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A’Ibom Speaker Says 24 Lawmakers Have Joined APC

24.06.2025

Speaker of the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly, Udeme Otong, on Tuesday announced that 24 out of the 26 lawmakers in the Assembly have defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). During plenary, Otong disclosed that he had received resignation letters from 24 members who were formerly of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The...

…President Already Declared State Of Emergency On Food, Says Minister

24.06.2025

Minister of Agriculture and Food Security Abubakar Kyari has recalled that on July 13, 2023, President Bola Tinubu has declared a state of emergency on food security and issued a presidential directive for urgent and innovative solutions. He noted that mechanisation was placed at the core of the administration’s Renewed Hope Agenda. The minister outlined...

PDP, INEC Meeting Ends In Deadlock

24.06.2025

The meeting between the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday failed to resolve the lingering crisis over the party’s National Secretary position. Convened at the instance of the PDP, the meeting was adjourned for 48 hours to allow for further consultations. Speaking after the closed-door meeting, which lasted...

Diri To Security Agencies: Ensure Release Of Abducted Judge

24.06.2025

Bayelsa State Governor Douye Diri has directed security commanders in the state to ensure that a Judge of the state high court, Justice Ebieyerin Omukoro, that was abducted by armed men on Saturday in Yenagoa is released without harm. Diri disclosed this yesterday in Sagbama town during his ongoing local government thank-you tour to Sagbama...

EFCC Arrests Ex-NNPCL Top Officials For Alleged $7.2bn Fraud

24.06.2025

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested a former Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Umar Isa, over an alleged $7.2 billion fraud linked with the rehabilitation of the Kaduna, Warri and Port Harcourt refineries. Also in the custody of the EFCC is Jimoh Olasunkanmi,...

Tinubu Never Liked Me, I Was Buhari’s Boy- El-Rufai

24.06.2025

Former Governor of Kaduna State and immediate past chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Nasir El-Rufai, has revealed that President Bola Tinubu never liked him, even while they were in the same political party. Speaking on Prime Time, a flagship political programme on Arise Television Monday evening, El-Rufai opened up about the power struggles...

Senate Tasks NCS To Increase 2025 Revenue Target To N10trn

24.06.2025

The Senate, yesterday, tasked the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), to pursue a revenue target of N10 trillion for the 2025 fiscal year, instead of the N6.584 trillion the agency earlier proposed. The Chairman of the Committee, Senator Isah Jibrin (Kogi East), alongside other members of the Panel, gave the task when the agency came to...

I’ve No Presidential Ambition, I Just Want Tinubu Voted Out- El-Rufai

24.06.2025

Former Governor of Kaduna State and ex-Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has declared that he harbors no ambition to contest the 2027 presidential election, stating that his only desire is to see the administration of President Bola Tinubu removed from power. In a no-holds-barred interview on Arise News, El-Rufai described...

PDP Disowns Spokesperson Over INEC Comment

24.06.2025

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has disowned its National Publicity Secretary Debo Ologunagba, and said his comment on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was not authorised by the National Working Committee (NWC). Ologunagba had at an interactive session with journalists on Sunday, accused INEC of working with the All Progressives Congress (APC) to scuttle...

Akwa Ibom Remains United Under Eno’s Leadership –Umanah

24.06.2025

Aniekan Umanah is the Commissioner for Information in Akwa Ibom State. In this interview, he speaks on the defection of Governor Umo Eno from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC), and the benefits of aligning with the government at the centre, among other issues, ANAYO EZUGWU writes The defection of...

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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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