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Published February 24, 2021 Thirteen persons were killed and over 40 injured in rocket attack on Maiduguri by suspected Boko Haram members .As at the time of filing the report , a team of military, civilian JTF and humanitarian workers were still combing the town for corpses even as the injured were assisted to hospital.The […]

:Calls for unity of all Federating Units to curb insecurity issues in Nigeria The Executive Governor of Ondo State while addressing attendees at the second term inauguration lecture held on Tuesday 23rd February, 2021 at the International Centre for Culture and Events,(The Dome) Akure has reiterated the drive of his led administration to consolidate on […]

Makinde, Fayose’s face-off deepens, parallel PDP caucuses meetPublished February 24, 2021Ayodele Fayose and Seyi MakindeOlufemi Olaniyi , IbadanThe hostility between Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State and former Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State appears to be getting hotter ahead of the zonal congress of the South – West People Democratic Party holding soon .According […]

Published February 24, 2021 • We may have to engage in dialogue besides security agencies ’ efforts , says Fayemi• Kagara abductor with rocket-propelled grenade , missile only FG can license – RepLeke Baiyewu and Adebayo AyindeThere were strong indications on Tuesday that the Nigeria Governors ’ Forum might opt for dialogue with bandits and […]

Dr. Kayode Ajulo in a phone interview in reaction the former Ondo State AG, Charle Titiloye’s response to his position on the investigation of the allegations of misconduct or abuse of authority against the Chief Judge of Ondo State by the erstwhile Attorney-General of the State has started that he find it altogether curious that […]

Published February 23, 2021Director General of the NCDC, Dr Chikwe IhekweazuFriday Olokor and Adelani AdepegbaThe Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Monday said a new variant of COVID – 19 had been detected in Nigeria and 15 other countries .The new strain , B .1 .2 . 5 which is different from the highly infectious […]

Published February 23, 2021 Our ReportersThere were strong indications on Monday that a disagreement among bandits in Niger State was delaying the release of 27 students and 15 workers of Government Science College , Kagara , who were abducted on Wednesday .A top government source, who confided in The PUNCH , said the bandits , […]

Published February 23, 2021 Bola Bamigbola , OsogboA former Osun State House of Assembly , Minority Leader , Akinwale Akinwole , on Monday , urged the Minister of Interior , Mr . Rauf Aregbesola, to accept Senator Iyiola Omisore as a member of the All Progressives Congress.Akinwale , who left Peoples Democratic Party while serving […]

Published February 23, 2021 Chidiebube Okeoma and Gibson AchonuTHE Peoples Democratic Party on Monday accused the Imo State Governor , Hope Uzodimma , and a former governor of the state , Rochas Okorocha , of turning the state into a war zone .The PDP spokesperson in the state , Ogubundu Nwadike, in a statement on […]

The people of Idanre Community in Idanre Local Government Area of Ondo state have appealed to Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu to avert imminent bloodshed and breakdown of law and order in the state by intervening in the deputed lands between Akure and Idanre. They said the vast area of ancestral land of Olokuta, Aponmu and Ajebambo […]