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Adelani Adepegba, Abuja At least 268 Nigerians evacuated from China have arrived in Abuja, The PUNCH can confirm. The flight that conveyed the evacuees landed at the Nnamdi Azikwe Internation…

James Abraham, Jos A middle-aged man, Sylvester Isah was on Saturday paraded at the Plateau State Police Command headquarters in Jos over the abduction and killing of a property owner, …

Read morePolice exhume kidnap victim’s body in Plateau, arrest suspects

Armstrong Bakam, Bauchi The Nigeria Association of Resident Doctors has issued a 14-day ultimatum to the Federal Government to immediately implement all the agreements it had with the Associatio…

Kayode Oyero The Federal Government says there is no online portal for unemployed youths to register for its 1,000 jobs per Local Government Area. The Minister of State for Labour …

Read moreNo online registration for 774,000 jobs – FG

Maiharaji Altine, Gusau The All Progressives Congress, Zamfara State Chapter, has debunked the claim that one of Governor Bello Matawalle

Adelani Adepegba, Abuja The African Export-Import Bank has concluded plans to establish a 500-bed hospital in Abuja, the nation’s capital. The bank which has its headquarters in Cairo, Egypt,…

The Police Command in Enugu State has rescued three kidnapped victims in two successful operations at separate locations within the state. ASP Daniel Ndukwe, the Command’s Public Relations O…

MATTHEW OCHEI Four persons have been reportedly kidnapped by gunmen suspected to be herdsmen along the Lagos-Asaba Road in Boji Boji Owa, Ika North-East Local Government Area of Delta State. …

Read moreGunmen kidnap four persons in Delta

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At least 15 civilians have been killed in northern Burkina Faso during an attack attributed to jihadists, the government said Saturday. READ ALSO: Obaseki was nowhere when I drafted APC constitu…

The European Union on Saturday called on the United States to “reconsider” the decision to severe ties with the World Health Organization over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic. READ …

Read moreEU urges US to rethink WHO split

*Says he initiated reforms in the corporation Kayode Oyero The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has condoled with the family and friends of the former Group Managing Directo…

Germany on Saturday blasted US President Donald Trump

Okechukwu Nnodim, Abuja The Federal Government on Saturday ordered relevant agencies to provide relief materials to survivors of the recent attacks by bandits in communities in the Sabon Birnin …

Our Reporters As the All Progressives Congress, Ondo State Chapter prepares for its governorship primaries, two stakeholders in the party have expressed support for the direct mode of primaries. …

Our Reporters Following the crisis in the Edo State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, the Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, has appealed to the President, Major General …

Read moreObaseki was nowhere when I drafted APC constitution – Ize-Iyamu

Okechukwu Nnodim, Abuja The immediate past Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Maikanti Baru, is dead. Baru’s death was announced by the current GMD of the…

Olaleye Aluko, Abuja A General Court Martial sitting in Abuja has jailed six Nigerian Air Force personnel, who were aides to the former Chief of Defence Staff, Late Air Chief …

Read more[BREAKING] Murder: Court jails six NAF personnel attached to ex-CDS, Badeh

Kayode Oyero One person was confirmed dead in an accident that happened around the Ikota area along the Lekki-Epe Expressway in Lagos State. The PUNCH gathered that a hit-and-run truck …

Read moreOne dies in Lekki-Epe Expressway accident

A first charter flight carrying Europeans to China following weeks of lockdown departed Germany

Several hundred people angrily protesting the death of an African-American man in police custody in Minneapolis rallied outside the White House on Friday, in tense scenes that have spread to …

Read moreGeorge Floyd: Protests at White House over black man’s killing

Chukwudi Akasike, Port Harcourt RIVERS State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has warned that his administration will re-introduce the lockdown in the Port Harcourt and Obio/Akpor local government areas if …

Kayode Oyero Residents of Somolo Local Government Area of Lagos State were jolted awake on Saturday morning as fire razed the Olaleye Market in the area. The PUNCH gathered that …

Read moreBREAKING: Midnight fire guts Olaleye market in Somolu, Lagos

Friday Olokor, Sola Shittu and Peter Dada As part of preparations for the forthcoming governorship elections in Edo and Ondo states, the Independent National Electoral Commission says it will rec…

Daud Olatunji with agency report No fewer than 15 former African Presidents on Friday rallied support for the President of African Development Bank, Dr Akinwumi Adesina. They lauded him for …

Read moreAfDB: Jonathan, Sirleaf, 13 other ex-African presidents back Adesina

US President Donald Trump on Friday said he was severing ties with the World Health Organization, signalling the end of hundreds of millions of dollars in funding to the UN …

Read moreTrump ‘terminates relationship’ with WHO

The Minneapolis police officer accused of killing a handcuffed African American man was charged with murder Friday as authorities declared a curfew after three nights of violent protests left parts…

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