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Insecurity: Banditry, Floods, Deaths Affecting North’s Devt –ACF

22.08.2025

The Northern socio-cultural and political organization, the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) yesterday lamented the socio-economic situation in the region, saying that the North has been battered by insecurity, natural disasters like flood and deaths of some of its illustrious leaders. Speaking at the 78th National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of the Forum in Kaduna, ACF...

Ebonyi Govt Begins Probe On Collapse Of Mining Pit

22.08.2025

Ebonyi State Government has commenced a probe into the collapse of a mining pit at Ihietutu Ishiagu in Ivo Local Government Area of the State. The Commissioner for Solid Minerals, Mr Chidi Onyia, made this disclosure at the site during a fact-finding visit with security agencies and mining officials. The collapse of the pit last...

NGO Ties Insecurity To Failed Governance

22.08.2025

A Non-Governmental Organisation, Partnership Against Violent Extremism (PAVE) Network in Nigeria, has said the spread of violent extremism in the North-West is largely driven by years of poor governance, deepening poverty, and unresolved historical grievances. The Chairman of PAVE’s National Steering Committee, Jaye Gaskiya, made this remark on Thursday in Kaduna during a one-day media...

PDP Govs Storm Zamfara For Strategic Meeting

22.08.2025

Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, will on Saturday, August 23, 2025, host governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Gusau, the state capital, for a high-level strategic meeting aimed at repositioning the party ahead of its forthcoming national convention. According to a statement by Sulaiman Bala Idris, spokesperson to Governor...

Kebbe Community Lauds Goronyo For Swift Response

22.08.2025

The Sokoto community has expressed profound appreciation to the Minister of State for Works, Alhaji Bello Mohammed Goronyo, for his prompt intervention and award of a contract for the rehabilitation of the recently collapsed Rarah Bridge in Kebbe Local Government Area of Sokoto State. The Chairman of the area, Hon. Abdullahi Yarima, said the vital...

Zamfara Bye-Election: Matawalle’s Ex-Aide Defeats Gov Lawal In Kaura-Namoda South

22.08.2025

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Kamilu Sa’idu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the Kaura-Namoda South State Constituency bye-election, delivering a crushing blow to Governor Dauda Lawal’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The Returning Officer, Lawal Sa’adu of the Federal University Gusau, announced that Sa’idu polled 1,181 votes in...

Six Dead, 10 Missing In China Bridge Collapse

22.08.2025

No fewer than six people were reportedly killed, while 10 are missing after a bridge under construction collapsed in northwest China on Friday. According to a video published by the state broadcaster, CCTV showed that the middle of the bridge’s arch section suddenly gave way and plunged into the waters of the Yellow River below....

EFCC Detains NAHCON Commissioner, Director Over Alleged N50bn Financial Fraud

22.08.2025

…Commission vows to maintain integrity amid probe The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has vowed to maintain financial and regulatory integrity in the conduct of annual Hajj operations to and from the Holy land of Macca in Saudi Arabia. This is coming in the middle of the inquest being conducted by the Economic and...

If Not For Music I’d Have Been Suicide Bomber

22.08.2025

Nigerian Grammy award-winning superstar, Damini Ogulu, popularly known as Burna Boy, has made a shocking revelation about what his life could have been if he had not pursued a career in music. The African Giant disclosed that he might have ended up as a suicide bomber, oil thief, fraudster, or even a prostitute if music...

Need For Political Realignment In Anambra

22.08.2025

Since 2006, Anambra State has effectively functioned as a one-party state under the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA). While the state’s political stability under the party could have been a strength, it has instead proven to be a major liability. APGA, as a regional party with no real influence at the federal level, has presided...

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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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