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Former US President Donald Trump announced plans Wednesday to launch his own social networking platform called “TRUTH Social,” which is expected to begin its beta launch for “invited guests” next month. The long-awaited platform will be owned by Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), which also intends to launch a subscription video on-demand service that will feature “non-woke” entertainment programming, …

More facts have emerged on why the Armed Forces have yet to deploy their full arsenal against bandits who have dominated the North-West and parts of the North-Central geopolitical zones. The PUNCH reliably learnt on Monday that the Armed Forces told the National Assembly, through its committees, that the agreement signed with the Government of the United States was that the …

Streets of Umuahia, Abia State capital have been deserted by residents in solidarity for Nnamdi Kanu.

Following the expected arraignment in court, today, of the embattled leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, his lead counsel, Mr. Ifeanyi Ejiofor, has made some demands on the Federal Government and law enforcement agencies. Ejiofor, who spoke while addressing a press conference, yesterday, in his office in Garki, Abuja, said he decided to brief the press …

Detained leader of the Indegenious People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, has arrived the Federal High Court Abuja for his re-arraingment. Kanu, who wore a white Fendi designers clothe, was ushered into the courtroom at exactly 10am by security operatives. He is expected to take his fresh plea before trial Justice Binta Nyako. He is facing a seven-count amended charge …

Prof Ishaq Oloyede, Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, (JAMB), on Wednesday, said the series of measures introduced to curb impersonation and examination malpractices had started yielding positive results. Oloyede made the assertion in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, while delivering the 10th Annual lecture of the Forum of Heads of Federal Government Establishments In Nigeria, (Ekiti State chapter). The …

Wilhering, Austria – Pope emeritus Benedict XVI has said that he looks forward to joining his friends in heaven in a condolence message following the death of a Cistercian priest, according to report by the Catholic News Agency. In a letter dated Oct. 2 and released by Wilhering Abbey in Austria, the 94-year-old retired pope said that the death of …

…confirms one more death Edo State has continued to record a decline in the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases, recording no new cases in the last 72 hours, head of Edo State COVID-19 Case Management, Dr. Osagie Ebomwonyi, disclosed during the daily virtual meeting of the State COVID-19 Taskforce, chaired by Governor Godwin Obaseki. Authorities attribute this new development to …

Governor  Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State, has urged the Federal Government to declare bandits as terrorists so as to allow the Nigerian military deal with them without any major consequences in international law. The governor spoke at the presentation of the Kaduna State Security Incidents Report for the Third Quarter of 2021 in Kaduna on Wednesday, saying “we in the Kaduna …