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‘Dance Speaks’ Inspires Layman’s Appreciation Of Dance

02.11.2025

‘Dance Speaks’ a documentary centered around six professional dancers in six different genres of dance has heightened the layman’s appreciation of the art of dance. There is a general assumption that Africans possess a natural rhythm that lends an effortless grace and flow to their movements and step. This is true to an extent. However,...

Why I Write About Black Women, Afro Diaspora Experiences – Åkerström

02.11.2025

Award-winning Photographer, Travel writer and Author of ‘Bitter Honey’ ‘In Every Mirror She Is Black’ and ‘Everything Is Not Enough’, Fola Akinmade Åkerström, has revealed why her fiction works focus on black women and Afro diaspora experiences. The Nigerian Swedish multi-artiste who spoke at a Book Reading of her latest novel ‘Bitter Honey’ at the...

Abuja International Film Festival Celebrates 22 Years With Global Showcase

02.11.2025

The Abuja International Film Festival (AIFF) is set to celebrate its 22nd edition from November 6 to 10, 2025, with an opening ceremony and a closing awards gala. The festival, which has run consistently for over two decades, including during the Covid -19 pandemic, received over 1,592 entries from 80 countries this year. The festival...

FG Releases N43.3bn To Health Workers

02.11.2025

The Federal Government has reaffirmed its commitment to improving the welfare of doctors and other health workers, with over N43.3 billion already disbursed or in process for payment to address outstanding arrears, allowances, and training funds. Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr. Iziaq Salako, who made the disclosure at a highlevel meeting...

15% Fuel Tax: Experts Caution Against Cost Of Living Crisis, Inflation

02.11.2025

Nigerians are bracing for another surge in fuel prices following the Federal Government’s approval of a 15 per cent import duty on petrol and diesel, a policy economists warn will push petrol prices beyond ₦1,000 per litre and further strain the cost of living. President Bola Tinubu approved the new advalorem duty to protect local...

Tinubu To Trump: Your Characterisation Of Nigeria Not Reflective Of Our Reality

02.11.2025

President Bola Tinubu has said that characterisation of Nigeria as being religiously intolerant did not reflect the country’s national reality. The President said this in direct reaction to the allegation of genocide against Christians in the country and characterisation of Nigeria as a ‘country of particular Concern’ by President Donald Trump of United States of...

Constitution Review: North, South Demand 31, 24 New States

02.11.2025

As the National Assembly gears up for yet another round of amendments to the 1999 Constitution, the Joint Adhoc Committee of the Senate and House of Representatives have received proposals for the creation of fifty- five (55) new states in Nigeria. The proposals are coming from groups within the existing thirty -six (36) states and...

Advocates call to modernise Nigeria’s transport infrastructu

02.11.2025

Stakeholders in Nigeria’s transport sector have called for deeper collaboration, innovation, and investment to drive sustainable development and modernise the nation’s transport infrastructure. At the Nigeria Transport Infrastructure Summit 2025, held recently in Lagos, the Managing Director of Primero Transport Services Ltd, Fola Tinubu, urged both the public and private sectors to work together to...

Lagos to host maiden Muslim Economic Summit in 2026

02.11.2025

The maiden edition of the Muslim Economic Summit will be held at the University of Lagos DIL Main Auditorium on January 17–18, 2026, the organisers said. The summit, themed ‘Faith, Finance & the Future: Empowering Youths, Women & Businesses for a Prosperous Future’, is aimed at driving economic empowerment and innovation anchored on ethical and...

African leaders unite for water security in Africa

02.11.2025

African leaders and ministers have pledged renewed action to strengthen water security and climate resilience across the continent as droughts, floods, and water crises intensify. The commitment was made at the 2025 Sector Ministers’ Meeting, held last week in Madrid, Spain. According to a statement, the gathering, described as a continental mobilisation in the face...

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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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