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Osimhen deletes Napoli-related posts from his Instagram page
Nigerian striker Victor Osimhen has deleted Napoli-related posts on his Instagram page. This is coming after a contentious ‘mockery’ video was posted by Napoli’s verified TikTok handle. As observed by PUNCH Online on Wednesday morning, Osimhen’s Instagram page is left with one post in which he wore a Napoli jersey, while other posts have been
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NAF deploys fighter jets against IPOB, destroys hideouts
The Nigerian Air Force fighter jets under the air component of Operation Udo Ka II, on Tuesday, destroyed the armouries and hideouts of the Indigenous People of Biafra combatants in Anambra and Imo states. The fighter jets conducted several air strikes on the IPOB fighters enclaves in Mother Valley Orsumughu in Nnewi South Local Government
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Court halts Aiyedatiwa’s impeachment, kinsmen hold solidarity protest
The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Tuesday, restrained the Ondo State House of Assembly from impeaching the Deputy Governor, Mr Lucky Aiyedatiwa, over alleged gross misconduct. Justice Emeka Nwite gave the restraining order in a ruling shortly after Aiyedatiwa’s counsel, Kayode Adewusi, moved an ex parte motion to the effect. The judge also restrained
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Obasanjo: When protocol clashes with tradition
E di de! (Stand up!). E joko! (Sit down!), a male voice, loud and guttural, was blasting out from the phone of a colleague who was engrossed in a video he was playing. The voice sounded more like that of a military officer commanding troops on parade. However, it was the unmistakable voice of former
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Navy arrests two suspected pipeline vandals in Delta creeks
The Nigerian Navy in Delta State, on Wednesday, paraded two suspected pipeline vandals arrested at Asugbo Creek in Warri South Local Government Area of the state. The Commander of the Nigerian Navy Ship Delta, Commodore Chindo Yahaya, represented by the Executive Officer, NNS Delta, Navy Captain Solomon Paul, while parading the two suspected pipeline vandals,
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FG, IFAD distribute Agro inputs to 83 Nasarawa farmer groups
To ensure food security and cushion the effect of flooding currently ravaging many states in the country, the Federal Government of Nigeria, in collaboration with the International Fund for Agricultural Development, has distributed farming inputs to 83 farmer groups in Nasarawa State. Speaking at the distribution exercise in Lafia, the state capital, on Tuesday, the
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Rivers APC expresses shock over Tinubu’s appointment of PDP members
The Governorship Candidate of All Progressives Congress in Rivers, Tonye Cole, on Tuesday, disclosed that the state chapter of the party was shocked to discover President Bola Tinubu appointed former Governor Nyesom Wike and some card-carrying members of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party into his cabinet. While lamenting that their loyal supporters don’t deserve to
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JUST IN: Six persons killed in fresh Southern Kaduna attack
Terrorists on Tuesday night reportedly killed six persons in the Takanai community of Atyap Chiefdom in Zango Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The attack is coming barely five days after an attack was launched in Kaura where a woman was killed and two of her children were kidnapped. The acting Secretary to the
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Post-Bongo Gabon: It’ll take time for change, say students
At Omar Bongo University in Gabon’s capital, student Nathan Ovono Obiang is as absorbed by what’s going on in his post-co up country as he is in his math’s lessons. “I don’t see any prospects, but we are aware that things can’t change from one day to the next,” the 25-year-old, who is in the
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Canada parliament speaker resigns after tribute to Nazi veteran
The Speaker of Canada’s parliament resigned on Tuesday, days after publicly celebrating a Ukrainian veteran who fought for the Nazis during World War II. During a visit to parliament by Ukraine’s President, Volodymyr Zelensky, last week, Anthony Rota hailed an elderly Ukrainian immigrant from his district as a hero, prompting a standing ovation. But Rota
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