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Kano Assembly Moves To Ensure Full Budget Implementation For MDAs

22.07.2025

The Kano State House of Assembly has expressed its commitment to ensuring full implementation of budgetary allocations to ministries, departments, and agencies (MDAs), with the aim of delivering the dividends of democracy to the people. Speaking at a UNICEF-organized programme on Planning and Budgeting for Children’s Rights, Deputy Speaker Muhammad Bello ButuButu noted that many...

Don’t Overstay Your Visas, US Embassy Warns Americans In Nigeria

22.07.2025

The United States Embassy in Abuja yesterday issued a strong advisory to its citizens residing in Nigeria, urging them to comply immediately with new immigration directives from the Federal Government. The advisory comes on the heels of a severe warning issued by Donald Trump’s administration to foreign nationals who overstay their visa validity. The embassy...

Bruce Willis Can No Longer Speak, Read Nor Walk As Dementia Escalates

22.07.2025

Hollywood legend Bruce Willis, best known as John McClane in Die Hard, is facing a devastating decline in health. Diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia (FTD) in early 2023, his disease has now advanced to the point where he can no longer speak, read, or walk, leaving him completely reliant on around-the-clock care. According to The Express...

Japa: Why Nigerians Abroad’ll Be returning soon, by Minister

22.07.2025

The Minister of Youth Development, Ayodele Olawande, said President Bola Tinubu’s economic reforms will soon encourage Nigerians abroad to return home. Economic hardship and deteriorating security in the country have forced medical professionals and other skilled workers to seek better opportunities in America, Europe and Asia. Speaking after receiving an award from the Deji of...

LP: Datti Makes Surprise Appearance At Abure Faction’s Meeting

22.07.2025

Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, the vice presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 presidential poll, yesterday offered to resolve the leadership crisis in the party. Baba-Ahmed, who surprisingly attended the National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of the Julius Abure faction of the party in Abuja, said LP must unite and plan for victory in...

Sanwo-Olu Set To Unveil N500bn ‘Produce For Lagos’ To Boost Food Security

22.07.2025

The Lagos State Government is scheduled to launch a N500 billion “Produce for Lagos” tomorrow to enhance food security and boost agricultural productivity. The Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Systems Abisola Olusanya yesterday described the programme as a landmark Offtaker Initiative that leverages private sector participation and inter-state partnerships to tackle Lagos’ food supply challenges....

TELA Maize Boosts Yields & Profits for Nigerian Farmers

22.07.2025

A new on-farm study has confirmed that TELA Maize hybrids are delivering significantly higher yields, greater profits, and better pest resistance for Nigerian farmers compared to conventional maize varieties. The trials, conducted during the 2024 wet season by the African Agricultural Technology Foundation and its partners, revealed that the TELA maize hybrid SAMMAZ 75T achieved...

Catholic Bishop Lauds DSS, Army Over Rescue Of Priest, Others

22.07.2025

The Catholic Bishop of Maiduguri Diocese, Most Rev. John Bakeni, has commended the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Nigerian Army for the successful rescue of Rev. Fr. Alphonsus Afina, who was abducted alongside several other travellers by Boko Haram insurgents on June 1. New Telegraph gathered that the abduction occurred along the Liman...

PSC Approves Promotion Of 12 CPs, Other Senior Officers

22.07.2025

The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the promotion of 12 Commissioners of Police (CPs) and 188 other officers to their next rank. The Head of Press and Public Relations of PSC, Mr Ikechukwu Ani, disclosed this in a statement yesterday in Abuja. Ani listed other promoted officers to include: 16 Deputy Commissioners of Police...

Hardship: PDP Vows To Defeat APC In 2027

22.07.2025

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it remains the only party capable of defeating the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2027 general elections. PDP National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, stated this during a news conference held yesterday in Abuja. He said the PDP was not only undergoing reforms but also remained the only...

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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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