Presidency replies Ortom, says Buhari didn’t accept invite to be terrorists’ negotiator

The Presidency on Saturday said the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), did not accept any invitation to be the negotiator of terrorist group Boko Haram in 2012. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, made this known in an interview with BBC News Pidgin on Saturday monitored by The PUNCH. He was reacting to …

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Commissioner Alabi Gives Account Of Stewardship, Says Bauchi Remains No- Go- Area For Criminals

Bauchi State Commsiioner of Police, Abiodun Alabi has rendered account of his stewardship in the past few months. The account, officially made available to the National Association of Online Security Reporters, NAOSRE by the Command’s spokesman, SP Ahmed Mohammed Wakil, is reproduced below.  Bauchi State is one of the North Eastern States in the country which is confronted with numerous …

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Lagos House visits Tinubu, says APC leader hail and hearty

The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, is hail and hearty, members of the Lagos State House of Assembly have said. Led by their Speaker, Rt. Hon. (Dr) Mudashiru Obasa, the lawmakers said they had lengthy discussions with their host. Photographs taken during the visit showed Tinubu all smiles and excited. Among the members who …

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Veteran actor Victor Olaotan is dead

Veteran actor and former Tinsel’ star, Victor Olaotan, popularly known as Big Daddy, has died. His wife, Julia Olatan, confirmed the death to The PUNCH on Friday. In an exclusive interview with The PUNCH, Olatan, who had been relentlessly seeking support for the actor, said her husband died on Thursday night in Lagos State. Julia appreciated The PUNCH and donors …

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Manchester City player, Mendy charged with rape

Manchester City footballer Benjamin Mendy has been charged with rape. The 27-year-old defender has been charged with four counts of rape and one count of sexual assault, Cheshire Police said. The charges relate to three complainants over the age of 16 and are alleged to have taken place between October 2020 and August this year. Mr Mendy, of Prestbury, has …

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Ataga’s murder: Lagos DPP nails Chidinma Ojukwu, 4 others

The Lagos State Director of Public Prosecutions, Mrs Olayinka Adeyemi, has recommended Chidinma Ojukwu and four others for trial over the murder of the Chief Executive of Super Television, Michael Ataga. In the legal advice issued on 20 August 2021, the DPP cleared 11 other suspects and asked that they should be released. Apart from Chidinma Ojukwu, others recommended for …

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Military Personnel In Charge Of CCTV Slept Off When Bandits Attacked Defence Academy – Report

Personnel monitoring closed-circuit television (CCTV) at the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) were reportedly asleep when bandits attacked the premises on Tuesday, killing two officers.  The gunmen invaded the Afaka barracks of the academy around 1am, killing two soldiers identified as Lieutenant Commodore Wulah and Flight Lieutenant Okoronwo, and abducting Major Stephen Dantong. A source later told SaharaReporters that the kidnappers …

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Bandits invade NDA, kill two officers, abduct one

Nigeria’s foremost military university, the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna was on Tuesday attacked by bandits who killed two officers and abducted one other. The bandits invaded the permanent site of the institution located along Airport Road, Afaka, in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State around 1.00am. A source told our correspondent that the hoodlums, who were dressed in military …

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