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Truck owners, commuters decry losses on deplorable Calabar-Uyo highway

23.10.2024

Truck owners and commuters have raised the alarm over mounting losses on the ever-deteriorating Calabar-Uyo federal highway, as the road continues to claim lives, damage vehicles, and destroy goods. In an interview with newsmen in Calabar on Tuesday, frustrated truck owners expressed their concerns over the road’s condition, which has worsened over the years, linking...

ASUP mobilises lecturers as strike ultimatum expires

23.10.2024

The 15-day ultimatum issued by the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics to the Federal Government to meet its demands is set to expire on October 23. The group had threatened to embark on strike should the government fail to address the contentious new scheme of service for polytechnic lecturers across the country. As the deadline...

EFCC docks fake nurse for alleged N28.2m fraud in Enugu

23.10.2024

The Enugu Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arraigned one Blessing Amaka David-Agwa, a fake fertility nurse before Justice Mohammed Garba Umar of the Federal High Court sitting in Independence Layout, Enugu State. She was arraigned on 45-count charges bordering on fraudulent impersonation, forgery and obtaining by false pretence to...

FG ready for youth development — Minister

23.10.2024

The Minister of State for Youth Development, Olawande Ayodele said the Federal Government is more than ready to foster national solidarity and promote the development of youths in the country. The minister made this known when a delegation from the Nigeria Youths Union paid him a visit in his Abuja office. According to a statement...

Forgive my falsehood – Halima Abubakar begs Apostle Johnson Suleman

23.10.2024

Popular Nollywood actor, Halima Abubakar, has apologized to Apostle Johnson Suleman of Omega Fire Ministries for defaming him. Abubakar admitted to spreading falsehood against Suleman and causing him pain via social media. The drama between Halima Abubakar and Apostle Suleman started in 2022 when the actress became bedridden following her altercation with the clergyman. While...

26-year-old overseas-bound man dies during ‘success’ ritual

23.10.2024

The Enugu State Police Command has announced the arrest of a native doctor and father of a 26-year-old man identified as Chikwado Eze, who died during a botched fortification in the state. The tragic incident happened at Ugbaike, Enugu Ezike, Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area of Enugu State last week. According to reports, Chikwado had...

Truck, bus collision kills driver on Lagos-Ibadan expressway

23.10.2024

Tragedy struck on Wednesday along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway as a driver lost his life after his white Mazda bus collided with a moving truck near Car Park C, in the Lotto area of the highway. The driver, who was the only occupant of the bus loaded with bags of potatoes, was reportedly heading to Lagos...

Left-wing coalition forces rich people in France to pay more taxes

23.10.2024

France’s minority right-wing government suffered a major blow when left-wing and centrist deputies united to make a temporary tax on the rich into a permanent levy. Prime Minister Michel Barnier’s cabinet will on Wednesday consider using a controversial measure under which a law can be adopted without a national assembly vote to pass its 2025...

It is time to end Gaza war, says US

23.10.2024

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday “now is the time” to end the conflict in Gaza, and urged Israel to avoid further escalation with Iran. Israel is fighting Iran-backed Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon, and has pledged to hit back against Iran’s October 1 missile strike. In Lebanon, state media...

Police nab four over disappearance of NYSC member

23.10.2024

The Rivers State Police Command has arrested four persons in connection with the sudden disappearance of a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member. A corps member serving in Ikuru Town, Andoni Local Government Area of Rivers, Yahaya Faruq, mysteriously went missing after reporting for work at his part-time job at LDM Chinese Mining Company in...

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I apologise for saying no heaven without tithe – Adeboye

04.10.2024

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has apologised for saying that Christians who don’t pay tithe might not make it to heaven. Adeboye who had previously said that paying tithe was one of the prerequisites for going to heaven, apologised for the comment while addressing his congregation Thursday...

Protesters storm Rivers electoral commission, insist election must hold

04.10.2024

Angry protesters on Friday stormed the office of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, singing and chanting ‘Election must hold’. They defied the heavy rainfall spreading canopies, while singing and drumming, with one side of the road blocked. The protest came after the Rivers State governor stormed the RSIEC in the early hours of Friday...

Man who asked Tinubu to resign admitted in psychiatric hospital

04.10.2024

The Adamawa State Police Command has disclosed that the 30-year-old Abdullahi Mohammed who climbed a 33 kv high tension electricity pole in Mayo-Belwa last Friday has been admitted at the Yola Psychiatric hospital for mental examination. The Police Public Relations Officer of the command SP Suleiman Nguroje, told Arewa PUNCH on Friday in an exclusive...

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