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N39bn ICC Renovations Misplacement Of Priorities

12.06.2025

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, has criticised the N39 billion spent on the renovation of the International Conference Centre (ICC), Abuja, by the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), describing it as a misplacement of priorities. Speaking in Abuja while announcing the facilitation of three development...

Nasarawa Govt Denies Harbouring Attackers Of Benue Communities

11.06.2025

The Nasarawa State Government has denied allegations that it harbours bandits responsible for attacks on communities in neighbouring Benue State. A former member of the House of Representatives from Benue State, Hon. Mark Gbilah, had recently alleged during an African Independent Television (AIT) programme that those behind attacks in Benue were being sheltered in Nasarawa...

Sokoto Police Step Up Security For June 12 Democracy Day Celebrations

11.06.2025

In preparation for the 2025 Democracy Day celebrations, the Sokoto State Police Command has convened a strategic security meeting with all tactical unit commanders to ensure a peaceful and secure commemoration across the state. The high-level briefing, held on June 11, was chaired by the Commissioner of Police, CP Ahmed Musa, and focused on finalizing...

Idahosa Preaches Unity As Honour For Martyrs

11.06.2025

The deputy governor of Edo State, Hon Dennis Idahosa, has said Nigerians must continue to fight for united and indivisible nation as a mark of honour for those who fought for the country’s democracy. A statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the deputy governor, Mr Friday Aghedo, quoted Idahosa as noting that despite...

Tension In Okpella Over Alleged Illegal Appointment Of New Traditional Ruler

11.06.2025

A fresh communal crisis is brewing in Okpella, Etsako East Local Government Area of Edo State, following the alleged illegal removal of the Okuokpellagbe of Okpella and the controversial appointment of a new one, whose installation has been scheduled for next month. On Wednesday, protesters—including elderly persons, women, and people with disabilities—marched to the Edo...

Youth Group Vows To Hit Osun Streets, Lists 7 Nat’l Demands

11.06.2025

As part of nationwide activities to mark Nigeria’s Democracy Day, the Take It Back (TIB) Movement in Osun State has declared its readiness to join the June 12, 2025 protest against what it described as deepening insecurity, poverty, and governance failures in the country. Addressing journalists in Osogbo on Wednesday, the state coordinator of the...

Rivers LG Boss Tasks PHED On Professionalism

11.06.2025

The Sole Administrator of Okrika Local Government Area of Rivers State, Engr. Tamunobipiboye Thompson Isodiki, has called on the Port Harcourt Electricity o called for improvement in their efficiency Distribution (PHED) to increase their capacity to safeguard the lives and property of the customers. He made the appeal following a recent incident in which two...

Fasoranti Seeks Return To 1963 Constitution

11.06.2025

As Nigeria marks 2025 Democracy Day, the leader of the Pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, has called for a return to the 1963 Constitution, which he said provided the necessary framework for true federalism and autonomy for the federating units. In a statement commemorating June 12 now officially recognized as Nigeria’s Democracy Day...

Ekiti Govt Gives Financial Relief To Rain-Affected Business Owners

11.06.2025

Business owners in Ekiti State who suffered losses due to recent heavy rainfall have received financial relief from the state government, in a move described as a demonstration of empathy and responsive governance. The relief initiative, which is the first of its kind in the state, was unveiled at a cheque presentation ceremony organized by...

Democracy Day: Many Govs Have Failed Nigerians – Ex-VON DG

11.06.2025

A former Director-General of Voice of Nigeria (VON), Mr Osita Okechukwu, says majority of the governors have failed woefully in the discharge of their duties since the advent of the current democratic dispensation. Okechukwu, a founding member of All Progressives Congress (APC), said this yesterday in Enugu while reacting to the 26 years of uninterrupted...

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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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