20+ hour, 49+ min ago   (799+ words) Department of State Services has alerted Muslim and Christian leaders in Osun State to an alleged plan by terrorists to attack places of worship and other public gathering centres. The Punch gathered that the planned attack is part of efforts…...

6+ day, 16+ hour ago   (136+ words) Eleven people were reportedly killed by suspected terrorists on Monday in Zaranga village in Gombi Local Government Area of Adamawa State. A resident of the village who, on Monday, spoke to PUNCH Online on the phone but did not want…...

1+ week, 3+ hour ago   (1055+ words) Burkina Faso’s decision to subject more than 65,000 new graduates to compulsory patriotic immersion has brought back into focus an idea that former Osun State Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, repeatedly advanced during his administration: that government must not only provide services…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (330+ words) The National Leader of the Peoples Redemption Party, PRP, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, has said the ongoing controversy involving President Bola Tinubu, the African Democratic Congress, ADC, and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar over the president’s records with the United States Federal…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (446+ words) The Edo State Police Command has arrested a 52-year-old Islamic teacher, Jubril Ibrahim, for allegedly preparing charms for suspected kidnappers operating in Edo North Senatorial District. Ibrahim was paraded alongside four suspected kidnappers and six other suspects at the command…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (501+ words) The Sokoto State Hisbah Board has denied allegations that it imposed restrictions on Christian worship and practices in the state, describing the claims circulating on social media as false and misleading. The Commandant of the Board, Dr Usman Abdullahi Jatau,…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (429+ words) President Bola Tinubu has ordered a comprehensive forensic audit of the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System and Federal Government ministries, departments and agencies following the discovery of “fake agencies”, ghost workers and other control failures in the system. The…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (541+ words) An Osun-based Islamic cleric, Imam Abdullahi Olorunlomerue, has called on politicians who allegedly armed hoodlums during the recent governorship election to retrieve the weapons and prevent them from being used to unleash further violence on residents. Olorunlomerue made the call…...

3+ week, 3+ hour ago   (402+ words) Former Vice-President and African Democratic Congress presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has called on Nigerians to demand greater transparency from the Federal Government over its borrowing activities, particularly the $5 billion facility secured from First Abu Dhabi Bank. Atiku, in a statement…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (575+ words) The alleged fake National Brands Development and Made in Nigeria Special Project Office had a structure spanning several states and two foreign countries, with an acclaimed national coordinator, zonal directors, state coordinators and representatives in China and the United States....