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Reclaim Roles As Shapers Of Public Records, CJID Urges Journalists

30.01.2026

Journalists covering conflict, insecurity, and governance in Nigeria have been advised to reclaim their role as the shapers of public record and accountability. This was as they were asked to use their work to influence laws, budgets, institutions, and public programmes. The Executive Director of the Centre for Journalism, Innovation and Development (CJID), Akintunde Babatunde,...

Obono-Obla, Youths, Others Call For Shift In Representation

30.01.2026

Ahead of the 2027 general elections, the people of the Central Senatorial District of Cross River State have expressed concerns over what they called sit-tight syndrome and failed representation that have not produced any legacy dividends of democracy, calling for a shift and a new direction when it comes to the choice of who represents...

NCAA Directs Airlines To Provide Mandatory Special Needs Assistance Option

30.01.2026

The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has reiterated its directive to all domestic airlines operating in Nigeria to ensure full compliance with provisions for Persons with Reduced Mobility (PRM) and passengers with disabilities by incorporating a mandatory Special Needs/Assistance request feature on their ticket reservation systems. NCAA reechoed its directive to the domestic airlines on...

Customs Hands Over Seized Arms, Ammunition To NCCSALW

30.01.2026

Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Port and Terminal Multi-Services Limited (PTML) Command has handed over a cache of seized arms and ammunition to the National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (NCCSALW). The items are five pistols of different makes, one Crossman Pump Master rifle, 132 rounds of Remington live cartridges, 51...

Senate To Pass N58.472trn 2026 Budget On March 17

30.01.2026

The Senate, on Friday, tentatively fixed Tuesday, March 17, 2026, for consideration and passage of the proposed N58.472 trillion budget for the 2026 fiscal year. The Senate Committee on Appropriations made this disclosure while holding a special session on the 2026 Appropriation Bill at the National Assembly Complex, Abuja. Reeling out the timetable for the...

Abia To Begin Measles Rubella Vaccination Campaign

30.01.2026

The Abia State Primary Health Care Development Agency (ABSPHCDA) has declared total readiness for the commencement of the measles rubella vaccination campaign from February 4 to 13 in the 17 LGAs and 184 wards of the State. Speaking on the level of preparedness, the Agency’s Executive Secretary, Dr Kalu Ulu Kalu, said all the necessary...

Igbomina Leader Urges Tax Compliance, Applauds KW-IRS

30.01.2026

The National President of the Omo Ibile Igbomina, Sir. ‘Bisi Fakayode has enjoined all residents in Kwara State to ensure prompt and regular payment of their taxes to enable them enjoy more dividends of democracy from the state government. Fakayode advocated this while members of the National Executive Council (NEC) of the association paid a...

Group Canvasses Gov’ship Seat For Retired Civil Servants

30.01.2026

…Wants a mature, respectful leader as Niger Governor A group under the auspices of the Kolo Magba Association in Wushishi Local Government Area of Niger State, has called on the Federal Government to amend the constitution to only allow senior retired civil servants to aspire for governorship positions across the country. The group, in a...

Pan-African Podcast On Women, ‘Difference She Makes’ Set For Launch

30.01.2026

A six-part series hosted by Adelle Onyango on the Legally Clueless platform has sought to explore how women in law are driving reform, shifting institutions and building intergenerational solidarity across Africa. Partnering with Legally Clueless, “Difference She Makes” will launch a bold new six-part podcast series that centres on a critical truth: when women lead...

Wizkid, Burna Boy, Asake To Headline Afro Nation 2026

30.01.2026

Award-winning Nigerian Afrobeats singers, Ayodeji Balogun, popularly known as Wizkid; Damini Ogulu, also known as Burna Boy and Ahmed Ololade, known by his stage name Asake, are set to headline the Afro Nation 2026 festival in Portugal. Taking to its verified X handle on Friday, the organisers of the event also announced other leading Afrobeats,...

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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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