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A Nigerian journalist, Ibraheem Mohammed, has been released from prison following interventions by the Nigerian National Committee of the International Press Institute. According to a statement signed by IPI’s Legal Adviser and Chairman of the Advocacy Committee, Tobi Soniyi, Mohammed was released on Friday after a Nasarawa High Court sitting in Doma granted him bail,…

Two herders and over one hundred cows  have been reportedly killed in what appeared to be a reprisal attack in Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau state A community leader in  Kwal district where the attack occurred, Ezekiel Bini, told The PUNCH in Jos on Saturday that before the incident happened on Wednesday, a young…

The Nigeria Immigration Service said it is deploying e-border solutions in Kebbi, a northwestern state bordering Niger Republic. This followed a two-day working visit to Kebbi State by the Service’s Comptroller-General, Kemi Nandap, for an on-the-spot assessment of the nation’s borders. A statement signed Saturday by the Service Public Relations Officer, Kenneth Udo, quoted Nandap,…

The Nigeria Customs Service, Adamawa/Taraba Area Command, has said it intercepted 12,435 litres of Premium Motor Spirit worth N10.8m being illegally exported to Cameroon. In a statement on Saturday, the command said that the PMS was intercepted within two weeks. The command added in the statement said the product was packed in 491 jerrycans, 25…

Amnesty International has condemned the Nigerian authorities for their failure to bring the murderers of Deborah Samuel to justice. Deborah, a Christian and a second-year student of Home Economics at Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, was lynched by Islamic extremists and subsequently set ablaze on May 12, 2022. This occurred after she had advised…

The Zamfara State Government has insisted it will not bend to pressures to negotiate with bandits in the state. The Commissioner for Information, Manir Haidara, who reiterated the government’s stand, confirmed the kidnapping of farmers and the killing of a respected Islamic cleric to Sunday PUNCH in a telephone interview. Haidara disclosed that efforts were…

Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State has placed a N10m bounty on the heads of the killers of two policemen in the state on Friday. Mbah vowed that his administration would go after the culprits with every resource at its disposal to bring the killers to book. He made the vow while briefing reporters after…

A human rights group, Centre for Human and Socio-Economic Rights, has urged the Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun to intervene in the obaship tussle gripping Iperu Remo, his hometown in Ikenne Local Government area of the state. The Chairman of the local government, Segun Ogunleye, is alleged to be at the centre of the tussle…

The All Progressive Congress Galadima Ward in Gusau Local Government Area of Zamfara State has removed the state’s party chairman, Tukur Maikatako over what they described as bad leadership during his tenure. Addressing journalists in Gusau on Saturday, the ward executive members said the decision to dismiss the state’s party chairman was because he could…

Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, on Saturday, described Nigeria as her country, saying it was humbling to find out through a genealogy test that she was partly Nigerian. According to Associated Press, Meghan made the confession while speaking at a programme organised by women in leadership and co-hosted by Nigerian economist and Head of the…

Ex-agitators in the Niger Delta region should be integrated into the military and federal agencies for gainful employment, according to a stakeholder, Tonye Bobo, leader of the Third Phase amnesty programme. Bobo who spoke to our correspondent on Saturday in Yenagoa stated that training ex-agitators without employment was a waste of time and resources pointing…