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…his interventions in national issues were patriotic –Tinubu

19.02.2025

President Bola Tinubu has described the death of Chief Edwin Clark as a sobering loss for the country. In a release by his spokesman, Bauo Onanuga, the President was deeply saddened by the passing of the former Federal Commissioner of Information and respected leader of the Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF). Clark, 97, was born on...

40% Of Benue Farmlands Taken Over By Bandits –Lawmaker

19.02.2025

A member of the House of Representatives, Terseer Ugbor, yesterday raised the alarm over the outbreak of fresh attacks by Fulani militia in Benue State, insisting that the killings were escalating to an international dimension. Ugbor representing Kwande/Ushongu Federal Constituency of Benue State and Chairman of the Adhoc Committee on Students Loans in Nigeria, said...

Keyamo Grants Approval For Algiers–Abuja-Douala Flight

19.02.2025

The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr. Festus Keyamo, has granted approval to Air Algerie to operate a new flight route from Algiers-Abuja-Douala. This was disclosed when the Ambassador of Algeria, Mezoued Hocine, paid a courtesy visit seeking approval for Air Algérie’s new flight route from Algiers-Abuja-Douala, scheduled to launch on April 6 as...

Radda Urges NWDC To Ensure Equitable Allocation Of Resources

19.02.2025

The North-West Governors’ Forum has pledged to collaborate with the North-West Development Commission (NWDC) to tackle the challenges facing the region. Chairman Dikko Radda, who made the pledge when the NWDC Chairman Lawal Abdullahi visited him, urged the commission to allocate resources equitably, considering the specific needs of each state. The Katsina State governor said:...

15 Years After, CSO Seeks Probe Report, Prosecution Of Asabe Waziri Over Pregnant Woman’s Death

19.02.2025

A civil society organisation, Justice and Equality for All Movement, yesterday staged a protest to demand the release of a probe report and prosecution of Asabe Waziri over the death of a pregnant woman, Mrs Shitua Aso. Moses Akano, who led the protest, said the incident which took place in 2010 could not be statutebarred,...

Lagos Assembly Crisis: DSS Threatens To Sue 2 TV Stations

19.02.2025

The Department of State Services (DSS) yesterday threatened to sue Africa Independent Television (AIT) and Channels TV for allegedly broadcasting false and malicious reports about its involvement in the leadership crisis in the Lagos State House of Assembly. The agency claimed that the stations misrepresented its actions at the Assembly on Monday when it was...

A’Court Affirms Oba Olaoye As Soun Of Ogbomoso

19.02.2025

The Court of Appeal Ibadan yesterday affirmed the selection and installation of Oba Ghandi Olaoye as the Soun of Ogbomoso. Justice K. A. Adedokun of an Oyo State High Court Ogbomoso on October 25, 2023, nullified Olaoye’s selection and installation as the Soun of Ogbomoso. The lower court said the procedure of Olaoye’s nomination was...

MOSOP Decries Oil Resumption Process, Urges Ogoni To Shun Violence

19.02.2025

The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP), has said that despite dissatisfaction over the approach of the Federal Government and some stakeholders on how oil resumption can be actualized, the people have a duty to uphold peace. The president of MOSOP, Fegalo Nsuke, who made the appeal while addressing a gathering of...

Mutfwang Mourns Edwin Clark

19.02.2025

Plateau State Governor, Caleb Manasseh Mutfwang, has expressed deep sorrow over the death of the revered South-South leader and former Federal Commissioner for Information, Edwin Kiagbodo Clark, OFR, CON, who passed away at the age of 97. Mutfwang in a press statement issued by his Director of Press and Public Affairs, Dr Gyang Bere described...

Protest: Group Warns Against Disruption Of Hard-Earned Peace In N’Delta

19.02.2025

The Niger Delta Peace Advocates has war ned against any attempt to disrupt the hard-earned peace in the Niger Delta region. The group, in a statement by its president, Comrade Ebianga Imomotomi, said disgruntled elements, primarily based in Warri, have no legitimacy, no capacity to mobilise, and no genuine interest in the welfare of the...

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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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