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  A self-styled African tribe in Scotland has claimed woodland near Jedburgh in Scotland as ancestral land and set up camp there, despite repeated evictions.   The Scottish Borders Council said sheriff officers had already cleared the group from private land on Tuesday, but not long after, they moved a ...

  My Fellow countrymen and, in particular, the good people of Rivers State.   I am happy to address you today on the state of emergency declaration in Rivers State. You will recall that on 18th March, 2025, I proclaimed a state of emergency in the state. In my proclamation ...

  President Bola Tinubu has announced the end of the six-month state of emergency imposed on Rivers State, declaring that Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy, Ngozi Nma Odu, and members of the State House of Assembly will return to office from Thursday, September 18, 2025.   Tinubu, in a statement ...

  The Akwa Ibom State Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Frank Archibong, has condemned in the strongest terms recent abuses of tradition and culture in the state.   He cited specific instances of individuals using the internet to hurl insults at the Governor and a case where a ...

  Troops of the 3 Division/Joint Task Force Operation Enduring Peace have killed a bandit during an ambush in Odare Forest, Dutsen Zaki, Wase Local Government Area of Plateau State.   Spokesman for the task force, Major Samson Nantip Zhakom, in a statement on Wednesday, said that the intelligence-led operation ...

    The Jigawa State Government has approved a supplementary budget of N75 billion for the 2025 fiscal year, for onward submission to the state assembly.   The Commissioner for Information, Youth, Sport and Culture, Mr Sagir Musa, made this known in an interview on Wednesday in Dutse, shortly after ...

  The Lagos State Police Command said it has cleared the Senior Pastor of House on the Rock Church, Paul Adefarasin, of wrongdoing after a viral video showed him holding what appeared to be a firearm.   The command, in a statement released Wednesday by its spokesperson, Abimbola Adebisi, confirmed ...

    The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the November 16, 2024, governorship election in Ondo State, Mr Agboola Ajayi, has announced his withdrawal from the appeal filed at the Supreme Court against the winner of the election, Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa.   It can be recalled that PUNCH ...

  Health officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo have announced that the first two patients treated for Ebola in the Bulape health zone, Kasai Province, have fully recovered and been discharged from the local treatment centre.   This was disclosed by the World Health Organisation Regional Office for Africa ...

  The Chairman of Carnival Calabar, Gabe Onah, has called for stronger private sector investment to sustain the popular street party.   Onah made the call on the sidelines of the 21st Akwaaba African Travel Market on Tuesday in Lagos.   The chairman said the annual carnival, which would turn ...