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Tension In Kano As Armed Police Surrounds Emir Sanusi Palace

06.12.2024

Heavily armed policemen and operatives of the State Security Service (SSS) have surrounded the Kano State Emir’s Palace at Kofar Kudu, restricting both entry and exit from the premises. The deployment of the security to the Palace was as a result of the moves by Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II to install his newly appointed Wamban...

AI Demands Justice For Girls, Women Survivors Of Boko Haram Insurgency

06.12.2024

The Amnesty international (AI) has called on President Bola Tinubu, the military and Federal Government to ensure justice for girls and women victims of military and Boko Haram insurgency. Addressing a press conference and launch of the end of year report in Maiduguri yesterday, the Country Director of AI, Isa Sunusi, said government should bring...

Group Wants Non-Partisan Body To Appoint INEC, SIECS Chairmen

06.12.2024

A pan-Nigeria political coalition, Save Democracy Mega Alliance 2027, has called for an amendment to the constitution that will remove the powers of the president and governors to appoint the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), state electoral commissions and heads of the judiciary at national and state levels. The group is advocating...

FG Launches Hazard Risk Analysis For Disaster Preparedness, Mitigation

06.12.2024

The Federal Government yesterday launched the 2024 Hazard Risk Countrywide Analysis to strengthen disaster preparedness and mitigation efforts. Speaking at the launch in Abuja, Vice President Kashim Shettima stressed the government’s commitment to safeguarding lives and livelihoods from ecological and other risks. He said: “This launch is a testament to our resolve as a nation...

‘Heaven Is A Place On Earth’ An Ideal Worth Pursuing

06.12.2024

‘Heaven Is A Place On Earth’ reflects all the reasons this ideal state is near impossible for mankind to achieve. Poet Francis Otole’s nine-chaptered poetry collection’ ‘Heaven Is A Place On Earth’, is reminiscent of Berlinda Carlyle’s song of same title – with the chorus – ‘Ooh baby, do you know what that’s worth? Ooh...

Basketmouth Accuses Nollywood Producers Of Mismanaging Netflix Fund

06.12.2024

Nigerian comedian and filmmaker, Basketmouth has accused Nollywood producers of mismanaging funds allocated by global streaming platforms, claiming that their actions have negatively impacted the quality of Nigerian films. Speaking in a recent interview on Arise TV, the entertainer alleged that many producers wasted substantial portions of the budgets provided for movie production, diverting the...

Osun NSCDC Arrests Four Over Alleged Minor Rape

06.12.2024

Osun State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested four suspects for allegedly raping two minors in the state. Parading the suspects on Thursday in Osogbo, the state capital, the NSCDC State Commandant, Mr Igbalawole Sotiyo said they defiled the two minors who were 13 years of age respectively. According...

N1.054trn 2025 Budget Key To Progress, Prosperity Of Ogun People –Elders Council

06.12.2024

The Governor’s Elders Advisory Council (GEAC) in Ogun State has described the proposed N1.054 trillion budget presented by Governor Dapo Abiodun to the state House of Assembly on Wednesday as a key to the much-needed progress and prosperity for the people of the state. The Chairman of the Council, Chief Olu Okuboyejo, made this known...

Japa: Osun Opts For Retirees As Doctors, Nurses Leave For Overseas Jobs

06.12.2024

The Osun State Commissioner for Health Jola Akintola says the state government plans to engage retired doctors to make up for the scarcity of doctors. He said this in Osogbo yesterday during the ministry’s budget defence at the House of Assembly. The commissioner, who said the state is facing a dearth of doctors, added that...

EFCC Boss To Youths: Let’s Be United Against Corruption

06.12.2024

The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ola Olukoyede, has called upon the youths across the country to close ranks and confront the monster of corruption, noting that while the menace affects all age group, it bites harder against the prospects and possibilities of youths. Speaking at a town halmeeting...

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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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