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    The military has arrested one person and recovered a significant cache of illicit arms and ammunition after bursting an illegal weapons manufacturing factory in Heipang District, Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State.   Disclosing this in a statement on Thursday, the spokesman for the military Joint ...

  The Federal Fire Service has announced a nationwide fire safety compliance audit following Tuesday’s inferno at Afriland Tower, Lagos Island.   At least six additional deaths have been confirmed in the aftermath of the blaze at the six-storey commercial building.   The victims were employees of United Capital, a ...

  The African Democratic Congress has cautioned President Bola Tinubu against interfering in the affairs of state governments, declaring that the Nigerian Constitution does not empower the President to hire or fire elected governors.   ADC, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Bola Abdullahi, on Thursday, emphasised that ...

    French protesters were on Thursday staging a day of nationwide protests and strikes in a show of anger over President Emmanuel Macron’s austerity policies, causing widespread disruption.   Public transport stalled, schools closed down and tens of thousands of people took to the streets for demonstrations marked by ...

  The Lagos State Police Command has begun a full-scale investigation into a viral video showing students of Excel College, Ejigbo, Lagos, smoking, drinking and dancing in a school hostel.   The incident, which reportedly took place in April 2025 at the boys’ hostel of the private school, resurfaced online ...

    The President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Senator John Azuta-Mbata, has called on the Federal Government to release the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, to enable him to seek proper medical attention.   This is as Azuta-Mbata called on Igbos across the ...

    The Rivers State House of Assembly has scheduled 10 a.m. on Thursday to begin its post-emergency plenary.   The sitting follows the lifting of the emergency rule by President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday and the resumption of democratic governance in the state.   Our correspondent gathered that the ...

    The Pan Niger Delta Forum has hailed the lifting of the state of emergency in Rivers State, effective midnight, Wednesday, September 17, 2025.   In a statement signed by Board members and National Executive Committee members on Thursday, PANDEF commended President Bola Tinubu for rectifying what they described ...

  Natasha Osawaru, the Deputy Majority Leader of the Edo State House of Assembly, has poured glowing tributes on her husband, Innocent Idibia, popularly known as 2Baba, as the Afrobeats legend clocked 50 on Thursday.   In an Instagram post, Osawaru described the music star — who is 20 years ...

  President Bola Tinubu has expressed deep condolences to the families of victims and to the management and staff of the Federal Inland Revenue Service and United Bank for Africa following Tuesday’s fire outbreak at Afriland Building on Broad Street, Lagos Island.   PUNCH Online reports that seven victims have ...