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Makinde Urges Parties To Embrace Dialogue

23.03.2025

A former federal lawmaker who represented Ife Federal Constituency in the 7th National Assembly, Rotimi Makinde, has urged parties involved in the Ifon-Ilobu communal clash in Osun State to immediately cease hostilities and embrace peace. Makinde, who described the crisis as senseless violence, appealed to stakeholders in both warring communities to engage in constructive dialogue...

Ortom Urges PDP Supporters To Shun Divisive Politics

23.03.2025

The immediate past Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, has implored supporters of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to shun divisive politics in resolving internal crises within the party. Ortom made this call while addressing a delegation of party stakeholders from Vandeikya Local Government Area, who sought his counsel on resolving lingering disagreements within the...

Fish Out Those Behind False Accusations Against Tompolo, Otuaro

23.03.2025

The Coalition of Niger Delta Ex-Agitators Leaders Forum (CND-EALF) has called on security agencies to investigate and fish out those behind the false accusations against Government Ekpemupolo (Tompolo) and Dennis Otuaro, the Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP). The group described the allegations, circulated in a viral video, as a smear campaign orchestrated by...

Withdrawal Of Services By Osun LG Workers Pathetic, Uncalled For

23.03.2025

Hon. Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State has described the withdrawal of services by Local Government workers in Council Areas in the state, as pathetic and unfortunate. Oyintiloye, a former lawmaker, said the action of the workers had plunged the Local Government Areas in the state into administrative...

Senate Moves To Curb Highway Explosions

23.03.2025

Following the tragic loss of over 1,613 Nigerian lives in 169 fuel tanker explosions recorded across the country between June 2009 and October 2024, a bill aimed at enhancing safety standards for articulated vehicles is currently before the Senate. This was disclosed by Babangida Hussaini, who represents Jigawa Northwest Senatorial District, during an interview with Sunday...

Soyinka Condemns Tinubu’s Emergency Declaration

23.03.2025

Nobel prize winner, Professor Wole Soyinka has outrightly condemned President Bola Tinubu’s declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State, describing the move as excessive. Sunday Telegraph recalls that President Tinubu in a national broadcast on Tuesday night declared a state of emergency in Rivers. Following the declaration, Tinubu appointed a retired Naval Chief,...

FAAN Shuts Ibadan Airport For Upgrade

23.03.2025

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has announced the temporary closure of the Samuel Ladoke Akintola Airport (SLAA), Ibadan, Oyo State to facilitate infrastructure upgrades aimed at transforming it into an International Airport. In a statement signed by FAAN’s spokesperson, Obiageli Orah, the agency confirmed that the Federal Government approved the closure, and the...

Founder Shares Insights On Impact Of International Jurors, Quality Of African Films

23.03.2025

Founder of the Kaduna International Film Festival, Israel Audu Kashim, has shared insights on the impact of its international jurors, on the festival, the quality of African films entries, and the newest additions to the festival. With the festival’s introduction of an international jury, which spanned members from Israel, France, India, Egypt among others in...

‘Our Mandates Transcend Revenue Collection, Border Security’ – Adeniyi

23.03.2025

The Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Wale Adeniyi, has reiterated that the agency’s mandates extended beyond revenue collection and border security to uplifting the communities where it operates. Adeniyi made this remark in Abuja during a grand Iftar organized by Trade Modernisation Project (TMP) Limited at the NCS Headquarters in Maitama. A...

Kanye West Names His ’12 Rap Kings’

23.03.2025

American hip-hop legend, Kanye West has released a controversial list of his 12 most iconic rappers in history. In the list which he tagged as 12 rap kings, West mentioned himself, Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, Biggie Smalls, 2PAC, 50 Cent, Eminem, LL Cool J, Run DMC, Nas and Rakim as the greatest rappers of all time....

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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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