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RCCG holds free medical outreach in Lagos community

5 months ago6528 min

No fewer than 1,000 adults and children benefitted from the medical outreach organised by the Redeemed Christian Church of God, The Calvary Area Headquarters, Province 89, Oshodi, Lagos State, on Saturday, as part of activities to mark its 27th anniversary. The activity, which has been held in the community for the past 10 years, featured free medical consultations, healthy living counselling, blood pressure checks, blood sugar screening, deworming and eye tests, among others. PUNCH Metro...

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Community pleads with govt to reinstate sacked LASU lecturers

5 months ago4954 min

The residents of Ikoga-Zebbe Kingdom in the Badagry Local Government Area of Lagos State have appealed to Governor Sanwo-Olu to reinstate five lecturers from the Lagos State University who were sacked by the varsity management in 2019. Our correspondents learnt that the lecturers, who were members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Lagos State chapter, were dismissed in September 2019 over allegations of unauthorised removal, retention, dissemination, or publication of official confidential documents. The...

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Armed robber killed, three arrested in Ebonyi community

5 months ago824 min

Soldiers attached to the Nkwagu Military Cantonment, on Monday, killed an armed robber on the Akpoha/Abaomege area of the Afikpo-Abakaliki Highway in the Onicha Local Government Area of the state. They also arrested three people said to have links with the hoodlums who allegedly terrorised motorists in the area. PUNCH Metro reports that the suspects were part of a gang that had been causing mayhem and terrorising the axis. The Afikpo-Abakaliki Highway in Ebonyi State...

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BREAKING: Explosive Device Kills 7 Nigerian Soldiers On Mission To Save Borno Community From Boko Haram

5 months ago1284 min

No fewer than seven operatives of the Nigerian Army have been confirmed dead after their vehicle hit an explosive in Mugunu area of Maiduguri in Borno State, SaharaReporters has gathered. On Thursday morning, the vehicle reportedly hit an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) suspected to have been planted by Boko Haram along the Gamboru Ngala-Maiduguri Road in Borno State. The Army reportedly received a distress call during early on Thursday that Boko Haram terrorists were attacking...

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Metro

Two farmers killed in Nasarawa community land dispute

5 months ago10611 min

Two Tiv farmers have been reportedly killed in a recent attack in the Obosidima community over a land dispute in the Keana Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. PUNCH Metro had reported that a crisis broke out around the Nasarawa-Benue border communities housing the indigenous Alago and Tiv farmers in the area, leaving four dead and several others injured. In a press statement in Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital, on Thursday, the President of the...

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Metro

Abia community knocks ministry over monarch’s selection

5 months ago874 min

Unless the Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, intervenes, there are indications that the Obohia-Ndoki, in Ukwa East Local Government Area of the state will know no peace because of the process of selecting a new traditional ruler for the community. During a protest on Wednesday at the premises of the Abia State Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs in Umuahia, the community youths, carrying placards with different inscriptions, and chanting protest songs, accused the...

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Metro

Gunmen kidnap six in Anambra community, collect N76m ransom

5 months ago866 min

Tension has gripped residents of Dubai Estate near the office of the Federal Road Safety Corps in Awka, the Anambra State capital, as gunmen have kidnapped no fewer than six persons in the area in less than three weeks. PUNCH Metro gathered that out of the six victims abducted, three persons had been released after the payment of about N76m ransom to the yet-to-be-identified kidnappers. Residents of the area told our correspondent in separate interviews...

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Nigerian Army Troops Invade Imo Community, Reportedly Gun Down Civilians, Destroy Property

5 months ago954 min

A severe Nigerian Army operation in Awomama community, Imo State, has left some residents reportedly killed and others injured. The footage of the incident, seen by SaharaReporters, showed soldiers arriving in five heavily armoured vehicles, employing explosive devices on residential homes. Eyewitnesses reported that at least 13 civilians, including men, women, and children, were killed in the attack. Many others sustained injuries or were forced to flee. Properties worth billions of Naira...

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Metro

Property destroyed as gunmen invade Bayelsa community

5 months ago1124 min

Some unknown gunmen dressed in military uniform have reportedly invaded Akamama community in the Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the attack on Saturday was the second attack on the Akamama community in 10 days though the reason for the invasion remained unknown. Community sources told our correspondent that military men arrived in the community in gunboats accompanied by some workers of an unnamed pipeline surveillance company. The gunmen...

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EXCLUSIVE: Enugu Community Excommunicates 6 Families, ‘Members Barred From Churches, Children Denied Access To Schools’

5 months ago807 min

SaharaReporters has learned that children from six families in Amaofia village, Umunevo Ohana-Amagunze autonomous community, Nkanu East Local Government Area, Enugu, have been barred from attending school and engaging in church activities within the community. This development reportedly began on May 28, 2024, following the excommunication announcement by the new leadership of the Town Union, led by President General Anioma Ndubuisi, former President General Ozor Francis Nnamani (aka Omaga), and two others, Mr. Kelvin...

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