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Eno’s Daughter Accuses Gov Of Sacrificing Late First Lady

31.05.2025

Jane Edidiong Ufot, the daughter of Akwa Ibom Governor Umo Eno, has posted a video on social media accusing him of sacrificing his deceased wife (her mother). Patience Oluwakemi Umo Eno died in September 2024 over an undisclosed illness. Mrs Ufot, appointed as a Senior Special Adviser to the Governor on Health, Safety and Environment,...

Reforms For Long Term Gains’ve Imposed Short Term Hardship –LCCI

31.05.2025

The hierarchy of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), has described the second anniversary of the President Bola Tinubu administration as a moment of reflection and a call to action in all ramifications. Specifically, the LCCI affirmed that Nigeria stands at a pivotal juncture, where the right mix of policy coherence, institutional...

Okpebholo Must Not Allow His Govt To Be Hijacked By Godfathers –Ugbo

31.05.2025

Comrade Curtis Ugbo, is a non-conventional politician, founder of Benin Solidarity Movement. He’s an activist and advocate of Benin Culture. In this Interview with OJIEVA EHIOSUN, he spoke on the emergence of Senator Monday Okpebholo, as governor of Edo State, why Edo people rejected Godwin Obaseki’s candidate, Asue Ighodalo, and factors that aided Okpebholo’s victory...

Muslims Unhappy With Tinubu But He Hasn’t Done Badly, Says Akintola

31.05.2025

Professor Ishaq Akintola no doubt evokes positive and negative passions with regards to the stance he takes on critical national issues as they relate to the welfare and wellbeing of the Muslim community in Nigeria. Depending on where you stand in the nation’s sharp religious divide, the Ile-Ife, Osun State born scholar is considered...

How Internal Crisis, Jandor’s Exit Destabilised Pdp In Lagos

31.05.2025

The Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is grappling with one of its deepest internal crises in recent years, a situation worsened by the dramatic exit of Abdul-Azeez Olajide Adediran, popularly known as Jandor, the party’s governorship candidate in the 2023 general elections. Once hailed as a unifying force and the...

Security Agencies Assure Of Safe Celebrations

31.05.2025

Security agencies have assured residents of the state of robust security measures to safeguard lives and property throughout the Eid el-Adha celebrations and beyond. Speaking with our correspondent, the Commandant; Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Osun State Command, Mr. Igbalawole Sotiyo, charged officers and men of the command to work in synergy with...

Guber Aspirant: APC Only Viable Party To Actualise My Ambition

31.05.2025

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Benue state and a governorship hopeful, Mr. Godwin Ityoachimin has stated that the party remains the only viable platform to actualise his political ambition. Ityoachimin said he remains convinced that APC has done well over the period it has held sway, expressing the belief that...

Christopher University Receives Full Accreditation For Academic Programmes

31.05.2025

Christopher University, a private university in Mowe, Ogun State, has been granted full accreditation by the National Universities Commission (NUC). The University which is a teaching and research – based institution licensed by the Federal Government in 2015, is a specialised institution committed to the pursuit of academic innovation, skill-based training, a tradition of excellence...

Looted Funds: EFCC, ICPC Recovered $105.9m, Not $967.5bn, AGF Clarifies

31.05.2025

The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), yesterday clarified that the looted funds recovered by the joint efforts of the EFCC and ICPC is $105.9 million and not $967.5 billion as reported in some quarters. The AGF made this clarification in a statement he personally signed and obtained...

Reps Vow To Unravel Causes Of Midnight Waec Exams

31.05.2025

The House of Representatives Friday promised to get to the root cause of the midnight conduct of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) in parts of the country. Chairman of the House Committee on Basic Examination Bodies, Oboku Oforji, made the pledge during a session with officials of the West African Examinations...

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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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