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A’Court Nullifies Federal High Court’s Judgement

30.05.2025

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has set aside a previous ruling by the Federal High Court in Kano which sought to halt the conduct of local government elections in Kano State. The appellate court ruled that the lower court lacked the jurisdiction to adjudicate on matters concerning the organization and conduct of local government...

Mgt Denies Issa Aremu’s Re-Appointment Claim

30.05.2025

The Management of the Michael Imoudu National Institute for Labour Studies (MINILS) has expressed deep concern over series of misleading claims made in the media by the former Director-General of the institute, Mr. Issa Aremu, regarding his purported re-appointment and the state of affairs at the Institute. To set the record straight, the management in...

Adeleke Denies Rebuking S’Court Over Osun LG Crisis

30.05.2025

Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has refuted a report published by a national daily alleging that he rebuked the Supreme Court over issues related to local government administration in the state. In a statement released in Osogbo by his spokesperson, Mallam Olawale Rasheed, the Governor described the report as fake news, asserting that neither he nor...

PPF Underscores Importance Of Pan-African Unity

30.05.2025

The Pan-African Progressive Front (PPF), in collaboration with the Ghana Socialist Movement and Pan Africanism has convened a landmark online conference to initiate discussions and preparations for the upcoming 80th anniversary of the pivotal Fifth Pan-African Congress held in Manchester in 1945. Bringing together more than sixty influential pan-Africanists from 32 countries including representatives from...

INEC Sets Dates For Ekiti, Osun Gov’ship Elections

30.05.2025

The Independent National Electoral Commission ( INEC) on Friday announced the dates for the governorship elections in Ekiti and Osun states. The Ekiti state election will be held on Saturday, July 20, and the Osun state election will be held on Saturday, August 8, 2026. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made this known, during the...

Sokoto Govt Approves Projects To Boost Farming, Infrastructure Dev’t

30.05.2025

The Sokoto State Executive Council has approved a series of high-impact projects aimed at strengthening agricultural productivity, expanding access to housing, and upgrading critical infrastructure across the state. Addressing journalists after the council meeting, the Commissioner for Agriculture, Tukur Alkali, revealed that the government had approved the procurement of 250 tractors valued at ₦22.1 billion to...

Olowu Reiterates Call For Support Of Nigerian Army

30.05.2025

Oluwu of Kuta, HRM Oba Dr Hammed Makama Oyelude, Tegbosun iii, has reiterated the call on Nigerians to support the Nigerian Army in the face of daunting security challenges and emerging new trend. According to the statement issued by his media office in Kuta on Friday, Oba Makama said the invasion of the country by...

Constitution Review: LG Autonomy, Devolution Of Powers Top Priority

30.05.2025

The House of Representatives has reiterated its commitment to granting more autonomy to local governments in Nigeria. Deputy Speaker and chairman of the Committee on Constitution Review, Benjamin Kalu made the disclosure during a courtesy call on him by the Abiriba Communal Improvement Union (ACIU) Worldwide led by its President-General, Yuccee Uwah in Abuja. Kalu...

SPD: Furore Over Appointments Into Party’s NWC

30.05.2025

ANAYO EZUGWU examines the internal crisis rocking the Social Democratic Party (SDP) over the composition of its National Working Committee (NWC), and its implications Ahead of the 2027 general elections, the Social Democratic Party (SDP) seems to have joined other opposition parties battling internal crisis. The leadership of the party is at loggerheads over the...

Insecurity: Lawmaker Seeks Govt’s Intervention

30.05.2025

A member of the Federal House of Representatives, Ahmed Adamu Saba, representing Edu/Moro/Patigi of Kwara State in the National Assembly, has appealed to President Bola Tinubu, Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, Inspector General of Police, Mr Kayode Egbetokun, Director of DSS and other security agencies to urgently assist in rescuing his constituency from the grips of bandits...

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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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