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The National Assembly has begun moves to challenge, in court, the actions of some members of the federal executive who are bent on removing Section 84(12) from the Electoral Act 2022. The PUNCH on Thursday gathered that the nation’s apex legislature had started the process of appealing the judgment of a Federal High Court, […]
Market women at the Pocket Layout Market Woliwo, Fegge, Onitsha in Anambra State had clashed with the Ukwa family of Onitsha over ownership of the land where the market was sited. The women who are mostly widows and numbered over 500 claimed that goods worth millions of naira has been destroyed in their […]
The Aguta Local Government Area headquarters in Anambra State, where Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo hails from has been set ablaze by some unknown gunmen. On Thursday afternoon the gunmen attacked the council headquarters and set it ablaze. DSP Ikenga Tochukwu said the police command of the state has deployed men to the area […]
The House of Representatives has called for the cleanup and compensation of communities affected by the oil spillage that occurred from Conoil’s well head in some Communities in Sapele Local Government Area, under Okpe, Sapele and Uvwie Federal Constituency of Delta State. The House raised the concern on the devastating oil spill during […]
Australia on Thursday released the last refugees held in a former hotel where tennis superstar Novak Djokovic was spectacularly detained earlier this year, activists said. The eight men held in the Melbourne facility were originally in a group of refugees and asylum seekers transferred to Australia from offshore facilities to receive medical care. […]
The terrorists who bombed the Abuja-Kaduna train, killed eight passengers on board and kidnapped unspecified number of others, have released a video giving reasons for the attack. They spoke in a video shortly before releasing the Managing Director of Bank of Agriculture (BOA) Alwan Ali-Hassan. The terrorists, in the one minute, 21 seconds […]
Some suspected terrorists believed to be members of the Islamic State of West African Province have attacked the Damboa town of Borno State. A security source confirmed the attack to journalists that terrorists attacked the town around 1:00 am on Wednesday. “They parked their motorcycles behind the trench dug around the town and […]
For collecting N50,000 from a National Youth Corps Member in Lagos State, an Assistant Superintendent of Police, ASP, Eyitere Joseph, has been arrested. A video with the caption ‘Police Officer extorts NYSC corp member of N50,000 at Lagos State’ was posted on Twitter, where an officer was holding a white envelope suspected to […]
Sheik Nuru Khalid, the founder of Islamic Research and Da’awah Foundation, has said a majority of Imams are scared to speak concerning the present situation of the country. Khalid said this on Wednesday during a program on Trust TV, Daily Politics. The Imam urged other clerics to always stand with the truth no […]
The zoning committee of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, has recommended an open race for the party’s 2023 presidential ticket, contrary to the expectation of its southern members. The party’s 37-person zoning committee, took the decision at the Benue State Governor’s Lodge, Asokoro, Abuja, on Tuesday, and cited ‘exigency of time’ for its recommendation. According […]
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