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N2M PENSION AFTER 35 YEARS OF SERVICE AN INSULT – RETIRED POLICE OFFICER A viral outburst from a retired Superintendent of Police has ignited a firestorm of controversy over the treatment of Nigerian security personnel, after he rejected a ₦2 million retirement benefit as “an insult” following 35 years of dedicated service to the nation. The ex-police officer, who retired …

LIGHTNING KILLS 32 COWS IN OGUN Not fewer than 32 cows were reportedly struck dead at Osara, Obantoko area of Abeokuta in Odeda Local Government area of Ogun State during a heavy rainfall on Saturday. The incident, according to the Baale of Osara, Wasiu Afolabi, who spoke to our Correspondent on Sunday, reportedly happened during the torrential rainfall, which started …

ATIKU’, OBASANJO, GOWON, SHETTIMA, EL-RUFAI MEET Atiku Abubakar has met with former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Vice President Kashim Shettima and ex-military Head of State, Yakubu Gowon. He also met with former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, National leader of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Rabiu Kwankwaso, and other imminent Nigerians. They met during the 70th birthday of former Bauchi …

EX-SENATOR CONDEMNS MOB ATTACK ON TRAVELLERS IN KADUNA Shehu Sani, a former senator representing Kaduna Central District and a human rights advocate, has condemned the violent mob attack on a passenger bus belonging to Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) that occurred in Manjul Village, Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State. Describing the incident as “murderous” and “condemnable,” Sani expressed deep …

TINUBU, MOTHER SUPPORTED ANNULMENT OF JUNE 12 – SULE LAMIDO Former Governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, has revealed that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu threw his weight behind Gen. Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida’s decision to annul the June 12, 1993, election won by the late Moshood Abiola. In an exclusive interview with AriseNews on Sunday morning, Lamido stated that he feels …

NORTHERN POWER BLOCS EYE VP SHETTIMA S SEAT Vice President Kashim Shettima’s political future may be hanging in the balance as signs from within the All Progressives Congress point to his exclusion from the 2027 presidential ticket. Credible sources in the Presidency and the APC told Sunday PUNCH that there are ongoing political permutations that could compel President Bola Tinubu …

WE ATTACKED THREE NUCLEAR SITES IN IRAN – US, NUCLEAR SITES EVACUATED BEFORE US STRIKES – IRAN The United States of America says she had attacked three nuclear sites in Iran, but the Iranian authorities claimed that they had evacuated the sites before the US strikes. In a statement posted in X, President Donald Trump says, “we have completed our …

WE ATTACKED THREE NUCLEAR SITES IN IRAN – US, NUCLEAR SITES EVACUATED BEFORE US STRIKES – IRAN The United States of America says she had attacked three nuclear sites in Iran, but the Iranian authorities claimed that they had evacuated the sites before the US strikes. In a statement posted in X, President Donald Trump says, “we have completed our …

PROPERTY DISPUTE: EX-GOVERNOR’S DAUGHTER SEEKS COURT ORDER TO EXHUME LATE FATHER’S BODY FOR DNA TEST ON SIBLINGS Alao Akala, former governor of Oyofacebook sharing buttontwitter sharing buttonemail sharing buttonsharethis sharing buttonwhatsapp sharing buttonOluwatoyin Alao-Aderinto, first daughter of the late Adebayo Alao-Akala, ex-governor of Oyo state, has asked an Oyo high court in Ibadan to order a deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) test …

GROOM’S FATHER, BROTHER AMONG WEDDING TRAVELERS MURDERED INPLATEAU STATE The father and younger brother of the groom were among the wedding travelers who were murdered in Plateau State, on Friday. Thirty-one persons traveling in an 18-seater Bus, belonging to Ahmadu Bello University Zaria (ABU), were attacked by a mob in Plateau. The Chief Imam of Jama’atu Izalatil Bid’a Wa’ikamatis Sunnah …