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The University of Jos community has been thrown into mourning following the killing of a 400-level student of the Department of English by suspected hoodlums. The victim, Ruth Yakadi, of Anaguta tribe, Plateau State, was said to have been killed after being raped by her assailants. A viral video seen by PUNCH Metro showed Yakadi lying near a canal with …

Three persons, including a pregnant woman, were killed in Enugu on Saturday by hoodlums enforcing Simon Ekpa’s five-day sit-at-home order in the South East. PUNCH correspondent gathered that a pregnant woman, whose identity could not be immediately ascertained, was killed by a stray bullet at New Market during a gun duel between the hoodlums and policemen. Sources said that a …

Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has said, contrary to insinuations in some quarters, that he had met with Governor Nyesom Wike five times in attempts to settle the party’s leadership crisis. Atiku made the revelation at Channels TV town hall meeting on Sunday, monitored by Vanguard. He equally condemned the May 13 lynching of Deborah Samuel by …

Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike has placed the Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket and the retention of the presidency in the north as two wrongs that should not be allowed. In a statement issued by his spokesperson, Kelvin Ebiri, he said this on Sunday at the special dedication service for the Rivers state Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) 2023 election campaign rallies. The …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has revealed how his administration’s education reforms and youth development drive helped the government address the scourge of illegal migration and human trafficking among youths in the state. The governor, while speaking to journalists in Benin City, hailed partners and stakeholders, including the World Bank, International Organisation for Migration (IOM), United Nations Children’s Fund …

Edo State Government has commenced the distribution of a new batch of motorcycles and patrol vehicles to operatives of the State’s Security Network as part of efforts to strengthen its security architecture. The Coordinator of the Edo State Security Network, Col. Kole Oshoriamhe Omomia (Rtd), disclosed this while addressing journalists in Benin City, the state capital.  Col. Omomia said the …

…Asks motorists to report offenders Officials of the Edo State Public Works Volunteers (PUWOV) have begun a campaign against motorists driving against the traffic (one-way), in a bid to restore sanity on roads in the Benin metropolis. This is as operatives of the scheme, at the weekend, apprehended another commercial bus driver for violating the state’s traffic laws, making two persons …

*John Kerry praises Osinbajo’s leadership on energy transition Participating in the carbon market would not only offer Nigeria and Africa the opportunity for growth, industrialization and job creation for its teeming population, it would also provide the right incentives for clean energy and climate action. Nigeria’s Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo stated this yesterday in his keynote address at a high-level …

Residents of Anambra State have defied a five-day sit-at-home order called by a faction of the Indigenous People of Biafra, as normal commercial and economic activities took place across the major cities of the state. A faction of the IPOB had through a video that circulated online last Tuesday, ordered the people of the South-East to observe a sit-at-home from …

President Muhammadu Buhari, has revealed to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, that unity within its ranks is the only panacea for victory in the 2023 general elections. The President said unity and cooperation with one another is a prerequisite for victory in the elections. President Buhari spoke in Daura on Friday when he received Dr Dikko Radda, the governorship …