Man alleged to be a lecturer is str!pped and b£@ten by Unizik students after a female student alleged that he mol€sted A man said to be a lecturer at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University (Unizik), Awka, Anambra State, was str!pped completely and b€aten up by students after he was accused of molesting a female student. A video…
The Borno State Police Command has recovered an unexploded ordnance, identified as a hand grenade, from a drainage slab in the Moduganari area of Maiduguri, the state capital. The command’s Public Relations Officer, Nahum Daso, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday, saying the recovery followed a report received at…
Tennessee Titans cornerback Nazeeh Johnson says a fertility medication he was taking while trying to start a family with his wife led to a positive test that resulted in a six-game NFL suspension. The NFL suspended Johnson without pay for the first six games of the 2026 regular season for violating its Performance-Enha…
The Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission has completed the review of Nigeria’s Revenue Allocation Formula, paving the way for a new framework for sharing revenues among the Federal, state and local governments. The commission also said it had concluded the review of remuneration for judicial office hol…
The Executive Chairman of the Nasarawa State Universal Basic Education Board, Dr Kassim Muhammed-Kassim, has empowered 75 less-privileged men and women from the Nasarawa North Senatorial District with N18.7m in business grants to improve their livelihoods. The state Governor, Abdullahi Sule, who flagged off the distrib…
The Adamawa State Police Command has arrested a 27-year-old man in connection with the alleged murder of a woman at a hotel in Girei Local Government Area of the state. In a statement issued on Saturday, the command’s spokesman, SP Suleiman Nguroje, said the incident occurred at No Vex Hotel, Girei, on Friday. “Followi…
#OsunDecides2026: INEC officials and electorates flee as v!olence erupts in Ejigbo Voting has been disrupted in Ejigbo, Osun State, following an outbreak of violence at a polling area during the ongoing governorship election. Video footage shared online by Channels TV shows voters, residents and officials of the Indepe…
Voting has ended in some polling units across Osun State as voters complete accreditation and cast their ballots, with sorting and counting already underway and the first results beginning to emerge from different parts of the state. Following the conclusion of voting, presiding officers have commenced the sorting and …
SEC has launched an initiative to help families recover unclaimed dividends and dormant investment accounts of deceased investorsAn awareness clinic educates beneficiaries on probate processes and documentation needed for asset recovery. The SEC said that Limited awareness hinders recovery; proper estate planning is cr…
Afrobeats singer, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has queried the delay in the uploading of results from Saturday’s Osun State governorship election to the Independent National Electoral Commission’s Result Viewing Portal. In a series of posts on his X account on Saturday, the singer called on the electoral b…
The Peoples Democratic Party 2027 State House of Assembly candidate in Benue State, Bemgba Iortyom, has called on the Federal Government not to bear the burden of investing in individual businesses by establishing ranches for herders. Iortyom, who made the call in a statement issued on Saturday and made available to jo…
Troops of Operation Hadin Kai in the early hours of Saturday repelled a simultaneous attack by members of the Islamic State of West Africa Province on a Forward Operating Base in Mandaragirau, Biu Local Government Area of Borno State. The Army said troops detected the advancing terrorists through emplaced early warning…
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Security operatives arrested about 100 people allegedly brought from neighbouring states to interfere with the Osun governorship electionThe Commissioner of Police overseeing the election confirmed the suspects were linked to Ondo and Ekiti statesGovernor Ademola Adeleke announced plans for an independent inquiry into …
Nigerian social media activist, VeryDarkMan, has called out President Bola Tinubu over his alleged involvement in the ongoing Osun State governorship election. Accusing the President of sending All Progressives Congress, APC, governors and senators to manipulate the Osun election, VeryDarkMan told Tinubu to allow the “…
There was an impressive turnout of voters at Ifofin Unit 001, Ward 8, Ilesa East Local Government Area, on Saturday as the governorship poll held across the state. Ifofin Unit 001, Ward 8, Ilesa, Osun State, is where the National Secretary of the African Democratic Congress, Rauf Aregbesola, is registered as a voter. A…
An 85-year-old voter, Pa Odejide Mosunmoye, says he wants good governance that will benefit people across all strata of society to be entrenched in Osun. Mosunmoye spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria after casting his vote at Unit 3, Ward 9, AUD School, Atile, Ikire, Irewole Local Government Area, during the ongoing …
Chadian murder suspect who fled to Nigeria is arrested in Kano and repatriated The Nigeria Police Force, through operatives of the INTERPOL National Central Bureau (NCB), Abuja, has arrested and repatriated Mahadijiria Abdoulaye, a Chadian national wanted by authorities in N'Djamena in connection with the m#rder of an …
The Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has called on traditional rulers to prioritise the development of their domains and partner with the government to achieve rapid development at the grassroots. Abiodun made the call in a statement on Saturday during the official installation and presentation of the instruments of …
The Imole Campaign Council alleged that soldiers riding in over 15 trucks raided homes of Accord Party leaders across Osun state on Friday night, August 14, 2026A Special Adviser to Governor Ademola Adeleke and a top Accord Party campaigner were allegedly held at a military cantonment in Ede as of Saturday morningThe c…
Nigeria Democratic Congress 2027 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has called on the Federal Government to intensify efforts to protect lives and property following recent attacks in Benue State. Obi made the call after visiting Otukpo-Nobi and Efeyi-Ugboju communities in Otukpo Local Government Area, where recent att…
A fresh internal disagreement is brewing within the Nigeria Labour Congress following a directive by its national secretariat asking affiliate unions and their officials to steer clear of the Working People United, a support group campaigning for the re-election of President Bola Tinubu in 2027. The directive has repor…
Since the death of actress, Temitope Osoba, conflicting accounts and fresh allegations surrounding her final days have raised questions about the circumstances of her death. Osoba died on August 5, 2026, at the age of 40. However, controversy over how she died intensified after her fiancé, Prophet Itunu Onadeko, disput…
The All Progressives Congress and Accord Party have been accused of engaging in a vote-buying jamboree across Osun State as agents of both parties offer voters between N10,000 and N20,000 ahead of today’s governorship election. Saturday PUNCH gathered that, unlike previous elections, the vote-buying started six days be…
The proposed summit of opposition political parties convened by the G-100 has been shifted from August 18 to August 31, 2026, to allow participating parties to hold further consultations after the National Peace Summit. The group is urging former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, ex-Anambra State governor, Peter Obi, who …