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Efejuku Explores Life In Upcoming Film ‘Love Lockdown’

11.01.2025

In her latest film, “Love Lockdown” scheduled to premiere on February 7, film director, Lyndsey Efejuku explores how life impacts love. Starring Andrew Yaw Buntin, Yewande Osamein and Detola Jones in lead roles, Love Lockdown tells the story of engaged couple, whose love life takes a toll, when the fiancé is caught in a lockdown...

Anambra Govt Sets To Bury Victims Of Stampede

11.01.2025

The victims of the Anambra State stampede that occurred during Christmas rice distribution in Okija, Ihiala Local Government Area of the state have been buried. It would be recalled that no fewer than 21 people, reportedly lost their lives during the tragic incident that occurred on December 21, 2024, during the palliative distribution donated by...

Why some stations sell petrol above N1,000/litre — Marketers

11.01.2025

Marketers of petroleum products say filling stations still sell Premium Motor Spirit, otherwise called petrol, above N1,000 per litre because they have yet to sell out the old stock. According to them, the old stock of PMS was bought at the rate of N970 and many still have the product in their tanks. The PUNCH...

Focus On Black Artistes As Agents Of Positive Transformation

11.01.2025

The capital city of Brussels, Belgium is set to host the nineth edition of its annual Afropolitan Festival from February 27 to March 2, 2025. Themed: ‘Joy Is A Song Anywhere’, it will feature black and African artistes as American poet and contemporary artiste, Aja Monet, Congolese band, Kolinga, and Congolese filmmaker and director, Mweze...

Eno Dissolves Cabinet, Sets To Announce New Commissioners

11.01.2025

The Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Pastor Umo Eno has officially announced the dissolution of his cabinet members, saying his administration requires fresh energy. Announcing the dissolution on Friday during a valedictory session at the Executive Council chamber in Uyo, the state capital, Eno clarified that none of the commissioners had underperformed but he needed...

LGs to benefit from SEC borrowing framework

11.01.2025

The Securities and Exchange Commission has announced plans to strengthen its regulatory framework for borrowing by both government and corporate entities, with an emphasis on ensuring financial sustainability in key sectors. This move comes amid the Supreme Court ruling mandating direct subventions from the federal government to all 774 local government areas. In a statement...

Oduwole, Bosun, NSA, Others To Speak At NIPSS, PBDC Leadership Course

11.01.2025

The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr. Jumoke Oduwole; Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Bosun Tijani; National Security Adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu; Director General, National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Professor Ayo Omotayo and others are expected to speak at the 2025 leadership course in Data Mining and Geospatial Intelligence by the...

Chinese bank supports Kano-Kaduna railway with $254m loan

11.01.2025

The China Development Bank has announced the approval of a $254.76m (€245m) loan to support the Kano-Kaduna railway project in Nigeria. According to information released on its website on Tuesday, the financial backing is expected to ensure the seamless continuation of the construction work. It said on its website, “China Development Bank released on Tuesday...

Michigan Varsity Delegation Visits Gombe, Evaluates Sites For Agriculture Faculty, Innovation Hub

11.01.2025

…Gombe Can Cultivate 100,000 Hectares of Rice Thrice Annually, Says Visiting Professor Gombe State is on the brink of a transformative agricultural revolution following the visit of a delegation from Michigan State University, United States of America. The delegation, led by Prof. Daniel Uyeh, visited Gombe state to solidify an earlier partnership arrangement during Governor...

Ex-APC Lawmakers Back Zoning Gov’ship Ticket To Osun West

11.01.2025

The forum of former members of Osun State House of Assembly (OSHA), under the All Progressives Congress (APC), has called on the party leadership to zone its 2026 governorship ticket to the Osun West Senatorial District. In a communiqué signed by the forum’s secretary, Ajibola Akinloye, and 14 other members, the group argued that Osun...

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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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