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Unknown gunmen have razed the zone 13 police headquarters in Ukpo, Anambra state, during a violent attack. TheCable understands the hoodlums invaded the station on Monday morning and opened fire on police officers. It is not immediately clear those behind the attack or the extent of damage caused. But TheCable learnt that at least three vehicles were also razed in …

Governors of the states battling with Boko Haram terrorism in the North-East have asked the Federal Government to issue a special fiat, different from the general one issued earlier, to enable them to speedily prosecute suspects arrested for terrorism. In separate interviews with Sunday PUNCH, the governors of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states who spoke through their Commissioners of Justice and …

…RCCG leader forced to fly Oyedepo’s aircraft The Federal Government through the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority has grounded a private chopper belonging to Pastor Enoch Adeboye of the Redeemed Christian Church of God at the Lagos Airport, investigations by Sunday  PUNCH, has revealed. It was learnt that the aircraft, AgustaWestland AW139 chopper, with registration number 5N-EAA, was suspended from flying over two …

A former Plateau State governor, Jonah Jang, has countered a former Niger State governor, Babangida Aliyu, who said the northern Peoples Democratic Party governors worked against the re-election of former President Goodluck Jonathan in the 2015 presidential election. Jang said there was no truth in Aliyu’s statement that the northern PDP governors worked against the ex-president’s re-election. Aliyu had on …

She was born long before World War I, the year the ice cream cone was invented and as work was beginning on the Panama Canal. America’s oldest citizen, 116-year-old Hester Ford, has died, her family announced. The death of the North Carolina resident was announced on Facebook by great-granddaughter Tanisha Myers, who said Ford passed peacefully at home, surrounded by …

Nigeria central bank boss Godwin Emefiele has justified why the bank is printing more money to finance the federal government budget. “If government cannot finance all its obligations,” the central bank should offer support as a lender of last resort, Emefiele said in a press briefing on Tuesday. Emefiele is reacting to claims by a global rating agency, Fitch report. …

Two female correctional service officials have been dismissed after investigations into an explicit video that went viral last month showing one of the officials having sex with an inmate. The incident took place at the Ncome correctional facility in KwaZulu-Nata, South Africa according to a report by Times Live. In a statement on Wednesday, the correctional services department (DCS) said …

Nigerians have joined the ongoing controversy surrounding the alleged printing of N60 billion by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to support the federal allocation to the three tiers of government for the month of March, 2021, calling on the Federal Government to come out clean by telling Nigerians, not just if it indeed printed the money as alleged but …

A possible postponement of the All Progressives Congress national convention, scheduled to hold in June, is already splitting chieftains of the ruling party. All is not well within the All Progressives Congress over a likely postponement of its national convention, which is scheduled to hold in June. The convention was initially planned to hold last December but was postponed to …

Following his alleged link with terrorist groups, Taliban and Al-Qaeda, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, Saturday said he has no affiliation with terror groups. For the past few days, the media has been awash with the news that he (Pantami) has a link with terrorists. Irked by the allegations and development of the news, Pantami debunked …