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One of the captives from the Kaduna-Abuja train attack, Barrister Hassan Usman, has regained freedom. Hassan was released on Monday, a day after he was seen in a viral video appealing to Nigerians, the federal government, and the international community to intervene in securing their safe release from captivity. In the video, the […]
The terrorists operating in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja have ambushed men of the Guards Brigade. Sources confirmed to Pointblanknews.com that troops of the elite Guards Brigade, whose primary responsibility is guarding the FCT, especially the Presidential seat of government, were ambushed along the Bwari-Kubwa road. It was confirmed that the troops […]
Students of Federal Government College (FGC) Kwali, Abuja, have been evacuated from their hostels following an attack on a nearby community. Parents trooped to the school on Monday morning to evacuate their children from the unity college located at Sheda village, on the ever-busy Abuja-Lokoja highway. Our reporter, who visited the college on Monday […]
Nigerian Athlete, Tobi Amusan has won the World Athletics Champion gold medal, being the first Nigerian to reach a world record time of 12.06s. It was the second time Amusan would break the record on the night, improving on her 12.12s in the semi-final. It was previously set by America’s Kendra Harrison at […]
Davido’s father, Dr. Deji Adeleke, Founder of Adeleke University, Ede, Osun State, has threatened to expose Senator Ademola Adeleke, governor-elect of the state if he derails. Dr. Deji is known to be one of the biggest supporters of the incoming governor of Osun. A video that went viral, showed how Ademola, immediately after […]
The suspended Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris has been remanded in prison. The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Friday remanded Ahmed and others at the Kuje Correctional Service. Crown FM reported that they were earlier arraigned on 14 counts of criminal breach of trust to the tune of […]
Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in an interview with Arise TV, aired this morning at 8:30 AM, highlighted some of the things he will do if he becomes the President of Nigeria in 2023. In the interview, which lasted for over an hour, Atiku said what drives […]
Nigeria’s House of Representatives on Thursday resolved to probe all the Joint Venture businesses and Production Sharing Contracts (PSCs) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) from 1990. The lawmakers have decided to set up an ad-hoc committee to undertake the probe and report to the House within eight weeks and report back […]
On Thursday the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has legged the deadline for the 2022 admissions to December 31, 2022, The PUNCH reports. This is as the board also stated that it would no longer accept A’Level results by the National Business and Technical Education Board for Direct Entry admissions. These were disclosed […]
The Anambra State Government has commenced the registration of native doctors and allied practitioners in the state to sanitise the sector. The state Commissioner for Information, Paul Nwosu, stated this in Awka, on Wednesday. Nwosu said the decision was part of the resolutions that reached the Anambra State Executive Council Meeting, held at […]
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