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Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, has commended road contractors delivering quality jobs across Edo South Senatorial District, while warning firms lagging behind to sit up or risk losing their contracts. The governor gave the commendation during an inspection tour of ongoing road construction projects in Edo South, as part of his administration’s push to ensure timely delivery and value for public funds. Governor Okpebholo said the inspection was necessary to separate serious contractors from those failing to meet agreed standards and timelines. “We’ve gone round several places today. We were at Church Road, Upper Ekenwan road and we were…

Over 30 people have been killed in a deadly attack by suspected terrorists at the Kasuwan-Daji market in the Demo community, located in the Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State. The attack which happened on Saturday also led to the abduction of many people. The gun-wielding attackers also carted away foodstuffs and other valuables worth millions of naira before setting the market ablaze. The terrorists were said to have invaded the community on Saturday evening and operated until the early hours of Sunday. A resident of the area said about 42 people were tied and killed by the terrorists,…

The national vice chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress for the North East region, Mustapha Salihu, has dismissed the notion that those joining his party will escape prosecution by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. While speaking to journalists at his Yola private residence on Saturday night, he said the notion is designed to blackmail the administration of President Bola Tinubu, who, he claimed, has zero tolerance for corruption. Salihu’s declaration came two months after the former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, labelled APC as a new haven for fugitives fleeing from the EFCC. “It…

The Nigeria Police Force has ordered one of its officers, caught on a viral video allegedly extorting a motorcyclist, to report to Force Headquarters for disciplinary proceedings. The force also called for the officer’s Divisional Police Officer to report for possible sanction. The incident, captured in a video widely circulating on Sunday, shows a uniformed officer, reportedly in Cross River State, stopping a motorcyclist on the roadside and demanding cash. The footage depicts the officer counting the money while the motorcyclist appears reluctant. In a Sunday statement posted on X by the Police Complaint Response Unit (@PoliceNG_CRU), the force confirmed…

The Independent National Electoral Commission has urged the public and media to disregard a purported timetable for the 2027 General Election circulating online. INEC Chairman’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr Adedayo Oketola, in a statement in Abuja, described the circulating timetable and schedule of activities as fake. Oketola said the commission was yet to release any timetable, stressing that the document circulating in some quarters did not emanate from INEC. The commission wishes to state clearly that this information is false and misleading. “INEC has not released any timetable or schedule of activities for the 2027 General Election,” Oketola said. He…

Former world heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua has made his first social media post since a fatal car accident in Nigeria that claimed the lives of two of his close friends and team members. The accident, which occurred on Monday, December 29, along the Lagos–Ibadan Expressway, resulted in the deaths of Sina Ghami and Latif “Latz” Ayodele. Joshua sustained minor injuries in the crash. The 36-year-old boxer was treated in hospital and discharged on New Year’s Eve before returning to the United Kingdom on Saturday. On Sunday, Joshua broke his silence with a post across his social media platforms, sharing…

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has announced plans to resume its previously suspended total, indefinite and comprehensive strike with effect from Jan. 12. This follows the Federal Government’s failure to fully implement agreed resolutions. The decision was taken at an emergency virtual meeting of the association’s National Executive Council (E-NEC) held on Friday and conveyed in a statement issued by NARD and obtained from its official X handle “@nard_nigeria”. The National Officers’ Committee (NOC) said the resumption, tagged “TICS 2.0: No Implementation, No Going Back”, would commence at 12:00 a.m. on Jan. 12. According to the statement, the…

Amid allegations of doctoring the tax reform acts, the National Assembly has released the four bills signed into law by President Bola Tinubu. It said on Saturday that the decision is to allow for public record, verification and reference. House Spokesman, Akin Rotimi says the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio and Speaker, House of Representatives, Abbas Tajudeen, directed the immediate release of the Certified True Copies of the Acts, including the endorsement and assent pages signed by the President. Rotimi says this is to dispel public concerns and allegations regarding purported alterations and the circulation of unauthorised and misleading versions of…

Top leaders of the All Progressives Congress have declared support for the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, amid renewed hostilities between him and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike. The National Secretary of the APC, Ajibola Basiru, in an interview with Sunday PUNCH, said Fubara had the full support of the party for his re-election campaign. “Nobody can frustrate any APC governor. Fubara, like other APC governors, is running the affairs of his state well,” he added. Fubara defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the ruling APC on December 9, a move widely regarded as a…

The Peoples Democratic Party in Rivers State has suspended its Caretaker Committee Chairman, Robinson Ewor, for aligning with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike. Ewor had recently accused Governor Siminalayi Fubara of deceiving party leaders and supporters over the political crisis that engulfed the state, saying the governor falsely created the impression that he could wrest political control from Wike, only to later abandon the party at the height of the turmoil. He also alleged that party stakeholders were misled into believing the governor was prepared for a showdown with Wike, saying its leaders were left stranded…