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Defections To APC Will Not guarantee Tinubu’s Victory In 2027 –Akinwumi

11.08.2025

Balarabe Akinwumi is a lawyer and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State. In this interview with BABATOPE OKEOWO, he speaks on the opposition coalition, calls for establishment of state police and restructuring, among other issues Some people believe that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is infiltrating opposition parties. What is...

Ogbeh: Nigeria Lost Iconic Statesman, Agric Revolutionist –Shettima

11.08.2025

Vice-President Kashim Shettima has expressed profound grief over the passing of former Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh. Shettima, in a condolence message yesterday in Abuja, described the death of Ogbeh as an immeasurable loss to Nigeria’s development trajectory and agricultural transformation agenda. He said the distinguished elder statesman, who died on...

Atiku Should Support Obi As Coalition’s Candidate –Eragbe

11.08.2025

Anslem Eragbe is a member of the interim National Working Committee (NWC) of Labour Party. He also served as National Youth Leader of the party between 2019 and 2024. In this interview with ONYEKACHI EZE, he speaks on the chances of Labour Party in the 2027 general election About four months after the Supreme Court...

…He Was A Principled Democrat, National Figure –Northern Elders

11.08.2025

The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) on Sunday expressed sorrow over the death of elder statesman, Audu Ogbeh, who passed away in the early hours of August 9. NEF said Ogbeh was not only a national figure and principled democrat of great repute but also a valued member of the NEF’s Board of Trustees, a voice...

By-Elections: Litmus Test For Opposition

11.08.2025

FELIX NWANERI writes on the forthcoming byelections for unoccupied seats in the Senate, House of Representatives and state Houses of Assembly across 12 states and the challenges before the main opposition political parties As the clock ticks to August 16 by-elections in 12 sates for unoccupied seats in the Senate, House of Representatives and state...

Ex-Minister Served Nigeria Diligently, Says Abbas

11.08.2025

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Abbas Tajudeen, has described as shocking the demise of a former chairman of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Chief Audu Ogbeh, who passed away on Saturday, aged 78. Abbas described the Otukpo, Benue State-born Ogbeh as an elder statesman who spent most of his life in diligence service...

Oyebanji Dissolves Cabinet, Retains Key Officials

11.08.2025

Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Biodun Oyebanji, has officially dissolved the State Executive Council with immediate effect, signaling a major reshuffle in the state’s governance structure. In a statement issued on August 10, 2025, the Governor directed all affected Commissioners and Special Advisers to hand over their responsibilities to the Permanent Secretary or the most senior...

Anambra Guber: AA Candidate Warns Against Vote Buying

11.08.2025

Anambra State gubernatorial candidate of the Action Alliance (AA), Ozo Jeff Nweke, has described vote buying as the bane of good governance in Nigeria warning electorates of the grave consequences of accepting money for vote. Nweke also posited that whatever money spent through vote buying would surely affect the provision of basic infrastructure for the...

Dust Over Govs’ Refusal to Sign Condemned Prisoners’ Death Warrants

11.08.2025

Should judges be empowered to sign death warrants of condemned prisoners owing to state governors’ refusal to carry out the task?, lawyers say no, yes. AKEEM NAFIU reports The growing call by some concerned Nigerians for an urgent constitutional review to divest state governors of the power to sign death warrants of condemned criminals has...

NBA Hails Dismissal Of Sergeant Linked To Judge’s Abduction

11.08.2025

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Yenagoa Branch, has praised the Bayelsa State Police Command for its swift dismissal of Sergeant Obrientele Ebiarede over his alleged role in the abduction of Bayelsa State High Court Judge, Justice Ebiyerin Omukoro. In a statement, the Branch Chairman, Clement B. Kekemeke hailed the move as “timely and courageous,” stressing...

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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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