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APGA Denies Soludo Backed Candidate As Nwachukwu Emerges

22.07.2025

The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has denied claims that Governor Charles Soludo had a preferred candidate ahead of the Anambra South Senatorial District by-election. This comes as Chief Emma Nwachukwu emerged on Wednesday as the party’s candidate amid reports that Chief Ebuka Onunkwo was pressured by influential figures to step down. At the venue...

Suspension: Natasha Arrives N’Assembly

22.07.2025

Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan on Tuesday arrived at the National Assembly amid a warning from the Senate to stay away from the National Assembly. New Telegraph reports that there was also an unusual security build-up at the gate of the complex with stern-looking operatives searching cars and restricting visitors to the car park outside the parliament....

No Evidence Yet States’re Diverting LG Funds – RMAFC

22.07.2025

The Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) says there is no evidence to support the allegation that some state governments are diverting funds allocated to local governments. Bimbo Kolade, the Chairman of the Committee on Inland Revenue Services at RMAFC, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan...

Why Nigerians May Not Return APC To Power In 2027, By Bello

22.07.2025

Alhaji Umaru Bello is a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Adamawa State. In this interview with CLEMENT EKONG, he speaks on defections by some members of opposition political parties to the ruling party and recent political developments in the state There are insinuations that the governor of Adamawa State, Ahmadu Fintiri, will...

Police Arrest Three Over Alleged Murder

22.07.2025

The Sokoto State Police Command has arrested three suspects in connection with a case of criminal conspiracy, culpable homicide, armed robbery, and receiving stolen property in Sabon Birni town. According to the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ahmad Rufai, the incident involved two residents of Sabon Birni, Ashiru Iliyasu and Sulaiman Salihu, who allegedly lured...

US Prioritizes Quality Over Speed in Trade Deals Amid Tariff

22.07.2025

The United States has indicated it will not be rushed into finalising trade agreements ahead of the August 1 deadline for higher tariffs, emphasising that the quality of deals takes precedence over timing. According to Reuters, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stated that the Trump administration is focused on securing strong and comprehensive agreements rather...

173 Nigerian Soldiers Set For Peacekeeping Mission In Guinea Bissau

22.07.2025

The Nigerian Army has trained 173 troops for a crucial peacekeeping mission in Guinea Bissau. The troops of Nigerian Company 4, ECOWAS Stabilisation Support Mission in Guinea Bissau (ESSMGB) were trained at the Martin Luther Agwai International Leadership and Peacekeeping Centre (MLAILPKC) Jaji, Kaduna State. The Chief of Operations Army Major Gen. Uwem Bassey, who...

Tinubu’s Reforms Fuelling New Wave Of Subnational Devt

22.07.2025

Across Nigeria’s 36 states, a now obvious and relentless economic transformation is unfolding – driven by the bold, strategic reforms of President Bola Tinubu. From Benin City to Birnin Kebbi, Lagos to Lafia, the signs are increasingly clear: The Renewed Hope Agenda is not just about empty political sloganeering – it is a nationwide movement...

Benue Killings: 2 LG chairmen Relocate Official Offices Out Of Hqtrs

22.07.2025

Fresh security concerns has hit Guma and Vandeikya Local Government Areas of Benue State with Chairmen of the affected councils announcing the temporary relocation of their official offices out of their council’s headquarters to checkmate the prevailing security challenges. In Guma, the home of immediate past Governor Samuel Ortom, the chairman, Hon. Maurice Orwough, announced...

Nigeria’s Q1 2025 GDP Grows 3.13%, Fueled by Services

22.07.2025

Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product rose by 3.13 per cent year-on-year in real terms in the first quarter of 2025. This is according to the latest report by the National Bureau of Statistics released on Monday. The growth rate represents a rebound from the 2.27 per cent recorded in the corresponding period of 2024, indicating a...

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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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