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NEC Moves To Boost Non-Oil Revenue, Deepen Engagement With Stakeholders

16.01.2026

…as Cross River Governor Chairs Bi-Partisan Committee On Legacy Projects The National Economic Council (NEC) has resolved to deepen engagement with stakeholders to boost non-oil revenues in line with the economic blueprint of the administration of President Bola Tinubu. This came just as Chairman of the Council, Vice President Kashim Shettima, called for an accelerated...

Oyebamiji Begins PhD In Public Administration At OAU

16.01.2026

The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State, Munirudeen Oyebamiji, has been admitted into a doctoral programme at the prestigious Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife. Oyebamiji disclosed this in a statement shared on his verified X handle, where he announced that he would be pursuing a PhD in Public Administration and...

Group Warns Rivers CJ Against Playing Into Hands Of State Assembly

16.01.2026

The Africa Centre for Democracy and Leadership (ACDL) has issued a strong warning to the Chief Judge of Rivers State, Justice Simeon Chibuzor-Amadi, about the critical need for judicial independence amid the ongoing impeachment proceedings against Governor Siminalayi Fubara and Deputy Governor Prof. Ngozi Odu. The group’s intervention comes at a pivotal moment, as the...

VAT on Bank Services is Not New, FG Clarifies

16.01.2026

The Federal Government said on Thursday that value-added tax on banking services is not a new policy, after reports (not The PUNCH) suggested the levy had recently been introduced on electronic money transfers and other transactions. The clarification followed public complaints from bank customers who believed fresh charges had been imposed on routine services at...

You’re Beacon Of Honesty, Wisdom, Oba Akinwon Lauds Akande At 87

16.01.2026

The Olumegbon of Ajah Ile and Ajah Okun Ajah, Oba Kolawole Akinwon IV, has congratulated a former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Adebisi Akande, on his 87th birthday. The Olumegbon of Ajah Ile and Ajah Okun, who will celebrate his first year coronation on February first, in a statement issued by...

Police Set Up Gender Desks Across Nigeria

16.01.2026

In order to curb or at least reduce gender based violence, which the womenfolk are mostly the casualties, the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) has disclosed that it has set up an office of the Force Gender Advisor, stating that it has also established Gender Desks across police formations nationwide to deal with cases of gender...

NJC Approves Anoma, Four Others As High Court Judges For Ekiti

16.01.2026

The National Judicial Council (NJC) has approved the appointment of Adefunke Helen Anoma and four others as new Judges for the Ekiti State High Court. The four others were Olanike Caroline Adegoke, Julius Sunday Bamidele Bamise, Julius Ajibare and Stephen Rotimi Akinyede The Deputy Director, Information of NJC, Kemi Babalola-Ogedengbe, Esq, in a statement said:...

Supreme Court Upholds Conviction of Aminu Lamido Over $40,000

16.01.2026

On Friday, Nigeria’s Supreme Court dismissed the appeal filed by Aminu Sule Lamido, son of former Jigawa State Governor Sule Lamido, challenging his conviction for failing to declare $40,000 cash and making a false foreign currency declaration at the airport. In a unanimous decision delivered by a five-member panel of the apex court, all three...

Supreme Court Approves Trial Of Lamido

16.01.2026

The Supreme Court on Friday said the trial of former Jigawa State Governor Sule Lamido, his two sons and other defendants over alleged ₦1.35 billion fraud should proceed before the Federal High Court in Abuja. The Apex Court gave this directive in two unanimous judgments delivered by a five-member panel in appeals filed by the Economic...

Oyo CSOs Reject Rotational Council Of Obas System

16.01.2026

…call for restoration of the Alaafin’s historical authority The Oyo Scholars Congress (OSC) and the Oyo Global Forum (OGF), as civil society groups representing scholars, professionals, and community leaders of Oyo extraction across the world, have expressed grave concern over the recent inauguration of the Oyo State Council of Obas by the Oyo State Governor,...

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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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