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Senate Urges Military To Redeploy Troops To Borno, Yobe

14.05.2025

The Senate on Tuesday called on the Nigerian military to urgently redeploy troops and advanced equipment to Borno and Yobe states following a renewed wave of Boko Haram attacks in the North-East. This resolution followed a motion sponsored by the Senate Chief Whip, Senator Tahir Munguno, in response to fresh insurgent violence, including the killing...

Tinubu Praises Adeleke At 65

14.05.2025

President Bola Tinubu has extended heartfelt congratulations to the Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, on his 65th birthday. In a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, President Tinubu praised the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governor for establishing himself as a significant political figure not only in Osun State but...

Reps Summon Fire Service Boss Over Fatal Truck Accident

14.05.2025

The House of Representatives on Tuesday issued a 24-hour ultimatum to the Controller-General (CG) of the Federal Fire Service (FFS), Jaji Abdulganiyu, to appear before it in person and respond to questions regarding a recent fire truck accident that claimed three lives and injured several others in Abuja. The directive followed the CG’s failure to...

APC Building Govt Of Nat’l Unity — Bamidele

14.05.2025

The Leader of the Senate, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, on Tuesday justified the recent defection of all federal lawmakers from Kebbi State to the All Progressives Congress (APC), declaring that the ruling party is now operating a government of national unity. Bamidele, who represents Ekiti Central Senatorial District, clarified that President Bola Tinubu did not coerce...

Nollywood Actress Jumoke George Cries Out For Help

14.05.2025

Veteran actress Jumoke George known to have hugged the limelight and entertained many over the decades, recently made a public plea for help, disclosing that she has been ill and homeless for six years now. Jumoke who had featured in hundred of movies in Yoruba and also acted in the award-winning movie such as ‘Wedding...

Ali Bello: Court Knocks Natasha Over Wrong Usage Of social Media Handle

14.05.2025

A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court sitting in Maitama, on Tuesday, berated the suspended Senator representing Kogi Central, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, for wrongful usage of her X-handle. Justice Slyvanius Oriji, delivering the judgment, in a fundamental enforcement rights suit filed by Ali Bello, Chief of Staff to Governor Usman Ododo of Kogi State, against...

Adjudication Kicks Off For Nigeria Prize For Science 2025

13.05.2025

The adjudication process for the 2025 edition of The Nigeria Prize for Science has officially commenced, with 112 entries handed over to the Prize’s Advisory Board for further evaluation. The entries were presented on Tuesday at a press conference in Lagos. The Nigeria Prize for Science, regarded as Africa’s richest and most prestigious science award,...

Opposition Behind Call For SGF’s Suspension, Arewa Youth Alleges

13.05.2025

The Arewa Youth Assembly has alleged that the recent call for the suspension of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator George Akume, over claims of involvement in a corruption scandal, is being orchestrated by the opposition. In a statement signed by the Speaker of the Assembly, Mohammed Salihu Danlami, on Tuesday...

Media Trial Stifling Nigeria’s Oil Sector Performance – AEC

13.05.2025

The African Energy Council (AEC) has said that the series of media trials, needless probes, and investigations being conducted in the oil and gas sector is stifling the growth and development of the sector. The council, in a statement, warned that the recent allegations and investigations involving the leadership at the Nigerian National Petroleum Company...

Osun APC Greets Adeleke At 65

13.05.2025

The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has extended birthday wishes to Governor Ademola Adeleke on his 65th birthday, while criticising his administration for what it described as a “monumental failure” in governance since assuming office. In a statement issued by the party’s Director of Media and Information, Mogaji Kola Olabisi, 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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