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EU, UN Launch €60m Health, Social Dev’t Projects In Sokoto

02.05.2025

The European Union (EU), in collaboration with the United Nations and the Sokoto Government, is set to launch three major development projects worth over €60 million on Monday, May 5. The initiatives aim to strengthen health services, enhance social protection, and build community resilience across Nigeria, particularly in underserved regions. The launch ceremony, to be...

Wizkid Was Local Star Before I Touched Him —Akon

02.05.2025

Senegalese-American singer, Aliaune Damala Badara, popularly called Akon has revealed that he played a crucial in bringing Nigerian Afrobeats star Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun, also called Wizkid into limelight. According to Akon, Wizkid was just a local musician before he signed him to his record label in 2008 and brushed him up. Speaking in a recent...

Tinubu Support Group To Nigerians: Be Patient, Govt’ll Deliver

02.05.2025

The Door to Door Movement for President Bola Tinubu, has vowed to assist relevant authorities in showcasing the developmental strides of the current administration. Consequently, the Movement urged Nigerians to be patient with the government as it strives to navigate the country out of the murky waters of economic difficulties. The Door to Door Movement...

Tinubu To Visit Anambra May 8

02.05.2025

President Bola Tinubu will on Thursday, May 8, embark on an official visit to Anambra State. The Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, made this known while addressing members of the state Labour and TUC unions at Dr Alex Ekwueme Square, Awka, on Thursday, during the 2025 Workers’ Day celebration. READ ALSO According to the...

Cookey-Gam: Rivers Administrator Should Keep To His Primary Responsibility

02.05.2025

Dame Aleruchi Cookey-Gam is a former Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice and ex-Secretary to the Rivers State Government. In this interview, she speaks on recent developments in the state and the concerns of indigenes over possible looting of the treasury of the state, among other issues The Rivers State sole administrator has made it...

Why Labour Kicked Against Proposed Tax Bill, By Osifo

02.05.2025

The President, Trade Union Congress (TUC), Mr Festus Osifo, yesterday said the organised labour is against the proposed tax bills by the Federal Government because it imposes heavy burdens on workers’s meager allowances. Speaking during the 2025 May Day celebration in Abuja, Osifo criticised the bills for “disproportionately targeting workers while sparing the wealthy and...

…As Oborevwori Tells Workers To Reclaim Their Rights, Amplify Voices In Civic Space

02.05.2025

Delta State Governor Sheriff Oborovwori has said workers in the state are the backbone of the wheel of progress of his administration. The governor said workers should not play second fiddle but engage fully in the processes of governance to reclaim their lot in the civic space. He maintained that Workers’ Day is not just...

Wamakko Lauds Gov Aliyu For Project Deliveries

02.05.2025

The All Progressive Congress (APC), leader in Sokoto State, Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko, has commended Governor Ahmad Aliyu’s leadership for executing numerous developmental projects. Speaking at his residence in Sokoto, Wamakko described the APC-led administration as a “government of the masses,” praising the Governor’s efforts in providing social amenities. He applauded members of the State...

My Detractors Need Psychiatric Evaluation – Idris

02.05.2025

Kebbi State Governor, Nasir Idris, has dismissed allegations of his planned defection from the All Progressives Congress (APC) and betrayal of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, attributing such claims to possible psychiatric issues. “Allegations of my defection from APC or betrayal of President Tinubu are clear exhibitions of insanity, possibly resulting from psychiatric challenges.” The Governor...

Tinubu Leaves For Katsina On 2-Day Visit

02.05.2025

President Bola Tinubu will today embark on a two-day official visit to Katsina State. A statement yesterday by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, said the visit will focus on security and development priorities in the north-western state. “During the visit, the President will meet with key stakeholders to assess...

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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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