sources in the area said the gunmen killed one policeman and abducted another, but this could not be

The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the African Aviation and Aerospace University to prevent and mitigate accidents. This was disclosed in a statement signed on Thursday by the Director, Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, NSIB, Bimbo Oladeji. Speaking at the ceremony held at the NSIB Training School in Lagos,

The abducted student of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, Francisca Chioma, has regained freedom five days after her disappearance. The institution’s Chief Security Officer, Ken Chukwurah, confirmed her release to our correspondent on the telephone on Thursday, adding that she was set free after the payment of an undisclosed amount of money to