Latest news

Latest News

…NYCN Tasks Govt On Emergency Response

The National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), Lagos State, has called on the government on the need to take immediate, coordinated actions to strengthen road safety and emergency response mechanisms across the country. Mr Adigun Ibrahim, Chairman, NYCN Lagos State, made the call in a statement yesterday. Ibrahim said there was urgent need for government...
Read more

Group Drags Rep Member, Ugbor Into Benue Guber Race

A group, the Movement for the Actualisation of Kwande Gubernatorial Ambition (MAKGA), has dragged the member representing Kwande/Ushongo Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives, Hon. Terseer Ugbor, into the 2027 governorship election in Benue State to unseat Governor Hyacinth Alia of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Addressing a news conference in Makurdi, Convener of...
Read more

Imo Backs ‘Give A Girl A Pad’ To Boost Girls’ Health

The Imo State Government has officially endorsed the ‘Give A Girl A Pad’ (GAGAP) initiative, developed by the African Immigrants Resources Centre, a USbased NGO, aimed at improving menstrual hygiene among schoolgirls nationwide. Dr Chioma Egu, the state’s Health Commissioner, gave the endorsement when Mrs Chimezie Oji-Kalu, GAGAP Convener, and her team visited her office...
Read more

Group To Award Igbo Mentorship-Based Entrepreneurial System

A group, Akurueulo, is set to debut in 2026 with awards for recognition of Igbo mentorship-based entrepreneurship, popularly known as the ‘Igba-boi’ apprenticeship system. The initiative was announced in a statement yesterday by the Chief Convener of the award Allwell Okata, who said the programme is designed to acknowledge individuals and institutions operating within the...
Read more

Dafinone, Delta Senator Calls For Unity And Inclusiveness

The Senator representing Delta Central Senatorial District, Ede Dafinone, has called on members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta State to work in the spirit of unity and inclusiveness as the party works to build a stronger structure capable of winning all elective positions in the 2027 general elections. Speaking at an end-of-year...
Read more

NCPC Airlifts First Batch Of Intending Pilgrims

The Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC) has airlifted the 2025 main pilgrims to Israel and Jordan. The Executive Secretary of NCPC, Mr Stephen Adegbite, disclosed this in a statement signed by Celestine Toruka, Head Media and Public Relations, NCPC, yesterday in Abuja. He said that the pilgrims were airlifted at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport,...
Read more

Alleged $9.7m Terrorism Financing: Efcc Files Fresh Charge Against Bauchi Finance Commissioner, Others

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), yesterday, filed a fresh charge against Yakubu Adamu, Commissioner of Finance, Bauchi State, and others bordering on alleged terrorism financing to the tune of $9.7 million. Adamu, alongside Balarabe Abdullahi Ilelah, Aminu Mohammed Bose and Kabiru Yahaya Mohammed, who are 2nd to 4th defendants respectively, will be arraigned...
Read more
1 2 3 4 5 6 260

Must Read

Popular Posts

I apologise for saying no heaven without tithe – Adeboye

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

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

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...