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Fubara Sacked 10,000 Youths Employed By My Govt, Says Wike

08.01.2026

The immediate past Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike yesterday accused Governor Siminalayi Fubara of sacking 10,000 youths employed by his government. The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) made the allegation in Ahoada when he led the Renewed Hope Family on a “thank you” visit to the Ahoada East Local Government Area. Wike also...

33 Underage Girls Rescued, Arrested As Police Bust Anambra Child Trafficking Cartel

08.01.2026

Anambra Police Command has bursted an alleged Child Trafficking Cartel at Aguleri town in Anambra State rescuing 33 underaged girls and arrested one suspect. According to the statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, the bursting of the cartel was on the account of information by members of the public who had...

Insecurity Pushes Food Prices Up In Benue Markets

08.01.2026

Prices of staple food items and livestock have continued to command higher rates, even as there have been steady supplies of the products in the markets by the farmers. A survey of some of the markets carried out yesterday showed that grains, legumes and cash crops remain expensive, thereby reflecting ongoing pressure on household food...

Oil Firm Achieves 10m LTI-Free Man-Hours Across Operations

08.01.2026

Aradel Holdings Plc, a leading indigenous integrated energy company, has announced that it achieved a significant operational safety milestone of 10 million man-hours without Lost Time Injury (LTI) across its operations as of 21st, December 2025. According to a statement yesterday, the achievement spans all Aradel subsidiaries and was recorded during a period of expanded...

Gombe PDP Lawmakers Defect To APC

08.01.2026

Two Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lawmakers in the Gombe State House of Assembly have defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC), further strengthening the ruling party’s dominance. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Gabriel Fushison and Malon Nimrod-Yari were formally received into the APC by Governor Inuwa Yahaya. Fushison represents Kaltungo West Constituency,...

Why Alex Otti Should Desist From Attacking Sen Kalu, Tinubu, By Prof Eni

08.01.2026

Abraham Lincoln once said: “Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.” That quote fits perfectly into what is happening in Abia State today. Governor Alex Otti needs to pause and reflect. He should study the political journeys of governors like Abubakar Audu and Kayode...

Oyebanji Lauds Odusote’s Appointment As DG Law School

08.01.2026

Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, has congratulated Dr Gbemisola Titilayo Odusote on her appointment as the Director General of the Nigerian Law School by President Bola Tinubu. The governor also thanked the President for finding the Ado- Ekiti born lawyer, scholar and administrator worthy of the appointment, which made her the first female to occupy...

N8trn NNPC Debt Cancellation Exposed Tinubu’s Financial Recklessness –Obi

08.01.2026

Candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 presidential election, Mr Peter Obi, yesterday said President Bola Tinubu’s decision to write-off N5.57 trillion and $1.42 billion (approximately N8 trillion), in debts owed by the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), has exposed the financial recklessness of his administration. Obi in a statement on X yesterday,...

Blind Widow Appeals To Okpebholo Over Husband’s Death, Alleged Injustice

08.01.2026

A blind widow Benny Francis yesterday appealed to Edo State Governor Monday Okpebholo to intervene in what she described as prolonged injustice suffered by her and her children following the death of her husband and earlier unresolved grievances with the state government. Speaking with journalists in Benin, the mother of four said her husband was...

My Re-Election As PFN Chairman Legitimate –Pastor Eyedoude

08.01.2026

PastorTam Seth Eyedoude, the immediate past Chairman and chairmanelect, Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), Bayelsa State Chapter, yesterday, debunked the allegation making round that he imposed himself on the body to lead them again for the second time. Pastor Eyedoude revealed that the election that brought him back as the chairman was legitimate and not...

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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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