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BY MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Benin City, Nigeria – Edo State Commissioner of Police (CP) Abutu Yaro has appealed to the general public to be calm as police have begun investigation into a mob action in which a criminal suspect was allegedly burnt alive in Auchi town last weekend. Auchi is the administrative headquarters of Etsako West Local Government Area of the …

Controversial Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has faulted those of the school of thought that killing is the punishment for blasphemy, saying Prophet Muhammad never killed for blasphemy during his time despite insults from his critics. Gumi stated this during his religious teaching class in his Kaduna Juma’at mosque, according to PRNigeria. He said if the Prophet refrained from killing …

Abdulfatai Olagunju, a rusticated student of the University of Ilorin, Kwara State, who was arrested by the police, tells TUNDE OYEKOLA of the PUNCH newspaper, that he is a member of the Eiye Confraternity and recounts some of his exploits What can you tell us about yourself? I am Abdulfatai Olagunju Tijani Ifeanyi. I’m from Erin-Ile in the Oyun Local …

Nigeria’s National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has seized 203, 879 tablets of various pharmaceutical opioids and illicit substances in raids across Abia, Kaduna, Yobe and Kogi States. The NDLEA said this in a statement by its Spokesperson, Mr Fem Babafemi, on Sunday in Abuja, according to the News Agency of Nigeria. Babafemi said that the agency also foiled fresh …

Consumers and members of the Nigerian public have been alerted by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on an ongoing cyber-vulnerability which allows a nearby hacker to unlock vehicles, start their engines wirelessly and make away with them. The NCC’s Director of Public Affairs (DPA), Dr Ikechukwu Adinde, made this known in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, according to the …

Striking university workers’ unions have said their members would “consider” the appeal by the Nigeria Inter-Religious Council (NIREC) which seeks the suspension of their ongoing strike while negotiations continue. The unions include the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) and the National Association of Academic Technologists …

Nigeria’s ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), has inaugurated committees to screen all aspirants contesting the presidential, governorship, Senate, and House of Representatives elections on its platform. The party inaugurated the committees on Saturday in Abuja. The party had closed the sale of expression of interest and nomination forms on Thursday, while the deadline for the submission of the forms was …

The Joint Administrations and Matriculation, JAMB, in line with its desire to adhere to the ease of doing business protocol of the government, has emplaced user-friendly and simplified process of checking UTME results. How To Check Your Result “To check the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) result, all a candidate needs to do is to simply send UTMERESULT to …

The Christian Association of Nigeria has called on all its members to embark on a peaceful protest nationwide to demand justice for the slain Shehu Shagari College of Education student, Deborah Yakubu. The PUNCH had reported Yakubu was stoned by a mob and set ablaze for alleged blasphemy on Thursday afternoon. Her killing generated outrage among Nigerians. In a statement signed …

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has received former Governor of Kwara State and ex-Senate President, Olubukola Saraki, in the state. This was according to the statement made available to The PUNCH by the Senior Adviser, Media Projects, Edo State Government, Mr. Crusoe Osagie. The governor hosted Saraki, who is a presidential aspirant under the Peoples Democratic Party, at the Government House …