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1 week ago | 
punchng.com | Imoleayo Oyedeyi |Gift Habib |Biodun Busari
Nigerians caught in the hostilities between Israel and Iran have called for help from underground shelters amid heavy exchange of missiles between the two countries. Those who spoke to Saturday PUNCH slammed the Nigerian government for not doing enough, adding that other countries had started evacuating their citizens. Meanwhile, the Federal Government said it was awaiting border clearance to rescue over 1,000 Nigerians in the warring countries.
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1 week ago | 
punchng.com | Solomon Odeniyi |John Charles |Abdulrahman Zakariyau |Gift Habib |Nathaniel Shaibu
In a move to end the violence that has cost many lives and destroyed homes across several communities, President Bola Tinubu will on Wednesday (today) hold a meeting with the stakeholders in Benue State and listen to their concerns firsthand. Over 200 people were reportedly killed within a few hours, including children and women, at Yelewata, Guma LGA on Friday night. The killers reportedly used sophisticated weapons and fuel to set houses ablaze.
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1 week ago | 
punchng.com | Dirisu Yakubu |Abdulrahman Zakariyau |Gift Habib
In a bid to resolve the threat hovering around the 99th National Executive Committee meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party scheduled for June 30, Acting National Chairman of the party, Umar Damagum, governors elected on the party’s platform and other stakeholders will on Wednesday (today) meet with the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Mahmood Yakubu.
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1 week ago | 
punchng.com | John Charles |Stephen Angbulu |Adetutu Sobowale |Solomon Odeniyi |Nathaniel Shaibu |Adebayo Folorunsho-Francis | +4 more
The military and the police have launched a joint, cross-border manhunt for the gunmen who killed around 200 villagers in Yelewata, Guma Local Government Area of Benue State, on the night of Friday, June 13, 2025. Chief of Defence Staff General Christopher Musa and Inspector-General of Police Kayode Egbetokun arrived in Makurdi and Yelewata on Monday to coordinate the operation that would target the suspected killers.
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2 weeks ago | 
punchng.com | Gift Habib |Stephen Angbulu
The back of Air India flight 171 is pictured at the site after it crashed in a residential area near the airport in Ahmedabad on June 12, 2025. A London-bound passenger plane crashed in the Indian city of Ahmedabad on June 12 and all 242 people on board were believed killed, with the jet smashing into buildings housing doctors and their families.
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3 weeks ago | 
punchng.com | Gift Habib |Faith Awa Maji |Dele Ogunyemi |Tunde Oyekola |Wale Akinselure
Security agencies, including the Federal Road Safety Corps, National Security and Civil Defence Corps, and the Nigerian Police have deployed over 50,000 personnel to secure shopping malls, prayer grounds, motor parks, markets, recreational centres and various government buildings for the Eid-el-Kabir celebrations.
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3 weeks ago | 
punchng.com | Chika Otuchikere |Chima Azubuike |Gift Habib |Imoleayo Oyedeyi
The number of casualties recorded in the devastating flood that ravaged the Tiffin Maza and Anguwan Hausawa communities in Mokwa Local Government Area of Niger State has risen to 151, with 3,018 persons displaced. The flood, resulting from torrential rainfall, hit the communities on Wednesday night, submerging homes and claiming over 100 lives, according to the state Deputy Governor, Mr Yakubu Garba.
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3 weeks ago | 
punchng.com | Gift Habib |Ayoola Olasupo |Daniel Ayantoye |Olufemi Adediran
The Federal Government has denied knowledge of a controversial Russian work-study programme linked to the production of military drones used in the war against Ukraine. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Nigeria was not involved in it. However, a document posted on the website of the Ministry of Education, which had been trending for a while, suggests Nigerian youths were encouraged to apply for the scholarship.
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1 month ago | 
punchng.com | Solomon Odeniyi |Gift Habib
Amnesty International raised the alarm, on Wednesday, over what it describes as the Nigerian government’s failure to protect citizens from relentless attacks by armed groups and bandits, saying at least 10,217 people have been killed and 672 villages sacked in the past two years under President Bola Tinubu’s administration.
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1 month ago | 
punchng.com | Olufemi Adediran |Gift Habib |Bola Bamigbola
Following the recapture of one of the seven inmates who escaped from the Ilesa Custodial Centre, Osun State, the Nigerian Correctional Service has intensified the search for others still at large. The spokesperson for the NCoS, Abubakar Umar, told Sunday PUNCH that the Federal Government had alerted international organisations, financial institutions, border control agencies, and security operatives to be on the lookout for the remaining six suspects.
