Saturday Punch

NIGERIANS LOSE MILLIONS IN DASHED UMRAH DREAMS

Hundreds of Nigerian Muslims preparing for this year’s Umrah pilgrimage have been stranded after the escalating United States/Israel-Iran war disrupted flight operations across the Middle East, forcing airlines to cancel services and leaving intending...

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identified the officer tell you? He told me not to let anyone know that he was the one who informed me. What happened when you confronted the officer? Immediately I approached the officer, he started quarrelling with me. I tried to calm him down. I...

NIGHT OF TERROR IN ZAMFARA

Zamfara State was on Friday thrown into mourning as bandits reportedly killed no fewer than 50 residents of Dutsin Dan Ajiya village, Anka Local Government area of the state. Corpses of the victims were robed in white in preparation for a mass burial...

TERRORISTS' WARNING LETTERS SPARK MASS EXODUS

•Kwara communities deserted as military, DSS, police on red alert •Monarch seeks help, council summons emergency meeting

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Can you tell us about your educational background? I am from the Ilaje community in Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State. My educational journey began at OkeAdo Baptist Nursery and Primary School in Ibadan, Oyo State. I later studied Mass...

ANXIETY AS NYSC CAMPS OPEN IN HIGH-RISK STATES

POPULAR PASTOR STEPS DOWN AS PFN MULLS SANCTIONS

The Senior Pastor of the Mountain of Liberation and Miracles Ministries, Chris Okafor, has stepped down from pastoral duties amid growing outrage over multiple sexual allegations against him. The cleric had last Sunday publicly apologised to an...

US VISA PANICE DISRUPTS DETTY DECEMBER

Marital abuse drove me to Iraq, but I suffered worse fate — Fashion designer, Tijani

Lagos-based fashion designer, Mrs Shakirat Tijani, tells BIODUN BUSARI how domestic challenges drove her to work as a house help and caregiver in Iraq Tell us about yourself? I am a fashion designer. I’m an indigene of Lagos. I was born at Ijegun,...

REAL REASON EX-DEFENCE MINISTER, BADARU RESIGNED

Details have emerged on the reason behind the sudden resignation of a former Minister of Defence, Badaru Abubakar, after two years in office. Badaru resigned his position on Monday, citing health concerns. In his place, President Bola Tinubu swore in...