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January 8, 2023

Police foil attempted kidnap of Plateau speaker Yakubu Sanda 

The security men on guard at the speaker’s residence and other police officers from the Rantya Division foiled the attempted kidnap.

Speaker of the Plateau House of Assembly, Yakubu Sanda
January 8, 2023

NPFL: Wikki Tourist ready to perform this season, says captain

“We have been training hard since resuming camp after the last break and a couple of matches,” the captain told reporters.

Idris Guda
January 8, 2023

Rivers politicians luring repentant cultists back to violence: LG boss

The Andoni LG boss urged politicians to rise above petty ambitions in the interest of peace.

Niger Delta Militants (Credit: ThisDay)
January 8, 2023

Police investigate attack on officers, killing of man in Katsina

During a faceoff with some hoodlums, a police officer fired on one of the miscreants, hitting a 16-year-old and another nine-year-old, resulting in the boys death.

Katsina police commissioner, Shehu Umar-Nadada
January 6, 2023

I killed 25 Taliban fighters like removing chess pieces, says Prince Harry

In his memoir Spare, Harry said he eliminated 25 enemy fighters ‘like removing chess pieces’ while describing him time as an Apache helicopter pilot during the war in Afghanistan.

The Duke of Sussex, Prince Harry
January 6, 2023

INEC lists PVC collection centres around FCT

The period set for the collection of the PVCs from the designated centres is between January 6 and January 15.

INEC Photo (Credit: Punch Newspapers)
January 6, 2023

Man kills wife, five children, mother-in-law because spouse filed for divorce

Findings by the police revealed he committed the murders and then suicide days after his spouse filed for divorce.

Michael Haight
January 6, 2023

Two mechanics in court over stolen N4.6 million inside vehicle under repair 

Ander Manger and Terhamen Ataan were charged to court after a complainant said they allegedly stole the sum of N4.6 million he kept in the vehicle he left with them for repairs.

Gavel
January 6, 2023

Violence breaks out in Mexico over arrest of drug lord El Chapo’s son

Mexican Secretary of Defence Luis Cresencio Sandoval revealed that the six-month surveillance operation to capture Mr Guzmán-López had the support of U.S. officials. 

El Chapa and Ovidio Guzmán-López
January 6, 2023

22 die from heart attacks in India amid harsh cold wave

North India has been in the grip of a cold wave for the past few days.

Cold wave in india