AGF rallies Kwara varsity stakeholders for greater heights - Punch Newspapers
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN.
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Police arrest three kidnappers, rescue two victims in Ondo - Punch Newspapers
The Ondo State Police Command has arrested three suspected kidnappers in Isua-Akoko, the headquarters of Akoko South-East Local Government Area of the state. According to the police, the arrested suspects are Abdullahi Abubakar, Ibrahim Abubakar and Oseni Abubakar, all residents ...
New Kano project targets gender-based violence against women in agriculture - Punch Newspapers
The Kano State Government, in collaboration with the African Enterprise Challenge Fund and the Development Research and Projects Centre, has launched a project aimed at preventing and responding to Gender-Based Violence against women within the agricultural value chain. The proje...
Anglican bishop urges church leaders to speak against bad governance - Punch Newspapers
The four newly consecrated Bishops of the Anglican Church and their wives.
Team Nigeria lands in Morocco ahead of Davis Cup tie - Punch Newspapers
File: The Nigeria Davis Cup team after arriving in Morocco.
Poco Lee’s UK court pre-trial adjourned to February 2027 - Punch Newspapers
A United Kingdom court has adjourned the pre-trial hearing of Nigerian dancer and entertainer Iweh Pascal Odinaka, popularly known as Poco Lee, to February 2027 after he failed to enter a plea. According to a report by BBC News Pidgin published on Tuesday, Snaresbrook Crown Court...
Yayi threatens legal action over claims he is Ekiti indigene - Punch Newspapers
A senator representing Ogun West and the APC governorship candidate for Ogun State, Sen Solomon Adeola fondly called Yayi. Photo: APC
Obi rejects Anambra debt claims, vows to end 2027 campaign if proven wrong - Punch Newspapers
Presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, Peter Obi, has rejected claims by the Anambra State Government that his administration left behind inherited debts, including a ₦2bn ecological loan, contractor liabilities and unpaid salaries, gratuities and pensions. Ob...
Hunye welcomes Yayi’s lawsuit threat over Ekiti origin claim - Punch Newspapers
File Photo: L-R: Hon. Hunye and Senator Adeola
Police, military deployed to Niger after kidnapping of over 100 residents - Punch Newspapers
The Niger State Police Command has disclosed that tactical teams of the military and police have been deployed to rescue over 100 Niger State residents abducted by terrorists. The terrorists abducted the victims from Maburya community in the Mariga Local Government Area of Niger ...
2.26bn women, children exposed to second-hand smoke globally – Study - Punch Newspapers
About 2.71 billion people were exposed to second-hand smoke globally in 2023, with more than 2.26 billion women and children, including 1.49 billion women and 767 million children under 15, a new study published in The Lancet Public Health has found.
Why petrol remains expensive in Nigeria — Dangote - Punch Newspapers
President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote. Photo: Dangote Group
Aduku predicts tough England test for Falconets - Punch Newspapers
Falconets coach Moses Aduku has warned his side to expect a tough test against England in the last 16 of the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Poland after Nigeria secured their place in the knockout stage with a 10-1 thrashing of New Caledonia on Sunday, PUNCH Sports Extra reports....
I’m not Makinde’s surrogate, says Oyo APM gov candidate - Punch Newspapers
The governorship candidate of the Allied Peoples Movement in Oyo State, Abimbola Adekanmbi, has said he is not a surrogate of the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde. Speaking in an interview on Arise News on Tuesday, the former Commissioner for Finance stated that he has his own ma...
NSCDC nabs father, son for electricity cable theft in Osun - Punch Newspapers
A farmer resident in Agbona village near Iwo in Osun State, Taliatu Olunlade, aged 60 years, and his 25-year old son, Wasiu, were on Monday paraded by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps Osun State Command for theft of electricity cables. Stating the facts of the matter ...
NBF unveils free legal service for pro boxers - Punch Newspapers
The Nigeria Boxing Federation’s professional arm, NBF-Pro, has unveiled a 30-day free legal service scheme for professional boxers across the country, in partnership with Emoni Sports Law as its official legal advisory chamber. In a statement released on Saturday, NBF-Pro said th...
Four cattle rustlers killed as security operatives recover 35 cows in Kwara - Punch Newspapers
Kwara State Commissioner of Police, Ojo Adekimi.
INEC labels two Gombe LGAs high-risk for Saturday by-election - Punch Newspapers
The Independent National Electoral Commission on Tuesday identified Gombe and Funakaye Local Government Areas of Gombe State as high-risk areas ahead of Saturday’s Gombe/Kwami/Funakaye Federal Constituency by-election. The State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Umar-Mukhtar Gajir...