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3 feared dead, 5 rescued as two-storey building collapses in Osun
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3 feared dead, 5 rescued as two-storey building collapses in Osun

By Shina Abubakar OSOGBO—THREE persons have been confirmed dead and five rescued alive after a two-storey commercial building under construction collapsed at Owode-Ede, in Ede North Local Government Area of Osun State. The operation was conducted in collaboration with the Osun State Fire Service, Ede Station; the Nigeria Police Force, A Division, Ede; and personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Owode-Ede Division.

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Court restrains EFCC from arresting Honda executives, associates, dealers
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Court restrains EFCC from arresting Honda executives, associates, dealers

By Innocent Anaba A Lagos State High Court has restrained the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from arresting or detaining Honda Manufacturing (Nigeria) Limited, Honda Automobile Western Africa Limited and more than 200 other applicants in connection with a pending investigation. Justice Olukayode Ogunjobi granted the first prayer in the applicants’ motion for interim injunction after it was moved by their counsel, Chief Bolaji Ayorinde, SAN.

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Monarch’s murder: Nwifuru seeks death penalty for kidnappers
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Monarch’s murder: Nwifuru seeks death penalty for kidnappers

By Jeff Agbodo Ebonyi State Government has forwarded an executive bill to the State House of Assembly seeking to make kidnapping a capital offence punishable by death without an option of alternative punishment. Governor Francis Nwifuru disclosed this at the weekend during the funeral of the slain traditional ruler of Ndufu-Alike autonomous community in Ikwo Local Government Area, HRH Eze Francis Igwe.

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Troops hunt Plateau gunmen after soldier’s killing
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Troops hunt Plateau gunmen after soldier’s killing

The military has launched a manhunt for gunmen who attacked a military checkpoint in Plateau State, killing a soldier and carting away weapons. The incident occurred on Saturday night at about 8 pm at the Sopp checkpoint in Ungwan Boka, Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State, where troops of Operation Enduring Peace were keeping

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Top Swiss court upholds landmark Liberia war crimes ruling
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Top Swiss court upholds landmark Liberia war crimes ruling

Alieu Kosiah, who ​fought in the 1990s against ​then-president Charles Taylor’s army during Liberia’s ⁠brutal civil war, was originally sentenced to ​20 years in prison in June 2021 ​for rape, murder and cannibalism. An earlier appeal was rejected in 2023 by the Federal Criminal Court ​and the dismissal of his second ​appeal by Switzerland’s highest tribunal the Federal Supreme Court ‌published ⁠on

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Spain train crash: US, Japan and Canada citizens among dead, authorities say
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Spain train crash: US, Japan and Canada citizens among dead, authorities say

The train disaster, one of Europe’s deadliest rail incidents this century, killed 69 people, including 54 Spaniards Four US citizens and one each from Canada, Japan, Argentina, Mexico, Tunisia and the Czech Republic were among the 69 killed in last week’s high-speed train collision in Spain, authorities said. Wednesday’s disaster – one of Europe’s deadliest rail accidents this century – has seen victims’ relatives endure an agonising wait as forensics teams identify the dead, sometimes from individual body parts.

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Oil spill offenders face jail terms as Reps consider bill

The House of Representatives has begun consideration of a bill seeking tougher penalties, including imprisonment, for oil spill violations, barely 24 hours after the Senate passed the legislation and transmitted it to the House for concurrence. A source in the Office of the Clerk of the National Assembly disclosed this exclusively to The PUNCH.

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Troops kill ISWAP leaders, Arab fighters in Borno
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Troops kill ISWAP leaders, Arab fighters in Borno

Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have neutralised four leaders of the Islamic State West Africa Province, including two Arabs, a commander and several of their foot soldiers in Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno State. The Army said they were neutralised on October 31, 2026, by combined troops of the Joint Task Force deployed to

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Bandits kill Kebbi security guard, abduct woman
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Bandits kill Kebbi security guard, abduct woman

The Kebbi State Police Command has confirmed that joint security operatives repelled two successive attacks by suspected bandits on the Ribah community in the Zuru Local Government Area of the state, killing one person in the incident. The command’s spokesperson, SP Bashir Usman, said the attackers first attempted to block Rambo Junction along the Ribah–Dirin

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Suspected burglar nabbed after four Oyo home break-ins
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Suspected burglar nabbed after four Oyo home break-ins

The Oyo State Police Command has arrested a suspected serial burglar, Nasiru Abiodun, over alleged burglaries at four residential apartments in Ibadan, with stolen items valued at N16.22m recovered. The suspect was arrested on Saturday at about 9:45 am at a residential apartment in the Ejiooku/Iyana Offa area of the state capital.

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NDLEA arrests holidaymakers with 3.46kg cocaine at Abuja airport
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NDLEA arrests holidaymakers with 3.46kg cocaine at Abuja airport

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested two Nigerians based in Europe after they allegedly ingested 200 wraps of cocaine weighing 3.46kg while attempting to travel from Abuja to Paris, France. The suspects, identified as Aliocus Odife and Sam Blackborn, were arrested on Wednesday during the outward clearance of an Air France flight, AF

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Police hunt gateman over Anambra professor’s stolen car
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Police hunt gateman over Anambra professor’s stolen car

The Anambra State Police Command has arrested two male suspects, identified as Umeh Thankgod, aged 32, and Sunday Ozor, aged 24, and recovered a stolen blue Toyota Camry following a distress alert from operatives of the Federal Road Safety Corps during a routine vehicle registration verification exercise. PUNCH Metro learnt that the police investigation revealed

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Kidnappers abduct 100-level Plateau varsity student, shoot another
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Kidnappers abduct 100-level Plateau varsity student, shoot another

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted a 100-level female student of Plateau State University, Bokkos, while another person sustained injuries during an attack on off-campus student residential areas in Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State. PUNCH Metro learnt that the incidents, which occurred on Saturday evening at about 8:40pm, had heightened concerns over

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