Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum has sympathised with his Niger State counterpart, Mohammed Bago, over recent flood disaster in Mokwa Local Government Area. During a visit on Tuesday, 10 June, 2025 at the Government House in Minna, Zulum announced the donation of N300m to support victims of the disaster. Zulum noted that the donation is to complement the efforts of Niger State government in addressing the challenges of the disaster. Zulum while also extending the commiseration of the entire people of Borno to the government and people of Niger State over the devastating effects of the flood which claimed…
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The Ogun State Command of the Nigerian Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps(NSCDC) has warned the general public against fake recruitment scam circulating on social media, stating that no recruitment exercise was currently ongoing. The command’s Spokesperson, Mr Dyke Ogbonnaya, who stated this through a statement issued on Tuesday, 10 June, 2025 9n Abeokuta, Ogun State capital. According to Ogbonnaya, some scammers are using a senior officer’s photographs and goodwill to deceive and swindle unsuspecting individuals, just as also clarified that any genuine recruitment exercises would be announced through official channels and media outlets. The state NSCDC image- maker, however, advised…
French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday, 10 June, 2025 condemned “senseless.. violence” after a 14-year-old pupil fatally stabbed a teaching assistant, the latest deadly incident at a school in the country. The secondary school student was arrested after attacking the 31-year-old assistant with a knife during a bag search in Nogent in eastern France, officials said. France has, in recent years, seen several attacks on teachers and pupils by other schoolchildren. In March, police started random searches for knives and other weapons concealed in bags at and around schools. The assistant at the Francoise Dolto school in Nogent was stabbed several…
A veteran Greek hiker, Christos Stavrianidis, died Tuesday, 10 June, 2025 in a ravine fall in the north of the country after a bear encounter, rescuers said. He was declared dead at Kavala hospital shortly after he was found in the 800-metre (2,600-foot) ravine in Fraktou forest in northeastern Greece, the Ekav national emergency centre told AFP. Stavrianidis was in the forest with another experienced hiker, Dimitris Kioroglou, when the incident happened on Monday. “I suddenly saw a bear which attacked me,” Kioroglou told news portal NewsIT. “My dog delayed it for a few seconds. I used pepper spray, and…
Popular On Air Personality, Ifedayo Olarinde, popularly known as Daddy Freeze, has revealed the severe personal and financial toll he faced after publicly criticising Nigerian pastors and religious institutions. According to an interview he granted to Leadership Podcast cited by PUNCH Online on Tuesday, 10 June, 2025, he revealed that his outspoken views on religion came at a steep cost, including the complete loss of his business investments and a total blackout from his lucrative career as a Master of Ceremonies. “When I came after the Nigerian pastors, at the initial stage, I lost 100% of my business. It got…
An Ekiti State Chief Magistrate Court, Ado Ekiti District, presided over by Magistrate Olatomiwa Daramola on Tuesday, 10 June, 2025 sentenced a 33-year-old woman, Moradeke Adeoti, to three years imprisonment for violating Ekiti State Government’s directive on child hawking and abuse. Adeoti was arraigned on November 29, 2024, on a one-count charge bordering on unlawfully engaging an 11-year-old girl, Oyindamola Adeoti, in the hawking of goods and child abuse. The charge read, “That the defendant on 22nd November, 2024 at Ado Ekiti did unlawfully engage an 11 year old girl in hawking of goods in the street/highway, contrary to and…
Authorities of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) have disclosed that investigations into the circumstances surrounding the death of one of its personnel attached to Bauchi command, Late Corporal Wulumba A. S., have commenced. The late officer reportedly passed away while confined in a guardroom following his detention over late arrival to the duty post. His lateness was attributed to health issues challenges he was battling with. A family member of the officer, claimed that they were informed that the deceased was detained on May 4 after his explanations about his lateness were dismissed by the commanding officer. “Our late brother…
Troops of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK), have killed a notorious ISWAP terrorist commander, Malam Jidda, along with many of his fighters in coordinated air and ground operations in Gujba Local Government Area of Yobe and the Timbuktu Triangle in Borno. This was contained in a statement by, The Acting Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, Headquarters Theatre Command, Capt. Reuben Kovangiya made this disclosure through a statement issued on Tuesday, 10 June, 2025 in Maiduguri, Borno state captal According to Kovangiya , the operation was launched on Monday, 9 june, 2025 in Ngazalgana area of Gujba LGA, with close air support…
The Minister of Federal Capital Territory Nyesom Wike has said the survival of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) depends on strict adherence to its constitution and the 1999 Constitution. Wike, a former Rivers State Govenor, stated this on Monday, 9 June, 2025 in Abuja at a meeting with former Governors: Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, Enugu; Samuel Ortom, Benue; and Okezie Ikpeazu, Abia. The meeting also had in attendance Senator Anyanwu; former Senate Minority Leader, Philip Aduda; serving and former federal and state lawmakers; and zonal and state party executives. Wike, who described those who visited him as stakeholders of the PDP, said…
The publisher of Ovation International, Dele Momodu, has claimed that his soul has left the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), just as he also gave reason why the opposition party will not defeat the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2027 general elections Momodu, who stated this during an interview on the Broadcasting Corporation of Oyo State’s programme, on Tuesday, 10 June, 2025, bemoaned the division within the PDP. According to the PDP chieftain, forces within and outside the party will make it very difficult to defeat the ruling party in 2027 general elections “My soul has left the PDP; it’s…