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Sule Condemns Kwara Killings, Orders Investigation Into Attack

30.01.2026

Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, has condemned the Tuesday attack on a Tiv farming community of Umelai village in Kwara, Keana Local Government Area of the state, urging security agencies to investigate the incident with a view to arresting and bringing the perpetrators to book. The Tuesday attack on Tse-Umelai village by suspected armed bandits...

Ewhrudjakpo’s Demise A Huge Loss To The Country

30.01.2026

President Bola Tinubu on Friday said that Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo’s demise was a huge loss not only to Bayelsa State but to the country at large, maintaining that the late deputy governor left an indelible mark on the sands of time. President Tinubu, represented at the funerals by the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil),...

Abiodun Commissions Roads In Ijebu-Ode, Clears Air On Ogun Oil Exploration

30.01.2026

Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has cautioned against attempts to create division among residents of Tongegi Island and across the state over ongoing oil exploration activities in Ogun Waterside Local Government Area. The governor gave the warning while commissioning the Abeokuta–Obalende and Osinubi New Roads in Ijebu-Ode, where he clarified that the oil drilling...

A’Court Upholds Death Sentence On Convicts

30.01.2026

The Court of Appeal sitting in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, has upheld the death sentences imposed on five men convicted over the 2018 Offa bank robbery, dismissing their appeals as lacking merit. The Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) in the state, Mohammed Akande, who witnessed the proceedings, said the three Appeal Court judges unanimously...

Putin Agrees To Temporary Halt In Kyiv Strikes After Trump’s

30.01.2026

Following a request from President Donald Trump of the United States (US), Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed to halt strikes on Kyiv for a week amid the freezing temperatures gripping Ukraine’s capital. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed this development in a statement on Friday, January 30. Kremlin said. “I can say that President Trump did...

ICPC Appoints Late Ooni Of Ife’s Granddaughter First Resident Consultant For Communication

30.01.2026

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has appointed Princess Temilade Aderemi Okesanjo as its new Resident Consultant, Strategy and Communications, marking the first time strategy has been formally incorporated into a resident consultancy role at the Commission. Princess Temilade is the granddaughter of the late Oba Adesoji Aderemi, who ruled Ile-Ife...

Remain Undeterred In Enforcing Ban On Sachet Alcohol, RDI Urges NAFDAC

30.01.2026

The Renevlyn Development Initiative (RDI) has urged the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) not to be intimidated by the alcohol and beverage industry’s blackmail tactics as it presses ahead with enforcing the ban on the production, distribution, and sale of alcoholic beverages in sachets, PET bottles, and glass bottles of...

Ibadan Judgement Academic, Can’t Stand

30.01.2026

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has said the Oyo State judgment, which nullified last year’s National Convention that elected the Kabiru Tanimu Turaki-led National Working Committee (NWC), is academic as there are pending cases before the Court of Appeal on the matter. Turaki, at a press conference in Abuja on Friday, however, said the opposition...

APC Extends E-Registration, Reshedules Congresses, Nat’l Convention

30.01.2026

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has extended its electronic membership registration exercise from 31st January 2026 to 8th February 2026, following requests from party stakeholders. APC’s National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, disclosed this in a press statement on Friday, issued after its 183rd National Working Committee (NWC) meeting held at the party’s National Secretariat, Abuja....

ADC Enugu Dismisses Crisis, Says Party United Ahead Of 2027

30.01.2026

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Enugu State has dismissed reports of a leadership crisis within its ranks, describing them as false and the handiwork of “failed and confused politicians.” In a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Friday by the ADC Enugu State Media Team, the party said it was united and...

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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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