Justice Nwite recalled that on September 4, 2025, the court had ordered the defendants—including the ADC National Chairman, David Mark—to show cause why an interim order should not restrain them from acting as leaders of the party. Hence, any ex parte application without notice to the other parties will be overreaching. Justice Nwite said, “The case is already before me, and if any person does something untoward, such action will be null and void. This application ought not to come by way of ex parte because the parties are already before the court. Justice Nwite reiterated that a similar ex parte application by Gombe in September 2025 had been refused, and the court had directed that all defendants be put on notice.

The Niger State Police Command has arrested all officers assigned to audit and investigate allegations of arms dealing against a Divisional Police Officer, Abdullahi Isah. The command’s spokesman, Wasiu Abiodun, told Saturday PUNCH that the audit team was detained for allegedly allowing Isah to commit suicide during the arms audit. Saturday PUNCH learnt that the audit team, acting on a tip-off, travelled from Abuja to Minna to conduct the routine annual audit of arms and ammunition. While the audit was ongoing, Isah allegedly shot himself in the head with a pistol he picked from his office, dying instantly. The audit is ongoing, and it is too early to conclude that such a number of arms are unaccounted for.

The National Assembly has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to reconsider his directive withdrawing police personnel from Very Important Persons, citing growing safety concerns among lawmakers. Tinubu had, in November, ordered the withdrawal of police officers assigned to VIPs across the country, directing that they be redeployed to perform core policing functions in communities nationwide. “So, on that note, we plead with the President for a review of the decision. He sought exemption for lawmakers from the enforcement, to avoid being used as scapegoats. He informed the senator and other affected members that efforts were being made to convince the Presidency to exempt lawmakers from the orderly withdrawal.

A passenger train smashed into a herd of elephants in India’s northeast, killing seven animals on the spot, officials said Saturday. No travellers were injured in the accident in Assam state, home to more than 4,000 of the roughly 22,000 wild elephants in India. “The loco pilot, on observing the herd of elephants, applied emergency brakes. However, elephants dashed with the train,” he said. According to parliamentary figures, 629 people were killed by elephants across India in 2023-2024.

The latter seems more credible, especially when considering budget assumptions.”Okeke also pointed to insecurity as a drag on economic activity and revenue generation. “Public and commercial activities in affected areas have been largely disrupted, which limits government revenue and economic growth,” he said. “Chances are really very high that there may be a resurgence of debt service to revenue, as a N30tn revenue gap means a lot,” Alaje said in comments to News Central on Thursday. The revenue – we have met our target of revenue for the whole year; we met it in August. In an effort to boost revenue, the administration has passed the Nigeria Tax Act, 2025, consolidating multiple tax laws into four acts to broaden the tax base.

Nigeria must urgently reform its governance structures, political culture and legal institutions to confront the deep-rooted causes of insecurity threatening national stability, experts have warned. According to him, insecurity in Nigeria must be understood beyond the absence of war, to incorporate the concept of human security, the social and economic protection of citizens, particularly the most vulnerable. He noted that episodes of banditry, insurgency, kidnappings, political killings and communal clashes reflect a deeper breakdown of social trust and a widening disconnect between citizens and the political class. The tendency to deploy ethnicity, religion and patronage for political competition, he said, has intensified conflicts rather than eased them. Jinadu blamed recurrent instability on Nigeria’s fragile state capacity, weakened by decades of zero-sum politics, elitist legal practices and public institutions captured by partisan interests.

View image in fullscreen The park footbridge at Bondi, a scene of violence less than a week ago, has reopened. View image in fullscreen A poster of 10-year-old Matilda, the youngest victim of the Bondi Beach shooting. Australia’s current prime minister, Anthony Albanese, has announced a similar measure, but faces a different political climate. “Your government did nothing to stop the spread of antisemitism in Australia,” the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said. “Ahmed al-Ahmed represents the best of our country,” the prime minister said of the father of two, newly a citizen of his adopted homeland.

Victor Osimhen is the only Super Eagles star to be listed on the prestigious Guardian Top 100 footballers in the world for 2025. The Galatasaray star striker was listed at the 46th best player. Atalanta forward Ademola Lookman, who was CAF Player of 2024, did not make the cut. Ousmane Dembélé was named the best player of the year by the British newspaper The Guardian. This comes as no surprise, as the PSG forward has also won the Ballon d’Or and The Best FIFA Men’s Player.

NASA’s PUNCH Spies Comet LemmonIn late 2025, as comet Lemmon (C/2025 A6) swept past the Sun and brightened in Earth’s night skies, NASA’s Earth-orbiting PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) mission was watching the comet blaze through its field of view, providing a natural tracer of the Sun’s effects across the inner solar system. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video This movie, made from images taken by NASA’s PUNCH mission, shows comet Lemmon from Oct. 22 to Nov. 12, 2025. NASA/Southwest Research InstituteDiscovered in January 2025 using a NASA-funded survey telescope on Mount Lemmon in Arizona, comet Lemmon first appeared in PUNCH’s view in October. Comet Lemmon continues to be visible in PUNCH images, though it is now getting fainter with each passing day. Southwest Research Institute, based in San Antonio, leads the PUNCH mission and operates the mission’s four spacecraft from its facilities in Boulder, Colorado.

Anthony Joshua landed a combination capped with a straight right hand in the corner to knock out Jake Paul in the sixth round of their boxing match on Friday evening in Miami's Kaseya Center. Joshua hit Paul with two lefts and then a right to win the eight-round match. ESPN's Andreas Hale had the fight 50-44 after five rounds for Joshua before the knockout. According to CompuBox, Joshua landed 48 of his 146 punches thrown (33 percent). Paul landed 16 of 56 punches thrown (29 percent).

Real Madrid have emerged as the latest European heavyweights monitoring Nigeria’s highly rated teenage defender Honest Ahanor, intensifying a transfer race led by Chelsea and Manchester City, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Manchester City, Manchester United, Tottenham and Newcastle are also actively monitoring his progress, while Bayern Munich and RB Leipzig have sent scouts to watch him in Italy this season. Ahanor joined Atalanta in the summer in a deal worth around €20m, yet his rapid adaptation to senior football has made a prolonged stay far from guaranteed. Chelsea and Manchester City scouts have reportedly been virtually ever-present at Atalanta matches in recent weeks, reflecting the seriousness of their interest. Atalanta remain in a strong negotiating position with Ahanor contracted until 2028.

In many years to come, Musa’s outstanding service to the Super Eagles will remain a talking point in the nation’s football history. A true football legend, he had an exceptional service, dedication, and contributions to Nigerian football for 15 years. Apart from his display of seriousness on the pitch, which led to his accomplishment on the biggest stages at two FIFA World Cup, Musa inspired a generation of young footballers. He bowed out during the week as the most capped player in Super Eagles history with an unprecedented 111 international appearances. He is also one of only two African players to score two braces at the World Cup, alongside the legendary Roger Milla, and ranks as the third-highest African goalscorer in World Cup history.

Nottingham Forest manager Sean Dyche has revealed that Super Eagles defender Ola Aina is still some way off full fitness despite making progress in his recovery from a hamstring injury, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. The 29-year-old has been sidelined for three months after suffering the injury during Nigeria’s 1-1 draw against South Africa in November, forcing him to undergo surgery. Aina returned to action for Forest’s Under-21s in their 2-1 win over Millwall last week, playing 53 minutes, but was omitted from Eric Chelle’s final 28-man AFCON squad. “Ola is halfway through his progress in fitness. “He is still a bit of a way off with his true fitness.

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has alerted the public to the recall of Indomie brand noodles, Vegetable Flavour, over the presence of undeclared allergens. In a public alert notice on Friday with the No. It was stated that, “although the official risk of these products entering Nigeria is low due to the Federal Government’s ban on noodle importation, there remains a need for heightened vigilance to prevent possible illicit entry or circulation of the implicated Indomie brand.”NAFDAC added that it has begun monitoring activities to prevent the product from entering the country. NAFDAC also urged members of the public to report any suspected sale of the recalled product. PUNCH Online had reported that NAFDAC issued a public alert on the growing circulation of substandard and unregistered edible oils in the country.

Governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress have again expressed strong confidence in President Bola Tinubu, declaring that the country’s economy was on the brink of collapse when he assumed office in May 2023. Uzodimma accused opposition politicians of hypocrisy, arguing that many of them had previously canvassed similar policies but were now exploiting public hardship for political advantage. He said that despite criticism, Tinubu had remained focused and undistracted, noting that the administration had also adopted a “fire-for-fire” approach to insecurity. He warned that the APC-led government would not allow ethnicity or religion to be weaponised to divide the country. “The Renewed Hope agenda must be amplified to the last man on the street,” he said.